Closure

To begin I have learned a lot in this class. The main things I will be taking with me is annotating and reading novels. I will be taking annotating because this is the main thing that helped me with my reading.  When I used to read, I never took notes or anything and I used to wonder why I always forget certain things that I read. When I began annotating I used to think everything was important and highlight or write almost everything. Now that I have mastered annotating I know how to distinguish the facts from details. I know what should be highlighted and what shouldn’t. I will also be taking reading with me because I have come to like reading a lot. I have learned that reading is a way for me to relax and free myself from thing around me. I now know that I can learn a lot from reading alone. I know what type of books I like best and what types of books I’m not interested in. the things I enjoyed most about this class was reading the book LIAR and discussing it with the class. This is what really drew me into reading. That book was one of the first books I have read and paid for. I really liked the book and learned a lot from it. I also like doing the novel projects because this gave me a way to loosen up and try to be creative. The last thing I liked was doing paper where we had to act like we were giving the author issues about the book. I liked this because it shows us how complicated it can get trying to write a book.

Strangest part of AFTER

The strangest part of after to me is how she can't remember what happened to her. Its irritating me because she can't keep up with what people tell her. Now she in juvenile and think everything will be ok and she will go home to her old life. I think she doesnt want to realize what she's done and what happening to her. I also question why hasn't anyone realized how far gone she is. I though the lawyer lady would have figured out by now that she's not with it. I hope eventually somebody sees that she's not with it. This will help her with her case. Now that I read more I sort of know that something is wrong with her mentally. I say this because if something that bad happened to anyone that would be something they won't forget. I no this because everyone that had a baby would tell you how bad the pain was and the whole experience. She is really in denial I think she denied being pregnant because she feel that she is too much of a good girl and bad things can't happen to her

feelings on devon; AFTER

The part I’m on in the book is when Devon is in the juvenile detention center. From this part it kind of hard for me to sort out what type of person she is. From my reading is seems that she tries to forget the truth about everything. I feel this way because she acts like she doesn’t know why she went to court or why she’s in jail. I want to believe that her experience was so traumatic her brain will only allow her to remember a piece at a time. On the other hand I think she know she had a baby and her plan was to play like she didn’t know what was happening to her. It sort of hard to know whether she knew if she was pregnant or not. Many people who get pregnant know that they are pregnant whether they want to or not. But I think is possible for a young girl Devon’s age to not know she’s pregnant. I say this because I have a close friend who had a baby at the age14. She told me she didn’t know she was pregnant until she went into labor and had the baby. I asked her how didn’t you expect to be pregnant and you knew you were having sex. She told me she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend one time and was so scared to do or say anything, it came to a point she forced herself to forget about it and act like it never happened. She didn’t know she was pregnant because she never had a period before and she was really huge at the time she couldn’t tell. I think something like this could play a huge role in why Devon’s so confused. Maybe she had something with one of her mother many boyfriends or she just would let herself believe what was happening g to her.

feelings on AFTER

I am currently in the third chapter of after. I related to these chapters a little because I sort of understand the pain the girl was going through after she had given birth. In the novel she was saying how she couldn’t hold conversations or really focus on what was going on. I related to this because after I had my son for the first twenty four hours I had no idea what was going on around me. I remember the doctor talking to me and telling me about the medication I was on. Every time he would ask me if I understand I would wake up and look at him smile and go back to sleep. In the novel the girl was so exhausted she couldn’t move or do anything for herself. That’s the same way I was after giving birth. I felt like I had no control over myself. Now that I’m getting deeper in to the book I realize that the girl didn’t have the best life at home. I don’t really understand how her mother didn’t notice she was pregnant. I personally think that her mother was more interested in men than she was in her daughter. That’s the main reason I think she didn’t notice. Because a real mother would notice a change in her daughter in the first couple months. This book is really getting interesting to me and I have a lot of questions going through my head about the book hopefully I finish it quick.

the significance of the title for the book after

I haven’t started reading the book yet. But I think from the title after and the picture they have on the front of the book that this book is interesting. As I was looking at the front cover I noticed the picture of the girl was weird. It was a reflection of the girl. But one side of the reflection the girl was pregnant the other side she wasn’t. This brings me to what I think the significance of this title is. I think this book is going to be about a young girl’s life after her pregnancy. I think this because having a child will turn your whole life around especially when you’re young. I think I will be able to relate to this book a little because I had my first child when I was in high school. Being pregnant at such a young age can be hard. I hid my pregnancy from my family for four whole months because I was ashamed. I had so many bad thoughts going through my head the whole time. That’s why I think I might be able to relate to this book because after I had my child my whole life changed. So I think I can relate to the girl and her feelings in the book. That’s why I think this book is significant.

