What Could Happen

Author's Note: I wrote this as a prediction to what I think will happen in the book, The Help, by  Kathryn Stockett. I also defended my reasoning as to why I believe my prediction is accurate and I compared the main point of the story to anther book as well. 

Imagine the pain that black women who worked as the help went through in order to obey commands. If you read the book, The Help, you will find out. The book is about a white woman writing a book about life from the point of view from the help. In the book, I predict that Skeeter will finish writing her book and change the way  things are around Mississippi.

My first reason as to why I believe that my prediction is accurate is, because now a lot of maids are willing to let Skeeter interview them about what it’s like to be the help. The quote, “Five. Six. Seven. I nod back at them, can say nothing but thank you,” really shows how all of a sudden after something terrible happened to a maid and now all the maids want to change things. The quote says that now many maids are realizing how badly they need a change and that they will risk everything to try and make a change, so now Skeeter will have enough maids to interview to write her book. That’s one reason why I believe my prediction that Skeeter will complete and publish the book is correct.

Next, my second reason as to why I think my prediction is correct is, because when people read the book Skeeter is writing it will show a whole new perspective that the rich women in the town have never seen before and they will realize that they are ready for a change. I think that the quote, “I’m glad you’re my friend, Minny Jackson,” is really important in the book. It shows how some white people don’t really understand why things have to be so distant between white women and their maids. That’s the reason why I believe my prediction is correct.

This book deals a lot with social class and judging people like the book, What My Mother Doesn’t Know. There are people who are rude to people because of their race and their money in the book. The quote “So far not one of those ladies has ever called her back but very time that phone rings, he jumps on it like a dog on a coon,” from The Help, really shows how some ladies are ignoring this woman, because she wasn’t born with wealth. A lot like the quote from The Help, the quote “he’s so homely, so downright ugly,” gives a good example of how the book What My Mother Doesn’t Know, has many characters who judge people without ever getting to know them. These quotes really show how similar, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, is to The Help.
Throughout the book there were many key scenes and parts that gave an indication of how things will end, which I used to make a prediction. I made the prediction that Skeeter would finish her book, and change the way people are treating the help in Mississippi. For the reasons, that now many maids are willing to let Skeeter interview them about their jobs, and when people read Skeeter’s writing it will show a whole new point of view, which is why I believe my prediction is accurate. Also the main conflict and point of the story is very similar to that of What My Mother Doesn’t Know. 

Prediction for 3:15

Author's Note: This is my prediction for how I think the story 3:15 will end. 

I predict that Jamie will look into the mirror and see some sort of creature. When she sees this creature it will tell her something about how she stole the jewelry and how she lied. Then it will suck her in. I think this, because it's a horror story so the ending has to be far fetched and really hard to predict.

Evaluation: I was partially correct when I said that predicted the ending. I was right when I said that Jamie would get sucked into the mirror. I was wrong when I said that there would be some sort of creature, but instead the old woman from the story showed up after Jamie was sucked in and took the mirror and the jewelry with her. That's how I was wrong and right about my prediction.

Changes

Author's Note: This essay is talking about how the main character, Sophie, from the book, What My Mother Doesn't Know, changed. It also talks about how Sophie is like another character from a different book.

Imagine going through life, constantly being judged on everything you do and have no friends, because they judged you before they got to know you. Well in Sophie’s high school, your image means everything and people are judged on a daily basis. The main character, Sophie in, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, is afraid that something like that will happen to her. Throughout the book, Sophie goes through many changes.

Sophie started off as a teenager who cares a lot about what people think of her. For example she really likes Robin, a guy from her school who is constantly bullied and made fun of, but she's afraid of what her friends will think. Due to her fear of telling her friends she doesn’t tell them who exactly she’s dating. She just says that she is dating someone from their school. When Sophie says, “I tell them everything except who the heck it is.”This quote really shows how afraid she is that her friends won't like her anymore if they found out she was dating the school freak. Not only that but, how concerned about her image she is and what others say and think about her.

Throughout the book Sophie changes a lot from the beginning to the end of the book. Not only has her perspective on how she sees people and gets her first impression, changed she also has learned to not care what people say and think about her.  The quote “I race over to Robin, sit down across from him and take hold of his hands,” is a big turning point in the book, because it is when Sophie decided not to care what her friends thought of her and showed the school that she is dating Robin. This quote shows that she has changed by not caring what other people think of her, how she looks at people has changed and she has learned to be herself and that she doesn’t have to be popular as long as she’s content with who she is. That’s how Sophie has changed from the beginning to end of the book.

The catalyst of the book, is  Robin. Robin is the boy who Sophie fell for, he is without any friends and is constantly tormented at school. I think Robin is the catalyst because he was the reason that Sophie made the transformation from caring so much about what people think into someone who could fall for a social loser like Robin. The quote, “And somehow when he slips his arm around me it feels right,” shows how Sophie started to change her mind about Robin as she got to know who he really is and not just what horrible things people are saying about him.

