The Shooting Star Blog

For my final blog post, I didn't know what really to write about, as I've been too lazy to read anything. So I guess I'm doing my blog post on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Everyone read it during class, so there isn’t much plot explaining to be done. Still, I’ll go over some basic plot events. Basically, Theseus was going to marry Hypolita, but then Hermia’s father wanted Hermia to marry Demetrius and not Lysander, so they ran away, but Helena saw them and told Demetrius. Then, Oberon was fighting with Titania so he made Puck get some love-inducing flower to pull a prank. Puck then used it on Titania to make her fall for Bottom. After that, some was also used on Lysander to make him accidentally fall for Helena, along with Demetrius. After some silliness, everything goes back to normal and it’s a happy ending. I’ve put on a mini-production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream before (I was Puck) and to be honest, it holds up better when it’s performed, because the movements of people...

     I am going to publish my other blog about paper airplanes soon, but I wanted to upload this blog on the music artist Wifiskeleton, due to his recent death last week. Wifiskeleton is also known for his old YouTube channel, Cyprus. Wifiskeleton was 21 years old when he died of a suicidal overdose. Wifiskeleton suffered from depression and some other mental illnesses for a while before his passing.       His first song Nope your too late i already died , is his most popular song and the title can perfectly describe what is happening with his music now. Wifiskeleton was not the most popular music artist (he did have a staggering seven hundred thousand listeners until about a couple of days after his passing. He now has about two million seven hundred thousand listeners. A part of the reason for his listeners' spiking recently is due to the covers of his songs, like the Peter Griffin " If you see me out in Quohog, say hi " one. So the title is fitting...

Hey everyone, For my last blog post, I had to go out with a bang. I decided to read what many would consider the most controversial book ever published. This book was written by a certain political leader that eventually became an influential figure in world history. This leader was known for seizing power in their country with the support of many of their citizens. Eventually, they began to perform certain acts that have been near-universally condemned. But why would people support this person, and by extension, their evil ideas? The book that I will review may give us an insight into how this historical event occurred, and the dangers of propaganda when people are desperate. But how does this author argue their ideas, and what are their ideas? I'll give some historical context first. During this historical period, many people in this country were very concerned about their future, and many felt that their country and nationality were humiliated after their recent defeat in a big ...

    For my final blog post, I chose to read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The short book is a collection of vignettes (basically a bunch of short accounts about various things) telling the story of a young girl named Esperanza who lives on Mango Street in a predominantly Hispanic part of Chicago. Esperanza is embarassed of and does not want to belong in her rundown neighborhood, and has dreams of leaving and living in a better place, and belonging there instead. Esperanza is a young girl who must face many challenges as she creates for herself what she will become.     The vignettes help to describe the characters in Esperanza's life, as well as the main character's beliefs and life experiences.     There were a number of things that jumped out and shocked me a little bit about this book. There are a number of times that Esperanza spontaneously talks about things like adults forcing her into a kiss, or a friend being abused by a parent or h...

  I've recently begun to read “Pine Island Home,” a book I bought at a book sale long ago but have never picked up. It follows the lives of four young sisters, whose missionary parents washed away in a tsunami.  They begin the book living with a woman from their current local church who lovingly took them in. However, they know she will not be their permanent home, and they wait anxiously as she searches for a relative to take them in. However, no one wants to take four girls into their home. As they all panic, thinking they will be sent to social services, they receive a letter from their great aunt Martha. She welcomes them to come to Pine Island, British Columbia, where they will live with her in her large estate.  However, when they arrive, they find the house empty. After some investigation, they find out that their aunt has died suddenly of a heart attack and left them alone once more. Again in a panic of being separated by the government, Fiona, the eldest, mus...