When was the last time you fought for a lost cause? Well, in Hoot our superman is Roy fighting to save some helpless owls about to be crushed in their own homes. Roy really cares about these owls, and  not just because they are small and cute. But because he has been moved from house to house for his whole life. Again and again leaving to go somewhere else. Since he is so familiar with losing his own home, Roy is willing to fight for this lost cause.

Roy is doing everything to take out the organization that owns the land. Throughout  Hoot there are other quotes supporting Roy’s thoughts: “That land belonged to the owls long before it belonged to the pancake house” (171 ). This pancake house is run by a diabolical business man name Chuck Muckle. Chuck doesn’t care what stupid weak animal is on his land, so he plans to bury their homes. Protected or not he will just build his beautiful pancake house right over them. This would be illegal but no one even knows that they’re there. So as long as no one finds out, he can decimate the owl’s home without a care in the world.

There is a police man mixed up in this story too. Officer Delinko, a young cop making his way through the justice system in hopes of becoming a detective. He realizes that finding this young punk who is vandalizing Mother Paula’s, could be a huge break for him. So every night he drives by looking for the juvenile delinquent involved in this crime. “All he wanted was to solve the mystery” (36 ).  He's not a lost cause but he hasn't made the best of progress to meet him career goal. 

Relating to the Capital controlling people in The Hunger Games series. Both these books are against a strong powerful organization.  But there are people that stand up for what they believe in. They just like Roy are fighting for a lost cause.

Al aeropuerto - BLOG 2

Antes de salir a aeropuerto_________ yo tengo  hacer las maletas. Yo necesito traer mi _________Pasaporte________ porque voy en el extranjero. Yo voy a traer mucho ______Equipaje_______ a España conmigo. Yo voy a ir____ al aeropuerto en coche.

Cuando llegue al _Aeropuerto_____ habrá muchas cosas que hacer. Primero, tengo que __Confirmar__ que el vuelo sale a tiempo. No quiero que mi vuelo salga tarde. El ___Numero_____ del  vuelo es IB6247.

Segundo, yo voy a ___Facturar________  a la mujer pero yo puedo quedarme el equipaje de ________pasaporte___________.

Próximo, tengo que ______ir_____ por el control de ___________seguridad____________. No me gusta la máquina de rayo-X.  Después de esperar en una cola muy larga, yo puedo ir a la _________la pueta___________    _______de_______   ___________embarque__________.

A las 10:15 yo puedo embarcar en el ________avion__________. Ya hay muchos _____________passajeros_____________ en el avión. Yo paso por el frente de la cabina del ___________piloto____________. Él me saluda y es muy simpático.

Yo pongo mi __________equipaje_________ en el portaequipajes y pongo mi bolso bajo de la __________silla____________ enfrente de mí. La ___________azafata___________  empieza a explicar que hacer durante una emergencia. Tengo que _______ver______ un video de seguridad. Antes de despegar, la azafata me recuerda de abrocharme el _____________cinturon___________ de seguridad. ¡España, allá voy! 

Two Birds One Piece

Roy, a curious and smart kid on a mission to find the identity of the boy with no sneakers. After first seeing this kid he chases him. Through backyards, basketball courts, and even a golf course.  While running through the course he gets clobbered by a golf ball. Ending the chase. After some recuperation he sets out again.

Retracing his tracks he eventually finds where the boy was running to, a camp site. This “home” consist of a sleeping bag, a camp fire, and 3 strange bags. Curious, Roy opens them. The first one is cloths, the second is personal belongings. The third is poisonous snakes. Shocked, Roy drops the bag. Spreading highly poisonous snakes onto his feet. Suddenly he hears a voice behind him. The boy with no sneakers. Calmly, he tells Roy to back away. When he gets clear of the snakes the boy covers Roy’s head with a hood. Then leads him outside unmasks Roy and vanishes before Roy could see him. So Roy is still determined to find out who he is.

This time Roy leaves after school, unfortunately it is raining and when he gets to the camp there is nothing left.  Not even a foot print. This is the point where I stopped reading. So I predict that Roy will find out who this kid is and why he doesn’t wear shoes. But I don’t see what Beatrice has anything to do with this. I’m not sure why see was mentioned in the book. The way they did it makes me believe that she might have something to do with the kid. They might be friends, cousins, or even partners in crime. Overall I’m excited to find out how this will turn out, and what might happen if my guess is true.

