(Outside Reading #16) The A-List Chapter 22

In Chapter 22 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Anna goes to the charity event to find Dee, Sam, and Cammie there. Anna also finds out that Sam isn't helping out the poor out of her own heart, she has to do it for school. This angers Anna so she walks away. I would be very mad because basically they wouldn't have done it if they didn't have to for school. And obviously Anna wanted to do it out of her own heart and thought Sam did as well. Anna remembers she hasen't talked to her sister in a while so she calls her. Anna's sister is still in therapy helping her recover from her alcohol problem. Susan, Anna's sister, is thinking once she is through her recovery she is going to visit Anna in Los Angeles. Anna wants her sister to come join her, I would too. I would feel so alone if I were Anna just because her dad hasn't been paying attention to her or really spending any time with her since she arrived.

(Outside Reading #15) The A-List Chapter 21

In chapter 21 of The A-List by Zoey Dean there is not much that really happens. Anna is woken up early in the morning by one of Sam's workers/assistants. Anna offered to go help the homeless with Anna but she totally forgot. I would be mad if someone woke me up early in the morning and had been out late the night before. And obviously Sam just wants to know what happened with Ben and Anna. I think Anna needs to stay away from Sam because she is bad news.

(Outside Reading #14) The A-List Chapters 19 & 20

In chapters 19 and 20 of the A-List by Zoey Dean Ben sets Anna up. Anna isn't ready to take the next step with Ben and tells him it's not special enough. Ben seems to understand her position and tells her that he'll go get the car. She falls back asleep and wakes up an hour later to find Ben no where to be found. She gets really angry and thinks that she is stupid she didn't think that Ben was going to use her in the first place. I would be mad as well if I got left at 4 in the morning and felt like somene just used me. Anna gets a ride back with her father's driver and walks through the door to find a woman in a blue robe-her father's significant other. If I had walked in a seen a woman in my house I probably would have freaked out. Anna's father hadn't told her about Margaret and so that would make me especially mad if I was in that situation. Her and her father had a talk before she went to bed and all of Anna's frusterations about the day and how he ditched her came out. I think that he hasn't shown he is capable of being a good father yet.

(Outside Reading #13) The A-List Chapter 19

In chapter 19 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Sam is at her house feeling all alone. After clubbing, everyone headed back to Sam's mansion. Everyone is drunk out of their minds and still drinking and partying. Sam is in her own little world and thinking about Ben. I would probably be out of it and not feel like partying with all my friends if the guy I loved was with another girl. Sam really wanted him back. I feel bad for her. She gets a massage by her italian friend but he starts getting a little creepy with her. I would hate if I was getting a massage by a preverted guy. That would be the most uncomfortable experience ever. I think the next day she will be over herself and find a new man to love. She just needs to get over Ben no matter how hard it is and move on.

(Outside reading #12) The A-List Chapter 17

In Chapter 17 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Cammie goes to visit her mother's gravestone at the cemetary. Cammie is really depressed over Ben and how he chose Anna over her. She has had way to many glasses of wine and decides to go visit her dead mother. Cammie finds her mother's gravestone and sits down and starts talking, intentially to her mother. This shows a side of Cammie that no one has ever seen. Being by her mother's gravestone brings out the sadness in Cammie's life and how hard it's been for her losing her mother. I kind of know how she feels on that subject. She tells her mom that she hopes she doesn't have as much bad taste in guys as she did. Personally, Ben seems like a great guy so I don't think she has to worry about bad taste. I hope one of her friends find out about her feelings toward her mother, That would be hard to go through alone since her dad is pretty much out of the picture.

(Outside reading #11) The A-List Chapters 15 & 16

In chapters 15 and 16 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Ben and Anna get a lot closer. When they are all at the club a man approaches Anna asking how much she wants for the night. Confused by this Anna asks what he means and then realizes that he thinks she's a hooker. He told Anna that the girl with the red curls told him she was (cammie). She excused herself from the situation and tried to find Ben. If someone came up to me asking how much I wanted, I think I would slap him in the face. That's so rude. She finally found Ben a few minutes later and he told her he wanted to get away and be alone with her. Sam was standing right there and was crushed that he wanted to leave with Anna and not her. I can understand her position if she really loved a guy and he wanted to be with another girl but I think she needs to realize that he's over her. Ben really likes Anna. Ben takes Anna to his fathers yacht and they get to know each other well. Chapter 16 ends where they both go into the cabin and get even more close with each other. She was a virgin so all of this was new for her.

(Outside Reading #10) The A-List Chapter 14

In chapter 14 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Sam and Cammie have a fight over Ben. When Cammie, Sam, and Dee all arrive at the club, Dee gets asked to dance. Dean writes,
"Parker came over to Dee. 'Dance, Dee?'
'Say no, Dee,' Cammie counseled.
'Why?'
'Never dance with a boy better looking than you are.' (Dean 117)
As you can see Cammie is not a very good friend and tries to make her friends feel bad about herself. I think that Cammie may be very insecure inside and is trying to make her self look and feel better by saying mean things like that. If one of my friends were to treat me like that I would want to stay away from them. It's no fun being around people who put you down. Anyways after all that went down, Ben and Anna arrive and Sam and Cammie get in a fight over dancing with Ben. Cammie pretends like she really needs to talk to him and leads him to a hallway where they can have some privacy. She leans in to kiss Ben but he backs away. She leans in again but is fully rejected and he walks away. I think Ben made the right decision. He tells Cammie that he really likes Anna and is not going to give that up for a quickie with her. Good for him, I wish all guys were like that.

Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences

Thesis Statements:

1) The most important thing that Odysseus does is help others

2) The most important thing that Odysseus does is that he is brave and helps protect his crewmates

Topic Sentences:

1) One way that Odyssues helps others is that he looks out for his crewmates

2) Besides looking out for his crewmates, Odysseus also shares all his treasures and supplies with them

3) Lastly, Odysseus helps others by saving them if they are in danger

(Outside Reading #9) The A-List Chapter 13

In chapter 13 of the A-List by Zoey Dean, Anna and Ben are on their way to Anna's house because she needs to change out of her torn up dress. Anna sees a store open and he pulls into it. It's a sex store but she has to find something to wear. They both try on outfits and the salesperson hits on Ben. She ends up finding some pants to wear and then they head off to the club. If I were in Anna's position I would choose to go home and find something there to wear rather than look in a sex store for an outfit. I wouldn't be comfortable wearing anything of that sort. And if the salesperson was hitting on the guy I was with, I mean that would be a little weird and uncomfortable for the both of us.