The book I chose for my independent reading project is called “Burned” by Ellen Hopkins. The project I chose to do is a book box because the book I’ve read has a lot of items that correspond to the events and characters in my book. The items I have chosen from my book is a journal, a diaper, a ring, a cell phone, and a pregnancy test. The first item I chose was a journal. The reason I chose this item is because in the book, the main character Pattyn Von Stratten used a journal write down all her troubles because her librarian Ms. Rose told her it would be good for her.
We had some difficulties and it was a very stressful time in our lives, but we made it. Conclusion Now, at this point in my life, I have been a nurse for eight and a half years, and I am very fortunate that I chose this career. I have not only been able to help provided for my husband and our three kids, but I also enjoy taking care of people and not just the paycheck. I have been able to help many pregnant woman through their
I had never seen her sew a quilt before I was amazed. She was making it for an auction to raise money. She had collected several different patterns of fabric, some from her old collection and some new collection. When she finished I described it as masterpiece because it looked so good. Furthermore, for weeks I begged her to teach me how to make a quilt of my own.
Although Jesse is sad he and Winnie will not be together now, they are all proud of her for making the choice to not live forever. I liked this book a lot, because it is somewhat romantic for Jesse to fall in love with Winnie, even though he is seventeen and she is ten. I like to read romantic, adventurous, and real books, so my sister told me to give this book a try. I could not put the book down and finished it in a day and a half. I would recommend this book to anyone who reads really, because it is a fantastic
Growing up Dee was the one that got to attend school in Augusta because Mama and the community raised the money for her to go. Maggie barely has an education because she was not chosen to go to school Dee was though. Maggie is not resentful toward them about it she has simply moved on. As Dee is ransacking through the trunk Maggie gets upset. Maggie knows she deserves the quilts made by her grandmother and aunt far more than Dee does but of course Dee thinks that everything is about her and that she should have what she wants.
Mama is very attached and protective of the most precious quilts. When Dee visits back home she doesn’t realize that they have become an important part of her too as she says she doesn’t really want the two quilts that were made by Mama and Big Dee, her aunt. She implies the important part of having the one she wants is because These are all pieces of dresses Grandma use to wear She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine! She held the quilts securely in her arm, stroking them” (748) Dee (Wangero) can feel the love of her Grandmother through these quilts.
Her mom always knew her way around a good deal and therefore she hustled to put them in private school. She also traded cleaning services for a neighborhood doctor to make sure her kids had good healthcare. Ursula adds that her mother was her biggest influence for joining Xerox. Her mother Olga was pragmatic, focused and extremely practical, but was the ultimate self determining person. In 1980, Burns first worked for Xerox as a summer intern.
Dee’s perspective Have you ever met a person, who did not care about anyone but themselves? In Alice Walker’s short story of “Everyday Use” the character Dee is a very self centered person .She expresses this in many different ways.She wanted everything thats not hers. When she graduated from high school she took one of mother’s suits made a dress out of it, and after that she wanted someone to buy some pumps/heels to match with it. Whenever she came to visit she would rub her intelligence in. Once her and her husband arrived at mother’s house, Maggie and Dee started arguing about who take the quilt that been in the family for a very long time.
“I think that it may be a more effective way to resolve issues than talk therapy. You not only have the beneficial artistic process but a tangible, concrete expression of your thoughts that you can then step back and analyze.” And, she jokes, “I saved myself a million dollars in therapy bills!” And when Cooper-Prince, a sales coordinator at Metro PCS, finally shared her friends and family her new found passion, she found that her works of art resonated with others—especially women who had gone through similar situations. After seven of her watercolors were displayed in two Rockford Coffeehouses, Epic and Frenz, she decided to create a piece for this year’s ArtPrize competition. “I wouldn’t say I’m an artist, but I just felt the need to put it out there as part of the healing process.” The 9-paneled canvas piece, entitled “Til Death Do Us Part”, was created this past spring from silicone, paper, oil, and watercolor. It also incorporates metal elements of chains, window screen and grommets.
This was probably the first book I read that I found myself to be totally enthralled with, I sat down and started reading and got lost in the words. I got so into it that my mom would be trying to talk to me and I had no idea she was even there, I was sucked right in. It was about a girl (Patricia) who finds a pocket watch while on summer vacation at a family cabin where she doesn’t fit in, she is teased relentlessly by her cousins, and uses it to travel back in time to the summers her mom spent here, and while living in two time periods she finds ways to relate to her mother which she could not find in real life. The way it was written I could see myself right there in the story and I found that I related very well to Patricia. The watch was her temporary escape from reality, and for me thats books, she used the watch to learn about herself and I always find I am learning new things about myself when I read.