A New Era

Author’s Note- This is a character development/analyzation about a recent book that I am reading, which is Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. This analyzation talks about Harry Potter and his role in the book. Look for some strong use of vocabulary.

Imagine yourself, in your crib, the thunder roaring, the blinding lightning and the ruthless clashes of the rain smashing against the ground. You then hear your parents bolting through the house and a flash of green light, when your mother charges through the door and swings the door closed with a loud crash. Your mother goes to your crib, crying, and starts to say that she loves you and your dad loves you, when all of a sudden, the door is plunged to the ground and a black hooded figure with a white face and a large wand, says the most terrifying words that will change your life forever. Your mother is laying on the floor, not moving a muscle and you have a large N imprinted on your forehead, from the most deadliest wizard of all time that you will one day face to determine your destiny. Your lifelong journey has now begun.

Ever since the death of Harry’s parents, he has lived his life with no family, except his annoying cousins, The Dursleys. Harry has grown up not knowing what happened when he was just a small infant. Harry Potter was then called, “The Boy Who Lived” since the one day that changed his life. The whole story and movies is based off of Harry Potter and why he lived through that one night. People try to kill him so Voldemort, the evil dark wizard, can become the new “king” and take over all wizards. If I had to describe Harry Potter in one word, the word would be bold. I describe Harry Potter as a bold person because he always listens to his heart, his friends and always trusts his instincts. When a problem pops up and needs to be fixed immediately, he comes up with strategies and figures out how to solve the problem. Harry also has great friends that support him and care for him, especially since he has no family to talk to. In the movies, Harry and his friends fight for their lives and fight to the death to help protect Harry because of his importance. Harry Potter is a brave, intelligent and heroic young man, considering the fact that  he has lost everything important to him.

Harry Potter changes throughout the novels and movies. He goes from a boy who lost everything, to the most famous wizard in history. As time progresses, Harry and his friends change their personalities. They grew up and became stronger and started to treat each other as brothers and sisters. Just like Rodger in L.H.’s short story, “Thank You Ma’am,” Rodger is a teenage boy who goes from stealing a lady’s purse for shoes, to a young man who got the shoes and learned not to steal. Same situation with Harry Potter, except with wizardry. He learns nothing in the beginning of his life because his parents died and had no one to live with. Then goes to a man who can take care of himself and fight on his own and sooner or later, be able to go and face the most darkest wizard of all.

Besides the fact that Harry Potter is the most famous wizard of all, he is just like any other teenager who goes to school, gets an education, has friends and experiences difficulties in his life. Harry Potter can be described as a person who faces the most difficult challenges in his lifetime and learns to face them and not to run away from his problems. In another book that I have read is “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys. I could compare Harry Potter and a teenage girl named Lina are somewhat alike to each other. One thing that they both have in common is they both face the most biggest challenges in their life. Lina is a girl who is living a wonderful life in Lithuania, and one day everyone is being captured, men being sent to prison camp and women and children to be slaves and be sold. Harry Potter on the other hand, describes himself as a person he doesn’t know. He faces life in a way that most people would not think about. To us, we think that Hogwarts and everything in the wizarding world is more terrific than having a regular life. For Harry Potter, life in the wizarding world is harder than it looks. If you could spend one day with Harry Potter and be a wizard, I guarantee that you would want to have your original life. Lina and Harry both face challenges and fight for what they know is right and wrong and to save their friends and family, not just themselves.

As the story develops, Harry and his friends face the most extreme battles of their life. As many of these treacherous battles continue, Harry and his friends become stronger, bold and independent. They also change their looks when they get older and become more smart when it comes to battle strategies or life threatening strategies. When Harry comes up with these strategies, he influences the people around him and many strangers. People look up to Harry because he has a bright personality and everybody thinks that when they are around Harry, they can’t be touched and they’re safe from any kind of danger, even when they’re fighting. Since the attack on Harry when he was a young boy, the wizards wonder how he survived that terrifying night. If I was a wizard and I found out about what happened that made everyone call Harry, “The Boy Who Lived,” I would definitely look up to Harry for help, a hero and survivor who can help and save hundreds and possibly millions of innocent people.

