Summary
Wright now things seem to be okay for Ashely her job is going great, and she likes some one at work. His name is Patrick he is 25 and from Ireland. At first I did not agree with her decision to get involved with a older guy, but Patrick proved me wrong he turned out to be a really nice guy he cared for Ashely and only wanted the best for her. But at the end, his visa expired and he had to move back to Ireland. Ashely was hart broken but she had to go on. Ashely's life is just one but thing after another, one day while she was at work a crazy guy came and set the place on fire with everyone inside. A boy name Jerry got killed in the fire. Jerry was a very close friend sad when he died Ashely was every sad, the fire also caused Ashely to end up in the hospital because she inhaled too much smoke. After she got out of the Hospital she stayed with her mom's best friend Gloria for a few months she then moved into a small apartment with two other girls. Just when Ashely thought the worst part of her life was over Officer Ted knocked on her door, he told her they found her mother's car. He said there was a body inside, but it was hard to tell if it was her mother because the body had been there for a year. It turned out her mother had a car accident her car ended up in the riven it was hard to spot because it was hided by all the tress. After Ashely laid her mother to rest she finally felt at peace because her mother's name was cleared and since no one could prove that her mom took the money Ashely was given her mother's life insurance money she used it to go to college she majored in Comparative Literature in her second year she took a lot of elective theater classes she then applied to Yale School of Drama. Even thought she now has all this money and she finally got a chance to go to college the only thing she wants is her mom's forgiveness.
Quotation
"Ah, experience is always the best teacher, he said. If you survive it." "I have so far. I've changed so much in the last few months that my own mother probably wouldn't recognize me" (Bowsher 251).
"I'm no longer Ashely the stuck-up homecoming queen or the girl Phil described as pouty, sulky, and sullen. I hardly even remember that girl. Even though my life didn't turn out the way I planned, I'm happy with the person I've become and the new life I've found" (Bowsher 311).
Reaction
In the beginning of the book Ashely was a spoiled brat she had no idea how life worked or what it took to be on her own. But know she has learned so many things from her experiences, in my opinion I think that her mother leaving her was the best thing for her. It made her open her eyes. It took her mother's death to make her grow up. In class we talked about how a child does not leave their childhood until they have experience death. Ashely's mom death allowed her to leave her childhood behind and become a women.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
My Lost and Found Life 160-220
Summary
life for Ashely is not getting any easier. She no longer lives in her house she lives in a camper behind a gas station. But on the bright side she has a job at a coffee house its not great and the pay is little but its better than nothing. while staying in the camper Ashely mate Earl, a seventy year old men that works at the gas station he is a very good friend to Ashely his like the father she never had. But one late night Ashely woke up to a loud bang on her door it was the most frighting night of her life. It turned out that someone was trying to get inside her camper, the person was unsuccessful and left. Ashely got up to go check on Earl, she found him on the floor bleeding from his head. It turned out that the gas station was robed.This was really hard for Ashely because she lost her mom and her life, she couldn't possibly imagine losing Earl. Never the less Earl got out of the hospital with a head concussion. One thing that Ashley learned from all the things that have happened in her life is that every thing can disappear in a blink of an eye, and that she should stop felling sorry for her self and stop blaming her mother. She should try to get a hold of her life and start thinking about the future and not the past.
Quotation
''I use to think I knew everything, and now I don't understand one damn thing about life or people, even my mother, the one person I thought I knew better than anyone. It scares me" (184 Bowsher).
