The Uglies: Continued

This week, I am continuing to read The Uglies.  So far, this book has been very interesting. I like the differences of both Prettyville and Uglyville. In Uglyville people are always hiding and they can't do much but in Prettyville,they have parties almost every night and most times all night long.

This book so far is good. It has an interesting control quality to it, where a certain group of people are trying to control how everyone looks in the world. In some ways I think the book is like The Hunger Games, in the Games people try and control what Districts can and cannot do.

I think it is important for people to choose how they look. In the book not even the Uglies can choose what the doctors change them as.  The doctors have free range of what they want everyone to look like.

To me I don't know what I would do if I couldn't choose the way I wanted to look and had to be fake like everyone else.

I know I may not be perfect but I'm not fake.

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When I think of this book, I often think of this picture. The people in the book in order to be a Pretty it's almost like they are transforming you into a Barbie doll. Some of the people actually want to be Barbies in the book but others are hesitant about it. They are worried that when they are changed it  will changed their who personality.

In all I think girls and guys could learn something about this book in the fact that, no matter who you are you can be beautiful without being changed into a Barbie. It's your heart and your personality that make you who you are and should truly have people to like you for.

The Uglies

Today I started to read The Uglies. I had heard about these books before and thought I'd like to read them but never really did. Today I finally started reading it...well only because I didn't have anything else to read.

The book takes place more in the future where people get surgically changed to make them a "pretty" if you are not a "pretty" then you're considered an "ugly". "Uglies" are not allowed to go out anywhere except for at night. If an "ugly" gets caught outside they are punished.

I don't think anyone should be told how to dress, or what they should look like, or why they can't be part of a certain crowd, or discriminated in any way, shape, or form.

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If you discriminate against omeone because of that it is just a horribly wrong thing to do. no one hould have that done to them for any reason at all.

I think kids today have a hard time being themselves and liking who they are and what they look like. Society has many pre designed ways of how thing and people should look. If I ran society people could loook however they wanted and how ever they feel comfortable with themselves in.

Meat Allergies from Ticks

This week we read an article about a young woman getting bitten by a tick and weeks afterward coming up with an allergy to meat. She ate a hamburger coming back from a trip and when she arrived home basically went into anaphylactic shock. She is a southern girl like me and hey there's no denying we love our meat.

I could not imagine a world without meat. Humans are made to be carnivores. They're exceptions like people who are vegetarians but they made the choice not to eat meat for whatever reason in their life. This is extremely rare but cases are usually limited to the South Eastern United States and Australia. She has almost no idea how she got this meat allergy other than the fact she got bitten by a Lone Star tick.

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This must have been really puzzling for her. I mean to go away for a couple of weeks and then come back and not be able to eat something you love must come as unusual. There is probably a lot of stress about what you can and can't eat and eating things that are still good for you and will give you the nutrients you need to live a healthy life.

I don't really feel anything about this article in the sense that it was just and article and it didn't really give me any feeling. 

Public Speaking

I hate public speaking! I don't like to get in front of people and have to talk. This week we have to present a famous speech. I am not at all ready for this speech at all!!!!!!!I am so nervous about doing this speech the very thought of it gives me butterflies.

Speaking for me is not easy. I have a thick accent so I pronounce words differently than the people here.

My speech is by Emma Goldman. She gave this speech to a court jury in New York. Emma and he lover, Alexander Berkman, were being tried for propagating ideas to the public about not joining the draft for World War I. Berkman and Goldman had been in jail many times before this because they were Anarchists who challenged everything. 

In her speech Goldman uses Jesus as an example a lot. She argues Jesus was never within the law of his time yet still "lives" today as a symbol among many other "criminals" for making a difference in their time period. She believes it is her right to tell people not to register for the draft. Which in a way it is, she is just practicing her First Amendment rights.

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After her speech to the jury they found she was guilty and Goldman and her lover Berkman were sentenced to two years in prison.

I am just hoping I actually get the part right I have chosen to say. I have some major trouble with the first part but the second part I can say almost by heart.

Yesterday, I finally said my speech. before going up to speak I got incredibly nervous and started forgetting all my lines.  Once I calmed down and started my speech I was okay and actually did quite well I must say.

Favorite Quote: Walt Disney Quotes

I love Walt Disney and all of his movies. To me a princess movie like Cinderella, Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty will never get old. This week I will post some of my favorite quotes by Walt Disney himself and explain why I like them. 

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I think this quote shows people that the impossible is possible. Disney was one of the first people to try do this. Disney set the standard for everyone else to go by. Even though Disney is dead his company still inspires people because they make dreams come true. 

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This quote is much like others I've heard about setting goals. When you know what you are passionate about at an early age you are more determined to reach your goal. Once you start woking towards your goals then they are easier to reach in the long run. Disney only created the best because that's what he wanted in life.

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I live to dream. I dream up things I know that could never happen but it helps me get through life thinking about what could happen. Sometimes dreams are just glimpses of the future. Dreams can be amazing or they can be horrible nightmares. Have you ever had a dream of the perfect fairytale wedding; you could pursue that dream. You will most likely get married one day and it will be the best fairytale ever. You can pursue every dream you have if you just concentrate on it. 

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This quote almost makes me cry because I said the same thing. I've lost a lot of really good friends lately and I begged them not to say goodbye. Goodbye is a horrible word. Going away doesn't always mean forgetting, sometimes it means remembering what you don't want to forget.

Favorite Quotes: Love Never Fails

I have decided for the first six weeks all my random posts from here on out will be about my favorite quotes and what they mean to me in life. This week is all about love....I am in love so its gonna be about love :) <3

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This quote is among my favorites because well for one Jesus said it in the Bible, and the fact that no matter what if you truly love somebody then your love for each other will never fail and you will find ways to be together if you really are serious. I am in this very situation and it pains me when I can't see him like I want to because he works and volunteers as a firefighter =, but we find ways to make everything work.

I love this quote because if you fall in love with your best friend well it just seems a little easier. They already know everything good and bad a bout you so you have a closeness with them that no one can break apart.

I love love and I love quotes about it. I think this would be the easiest thing to talk about so i am :)

A Little Brown Dog

This week in class we read a really sad story called A Little Brown Dog. This story almost made me cry as I read how the little dog was first beaten by his soon to be owner and then abused by the little boys' dad. The puppy was so forgiving of his new family that it cost him his life on a very sad day. The little boys father happened to be an abusive drunk and he would kick the dog around the house like a rug. The day the poor puppy got killed the father had kicked it, beaten it, and then he through it out a five story high window.

As an avid animal lover this story broke my heart. At home I have had three cats, two frogs, fish, and the newest member to our little family, a bearded dragon named Godzilla until we can figure out if it's a boy or a girl.

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Animals should not be treated like they are nothing. They love without being able to talk to or get to know you before you get them. They love you almost instantly because they want someone to love them back.

Having a pet is good for you in many ways. They help you learn responsibility, calm your nerves when you are angry, and just give you a companion if you live alone. I had to become very responsible when I got my first little kitty, named Summerville after the town I was born in but now we just called he Leeta. Even though I was just a baby when I got her Momma still had me try and feed her, although sometimes I would eat the food myself....but hey I was three I didn't know it tasted yucky. When I'm home alone Leeta will come sit with me on my bed and just purr and fall asleep because she doesn't want either of us to be alone.