A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By Betty Smith (post 6)

I was reading my book when a specific excerpt popped up at me. On page 174 Francie compared American born citizens with immigrants. "The parents were too American, too aware of the rights granted them by their Constitution to accept injustices meekly. They could not be bulldozed and exploites as could the immigrantsand the second-generation Americans." I really thought of this are 90% true because most immigrants came here with the idea of living a better life and while they probably are thankful for the freedoms, I don't think they would use it against others like those who have grown up learning to stand up for themselves and how to manipulate the rights. I thought though, they could still stand up for their rights-Isn't standing up why they moved?-if they felt the U.S. or it's people were being unfair. I wondered why immigrants might come off as meek and then I thought, maybe because they have a lot more to lose? They worked hard to get here and if they cause too much racket, they could be deported. I like how the story entered a more serious, thoughtful at that scene, I give it a 9/10.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By Betty Smith (post 5)

Oh, haha, I'm in a a stage of oh-my-goodness-this-is-so-funny-but-so-sad-also. Sissy, the heroine Francie's aunt, is by far the strangest, most audacious comic relief I have seen in this story. There are a lot of light hearted characters in the story, but Sissy takes the prise for most cotrversial. >_<"" Sissy is the oldest of the Rommely sisters that consistsed of Her, Evy, "Sister Irsula" and Katie who is Francie's mother. Sissy was the wild, hormone-driven sister who was constantly going against her parents' wishes-her parents consist of an angel and a demon- which mostly included chasing after boys and commiting a sense of bigamy. All the sisters, except for Sister Irsula whose mother sent her to a convent with she was young- lived with brash spirits and pretty useless men (my opinion). Sissy is one wild child, the way she's running somewhere. I give this passage a 10/10, flawless, so funny.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By Betty Smith (post 4)

The main character Francie reminds me of Scout Finch, she lives a live that some might use to gain sypathy, but she stays pretty fine and has an informative tone to her voice, she doesn't jab her opinion about herself and others in the faces of the readers, unlike a lot of stories in today's books. It's also much easier to understand what's going on. I especially like Francie's imagination, on p. 18 she said how to old man serving bread to the children might have had a great life with loving people around him and even though he's not in the best of conditions, he might still be happy with his life and wants to continue living it. A main character has to be likeable in order for the other characters to be likeable in my opinion. She seems like a very dreamy character, daydreaming and thinking about candy and people. She seemed pretty happy to go to the library, I wonder if she has any friends to hang out with, not that reading is bad, it's just that so far she's been hanging out with her brother's friends-who are too cliche to me- and her mothers. I keep picturing her 7 or something like that, not 11 like she actually is. I give this book a 9/10 so far.

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (School Post 3)

This will end my Lock and Key section of this blog. I big scene that really hit me was when Ruby went semi AWOL, she was always distant to her new life, and visits her past town and life. After an akward and bitter moment in which she catches her "boyfriend" cheating with her only best friend, she gets drunk and passes out in a park (yup, no joke). Now here's where the real deja-vu part comes in, she wakes up to find that someone has actually helped her, someone she actually knows, Nate aka the literally boy next door who secretly liked her. I feel like I'm reading the New Moon all over again. So after the prodigal son, er, daugther returns, her once sweet step brother blows a fuse and acts like a total idiot. I've learn only one thing from this boy, it's alright to show your cranky once in a while or that you don't understand, 'cause if you try to pretend nothing's wrong and you can do anything, you will snap. Last sentence: I give this book a 7.5/10, it was better than I thought, the ending climax really raised the rating, now, off to A tree grows in Brooklyn!

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (post 2)

So I was reading Lock and Key when I realized that I have yet to read a book that's funny, maybe I'm looking to hard. So anyway, I was deep into my reading when I noticed that Cora and Ruby are both very serious and confident. I guess I can understand seeing as they're sisters, but where are the nice, funny, wacky, shy, introvert, characters that balance a story? Jamie is the only character who seems like a becon of hope for this storyy, but it's just not for me. Cora and Ruby both hope a depressing air to them that gives the story a bad vibe to me. I like sad story, but sady, inspirational stories. The Cora/Ruby tagteam is throwing me off, 4/10 -_-"".