Saturday, August 11, 2012
Speak Book Wrap-Up
I reallly enjoyed reading Speak, as well as my sister, because it was just filled with Melinda´s thoughts and feeling about how she was feeling inside after being raped by a senior that went to her school. She had to be quiet for almost an entire year being by herself after all her friends left her and her parents wouldn´t exactly be there for her. I really liked the ending because of how she went through the same situation with Andy Evans but this time she was brave and stood up for herself and spoke up and even told her entire story to her art teacher. As my sister said, it was very easy to relate to what she was saying especially because I´m still in high school but everyone would probably easily relate to the way she talked about high school and her teachers and the students. What stood out to my sister was the way the author was able to build up to the story of that night at the party and that stood out to me too because we don´t know exactly what happened to Melinda until more than half way through the book. We keep getting clues but the author doesn´t say the entire story until further in the book once we know Melinda more. I would highly recommend this book to everyone especially teenagers because it is filled with so many emotions and it tells a well written story of a girl who was forced by herself to remain quiet although inside she was yelling to speak.
Pride and Prejudice Book Wrap-Up
As well as Alejandra, I really enjoyed reading Pride and Prejudice because it is a classic book and it was about a love story, which I really love reading. At first, I thought I might not like the book a lot because it was written a long time ago and therefore it wasn´t really modern but after about the first few pages I began to like it because it was interesting to see how society was like back then and how it was really important for a girl to find a handsome and wealthy husband. As well as Alejandra, I also thought it was silly especially how Mrs. Bennet worried a lot about getting her daughters married and that´s all she cared that even when one of her younger daughters ran away with Wickham and he was asking for money in order to mary her, Mrs. Bennet was still happy that one of her daughters was getting married although it wasn´t with the right guy or in the right way. Similar to Alejandra, I also really liked the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy because of how it changed throught the book until the end when they got married. At first, Mr. Darcy was very proud and he was unliked by everyone but then as he started liking Elizabeth he began to be more humble and polite and stopped caring about Elizabeth being of a lower class than he was, he even paid Wickham money in order to marry Elizabeth´s sister so that her family wouldn´t turn out looking bad. Something that stood out to Alejandra, was that it was challenging and it was a great book and I thought so too. There were times when I had to re'read something because it didn´t make much sense the first time but overall it was a great book with a great story. I would definately recommend this book to my classmates as well as my friends because it is important for people to read Jane Austen´s work, as Alejandra said, because it is an important part of English literature.
Speak #2
Half way through the book, we are still trying to figure out what exactly happened during that summer night at the party.
One morning, Melinda wakes up late for school and misses the bus. Her makes her walk to school and she decides to stop by a local bakery but sees IT or Andy Evans and she freezes hoping he didn't see her but he does. He comes over to her and offers her some of his donut but she runs ways and skips school. During lunch at school one day, Heather tells Melinda that she doesn't want to be her friend anymore because she has a bad reputation. Valentine's Day comes by and Melinda remembers how in Elementary school everyone gave cards to each other. For Valentine's Day, Heather gives Melinda a message that thanks for being a good friend and this makes Melinda cry.
Melinda and her parents meet with the Principal and her guidance counselor in order to try to figure out why Melinda is having a hard time at school. All four adults try to get Melinda to talk and come up with different reasons for her quietness. Melinda's Mom thinks it is because she wants attention. Her dad thinks it's the school's fault. The guidance counselor suggests Melinda is quiet because of her parents' marriage problems. At the end of the meeting, Melinda remains silent despite all of the adults, and sees them as fools for not understanding why her life is a mess.
Because Melinda ditches school, she is sent to suspension and as she is sitting down, Andy Evans comes in and sits near her and starts blowing in her ear. She is very scared but can't do anything about it. Because she doesn't miss a week of school her counselor suggests to her parents that she gets a reward so she goes shopping with her mom. After school as she waits for the bus, Mr.Freeman, the art teacher, offers her a ride and they talk. Mr. Freeman is the only adult that Melinda is comfortable around and talks to more.
Finally in Chapter 19, more than half way through the book, as Melinda can't sleep, she says the story of what happened that summer night at the party. She went with Rachel and Rachel's brother to a senior party outside of town. At the barn where the party was at there was music and beer and Melinda drank and then a senior started dancing with her but then he kissed her and started to rape her. She tried to scream but he covered her mouth. It was also really dark so no one noticed what was happening. She then found a phone inside the barn and called the police but when they answered she couldn't say anything and so they came to the party and ended it, which made all of her friends, especially Rachel who invited her, really mad at her and didn't let her explain what actually happened and why she called the police.
The book continues with Melinda not being able to speak up and towards the end Andy Evans tries to rape her again on the last day of school in her Janitor's closet but this time Melinda defends herself and throws things at him, the noise made the girls in the lacrosse team that were passing by knock on the closet and when Melinda opened one of them ran for help. After that, everyone respected Melinda for standing up for herself and being brave. She regained her reputation and now even Rachel wanted to talk to her. Melinda was now happy that everything was over and decided to tell Mr.Freeman on that day her whole story.
One morning, Melinda wakes up late for school and misses the bus. Her makes her walk to school and she decides to stop by a local bakery but sees IT or Andy Evans and she freezes hoping he didn't see her but he does. He comes over to her and offers her some of his donut but she runs ways and skips school. During lunch at school one day, Heather tells Melinda that she doesn't want to be her friend anymore because she has a bad reputation. Valentine's Day comes by and Melinda remembers how in Elementary school everyone gave cards to each other. For Valentine's Day, Heather gives Melinda a message that thanks for being a good friend and this makes Melinda cry.
Melinda and her parents meet with the Principal and her guidance counselor in order to try to figure out why Melinda is having a hard time at school. All four adults try to get Melinda to talk and come up with different reasons for her quietness. Melinda's Mom thinks it is because she wants attention. Her dad thinks it's the school's fault. The guidance counselor suggests Melinda is quiet because of her parents' marriage problems. At the end of the meeting, Melinda remains silent despite all of the adults, and sees them as fools for not understanding why her life is a mess.
Because Melinda ditches school, she is sent to suspension and as she is sitting down, Andy Evans comes in and sits near her and starts blowing in her ear. She is very scared but can't do anything about it. Because she doesn't miss a week of school her counselor suggests to her parents that she gets a reward so she goes shopping with her mom. After school as she waits for the bus, Mr.Freeman, the art teacher, offers her a ride and they talk. Mr. Freeman is the only adult that Melinda is comfortable around and talks to more.
