The Stand prt 1 by A.Arbona

First off today is my birthday WOOOHOOO!!!, but other big news I finally started a blog book series that I will probably have five parts to, why is this you may ask? Well its because I'm reading The Stand by Stephen King, which of course means that it is 1153 pages long. Wow.

Now onto the actual blog, The Stand is about a disease which will inevitably kill off 99.4% of the population not just in the little town where the story takes place but the entire world. So those who survive have to choose the path of order or chaos, civilization or the dark ages. Unfortunately I am not up to that part in the story and only know about the post-apocalyptic part of this book because of the blurb. As of now I have just been introduced to all the main characters Stu, Franny, and the others which I cannot remember as of now.  All of the main characters have been exposed to the virus so I can only assume that they are going to die. Not all of them but most.

As of now I deeply enjoy the book. I enjoy its realism as it really shows social issues happening today on paper, it covers the topic of abortion, family, mistrust, hatred, love, and how all of the feelings and issues go by in the blink of an eye. Also the power of the situation, as Franny is forced to make a choice that may involve the destruction of her child.

So I like the plot so far and am deeply intrigued by The Stand and will continue reading it until I am finally finished with all One Thousand One hundred and Fifty Three pages of it excluding the Forward. See you next week!
   

Poetry by A.Arbona

Poetry really is a beautiful thing , it stirs the minds of the readers and makes them think in ways they would have never thought before. Even short poems like most of the ones in Shel Silverstein's collection of poetry books sometimes raise tears, but why does poetry affect us like this?

According to Elise Curtin in her article "Poetry shown to have a music-like effect on the brain", a string of words in a certain tempo stimulates an emotional response from the body, which effects the brain by  putting it in a minor trance.

I also believe that poetry reaches the brain in an intellectual manner by exercising the minds responsiveness and stimulating deep thought, which will increase the reader's ability to make choices better in the future and have a stronger opinion  about what they believe is right.

So in conclusion, poetry improves the mind and the body and, if you really believe in poetry, the spirit. I hope you take my theory to heart and think about this, how does poetry effect you?

Money in books 1 by A. Arbona

In some books money has a influential role in the story. Today we are going to talk about how money was a major part of "The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuess. "Sneetches" is about a group of people who are being oppressed. In this case the Plain Belly Sneetches were being oppressed by the Star Belly Sneetches. Money plays its role by resolving the conflicts they have with each other.

Money and greed takes its form as the sales man Sylvester McMonkey  McBean. Who scams the Sneetches out of their money. By losing track of their money and who's who the Sneetches live happily ever after. So in a way it looks like money actually did buy the Sneetches happiness. I make this claim because they wasted all of their money and then found peace in each other.

It could also mean that money is bad for you. I make this claim as when the Sneetches had their money the Star Bellies oppressed the Plain Bellies but after they were peaceful towards them. Making it seem that money just brought out the hate in them.

  

In conclusion money played a valuable role in ending the oppression of the Plain Bellies. Whether you believed  that because they spent all of their money that was keeping them apart in the first place or the opinion that after they mixed each other up and melted into one another they became peaceful. Without McBeans greedy money stealing ways none of it would have ever happened.