Vampire Diaries

So I started reading Vampire Diaries and I'm reading the first book and I'm kind of shocked. Everything is about Elena Gilbert. Seriously. I mean talk about self-centered. I don't know how her friends can stand her. Elena does NOTHING for her friends. She only whines about Stephen and how she wishes she could be with him and etc. And yes i know this is a short post but I'll write more in the next about this subject.

The start of the blog...MY blog ABOUT me

School project is done. So now it's just blogs and such about me and books and such...i honestly don't know what to write about. I just read I am Number Four it was quite good. I would recommend someone to read it if you're looking for something that you can't put down. In the end, it does get a little bit confusing, but if you re-read it, it makes more sense. I never saw the movie yet, so I wouldn't know what was changed or not, but I assume the book was better than the movie even though the handsome Alex Pettyfer played Number Four.
For my life part, it's pretty boring. I have nothing to do and I have this depressed feeling. Maybe it's becasue it's dark and raining outside. *shrugs*

Last Blog for school!

Both Books

Blog #12

                Continued from the last blog: I am still comparing the books, but now it’s more on the character and their lives. During the story, Ender is about six or seven and he ages to eleven and twelve then skips to when he’s older, and then older still. Marcus, on the other hand, is seventeen throughout the whole book. They have a big age difference, but in my mind, I think Ender is the older one, and Marcus is the younger one. Both boys are pretty smart, but I believe Ender is smarter. Ender was a commander at heart and he took everyone’s feelings and actions to mind and helped everyone get their assigned job done. He guided them and he thought everything through and even if he didn’t, he’d make it work. Marcus doesn’t look at the big picture and he does what he deems to be right. Only when he hears what is happening to other people does he finally realize that he did might not have been the best idea. They are both very smart with technology tough and can hack into systems and create new systems. Their families are different too. Marcus’s parents are actually a part of the book. They talk to him and help him and sometimes they get in his way and are stupid. Marcus’s dad wasn’t the best guy, I personally don’t like him for siding with the government and then he kept switching sides. I liked Marcus’s mom because she was with him the whole time and always believed him. Ender’s parents aren’t mentioned very much throughout the book. Only in the beginning and occasionally, but they don’t have much business with Ender. Ender also is better with his friends. He never lost any friends, he only made them. He did have enemies, but they weren’t his friends at first. Marcus, however, almost lost all of his friends. He did make more, but he lost Daryll and Van and he almost lost Joyl at first. He eventually finds Daryll though.

And that was my twelfth blog. The end!

Hmmm...looks like only one more blog to do after this

Little Brother

                I think that Marcus should stop jamming people. He should stop with the muddling the systems. Marcus personally got messages from kids who were caught and got into trouble and were almost questioned. Other people were also with proving that other people who are completely innocent also had to go through questioning. I think he should stop. It’s one thing for it to affect you and another for it to affect other people. All he thinks about is himself, but he sometimes he doesn’t, but he doesn’t look at the big picture and he really should.

Both Books

                I haven’t done a comparison on both books for a little bit. I’ll start with the technology. The technology in the books is almost similar, but not quite. The technology in Little Brother is more modern and more about tracking people. In Ender’s Game, it’s way more advanced and everything is advanced, not just a couple things. The spaceships and the actual school in space is really advanced and it hasn’t been done in Little Brother. They both had things that identified you. Little Brother had the Fastpass thing and Ender’s Game used scans and voice locked things. Now the girls issue. There are some girls, but they don’t play many important parts. Valentine and Petra are some of the only girls mentioned in Ender’s Game. Valentine is Ender’s sister and Petra is one of Ender’s closest friends. One of Marcus’s best friends is Van and she’s a girl too.

(Ender's Game = done. Little Brother = not yet...on chapter 9? i'm not really sure...reading on a computer stinks)

Little Brother
          I feel bad for Marcus's dad. I'm glad that he said sorry to Marcus though. It wasn't right of him to side with the government. At least he knows the truth now and isn't left in the dark. I think the girl who was winding up Marcus's character was the girl that  was mentioned back in the beginning of the book. He got a bad vibe from that girl too. When the newspaper came out, Marcus finally realizes that Van was right. The more he fought, the more the government was going to fight back. If he continues sabotaging tracking devices and confusing them, he is going to endanger every person in San Fransisco. So Marcus isn't as stupid as he looks. He does get it eventually.I take back what I said about his dad. His dad is very VERY stupid. He thinks that the Bill of Rights should apply to them anymore. But we do need it! We the people need our privacy and freedom. We fought wars, hunger, thirst, depressions in the economy, and etc. The Bill of Rights was for us to know that we had our own personal freedom. It's important to us. Without it, we'd be shambles. We can't be in shambles because then every person in the U.S. would be in jeopardy for their lives. The same would happen if the government took over.

