ANGLEA,ALEX&JESSICA'S TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD LIT CIRCLE!

Okay. So today in my lit circle,Angela made a great connection with today’s world about how people judge other people by what they hear from other people. Scout and Jem judge Boo Radley from what they have heard about the people in the neighborhood. Boo who lives in a beat down house and doesn’t come out is known as a criminal in the town. Scout and Jem are not to go outside at night because that is when Boo comes out. Scout and Jem judged Boo as a criminal due to other people’s opinions. They judged him incorrectly. They find out later that Boo is not a scary person. He is actually a nice man. Boo is very shy around people and he knew that other people judged him. Boo only peaked outside of his window because nobody would go near his house. People judge people today by if they have done terrible stuff and think they are a bad person. But when people actually meet them they feel terrible for judging them by somebody else’s opinion.
- - with love,
- jESSICA B.

What does Magazine Covers Tell Us?

What does magazine covers tell us?

Teen, Seventeen, Glamour, and PopStar are just a few names of the popular magazines. Magazines are everywhere showing celebrities faces plastered all over the cover. Do they really tell the truth? People never really know what goes on in the Los Angeles and Hollywood area. All these magazines broadcast certain lifestyles that people should live or what is in style. Magazines have a huge impact on our teenage society today.
The book “Cut” begins with a girl named Callie. Callie cuts herself and is brought to a rehab center who seeks treatment. Callie does not speak in her group sessions. She abuses herself by cutting her arm with sharp objects or whatever she can find. Callie blames herself for her brothers sickness of asthma. Realizing that Callie, who did not give her brother asthma starts to change her life at rehab. Callie starts to speak in her sessions and try to make her life a better opportunity to live longer.
Personally, I have had a friend who use to starve herself. She thought she had to be like the people she would run around with. She was beautiful in every way. I told her time after time that we needed to get her help. The one day she passed out in front of my own eyes I knew something was very wrong. She ended up going to the hospital getting treatments from the doctors. She read plenty of magazines which broadcasted that diets are good for your body. One broadcast was lose weight in under ten days. Everybody should know that it was a lie. She has changed her life in many ways and looks a lot healthier. People should realize that don’t ever believe what you see.