thesis statement.
Love can overcome barriers such as time and distance.
supporting lines.
1. "Her parents had been married almost twenty years, and it took Dad only a few short monthes to fall for someone else. (Smith 106)
2. "He's still her dad. The rest is just geography." (Smith 215)
3. "What are you really studying?'
He leans back to look at her. 'The statistical probability of love at first sight." (Smith 235)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
"You know what they say," Dad said. "If you love something, set it free."
"What if it doesn't come back?"
"Some things do, some things don't," he said, reaching over to tweak her nose. "I'll always come back to you anyway."
"You don't light up," Hadley pointed out, but Dad only smiled.
"I do when I'm with you."
(page 123)
This quote shows how Hadley's relationship with her dad used to be. They used to be very close when she was younger, and her parents were married.
Now, Hadley has just seen him for the first time in over a year for his second wedding, and he lives a continent away. Her dad left her and her mom and she was still upset with him for doing that.
Hadley's relationship with her dad got very strained because when she saw him it was right after the divorce, then two years later at his wedding. That made Hadley feel like her dad had a whole new life without her, with the new wife and she knew almost nobody at the wedding.
Hadley "set her dad free" and by doing that became distant from her dad and even though her dad still loved her and was trying to keep in contact with her. She also did that because she was angry with her dad for leaving her mom, and by doing so he also left Hadley.
"What if it doesn't come back?"
"Some things do, some things don't," he said, reaching over to tweak her nose. "I'll always come back to you anyway."
"You don't light up," Hadley pointed out, but Dad only smiled.
"I do when I'm with you."
(page 123)
This quote shows how Hadley's relationship with her dad used to be. They used to be very close when she was younger, and her parents were married.
Now, Hadley has just seen him for the first time in over a year for his second wedding, and he lives a continent away. Her dad left her and her mom and she was still upset with him for doing that.
Hadley's relationship with her dad got very strained because when she saw him it was right after the divorce, then two years later at his wedding. That made Hadley feel like her dad had a whole new life without her, with the new wife and she knew almost nobody at the wedding.
Hadley "set her dad free" and by doing that became distant from her dad and even though her dad still loved her and was trying to keep in contact with her. She also did that because she was angry with her dad for leaving her mom, and by doing so he also left Hadley.
Monday, December 2, 2013
SPLIT Swati Avasthi
Text-to-Text
In Split Jace and his brother Christian have a mother who cannot take care of them, because of an abusive father. They both feel the pull towards their mother and the need to take care of her because she has mentally trapped herself from moving on and leaving her abusive husband. In Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen Ruby and her sister Cora both feel the pull to help take care of their mother. Their mother who drank and often left Ruby alone for days, yet they both still felt they couldn't completely erase their mother, because she was family. In both books their mothers can't take care of themselves and should've taken better care of their children but their children both would still help and be there for their mothers.
Text-to-Self
In the book Jace goes to a Montessori school, like I did in middle school. In the book Jace said, "The classroom is weird. It's more like someone's house: there's a kitchen on one side where a girl is at the stove, grilling toast, while a younger guy washes some dishes. Against the far wall is a workshop with hammers, a table saw, a bucksaw, and rows of other equipment." (Avasthi 62). That was what my middle school building was like, a renovated old house. The school was really interesting and exciting because a lot of work was independent.
Text-to-World
In real life a lot of child/spouse abuse does happen. There are a lot of statistics for it, such a the sheet of statistics Mirriam(Christian's girlfriend) gives to Jace. It also is about how Jace having been abused by his father and watching his brother and mother get abused had to deal with the mental consequences long after the physical reminders healed. That is true for real life situations, having to deal with the after effects of abuse.
In Split Jace and his brother Christian have a mother who cannot take care of them, because of an abusive father. They both feel the pull towards their mother and the need to take care of her because she has mentally trapped herself from moving on and leaving her abusive husband. In Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen Ruby and her sister Cora both feel the pull to help take care of their mother. Their mother who drank and often left Ruby alone for days, yet they both still felt they couldn't completely erase their mother, because she was family. In both books their mothers can't take care of themselves and should've taken better care of their children but their children both would still help and be there for their mothers.
Text-to-Self
In the book Jace goes to a Montessori school, like I did in middle school. In the book Jace said, "The classroom is weird. It's more like someone's house: there's a kitchen on one side where a girl is at the stove, grilling toast, while a younger guy washes some dishes. Against the far wall is a workshop with hammers, a table saw, a bucksaw, and rows of other equipment." (Avasthi 62). That was what my middle school building was like, a renovated old house. The school was really interesting and exciting because a lot of work was independent.
Text-to-World
In real life a lot of child/spouse abuse does happen. There are a lot of statistics for it, such a the sheet of statistics Mirriam(Christian's girlfriend) gives to Jace. It also is about how Jace having been abused by his father and watching his brother and mother get abused had to deal with the mental consequences long after the physical reminders healed. That is true for real life situations, having to deal with the after effects of abuse.
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