Post 2 MEG

"Proffesor taylor, we’re all familiar with the discovery of the coelacanth, but there’s a big difference between a five-foot bottom feeder and a sixty-foot predator!"(9). As the elderly man raises his hand in the audience asking about the proffesors thoughts on the carcharodon megalodon and if he thinks it still exists or not. The elderly man continues to ask the proffesor many questions about the carcharodon megalodon, the only problem about that is the proffesor doesn’t know anything about the MEG. The whole study and research that all the scientists and proffesors are doing are just trying to prove even if the MEG still exists. They know that it existed many thousands of years ago but now that the change in the water temperature has dropped at such a rapid pace that it hurt the MEG and killed it. Now even with all the ice bergs in the oceans the proffesors think that there is a zero percent chance of the MEG still exhisting. They are saying that even the whales are starting to become exstinct because of their massive size, but they say a large whale or great white shark is very very small in size compared to the MEG. The proffesors are saying that the great white is the MEGs modern-day cousin with the same conical tail fins. Even the audience says that the proffesors are right by saying that the carcharodon megalodon does not still exist and is not roaming the oceans. Proffesor taylor is very agitated by the elderly man asking so many questions that the proffesor doesn’t have any answers to.

Post 1 MEG

"Wailing in agony as its rib bage was crushed within the jaws of its hunter, a fountain of blood spouting from its mouth."(4) A twenty-ton, sixty foot, nine-inch serrated teeth, Megalodon. As the "MEG" chases the T-Rex in the thirty-foot water, it grabs the T-Rex and thrashes it around like a rag doll. It crushes the T-Rex’s rib cage with its giant jaw. After the T-Rex fails to catch its prey, it all of a sudden becomes another creaters prey. Although the MEG has nobody else to share its catch with, it still devoures it as of nothing. As the T-Rex was trying to grip its massive claws into the muddy sandy sea bottom, it saw the six foot tall grey dorsil fin swim straight at it then dissapear under the mucky water of the sea. It feels its leg get pulled out from underneath him but cannot stop itself from being pulled out farther into the sea. The massive deep sea creature has the T-Rex locked in its jaws so it is not getting out. The shark throws it out of the water as of nothing. The shark is about three times the size of the T-Rex. As the shark dissapears underneath the mucky stirred up sea water with the T-Rex, all it leaves behind is a thick trail of blood and a few ripples in the water from the massive fin on the sharks back. The Hadrosaurs that were being hunted by the T-Rex have been watching the whole thing with the shark eating the T-Rex. After they have witnessed it, they has run far into the forest to get as far away from the shark as possible. Basically, land creatures don’t belong in water.

Post B

“What didn’t I give you? Haven’t I been a good father? What Didn’t I...”he cant finish the sentence. (71) Troy’s father tries to do everything for Troy to have him be successful with life and try to do as much as he can with his fathers support. Troy goes off with Curt and starts skipping school because he thinks now that he is going to be in a band he is going to make a lot of money so he doesn’t need to go to school. Troy’s father finds out about him skipping school when the school principal calls and tells Troy’s father he has not been attending school for almost a week now. Troy’s father has to sit Troy down and tell him about it. Troy then tells his father where he has been with Curt and how Curt’s stepfather threatened Curt and Troy. Then Troy tells his father about joining the band and Troy’s father denies it all and tells Troy he doesn’t want him being in a band or anything. When Troy comes home the next day he goes up to his room and finds his dad putting a drum kit together in the corner of his room. Troy doesn’t know what’s going on because his father just told him he didn’t want Troy in a band and now here he is putting drums together in his room. I found this quote good to show how much Troy’s father cares about him and how he want’s Troy to be successful at life and have fun.

Post A

“My brief, imaginary career as a punk rock drummer is now officially over.”(72)
Troy wants to be in a big band with Curt. Troy wants Curt to play the guitar since he already does and Curt wants to teach Troy how to play the drums. They want to be in a band together so they can play in the dump in front of hundreds of people cheering for them wanting them to play more songs. Troy and Curt start listening to old records like the Beatles and Smack Metal Puppets so they can get familiar to the music and the way everything works in a band. They had it all planned out until Troy got in trouble with his father and wanted to quit. I picked this quote because it’s a positive side of Troy’s personality, to want to try to do something.