Finally in Chapter 19, more than half way through the book, as Melinda can't sleep, she says the story of what happened that summer night at the party. She went with Rachel and Rachel's brother to a senior party outside of town. At the barn where the party was at there was music and beer and Melinda drank and then a senior started dancing with her but then he kissed her and started to rape her. She tried to scream but he covered her mouth. It was also really dark so no one noticed what was happening. She then found a phone inside the barn and called the police but when they answered she couldn't say anything and so they came to the party and ended it, which made all of her friends, especially Rachel who invited her, really mad at her and didn't let her explain what actually happened and why she called the police.
The book continues with Melinda not being able to speak up and towards the end Andy Evans tries to rape her again on the last day of school in her Janitor's closet but this time Melinda defends herself and throws things at him, the noise made the girls in the lacrosse team that were passing by knock on the closet and when Melinda opened one of them ran for help. After that, everyone respected Melinda for standing up for herself and being brave. She regained her reputation and now even Rachel wanted to talk to her. Melinda was now happy that everything was over and decided to tell Mr.Freeman on that day her whole story.
Pride and Prejudice #2
At about half of the book, we were seeing how Jane and Elizabeth Bennet were not having such great luck in getting married.
Elizabeth takes a trip with Sir William Lucas to go visit Charlotte and her husband Mr.Collins. Once there, we see how there is conflict between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth due to the low class Elizabeth is from. She even lectures Elizabeth on how to properly play the pianforte.
We continue to see how Darcy looks for Elizabeth because of how he keeps visiting. One day he came to visit only to tell Elizabeth that Bingley is unlikely to spend much of his time at Netherfield Park in the future. After he leave, Charlotte tells Elizabeth that she thinks Darcy is in love with her or perhaps Colonel Fitzwilliam who is interested in Elizabeth.One time as Elizabeth walked Colonel Fitzwillian told her that Darcy claimed to have recently saved a friend from an imprudent marriage. So Elizabeth concluded that the friend was Bingley and therefore Darcy was the one that separated Bingley from Jane and because of that Jane is very sad now and this makes Elizabeth dislike Darcy even more. Once alone, Darcy comes in and confesses his love for Elizabeth and he proposes her to marry him. She refuses and demands to know is he was responsible for separating Bingley and Jane, and Darcy admits he did. Elizabeth tells Darcy Wickham’s accusations and tells him she thinks he is proud and selfish and that marriage to him is unthinkable. So the Darcy leaves. I believe this is so far the climax of the book because we see how Darcy finally confesses his love to Elizabeth but it just turns into a fight because Elizabeth is mad that Darcy separated Jane from Bingley. I think if Elizabeth wouldn't have found out about that then there would have been a greater chance that she might at least have said yes or at least have been nicer to Darcy.
The next day, Darcy gives Elizabeth a letter explaining why he separated Jane and Bingley and explained what actually happened with Wickham, which was nothing like Wickman said. Darcy and Wickham didn't get along because Wickham tried to get his sister's fortune, which makes sense because he also shifted to another girl because she had more fortune than Elizabeth did. This makes us conclude that Wickham is a liar and is only after the money because he doesn't have any. This makes Elizabeth decide not to trust Wickham and think better of Darcy. A week later, Elizabeth leaves and meets with her sisters to go home. She then sees Wickham before his regiment departs, and they discuss about Darcy but Elizabeth doesn't tell him anything about what she discovered.
Later on, Elizabeth accompanies the Gardiners on a tour of the Derbyshire countryside, and their traveling takes them close to Darcy’s manor, Pemberley. As Elizabeth tours Pemberley with the Gardiners she sees how beautiful it is and imagines how it would be like to be Darcy's wife. The housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, shows them portraits of Darcy and Wickham and tells them that in his youth Darcy was very sweet and also tells them a lot of good things about Darcy. Elizabeth is surprised to hear this because she only sees him as proud and selfish. Darcy then meets them very politely and asks Elizabeth if she wants to meet his sister and Elizabeth agrees. We can notice here, Darcy's great change in attitude. After Elizabeth rejected his proposal, he became a lot more humble and he has put his pride to the side in order for Elizabeth to like him. The next day, Darcy, Georgina (Darcy's sister) and Bingley visit Elizabeth at her inn and invite her and the Gardiners to dinner at Pemberley. At dinner, both of the Bingley sisters are present and Miss Bingley begins to attack Elizabeth with her comments. When the guests leave, Miss Bingley tries to bother her by reminding her when Darcy said Elizabeth was somewhat pretty but Darcy said that now he saw her as a really beautiful woman and this makes Miss Bingley upset.
When Elizabeth returns to her inn, she finds two letters from Jane saying that Lydia, one of her younger sisters, ran away with Wickham and that there are no news that they are married. Elizabeth worries a lot because if they don't marry then the reputation of her sister and the entire Bennet family will be ruined. She then hurries to find the Gardiners so they can leave back home in Longbourn. When they get home, Elizabeth finds out that her dad has left to go look for Lydia and Wickham. Elizabeth's mom is really mad and blames the Colonel for not taking good care of her daughter. They then notice that in the letter Lydia left, she signed it as Lydia Wickham. Mr. Gardiner decided to go to London to help Mr. Bennet in the search for Lydia but sends them a letter saying they have not found them yet. They also receive a letter from Mr.Collins accusing Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for being bad parents and saying how Lydia's actions reflect on the entire family. They later get a letter from Mr. Gardiner saying that they have still not found the couple and that Mr. Bennet has decided to return home. Two days after he returns home, they receive a letter from Mr. Gardiner saying he found the couple and that Wickham is willing to marry Lydia only if the Bennets will give him money. Mr. Bennet agrees because he believes that is better than his family having a bad reputation. We see here that after all Wickham is only after money and that's all he cares about. We also see how much Mrs. Bennet cares about marrying her daughters because even after all that happened, Mrs. Bennet doesn't care and is just happy that her daughter is getting married. This also leads us to notice that the Bennets are really good parents. Mrs. Bennet is just worried about getting her daughters married while Mr. Bennet is just not caring about his daughters.