Harry Potter, “The Boy Who Lived,” began his lifelong journey at a baby’s age and begins his life with nothing. He then became a wise and independent person, who has encouraging friends, almost like they’re his family. Starting out with nothing in your life when you grow up is extremely difficult. Almost impossible. Since Harry Potter is so valuable throughout all the novels, he loses many wonderful people that he cares for the most such as his parents, Dobby the elf, Remus and Tonks, Dumbledore and many more people. If you grow up and had a similar life to Harry Potter, nothing in your life would make sense. The days that had passed after the attack on Harry, he lived his life, not knowing who he was or who his parents were. He got the help of friends and adults to guide his way and make the right decisions in his life. Harry never gave up on who he was, how his life started and who he parents were. He sacrificed many things and grew up having the best life anyone could ever imagine and spent his life, not in agony, but in victory and pride for who he was.

Yorkie-chon Puppies and Their Health Problems

Yorkie-chon puppies are very loveable, cuddly and furry little creatures that will make your heart sink the minute you see them. When you buy a yorkie-chon puppy, they need plenty of exercise because the more the exercise, the happier and healthier they get. They are also dogs that love to eat a lot which is a bad combo. Yorkie-chons are also very easy to train, especially when you start at a young age. There is something about this dog that many people may not know. Yorkie-chon puppies tend to have multiple seizures. This is because yorkie-chons have what’s called “abnormalities.” Abnormalities are in the liver of a yorkie-chon puppy and abnormalities are an abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence in the liver of this wonderful dog. Some of the names of diseases that causes dogs to have seizures are Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Fatty liver, Viral hepatitis and Jaundice. All of these affect the liver and cause seizures to happen. If your dog has a seizure, then comfort him in a calm voice, turn all sounds off and dim the lights to calm your dog down. What you would want to do is take your dog to the vet and get him checked out and get your dog treated immediately so the seizures are most likely not to come back. The doctor will most likely give your dog a small pill that will help support the liver and make it stronger to help prevent the attacks on your dog’s liver.

The Way People Can Change- “Thank You Ma’am”

Author's Note- This short response is from L.H.'s short story of "Thank You Ma'am." It talks about some points in the story of how Rodger behaved and the foolish choices that he made. Look for a couple of tricky vocabulary words in the story.

In L.H.’s short story “Thank You Ma’am,” we learn how people can affect others in a positive way. Rodger, a teenage boy who has no family and has nothing, decides to go up to a large woman to try and steal her purse for money so he can buy some blue suede shoes. The lady that had the purse, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, noticed that this boy was lonely and had nothing in his life. Mrs. Jones wanted to help this young boy, so she took him into her household and began teaching this boy to not steal and had Rodger wash his face and clean himself up from his selfish ways.

Throughout the story, Rodger is being transformed into a new person so he wouldn’t go back to his treacherous ways. I think that Rodger behaved the way he did because there is a song by Elvis Presley called, “Blue Suede Shoes.” When Rodger listen to this song, heard or saw the shoes, he instantly wanted them and because Rodger has no family or money, he went and snatched people’s purses to get money and buy the shoes. Rodger behaved like this just for shoes. When Mrs. Jones took Rodger into her house, he learned to end his ways on stealing purses from other people. Many people, like Rodger, will get desperate for something that they really want and start their bad ways, by taking other people’s money and they end up going to jail. If Rodger would have stolen Mrs. Jones’s purse and got away, then he could have gotten caught and gone to jail, rather than being taken in and being taught the right ways instead of the wrong ways and buying the blue suede shoes at the end of the story. Never be selfish and get desperate for something you really want. Think of the right ways that can keep you out of trouble.

"What Would I Say to America's Founding Fathers?"

Author's Note- This is my Patriot's Pen Essay that talks about what I would say to the founding fathers of America and who some of these men are. Look carefully for some paragraph or sentence transitions.

In some points of my life, I have asked myself, what would I tell America’s founding fathers? Would I say that I am proud of what they have done for our country? Would I say they should regret what they did and what would they think of our country now and how it has turned out when they left it? We have many Founding Fathers of America that helped create our nation as free country. We need to let people know about this amazing group of men that we owe very much.

Many people live their lives not caring who the founding fathers of America are. They are the people who found the nation after the American Revolution and our Independence was won. Some of the men that helped create our nation were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin and many more. The biggest and most important Founding Father of the United States was George Washington. George Washington had many leadership positions when he was elected president such as Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, Commanding General of the Army, and one of the obvious ones, The President of the USA. If I had the chance to meet George Washington, I would say thank you for creating a country where we can have a freedom of speech. Thank you to be able to have a government and mostly to be able to say “We The People.”

