Water for Elephants(reading journal 5)

ok this book is so awesome!!! I love it. It's so cool.

Ok...well in the part of the book the main character, Jacob's parents DIED!!
I was so sad!!! I can really connect to him beause I've lost a lot of famliy in the past...
And it just kills inside..

Well im trying so hard not to summerize this book, but its kind of hard for some reason

ANYWAYS....im so distracted right now...this weekend was not good :/
sorry kay...

ok ok back to the book...well its taking me forever to read it and usually i read really fast.
I'm at the part of the book where jacob hops on to a traim and when he wakes up they tell
him hes on circus train. And thats where I stopped.

Reading journal #4

The book I'm reading is called Water for Elephants. My advisor recommended it to me. I'm not to far into it but right now I'm at the part where people are going to the circus and then all of a sudden all f the animals get out. So while the animals are running around in the back the show is going on. So the people have no idea what's going on until a black panther walks through the tent and everyone freaks out! And i have to admitt if i were to see that i would scream and run. So then the aerielist that was on the elephant saw this guy that i guess she knew him or something and out of nowhere she getts this spear that she was holding and BAM!!! She kills him!! I was like WHATTTTTTT??! I was so CONFUSED but my advisor warned me it would be because it jumps back and forth in the narrorators life. But thats where i stopped and im really into the book.

Reading journal #3

ok so this is my last reading reading journal on Breaking Through. sorry its late kay. My computer was broken :/ well for some reason I didn't really enjoy it because i knew i had to finish reading it in order to read this book my advisor gave me...and i knew i would NEVER finish breaking through if I would have started the other one..

so ANYWAYS!!!! i was kind of shocked when they said people won't vote fo Kennedy because he was Catholic. Im catholic and im proud of that. I just thought it was sort of wrong. And when the dad said that some people aren't proud to be Mexican and that you must be proud of who you are. And thats true you should be proud and not be scared to say "Yeah I'm mexican and I'm proud to be it"

Reading journal #2

Today I read chapters 7-15 and so far the book is really interesting. I can really relate to Francisco because when his dad messed up his hair he got really mad at him. Well in 5Th grade i got a haircut and i hated it soooooo much I was crying! And another thing is when he found out his sophomore English teacher was really strict he got discouraged. Well in eighth grade the same thing happened to me. Everyone was all "who's your English teacher" and i said Dr.Q and they said shes supppper scary and strict!!! But it turned out good because I learned A LOT from her.


I thought the part when he was telling the story about his little brother was really sad! Imagine if you almost lost your brother or sister. If i was to i would be DEVASTATED. I know I don't get along with them but still it would SUCK:( Then when him and his brother got the job with that guy i was soo happy because their dad can't work anymore, but they made up for it. So i thought that was good:)
Well I'm really into the book and I really like it.

Where I Am From

I am from music
From the apple ipod and the crazy dancing
I am from the only two story house on the block
People outside walking their dogs, playing with their children and sometimes the teenagers tagging on the fences
I am from the roses growing in the backyard
the apricot tree we would pretend to live in and be one with when we were kids
I am from homemade tortillas and big brown eyes
From my parents Andrea R. Pindea and Ronald J. Barela
I am from always late for everything and the loud Mexican family from next door
From the sunshine of the sky and your going to grow up to be big and strong
I am from Heavens gates
Who opens when it is time to leave and arrive
I am from the streets of the ghetto and the heart of Spain
carne asada and burritos
From the time my great grandparents came to this country and all they wanted was respect and happiness
The year my beloved uncle died on Christmas Day
A little brown box kept high up in the closet for no one to see but yet it manages to make it where it's visible for all to see
the embarrassing pictures of the whole family and priceless ones when we were all vulnerable and small
these are the pictures we cherish and keep forever for time to come
I am from Mexican culture

and i AM proud of that

reading journal #1

well I finished reading chapter 1-6 and so far really like the book:) normally i don't like to read books like this because it makes me sad, but i like this one. i especially liked the part where the boys would learn how to dance because it made them feel apart of everyone. And i could really relate when they missed there mom's cooking because one time my mom left for a week and we didn't have her cooking for a long time, and I didn't really eat anything. and when the dad was in a bad mood all the thats how my mom can be sometimes to because she has to be at work at 5:30. But overall so far i really like the book.