Romeo And Julliet - Shakespeare

Sunzida Mahbub 811

What are some reasons why 2 young lovers cannot be together nowadays?

Romeo and Juliet - by Shakespeare, a story about two young lovers coming from complete opposite sides, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo and Juliet try as hard as they can to be together, they cannot stop loving eachother even though they know the big rivalry between their parents, in Verona, Romeo and Juliet were not allowed to be together because of family grudges, nowadays there are much more reasons why two young lovers cannot be together including family grudges.

Romeo is 17 years old and Juliet is 13 years old, in Verona that wasn't much of a problem but today, the relationship of a 13 year old and a 17 year old will NEVER be accepted, they wouldn't be allowed to date let alone marriage, age is a big part in a relationship, In Verona things were different, Family grudges was all that mattered, but today age is one of the reasons a relationship can fall apart, and a family will never allow their kids to be in a relationship with someone much older or younger then them,

Religion is also a major part in a relationship, families/people come from different perspectives, different beliefs, and different areas, they may be strongly against eachothers beliefs, or their habits, Religion is something that people depend on until their last breathes, its what labels them and describes them of who they are, two lovers may not be able to put up with eachothers beliefs, they would not want to think different, if they decide to live with eachother forever they need to get along with their religions.

Family grudges, one of the reasons relationships may break apart or break the family apart, in Romeo and Juliet, the family grudges was the biggest problem between Romeo and Juliet, they were clearly aware of the problems between their families, yet they cannot stop loving eachother which leads to their end. Juliets father was stubborn and her nurse wanted her to stop loving Romeo becuase she knew that they can never be together. Families of 2 young lovers may not get along well, or they might have a bad history, and not approve of eachother, and if the lovers stay stubborn, this can be a problem for the families. Family grudges can lead to many problems and it is a pretty big problem in a relationship.

The reason why Romeo and Julliet could not be togehter was because of family grudges, which is still a problem nowadays. Age and religion is a problem in a relationship nowadays but in Verona, it was the rivalry between Montagues and Capulets which was a problem, It's illegal to get married under 18 years in America, but in Verona, their was no such rule. Verona seemed to be under rilvalry, and that seemed to be the only thing that bothered them, but now, today, there is a lot to a relationship, and family grudges aren't the only thing that holds a relationship back.

Reading Response

Romeo And Julliet is a story written by William Shakespeare about, 2 enemies from different houses, Montagues and Capulets, that fall in love. Romeo first met Julliet when Romeo went to a Capulets party, they both kissed but they both didnt know that they were enemies.

When Romeo and Julliet found out about eachother, they were obviously worried, but they were in love, Romeo and Julliet is a book about a 13 year old and a 17 year old that are in love and their families are enemies so they fight to death.

Romeo and Julliet both know that they can't be together, Romeo told his father about his love for Julliet and how he cannot stop loving her, and Romeo's father was furious and was not happy with this fact, He told her to fall in love with someone else, and Romeo knows he cannot do that.

I think that Romeo is going to end up putting his life in danger because he seems like the kind of person to do that, he started a conversation with Julliet and he ended up kissing her, so i feel like he is going to get hurt in some way before Julliet is.

Julliet seems like the girl that obeys her parents and does whatever her parents tells her to do. Her parents want her to be with Paris, and she said that she would try, she would never disobey her parents, she seems like a kind child, softhearted, and on the other hand, Romeo cant "control" his "love" for Julliet, he loves her very much.

This is a one of a kind and unique story, Shakespeare must have done alot of thinking and put alot of thought into this.

I Wonder.

August Pullman, the main character of Wonder, has been deformed for his whole life. He's gone through about 35 surgeries, with no avail. August has been homeschooled his entire life, by none other than his mom. After August's mom, cannot teach him any longer, due to her struggle in math, August is informed he has to go to a public school. With people. People who aren't deformed like him.

At first, August is scared of the outcome. When August arrives at the school, his principal has to inform the other students to be kind and gentle with him. Therefore, August has 3 "friends," in which the first one is rude, the second one pities him, and the third one is Jack, his true friend, who finds August's personality unique and special.

This connects to the outer world, because there are millions of kids out there, who have their lives exactly like August Pullman's. People who are deformed, like August, are bullied, discriminated, suicidal, and have very tough lives. People who are like August, hide their faces, and shy away from the outer world, due to the discrimination. People like August need to be handled with care, and kindess, in order for them to live a life like normal people. Deformed people are usually suicidal because they end up being bullied and teased so much, they want to end it. Its absurd how judgmental people can get, because somebody else is different. Nobody, nobody at all should have to go through a life like that.

There are many charities for people with deformed faces, although it's very expensive to completely treat a deformed person, like August, who's had about 35 surgeries, with no luck.

These people have special needs and it is not their fault they were born like that, and we have to respect that and care for them. "You have to be compassionate about people with health issues" - Ms.Evers (eighth grade science teacher)

Sold- Patricia Mccormick

Nepal is a place filled with Poverty, sometimes due to poverty, big steps have to be taken in order to survive in some conditions. In Nepal girls at the age of 7 start working, helping their mothers and earning money for their family. 

In the book "Sold" by Patricia McCormick, The main character Lakshmi feels the need to go out and get a job to help her family. She is 13 years old, and she lives with her mom, her baby brother, her stepfather who has a broken arm and cannot work and help out the family. Lakshmi's father isn't a good man, but Lakshmi's family cannot do anything about that because of her religion. Women are not allowed to run away from their family.

A Monsoon hits, and the Lakshmi's crops die, ruining everything for them, and Lakshmi's father forces her to go to work. She gets sold for 800 rupees ($14-$15) and goes to the city. Laxshmi thinks that she is going to be working as a servant for a family, but she ends up being sold to another woman, to another and then she ends up in a place called the "Happiness House" Its one of the biggest prostitution brothels in Nepal. At first Laxshmi didn't know where she was, she was excited to be presented with a new dress, sandals, "bottles of paint" (nailpolish) and "crayons" (eyeliner, mascara etc). 

