lit circle response 2

The thing that strikes me about the book is how Milkman the main character's age changes so muhc because first it starts off him being just a little boy and then towards the middel of the book he's around 30. Even though it's kind of confussing it makes it more interesting.
I would have to say that I do like the book because everything that happens is so surprising and I wouldn't expect it to happen. I'd rather read a book where I didnt know what's going to happen next insteadof book that I already know what's going to happen because then sometimes if you know what's going to happen next then the book gets boring.


How old is milkman towards chapter 10 and 11?

Why is Guitar in the 7 days if it doesn't even seem justified?

"any man, any woman, or any child is good for 5 to seven generations of heirs before theyre bred out. So every death is a death of 5 to 7 generations. you can't stop them from killing us, or trying to get rid of us. And everytime they succede they get rid of 5 to 7 generations. I help keep the numers the same."
This was a very interesting quote because it explianed the 7 day's that Guitar's in and it explains the racial killing problems that are going on at that time and how Guitar is trying to get revenge for all the black poeple who are getting killed.

Song if Solomon Response

So far I have read up to page 10, so I have been keeping track on reading every night. When I first started reading the book it was kind of confussing because it was talking about a man trying to "fly" off of a roof and kills himself, then right after that it goes into how the main character of the book (Macon Dead II a.k.a milkman) was born. Once I got past the first 3 chapters It was a little easier to understand and it got a lot more interesting. I'm still wondering why the author decided to start off with a man trying to fly at the begining of the book, but I'm guessing that maybe that man who killed himself had to do something with milkman's birth.

The thing I like about this book is that when your reading it, it's really hard to try to predict wat's going to happen next because a lot of unusuall things happen and since you didn't expect it to happen it makes the book a lot more interesting. In some books it gets boring when you already know what's going to happen next, but when new things are always happening it makes it so much more interesting and it makes e want to keep reading just to see what crazy thing is going to happen next. Such as I didn;t expect for the main character's name to be Milkman. Even though it's a weird name for a person, It's easier for the reader to remember the name and even the story behind the name and how he got the nickname was interesting to read about.

In some parts of the book it was hard to understand what was going on, but I kept reading to see if things later became clear, and they did. Such as in one part I didn't understand who Pilate was and why she didn't live with her brother (milkman), but after a while I started to notice that Pilate did not get along with Macon dead (the father) and it explained everything later on in the book, and once I read that, it made the book a lot more easier to understand because she is mentioned a lot in in the book. Once I had a good understanding on who each character was I took notes so later on I can look back if I happen to forget who some characters are.

After all this book seems to be getting a lot mroe interesting than I thought it would be. I'm about more than half way through my book and I can't wait to read the rest and find some new surprises allong the way.

ENRiQUE!

Yesterday Enrique a man from the border angels came to our class. I never knew about the Border Angels until he explained it to us. They go out into the desert near the Mexican border and leave water for people in the desert mostly immigrants. Even though it's not good for illegal immigrants trying to cross over they don't want people die because of it so that's why they're trying to help them. I also learned about the Minute Men which is a group of people who are against illegal immigrants crossing over. Some Minute Men stand on the U.S. side of the border with guns waiting to shoot any illegal immigrants trying to cross the border. The Border Angels & the Minute Men apparently do not get a long. I would rather be on the Border Angels side because I don't think it's right for people to be dying because anyone should be allowed into our country. If I can I'm going to try & volenteer to help the Border Angels because they are people who think of others & are doing the right thing. :]

Our water presentation

Today my group and I presented to the class our topic which was bottled water vs. municipal water. We talked about what bottled water was & what municipal water was & what processes they go to when they're getting filtered. I think our presentation went well, we got a lot of questions and we tryed to answer them the best we could. Overall I learned a lot more than I thought I would through this project. It was my favorite presentation so far in math/chemistry class.

bottled water vs. municipal water?

Bottled water and tap water both have a set series of standards, however, these standards are different from each other.
Bottled water goes through an extensive purification process to make it eligible for human consumption.
Tap water is purified so that it can be used for day to day activities, without a harmful affect to the environment.

bottled water: interesting fact

I thought this was interesting because I learned that during the filtering process minerals may be lost in the water. In order to fix this they have to do a mineral injection; meaning they have to put the minerals back into the water. Some of the minerals are calcium, magnessium, & flouride.

bottled water testing.

They test the bottled water for organics, (pesticides, herbicides, and dangerouse organic compounds) Inorganics (lead, copper, zinc, chloride, and minerals), Microbiologicals (fungi, bacteria, and viruses), & radiologicals. Testing for these many chemicals is very important because if your putting it in your body then you don't want these chemicals to effect you.