Readers Journal #22 2/7/12
Dear Mrs.Zrihen,
The book I am still reading is Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow, is an autobiography and it falls under the nonfiction genre. The quote that I chose is“People often seem to think that when you're following the Lord and trying to do His will, your path will always be clear, the decisions smooth and easy, and life will be lived happily ever after and all that. Sometimes that may be true, but I've found that more often, it's not. The muddled decisions still seem muddled, bad things still happen to believers, and great things can happen to nonbelievers. When it comes to making our decisions, the key that God is concerned with is that we are trusting and seeking Him. God's desire is for us to align our lives with His Word and His will.” This quote really inspired me to think that we can not leave everything to God, sometimes there will be situations that is going to be bad but we have to trust and seek God no matter what. I used the same strategies as I explained in the last journal. But in the middle of the book it has pictures and captions of Tim Tebow.
The topic of this book is about football and his life out the field. The main idea of the book is that you can accomplish a lot in life but you need to put effort into what you want to accomplish, that nothing is easy in life. You have to have a certain mind set in life and if you practice daily on what you want to be, God will help you on your journey. The main idea is implied because if you read the book you can tell that Tim Tebow is devoted to his religion and God. He gives specific information and details that support the main idea. One detail is when he talks about the final seconds of a game that can take him to the Sugar Bowl and he prayed to God to help his team’s defense to stop the man from making a field goal. Tim Tebow’s dad told him not to pray for trivial things but football really meant a lot to him and he also remembered when his parents told him to pray for things that he felt were most important in his heart. The essential message of this book is to believe in God and how he works in mysterious ways.
The text features that I can identify are the headings and chapters, also the pictures and the captions help me identify what the picture means and understands the important ideas in the following chapters. The pattern of organization is chronological order because he’s telling you what happened to him from when he was a kid until now. Author’s purpose is to entertain the readers and also to inform about his life. The tone that the writer used in this book is a serious one and the mood that he created was excitement. The point of view is Tim Tebow’s because it’s an autobiography. The text-to-self features I found are that we both strive to be the best we can when we are playing sports and in school. Text-to-text features i saw were that I read a autobiography about Mike Strahan who was a defense on the New York Giants squad. The text-to-world conclusions I found were that I saw a video about a bunch of people in Croatia, doing the “Tebow”. The response starter I have is #38 I admire Tim Tebow because he never gives up on what he strives to do and how devoted to God he is. The rate I give this book would be a 10 because I can look up to Tim Tebow with a lot of things and how his advice comes in good use. I thought this book was great because I never got bored reading it like I do with some books.
From your student,
Alan Alvarez
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