tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77095140191002963002024-03-12T22:00:59.129-07:00Michelle's English 10 blogMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-68591855308002957812008-01-17T20:49:00.000-08:002008-01-17T20:50:04.176-08:00Beautiful Stranger: Top Ten<p class="MsoNormal">Michelle Domke</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mr. Hatten </p> <p class="MsoNormal">English 10</p> <p class="MsoNormal">January 16, 2008 </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>Top Ten<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The plot of my book Beautiful Stranger by Zoey Dean. It is about two girls who get board of <st1:city st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City>, so they move out to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>. Best friends Anna and Sam, Sam’s fiancé is going on business to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>. Anna, originally from NY has a house there. So Anna and Sam decide to go to NY to live in Anna’s house. They wanted to escape from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>’ fast past life.<span style=""> </span>In <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> they meet Anna’s grade school friend, Logan. Immediately they connect and reminisce on old times. Logan and Anna are attracted to each other. They date but end thing because <st1:city st="on">Logan</st1:City>’s father owns a hotel in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and goes there. The book leaves us with a cliffhanger ending leaving us wondering if Anna will go with him to <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The setting of this book travel across the <st1:country-region st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, from <st1:state st="on">New York</st1:State> to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>. In <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> it is a very busy place with lot of commotion. It gets chaotic with party scenes and clubbing. All about appearances and being in the party scene. In <st1:place st="on"><st1:state st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place> it’s a lot more homey and friendly with cozy atmosphere. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A main event was when Anna loved Ben, but had the choice of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Logan</st1:place></st1:City>. She left <st1:city st="on">Logan</st1:City> in his limousine, when <st1:city st="on">Logan</st1:City> handed her a ticket to go to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region> with him. She walked off only to find, her ex-boyfriend, Ben against the wall with her ‘good friend’ Cammie. She then realized that Ben was not the guy and ran after <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Logan</st1:place></st1:City>. She hurried to the airport with her plane ticket to meet up with <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Logan</st1:place></st1:City>. She didn’t know for sure if <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Logan</st1:place></st1:City> was surely on the plane, but she took her chances and got on. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">4)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A main character would be Sam. Sam moved from <st1:city st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City> to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State>. She is a bit insecure and has a lower self esteem because of her looks. She has been dating a guy named Eduardo for a while. She was expecting him to break up with her, but she received the surprise of a lifetime and he purposed to Sam. This boosted her self esteem greatly. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">5)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Another main character would be Anna she is beautiful, confident and intelligent girl from the east cost. She went to Los Angles to be with her friend Sam and also to reinvent herself. In the process met Ben in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">L.A.</st1:place></st1:City> and quickly developed a relationship with him. Things started to crumble for her in Los Angles when Ben broke up with her she was devastated and immediately felt the urge to return home and that’s when the plot plays out.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">6)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Cammie is another friend of Sam and Anna’s she grew up in Los Angles and is extremely wealthy. She dated Ben before Anna and broke up with him (that’s when Anna started to date him). Ben had an amazing idea of a club with a complete vision in mind that needed to be funded. After he broke up with Anna he started to seek Cammie’s company again he pitched the idea to her and it flew. She took millions of dollars out of her trust fund to back him and to build Bye, Bye, Love nightclub. It was a huge success not only financially but personally considering they got back together after the venture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">7)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Money is a plays a huge role in this book. Everyone has money they basically live and breathe money. All the characters in the book are shaped by their money and their lives are focused around their money. It’s very Paris Hilton like in the sense that they know no boundaries. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">8)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A motif in Beautiful Stranger is ulterior motives. For example Sam has an ulterior motive for going to New York she told Anna she was going to go to comfort her and to get away from L.A.’s crazy life but in reality she just wanted to go to spy on her fiancé, Eduardo, and see if he’s really on a<span style=""> </span>business trip. Cammie also has ulterior motives for financing Ben on his dreams of owning a night club she wants to get back together with him because she has just broken up with a boyfriend and it hurt her deeply so she wanted to feel better about her self by hanging out with Ben and thinking as little possible about her ex boyfriend.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">9)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=""> </span>A motif in this book is like in math a negative for a positive. For example Anna lost Cammie as a friend because she was a back stabber. But she gained Logan who is the love of her life. So I guess in the end the things worked out for her.