Finial blog reflection

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          I think my character post is my best post because I used strong evidence to support my idea of how the character developed. I also summarized some of the book in the beginning so you would have an idea of what was going on. On the rubric it says you need to show how a character develops over the course of the text, so here is one thing I said in my blog that shows how Samantha developed over time. "Punctual to a fault, I've never understood the expression I lost track of time. I've never lost track of anything, not my cell phone, not my homework, not my work schedule, certainly not time. But this night, I do" (Fitzpatrick 100). This quotes shows that she did something that she never did before. She stayed out past crew few and she never did that until this night with Jase." Also on the rubric it says how the character interacts with others so in my blog I said, "I hand Pasty a bottle of juice, prompting a crunchy-granola-looking woman in Birkenstocks to say, "That baby is much too old for a bottle. She should be on a sippy cup by now." Who are these people, and why do they think their own opinions are only right ones? "Don't you ever just want to kill them, or at least swear at them?" I ask in a undertone, steering the cart away from the crabby sippy-cup woman, with Harry and George clinging to either side like spider monkeys. "Of course." Mrs. Garrett shrugs. "But what kind of example would that be?" (Fitzpatrick 107). This shows Samantha's interaction between her and Mrs. Garrett. They were in the store and everyone kept making comments about how she parents but she ignored them and went on but Samantha wasn't use to that because her mom would never allow that." Another thing on the rubric is how the character advance the plot and this is one thing I said in my blog, "Samantha keeps the book going because there is always new problems popping up. Like how she doesn't like whom her mom is dating. Or how her mom doesn't know about Jase and her babysitting. "Clay Tucker is a real mover and shaker," she says now. "I can't believe he's taking time for my little campaign." I return the strawberries to the fridge, then root around my smoothie with my spoon, looking for more prices of fruit that escaped the blender. "How'd he wind up in Stony Bay?" Did he bring a wife with him? A hometown honey? "He bought his parents a summer house on Seashell Island... Then be read about my race and couldn't help wanting to get involved." With the campaign? Or it's mom? Maybe he's some kind of secret agent, looking for ways to discredit her. But that would never work. She haven't got any skeletons in the closet" (Fitzpatrick 77). This quote shows how she doesn't like her mom's boyfriend which is one of the main problems in the story but she doesn't want to tell her mom because she doesn't know how to and doesn't want to hurt her."

             One thing I struggled with through blogging is posting twice a week. I know that we somehow have to show you that we are reading but I think that was one of the harder things to do. Another thing I thought was hard was quoting the book because when I read I don't mark things down and then when it comes to writing the blog you know you read it you just don't know where it is. One strength I had through blogging is commenting on other people's blogs because I thought it was cool to see what other classmates were reading. Another strength was always answering the questions on the rubric.