Why I Write: Expression, Comfort, Possibilities, Imagination, and Freedom

Writing is for expression,
An art that is seen, heard,
And felt by the readers
In their hearts and souls.

Writing comforts everyone
with meanings, truths, and
Untruths that simplify the
World in which we suffer.

Writing shows the possibilities
Of everything in the world,
From the reality of our lives,
To the fiction within our souls.

Writing escapes normality,
and from outside its throughs,
dances into the dawn of creation
To enhance dreams of imagination.

Writing becomes the palladin,
Knight, rogue, hero, or villain
In the effort to touch the sky,
To gain freedom from worries.

Article Response: Plagarism

I can't help but to agree with many students that the old way of citing is too much work. I feel that if it is a book that is being cited people should have to write the title of the book and the author. If  it is a website, we should just have to copy the website, and maybe the article title as well if it is a database that will not let you see it if you are not logged on. I just don't see the importance of giving the date you accessed the article, the year it was published, or anything else that must be written.

Reading Response 7: Clone Codes

Clone Codes is about Leanna, an average girl in 2070. Her world is tilted upside down when she finds out her mother is part of a rebel movement called, "The Liberty Bell". She is forced to run as that is what her mother taught her to do, but as she runs, she will find out many secrets about herself and her world.

Leanna is so confused. She believed she was a First, a person naturally born, yet she finds out that she is actually a Second, a clone of another person. She was raised from the moment she was created as her original's twin. Only three people knew that she was a Second, at least, that she, specifically, was the clone. This off balanced her so much that she trusted a veritable stranger. She plays a sport called swift, and won against Houston, a guy she met on her escape route. She finds out that Houston is a cyborg, and she just tells him all that she recently learned. She foolishly believed he would help her, yet she was so prejudice against what she is, and cyborgs as well, that she made flimsy connections with Houston.
I picture cyborgs as this picture, which lets me understand why she might be so cautious and prejudiced against them. She later goes on to regret her actions thinking, "I should have known Houston couldn't be trusted." This shows that she is learning that she won't get help from just anyone. I believe she will develop into a less bratty and entitled person as the book continues.

I'm not sure if I would recommend this book to anyone because I haven't come to like the protagonist yet. I can't encourage a book that has a story line that will make you hate it due to the main characters actions. I believe she will change at the end of the book, though, so I will hold back on my rant of displeasure.