Secret Letter

Dear Vanessa,
I have something very important to tell you. Something that I have not told anyone before. Before I tell you, I must ask that you please to do not get angry. You must likely well so I guess it was pointless to ask you of that. Here is my dark secret. I am a hard core Pokemon Fan. I love it. I have been watching it in secret eversense I was 6 years old and playing the games sense the age of 10. I know how much you hate it, but I could not help but love. My favorite pokemon is Squrtle. I love the Squrtle Squad. If the world was like the world of Pokemon, I would leave this town and pursue my dream of becoming a Pokemon Gym Leader. I hope this does not change how you see me as a sister. You are my only older sister and I really wish we could remain close.

Your Little Sister,
 Tina

Rejection

A situation where a young Jewish girl was rejected by her whole family because she married a Russian man.
Xiomara- Interviewer
Chava-Jewish girl

Xiomara: Hello, Chava. I understand you had just went through a difficult situation.
Chava:...yes
Xiomara: Thank you. Can you tell me what happened?
Chava: Well, you know I am of Jewish decent. I have 5 sisters. Two are married Jewish men, while the other three are two young to be wed. I had made the mistake in falling in love with a Russian man.
Xiomara: How was that a mistake?
Chava: To me it was not. It was the best thing that had ever happened to me. But to my father, it was the worst mistake I could have made. My family strongly believes in Jewish women marring Jewish men. He had already chosen a man for me, but I did not love him. Once I told him about Fyedka, I was forbidden from having any interaction with him.
Xiomara: How did that go?
Chava: I did not listen. The more time I spent with him, the more I fell in love. I regret nothing. After that, we got married.
Xiomara: That is amazing. Congratulations!
Chava: Thank you.
Xiomara: How did your father feel about the marriage?
Chava: He did not approve and disowned me. I do not exist to him. I had never felt so free, but have never felt so unloved. Imagine, your own father telling you he loves you one day, but then the next day, he wants nothing to do with you. It was horrible. I have been married for 1 year and I have not spoken to my family sense the wedding.
Xiomara: I am sorry to hear that. I hope you and Fyedka live a happy, healthy life.
Chava: Thank you. I hope so too.

Gothic novels

I think in a Gothic Novel, the most effective element would be atmosphere. I feel this is more effective to readers because it the atmosphere plays more with the readers feelings. An example would be in the book Frankenstein when Frankenstein was creating the monster, the atmosphere is gloomy and dark. The readers would think something bad or sad was going to happen. The atmosphere controls practically all the reader's feelings or thoughts on what is happening.

Secret Identity

If I was a super hero, I would only tell my family my identity. Why? Family is for life. No matter what my family is always going to be there and I trust them with everything I have. Friends are nice, but I never know when 1 friends will betray me. Like Uncle Felix in Spy Kids or Judas in the Bible. Also, I do not know my co-workers life or what they are thinking inside. They could seem nice and trustworthy on the outside, but in the inside they are really untrustworthy and evil. Like Doctor. Jeckle and Mr. Hide or Luke from the Percy Jackson series. I never know who I can trust outside my family, so my family would be the only people to know my secret identity.

Responsibility

I was at Cedar Point with my family. I was 13. I have five sisters and I am the second oldest. So, my mom tells me to take my 3 younger sisters and watch them. I did not think I was ready for this kind of responsibility. I decided to do it and watched my three younger sisters. I could not go on some rides, because I had to stay behind the watch my sister who was not old enough to go on the ride. Half way through the day, my mom gives me my baby sister to look over. So, now I had 4 sisters to look after while my older sister is hanging out with her friends. So the rest of the day, I could not go on any rides because I had to stay with my baby sister. It was my responsibility as the older sister and I would not let my mom and dad down.

One Bit of Advice

One bit of advice I would give to the freshman for the OGT is do not be stressed. It would be easy and once it is done, they would feel good about it. I would tell them that when I took it, I was very nervous. But when the OGT started, I was not so nervous anymore. All they would need to do is study and do not stress it.

Desperate Measures

One time, my cousins, sisters, and I were playing in the basement of my home. We were rough housing and my sister accidentally pushed my cousin against the wall. On the wall was a big mirror. When my cousin got pushed into it, the mirror broke. All of froze in shock. We ran upstairs, into the living room to try and think of a plan to fix the mirror that was hanging on wall broken. We though of gluing it back together, hiding the pieces, covering the mirror with something, or just blame it on Lucy, who happened to be the youngest. In the end, I could not keep it to myself, so I ran up to my parents room and told them what happened. They were not mad at us at all. They were going to take down the mirror and throw it away anyways. So, none do us got in trouble. This taught me a valuable lesson. Never rough house if there is a mirror in the room.