Before I Die

In the book Before I Die Tessa and her father have a very distant and odd relationship. He loves her very much, and honestly she hates him. He spends hours on the internet searching for ways to help make Tessa better, but she just wants him to stop trying because she wants to live life to the fullest before its to late. Tessa's younger brother Cal, tries to encourage Tessa to get up and be active but she usually just brushes him off. I don't think that Cal feels neglected by his father, I think he understands that this is a really difficult time for his family, especially with their mom not really being around. Tessa and her mom have an odd relationship, when Tessa and Cal were younger their mom left them and their father for another man and she kind of dropped off the face of the earth until Tessa was diagnosed, then she started coming around again.

The true Qualities of a friend is somebody who has similar intrests and is there for you no matter what. A true friend is somebody that brings out the good in you, and somebody that wants the best for you. I personally dont think Zoey is a good friend but if I had to pick the quality that best describes Tessa and Zoey's friendship would be that they are always there for each other. Tessa's father called Zoey so she could try to motivate Tessa to get out of bed and do something. Tessa's brother Cal is not a big fan of Zoey and Tessa trys to explain to him that Zoey makes her feel alive. She makes Tessa feel like a normal human being instead of a disease, but Cal doesn't understand.

Tessa doesnt want to return to school because shes afraid that all the other kids will want to stay far away from her because they think they'll catch her cancer. She feels that Zoey will be the only one that understands and doesnt mind being around her and her illness. Zoey could talk to the kids at tessa's school but zoey cares too much about herself to do that.

Many emotions are expressed in this book by each character. Tessa, she experiences sorrow, lonliness, etc. but mostly lonliness. Tessa's father experiences mostly guilt because he feels that he could've done something to prevent Tessa from ever gettting sick. Tessa's mother also feels guilty for not being there as much as she should've been for her daughter and now she only has a few months.

My choice

Out of all the books we have to choose from I would choose Before I Die. I would choose this book becasue it seems really interesting. you can tell by the cover and the title that the book is about the life of a girl with a termianl illness with not much time left. I just think it will be cool to read about somebody around my age going through a really hard time, kind of like seeing the world in a completely different way. I think it'll be a really interesting book. However if there was a reason that I wasnt able to read that book I would pick the book Chain reaction because you can tell from the cover that its a love story and every girl loves a good love story. I feel that this book would be very interesting as well.




Noahs blog-- "Wow this book seems kind of scary, but I really like your blog. Keep up the good work!"

If Only...

There are many ways that the story could've ended, one way is; Tom Robinson could've been found innocent. If the jury found Tom innocent it would make Mr. Ewell very angry. I beleive that if that happened Tom would still of ended up dead. Not because everyone thinks he's guilty, but because Mr. Ewell would be so angry that a "nigger" got awat free. I feel if Mr. Ewell would've seen tom after that day he would go ahead and kill him, himself. He would probably make up a lie saying that Tom is taunting Mayella or stalking her or something of that sort.

Noahs blog-- "Good ideas Noah! you should write a book."