Kay Drew's Views

Inspiration can come from anywhere or from anyone. Some might find inspiration in art or music, while others might find inspiration in people. For those who get their inspiration from people, just want a novel to read that isn’t for class credit, or just enjoy reading memoirs, than Erin Zammett’s novel, My (So-Called) Normal Life is wonderful choice.             She is a witty, passionate young woman who is just twenty-three. Her wit and passion shines through her words in this nitty, gritty and truthful novel about her life with cancer. Zammett is rarely down in the mouth about her life or her cancer nor does she have any major pity parties because of what she has been dealt. She takes a lighthearted as well as a very real approach to what she has.             Yes, she has cancer. Yes, she has to take medicine. But, no, she does not let the cancer or the medicine stop her. ...

With the last Harry Potter film less than 2 weeks away, I find myself thinking back on the book that the movie is adapted from. In particular, my mind is mulling over all of the deaths in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . I wonder why? What was her point? I have spoken to a couple people about it. My mother thinks she sold out. My friend Virginia thinks JK Rowling was trying to add meat to the series that the rest of the novels lacked. Both points are valid and are probably true. However, I think there is more that she was trying to do. I believe that Rowling was trying to show the horrors of war and how it affects everyone directly or indirectly involved. Teddy lost both parents. The Weasley's lost a son and brother. Harry lost his owl - both a pet and a means to communicate with the wizarding world. I do wonder the point of all the deaths. Was she uninspired by these characters and ran out of storylines, thus she felt that the only thing left was to kill them? This see...