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This weekend I read If I Stay by Gayle Forman.

The quote I chose was, 

"I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill."

I chose this quote because I thought that what she did was brave. That instead of just giving in and letting her self die, she faced what she didn't want to and decided to stay. I was wondering, would I have done the same thing, if I was in her situation? If I lost my mom, dad, and brother, I don't think I would have come back. Because, if they were all gone, I would be gone to. I mean, I have friends and other things to live for, but not as much as my family. She is very brave for coming back as an orphan. That is why I chose this quote, because it shows that she acknowledges her pain, and that she chose to face it head on, instead of dying to get rid of it. 

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I had already finished my play, Death of a Salesman, so I started reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.

The quote I chose was,

"However, this bottle was not marked 'Poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart-, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off."

I really liked this quote for a lot of reasons. One of them was because I love how the author described the taste of the bottle. I mean, I know it is very unrealistic, but when you read it, you are already in another world. But it made me wonder, why drink something that you have no clue what  it is? I mean, now a days, you HAVE to watch your drink at parties, and you HAVE to make sure no one spikes it with anything. So, even though she wasn't at a party, and was probably in a different time, why you she do something so stupid? Because in the book, it makes her shrink, and I know that's not bad, but it could have been something worse, right?

So I'm reading the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. We were supposed to read the whole first act, and since my play only has TWO acts, it was like reading half the book!

Anyways, here's the quote I chose from the book - 

LINDA: (This is in the middle of one of her speeches) .... Why shouldn't he talk to himself? Why? When he has to go to Charley and barrow fifty dollars a week and pretend to me it's his pay? How long can that go on?

I chose this quote because in the play. it shows Linda as just being a wife who does practically anything her husband says. But during this part, when she's yelling at her sons, it shows how much she really does care about Willy (the husband.) Because Willy is having a break down, the sons keep asking, "What's wrong with him? He's so embarassing." But she tells them that is because they are living on commissioned money, and Willy is trying so hard to get money, and he gets so exhausted, that he talks to himself. I was wondering why didn't Linda ask her sons for help earlier? I mean, if it was me, I would have. And even when the sons found out, they still were reluctant to help. But it was sad knowing that Willy spent his whole life working, just to get fired and be on minimum wage. But it kind of reminds me of the recession going on now, even though it was written 60 years ago. I think that's why its a classic, because its message is timeless. 

Ugh.

I don't know if we needed to post a reading summary or not, but Bianca reminded me, so I'm doing one anyways :)

Ok, so I'm reading this book called State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It's a novel about the theory of global warming. It is fiction, but all the facts and reasonings are cited in the back of the book.

So the quote I chose was, "Sanjong and I gave you a careful, peer-reviewed interpretation of data. Made by several groups of scientists from several different countries. And your response was first to ignore it, and then to make an ad hominem arrack. You didn't answer the data. You didn't answer the data. You didn't provide counter evidence. You just smeared with innuendo."

I chose this quote because this was a quote that I can really relate to, but on a lower scale. In this part, Kenner (An MIT professor) is trying to convince Peter (A lawyer who normally deals with environmental issues) that global warming is still a THEORY and there is hard earned evidence that can support AGAINST global warming. Peter tried to counter argue, a little, by saying that Antarctica is melting. But in fact, only 2% is melting in Antarctica, while the rest is growing colder. 

In the book, there are A LOT of other facts that surprised. Like the ocean level hasn't risen in nearly 30 years. And the degrees is actually colder then it was a number of thousand of years ago. 

I chose this quote because it made me feel the same way I had the whole book. What is global warming? If people are so sure of it, then why hasn't it been PROVEN, and is just left as a THEORY. All the facts made by scientists that go against global warming must be simply overlooked. And any small factor that can contribute to it is spread, global wide. I have always believed in global warming, but I look back now and realize that I was easily swayed. I believed what the t.v. said, and what other people said. But now, this book is showing me the counter-side. 

I still don't know if I am 100% against global warming, but I know I am not 100% for global warming. 

this covers TWO reading posts.

First quote is -
"Deep in earth my love is lying
And I must weep alone." -Edgar Allan Poe, from the Raven.

This, in itself, is just one of his many poems. I chose it because it was short, but still very deep. In a litteral sense, it means that his love has died and is barried, and he must cry alone. Did Edgar Allan Poe really have someone close to him die? I don't know, I have never read any thing about his life. But in another way, it could mean something totally different. It could mean that your love has left you, and you FEEL as if they have died. Or maybe, you have barried that certain someone in your head, so that you wish they were dead. And it also symbolizes that you are alone. you have no one to console with over the loss of this person, and you must morn by yourself.

The second quote is -
"Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins." - Mark Twain, from the Notebook.

I chose this quote because it introduced me to a new word, martyrdom. I looked it up and this was the definition-
–noun
1.
the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
2.
extreme suffering; torment.

But, even with this definition, what does it mean in this context? Is it saying that standing up for your religon is wrong, or right? Is it blaming the people who kill them, or make them suffer? I'm not sure. Just sitting here and thinking about the quote makes me a bit confused. I like it a lot, the way the words flow together, but I am still trying to piece together what it all means.

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I read Crank by Ellen Hopkins. It was really good, and I enjoyed it a lot.

The quote I chose was,
"Have you ever
has so many thoughs
churning inside that you didn't
dare let them escape,
in case they blew you wide open?"

I chose this qupte because when I read it, it made me think of all the secrets I kepp, I mean I've never had it that bad, but I have felt guilty and bad. What must it feel like when you can't talk to anyone?
I don't know. I have always had someone to talk to, even if its my diary. I really pittied her, but I can't that much because she dug herself into the whole drug-use problem.

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I'm reading I know it's over. by C. K. Kelly Martin, still. This book is getting tiresome, I think I might give it up. 

"I missed her. I hated her for hating me. And then Christmas Eve happened and made those things look like the easy part."

I chose this quote because it made Nick seem like he was thinking things through, in a different perspective. He realized that the feelings he was feeling where nothing in comparison to what had happened in Christmas Eve. But why did he hate her? He knew that he was lying to himself, and he still really liked her. But I think this quote is good, because he realized he couldn't get caught up in his own feelings, that he had to look at the bigger picture. I think its hard for a lot of people to do that, to see the bigger picture. Sometimes, I don't even think I can. Oh well, anyways, I really liked this quote :D