November 2011
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Part 10: Works Cited
Works Cited
“ Beginner Business Women.” Entreprenuers, Business and Business information. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://www.womenseebeyond.org/category/beginner-business-women/>.
“20 displaced in apartment fire in Cedar Rapids.” Des Moines Register. N.p., 13 Nov. 2011. Web. 13 Nov. 2011....
Part 3: Newspaper article, The Adventures of...
http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/Lover-thief-111911
I chose this article to because it reminded me of when the King and Duke always tried to get money however they could. They pretended to be different characters and had different scenarios to fit who they were talking to. In the article, Natasha signs the checks with her ex-boyfriends initials. When she did that, it also reminded me about when...
Part 7: Unique word for To Kill A Mockingbird
I chose the word enmity for To Kill A Mockingbird because it means hatred and to cause a problem. I feel like this word sums up the book because hatred is the reason that every problem is started. For example, if people hadn’t spread so many rumors, Boo Radley may have felt safe enough to get out of his house and restart his life. Also if most of the town weren’t racist, Tom Robinson...
Part 7: Unique word for The Outsiders
I chose the word menage for The Outsiders because it means family and the Greasers act more like a family than a bunch of friends. There are many parts of the book were the Greasers did something for each other that other people, even very close friends wouldn’t do for each other. For example, if any of them needs a safe place to sleep, Darry keeps the doors unlocked. Johnny saved Ponyboy...
Part 9: Review for Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is about two men named George and Lennie who travel together to find work.George has to take care of Lennie because Lennie gets confused a lot and finds himself in trouble. In this book you see them finding work and trying to stay out of trouble in order to keep it. One of their co-workers wife, keeps trying to make trouble and Lennie doesn’t understand why he should stay...
Part 9: Review of My Antonia
My Antonia is the story of a Bohemian girl who moves to Nebraska. This book is very interesting because it takes you through Antonia’s entire life. When she first moves to Nebraska, you see her family struggle with finances and when she grows up, you see her struggle with making good choices. It is told through her best friend, Jim. Jim also struggles with Antonia’s choices because he...
Part 9: Review of The Outsiders
Before I read this book, I had never really thought about gang violence. Ponyboy and his friends are in a gang called the Greasers. Another gang called the Socs, constantly jump them and beat them up. Ponyboy’s family consists of his two brothers, and the other gang members. Ponyboy and his oldest brother Darry, always get into fights and when one goes too far, Ponyboy runs away with his...
Part 9: Review of To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books. Scout and Jem start out sounding just like regular kids, playing games and having fun, but the further you get into the book, you realize that their family is not regular.Their family gets looked down upon because they don’t have a mother, Scout isn’t very girly, and they are not racist. When their father Atticus takes on a trial...
Part 9: Review of The Adventures of Huckleberry...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a very interesting book. The adventures were so ridiculous and unrealistic that they were hysterical. What I mean by that is that most of the things Huck does, like getting caught up in with people trying to steal money from orphans, wouldn’t happen to regular people. I think that’s what makes this story so different. Huck hates having to...
Part 7: Unique word for My Antonia.
I chose the word viraginity. It means masculine qualities in a woman.
Antonia reminds me of this because after her father dies, she acts more like a farmhand rather than a daughter. She becomes very strong, and very proud of her strength. This word also reminds me of Lena. Nobody sees her as a woman, only someone to help with farm work. After they clean up and stop farming, everyone can tell that...
Part 7: Unique word for To Kill A Mockingbird.
I chose the word cruciverbalist for To Kill A Mockingbird. It means someone who loves to do crossword puzzles.
This reminds me about the book because Atticus enjoys doing crossword puzzles and does them at night to relax. He also reads books every evening.
I also chose the word hadeharia. It means the practice of constantly using the word “Hell” in speaking.
Scout starts swearing a...
Part 3: Newspaper article: To Kill A Mockingbird
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/11/15/des-moines-teen-gets-25-year-prison-term-for-his-role-in-beating-man-into-a-coma/
This article reminds me of To Kill A Mockingbird because a teenager got arrested for attempted murder and Boo Radley tried to kill his father by stabbing him with scissors. The teenager says that he was sorry for his actions and wished that he could take...
Part 3: Newspaper article: My Antonia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/china-hold-boss-who-smeared-coal-on-face-to-pretend-he-was-in-mine-where-34-died-9-trapped/2011/11/14/gIQAP18CKN_story.html
This article reminds me of My Antonia because the mean owner reminded me of Wick Cutter. Mr. Cutter swindles immigrants out of money and gambles. He also tries to assault girls that work for him. In the article, the owner...
