6th Blog: Poem

I am going to blog about a poem I found on the Internet for my blog post this week because I finished    My Sister's Keeper and don't want to give away the end. But I may say the ending exceeded my expectations because it was very different then the movie. I highly recommend this book. It would be a great read over spring break! The poem I choose is called I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud. I couldn't paste the whole poem so the name of the poem has a hyper link connected to it that will take you to the poem. It is written by William Wordsworth. Do you see the irony in his last name?

I choose this poem because when I read it I visualized things that reminded me of spring and since spring break is soon I thought it would be a good topic to talk about. My favorite line in it is the last line. "And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils,"(Wordsworth 4). I think this line makes the theme of the poem apparent and it gives a very pretty visual. Another line I like is "Ten thousand saw I at a glance,"(Wordsworth 2). I think William is really clever when he switches the order of saw and it. After I read the line I re-read it thinking it should be I saw. But I realized that he intended to do that showing his writer's craft. I also like the word jocund he uses. It means "cheerful;merry;glad,"(dictionary.com). I think this poem shows examples of many good writing techniques such as diction, imagery and rhyming. It was fun blogging about something other than a novel, I encourage you to try it!

5th Blog Post

I just finished Fahrenheit 451 by Rad Bradbury so I'm picking up where I left off in My Sister's Keeper. The 6-day PARCC testing has allowed me to have a lot of time on my hands to get far in the book. I am on page 156 and still really enjoying it. It's really engaging because of the different conflicts each character describes in their chapters. Jodi Picoult, the author, writes a very inspiring novel, at least in my opinion it is using a tragic but common disease: cancer. I can sort of relate because one of mine and the rest of my family's really good friends' daughter had a spinal disorder that caused her to have trouble walking and living a normal life. Her name was Paige and was about 5 years younger than me but I still loved to play dress up and Barbies with her. The doctors could never figure out what exactly was causing her disorder but she went to physical therapy and appointments trying to find a way to battle this constraint that was holding her back from being a little girl. In 2010 she very sadly passed away. Even though she was sick her smile and kindness didn't show it. In her honor many people that were special to Paige founded a non profit foundation called Paige's Princess Foundation to raise awareness and money for Children's Hospital so doctors and nurses can help kids with disabilities have technology and equipment in order to reach the goal of living as normal and happy life as possible. Paige may not be able to be with her family and friends physically but her spirit and strength inspires me everyday.

In the book Kate Fitzgerald has leukemia cancer. It takes a toll on her body but she still smiles, plays with her sister and brother, blows bubbles, goes to the beach, goes to prom, goes on dates and lives life to the fullest. Kate in a way reminds me of Paige. I think the theme of the book right now is no matter how hard life may be there is always something happy at the other end that is worth fighting for. Through tough things it makes individual people stronger and cherish life even more.


Here is the website of the foundation for more information there is a 5k run every spring that's a ton of fun: http://www.paigesprincessrun.com/