Twisted Story

Author's Note: This is a twisted story of Cinderella. Instead of Cinderella being the good girl who was left behind in the castle to do work it was her stepsisters.

Today was finally the day of the ball and Cinderella was already at the ball dancing with the prince and having the time of her life while the two nice step sisters are finally one their way wearing the prettiest dresses but fearing that they might not be home by 12 like they promised there old lady fairy who was the reason why there even on their way there. The nice step sisters are riding in there mustang on the way to the ball that there so excited to go to. 

"I knew that this wasn't a good idea." Sarah one of the step sisters as they finally got to the ball.

Ignoring Sarah Savannah walked into the ball and Sarah chased after her. Right away when they walked in they saw Cinderella dancing with the prince. So they went over by them and started dancing and did all they could to get Cinderella away from the prince. Just when they really started to dance the clock striked 12 and they had to leave. With the prince chasing after them and hoping that one day he would be able to see the two beautiful girls that he danced with again.

Paris Compared to Niall

Paris is a very adventurous and kind of a troublemaker but who would also do anything for the person that he loves.  Niall from One Direction is one of those people that can always stand out in a crowd with his personality and he also would do anything for someone he loves. They are similar not only with there personalities but with how they express there feelings, since they would both do whatever they could for someone they loved, I think that if Niall really had to he would go to battle for a girl just like Paris did. They also both have a adventitious and fun personality. Both of them like to have fun wherever they go and wherever they are they always light up the room with there personality.

If Paris was different and wasn't made into a more modern character that he is in the play he would be less fun and adventurous that he is. I don't really even think that he would then be in the story at all because he was just added to make the play more interesting with him and Helen together. The whole point of Paris being in the play is so the play is more interesting with adding a love story into it. There isn't really anything that would stay the same since Paris wouldn't be in the play at all since he was just added to make the play more interesting.

I think that with all the gods and all the characters talking more modern it made the play more interesting. Not only did they add more modern words into the play but more modern props and actions. In Greek time they didn't have paper or cell phones so they added a couple things that would make the play more interesting. They also added the love story between Paris and Helen which also made the play more modern and made it more entertaining for the audience.  Not only did they make the play more interesting with actions, props and talking but also with the characters. They made the characters more modern so people could relate to them and understand the play more.

The Trojan War Play

This story was made into a modern play by using more modern language. They used words that they probably wouldn't use in Greece back then but it made the story more modern so people now would understand the play better. They also added more characters and adding it more interesting instead of just being a play with gods which would make the play boring. Also during most of the play they were adding quotes from other plays so some people would understand what they were saying and like and understand the play more.

They also added modern day technology and added more interesting words so people would understand and relate to the play more. I think they did this because then they can make it more interesting for people that don't know a lot about Greek mythology.It also makes people like the play more instead of just having a not so interesting story about Greek mythology. They also wanted to add more parts so they could make it funnier and it would be more interesting for the audience.

Facing My Fears

Author's Note: This is my essay for the story Second Chance Summer it's about the 'effect of feelings'.

She thought that she could just be like every other teenager that ignored her parents and never spend time with them. But when they go back to there old lake house that they always used to go to every summer but stopped going everything changed. Taylor wasn't forced to spend time with her family she wanted to but it was torture, knowing everyday that her dad was getting worse and worse the cancer becoming so unbearable for Taylor and her dad. But she knew that if she were to say anything to him about how it was getting worse for her to see him in pain or for her to see him get worse and worse everyday her dad wouldn't be able to handle it. Taylor has never been the person that was able to deal with her feelings she always tried to ignore them but now she can't.

Taylor has always suffered with running away, whenever things got hard she would just run away and ignore whatever just happened but when she can't run she gets stuck. This was because she never wanted to deal with what was happening, when Henry who was her boyfriend at the time and Lucy her best friend all got in a argument and all Taylor did was run away from the problem instead of fixing it, but even though that was two years ago when she still came to the lake every summer she really hasn't changed that much.  All of her anger or sadness to whatever just happened is to hard for her to handle and she just runs away from it. At work Taylor has to deal with Lucy who always used to be her best friend but when she came back Lucy was mean and rude to her. But everyday at work Taylor knew that she couldn't run and that she needed to just handle it and after a while Taylor was able to finally stay with her feelings and discovered that sometimes it's not always the best thing to run away from your feelings.

