Anatomy Reading

The only books I have been able to read have been my school text books. Not exactly the thing I’d pick for “fun” reading but we all know it’s necessary. When I read chapters from my Anatomy book it was very hard to stay focused. The word “procrastinate” comes to mind every single time I open my book. There are times when I can sit and read it and some things interest me. With a bag of crackers and bottle of water to keep my hands busy, I got through 2 whole chapters! It feels like such an accomplishment. The text covers just about everything, of course throughout the whole book. It gets into so much depth with every little thing. Sometimes I think to myself, “How does one single cell help out the entire body?” It puts in prospective that not just “me” is alive. There are millions of things about me that keep me breathing and walking every second. It’s very confusing at times, too. With all the processes the body goes through. I just got done learning about protein synthesis. Two parts make that happen; transcription and translation. It has something to do with DNA and copying and so forth. What I’ve learned from taking this class is you really have to want to be in it. You have to put a lot of your time into it and even more. Studying, looking over notes, reading the chapters, and asking questions when needed are all things any class would require. Getting these classes out of the way will be quite a challenge. I just hope I can get some free reading in before all this studying kills me!

Significance

Supposedly "all authors do not choose a title randomly but usually the title is symbolic in some way." Whenever I pick up a book I read the title. Then I look at the picture on the cover and judge if I want to read it. Yes, I am a 'judge the book by it's cover" kind of person. After hearing this saying/fact, I looked through all my books and even all of my movies. All of the titles had some way of labeling the story. The more books and movies I looked at, it got more and more interesting because I haven't really thought about the deeper meaning beyond a "title". I was looking through my movies and saw Premonition, thinking I may want to watch it, but i thought of how it related to the story. So I looked up the meaning and it said a forewarning or a feeling of anticipation. It's exactly what the whole movie is about! Along with Thirteen Reasons Why. 13 people gave Hannah Baker a reason to kill herself. In this reading we have found out who 10 of these people are. 3 more people have yet to be revealed. We also found out that after the night of the party she went home and wrote down all the people she thought of that night and formed connections with all of them to create an option to help her; to kill herself. From now on I'll always think to tie the title of something into the main story instead of judging something by the cover!

Just Plain IRKS Me!!

This weeks reading was very strange and got underneath my skin. In Thirteen Reasons Why, we read about how Jessica Davis, Tyler Brown, and Courtney Crimson were all tied into why Hannah killed herself. This is getting rediculous. If all these people were bugging Hannah why keep talking to them and hanging out with them if they kept making stuff up about her?! Maybe the more breaks i take from reading this book, the more I'm going to hate Hannah and call her crazy! There are multiple things that make me beyond irritated! It doesn't get me that Jessica punches/scratches Hannah in the face. It's that Hannah didn't say anything. What should have happened was Jessica needed to calm down and Hannah needed to explain what really was going on. The second thing that aggrivates me is why the heck did Hannah change in her room?! If you fear that someone is outside your window because you hear "click click click" outside your window, wouldn't you leave the room and change in the bathroom?? It's common sense. Just like in scary movies when the victim leaves a knife out that they were using for protection for the attacker to pick up later! I get this feeling all the time when I'm home alone that I'm being watched or that someone's going to pop out of my closet or come out from under my bed. I sure don't leave all my blinds open and I surely leave a night light on just in case I need to scan the room for things that don't belong. The thing that really irks me and gets me the most irriated is when Hannah lets some girl that she barelly talks to say and do all those things when some creep is outside taking pictures! People are making rumors and gossiping about her. When he has proof of her sitting on some girl giving her a massage and she announces that "toys" are in her dresser it's just going to make things worse! If Hannah doesn't straighten up I'm going to start thinking that she deserved that scar above her eyebrow! It's good though, I love the book! :) Get's my heart pumpin'!

Free Choice #1

I'm not much of a reader but when i do sit down and read i really get into a book. It's like i can't stop until i get to the end. I never seem to get into actual school books because it's a 'must do' kind of thing. I like books with twists. Books that have a bit of romance and a bit of action pull me in. I'm the kind of person who gets scared very easily so i tend to stay away from murder. even with movies. I started a book called The Crystal Cavern about a few years ago and haven't finished it. This girl's family relation passed away and she inherited a lot of money. She has people after her who stalk, break into her house, and try and kill her. I think the world is much better with out that kind of stuff so I've steared clear. The emotions of the girl were very strong and very detailed. The kind of emotion that makes you feel uncomfortable when you know too much about something. When i read a part of this book a few years ago I don't think i was emotionally mature for this kind of text. I think this book was more focused on an adult reader. I'm sure if I read this book now, I would have a much different outlook on it and a different opinion of it. I just might.