This is a warning to teens. To sum up this article, this is about Troian Bellisario and star in the TV show, "Pretty Little Liars" and how she overcame her bulimia. She says, "Honestly, it's an ongoing struggle.  Especially for a woman on a show that has the word 'pretty' in it! Sometimes I feel like I'm trying too hard, like I don't belong. I just look around at [co-stars] Lucy [Hale], Shay [Mitchell], and Ashley [Benson], and I'm just like, 'Why am I on this show?' " That's really sad, I think.

   In my opinion, I think she is so inspiring because sometimes I think I am fat and now I can think of her.  One of my biggest pet peeves is when you insult yourself and truly it's the opposite. I think she is partially doing that because she is one of the prettiest women. But it's not about beauty. Troian Bellisario is one of my favorite actors. I love her work. She is a beautiful person inside and out. But I find this article very annoying because it focuses on beauty -- not her personality or acting. It may seem sort of offensive to those who look down upon themselves.

     All in all, this is an inspiring story yet a bit annoying for the reader.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2533878/Pretty-Little-Liars-star-Troian-Bellisario-opens-eating-disorder-self-harm-struggles.html

What is Ya Hey about really?

By Leah Shifrel

"Ya Hey," by the band Vampire Weekend is about more than one thing. It could be about trust or God or love. It is definitely about power. It may be about God and why people lose faith. Faith is one of those things in life where you as a soul can choose. It says the words "flame" and "glow" which may mean destruction and hope. I am an atheist. I don't believe that there is a higher power up there. There is a very powerful line in the song that makes you really think "how could you watch such terrible things like us?" which may mean that something is up there watching us. I think it should say how could someone watch such sad things happen. Ezra Kinog, the writer, says in the first line "sweet thing," which shows that there is still hope in Ezra's mind and maybe even for me. Another line that stuck out to me was "Only 'I am that I am' / But who could ever live this way?" I think Ezra means without a figure to view, God is almost invisible to a lot of people. We only use what we know. What I am really trying to say is Ezra is feeling sorry for God because he is not there supporting us as we go through life unless we believe in God, which is well -- hard!

Power In the book The stolen party the main character is hiding. She knows inside that she is not in charge and she is lower than the other characters, but outside she acts bigger which is only going to harm her. Rosaria has a conversation with a girl with a bow and in this conversation they both think they have the power, but really neither of them have it which shows that lots of stories that have the complex reading affect to it have the theme of competition which is related to power in way. Rosaria is affected in and by this be a mistake and this reminds me of real life because in real life if you think of yourself higher than you actually are just the same fact that Rosaria figured out. Rosario is covering her eyes throughout the story, it's all right in front of her, she just doesn't want to see.