Water for Elephants.

So I finished Water for Elephants last week and I really loved the book! Honestly, it may be one of my favorite books of all time it was page turning for me and usually books are not like that for me. At first I thought that the book was depressing because Jacob was old and had nothing to live for in the nursing home. I thought that the circus was even depressing at this time too because it seemed dark and dreary in the train. The part of the book that really caught my attention and stirred my emotions was when august started beating eve3ryone from Rosie to Marlena. I was so proud of Marlena when she stood up for herself and left August and went to the hotel to spend the night. One character that I really have a dislike for is Uncle Al. he was so manipulating and takes advantage of the power that he holds. I learned to utterly hate him when he was telling Jacob that Marlena and August must get back together to keep the show strong. I could not believe the ending of the book! It was so amazing and good because I would have never predicted but I was extremely happy that Marlena and Jacob got together in the end! I thought it was interesting how throughout the entire novel everyone is trying to blind Marlena from reality while she can actually see everyone. So far, in this class I have not really been satisfied by the ending; however it this book I thought the ending really closed the novel well and helped the book come full circle. It was so unpredictable that he ended up back in the circus. I would have never guessed. All together, I thought the book was amazing and i would recommend it to anyone and even read it again.

Kite Runner!

I really enjoyed this movie! At first, I really had no idea what was in store and that it would turn into such an emotional movie towards the middle and end. I could not keep my eyes off the screen as the plot unfolded. I really liked how the movie started out light hearted with the boys playing and kite running throughout the city. It showed the innocence of childhood; however, it quickly changes as Hassan gets raped. This part was extremely sad and hard to watch. I disliked how Amir saw the whole abuse and did not even say a word about it. Then Amir and his father move to America and the movie took a new interesting twist. I loved the part where Amir first met his wife because it had that awkward sort of cute about it. They were both really flustered and kept making awkward eye contact. As the movie continued I found it to be unpredictable and the plot twists kept occurring left and right. I could not believe he went back to his hometown. When he went to the orphanage it really hit me and tugged at my heart for the poor children; especially, when the owner says sometimes he has to sell them in order to make enough money to feed the rest of the children. I wanted to just be able to reach out and help these children because although Amir goes to save his own nephew, I still felt horrible for the rest of the children. Altogether, I thought the movie was extremely heath wrenching and depressing; however a wonderful movie because of its great depth and meaning.

two of the most depressing short stories..

So I read the two short stories that we were assigned; one being Toga Party and the other called Dimension. I have never been so depressed before when I have finished reading two short stories. I did not know it was possible to have two stories that became so depressing in just a short amount of pages. In the short story Toga Party, although it was depressing, I found it extremely interesting because I have hardly read any books about a husband and wife that were in their sixties. I found it sad and depressing because throughout the entire short story they did not have anything to look forward to in their life and it seemed as though going to the Toga Party was an attempt to stay young; however, the old man gets tired and wants to go home around nine. The old man just goes to the Toga Party to make his wife happy even though we all know that he would rather just sit around at home and not go out at all. This short story made me question how I am going to be when I am that age because I hope I have more energy and am willing to still go out and have fun rather than sit and be bored at my house. I want to still have goals and be doing things in the world when I am that age instead of sitting around waiting to just get older and older. Also, I could not believe the end of the story! Wow it was so sad to know that they saw nothing at all in their future and just wanted to die in their garage. I was so shocked by the ending, it made me depressed to see what my future had in store for me; however, I hope that I am more excited about life than they were. Than the second short story, Dimension, really caught my attention because of the fact that it was so heartbreaking! I thought that Doree and Lloyd’s relationship was really weird from the beginning. It was obvious that Lloyd was controlling and always making sure Doree was doing what he wanted her too. I do not think he was brainwashing her but I do feel that she did not know any different than to worry and obey him. I knew something was going to happen as soon as she left the house and the children with Lloyd. I just had that knot in my stomach that you get when you anticipate that something horrible is going to occur. Also, I wanted Doree to rush home as soon as she got the call from Lloyd! This was probably one of the most depressing short stories I have read this far in my life!