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Blog 8 March 27, 2012. I think a strength for myself would have been my introduction. I felt that once we talked about how to start a story i caught the grasp of it very easily. my second strength was probably my content. Even thought I got docked 10 points, i still worked on the research very hard. An area of growth I need to work on is my research. I need to be more open to other sources. It showed in my paper that I was very dependent on two of my sources. Another area I need to improve on is my work sited page. I forgot to put my sources in alphabetical order, plus I added some sources on the works sited page that I didn't actually use in my paper. Research Reflection number 2 The most helpful thing that I've done to help with the project would've been taken extra notes of research. I ended up doing around 90 note cards and it helped so much! It gave me just enough information to get through the whole paper. I think it should have been a requirement to do more than just 50 note cards, 50 just doesn't seem like enough to get through a whole paper. But i guess it's more of an opinion and person preference. The toughest thing about the project was writing it. I got half way through my paper and writers block kicked in. Just my luck. Somehow when i got to the part about my author's writing i didn't feel like enough information, so I had to do some more reading. Writing the thesis was another thing that was tough for me. I thought the way Mrs Olson helped talk us through how to write a good one helped me a ton! Writing is actually something i enjoy doing, it's just that i have trouble coming up with how to start out an essay. So besides the thesis statement i think the writing the story was the easiest thing about the project. Note taking was also an easy thing for me since I Have a tendency to take notes about EVERYTHING. I liked the amount of time that we had to spend on it. I think how it was spread apart throughout a couple weeks. The way that the project was split up was very nice and convenient. The End February 15th, 2012. This book was about a Women Edna Pontellier and basically her journey of discover herself. She is married to an older man and has two children. Edna and her family goes on a vacation with her family. While her husband is caught up in work, Edna is caught up in falling in love with another man. Her friend Adele helps her find her individuality and Edna realizes this is not how she wants to live.. Tied down. She soon has an affair with Robert. The affair starts out innocent then progresses. Edna soon becomes very rebellious with her Husband who soon goes to Doctor Mandelet to see what he suggests to do. Robert moves away. When he comes back he confesses his love for Edna. Edna is reminded to think of her own children and comes home to a note of Roberts farewell. Edna returns to Grand Isle and what ever happens next, is yours to find out.. Edna Pontellier was on of the main characters. She was who the book was about. Edna was a young women in a marriage that wasn't for her. She had two children. Edna was a fun loving individual who becomes rebellious and has an affair. Léonce Pontellier was Edna's husband. He was a businessman who was gone quite a bit. He didn't treat Edna the best, he just wanted someone to be a wife and a good mother. Adele Ratignolle was someone who was very close to Edna. Adele helps Edna figure out who she was as a person. She helped Edna with finding her individuality. Adele was the one who was usually accompanied Robert and Edna. Robert was the man that Edna had an affair with. They met each other when Edna and her family took a vacation. Robert towards the end of the book moves away from Edna. I would give this book a 3.5 because i'm not one to read books, but I loved this story. It kept my attention and i felt like i was guessing a lot. Now that I look back on the book it seems like a lot of things were really obvious. I would suggest this book to any of my fellow classmates. Plus it's not a very long book at all. Even though blogging isn't my favorite or a strong point for myself, I think blogging was a good idea. Some people find it much easier to talk about their opinions on things over the internet, which is wrong of our society. But it makes things easier to share ideas with kids, not only from our school if wanted, but with people all over the US. I believe blogging has made me better at thinking through my book and processing things that happened in my book a lot better.
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The Difference of Two

 I'm on page 151 out of 176. In the novel so far i think that a great strength is how she portrays the characters. I think that they can be seen in many ways. Like Mr. Pontellier can be seen as what i talked about in one of my earlier blogs, like a old fashioned man. He thinks and the things he do makes him seem like a he thinks a women's job is to stay around the house and watch the children. Others see him as a kind hard working business man. Edna really shows her character. She is a younger women who didn't want to really be a family kind of girl. She wants to be free and out. She doesn't seem as though the family is her first priority.

A Mother at Heart January 27th, 2012. "It would have been a difficult matter for Mr. Pontellier to define to his own satisfaction or any one else's wherein his wife failed in her duty towards their children." I like this quote because i think it proves a point. Like in my other post, Childish and Maturity, i think this shows how Edna isn't much a mother. She doesn't seem as though she wants to be a mother. Myself, being a bit of a opinionated person, am not the only one to see that she ins't much of a mother. I believe she cares about her kids, but i don't think she knows how to be one. It's not like there are classes or a book on how to parent, it's just something you learn as you grow up.

Childish and Maturity  January 20, 2012. In this book, I personally see Mr and Mrs Pontellier. Mr Pomtellier is a older businessman who is hard working and seems to be gone on trips a lot. It also sounds as though he has a bit of an anger issue or comes off a bit snappy when he talks. He is also a stricter man. He sounds old fashion, or like a bit of a chauvinist. His Wife, Edna Pontellier, is a younger women. She gives off the impression that she isn't mature. She acts like she doesn't want to be a parent, she wants to be off on her own. It just doesn't sounds as though her family is her first priority. Part of why i think Mrs Pontellier is the way she is, is because her husband comes off rude to her and emotionally she is like a high school or college student, not ready to settle.

**The Awakening** Kate Chopin was born February 8th, 1851 with the name Katherine O'Flaherty. Kate was born in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1892 to 1895, she wrote short stories for adults and children that were published in some magazines. She was an american author of short stories and novels. She has wrote many of such, I chose to read the story [|The Awakening]. This book is about a women, Edna Pontellier, who is a mother and a wife who has no desire to be trapped by her marriage. I predict that in the book she will meet another man and fall in love with him, hopefully leaving her husband behind and taking her children with her. I'm so excited to read this book!