The triple Goddesses

Throughout the book there are three main women that make up the Hempstock family. The three women (Lettie, Ginnie and Old Mrs.Hempstock) are all very similar to the triple goddesses. The women each make up or resemble one of them. Lettie resembling the Maiden, as she is a categorized as an eleven year old girl being full of life and having her youth. Ginnie resembling the Mother, as the boy always goes down the road to her, to gain insight, and guidance of what he should do next in life, always having her show him what's right from wrong and what truth path he should follow. And lastly Old Mrs.Hempstock resembling the Crone. The Crone is the one full of all the answers she could possibly have, knowing everything that will happen throughout the life, and knowing just exactly what to do. She resembles the grandmother who knows just exactly what everyone needs in order to go through life and knows just exactly what to do.

lies, deception, confusion

The definition of a lie is as such; to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive. to express what is false; convey a false impression.". With knowing exactly what the meaning of this word is now, you can understand a little more of why that word has such a huge impact and how it can make someones emotions change in an instance of knowing that has been introduced into their life. In the quote from the book it talks about how there was but a simple lie that was done in order to make things seem perfect, but perfection can often be known as deception and can later turn into confusion. When a lie gets brought out and introduced it makes you almost wonder what other dimension you have been wondering in, because this giant lie can swallow you whole in a second and make it seem as you weren't even the one living your own life, you were just simply there for the ride. By the simple quote that we talked about the main part that stood out to me was "for a fraction of a moment, my entire childhood felt like a lie: it was as if one of the pillars of belief that my world had been built on had crumbled into dry sand." This specific portion of the quotation stood out to me because of a recent event in my life. Imagine going from living with three older siblings, to then living alone, too living with a roommate. It's hard to end up opening up to someone, to trusting them, to live with them. Having a friend that you say you see "all the time" to actually having that friend live with you is a HUGE difference. You have to build that trust that they won't take anything, they won't hurt you behind your back, or even hurt you while you sleep. But more importantly you have to learn to let them into your life, tell them the little things going on, learn to share a space. So when the time came to turn that "best friend, partner in crime, person" into your roommate you should already know what to expect. Well from reading this, I think you can already tell boy was I wrong when I thought I knew who I was going to be living with. It all started when I thought I truly knew a person, but that ended up turning into the biggest learning experience ever. When you start to open up to someone not just as a friend but as a relationship its a completely different aspect. But when that person you let into your life as a relationship turns out to be lying to you, going behind your back, and pursuing your roommate who you're supposed to have that level of trust and respect with it completely breaks your mind. Not only is the one person you thought was your best friend, the person you live with betraying you but the person you are supposed to be romantically involved with also. This can instantly make ones brain toss, and turn, and completely become confused and sit there and wonder who has been living my life because I sure haven't. It also doesn't help your mental state when you knew it all along, telling others, only to have them tell you that you're insane, or just seeing things. But when that one single lie becomes a reality and gets brought into the light, everything changes. You feel as if you are a drowning cat that doesn't know how to swim. You get swallowed into the darkness of that lie and feel as if there is no escaping it, knowing that every moment from there on out you have to cope with it, live with it, and eventually try to move on. Throughout time we all eventually end up moving on with  our lives wether it be by cutting ties with that person, accepting them back into your life and forgiving them, or going into denial and acting as if it had never happened. However you may decide to act upon this lie, at the end of the day the lie stays with you forever, it just is a matter of how you react upon knowing that lie has come to light.

Fairy Tales

Once upon time there was a magical kingdom far far away where there lived a man named Rumpelstiltskin. Now you may be thinking what a peculiar name that is, well he didn't just get that name form anywhere. It all started long long ago back in time where this story first unfolded.
One day as King Herrod was riding with his knights through the country side he stopped at a house that belonged to Mr.Miller. Mr.Miller was a bad man, he didn't treat his daughter well at all, forcing her to work all day all night and never get any rest. The king had come to collect his due, however Mr.Miller could not comply. So Mr.Miller had this grand idea that he would offer up his gorgeous daughter that not only was perfect for the king but could also do horrendous things. The King was very intrigued as to what exactly this daughter could do. So Mr.Miller went out and got his daughter from the seller and brought her to the palace. There the king sent her to a room to spin straw into gold, which she managed to do time and time again... with a little help from good old keniving Rumpelstiltskin. Rumpelstiltskin had been helping the girl do this for years on end in return for simple gifts, like rings, necklaces, and so forth, however the girl had ran out of objects to give being locked away in the palace. So she resulted in something much worse she decided to offer up her first born child to him, in return for the cruelest act of them all. The king had told her that she was to spin an entire kingdoms worth of straw into gold to not only be able to live, but also become his wife where he would then bare her with children so they could then spin straw into gold as well. Well Mr.Millers daughter did not want to bare this curse onto her future children knowing that she herself was not even doing it that Rumpelstiltskin had been doing it all along. So the next time the king had come into check on how the progression was going she grabbed the spinning needle, slit his throat with it, and then proceeded to let Rumpelstiltskin tear him limb from limb. Rumpelstiltskin had began to tear his insides out and spin them into the prettiest pink gold anyone has ever seen. This would be the new prized gold of the country, this would save her and her future children to come. So when the knights had came back to see not only where they're king was but to check on the gold, their greed and lust overtook them that they didn't even notice that their king was gone. They decided to make her queen after gazing upon the blood stained gold. After this moment for years to come Rumpelstiltskin had been killing anyone that betrayed her and turning their guts and blood into a shiny rose tinted gold for the country, and nobody even knew. Then One Day the queen had fell in love, married, and bared a child named Rose. Rumpelstiltskin had never forgotten the promise he was made that very important day all those years ago, and had came to collect upon his deal and take Rose for himself. The Queen was in so much horror at the idea of him taking Rose that she knew exactly what she had to do. She grabbed that very same needle she had used on the previous king, stabbed Rumpelstiltskin and slit his throat from ear to ear. She then decided it was time she start making the gold from his  guts and that this gold would not only be the best out there but that she would make a solid pink gold necklace and have Rose wear it, from then on the gold was considered to be "Rose Gold".

Chapters 3 & 4

In the third and fourth chapter of The Transition to College Writing Hjortshoj talks about how there is a difference between a professors style of writing and a students. A predatory reader is someone who when reading can pause and be able to examine and explain the main questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how. Within this process you can then explain what exactly you are reading in depth. Without this trait you then become just a reader who is skimming through the words of a book, verses actually reading and having an understanding of what you truly are reading.

There are various ways of writing that each of us can interpret, but in the end there are five categories to the process of being a successful writer. The five categories of writing consist of 1.) prewriting and planning 2.) composing  3.) revising and rewriting 4.) editing or proofreading 5.) release. Within these five categories you are to have figured out what your main point is and what exactly you are trying to portray and then make an outline. After that step you are to have composed a draft based off of what you have written and done on your outline. Then you make your revision and then edit the revision you have made once you have done that you have your completed work.