Reaction
Many adults can agree that teenagers think they know everything, but the truth is we are far from knowing everything. It took Ashely a little under 18 years to realize that she does not know everything and some times it okay to ask for help. One of her major problems is that she does not know when to ask for help she goes to life pretending everything is great when in reality it is far from great. It seem like she takes two steps forward and one step backwards. But little by little she is trying to make her new life her own.
life for Ashely is not getting any easier. She no longer lives in her house she lives in a camper behind a gas station. But on the bright side she has a job at a coffee house its not great and the pay is little but its better than nothing. while staying in the camper Ashely mate Earl, a seventy year old men that works at the gas station he is a very good friend to Ashely his like the father she never had. But one late night Ashely woke up to a loud bang on her door it was the most frighting night of her life. It turned out that someone was trying to get inside her camper, the person was unsuccessful and left. Ashely got up to go check on Earl, she found him on the floor bleeding from his head. It turned out that the gas station was robed.This was really hard for Ashely because she lost her mom and her life, she couldn't possibly imagine losing Earl. Never the less Earl got out of the hospital with a head concussion. One thing that Ashley learned from all the things that have happened in her life is that every thing can disappear in a blink of an eye, and that she should stop felling sorry for her self and stop blaming her mother. She should try to get a hold of her life and start thinking about the future and not the past.
Quotation
''I use to think I knew everything, and now I don't understand one damn thing about life or people, even my mother, the one person I thought I knew better than anyone. It scares me" (184 Bowsher).
Reaction
Many adults can agree that teenagers think they know everything, but the truth is we are far from knowing everything. It took Ashely a little under 18 years to realize that she does not know everything and some times it okay to ask for help. One of her major problems is that she does not know when to ask for help she goes to life pretending everything is great when in reality it is far from great. It seem like she takes two steps forward and one step backwards. But little by little she is trying to make her new life her own.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
My Lost and Found Life 100-160
Summary
With fall just around the corner and everyone getting ready for college Ashley feels lost and out of place. She wants her old life back, but we all know that's not going to happen, so Ashley is doing her best to live day by day. To make some money she had a yard seal, she made 3,500 dollars and now she needs to find a place to live and a job. One thing that hurts Ashley is when she hears her friends talking about their mothers in a bad way. For example her friend Tattie wanted to get away from her mother and her other friend Nicole wanted her mother to fall down a mine shaft. But all Ashley wanted was to see her mother. In addition, the day of her yard seal a man name Curtis Davidson came to see her and wanted to talk, it turned out that Curtis was a friend of her mother's. Ashley thought that her mother was hiding at his house, but it turned out to be false. It turned out that Curtis and her mother was dating and he wanted to get in touch with her, and he thought that Ashley knew where she was. Just when Ashley thought she was close to finding her mom, she's back to square one.
Quotation
"Again, I had to fight back tears. It used to take a lot to make me cry, but circumstances had changed me into a rive of tears" (Bowsher 101).
Reaction
Ashley is slowly getting use to the idea that she is alone. She went from having everything handed to her to having no one by her side. the transition is hard for her, but it's part of growing up and becoming an adult. She is learning about the sacrifices that her mother did for her and how hard it was to take care of her and the house. It took her a while to realize it but she did to bad its to late.
With fall just around the corner and everyone getting ready for college Ashley feels lost and out of place. She wants her old life back, but we all know that's not going to happen, so Ashley is doing her best to live day by day. To make some money she had a yard seal, she made 3,500 dollars and now she needs to find a place to live and a job. One thing that hurts Ashley is when she hears her friends talking about their mothers in a bad way. For example her friend Tattie wanted to get away from her mother and her other friend Nicole wanted her mother to fall down a mine shaft. But all Ashley wanted was to see her mother. In addition, the day of her yard seal a man name Curtis Davidson came to see her and wanted to talk, it turned out that Curtis was a friend of her mother's. Ashley thought that her mother was hiding at his house, but it turned out to be false. It turned out that Curtis and her mother was dating and he wanted to get in touch with her, and he thought that Ashley knew where she was. Just when Ashley thought she was close to finding her mom, she's back to square one.
Quotation
"Again, I had to fight back tears. It used to take a lot to make me cry, but circumstances had changed me into a rive of tears" (Bowsher 101).
Reaction
Ashley is slowly getting use to the idea that she is alone. She went from having everything handed to her to having no one by her side. the transition is hard for her, but it's part of growing up and becoming an adult. She is learning about the sacrifices that her mother did for her and how hard it was to take care of her and the house. It took her a while to realize it but she did to bad its to late.
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