Summative Essay

Walking a mile in someone elses shoes can be an eye opener to see what it is like to be in their situation. It can change how you feel about them and how you feel about yourself. 

In the novel the audience sees what autism is really like, no one really knew every thing about autism. When we see what Christopher has to go through having autism. It's not easy, not having many friends, people thinking your weird, people not understanding you and people judging you for who you are. Doing things differently than other people, having to have certain things in certain ways. Some people won't undertand, so they do not think it is normal, but it is for Christopher. 

In Romeo and Juliet the audience sees how the mothers life was actually when she was Juliets age. She had an arranged marriage and then got pregnant and had Juliet at age 13. So she didn't know how to raise her. So she had a nurse that helped raise her. We blame the mother for not treating Juliet right and being a bad mother, but it really wasn't her fault. It was not her fault that she had to get married and have a child so young, it was not her choice. 

A personal story that I have, this girl was being really rude to me and my best friend. Made one of our guy friends not talk to us anymore, and she was saying really rude stuff about us. Then one day, one of my friends told me about something that happened to her when she was really little. She witnessed her dad beating/killing her mom. So I kind of understood why she was being mean. To go through that is horrible, especially as a young child. 

Walking in someone else's shoes can be pretty hard. Especially if you didn't understand it at first and then you go through it, or realize it and then you know how bad it actually was for them. After you go through what they went through or you realize it, it could change your view on yourself and how you should not just he a book by its cover, you have to read into it. 

Arguementive essay

There are many people that could have killed Wellington. Only one person stands out in my mind and that is Mr.Boone. There are different reasons why he could have killed Wellington. He had no Alibi, he's said and done things to lead me to believe that he killed the dog.



The dog belonged to Mrs.Shears, whos husband had an affair with his wife. Mr.Boone was probably really angry and killed the dog! The fact that she left him for Mr.Shears made him mad and upset, so his only idea to get back at him was to kill the dog. Yes I know that it was two years later, but that could have been the exact day two years ago that his wife left him. Also, maybe Mr.Boone and Mrs.Shears started having sex after their spouses left them. He probably took his anger out on Mrs.Shears dog


Mr.Boone told Christopher to stop investigating the murder. He knew that his kid was smart, so he knew that he would figure out that he killed Wellington! He is trying to cover up that he killed the dog. It did not mention where Chris' dad was at the time of the murder. His dad also told him that they were not friends anymore. He had told him that around the time wellington was murdered. He usually doesn't describe in detail what he isn't allowed to do, but this time he did.


The Red Herring could have been when he said to Chris "Best to let sleeping dogs lie" Jackie had told me about this and I thought about it and it could have hinted that Mr.Boone killed Wellington. Chris might figure out why he said that later on in the book. After he had said that when his partner was over they kind of laughed it off. Mr.Boone really didn't care about Wellington. So I think that is a hint towards Wellingtons murder.


I am very convinced that Mr.Boone killed Wellington, he has done and said things that lead me to believe it. It was easy to think of these, because he kind of made it a little obvious. Him and Mrs.Shears aren't friends anymore, no one knew where he was on the night of the murder, he made Chris stop investigating.

Song

The song that I chose was Try by Colbie Callet. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vt3kAhonQjo

The lyrics are in the video. 

This song reminded me of how I try to fit in. Some times I work too hard to fit in, and some people like me. But as it says in the song "do you like you?" A lot of the times I don't. I've been bullied since grade 6.  So as the song says: "you have to try." and that is exactly what I am going to do. I thought I had to change myself, who I was, what I believed in and what my values and morals were. Then through all the bullying I listened to this song and it changed my mind completely. Now I am myself which is all that matters. 

Relationships Essay

Relationships back then seemed different than they do now. They saw love in a different perspective than we do now. There are many perspectives of relationships, some people think different things about relationships!

Lovers and crushes is a great type of relationship to have. If you have known someone for a while and you have this feeling or nervousness when your around them, or you blush, or your hands get all clammy and your heart starts racing, that means that you either love them (not in love, but love) or you just have a crush on them. In Romeo and Juliet when Romwo first saw Juliet, he said he was in love. Back then in Shakespearean time lovers and crushes relationships seemed different. Once they saw someone beautiful, or handsome, they thought they were in love. Nowadays, when that happens, your not in love, you just find them attractive. If you have known someone for awhile and you start falling for them, that could be love, or just a crush. When Romeo says 'Juliet is the sun' he is meaning that she is beautiful, like the sun and that she lights up his world. It could also mean that she`s warm and bright!