Elizabeth has came to realize that she really likes Darcy now and that if he were to ask her to marry him again she would accept, but thinking about Lydia's behavior and having Wickham as part of the family makes her think it almost impossible for Darcy to propose to her again. Before leaving to the North of England with her new husband, Lydia and Wickham come visit the Bennet house and there Lydia tells Jane and Elizabeth that Darcy was at their wedding, which makes Elizabeth send Mrs. Gardiner a letter asking her why he was there. Mrs. Gardiner sent Elizabeth a letter that said that Darcy was the one who found Lydia and Wickham and he was the one who paid Wickham to marry Lydia. Elizabeth is very surprised that Darcy did all of this. I think Darcy did it because of his immense love for Elizabeth. Days after, Bingley and Darcy come to the Bennet house and says that they will dine there soon. The days that follow Bingley keeps showing up at the Bennet house and then the second time they were left alone, he tells Jane that he will ask her dad for permission to marry her and Mr. Bennet agrees. Jane is very happy and Mrs. Bennet is as well and everyone in the neighbourhood says that the Bennets are lucky because of their daughter's marriage. We know that the book is coming to a conclusion because Bingley and Jane are now together and we know that Elizabeth and Darcy will soon be together too.
A week after Bingley and Jane got engaged, Lady Catherine came to visit the Bennets and told Elizabeth that she heard that Darcy was planning on marrying Elizabeth so she tried to convince her not to marry him because of how low class her family was. Elizabeth defended her family and told her she couldn't promise anything so Lady Catherine left very angry. A little after, Darcy came to stay with Bingley at his place. Both Bingley and Darcy visit the Bennets and they all take a walk together. Elizabeth and Darcy walk slower and when they are alone she thanks him for what she did for Lydia and he says he did it for her and that he still loves her. Elizabeth tells him that she loves him too and that she is willing to marry him. We can see now how everything is coming to a conclusion because now both of the main couples are together. The next day, Darcy asks Mr. Bennet for permission to marry Elizabeth and after talking to Elizabeth about her feelings for Darcy, he agreed. Darcy sends Lady Cathrine a letter announcing their engagement. The Collinses, Lucas, and Mrs. Philips all then come to congratulate the new couple. After both couples get married, Bingley bought an estate near Pemberley, where Darcy lived. That way the sisters could visit each other frequently and the two friends could also visit each other. Elizabeth eventually becomes great friends with Georgiana, Darcy's sisters. Lady Catherine eventually accepts the marriage and visits Darcy and Elizabeth at Pemberley. Darcy and Elizabeth continue to consider the Gardiners close friends, as they were the ones that brought Elizabeth to Pemberley for the first time. Not all of the sisters got married after all but the two oldest sisters were married happily to the ones they loved. And this concludes Pride and Prejudice.
Elizabeth takes a trip with Sir William Lucas to go visit Charlotte and her husband Mr.Collins. Once there, we see how there is conflict between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth due to the low class Elizabeth is from. She even lectures Elizabeth on how to properly play the pianforte.
We continue to see how Darcy looks for Elizabeth because of how he keeps visiting. One day he came to visit only to tell Elizabeth that Bingley is unlikely to spend much of his time at Netherfield Park in the future. After he leave, Charlotte tells Elizabeth that she thinks Darcy is in love with her or perhaps Colonel Fitzwilliam who is interested in Elizabeth.One time as Elizabeth walked Colonel Fitzwillian told her that Darcy claimed to have recently saved a friend from an imprudent marriage. So Elizabeth concluded that the friend was Bingley and therefore Darcy was the one that separated Bingley from Jane and because of that Jane is very sad now and this makes Elizabeth dislike Darcy even more. Once alone, Darcy comes in and confesses his love for Elizabeth and he proposes her to marry him. She refuses and demands to know is he was responsible for separating Bingley and Jane, and Darcy admits he did. Elizabeth tells Darcy Wickham’s accusations and tells him she thinks he is proud and selfish and that marriage to him is unthinkable. So the Darcy leaves. I believe this is so far the climax of the book because we see how Darcy finally confesses his love to Elizabeth but it just turns into a fight because Elizabeth is mad that Darcy separated Jane from Bingley. I think if Elizabeth wouldn't have found out about that then there would have been a greater chance that she might at least have said yes or at least have been nicer to Darcy.
The next day, Darcy gives Elizabeth a letter explaining why he separated Jane and Bingley and explained what actually happened with Wickham, which was nothing like Wickman said. Darcy and Wickham didn't get along because Wickham tried to get his sister's fortune, which makes sense because he also shifted to another girl because she had more fortune than Elizabeth did. This makes us conclude that Wickham is a liar and is only after the money because he doesn't have any. This makes Elizabeth decide not to trust Wickham and think better of Darcy. A week later, Elizabeth leaves and meets with her sisters to go home. She then sees Wickham before his regiment departs, and they discuss about Darcy but Elizabeth doesn't tell him anything about what she discovered.
Later on, Elizabeth accompanies the Gardiners on a tour of the Derbyshire countryside, and their traveling takes them close to Darcy’s manor, Pemberley. As Elizabeth tours Pemberley with the Gardiners she sees how beautiful it is and imagines how it would be like to be Darcy's wife. The housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, shows them portraits of Darcy and Wickham and tells them that in his youth Darcy was very sweet and also tells them a lot of good things about Darcy. Elizabeth is surprised to hear this because she only sees him as proud and selfish. Darcy then meets them very politely and asks Elizabeth if she wants to meet his sister and Elizabeth agrees. We can notice here, Darcy's great change in attitude. After Elizabeth rejected his proposal, he became a lot more humble and he has put his pride to the side in order for Elizabeth to like him. The next day, Darcy, Georgina (Darcy's sister) and Bingley visit Elizabeth at her inn and invite her and the Gardiners to dinner at Pemberley. At dinner, both of the Bingley sisters are present and Miss Bingley begins to attack Elizabeth with her comments. When the guests leave, Miss Bingley tries to bother her by reminding her when Darcy said Elizabeth was somewhat pretty but Darcy said that now he saw her as a really beautiful woman and this makes Miss Bingley upset.
