Peeta Forgive me

“This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams

Parody: “Peeta Forgive Me

Jessie Bacon

Authors Note: This is a parody poem, meaning you take a poem and change the words in it. The original poem was "This is just to Say" By William Carlos Williams. But I have Jessiefied it to match the "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins which was my reading group's book.

I have eaten,

The rabbit,

That was in

The cave

And while,

You were unconscious,

Waiting to wake up,

To eat,

The rabbit,

For a snack,

I snatched it,

Forgive me

My tummy couldn’t,

Handle the hunger,

Throughout the games, 

But it was so satisfying,

So flavorful,

I’m so sorry Peeta.

This Poem relates to the Novel because  when Peeta and Katniss are inside the cave, Katniss knocks Peeta out 

from a gift Gaven by the capitol. It also ties in because Katniss and Peeta are both very Hungary and want 

to leave the games. The speaker is Katniss talking to Peeta about how she is sorry about eating his rabbit, and hoping that

she is forgiven. The audience is Peeta taking in the words of a sorry note written by Katniss. The tone of the poem

is very whiney and regretful. The mood is forgivable and sorryful.

Changes

Authors Note: This is a fictional story on how a boy named Johnny, changes into a young man.Through the story this boy will be talking to his therapist about his childhood.THIS IS NOT A TRUE STORY!


I never understood that death could take such a toll on someones life, that it could change them forever. I remember when I was 7, crouched under a blanket, wishing that these men would be gone and would leave my family alone. It was a Sunday afternoon, my parents and I were just watching  Football. We heard something shatter upstairs, and my mom whispered closely to my ear, "Go hide". The first place I could think of at that moment was behind our couch with a blanket on top of me. I heard my parents cautiously walk up the stairs, to see what the disruption was. The next sound I heard was screaming, and then two gun shots. By that time I was silently crying, praying to God that they were ok, and that we could get out of this house...alive. I remember hearing the men close the door, and I sprinted upstairs to find my parents. When I got to the top, I found them laying in pools of blood...dead.

Therapist: So how does that make you feel?

Johnny: Sad that my childhood ended at that moment and that my life was never the same.

Therapist: Ok, you can carry on.

Johnny: So by then I was about 15, and I found myself living in my fourth foster home.

Therapist: So did you feel alone?

Johnny: No I remember there was this kid named Paul, he and I got along pretty well, but this kid got into some very bad stuff. There was a time when he and I were goofing around, with some drugs. I felt something suddenly clench my shoulder and then I turned around to see what happened, Paul had passed out. So I rushed him to the hospital, which was a few blocks down. The doctors told me that Paul overdosed on drugs and that his heart had stopped.

Therapist: So how did Paul's death affect you?

Johnny: It was up until then that I really started to feel alone.

Therapist: Continue.

 When Paul died I felt detached like it was the world against myself. That's when my drug addiction sky rocketed, and more then half of the day I was high. I became majorly depressed and I just wanted to be dead. I had no friends, no money, no future, I owed people thousands of dollars, and nearly every night I got beat up by the kids in my foster home.

Therapist: What do you think influenced this act of behavior?

Johnny: Well obviously the death of the three most important people to me changed me. I became majorly depressed and I knew my future was a dead end road.

Therapist: Continue

Johnny: When I was 19 I began robbing places. The only reason why I was doing this was because I  didn't even know when my next meal was or where I was going to sleep. I thought about suicide a COUPLE of times but I never really got the nerve. Looking back I think God was my conscious; he knew I had a future so he didn't let me kill myself.


(Author's Note: Now Johnny is not talking to his therapist; this is a real scene from his real life. He is 22 years old and is robbing a house with his friend Michael.)

Michael: Johnny you've got the gun right?

Johnny: Yea but Michael look there's a kid with his parents watching T.V., Lets hit the other house instead.

Michael: Who Cares? They have a BMW out front we are hitting this house, Johnny.

Johnny: No Michael, I can't do this anymore, I'm leaving.

Authors Note: Johnny is now 29 years old, he earned a degree in engineering and has a job with a successful company. He is happily married and has a child on the way. Johnny's life portrays the idea that one can hit rock bottom but still have hope in a future. George S. Patton once said, "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

Johnny: That sums up my life.

Therapist: Interesting.

Keep Moving on

Authors Note: This a short response to the poem "Mother To Son" by Langston Hughes, talking about the figurative language shown through out the poem.