Not only did Sophie change into the type of person who isn’t judgmental and doesn’t care what people say about her. Lindy, the main character from Beastly, started off as a timid lonely girl who looked for and saw the good in people. The quote, “I love you too Adrian,” really shows Lindy’s character and how she thinks. This quote describes the part when Lindy realized she loved Adrian and how she learned to love someone as ugly and beast like as him. Something they both have in common is that they both saw the good in someone and didn’t judge them based on their looks and popularity.

Just like any other teenager, Sophie went through many changes throughout the book. Starting off as a teenager trapped in a place where she has to pretend with her own friends. Sophie learns to not care what others think of her. She also learned not to judge people she doesn’t know. Most of all she discovered that she can be herself she doesn’t have to be popular.

Uglies Retelling

Author's Note: This piece is written as a retelling for the book Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld. 

The book, Uglies is about a girl in the future whose friend runs away, and is told that she can't turn pretty until she finds her. While trying to find her friend she learns the truth about what turning pretty is, but accidently gets her friend caught and turned. In the end she must choose between facing the truth of turning pretty and saving her friend, so chooses to accept the consequences of turning pretty and saves her friend from living with the pretty consequences forever.

Patriots Pen

Author's Note: I wrote this essay to show what I would say if I were able to meet the founding fathers. Also I wrote it to show my appreciation of this country. 

If I were lucky enough to meet the Founding Fathers there’d be so much I’d want to say to them. They did a great job starting our country. Personally, I believe that they don’t get enough credit. I can’t even imagine how difficult it must have been to organize and start an entire country. If I were lucky enough to meet the founding fathers, I would have many things to say to them.

First, I’d thank them for being intelligent, courageous, and generous enough to start a country. I admire the fact that someone cared enough about our country’s future, to start such a hard, time consuming job. With a job so difficult, I know that I would have never been so concerned about the country’s future to start a country. This is why the first thing I’d say to the founding fathers is thank you.

After thanking them, I would tell them all the things I really appreciate about this country. I appreciate, the right to have my own religion. I know this right was created after the first ten amendments were written, but it’s because of them that we have a country to have rights in. Something else I appreciate the right to vote. One reason why I really like that everyone who is eighteen or older can vote is, because the decisions the country makes affects everyone. For that reason, I am thankful that everyone can have their input on what’s best for the country. That’s what I really appreciate about this country.

The next thing I’d do, is ask them a very important question. Something I’ve learned is that it was all old, rich, white men who wrote the first ten amendments. Due to what I’ve learned I would ask, why they thought that only one social class should be able to vote? I’ve thought about this and it’s something that I’ve always wanted to ask someone who was there in that time. If I could, I’d ask why they thought that one social class was better than the other and why they thought like that? That’d be the last thing I’d ask and say.

I’d have so many things to say to the Founding Fathers, if I ever met them. Everyone should be very appreciative of what consideration and time went into forming this magnificent and free country.

Cause and Effect

Author’s Note: I wrote this piece explaining the cause and effect of the book Speak, and what would happen if the main conflict would have never happened.

In the book Speak, a teenage girl has something horrible happen to her at a party. She is bullied and harassed at school, because nobody knows what actually happened. Everyone at her school hates her, because she called the cops after that terrible thing happened to her, and she ends up busting the party. The climax in this book is when the main character, Melinda, gets attacked for the second time by the boy who raped her at the party, but this time she fights back. This is the climax, because after Melinda fights back and wins everyone finds out what happened to her and he is exposed. Therefore there is no changing what people now know.

I believe that the effect of  Melinda fighting back the second time, was that things got much better. When she did this, it exposed who raped her at the party and it made everyone believe her about what happened. Also, because she fought back, she got stronger and found out her strength, and that she is much stronger than she thought she was. She also learned that she has the strength to overcome anything. 

In conclusion, if Melinda had never fought back the person who tried to attack her she would be a very different person. She would still come home and lock herself in her room, and she still wouldn’t talk to her parents at all. Melinda’s life would never go back to the way it was before, if he was never exposed. The event of Melinda fighting back is the climax of the boo and if it didn’t happen, everything would be very different. 

Pewaukee sunset

Author's Note: I wrote this in the writing lab, it's about what I see, smell, taste, hear, and feel while watching a sunset on Pewaukee beach.

I can smell the revolting scent of a disgustingly dirty, and slimy lake, being brought to me by the slight breeze. The lights of the sunset are reflecting off the lake creating a rainbow of shimmering colors in front of me. With the scent so strong I can taste the disgusting, gooey, green lake water. While standing there looking out to the lake I can feel the quiet, with the occasional sound of people walking by on the sidewalk.