Post B: Text to Character

Dear Troy,
It seems like you are having a hard time with your obesity issue. I know that because of your obesity you think that nobody will want to become your friend. You also worry that no one will ever hang out with you or anything, because they think you are just a big gross person, who sweats a lot and huffs when he walks down the hallways at school. I know how you said you think everybody looks and laughs at you when you walk down the halls or are just standing some place, when really most people aren’t looking at you. You may not be the reason they are laughing. They might have just told a funny joke within their group or they might be talking about how much fun they had or something like that. I know how you met your new friend Curt and all you thought was he was a homeless guy trying to get money and food off of you but really he turned out to be a guitar legend.
For example, at the dump when he was playing the guitar he was the center of attention, everybody was talking about him and saying what a great guitar player he his and everything. I know you were scared going into being friends with new people, because you didn’t know what to expect when really you became friends with Curt and now your friends with a lot of new people that you met at the dump just because of him. You were scared people at the concert would laugh and make fun of you and your obesity when really nobody noticed.
I just wanted to let you know that I knew you were going through some tuff times so I just wanted to send you this letter.

Post B: Text to Self

Every teenager at some point feels uncomfortable in their own skin. They wish they could forecast the future, or they ask themselves: if I ask this girl to the dance will she say yes? At other times, they wish they were in somebody else’s shoes, like, "I bet so and so never had to deal with this because they can get any girl to go to the dance". In reality, everyone feels this way at some point. This often is triggered by “milestones” within someone’s life.
For example, the first day of school is always hard. This is especially true if someone is new to the school, or does not know anyone going into it. Another example would be, the first time you try to ask someone out. Yet we all experience this, and also feel alone when we do so. I guess this is better then having it written across the front of your shirt, so everyone can see how uncomfortable you feel. For me, this was the first day of high school. I also had an older brother to help me, but I still felt unsure. I kept thinking, what will my teachers be like, what will the rooms look like and where are they, I hope I don’t get lost, I wonder if I will see any of my friends, and will this day ever end? This was one aspect of the book I could relate to, being uncomfortable as a teenager.

Post B: Text to World

“Would you like to supersize that meal?” These same words are heard world-wide at every fast food restaurant. This book addresses this growing problem, and looks at it through a teenage view. The main character Troy happens to be the only one of his friends with an obesity problem, yet this problem is a huge growing concern. It might be only his character within this book, but in reality obesity is growing. There are facts everywhere that support this and yet we are ignoring it. This was easily seen on a government website that gives facts on obesity. (http://www.cdc.gov/PDF/Facts_About_Obesity_in_the_United_States.pdf) Here it stated that since “...overweight rates have doubled among children and tripled among adolescents – increasing the number of years they are exposed to the health risks of obesity” (unknown). It is also leading to many new cases of diabetes, heart conditions, and lack of general physical ability. It doesn’t help that media is always showing images of things being better, if they are bigger. In this book, one can see first hand the negative effects of over eating. For Troy this resulted in lack of self esteem, less friends, less confidence, etc. He also thought at all times that everyone was always looking at him. It was not until his friend Curt pointed out that he was just being paranoid.

Post A

Post A:
One theme within the book is adversity. Troy faces many tough situations and handles them all in a half humor/half self hating way. This can be seen in several quotes in the book. When he is at a restaurant he finds the waitress attractive. “Any minute now the waitress is going to come over and see me perspiring like I’ve just run the New York city marathon. I imagine her face as she hands me the bill. I grimace” (9). In this moment he is dreading not only the present moment, but also the possible future. he is also reflecting on how he has never had a girlfriend.

Post A

Post A:
“In fact it such an ordeal that as I walk down the hall toward my locker I think about nothing else. Just one leg, other leg, first leg, second leg, doesn’t huff, don’t sweat, don’t trip. Breathe” (29). This is said by the main character, Troy as he is walking down the hall in school. He is heading to go and meet Curt. He is saying it in a humorous way, like he is making fun of himself. Unfortunately, the more one reads, the more one sees there is truth to this quote. Overall, throughout the novel we see him try to turn the toughest of situations into humorous ones.

