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[bushramemon]

3) Post a song that you think represents overcoming adversity; write two paragraphs about why you think this song represents the theme.

Song:  Life Starts Now – Three Days Grace

Life starts now is a good example of a song that represents overcoming adversity because it repeatedly says "you've done all the things that could kill you somehow". This implies that they have somehow overcome some sort of adversity. Later on it also says that "you will survive this somehow because life starts now" implying that whatever adversity they have overcome, the result of it did not leave them happy. But “life starts now” implies that whatever they have overcome leaves their life amended.

The song mainly represents overcoming adversity because it says "you've done all the things that could kill you somehow" even though doing what they have done, overcoming their adversity did not leave them happy they still have overcome the adversity which leaves their life in a better state than it was in before.

[bushramemon]

Read Chapter 127 (Pages 79-83) to yourself. Then write down what happened when Christopher fought with his father in the book. Why did he respond the way that he did? How did his father respond after their fight? What do these things tell us about the relationship that Christopher has with his father?

Christopher and his father start fighting when Christopher’s father finds Christopher’s book and by reading it discovers that Christopher has been trying to find the murderer of Mrs. Shears’ dog even when Christopher’s father told him to quit poking his nose into other peoples’ business.

At first Christopher and his father are only arguing. However, it soon escalates to his father grabbing him which Christopher is not comfortable with and so hits his father and then his father beats Christopher up. Christopher, though, has no recollection of his father hitting him as he blacks out for that space of time.

Christopher responds to his father grabbing him the way he did because he is uncomfortable with people touching him. He blacked out when his father beat him up because the whole situation was very shocking to him and so his mind couldn't keep track of what was happening.

After the fight, on the next day, Christopher’s father says sorry to Christopher and makes him wash his cut from the night before. To prove he's really sorry, Christopher's father even takes Christopher to zoo. While having lunch in one of the cafes in the zoo Christopher's father apologizes to him once more saying that he knows that he gets angry sometimes and that's because he doesn't want Christopher to get in trouble and he doesn't want Christopher to get hurt.

These things tell us that Christopher and his father actually have a good relationship and have little trouble understanding each other. This is proven by the fact that after doing something bad to Christopher such as hitting Christopher, Christopher's father genuinely feels sorry and regrets it and makes an effort to set things right by explaining the reason for his behavior to Christopher. Also, to make up for his loss of control, Christopher’s father takes Christopher out to a place – the zoo – where he knows Christopher will enjoy himself.

[bushramemon]

Find a quote from the book that represents how Christopher feels about the world around him.

“I think that prime numbers are like life. They are very logical buy you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” (Chapter 19, Page 12)

Christopher believes that everything is logical and that there is a reason behind everything that transpires in life. He also realizes that in life it is hard to see the pattern of this logic. To him specifically it is hard to work out the rules of life as they are mostly concerned with social interaction. Recalling previous details, we know that people with Asperger’s Syndrome find social interaction more difficult than most. This is why it makes perfect sense for Christopher to think that life is logical but not clear enough to figure out the rules of – even if he spent a long time trying to figure them out. The reason for this being that his brain just isn’t wired to think that way.

[mahraalsuwaidiblog1]

Explaining the quote :

Christopher was afraid of his father , because he had knew that he killed wellington(the dog).christopher thought to his self that hisfather might have killed him if he stays any longer in this house ,because living with a murder isn't an easy thing because you never know when this person is angry or happy , because a murderer never recognize that he has killed somebody only after he dose it .

[mahraalsuwaidiblog1]

ADVERSITY QUOTE :

”I was cold and I was frightened Father might come out and find me. But I felt safer in the garden because I was hidden

[mahraalsuwaidiblog1]

A song that represents overcoming adversity :

This song helps with the idea of over coming  adversity ,because she says "this is my fight song "which she here symbolizes her obstacles with a fight song ,it match the idea because she  says that she will overcome her problems and obstacles by fighting it to get rid of fears .

This song  helps because she says what she's going to do in order for to get demolish her fears and to over come them , she also says "my power is turned on " ,what basically she's trying to say  is that she's in full energy to fight them and that from this day she'll be strong and she's not going to be afraid of anyone nor that shell care bout what other people are saying .

[mahraalsuwaidiblog1]

How did social networking help you better to communicate with the world around you ?

social networking helped me to do lots of things including chatting , I loved to chat with my classmates ,now that tumblr had helped me know other students in other sections .social networking helps to develop your language , for example to know better words and to add them to your dictionary ,to use better sentences in your daily bases .it has also helped to see things you never knew about , such as cities in other countries , or animals you never knew about or neither that it has existed .social media in general is all about news ,it helps you to be aware of the things that are going on in life  .

[kixtonmoodly-blog]

“The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking Sometimes might knock me down, but No I'm not breaking, I may not know it, but These are the moments that, I'm gonna remember most, yeah Just gotta keep goin', And I, I gotta be strong Just keep pushing on, 'cause”

Miley Cyrus, “Hannah Montana” star (Miley Stewart), was facing major issues at  this time. While she was writing this song. People judged her because of her eating disorder and told her she couldn't act nor sing. Singers, actors, and famous people face adversities every minute of everyday, but Miley didn't allow it to get the better of her. She released this song and so did the producers of the “Hannah Montana” show where she debuted her singing and acting talents. She overcame and she procceded forward becoming extremely famous.

This entire song is about overcoming adversity, but I think this section captures the whole concept perfectly.  The things that we face in life that we do not ask for might hurt us and knock us down, but we don't allow it to break us. We stay strong and sturdy even though there are people and things out there that try to hurt us and challenge us, we don't allow it to get the best of us. We rise above it and accept it. And fight back. Hence know as overcoming adversity.