Reading Response: Gone Girl

      Last week I started reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. All of the previews and trailers of the show sparked my interest because I love books about murder, mystery and love all wrapped into one. I haven’t gotten very far but the plot seemed to remind me of The Lovely Bones in a way and the movie “All Things Good” with Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling.

         In the first chapter you’re introduced to Nick and Amy Dunne, a “happily” married couple. You can automatically tell from the beginning that things are off in Nick’s mind as if things are off and he’s just going through the motions of his relationship and remembering that today is their 5 year anniversary. The book then continues to go from the present to the past. Explaining how Nick and Amy first met and how at one time they both were very rich and had everything they could ask for. Then things drastically changed whenever Nick lost his job, as well as Amy and Nick’s mother died.

         I’m extremely interested in seeing what really happens as the story continues to build up. What exactly is going on in Nick’s mind that makes you think he doesn’t love Amy as much as he has put out there to be. My favorite quote so far is ““There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.” Which is said by Nick, which really made me think about how people tend to confuse love. Do you actually love that person, or is it just the idea of having them and knowing that they would be perfect to anybody else that makes you want to be with them?

Multi-Genre Proposal

   The type of project I am doing is a community type. My topic is texting and driving. I am thinking of going around and asking some students in the senior and junior class on if they text and drive and gather all of the information in comparison to the data I get from the whole country. I plan on interviewing these people during lunch times and also a few kids during my more interactive classes. I already know that the statistics from texting and driving in the nation is about 5% higher than about 6 years ago, which is crazy to think about. Almost 1.3 million crashes were due to being distracted behind the wheel in 2013. I want to learn about ways to prevent the numbers from being so high and ways to keep technology out of the way from getting hurt. I’m going to use my sources from the seniors and juniors I ask, also getting information online. I find this topic so meaningful because I feel as if passing away or even getting injured from texting is an awful way to die. And just remembering my brothers crash makes me want to stop or prevent it in any way.

Multi-Genre Topic: Texting and Driving

Lately I've been seeing lots of things on texting and driving on commercials and it sparked up a lot of things in my mind. As the years have gone by the statistics have become higher with accidents involving texting and driving and it scares me. I personally hate texting and driving because my brother almost passed away from the exact thing. I couldn’t imagine living without my brother and to think a simple phone risked his life is unbelievable.

It's crazy how dependent our generation has become on electronic devices. Often I hear people saying they "can't live without their phones", which 10 years away this definitely wouldn't be the case. The fact that people can't drive without using their phone is alarming and the statistics prove it. That is why I have decided this is the topic I want to do my research and multi-genre topic on. Having a firsthand experience with it helps make it just become more real.

I’m hoping that doing this topic will help people, mainly teens, realize that this isn’t the way people should be dying or even a reason to have car crashes. Technology has almost completely taken over our society and I want to ake people aware.

Start Something That Matters

If someone asked me about what my passion was, I would be like everyone else and not really have an answer. There’s so many possibilities as to what it could be for me, but there’s always something that I feel like would stand in the way and stop me. The 3 questions Blake Mycoskie asked really made me think about what I believe my passion is. If I didn’t have to worry about money, in my spare time I would probably find a way to bring music, acting and singing into schools. Some places in China can’t even listen to music or sing, let alone do extra-curricular activities like I can. Studying all of the time and only doing class work is a pain. I would love to bring what I love into more people’s hearts. “What kind of work would you do?” I would fund bringing more music and theatre type classes. I’d also add more opportunities for people to be involved with singing and also bringing famous actors and singers to these areas to make them want to do it more.