A man who was found guilty for robbery was put in jail. He was assigned to assist to a trial and explain to the judge why he wasn’t guilty for committing that crime. One he gets the chance to gives reasons the judge don’t believes him. Again the man tries to explain and the reasons were well supported but the judge continues not believing him. In the argument The judge considers him guilty and tells security to take him in. 

I can say things like this happen in real life. Many people sometime in their life may have got in trouble but they were not guilty to the problem they got into. I can say this because maybe they were at the wrong place and at the wrong time. This guy, as found guilty by the judge, was not guilty for what he was being punished for but because of his looks and the way he spoke the judge took a decision without even evaluating what this man had to say. These situations are constantly occurring in the courts and there’s nothing to be done to make a change. It is a problematic that we should really consider to manage. There is a need to stop stereotyping people because how it looks or dresses because it is not about the physical appearance but is about the essence of the person indeed. This has to be changed because we are targeting people just because of their looks. It also is important to change this fact because many innocent people are in jail today. Do you think it is right to keep putting innocent people in jail? What about the guilty ones? 

I have selected four editorials which I really liked and I found interesting. I also provide a summary, an opinion and favorite parts for the first two and for the last two have just listed them as assigned. 

 In the editorial Bailemos! written by Mario Alegre Barrios, the author uses a reflective voice to express his concerns on certain alarming situations that are occurring in Puerto Rico. He worries about his negative behavior towards those situations and how this behavior can’t change or stop things from occurring. Later in the text, he decides to change his negative perspective toward Puerto Rico and invites us the readers to do the same thing. He chooses to seek for a positive perspective and thinks he could find looking on Puerto Rico’s future. In other words, he wants people to change their negative perspectives and star to believe that there is hope for Puerto Rico. One quote that demonstrates he’s way of thinking is when he says that “no hay mejor manera de comenzar la semana que dejándose llevar por ese frenesí colectivo tan característico nuestro, cuando nada nos parece imposible, cuando sabemos más allá de toda duda que muy pronto… volveremos a ser un país en todo el sentido de la palabra”. What this quote means is that it might be difficult to have a positive perspective on Puerto Rico because doubt can stand in our way and we might don’t think that there is a possible change. One thing that really stands out is that the author persists and convinces us to don’t let doubt take over the lively passion that identifies us as puertoricans. In a way the author puts a very passionate effort on writing this editorial. We see that it is written in a formal way and with a convincing style. He can convince you and change your perspective only by reading this editorial. He is very clear with his ideas and does a great job on supporting them. Only by looking at the title we can get so motivated and interested in the message that this editorial carries. Although, it also makes you question what the purpose of the author is when he come up with this title. Finally, if we take a look on content we can deduce that what this author wrote has a deep cultural meaning on Puerto Rico’s current situations. 

Favorite parts: 

• "siempre hay razones para la esperanza"
  

• "apostar por la alegría, para esperar el futuro con impaciencia".
  

• "un arrepentido recién salido de las tinieblas del pesimismo, del pesar, de la duda".
  

Reference
http://www.elnuevodia.com/columna-bailemos-1646935.html

In the editorial A Novel Scorned, the author Claire Needell, writes about how she as a young adolescent in middle school read continuously Margaret Mitchell’s epic romance, “Gone with the Wind.” Explains how she read it several times and how her family and other people considered it deranged. Also mentions how she was very driven to the fact that the book presented a distorted view of womanhood and its portrayal of romantic love. “Gone with the Wind” was like her “Twilight” series. Although, mentions that one she enters high school she puts aside the novel and discover other books, Claire Needell compares herself with Scarlett and her romantic thinking. Later on she forgets about the novel but again remembers it when speaking with a friend about their daughters and their fascination with romances.  Then she realizes that right now in this point of her life that she is getting a divorce and going to be a single woman has stepped out of such romantic paradigm. She stills believes that she has a Scarlett-ish sensibility on the perils of love and demonstrates it with a quote “It is a thousand-and-some-page proof of the human need to seek love”. Regardless to her experiences and how she compares herself with the main character she feels that she is too experienced and humble to scorn. I liked the fact that the author wrote this editorial in a comparative and narrative style because it is easy to grasp and to follow. I think the author was very passionate when writing this editorial because in it she freely expresses her adolescent experience on reading and how it influenced her love life. The thing that made this editorial so interesting to me was how it was written from the beginning with simple language use as if a teenage had written it.  

