# 8 WHOO!

So this is my 8^th and final blog YES! I’m so happy this is over with.

The novel Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver is a story about a woman who makes tremendous changes that affect her and her whole family’s lives. She, along with her husband and kids, move across the country from hot steamy deserts to lush fields of green vegetation. Her newfound project was based on beliefs she held about America, farming and what people ate. Her idea was to move to a farm and only consume home or locally grown products. She would eat nothing that came in a truck from thousands of miles away. Though it was a great idea, there were many things she had to do in order to complete it. It took years of preparation to get the crops ready to be cut and to clear the land to plant seeds. Her determination and motivation led to a lifestyle change that was better for her family and led others around the country to follow in her footsteps.

Kingsolver’s project and mine share a countless number of differences and only few similarities. Her project took many years before it could begin, and mine only a few weeks. Her idea was not only for the well being of herself, but for her family and the country, mine however was only a goal to benefit my interests. She could help start a change in the country that would lead to healthier and happier Americans; the only one I could actually help is no one with my goal. I could bring music to people’s ears and money into my wallet. I could go on and on about the differences between our projects but in the end we do share some common themes.

The number of aspects between our ideas are more different than alike but I have found that they can be compared a great deal. For one, both Kingsolver and I are both looking out for the interests of somebody. We both care about what we are doing and enjoy it as well. We both had a strong idea that could grow into something big with the right amount of motivation and we both took the time to prepare for it. Though different in some traits, our ideas are similar in more of a moral type of way.

There you go, my final entry about mine and Kingsolver’s projects, hope you enjoyed. J