What's Love Got to Do With It?

Author’s Note: The amazing point of view of Lena from the book called A Unique Kind of Love. Talking about the main character Lena love for Liam, and wondering about him and her. Would it last? Does he feel the same way? What will he say if Lena told him?

Love is a powerful word, this “thing” may not seem all the possible to some but when you find the right person the heart feels the need to say the three magic words. It’s just this one girl new girl who sticks out more than others, now falling for the known loser in the school. What would you do if you became friends with him, or maybe just fall in love, or is he just another heart breaker?

No one is the same, but you and your friends find a way to be the same.  Similarities are sometimes noticeable, but in Lena’s situation these similarities are hidden between her and Liam, That thing is called love. The most meaningful word and also misused and misunderstood.

 Liam has a point of view in this story, were he thinks the same way but doesn’t say a thing to her, because he is “mute” . He has no family left other than one cousin. Lena is the only one that is keeping him alive. After prom and his grandmothers death, he needed some alone time so he left Lena, alone, right after she told him see loved him. He told her he loved everything about her and said that he didn’t love her.  

The confusion Lena felt was unbearable. She hasn’t heard from him in over a week. He promised his grandma that he would tell her that he loved her, and he did; so did Lena after the over herd Liam and his grandmother talking. That’s why she is so confused. She knew what she heard. Why would he lie to his grandma? Is all she could think about and why was he avoiding her?

Most of the time when you love someone you would like to hang out with them, be there for them. But when it’s just one person that wants to be hanging out with you, then it’s just a heart breaking feeling.  Heart break is a big topic in the story to, after Lena’s dad died she remember what he said to her about it, millions of arrows being pierced threw your heart, the burning sensation that you get in your stomach, not knowing if you should cry or scream or even run away. 

Physical Activity

Author's Note: This essay is about my physical activity and how it keeps me healthy and fit.

In phy ed for me is the time to get out of the desk and laptop and start getting my energy out and keeping healthy. The value that physical activity provides me with is being healthy and not taking the wrong turn for my body. We keep on having fun games to challenge us to be competitive with our friends and have fun playing that game. The physical activity that we do in gym class keeps me collaborative with my friends and enjoy working out with my friends that are in my class. All the movement that have have helps me keep healthy.

I enjoy physical activity because it keeps me fit and interested in becoming a very athletic person and willing to try new sports that give me awesome experiences. Being physically active is important because it keeps you strong and healthy. How does it keep you healthy? Well being strong and active means your body and keep active to take care of itself. It keeps your bones strong so they don’t break as easily. 

When I have challenge I always try to conquer that challenge for whatever obstacle it is. That’s why physical activity helps me become a better athlete. The challenge, the burst of energy, the lift of your legs moving back and forth just keeps me active and healthy. 

Bad Habit

Author’s Note: What you will be looking for in this piece is what the author was trying to tell the reader, like what is the whole point of this book.

An eating disorder is a horrible thing, people thinking they are “Perfect” or not skinny enough. I believe that the author of the book called  “Perfect”  is trying to interpret the meaning of be who you are and don’t try to change the way you look, or you will be in trouble.  I have learned from this book, how? Well I was always thinking of trying it, and I thought maybe it would change me, but I learned from gym class I learned what I could look like, then I read the book  and I was proud that I wasn't about to start with a bad habit.

Some would say being perfect will get you popularity, or maybe boyfriends, well being perfect doesn't mean anything, you should be happy with who you are with at that moment.  The author made the main character, Isabelle, was bulimic she stood strong trying to keep her issue and got rid of it by finding a new way to change her weight which is awesome for her. Even thought she is a character in a book, it is always the best feeling to stop a habit that you have had for quite some time.

When she changed her thoughts I had changed mine, and mine was not to hurt my body. There is about everyone that would change their body just to get was they think they need, but why? No matter who you are God created someone specially for you.  Just because you aren't the way you want to be doesn't mean harm yourself.

Isabelle didn't think it was harming her, but she finally learned that things weren't the same about her, she was tired, dizzy, and hungry.  I know many people that have this disorder and I have known then before they have started, there is a big difference, it’s scary to see someone you know slowly changing in front of you; not in the good way.

Some people can’t just take the way they are, it’s a sad thing to see people anorexic or just doing harsh things to themselves. The author had a great story, and had an awesome plot. This story is on having a bad habit, and I learned that it seems to be a bad habit to get  into, but just the thought of trying to stop, it’s just like trying to ignore an itch that you have.  We are not perfect, we are different and that’s what we should stay as, just different.

