My Best Friend

One of my best friends is Kayla, who goes to Timberline. I met her in sixth grade. She was new to my school, so I thought I would be nice and talk to her. Since then we have been really good friends. She has brown hair just like me. We both love to play basketball as well. We look alot alike and are always together, so people get us confused. (Especially our coach.) We do everything together, were practically sisters.

I would describe her as crazy, but not in a bad way. She is really fun to hang out with, and is never boring. We always think of something to do. She has an extrovert personality. She says alot of random things, but so do I. She doesn't care what others think of her. I admire her for this because that is a hard thing to do.

Earliest Childhood Memory: Disneyland

My earliest childhood memory was when I was 3. I went to Disneyland for the first time with my mom. (My dad had to stay home and work.) As soon as we arrived in California we went to my Aunts house, who lived in Aneheim. I was very excited to go to Disneyland because my two cousins were coming with me. As soon as we arrived, I wanted to go on every ride and eat all the cotton candy I could. The ride that most caught my attention was the spinning teacups.

Because I wanted to go on the spinning teacups really badly, we went to that ride first. I remeber standing in line with butterflies in my stomach. Finally, it was our turn. At the time my favorite color was purple, so I ran as fast as I could to the purple teacup with a flower on it so no one would take it. By this time I couldn't wait to spin. The ride started to move and with all my little might I spun the wheel as as fast as I could. I wasn't going as fast as I wanted, so my mom helped me and in my mind we were spinning at a lightning speed. Every time I go to Disneyland I will always remember the spinning teacups.

Treasure Island: Imagery

Robert Lois Stevenson uses alot of discriptive language in Treasure Island. Because of his discriptive language, it paints a picture in my head. I can see the image of the island and pirates. This helps me to stay focused on the book. Though the author uses alot of discriptive language, he also uses jargon. His discriptions of the book make me feel as if I am there and that I am listening to how people talked back then.
Imagery is important so the book can become lively. It makes you feel apart of the story as you read this book. The author used imagery well in the novel. The book was interesting because imagery was heavily used.

Outside Reading

I chose to read Treasure Island. At first when I chose the book it grabbed my attention. As I started to read it, it wasn't as interesting as I thought it would be. Some parts of the book are hard to get into. They can be highly discriptive, and sometimes there isn't any action going on.

I haven't read the whole book yet, but so far the literary element that dominates the book is theme. Jim Hawkins sets out on an adventure. As he's on this adventure he is growing up and proving himself that he is a man. I am not sure if this is the dominate literary element.

The book was written in this manner because it gives the book its unique style. The theme is an interesting one so it makes me want to continue to read it. The word choice in the novel is exciting. I can picture in my head what the author is writting about because he is discriptive.

The main tone of the novel is zealous. Jim Hawkins is a genuine man. His adventures are involved and enthusiastic. At times the book can be fervent and pationate as well. I do belive that the tone shifts sometimes from chapter to chapter, but the main theme is zealous.