Blog5 Quarter 4- Kinda Like Brothers

I started a new book called "Kinda Like Brothers". In the first chapter of the book "Kinda Like Brothers" the main character Jarrettte doesn't want to share rooms with Kevon because he doesn't trust him. Kevon is a foster kid and the foster care home has to find a family for him so he is going to be staying Jarrette. Jarrette family has always took in kids who don't have homes but Kevon was different because he was around Jarrette age so they really didn't get alone. Kevon keeps secretes from Jarrette which makes him not like him even more than he does.  Everyone thinks they should be bestfriends and everything but really they hate each other.

In the book Jaretter finds out that Kevon has been keeping secretes and doesn’t want to tell him everything he knows. Jaretter thinks that Kevon is trying to take his family away from him and act like he is better than everyone. But really Kevon just wants his trust so he could tell him everything. In chapter 12 it says " I took a deep breath and tried not to be mad, expecially at Treausre. It took about ten breathes for me to finally stop be 100 percent mad and only about 88 percent was still mad." Treasure is one of Jarette friends but Kevon told him the one of the secrets he was keeping. And this kinda of back of the point where he feels like Kevon trying to take everything away from him

Blog4 Quarter 4- Rules

A update on the book Rules, is that author never really gave a diagnosis for David. The last few chapters are showing that David has grew and learned a lot of stuff and rules of the daily life. He learned how to feed him self. A little reminder of the book, David is a boy who has autism and his 12 year old sister Catherine has to teach him rules while their mom works. She tries her best to show her brother the wrong's and the right's. It doesn't say how old David is but autism has a big effect on your brain and it stops you from learning and doing things different from what a doctor would call a "normal brain" would do. There is all kinds of autism but David high functioning autism. He could do learned the simple life things like how to feed yourself and how to clean up after yourself. He is a non sociable person which means he needs help when it comes to socializing with people, and thats what Catherine been trying to teach him. Towards the end of the book Catherine meets some new friends of her own and they make Catherine think to herself " What is normal?"

In the book rules a sign post that kept coming up is Memory Moment. In the chapter " If you could only choose one, choose carefully" Catherine brought up something that happen when they were at the grocery store with David and she asked him " You remember when you wanted Ice Cream? And you also wanted Cupcakes? And you picked Ice Cream." I think Catherine asked him that because well life is just like that. Its a two way street. You could choose the bad road or the good road, and you have to choose carefully. This memory moment really stuck out with me because Catherine is a 12 year old and she really didn't plan on teaching her brother things that any other 12 year old would think everyone knows. And her teaching him things so that he won't be teased in his future, I mean it doesn't get better than that.

Would We Be Killed Response

The White Americans marginalized the Native Americans by making them change from what they believe into what the Whites wanted them to be. In the article it says “ Kill the Indian,save the man,” was Pratt’s saying.” This shows that they really didn’t want to kill the human ( Native Americans ) They just wanted to get rid of the pride the Native Americans had, and make them into what they wanted them to be (White Americans). They also wanted the kids to go to school that taught them how to be white so that the Native American kids won’t know how it feels to actually be them selfs. In the article it says “Native Americans were living on reservations, barely surviving on food and cast-off clothes provided by the U.S. government.” This shows another way that American Indian’s were marginalized if they didn’t want to change the way they nationality. 

      

The purpose of the story Shanice Britton is to show that all nationalities are not the same. It also shows the reader how a girl who everyone expects to be like all Native Americans but she actually acts like normal American teenager. Shanice maybe Native American and does things as a normal American would but she still have her things and acts of showing that she is a proud Native American. For an example it says in the article “ (I did bring some deer jerky to my dorm room, because it’s familiar and reminds me of home.)” This shows that she wants to be reminded of home so that she feels like she’s not that far away and also something she could share wight the people at her college to let them try her food her family and herself eats. It also says in the article “Sometimes my classmates will tell me that I talk differently, because I’ll say something in slang “from the rez.” But that’s OK—it’s part of who I am. I’m not trying to hide that. In fact, I often wear my beadwork jewelry proudly around campus.” This shows that she is also not affriad to show that she is Native American and that she has a lot of pride for being Native American. 

Blog3 Quarter4-Rules

The book I am reading is called Rules. The author is Cynthia Lord. The main characters are Catherine and her autistic brother David. David is austic which means he learns and catches on things a slower and different way than a person who is "normal" person would. His sister who is 12 years old teaches him the right way to do things. Every chapter in the book are different topics he has to learn. For an example in the chapter "Keep Your Pants On In Public." In this chapter Catherine shows him that he can't take off his pants in public.

People like David, who has autism, brain doesn't work like a normal brain works. There are different kinds of autism. The author doesn't tell the reader how old or what kind of autism David has, but you could tell he has high functioning autism. You could tell because in the chapter "Pantless Brothers Are Not My Problem" Catherine give him a piece of paper he has to read and he reads it out loud. A lot of people with autism can't talk or read. I could relate with Catherine because she wants to help and show her brother how to grow and do everything a normal person would do so he knows when he grows up that its not okay to behave off of what ever his first thought is. I also could relate to her because I want to help and show kids not just with autism but kids with any disabilities and show them how to work as a normal working human.