You Have Been Confessed

Author’s Note: This essay is on theme and those themes are drama and mystery. “confections of a teenage nanny” is placed in New York

This adventurous story is full of drama and mystery!  Adrienne is the main character with her best friend Liz plus Cameron.  Adrienne and Liz are nannies with crazy stories, and crazy kids that they have to take care of, other than Cameron, she is a model.  The two themes that you will be looking for in this story is drama and mystery.

Drama is in every one’s life, if you don’t have drama then you are the luckiest person ever! Adrienne got hooked up with being a nanny of a intelligent 8 year old Emma, but she just hooked herself up with some trouble. Emma’s older sister, Cameron, the girl that gets everything. Cameron got what she wanted, Adrienne’s two year boyfriend. Party after party, Cameron gets closer and closer to Adrienne’s life so she can snatch it away from her.

From Adrienne’s point of view, she has no clue of what Cameron’s sneaky plans are, Adrienne has a lot of mysteries on her lap that she has to find out.  Waiting for her next move, trying to hide her whole life away from Adrienne. As Cameron is just acting like nothing happened at the party that she threw, Adrienne is just about explode into  million tiny pieces.  The suspicion that Adrienne has is very strong about Cameron, because to randomly a top model wants to be best friends with Adrienne. What was she trying to get?

“Confections of a teenage nanny”  relates to the book called “A Girl Like Moi” which is about a lot of fashion just like Cameron in the book, Moi is a lot like Cameron. Up top, and wanting everything. Maxing out her parents money just like Cameron does almost every day. Moi and Cameron are about the same age doing the same thing every night. Both up to no good.

Adrienne got herself into this mess and she has to find a way out. As for the Warner family, Cameron is just another daughter up to some normal 21 year old girl. Liz tells her that Cameron is very dangerous, Adrienne doesn't listen. Then boom Cameron takes the boy! I believe that this book left you on the edge of your seat just waiting for the next move the Cameron was going to move, it had a very surprising ending and you just wish they didn't leave you right there. I guess they just did that to get you to read the next book.

       

The Pony Express Story

Author's Note: This story is filed with syntax and this is a creative peace. What is going on here in the story is the point of view of a young soldier and the point of view of William, the man who is sending the letter. 

On a hot summer day of July 18^, 1960, a  brave young soldier named Alexander Selmer  prepared for battle in Texas.  He started writing his last letter to his family and his beautiful wife Judy.  Revising the delicate letter with his blue tinted quill in his left hand. “Solders, Ready in 10, Hurry up. Wagons leaving!” said William Hepburn Russell the man who runs the pony express with his two other partners for the long travel.

“WATTCKET” smacks the whip on the horse’s behinds. Thousands of miles away from the home of Carson City, Nevada, Judy and Alexander have a charming three  year old child named Emily. Only a few days have passed for the Pony Express trip, but for the soldiers it felt  like it has been a year waiting for the enemy’s arrival. Waiting for the strike for the land of Texas.

Four strong horses pulled the thousand pound wagon across the country.  This was a long journey for William Russell and his crew. The boiling temperatures were blistering agents the three travelers. It has been almost a week and William has only traveled 1,0300 miles. To Alexander, the solder felt like months waiting for his wife to read the beautiful cursive of her husband ready to serve his life away.

Off to battle with hope, braveness and strength. Heart pounding waiting for the big boom to arrive. Alexander praying that his daughter is okay and joyful, dreaming that he has his daughter in his arms tightly waiting for dinner to be cooked. Alexander’s thoughts have been interrupted by a gun shot fired from the woods, “Solders ready, aim, FIRE!” said one of the soldiers in the front of the line. Gun shots back and forth, bodies found everywhere blood, shooting and body parts found every direction he looked. It seemed to be too much for this young soldier to handle.

Alexander  remembering about the letter that he sent, dreaming Judy reading the letter with tears in her eyes, his daughter sitting on his wife’s lap. Alexander feeling a sharp pain in his upper thigh, looking down feeling with his had a red gush using from his leg, bleeding threw his white pants. Falling down to his knees, gasping for help watching in a big blur, one by one soldiers fall with a rawer to the sky. Slowly closing his eyes, right before they have sealed two soldiers screamed “Retreat! Retreat!”. Running back with Alexander in their arms so limp.

