https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce Turtles All The Way Down by John Green en-us 2018-08-27 16:42:10 UTC 2025-10-09 03:14:16 UTC hello@padlet.com taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275609456 Your never controlled by your thoughts, the things you do and say are of your own free will. Your mind might be telling you something but your choices are yours and yours alone. Deep down you are in control and you know it. People can influence you, and the things that you see might be one way of living but at the end of the day you are in control of you actions, you are in control of your thoughts.

]]> 2018-08-27 16:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275609456 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275640640 This verse states that what others say, or what you think in your head doesn't make a person who they are. The things we choose to say or do is what makes you you, nothing else can be held accountable.]]> 2018-08-27 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275640640 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275645337 Aza said this multiple times throughout the book, she said it was like having all these things to say, opinions and expressions and creativity, but being trapped in our own heads and not being able to escape. Aza, however, was never actually trapped in her head, it was her choosing to act on the fact that she felt alone and that no one understood. Aza was afraid that every action she made would get her sick and that's why she behaved the way she did. Even though all along Aza had the power to change her ways and live a different life.]]> 2018-08-27 18:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275645337 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275652068 Shawn has always taken after his grandfather's adventurous ways, he uses clues that his grandfather has left for him and finds the mysterious island. This island isn't all mystery though, it's only hidden by a horrific storm, it's been there all along you just have to know where to look. Aza and the island are similar, there isn't some magical force keeping the island a secret just like there isn't anyone keeping Aza in her head. Both are capable of being free and known, they just have to know how to do it.]]> 2018-08-27 18:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275652068 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275656790 "Monk" is a TV series, in this show Adrian Monk has OCD just like Aza in "Turtles All The Way Down". Both are compulsive and disoriented and "stuck in their own head". Monk is a detective and works with the SFPD. He is constantly organizing and cleaning because something in his mind just can't stand the fact when things are messy. Aza thinks that she'll catch C diff. with every choice she makes and is terrified when she doesn't put on a band aid. Monk connects to the theme because he also has a choice to change his ways, it's just a different style of thinking, nothing in he mind controls his actions just like Aza's.]]> 2018-08-27 18:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275656790 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275663255 In "The Help" Skeeter, a young white woman decides to write a book telling the stories of everyday black maids in Jackson, Mississippi. These woman have many opinions about their employers but can't say any of them because they're scared of being fired or worse. In the end they overcome their fear and write the book with Ms. Skeeter. Both Aza and these black maids have to do things they don't want to do but just like these ladies, Aza has the power to change her ways made different decisions. ]]> 2018-08-27 19:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275663255 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275702422 Melody is a 5th grader who is paralyzed. The only movement she has is in her thumbs and right pointer finger. She cannot speak or eat without assistance. Melody is physically trapped inside her head but with the help of her parents, fellow classmates and a computer, Melody is able to communicate with the world and leave her head. Aza is luckier, she might be disabled, in another way, but she can choose to be like Melody and find a way to finally tell her thoughts no.]]> 2018-08-27 21:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275702422 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275705207 This connects to the theme of "Turtles All the Way Down" because it's saying that he (the singer) is going to change the way he lives. He is gonna make new decisions and he's not gonna let anyone influence him in making them. ]]> 2018-08-27 21:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275705207 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275717586 Aza is all over the place, her head is practically thinking about everything it possible can at once. She has trouble concentrating and is constantly worrying about catching C diff. But the one thing she is for sure on and her opinion on the world around her. She controls it and is able to make assumptions about it and the people around her.]]> 2018-08-27 23:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275717586 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275722391 This connects to the theme of "Turtles All The Way Down" because even though Aza has all of these horrible thoughts, and she can't help having them, she doesn't have to act on them. We can't stop letting our thoughts in, but what we can do and stop letting them impact our decisions. Aza has trouble with this concept throughout the book but soon realizes you aren't what goes on in your mind, we are blessed with the ability to chose.]]> 2018-08-28 00:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275722391 taylor_criminger06 https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275725022 In the Blind Side, Micheal is an underprivileged teen who is much larger than normal kids, but this works wonders for his football career. Micheal was only used to his world, gang fights, drinking, smoking, and dangerous nights. But when a nice lady, Leigh, she opens his eyes to a whole new way of living. At first Micheal is nervous about making this new change, he doesn't know how to act or what to say but does it anyway with open arms. You see Micheal was stuck in this dangerous world just like Aza is "stuck" in her thoughts. Both, fragile and scared, have the power to overcome their troubles and not let wealth or voices in their heads take over their life.]]> 2018-08-28 00:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/taylor_criminger06/gqqr8j3r0mce/wish/275725022