Pictures of Hollis Woods
I am very thankful for my family. Sometimes I look back over my life with my family and I cannot help but feel blessed. My parents always made sure I had everything I ever needed, kept me healthy and safe, and most of all loved me more than I could ever imagine anyone loving another person. I still know all of these things are true today, even as an adult. In Pictures of Hollis Woods, Hollis is an orphan. She has no idea what it feels like to be loved unconditionally, nor does she expect anyone to love her. She sees herself as someone who does not deserve a family; why does she believe this?
Why are you thankful for your family?
What in this book has made you recognize what you take for granted about your family?
5 Comments
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:51 am
I am thankful for my family because they care about me. I can trust them and tell them anything. They care for me and I care for them. We are linked together like a chain the chain would not be as strong without one of the links. That sometimes I take everything for granted but when I read this book I realized that Hollis didn’t have anything so I won’t take anything for granted now.
November 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
William, I love your comment, especially when you said, “we are linked together like a chain, the chain would not be as strong without one of the links”. I am glad this book made you realize how grateful you are for your family. I am interested to hear what you thought about why Hollis believes she does not deserve a family.
November 24th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Ms. Walker,
When I read this book I felt like i was taking everything for granted because Hollis had nothing and I sometimes all day I play on my phone and nothing else and then I realized that if I don’t use something to give it away. Something I gave away were all my stuffed animals that I never played with. So I gave them to the Good Will.
Hollis believes that she doesn’t deserve a family because she thought she ruined another family so she said “I don’t deserve one.”
I am thankful for my family because they give me food to eat a school to learn and the give me a part of there heart.
Emipu1213
November 25th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I think it’s because Hollis was an orphan and did not feel like she deserved to be loved conditionaly. I am thankfull for my family beacause they love me and care for me, also beacause I have food, shelter, and water some people don’t. This book made me really stop and think about how lucky I am and how much my parents care for me and help me I could not bare living like Hollis on the run. (ever!)
*kate w*
November 25th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I totally agree with your post. I feel like I’m so blessed to have a loving family that takes care of me and makes sure I have everything I need to succeed in life. I am also thankful because they spend a lot of time making sure I am safe and that I am educated. I think I take for granted that I have someone to give me a hug before I go to bed and someone who will always be there when I’m in trouble. I think that I am very blessed and that I should be more thankful when my mom gives me a hug.