When Elizabeth returns to her inn, she finds two letters from Jane saying that Lydia, one of her younger sisters, ran away with Wickham and that there are no news that they are married. Elizabeth worries a lot because if they don't marry then the reputation of her sister and the entire Bennet family will be ruined. She then hurries to find the Gardiners so they can leave back home in Longbourn. When they get home, Elizabeth finds out that her dad has left to go look for Lydia and Wickham. Elizabeth's mom is really mad and blames the Colonel for not taking good care of her daughter. They then notice that in the letter Lydia left, she signed it as Lydia Wickham. Mr. Gardiner decided to go to London to help Mr. Bennet in the search for Lydia but sends them a letter saying they have not found them yet. They also receive a letter from Mr.Collins accusing Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for being bad parents and saying how Lydia's actions reflect on the entire family. They later get a letter from Mr. Gardiner saying that they have still not found the couple and that Mr. Bennet has decided to return home. Two days after he returns home, they receive a letter from Mr. Gardiner saying he found the couple and that Wickham is willing to marry Lydia only if the Bennets will give him money. Mr. Bennet agrees because he believes that is better than his family having a bad reputation. We see here that after all Wickham is only after money and that's all he cares about. We also see how much Mrs. Bennet cares about marrying her daughters because even after all that happened, Mrs. Bennet doesn't care and is just happy that her daughter is getting married. This also leads us to notice that the Bennets are really good parents. Mrs. Bennet is just worried about getting her daughters married while Mr. Bennet is just not caring about his daughters.
Elizabeth has came to realize that she really likes Darcy now and that if he were to ask her to marry him again she would accept, but thinking about Lydia's behavior and having Wickham as part of the family makes her think it almost impossible for Darcy to propose to her again. Before leaving to the North of England with her new husband, Lydia and Wickham come visit the Bennet house and there Lydia tells Jane and Elizabeth that Darcy was at their wedding, which makes Elizabeth send Mrs. Gardiner a letter asking her why he was there. Mrs. Gardiner sent Elizabeth a letter that said that Darcy was the one who found Lydia and Wickham and he was the one who paid Wickham to marry Lydia. Elizabeth is very surprised that Darcy did all of this. I think Darcy did it because of his immense love for Elizabeth. Days after, Bingley and Darcy come to the Bennet house and says that they will dine there soon. The days that follow Bingley keeps showing up at the Bennet house and then the second time they were left alone, he tells Jane that he will ask her dad for permission to marry her and Mr. Bennet agrees. Jane is very happy and Mrs. Bennet is as well and everyone in the neighbourhood says that the Bennets are lucky because of their daughter's marriage. We know that the book is coming to a conclusion because Bingley and Jane are now together and we know that Elizabeth and Darcy will soon be together too.
A week after Bingley and Jane got engaged, Lady Catherine came to visit the Bennets and told Elizabeth that she heard that Darcy was planning on marrying Elizabeth so she tried to convince her not to marry him because of how low class her family was. Elizabeth defended her family and told her she couldn't promise anything so Lady Catherine left very angry. A little after, Darcy came to stay with Bingley at his place. Both Bingley and Darcy visit the Bennets and they all take a walk together. Elizabeth and Darcy walk slower and when they are alone she thanks him for what she did for Lydia and he says he did it for her and that he still loves her. Elizabeth tells him that she loves him too and that she is willing to marry him. We can see now how everything is coming to a conclusion because now both of the main couples are together. The next day, Darcy asks Mr. Bennet for permission to marry Elizabeth and after talking to Elizabeth about her feelings for Darcy, he agreed. Darcy sends Lady Cathrine a letter announcing their engagement. The Collinses, Lucas, and Mrs. Philips all then come to congratulate the new couple. After both couples get married, Bingley bought an estate near Pemberley, where Darcy lived. That way the sisters could visit each other frequently and the two friends could also visit each other. Elizabeth eventually becomes great friends with Georgiana, Darcy's sisters. Lady Catherine eventually accepts the marriage and visits Darcy and Elizabeth at Pemberley. Darcy and Elizabeth continue to consider the Gardiners close friends, as they were the ones that brought Elizabeth to Pemberley for the first time. Not all of the sisters got married after all but the two oldest sisters were married happily to the ones they loved. And this concludes Pride and Prejudice.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Speak #1
So far, the book is really interesting. It is easy to read and it is easy to relate since she is a high school student, like my sister had said. The book starts of with Melinda's first day of high school, Merryweather High School. She is completely alone because the ones who were her friends were with different groups of friends. They all go to the auditorium and the only person that talks to her, is a girl called Heather. A teacher, "Mr.Neck" does a presentation on what to expect from high school but Melinda expects it to be horrible. In the beginning of the book it is not said what happened to Melinda but we know something happened because no one, not even her closest friends from middle school, were talking to her. The best thing about her first day, was art class. In the first two weeks of school, the only "friend" Melinda has is Heather but they don't have a lot in common and they are not very close. Melinda is usually alone and communicates with her parents by leaving them notes. Her parents don't seem to make much effort to talk to her or find out what is happening. In her room, she hides her mirror in the closet because of her gross lips, because she has started biting them. One day at the bathroom, Melinda sees who used to be her best friend, Rachel. She notices how Rachel has entirely changed. She changed her name to Rachelle and hangs out with foreign exchange students.
One day as Melinda went to study hall, she finds an abandoned janitor's closet so she decides to make it hers as a sort of place to go when she didn't want to go somewhere. That's why she steals some late passes from her teacher. At a pep rally, a girl recognizes Melinda and asks her if she was the one who called the police at the party that took place over the summer but Melinda doesn't know what to say. We don't know yet what happened over the summer, but we kept getting hints and now we know that Melinda called the police at a summer party.
We see how throughout the book Melinda makes fun of her teachers and she has a lot to say about the people around her but she doesn't speak to other people about it she only thinks about it. Melinda's parents receive her progress reports and try to talk to her about the bad grades at dinner but Melinda doesn't tell them much and leaves to her room. For Halloween, she stays in her room remembering last year's Halloween and how she dressed up with her friends. At school Melinda is still being isolated, while her friend Heather has joined a clique of girls that do volunteer work. One day, at school in the hallway, she says who she calls IT and he smiles and winks at her and she feels like throwing up, we don't know why yet though. Melinda's parents make her stay after school to get help from her teachers and improve her bad grades. She doesn't do that and instead uses the time to decorate her janitor's closet. Melinda is also finding it difficult to speak; in addition to her sore and bitten lips, her throat constantly hurts, which makes sense with the book's title. For thanksgiving, nothing goes as planned and she ends up eating pizza with her parents for dinner. In the following chapters, Melinda talks about stuff happening in her life and connects them with childhood memories.
