The Review of The Book

Vivian Xue
English II
Ms. Guarino
11/16/2015
The Review of Book
    When I recalled back to the book, I felt lots of change on Sookan. She went to America and studied there. The new community made her thinking changed. She became thinking like an American. In the school, she made lots of friends and also became more outgoing in the end of the freshman year. Her family changed a lot but she never lost hope.
    I like this novel and also, I want to recommend this story to other students, especially, the new students who came to America at the first time. Because this story is about an international student’s life. It shows the differences between America and other country. Also, when I came to America, I could feel the same thing that Sookan felt. The better thing I have is that my mom came here with me at the first time. I could go to the market with my mom and bought things I have to use. I didn’t feel lonely because my parents were beside me. And also, I didn’t have scholarship that should work so hard like her.
    I also want to recommend people in their own country to read this book. Because all my friends think we are very easy to study in America, but it isn’t. We also have homework even it is not as much as Chinese have. However, the homework in China, we just need to know how to get answer for the questions, but in America, we should know why we can get this answers. Like what in the book. Sookan should read lots of pages of the book. But in our country, teacher will tell us which one will appeared in the test and lets us remember the main things for the whole chapter. We also have the test. Every test will be very important. For example is Sookan’s History test. When she knew she passed text, she felt sad because she afraid her grades will be lower. In my country, the final exam will be the most important one, because other grades won’t be recorded on our report card.
    I think this story tell us we should not lose our hope even if the life lets us feel very bad and gives us lots of difficulties. When Sookan when to America, she even couldn’t understand what others said. But she had to work hard to keep her scholarship because her family could not support her in America to study. She never gave up and worked so hard that she fell down in the bathroom and did not take the history test. When she in America, her mom died in Korea but she don’t know until Father Lee come  to America and give she her mother’s letter. Even if the life is so unfair for her, she still not lose her hope; she made friends; got her grade higher; become more outgoing. When she upset with the death of her mom, her friends tried to make her happy.
    I think in this story, the author wants us never lose hope even the life give you lots of difficulties. Also, I think she wants to tell us the story of an international student’s life in America. It will be very useful because the article is not very hard to understand and everyone can read it.

In Class Writing

I think this ending is a sad ending. Because Peter Pan still didn't want to be a man and he forgot who is Tinker Bell. Wendy and Peter just can meet only one time a year. One time, when Wendy tell the memory of the story and said about Tinker Bell, Peter Pan forgot Who was that and very confused. I think maybe one day, Peter also will forget Wendy and began a new travel. By the other way, the Captain Hook passed away by the crocodile. And in the end, we don't know where were those Lost Boys who was living in the Neverland before. There are lots of unknown things. Wendy will become older and older, but Peter Pan never be older. If Peter won't forget Wendy, what will Peter feel when Wendy will die? That's why I think this end is not happy ending.

Peter Pan

Vivian Xue

English II

Ms. Guarino

11/14/2015

Peter Pan

Everyone will know Peter Pan by the Disney story. This Friday, I went to see the drama in our campus about this story. It’s very interesting and the actors were dramatic.

This story is about a little boy whose name is Peter Pan. He lost his shadow in Wendy’s home and tried to take it back. Wendy is a little girl in this home. Her family don’t care about girl at that time. At night, Wendy woke up by barking from the dog. When she went to the living room, she saw Peter was sad and sitting on the chair. Peter was grieved about his shadow; his shadow could not follow him. Wendy saw him and helped Peter to stitch his shadow with him. Peter Pan invited Wendy go to the Neverland which is a island Peter lived. Wendy was glad that Peter said the girls are important the boys and Peter said he could teach Wendy to fly. So Wendy agree Peter’s advice and woke her two brothers up to go to Neverland with her. When they came to the island, they found all the people there were the little boys. They saw Wendy and wanted her to be their mother. They built a small house for Wendy and listened to her. They even wanted to leave with Wendy when she wanted to go back. However, Peter didn’t want. Because if he went to human’s place, they would send him to school to teach him. He didn’t want to grow up; he didn’t want to be a man; he just wanted to be a little boy forever. But, nothing will as good as your thinking. The pirates caught Wendy and the Lost Boys. And the captain put the poison in the medicine that was given by Wendy. Tinker Bell was dying for saving Peter. Everyone clapped to save Tinker Bell. Peter went to the ship and saved Wendy and the Lost Boys. He also made captain to fall sown into the sea. There was a crocodile in the sea. It ate the captain. Wendy went home and saw her mom, her mom was wrong about them. They surprised mom and promised they will stay in the home and go to the school. Wendy told Peter about their story every year. But Peter forgot who is Tinker Bell. Finally, Peter didn’t come, but Peter’s story was still told by Wendy. People know that there is a little didn’t want to grow up and want to be a little boy forever.

This drama is very interesting. Actors’ emotions were lively and lets the show like a event what happened in our life. It makes this show more like  the real thing. When we save Tinker Bell, It makes me also an actor in this show. I thought that I was a member of this show. It isn’t like we were watching a tv show. Because we have the distance between the tv show. But drama is different. It like a story happened in front of my eyes. It seems closer to me.

