Big Joe's Funeral

In class we read the short story Big Joe's Funeral. This short story wasn't really that interesting to me. It was about a guy who was very kind to everyone and he had alot of money. If you ask him for some he will give it to you and wouldn't expect you to pay it back. Then one day he canceled his insurance and got alot of money back. He wanted to have a party, a party where all of his friends and family would have a good time. Then he had an idea to have a funeral and then the party. Most people were confused but he just wanted to see what would people say about him if he was really gone. What Big Joe did was pretty stupid. He faked his own funeral so he can hear what people would say and do on his funeral. I guess its sort of understandable because on your funeral your friends and family say their last words to you and if your dead how can you hear. In the story there was girl named Peaches wanted to end party so she started to protest saying "He is not really dead." Peaches actions were kind of rude like she brought a boom box to the graveyard when Big Joe was being buried. Overall, this short story was okay I liked the other ones better.

Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers

This book is about Walter Dean Myer's life, a memoir. So far, I am up to his childhood and how rough it was growing up in Harlem. When you think of an author writing so many good books, you think he got good grades and was a good student. Walter Dean Myers was different, he is so down to earth. He got into fights in school, frequently, and most of his teachers didn't like him because he caused trouble. He got bad grades and bad conduct. He wasn't all trouble though. The only thing he was good at was reading but people thought differently. He had a speech problems and had to take classes for it. That was a suprise since he grew up becoming an author. Nothing else happened so far in this book since I just started. Mostly just explaining his life as a boy in elementary school. Also, the challenges he faced with his bad grades. His mother got upset and beat him everytime he did something wrong. So far, this book is interesting!