Final Blog post yay

                                     Yay, okay so this is the final blog post. I have definitely learned a lot from having to write a long response each week about the book I was currently reading. It got pretty annoying at times but doing a post definitely helped me think in deeper ways about my book.


                                   What did I learn about myself as a reader from creating and keeping up with my blog? Something that I learned about myself as a reader from creating and keeping up with my blog is that when writing my blog, I have thought deeper about my book. When writing my post, I noticed that I noticed new and more interesting things about my book than I had before. I ended up thinking about my books characters more deeply in the books that I had not written a blog post on. I learned that I really need to think more deeply about my books and that I usually read books for pleasure and that I don't really think much about details unless I am forced to in my E.L.A class. 


                                    In what ways did I benefit from the experience? I benefited from the experience of writing a blog post every week is because writing a blog post helped me look at details in my book rather than just ignore them and not think deeply about my book. I also benefited from having a blog for E.L.A because I got to see how other students view their books. It was also interesting to see somebody writing about the same book as me. I benefited from that because I got to view my books in different ways.


                                  Is writing online different than writing in a notebook? In what ways? Writing online is definitely very different than writing in a notebook. For example, when I get a really interesting idea, it's easier to write out everything I am thinking very quickly because I am typing. However, when actually writing out things, I worry about my handwriting and I can't really get out all my ideas when I am writing so slowly. However, when typing my blog post online, I usually get distracted. When writing my blog post, I notice that I have several other tabs with netflix and tumblr that are constantly distracting me. 


                                 In what ways can writing online be liberating? Limiting? I think that writing online is more limiting rather than liberating. When handing in an essay to my teacher, I know that she is probably the only person that is going to read it, so I would include more of my opinion in the response to my book. Writing online is limiting because I know that anybody can read it, so I am much more careful about what I write!


                                Do I think that teenagers abuse the freedom that being online gives you on sites like facebook? Do I think that people type things they would never say to a persons face? Sure. I think that people might insult another person online rather than in person because they don't have to worry about what people around them will think, say or what the other persons reaction is.  


                               In conclusion having a blog has been pretty annoying but definitely helpful. All work is annoying obviously, but I think writing a blog kept me very disciplined in my reading life. 

                                     Aside from "The Kite Runner" for my book club, I have also been reading "Honey, Baby, Sweetheart" written by Deb Caletti. This book is about a very quiet, shy, girl named Ruby mcQueen, who has always been known as the shy girl in her school. Ruby has several friends, but not too many. However, later in the book Ruby is noticed by Travis Becker, the best looking, wealthiest boy in town. Travis is completely different from the people Ruby usually hangs out with. He is incredibly confident, outgoing, and rides a motorcycle. Ruby is incredibly happy with her new relationship. Things with her mother and father, however, are definitely not the same. Ruby's father is never home and is always traveling, trying to get a singing career, leaving Ruby's mother alone all the time. Ruby's father's actions really upset her, and she is always trying to convince her mother to leave him. Ruby is constantly talking to her mom about her leaving her father because she is much better than him and he is clearly not giving any effort. In conclusion, Ruby is always telling her mom her father is not right for her. However, when problems begin to occur between Ruby and Travis and Travis is clearly not the guy she thought he was, Ruby does not follow the advice she gave to her mother, her own advice. Just like Ruby's father, Travis is not willing to give up the things he is doing wrong just to be with Ruby. What makes people give advice they do not follow? Isn't someone's advice their opinion on how to handle the situation? Why would they think differently when the situation applies to them?

                                   People give advice. A person's advice is their opinion and idea on how to handle a situation and what to do in a situation. However, people often do not apply their advice to their own situation. One reason I think this happens is because when giving advice to someone about something, the person giving the advice may not have been in the situation they are giving advice about, and may not understand that it is hard to always do the right thing. For example, when Ruby tells her mom to leave her father, but when Travis becomes bad, Ruby does not apply her advice to herself and stays with Travis. I think this is because Ruby did not have any experience with her mother's situation and did not know how hard it was to leave a loved one.

                              Another reason I think that people do not end up following their own advice is because their situation may not be as serious as the persons they are giving advice to. For example, someone's situation may be more serious/severe than another's and their advice can not apply to a more difficult situation.

                             In conclusion, people can be hypocritical towards their advice because they either have not been in the situation or their situation is more serious.