Journal Entry 75: Humor's Role

            I believe that humor has two roles in a sad story. One of it is to lighten up the mood and make the story more interesting. Another role is to be ironic. When the sad story is too sad and serious, the audience sometimes get bored or annoyed. So to lighten up the mood a little bit, and make the story more interesting,  author uses humor to do that. Sometimes it also shows the optimistic side of the character or people in general. The humor plays a role of hope. It shows that no matter how sad the event and the characters are, there are always hope. Hope is the thing that people can depend on even when the whole world has already turned their back on the character. It shows that people in general hopes for the best when everything is sad and bad. It also plays another role in sad stories - irony. Authors use irony to show what was not expected and make the story more interesting. If we all know what is going to happen, then why will stories be interesting anymore? It is because we have to guess, because we don't know, so we want to keep reading to see if the outcome is what we expected or not. For example, Patricia making the nurses' accents and voices and mocks the nurses is humor. It shows that although she might be dieing in any second. She still take a minute and enjoy life.

Journal Entry 74: Sick

            When I was really really young, when I was a baby, one day my white blood cell in my body suddenly increased too much, and then I had a very serious fever. Because of this I had to live in the hospital for two days. I don't remember anything because I was too young. I only know that all of my family members were really worried about me. Another accident I had was when I was in third grade. My father used to ride the bicycle to bring me to school. One beautiful morning when my father ride the bicycle to bring me to school, one of my feet was searching for the handle but couldn't find it so I thought it was because my foot was too far away from the wheel. I put the foot closer to the wheel and then suddenly I feel a cold liquid on my foot. When I look at it I see my blood running down my feet. I was in complete shock so I quickly tell my dad and he drove me in a car to the hospital. It was the first time I had stitches. It hurt a lot. I could still remember the pain and how I was so scared that I couldn't even cry.

Journal Entry 73: Happy or Sad

            I believe that happy and sad moments all stay in your mind. But if we had to see if our strongest moments are formed by happy or sad moments, I would say that I am sad People are often happy. People remember easier of things that are sad than to  things that happened main girl character. I believe that people remember sad events more than the happy events because it is those memories when you stop and think why me or why now. One very important childhood memories is my first time going to a boarding school. I remember before that I was all brave and told my mom that everything is going to be alright. But then the first day arriving the campus, I was already very very nervous. The first week was horrible, I missed my mom a lot and my home and Taiwan that I hardly put my mind on work or friends. I cried every night. My mom would have to drive to my school for four hours just to see me and talk to me. But then after the first week, I was used to it, and I was happy I had that experience because I know I learned something more important than school work. This memory stands out to me because I went through a hard process and finally learned something.

Journal Entry 70: My Style

            A person's style is how someone present him or herself. My style is a more casual one I mostly wear shorts and t-shirts to almost anywhere I go. However, I have more of an American style compare to the people in Taiwan since I am in an American school. My feet and legs are really small so when I walk, I walk in small steps compare to others. I have to walk many steps in order to catch up with people who have longer legs. I sometimes skip and jump or dance around when I am at school. I am very very energetic and happy most of the time. I won't consider myself fashionable, I just like to wear comfortable clothes. I am a very optimistic person, so I always think of the bright side of events or things. But sometimes I can be very very sad and I start to think too much. I also depend on my friends too much, I am not independent. I am neat, tidy and organized. Sometimes I get really annoyed when my room is messy, I like things being where they are suppose to be at. My favorite band is One Direction, so i like their music the best. But music has been a big part of my life, I like all kinds of music. I think I am in the middle of cool and nerd. I study hard at home and in class but during breaks or after school, I like to make may friends. I am also very athletic. I think my style is a natural reflection who I am.