Through My Eyes: Tim Tebow “Through my eyes” is a book written to explain the beliefs and religion of Tim Tebow. He explains how his whole life added up to what he is now and how his faith played a major part. He explains how everyone in his family, and people not in his family, played a huge role as well. He explained major events in his life that played a big role in his childhood and explained what their significance was. He talked about some of the places he got to visit and how it made him realize how other places lived and how fortunate he is. He told how his school and sports life both greatly effected each other and how well his mom had to take matters into her own hands. S- The subject is Tim Tebow, he is an NFL quarterback and has very high Christian beliefs. O- The reason he wrote this is so that people could better understand Tim Tebow and the religion he comes from and how God has gotten him to where he is today. A- The audience is young males, ones who know history of football and understand sports. Also, probably people who have a back round of religion and know the base of christianity. P- The purpose of writing this is to explain how Christianity and his beliefs made him get to where he was today and had it not been for that, he might not have ended up where he is now. Also, it explains his life leading up to the moment when he first got drafted to play football. S- The style of the book is written by him first telling us a story that really doesn’t get explained till later in the book. Then he tells you about his life as a kid and the events leading up to the day that everyone pretty much knows about, the day he got drafted. So the whole book leads up to the conclusion you already know. Tone- His tone is aspiring and encouraging because he’s trying to tell readers “hey, this is how I grew up and it weren’t for my beliefs i wouldn’t be here right now.” He’s trying to tell people if the follow a path, that path can lead them down the right way.

A young boy and his brother travel to their friends high school to perform in their talent show with them. They are about to perform when the rebels attack. They hide from the rebels and end up losing their family. Once they are sure the rebels are gone, they run to another city and learn to farm and are welcomed into the city. The city is sure the rebels are coming to they fleet and the boys are left by themselves. They eventually run out of food and have to travel back to go get some. They meet the rebels and are captured and forced into armies. They have to shoot the people they know for food for themselves or the rebels will shoot them. Eventually Ishmael is saved by UNICEF and is brought to the US. S- Ishmael Beah- Narrator, main character, 12 years old when rebels attacked Junior Beah- Older brother, separated from Ishmael Rebels- the antagonists, capture Ishmael and kill many O- The rebels came to Sierra Leone, where Junior and Ishmael’s home city, Mogbwemo, is. A- Teenagers and young adults because they would understand the story behind his story and they would be more accepting to the morbid form of vocabulary and writing. In the beginning, he starts the book by a conversation with his high school friends where they ask him to tell them his story of being in Sierra Leone and he responds “yeah, sometime.” This book, published 10 years later is kind of his response to his high scholl friends. P- To help his audience understand the atrocities that occur in Africa and to explain his personal experiences to form a better understanding for the public that can not physically see what goes on. He wants to show that you can overcome what you might think are your biggest obstacles. S- “Before the war, people raised a thumb to say “one love” to each other.” (Beah, 20) I thought this was interesting because he was showing how the different mindset between cultures. The imagery described through his words. He throughly describes scenes so you can easily picture them in your mind. When the story is at its most effective peak, the sentences become short and to the point. I feel like he does this to emphasize to dramatic empathy. Tone- His tone is informative, however its like he’s telling you a bed time story. He treats you as though he’s talking to one of his friends. He is trying to get his story across without playing with your emotions. He’s not overly dramatic and he’s not trying to make you feel sympathetic.

Little Bee

Little Bee 

by: Chris Cleave

This book starts off with the story of an African refugee. She finds her way to America in search of a young man named Andrew who, while on a trip, gave her his business card hoping he could help. After going through a long hard search, she finds him and his family and is relieved. Then she discovers he doesn’t want her there. She is dying to know why and only after a few short weeks, the man finds himself in tough position and ends up doing the unthinkable. “Little Bee” as they call her is very upset and does not understand why anyone would do such a thing. The wife of Andrew, Sarah, ends up taking Little Bee under her wing and caring for her as though she were her own child. In return, Little Bee helps Sarah to understand why her husband did what he did. 

S: This book is a story that lead’s its way into a story about the way refugees are treated, not just in their home but in refugee camps as well. 

O: The objective is to get to understand that as Americans, we have a damn good life. We should learn to appreciate it. 

A: The audience I would say would appeal to a higher educated, older group of people. Mostly woman in particular because Sarah does fight to get what she wants and shows you how she kind of takes over and does the right thing based on her opinion. Higher educated because the would understand it better and they probably already have a base behind the story, which always helps. An older group of people because I mean lets be honest what kind of kid or even young adult is going to say “Oh my god, I just read this book and I feel so inspired! I’m going to go to Africa and help!” Probably not a lot. 

