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Danisha Brown December 22, 2009 Just Saying I remember when you first told me You loved me. I felt my heart skip A beat. I remember how you made me Feel that day. It was like everything I Ever dreamed of, as if all my feelings and Dreams couldn’t compare to how I felt at That moment. Like a sunset, and the melting of Colors rolled into one to make a beautiful scenery

When I’m with you, it’s like the best thing In the world. I could talk to you about anything. When we spend time together, the element of Time has no meaning. As if we’re the only two Around in a sea of people. Your eyes, I love your Eyes, they shine so bright in the darkest of places. Your iris, it’s brown. Like a blissful chocolate brown. When I look into them I see your happiness.

The summer that we spent together, that in its Self caused us to have a stronger bond. From Giving each other good night kisses, to sneaking Off to be alone, like kids trying to sneak cookies From a cookie jar. It was so much fun, one of The best summers ever.

Hugging you and being with you, I feel So safe in those arms of yours. They Surround me and protect me. Like big Wings that are soft to the touch like a Baby’s skin, and keep me safe from harm.

When I place my head on your chest I Can hear the rapid beat of your heart. The miraculous sounds that it makes. It plays a song that I will always know And love to hear.

Thinking about you always brings a Smile to my face. Because you look At me and touch my heart in ways that I know no one else can. You’ve shown Me things that I never knew my eyes could See.

The bond that we have is special and pure. The tainted air that was between us has finally Cleared. Like at the end of a battle and You can finally see through the smoke to see Who was on the other side. When we’re in Each others presence it’s like there’s a type of Balance. We could look into each other’s eyes And just end up laughing. It’s so weird but A great feeling. The feeling of understanding.

I remember all of these things at the end of the Day. And thank God for blessing me with someone Like you. In the end they’re nothing but memories That play back all the wonderful things that have Happened in my life thus far.

English Danisha Brown Homework March 28, 2010

__Critical Lens Essay__

As quoted by Duff Brenna “All literature shows us the power of emotion. It is emotion, not reason that motivates characters in literature.”Meaning that emotion is what drives a person to do certain things, we aren’t driven by reason to do anything it’s our emotions that always control our actions. I agree with these statements because it’s because of our emotions that we do the things we do. They’re the reason that we get nervous, blush, and get butterflies. All of that is caused by our emotions. For instance, in __Perfect Chemistry__, the power of emotion causes for two characters that are from two different social statuses/classes to fall in love with each other. In __New Moon__, two characters are forced to part but they go through extensive lengths just to be with each other. __Perfect Chemistry__, written by Simone Elkeles is a book about how two people from two opposite worlds could fall in love, especially in this couples case, because the girl (Brittany) is from a very wealthy family and the boy (Alex) is less fortunate and belongs to a gang. It’s their love for each other that drives them to be together no matter what. Alex was a Mexican senior that settled for the status quo because he didn’t believe his life could change. He’s part of a gang called the Latino Bloods; his father was also part of a gang; one way in, no way out. They were involved in things like drug dealing and because he’s getting older his superiors expect him to step up in his authority. Alex isn’t one to turn down a challenge, even at school. For instance, his friends make a bet with him; he must get Brittany his chemistry partner to sleep with him before the end of school year. Alex gladly accepts that challenge The bandana that Alex carries shows where his life had been and where he doesn’t want it to go for his brother. The bandana symbolizes the fear that he has that his brothers would go down the same path that he did. Alex has gone through a lot of things while being in the gang, and when he wants out the entire Bloods band together, chase Alex down beat him up and brand him. He knows what being in a gang means and he doesn’t want that fate for his brothers. __New Moon__, written by Stephanie M., is about a love shared between two characters, a human named Bella and a vampire named Edward. These two love each other very much and wouldn’t want to live in a world where the other doesn’t exist. When Edward left town a lot of things changed for Bella. Bella, a human girl that has a vampire boyfriend can’t accept the fact that he has left her. She goes into a depression and starts to do dangerous thing to spark any memories of him that she may have. She risked her life by riding a motorcycle and smashing her head very hard. She goes cliff diving and almost drowns because of how strong the tides were. All of these activities could have easily taken her life but she knows that it’s the only way that she would see Edward again. It was her way of seeing him since he was no longer physically there. When Edward got the assumption that Bella was dead after he called to check in after seven months he was prepared to go to Florence, Italy, and get himself killed by the Volturi. The Volturi are an organized coven of [|vampires]. They enforce the laws of the vampire world. They "invite" other vampires with powerful gifts to join their coven. The Volturi deal swiftly and decisively with anything they consider a threat to their city, or to the vampire world; for example they protect vampires existence in secret. They destroy anyone who attempts to overthrow them or resist their authority. Edward didn’t want to live in a world where Bella didn’t exist, so he threaten to reveal to the human that he was a vampire by doing so the Volturi would then have to kill him. Bella (being alive) did everything in her power to go and save him from killing himself. She did it because she loved him and didn’t want him committing suicide. So the power of emotion was with her through it all.