Woman Warrior #2

QUOTE:
"We had lost males before, cousins and uncles would were conscripted into armies or bonded as apprentices, who are almost as lowly as slave girls." - page 33, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This quote shows a hardship that Maxine had to face. Her mother said she would be a wife and slave and she is comparing some of the males with how lowly women were thought of. Apprentices were equivalent to slaves. This always shows how hard it would be to be in Maxine's shoes because of how many people she has lost.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I can't connect personally with this quote because I have not been in her position. I can relate by saying that people that I know can be belittled and thought of as lower than they are.
QUESTION:
Do you think Maxine will be able to survive?
QUOTE:
"I am useless, one more girl who couldn’t be sold. When I visit the family now, I wrap my American successes around me like a private shawl."-- page 42, narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This shows that she protects herself with her success. She very insecure. She thinks she's useless so she uses America as a cover.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I can connect to this because I can be very insecure at times too. Sometimes I try to find things that I can shield myself with.
QUESTION:
How do you mask you insecurities?

The Woman Warrior #1

QUOTE:
"On the fourth and fifth days, my eyesight sharp with hunger, I saw deer and used their trails when our ways coincided. Where the deer nibbled, I gathered the fungus, the fungus of immortality."--page 25. narrator
SIGNIFICANCE:
This is a hardship the main character needed to endure as they attempted to make a new life. You could see how hungry she was and she gathered the fungus for nutrients. She is doing what she needs to survive.
PERSONAL CONNECTION:
I would definitely do the same thing if I was put in this position. She seems like a fighter and I could definitely be categorized as a fighter. This character is strong, but is also fearful and fearless at the same time. She is fearful but is also fearless when she needs to be. I feel that I am the same way.
QUESTION:
Would you do extreme things to survive?

Immigration

An immigrant is a person traveling from one country to another. An immigrant can want to leave there home for any reason. It could be anything from economic turmoil to a simple family feud. Immigrants don’t have to travel to another country for a specific reason.
Like we say America is the home of the free. In countries in the Middle East people are being killed for their beliefs and women have no rights. Our country has so much opportunity that most of the other countries don’t have. We also are able to vote for our leader unlike some countries who are ruled by a dictatorship.
The U.S is very diverse in culture. In fact the U.S is probably the most diverse of all countries. We have very many languages that we learn and speak. We have every kind of food from all around the worlds. We have so much more freedom than other countries and our laws are enforced with great power.
My ancestors emigrated from Eastern Europe. I am part Polish, part Russian, and part Czechoslovakian. I have two friends that immigrated from Poland.

CAPS PRACTICE

CORRECTED: This weekend is the Super Bowl. The teams playing are the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. I really wanted the Philadelphia Eagles to go to the Super Bowl because Donovan McNabb deserves a ring. All he has is his Campbell’s Chunky Soup commercials.
ORIGINAL: this weekend is the super bowl. the teams playing are the arizona cardinals and the pittsburgh steelers. i really wanted the philadelphia eagles to go to the super bowl because donovan mcnabb deserves a ring. all he has is his campell’s chunky soup commercials.

Book review: Farenheit 451

BOOK REVIEW
By: Cara Potiker




Fahrenheit 451 was in my opinion a fantastic novel. The book was about a fireman named Guy Montag. This book took place in the future so the firemen started fires instead of putting them out. In the beginning Guy liked his job and was perfectly content with his life. Instead of learning kids took TV classes and people changed history. Everything was perfectly fine until Clarisse came. Clarisse was a teenage girl that Guy met on the way home from work one night. Clarisse opened his eyes to thousands of possibilities about the past and the future. Montag started to question life and not just follow along mindlessly with the others.
This book was written in third person. I really loved how Ray BradBury developed the characters. As the book goes on you can see how tortured Guy Montag is with his life, his wife, and his job. Everything was happy on the outside but he needed change on the inside. The plot was incredible to me. Firemen that start fires, television classes instead of a curriculum, a man that is tired of his life so he explores his mind. Reading in this book is illegal. The firemen start fires to get rid of books and people who read are arrested. This whole weird future was made to try to bring peace but little did they know that Guy Montag would rebel.
This book drew me in since the very first page. I didn't want to stop after my required pages of reading each night. In this book when the author showed Guy's though process and the way he was questioning life showed me a lot about the authors writing style and intellect. It was very interesting to see how the though process of the characters changed throughout the book. Guy was definitely a strong character and I really learned to like him throughout this book.
I highly recommend this book for fourteen and up. The vocabulary and story line may be too confusing if you're younger. I give this book a ten out of ten. I though it was definitely worth reading. If you want a book that will pull you in and hold you until the very end I would pick up Farenheit 451.
This book was fantastic. It was written fifty years ago and the world still doesn’t look like it does in the futuristic setting of the book. It keeps you wondering if the future will ever be like that. A must read in my opinion. It will open your eyes to hundreds of possibilities about what the future holds.

