Apparently I need to Blog Again for the Blizzard Bag Thing.

I recently did a summary for this book, and to be honest I haven't read very much since that summary. Since Dave left the police station because his recently deceased friend John told him too through a bratwurst, he went to Bob Marley's trailer. Bob was the guy who gave John the evil drug that killed him. At the house, there was a weird but beautiful painting thing, that wasn't completely a painting because it used things in the house, such as the sofa and its pattern. Then he discovered a secret hole underneath the trailer that had dead bodies and a giant worm thing. That was pretty freaky. Finally, Morgan Freeman the cop comes to the trailer to burn it down with Dave in it, because, as he explains to Dave, it was so freaky that he just has to completely get rid of the trailer and Dave.
                                                    
So far in Romeo and Juliet, I have found that I actually like the story. One thing I have really liked is how well Shakespeare uses characterization. I feel like I know how each character thinks, and when reading the story, I often think of people in my life that act like the characters in the play. I also like how nothing in the text seems to mean nothing. Like sometimes when I'm reading it, I'm kind of like "why is this in here, that's kind of a dumb thing to put in the story.". But it always has a point. Most of the time the things that I initially think are pointless turn out to be a key part of characterization. For example, how much the nurse rambled about her dead daughter shows that she thinks about her daughter a lot, which is probably why she is so proud that she knows Juliet better than Lady Capulet, because to the nurse Juliet is a replacement for her daughter. As I read Romeo and Juliet, I have discovered that there are many things that I did not know about the story, even though I've known the general plot for a very long time. I am excited to find out more about the story that I did not already know.

Why John Dies at the End is Important to Life

I am about to blog so hard on how John Dies at the End relates to another text that I read once. I'm 'bout to go deep, yo.

The Beginning: In the juicy novel that is John Dies at the End, the main characters Dave and John start out as average human beings, living average lives. They both thought that what they were experiencing was all that there was to life. But then, Dave and John try this trippy new drug that makes them see everything differently. They suddenly knew everything they wanted to know, and gained the power to communicate with the dead. They had discovered that there is a whole new world out there, and this discovery changes their lives forever. Oddly, this relates to some philosophy that I read this one time, Plato's Allegory of the Cave. In the Allegory of the Cave, there are a bunch of people chained to a wall in a way that they cannot move, not even their heads side to side. Because I am currently listening to a song called Ebin, I will now refer to the chained beings as the Ebins. The only source of light in the cave is a fire behind the previously mentioned Ebins. There are also other people in the cave, who are not chained. I will call them the Sanchos, because it's my blog and I can. The Sanchos are apparently really evil people, and instead of unchaining the Ebins so they could live normal happy lives, they just put things in front of the fire, so that shadows of those things will be displayed on the wall in front of the Ebins. Since the Ebins can't move their heads, these shadows are all they will ever see for their entire lives. These shadows are their life. They don't know anything else but the shadows. They would name the shadows, and play guessing games with which shadows they think will come next, and the Sanchos just watch. Then one glorious day, the Sanchos set the Ebins free. Most Ebins just stay where they are, because everything else but the shadows are confusing to them. They can't walk, and seeing the other humans and the rest of the cave confuses them. But maybe one Ebin crawls out of the cave. This lucky guy now knows what the world is really like. That special Ebin represents Dave and John, and him leaving the cave represents Dave and John taking the drug that let them see more than the world they were familiar with. The Ebin now knows anything he could have wanted to know in his past life, just like the drug let Dave and John know everything they wanted to know about their past lives as average human beings. And just to be clear, the drugs mentioned in this blog are fictional, and real drugs don't actually let you know everything or talk to the dead.

So Far In John Dies at the End.

It started with a party, with this freaky guy who looked like Bob Marley doing magic tricks that weren't possible, such as guessing dreams, which freaked Dave, the narrator, out enough for him to leave. Late that night, he gets a desperate phone call from his friend John, who seems to be hallucinating. After some investigating, Dave discovers that it was this new drug, called soy sauce, that has caused John's strange behavior. Shortly after making these discoveries, Dave accidentally injects himself with the soy sauce. The effect of the drug: knowing what's going to happen next, connections with the dead, and maybe even time travel. After an intense interview at the police station with Morgan Freeman, Dave learns that everyone else who injected the drug had died gruesome deaths. Then John died, that was upsetting for a moment, but then Dave got a phone call from John, so there is still a chance for John. Dave then runs from the police station, and does whatever John says over the phone, in hope to revive his friend. And that's where I am so far. I predict that Dave will somehow meet John again soon, and I really hope more freaky stuff happens to Dave because it's entertaining. Just the little comments in Dave's head about all the weird things that happen to him make me laugh. I honestly didn't expect this story to have as good of a plot as it does, and I'm excited to keep reading. Oh, and it's also a movie for those who also like movies.