Wednesday, September 29, 2010

PLN Entry Number Three.

This past reading, i read a few more stories in "The Muse". It came to my mind that great literature comes from all different ages. Not just from famous book writers, but kids right here from AHS. Some of the best short stories, I've read in a while came right from the book written by kids that i sometimes know. Recently, I read a short story called "The Last Cereal Killer". It was about this cop that was supposed to hunt down cereal killers, but instead when he found them he killed them. Instead of turning them in, to go to jail. To cut to the chase at the end it showed that at the top of his list was his name. Because he was killing all these people he had been put at the top of the list. This relates to the quote we have been relating a lot of out work towards. "Why good people do bad things".

Sunday, September 12, 2010

PLN Dos (2)

In one story in "The Muse", written by kids from Arapahoe, I read a a very short story about how to eat a Chipolte Burrito just right. It started out on how to unfold the foil, to get the full experience. It continued with the first bite and then the second then the third, ect. Each bite you were supposed to put just the right amount of Tabasco sauce on. While reading this I noticed that some people could take this the wrong way. Maybe the person writing this thought that if you don't put the right amount on your burrito, it would be ruined. This could be an act of why a good person, the person writing the story, could be a bad person. Saying that your wrong if you put to much or too less of the Tabasco sauce, relating to the quote "Why good people do bad things".

Thursday, September 2, 2010

From A Summer Day (PLN)

In the two days, I read a few stories from "The Muse". This book is written by multiple students from AHS. It's then published at the end of the year. I read a story within the book that was called "From a Summer Day" by Amelia Coyle. This story revealed many traits throughout, but the one that stood out to me the most was, how meaningful someone or something is to you, until it's gone.
It was about a girl named Erin, that had planned on living on the coast of an island. Something bad had happened and she couldn't take it on this island any longer, but her fiancé had wanted to stay and start a family. Soon after her family member got hit by a car and died after being cut from life support. She then realized that stuff happens, but you need to move on. After this happening it Really Influenced her to make the decision to stay on the island. That's why that trait really stood out to me. I also read many other short stories and i recommend anyone to just take a browse through "The Muse".