Eleanor and Park has sadly come to an end. I wish that it didn’t as so many things were happening. Eleanor finally got the chance to be away from her mother's abusive husband after he was searching around for the neighborhood for many hours. Before that happened, Eleanor and Park finally had another chance to be alone and they took it to their full advantage. It seemed almost like they were on their first official date. I love going on dates or hearing about them. They are so cute to hear or be on, I don’t like the first nervous part about it but after they can be so much fun. Eleanor and Park seemed to have really enjoyed it because when they got back in the car, things seem to fire up. I won't get into a lot of details because it is inappropriate to talk about it. I don’t know why but when I read about it, I don’t know but I just can't wrap my head around Eleanor doing things like that in the first place. It just seems out of character, but I know that Park will never do anything bad to hurt her so I was okay with it. All this lead up to the abusive step-father looking for Eleanor. When she was out with Park, she didn’t worry about the time. She was so afraid of going back home that she ran away. I know it seems like a big thing running away from home, but I think it is the bravest and smartest thing to do in Eleanor's situation. I wish her mom had the guts to do that, sometimes I don’t understand why they just don’t run away. Abusive relationships are never good ideas, but sometimes it is more dangerous to run away. But you should never deal with it, it is always a good idea to get help as soon as you can. Anyways, sorry I got off track, Eleanor went to go live with her uncle in Minnesota. At first she kept thinking that he wouldn’t accept her, but I knew that he would. No family member should turn you down in your time of need. Since Eleanor moved with her uncle, her and Park could not be together physically. This part made me really sad because I know what it feels like to be away from the person that you love. It can be hard but sometimes when that person doesn’t take the time to still communicate with you, then maybe it would be a good idea not to be with them anymore. That’s what happened to Eleanor and Park for a while. Eleanor was taking a lot of time to talk to Park, but at the end they were finally talking to one another. I don’t want them to end because they are my favorite couple, and they should always be together FOREVER.
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Hey it's me again. There is a lot of things that is going on between Eleanor and Park since the last time we have met. Things have been heating up between Eleanor and Park after they got their first time alone with each other but we won't get into details until later. Eleanor has been having a rough time at school lately, even though she has her boyfriend to protect her. After Park beat up this dude at school for making fun of his girlfriend, the insults have been dying down. But from the girls. When Eleanor first came to the school, people have insulted her because of the way that she looks and how she dresses. That is not uncommon especially after being the new girl at the school. But as the months have been passing, the insults have been getting worse and worse. It got to the point that someone, we will not name the bully's name *cough cough* TINA, put Eleanor's clothes in the toilet. Since no one saw her Tina cannot get in trouble for it, but we all know it was her. I don’t know what Tina's deal is with Eleanor but she sure does hate her. Thankfully after that situation happened Eleanor has her two only friends, some black girls from her gym class, looking out for her. I don't think that Tina will stop until she ends Eleanor. Maybe she is jealous that she is dating Park, but I don’t see why she would care. They were only together back in what the 5th 6th grade, I don’t get why she would care now. It could probably be since she is known for being mean that she does it to keep her reputation. Anyways so when Eleanor found out that her clothes were in the toilet, she had to go to the counselor's office to try and get a ride home. She saw Park on the way there and he did not say anything to her. I think he should have ran up to her and asked how she was doing at least. I would have been mad if something like that happened to me, and the person that says that they care about me didn’t even ask how I was doing. I mean I can understand he was probably surprised about seeing Eleanor like that, but he still should have asked if she was okay. I don’t know what happened through Park's mind when he saw her with only her gym suit on, but that made him want her more. When they finally had the opportunity to be completely alone, Park wasted no time to check Eleanor out. All I could think of when that was happening was "Wow!". I never thought that this would happen between Eleanor and Park, I never thought that Eleanor would let this happen honestly. I see that she trusts Park a lot. Many things have been happening between those two lovebirds, we'll see how long they will last.Hi my name is Gabrielle Wade and this is my first weekly reflection on my first ever blog. I am currently reading the book called Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. I would say that this book is very interesting and it only takes a certain type of person to understand and enjoy this book. I am already on page 254 and I sometimes cannot believe the things that are being said between Eleanor and