Conflicts In Savvy

In the book Savvy, there are few conflicts. In chapter 5, she turns thirteen. When you turn thirteen, you are supposed to receive a savvy. She is really looking forward to turning thirteen. On page 35, it says, "I woke up early on that Saturday morning of my thirteenth birthday and lay still and silent for a long, long while, just waiting. Nothing felt too different yet." This was a conflict because she was expecting to get it right when she got out of bed and notice something. Then, on page 38, it says, "but why had that turtle picked that peculiar, persnickety moment to wake up-thee evermore dawn on the morning of my most important birthday, with me in my nightgown, balancing frosted cereal on my knee? Watching my turtle, I tapped on the glass. Thinking about the turtle and remembering the unusual way Gypsy had woken up as I'd stepped out of bed, a shaky and suspicious feeling started to gnaw down deep in my bones, a feeling that's tuck with me the rest of the morning and continued to grow like a smoke from a grassfire." This shows when she believes that she found her savvy. She believes that she could wake people up when she comes across them. She also woke up her sister while sleeping, so she thinks it's true. 

Savvy- Book Blog

I am reading the book Savvy , which is written by Ingrid Law. From what I've read, I believe this book is about a girl who is named Mississippi, but her family calls her Mibs. She is going to turn thirteen, and you are supposed to gain powers. A question that I had when I first saw the book was, "What does savvy mean? " I looked it up in the dictionary and savvy is practical knowledge or common sense. I did not know what this had to do with the book. But as I continued to read, I realized that the book was about her finding her savvy. Throughout the book, I have also made a few connections. The first one was on page 6, and it says, "girls only get quiet, polite savvies- sugar and spice and everything humdrum savvies. It's boys who get the earthshaking kinds of savvies." I has scowled at my brother and stuck out my tongue. Rocket and I both new that there were plenty of girls climbing round our family tree that had strong and sturdy savvies." This is a connection because I have heard in the past that girls aren't as good as boys, but I believe that we are each individually good and bad at some things. Another connection that I made was on page 7, and it says, "I wasn't the youngest or the smallest in my family." I made a connection with this because I am also not the youngest from my family. Another connection that I made was on page 10, and it says," Grandpa Bomba's tone was soft and reassuring." This made made me think about how my grandparents are always comforting to their grandchildren, and try to find the good in everything. 

The Outsiders: Compare and Contrast

In the movie The Outsiders, I found some similarities and differences to the book. A similarity that I found was when they were going to the rumble, and they began doing tricks. I remember reading this part in the book. Another thing that was similar was when the church is on fire, and everyone begins to yell and panic. I pictured this very similarly to the book. A difference that I noticed was Dally's hair. In the book, his hair is described as hair almost as white as blond. But, in the movie, Dally's hair is a dark brown, not blond. Also, I did not picture the church to look the way it did in the movie. I pictured it to look very tall and empty, but in the movie, there was lots of animals and the church didn't seem to be as tall as I had pictured it to be. Those were some similarities and differences that I recognized from the movie to the book.