IR Blog Post 3

Symbols:
- The box Jeremy's dad left for him
-The meaning behind each of the rock as memories in Jeremy's dad's life
-Mosley Lake ( where Jeremy and his dad use to fish)

Themes & Ideas:
-Purpose in Life
- Living life to the fullest
-Family
-Friendship
-Memories


Connections & Questions:
-Why did Mrs. Fink give Mr. Oswald the keys and box?
-Why did Jeremy's mother make up Harold Folgard?

IR Blog Post 2

Characters:
Grandma- Jeremy's grandmother who takes Lizzy and him to the State Fair
Mrs. Fink- Jeremy's mom


Events & Places:
- They continue their community service by making several deliveries
- Go to Atlantic City where they visit a church and sit through a service and Lizzy gets a LIFE temporary tattoo as a Chinese symbol
- Jeremy's thirteenth birthday comes up and his grandmother takes Lizzy and him to the State Fair and for a picnic at Mosley Lake
- Used the set of keys they found and opened the box Jeremy's dad left for him
- A note from his dad and a pile of rocks explaining what each of them symbolized in his dad's life and he wanted Jeremy to do the same as he grew older.
- Find out that Jeremy's mom gave Mr. Oswald the keys and box to sent to him all along

Link:
http://www.taiwanese-secrets.com/chinese-symbol-for-life.html

Final IR Blog Post 1

Jeremy and Lizzy continue to do community service for Mr. Oswald by making deliveries around New York. They then decide to take a trip to Atlantic City. On the boardwalk, Lizzy gets a temporary tattoo of a Chinese symbol meaning LIFE. Afterwards they walk in on a beach church service where the minister discusses living life to the fullest. When they return, Lizzy has her first milestone in becoming a woman.

They celebrate Jeremy's thirteenth birthday a few days later. Lizzy, Jeremy and his grandmother spend the day together going to the fair and visiting the place where his dad use to take him fishing. They go out to the Big Rock and slide the keys in the keyholes and the box opens. Inside it is a note from his dad explaining the contents in the box. There was a pile of rocks for each important event in his dad's life and he wants Jeremy to do the same. They also found out that Jeremy's mom had given Mr.Oswald the keys and box.

Quote: "How about this one?" she says, pointing to a set of Chinese symbols. Underneath it is the English translation. I lean closer to read it. LIFE p.207

This is the part where Lizzy gets her temporary tattoo with the Chinese symbol meaning LIFE.

IR Blog Post 3

Symbols:

-The book that the kids delievered to Mabel Billingsly and the regrets she had after selling it for a new dress.

-Snickers bar

Themes & Ideas:

-Consequences for your actions

-Bribing

-Regret

-Lost relationships

Connections & Questions:

-What will Mrs. Billingsly do with the book now that she has it?

-How did Mr. Oswald know it meant that much to her to get it back?

-Where is Bitsy Solomon now?                                                               

                     

IR Blog Post 2

Characters:
-Officer Polansky: On duty security guard who caught Lizzy and Jeremy breaking into the office
-James: The man who works for Mr. Oswald and drives the kids around in a limo
-Mr. Oswald: Old man who Lizzy and Jeremy have to do their community service for
-Mrs. Mabel Billingsly: Woman the book the kids delieved belonged to

Events & Places:
-Lizzy and Jeremy were caught breaking into an office
- Had to do community service to pay for the damages they caused
- Were driven in a limo around the city to Mr. Oswald
-Mr. Oswald gives them their first delievery to Mrs. Mabel Billingsly
- The kids realize the book is Winnie-The-Pooh and means a lot to this woman
-They also learn that she sold this book to get a new dress which ruined her friendship with her old time best friend

Links:

http://www.poohcorner.com/Alan-Alexander-Milne-Author.html

http://www.winniethepoohbear.net/

IR #3 Blog Post 1

Lizzy's plan was to go to the man who wrote the letter to Jeremy's mother. However the security guard on duty catches them trying to break in to Harold's office to hopefully find the keys to the box. They decide against bribing him with a king-sized Snickers bar. Lizzy cleverly tried to slip out of the situation by telling the security guard Jeremy was her brother and that they had passes to go up there. The secuirty guard was not convinced considering the office they were searching was rented out to J &J Accountants. And they end up having to do community service to pay off the damages of the office with Mr. Oswald. The next day Jeremy and Lizzy are picked up in a limo by a man named James who drives them to Mr. Oswald. They are given a book and an address, and have to deliever it to a Mabel Billingsly. The kids later learn what the book meant to her. The book was Winnie-The-Pooh that she and her best friend Bitsy Solomon owned. She had sold  it for a new dress and Bitsy confronted her. However, Mabel was too embarassed to tell the truth. And the fact that the book was signed by the author abled her to sell it.

Quote: To Bitsy and Mabel, Pooh's biggest American fans Best regards, A.A. Milne  (p.122)

This is the signed message from A.A. Milne in Mrs. Billingsly's book that Jeremy and Lizzy returned to her.

RAFT-Peru

Role:Ernesto
Audience: You
Format: Wild Card - Tweet
Topic: Obstacles/ Challenges


Here, the desert climate has left us exhausted. There is no moon and the night as become very dark. Wrapping ourselves tight in our blankets as we try to wait until dawn. Alberto informed me he was frozen solid  so we decided to gather firewood and sit making fire with the twigs and rocks we managed to find around us. Hunger and the cold enabled us to bare this conditions, so we pack up camp and begin once again on foot. We have so many questions for our country and it's way of life. Coming from the wonderful country of Argentina, we have seen so much poverty and how these people suffer just to provide for their family.