Outside Reading #1

The book I am reading for this project is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

It is the third and final book in the series The Hunger Games and is really widely popular. After the book Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen was taken to the underground District 13, where they want her to become their political figure: the Mockingjay. At the same time, Everyone is preparing for an upcoming war, Capitol versus District 13.

My rating sastem is really unique. Its going to be on a scale of 1-15, 1 being the worst, and 15 being the best. On top of that, I will be using the pictures of all 14 members of Organization 13 from the video game Kingdom Hearts, (plus Riku as 15)

The book is kind of slow in the first few chapters. Its a good read but... the only action so far is Katniss finding her shackled prep team in room Three-Nine-Oh-Eight, half naked and everything, at the end of the part I read. (I about finished the book already, I'm just splitting up what parts I use for my posts.) I find it interesting to know what exactly District 13 is like. It kinda makes me wonder what it would be like to live underground... Its also very touching to see that Cinna, the former head of her prep team, still has some sketches for clothes for her to use as the Mockingjay. One of my favorite things is the Mockingjay pin, under which is written "I'm still betting on you." The fact that he wrote that however... it almost makes me think he already knew he was going to die.

If I were to ask the author anything, I would ask why she writes the book in the present tense, instead of the past tense. I also wonder what significance Buttercup the Cat has in the story. I don't see any reason for the author to bring him back...

POW #2

It would be difficult to pick my favorite snapshot, or my least favorite, but I would have to say the picture of my brother, Zack, with my mom when he was just barely born. Whenever I see that photo, I can't help but say "aww" like most girls when they see something cute. (I suppose he's more cute to me since he's my brother.)

I actually remember where I was when the photo was taken at the hospital... I was at home, looking at the Pokemon cards I had gotten for 25 cents. its pretty sad, but it was a good deal, considering there were at least five hundred... But I digress. Because I was too young at the time, I wasn't allowed in the room to see my brother, although one of the nurses carried him to the dorrway and held him up, before waving his hand at my sister and me. That moment will stay with me forever, and the previously mentioned photo is the closest I have to it.

AOW #1

I understand that Byrnes has been expelled from her nursing school, but for what? A simple mistake in which there was no warning of the consequences? To my understanding, when Byrnes asked her teacher if she was in trouble, the teacher herself said that she was not. Now, going against her previous statement, her teacher has had her expelled. I find this quite deplorable.

Perhaps Byrnes acted a small bit imatture, but to my understanding, she is serious about what she belives to be her calling and her studies. Her teacher never said she could not take a photo with the placenta, nor was there anything in the school's code of conduct against it. If you ask me, I believe she should be readmitted into the school. Its really the school's fault, after all, since if they had given her fair warning, she would not have acted in this manner.

POW #1: Hello! My name is...

Hey there. My name is Rachel, but some people call me Kasai. I know they sound nthing alike, but there is reasoning behind it. In every school I've been to, there has always been at least three people named Rachel. Whenever somebody said "Rachel" I would look, even if they never talked to me.

Eventually, my friend decided that if I could control an element, it would be fire. Being a Japanese fanatic, I wanted to find out how to say fire in Japanese. I found the words Kasai and Kagi, and ultimately decided to make up a character named Kasai. On another forum, people didn't know my name and just started calling me "Leader," but I didn't want that, and suggested they call me Kasai, after my character. Now, even in the real world, I am known as Kasai. Only my close friends and the people in church call me that, however. To everyone else, I'm still Rachel.