Boyhood book review

Boyhood is the story of a young boy living in Cape town, South Africa and dealing with everyday teen struggles. The author's pen name is J.M Coetzee and the book is written in third person. In addition to the style being in third person the plot was dry and boring. The setting starts off in his home in Cape Town and randomly switches to scenes on his aunt and uncle's farm and his old life. J.M Coetzee really shows the difficulties he faced while growing up. The twisted one sided relationship he had with his mother, his hate for his father, and the sexual feelings for his female cousin was slightly disturbing in an intriguing way. His mother was a humble woman and loved him more then anything in the world but only got hate in return. His father was slightly emotionally abusive to his mother but softened in time. His two-faced world spun with feelings of hate and confusion of his sexual orientation. He also talks a lot about religion and how Jews and Catholics were discriminated against. Other than that the book went nowhere and didn't do anything for me. I recommend this book to teenage boys in high school. I think high school boys would relate to J.M Coetzee better than a younger crowd. I do not recommend this book to any boys under ninth grade. Girls from age 14+ would be fine reading this book but I found that it was really hard to get into this book and relate to the main character.

Chapter 13 LOTF

Chapter 13 Home at last



The naval officer stood on the sand in front of Ralph, still dumbfounded. They could see a large ship creeping up to shore from a distance. It was the most magnificent thing Ralph had ever seen.
“Come on boys lets get on that ship.” The officer said with a hint of urgency in his voice. When the ship got close enough to shore, they jumped into the water. A hand reached down and grabbed the boys, one by one, onto the ship. Finally, the boys were able to act like children. The men on the ship gave them food, water, and clothes. Ralph was able to look like a handsome young boy again, instead of a dirty, rugged, savage.
Jack was not exactly thrilled about this transition. His face was permanently stuck in a grimace. He still looked at Ralph with hate, and murderous intentions. There was hope in the air, hope for a long successful journey. Ralph looked around worriedly, noticing that some of the boys were not there.
Knowing that there were boys alone, on an island caught on fire, dampened the pure feeling of happiness and relief. If only everyone could go home. Ralph couldn’t wait to get home to his family, to be able to go to school, be a boy. He didn’t have to fear for his life, or take care of himself anymore. Sam and Eric were jumping up and down, thrilled to see something other than false hope and murder. For once in many months, they slept like babies. The naval officer that rescued them shook Ralph in an attempt to wake him up.
“What is it?” Ralph asked.
“Did you know a boy named Simon by any chance?” The officer asked.
“Why yes, I did, do you know him?” Ralph replied.
“Yes, he is my nephew.” The officer replied. Ralph put his head down in condolence.
“Simon didn’t make it.” Ralph said sadly. The officer’s nostrils started to flare. He walked away. Ralph walked down to the crew’s courtiers of the ship. A man with Dark hair, friendly eyes, and a cleft chin, sat on the bed. He was looking at an old photo of a lady. Ralph walked up to him slowly.
“Hi…I’m Ralph.” He said slowly. The man turned around. He ran up to Ralph quickly, and cupped his face in his hands.
“Son, I know who you are.” He said, crying tears of happiness. Ralph cried with him, they held each other. On the island Ralph knew he would never be able to see his father again, but fate proved him wrong. Some of the stuff that happened on that island was blocked out of his memory, because it was so traumatizing.
Jack was sitting on the deck, teary eyed. Knowing that he would have to go back to being a choirboy, with no power, made him sweat. Deep inside he knew that this was a no good world, that took away everything that fulfilled him. He will continue to sing to a nonexistent being while the others go home to their normal lives.
For the first time in the whole time he was alone, he wept. Ralph sat, cuddled with his father, and looked at the journey ahead. He will never forget his island, his leadership, and he will never forget the Lord of the Flies. The mighty beastie, who kept them so afraid, was only their own reflections. Their animal instincts took over their young, fragile minds. They were a group, but they were alone. So let their story be carried on. Their wall of society crumbled, they were not even human anymore, until now.
Ralph could see a dock in front of him, filled with people of different ages, and sizes. A woman stood there with a handkerchief, the same woman in the old photo, it was Ralph’s mother. Ralph couldn’t wait to get on shore, hug his mother, and show his friends that he was alive. If only Piggy was with him, smiling at his auntie holding a bag of candy. But Piggy didn’t make it, all because of Jack. Jack’s grimace still stood on his face, but you could see he was ecstatic to see his family.
“Mum!” He yelled.
An old woman with white hair, wrinkled cheeks, and a warm smile turned around. Her eyes lit up.
“Jack! My baby boy is alive!” She screamed in excitement.
As they returned to their homes, bidding each other goodbye, they couldn’t help thinking about their island, and the boys they left behind.