End OF The Book

I DID NOT LIKE THIS BOOK. i think that it is not a good exampl of classic literature and the crisis with tom was jst the cherry on top of the hatred cake for me. I think that this book was all sorts of wrong and i do not like it. However the ending turned out well for all of the team of Huck Finns friends but i am just overall glad that we are done reading this book

Miss Watson Letter

Huck decides in order to ease his conscience that he should write a letter to Miss Watson about the location of Jim. as he does this he is struck with all of the memories of Jim and it makes him realize that Jim has always been there for him like the father that he never had. This causes him to think and eventually to rip up the letter that he has written. This really shows a big change in Huck because it shows him getting past the race barrier between him and Jim and he realizes that someone does no have to be white to be his friend.

How does Huck ruin the Duke and King’s plan? Why does he do it?

Huck ruins the plan of the Duke in the King by coming up with a scheme of his own in order to counter their scheme. After they steal the 6000 dollars Huck's plan goes into action. He does this in order to try and show the Duke and The King the error of their ways but when he puts the money in the coffin the plan goes array. What happens is that the coffin gets buried with the money in it and makes it out of reach for everyone. Huck then really lets his moral shine through by ratting out the king and the duke as con-artists to Mary Jane. This really shows a growing amount of self control on hucks part and shows that he is deserving of responsibility and is maturing wuite well.

Jim;s Daughter

The Significance of the story is that his daughter has scarlet fever and is deaf. He did not know this when he began to yell at his daughter and he was remorseful. This truly shows that Jim's relationshp with Huck is only getting stronger and it a great example of the way the trip has brought them together because Jim is willing to tell the story of how his little daughter was wrongfully treated.

Duke and King

Duke and King are two people that are sitting on the bank of the river and Huck and Jim pick them up. I think it is very easy to see that they are not really a duke and a king and that Huck and Jim are wise to be cautious around them. I do not think that it means that they cannot be trusted completely because Jim and Huck are not so right with the law anyway so it would not be harmful for them to be abiding fugitives or anything like that.

Huck and Buck

Huck and Buck are very similar people and Huck meets Buck in his stay at the Grangerford household which he thinks is magnificent. It is great relationship for Huck and it really helpes him to see how things could have been if he was born into a different family and it really helped us also to learn a lot about Huck through Buck. They are excessively similar in their backgrounds and their height and age even.

Raftsmen

in this chapter we truly are exposed to the barabarity of the raftsmen that Huck passes. I think the main thing that we learn about them is that are truly just a step away from what Huck and Jim are. The only difference between the two and the men they pass is a purpose. Huck and Jim have a purpose they have a destination but the other men are living off their raft just as well but have no purpose. This really gives us a basis for understanding what a reeal raftsman is and how Huck and Jim are different from that.

Why Does Huck Help the Men on the Raft

One of the days when Huck and Jim are travelling down the river the come upon a wrecked sailboat. It is Huck's decision to go and search the ship and he soon finds himself entwined in a situationta he was not meant to be a part of. He soon decides to leave and after traveling just a little bit is hit with remorse and wonders because he thinks that he might be in the same situation sometime in his life. This really shows us just how compassionate Huck can be that he does not dismiss these men. He instead of going back decides to go back to shore and tell about the wreck hoping that people will go and finds the ruins. Overall this act truly just shows us the great extent to which Huck's conscience can control him and how he is willing to help someone even though he is in a way running away from his own problems.

Trick Blog

The trick that Huck plays on jim is that he puts a rattlesnake in his bed. This is a trick that really solidifies there relationship becuase it shows that he is willing to play tricks on him like a friend that he would do if Jim was just a strager that he did not know at all. It is a very dangerous trick and is not helathy for Jim but it is okay because he drinks a ton of whiskaaayyyy.

Horse Ride

The book this chapter talks about eustace's horse ride across the country which he makes with Susan and Judson. This is a real chance for Eustace to reach for freedom and I think that it is a very majestic undertaking and that it has been a great source of relief for him and is brother. i think that the coolest and weirdest part of the trip is when he fights with Peter Rabbit in order to gain dominance ofver him. i also think that it is a stupid stereotype for him to ride his horse into the ocean just becasue he got in the oceam. Now his horse is all wet and will be freaked out by the ocean when he could have just gotten of the horse and run in himself.