I think this drama is more interesting than last year’s. Because it’s about the fairy tale. I felt back to my childhood. I sat with my mom and watched some fairy tale with her. Of cause, Disney stories are my favorite. I almost forget what happened because that’s long time ago. It’s like a point for me to memory. This time, I also could find some different from the first time. Every time will has a little difference.

Vocabulary #3

1.mannequin N.
The model for fashion
A small, black velvet purse hung on the shoulder of the mannequin.

2. Second-hand Adj.
Buy it from others. The thing is used by others and spelled it when they don't need it anymore
I had purchased second-hand textbooks from upperclassmen at a fraction of the original price.

3. Animatedly， Adj.
Devoted, jovial mood.
Many of our classmates were there, with drinks in hand, talking animatedly.

4. faltered V.
Very weak and seems will fell down everytime.
Marci! Mrs. Gannon faltered, I jus want you to look pretty for your formal dinners at the dining hall.

5. Impulsive Adj.
Without thinking before doing something; just follow the mind.
She would acknowledge that I had done something impulsive, but would say that it was okay.

6. constrained  Adj.
uncomfortably; feel not free; feel limited.
I had always felt constrained there.

7. Gregorian chant N.
The song in the church; about religion
A Gregorian chant program is scheduled for June, and students will be coming from around the world.

8. Pearl N.
The round, smooth little sphere found in shell
The pearl necklace and wishbone pin would really stand out against the black velvet.

9. Elope  v.
Run away and don't tell anyone with lover
We are going to elope, she blew her nose and hurled the box of tissues onto the floor.

10. Taciturn Adj.
don't like talk with others; speak too less.
I would write to each of my taciturn brothers, even though they had never written to me.

11. Sobbed V.
Cry without any sounds
I pulled the covers over my head, and sobbed unit I fell asleep.

12. Pouch N.
A small bag in the hand can take a little things
In a silk pouch that Mother had made was her thin, white gold wedding hand.

13. Listlessly Adv.
Without any energy; do everything looks tired
As I stared forward listlessly, little Sarah snuggled up against me, and whispered into my ear, I love you.

14. Hymn N.
The song to praise in religion
I was comforted by their huh-pinched hymns reverberating in the domed chapel.

15. Fainted V.
Fall down and fall in sleep because of too afflictive
You fainted two days ago and you have been here ever since.

ball and socket

Last Thursday, I went to see the ball and socket. My favorite picture is about the windows with the curtain. That was taken by Melanie Stengl. That looks pretty because  we can see the old building though the Windows. Also, because of the curtain, the buildings are not very clear, but it makes the buildings to be graceful. Also, the artists said Windows are very important in the pictures. We can see most of the pictures have the Windows. Also, the artists said they took these pictures because they saw a moment and loved it. Then they just wanted to record this moment and took a picture for it. These picture are very simple and old. But I think they are very classical things. That's the reason artists record them.

The Later Life for Sookan

The Later Life for Sookan

As we read so long, we know Sookan is a hard working person and she has no time to do anything else except studying to keep the scholarship. Even she refuses to be the member of the council and never go to the mixer. Although she fell down on the ground in the bathroom, she never forget her classes and worry about her family will be angry about her grade. She afraid that she will make her mother and sister to be upset about her. I think Sookan will succeed in the US. Maybe she will be back to Korea and her family will be angry. And in my opinion she will feel Bennett’s family is better than her family.

First, she will succeed in the US, because she is very hard working person. She has to keep her scholarship and she cannot study there without that. As we know, her family is not as rich as the people in that campus even her father is not in this world because of the war. Her mother should be more busy to take care of all of them. They don’t have enough money to support Sookan study in the US. Therefore, Sookan cannot lose her scholarship. By the other side, because she fell down in the bathroom, the school will change her classes. She can have more time to do her work for each class; and not like what she did before that she should wake up so early to read the book. Also, she didn’t join in the council because of the time. Now she has enough time to do it now. I think she will improve herself by working hardly in the campus and she will be successful in the latter.

Second, I think she will get back in Korea But her family won’t be very happy. Because of reading the book, we can know her sister is very controlling. She wanted to control Sookan to be the nun like what she does. And Sookan also think she has to listen to her sister. By the other hand, Sookan loves her mother, so I think she will go back and take good care of her mother when she finishes studying. However, I don’t consider her sister will welcome her because her sister think Sookan shouldn’t go to the US and she has to be the nuns. And when she returns from the US, she will think like an American. I don’t consider her sister will accept that. By this way, she will begin to think Mr. Bennett’s family is better. Because of Bennett’s family, woman is equal to man. They both can have their job and they will take the baby together. Also, the man in the home can cook. In the reading, we can see Sookan is really like the life in America. Because when she does the babysitting, she did lots of things else such as making the greenhouse to be a small garden and cutting the grass. Also, when she went to Ellen’s home, she felt happy and thanks to the handbook that Ellen’s mother gave her.

In all of these reasons, I think Sookan will be successful in the US. Then, she will be back to Korea for taking care of her mother. However, her sister won’t welcome her like she wanted. She will like Bennett’s family more.