Even though Taylor lost one of her best friends that no turned into an enemy she thought that she was always going to have Henry. When Taylor found out about her neighbors and found out that her ex-boyfriend; Henry was now living there she instantly got nervous and distracted. Everywhere she went she kept running into him and finally when they really started talking and got caught up what's happened in there lives the last two years she started liking him more and more. Along with this instead of being nervous around him she began to get to know him better and what he was like and they ended up being boyfriend and girlfriend again when they finally expressed what they felt for each other and decided that they were really meant for each other even though they broke up just two years ago.

Finally after all summer spending it with Henry; her boyfriend, and Lucy; her best friend, it was almost time to go back home but the problem was that her dad was getting worse and worse everyday and they knew that any day he wasn't going to be there anymore. So in the last month of Taylor and her family being in the lake house they spent most of it as a family, spending the Fourth of July as a family outside by the lake going out with breakfast with her dad every morning. Until one day her dad couldn't do that anymore and was stuck inside on bed hoping that he was going to get better even though everyone knew he wouldn't. Every single day getting worse and worse until he finally couldn't take it anymore and gave up. This affected Taylor a lot thinking about how she always hated spending time with her dad all the things that she know regretted doing.  But this time instead of running away she had to stay there and deal with everything that was happening so she cried it out proud but sad that she was finally able to be strong but sad because she no longer had both of her parents.

The Trojan Horse

Author's Note: This is my two short paragraphs on the story The Trojan Horse.

The main conflict of the whole story was that no one knew what to do with the horse so they kept sacrificing people. This conflict got resolved because Sinon told people what was really going on so they just stopped sacrificing people and believed him. I think that this could happen in real life because someone could pretend to be someone there not and then they can come and say that there someone else. Something like this is kind of happening in the book I'm reading right now. The main character in my book keeps changing schools and every single time she goes somewhere else she pretends to be a different person. 

Something like this could also happen in class because a new kid could come to are school and then pretend to be someone that there really not. The main character in the story ;Odysseus, decided to sacrifice his daughter for the Gods so they could found out why the horse is there. There are many things that people may give up just because they want to or because it might help them. But like just giving up smoking or drugs sacrificing a person for a god is a little more extreme.

Cultural Differences

Author's Note: This is my two paragraph response to the short story Ribbons by Laurence Yep about how China and the United States have a lot of cultural differences and why the story is called Ribbons.

The things we do for superficial are wear makeup and wear fancy clothes. In some countries there is a lot of poverty and there unlike the US they aren't able to wear all the makeup and have all the clothing brands like we have here. In China there is also a lot of cultural differences like they were different clothes like kimonos and they also have different ways of learning things and different ways of punishment. Here in the United States we where mainly clothing brands like Hollister or American Eagle and even though they might also have clothing brands like that in China they probably don't have the same type of clothing.

The signification of the title Ribbons is to show some of the cultural similarities between Paw-Paw and the main character. The main character liked dancing and she wanted to show Paw-Paw what she could do so she decided to dance for her and when she asked her for help with her shoes she yelled at her because they had ribbons on them. Later in the story the main character's mom explained to the main character why Paw-Paw didn't what her to wear shoes that had ribbons on them. The main character's mom explained that back when Paw-Paw was growing up in China her parents made her wear shoes that had ribbons on them to make her feet look prettier but cause them more main because the ribbon was shaping her foot. So the main character's mom explained to her daughter how Paw-Paw didn't want her wearing ribbons because she didn't want her feet to be just like her feet that hurt all the time.

Always Together

Description of Character

Author's Note: This is my character story for a famous person and I bet you can't guess who it is.

- Always together with my best friends that are more like my brothers.

- Never get to spend time with my family

I never thought that I would ever be this famous, traveling the world to see all my amazing fans. Going on the X Factor and almost ending everything but then later finding out that I was going to advance to boot camp. All I ever thought I was going to be was a kid that just went to a Catholic school like all the other people from my hometown in Ireland. But that was before my life changed before all my dreams came true. 

Traveling all over the world preforming at the best arenas Madison Square Garden being able to meet the queen and preforming on shows all over the world. I never expected that just from one audition my life could change so drastically from just being a normal person from Ireland to being almost as famous as the Beetles. Now to people all over the world I'm there inspiration living breathing proof that your dreams really can come true. We never thought that we would have sell out singles and albums in over 100 countries never thought that we could take over the world with our music.

That's me the boy that with all his best friends that are more like brothers now that we spend so much time together, took over the world with there music and made them one of the most popular music groups ever. The boy that chased his dreams and one day they came true. Beliving in myself every single day and trying to reach my dreams and eventually they happened. Having to avoid all the people that hate on me people all over the world some of them being jealous most of them just hating us and laughing at us when we see them. Having all of the support from fans and that's what really's worth everywhere we go seeing people that support us and that is what makes all the bad things that I get from people calling me ugly that's what's really worth seeing the fans everyday that support us and that's why we keep making music. 

