5 comments
Morphine is the psychoactive ingredient in the heroin.
The brain sends messages to your body telling it that you need more of the drug.
I would never ever do drugs!
It is hard for people to stop using heroin because while they are taking heroin they feel good about themselves.
Some people are able to moderate their drug use but that is only when they are using a drug that dosent have as strong of an affect.

4 questions
What kind of affect does a pregnant mother taking the drug have on her unborn baby?
Is there a way to make yourself feel better without doing drugs?
Why do people really think that doing heroin is a way to get over their problems because their problems never really go away?
How do people get these drugs?

3 vocabulary
Inherent- part of the very nature of something, and therefore permanently characteristic of it or necessarily involved in it
Inferiority- lower or low in rank, standing, or degree
Analgesia- the lack of sensibility to pain while somebody is conscious
2 literary terms


1 overview sentence
All drugs have a bad affect on people but they use it because it makes them feel better when their life is going bad. But the way I look at it doing the drug does not solve problems but if anything makes the problems worst because the drug has a terrible affect and can be the cause of death and never actually solves the persons problems but just makes more problems if anything.

5 Comments
For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.
It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.
The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.
Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.
One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.

4 Questions
When you are high are you aware of what is going on?
When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?
What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?
What are adrenal glands?

3 Vocabulary
Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination
Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders
2 literary terms
Imagery- The author describes the guy taking a hit of heroin and goes into great detail about his emotions and feelings causing the reader to feel exactly what he is going through.

1 overview sentence
Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the drug.

5 Comments
For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.
It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.
The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.
Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.
One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.

4 Questions
When you are high are you aware of what is going on?
When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?
What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?
What are adrenal glands?

3 Vocabulary
Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination
Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders
2 literary terms


1 overview sentence
Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the drug.
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5 comments
The opium smoking was having a major affect on the Chinese.
The addiction to the drug was becoming more clear
People now knew the affect of the drug and were taking advantage of that.
The opium got spread throughout the world
The opium was very addictive going three weeks without the opium drove people crazy.


4 Questions
Why would someone want to take heroin?
How many hits does it take for you to become addicted to the drug?
After an overdose, why does it hurt when you take your first few breaths after being revived?
When drug dealers deal the drug how are they sure whether someone is an undercover cop or not?


3 Vocabulary words
Derivatives- copied from somewhere and not original
Comatose- unable to function: in a very tired or drunken state
Insidious- the ability to see clearly and intuitively into the nature of a complex person, situation, or subject


2 Literary terms
“Silly, sad smile”- Alliteration
“The furnace was being stubborn”- Personification
1 Overview Sentence
The addiction to the drug is just about impossible to fight witho ut help and not getting help affects the other people in your life.

5 comments
Withdrawal of the drug causes crazy behavior.
When you overdose on the drug you become comatose
Heroin can short your breathing so you only breathe two or four breathes per minute
Later on people shot the heroin straight into their veins instead of smoking it.
Buying the drugs is very complicated.
4 Questions
What does, “Sealed works, fresh works” mean?
Why can’t you buy the cocaine, needle and glassine all at one place?
What was the mayonnaise for?
Why does he feel the need too throw up?
3 Vocabulary Words
Stupors- solidly made and likely to withstand prolonged use
Glassine- a transparent paper treated with a glaze to make it greaseproof and resistant to the passage of air. .
Nuances- a very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color
2 Literary Terms
None found. It is harder to find literary terms because the book is basically just information and facts so there is not really that many literary terms.
1 Overview Sentence=0 A
The guy in the book makes a purchase and takes a hit for the first time in three weeks. After taking the drug he feels better about himself and does not care about how crappy his life is.

5 Comments
The Portuguese introduced the smoking pipe to the Chinese.
The Spanish brought the smoking pipe to Europe.
The pipe made the people use the opium more often.
Smoking the opium was more popular than drinking it was.
The Dutch followed the Portuguese and began trading the opium.
4 Questions
When did the pipe come about?
Why wasn’t the opium made illegal?
When the opium was made illegal why were people then trying to legalize it?
Did the opium have any good uses?
3 Vocabulary Words
Emancipation
Diacetylmorphine
Laudanum
2 Literary Terms
“Puffing and pouting”- alliteration
No other literary terms were found
1 overview sentence
Smoking pipes were getting more popular and authority figures were realizing how dangerous the affects the opium had on people were.

5 Comments
The Portuguese introduced the smoking pipe to the Chinese.
The Spanish brought the smoking pipe to Europe.
The pipe made the people use the opium more often.
Smoking the opium was more popular than drinking it was.
The Dutch followed the Portuguese and began trading the opium.
4 Questions
When did the pipe come about?
Where did the pipe originally come from?
What is an opium den?
Did the people using the drug realize that it was addictive and giving them a high?
3 Vocabulary
Habitual- done frequently and predictably
Debilitating- reducing somebody's strength or energy
Methodically- systematic or painstaking
2 Literary Terms
No literary terms found
1 Overview Sentence
Opium was rapidly spreading to other places and people were discovering new ways to get high off of the opium.