final comments on liar

After finishing the book liar and talking about it with other people I have a better understanding of the book. I have come to the conclusion that the title of the book is very ironic. I say this because now that I think about it Micah actually is not lying. She is basically telling us what goes on in her head. She tells us in many ways of her mental illness. Therefore she is not lying she just have a confused way of telling the reader of what’s going on in her head. I also came to this because I have a family member and a friend with a mental illnesses. When I was telling them about the book they related to it really well. One of them actually read the book. Their response was that in their head they think about things they want to happen. We all daydream but theirs is more intense and the at times they may act or think out what’s going on in their head. Without even realizing it until its too late. The only way to control it is with medication. When they told me this I immediately thought of Micah and how she killed her teacher and couldn’t stop. I think she was off her medication and couldn’t control herself and couldn’t control her thoughts anymore and killed someone and ended up in a mental hospital. That’s my last and final comment of the book liar.

the strangest part of liar

I think the strangest part of this book was at the end when she went to stay with her biology teacher. I think this part is strange because in so many ways she letting the truth out about what happened. She also gives a real clue about what the birth control pills really are. I think this because her teacher refused to give her the real pills instead gave her candy. I think her teacher though it was a placebo effect instead of the real deal. When she turned to the wolf at her teacher house I begin think that the pills was for her mental health instead of the whole wolf thing. At the end I think she killed her teacher with knives instead of claws. I also think that the upstate farm is an upstate mental hospital and her parents go visit her when they could. I think her parents gave her many chance to come home and act right but she couldn’t that’s why she’s at the farm or I say mental hospital. That’s why I choose that part of the book as the strangest because she lets the truth out in a lying way. You really have to think about the whole book and put all the pieces together to understand the ending of the book.

my ideals about micah

I have finished the book liar. From reading the entire book I have realized what type of person I think the main character is. from what I read i think Micah is a psycho. I think the things she wants to happen are in her her head. I think the whole book was a lie. If the book was real I would say that Micah is a person who wants attention. people who wants attention will do dumb things to fit in. I think Micah just wanted to be a regular person. the way she went about trying to do that wasn't the best way. I think the story she was telling was almost real except the part when she said she was a werewolf. Micah is such a compulsive liar that i just couldn't get into the book because i didn't know what was true. I though she would have ended the story telling the truth. but I think she kinda gave us the truth at the end. though Micah did admit to some of her lies I still couldn't believe her because after all to me shes just a liar 

the book liar

The title of this book is very significant to me in many ways. This book only have one word for a title. This makes me think a lot more and give me a lot of things to say about the title. To me liar only means one thing. That's a person who dosent' tell the truth. the title of this book makes me think that once a liar always a liar. I think that the character in this novel will lie so much that they cant stop. This also makes me think how far will a person go when it comes to lying, or how hard is it to believe a liar. I think when a person lies it becomes easier and at time they tell the truth but no believes them. When i was in the first grade I made up a lie that put my teachers job at risk. The teacher didn't let me play at recess because I was disruptive in class. I went home and told my mom that my teacher hit me. My mother wasn't very happy about it. She went to to school and caused all types of problems. Later that night I told my mother the truth. She was very upset. After that she never really believed certain things I said. I think that she looked at me as a liar. That's why the title of this book is significant to me.

lord of the flies

I am currently reading Lord of the Flies this book is very good. The text of this book affected me in many ways because it symbolizes how savage people become when they really need things. When I was younger I use to steal a lot because I didn’t have all the things I wanted. I fell that’s just the beginning stages for many other people. Many people feel that most savage acts come from animal, that’s not true. If you stop and think about homeless people who steal and do what they need to do to eat to survive, that’s part of being savage. This book really shows how down and dirty people can be. Each child in the book represents a person of evil, wisdom, jealousy and so on. If you look around you would see that the person next to you represent one of the words. This is good because people don’t start off being bad people they are mad the way they are. I feel this relates to me because I am a much different person now than I was when I was a kid. I feel this is because my life influence is what caused me to be the way I am now.

meet me

My name is Breona woods; I came from Peoria high school. On my free time I love hanging out with my friends or relaxing with my family. I am not a huge fan of reading but I have read a lot of books within the past two years. My favorite book so far was Lord of The Flies. I may not like reading but I can say I do enjoy it if the book I’m reading is really good. I like this book because it makes you think, I don’t like reading books where everything is easy to understand. This book make you think and have all types of hidden messages.