imaginary girls by nova ren suma

This week I strated reading the book imaginary girls by: nova ren suma, and from as far as I have read im loving it. Chlo is the main character and her half sister ruby. The book is reaaly interesting it strats off talking about the relationship the two girls have and that chlo always listents to ruby and they have fun together. Then it talked about the setting and were it takes place and thats were the story beggan. At the reservoir is were everything starts.






Chlo, ruby, and some of rubys friends deside to go to the reservoir at midnight and have some fun. Ruby bring wine and everyone is having a fun time. Then Ruby and her friends have a dumb idea. They tell chlo to swim across the reservoir which sunk the city of Olivia under water. Chlo feels very uncomfterble about doing it but her sister Ruby tells her that she is invinsable and can do anything so she ends up doing it. She feels the power of being popular and having everyone watch what she is doing. She swims half way to catch her breath on a peice of drift wood. Then while everyone is scared for her they swim out to find her. She on the other hand is scared out of her mind because when she looks down she finds a girls body, and she knows that girl they have math class together.

Later once they get her out of the water the police come and investigate because the reservoir is closed property that they were tresspassing and there was a young dead girl floating in the middle of the reservoir. Chlo and ruby were seperated, chlo went to pennsylvania to live with her dad and ruby lived alone. They were in touch but very little. The sad thing is that they were like best friends, even more than that sisters and now they have to deal with living without eachother. Thats the part that I got up to and I am very exited to see what might happen next. In my mind i feel that chlo and ruby might get back together some how but thats what I think I have to just wait and see.

nicole-Romeo and Juliet, Baz luhrmann

   I really enjoyed the movie Romeo and Julliet. I like how the mixed in shakespearian language with modern day language to make it very interesting and yet different. The movie had the same feel and idea of the original play,  but the modern day movie is more likely what would happen now.

 








While watching the movie I took notes on water. There are many scenes including the matter of water and each time it has a different meaning to it. In the beginning Juliet had her head in water trying to just relax from the pressure that her mother is putting on her, she just wants to have a place no one can interrupt her. Also in the beginning Romeo also does the same thing as Juliet and I think that Baz Luhrman does this so we can get a look at the characters. Then when Romeo and Juliet met for the first time they were looking at each other through a fish tank (full of water) smiling and laughing and thats when they fall in love.  Baz Luhrmann incorporates water in many different ways. This was their fate to meet each other with water some how included.

There is also a scene in Juliets pool when they fully decide to get married and start their life together

Water is not only included in good things but also bad.  Benvolio was shot and killed near the water, and when Romeo shot Tybalt he fell back into water after he was shot. The author knew that it would be interesting to make water appear in different ways.

My theory is that when Baz Luhrmann puts happy and joyful scenes the water looks pretty and light (ex. when looking at fish tank it was colorful). When he wants to incorporate the bad things he makes water look dark and scary (ex. when Romeo shoots Tybalt, when he falls back water is dark and scary looking to show that its not a time to be happy).

the complete persepolis by marjane satrapi end

SPOILER ALERT!!!
I finished the book finally and it was amazing. her life was so complicated and she went through a lot.
she actually had to move to Austria by herself because her parents thought it was too dangerous for her to stay at home because it was war time. she had a coule of friends that were really bizzare and always made her do new things that were good and bad. she also had two boy friends and also found out about new things. she had a very lond and wierd about 7 years in Europe.

she could not take it anymore so she had herself a ticket back to tehran and was very happy about it. when she got back home she had no idea who her mom was because she looked so different and her mother thought the same. she had learned many new things about when she was gone some good and some bad. she remembered about one of her best friends and her mother told er that he almost died so she had to go see him. i can not believe how sad she must have been because if that happened to me i would cry. she also told her mom about thinkthat she did in Germany.

this part is the most important.. she found a nie guy in tehran and they became boyfriend and girlfriend. she really lies him because she gets him and he geys her. they do everything together. then one day he asked her to marry him and she said yes ohhh my osh that is crazy marji really married some one that is so unexpected i was in shock. she even said she woud never get married. she finally figured out later that they were not ment to be ever. she went to Europe again all by herself for ever so that she would have a better life because she knew what to do. she had her own life and she will go by what ever she wants.

the complete persepolis by: Marjane Satrapi

I notice there is a lot of conflict and depressing events happening in the story as i read along but Marji and her family are still holding on to faith. there are many new laws coming out that are ridiculus for everyone, now they have new rules and regulations that marji can not stand anymore, people that were close to her are leaving and or dieing. she is trying her best to be strong and fight for what she wants and what she thinks is best for everyone. she has the love and support of family helping her get trough everything and she is always willing to take chances.


there are laws like having to wear a veil and not letting women show any part of their body but luckly their faces. they have absalutly to part in anything and i know it isnt fair. it is very terrible to see how people are and were like this it makes me just sick to my stomache. she is working so hard for her and her faily to get through everything. she wants to be a prophet and she says nothing will stop her, "what do you want to be when you grow up?, i will e a prophet, haha she is crazy". she believes anything is possible when you try and her possitive attitude will really help her get to where she wants to.

she meet her uncle for the first time in her life when she was only seven years old and only knew him for about half a year. she loved him for who he was she thought he was a hero because we also wanted to make his point but that got him executed now she can only think about him in her dreams and follow his footsteps be be person that is heard but not get into any trouble for it. she diserves e attention because i see she really wants to take care of her country and sha actually wants to do something about it. she has great potential in her life. "here i made you another bread swan its the uncle for the first one, star of y life... anoosh said, that was the last meeting with my beloved anoosh marji said.

she is a ver power ful person and i really like that about her i feel that she is like me she loves attention and always speaks her mind. she has a wonderful family that loves her for who she is and really stay close together. i know that many things are happening in her life but even though it is she would just let it all go with a blow of wind, she knows what she wants and is always determind to get it her way.