Review for Chew on This

Whenever you eat Mac. Donald's and order a Big Mac with fries, have you ever think about how is it made or where does it  even come from?You probably might think sure they said in that commercial said that it came from the freshest ingredients. But do you know that french fries are kept fresh under a heat lamp over night so that fry is probably a week old and that meat probably have piss. All these facts are from " Chew on this: Everything you don't want to know about fast food". The book teaches kids the history of fast food, and shows them the impact it has had on society.The books also teaches about the chemicals in the food, how junk food is marketed and why kids make great targets for marketing, how animals are raised and killed, and what it is doing to our bodies. What drawn me into the book was the facts and statistics.For example,

“In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music—combined.” or like,

 “Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: There is shit in the meat.” 

I personally thought that it was a fraud but when I look up these fact, I was quite surprise how accurate it was. This is an excellent look on fast food's impact on society. The invention of the hamburger, the role of soda in toothless Yupik Eskimos, the workers behind the counter of a McDonalds, the teen getting gastric bypass, how McNuggets are made...etc. Chew On This has some gross content like depiction of a slaughterhouse and organs that were damaged from fast food. It also helps me( a teenager) think about my on eating habits compare to average teenager's diet. Over all, I would recommend this to every age because it will inform you a lot about what really happens in a fast-food restaurant and  where the hamburgers and fries came from.

“If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.”
― Donna Jo Napoli, Bound

Chew on that chapter 1

Chapter 1 of Chew on That was informative like how people would recognize the MC.Donald logo rather than the Christan cross. I knew about some things about what was really happening in fast food restaurant. For me, that was just review of something.

Bowling for Columbine review

Bowling for Columbine mad me think of the gun laws currently. I would recommend it because it brings a good point about guns and would probably use it for debates. I learned that America has more shooting deaths than any other country( I think) and how people in media rather care about people with a gun rather than, for example, pollution or a person drowning. I like how the filmmaker bring up his point about guns. What I didn't like was how horrifying the facts are such as the casualties in wars and the dead bodies dragging like a rag doll. This also got me mad about today and how they still allowed guns, for example, the state of Georgia allowing people to have guns in libraries, schools, etc. It got me thinking about if anyone learned since Columbine or even Sandy Hook.

Ludwig's collar

Everything was dark until JESUS. A random guy came out of no where like he was Dr. Who but not that awesome. He showed us hint fiction and short stories which I had fun learning. The fairy tales killed me after realizing it wasn't all happy go lucky. Besides that he was awesome.AND I SWEAR TO GOD THAT COLLAR WILL BE MY DEATH. I'm a mokona and accept it. goodbye dandy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eghk9bVNN9M&list=UUohKave7-7Ixs1TxJtFEsog

Symbols in The Robber Bridegroom

 When you first read a book ,novel, comic, or newspaper, you don't really see the symbols. But once you read it more closely that  symbol are hidden in plain sight.In one such example, in The Grimm Brothers The Robber Bridegroom, the bird in the cage represents being trapped.In the story the bride hears a voice crying out " turn back, turn back, you young bridge. You're in a murderer's house." as a warning to not get killed. But, both brides simply ignore the warning,both brides ending up getting killed and eaten by the robber.

work in progress: What makes a story?

To me, the things that are important in a story are character development and plot. What I like about character development is that you can know the character more in depth. You can also relate that character to in real life.  You might even grow attachment of the character for; their personality, looks, and actions. These can also hate a certain character. Even sometimes might even pair up certain characters into a couple. But, you don’t have to be embarrassed with that because it’s your opinion and some people might like it, some not but it’s their opinion and should respect it.

What I like about plot is that it gets you intrigue in the story and it leaves you wondering what might happen next. Sometimes the plot can be good some can be bad. To me, the plot is the thing that lets readers liking the book because without a good plot, it’s just boring.