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1. Baker describes the appearance of the lobby of his work as a place with “towering volumes of marble and glass,” and he also uses figurative language when he mentions the escalator “as the handrails slid on their tracks, like the radians of black luster.”
- Used the verb "use", number 6. http://mbutchko.blogspot.com/

2. Comparing the black handrails, "like the radians of black luster," shows the way he is able to control his writing.
- Uses the words "shows", number 6. http://almostfacebook.blogspot.com/

3. 'he also uses figurative language when he mentions the escalator “as the handrails slid on their tracks, like the radians of black luster."
- Refrain from using he says when describing a quote.  http://mbutchko.blogspot.com/ 
4. " Comparing the black handrails, "like the radians of black luster," shows the way he is able to control his writing.
-The example above, the person used "he is able". Avoid "he ..." quotes.

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In the beginning of Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger’s literal, blunt diction expresses Holden’s attitude towards his life and his surroundings. While describing his “touchy as hell”, he empathizes how emotional his parents can be. Mentioning his childhood as a “lousy childhood.” The negative connotation of his words is straightforward, making his word choice easily believed by others. Speaking of his brother, Holden says where D.B. lives “isn’t too far from this crumby place.” Though Holden is capable of positive emotions shown by his compassion for his brother.

Style Mapping

Tweak: Nic Sheff
:Growing up on methamphetamines. 

Starting at the LOW side of the y axis, Nic Sheff bluntly uses vulgar language to remember a time he had with a previous girlfriend. His harsh words suggest exactly how his addiction has escalated. Nic uses figurative language to describe her body and uses graphic words.

The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by: Melissa Bank

Her journalistic viewpoint of her brothers first girlfriend precisely describes how love waits for no one. This guide compares and contrasts how women should act towards men and each other. 

define...

addict:
-to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent
     synonyms: adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie

alone:
-separate, apart, or isolated from others

      adverb: solitary; solely

worthless:
-without worth of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing
       without practical value or usefulness

I think of these words when I am reading Tweak. Addiction is only caused and can only be cured your you, and your actions. No one can force you to recover, because relapsing is just around the corner. You do certain things, good nor bad, because you made the decision to, not your friends or your parents. These 3 words resemble the struggle and the reasons of substance abuse and addiction.   

Tweaking it up...

Tweak hasn't gotten much better.... I've continued reading, but I'm losing interest, quickly. The book has gone in a more positive direction though, Nic is trying to become sober and live his life the right way, for once. He moved from LA and is living in his old, vacant apartment. He finds his run-down flat bike and his gear that he left a short time ago, to go full-fill a more thrilling, exciting, drug addiction life. Now that he is recovering, Nic tries to follow all the 12-step guidelines to the tee, and finding an inner peace with himself and with God. He prays all the time now, thanking God for what he has accomplished, rather than asking for something. He tries to help others, which actually helps himself in the long run. He depends on his best friend, Spencer, who is a recovering addict of 15 years to help him through his struggle of recovering. When Spencer becomes very ill and is sent to the hospital, they leave Nic in charge of their young little girl Lilly. He has to cook for her and make sure she gets up and gets to school on time, and at first Nic thinks the responsibility will be too much, but in the end he benefits from helping others and in return Nic is much more mentally stable to recover. He still has a long way to go though...

Reflection

I was absent on Friday, and I just realized that I didn't check what we were doing for etymology. It says a reflection. So my reflection follows...
I need to improve, a lot. I need to read more and I need to blog more. I did so well in the beginning, and now I'm just slacking and getting behind. This week I want it to be different. I hope so. I'm reading Tweak, and I want to finish it by next week. I'm glad I took this class, I actually enjoy coming to it every day. I'm learning words that I use in my normal vocab now, and I think its funny when I use a word that my friends don't know what it means. I don't want the semester to end because I don't want the class to end, I like it too much. No regrets in this year. Just improvements.

Tweak

Tweak, by Nic Sheff, is a very repetitive book. Its all about getting high and thinking about becoming clean. Spending every cent of your money and hitting rock bottom before becoming sober, just so you can relapse is the main theme of Tweak. Nic, is on day 23 of relapsing, and he takes a lot to get him high, or feeling that he is high. He is getting high so often that he has trouble finding a vein to hit; now he looks for veins in his feet or legs. He believes that you should live life and die young, rather than die from a old and boring life. Personally, I would rather lie a mediocre, long life. Living the life of getting high and drunk all day doesn't seem a tad bit interesting or fun as people, such as Nic Sheff and Gack do. I hope that reading more of Tweak will give me an insight on how the "druggies" of the world compensate for their bad decisions.

Tweak, Nic Sheff

I'm going to finish this book if its the last thing I do! I don't exactly approve the frequent use of the "f" word, or the making drugs sound appealing, but its actually a good book. Some of the paragraphs are hard to comprehend simply because I don't know if he is talking to himself about his own emotions, or if the author, which is himself, is giving an insight to his feelings. The book also explains the types of people who end up doing drugs, alcohol, or often cut themselves. Often people feel pain and empty inside, and they think that doing drugs will make everything seem okay. Personally, I don't think I would ever attempt to do drugs and potentially harm myself, even if I wasn't the happiest person. I hope Tweak has a good ending, and Nic Sheff recovers and rebuilds his life after being a drug addict. 

tweak favorites

Im such a slacker! I only blogged once and and only read like 35 pages. I started reading Tweak, by Nic Sheff, and I'm not sure what I think about it yet. I knew it was about drugs, but not how to do them. So this was a bad week, so my goal is to do the required reading and blog the right amount. Now I guess its time for the favs...

"How can I go forward  when I don't know which way I'm facing."

"I melt down half a gram of the sweet-smelling tar in the jar I took from Laurens."

"Bullet is homeless."

slacking...

I have not a clue where this week has gone!! I still think the week hasn't started. I've been so busy with guard and projects that I haven't had time to read all week and I like to read. The art of project we are doing consumes most of my free time honestly because my partner and I work really slow so we need a lot of time for each paragraph. On Sunday I bought Tweak at Barnes and Nobles, but I haven't gotten a real chance to read it; like maybe 20 pages and thats it. I'm truly ashamed. Once band is over I feel like I will get the opportunity to read lots, especially this week was hard. We changed the ending to our show and our coaches have been drilling all the new changes into our heads, too much pressure for me right now. There is only a few more weeks until state so I guess I'll be okay until then. My goal is to read all of Teak, so that I can read the book I ordered, The Dark League King. Cant wait.