Current Event #2 (And one for fun!)

Hahaha. I really wanted to do this one, but I couldn’t because it’s not actually a current event, but I’m putting it in here to begin with anyway! In Poland, a dentist numbed her boyfriend up with novocaine, then pulled ALL his teeth out, bandaged him up without a word, and walked away. He didn’t realize it until he got home! To top it off, his new girlfriend broke up with him, because she didn’t want a toothless man. She now faces jail time, of course, but it still made me laugh.  My response? I hope he got one of those goody bags that dentists give! And the both of them need mental checkups. Nothing worse than a woman scorned, so he should know better, but she is just psycho!

Bigler, Taylor. "Novocaine nightmare: Dentist pulls out all of ex-boyfriend’s teeth." Yahoo! News.

      30 April 2012. Web. 30 Apr 2012.

Okay… My REAL current event:

Lately, Obama has been using the assassination of Bin Laden as a political campaign, over playing it and using it against Romney for a chance at re-election. However, Obama denies these charges on the grounds that there is no excessive celebration, simply discussing the facts.

I think that Obama is definitely over-celebrating this. I mean, I totally agree that he did a great thing and that it was a great day for America, but he doesn’t need to brag and act as though he is the only president to ever attempt such an operation. Not the greatest example, but we did go over in history about how Jimmy Carter attempted an operation in Iran to save hostages. He’s right to use it in his campaign, true, but he’s using it to make Romney look unworthy, but… Hey, that’s politics.

Know, Olivier. "Bin Laden raid anniversary has not seen ‘excessive celebration,’ Obama says."

      Yahoo! News. 30 April 2012. Web. 30 Apr 2012.

Life of Pi #2

The sinking of the boat really throws the story into a overload of information. The whirlwind of the flashback of the moments before the landing in a boat with a tiger give insight into the logic that runs through Pi's mind of how the animals must have wound up. Once the realization of the tiger hits him, and after watching the violent attacks on the other animals done by the hyena, he meets the realization of animalistic characteristics and the realization of what could happen to him on the boat with the tiger must have been devastating. His emotions were tested by the physical pain the animals were in, even sending him into tears. He still comes out prevailing through this though, especially after watching Orange Juice (the orangutan) show such humane actions such as searching for her two lost sons in the water. This part of the book was much more entertaining, and the detail let a reader feel like he or she is almost there with Pi throughout this experience on the boat. I'm definitely beginning to like this book more.

Current Event #1

President Obama took a road trip around schools promoting Congress to pass a bill preventing interest rates on student loans to double, adding nearly $1,000 more to each year of costs. He also worked to promote young voters to come back for his re-election.

I think this is actually a really good idea, especially in today's economy. With an ever-increasing college cost, student loans are seeming to be a growing necessity. The idea of an interest inflation would cripple the ability of many students to be able to attend college for the full term, and students attempting to pay back loans without jobs could be caught in the onslaught of inflating interest, and be in a whirlwind of payment troubles. The visits could easily promote more young voters, those of college age, to vote for Obama or at least join the actual vote in general. With the ability to help decide what's best for them by voting in someone they believe is willing to help their problems, they are much more likely to respond in a postive manner and register to vote. I think he is making a wise choice in this campaign, as compared to simply talking about it with no action.


Knox, Olivier. "Obama’s student loan push helps him court crucial young voters." Yahoo! News. N.p., 24 
      April 2012. Web. 24 Apr 2012.


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Life of Pi: Numero Uno

So, I’m going to start by saying that I have strep throat, and when you have strep throat, EVERYTHING is more dreadful. Especially books that bore me to begin with. L

The author’s note is pretty neat though, in describing how he travelled and met Pi Patel and blah blah blah that isn’t real but written well enough to be so. And now…  Sloths, sloths, and more sloths. I think that killed my ADHD/strep throat medicated/sleepy/bored manner. Pi’s story is a very detailed, super realistic one. Personally, I like the name Piscine (I’m a Pisces!), and the story of the zoos and learning to swim. It’s a great insight into one’s life, especially with the atheist communist teacher that reminds me of a story Mr. Sutton tells us, so I relate to that! The multiple religions that Pi experienced becoming as he aged were also incredible detailed, must have been well researched, but I can see where the book would test faiths sometimes. However, I totally agree with his agnostic hatred, I must say, and that I like how he decided on Christianity when questioned about it later when confronted about being three religions. Overall, the book was interesting, but VERY dull.

Fahrenheit 451: Part 2

Fahrenheit 451 ended in an expected, yet unexpected way to me. I didn't like how Clarisse's disappearane was never truly explained, simply hinted at. I think it would have been more interesting to have a sure fire answer, because there's always the off chance she could have done like Montag and run to the woods and been claimed dead, but I guess that's part of the hope aspect. The Mildred removal from the story was foreshadowed in a way, however, in that she would turn on him. The reading of Dover Beach really seemed a foreshadow to how the book would end in that it almost talks about lost hope, and the reactions of the women (crying and name calling) seem to show a true example of how much the hope has gone from society without literature that they don't even want to hear reading. The ending with the bombing, however, I interpretted in a strange way I think. I saw the bombs as the final straw of the missing hope for society, and once the war ended and the city was gone, civilization can start over with a chance of literature coming back, and thus, a hope revival. I really liked this book, despite my Daddy's awful reviews of it!