P: The purpose of this book would probably be to educate those who don’t really know what happens in Africa. Also, I think the purpose might be just to be an inspiration to people, make people want to help refugees. 

S: The structure of the book on an all around level has many falacies. One, it starts off with a story and it leads up to a story that a normal book would have started out with. So, it kind of keeps you in the dark until the very end. Secondly, it changes the narrator, a lot. It goes from Little Bee to Sarah to Andrew to Little Bee to Sarah and back and forth between Sarah and Little Bee. 

Tone: The tone of this book I would say is worried. It seems as though everyone is alays worried, all the time. Theres always something on someones mind that makes them uneasy. 

Yesterday I saw a video on Youtube it was called "Key and Peele-  Episode Highlights" or something along those lines. It went like this:

(Doctor and the son of a mother who is sick sitting in a room)

Doctor: Son, your mothers condition has gotten worse and she is getting older
Son: yeah, well yo mamma's so old when she was in history class all the did was write down what they was doing
Doctor: Son, this is serious. Your mother has been gaining a lot of weight and that could be harmful to her health
Son: Well, yo mamma's so fat when she sits down at the movie theatre she sits next to everyone
Doctor: Son, your mother is dying, this is very serious
Son: I know. I  know. She humor is just may way of reacting. It's my coping mechanism. I knew my mother never liked treatments.
Doctor: Really? Oh um, she she never mentioned that when we talked.
Son: Oh, well what did she say when you talked?
Doctor: I don't know, it was kind of hard to understand her with all the d**k she had in her mouth.

It was just funny and it just reminded me of whats been going on because its about how different people cope with things.

Obama is a bad president compared to the potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Obama has raised the debt 1.4 trillion dollars every year since becoming president in 2008. Obama has put more people on government subsidies than we ever have as a country, before. He has lied to us time and time again. Without even looking at what Mitt Romney has done to help our country just as a governor, we can come to the conclusion that he would be a better president.

 

Obama has made the national debt go up 1.4 trillion dollars every year. In total, our national debt was increased from 10 trillion to 16 trillion dollars in just 4 years. If Obama stays in office, the debt will exceed to 23 trillion dollars. Whereas if you look at Mitt Romney; he balanced the budget for Massachusetts while he was governor.

 

During president Obama’s term there are more people getting government subsidies than ever before. The president has made the people have to rely on the government for their well being. It’s unfair for tax payers to pay for people who don’t work themselves and collect welfare. There are 23 million people, who are unemployed, several of which collect unemployment rates because there are no jobs available. The buck stops with him.

 

The president has lied to us about many things. Obama said he would decrease the national debt by half, however, like I said before, the debt has increased by 6 trillion dollars. He also lied about Foreign Policy; which is the relationship between us and other countries. The president has not made any of his public records available to the public even Donald Trump offered him 5 million dollars to give to his choice of charity if he made them available. However, Mitt Romney has made all his public records available and open to the public.

 

For all the various reasons, you can see why Mitt Romney is a far better candidate for president than Obama will ever be. The real reason people voted for Obama was because of the racial separation that has occurred for so many years, not because they believed he would be a good president. Also, he promised the change that he never upheld to. By killing Osama Bin Laden, he did nothing to reduce the strength of The Al Queda but instead strengthened it even more. As you can clearly see, Obama is a bad president compared to the potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Favorite Book

My favorite book is "My Sisters Keeper,” written by a young novelist by the name of Jodi Picoult. My mom and sister had read this 4 or 5 years back and said “you need to read this, it’s really good.” I’m not the kind of person who does what other people do, for the reason that I just like being credited for my own discoveries. Even though I wasn’t interested in it, my mom gave it to me anyway. It sat on a shelf for a year or so, around the time the movie was coming out, when I suddenly voted on reading it. I read three chapters of it and put it away and said “no way. I’m not reading this. It’s so disturbing.” It took me three years to read it as I just finished it this summer.

This book captures the essence of family. Which I personally think is the main element in making this book my favorite. It tells the story of a young girl by the name of Anna. Who was genetically conceived to save her sister, Kate, who has suffered from Leukemia since she was a little girl. When Kate is told that she has kidney failure and needs a donor, Kate and Anna’s parents automatically turn to Anna. Anna has been forced to endure painful medical procedures and she claims she’s is sick of it. Anna is not willing to give up her kidney and files a law-suit against her parents to get emancipated because they do not give her the rights to her own body. This story is about the struggle the family faces and the fears they overcome that in the end make them stronger. I believe this novel has made me appreciate my family because it acknowledges the bond that families tie and reminds me that no matter what, my family will always be there. The family struggles that are presented in this book display the way that families work together to overcome problems and issues. If you haven’t read the book, I would advise reading it. No, the movie does not count, they differences are very coherent.