Theme

To me in this book i don't really think there is one direct theme because this book is compiled of many different stories but if i had to choose one i would have to say it has more of a morbid theme. like the stories are not sugar coated with stuff thats impossible. these stories have reality and they speak pure truth of a persons past. an example of this is "Our Good Day" on page 14, how these kids talk to one another a say that "if you give me five dollars, i will be your friend.", this is something some one would say in a kind of lower social neighbor hood. Because people do that and its reality.

Today We learned about indirect and direct characterization. Direct characterization is when the author Directly tells the reader about a persons characteristics. Indirect is where the author uses somewhat little things to describe a character. like if were to say that my friend robin had money, a lot of it. and wouldn't share. that would mean hes stingy.

So some examples from the book would be An indirect from the "house on mango street" chapter where it said she remembers moving a lot which means that they clearly are poor or just don't have enough money to hold a stable house. and a direct one is where they are talking about the old house they lived in that it was "OLD" and none of the pipes worked.

and for the chapter "hairs". an indirect is when she says her hair is lazy, which means that she is probably lazy because she doesn't even take her time to do her hair. and a direct is when she is describing her moms hair. How it looks like roses and is perfectly groomed.

My name is joe. and i am proud to be able to skate. Ever since i was in 6th grade ive been skating. some of my favorite moments is when i was sponsored with Alton skate company. unfortunately i had to stop skating for a while due to lack of good grades but im still glad i know how to skate and have fun while doing it.