Finally Free

Author's Note: This is my conflict resolution piece for the book Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver.

It is an intense battle between the DWA and Lena and Julian. Lena and Julian's only hope is to escape from the DWA's grasp and get back into the Wilds and freedom. Lena- the main character was trying to find out more about the DWA and what they were doing. Julian has been working for the DWA but when he meets Lena she completely changes his prospective on all that he was doing with the DWA and realizes that he really needs to be helping Lena. But eventually when Julian and Lena figure out a way to escape from the DWA they get caught again and everything just gets worse for Julian and Lena. Since the whole story Lena and Julian are fighting against the DWA and trying to be free the main conflict of the story is person versus society.

One of the reasons why the conflict is person versus society is because when Lena and Julian are trapped in the room together they also try and figure out a way to get out when they open the door to get them food. While Julian and Lena are trapped in the room they keep complaining about how there being treated and how they need to escape so badly. Once when the DWA decided to take Julian into a room so they could find out about where his dad lives since Julian's dad is in charge of the DWA and the fake people that captured Julian and Lena for the DWA want to murder Julian's dad. When they took Julian into the room to interrogate him Julian wouldn't tell him enough information so instead of just letting Julian back into the room they keep beating him until he'll tell them something about his dad but when they get the idea that Julian isn't going to tell them anything they finally let him back into the room 

The conflict of the story is the DWA capturing Julian and Lena and not letting them go until Julian tells them where his dad is. Lena and Julian have no way to escape out of the room until Lena looks at the supplies that she has in her bag and discovered that she has things in her bag that she didn't even know about since she didn't make her bag and that the people that packed her bag were expecting her to get captured so they gave her weapons so if she did get kidnapped that she would be able to get out. The message that you can get from the book is to never underestimate someone or something. The DWA had a whole bunch of people working underground where Julian and Lena were and even though there were so many people that were making sure Lena and Julian didn't get out they still figured out a way to escape. Well Julian was still in the room with Lena and found out more about her and what her life is like in the Wilds he started to question everything what life was like on his side. With people get procedures so they don't fall in love with people and people getting killed for things that aren't even that bad but he eventually decides that he doesn't want to live like that anymore and chooses to stay with Lena in the Wilds.

The resolution of the story is when Lena and Julian finally do get out of the underground area where the DWA was holding them hostage Julian then gets captured again by the DWA and is forced to have his procedure which he know discovered when he was captured by the DWA with Lena that he didn't want the cure anymore. Lena then gets taken back to Raven- the person that was helping her- and then she escapes from them and goes to save Julian again. Lena knew that it was going to be basically impossible to get Julian back from the DWA's grasp again but she knew that since Julian was now on her side that it's the right thing to do. So she goes to the procedure and sees that there's a whole bunch of guards and camera people there filming everything. But then out of no where Raven shows up with a whole bunch of people and cause a distraction so Lena can go get Julian and bring him back into the Wilds where he can finally be free.

Don't Judge Someone if You Don't Know Their Story

Author's Note: This is my two paragraph story on what I think of the racism that is in the short story, After you my Dear Alphonso. It also has a lot to do with what my opinion is about racism and it also analyzes what I think of the characters in the story.

'After You my Dear Alphonse' relates to reverse racism because in the story Johnny's mom is judging Boyd on how he looks like and how he's responding to the questions she's asking him. It's kind of like your school since some people judge people for how they look or how there friends with. Johnny's mom didn't know what to do when she saw Johnny's new friend and since he was African American she didn't know how to treat him either so she just decided to try and help him even though she later found out that Boyd really didn't need any help. The majority of the story is of Johnny's mom asking Boyd a whole bunch of questions like if he needed any clothes, if he has enough money and what kind of jobs his parents have.

Back in the Civil War whenever someone some a African American people assumed right away that they either were a slave or that they were a bad person and that's kind of what Johnny's mom did with Boyd right away she assumed that he was poor and that he needed help from her. Still today people that might have moved from China or Africa to America might be judged for what they look like or what they act like. I think that Shirley Jackson was trying to teach us that all people should be treated fairly. She was trying to show people that you should treat everyone fairly just because someone might not be the same as you or look the same doesn't mean you have to make fun of them for that.

Symbolism of Characters

Author's Note: This is my response to the short story called A Well-Lighted Place. I wrote about what the waiter's in the story and the cafe symbolize.

