Blog 6: The Scarlet Ibis

Aunt Nicey says "Dead birds is bad luck", "Specially red dead birds". When saying that bad luck did come. Doodle died. They affected the plot because if the bird was never there they would still be eating. I believe in Friday the 13th. I believe in all of those little superstitions.

Blog 5: The Man Who Was Almost A Man

1. The Author, 3rd person, ominent

2. Her response was no at first. She didn't want him to have one. But then Dave said that they could use the gun for Pa. And she says fine they can get one.

3. He tells them a lie in how the mule did it to herself. He starts crying and then the crowd starts laughing and he tells them what really happened.

4. I think it represents a new place for Dave. It represents freedom and a new life.

5. I don't think so. I think a society needs someone like Dave. If there isn't then it will be off balance. You need someone who has different ideas. No i don't think they should celebrate his departure.

Blog 4: Lamb to the Slaughter

I really liked the ending of this story. It was funny how they were eating the murder weapon and she was in the other room laughing. I don't think you could get away with the same crime. The police would be more suspicious and think of the Lamb was being the leg. 

Blog 3: GAC&Cage Reading

I found a couple of the parts to be compelling. First Riva got very sick. Her roommates summoned the doctor to so she could help her out. The doctor spoke to the Commandant in an aggressive tone so they could bring Riva to a Hospital. The doctor told the Commandant how Riva wrote extravagant poetry that kept up everyone's spirit and gave them the will power to work. The Commandant agreed and brought Riva to the hospital, since Rica was so ill she floundered through the town. "Madam Commandant, I told you about Riva's poetry because i wanted you to see her as a person, not just as another inmate. i also wanted you to know what her poetry does for the morale of the other girls." (203)

Blog 2: Holocaust Dictionary

The one that i was surprised about was Warsaw Ghetto. They had concentration camps all planned out and then they even had normal homes planned and figured out. These Nazis and Hitler had a lot all of their ideas planned and they went through with it. No one could stop them and they killed millions of people. The Warsaw Ghetto was the very first step in their plan of killing all of the Jewish people. 

I thought allies was because i have heard it before. It did show how that many people agreed on one idea and they all went through with it. They all cherished Hitler and they thought he was right when he wasn't. Everyone got together on one idea that was truly horrible.

Blog 1: Part 1 Reflection

The part that stood out was when the guy died when they were sewing. 

page 34, "On the floor i see stretched out, hardly breathing, a young man. His eyes are closed, his face ashen, his hands pressed against his heart. From his lips blood silently flows over his bony chin and forms one big black spot on the wooden floor."

It shows how you never know when your going to die. Anything can happen at anymoment.

Blog 16: News report on chapter 4

Its April 1940. HOORAY! We are taking down Lodz Poland. We are finally getting the job done. The Germans rounded up all of the Jews and we watched in laughter as they ran around in circles. A man tried to help a pregnant women not fall but, he took care of that. One of our sergeants pushed her on top of her little fat stomach. Some man tried to help her and we cut her throat. That should teach those stupid Jews not to go against us. 

This went on for awhile, the running and stopping and tiring them out. After all that we brought them to the train station. We put the men into one group and the women and children into another group. The men went on the train and were never going to be seen again. The women and children were set free but not for long. We will put them into their places and will we dominate.

Blog 15: Holocaust Topics and The Cage

a. 1933-1945 it took place, it was a genocide where nazi killed over 6 million people

b. They started during world war i and the last leader was hitler, they didn't just kill jews

c. On november 24th 1997 Ruth who was a holocaust survivor was interview and we found out how terrible it was.

d. Auschwitz, Mittelsteine, and Grafenort are towns were the nazi's brought the Jewish people to. They mainly got killed there. Grafenort is also where Ruth was placed to be in the Holocaust camp. These towns are where the camps where. 

e. A personal memoir is a book with memories and pictures of old things.

Blog 14: Kate is tamed

Petruchio tamed Kate by not feeding and her not letting her sleep. He made it so whenever they fought she would have to give in. He wasn't going to so she had to. The only way she could do anything would be if he said so. The first time they met Petruchio told her she was going to marry him. They were going back and forth calling eachother names. He told her what was what and then her father said they were getting married. After they got married and then Petruchio thought of a plan to tame her. After a couple of days he got her tamed. She became obidient and respectful. Everything he told her to say or do she did it with no question asked. 

The conclusion of the play was Katherine telling Bianca and the Widow in how to be proper wives. In how they should act and what not to do. She told them in how men don't like women who don't listen.  Then Katherine and Petruchio left and went to bed. A couple they remind me of Angolina and Brad. But, i think she has him tamed.