5 comments
The Sumerians referred to the opium poppy as “plant of joy”
They used the opium poppy for pleasure.
They also used the barely they grew for beer.
The opium was eaten not drunk, swallowed or sniffed.
If they mixed it in a liquid the opium was good for curing things like diarrhea and nausea.
4 questions
Where they using the opium poppy to get high?
What were the purposes of the opium poppy when it was first discovered?
What is insomnia?
Did they know that there was dangers of taking the opium?
3 vocabulary words
Allegory- work in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing a deeper, often spiritual, moral, or political meaning
Analgesic- describes a type of medication that alleviates pain without loss of consciousness
Estuaries-the wide lower course of a river where the tide flows in, causing fresh and salt water to mix
2 literary terms
Allusion-gives reference to bible verses (pg.9)

1 overview sentence
Not only was the opium used for pleasure it was used to cure sickness.

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5 Comments
They are explaining that there is a flower that has such a strong order it makes people fall asleep.
The poppy flower they are talking about is opium.
Drugs are used: to attain euphoric physical states
for recreational pleasure
to escape the travails of earthly suffering
Farmers in the north did not get as much rain as everyone else.
The Sumerian’s grew opium poppy
4 Questions
What is the description of the flower about in the beginning?
What does the Wizard of Oz have to do with heroin?
Did they know that by trading the opium poppy they were spreading the drug?
What does it mean to oppress widows or orphans?
3 Vocabulary Words
Opium- brownish gummy extract from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy that contains several highly addictive narcotic alkaloid substances such as morphine and codeine
Larcenous- the unlawful taking and removal of another person's property
Gruel- a thin cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water
2 Literary Terms
Allusion- When they mention the events in the Wizard of Oz
Simile- “The flowers were like little explosions“ (pg.3)
1 Overview Sentence
The poppy flower was an opium. It started to be grown unknowingly of its powers and affect that it could have on people so it was innocently traded.

5 Comments
Brent is going back to school.
Brent will only be in school part-time
Brent goes to a sleepover which goes successfully.
Brent is starting to become more happy with life and is making a lot of progress.
Brent yells at the other kid at Domion because he is suicidal and Brent is aggravated with the other boys attitude.
4 Questions
Is Craig depressed too?
Does Brent like anything he use to like?
What was the picture Brent drew suppose to symbolize?
Is Brent going to open up more with his family?
3 vocabulary
Crude
Nezzle- no dictionary definition
Dorsal- of or on back
Phenomena- Plural of phenomenon
2 literary terms
“It’s like listening in a doctors office.” (pg.357)
A tree that looks like a lollipop”- simile (pg.283)
1 overview sentence
Brent will be going to high school he has finally got over his depression and is ready to move on with his life even though it scares him.

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5 Comments
Brent is becoming more happy.
Brent and his mother have been getting closer.
Christmas time is coming up and Brent doesn’t even want anything
Brent doesn’t feel like he belongs when he goes to the Christmas party at children’s hospital.
Chris is a good friend to Brent…the only good friend Brent really has.
4 Questions
When will Brent leave Domion?
Why was everyone else released from Domion except for Brent?
What is wrong with Craig?
Why do Craig and Brent act that way towards each other?
3 vocab
Verbatim- corresponding word for word with something else
Improvisational - make something up on spot
Contemplating- to think about something as a possible course of action
2 Literary Terms
I am going to hit you so hard that your head will pop off your neck- metaphor (pg.289)
It was so hot inside I felt like I was in an oven. (pg. 302)
1 overview sentence
Brent is doing so much better and is making progress emotionally.

5 Questions
Why does Brent have such trouble with speaking how he feels?
Why is he so concerned with being funny?
How come it’s so hard for Brent to remember why he tried to commit suicide?
Does Brent want to be home schooled or go to school?
When will Brent realize that if he doesn’t speak to his parents then he will always come across as a mean person?
4 Comments
Brent is still terrible at speaking his mind.
Brent is easily influenced.
Brent smoked a cigarette.
Brent has a break down and starts crying about why he tried to commit suicide but he can not remember why he did it.
3 Vocabulary
Umptions- no dictionary definition
Unflinchingly
Arsonist-
2 Literary Terms
“I cried like a baby”- simile (pg.257)
“My tears were a stream flowing down my cheek”- metaphor (pg.257)
1 Overview Sentence
Brent is always thinking about why he tried to kill himself but he still can not figure it out.

5 Questions
Why is Brent freaking out when he gets to the football game?
What about Michael does Brent like?
Why doesn’t Brent express how he feels?
When will Brent go back to school?
Why is Brent’s father so mean?
4 Comments
These events took place in the 1990’s
Brent has been in the hospital for nine months.
Brent has turned 15.
Megan doesn’t like Brent anymore
3 Vocabulary
Crude-roughly or unskillfully made or conceived
Platelets- blood particle involved in clotting:
Viable-practicable or worthwhile


2 Literary Terms
A tree that looks like a lollipop”- simile (pg.283)
“It’s so cool and quiet down here, it feels like a habitat for a snake.”- simile (pg.331)
1 Overview sentence
Brent is finally out of the hospital but still has to see a therapist and a psychiatrist.