Apprentices

Eustace holds his pprentices to the highest standards. This is because he wants to train them to be like him even though they cannot possibly hold up to his unussually high standards. The apprentices come to the camp epecting to have a fun learning experiecne and Eustace thinks that they do not come enough to work. He ends up firing quite a few of them but personally i would not mind being his apprentice if i had nothing better to do. It would be a horrbile thing to try and do while one was busy but if I could devote my life to it then I would be happy to work 12 hour work days with a man that can saw through his fingers and still work. That was pretty hardcore with the chainsaw.

turtle island

Turtle island is the land that eustace establishes for himself in the farthest corners of North Carolina. This place allows Eustace to get away from the feeling of loss that he gets whenever he inhabits a wilderness that he does not own that gets destroyed. This makes it so that he is able to keep his own place that he can call his own. It enables I'm to have his own retreat and the fact that he is surrounded by genuinely American people only increases the value of the land. It is a gateway for Eustace not only to find a quite place for himself but also to make a gateway for the American people to find a way to leave their own lives and commune with nature. I like the book so far!

Essay

The essay that i have in mind was chosen because it was the first articla on google. however i have high hopes that the essay will come together well and i will also be able to under stand the minority helath coalition better.

Discrimination

Discrimination is a prevalent topic in today's society and thus it creates minority groups that go after the same types of goals that slaves such as Linda went after in the times of slavery. Some of the groups that struggle through the same things are people that are coming from places that are unfamiliar and foreign to us as americans. Foreigners are discriminated against in a basic mindset that some americans think they are just different and strange. However all of these groups are fighting for an end to discrimination just as Linda did.

The North

The North is a huge letdown for Linda. Especially on the train ride she is shocked to find a case where she wishes she could have had the conditions that a slave was given. The slaves were allowed to ride for free behind the white people but when she gets to the north she has to pay for her ticket which she ca not afford. Another thing that was upsetting about the North was that she did not immediately feel free and she did not find her daughter Ellen in the situation that she was promised. She is still waiting on Benjamin to be freed from the South and overall finds the North to fall far short of her expectations.

William

William is related to Linda and is a servant of Mr Sands. When Mr Sands get elected a congressman and moves to Washington William decides to run away. I do not think that his actions were rude or unjustified because of the fact that even thought Mr Sands was nice, William was still a slave.

Mr Sands

Mr sands comes to own the kids by buying them indirectly from Mr Flint. He hires a slaveowner to buy the two chirldren and Dr Flint sells them to the man and then Mr Sands Buys them from him. Linda trusts Mr. Sands because he is their father but she knows that it is a risky thing to do because slavery corrupts minds. She worries about the children and especially about Ellen who she thinks might have been given as an object. However in the end of the chapter Mr Sands has not done anything to disprove her trust.

Gold Necklace

The gold necklace that Linda's new baby is given on her baptism day is very upsetting to Linda. For Linda it is troubling because it represents were she has come from and what she lives in every day, slavery. For Linda, the idea of her children growing up like she has and living in slavery is upsetting and it makes her think of the weight of slavery being around her babies neck in the form of the gold necklace. I do not think that it is fair that she make this comparison because it seemed to me that it was just an honest gift and that she lashed out like none other. She treated it like her child was being inducted into slavery with that necklace when it was just a gift.

Interesting Passage

For me the most interesting passage is at the top of page 89. The passage is first talking about prices for slaves, which for me is still shocking. It is just weird for me to think about quantifying a human life. The most interesting part of the passage for me however is ", the doctor would have sold any boy of Benny's age for two hundred dollars; but he could not bear to give up the power of revenge." I think that is interesting because it puts together two qualifying factors, the life of a slave and revenge for the doctor, and shows how Dr. Flint clearly values his own dealings more than the life of a slave and in some cases even money.

SLAVE LOVE

For a slave love is an even more complicated emotion than for free men. For slaves it is hard because at every corner there is a chance that you will never see your love again. i thought that the way that Linda handled her love with the free man completely well. It showed that even though the life for a slave or even a free black man was tough. In the case in the book though i thought that love prevailed and she was able to put the mans safety over her own need for him which is the ultimate sacrifice for love i guess.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 1-4

In the first four chapters of the novel it was intriguing to me how much deception there was by the slave owners. We are told all the time about the brutality and suffering of the slaves but i had no idea of how much the slave owners flatly went against their word. I thought that even when they were in a slave to master relationship that it would be necessary to keep their word. I thought another interesting part of the story was the entire tale of her grandmother, in that it always took different turns. I was completely surprised that her mistresses sister saved her and finally granted her her freedom after so many years.

Class Discussion

Our last class discussion was about the three types of reading and what each type yielded in the Great Gatsby. Even though I do not think that the second two types of reading are good because I find it hard to believe that Fitzgerald meant to put all of these hidden meanings into the book, I still thought thtat the discussion was good. The second and third levels of reading were about symbols and connections in the book and i thought the second level was the most interesting. I think that all of the symbols in the Great Gatsby can closely correlate with real life. This is because in a lot of cases symbols are there whether they are meant to be or not. I found the argument that the symbols in the book were on purpose because there were only four of them, instead of trying to find symbols throughout the book. This book is one of the strongest cases of purposefull symbolism that I have seen.

