Response to a response,

     As I was searching through other students blogs I came across Eamon's blog Story Endings. I was reading it and I found it really interesting to think about why I re-read books, since Eamon talks about why he reads books over. He gives several examples of books he has re-read and explains what happens and how that affects whether he reads the book again.
     
     During his response he asks many questions that get me thinking past this blog and into my own reading life. Even though he's not asking us directly, the way he writes about why he thinks the way he thinks it gets whoever is reading this to ask themselves, "Ya, why do I read books over again?" It turns out that I actually sometimes read books over again for the same reason that Eamon does. He says it's because of acceptance, and sometimes   you can't accept the way a book ends, and you hope to find something else in the end that you missed before that would allow you to accept the end the way it is because it would have changed after you have found that thing that you were missing before. Eamon doesn't actually explain what he's looking for, or what exactly he want's to change, but it made me think, and I found out that I normally want a character to be brought back to life. Books have this power to make you bond with the characters and actually feel sympathy for them, even though if you just go back to the first page they would be alive again.


     I really like how he then relates this theory of why people re-read to why people watch movies or T.V shows over again. And I really liked how he though about Video Games. He thinks that people play video games because they give you the ability to control so much more then you can in real life, but you stay safe. I found this very interesting to think about but I personally don't think that that is true for anybody.


     Eamon's past blogs have been well... slightly boring (Sorry Eamon) But I really like how this one was easy to relate to because it was not about one book but books in general that I'm sure everybody in 51 has read at least one book in their life. And the more you read the more interesting you find this blog. So this all depends on how you chose your books and which books you like the most. Without being able to think about these things the less people would enjoy reading this blog and only would because they had to for ELA.


     

Being Famous: Good? or very very Bad? (Highlight to see)

     I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling, and I started to think (since I read this before) I  wonder what would happen if Ron and Harry switched bodies for a day or so. Would Ron then still like popularity? 

     Many people in this city would love to have fame and fortune, but i've seen what happens. Once your famous you have a bigger chance of someone wanting to murder you, you can't get any privacy because people always want your autograph or news reporters wanting to have an interview at 2:30 in the morning when you're trying to get a good nights sleep after everyone smothering you with their bodies. 

     Speaking of news reporters, Harry can't get away from one who always seems to zoom in on just Harry and not the other champions. Even if Harry is an underage champion and is the first fourth champion, I don't think that the others shouldn't get there part of the game. The reporter Rita Skeeter always makes up these untruthful lies about Harry based on what he told her during the interviews, which really caused Harry a lot of stress from other Hogwarts students. 

     The Triwizard tournament is very much like our Olympic games except that not many people die during the Olympics. The Triwizard tournament is between 3 different schools competing for the glory of holding the Triwizard cup. Three champions are selected, one from each school to participate in these games. Just like in the olympics only that many olympians are chosen from each country in the world. Each olympian tries to earn the glory of holding a gold medal that shows outstanding skill in that specific event.

 
      

HUMANS ARE ANIMALS TOO!

     I picked up Dr. Dolittle just recently and I started to read it, but as i was reading about this extraordinary doctor who could talk to animals, I started to think. Why can't humans talk to animals as most animals can communicate with each other. I don't think of humans as a highbred species, and that in many ways what we call animals are smarter than us. I mean think about it, at birth they have the skills needed to survive when we don't adapt and learn without someone or something guiding us in the right direction. Most humans have to live with guidance until they're at least 16, but "animals" sometimes have to live on their own within the first 6 weeks of their life. But then again what is 6 weeks for us could be 16 years for them. Anyway I'm starting to get off topic.

     The reason I'm wondering this is that we are just animals sharing the Earth with other Species, why can't we communicate to everyone on this planet of ours. And even if all species can't understand everyone, They all can somehow communicate with each other and they all know different signs or ways of communication that can signal if it's an enemy or if they're going to help. "Animals" have this ability that Humans cannot do very well. Of course we have some national signals like SOS but this is different.

     Animals can understand they're own species. But Humans aren't born with the ability to understand every single language in the world but birds are. Why are we so different then every other animal on this planet. I think that we sometimes forget that we are animals too and we don't think about these things but it's amazing how a simple book can really start an argument in someone's head.





(This is all based on a wild theory No body knows if all animals can talk to everyone.)