On Christmas day, Melinda's parents gave her some charcoal pencils and a sketch pad because they had noticed her interest in drawing. Melinda is surprised and touched by the fact that her parents actually noticed something about her and almost tells them about being attacked. The night of the party last summer, the party the girl at the pep rally mentioned, Melinda came home late instead of spending the night with friends. Neither of her parents were home, her mom got home at about 2am and her dad arrived around dawn. So Melinda doesn't know how to tell them about that night without also addressing their own whereabouts. Melinda sees IT again and he whispers in her ear causing her to panic and run away.
Melinda's guidance counselor calls her mom to warn her about Melinda's continued bad grades. Melinda's parents get mad at her and start asking her questions, but Melinda continues to ignore their attempts to find out why she is doing so poorly in school so they decide to ground her. Melinda finds a paperclip and scratches her wrist and her mom just tells her to stop it. As Melinda sits with Heather and her clique, we find out that Andy Evans is IT. He comes over to talk to them and starts to play with Melinda's hair so she runs away and vomits in the bathroom.
This is about half of the book and we don't quite know yet what exactly happened at the party during the summer. We only know that she called the police and that maybe it has something to do with IT, because she keeps running away from him.
One day as Melinda went to study hall, she finds an abandoned janitor's closet so she decides to make it hers as a sort of place to go when she didn't want to go somewhere. That's why she steals some late passes from her teacher. At a pep rally, a girl recognizes Melinda and asks her if she was the one who called the police at the party that took place over the summer but Melinda doesn't know what to say. We don't know yet what happened over the summer, but we kept getting hints and now we know that Melinda called the police at a summer party.
We see how throughout the book Melinda makes fun of her teachers and she has a lot to say about the people around her but she doesn't speak to other people about it she only thinks about it. Melinda's parents receive her progress reports and try to talk to her about the bad grades at dinner but Melinda doesn't tell them much and leaves to her room. For Halloween, she stays in her room remembering last year's Halloween and how she dressed up with her friends. At school Melinda is still being isolated, while her friend Heather has joined a clique of girls that do volunteer work. One day, at school in the hallway, she says who she calls IT and he smiles and winks at her and she feels like throwing up, we don't know why yet though. Melinda's parents make her stay after school to get help from her teachers and improve her bad grades. She doesn't do that and instead uses the time to decorate her janitor's closet. Melinda is also finding it difficult to speak; in addition to her sore and bitten lips, her throat constantly hurts, which makes sense with the book's title. For thanksgiving, nothing goes as planned and she ends up eating pizza with her parents for dinner. In the following chapters, Melinda talks about stuff happening in her life and connects them with childhood memories.
On Christmas day, Melinda's parents gave her some charcoal pencils and a sketch pad because they had noticed her interest in drawing. Melinda is surprised and touched by the fact that her parents actually noticed something about her and almost tells them about being attacked. The night of the party last summer, the party the girl at the pep rally mentioned, Melinda came home late instead of spending the night with friends. Neither of her parents were home, her mom got home at about 2am and her dad arrived around dawn. So Melinda doesn't know how to tell them about that night without also addressing their own whereabouts. Melinda sees IT again and he whispers in her ear causing her to panic and run away.
Melinda's guidance counselor calls her mom to warn her about Melinda's continued bad grades. Melinda's parents get mad at her and start asking her questions, but Melinda continues to ignore their attempts to find out why she is doing so poorly in school so they decide to ground her. Melinda finds a paperclip and scratches her wrist and her mom just tells her to stop it. As Melinda sits with Heather and her clique, we find out that Andy Evans is IT. He comes over to talk to them and starts to play with Melinda's hair so she runs away and vomits in the bathroom.
This is about half of the book and we don't quite know yet what exactly happened at the party during the summer. We only know that she called the police and that maybe it has something to do with IT, because she keeps running away from him.
Pride and Prejudice #1
This book takes place in Longbourn, where the Bennet household is at. The Bennets have 5 unmarried daughters (Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia) and their mother Mrs. Bennet wants to do anything to get them all married. When the news that a a wealthy guy called Charles Bingley has rented the manor of Netherfield Park, Mrs. Bennet immediately asks her husband to go talk to him. Later on at a ball, Bingley is there with his sisters, brother in law and his friend, Mr.Darcy, as well as the other people in the village. The Bennet sisters are there too with their mother. Bingley is attracted to Jane, the oldest of the Bennet sisters, and asks her to dance with her twice and Mr.Darcy, whom everyone didn't like because of his great pride and rudeness, doesn't want to dance with anyone because he doesn't think any girl is pretty enough except Jane. When I read the difference between Darcy and Bingley it made me think of Darcy as sort of a character foil for Bingley because they are exactly opposites. When the author describes them together it makes Bingley look like a very nice person while Darcy seems like a totally rude person. They contrast each other. There is quite a lot of dialogue so far. In the first paragraphs, the author also describes some of the characters by saying some of the characteristics they have. The things every character says in dialogue also add to their character. Then we are introduced to Sir William Lucas and his family, who are really close friends to the Bennets. Charlotte, the oldest of the Sir William Lucas children, is really intimate friends with Elizabeth and they in the book the author includes some of the conversations they have about the stuff going on. After the ball, there is a lot of talking about it and what happened and Bingley's sisters try to be friends with Jane, because Bingley seems to like her. Later, we learn that Darcy has feelings for Elizabeth and he starts to listen to her conversations at parties.
We learn later on that Mr.Bennet's property can only be inherited to a man after he dies, which means that he can't inherit it to his 5 daughters. One night Jane gets a note that invites her to Netherfield Park for a day, where the Bingleys live. So Mrs. Bennet sends Jane by horse instead of coach knowing that it will rain and as result Jane gets soaked, falls ill, and is forced to remain at Netherfield as an invalid. So then Elizabeth goes to visit her, hiking over on foot. When she arrives with soaked and dirty stockings she causes quite a stir and is certain that the Bingleys hold her in contempt for her soiled clothes. Jane insists that her sister spend the night, and the Bingleys agree. Then while the Bennet sisters are there, the Bingleys began talking bad about them, but Darcy and Bingley defend them. This shows how the money matters because if the Bennet sisters were as rich and wealthy as the Bingley sisters then they wouldn't be criticizing them.
