There was once a place called Louisberg.  Louisberg was a small island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, where giants still roamed.  Not the kind of giants you would think, dinosaurs, and while you would think that humans could never survive on a tiny island with only dinosaures…they did.  Not only did they survive, they were friends.  On the tiny island there was a tiny girl named Lacy, Lacy was 15 years old and only 5 ft but she was wild and loved adventures.  Her dream was to travel the world.  One day Lacy was walking through the village where all the shops where, when she saw a sign that said “companion needed for travel.”  Next to it was a beautiful dinosaur who had a big toothy smile and kind eyes. She, unlike most dinosaurs had wings, each wing was at least the same height of her body.  She approached her calmly and confident, as you should approach any dinosaur and stared into her intense eyes.

“I want to go.”

To be continued…

Lacy soared through the sky with her new dinosaur friend Sandy, they zoomed through clouds and slept among the stars.  They had already stopped by all of America, Canada, Mexico and Europe.  The day they began their trip, which was about a month ago, it was a sunny bright day with fluffy cotton candy clouds in the sky.  But as the trip drew on it seem to  be becoming a little more windy with each passing day.  Then all of the sudden the white fluffy tufts backend and the sky was stormy.  Lacy could see the strain in Sandy’s face to get them through the pushing wind.

“Sandy do we need to stop?” Lacy asked concerned

“Where?” Sandy replied.

They traveled through the harsh wind for almost 10 hours when they finally spotted a small island off in the distance.  Sandy suddenly seemed to have a second wind and drove herself forward to the mysterious island.

To be continued…

Animal Farm is about farm animals on the manor farm who rebel against their owners because they are unhappy about how they are being treated.  But after they kick out the humans the pigs take over and basically become the humans then Snow, one of the main pigs is kicked out of the farm and Napolian, another pig  becomes a dictator.  Napolian takes charge and is always telling everyone what to do and slowly begins to resemble a human until he turns into one.

In my opinion the book Animal Farm is better than the movie.  The book is more suspenseful and shows more detail.  The movie fails to mention Clover, even though he is a main character in the book and shows more about Jessie the dog who has barely any role in the book.  Also in the story the animals talk all the time, but in the movie there is just a narrator and a few squeals and moos from the animals and no real communication.

I would give this movie a 2 out of 5 because there is not much talking, suspense or detail.  I would recommend this movie to a person interested in Russian and Communist  history because this is an Allegory about that.

How would you feel if you had to wait months, even years, to be legally married to someone you really loved?  People shouldn’t care who you love, it’s not their business!  It’s not fair to no be able to be married to someone you want to be with for the rest of your life just because others think its weird.  Same sex marriage is just as important as Civil Rights and should be dealt with.

Many gay and lesbian couples are not only not allowed to marry but are also discriminated against.  Gay and lesbians are being called names, beaten up (verbally and physically) as well as being cyber bullied and getting kicked out of the house when they finally get the courage to tell their parents.  This must stop!  Nobody should be treated like this or be forced to be someone they aren’t just to please others and for their own safety.  On the other hand a lot of Christian people or other religions that don’t believe in same sex couples.  The Bible says, “If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them have committed an abomination.” (Leviticus 20:13.)  But the Bible does infact include a gay relationship between David and Johnathan.

Allowing same sex marriage is very important for America’s future “land of the free”  that has no set religions.  We now must face the fact that if we don’t do something about this , history will repeat itself causing a second Civil Rights movement.  And just as before not everyone is going to agree on what’s going on. We can’t deny anyone the “pursuit of happiness” a basic law in the constitution.

Legalizing gay and lesbian marriage is going to be the next big step for America for the better.  It is high time that all people are granted their basic rights.  Everyone needs to just stay out of others’ lives, focus on their own, and let people live however the want to because that’s what makes them happy!

The year was 1976 and the stereo still blazed on full blast with the same mind numbing tune I never seemed to admire like others “Love Hurts” by Nazareth.  It was a rainy day in late September and drove over to Jim’s house in my baby blue bug, which clanked down the rocky alley. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I know I shouldn’t live in the past but the thought still influenced my every move, raced into my mind when I thought I’d forgotten. Like a little kid, poking me reminding me to pay him his allowance.  I pulled into the driveway and unlocked Jim’s front door.

“I’m home honey!”  I yelled.  No answer.  “Hello?  Jim?  I’m home!”  Still no answer.  That’s when I started to get scared, I began racing around the house calling his name.  “Jim! Jim?”  The moment still replays in my head like a movie. That horrifying moment… “Jim?”

Purple peaks sway
And among them sleep the creeks that run through the land
The red finches fly that will never stay
Walking through the woods holding mother natures hand

Fish jump from the glassy lake
And deer lower their heads to take a drink
Branches on the trees shake

What is freewill? Many people choose to “dance on strings” instead of being their own person and making their own choices.  This song explains what freewill is about using many literary elements throughout such as rhyme and metaphor.

The whole song has a rhyme scheme of ABAB. Examples of this are “voice” and “choice” or “kill” and “freewill.”  This helps the song flow better and makes it have a certain beat to it.  That changes the way you perceive the lyrics.

This song uses metaphor along with a lot of description to express his feelings about how people are always trying to be someone who they aren’t.  An example of this is when he says, “A planet of playthings/We dance on the strings.” In addition the singer says over and over again in different ways is not everything is going to be done for you and life will be hard, “You can’t pray for heaven’s unearthly estate.”  He explains how even if everything is going against you, you can’t give up: “The cards are stacked against him.  They weren’t born in Lotusland.”

Using rhythm and metaphors throughout the song helped the singer show the theme and meaning to his song. That theme is that life will be hard but you have to be yourself and create your own path, not follow others. This message is important because being who you are will make you happy.

I thought that the whole idea of the Peacemaker game is really cool. Especially the fact that it uses actual real life events that happened.  A couple things I would say need more improving is in the beginning it should explain the rules/objectives of the game more and what everything on the map represents.  Also, I think it should explain what leader you are, where you are, and when this is all taking place so you can decide your next move based on that.