Blog reflection

As I am analyzing my voice in the blogs I have posted, I have noticed that I seem to make many predictions about what is to come and sometimes asking questions near the end of the blog. Some specific phrases I use to show my voice as a writer is when I said “I have realized throughout the story Katniss and Peeta’s love may only be for crowd appeal.” This shows that I am expressing my opinion about their feelings towards each other. I have seen many examples throughout the story to prove that this is true. Such as during the games when they pretended to care for each other so they can get sponsers to help them further on in the game. Another example where my voice is showed in this blog is where it says, “Throughout the story, Peeta gets harder and harder to read. Such as being awkward on the way to the games, wanting to train alone, being in an alliance with other people, and never being there for Katniss when she is in danger.” My voice is showed by analyzing Peeta’s character and how it affects Katniss during the story. By saying that Peeta is hard to read I am saying that his personality seems to change depending on who he is around. This makes him difficult to understand because you never know what he could do. These words and phrases show that my writing personality is more predicting what will happen in the future and how their choices and decisions now can affect them later.

            Another way I have enhanced my writing in my blog posts is by adding diction and syntax. An example of Diction in this post is where it says, “I remember the importance of sustaining two star-crossed lover routine and I lean over and give Peeta a long lingering kiss.” Words such as long lingering and star-crossed really let you know Katniss’s feelings towards Peeta. Even if you don’t know how Peeta is feeling about the situation, it makes it much easier to understand what kind of person Katniss is. She believes that it is so important to stay together to get things accomplished. Also, an example of syntax I used in this post is, “Unfortunately, Peeta was back in the cave resting while Katniss was almost being killed.” By starting off the sentence with unfortunately, I am setting the tone for what is to come. If I wouldn’t of started out with that, you would never know how my feelings toward their relationship. My voice is used by analyzing characterization toward the characters and also by predicting how important decisions made now can greatly affect their life together later.

Krista Ramsey "Raising kids to embrace the world, then they do"

This article has to do with parents being proud of their child as they move out and start their real life far away. I thought that one of the best lines written was when it says, "On our best days, we silently congratulate ourselves for raising children who really were ready for the world. On our worst, we want to clarify that we meant the world within a two-hour drive of us." This line is well written because it compares the good and the bad in this situation. It is also easy to relate to for parents because they all feel this way when they see their kid moving on successfully in life. Also, this line uses commas to separate the "best days" and the "worst days" with their reasons afterwards. Krista does this so that the reader understands why letting your child move in the world on their own will really make you miss them. Also, diction used in this line would be "silently" and "congratulate." These words help figure out what this article is really about. She uses silently because nobody is no longer there to tell your kid, so you tell yourself how raising that kid has impacted your life.

From reading three articles from Krista Ramsey, I can tell that she feels strongly for every topic she has written about. Her opinion is expressed in every article with many reasons supporting it. I can also tell that she can probably relate to every aricle because of how well it is written. If I could ask her quetions about her career of writing, they would be; How long have you been writing for? How do you get ideas for these articles? When did you know you wanted to become a writer?

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/03/06/krista-ramsey-young-adults/6144909/

Katniss and Peeta

As I have started reading further into the Hungar Games, I have noticed several changes from the beginning to now. Things such as how Katniss and Peeta get along and the time they have spent together helping one another. I have seen that Katniss cares deeply for Peeta and wants nothing to ever happen to him. She gives him all the motivation she can to make sure they are the final two standing. In this chapter the most I could tell the connection was even deeper than it usually was. Katniss is still trying to fix all of Peeta's cuts and bruises so they are ready to go for the rest of the game but unfortunately they keep getting worse. She tries to help him by feeding him berries that she found by the river. These are no ordinary berries and they had some weird taste to them which made Peeta want to spit them back out. I am curious to see how dangerous or poisonous these berries were and how it could affect them later on in the games.

I predict that later on in the games Peeta will be fully healed and ready to fight again. My guess is that the berries that he ate probably had some dangerous chemicals on them from the game makers to try and change up the game. However, with all of Katniss's help, I don't think they can be stopped. ain't was also interesting seeing how personable Katniss really is. She told Peeta May stories about her life at home and it wasn't even uncomfortable for her to talk about Gail. I think that their connection will only get stronger as the book goes on.