Reading Journal#17: Jan 28th 2009

The Vampires Assistant by Darren Shan. In the book their is a snake boy named Evra Von. He's probably about 16 years old. He is very thin with long yellow-green hair narrow eyes and strangely webbed fingers and toes; his body was covered in green gold yellow and blue scales. He has the longest tongue in the world.

Evra had been born to ordinary parents. They were horrified when he was born. The abandoned him at an orphanage , where he stayed until an evil circus owner bought him at the age of four. "Those were bad days" he said quietly." He used to beat me and treat me like a real snake. He kept me locked up in a glass cage and let people pay to look at me and laugh" He was with the circus for seven long , miserable years , touring small towns , being made to feel ugly and freakish and useless. Finally , Mr.Tall came to the rescue . "He showed up one night" Evra said " He appeared suddenly out of the darkness and stood by my cage for a long time , watching me. He didn't say a word.Neither did I. The circus owner came. He didn't know who Mr.Tall was, but thought he might be a rich man, interested in buying me. He gave him his price and stood back , waiting for an answer. "Mr.Tall didn't say anything for a few mintues. Then his left hand grabbed the circus owner by the neck. He squeezed once and that was the end of him. He fell to the floor dead. Mr.Tall opened the door to my cage and said "Lets go Evra".

I think that it was nice of Mr.Tall to rescue Evra liked that. If I were Evra's parent I would never have gave him away. He had a sad childhood. I feel bad for him. But I guess now hes happy working for Mr.Tall.I think it would have been cool to have been born half snake half human. I have 1 question though.... How come Evra was born like that?

My Definition of media...

      I think that the media is just advertisements for named brands and their logos 

 For example....

            1.) fast food restaurants: Burger king , McDonalds , Jack in the Box

2.) Cloth - Hollister , Abercrombie , and Forever 21

3.) Shoes - Converse , Jordans , and Vans

Those are the pictures of some named brand things......

        By Ayleen Nunez

       

ReadiNg jOuRnAL....Jan 12th 2009

I started reading a book on Friday called..."The Princess Diaries" by Meg Cabot. The books about a girl named Mia Thermopolis who feels like shes and outsider at her school. I can kinda relate to this book because I use to have a friend who felt the same way as her. Sometimes I feel like Mia too. But then I remember that I have alot of friends and great teachers I can talk to when i'm feeling down. Its a pretty interesting book. it talks alot about how to deak with bullies and how to be confident with yourself. I still have a lot to read so I better get goign then....


By Ayeen Nunez