Little Brother
          I can't believe that Marcus ignored Van's advice. She told him that if he swapped the tags on people that identified them that they would get in trouble. Innocent people would get in trouble because of him. I don't think Marcus even cares about the other people and who he'll effect if he goes through with his plans. He obviously doesn't. Even though Marcus is smart, he's really stupid too. He should have taken Van's advice! Or t least have thought about it! He didn't even take it into consideration which makes me think he isnt that smart at all. Sure enough, everyone is sueing the police for them searching them and questioning them to why they on't have the right info and such. Does he not know what those people must be thinking? Does he not know how they feel about this? I think the payback on Marcus's dad was pretty nice. He got searched....twice. That's what he gets for siding with the government at first and not his own son.

 Ender's Game
          I have already finished reading the book a while ago, but I I'm trying to keep the chapters going the same instead of being ahead in one book, but I honestly dont care. Anyways, I just got surgery on my arm, so i can onlyt type one handed. I don't think I can type with an arm that has 20 stitches in it quite yet.

Little Brother and Main Characters

Little Brother
          The men who follow Marcus into the restaurant who claim to be cops don’t seem like cops to me. Cops are nice but strict at the same time and they arrest people endless they have evidence of them committing the crime they are said to have committed. I know that cops are nice and they listen to each side. Of the story all the time. My grandfather is a cop and a bunch of my relatives and friends are too. Marcus's mom is a tough lady. I like her. He didn't like how the cops were questioning her son and I thought she did a good job at holding them at bay and not letting them do whatever they wanted to Marcus and his things. His dad however, sided with the police but he wasn’t there to actually say anything to the cops. I don’t really like his dad too much. I'd believe my kid no matter what, but I'd also get both stories to see the difference and then figure out what to do. I wouldn't automatically believe someone if they told me something. I'd need proof to be sure if it’s true or not. Besides liking Marcus's mom, I like Van too. She gives important insight to Marcus. All he thinks about is bringing the government down and freeing Daryll, but Van thinks about the people. She doesn't care about herself at all, only the people around her and the people she cares about. I think more people should have that quality because it’s an important one. No one should be self absorbed. Marcus is lucky to know her and have her on his side because he usually forgets when he does something what'll happen to the people it'll affect.

               

Main Characters

          Ever notice how the main characters of a book are usually the ones who are destined to do some great deed? Some characters save the world; some find some kind of object, some do something heroic and etc. I believe that's because ever book needs something in it to make people want to read. Would you rather read something about a battle and adventure than something about an average day at school? I guess it really depends on what you like to read. I know for me, that I like reading something with lots of action so there's never anything boring in it. Ender's Game is a book like that. Something new is always happening. Not too fast to be confused, but enough that you can't get bored reading it. Little Brother is a book I consider to have action, but not enough. It certainly does have action, but it seems so close to our time and like it'll never happen that it just doesn't really interest me. I like to read about things that won't ever happen, or about things that do not exist because it gives you a change to think and imagine and dream. Books like that are what I consider to be the best.

