Blog #2 E.M.

Maria decided to go with the European guy and in order for her to receive the job she had to get a document provided from the Swiss consulate. In the Swiss guys eye this seem demanding to him but his used to it. The Swiss guy didn’t care he seems very interesting in Maria and with the document Maria is receiving for sure she will get the job. The best thing for Maria is she’s getting five hundred dollars paid a week which is good. “Up until then, travel and the idea of going far away had just been a dream is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice”(27). Maria felt like this is a good opportunity she’s receiving but she can back out when ever she feels like it even though it’s a more than a thousand kilometers. She’s a beach person she saw several tourists at the beach and they were getting in and out of the water laughing she was just happy to go to the beach and wear her new swimsuit. Maria is very religious every time when she heads to ocean she prays to the Virgin Mary and she looks all calm. She always comes back safe since she loves going all the way and not staying on the shore. She wasn’t used to the life in Europe life in Brazil was different to her she was used to going to a good school, soap operas. Something Europeans won’t be interesting like watching soap operas.

Blog # 1 E.M

The book Eleven Minutes is a very interesting book with the main character Maria who is seeking love. When she was young there was a cute guy she fell in love and she doesn’t know to react to this things so when the guy asked her for a pencil she didn’t know what to say and she responded in a bad. Since then now on he didn’t spoke to her and then he left the town. Poor Maria didn’t ever see him again and she knew that love wasn’t made for her. “At the same time, she grew more and more insecure in her relationships with boys, and more and more determined to leave the place where she lived”(Coelho,13). By saying this we can see that Maria wasn’t secure with her self time passed she grew older and prettier she was nineteen when she had finished secondary school, found a job in a draper’s shop in where her boss fell in love. She didn’t let him touch her and didn’t let her beauty be threatened. Maria’s mom said, “Beauty, my dear, doesn’t last” (17). Knowing this she knew it good she had her boss in her arms she got a good salary. Finishing two years already there she had gave her parents enough money and decided to go on a holiday. Her boss decided to go with her on the trip and she said know its fine she noticed his eyes and saw the flames of love even though she thought he was only interested in sex it was the exact opposite. This week she wanted to be free and be able to meet her prince charming with a forty-eight hour trip. She met this guy that didn’t speak her language at all. Not knowing how to communicate with Maria he tried and said, “Supper . . . tonight?” Then he said: Switzerland!” (20). Maria was really pretty she knew her own beauty seem to be a threat for her with people that seem to be interested in her weren’t the people for her she wants her prince charming to soon arrive.

Outside Reading Book

I chose to read the book Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho he was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a young boy he wanted to become a writer but his mom seem to bring down his passion by telling him it takes more than just saying you want to become a writer. Now his known for several famous books like the Alchemist has become one of the best-selling books in history, been translated in 67 languages and won a Guinness World Record for having the most translated book by a living author. The novel Eleven Minutes is about a character Maria who is in search of love but she ends up losing hope and comes across a painter with whom she falls this book is described as an erotic novel for their contents because of their graphic descriptions. I decided to read this book because a friend told me it’s a great book and she said you need to have a maturity level in order to read. It seems like an interesting book so far but will see how it goes.