The Roundy’s bar down in Utah, where William Russell and William B. Waddell, Alexander Majors, holding beers in their hand, dancing with some lovely ladies that they had just met. As the boy’s were saying their good-byes to the young and still gorges ladies after a few beers,  loading back into the wagon with a crack of the wipe to wake the horses. On word they went only three more days to go.

 Still drunk after a few hours, everything in his eyes was just lala land barley staying on the right path horses screaming in pain, no water or food in over a week.  Mr. Majors has been driving for more than ten minutes and still doesn’t know what he is doing, turning the horses in a thousand different directions. In the middle of know where the three drunken men stop to set up a campus for them to rest. 

Back to the grounds of the wounded men that fought like crazy. Everything seemed rushed, but still a big blur. “Look, he has awaken, welcome back Alexander, how are you feeling” said a man that looked really familiar to Alexander. Slowly rising up, still in pain, looking at his bandaged leg. Alexander got a sudden burst of energy, happy to see his body still functioning. He still has that image in his head, his daughter in his arms, a great smile from ear to ear.

“I’m alright, still in a bit of shock, but I am still functioning aren't I?” Alexander said with a bit of sarcasm in his tone. Gradually standing up barley on his leg, grasping the air for help to keep his balance. “ How long have I been out?” Alex asked the young man. “Sir you have been at rest for two days, sir.” With a sharp tone. Waiting for more information of why he was out, was it because of the blood loss? Will he make it home? Am I going to survive the rest of the battle? A million questions running around in his head waiting to jump out. But his biggest question was where was his letter?

“Bang, Bang” Screamed a gun. “Were being ambushed! Arm your guns and fire!” Screamed the same man from the tent far away. Alexander’s heart pounding rushing for his gun, not remembering were the gun prouder was but then he felt eyes on him from a tree in the woods. BANG! Looking at his chest a hole right threw him. Falling over to his back the blur comes back waiting for the pain to be over, tears rushing down his face then the eyes shut.

Ten minutes away from the town, still at the same rate as they were two nights ago. Waiting for the pit stop to come so they can rest and start chugging on some beers. Running the horses as fast as they can to get to Carson City. Finally the letters are there calling off name by name, passing letter by letter. The last name called was Judy. Slowly opening the letter and reading holding her hand over her mouth and starting to cry, feeling her heart drop and falling to her knees.  The letters words hit her hard praying that he will make it home, her daughter running to her mother on the ground balling, she picks up the note trying to read the smoothly written words, and hugging her mom.

A few weeks later, the soldiers are on their way over to home. All the family’s standing there hugging everyone and thanking them. As for Judy waiting for the love of her life to come join her, but there was no arrival. The lonely days are beginning to start, without her husband and no stable job, Judy has to fight everything she's got for her daughter. Showing her husband that she will give it her all to keep their child healthy.

The Fifteen Foot Bear

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Author: Danielle Beaudoin

Witness: Tiffany Raasch,  her cat named Oreo

Title: The 15ft bear

Author's Note: This story is a creative peace, about the 15Ft. Bear that is in Alaska. You will find some quite detailed moments.

Warning, the largest grizzly bear ever seen in Alaska.  Be careful you campers and hunters the most terrifying bear you have ever seen here in Alaska. Only one amazing human has ever seen him face to face without being mauled and her name was Tiffany with her cat, she was unlucky to survive the foot long nails on the bear. Still not have been found yet, he must be in hiding. Tiffany Raasch is here to tell us what she went through, “Hello and thank you for having me here today.  So I was out on a walk with my cat named Oreo a black and white cat. Out of nowhere, a deep growl came from the bushes near us. Oreo’s hair on his back stuck straight up like the trees. What was it?  What should I do?  The bear that was about 15ft came charging at me and my cat. I couldn’t grab Oreo because the bear already had him under his paw. Sprinting with tears running down my eye, as I looked back the bear took away my cat, but as for me I was safe.” These were the last words from our Tiffany Raasch.

I Broken Off Thinking You'd Be Crying

Author’s Note: This Point of view essay / short story is the point of view of the guy from the song Want you back by Char Lloyd.

A energetic song named “Want you back is a song written by Char Lloyd,” It is about a young girl who had the best time ever with her boyfriend but she broke up with him because she wanted a break.  However, now she is seeing how much fun he is having with another girl and she is regretting breaking up with him. As she says this “I broken off thinking you’d be crying” thinking that he would be running back to her after he sees what he will be missing.

