Eating Disorder Billboard- Health
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Stages of Grief in Swallowing Stones
| Stage | Character | Chp. | Excerpt from the novel |
| Denial | Michael | 9-12 | Michael is now lying to the police, and making his friends lie for him. The lies just keep getting worse. He is denying what he has done wrong just to protect himself, and he is dragging people down with him. |
| Anger | Michael | 3-5 | Michael is angry with himself, because he did not mean to kill anyone when he shot the gun. He is angry he has to lie to protect himself, even though he knows he is not doing the right thing. |
| Bargaining | Jenna | 6-8 | Jenna does math problems and she cleans to make her feel more in control of those things, because she had no control over her father’s death. |
| Depression | Jenna | 6-8 | Jenna did leave her house for a long time since her father died. She has not cried, because she does not let herself. She feels like it is her fault even though she had no control of someone shooting that gun. |
| Acceptance | Jenna | 13-15 | Jenna accepts that it is okay to be sad and she will move on from this eventually. She realizes she does not need to hide her sadness because is will ruin her inside. |
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Book Review of Swallowing Stones
Swallowing Stones was is one of my favorite books we have read all year. It taught a good lesson throughout the book that you can apply to your own life. Michael built lies on top of lies, and this can teach us to just simply not lie. The truth will come out eventually, so you might as well tell it to begin with and not end up like Michael. If you are going to lie don’t get your friends involved. Michael made his friends lie for him to protect himself, but he was only making things worse.
Everyone saw Amy as easy or rude. No one would talk to her, because they heard bad things about her. This can teach us not to judge others without even getting to know them. When Michael and Jenna got to know Amy they were surprised, because she is not anything like others say about her.
Jenna’s character hid her feelings and would not let herself be sad. She finally accepted it is okay to grief and feel sad. This can teach us things get better in life. It is okay to feel sad sometimes. Just don’t let that sometimes be all the time. Jenna let herself move on and forgive Michael.
Michael at the end did the right thing. He confessed what he did, and Jenna was okay at the end. Although, the ending was bad to me. I liked it, but I wish it would have told what happened to Michael. Did he go to jail? Did he end up turning himself in? Or did Jenna tell the police?
Jamestown or Plymouth?
If you could live in Jamestown or Plymouth, which one would you choose? I would choose Plymouth, because Jamestown grows tobacco. Plymouth grows Corn, weat, and sassafras. Jamestown grows all four. Plymouth does not grow tobacco. I would rather live somewhere where there’s not any tobacco. I think it would be kinda weird to live in a triangle shaped town,which is Jamestown. I don’t know what shape Plymouth is. I don’t know as much about Plymouth, and I would like to find out some more. Jamestown was first all male, Plymouth was male and female. Plymouth seems interesting so does Jamestown but I would rather live in Plymouth.