The young waiter would symbolize anger and death. Since the younger waiter was so annoyed with the old man and even told him that he should've killed himself even though the older man couldn't hear him it means he represents death. He represents anger because he got really mad at the old man and said a lot of mean things that he shouldn't have said to him. The younger waiter represents peace and a free spirit. Even though he was older he still had a way to stay positive and be nice to the man even though he really wanted to get home also. The cafe would represent happiness and a escape. For the older man the cafe seemed like a happy place for him a place that he knows almost as well as he knows his home. It's an escape for him an escape from real life a place where he could treat people with respect and where he can just be himself. 

Growing Up

Author's Note: Attention this is a raid. Do not try to run. Do not try to resist. This is a raid. That seemed to be the only words you could hear in the whole city when the raiders came to make sure everybody is doing what they need to be doing and if they're not then they're going to raid them. The people in Atlanta every single month have to hear those exact words hoping that the raiders won't go to there house and destroy everything they care about. This is my symbolism essay on the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver.

Lena; the main character in the book, is scared for her life everyday having to deal with the disease dangling over her head. Ever since she was little and found out that her mom; had the disease she was afraid that she was going to get it too. The disease symbolizes fear and sickness. Fear is what the people in the town have to deal with everyday fear and they were going to get the disease and that they wouldn't be able to control themselves, the only cure of the disease was to take out half of their heart since the disease was love that was the only cure. 'The disease' symbolises sickness because anyone that people think could possibly have the disease or know that they have disease are sick; if you're at a certain age you have to get the cure and even if you're under the age which is 18 and people think that you might have the disease you still might have to get the cure. 

The people in the town are always thinking about the disease praying not to get and if they do they then have to get the cure for the disease. Some things that symbolize the sure would be troubles and the future. It symbolizes the future because you get the cure a week after you get your evaluation; the evaluation is when they get judged by a whole bunch of people and then the judges decide who and what the people should be for the rest of there lives. The cure also symbolises troubles because before you get the cure people are always scared and worried that maybe after they get the cure they still might have the disease. Some people like Hanna's mom did get the cure but then still ended up having the disease, for Hanna this is a everyday thing worrying that one day she will end up getting the disease if though she might already have the cure.

The cure is a huge part of the book since it may cause people to get better or worse depending on if they already have the disease or it might change there life in a huge way. Another big event that happened if the raid, the raid symbolises death and fear. When the raids happen lots of people invade your house and if they think or see you do anything that's illegal they'll kill you. When the raid happened Hanna is at the party and Lena wanted to go to the party because she wanted to save Hanna because she knew the raid was coming. A little while after Lena got there the raiders got there and everyone was screaming and yelling well you could see person after person dropping to the floor dead. The raids symbolize fear because everyone in Portland is always scared for the day the raiders come. Sometimes even though the people that are being raided didn't do anything wrong they might still be killed because even if they thought that you were doing something wrong or if you talk back to the raiders for invading your house they'll still kill you.

The raid also causes a lot of troubles all over the town since the raid is the day that lots of innocent people are killed and all the family can do is stand there and act like everything's ok. Even though for this raid Lena's house wasn't raided they went to there neighbor's house, when Lena went to the party to go save Hanna she ran into the neighbor's dog named Riley who was laying on the ground almost dead covered in blood. Riley symbolizes fear and depression. When Lena almost stepped on Riley since she thought he was a garbage bag but then when she looked down she sawing the glowing eyes of Riley and Riley was looking back at Lena with eyes that were sad and scared for what was going to happen next which he knew was going to be death. Fear because when Lena looked at him she thought about what the raiders could really do to Hanna and all the rest of the people that the party they could all end up like Riley dead on the side of the road no one caring because they couldn't.

Symbolism is a very strong characteristic in Delirium by how Lena things of things like her friends and what the things around her look like. Through the words that she puts in the story you can just tell that she wanted the reader to understand exactly what Lena or Hanna were thinking at certain times in the book. Lauren Oliver even gives the little things in the book details like what Portland looks like or what the Wilds look like from Black Cove.

The Ransom of Red Chief

Author's Note: This is my paragraph on what I think was so interesting about the story.

I think that the most interesting part is probably when Bill and his assistant ask for Red Chief back and they so no because they find Red Chief annoying and don't want him back. I thought that was interesting because it seems like no one really wants him back. A lesson that you could learn from that is to be nicer and treat people with more respect so they'll actually like you. Wherever Red Chief went he was always annoying people and that's why no one wanted to take care of him.

Changes and High School

Author's Note: This is my point of view essay for the book Waiting For You. The whole book is in the point of view of Marisa, and throughout the whole book Marisa explains how she wants to change and what's to be better than she was last year.