If you were in the guys point of view what would you say or do to Char Lloyd. This upbeat song must have a story behind it, and I will get to the bottom of this situation. Why would she be breaking up with him and then wanting him back? Sounds very suspicious, you are just giving mixed signals. I would know because I have been in the guys position before.

Guy talking :”Considering that you left me is not my fault! You let me go so now that just tells me that you are over and done with me, no reason for trying to come back to you.”

Char talking: “But I said I was sorry. Why can’t you just give me another chance? I will promise that I will change just for you and make you happy, I won’t hurt you.”

Guy talking: “Well I am sorry. Time to move on and not always do you have to give a second chance to the ones that hurt us. I am staying out of your drama hole. I don’t need you anymore, bossing me around and telling me who to hang out with. This is my turn to show myself that I am not going to be dragged back by you.”

Char talking: “Please. I made a big mistake, can’t you just take me back like this never happened. Like I never broke up with you?”

Guy talking: “No. We are done, just stop trying. I am not going to be guilty for something you did, I don’t feel bad for you. Just please stop. You can live without me, go talk to your “guy friends” you seem to spend a lot of time with them.”

Char talking: “Well all I’m saying is ha you’re going to miss all this! ughh! Time to write a song!”

Take it Back

Author’s Note: This Point of view essay / short story is the point of view of the guy from the song Want you back by Char Lloyd.

A energetic song named “Want you back is a song written by Char Lloyd,” It is about a young girl who had the best time ever with her boyfriend but she broke up with him because she wanted a break.  However, now she is seeing how much fun he is having with another girl and she is regretting breaking up with him. As she says this “I broken off thinking you’d be crying” thinking that he would be running back to her after he sees what he will be missing.

If you were in the guys point of view what would you say or do to Char Lloyd. This upbeat song must have a story behind it, and I will get to the bottom of this situation. Why would she be breaking up with him and then wanting him back? Sounds very suspicious, you are just giving mixed signals. I would know because I have been in the guys position before. It is a hard dissociation to make in what position hat these two young people are in. What would you say if you were the guy, or the girl? I would just tell her that you said what you meant and no need to turn back. 

Guy talking :”Considering that you left me is not my fault! You let me go so now that just tells me that you are over and done with me, no reason for trying to come back to you.”

Char talking: “But I said I was sorry. Why can’t you just give me another chance? I will promise that I will change just for you and make you happy, I won’t hurt you.”

Guy talking: “Well I am sorry. Time to move on and not always do you have to give a second chance to the ones that hurt us. I am staying out of your drama hole. I don’t need you anymore, bossing me around and telling me who to hang out with. This is my turn to show myself that I am not going to be dragged back by you.”

Char talking: “Please. I made a big mistake, can’t you just take me back like this never happened. Like I never broke up with you?”

Guy talking: “No. We are done, just stop trying. I am not going to be guilty for something you did, I don’t feel bad for you. Just please stop. You can live without me, go talk to your “guy friends” you seem to spend a lot of time with them.”

Char talking: “Well all I’m saying is ha you’re going to miss all this! ughh! Time to write a song!”

Comparing a book to a movie

Author's Note: This essay is about comparing and contrasting on a book named Chains  and the movie called The Patriot .

The deaths were devastating; quick; gory and heart breaking. The hard times of this event was miserable. In the movie The Patriot  Directed by: Roland Emmerich, a various amount of people were killed by the British (Red coats). As this time was going on two young ladies are being sold to a cruel family. Losing your family is hard, you can't bear to see them leave you or be taken away from you.

The Patriot  is a very upsetting time, as the revolutionary war is happening at this moment in time, a happy family with a father of seven children. Benjamin (father) ; Gabriel (oldest son); Thomas (second oldest son), these three boys are very important in this movie for the reason that the boys are the main characters also important to the Revolutionary War. As for one by one of these boys were taken away from the world and each other. 

At that period of time the rebels and the red coats are at battle two young slave  girls just lost their aunt who was the only one who could set them free. The book called, Chains written by: Laurie H. Anderson. This adventurous book is about a older sister named Isabel and her younger sister Ruth. As for these two girls that have been sold of to some bratty white people, they to are in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Through all of this the two insuperable sister have been sent to different places. It makes you sick inside for losing your family, not being able to say in touch for a long time.

These to point of views are different because one side is of two young slaves, the other half is of a point of view of the war and the “rebels”. As both of these time periods are going on both are trying to fight for freedom, as for Isabel and her sister they are sent to be slaves even though they are supposed to be free right at that moment their aunt died. As in The Patriot, multiple slaves are in the movie freely working  to save other slaves from slavery.  All of this is because of the Revolutionary War, all of this revolves around the war.