Furthermore, another Founding Father of the United States is John Adams. John Adams helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that helped end the American Revolution. Later on, he was elected vice president and then was later elected the 2nd president of the United States. John also had several leadership positions such as statesman, diplomat and the leader of the American Independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was a politician who supported republicanism. If I had the chance to go back in time or just being able to see him again, I would say to him that he has done an extraordinary job of keeping America safe and protecting us. He was one man who kept America going in the right direction. Saying thank you to him for what he has done would be the one of the greatest days of my life.

In addition to two very important Founding Fathers, another very important one is Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was another founding father diplomat that was stationed in Paris. Jefferson also helped organize the Republican and Democratic Parties with the help of one of his friends, James Madison. He was elected vice president in 1796 and was then elected president in 1800 and was re-elected as president in 1804. Thomas Jefferson accommodated many roles that assist the United States and other countries as well such as France when he was appointed to Minister of France. To this founding father of the United States, I would say to him that he has done an amazing job of not only helping out the United States, but helping other countries in need and keeping many things on track.

There were many other founding fathers that created and helped form America. George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the main group of men that lead America in the right direction. In addition to the first three founding fathers, there were 74 men that created America. If I could go back into time and see this group of amazing people, I would say thank you for what you have done for our country. One big question that would be interesting to ask them is what they would think about our country now. I would be intrigued on what they had to say. Without these group of men, America would either not be America or worst of all, not exist. I hope that the politics and Americans today will make the right choices and honor these men by keeping America on the line and not dishonoring them by ruining the land that they created. We owe these men so much for the land and people that they have created.

Cause/Effect- A Boy No More

Author’s Note: This oral report is a cause and effect analysis of the happenings in the novel Touching Spirit Bear. This is a very short analysis that talks about the book.

Touching Spirit Bear is a fictional and adventure story that has many twists and turns throughout the book. Cole Matthews, a teenage boy lived his life learning nothing but anger and power. Cole is just like any ordinary boy who goes to school and gets an education, but beats people up and acts as he is the boss of everyone in the world. Cole one day goes to the extreme and sends a boy named Peter Driscal in the hospital smashing his head on the sidewalk. The event that I am going to analyze is after Cole is sent to Circle Justice, goes to the Remote Alaskan Island to learn to survive in the wilderness and throw away his anger. Cole’s parole officer, Garvey sends Cole to this remote island to change his ways for good.

The climax of the story was Cole being sent to a remote island, just a few days after he beat up Peter and sending him to the hospital. When Cole was sent to the island, he had to learn to fight for his life, no matter how painful and invigorating living there was. When Cole was on the island, no matter how hard he tried, there was no way to get off of the island until the end of the book. Cole knew that surviving on this island would not be easy but Cole tries as hard as he can to survive and knew what he was going to do in the times on this crucial island.

Then, as Cole is trying desperately to save his life, he gets mauled by a giant Spirit Bear as Cole kept threatening the Bear to think that the Bear was afraid of Cole. As Cole’s body was about ready to shut down and ready to die, Cole’s parole officer Garvey and a Tlingit elder named Edwin were able to meet again and save Cole’s life. As Cole was healing, he was sent back to the island and started to learn how to roll his anger and pain away. Cole then turns his figure around and was able to return home. As Peter was in the hospital, healing from the attack, Cole was able to connect with Peter and have Peter not to be afraid of the new Cole Matthews.

Cole was able to accomplish everything that was asked of him to do on the island because the parole officer Garvey asked him to survive and change his ways in the days that Cole was there. Cole would have never changed if he hadn’t given up on himself and just said enough and stayed home after the bear attack and being the same Cole Matthews as when he arrived on the island. For a boy at his age, it was hard for him to survive on his own because his parents never taught him to help himself survive. However, Cole was able to do beyond what Garvey had asked, but was able to change himself from the inside out and become friends with the boy that he had put in the hospital.As a result of Cole’s ways, Peter was able to learn to trust Cole and know that Cole deep down changed himself so that this situation would never happen again. Cole and Peter were then able to be best friends and live on the island together, knowing that they could trust each other and know that they each have each other’s backs for life.

Conflict/Resoultion- A Boy No More

Author's Note: This two paragraph analysis is my conflict/resolution piece that talks about the most recent book I have read. In this analysis, look for some sentence transitions.  

