Summary and tough questions

From where I left off in Go Ask Alice I have read that Alice is living a better life but only for some short amount of time.  Alice seems to be living a calm life but then always goes back to the old ways. Now Alice has taken on a new job, she is a cleaner in an expensive hotel and the owners adore her. Alice and her roommate are going to eat dinner with them this Sunday. Alice is trying to get back on track but now she has to work harder to pay off her drug money dues.
   One of her tough questions would be, "Should I just give up", She begins to realize that living on her own is really hard and she wants to end it. Her only escape are drugs. Alice sometimes has her own type of saying that helps her get through things. She really is trying her best in life but she always ends up in failure.

Summary and Character Analysis

In the story "Go Ask Alice" I have read that Alice becomes a 15 year old drug user. In that time she left home and began living on her own with one of her roommates. She had this boyfriend named Roger who she wanted to live with forever. When Alice left her so called horrible house she believed she was free. Through that struggles came and she began to see that she couldn't do it on her own. I believe that even though she was going through some hard times she didn't need to act in a certain matter.
         Alice is a heartbroken and torn 15 year old. She doesn't have any moral support from her family. She is really and out-stander. Alice would be known as the one that no one talks to. From reading the book a can see that this Alice is looking for some closure and guidance from something, but she cant figure out what.

Would We Be Killed? (Native Americans)

American Indians were marginalized and made to feel as if they didn’t exist in the way of having to kill off every part of their culture. In the text it states that "the students were given Christian first names. Ota Kte was given the name Luther. As for a last name, school officials usually translated each child’s Indian name into English. But Ota Kte’s name meant “plenty kills,” which was considered too “savage.” So Ota Kte took his father’s name, which is how Ota Kte became Luther Standing Bear. Along with his new name came a new look." This proves that anything that portrayed an American Indian it was to be cut off and forgotten about. They became different people. 

   The purpose of Shanice Britton's essay was to inform us of how her culture is really no different from any other human. Shanice lives a normal teen life and it is very similar to people who aren't in tribes. Shanice was raised knowing how to do things that her tribe would do. She was taught to do beading and sewing and other things. In the text it said that " Another thing that elders in my tribe taught me was how to weave and do beadwork". Even though she knows how to do these things she is still and American and is like any other person. I as a reader can see that Shanice is just like me, maybe a little older but she is into things my friends would like. I wouldn't treat her any different.

Summary and Memory moments

From where I left off in the book A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer I have read many new things. The main character David is now in a foster home but then gets moved around into different homes. In the book it talks about David being "bad" or causing trouble, thats the reason why he is being relocated into a different home. One home was just a bunch of trouble with children, the home that he is in now is somewhat similar.  The home he is in know has a lot of screaming within the marriage, the foster mom treats David like her personal toy. So far I have read that the fosters are getting a divorce over an affair and David is put in the middle.
           David has lots of memory moments in the foster home he is in now. Since the couple is always fighting he has the fear of having the mom take it out on him In the book it states that he sits in the corner with a cover over his head expecting punishment but never gets hit. He is always worried but realizes that nobody is like his mother, at least his foster parents. The foster dad always reminds him of his real dad, very quiet and to himself. David likes his new home but is always worried of getting the punishment.