Lawrence+Cunningham

december 6, 2010 blog 3: honestly i have not read my book or any kind of book at all in these weeks. i could use excuses like i was busy with drivers ed, i was busy with other work, or i didn't have time. yet saying that would make me a liar so i have not read anything because i'm lazy i don't have the ambition to pick up a book open it and start reading it. in english class i have read from julius caesar its hard to get in to i wish we didn't have to read it but no one listens to lawrence Cunningham if it was my choice we should read something every one agrees with but thats just me.

November 18, 2010 blog 2: have not read at all these last weeks busy with english and other junk and didn't feel like reading at all. in english class i have learned a lot about comma structure and it really had helped in the practice tests. i hope that the learning in sentence structure really helps my grade in the 12 angry men essay.

November 4, 2010 blog 1: I am still reading harry houdini this quarter the book is taking a turn with him. From night shows in theaters to lifeescape stunts. Before that he traveled to england in hope of making more money but he had hated the ship ride. his wife had to tie him in his bed because he threatened to jump overboard because he was sea sick a lot. In england to get an amazing review in the newspapers he had asked if he could escape the jail in handcuffs on arms and legs. he did it but the journalist said that Houdini had a key or lock pick in his pocket. so Houdini escaped naked after doctors searched his body he had escaped within a few minuets. now for me i would not escape from a jail naked because thats just crazy. i think its amazing how far some one will go to show his true talent and even if he had to prove to people he was not a fake escape artist. he also escaped a russian jail transporter it was incased in steal and i think of it as a giant steal box on a cart with like six horses pulling it because its so heavy. Houdini had escaped it in fifteen minutes now thats amazing how he did it i have no idea because it never said how he had done that trick.

I’m Lawrence Cunningham and I am reading Harry Houdini by Zachary Kent I choose a biography not a novel because when I read fictional books it just does not trigger my imagination of the characters. I had chosen this biography because I like to learn about famous people in the past and I like magicians, Harry Houdini to me was on of the best escape artists and magicians ever alive. I had found this in the library on the top shelf there was a lot of people I wanted to read about but I had a gut feeling about Harry Houdini. The author Zachary Kent writes how Harry Houdini and his family were immigrants from Hungary. Houdini’s family moved to New York City because it was the land of opportunities at the time Houdini was just a kid at the time they moved to New York City. The author writes a lot about how Houdini was always poor in his childhood and even when he was a magician it was a struggle to get money for theaters and the supplies for Houdini’s magic acts. I have only read to page 35 of 120 since I didn’t even get into my original book. My reaction to this book so far is starting to understand the book it really had confused me in the beginning of the book because Harry Houdini is the stage name he adopted his original name was Ehrich Weiss. I like to read how he came from a poor life and in a mater of years he was famous. I also like how the book explains how he did his tricks and all the tricks he did makes me wont to be an escape artist.