Heroes galore!

The book I chose for my free choice is Hero by Perry Moore and to tell you the truth so far it’s not what I expected, but I still like it. So far the book is about a teenage boy named Thom whose dad use to be a superhero, but isn't anymore because of an accident that they have yet to explain. Towards the end of one of the chapters Thom's dad, Hal, finds out Thom is secretly gay and is very disappointed about it and a boy from another school makes fun of him because of it. The reason why I chose this is book is because I find gay guys absolutely adorable and because I wanted to find out what happens when a kid admits he is gay to the world. Though all I hear about in the news today is gay teens getting severely bullied and turning to suicide to solve their pain. I think it’s horrible that kids ridicule kids who are different from them and push them past the point of no return. I have some friends who are gay and I treat them the same way I would treat any other person, with kindness and respect. What I also like about this book so far was the scene of Thom's dad stopping four burglars from hurting his son. As I read this scene, it made me think of a lot of superhero movies I grew up watching like: Watchmen, Spider-Man, Batman, V for Vendetta, The Incredibles, and Iron Man. I'm really enjoying this book, and I hope there is more crime fighting scenes yet to come in the book!

Obsessed

To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea what to talk about so I've decided to talk about something random. For the past several months I have been obsessing over the Harry Potter series. I've seen all the movies and grew up watching them, but I've never had the patience to read the books. Though several months ago I finally started reading them and have been hooked ever since. I am so excited for the new Harry Potter movie to come out its almost killing me! Though there is one character in particular I absolutely love in the series: Severus Snape.
Severus Snape is a teacher at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and teaches students to make potions. His character is incredibly fascinating to me, especially his personality in both the books and the movies. Snape can be sarcastic at times yet very cold  and bitter, especially towards Harry Potter. Through the entire series you believe he is a bad guy, but in the last book you find out the truth about him. When Snape turned eleven years old he attended Hogwarts. He was very smart and was in the top of his class, but was also a target for bullies. One of those bullies was Harry Potter's dad, James Potter. But before Snape attended Hogwarts he befriended a girl named Lily Evans who would later be Harry Potter's mother. Snape's past with Harry's parents helps me understand his attitude toward Harry. Half of him hates Harry because he looks like his father, James. And the other half cares about him because Snape was in love with Harry's mother, Lily. The picture I posted is of Snape when he was younger. To me, it really captures the essence of what life was like for Snape when he attended Hogwarts. I love when books have characters like Snape who are mysterious, dark, and misunderstood. Snape is in my top five favorite characters of all time. Rorschach from Watchmen being my number one!

New Favorite Movie

Last weekend I took my first road trip by myself all the way to Evansville, IN to visit my sister. It was a ten hour drive round trip. While I was there, we saw a movie called Let Me In, and let me tell you it's one of the best films I've ever seen.
 
Even after I saw the movie, I couldn't stop thinking about it. The movie is about a young boy named Owen who meets a young girl named Abby who moves in next door to their apartment and later becomes his friend. But Owen later discovers that Abby is not a twelve year old girl, but a vampire. Before I saw the movie I was thinking to myself, "Gosh I really hope this scares the crap out of me", but the movie isn't scary at all. It does have violence and gore but it wasn't scary. But the main reason why I'm blogging about this movie is that throughout most of the film Owen gets physically bullied, a lot. And I don't  mean the kind where they just push him into lockers, I mean they bully him to the point where they literally almost kill him. The bullying scenes made me think of Thirteen Reasons Why and how bullying was the main reason for why Hannah killed herself. And whenever a scene of Owen getting bullied popped up, it made me so angry to know kids do this and get away with it. Though I thought it was funny that one of the bullies looked like Justin Bieber which made me hate the kid even more since I don't like Justin Bieber. Though the bullies did almost kill Owen at the end I won't tell you what happens because if you want to see the movie I won't spoil it for you. You might think I'm weird or sick but I loved the ending! I highly recommend this movie because it's now one of my new favorite films.