(Outside Reading #6) Persepolis

I just finished the book Persepolis today and overall I thought it was an okay book. It sure was confusing at times and the conflict between the iraqis and the iranians. The little girl has to go through many troubles though in her world. She hears many stories of the past and the heros in her life. She is forced to wear a vail over her head or else she will be shot. Personally I am very glad that I am not in her position because I like being able to wear whatever I want. I think her life would be filled with terror at times and I love how America is so free. It's sad that some people still have to live that way today but hopefully soon those rules will not take place any longer.

(Outside Reading #5) In the Time of the Butterflies Ch. 12

In the last chapter of In the Time of the Butterflies, Minerva is the narrator. She and her sister Patria are released from prison to come home finally. She begins having a hard time at home though, she feels as though she is not the same as she was before she went to jail. She misses her old life. The men were still in prisons but Minerva never gave up on them. Dede always told the girls not to go and visit their husbands because the road to the prison was very dangerous. One da a storm was brewing and the girls were off, and that was the end. The girls ended up dying on their trip to the prison that day. I think it was a very good ending to the book because it kind of leaves you hanging but I still think there should have been a little more description about their deaths. I think the book was very pleasant over all made me see life in a whole new perspective.

(Outside Reading #4) In the TIme of the Butterflies Ch 5 and 6

I just read the 5th and 6th chapter in my book that I chose to read for our project, In the Time of the Butterflies. I learned that Dede had feelings for Minerva's husband, Lio, from the moment she saw him. She truly loved him more than her own husband, Jaimito. When Jaimito proposed to Dede in the car, they also found Lio hiding in the back seat. Lio asked Dede to give a letter to Minerva but instead she decided to read it before hand. The letter was asking Minerva to leave the country with him, so Dede burnt the letter in order to protect her sister. In some ways I would be happy if my sister did that, because it could potentially have saved my life. But then again, it would make me angry that she burnt it with out me even knowing about it or where Lio even went. 

In the 6th chapter Minerva meets her dad's other side of the family that he has been involved with. She also finds 4 letters from Lio in her dad's closet and gets very angry. She ran into her fathers ford while he was at his other family's house because of her anger. Their entire family went to a party that their dad was invited to and Trujillo was there, hitting on Minerva. When he wouldn't stop, she slapped him across the face and their family left immediately. I would do the exact same as Minerva because Trujillo had no right to treat her like that. It was very rude to treat her the way he did.

(Outside Reading #3) Book: Private

After Reed's encounter with the Billings girls, Thomas Pearson came up to her. He gave her an old bus token and told her it was his old luck charm but he not longer needed it so he thought to give it to her. At this point Reed has a major crush on Thomas. After school, Reed heads to the soccer fields with the team. When they go out to scrimmage, she steals the ball from Noel (main girl of the Billings girls) and Noel packed it on the ground. Reed expected her to be furious with her but instead she acted almost impressed. On her way home to her dorm, Ariana popped out from nowhere and began talking to Reed. The two started talking and it ended by Ariana asking Reed to sit with them at breakfast which made really excited. At breakfast the next morning, Reed realized that the Billings girls didn't want to become her friend so much as they wanted her to be their slave. They ordered her around and to get their food.

I would think if a boy gave me something after just meeting him, that there was something there. I think it was very cute of Thomas to give her that because that's not something many guys would be able to do. After school at soccer practice, I'm happy that Reed showed Noel a little of who's boss because someone has to take the queen down every once and a while. I'm glad Noel handled it well, I would have expected her to do just as Reed thought, get furious. Now during breakfast the next day I don't think it was right for the Billings girls to do that to Reed but I feel like there's something more that they want.