Change, that's all Marisa wanted to do for her junior year of high school. Marisa was always a loner at school with only a couple friends. But this year she wanted more than anything to be completely different from that. Her goal this year is to be a "new her" and be someone completely different and Marisa will do anything for that to happen.

The reader might think that Marisa might be generous and determined. They might think Marisa's generous because she is always trying to help people around her school whenever she can and always tries to cheer people up if there having a bad day. Marisa might be considered determined because she is really trying to change, the author made it clear through Marissa by expressing how much Marissa wants to change and become a better person with more friends and being more popular. The way that Marissa is so determined and how she is so generous affects a lot of people in the story like her best friend, Marissa has always been a little bit jealous of her and always wanted her life in a way, her best friend's mom is really never home and she always gets to make the food and Marissa is also jealous of her because she has a lot more friends than her and she's also more popular than Marissa is.

If the point of view was through Nash's point of view; one of Marissa's friends that she used to have in kindergarten but isn't friends with anymore, Marissa might seem kind of funny and fun to be around. Back in kindergarten Nash and Marissa used to be best friends they did everything together but now there in high school they barely even talk anymore. But when Nash and Marissa end up being lab partners they start to become friends again. When Marissa and Nash do homework together they always find a way to just laugh, goof around and have a good time. If Marissa was thinking about Nash she might think that he was nerdy and more of a loner. Nash isn't the most popular at school and he's really smart which would make him more of a geek. Since Marissa was hoping to become more popular this year Nash really doesn't help her with that but she decided that sometimes it doesn't matter how popular you are it matters what people you spend it with.

Figurative Language in Music

Author's Note: In lots of Ed Sheeran's songs he has lots of examples of awesome figurative language, he uses lots of metaphors and smiles in his music. This are just two examples from two of his songs of how he uses personification in songwriting.

Sometimes while writing music songwriters like to add figurative language to make the song more realistic and to make the song come to live. Ed Sheeran is one of those songwriters. In almost all his songs he uses figurative language and this are just a few examples of how he uses figurative language.

The first example of Ed Sheeran using figurative language in one of his song is in 'Autumn Leaves'. In this song there is a really good example of a simile  In the song the lyrics are "float down like autumn leaves". The whole song he's explaining about how sometimes people just need somebody there to be with them. So the lyrics "float down like autumn  leaves" means that if you ever need anything that I'll be there for you. Ed Sheeran always tries to connect to his music so the song might possibly be about how he or one of his friends was facing a lot of struggles and they always tried to be there for each other.

in the song 'Autumn Leaves' there was an example of a simile but in 'A Team' there is also  more examples of similes. For example 'crumbling like pastries' is a simile, since he is comparing a person to an object that means that. these lyrics have to be a simile. This song is mainly about how in life people are going to make mistakes and your just going to have to get over it since what happened, happened and you can't fix what happened so you just have to get over it and keep living. Similes will affect the tone of the song by giving the song more meaning.

Not only do songwriters use similes to help people relate to the music more and to give the music more meaning they also sometimes add sound effects to express how they feel about the song. An example of using onomatopoeia in a song is the lyrics 'cause I love the way you flick it off your shoulder, (mm). This song is mostly about how some people don't know how amazing they are so this lyrics mean that he loves all these little things about this one girl and he's trying to show the people that listen to his music how much she means to her by using onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia can affect the meaning of the song by expressing how the writer or character feels about something.

Song writers use lots of different figurative language to make there music more interesting. It gives things meaning and helps other people to relate to it. But there is not just figurative language in songs there is also figurative language all around us sometimes when you have a normal conversation with people they might use similes or onomatopoeia to express what they feel about for a certain topic.There is examples of figurative language in books, movies, magazines and newspaper figurative language is a way to express feelings and to make things more interesting.

MIsunderstood

 Author's Note: This is my point of view piece on the book Unbelievable. In this essay I will explain to you how the point of view of some people in the book effected what happened in the story.

In Unbelievable the effect that Hanna has on everybody since she was injured by getting hit by a car by a mysterious person. Since Hanna got hit by the car and then was put in to the hospital were she was almost dead Emily; one of Hanna's friends, was forced to go to live with her aunt, uncle and cousins. Aria another one of Hanna's friends is having lots of problems with her family because her parents are scared because they don't know if the person that hit Hanna is going to go after Aria next. Spencer is the only one that things are finally good for her she was nominated for a Golden Orchid award on an essay that she stole from her sister but when her sister finds out she doesn't get mad like she usually would. When Hanna got hit by the car it affected all of her friends in a good way or a bad way.  

