Friday, September 24, 2010

My Boo Radley would have to be my father. I would say that my Boo Radley is my father because he has been instrumental in my upbringing and has been a huge part of my life. He has not been much of a hero in my life because I have never been in that much danger to have to be saved. My father also has great social skills, unlike Boo Radley. It seems to me that my father knows just about everyone.

Something that I find scary and a little creepy is starting something new or being in a new place where i don't know anyone. When I lived in California, I started training at a soccer camp every Wednesday night. It was called the Bridge Soccer Camp and it was run by two Brazilian men. These men's names happened to be Rildo and Naldo. Rildo played on the Brazilian National team and Naldo played on the Los Angeles Galaxy when they won a championship. To me the first night was a terrifying thing, but my dad was there to help me through and more or less force to me to go after my nerves had already told me that I didn't want to go anymore. I went the first time and had a great time and continued to attend this camp until both of the coaches went on a long trip. By the time they had returned I had already moved back to Washington.

My dad is there for me whenever I need him to be and then he's there even when I don't want him to be but he needs to be. He's fairly young for having four kids, but is wise beyond his years and always helps me to make the right decision. He keeps me from the straying from the right path and keeps me striving to be better.

Friday, September 17, 2010

I am not the most creative writer which you will find out if you read more of my posts. In my writing, I am very straight forward and to the point. As a reader, I enjoy reading works that are exciting and keep me entertained. I'm not the biggest fan of of figurative language because I also like things more straight forward. Also, as a reader, I like reading about things of interest to me. Things that interest me a lot of the time are abnormal nonfiction things and many fiction things.

I am the kind of English student who will almost always have the work done. Again, I am usually not the most creative writer so my writing is not as enjoyable to someone who likes figurative language such as metaphors and similes. I am also one of the students who loves to read, but I don't like writing about what I have read as much.

I will enlighten the on-line world with my reaction to literature studied in class by giving my true opinion on the pieces of literature that we happen to be reading in class. For the most part, I like many of the books that I read, so if I were you, I wouldn't be surprised if most of my opinions were positive towards many of the books that are read in the class.