Favorite parts:

• “Gone with the Wind” made me feel that a part of myself might be like Scarlett, that I, too, might be capable of caring about the wrong things in life, so long as I was loved by a man".
  

• "And so I forgot about “Gone With the Wind.” Until recently, when I was talking with a friend about our daughters (now in middle school themselves), and their fascination with impossibly lengthy, endlessly repetitive supernatural romances".
  

• "I can’t help but be reminded of the one part in “Gone With the Wind” that I routinely used to skim: the postwar section, in which Scarlett is married to the pathetic Frank, whom she stole from her own sister".

Reference:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/a-novel-scorned/?ref opinion

Reference: 
http://www.elnuevodia.com/editorial-alaviolaciondederechosnuncamas-1659238.html

Parents buy Disney movies to their kids to entertain them but don’t know the hidden message behind them. Children may be for hours watching a film while parents are working on house duties. In the mean time, these kids learn the ideas that Disney movies portrays. After watching the documentary about Disney I was very impressed to the critics that many researches made about Disney hidden messages. If it wasn’t for this documentary I wouldn’t be able to know the truth behind Disney World.  I used to believe that Disney movies were made for children as to teach them positive messages but then this documentary concern me about the negative ideas that children are receiving. I could not believe that such ideas as race and gender expectations were behind this movies. This really made a click to me when in the documentary they examine the movie Beauty and the Beast. They discussed how girls are expected to be when they are being treated aggressively by a man. For example, in the part where the beast goes to the room and asks belle to have dinner with him and she refuses, we see how aggressive he gets. Although, belle is concern about he’s aggressiveness, she persists on trying to find his tender side. I see this as if teaching girls to accept patterns of violence from a man because deeply inside he’s not what he is indicating and showing to be like.  This documentary talks about many Disney movies that have hidden messages like the one just mentioned where it is valued the high presence of different roles and expectations of woman and men. If parents get informed about the serious meaning that this movies have on children’s learning they would not buy them anymore. Although, if you ask me I say that we are constantly being influenced by any kind of media from our childhood and as we grow and that is something we can’t change but to be concern later on in life.

In the list of the personal items I have mentioned things that happen on a daily basis that really pisses me off. Those things can get me so stressed that I might kill someone for it. On the contrary there is the list of the social items and those are things that have to do with culture and values. In this list I won’t kill anybody but I might get mad and also stressed for it. I say this because I respect people’s believes and lifestyles. A common thread on these social things is society’s expectations on race, gender, religion, sex, etc. For example, certain things that have a lot of value in Puerto Rico are religion and politics. These two aspects have a strong presence on anything we do and also they are things we are always arguing about. I don’t see it as something wrong because on any place in the World these are aspects that are always discussed but I think we exaggerate sometimes and we take it too personal. Therefore, there are three main things that are closest to me and these are: religion, injustice and no appreciation for someone. In the case of religion, I can say that I believe in God but I don’t like that religion sometimes puts limits on me and that really pisses me off. Another aspect is injustice, I hate when people are not fair with  other people or situations. I can’t tolerate injustice it really makes me mad and so emotional that sometimes I would cry because of it. At last, no appreciation for someone I consider it rude and I won’t let it happen. I can get so frustrated about it that I can take revenge on it. I believe that both of my lists have a significant thing that really pisses me off.  

