Thinking of my childhood

visions come to mind,

remembering,

the flight of stairs

I walk now,

a trip

is all it takes,

to make a child cry,

down 

        down  

                 down

                          down 

                                    I came

rolling like a ball.

Racing on sidewalks is always fun

shouting "FASTER LEGS FASTER!"

to help me run.

Into my life 

to babies did come,

only to frighten 

the new older brother 

Learning to swim like no other did,

I tried and I tried 

to stay afloat 

surprising my father

on dads' special day

Snow angels were made

one snowy thanksgiving

happily laughing

as I lay in the snow

With all good comes bad

one afternoon at pre-k

to grandma's house 

I was to go

I felt sick

After the doctor

home I did go :(

Back to the good

I shall now go 

skipping to 

my bar mitzvah day

becoming a jewish man

celebrating with 

family and friends

off to Israel then I went

as a present from grandma

and grandfather too

Thinking back to all my years

bringing it with tears and cheers.

I am reading a book called Joyland by Stephen King. It is about a young man named Devin, who gets a summer job at an amusement park called Joyland. He has many responsibilities in this summer job, he has to work the rides, clean the rides, and "wear the fur". Wearing the fur means wearing the park mascot and playing with the kids. Most people don't like wearing the fur because it is really hot and sweaty. But Devin likes it. He loves being with the kids and he even saved a kids life doing it because he was that much into the job. I think that one of the themes in this book, is that even if most people don't like something, that shouldn’t effect how you feel about it.

     This happens in the book many times. One time this happens is when everyone keeps warning Devin that Joyland is fun to work at, until you wear the fur. That gets him to dread wearing the fur. But then his first time wearing the fur, he did really well, and the owner of Joyland, Mr. Easterbrook, saw him succeeding. As well as doing a good job, he also had a great time. Then Mr. Easterbrook said to Devin that he noticed how well that Devin did and that Devin enjoyed it. "'I think you'll wear the fur a lot this summer. Most of the young people see that as a burden or even a punishment. I don't believe that you will. Am I wrong?' He wasn't." That quote shows that even though most of the staff at Joyland don’t appreciate  wearing the fur; Devin enjoys being the park mascot.

     Another time that this happens is when Devin saves a little girls life. She was choking on a hotdog. Most people would have walked by not seeing her, but Devin noticed that she needed help. She was choking so he came and did CPR. He saved her life. A quote that shows this in the book is: "I saw the little girl's face turning purple and didn't even think about her ribs. I seized her in a vast, furry embrace, with my tail-pulling left paw jammed against the bony arch in her midsection where her ribs came together. I gave a single hard squeeze, and a yellow-smeared chunk of hotdog almost two inches long came popping out of her mouth...." That quote shows that he, unlike other people, wasn’t just doing his job for money, but he is also concerned about other people so he noticed this little girl choking on a hotdog, while pretending to be a dog.

     All in all I think that this book has a very big theme. The theme is that you should have your own opinions and feelings on certain matters, and stick with what you like, not what others like. You should also make the best out of a situation and you might actually enjoy it. I think that this book so far is really good and I recommend it to all readers!

     I am currently reading The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman. Besides there being zombies and action.... there are some deep character relationships. There are many... but I think the biggest one, is Josh and Lilly's relationship. They both obviously care for each other, and I think that they could possibly become lovers...
   
    The first time that I noticed the relationship was when Lilly felt guilty about having a crush on Josh. She felt that she was "manipulating him to be her bodyguard" and she didn't want to do that to someone. When she told her friend, Meagan, she just got the response that Lilly should be trying to get with Josh. Lilly didn't want to listen to Meagan, but she still had a crush on Josh. Especially because he called her "babydoll" all the time. This makes me think that she will eventually fall for him and start to get much closer to him.

     I also noticed the relationship starting to bloom when Josh was thinking to himself that he thought that Lilly was something special. He liked her, and he said that he didn't want to mess up this relationship like he had in the past. He seems to be planning what he is going to do for her. This basically says that he has a crush on her and he wants to become lovers with Lilly.

     Another time that I noticed the relationship was when Josh found Lilly getting beat up by a guy named Chad, because his daughter was in Lilly's protection when the daughter died. Josh went WAY over bored and literally murdered Chad because of what he did to Lilly. Even though it was a very bad thing to do, I think that this shows that he cares for Lilly because he really doesn't want her to be hurt. Anyway, then he was kicked out of the village, and someone wanted to go with him. Could you guess who that was? Right. Lilly wanted to go with him because "There was nothing for her in the town without Josh."

     One last time that the relationship has appeared so far in the book is when they kissed. I mean, this is the most obvious one of them all. They kissed because they gave into each other and now their relationship is starting.

     All in all, I think that all though in the book The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, people think of mostly think of zombies and gore, there actually is some romance and very big character relationships. I think that this book is really great!

     Over the summer I read some great books. One of the books that  I read was called The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. It is about a boy name Ponyboy Curtis who lives with his two brothers who are named Sodapop and Darry Curtis. They are in a gang of greasers, or hoods, and who are rivals of socs, short for socials. In their gang there is Two-Bit, Dally, Johnny, and Steve. These boys get into fights with Socs and one day Johnny and Ponyboy, who are close, murder a soc out of self defense. They are forced to run away from home or they will be sentenced to death. 

     I really liked this book, and it was a real page turner. I don't really like these kinds of books  (classics) but I really liked this book because it was about the struggles of a boy who is in a lower class in terms of money. In the books there are some suspenseful and some very moving and sad moments. A book that can make you feel that way is a good book because you really get into it.

     

     I recommend this book to readers who like realistic fiction and who like classics, but I really recommend this book to everyone because it is an easy read and it is fun.