Candy: Journal #1

“But explanations don’t change anything, do they? They don’t make you feel any better. You either like something or you don’t, and if you don’t like it, then knowing why it happens doesn’t make any difference – its still going to happen and you’re still not going to like it, so what’s the point?” (Page 59)

In this passage Joe is talking about how he felt when his mom and dad get a divorce. His parents are still seeing each other even after the divorce. To Joe it seems as if his mom wanted a divorce from her own kids instead of his dad. The quote said by his mom, “I don’t want to share you with anyone,” exemplifies that she couldn’t stand seeing her kids with their own dad and she needed him to her self which made her selfish. After the divorce his parents still see each other but his mom didn’t come visit them to see how they were doing. Even though Joe knew that his mom only wanted to get away from his sister and himself it didn’t really make a difference because he knew it was bound to happen anyways, even though he didn’t like it. In my perspective I think that everyone has gotten explanations that they have liked and some they haven’t liked. Everyone knows there are going to be things that are going to happen even though they don’t want them to but no one can stop that from happening, its just part of life. When parents get divorced the kids know why it happened but they still can’t do anything about it to make it stop. Yes, there are going to be things that we might be able to stop from happening but also there also are going to be things that we can’t stop but we still have to keep moving on with our lives. We can’t just be down for something we don’t want to happen. The connection I have made with this passage that makes me understand more about the book is that Joe learned how to move on after accepting the truth about his parents. Another connection in the book with this passage is when Joe meets Candy for the first time. After knowing she was a prostitute he still wanted to see her. Joe didn’t like thinking of Candy as a prostitute but as someone he has a lot of feelings for. In this case I think Joe is going to start understanding who Candy really is and try to help her out of this.

Candy

“But explanations don’t change anything, do they? They don’t make you feel any better. You either like something or you don’t, and if you don’t like it, then knowing why it happens doesn’t make any difference – its still going to happen and you’re still not going to like it, so what’s the point?” (Page 59)

In this passage Joe is talking about how he felt when his mom and dad get a divorce. His parents are still seeing each other even after the divorce. To Joe it seems as if his mom wanted a divorce from her own kids instead of his dad. The quote said by his mom, “I don’t want to share you with anyone,” means that she couldn’t stand seeing her kids with their own dad and she needed him to her self which makes her selfish. After the divorce her parents still go see each other but his mom didn’t come visit them. Even though Joe knew that his mom only wanted to get away from his sister and himself didn’t really make a difference because he knew it was bound to happen anyways if though he didn’t like it. In my perspective I think that everyone has gotten explanations that they have liked and some they haven’t liked. Everyone knows there are going to be things are going to happen even though they don’t want them to but no one can stop that from happening. When parents get divorced the kids know why it happened but they still can’t do anything about it to make it stop. Yes, there are going to be things that we might be able to stop from happening but also there also are going to be things that we can’t stop but we still have to keep moving on with our life. We can’t just be down for something we don’t want to happen. The connection I have made with this passage that makes me understand more about the book is that Joe learned how to move on after accepting the truth about his parents. Another connection in the book with this passage is when Joe meets Candy for the first time. After knowing she was a prostitute he still wanted to see her. Joe didn’t like thinking of Candy as a prostitute but as someone he has a lot of feelings for. In this case I think Joe is going to start understanding who Candy really is and try to help her out of this.

Review

The movie “Vacancy” was a very interesting and tense movie to watch. It is a great movie to watch if you are into horror. The movie itself was so suspenseful it just makes you keep watching. The movie was about this couple that didn’t really get along well with each other and were on the terms to get a divorce, were returning home from a party and they got lost on there way back. The husband decides to take a short cut that he thought he knew about but ended up getting lost. On the way the car breaks down and they ended up walking to this very strange motel, where they decide to stay the night. Then that’s where the horror begins. This is also where the couple become closer and start to understand each other; both of them knew they couldn’t survive this wreck without each other. There are many scenes that you just don’t expect to happen and make you jump out of your seat. The acting done in this movie was really good; they made it seem so realistic. Just the beginning of the movie makes it seem like a good movie to watch. Other horror movies have a lot of gore and make it very uncomfortable to watch but “Vacancy” doesn’t have that much gore to make someone sick. The story of the movie, I thought was very unique; it was different from other movies. In my opinion the ending could have been longer but overall the movie was good to watch.