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">10)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Living you life a pre determined life is another motif. That comes out throughout the book. For example Anna had always known she wanted to go to Yale and she finally got in but Ben shot her down by telling her she was just living out her patents’ dreams and not her own he also told her that she was not her own person and that made her doubt her self. That’s when <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Logan</st1:place></st1:City> came into play and told her she could do any thing she wants. </p>Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-30539152373933323932008-01-16T19:28:00.001-08:002008-01-16T19:28:19.336-08:00Blog 7: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-2154749217192771222008-01-16T19:27:00.002-08:002008-01-16T19:28:05.877-08:00Blog 6: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-71075259225547265122008-01-16T19:27:00.001-08:002008-01-16T19:27:53.578-08:00Blog 5: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-83281641422125724372008-01-16T19:26:00.002-08:002008-01-16T19:27:19.324-08:00Blog 4: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-12375081696459550602008-01-16T19:26:00.001-08:002008-01-16T19:26:51.856-08:00Blog 3: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-19205594766094867112008-01-16T19:23:00.000-08:002008-01-16T19:24:22.373-08:00Blog 2: Beautiful StrangerMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-20842411085429205252008-01-16T19:19:00.000-08:002008-01-16T19:37:47.865-08:00Blog 1: Beautiful StrangerPost A.<br />- p 21. apocalypse: any revelation or prophecy<br />- p 34. rhetorical: used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effectMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-41919365347869653062007-11-14T20:22:00.000-08:002007-11-14T20:25:26.036-08:002nd quarter outside readingBeautiful Stranger.<br />by Zoey Dean.<br />September 2007.<br />269 pages.Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-59184827526178336172007-10-25T14:21:00.000-07:002007-10-25T14:22:23.790-07:00Week 4: SickenedMichelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-50101442899095982012007-10-08T20:27:00.000-07:002007-10-08T20:43:11.981-07:00Week 3:SickenedSo far in the book Julie's mother still thinks somehting is wrong with her and she continues to take the to the doctor. Her mother is also doing strange things like bringing Veterans to live with them because the government gives you money to take care of old Vertrans. Among the strange things she does she lies to Julie's father and tell him that the kids do bad things so that he will beat them when in reality they didn't do anything. Now Danny, Julie's little brother is weezing so their mother thinks he has asthma but thier father says that Danny is healthy and that no one is going to touch Danny.Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-58507502875558214492007-09-30T20:36:00.000-07:002007-09-30T20:59:33.769-07:00Week 2: Sickened10 loaded words<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">glued</span>; strong like she couldn't move<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">twisted</span>; shows how in pain her stomach was<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">scanning</span>; kept looking, like she was worried or nervous<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">dangled</span>; the time was cut short, everyone feeling very tense<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">flooding</span>; showing how much she wanted to say<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">pinned</span>; felt like she was trapped<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">growls</span>; show how the mother talked to julie<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">rushing</span>; she was trying to tell the doctor<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">crash</span>; shows how what she said didn't do much because her mom was always right<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">devour</span>; show how hungry she really was<br /><br />summary<br />I learned that Julie's grandmother had some problem as well. She would get into car accidents with Julie on purpose, therefore got her license taken away. She would babysit Julie and feed her candy that she would tell made her sick. Her and Julie's mom would then insist on taking her to the doctor. Julie went to the doctor and didn't look sick, her mom went over with her how sick she was and how she looks when shes sick, so then the doctors can give her medicine to cure her. Her dad finally took and moved the family away from her grandmother. The doctor in their new town gives her a diet because the mother described Julie as being sick to the food there.<br /><br />reactions<br />I can't believe someone actually live through this. I can't believe the father hasn't noticed nothing is wrong with Julie and hadn't said anything. I feel so bad for Julie , she shouldn't be going through all these doctor offices and medicine when she doesn't need them.Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-91041087184429615392007-09-26T17:58:00.002-07:002007-09-26T18:42:43.925-07:00Week 1: SickenedIn my book, Sickened, im reading about munchausen by proxy. I have learned that there are 1,200 new cases a year in the united states. Julie was at the doctors office and hospital for most of her childhood. She gre up in a trailor at the end of a dirt road in Ohio. Her mother was always yelling at the doctors saying that Julie needed to be cured and that there was indeed something wrong with her. She would try and try until the doctors finally did something that the mother thought helped Julie. They had her heart monitored for a while when her mother said she heard and keeps hearing her heart skip. Her father does not know about her going in and getting her chest shaved all the time so they can monitor her heart beat. Julie was yelled at by her mother when Julie was normal when she went to the doctor office, she wanted Julie to show the doctor how bad she was, but all Julie said to this was, "okay," which made her mother happy.Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-12798993306812185712007-09-19T20:02:00.000-07:002007-09-19T20:10:32.790-07:001. <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7572601">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7572601</a><br /><br />2. Wayne Coyne<br /><br />3. Creating our own Happiness<br /><br />4.That we have the power to create our own happiness.<br /><br />5. "and I thought to myself, "Oh, those poor people in that punishing wind."<br />But then I saw their faces. Yes, they were huddling, but they were also laughing."<br /><br />"I didn't think I stood a chance. But everything turned out all right. A lot of people look at life as a series of miserable tasks, but after that, I didn't."<br /><br />6. "Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves."Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7709514019100296300.post-87695121471677481252007-09-05T19:37:00.000-07:002007-09-05T19:52:59.076-07:00The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is ...The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is to meet all the new people here. I am sick of the middle school, the same school for four years. None of my classes were mixed grade wise, and we didn't get to know kids older or yonger than us. I am excited to finally be here and have classes with different people and to mix with Valley View.<br /><br />One goal for myself in my sophomore year is going to use my agenda. Last year i didn't use it at all, and that wasn't the best plan. I plan on being organized and knowing my schedual this year.Michelle's english 10 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452147156254346103noreply@blogger.com0