It seems as though Mrs. Bennet tries too hard in order to make Bingley marry Jane. Then later on Elizabeth has an argument with Darcy and refuses to dance with him. It seems like maybe Elizabeth likes him but she backed off from him because of how he was when they first met. Then there is some conflict because Miss Bingley likes Darcy and therefore is jealous that Darcy likes Elizabeth and therefore makes fun of the Bennet family. So Miss Bingley keeps trying to impress Darcy and make him like her instead of Elizabeth. After, Elizabeth sends a letter to their mom saying that her and her sister are ready to go back home but her mom refuses because she wants Jane to spend more time with Bingley. But Elizabeth is anxious to leave so they borrow Bingley's carriage. We see how Darcy is concerned about liking Elizabeth because she isn't in the same class as him. We are able to see the difference between Miss Bingley and Elizabeth in this situation. Miss Bingley tries so hard to get Darcy's attention and because she knows she can't compete with Elizabeth's talents she teases her family for not being of such a high class as hers.
Then, we are introduced to Mr. Collins, a clergyman whom the wealthy noblewoman Lady Catherine de Bourgh has recently selected to serve her parish. He is also the one who will inherit Mr. Bennet's property and therefore goes to Lonbourn to visit the Bennets and admire their house, that will one day be his and he is unmarried. He is looking for a wife and because Mrs. Bennet tells him that Jane will soon be engaged, he puts his eyes on Elizabeth. This might lead to a later conflict between Darcy and Collins for Elizabeth. We are then introduced to new characters Mr. Denny and Mr. Wickman, who is part of the militia and whom the Bennet sisters find as very attractive while Darcy and him don't seem to get along. We then find why they might not get along and that is because Wickham wanted to go in the ministry but joined the militia instead because he didn't have money so Darcy's dad decided to help him but Darcy did something in the will of his father to keep the money for himself. Elizabeth believes this and trusts and likes Wickham. This story also makes Elizabeth dislike Darcy even more and when Bingley invites the neighborhood to a ball Elizabeth only looks forward to dancing with Wickham, but he does not attend. The author seems to give hints that Wickham's story might not be true as Jane even defends Darcy, also it is weird how Wickham just told Elizabeth even though he just met her. Also at the ball, Miss Bingley tells her not to trust in Wickham.
The next day, Mr. Collins asks Elizabeth to marry him but she says no because she does not like him. There is conflict following this because Mrs. Bennet is so excited that someone wants to marry her daughter that she tells her that if she does not marry him she will not see her again but Mr. Bennet does not want his daughter to marry Mr.Collins and says that if she marries him he won't see her again. Then Miss Bingley sends a letter to Jane letting her know that they are moving to the city and that Bingley plans to marry Darcy's sister but Elizabeth tells her that it might just be Miss Bingley lying but then later on Miss Bingley send Jane another letter telling her how beautiful Darcy's sister was. It seems as though Miss Bingley is picking on Jane just because she is a Bennet and Miss Bingley doesn't like the Bennets because they are not at such a high class as she is. News appear that Mr. Collins proposed marriage to Charlotte, Elizabeth's intimate friend, and that she agreed! Mrs. Bennet was the most mad about this because now Elizabeth wont be able to marry him and she will continue to be single. We are then introduced to Mr. Gardiner, Mrs. Bennets brother who offers to take Jane to London. We also continue to see how Elizabeth and Wickham keep talking to each other, which might lead to a future love between them, which Mrs. Gardiner does not agree with because of Wickham's lack of money. So then Elizabeth agrees with Mrs. Gardiner and says she'll try for them both not to fall in love in order to not embarrass her father. But then Wickham shifts his attention to another girl and Elizabeth is left thinking she was never in love.
This is about half of the book and so far the main themes are marriage, love, money and class. The main goal is for the Bennet sisters(Jane and Elizabeth) to find husbands but so far that isn't going to well because Bingley left Jane and Elizabeth refused to marry the only guy who proposed to marry her.
We learn later on that Mr.Bennet's property can only be inherited to a man after he dies, which means that he can't inherit it to his 5 daughters. One night Jane gets a note that invites her to Netherfield Park for a day, where the Bingleys live. So Mrs. Bennet sends Jane by horse instead of coach knowing that it will rain and as result Jane gets soaked, falls ill, and is forced to remain at Netherfield as an invalid. So then Elizabeth goes to visit her, hiking over on foot. When she arrives with soaked and dirty stockings she causes quite a stir and is certain that the Bingleys hold her in contempt for her soiled clothes. Jane insists that her sister spend the night, and the Bingleys agree. Then while the Bennet sisters are there, the Bingleys began talking bad about them, but Darcy and Bingley defend them. This shows how the money matters because if the Bennet sisters were as rich and wealthy as the Bingley sisters then they wouldn't be criticizing them.
It seems as though Mrs. Bennet tries too hard in order to make Bingley marry Jane. Then later on Elizabeth has an argument with Darcy and refuses to dance with him. It seems like maybe Elizabeth likes him but she backed off from him because of how he was when they first met. Then there is some conflict because Miss Bingley likes Darcy and therefore is jealous that Darcy likes Elizabeth and therefore makes fun of the Bennet family. So Miss Bingley keeps trying to impress Darcy and make him like her instead of Elizabeth. After, Elizabeth sends a letter to their mom saying that her and her sister are ready to go back home but her mom refuses because she wants Jane to spend more time with Bingley. But Elizabeth is anxious to leave so they borrow Bingley's carriage. We see how Darcy is concerned about liking Elizabeth because she isn't in the same class as him. We are able to see the difference between Miss Bingley and Elizabeth in this situation. Miss Bingley tries so hard to get Darcy's attention and because she knows she can't compete with Elizabeth's talents she teases her family for not being of such a high class as hers.
