Thursday, 4/15/09

The overall theme from this book is that "A boy and a girl must go through a special trial or series of trials before maturing". Becausein order for a girl and a boy to learn and be c0mfortable around eachother ; they have to go through problems. Nobody or anything is never right. After all the problems they go through they will then be mature and not argue towards eachother as much.


"Enjoy life now, for the present moment, because we all die too soon".
Meg believed that because she just wanted Spring Break to come along so she could part it up, and just let go of all the past.

Wednesday, 4/14/10

Yes, more into the book the characters change. The majority of the characters change but all in a good way. The characters realize how life really is and you should always life up to expectations; like Meg she is more mature now and realizes that you should not be living like this. Something I learned from the book is that life will come and go and you should just move on. I also learned that everyone comes from different backgrounds and you should take them as they are. Lots of guys don't know what they want when there in High School, they will just mess around with girls to get what they want, but in reality its bad.

Tuesday, 4/13/10

The character I identify the most with is Meg. Meg and John are the most complex characters in this book. Echol's attnetion of this book is to get you really close with characters that you will be able to relate and feel all their happy/sad pains. Meg's voice is very violent in a disloyal way and her tone is naturally short- tempered. John in a completely differently light comes a usual romance character. Meg keeps up to be a very important, very attractive character; one that you may not agree with, but you can never hate. I can relate to her because since she goes to High School, I've heard everything she's been through from all friends and drama. That's why I feel Meg I can realte to more and understand where she's coming from.

Thursday, 4/8/10

If I would ask a question to the character I would choose Eric. I would ask him: Why would be with someone that doesn't even have the right feelings for him? How did his parents treat him when he was younger?
I would ask the author: Have you ever experineced close friends or family go through a situation like this? What made you write this book?

4/7/10

Quote : " When Meg comes in, don't you go over there and hug on her like she won a beauty contest."

I picked this quote because it shows how low trust they have for one another. It suprised me reading this because in real life, if your dating someone why would you tell him he can't look at other girls? You should believe he would not do that if he's with you. It had me pause and think by just seeing how some girls KNOW for a FACT that their "man" look at other girls but still stay with him. It's crazy because the girl brings herself down really low just to be with someone.

Tuesday, 4/6/10

Describe the major conflicts in your book. What TYPE of conflicts are they? When you wish to learn when you read again tomorrow; what do you hope will happen in the story or to the characters? Why do you wish for that to happen?



The major conflicts in my book is that Meg and Eric are stuck on the railroad bridge, and Eric is trying to "push eachother to the edge." They pushed each other in a way that didnt test their romance, it tested themselves. They knew they didn't like eachother, they just wanted eachother. What I wish for it to happen is for Meg and Eric to fall in love with eachother, but I feel like the only way for them to know if there is something there is if they try and force their feelings on eachother. They push themselves toward the edges of their personal comfort zones. I feel like this should happen because whats the point of just "being with the person" but not liking or having personal feelings with one another.

Thursday, 4/1/10

Characters:
1) Meg: She's a wild, rebellious girl who just wants get away from high school. One thing she is look forward to is Spring Break to Mexico. She just wants to leave high school and go to town by partying hard and staying away from her home life. Shes rebellious and impulsive.

John:
Eric: A year older than Meg. He is a police officer- he wants to stay on tast to protect others. He just wants to teach Meg a life lesson.

Eric: Meg's boyfriend, and he's the one that wants to take things to the next step.

Setting: The first couple chapters it all takes place outside around midnight by a railroad track.