Notes 16 to 25

From chapter 16 to chapter 25, they are most about after Cadence’s accident she tried to find her memories back, she wants to see Gats and Liars on Beechwood iland again. In chapter 16 she talkes about the book her dad bought her, and she tells a story about how three princesses think about love and I think this story relect how she thinks about love. 

Chapter 17 and 18 is about how she trys to find her memories. For example, asking her mom everyday. 

Chapter 19 is about how her granddad changes her dad’s Australia trip for summer 17 to the Beachwood iland trip, and she says that she loves her granddad but she doesn’t like him. 

Chapter 20 is a very interesting chapter because it asked a quustion about the story, and I think that she is thinking about that question a lot. 

Chapter 21 and 22 is about her complex emotion aboiut Gat and also the difference her family trade her. 

Chapter 23, 24 and 25 is allabout when she went back to the iland again how people react and how people changes. We can see a lot of difference than before. For example, Liars made the decision before Cadence came and they all thinks she is not apart of them like before because she has different hair and she looks sick. 

Vocabulary

1. Angular: something that has angles or sharp corner.

2. Embroidered: something that has sewing patterns on it.

3. Ivory: elephants' tooth

4. Thoroughly: very much, greatly

5. Drenched: wet thoroughly

6. Destabilized: unstable

7. Agony: extreme physical or mental suffering

8. Glamorous: having the attractive or exciting quality 

9. Diagnosis: the identification of an illness

10. Consumption: the thing up of resource

Papers can never catch Fire

I have read five chapters of We Were Liars, and I think this is a really deep and thoughtful book. In the first five chapters, I have met a whole family. The oldest people are Harris and Tipper, and they have three children Carrie, Bess, and Penny. Carrie has two children Johnney and Will; Bess has four children Mirren, Liberty, Bonnie and Taft, and Liberty and Bonnie are twins; Penny has only Cadence who is also the main chapter of this book. At the begaining of the book, we see that Cadence’s father leaves them and she feel so sad, but her mother tells her to calm down right after her dad drive away. We also see their family’s characteristic, “The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are oldmoney Democrats. Our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive”(Lockhart 3). In this sentence, we can see this family is so rich and they seems like their perfect. However, the truth is not what they said. The truth is that they are trying to become the heiress of this huge family, so they are all pretending themselves to be a perfect person. However, I know that they will finally show their real self. In chapter three, time goes back to when Cadence was 14 years old, and they went to the Beechwood Island. Their family owns the island, and they all have a home on the island. Harris and Tipper lives in Clairmont; Carrie lives in Red Gate; Bess lives in Cuddledown; Penny lives in Winsemere.

No matter how you are good at pretending, you will show yourself one day. I believe that when this family show their real self, there will happen some terrible thing. I have seen so many tragedy and troubles because my two uncles were arguing about who should take the land when my grand mother is gone. At the start, they were trying to be nice to my grand parents, and they did not even show their bad side in front of them until last Chinese New Year. My uncle had a disagreement with my grand parents, then he slapped the door and he left during the dinner. I can tell you that he was a really nice gentleman in my opinion because he always bought fruits and food for my grand parents. However, once he realized that he cannot get what he wants, he became a absolute hoodlum. I consider that this will have so many changes in the fellow chapters, and we will see all the lies to be uncovered. To be honest, this book has remaindered me so many thing that happened in the real life. Thus, lies won’t be covered forever, and we will finally find out.

This would be even more interesting than the last one because this one has more liars, and this book has a bigger back story. I think this book is talking more about human nature. I am looking forward to see why they lie; what they do. I hope the ending won’t be too sad. I am going to read the book now. See you next blog.

Chapter 8,9 notes

In this two chapter, Lerenzo has been to the hospital to visit her grandma; however, the main goal is that he wants to get some sleeping pills for his sister Olivia. His grandma is so sick and week, so she wants Lerenzo to stay longer which gives Lerenzo so many troubles because he needs to go back without anyone's notice. The longer he spend on the way the more dangerous he is.

Lerenzo also forgot to bring his cell phone with him, so he cannot track the silver monkey like the last time he went back to cellar. Finally he waites long time to get in, and he also takes some food in silver monkey's house. In the chapter 9, at the first he thinks that his sister is died, so he is so worried. However, he tried so many ways to wake his sister up. He is so lucky that his sister is not died. At the end he tells his mother about his sister, and his mother seems like she does not care about her so much. 

Reaction

I think this ending is not what I thought before. I thought that  Lerenzo would have a nice conversation with his sister, and they would go out and do some interesting thing. However, the truth is that when he sees her after 10 years, she is already died. To be honest, I am feeling so sad and hopeless because the only two people who really understand Lerenzo had gone. I think is must be hard to Lerenzo, but Lerenzo knows that she will die someday, and he just wants her to be peaceful and happy. So this is also a good ending. We can see that Lerenzo has changed a lot, and this is also the biggest and best thing he had in his life. If I were him, I would miss that cellar; that days; that memories.

Haiku

Lovers

Lovers annoying me

I like staying in the dorm

I am a loner.

The man

Handsome and clever

Always full of energy

He is John the man

Questions

What would you do if you see your sister is painful?

Do you think Lerenzo and his sister will be honest to each other?

Do you think their parents will find out the truth?

Chapter5 summary

In chapter 5, we read so many details about Lerenzo's sister. I am interested in this character because she has some interesting background information that I need to dig. This chapter is most about Lerenzo's sister goes to his house to find things  that she had left there. She also finds that Lerenzo hides in the cellar, and she stays in the cellar with Lerenzo for a night. As we can see, she is not in the good shape and she has no money on her, so she had to find a place to live. When she finds out that Lerenzo is hiding, she uses it to make Lerenzo to let her live with him for a night. She can ask her father to help her; however she hearts her father because her father doesn't really love her and he left her and her mother. I am looking forward to read more about her.

Olivia

Olivia is Lerenzo's half sister because she was born by another woman who had a relationship with Lerenzo's father. As we can see, she doesn't like her father, and she feels bad when her father helps her. I consider that she has a really bad childhood because her father has to leave her and her mother alone. She was so beautiful, but she is not in the good shape now. I think that she gave her self up because she lost almost everything she could lose. All those things directly cause that she does not accept her father as her father. She always say that it is your dad to Lerenzo. I am interested in this character than Lerenzo because I consider that she must has some secrets that build this character.