Milk and Honey

I recently read a poem book called Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. Milk and Honey is a very mature book but I definitely recommend it if you are mature enough to handle serious topics. These short poems are really deep and many are very relatable. You don’t necessarily have to relate to the same idea or topic but the way the author describes how she feels makes you have connections with any time you have felt that way. Rupi Kaur writes this poem book to describe the good and bad side of being a women. The author divides the book into 4 sections, the hurting, the loving, the breaking and the healing. The hurting talks about family problems and learning how to respect her body. The loving talks about falling in love with someone and with yourself. The breaking is about ending a relationship and falling out of love. Personally, I think the healing is the best section of the whole book and it is something that will always help to read, it is really inspiring and talks about how life goes on no matter what happens. I definitely would recommend this book because I think you can always relate to it at some point.

Herd Behavior and Outsiders Comparison

The second text is Herd Behavior by CommonLit Staff. This text compares people to animals that act like each other. The animals connect to the characters in the Outsiders because they also act like one another even if they don't want to, but since everyone is doing it they have to do the same.

“The term also applies to human behavior, and it usually describes large numbers of people acting the same way at the same time”. This is basically stating that even if people aren't at all alike, they act like each other because they see other people doing it even if they don't want to. This connects to The Outsiders because Ponyboy says, “I don't want to be hood.” This shows that Ponyboy doesn’t want to be a greaser but he sees the rest of them as greasers such as Dally, Ponyboy, Two bit, even his brothers so he feels pressured to go with the crowd.

In the second text it talks about not wanting to be like the rest but still having to. This connects to the outsiders because when Ponyboy asks himself a tough question and says why should he be proud of being marked lousy. This isn't said in the second text but it leads to it. Even if you don't want to be like the rest if you hang out with them, you are put a label. This is when Ponyboy realizes how hard it is to shed off a label you don't want.

Therefore, the second text, Herd Behavior connects to Ponyboys feelings in the outsiders. I think that Herd behavior is well put together. The writer doesnt tell us directly what they mean, and some topics expand to other ideas. Overall I think this connection between Herd Behavior and The Outsiders is very similar.