Q4 Blog 5

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer

Through pg 438

So far...
Wanda found two "tortured bodies" that the Doc has been trying to extract souls from human bodies to free the humans. Wanda freeked out and basicaly paralized mel and made her dissapear. It took Jared to make Wanda feel so overwelmed that it shocked wanda back into existance.

"I think Ian likes you to much."(361) This was when Ian first started to like Wanda and he acted very courteous and gentlemen like towards Wanda doing everything he could to make her feel for comfortable. Mel Loves Jared very much but cant even stand it when he touches her because Wanda is in control of the body and Melanie gets jealous. So when Ian seems to be getting close Wanda does not realize the feelings and that Ian is showing her as well as Mel does. She feels that it is wrong for Ian to pursue Wanda in Mel's body even though Wanda "is" in control of. Of course later on this causes a lot of drama and confusion.

"... I had never intentional caused anyone physical pain, but i had hurt Ian deeply enough just by hurting myself."(422) This helps develop Wanda's character a little more because at first in the book i saw that Wanda didn't really like inflicting pain or see it. But when she saw the two mangled bodies she flipped and did more than just freak out. Now we got a better understanding of how severely she hates the infliction of pain on another being. Although she is very against causing physical pain she also dislikes hurting someone mentally as well because she feels terrible and can barely live with hurting other in any way.

Q4 Blog 4

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer

Now on Page 398.

So Far...
Since Jareds return with Kyle, Kyle has acted very hostile towards Wanda. Kyle desides to acttack her in the bathing/water room. Wanda to scared and unwilling to watch a human die jumps in to save kyle wen the tables turn and the floor breaks from under them. Kyle goes to a "hearing" were kyle is being tried for death. Even his own brother Ian was opposed to letting him stay or live. But Wanda still called it an accident.


A diary passage (Wanda)

Ian seems to be kinda of "clingy lately and Mell is sending me wierd thoughts about this saying Ian is getting "to close", but Wanda, in terms of how old I am compared to how old I can get puts me at a very "young" age almost a child age. I dont see affection as well as i probly should have. Ian tried to kiss me and i think he is trying to get me to fall for him despite my relationship with Jared. No matter what i want if Mels not happy neither am I. I guess i should have seem this comming especialy from a human. does he not see that i am an alien living inside a host? Luckily Jamie, Mel's little brother has been there to save me from most of the comotion going on in this hectic cave.

Q4 Blog Post 3

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer

I have now read through 289. Since the last post Jared and Kyle have just come home from there long raid bringing back tons of food only to see that all the other humans have become friends with "the enemy". Jared is not only hurt by this but disgusted. he immediately comes to the assumption that the souls have now taken over his home, but he test there eyes and realizes that they are fine. All Wanda wants to do is end the inevitable witch she thinks is to end things quick and painlessly.

Journal entry (Wanda)
Its been so long living in this hole, not knowing who to trust and who wants to kill me. All i see every time i look around is angry faces no matter who looks at me. Jeb, Jamie and Ian seem to be my friends but Jeb seems a little careless, or just crazy to trust me so much. Maybe he's just a good judge of character. Jamie naturally trusts me because he is a kid and my host is his older sister. I tell him everything i know despite my better judgment. He is the only person in this hole that would give everything for me yet hes the only one who i do not want to do that. All i want is for him to be safe. Next is Ian. I'm not so sure if i can trust him or not because he is kyles brother and kyle wants me dead more than anything. He seems to be friendly and non hostile towards me but there is just something that doesn't seem right.
Melanie is my host body. for some reason her mind is as much present as mine and through out all this time together we have started to think as one. Our feelings for Jared are separate but exactly the same. We both individual love them. I'm trying to do whats best for Jamie but i just don't know what will scar him the least. Now Jared on the other hand we both love very much but he cant see that Melanie is still present. He see's "us" as just "it" an abomination, a freak of nature. All i want is for Jamie, Jared and I to become a family again.
Maybe im just getting "soft".

Q4 Blog Post 2

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer

Brief summary.
I have just made it to page 255 in this book. So far Wanda (Wanderer) is still in the humans hide out that Melanie reviled to her. The humans did not take her presence lightly because she was a soul that is part of the "aliens" race trying to take over the planet. most of the humans have warmed up to her and some now see her as a friend.