When Laxshmi's owner, sends Laxshmi in for her first client, Laxshmi did not know what she was supposed to do. When her client approached Laxshmi and touched her inappropriately, she then realized where she was, and tried to escape. Laxshmi was locked in a room for 8 days without any eating and constant whipping. One day, Laxshmi's owner comes in, and tells her that if she is able to pay off the amount she was bought for, she will be able to go home. Laxshmi was bought for 10,000 rupees, but her owner wants 20,000 rupees. Laxshmi managed to calculate she got 15 rupees from each client ($0.56) and 5-6 clients a day. When Laxshmi payed off her debt, her owner took advantage of her keeping her for a longer time, until she found out that it was conspiracy and she would be there for the rest of her life until she is caught with a sickness.

One day an American showed up as her client. He handed her a card and told her that he was going to help her get out of the house and live a better life, He showed Laxshmi pictures to prove it. Laxshmi was told that Americans will only punish her and ruin her life. Laxshmi didn’t believe that, and ran up to the American and said “Im Laxshmi, Im 14 years old, and I am from Nepal” and that Is how the story ended.

I thought that prostitution didn’t occur at all, I thought that it was something that used to happen a long time ago, I was surprised that it happened it India, and to an Indian girl, I never thought that they would actually have clients, and if there were prostitutions, there would be 20 years and older, turns out, kids as young as 10 are sold into prostitution. This books presents a social issue: Prostitution and unfair treatment to little girls, practically child labor all over again, for some reason it won’t stop because it seems to be a popular business.

This is a social issue, and the book, overall describes the life of a young prostitute, so you can visualize how hard it is for them to be forced into something they don’t want to do.

Non Fiction Reading Response

Article: "Whats At Stake"
Who will be elected as president in November 2012?

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama both have different idea in store for the future of America. The both share different sides on social and economical issues.

As the first African American president, US citizens expected a lot from President Obama, Because America was going through financial crisis since the great depression, and fighting two wars.
 Obama is running for president again since 2008, but this time he didn't promise his citizens anything. November 2012.
 America will decide, Will Mitt Romney, a republican from Massachusetts win? Or Will Democratic Barack Obama be re elected. "


"For most of the last year, Obama's approval rating has been stuck below 50 percent - dangerous territory for president seeking re-election" (upfront Obama vs Romney 6)

Obama will be up for competition this year due to the amount of votes he lost, some people do believe that he will win, some people don't.


(Upfront 7)

Barack Obama; Democrat, age 51, Chicago,	Mitt Romney; Republican, age 51, Massachusetts
Economy: Rescue of Wall Street, Auto Companies to keep the US from falling into depression.	Unemployment rate to get the economy growing & reduce government spending regulations.
Taxes: Raising the tax on wealthy as part of a deal to tackle the federal debt	Lower taxes for all individual, businesses to spur economic growth
Afghanistan: Bring the troops home, and send them back in 2014	comes back depending on the grounds of military advice.
Health Care: Give people affordable health care	take a different approach.
Energy: Investments, renewable energy, increase US oil and gas production	streamline regulations to make it easier to increase domestic oil and gas productions
Immigration: Stopped the illegal immigrants from being brought as a kid, and give them temporary work permits.	crack down illegal immigrants, and form an illegal immigration system
Social: Legalize gay marriage.	Marriage between a man and woman only.

Obama and Mitt Romney have different plants for the future of USA, and now it is all up to the voters.

First Blog Post of 2K13

"the absolutely true diary of a Part-time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

This book, is supposed to be a diary, according to the title, but it is more of a book, about the life of a Indian  boy living in poverty, that struggles in his life. His name is Arnold.

Arnold has to deal with his sister that was locked in the basement for 6 years, and he never got to know her well, until she got married and moved to Montana and got married without telling anyone, and she wrote letters to Arnold. Mary dies, and Arnold has to grief about her death for a very long time.

Arnold needs to deal with his best friend Rowdy, who's father is drunk and abuses Rowdy all the time, which gives him the strength to fight, Rowdy is very tough and starts to hate Arnold around the middle of the book to the end.

Arnold needs to deal with his drunk father, the family barely has any money, and his father takes all the money that is left home, and goes to a bar and gets wasted. Later on, Arnold and his mother always have to go on a hunt to find him.

Penelope, Arnold gets beaten up a lot, and after his grandma died, he couldn't take it, he decides to start going to a school that is 22 miles away, which is filled with upper class kids, and there are no indians in that school. The first person to actually talk to Arnold is Penelope, Arnold develops a crush on Penelope and he knows that he would never have a chance with her, He makes alot of friends in his new school, and they all support him, but they dont know his real secret, the fact that he lives in poverty but his friends find out later in the book. Penelope cares alot about Arnold, and Arnold did not expect that, she didn't know what his pain  was like but she always supported him and treated him as a friend, even when everyone hated him in the beginning.

I think that Arnold is a very strong character. He has to deal with so much trouble, and he blames him self for certain things, like the cause of his sisters death. Arnold has to lie to his friends, and he feels like he is in a lot of trouble, and there is a lot for him to deal with.

Arnold is not a normal child, he was born with too much cerebral spinal fluid and it got his brain all disgusting, his thinking and breathing and living engine slowed down and got flooded with the fluid. He had a lisp and a stutter. and everyone always likes to beat him up, And due to this, his head is massive, and he could easily get hurt.

In the end, Arnold gets his friends back and he realizes that his friends is the ones that keep him going.

And i think that he is a very strong character.