The Letter

11/29/2012

Thank You Man Alternate Ending

Author's Note: This is what I think will happen to Rodger after the ending of Thank You Mam. I ending this piece this way so that someone else can finish my ending. :)

Rodger stood motionless, staring at the door. After a few moments, he sat the door step staring at the money lying in his hands. A wave of guilt washed over him as he shoved the money in his pocket and started to walk away knowing that she wasn't going to open the door again. A young girl and her mother walked by, the girl squealing with joy. I don’t need this money… Rodger thought as he started to turn around. I have to give this back to Mrs. Jones. Rodger came rushing back to Mrs. Jones’s house, eager to knock on the door.

Knock ,Knock ,Knock. No one answered. Rodger tried again, but there was still no answer. I wonder where she is? He asked himself as he sat down on the door step. I guess I will just wait for her to come back…

Hours later…

Mrs. Jones still wasn't back. Rodger was cold to the bone, shivering on the door step. He decided to just send the money to her because he couldn't wait her much longer.

The next day, Rodger sent the letter.

Read Between the Lines

11/18/2012

Character Analysis

Author’s Note: Almost every character in a book changes. Like in this book called Delirium. The main character, Lena changes a lot, almost like another character named Tally from the book Uglies. Lena read between the lines and found out that the Derlia was something that she didn't have to fear.

We all know love as this feeling that you can’t explain; something at will enter your life at some point in time. Sometimes love can’t be controlled; it can make us do the strangest things, but that is were the Derlia comes in. In future dystopian Portland, Maine, love is a disease. They have this book called The Book of Shhh that seams to keep everyone on the same path. In the book, the author makes love seem like a terrible thing, and most people believe it.

Lecture after lecture was drilled into Magdalena Haloway’s heart: telling her that the procedure will answer all of your problems. Lena, short for Magdalena, has lived her whole life like this. She almost knows this book that tells you everything about the Derlia, called The Book of Shhh, by heart. She never even had the thought of leaving Portland at this time; she had no reason to. Right then, Lena knows that the procedure is the only answer, and that nothing can change that. But Lena doesn’t believe that for long.

Fight, fight, fight. That is all what Lena will do to stay with Alex, an uncured boy. She knows that loving him is wrong, but right at the same time. At this point, Lena  doesn't know what do to anymore. She trys to listen to other curred people, but they just seam fake, like they aren't their true selves. She knows that she has the Derlia, but something about it just felt right. Lena even told her friend right before she left this. “Everything looks beautiful. The Book of Shhh says that deliria alters your perception, disables your ability to reason clearly, impairs you from making sound judgments. But it does not tell you this: that love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself.”

Change can be a deadly thing

11/16/2012

Cause / Effect

Author’s Note: Change can be a big thing for children, definitely death. Kate just lost her big sister and she doesn’t know what to do. I share the same feeling when I lost my cat a few months ago. I know it is hard, but we have to get through it somehow.

Summer camping trips should be calm and relaxing, right? Not for Mackenzie Allen Philips. His youngest daughter Missy was abducted and may have been brutally murdered by the LittleLady Killer; a serial killer whose victims are 10 year old girls. After Mack’s other daughter Kate found out about this, her heart fell and shattered into a million pieces on the floor. She found herself a shell to hide in, and she stayed hidden in it. This is strange for Mack because his little Kate usually is a non-stop talker. All Mack can do now is hope for the best for his daughter.