During Language Arts today we read the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. To me the poem is very moving and ambitious.  While I was reading the poem, it reminded me of the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.  Why I say this is because throughout the poem the mom constantly was stating to the son about how her life was very hard, and she had to persevere and always look at the brightside. In the hunger games  Katniss had a very hard life too! Her dad was killed in a mine explosion, and she barely grew up with any money,  but Katniss always looked at the bright side of things.  Some of the figurative language in this story included, Life ain't been no crystal stair saying that she had to work for things and she never gave up. Or Life had tacks in it, meaning she's been hurt and you've just got to keep your head up. The meaning and purpose of the figurative language is talking about her life through metaphors,  and every sentence shows purpose through metaphors. Lastly I believe the mood of the poem was saying That the mom wanted to make a point, and that she was very serious. The tone was that the mother took leadership and was explaining to her son that you can't give up because life will always get better if you work for it.

Peeta

Authors Note: This is a short summarative  piece on Peeta and his role in the Games, from the book the Hunger Games.

Peeta, a 16 year old boy, makes bread for a living and lives with his parents in District, 12. Throughout the book he's as mysterious as an albino squirrel and as stubborn as a nail that won't come out from the wall. From the section in the book about the interview, I found out about how he's comical (the reporter even commented on how funny Peeta was), and he's very outgoing. But we also found out that he's romantic and liked Katniss for as long as he can remember. He's not scrawny, but he's not as buff as gale (the boy who Katniss goes hunting with). Some of the examples show what Peeta looks like inside and out.

Throughout the book Katniss always had feelings for Peeta, but never expresses them until there's a new rule that came up in the games saying how the two last people who are left will live if they are from the same district. Peeta and Katniss soon team up, and Peeta's part include him being Katniss's ally so they can beat Cato (their main rival) from the fight to the death. Throughout the book Peeta shows to not only Katniss but the rest of Panem (The Country), that he's loyal to Katniss and would die for her. I believe this because Peeta teamed up with Cato (before the new rule) to protect Katniss from Cato's violence. When Cato found out he was doing this, Cato tried cutting his leg off. These reasons show what was Peeta's role in the Hunger Games.

Why Does the Capitol Do This?

Authors Note: This is a cause and effect essay on what causes the capitol to do The Hunger games and how it effects the citizens of Panem.

When there's a cause, there's going to be effect. Whether its people themselves, or human nature. The city of Panem is in horrible shape, the capitol has dictation over all of the people by creating the annual "Hunger Games" a.k.a fight to the death. At first I didn't really get why a capitol would try and hurt their own citizens, but then I found out, The capitol wanted to show, "We are in control and you can't do anything about it." The capitol kills 23 citizens of Panem each year for no reason.

Imagine living in a world where you can't feel safe nor always worrying about getting your name picked in that big glass ball for the annual Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen lived through this horror till age 16,until her sister got picked and she stood as tribute (tribute means she's fighting instead of her sister. There she meets her ally Peeta (a.k.a bakers son), and there's a new rule if two tributes from the same district are last  they both can win. Will Peeta and Katniss's little romance live on forever or will Katniss stand alone?

Next, The capitol, evil dictators that think of their citizens of animals and treat them like their worst nightmare.
The hunger games, fight to the death, last man standing gets glory and fame for their district. Cause of the hunger games; capitol wanting more power and making sure the citizens don't get rebelative  by showing at any time your kids can be killed and you can't do anything about it. Hunger Games tears families apart by affecting the horror of seeing their kids die, nervousness for not only the family but the kids too. When you really think about it, these kids are killing other people just like them for the games, for fame. To me it kills me inside to see people like the girl from district 9 getting stabbed in the neck or little Rue dying when she was taking care of all her little siblings, what will her parents due now? The capitol kills citizens to stay  in control.

In conclusion,  the effect of the Hunger Games will live on forever unless someone stands up but most likely they will get killed. Year by year, games by games, kids and kids get killed in the arena. The effect from the hunger games is so dramatic words can't speak by themselves and  kills me that the only reason they have them is that the capitol stays in control. I am hoping on my hands and knees that someone will see what the hunger games are doing to these young citizens that are supposed to be the future of Panem, and stand up for whats right.

What Does Willy think?

Authors Note: I am currently reading a book called, War Comes to Willy Freeman. This essay is my personal view on the perseverance that Willy shows despite extreme hardship.