Part 7: Uniquely important word for The Adventures...
I chose the word pseudonym for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it’s definition is a false name.
Pseudonym reminds me about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because the king and duke are never truthful about who they are. They chose new people for each place they stop at to get more money. That is an big issue in the book because Huck and his friends are always running out of...
Part 3: Newspaper article, To Kill A Mockingbird
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111113/NEWS/111113005/20-displaced-in-apartment-fire-in-Cedar-Rapids
This article reminded me of the part in To Kill A Mockingbird when Miss Maudie’s house caught on fire. The similarities that I can connect are that the fire started at night in both places, there were no injuries, and in the article the fire was started by a candle in the...
Part 6: Define bildungsroman.
A bildungsroman is a novel that focuses on how the character grows in education, development, and matures.
I think that most of the books that we read are bildungsromans.
My Antonia is one because throughout the book you see Antonia grow from an uneducated farm girl, to a smart, charming wife. Jim also grew up a lot in a sense that he used to be nervous of lot’s of things and always did...
Part 3: Newspaper article, The Outsiders
http://www.stormlakepilottribune.com/story/1782313.html
This article reminds me of The Outsiders because Johnny killed Bob in self defense just like Tracey Richter said that she did. They were both trying to protect themselves and others. Johnny tried to protect Ponyboy, and Tracey tried to protect her three kids. They also deal with custody battles. People think that Tracey may have killed the...
Part 5: Quotation with an allusion for The...
“After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him, because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” (Twain 12)
Information about Moses is found in the Christian Bible. He was...
Part 5: Quotation with an allusion in To Kill A...
“I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it really began with Andrew Jackson. ” (Lee 3)
Andrew Jackson lived from 1767-1845 and was America’s seventh president.He created today’s modern Democratic Party. He strongly believed in the state’s rights and the Indian Removal Act. Andrew is sometimes criticized for supporting slavery and the Indian Removal...
Part 5: Quotation with an allusion for Of Mice and...
“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.” (Steinbeck 1)
The Salinas River is the largest river in California and it runs for 170 miles. It is the main source of water for the farms and vineyards in the valley. It was first discovered on September 27, 1769. It got it’s name from a saint that was celebrated on...
Part 5: Quotation with an allusion from My...
“On Saturday nights, Mrs. Harling used to play the old operas for us-‘Martha,’ ‘Norma,’ ‘Rigoletto’ - telling us the story while she played.” (Cather 117)
Martha- Martha, or The Market at Richmond, is a romantic comic opera by Friedrich von Flotow. It was first performed in Vienna on November 25, 1847.
Norma- Norma is a tragic opera written by...
Part 2: Poem related to The Outsiders.
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer
When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add,divided, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room,
How soon unaccountable I because tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding...
Part 2: Poem related to The Adventures of...
Barnacles
My soul is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.
The Past hath crusted cumbrous shells
That hold the flesh of cold sea mells
About my soul.
The huge waves wash, the high waves roll,
Each barnacle clingeth and worketh dole
And hindereth me from sailing!
Old Past let go, and drop i’ the sea
Till fathomless waters cover thee!
For I am living but...
Part 2: Poem related to Of Mice and Men.
Eldorado
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old,
This knight so bold,
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow;
“Shadow,” said he,
“Where can it...
Part 2: Poem related to My Antonia.
In the Churchyard of Tarrytown
Here lies the gentle humorist, who died
In the bright Indian Summer of his fame!
A simple stone with but a date and name,
Marks his secluded resting place beside
The river that he loved and glorified.
Here in the autumn of his days he came,
But the dry leaves of life were all aflame
With tints that brightened and were multipied.
How sweet a life was his;...
Part 5: Quotation with an allusion from The...
“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” (Hinton 1)
Paul Newman was an actor, director, humanitarian, and professional racing driver. He won one Academy Award and three Golden Globes. He is the co-founder of Newman’s Own, a food company where he donates the profits to...
Part 2: Poem that reflects to Of Mice and Men.
How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn’t care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;
Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or glow alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
I chose the poem to reflect to The Outsiders because it reminds me of...
Part 2: Poem that reflects To Kill A Mockingbird.
I’m Nobody
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
By: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
I chose this poem for To Kill A Mockingbird because it reminded me of how Boo Radley feels...
Part 8: Letter to Harper Lee
Dear Harper Lee,
I just read To Kill A Mockingbird a few weeks ago, and I thought it was great! I really enjoyed the story line and the topics you brought up. I especially liked reading about how Jem and Scout grow and change what they believe morally. It was interesting to see how worked up Jem got at the courthouse, and how Scout got upset too, even though she didn’t understand why most of it...