It's pretty easy to argue with this topic, but lovers and crushes, and parents are pretty important in teenagers lives. The most important relationship out of the two are lover and crush relationships. If you don't have a lover and crush relationship, that means you won't be ready for the future. You may not know what to do when you get a boyfriend or girlfriend. It might be embarassing to ask a friend and maybe you feel uncomfortable asking your parents. So, that's why I think crush/lovers relationship is important.  




Relationships with parents is a little more difficult. Teenagers think that their parents don't get them and don't get what their going through. Parents do get it though, they were a teenager once as well. Juliet didn't want to marry Paris but her dad made her. When she told her dad she didn't want to marry Paris he said:

Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday,
Or never after look me in the face:
Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;
My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest 

That God had lent us but this only child;
But now I see this one is one too much,
And that we have a curse in having her:

Out on her hilding! 

Her dad was saying that if she did not marry Paris on Thursday that she would not be able to live with them and that they would disown her as their child. 

Today, parents and children would usually talk it over, and if the bride doesn't wanna marry the groom they don't have to. Unless it's a business marriage, then the bride has no choice.  

So, relationships back then are pretty different from what they are now. They are very important relationships in teenagers lives. Those relationships make you feel special, and loved.  

Essay starter

I'm changing my topic to:

B) There are a wide variety of relationships in this play including lovers, marriages, parents/kids, cousins, friendships, and religious.

Intro: From Romeo and Juliet, the relationships in that best represents teenagers nowadays, are lovers/crushes, parents, and friendships. There are good and bad things about all of these. 

1: lovers and crushes definitely represent teenagers nowadays. Especially in high school, that's what some people think about A LOT. Many things to do with love and crushes happen in high school. You may think you found your love, you could have, but also, they could end up breaking your heart into a billion pieces. 

2: With the whole parent relationships, there is so much of that, there can be a love hate relationship, just love, and just hate. There are many of those out there, they can cause kids to run away, and start going against their parents wishes. 

3: Friendships, is a huge thing. In elementary school, when you think you find your best friend, that will definitely change in high school. Everyone changes in high school. It doesn't matter if you think you didn't, you did. You loose your best friends most of the time in high school, over the stupidest things too. But, good things about friendships? There are so many of those too. You have some one to talk to when you need someone, you have a shoulder to cry on. 

Essay topic

A) Romeo and Juliet is widely considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. Decide if Romeo and Juliet's love is "real". Provide specific quotes from the play, use "real world" or personal examples, as well as any research on biology or relationships you do to support your position. Can we define love? Are there different kinds of love? Is one better or more "real" or valuable than another? Why? Is committing suicide for each other romantic? Can it "true love" in the middle and NOT romantic in the end?
That is the topic that I am doing. I am doing this topic because it reached out to me. I think that it was real love. No one has ever done that for each other. So to me, I think it was real love. Even though she was 13, and Romeo was 17-18, it could have been real love.


We don't know for sure, but that is definitely my opinion!

What is love

Dear Diary:

"Why, such is love's transgression , griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, which thou wilt propagate  to have it pressed with more of thine.
This love that thou hast shown doth add more grief,  to too much of my own.
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, being perged,  a fire sparkling in lovers'  eyes.
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else?A madness most discreet, 
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

I hate love. Love makes me lose my mind! Why did Rosaline refuse me? I have wealth, looks, and everything a girl needs, but she says she wants to remain chaste! Benvolio  says that I should look else where. He said and I quote
"By giving liberty unto thine eyes:
Examine other beauties."
I guess he wants me to forget fair Rosaline and pay attention to other women out there. It's really easy for him to say this, because he has not been in love, only lust. I don't think I can leave her. Love is truly a beast hiding inside the sweet form of love.

Well I must go now Benvolio, and Mercutio have cooked up yet another scheme! I shall see whether  I laugh or frown. I bid thou adeu for now.

Romeo~

By: Anu

Dear diary,

Today I crashed the Capulet party. I went for Rosaline, but I found a new beauty. Her name is Juliet,  she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.
"Oh she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiopia ear, beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove troop in with crows, as yonder lady o'er her fellow shows:
the measure done, I'll watch her place of  stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,
For I never saw true beauty till this night."

I have never loved before, I know now that what I felt for Rosaline was nothing but lust. Juliet is my one true love.

If I didn't have Juliet then I wouldn't know what love really is. I would still be hung up on Rosaline and still not having a chance with her. I would probably want to die. I wouldn't even want to be hung up on Rosaline. That would be too much! 

Love, is an amazing thing. I desire a girl who loves me, and who wouldn't mind having sex with me. "I have not yet stabbed her with my knife." 

With my other relationships, I have not really been in love. All I wanted from Rosaline was her, and her chastity! 

I need love, that is what I need. If I need to, I will put love before family and friends. She is the one I really need, no one else! 

Romeo~

By:Kat