Final Blogger Assessment

Throughout this book there is alot of changes in Pattie's life. From a small town to the world. From being a young teen to a younger mother. Not everything that happens is good but there are always struggles that you will hit in life but they do get better. Pattie has learned from experience that a change can be for the good or the bad but you won't know until you make that change.

Alot of you may think that being famous is all about the glitz and the glam. But for Pattie and Justin, it was a huge change for them. They went from living in a small apartment in a tiny town in Canada to everyone in the world knowing who they are. Pattie went from being a normal teenager to being a young mom in a matter of months. At the time a change may seem bad but as life goes on that change will impact you in a huge way.

In the book Pattie says "How the heck did we get here? I wondered. How did this happen?" This is Pattie's way of saying, that everything can change in a matter of seconds. Some changes are as big as Pattie's situation but even something like hanging out with your friends instead of staying home can change your life somehow, you just don't know it yet.

Blogger Assessment
1) In the post above I tend to use my voice alot. My type of voice is very formal and not at all like most people. Some words that show that this is my voice are words like 'glitz' and 'glam'. There are sentences that show my voice alot too. Some examples are "From a small town to the world." This sentences may just seem like a normal sentence but it is like alot of my writing. I use alot of analogies because I feel like they can really add voice and meaning to the piece of writing.

2) I used a variety of sentence lengths to make sure it didn't sound like a run on sentence. An example  of my sentence length having a variety is "From a small town to the world. From being a young teen to a younger mother. Not everything that happens is good but there are always struggles that you will hit in life but they do get better." I use three different sentence lengths to add emphasize to those sentences. As for diction, I tend to use an elevated diction because I try to make my post sound somewhat formal. An example of this is "At the time a change may seem bad but as life goes on that change will impact you in a huge way." This sentence has a lot of meaning behind it causing it to sound more formal.

Review

This week I finished the book, Nowhere But Up. This is by far one of my favorite books that I have read so far. Pattie is such an inspirational person and her book inspires me to inspire people.  She makes it seem so easy to get through hard times, which is why I love this book even more. She is telling young girls that it may seem hard in the moment but in the end you do get through those hard times.
Even though Pattie is only in her mid thirties, she has been through so much already. Her son is one of the most famous people alive right now, yet she still tries to live a normal life and inspire people everyday. She travels with Justin to third world countries to build schools for kids. She even goes to places like women's prisons to talk to the women there and to hear there story. She cares about people that she hardly knows and that is truly amazing. I recommend this book to people who want to be inspired or just want to hear an inspirational story. I rate this book a 10 out of 10, and I wouldn't mind reading other books by her.