Blog Question #3

I think he does this to emphasize on how much it affected him that such young people (even people around our age) were attacking villages in order to protect their families. It's sad when it has to go that far, and it shows how badly the younger people treated others and were treated.

Blog Question #2

I think the journalists drank a lot because they were writing about depressing things and they needed a replacement for happiness. It would been extremely tough to write about something like that in your right mind. They wrote the stories to help others, but couldn't handle the things they were writing about.

The prediction I made was right, I think. They had only alcohol left for a little bit of joy.

Blog Question #1

I think he means we all have to share our stories and let them out to feel as if somebody cares. I can relate to this because I personally can't keep my own secrets, I have to have at least one person to trust with them and share them with.

SHORT STORY

Conflict:
- Esther (girl in the first photo) is a werewolf
- She eats humans in here werewolf form
- She is trying to find a way to fight herself because she just wants to be normal and doesn't want to eat people
- She tries to rescue the teenagers that are camping in the forest she lives with her pack in

Theme:
- We have the power to control ourselves
- Learning who you really are

Characters:
- Esther (the werewolf)
- A group of teenagers camping who are terrorized by a group of werewolves
- Tim and Llola (couple) and Xavier and Jane (couple)
Setting:
- Creepy forest during the night
- Car breaks down, teenagers can't leave
- No phone service

Plot:
Initial action - the group of teenagers are having a bonfire when one of them goes missing, Esther is transforming
Rising action - they go on a late night walk to find her and are attacked by a group of vicious werewolves
Climax - they are taken in to a small den with the werewolves where they recognize that esther's necklace which she never took off is on one of the werewolves, they realize it's her
Falling action - esther gains control of herself and shows the teenagers where to hide
Resolution - esther finds ways to cope with her transformations and is able to be a regular girl during the days, the teenagers are rescued when esther convinces the other werewolves they are her friends

Short Story pictures

Scariest Dream

 The scariest dream I've had took place in the building from the Saw movies. I was with some friends, but I don't remember who they were. We all knew that we were going to get tortured, so we went around looking for weapons so we could die quickly. I found a gun and asked my friend to shoot me, and she shot me right in the heart. It was pretty crazy because I actually remember feeling it. Everything slowed down and went numb, but there wasn't much pain in the area. I thought I was dead. It was weird, because I stood up and walked around the building. Everybody was looking at me, and I thought I was a ghost. I asked them if I was a ghost and they told me I was so I wouldn't be afraid anymore, but I was really still alive. Eventually, some random guy came in and we went into a tent. We became best friends and a doctor came in (i don't know how, seeing as we were in the Saw building..) & she tried to fix where I got shot, but couldn't. Finally, she let me out of the building & brought me to the hospital. It was pretty crazy.

Introduction

I woke up in a strange place, not knowing how I got there. My eyes adjusted to my surroundings; trees so tall they could touch the clouds, sunlight glowing through every open space between their leaves, creating rays of light like spotlights. Underneath my feet was soft, red dirt. I could almost taste the musty smell. I was completely alone in a place I'd never seen or heard of - afraid of what could possibly happen next, or why.