   

Looking at my stream of consciousness the column that has more words is the loving one. It is a surprise because honestly I’m stressed through the whole day and is not just when I arrive home that I feel relaxed. I don’t know if it’s me but I find it very hard to accomplish with many things throughout the day. Although, I also considered myself a happy and friendly person and I’m very respectful with everyone. I consider that I really love to study and that is the reason I’m still studying. I believe that God always comes first and then my family. I really love to spend time with the family and share many experiences with my friends. I enjoyed doing this activity because it helped me to know what my likes or dislikes are. I hope I can use this activity as a strategy in my teaching. 

This activity helped me a lot when having to be a movie critic because this reviews were like models for me to follow. When I wrote my reviews I had in mind the way this authors wrotte their reviews. It really helped me to focus on the main important points in a movie and to include all the elements that should be integrated so the reader has a better idea before seeing the movie. This activity was fun and educative at the same time.

Good Experiences!

Description
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American supernatural drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and Abigail Salmon. The film also stars Susan Sarandon, Amanda Michalka and Stanley Tucci. The film received various accolades, including a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations.

Jackson and his producer partners acquired the rights independently and developed a script on their own, later selling it to DreamWorks. Principal photography began in October 2007 in New Zealand and Pennsylvania, United States. After DreamWorks left the project, Paramount became the film's sole distributor.[3] The film's trailer was released on August 4, 2009, and clips from the movie were shown in July 2009.[4]

The Lovely Bones was first released on December 26, 2009 in New Zealand, and then internationally in January 2010. The film's North American release date was changed multiple times, with a limited release on December 11, 2009, and a wider release on January 15, 2010.[1] It was released to mainly mixed reviews from critics; the story and its message were generally criticized, with praise mainly aimed at the acting, particularly of Ronan and Tucci.  Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovely_Bones_(film)\
Plot 
Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a 14 year old girl that dreams becoming a photographer had a crush on a boy Ray Singh (Reece Ritchie). One day he goes to her locker and he slips a note into her textbook. Susie walks home from school were her neighbor George Harvey (Stanley Tucci) coaxes her into the underground den. She starts to feel uncomfortable and wants to leave but he grabs her, then scene fades and she is seen running past a classmate Ruth Connors (Carolyn Dando). Her mother Abigail and father jack are worried so they start to search for her and call the police. When Susie realizes that she had never escape the den and was murdered by Harvey, she runs home and finds Harvey soaked in a bathtub. After she sees her bracelet hanging on the sink faucet near a bloody shaving razor, she is pulled into the “In- Between” (neither Heaven nor Earth) where she can actually watch over her love ones. A friend Holly (Nikki SooHoo) urges her to move on and let go of her past life. Detective Len Fenerman (Michael Imperioli) investigates Susie’s disappearance but Jack thinks someone he knew must of murder Susie. He researches his neighbors and comes to think that Harvey is the Killer. Harvey was interviewed but didn't had any evidence that could point out he was the murder. Susie's sister, Lindsey (Rose McIver) also agrees with her father. Jack tries to help the family and invites Abigail’s alcoholic mother Lynn (Susan Sarandon) to move into the family. Then, Abigail couldn't take it anymore and leaves to California. Susie in her afterlife learns that Harvey’s next victim is Lindsey and that he has murdered seven other girls, including Holly. Also, she sees her body stuffed in a safe in his basement. One night jack carries a bat into the cornfield and stumbles with Clarissa’s (Amanda Michalka) (Susie's friend) boyfriend Brian (Jake Abel). Brian thinks his girlfriend is being assaulted and bits jack almost to death and Harvey was hidden in a spot watching everything. Lindsey brakes into Harvey’s house looking for evidence and finds out a notebook containing sketches of the den, a lock of Susie’s hair and news articles about Susie disappearance. Harvey flees, taking the safe with Susie’s remains with him.      


opinion
I can’t tell you more than this brief description because I can spoil it for you but I wish that you all have the chance to see this movie. For me it was very astonishing especially because I have two young sisters and it really affected the way I look after them. After I saw this movie I was very protective with my sisters and would not leave them alone not only for a minute. This movie taught me that when being in charge of children we should be very responsible and attentive. The lesson learned here is to have malice of things but not to the point of exaggerating but be aware of the danger in the streets. I think that we should no restrain our kids from participating of activities and sharing with friends but we should be careful and alert of anything that could put them in danger or harm them.