As these times pass in both book and movie,  there are people dying, crying.  The Patriot and the book Chains have depressing moments,  they also made good times in both, as for winning the battle and for seeing your mom after 5 years into her death. No one could hand really what was going on, but everything turned to be the way of close to a happy ending.

Only To Stop the Hunger

Author’s Note: This piece is about the theme of family found in the book Hunger Games.  Look for the girl that is fighting for her district, her family and her life.

Just see that girl, scared to death in the middle of a battle field running for her life;  alone in a dark forest where many crazed animals and humans that sneak up behind you. As in the book, Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, in the main character’s heart, she is thinking about back home, and her folks, and of how she volunteered for her sister and her mother. Readers will learn that anyone would do some amazingly dangerous things just for their family.

In the area that Katniss likes in at this moment is very poor; after her father passed away the Everdeen family started to lose a lot of their money, the family's' house just was becoming more run down. The house it is very calm with only her mother and her little sister Primrose. Katniss’s life is protecting and providing for her family,  sneaking out into the woods just for a kill to eat.

Getting ready to pick for the Hunger Games. First girl picked is Primrose Everdeen, the younger sister of the girl who was the first ever to volunteer, now Katniss is in the spotlight, that feels like a caged like an animal, scared as a deer in headlights, her heart racing like a horse, with no way of turning back, no way of walking out of this. As she is getting ready for the battle, the countdown begins, 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 they’re off. Everyone in this battle never knew which way to choose. Any direction you choose can just be a death sentence for you.

All this pain mad Katniss think that sticking up for your family shows her that doing anything for your family can make a big change in her life. As you see she is putting her life in risk to save her relatives from starvation. Everything had changed after the games had ended, most family’s were heartbroken but only two family’s remain pleased. These times are very heartbreaking however, all of these people tried to survive for their families health.

Eating?

Author's Note: This is a character analysis on Isabelle from the book Perfect.  This piece is saying don’t judge a book by its cover, because sometimes words are much more powerful than actions.

We see a girl that has no father and lives with her  younger sister, April, and her mom. Isabelle is strong mentally, although she is weak physically, but she has enough strength to fight through life's down moments. What these two people do for themselves in the end was the best thing they could ever choose.

Isabelle is the main character in the book "Perfect," This story is about Isabelle and her sister dealing with bulimia. Isabelle is making herself throw up because she thinks of herself as over-weight, thinking this the best for herself, which it isn’t. She is hurting herself by messing up her eating habits.  Isabelle’s eating habits connect to the book “Skinny” because of a girl named Holly, where she is fighting  her weight and for her life. 

Holly is a girl that has anorexia,  but is also a very great athlete, however Isabelle is bulimic and not athletic.   It is easy to see they are in a way very similar because both of their dads have passed away. After both suffer this loss, they choose to change their chances of living a full life, by changing their eating habits in a bad way.

Isabelle finds the most popular girl, Ashley, in school in her group therapy class. They become the best of friends.  The coincidental thing is, they both are bulimic. Holly’s older sister Giselle is helping her with this problem, as Ashley is helping Isabelle.   I am glad that I don’t have any bad eating habits because I wouldn't want people laughing or making fun of me because of the way I felt with my body.

Toward the end of the book Isabelle has stopped her filthy habit and started eating right again.  But as for Ashley, she still continues to make herself vomit. Isabelle's therapy leader was able to help her change the way she looked at herself,  seeing that it does not matter what you look like. You should know that you are beautiful just the way you are.  Don’t let way others judge you affect who you are because only you know what your heart feels.  Be yourself, live the way you want to live, and not the way others want you to.

What Will Happen Next?

Author's Note: A prediction piece of a hook that is haunted by a mysterious black shadow that we do anything to protect his hook.

 In the lab were Cody did all of his experiments and mysterious things no one may ever now. He found a golden hook. As the boy tried and tried to melt the hook into a block of gold, but nothing was changing for the past hour. What was going on with the hook? Was there something important about the hook? As the night went by things were changing, light was flickering tools were swaying. It was cold and frightening noises everywhere. Then silence grew upon the room, dark shadow grew upon his presents breathing down his neck and spook in low scratchy tone, “THIS IS MY HOOK!”, and the black shadow grabbed him down to the basement were no one may ever go.