Blog Chapter 9

I thought that this chapter was the most depressing chapter in the entire book. After all of the action of the last two chapters i was very upset with how Fitzgerald put the book to a close. I do not feel like i got enough closure on what is happeneing to Daisy and Tom and I definitely wish more people would have gone to Gatsby's funeral. It was interesting however, to see his father and understand just how disconnected Gatsby had become from his former world in order to chase after Daisy. Overall I thought the book was good but I think there are several things that could have been changed for the better.

Chapter 7 and 8 blog

i think that these two chapters were some of the most abnormal chapters that i have seen in any novel. I thought it was so incredibly ridiculous how Gatsby and Daisy just expected to have dinner with tom and for him to find out about the affair. I think that the two should have gone about it a different way and that if they had this entire novel would not end up with so many deaths.i was completely stunned when i learned of myrtles death as well as Gatsby and i think that they are a sad reality.

Chapter 6 Blog

I think that Nick waited to reveal this because it makes the story better and more open to the reader’s interpretation. This way, we were allowed to draw conclusions about Gatsby even though we didn’t really know his back-story. This also prevented us from treating him stereotypically. If we would have know the truth about hi before than we would have seen his actions as a reflection of his past but from this perspective we see them as just actions of an unknown man. I think that this is a great strategy by F. Scott Fitzgerald because it allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 5

Chapter 5 from the great Gatsby, I don't really get it. I don't understand why Gatsby is still so madly in love with Daisy when he could have so many other girls. The way he goes about having Daisy over just shows how amazingly crazy he is. Not just crazy about Daisy but crazy in general. I don't believe that Daisy would be okay with just sitting in there seeing how extravagant Nick's house looked, knowing that Nick did not do it like that. Not only was his lawn professionally cut, but flowers were delivered, and he had an awesome tea set. I think that Daisy would have left and not stayed, not listened to Gatsby and not cried in front of him.

May 28

Today we had our overall projects due and now i had to work on my 2 page evaluation thing. I look forward to writing it and i will for sure get it done in time. Yay!

May 27

Today I got a lot of work done. I was able to not only ask what I needed to do but also get it done. I worked with Caroline to get some of the editing done and I have edited my half of the magazine, I also retyped up my Starbucks quote and resent it to Sarah

May 23

Today is my birthday. I have two huge tests as well as a huge paper due on my brthday. It stinks, hardcore. So today in publication I looked around trying to find something that needed to be done. But, since the seniors are not here i was not able to find anything so i sat around nervously not studying for my other classes because i was worried about forgetting something to do in publication! AHH!

may 22

Well i ofiicially completed all of the work overall. I finally remembered to bring in the memory card that had all of the starbucks pictures on it so now i have officially finished my jobs as copy editor slash story writer slash picture taker. WOOHOO!

May 20

Today is May 20th and the magazine is creeping ever closer to completion. All of the stories have been edited and submitted back to Sarah and now all that is left for all of the work that has been done to be put into a comprehesive magazine.

May 19

Today is May 19. It is also the day that I learned about a yearbook with really messed up pictures and made sure that Krebses stories got edited. I was able to et all of this done by working really hard and I am really tired so I am proud of myself for getting anything done

May 15

Today was another very productive day, this is almost 3 straight days of producivity, very strange. I was able to get both of my stories written today and with Caroline editing Eryn's stories, all of our groups stories are pretty much done. Wow!!!

May 13

Today was another very productive day. Even though I got here late I was able to get 2 stories edited and sent to Sarah. I edited Alex's story and now all i have to do is get my stories written and go to Starbuck's again tonight because I forgot my camera last night!

My Productive Day

OMG!! Today in publications i had a very productive day! I was able to not only plan my trip to Starbucks later today but i was also able to make a general outline for both of the stories that I will write. All that needs to happen is me taking pictures, getting the information and pounding out te stories. This was the single most productive day that i have had in the history of publcations.

Redo of todays blog

Today was very informative. I got all of the stories planned into my super calendar and now know when i will have all of the stories pouring into my computer for editing. I still have to write my stories about Starbucks and West Park so i need to finish those over the weekend!

May 9

Today was uber boring. I had to take the information for the story deadlines and write them in a dumb calendar. I plan on doing nothing even remotely related to publication over the weekend but i will be getting to work the next weekend.

May 8

Well today in publications there was no one there. Everyone was gone and so our group could not establish the deadlines that we need to. I was the superhero of the day and established my deadline at May 13. My birthday is 10 days after that which is not really relevant in any way, shape, or form but i really want the iPod Touch that i asked for!

What I did Today

Today was a a very informative day. I decided to show up for school for once in my lifetime and i actually learned something. I learned the purpose of the universe as well as what project we are working on in Publication. I decided personnally that i should be the copy editor for our group. I took the post and have been assigned the job of going to starbucks and taking pictures as well as writting an interesting story about West park.