Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle: Mercedes Lackey

In Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle, the story of the Third Reich is retold. In this story, Metas, a form of superheroes are living around the normals. They live with them, and work with each other using their amazing talents, whether they be superspeed, or, such as Handsome Devils power, luck. The metas where treated with either respect or hatred. If they where respected, they could roam the streets, and make use of their spectacular powers in whatever ways possible.

But, if they fail/choose to do evil, they would be forced into jail, with their arms dangling uselessly unto a super strong grate that forced them to stop moving. The basis of the story is a huge heist. The metas are trying to get ahold of Alex Tesla, a distant relative of the great Nichola Tesla. Red Dijinni is the master planner. His advantage is to not be seen, and has been born with a special type of camo skin. He sees things from a different perspective, one vs stupidity, and aimed toward ager at the others.

The Beatles "You Never Give Me Your Money"

The Beatles  "You Never Give Me Your Money" is the story of The Beatles after the breakup. This book was interesting because it told the story behind the songs. If someone where to listen to say, John Lennons Cold Turkey, most people would think John was disoriented while writing it. But when you read this book, it shows the inner feelings John actually put in the song, and how terrible it was for them to be rejected. I think this is a very important collection, because, through quotes from every single Beatles auto-biography, this story covers the entire Beatles story, from the more important views (Pauls) to the least (Onos).

Am I Blue? blog post

The short story "Am I Blue" by Bruce Coville shows that discrimination, such as gay bashing, makes people not feel good about themselves. The story is about a man named Vince, who is not sure whether he is gay or not, and his fairy godfather. The story teaches us how people are affected by real life issues, and the consequences. It also teaches that if we all could experience the personal freedoms taken away in gay bashing, then we could make the world a more open place.

For example, in the text Marvin says how his encounter with 3 gay bashers ended up with him dead. "3 bruisers dragged me into an alley, shouting "We'll teach you f-----!"..."Last thing I remember from life on Earth was coming face to face with a tire iron." This statement shows that gay bashers can seriously affect someones life, even to the point of death. If gay bashers can accept that other people have other points of view and ideas about sexuality, then there would be less suicides and deaths due to mistaken or made fun of sexuality.

Another example from the text was when Marin tells Vincent about Gay Fantasy #3, which is a form of gaydar. "So all the straights would have to stop imagining that they don't know any gay people. They would find out that they would be surrounded by gays all the time, and survived the experience just fine."... "They'd have to face the fact that there are gay cops and gay farmers, gay teachers and gay soldiers, gay parents and gay kids." This statement shows how its a persons emotions that make him/her gay, not a physical characteristic. If people realized that there is no real way to tell gay people from straight people, then there might be less unfair gay bashing.

All in all, if people keep their feelings bottled up inside, then, and only then, can they truly be understood, and can they understand themselves. I think that if people truly need to show, without stereotypes or wisecracks, who they are, then so be it. If people can't control themselves and their insensitive comments, this issue will never resolve itself. If people accept who they are, and get others too to, then we can achieve the goal of a better future for the next generation, gay or straight.