Quotes.
"Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached"(Pg.141)Wanda is describing to Melanie some of the horrors and good things about the planets and she realizes that the most amazing things in life could not seem so amazing and enjoyable if it weren't for the bad things to give you a comparison and show you how good they really are.

"Jared was keeping me prisoner. It seemed a beautiful word under the circumstances"(Pg.144). This quote shows that some things as bad as they may seem to the average person, are actually soothing to the person in the situation. Being a prisoner may seem bad because it implies being held not able to go any were or be in contact with anything. But this is what Wanda wanted. To stay away from contact with anyone because most of the humans at this point in the story wanted to kill her. Another thing this quote brings up is that Jared is the one keeping her imprisoned. Wanda is very in love with Jared and Jared is very in love with Melanie the host body for Wanda. So Jared is like her guardian/parole officer.

"Ive been getting them used to seeing you around, getting them to accept you without realizing it. It's like boiling a frog"(Pg.240). The other humans living in the hide out start out by hating Wanda and all her kind stands for but Jared looks passed WHAT she is and looks into WHO she is. He realizes she is not a threat so he slowly gets them used to her by bringing her around the place to eat, do chores and help Jamie. Slowly they just get used to the fact that shes there and lose there hostility towards her. just like boiling a frog. If u throw a frog in boiling water hell immediately jump out but if u put him in normal water and slowly heat it up by the time he realizes it, its to late.

Q4 Blog Post 1

"The Host"
Stephenie Meyer
In the novel a woman by the name of wanderer was place inside a host by the name of Melanie to research and find what she could about the humans. In general the "souls are suposed to take imediate control of the host's body. But in this Melanie house a very strong mind and will that wonder finds very hard to control.

Characters:
Wanderer- A soul that is very stubborn and proud. She is struggling to take over Melanie's mind. As the storie progresses to about pg.137(Were ive read to) wanderer and melanie have become one is the same person. Instead of trying to take each other over they start to share thoughts and feelings about situations and people.

Melanie- much like wanderer she is very head strong and is like Wanderer in almost every way, asde frome the fact that she is a human host and Wanderer is a soul.

Jared- so far melanie has been having flash backs telling her story from the past. Jared is a man that melenie ran into and fell in love with. she remembers him being sweet and always kind to her. later on they meet again but in this case wanderer is using her as a host and over the years of being seperated jared has become a bit bitter.

Jamie- all i have learned so far is that Jamie is Melanies brother. He looks up to melanie alot and untill jared she was the only one who took care of him.

4th quarter outside reading

For my outside reading I chose to read “The Host”, by Stephenie Meyer. The reason I chose to read the book is because I like to read somewhat “sifi” books that take you out of this world or change the one you live in. This book is a character named Wonderer. She is a “soul” among many others that have taken over humans using them as a hosts for the own personal gain.

War/Global Issue

War not only deals with terrorist and greed, but also Drugs and other things that could negatively affect us. The article "U.S. puts finishing touches on anti-drug effort with Mexico" talks about how USA is going to aid Mexico in there attempt to cut down drug trafficking. The US is taking more of a serious reaction to Mexico's drug problem because it directly affects us do to sharing the boarder. People don't often set out for change or the bettering of someone else unless it directly affects they way they live there lives. It sounds selfish but true. Although at a certain point you may realized that you have lost way more and the situation takes a toll on yourself greater than the origional problem as talked about it "6 years later, progress and doubts are legacy of Iraq war". The war in Iraq is one of the United Sates longest war and "There's nothing new in Iraq." Our new President Obama is trying to withdraw all of our troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. We found Saddam Hussein, a leader in Iraq and punnishe him for his crimes. But instead of stopping there we continued to stay in Iraq to help there government so that the same thing doesnt happen again. For the past 6 years nothing new is really happening except the death of troops and citizens on both sides. At the beguinning things start out with good intentions but lead to causing more problems if the intentions start to become selfish and only for personal gain.

Lebott, Elise. CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. 23 Mar. 2009. 25 Mar. 2009 .

"6 years later, progress and doubts are legacy of Iraq war." CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. 19 Mar. 2009. 25 Mar. 2009 .