Blog 13: Katherine's Speech

And place your hands below your husband's foot;

In token  of which duty , if he please,

My hand is ready,  may it do him ease

I found that line very interesting because it shows that now she is always ready for him. Whatever he wants she is there. He tamed her and before she was mean and nasty. She wouldn't follow orders from a man. But now she is there waiting for him to give her orders. She doesn't mention in how a woman should get respect like everyone else. She says how women should love and obey. Women should also get respect. 

Blog 12: Act IV, A shrew is as a shrew does

Hello Curtis. I am Doctor Luggysmittypopper, and i am Petruchio's doctor. I have figured that he is trying to act like his wife. They traded personalities. Now since Katherina finally found a husband she doesn't have to be a shrew or she isn't angry anymore. She just wanted someone to love her and be with. She found that and thats why she isn't a shrew. 

Now Petruchio is a different story. He fell in love with the lady that was a shrew. He likes the mean lady that pushes people around and yells all the time. It gave him excitement and he doesn't like the nice, kind lady she turned into. He is trying to make the beast come out of her. Not giving her food or any sleep will make her inner beast come out. He wants to unleash it and Tame it. Thats why he has been acting like this. Once she turns into a shrew again, he will go back to normal and everything could or could not be the same again. Give it time, and go along with his actions. My only advice would be to don't cross him or he will lash out on you.

Blog 11: Shakespeare's Language

1. What is "blank verse"? Give an example of it from your book.

A blank verse is no set rhythm/ rhyme, but it does follow a pattern called iambic pentameter. An iambic means line length broken five feet. Pentameter means 5.  "And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy."

2. Interpret these Shakespearean lines using your Shakespeare Packet: Reading Shakespeare's English: 
a. "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" [R&J]: But wait. What time of day is it.
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII]: Are you ready and calm.
c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth]: If its done when its done, its good.
d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]: To love in a hurry means to marry in free time.

Thou unmuzzled sour-faced waterfly.

Thou greasy pale hearted moldwarp

Thou gnarling heavy-headed hedge pig

Thou peevish paper-faced snipe

Thou hideous onion-eyed egg-shell

Blog Ten: TKAM point of view

Thoughts of a member of the jury who thought differently from the other jury

                                                Written by: Katie Murray

 

            I should have done what I thought. I knew Tom was innocent; he seems like the nicest person in the world. He knew his story and everyone else didn’t. I should have done what’s right and the wrong person is going to jail. I could have changed everyone’s mind and helped him out a little. I could have cared less is he was black; he didn’t commit the crime and shouldn’t be dealing with the time he is. When Tom said, “ I felt sorry for her” that triggered my mind and told me, he was an honest and good man.

            The rest of the jury would have killed me if I went against their word. A white man saying the black man was innocent would be a sin and I would be run out of this town. I wish someone else in the jury would have said he was innocent and I could of went with it. Ill never get over this, my guilt is going to eat away at me and I should have done something. It’s going to be a long couple of days for me, darkness will win but I shall over come it.

Blog 9, The Beginning of the Trial

I would defend the client. No one really knows if he did it or not. He's never committed a crime and his clients say how he is really nice and they only have good things to say. If my friends didn't back me up then they aren't good friends. Someone could of put the money there to get him in trouble if he has any enemies. I would defend my client by telling them where he was and what he was doing and proving that he didn't do it. I would prove everyone wrong. I would defend him because he says he didn't do it and everyone is calling him a liar and he needs someone to believe him. 

This is the same as the book because he lost his friends and he is defending someone that everyone thinks is a liar and a black man. No one believes him and it's the same with my client. The client in To Kill A Mockingbird was poor and he no one else would defend him. This is the same with my client and the man says he is not guilty.

Blog 8: New Yvork Times Article

Answer the following questions, either alone or with a partner. Your responses should be three-four sentences in length. You should be making connections between the NYT article and Steinbeck's text.

1. What is the main idea of this NYT article? What is its connection to OMAM?

We will be out of the recession by 2009. People will start getting jobs and money back.  Of Mice and Men Lennie and George are poor and in need of work because of the recession. There are too many people looking to be a worker for them to mess up

2. According to the article, "Some Forecasters See a Fast Economic Recovery," what 'psychological factor' is mentioned as providing the U.S. society with a false sense of comfort?

It says we are on hold and everyone is. Everyone will go back to normal.

3. Is there a similar psychological phenomenon that plays out in OMAM? [Hint: Where do the migrant workers' earnings go? Find support for your answers on pages 76-78 of the text.

There earnings go in a bank. Everyone will start getting money back.