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 .

Bollywood

The Document "Is Bollywood coming to Hollywood?" says that Indian cinema has been around since the 1940's and the recent film Slumdog millionaire although not exactly a Bollywood film reflects and Indian cinema with "the vibrant colors and fast pased editing". Bollywood films are more and more popular world wide because "India is still clinging on to its social values, which explains Bollywood's success everywhere but in America...Bollywood films don't have any kissing in them or tend not to."Bollywood films are a huge part of Indian culture. Due to their uniqueness they are set apart from all other types of movies including the avarage musical. Although slumdog millionaire was a fantastic movie it doesnt exactly mean that America will suddenly fin a new addiction to Bollywood.

Khatami, Elham. "Is Bollywood coming to Hollywood?" CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. 23 Feb. 2009. 23 Mar. 2009

Hope

The document “Obama Gives Us Great Hope Too” is a clear representation of hope within leadership spread to the community. This article also has deep insight as to how this leader affects us as one society. Although this article is meaningful, it states otherwise obvious facts and news that has been thought through already. Why would an article about hope ponder the past and regrets from the past? This issue is controversial to me. The article states: “Our government appears to be floundering, admittedly under duress and completely unprecedented times. Every move they make can be criticized for being the wrong move. The hindsight commentators are having a field day. The bottom line is we’re in a mess, there are no quick fixes, and we won’t know for years whether the decisions of today were the right or wrong decisions”(Jackson). Although the article does have negative sides, the words of Barack Obama still show hope: “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America”.

"Obama Gives Us Great Hope Too." Lovemoney.com - Have a better relationship with your money. 23 Mar. 2009 .

Religion

In the article "Pope Benedict XVI says condoms will not solve Africa's AIDS problem, could make it worse", the issue of AIDS epidemic and the Pope’s strong opinion about how to prevent it can be controversial to the opinion of some morals, and not to mention cultures. Seeing as the article states that the catholic religion frowns upon premarital sex, it puts forth the selfish bias that abstinence is the only conclusion to the AIDS epidemic. This shows how religion can get in the way or blind side the obvious truth. The opinions of the Pope are one sided and are stubborn to some, because it’s not possible to stop people from having sex, especially if its native to their culture. The opinion of the Pope is supporting evidence of the fact that Religion can be a factor that contributes to what happens in everyday life. Religion often interferes with daily lives and the structure of what we think is “morally right or wrong” can be obscured by opinions such as these.


Simpson, Victor L. "Pope Benedict XVI says condoms will not solve Africa's AIDS problem, could make it worse." StarTribune.com: Breaking news, video, blogs and more from Minneapolis, St. Paul and around Minnesota. 17 Mar. 2009. 23 Mar. 2009 .