 

Description
The Smurfs 2 is a 2013 American 3D family comedy film and a sequel to the 2011 film The Smurfs. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell, who helmed the first, with all the main cast returning. New cast members include Christina Ricci and J. B. Smoove as members of the Naughties, and Brendan Gleeson as Patrick Winslow's stepfather. The film was released on July 31, 2013 and is dedicated to Jonathan Winters, who voiced Papa Smurf, died on April 11, 2013.

Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs_2
Plot 
Smurfs are preparing a surprise party for Smurfette’s and they don’t want her to find out so they keep it a secret. She takes this as if they didn't remember her birthday. Gargamel is now a star attraction and is running low on Smurf essence that give him magic powers so with his new creations the Naughties Vexy and Hackus plans to kidnap Smurfette by using the Eiffel tower as a conduit and through her get Papa Smurf secret formula for creating Smurfs. Gargamel takes Vexy and sends her through to the portal to grab Smurfette and bring her to Paris. One of the Smurfs saw when Vexy takes Smurfette’s and tells Papa Smurf. Papa Smurf creates magic crystals that when they swallowed them could travel directly to Patrick Winslow’s residence in New York. They arrive at the apartment after the celebration of Blue’s fourth birthday. When they arrive Patrick’s stepfather Victor Doyle (a man who is constant embarrassment to Patrick) was defensive because he thought they could harm him or Blue so he tried to kill them. Then, Patrick tells his stepfather that he knows them and that they are no harm. The Smurfs inform Grace, Patrick and Victor about how Gargamel took Smurfette and if they could help them. As soon as they are aware they head off to discover where Gargamel is and find out he was in Paris. After they arrived in Paris Grace, Patrick and Victor try to distract Gargamel while the Smurfs sneak backstage to discover Gagamel’s plan. Gargamel tries to convince Smurfette that Papa Smurf had no interest in her because he didn't even remember his birthday. Still Smurfette doesn't give Gargamel the secret formula until she sees that the Naughties are dying due to lack of Smurf essence. She was faced without an alternative to safe them so she quickly writes down the formula to Gargamel. He mixes it up and turns the Naughties into real Smurfs. After he they become Smurfs, the evil wizard puts them into a Smurfalator so he can carry out the rest of his plan.  
Opinion
I didn't like the Smurfs 2 because it’s like the first one. When I saw this movie I was just waiting for it to be over. Although, my young sisters enjoyed it nothing that happened in the movie was a surprise to me. I thought it was going to be completely different from the first one but it was very alike so it was not that fun. If you ask me if I could see this movie again I would say no. 

The sun rises and I feel the heat. My lips were very dry and salty and I almost felt if I was going to dehydrate. This was a moment were you can realize that some kind of force let you live. I was pushed by something so hard and couldn't control my body movements, just pass through the experience. All I could do at that moment was to ask myself, am I going to live or this is it?  Then, I closed my eyes and told myself “this is it”. How did this happen to me? Why would life be done for me this way? Suddenly, I remember the advice my aunt gave to me that day in the morning before arriving to this place but I didn't pay attention to her words. I was in a hurry to get early to the place and was to busy to listen to her. After everything ended I learned the lesson. I almost lost my life but now I know how important is to listen to someone who really loves you and cares about you. I told my aunt the experience I went through and she said “I’m glad that you are OK and that you learned that when I alarm you about something is because I know it is dangerous”. These words were so strong to me that now when I go out with my friends I always stop and listen to what she has to say.