A recent book that I have read is A Boy No More by Harry Mazer. In this book, a teenage boy named Adam Pelko lives in Hawaii with his mother and his little sister, Bea. One day, Adam is out with his friends in Adam’s boat fishing when they see Pearl Harbor getting bombed. The bombing forced Adam’s family to move out of Hawaii and found a place in a town called Bakersfield. But this tragic day, was the least of their problems, especially for Adam. The biggest conflict in the story was Adam receiving a letter from a close friend in Hawaii and setting Adam on an big adventure. The big problem was that Adam had school and he had a job he had to attend every morning. From Bakersfield to Fresno would take hours and possibly days. This conflict traveled throughout the entire book which kept the story real and exciting. In addition to what’s happening, this conflict affects everybody’s lives and their jobs. Adam almost loses his job because of the letter, sneaking out of the house and misses school, his mom had to sometimes stay home from work  just to make sure Adam didn’t sneak out of the house and go to Fresno. His sister still went to school but asked where her brother went. Adam’s family hit a little bump and it almost tore Adam’s family apart.

There were many ways that this conflict could be solved. One, Adam’s mom could drive him to Fresno and Adam could deliver the letter and drive back home together. Second, Adam could have just delivered the letter through mail to Davi’s dad. And lastly, Adam could have just wrote back and said something like, “I’m sorry but I am not able to deliver the message.” In the book, the way that Adam and his family solved the problem was letting Adam go on his adventure to deliver the letter, but work extra hours at work. That is probably the best way to solve a problem is to figure it out as a family. Adam and his mom solved their conflict. At the end of the book, Adam delivered the letter and Davi reconnected with his family. Always talk your problems out with your family and every solution can be solved the right way, just like Adam did with his family. They compromised and solved the issue.

"What Would I Tell America's Founding Fathers?"-Allison Andes

Author’s Note: In this essay, America’s Founding Father’s will be revealed, along with my opinion about them. Watch for some strong use of vocabulary and for some information on the Founding Fathers of America.

In some points of my life, I have asked myself, what would I tell America’s founding fathers? Would I say that I am proud of what they have done for our country? Would I say they should regret what they did? The big question is, what would they think of our country now and how it has turned out when they left it? We have many Founding Fathers of America that helped create our nation a free country. We need to let people know about these amazing group of men that we owe to very much.

Some people don’t even know who the founding father’s of America are. They are the people who found the nation after the American Revolution and our Independence was won. Some of the men that helped create our nation were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin and many more. The biggest and most important Founding Father of the United States was George Washington. George Washington had many leadership positions when he was elected president such as Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, Commanding General of the Army, and one of the obvious ones, The President of the USA. The biggest leadership position that George Washington had was helping create the precedents and foundations that would help create and form America. If I had the chance to meet George Washington, I would say thank you for creating a country where we can have a freedom of speech. Thank you to be able to have a government and mostly to be able to say “We The People.”

Another Founding Father of the United States is John Adams. John Adams helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that helped end the American Revolution. Later on, he was elected vice president and then was later elected the 2nd president of the United States. John Adams was a very important person in the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress. John also had several leadership positions such as statesman, diplomat and the leader of the American Independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was a politician who supported republicanism. There are a lot of things that John Adams has done to help create America and make it a safe and free country to live in. If I had the chance to go back in time or just being able to see him again, I would say to him that he has done an extraordinary job of keeping America safe and protecting us. He had many occupations in his lifetime that helped keep America on track and moving in the right direction. Saying thank you to him for what he has done would be the greatest day of my life.

In addition to two very important Founding Fathers, another very important one is Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was another founding father diplomat that was stationed in Paris. Thomas Jefferson also help organize the Republican and Democratic Parties with the help of one of his friends, James Madison. Also, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson served in the Continental Congress. He was elected vice president in 1796 and was then elected president in 1800 and was re-elected as president in 1804. Thomas Jefferson accommodated many roles that assist the United States and other countries as well such as France when he was appointed to Minister of France. To this founding father of the United States, I would say to him that he has done an amazing job of not only helping out the United States, but helping other countries in need and keeping many things on track.

There were many other founding fathers that created and helped form America. George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the main group of men that lead America in the right direction. In addition to the first three founding fathers, there were 74 men that created America. If I could go back into time and see this group of amazing people, I would say thank you for what you have done for our country. One big question that would be interesting to ask them is what they would think about our country now. I would be intrigued on what they had to say. Without these group of men, America would either not be America or worst of all, not exist. I hope that the politics and Americans today will make the right choices and honor these men by keeping America on the line and not dishonoring them by ruining the land that they created.