Saving Juliet

        One thing that really stood out to me in this movie was the relationship between Juliet and her parents. They had no idea what she wanted or how she wanted to live her life. They arranged her marriage to Paris and when she didn't want to marry him, her dad nearly beat her. But in the end he didn't because he didn't want to mark body before the wedding.
         In the book Saving Juliet her mother understands Juliet in the end and let's her go off with Romeo. But in the original and the movie, it's Lady and Lord Capulets hate of the Montague's that drives them to kill themselves. I think that in a parent child relationship it's important to let your child explore the world. And that if you don't trust your child to make the right choices and you make all their choices for them, then they will never grow or learn about how to make those right choices.
        In the book Burned in the House Of Night series by Kristen and P.C. Cast, a character named Stevie Rai ends up saving someone who is evil. But it's not that person that's evil, it's their father. He is just living in his fathers shadow. I feel like Juliet and all those before her had grown up to live in the hate of the Montague's. None of them probably know who the Montague's really are. But none of them get the chance to know because they were taught as little children to hate them. It's not something that can be helped. As a baby if you are taught something and you learn it repeatedly, then it will stick with you forever.
        In order for things to change, a generation has to change And that's what happened with Romeo and Juliet. They learned to love each other, and through their death, the feud was put to an end. But they shouldn't have had to have died. They probably don't even remember what the feud was about. And that is just sad.     

Katniss Everdeen

        In Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins, Katniss is the girl on fire. And she doesn't let that fire go out no matter what happens. In the book she has some rough times; she refuses to speak or even move, she refuses to follow the schedule and would rather hide from the world and she refuses to do things other want her to and again would rather just hide. But even after all that, she pulls through. She gets back on her feet and try's again. And that's one of my favorite qualities of Katniss Everdeen.  
        No matter what, it's important to strive to do your best and never give up on anything. In The Hunger Games Katniss doesn't give up once. She keeps going. And she doesn't let her fear get the best of her. If you just give up on the first try, you will never know what might of happened and you will never get to find out. When ever I get stuck on something, whether it be trying to fit a bead with a really small hole on to a string or a really complicated math problem, I stick through it until I see it through. And that's always the best thing to do.
        With a finished necklace or a finished math problem you can be proud of your work. And then you can show it off. And you can say "yeah, that' right, I did it". Ask yourself "Do I tend to leave things unfinished?". And if you do, you should try to fix it. 
      
         

Mentor Blogs

Cloudless by Molly Smith
        I chose this blog post because I thought it was a good mentor for writing something off of something else. I could completely see how the dance relates to the poem. I thought she did a really good job of connecting what the dance was about and the movements that the dancer used to what she wrote the poem about and the words that she used. I thought it was a job well done.

I'm On A Camel by: Louis Bonnet  
         I chose this blog post because I thought it was really funny. I liked how he took a picture that had nothing to do with anything slightly related to a camel and wrote a poem that was completely about a camel. Most of the blog posts that I write are fairly serious and I think I should start trying to write less like that.

Night Night Starry Night by: Tiffany Sabania  
        I chose this blog post as my last mentor because I thought it flowed really nicely as just a poem. I also thought she used a lot of poetry devices that we discussed in class. And just like Molly's, she did a really nice job of taking the painting and turning it in to something else. A poem. And I thought it was a really good poem.