Monday, March 26, 2012

"The Scientist," by Coldplay

     I recently learned to play a song on the piano, It's called The Scientist. I really enjoy playing this song because, it's very meaningful, and sad. The Lyrics of the song basically explain how the songwriter, screwed up. The songwriter explains how sorry he feels, and he tries to glue every thing back together.

     He wants to tell it to his 'lover' with science and reasoning, but he can't because love is on a different level. Love doesn't work that way. Love isn't science, it's a feeling. He is also saying he wants a fresh start. He would really like to start over. At the end of the chorus, he says "oh take me back to the start." The songwriter is also saying to his lover, that you don't know how lovely you are. This shows how he is trying to get his loved one back. Love is very hard, but he's trying to fix things, and make everything all better.

The song is very relevant to life. Life is very complicated, even more complicated, love. Love is a very difficult thing. And instead of breaking up, burning pictures of your "loved" ones, make things better. If you know you screwed up, fix it. Life would go way smoother. Even write a song if you have to!!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

"If I tell" end responce SPOILER ALERT

Life is full of secrets. It can be hard to understand which secrets to reveal and which secrets to hide.  In my book "If I Tell" by Janet Gurtler, the main character, Jasmine, is debating whether to tell her mother a huge secret. The secret could drastically change her mother's life and perspective on someone else.

Jasmine is in a horrible position. Her best friend, Lacy, "made out" with her mother's boyfriend, Simon, at a party. To make it worse, Jasmine's mother is pregnant. If Jasmine tells her mother the secret, her mother's boyfriend might leave the new baby without a father, which is what happened to Jasmine.  Jasmine doesn't want a broken family but she also doesn't want a family of lies. If Jasmine doesn't tell her mother, she will always feel guilty watching her mother smile at the man who cheated on her.

I recently finished the book!! It was amazing. Jasmine is was in such a bad position. I'm so glad about the desion she made though. When her mother was in labor she talked to Simon about it. She asked him about Lacy. He said it was the stupidest desision he ever made in his life. I agree with him, he shouldn't have done it, but whats done is done. Jasmine made a very smart promise to Simon, never do it again and I will not tell.

In life you need to be careful and watch out for the desions you make for yourself.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Who to trust:

Life is full of secrets. It can be hard to understand which secrets to reveal and which secrets to hide.  In my book "If I Tell" by Janet Gurtler, the main character, Jasmine, is debating whether to tell her mother a huge secret. The secret could drastically change her mother's life and perspective on someone else. 

Jasmine is in a horrible position. Her best friend, Lacy, "made out" with her mother's boyfriend, Simon, at a party. To make it worse, Jasmine's mother is pregnant. If Jasmine tells her mother the secret, her mother's boyfriend might leave the new baby without a father, which is what happened to Jasmine.  Jasmine doesn't want a broken family but she also doesn't want a family of lies. If Jasmine doesn't tell her mother, she will always feel guilty watching her mother smile at the man who cheated on her.

Jasmine doesn't know if she should still be talking to Lacy or her mother's boyfriend after what they did. They were drunk, but being under the influence of alcohol its still not an excuse. Lacy feels guilty and sorry for Jasmine. Lacy apologized to Jasmine and tried to convince her not tell her mother about the incident. Lacy doesn't want Jasmine's mom to hate her, because she likes Jasmine's mother. Simon has no idea that Jasmine knows what happened, but he's starting to catch on.

Jasmine is caught in a mess that she didn't even create. Two close people in her life who she thought she could trust ruined everything. In life you need to be cautious of who you trust and what you do. Now Jasmine has to figure out how to avoid hurting her mother because of Lacy and Simon's actions. She's already losing everyone that she cares about because of a mistake. Now Jasmine needs to decide whether to tell the big secret, and whether to trust Lacy and Simon again.