Park. This is a two sided story where each chapter describes how Eleanor and Park felt when something happens to them in the book. This book takes place in a place called the Flats that is a mostly white populated area with the main characters attending a school in this area. A lot of things goes on in the Flats and everyone knows everything that goes on there too. Eleanor is a particular type of person with her own style and awkwardness that you cannot do anything but love. She is a bit of the big girl side with long curly red hair with freckles all over her body. She comes from a sad background that I wish no one should ever go through. Her mother is married to her abusive husband, Richie, and Eleanor sadly cannot do anything about it. I think her mother should just leave him but I don’t think things will turn out well if she did. He may try to find her and possibly hurt her worse than he already does. When I was reading that part of the book, I instantly thought of all those movies that I have watched or have heard of about abusive boyfriends, finding and sometimes trying to kill their ex-girlfriends for leaving them. Why people can be so cruel I would never understand, but I wish that it wasn’t a thing. Park is like the complete opposite. He is mixed kid, Asian with White, and comes from a two-parent home. He stands out from the rest of the people in the house because he loves wearing black every day. When I heard that I pictured him as a hard punk fan wearing black from head to toe. Recently in my book, Eleanor and Park are together as a couple and you would have never guessed it. They started off as complete strangers and Park thinking she was weird. When they first met, Park didn't even want to share his bus seat with her but now he loves her company. Park cannot go one day without thinking or wanting to be with Eleanor and Eleanor wants the same with Park. I think they must have been a weird looking couple, only because of the way Eleanor dresses due to her lack of fashionable attire and Park's occasional wearing of eyeliner to school. I really enjoy this book because I love the things that Eleanor says. Every time I open my book to read I am always laughing at something that she said about Park. My favorite quote that was said by Eleanor was "Mi gusta comer su cara" (p.159) which means I like to eat your face in English. Eleanor was thinking about Park when she wrote that. The little weird thoughts that she has about Park always makes me laugh in class or wherever I am reading this book. Until next week!
Prompt Part One:
I will ensure that I meet my 2 hour reading goal by making sure that I make time out of my day to read. By this I mean that I will take any possible to read instead of being on my cell phone. I will read on the bus, going to and leaving school. While I wait for my laundry, I will read instead of watching television. Just any possible moment I have to read I will take to complete my goal. My strategies to stay focused will be by detaching myself from any technology that is around me. I think the reason that made it difficult for me to be able to reach my reading goal was because I would be on my cell phone on social media instead of reading my book. This caused me to fall behind with my reading goal throughout last semester. Another strategy would be not letting outside distractions affect me while I am trying to complete my reading goal. By this I mean not letting people distract me from reading my book. My reading goals for this semester includes trying to read more books on my own. Even though I enjoyed reading this year, I know that I will probably not read so much like I did last semester. So by pushing myself, I hope to maintain the 2 hours a week. I feel that if I could just maintain a good reading rate, I will be successful in the class. Last semester I have read mostly romantic books, so I might switch to reading more action and adventure books. Last semester I would meet my reading goal in one day and not even touch the book for the rest of the week. This semester I want to be able to space out my goals and not rush into reading so fast. I think this will be difficult because sometimes when the book has a plot twist I do not want to let the book go. But I will have to fight that urge and just wait until the next day to find out what is going to happen. I think these goals will be successful if I push myself and not let anything get in my way. Prompt Part Two: I think my Choice Reading experience went pretty well overall. I say this because this was the best experience I had for Choice Reading that I have ever had since my freshman year at Grand River Preparatory High School. I am not much of a reader like I used to be when I was younger. This was the first year in English class that I actually enjoyed reading a book for a class. I’m going to lie, in previous years, when I was assigned a book to read I would read the first two or three chapters and I would be done. When I am assigned something to read, I don’t have the energy to read a book compared to if I was able to choose which book to read. Though reading isn’t my most favorite thing to do in English class, this year was different and the love I once had for reading came back this year. I can make sure that this semester is productive because I understand that nothing feels better than getting lost reading a book. |
Gabby WadeThe first book that I will be writing about over these several books is Eleanor and Park. Archives
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