Post B

Post B
“I need some serious mental help” (Going, 23). Troy says this at the beginning of chapter nine. He then follows up with admitting he lied about being in a band with the homeless guy he brings home. He then later criticizes himself for trying to lie to his father. This is because it should be obvious to his father whether or not he is actually able to play an instrument. In general the main character is tough on himself. He basically wants to die. So in the quote by him saying he needs mental help, a part of him really believes this. He does many things to hurt himself and thus needing mental help might not be a good idea. Examples of him hurting himself are: he eats excessively, and has negative/suicidal thoughts. He failed at his first suicide attempt, which was jumping in front of a train, but then tried again. His second plan involved jumping off of the fire escape. He also is so severely over weight that walking can be a challenge. At one point as he was walking in school he could not fit into the door entering the building. He often ends the chapters by talking in third person. He designs newspaper titles, off of these embarrassing thought and moments. At times, these seem comical, but other times, one ends up feeling bad for them. Especially as he dreams of having cool friends, as he is very only. His only friend is Curt MacCrae. He was the one who saved troy from his first suicide attack. Later, we see that Curt is not the greatest of friends.

Post A: fat kid rules the world

after he turns around and sees the homless kid standing there staring at him he walks up and starts talking to him. the homless guy explains to him why he should not jump in front of the train. after hes done talking to troy, he agrees to not jump in front of the train and to buy the homless guy lunch instead. so they start walking to a diner to have some lunch since they starving. troy lies to curt and says he only has $20 when he really has $30

Post A: fat kid rlues the world

so far in the book "fat kid rules the world" there is a 296lb kid named troy billings who is seventees years old. he keeps telling himself how he doesnt want to live and how he just wants to die. so he is at the subway leaning over the yellow line waiting for the train to come so he can jump in front of it and kill himself. he sees the train light coming and gets ready to jump when a voice comes from behind him telling him not to jump. he freezes and turnes around and sees a homless looking kid looking at him.

post 12

Dieters first day at war went great he had alot of fun and everything. but some tragic news came up about a month and a half into war, Dieter was running from one hiding spot to another when he got shot in the jaw by the enemy. he died instantly. Dieters older brother watched the whole thing happen. he got sent home and never went back.

post 11

Dieter's older brother hears about the news of his younger brother coming to war with him. a couple days later he shows up. him and his brother end up sleeping in the same tent together because their last names are the same and it goes by alphabetical order. Dieter is unpacking his stuff and getting ready for the next day, his first day at war.

post 10

his parents finally agree to sign the form to let him go into war with his brother. dieter is super excited now because he gets to go see his role model and be with him for the rest of the time he is in war. he runs up to his room to go get packed and ready to go to war within the week.

post 9

Dieter tries bringing the subjet up to his parents again about going into war with his brother. he tries convincing him saying he is old enough and has all the forms for it and stuff and he just says he is sitting at home wasting his life right now.

post 8

Dieter has been thinking of something to do with his life now for a while and has finally come up with an idea that he thinks is fantastic and wants to find the right time to ask if he can do it. at dinner he brings up what he wans to do, go into war with his brother. his parents are shocked with what he has just said and they do not know what so say.

post 7

Dieter has been so bored at home watching the same movie over and over and being homeschooled every day that he wants to do something with his life rather than just sitting at home wasting his life day after day doing the same thing over and over. so he tries to come up with something else to do.

post 6

Dieter has started his homeschooling program about a week ago now and he has been not likeing it because it is "torture" and he doesnt have any friends that he gets to hang out with after his school day is over so he just goes and watches movies after his school day is over.

post 5

since Dieter has anger management issues and has no friends due to anger management he has been sitting at home with his parents coming and going from work. so dieter has been watching all of his movies his parent bring home to him every once and a while. he is starting his homeschooling program in a week which will be his second semester.

post 4

Dieter had recieved another letter from his brother telling him about the war and how things are going still wishing he had never gone and telling Dieter not to ever do what he does. Dieter has some anger management issues so its hard for him to have friends for long periods of time.

post 3

now that Dieters brother left for the war and Dieter is stuck at home he is trying to amuse himself by doing small stuff and helping around the house for a while until he gets another letter from his brother.