Then, we are introduced to Mr. Collins, a clergyman whom the wealthy noblewoman Lady Catherine de Bourgh has recently selected to serve her parish. He is also the one who will inherit Mr. Bennet's property and therefore goes to Lonbourn to visit the Bennets and admire their house, that will one day be his and he is unmarried. He is looking for a wife and because Mrs. Bennet tells him that Jane will soon be engaged, he puts his eyes on Elizabeth. This might lead to a later conflict between Darcy and Collins for Elizabeth. We are then introduced to new characters Mr. Denny and Mr. Wickman, who is part of the militia and whom the Bennet sisters find as very attractive while Darcy and him don't seem to get along. We then find why they might not get along and that is because Wickham wanted to go in the ministry but joined the militia instead because he didn't have money so Darcy's dad decided to help him but Darcy did something in the will of his father to keep the money for himself. Elizabeth believes this and trusts and likes Wickham. This story also makes Elizabeth dislike Darcy even more and when Bingley invites the neighborhood to a ball Elizabeth only looks forward to dancing with Wickham, but he does not attend. The author seems to give hints that Wickham's story might not be true as Jane even defends Darcy, also it is weird how Wickham just told Elizabeth even though he just met her. Also at the ball, Miss Bingley tells her not to trust in Wickham.
The next day, Mr. Collins asks Elizabeth to marry him but she says no because she does not like him. There is conflict following this because Mrs. Bennet is so excited that someone wants to marry her daughter that she tells her that if she does not marry him she will not see her again but Mr. Bennet does not want his daughter to marry Mr.Collins and says that if she marries him he won't see her again. Then Miss Bingley sends a letter to Jane letting her know that they are moving to the city and that Bingley plans to marry Darcy's sister but Elizabeth tells her that it might just be Miss Bingley lying but then later on Miss Bingley send Jane another letter telling her how beautiful Darcy's sister was. It seems as though Miss Bingley is picking on Jane just because she is a Bennet and Miss Bingley doesn't like the Bennets because they are not at such a high class as she is. News appear that Mr. Collins proposed marriage to Charlotte, Elizabeth's intimate friend, and that she agreed! Mrs. Bennet was the most mad about this because now Elizabeth wont be able to marry him and she will continue to be single. We are then introduced to Mr. Gardiner, Mrs. Bennets brother who offers to take Jane to London. We also continue to see how Elizabeth and Wickham keep talking to each other, which might lead to a future love between them, which Mrs. Gardiner does not agree with because of Wickham's lack of money. So then Elizabeth agrees with Mrs. Gardiner and says she'll try for them both not to fall in love in order to not embarrass her father. But then Wickham shifts his attention to another girl and Elizabeth is left thinking she was never in love.
This is about half of the book and so far the main themes are marriage, love, money and class. The main goal is for the Bennet sisters(Jane and Elizabeth) to find husbands but so far that isn't going to well because Bingley left Jane and Elizabeth refused to marry the only guy who proposed to marry her.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Recommendations
Pride and Prejudice
I decided to ask Alejanda Goularte, my college counselor as well as my friend, to recommend a book for me to read because she is an adult that I highly admire. She is a great person and she was one of the people that supported and helped me the most in junior year. She is always willing to help and she is one of my role models. When I asked her for some books I could read she told me the following: Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte, Gtrat Expectations by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Then I asked her if she owned a copy of any of them but she said she had lent them out but had Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which she said was also a great book, so she let me borrow it and I decided to read it. Below is the interview I had with her:
1. What is the main reason you recommended me to read Pride and Prejudice?
This was a book I really enjoyed reading when I was in high school. It's a classic book, and I think an important book for people to read. I think it's important for people to be familiar with Jane Austen's work because her work is important in English literature. I hoped that by recommending this book you'd be inspired to read other Jane Austen novels or to simply learn to love these classic victorian novels.
2. When did you read this book? How old were you?
I was in high school. I must have been approximately 16 years old.
3. What was going on in your life when you read this book? What grade were you in?
I think I was in 10th or 11th grade. I read it for my honors English class. During this time I was (and still am) a hopeless romantic and I always liked love stories. I think I enjoyed this book because it was a difficult read and a classic novel, but at the end of the day, it was simply a love story. I think there is something romantic about reading about what these characters go through and their feelings of love--a universal theme that we can still relate to, and can relate to the characters' feelings and experiences even though this novel was written almost 200 years ago!
4. Have you read this book more than once?
I think I only read it once. Now that I recommended it to you, I may have to read it again. I've recently seen movies based on the book.
5. Why did you read it? How did you hear about it?
I read it as a class assignment but I loved the book. In my adult life, there have been several references to Pride & Prejudice or to Jane Austen. I'm happy that I read this novel because I think it's a book that has been read by most educated or well-read people. Id like to consider myself in this category. :)
6. What is the thing you like the most about this book? Why do you consider it a "great book"?
One of the things I like about the book is that it is a challenging book. Not everyone can read it. People who read it have to be avid readers and have to appreciate English literature.
The second thing I liked about the book is a little bit of the ridiculousness of it all. I think it's a bit silly that one of the young women's goals in life was to marry well and meet her family's expectations of marrying a good and wealthy man. I know that the book is telling of the times when Jane Austen wrote it, but I always thought it was a little silly and humorous.
I also liked the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. I like how it takes Elizabeth a while to realize how she really feels about Darcy. I remember there are a few occasions in the novel where Elizabeth (or Darcy) can confess their love for each other, but they are both too proud to admit it. I think I could relate to this a bit in my own life (now and when I was a teenager). I think there are many times where we let our pride get in the way and prevent us from admitting or affirming our true feelings for another person. As I said before, I'm a hopeless romantic. :)
7. What were some of your thoughts or main ideas you got after reading this book?
I think the theme of being proud in love was one of the main themes I got out of the book. I think it served me as a reminder to swallow your pride, to be humble and to be honest about your feelings. I know this is easier said than done, but I think the book was a reminder of that for me. As I said before, there were times where Elizabeth or Darcy could've admitted their feelings for each other, and they could've been together a lot sooner than when try actually were. Their pride only prolonged their happiness. I think this theme is universal and anyone who reads the book can relate to this main theme.
Another important commentary has to
Do with following social and familial expectations. If you went against this norm, you were seen as immoral or even a good person. I think one of Elizabeth's sisters runs away with a man without marrying him. She is seen as disgracing her family. An important theme in the book is The idea of following social order and how this pressure is ingrained in the characters so much that all their decisions and actions are guided by these pressures. This is also a universal theme in that often our own family/cultural/religious pressures get in the way of our dreams or goals. Sometimes we have to go against these pressures to be happy. Just like we have to move away from home for college even though it means going against our families' wishes to stay home--we have to do it for ourselves and to create a better future for ourselves.
