Thursday, April 14, 2011

     Jealousy is a big issue in my book Peace, Love & Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle. The jealousy is mostly between the two main characters, Carly and Anna. Two different sisters, different personalities and different styles but jealousy has brought them to fight.
      Carly is the oldest in the family, after going to a summer activity outside of the country she came back to a shocking surprise. Anna. She changed from being the sweet & adorable little Anna, to the new whoa Anna.
Coming home and seeing your little sister drastically change physically and mentally can be pretty intense.
 "During the six weeks I was gone, she went from being 'cute little Anna' to the kind of girl guys drool over, and I don't know whether to be jealous or not. Well, no. I am jealous, but I don't want to be. She's my little sister. I love her." Carly she didn't change much, maybe mentally but not physically. Having your little sister "hotter" than you, you will probably get jealous. Carly was also in the situation where many people would get her jealous of Anna because they would rub it in her face that she's prettier and etc, especially Carly's best friend Peyton.
     Even though sometimes jealousy makes Carly and Anna fight they always find a way to forgive each other for whatever the reason they were mad for was. When Carly's bestfriend comes in the story something change. Peyton was always on Carly's side for everything. Until the day she started hanging otu with Anna. Carly was worried that Peyton would leave her for her younger sister.     It was hard to find who Anna truly was. At many times in the book I found myself pretty confused when Anna was talking, whether it's the fact that Carly is different than she remembered or it was just Anna's hormones. Throughout the book I noticed that Carly isn't the only one that gets jealous in the family, Anna does too. Ever since Carly came back from the summer activity she went to. Anna has been jealous. Anna is jealous of her personality, the sweet girl Carly is and the fact that Carly doesn't care what anybody says, this really inspires Anna. But, it's hard to not care what people say when you have a body like Anna's that everybody is always talking about.
     Jealousy can be a tough thing to deal with, I would know because I am a pretty jealous person myself and I have a similar situation with my sisters. Friends can also make you jealous whether its looks, personality or just the way they are. but don;t ever let jealousy break up a important relationship.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Lovee ♥

     There are many different types of love. There's sibling love, family love, love that you think is love but really its just a crush love, and of course there's the actual love. But, what is love? The Meaning of Love offers and explains a definition of love in a way that is interesting, intense, clear, logical, and meaningful. Whether its infatuation, friendship, dating, marriage, family, community, or professional love. In my book Thirteen by Lauren Myracle love is the theme in the book but, unlike the other books I have read that also had love for their theme Thirteen had love presented in many different forms and ways. 
     Reading the book the first love Lauren Myracle introduced was family love. Winnie, the main character in the book of course had to have the sibling love. All though sometimes throughout the book it was hard for me to see the love Winnie and her sister Sandra had, but finishing the book it really showed how much they cared about each other. Like the time that Sandra helped give Winnie advice about Winnie's boyfriend Lars. Winnie also has a lot of love for her little brother Ty, no matter how many times he annoyed her she still loves and cares about him. 
     Another love that is put out there is the crush love. Winnie starts going out with a boy names Lars, and he's gorgeous! Everything is perfect about Lars except for when he starts ignoring Winnie, It happens to everyone when you think your crush is the "love of your life" and how heat broken you are when something goes wrong. After Lars fixes things up with Winnie, and it all seems like everything is going great another love is introduced.
     The love that is introduced is the love that Sandra and her boyfriend  Bo have. The love that they have is true love. They have been going out for a long time and they are perfect for each other. There is also the true love that mom and dad have. Even though it seems like everything is perfect, every relationship has its ups and downs. Winnie's family has been having its ups and downs and seems like the downs kept coming more often, mom would freak out and scream at everybody and it seems like it would tear the family apart but, that was before everybody discovered that....
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The mom was pregant, with her fourth child. 
     Then there's Joseph, the little boy in her brother's class who has leukemia. Even though she doesn't know him Winnie feels sorry for him. This makes her look at life in a whole new way. She has this love for Joseph that is pretty amazing, for the fact that she barely knows him and cares about him that much it just shows what kind of person Winnie is. Over the course of her thirteenth year, Winnie faces lots of new things, each one exciting in its own way. Even though life sometimes gets a little hectic, Winnie knows she loves being thirteen!
If you were looking for love, would you recognize it if you found it?