I lost count on what chapter I'm on....anyways, here's today's blog

Little Brother
          So Congress added a new law. Now there really is no privacy among the people. If I was there, I'd rebel just like the Turkish clerk who owns the coffee shop. I wouldn't want people being traced. People deserve to be free and not traced. We fought many wars to gain our independence and most importantly, our freedom. Now the government in the book is trying to take away the country's freedom. The people of the Untied States are not going to like this....
          There are also cameras in the classroom. No where is safe. I'd probably wear a blanket over myself or something to cover myself up and away from the cameras. It's creepy to be watched all the time. If i was trying to sleep or say something private to one of my friends, it would all be caught on tape and that's just not cool. Not cool at all.
          I don't really like Charles. He seems like one of those kids that thinks he's always right and never wrong. He also seems like a teacher's pet in a way. He points out everything that is stated but he doesn't keep in consideration what it means to the rest of the people around him and himself. It's like he doesn't even know what he's talking about even though it looks like it.
         I don't understand the technology in this book. Like I don't understand how and what it is. I never really was into gaming and computer games and I don't think I ever will be. They just don't interest me. That's one difference Marcus and I have. I also don't cry every time I'm in a tough situation. Sure, I'll be frustrated and scared, but I at least I have the dignity to not cry.
           Ender is by far the smartest person ever. the first time he goes into the null gravity zone, he figures out how to use his suit, push off walls, control his rebounds, and how to have no scene of direction. whatever way you're standing at the moment is right. there really is no right or wrong was to stand and move in null gravity. his level of intelligence is way more advanced than most of our intelligence levels. it amazes me. I'm not even as smart him and I'm pretty smart. its a trait that you have to admire in him. it sets him apart from  the others and that's a good thing in my opinion. I dont want to read a book about a character that's boring and fits in with everyone so that they have all the same personalities. the story would become boring and I wouldn't waste my time reading a boring book. I don't think anyone would.

General thinking for both books: how both books relate to me so far

I didn’t blog Friday because I was in a car crash and I was injured and I wasn’t really up to writing blogs and thinking hard if you know what I mean. I was mainly thinking about rest and not blogs. I’ll make it up soon, I promise.

General Things

I finished reading Ender’s Game, but I’m not quite done with Little Brother. So far I like Ender’s Game more for some reason. I think it’s because it’s about a boy who has so much expected out of him that he feels he has to do it even though he rebels against it sometimes, but there’s one person or thing keeping him going. It reminds me of me. I am only 14 and so much is expected out of me and I try to live up to those expectations. I try to have perfect grades and I try to be the best singer and athlete I can be. I’ve broken bones and risked many things for trying to be the best I can be and I understand how Ender feels.  He just wants to do his best and be the best he can, but gets tired of trying to do what other people want him to do and he finds it hard to something that he likes to do because the things that he tries to do are what he’s good at. He’s good at the mock battles in the Battle School and he’s a good commander and he accepts the fact that he’s the one who has to save the human race but he wants to know why people want him to be that person. I’m good at sports and I’m a good singer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I want to do those things. Ender would rather stay on his lake and do nothing at all. I’d rather be riding and working with horses. But we both know we can’t do those things. He knows he can’t because people will force him to do what they want him to do even though they don’t want to force him to do anything. I know I can’t ride horses because my family doesn’t have the money. We both have things that make us go on. Valentine makes Ender go on. She is there to urge him on because she knows that Ender has to save the world before they’ll let him go and she loves him. Ender also loves Valentine with all his heart. The thing that drives me on is my goal/dream to actually be on my own and own a horse. That’s my life’s goal. It’s all I want really. That and my cat. I love my Misty cat, but she doesn’t exactly drive me to do anything. She does make me finish my homework though, so that I can pat her, but she just helps me get through the day, not my life’s work.

The reason why I don’t really like Little Brother is because I don’t know how to relate to him. The story is interesting, but I can’t find myself in any of the spots he was in. I don’t think I’ll ever be kidnapped, or tortured. At least I hope I don’t find myself in those positions. But I can relate a little bit to his fear. His fear of not knowing what to do or what is going to happen to him, I mean. When he was kidnapped by the government, he didn’t know who they actually were and he didn’t know where he was going. The worst thing though, was that he couldn’t do anything to save himself. I could feel some of those feelings when I got in the car crash. I didn’t know what the guy in the car that was driving straight towards us was doing and I didn’t know that we were going to crash. I thought he would have moved at the last second, but no. He just crashed into us head on. I also didn’t know what going to happen to me. I didn’t know after we crashed if I was seriously injured. I knew my chest hurt from the seatbelt and my face from the air bag and I couldn’t hear anything from the loud noise. I also didn’t know how to really help myself. I was alone when we got to the hospital and the only comfort I got was from the firefighter who stayed with me and talked with me. I was scared out of my mind the whole time. Marcus was scared the whole time too. So I guess we do relate to each other a little bit. Hmm, well I kind of like the book a little bit more now.