5 Questions
Why is Brent so concerned with what people think of him?
Why would the lady be so ignorant to ask Brent about his scars?
Why wouldn’t Craig cut Brent’s hair?
When will Brent be going to school?
Does Brent still have to have a psychiatrist
4 comments
Brent is very clever
Brent has gotten much better at his coordination
Brent is being discharged from the hospital.
Brent is either going to a mental hospital or high school.
3 Vocabulary
Hypertrophy- enlargement by cell growth
Dorsal- relating to or situated on the back of the body
Flexion- the bending of a limb or joint
2 Literary Terms
“I feel like Frankenstein”-simile(pg.261)
“I feel like I have been under water for a long time”- simile What Brent is saying that while he was in rehab he felt like he had been under water. (pg.260)
1 Overview sentence
Brent is now being released from the rehab center now he will be going home but he is not sure when he will be going back to school.

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5 questions
Why doesn’t Brent understand that if he were to speak the way he feels then his family would get a better understanding of him?
Why does the author choose not to have chapters?
How can Brent tell how Gina feels because of the way she talks to him?
What did Brent think Mark said?
Why doesn’t Brent get an opinion on what he is going to do after he gets out of rehab?
4 Comments
Brent freaks out when they change his therapist
Brent does not think positive when he is not getting his way
Things don’t go as bad as I thought it would be when Brent visits his home.
Brent has trouble expressing his feelings.
3 Vocabulary
Pyromaniac- the uncontrollable urge to set fire to things
Occult- relating to, involving, or characteristic of magic, witchcraft, or supernatural phenomena
Pennant-triangular flag displayed on ship




2 Literary terms
“Hold that door or I’ll break your neck.”- hyperbole (pg.244)
“They wait on me like I’m the King of England”- simile (pg.240)
1 Overview sentence
Brent is getting ready to leave his rehab hospital and so far he has made tremendous progress.

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5 Questions
Does Brent have a mental illness, bipolar disorder maybe?
How old is Brent? How old was he when he first had thoughts of suicide?
Why does Stephen act so weird toward Brent if they are best friends?
Did the fire traumatize Brent?
Does Brent get a choice in deciding where he would go to for rehab?
4 Comments
Brent freaks out at the movie theatres because there is a fire in the movie.
Brent has to leave the hospital soon.
Brent gets really self-conscious about his scars when he goes out in the public.
He calls the hospital home.
3 Vocabulary
Epithelial- forming a protective layer of surface tissue
Tympanic - relating to a tympanum (recessed space)
Sacrilege - violation, desecration, or theft of something considered holy or sacred


2 Literary Terms
“Becky pushes my left arm straight like she is trying to hail a taxicab for me” (pg.106)
“She’s like Freddy Krueger with those things”- simile (pg.179)
1 Overview Sentence
Brent has been going through burn recovery still. He can’t remember why he set himself on fire.

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5 Questions
How does Brent keep his other suicide attempts from his paretns?
Why doesn’t he allow himself to burn?
What are Craig’s emotions towards Brent trying to kill himself?
Why does it take Craig so long to visit his brother?
Does Brent still want to kill himself?
4 comments
Brent’s parents put a little to much pressure on him
Brent has good friends
Made his own religion-Ace of Spades
Kind of like a Goth but not exactly a Goth
3 Vocabulary
Winch-a machine for lifting loads by means of a rope or chain that is wound around a cylinder turned by an engine or by hand
Gurney-a wheeled stretcher for transporting hospital patients
Grafts-a piece of living tissue or an organ that is transplanted to a patient's body, either from a donor or from another part of the patient's body.
2 Literary terms
“It’s like the bath is filled with salt water”- simile
“We could see the lightening in the distance, like flash bulbs in a stadium.”- simile
1 Overview sentence
Bent has survived his suicide attempt and is in the hospital recovering. He is doing well so

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5 Questions
What kind of student is Craig?
Is Brent a better student then Craig
Does Brent’s parents compare Brent a lot?
If Brent has so many friends who care about him why does Brent attempt suicide.
Is Brent sexually active?
4 Comments
Brent is the narrator
Craig is his older brother
Mom is obsessed with being on schedule, dad is always working
Best friend is Stephen, but he isn’t always acting like a best friend
3 Vocabulary words
Kleptomaniac- somebody with obsessive desire to steal: somebody with an obsessive urge to steal, especially when there is no economic necessity .
Improvisational- make something up on spot
Emollient- softening or soothing, especially to the skin
2 Literary terms
“Big ball of fire”-
“My stomach gets tighter and tighter, like something is eating me from inside”- simile
1 Overview sentence
Bent has personal and social problems which lead him to attempting to commit suicide, but his reason for his suicidal attempt does not make any sense to me.

The Burn Journals

Okay so I just started reading this book and it's AWESOME!!! The boy set himself on fire..."Oh my gosh" but I am goin to do my 5_4_3_2_1 over the weekend.

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Okay, so i have decide to read The burn Journals by Brent ruyon. I am not sure what it is exaclty about but when i read the first few pages then i will post that.