I think that a spider is in the jar. I believe this because Mr. Mayson wanted him to move his face close to it, and when Roy asked if it was a little dude, Mr. Mayson replied yes. Leaving me to believe that it is a living thing.Then the scream as if something leaped onto him.

A Change for Good

Throughout the book Touching Spirit Bear, Cole Mathews attitude about life changes. He goes from a thug who robs stores and beats others to a stone rolling, wood chopping soft guy. All from one mercy-beating from a bear. 

During the beginning of the book Cole is a bad guy. Beating people, stealing, fighting, Cole is your stereotypical school-yard bully. He has a terrible view on life and spends many nights in detention centers. So after committing a robbery he eventually starts telling people about it. Not because he feels bad about it, but instead to gloat. Eventually someone named Peter, squeals on him and Cole finds out. Leading to Cole beating him so badly that he receives a mental disability. But instead of going to jail, Cole gets accepted to go a remote Alaskan island. Where he will think about his actions for the next 12 months. Now Cole in no ways feels bad about what he did to Peter. So to avoid jail time he chooses to except the offer and leaves to go to Alaska.

Apon arriving he gets a shack and supplies. The boat leaves and Cole is left alone on the island. With anger sweltering inside, he grab gasoline and some matches and sets the shack and supplies ablaze. Feeling better, he decides to escape. He fails and then his anger drives him to pick a fight with a bear. After losing he is left to die. He slowly awaits for death, thinking about his decisions and the effects on others. On the verge of passing out, he gets rescued and returns home. After recovering he is left with physical marks and a mental scare in his brain. Yet he still hasn’t healed; he gets sent back to the island and makes friends with nature, learning that the only way to heal himself is to help the people he hurt heal. After almost a year he asks if Peter can come to the island. After serious consideration, Peter and Peter’s parents join Cole on the island. After a few days Cole and Peter are left with Cole’s Parole Officer. During this time Cole and Peter learn to heal together. Throughout the stay Cole continues to manage his anger and eventually leaves the island with Peter as his friend.

Cole is tired of being the bad guy. He wants to become a spirit bear. With strength inside of him.

So throughout the next book Cole goes home and tries to continue with life. But without his normal routine he realizes returning home a new changed man, is the hardest challenge yet. 

America

America

From the sand of Afghanistan to the dirt of France.  To the sound of the screaming Vietnamese with the smell of blood throughout the air. Earth shaking when the towers fell. The site of the Kennedy’s lifeless body as bullets ripped through him. All of these are events that shook America, events that would have torn other countries apart. But not us.

As Americans we solve problems, not problems like “What is beauty?”. We solve practical problems. Sadly peace is not always achieved. In which case we must use force. Because what happens here matters over there. Every fight is our fight. We don’t just get to sit one out. This act of extreme valor is what makes me proud to be American.

As a American citizen I feel it is my job to help make the best of America. Every person deserves to be free. No matter their race, hair color, or gender. God put us on this earth to be human. Yet, some people think that freedom is a crime, a act of betrayal. We know this is not true. We as Americans exercise this freedom.

This part of the constitution is one of the most important. It defines America. I want to thank the Founding Fathers. The sacrifices they made, the time they spent, the need for a free country led to this country. The only thing I would change would be the right to bear arms. I think automatic weapons should be able to be possessed by the public. If you have a permit. Which would take 1 year of classes to get.

 I am proud to be a American. We are all part of the greatest nation in the world. Thank you Founding Fathers for all you’ve done, for this great and free country.

Cause and Effect

Author's note: In the book Touch Spirit Bear, I  compared different events in the book.


Normally Cole Matthews bad behavior would have sent him strait to jail. Instead he gets to spend a whole year on a remote island. While there he burns his supplies and cabin. In effect to his bad behavior and getting mauled by a spirit bear, he gets sent back to his home town. After getting a second chance, he goes back to the island to fulfill his time. Realizing that to heal himself from his bad deeds, he must help the ones he hurt, to  heal.

If he did not get sent back to the island the rest of the book would have been about his jail time. Making this book very boring. Obviously this is a huge plot twist and made the book more interesting. 

