That sentence stuck out in my mind because until then, Peter didn't want to speak to Patrick. He claimed that "they started it", leading me to think that he felt provoked. I don't believe Peter actually wanted to kill anyone, but he was at a breaking point, and snapped. He knew what would happen to him if he was caught by the cops, and I think that's why he didn't speak until he was already locked in the cell.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Nineteen Minutes excerpt
While reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, There was a part in the book that caught my attention. Page 55 where it says, "It wasn't until Patrick had stepped out of the cell and turned the key in the lock that he heard peter speak again. "They started it," he whispered.'"
Monday, October 17, 2011
Response to Excerpt #4
EXCERPT #4
Ask a random kid today if she wants to be popular and she’ll tell you no, even if the truth is that if she was in a desert dying of thirst and had the choice between a glass of water and instant popularity, she’d probably choose the latter. See, you can’t admit to wanting it, because that makes you less cool. To be truly popular, it has to look like it’s something you are, when in reality, it’s what you make yourself.
I wonder if anyone works any harder at anything than kids do at being popular. I mean, even air-traffic controllers and the president of the United States take vacations, but look at your average high school student, and you’ll see someone who’s putting in time twenty-four hours a day, for the entire length of the school year.
So how do you crack that inner sanctum? Well, here’s the catch: it’s not up to you. What’s important is what everyone else thinks of how you dress, what you eat for lunch, what shows you TiVo, what music is on your iPod.
I’ve always sort of wondered, though: If everyone else’s opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own?
1. Is popularity more important than anything else…dying of thirst?
No. I don’t believe popularity is important in most cases in life. But most high school students tend to make it a priority. They tend to let the hunger for popularity consume them. And most of the time they are hungry for the wrong reasons. People want to be popular so that more people will talk to them and hang out with them. Sometimes they want it so much that they’ll do anything to get the attention of their peers and increase their popularity. Unless your trying to gain popularity for a good reason or to possibly make a positive difference, I think it’s waste of time. Popularity isnt worth the effort if you’re losing your real self in the proccess. Being yourself is important. If I was dying of thirst and I was given the choice of instant popularity or a glass of water, I’d choose the water because in the end, your popularity can’t save you or anyone else.
2. What is the difference between being popular and belonging to the group?
People try too hard to be popular. When you’re popular, you’re most likely completely aware of it. From what I’ve seen, Most people try so hard to achieve a certain image that if and when they ever do, most of their image that they gained would not have come from genuine personality. Popular people want it more than the ones that actually belong to a group without trying. I think that you belong to a group when that group fits you. A group that relates to you when you’re being yourself. How can you belong to a group that only fits the traits that you purposely give yourself to achieve an image? You can’t. That’s just the group you want to be in.
3. Can everyone be popular?
Sure, anyone can be pop
ular if they work for it. But what’s the point? Why are you popular? Do you know in your heart that you didnt purposely try to become popular? Are you happy? Are you being yourself while still being popular? If not, then it’s pointless
Everyone can be popular, but not everyone is true to themselves.
Ask a random kid today if she wants to be popular and she’ll tell you no, even if the truth is that if she was in a desert dying of thirst and had the choice between a glass of water and instant popularity, she’d probably choose the latter. See, you can’t admit to wanting it, because that makes you less cool. To be truly popular, it has to look like it’s something you are, when in reality, it’s what you make yourself.
I wonder if anyone works any harder at anything than kids do at being popular. I mean, even air-traffic controllers and the president of the United States take vacations, but look at your average high school student, and you’ll see someone who’s putting in time twenty-four hours a day, for the entire length of the school year.
So how do you crack that inner sanctum? Well, here’s the catch: it’s not up to you. What’s important is what everyone else thinks of how you dress, what you eat for lunch, what shows you TiVo, what music is on your iPod.
I’ve always sort of wondered, though: If everyone else’s opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own?
1. Is popularity more important than anything else…dying of thirst?
No. I don’t believe popularity is important in most cases in life. But most high school students tend to make it a priority. They tend to let the hunger for popularity consume them. And most of the time they are hungry for the wrong reasons. People want to be popular so that more people will talk to them and hang out with them. Sometimes they want it so much that they’ll do anything to get the attention of their peers and increase their popularity. Unless your trying to gain popularity for a good reason or to possibly make a positive difference, I think it’s waste of time. Popularity isnt worth the effort if you’re losing your real self in the proccess. Being yourself is important. If I was dying of thirst and I was given the choice of instant popularity or a glass of water, I’d choose the water because in the end, your popularity can’t save you or anyone else.
2. What is the difference between being popular and belonging to the group?
People try too hard to be popular. When you’re popular, you’re most likely completely aware of it. From what I’ve seen, Most people try so hard to achieve a certain image that if and when they ever do, most of their image that they gained would not have come from genuine personality. Popular people want it more than the ones that actually belong to a group without trying. I think that you belong to a group when that group fits you. A group that relates to you when you’re being yourself. How can you belong to a group that only fits the traits that you purposely give yourself to achieve an image? You can’t. That’s just the group you want to be in.
3. Can everyone be popular?
Sure, anyone can be pop
ular if they work for it. But what’s the point? Why are you popular? Do you know in your heart that you didnt purposely try to become popular? Are you happy? Are you being yourself while still being popular? If not, then it’s pointless
Everyone can be popular, but not everyone is true to themselves.
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