One way that Hanna's point of view affected the story was by thinking that when she finally did wake up not knowing anything that happened to her. Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna have been searching for A for a long time, A has been sending them text messages to them and to some of the other people telling them secrets about the girls that they didn't want anybody to know. A has been ruining there friendships with some people and making there family members ignore them. When Hanna got hit by the car they knew right away that it had to be A, since right before that Hanna texted Spencer, Aria and Emily a text that said meet me by the Rosewood Playground we need to talkbut when Aria, Spencer and Emily got there they saw a car speeding straight towards Hanna. They couldn't help Hanna since there were so far away from her and all they could do was call the ambulances and get her to the hospital as fast as they could.

The story is not only told in a way that might convince readers how some of the characters are but how they act to. Since most of the story was in Hanna's point of view but it also makes the reader think that most of her friends are usually mean, cruel and think about themselves instead of other people. Some of the story is also told in Spencer, Aria and Emily's point of view which then lets every main character in the story show what there really like. For example; Hanna's point of view might so Spencer as a show and someone that's extremely competitive, but Spencer's point might show that she's smart and that she always tries her hardest to be what she wants to be. Therefore the different point of views of the different characters is really important so they can show what the character is really like. 

Interpretation is one thing that would change about the characters if they only had one point of view the whole story. The reader might then think that a character is mean and bossy but there really just misunderstood and nice. The way that the author wrote all the different point of views is a very important part of the story. 

Unbelievable

Author's Note: This is my Cause and Effect piece on the book Unbelievable by Sara Shepherd it's part of the Pretty Little Liars series. This essay is mainly about one scene in the book, I did the essay on just one scene because this is the one scene that causes the rest of the plot to happen.

When Hanna was walking home from Mona's party she wasn't expecting to get hit by a car. Hanna was just walking to the playground by the Rosewood Elementary school when someone struck her with there car. There has been a mysterious person that calls themselves A that has been annoying them for quit a while now, sending the text messages and hurting the people that they love most without them actually knowing who it is. Hanna had just gotten into a fight with her friend Mona at one of her parties and she was running to the playground to meet her 3 best friends; Spencer, Aria and Emily there. When a person speed around the corner and ran right into her, while Aria, Spencer and Emily couldn't do anything except call for help. 

First, the climax in the story was Hanna having a fight at Mona's party over Mona talking to two of Hanna and her enemies about there dad hiring a skywriter for another one of her parties. When Hanna found out that Mona was talking to people that she and Mona didn't like Hanna was furious. Ever since 7th grade when people made fun of Hanna calling her fat and ugly she's despised  them for bullying her for so long. Then when she found out that her best friend was replacing her it felt even worse than 7th grade, since Mona was the one that helped Hanna to change. 

Then while Hanna was in the hospital with extreme pain and a possibility that she could die. Emily was shipped off to Ohio to live with her aunt, uncle and her 3 cousins. Aria was taking a art class at the same college that her dad's girlfriend Meredith who she doesn't like works at and then her partner in the art class is Jenna the girl that Allison, Hanna, Aria and Spencer accidentally turned blind when they were in 7th grade. Spencer is finally better after having to deal with a lot of drama between her and her sister there finally getting along, Spencer was also nominated for a Golden Orchid Award from an essay that she stole from her sister and when her sister finds out she's not bad at all and everything is finally peaceful between her and her sister and her and her parents. 

The cause of Hanna being hit by the car was Hanna knowing something more about A; the anonymous person that keeps texting Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer, and A didn't what Hanna to tell Aria, Spencer and Emily so he or she decided to hit Hanna with a car instead so she couldn't tell them what she knew. The effect of A hitting Hanna with the car was Hanna when she finally got better not knowing what really happened to her and what happened before she was hit by the car. When Hanna was finally better and was able to talk again she completely forgot what happened before she was hit by the car all she remembered was the day before Mona's party which was the day when none of the drama was going on.

Aria, Spencer and Emily still found something new about A even though Hanna wasn't able to tell them anything since she was unconscious in the hospital. Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna have been searching for the person who's A for a long time and no matter what difficulties get in there way they always fight through any obstacles that got in there way, so even though Hanna was in the hospital Aria, Spencer and Emily still tried to find out who A is. 

The Cold

Author's Note: Have you ever had a really weird feeling and no matter what happened it just wouldn't go away? Well that's what this town has to deal with most the time. This is just a short story about a little town in Minnesota that is cursed with a weird coldness and a weird fog.