Conflict Resolution

Author's Note: The conflict in the Hunger Games. (Circled around the last book)


Hunger Games! Surprised? Most likely not.  I chose this book because I remember it the most. So  basically,  the main character is against the Capital (Government). Meaning this is person vs. society. Throughout the book she chips away at the Capital. In the end she storms the Capital, kills everyone, looses her sister, and moves on with life. 

Middle school sucks, well at least for Greg Heffley. Social tripwires, big brothers, and nuclear cheese are all a daily mix for Greg. Follow him as he writes in his diary about his endless plans to become popular which never seem to ever go his way.  This book is driven forward not by an unfolding plot, but rather the hilarious failure in Greg's schemes. This book is written just like a journal with pictures and font that look as if it was written by hand. Even down to the lines of the paper. Anyone who love mischief will love this book. 

I want to be a Billionare

If I had a billion dollars the first thing I would buy would be a House. It would one of the biggest houses in Wisconsin. Including a huge amount of land surrounding it. Next thing to buy would be furniture. Nice big TVs and Couches. The special rooms in the house would be a bar, pool, greenhouse, man cave, and even a weapon room. A big thing I would like to buy would be a huge plot of land to hunt on and host events. To get to this place I would need someone to drive and something to drive. For Vehicles I would buy a Jeep, 10 Trucks, 10 ATVs, 5 4 Wheelers, 2 Motorcycles, and a Mustang. I would constantly invite people over and have around the clock butlers and maids. But the main thing I want to do is give charity $150,000,000 to The Make A Wish foundation.

My Favorite Team

My favorite team would have to be Fantasy Factory. There leader is Rob Dyrek. Rob Dyrek is a professional skater.  Unlike most teams they don’t stick to one sport. They participate in Moto-cross, Basketball, Dirt Bike Racing, Go carting, Paintballing, Basketball, and even Dodgeball.

Though they participate in many different sports/activities they are not a official team. Instead they basically spend a bunch of money on team uniforms and equipment and play the sport until they lose. The only reason I enjoy watching their show is because there is always lots of humor.

8 Things LA

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If you woke up suddenly and found yourself on a ship to a new country what would you do? This is how the book The Year of the Hangman by Gary Blackwood starts out. I would certainly be terrified if I was thrown on a random ship to a new country. But that’s just the beginning. This only starts out the awesome level of action and adventure. Making it amazing to read. Sparking this book like he did made it extremely exciting to read and it had the detail to match.

In addition to going to a mysterious new country, Creighton’s home country Britain is fighting American rebels trying to stray off from British personal and have America become its own country. This act was also known as the American War of Independence. History states that America wins and strays to become its own country. In this book the British have won the war and killed America’s leader George Washington. American soldiers have gone underground in their operations and are trying to free the country of British soldiers.

Although while the war is slowly coming to an end Creighton has to pick a side to fight for. His home country that has betrayed him by sending him on a ship to America or he can join the Americans and fight for freedom. Even though his country did this to him Creighton decides to pick the British. This decision leads him to prison escapes, arson, code-cracking, duels, and even more adventures and quests. Although the British supply him with supplies the Americans are robbing British carriages and cargo. Since this is the case he needs to make money to support himself. Bandit raiding has to come to a stop. Without supplies the British are very vulnerable to attack.

Overall this book was a great selection for me. The book should among one of the best action and adventure stories ever written. Along with amazing amounts of detail to support it. Everyone who has an interest in wars of the past would love this book.  

Black Gold

Author's Note: Drilling in Alaska will make hundreds of animals lose there homes 
and they will die. Do you want that?

When beautiful Alaska turns into an oil giant and wildlife no longer exist there what are you going to do about it? Hopefully this is a question we will never have to bring up. Think of all the animals and people that would lose their homes if we were to drill in Alaska. Most people would be devastated. I want the US to leave Alaska alone. We shouldn’t drill for oil in Alaska’s forests. How would you like it if random people came into your house and made loud noises and made a constant mess of oil throughout your home? I take it you wouldn’t like it. This is the situation in Alaska. 

