So I was thinking about Sherman Alexie's book last night and how he put his life story into a book. Then I though what if I did that? Of course it would have to have humor like Alexie's and I really like the pictures in the book, so it would probably end up looking very similar to Alexie's book except it would be about a white girl. I am not sure that story would turn out too well but I tried. So here is what I have come up with so far for my future book:
My school district is so poor that they had to buy land from the state prison and build the school on that. How does that sound going to school right next to the prison and if you miss behave they can just throw you over the fence and have the convicts take care of you for them. During football games there is a supposed rumor that the convicts sit outside in lawn chairs and listen to the football game. I do not know why they would want to do that because our team almost always loses. Maybe they sit and listen to the band because everybody knows that the band is the best part of the game. (Insert picture of convicts sitting in lawn chairs while listening to the football game, which was just over a fence)
As a Sophomore I decided to take the hardest teacher in the school, Mrs. A. She was so proud of her reputation was in the school she kept witch memorabilia tacked to one wall of her classroom. She even referred to herself as a witch! Her collection was complete with a broom and hat. When I first came into that class I was like 'what is wrong with this lady?', I mean I knew she was a hard teacher but isn't that just a little excessive. Turns out the whole witch thing works because she had the whole class scared of her and everyone did their homework. Even if the homework was to write an essay in SSR format assigned 5 minutes ago and do the next day. During that year I was surprised no one had to be hospitalized, there where only a few small mental break down throughout the year. (Insert drawing of Mrs. A on a broom while grading English papers)
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That is what I have come up with, granted it is still a work in progress. I do have to say I am impressed with Sherman Alexie because he came up with 230 pages of writing and I am having problems coming up with more then 2 paragraphs.
You still have a great start!
ReplyDeleteI think that everyone has their unique life stories, but not everyone knows how to write it interestingly. I really like how you put your life story into the words and the explanation of the pictures.
ReplyDeleteIs it "absolutely true" story?
I have wanted to write a book for a long time, though maybe not about my life. Reading your start though is really interesting because I experienced the same thing. The announcements stating "Please don't jump the fence into the prison grounds". It seems strange that people would even want to do that. Also the fact that our high school only wins the homecoming game every 4 years just shows how bad they were.
ReplyDeleteI also took Mrs. A's class. She called us her "little duckies" and told us to walk in a line. I remember having a break down because of a book report because a friend of mine didn't want me to stress out so much so she took my book. How would that make me not stress out? Point being having Mrs. A really helped me, but yeah her witch thing was fun.