It was a cold day here in Minnesota but it was a weird cold. Instead of it being cold like the weather it felt like a different type of cold, a cold full of sorrow, depression and weakness. Also like weather I knew that this cold wasn't going to go away. This cold is like a plague that takes over a town and stays there until it thinks the time is right to leave. 

"Daddy I'm cold." Lexi told her dad as she was trembling in cold of the coldness that has taken over their whole town. 

"I know sweetie but I promise that so everything will go back to normal." her dad tells Lexi as he tries to persuade her. 

Even though Lexi's dad told her that everything was going to be normal again he really didn't think it would. The cold did just take over their town but this cold is different, it's been like this for weeks now and it has been the same temperature every single day. Lexi's dad knew that if it didn't go away soon more people are going to get sick. Lexi was already very sick and was get paler every day Lexi's dad knew that he had to do something, but he didn't know what he could possibly do to stop something that is caused by nature. 

"Daddy when is it going to be warm again?" Lexi asked her dad, wanting more than anything for it to be sunny out again.

"Soon sweetie soon." Lexi's dad said wanting it to be warm again, too.

"Daddy can we watch TV?" Lexi asked her dad.

"Sure sweetie." he said grabbing the remote and turning on the TV.

Right when they turn on the TV it goes to the news channel. Everybody better be careful because now thanks to the cold there is also a thick layer of fog surrounding the city too, the weather reporter says as he reports outside next to a whole bunch of fog. He wasn't kidding though the fog really looked like it was a huge gray, dark wall just right next to him. 

"Daddy why is the fog so dark?" Lexi asked her dad over by the window looking out the window but all she could she was gray.

"I don't sweetie, but we're staying in here. I wouldn't want you to get hurt." her dad said knowing that Lexi already knowing that Lexi knew that she was sick and she didn't want it to get any worse.   

"I know daddy, I need to stay in here to get better." Lexi said to her dad crawling back into the bed to watch TV, Lexi then turned her attention back to the TV to watch the rest of the weather.

Right when the weather man on the TV was right about to finish the weather report, the TV went completely blank. But the weird thing was that just the weather man went off the TV the fog just that was standing next to kept closing and closing in on the screen until the screen was completely filled with the gray dark fog and then the TV went completely black with nothing on it just a blank screen right in front of Lexi and her dad.

"Daddy what happened?" Lexi asked her dad in total shock and fear.

"I don't know Lexi but I think I'll go down to the studio and see what's wrong." Lexi's dad said to her as he grabbed his coat and his car keys. "You stay here and take a nap I'll be back in a couple minutes." Lexi's dad said walking out the door and going to go see what is happening at the weather station. 

Lexi laid down to take a nap, when she was right about to fall asleep Lexi heard a weird tapping noise at the window. She went over to the window to see what it was. But when she looked out the window all she saw was the gray darkness of the fog. So even though her dad told her not to go outside she went outside anyway she was just 4 years old and was curious about what made the tapping noise. was. When Lexi walked outside at first she was scared until she started thinking and she thought that the fog was kind of like snow. The fog was soft and cold but it was different than snow it seemed fluffier and  prettier. Lexi wasn't afraid of the fog anymore. 

When Lexi's dad got home he noticed that the front door was open. That instantly scared him he knew that it was already hard enough to just go to the weather station even though it was just a block away and it would be almost impossible to try and find Lexi in all the fog. 

"Help, help.' he heard someone shout from inside the fog, it sounded like Lexi.

"I'm coming sweetie." he said running into the fog and starting his search for Lexi. 

When Lexi's dad was running for at least 10 minutes now he finally saw a silhouette of a person standing in front of him. Lexi's dad knew right away that it couldn't be Lexi because this person was much taller than Lexi is..

"Hello have you seen a little girl anywhere." he asked tapping on this person's shoulder. 

"Um no I'm sorry sir I haven't." 

Wait I know that voice. Lexi's dad asked as he tried to figure out who this person could be. 

"Um do I know you?" Lexi's dad asked trying to figure out who this person is. 

"I don't think you do?" The woman said in more of a question than a statement.

Just when she said that a image of Lexi's dad wife flashed right in front of him. 

"Li-Lizzy" Lexi's dad stuttered shocked that his wife was alive since supposedly she died from cancer last year.

"How do you know my name?" Lizzy asked her husband as he embraced her in a hug. 

"Your my wife, I thought you were dead." He said excited that she was alive.

"No I'm not dead and I missed you too Tyler." she said excited to see him too.

"Wait so what are you doing in this fog?" Tyler asked his wife confused and excited at the same time.