In the first place this could totally backfire on the US. If we were to drill in Alaska we would have to pay for trees to be demolished and for the original people who lived on this land to move somewhere else. Just those costs alone can add up to millions of dollars. Scientist have found that only using this much land is a myth since the oil isn’t concentrated in one area. Rather in 30 different smaller areas. Therefore it would lead to more pipes, roads, and more land needed. This all leads up to more money needed to fund this oil reserve. Money right out of your pocket throughout taxes. What scares me the most is what if there isn’t as much oil as we think there might be? We could end up putting ourselves in even more dept.

In addition with the cost of drilling there are still many issues with the environment. The animals, plants, and even people that live on this 2,000 acre mass of land will have to move or somehow survive on it. This land is home to many animals like Foxes and Bears. They will either have to move out or die. Even if they do move out they will constantly be annoyed by the sound of machinery and workers. For them it’s like living next to an airport and a train station. With constant yelling, bells, whistles, and clanks.

Equally important are the people that already live there. What will happen to them? They may have to move or stay there somehow. This oil Reserve would make more jobs for them. The Inupiat seem to like the idea of the oil reserve on their land. Jobs will then be more available to them and they believe that they will be able to keep clean. I don’t think that you can keep oil clean. The black mess can stain the snow and cause many things to die. This will then cause a problem with pollution. Thus hurting people and the environment.

This is why I don’t want the US to drill in Alaska. It may bring more destruction than redemption. People and animals will lose their homes. This would destroy the ecosystem that is Alaska. Where will these animals live if we take away the plains and forest? They won’t live anywhere. They will die. Do you want hundreds of animals to die? Go against drilling in Alaska. It is not worth the oil on the land.

The Ignorant Tom of the South.

Authors Note: Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is one of the most exciting books I have ever read.

Tom Sawyer the classic adventurous boy of Missouri was a great book to read. Especially when you would need something to do. This book brought me to think of the 1900’s. When steamboats roamed the south and there were no such thing as a car. This book is about a young boy named Tom Sawyer who lived with his aunt in their small little house. Tom, being one of adventure and fun decides he doesn’t want to go to school. He would rather find treasure and adventure with his friend Huck. This is where the story begins.

 I feel Tom can relate to anyone with a spirit of adventure. The person who he reminded me the most of would honestly be my little brother Adam. Adam loves to go outside like Tom. He too dislikes school. He will often fake being sick to avoid school. In the book Tom attempts to fake sick to avoid school. Tom fails in doing so though. Along with Tom’s adventurous side he also seems to have a curious side too. This side reminds me of Curious George. That little monkey with his companion the yellow zoo keeper. Both George and Tom want to always find out what is going on. In Tom’s case he may be a little too curious.

Being the classic that this book that Tom Sawyer is, it has won the hearts of millions with it’s simple yet exciting story. The way Tom uses his tricky ways to make people want to do his work for him makes me feel like I took some of my traits from him. We both like adventure and action. Sadly I’ve never found any treasure like him. 

Finally overall this book was definitely a great choice for anyone who likes adventurous books. They even have different levels for people to read it at. This can be very helpful to anyone just starting to read. The author Mark Twain did an amazing job on this book. I would read this book again without a second guessing.

One man’s trash is another man’s Analysis

"Authors Note: I read a book called Trash by Andy Mulligan. It was one of the worst books I have ever read."

What do you think of when I say trash? That old smelly stuff that is left outside of your house? You probably do. On the other hand this book called Trash by Andy Mulligan is among the most boring books I have ever read. Whenever I would read it I would fall asleep from lack of action and detail. Even though the back of this book made it sound very adventurous and action packed. Well it was about the opposite.

Another thing that could me off guard was the lack of character description. I felt like I had to observe every word to get a picture in my mind of the characters. I’m a picture kind of person. Pictures to me give a great description of the person. The only reason I picked this book was because of the cover. It looked like a very fun book to read. Now I know to never judge a book by its cover.

I only can think of one thing that was worth the reading of this book would be the ending. The detail was superb I absolutely loved it. Though it wasn’t a good ending as in the main character almost died. The sentence fluency was possibly the best part. Even though there were a few complicated sentences in the end along with some language.

Until I read a better book this will remain in my head as one of the most boring books I have ever read. On the other hand don’t let the cover fool you. You will regret it. Finally I would like to conclude that this book is not worth my time. Maybe you have a different opinion. If you do please read it.