            Life was not easy for former slaves in our country’s early beginnings in the late 1700s.  They had to endure many hardships and life was not a breeze for them.  Willy, a former slave, experienced many of these hardships. For one, Willy’s dad was shot right before her eyes, and when she went to go tell her mom, she soon found out that her mom was kidnapped by the same people: the Redcoats. In the book, War Comes to Willy Freeman, perseverance is shown in countless ways.

            People will do unexpected things in order to save someone they love.  They will persevere and do whatever it takes to meet their goal.  To begin with, Willy dressed up as a boy to serve in colonial army in order to search for her mom.  She did this because being with her mother was the most important thing to her.  She had to lie and fight to try to get to her mother.  She never wavered in her dedication to this duty, and developed as a character with great perseverance. 

            Another group of people who show perseverance are the British.  When you put yourself in the shoes of the British, you must admit that they invested a lot of time, money and lives to find the new piece of land they claimed as their colonies.  To think that the colonists basically turned their backs on the British who had made all of those investments was not decent.  The British persevered by fighting for their land.  In the end, the British lost, but they gave a very admirable effort in trying to keep the colonies under their rule.

            Perseverance is an admirable trait.  It shows that people will work hard to make a dream a reality.  Sometimes this dream is realized, and other times it is denied. After everything is done you can have the satisfaction knowing that you did your best without giving up.

"Please Just Understand Me"

"Please Just Understand Me"

By: Jessie Bacon

Nonfiction Piece

2/20/12

Authors Note: People everyday around America get  cyber bullied, physically bullied, or mentally bullied. This next essay that I will be writing about, is a comparison of how Melinda gets bullied, to real life bullying.

"Why are they saying this? Why are they assuming this? Why don't they just get this?"

I was shocked to discover, that everyday in America  around 70% high students  get bullied whether it's in school or out of school.  Melinda Sordino from the book Speak is one of them.  Bullying damages and hurts lives, and to me it's sad for not only the victim but the bully too because that displays the lack of self confidence . Melinda, the main character from the book Speak got bullied by people and those "friends" didn't even know the truth, they just assumed.

To start off with, most middle scholars, are ecstatic to go to high school. It's a new chance to make new friends, have a new beginning of what people see you as, or to improve in academics. Melinda was excited to leave middle school behind and start a new chapter . She got invited to a  high school party. There she met senior savior Andy Evans, "the guy" who everyone wants to impress, to make him laugh, to date, or to be best friends with. At the party Melinda had been drinking and wasn't  her normal self. Andy Evans took out his hands and offered to dance. There he said some pick up jokes and brought her alone to his car.  Melinda kept refusing to do it with him but  he kept raping her. Melinda was going crazy and decided to call the cops.  No one knew she got raped they just assumed she busted the party because of the drinking. Through out the school year her classmates bullied her, threw things at her called her names  just because she called the cops.

Bullying,  can kill and damage lives. Because of this misfortunate event  that happened with Melinda, she got bullied so much by older classman and "ex-best friends" . Whether  it's getting lunch trays thrown at you, or being called names or getting Ho-Ho wrappers chucked at you Melinda experienced it all. Melinda can relate to bullying because even if she did call the cops  about the drinking (even though she didn't) no one should be bullied. However,  if Melinda were to tell people about the rape this bullying incident might not have ever happened.  But she might have just been so tramatized  that maybe she thought no one would believe her. Melinda got bullied by people who didn't even know the real truth.

To continue with, Melinda over came this fear of people not believing her and she finally spoke up. This crossed her mind when she was in algebra, thinking "This is not who I want to be, I don't want to hide in the darkness, I want to stand out in the light". Melinda's reaction in this was too take everything out of the storage closet, where she hid most of her year. When she was in there, Andy Evan's came and attempted to brainwash her into thinking you wanted to do it too baby girl, this is not any of our faults, it was nature. Melinda screamed out "No I said No"! He grabbed her and started to attempt again. Melinda screams out "I said No the first time and I'm going to say it again" and she suddenly breaks a shard of glass and slits his throat to where a tiny drop of blood swarms down the base of his neck. Soon after the lacrosse team heard her and got help.  Following  that incident  Melinda became a hometown hero after the students realized what she had been going through.  Melinda overcame her fear by speaking up.

Everyone deserves a second chance whether its developing the new you, or developing a better relationship with anyone. Everybody also needs to learn how to speak up against bullies or else their life could be ruined like Melinda's freshman year. Melinda found her voice and changed her whole entire life around, because a voice against bullies can be that powerful.