Speak
I decided to ask Sophia Michel, my older sister, to recommend me a book because she is an adult I admire because she was the first one in our family to graduate from college. She graduated from SDSU last June and she did it with a lot of hard work. When I asked her for some books I could read she told me the following: any books by Sharon Deraper and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I decide to read Speak because I had heard one of friends said that they read it and that it was a really good book. In the interview I had with her she told that she read Speak when she was in sophomore year in high school (when she was 15 years old) because it was a book she was asked to read for her English class. She said she really liked it because it was easy to read and it told the story of how a girl remained quiet for almost an entire year but was finally able to speak up and tell her story.
My sister said she also liked how it was like a diary because it better expressed what Melinda, the main character, was having to go through after what happened to her. It was also good that she read it in her sophomore year because the main character in the book was a freshmen and therefore she was able to relate to some of the things she was talking about and better connect with how Melinda might've been feeling. My sister says she wasn't going through a similar story as Melinda but she was definately able to understand and feel what she had to go through. She said the book Speak really taught her that no matter what she always has to speak up if there anything wrong happening to her and this has made her be closer to my mom because now she tells her anything that bugs her or she doesn't see right. At the end, she said that she hoped I enjoyed the book and to let her know if I needed anything.
I decided to ask Alejanda Goularte, my college counselor as well as my friend, to recommend a book for me to read because she is an adult that I highly admire. She is a great person and she was one of the people that supported and helped me the most in junior year. She is always willing to help and she is one of my role models. When I asked her for some books I could read she told me the following: Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte, Gtrat Expectations by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Then I asked her if she owned a copy of any of them but she said she had lent them out but had Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which she said was also a great book, so she let me borrow it and I decided to read it. Below is the interview I had with her:
1. What is the main reason you recommended me to read Pride and Prejudice?
This was a book I really enjoyed reading when I was in high school. It's a classic book, and I think an important book for people to read. I think it's important for people to be familiar with Jane Austen's work because her work is important in English literature. I hoped that by recommending this book you'd be inspired to read other Jane Austen novels or to simply learn to love these classic victorian novels.
2. When did you read this book? How old were you?
I was in high school. I must have been approximately 16 years old.
3. What was going on in your life when you read this book? What grade were you in?
I think I was in 10th or 11th grade. I read it for my honors English class. During this time I was (and still am) a hopeless romantic and I always liked love stories. I think I enjoyed this book because it was a difficult read and a classic novel, but at the end of the day, it was simply a love story. I think there is something romantic about reading about what these characters go through and their feelings of love--a universal theme that we can still relate to, and can relate to the characters' feelings and experiences even though this novel was written almost 200 years ago!
4. Have you read this book more than once?
I think I only read it once. Now that I recommended it to you, I may have to read it again. I've recently seen movies based on the book.
5. Why did you read it? How did you hear about it?
I read it as a class assignment but I loved the book. In my adult life, there have been several references to Pride & Prejudice or to Jane Austen. I'm happy that I read this novel because I think it's a book that has been read by most educated or well-read people. Id like to consider myself in this category. :)
6. What is the thing you like the most about this book? Why do you consider it a "great book"?
One of the things I like about the book is that it is a challenging book. Not everyone can read it. People who read it have to be avid readers and have to appreciate English literature.
The second thing I liked about the book is a little bit of the ridiculousness of it all. I think it's a bit silly that one of the young women's goals in life was to marry well and meet her family's expectations of marrying a good and wealthy man. I know that the book is telling of the times when Jane Austen wrote it, but I always thought it was a little silly and humorous.
I also liked the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. I like how it takes Elizabeth a while to realize how she really feels about Darcy. I remember there are a few occasions in the novel where Elizabeth (or Darcy) can confess their love for each other, but they are both too proud to admit it. I think I could relate to this a bit in my own life (now and when I was a teenager). I think there are many times where we let our pride get in the way and prevent us from admitting or affirming our true feelings for another person. As I said before, I'm a hopeless romantic. :)
7. What were some of your thoughts or main ideas you got after reading this book?
I think the theme of being proud in love was one of the main themes I got out of the book. I think it served me as a reminder to swallow your pride, to be humble and to be honest about your feelings. I know this is easier said than done, but I think the book was a reminder of that for me. As I said before, there were times where Elizabeth or Darcy could've admitted their feelings for each other, and they could've been together a lot sooner than when try actually were. Their pride only prolonged their happiness. I think this theme is universal and anyone who reads the book can relate to this main theme.
Another important commentary has to
Do with following social and familial expectations. If you went against this norm, you were seen as immoral or even a good person. I think one of Elizabeth's sisters runs away with a man without marrying him. She is seen as disgracing her family. An important theme in the book is The idea of following social order and how this pressure is ingrained in the characters so much that all their decisions and actions are guided by these pressures. This is also a universal theme in that often our own family/cultural/religious pressures get in the way of our dreams or goals. Sometimes we have to go against these pressures to be happy. Just like we have to move away from home for college even though it means going against our families' wishes to stay home--we have to do it for ourselves and to create a better future for ourselves.
Speak
I decided to ask Sophia Michel, my older sister, to recommend me a book because she is an adult I admire because she was the first one in our family to graduate from college. She graduated from SDSU last June and she did it with a lot of hard work. When I asked her for some books I could read she told me the following: any books by Sharon Deraper and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I decide to read Speak because I had heard one of friends said that they read it and that it was a really good book. In the interview I had with her she told that she read Speak when she was in sophomore year in high school (when she was 15 years old) because it was a book she was asked to read for her English class. She said she really liked it because it was easy to read and it told the story of how a girl remained quiet for almost an entire year but was finally able to speak up and tell her story.
My sister said she also liked how it was like a diary because it better expressed what Melinda, the main character, was having to go through after what happened to her. It was also good that she read it in her sophomore year because the main character in the book was a freshmen and therefore she was able to relate to some of the things she was talking about and better connect with how Melinda might've been feeling. My sister says she wasn't going through a similar story as Melinda but she was definately able to understand and feel what she had to go through. She said the book Speak really taught her that no matter what she always has to speak up if there anything wrong happening to her and this has made her be closer to my mom because now she tells her anything that bugs her or she doesn't see right. At the end, she said that she hoped I enjoyed the book and to let her know if I needed anything.
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