Blog Reflection

I chose my connections blog as my blog to reflect on is my connections blog. This is the best blog because it uses diction and syntax. One example of diction that I use is low or informal word choice so when you read my blog you know what all the words mean and it doesn't feel like you’re in a class at Harvard. One element of syntax that I use is long sentence length because when you are comparing to books for example like in my post you don't want to leave out any important information about either book. Some examples of long sentence length is when I compare the books The Blindside and Friday Night lights. I also have voice in my post because I talk about my opinion and my past experiences.

Book Recommendation: Friday Night Lights

Almost everyone has watched a football game weather it is just going to a super bowl party or watching it every Saturday and Sunday, or playing it as a kid almost everyone knows what football is in america that is why I think this book is great it is universal.  If you like watching or you play football you will love this book.  This book doesn't just talk about the the flashy sports center top plays that you see on Saturday and Sunday.  

This book talks about the things behind the scenes like all the workouts and practice and the things that you have to do when people aren't watching that matter.  It also shows the comradely that you have as a team.  This is why I think it's such a good book because it shows all the things that you don't see and if you did than you would probably know why your favorite team went 0-16.  This is a great book for anyone who loves the game of football. 

Krista Ramsey

The column that I chose it the magic of Legos by Krista Ramsey.  This column is about how when parents buy there kids legos they are actually buying themselves peace and quiet.  It also talks about how there are benefits to kids playing with legos like building confidence and using there imagination instead of playing video games. this column can be found at http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/02/15/krista-locking-into-the-magic-of-legos/5521245/.  I think that the best line in this piece is "Like sparklers and hugs, Legos are things a child can never have enough of." this line show good use of diction because of figurative language.  

One thing that I noticed about Krista Ramsey is that is that in almost every blog post she compares it to something.  In the first one she compares eye site to iPhones next she compares dressing nice to two super bowl quarterbacks and finally she compares legos to peace for parents.  Some questions I have for Krista Ramsey are; how long does it take to write a column?  How much information does it take before you can even begin to write a column?  How do you chose your topics?

Friday Night Lights: Connections

Reading is only a small part of this book I could sit here and list connections like a robot. Playing football you can relate to them so easy because most that happens in the book from a football perspective has happened to you or your team-mates. Weather it something like messing up a play in practice, or just having days in practice wear nothing goes right at all. Anyone who has played football would be able to have many connections in this book.

Another connection that I have with this book is a text to text with the book The Blindside they are both about football and have similar stories the only main difference is that The blindside is about one person’s struggle were Friday night lights is about a team's struggle. If you have read either one of these books I would highly recommend reading the other. The last connection that I have made is a text to world and that is that football is the most popular sport in America. If you love football then you would love this book and you should read it.

Friday Night Lights: Chapter 2 The Watermelon Feed

This chapter starts off in the school cafeteria as the team gathers in front of a crowd of people that love football.  They talk about there treasured past and how there past teams were but they also talk about how you have to work hard to become a champion and how it is not just given to you.  This is very easy relate to because when play any sport you have to work at it to become better.  This is a great lesson because you can apply this in your life every day for most things they are not just handed to you you have to earn them.

This chapter basically tells you about their dreams and aspirations for the season.  This chapter starts to build up suspense because you want to see what this team will accomplish and how they will get there in the season.  With a game just a few weeks away on the horizon how will they live up to the past teams and champions?  Will they become champions themselves or will they just be another team to forget about and chasing somebody better than them?

New Book: Friday Night Lights

My new independent reading novel is Friday Night Lights By H.G. Bissinger.  The first chapter (Odessa) talks about the first day of practice on a Monday in mid August.  That's about all the football in that chapter the book goes on to talk about the history of the town how it was founded by men from Zanesville, Ohio in the 1880's.  The town was not good for farming because it is hard to get water to and it is not good for raising livestock.   But it was good at producing gas and oil nearly twenty percent of the nation's domestic Gas and oil.  It had one of the highest murder rates in the nation and was dubbed the 5th worst place to live in 1987 in Money Magazine.

It's hard to give an opinion on this book so far because the first chapter doesn't give much but background information.  One thing is even though it hasn't talked about football much yet I can already make a connection with this book because I play football.  That is the main reason why I chose this book to begin with because I love football.  I will continue reading and I think this book will be very good because I will be able to relate to this book very well.  

Fahrenheit 451

The character that I will be talking about is Montag he is a firefighter in a futuristic society that burns books instead of putting out fire.  he has a normal life at the beginning of the book then he starts keeping books which is illegal and he is torn between being a firefighter and reading books instead.  The fire chief wants him to turn in the books and he says "Books so snobbish critics said were dishwater no wonder books stopped selling" (page 61 by captain Beatty).  He is torn between continuing to be a firefighter or not he said "It's only a step from not going to work today not going to work tomorrow, not going to the firehouse ever again" (67-68).  This quote show how he is not sure about weather to continue as a firefighter.

Montag is no sure about the society that he is living in because he is torn between reading and keeping books and continuing being a firefighter and fallowing all the rules of the society that he lives in.  I think that he is not satisfied with the relationships in his life because his wife almost overdosing on sleeping pills and disapproving of him reading books.  Another reason that I think hes is unhappy is because Clarrisse who probably agree with him reading books because she was out of the ordinary like walking outside enjoying nature having deep conversations with people ect. things that aren't normal in their society has gotten hit by a car and died.  To see what I think Montag looks like click the link.  http://www.kenokel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/firefighter.jpg