Demitrius Hilerio class 707 Reading Response

    In "The Outsiders" By S.E. Hinton Ponyboy is noticing how much he needs Johnny. I think Ponyboy is realizing how much of a good friend Johnny is. If Johnny dies in the book Ponyboy will be devasted and severly affected by this loss. I think Ponyboy is going through denial because he cannot accept the fact that Johnny has a big chance of dying from his third degree burns from the church incident. I think Dally cares about Johnny alot more than anyone in the gang. I know this because at the begining of the book when Johnny stood up to Dally and told him to stop bothering Cherry and Marcia. If Johnny does die I think Dally will be devastated.

   Johnny seems scared of possibly dying. For example when Johnny was laying down on the bed he told Ponyboy that he always thought about killing himself but now that he actually might die he is scared. What I have been wondering for a while is if Johnny's parents are going to atleast go to the hospital to see Johnny. And if so how Johnny's parents react to his injury will they care and treat Johnny better or will they just act as they did when Johnny is home with his parents.

   So many questions gnawing at me when reading the recent important events in the book.

Demitrius Hilerio Class 707 ''The Outsiders'' By S.E. Hinton Reading Response

       Even though Im not done reading this book I notice the main character Ponyboy goes through lots of struggles throughout his life. For example losing his mom and dad in a car accident. And not having lots of money. And lots more. Ponyboy is lucky he has a group of friends that have related issues. When reading this book I notice that the author S.E. Hinton sneaks lots of lessons and messages. One message I notice that is very important is everyone has a bad issue in their life.     

       What made me think of this message is the part when Cherry Valence told Ponyboy that the Socs have issues too. ''I'll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a suprise. We have troubles you've never even heard of. You want to know something? She looked me straight in the eye. "Things are rough all over." (Page 33-34) The reason I think this message is important is because Ponyboy always thinks about how unlucky he is to be "poor" and how it's unfair.

     Ponyboy also thinks that his brother Darry would get rid of him if he could. On one hand Ponyboy won't understand that it's hard for Darry to take care of Ponyboy and Sodapop. But on the other hand Darry has to understand that Ponyboy is younger than him and he shouldn't say things like Ponyboy doesn't use his head. And Darry shouldn't of hit Ponyboy even if it was a mistake.

Demitrius Hilerio Class 707 Upfront Magazine ''Has the Arab Spring Failed'' Response''

      I think the arab spring should be considered a failiure because there's lots of violence being involved in the arab spring. This did't make anything better it only made everything worse. In the text they mentioned what happened. ''Security forces used armored vehicles vehicles, bulldozers, tear gas, birdshot, live ammunition, and snipers to raze encampments of protesters who supported the deposed Islamist president. The confrontation lasted more than 12 hours and turned parts of cairo into a war zone. More than 600 people were killed and close to 4,000 injured.'' (page 6 upfont magazine) This quote from the text shows how violent the arab spring got. This got protesters no where.

   I think the region cannot achieve democratic reforms over time because there was so many protesters and people died because of this. There was so much damage done they will not recover until they get a new ruler that the people of the arab world prefer.

Demitrius Hilerio class 707 Upfront Magazine ''Where Your Cellphone Goes To Die'' Response

     The artical ''Where Your Phone Goes To Die'' is about cellphones that are thrown out and replaced. These cellphone manufacturers pay countries to get rid of electronic waste. This is unaccecptable because these electronics have things that are bad for human life. For example the text clearly states that some stuff in phones are bad for you. ''The World Organization reports that even a low level of exposure to lead, cadmium, and mercury-all of which can be found in old phones-can cause irreversible neurological damage and threaten the development of a child.'' ( Upfront Magazine page 10 ).

    These cellphone manufacturers can make a phone recycle system able to be recycled as stated on page 11. ''Changing the way phone companies do buisness could also be beneficial to producers and users. For example, manufacturers could sell products complete with a prearranged recycling service or with subscriptions that make it possible for customers to exchange old phones for new ones rather than throwing them away.'' ( Upfront Magazine page 11 )
     

Reading Response by Demitrius Hilerio Class 707

 

       In books that I read the author can use literary devices and/or craft. The authors do thiis for multiple
reasons. For example authors use literary devices to give the reader a better idea or vision of whats
happening in the story.  A author can describe the taste of something by talking about a totally unrelated
topic. But this still can give the reader a better visual of what is happening in the story.

In books authors also use craft. Craft is internal thinking dialouge and more. Craft can give the reader
lots of info about certain characters in a story. For example when reading books there will be parts
when a character has a piece of dialouge that is important. The author does this to understand the character's personality. The author also uses craft to let the reader know how each character interacts or feels for towards each other. An author can use craft to show important physical actions in a book. Like when the author includes a part with a physical action that can affect the main character or any other character in the story.