The Help

What qualities must a person have to be considered a good parent?

To be a good parent you have to care for your child and take care of them. You should always put your child first. Your own chid is now your own responsibility. 

"Soon as I walked into the nursery, Mae Mobley smile at me, reach out her fat little arms." (pg. 5)This shows that Mae is happy for Aibileen's presents. A child gets attached to their mother very quickly and Mae goes to Aibileen for comfort. Miss. Leefolt doesn't like the fact that Mae is getting close to Aibileen because that hurts her that someone else can take care of her own child better than she can. Her daughter is going to someone else for love and attention. Thats all a child needs in life is attention and love from their parents, thats how that gain their trust in you and know that there is someone there for them, always. 
A parent should always before there for their child and comparing Miss. Leefolt and Aibileen, Aibileen is always there taking care of her.

http://www.counselingcorner.net/parents/care.html

This website shows great ways to communicate with your child that Miss. Leefolt seems to   fail but Aibileen succeeds at such as hug them frequtly, stay with them when they're afraid, laugh and giggle, smile, and most importantly notice them and acknowledge them frequently.

Is viewing The Kite Runner through a critical lens affecting my analysis?

Sometimes when knowing about the critical lens affects your analysis later on, but in the book The Kite Runner, makes me forget that this isn't based on a true story. Knowing that its fiction doesn't make me look at it any differently. It may change the way other people look at it because everyone has different views.

The conflict in this book with Baba and Amir, and rape of Hassan are both realistic problems that can happen in real life and that is a reason I forget this isn't based off of a true story.

This is a fiction book that seems so realistic. This book is a coming of age story and it also is shown as a memoir because of all the flashbacks he has from his childhood. If you ask questions based on this novel or any novel, not everyone would answer the same way as you. People have different opinions.

The Kite Runner vs. Persepolis

Why is childhood such an important time of life?  When does it end?

Both The Kite Runner and Persepolis relate their stories based on Childhood. Childhood is an important time in your life because it is memories that you will remember in the future. We all make mistakes and people learn from their mistakes. The beginning of your life is where your personality is formed. When does childhood end? In my opinion I think it ends when you are mentally able to take of yourself. You have to be in control of your life.

In The Kite Runner I felt that Amir was very innocent before the war started. Innocent is key for childhood. Kids grow up not knowing whats right from wrong. Once it started he wanted his father to be interested in him and tried to change to be more aggressive. This is when he started to become more independent and take control of his life. This is when his childhood seems to end.  The adult Amir looks back and remembers struggling to have a good relationship with his father. He looks back on his "childhood".

In Persepolis, Marji starts becoming more of women and becomes more independent when she knows bad things are happening in her country and she needs to stand up for herself and take control. When Marji leaves her family to go to Australia she proved she can take care of herself and not have someone watch after her. 

I believe that my childhood isn't over yet because I can't defend for my self yet. Yes I have a couple jobs, I drive and own a car, but I'm not able to support myself yet and I need my parents. Without them I would be lost. Slowly they are teaching me how to be more independent and take on responsibilities. I'm not like Amir and Marji who's childhood ends right away and they have to grow up really fast in life.

The Kite Runner

How do people cope when their lives are changed by forces they can't control?

People deal with difficult times in their lives everyday. You can't control what happens just like in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. One person can't stop the war so when the war starts Amir can't do anything about it. This is when he becomes closer with his family. He copes with the war he can't control by turning to the things that will always be there for him, family. 

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Amir and his father, Baba had a different relationship than a normal father and son would have. Baba doesn't believe that Amir can go off and stand up for himself in the future. Even though Amir sees his father has little interest in him, he tries to change to be more aggressive so his father would be proud of him. This is where his violence comes in.
He's trying to change his fathers perspective of him but can't seem to control the way his father feels about him.

Persepolis Book vs. Movie

I liked reading the book Persepolis by Marji Satrapi as much as I liked watching the movie. I noticed that there was some important characters in the book that were not mentioned in the movie such as the family's maid.

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Merhi in the book was an important character in the book. She came to live with Marji's family because her own family couldn't support her. There was even a whole chapter about her and how she fell inlove with the neighbor's son. He sent her a letter and she wanted to write back but she couldn't because she didn't know how to. Marji decided to write it and got caught by her father. Merhi and the neighbor shouldn't comunicate because they are from different social classes.

This was not included in the movie and I thought this was such a good sence to watch, especially because it was a pretty big sence in the book. This scene was important in the book because it taught Marji about the different social classes and how people can only love people within their class, it would be wrong to love someone from a different social class.

Childhood

Childhood is an important time in your life because it is memories that you will remember forever. You learn from your mistakes and will carry that with you for the rest of your life. The beginning of your life is where your personality is formed and you don't have a care in the world. Does childhood ever end? Yes, in my opinion I think it does. One day you're going to wake up and not have your parents take care and look out for you. You have to be in action in controlling your life and how you want to live.  Your parents and loved ones surrounding you influenced your childhood by the way you were brought up.

In Persepolis, Marjane was living in the Islamic Revolution. At the age of six she was sure she wanted to be a prophet. Her father owned a Cadillac and thought everyone should have a nice car and her grandmothers knees always ached and she didn't like seeing old people suffering. She was raised to believe in god and to trust him.  She told god that she wanted to be a prophet but did want her parents to find out.

Marjane deals with her life with forces she can't control during the war. Marjane was forced to wear a veil at school and couldn't go against it, she couldn't control not to wear it. Her family also decides to stay while the Islamic Revolution was happening and she has to deal with her fear. The army kept marching and throwing stones all day and she had tons of aches on her body. There was no way she could control that and stop the war. 

Unit 1- Blog Critique

http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com

This blog catches my attention when I first started to skim through it. I love how this blogger used tons of pictures and used tons of girly colors. She wrote about the makeup she uses and tips to using it. She also give the reader reviews about the makeup if she likes it or not. Not only does she talk about makeup but her life too. She keeps the reader interested to keep reading more.