"So you know when you were gone on that work trip to California. I called to tell you that I was sick but I really wasn't the town was trapped in fog and the fog took me it took me away from you and Lexi. I couldn't get back out I was trapped in the fog with no way out." Lizzy said telling her story.

"Ok so you just got trapped in this fog for no reason and now you can't get back out?" Tyler asked his wife.

"Yep and where's Lexi?" she asked trying to change the topic since she hated the fog more than anything. 

"Oh she's lost in the fog just like I was." Tyler said wanting to go back on his search to find Lexi.

"Ok let's go find her." Lizzy said taking Tyler's hand and leading them into the fog to go find there daughter.

"Daddy daddy." He heard someone shout and this time he knew for sure that it was Lexi.

"I'm coming." Tyler continued on his search to find Lexi.

"Daddy daddy." Tyler could Lexi louder which means that he must be getting even closer to Lexi.

"Daddy." Tyler could now hear Lexi so clear now that he knew that she was right in front of him.

Then Tyler could finally she Lexi right in front of him so he ran up to her and gave her a hug.

"Daddy who's that?" Lexi asked since she could she Lizzy standing next to him.

"This is mommy." Tyler said with Lexi a very surprised look on his face.

"Mommy?" Lexi was still so surprised that she finally found her mom again.

Right when she said that her mom walked out of the shadows and they could see her face clearly and Lexi could see her mom that she missed so much for so long. When she could finally see that it was her mom she went straight up to her mom and gave her a huge hug so glad that there family was finally together again.

"Hi sweetie I'm glad to see you too and now that I'm back where going to be able to spend a lot more time together." Lizzy said making it sound more like she hasn't been gone for such a long time. 

"What do you mean?" Tyler asked since Lizzy just told him that she was  stuck in the fog.

"I mean that your now stuck in the fog with me, you've been here to long and now there's no way for you to get out and now your here for ever and ever and ever and ever-." Lizzy than repeated ever and ever for the end of eternity while Lexi and Tyler just stood there in fear and shock for the rest of there lives.

Struggles

Author's Note: I did the Sentence Frame Writing Strategy and wrote it on the story Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Sepherd. The book is the point of view of Hanna and it's about all the struggles that she is going through with her family and boyfriend.

In Pretty Little Secerts by Sara Sepherd Hanna is going through lots of struggles, she has to deal with lots of family issues at home and she has no one to be there for her and no one to talk to. She decides to go to the gym to try and find someone to talk to and her to take her mind off of the family problems. But then she finds a guy that she really likes and then it leads into more problems and drama and makes Hanna even worse than she was when she got there. The story is written in Hanna's point of view. From this perspective, a lot of events and characters are described in a way that creates sadness in the reader about Hanna having to deal with lots of family problems with her new step mom and step sister.

One way that Hanna's point of view influences the reader's interpretation is how this perspective describes Kate Hanna's step sister perfectly. From Hanna's point of view it shows that Kate is selfish and mean. When Hanna's dad married Kate's mom Hanna already didn't like her since she already knew her from school. When Kate moved into Hanna's house with her dad Kate tried her hardest to take Hanna's dad away from her and turned all his attention to Kate, causing lots of problems with Hanna. At the time Hanna was just trying to deal with a death of one of her best friends Allison and she also had to deal with a person that calls themselves "A" who tells everybody all her secrets  causing her problems at school and not having anyone there for her. Hanna relies on her dad to be there for her and protect her a time where she needs help but he isn't there since all his attention is on Kate. 

However, the reader would feel a lot differently about Kate if the novel was written in the point of view of Hanna's dad. For instance, the reader wouldn't think that Kate was a selfish and mean person they would think that she was a nice caring person. Hanna's dad only pays attention to Kate and doesn't even realize that he's not spending any attention to Hanna anymore. Hanna turns invisible to her dad and Kate's still there. Hanna's dad doesn't realize that Kate was bullying Hanna. Hanna's dad just thought that Hanna and Kate go along well and were best friends. But suddenly when he finally starts to notice that Hanna and Kate never talk and avoid each other even though Hanna's dad suggests that they should try to get along more Hanna doesn't. But when Hanna's dad finally starts to notice her more and pays attention to her Kate stops bullying her and decides that they should just try to get a long for there mom and dad.

As you can see, the point of view of a story forces the reader to just see one side of a story or an event. In Pretty Little Secrets the narrator's prospective makes the reader feel bad for Hanna. Hanna's point of view was all about the struggles that she had to face along the way and how somebody can change. Hanna was a very strong character in the book having to deal with lots of family problems, but she just fought through them and eventually they got better.