The poet that i chose was Sarah Newcomb. I liked most of her poems because they
have a very true meaning and seem to come from the bottom of her heart. I like
the poem "Father" because it states that no matter how many times you may mess
up your father will still be there to help you, and forgive you for what you've
done. This relates to my personal life because my I don't live with my dad any
more and i know that even though we are further apart and don't see each other
that often that he in a way 'has my back' whenever i need him. 110 I like the
poem "Orange Leaves" because it remeinds me of the winter season and all the
good times i have had over the winter and fall. I especially like the line
"I am my bones; I cannot escape.
I travel this path in continuous autumn,
But winter is here now and taking its shape."
because it's true, nature is unstoppable and you can't escape it, and that can
be taken either as a bad thing or a good thing, in my case it is a good thing
because i enjoy the holiday season.
The poem that I disliked was "Silver". The poem doesn't actually rhyme,
which isn't the reason i don't like it. It seemed too short to actually have a
lot of thought go into it. Although it is very short, i believe it conveys a
big meaning, stating that the world as we know it is all the same every day,
but just when you least expect it, everything can change in an instant.
My personal definition on poetry would be that poetry is a deep thought
expressed lyrically in a rhyming, or verse manner.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Blog #5 Friendship
White Stripes – We’re Going To Be Friends
http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20White%20Stripes%20Lyrics/We're%20Going%20To%20Be%20Friends%20Lyrics.html
I’ve got my brand new shoes, and I’m ready to go to school. I met a girl named suzy lee and I asked her to walk with me, we walked through the park all around and had fun with all the things we found, I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends. We got to school by ourselves, we were dirty from our adventure in the park, but now its time to clean up and learn. We learn everything together, letters, numbers, spelling, nouns, books, and show and tell. We don’t notice time pass, we even sit together in every class, as I tell her I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends. Tonight I’ll dream everything in my head about the things we learned and the things we did and that we’ll walk together again because I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends.
I like this song because it has a great message and remiends me of times when i was in 5th grade. I also particularly like it because White Stripes is a good band who has good style, and the tune is very catchy.
This song connects to my life because i have gone through the same thoughts when i was littler in school and had a friend to hang out with in all my classes. It also connects with my life because i have known this song ever since i can remember and it has been one of my favorites by White Stripes because it makes me feel good when i listen to it.
http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20White%20Stripes%20Lyrics/We're%20Going%20To%20Be%20Friends%20Lyrics.html
I’ve got my brand new shoes, and I’m ready to go to school. I met a girl named suzy lee and I asked her to walk with me, we walked through the park all around and had fun with all the things we found, I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends. We got to school by ourselves, we were dirty from our adventure in the park, but now its time to clean up and learn. We learn everything together, letters, numbers, spelling, nouns, books, and show and tell. We don’t notice time pass, we even sit together in every class, as I tell her I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends. Tonight I’ll dream everything in my head about the things we learned and the things we did and that we’ll walk together again because I can tell that we are gonna’ be friends.
I like this song because it has a great message and remiends me of times when i was in 5th grade. I also particularly like it because White Stripes is a good band who has good style, and the tune is very catchy.
This song connects to my life because i have gone through the same thoughts when i was littler in school and had a friend to hang out with in all my classes. It also connects with my life because i have known this song ever since i can remember and it has been one of my favorites by White Stripes because it makes me feel good when i listen to it.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Huck finn Essay Exam
Bednarski 1
Ryan Bednarski
Mr. Hughes
English 10 2nd hour
31 October 2007
Huck’s Moral Dilemma’s
A moral dilemma that Huck faces is taking Jim, a runaway slave with him along his journey. He meets Jim on the island that he comes upon and they get to know each and how they both escaped. Jim tells Huck “Well, I b’lieve you, Huck. I-I run off.” They become friends after a somewhat short time to get to know each other and quickly decide to go together.
Huck made the decision to go along with him quickly with little thought, and this may come back to hurt him in the end. Huck knows that this is not legally the right thing to do and he may have been hesitant, and later in the book he has thoughts like “What has poor Miss Watson ever done to deserve this”. He feels bad about helping Jim escape because he has to lie to many people along his journey in order to cover up the fact that he is with a run away slave. All the lying and covering himself up catches up to him mentally and he feels bad about his decision sometimes.
Huck did the right thing in taking Jim along with him. Sure, it is against the law, but the law is not always right. He knows that he can be caught and he knows the consequences, but that doesn’t over weigh helping out a friend in the eyes of Huck. Besides, Jim would have a much better chance is he goes with Huck because there is a search party for Jim and Huck and they most certainly would have been caught if they didn’t run away together. Huck comes back as quick as he can and tells Jim “Git up and hump yourself, Jim! There ain’t a minute to lose. They’re after us!”
Jim is always giving Huck insightful advice throughout their adventure, although Huck does not always take the advice the right way and goes off to do his own thing. He realizes that Jim is pretty smart for who he is, and that it was a good thing that he brought him along. For example, Jim decides to stay back while Huck goes aboard the wrecked steam boat that leads them into a tight situation that they both narrowly escape. Jim says “I doan’ want to go fool’n ‘long er no wrack. Wes doin’ blame’ well, en we better let blame’ well alone, as de good book says. Like as not dey’s a watchman on dat wrack” Jim also does little things to help them along the way such as finding the raft and repairing it so they are able to move on from the Grangerford’s house.
All in all, I believe that, Huck definitively made the right decision to take Jim with him, because he helps out a great amount more than he hurts them during their journey.
Ryan Bednarski
Mr. Hughes
English 10 2nd hour
31 October 2007
Huck’s Moral Dilemma’s
A moral dilemma that Huck faces is taking Jim, a runaway slave with him along his journey. He meets Jim on the island that he comes upon and they get to know each and how they both escaped. Jim tells Huck “Well, I b’lieve you, Huck. I-I run off.” They become friends after a somewhat short time to get to know each other and quickly decide to go together.
Huck made the decision to go along with him quickly with little thought, and this may come back to hurt him in the end. Huck knows that this is not legally the right thing to do and he may have been hesitant, and later in the book he has thoughts like “What has poor Miss Watson ever done to deserve this”. He feels bad about helping Jim escape because he has to lie to many people along his journey in order to cover up the fact that he is with a run away slave. All the lying and covering himself up catches up to him mentally and he feels bad about his decision sometimes.
Huck did the right thing in taking Jim along with him. Sure, it is against the law, but the law is not always right. He knows that he can be caught and he knows the consequences, but that doesn’t over weigh helping out a friend in the eyes of Huck. Besides, Jim would have a much better chance is he goes with Huck because there is a search party for Jim and Huck and they most certainly would have been caught if they didn’t run away together. Huck comes back as quick as he can and tells Jim “Git up and hump yourself, Jim! There ain’t a minute to lose. They’re after us!”
Jim is always giving Huck insightful advice throughout their adventure, although Huck does not always take the advice the right way and goes off to do his own thing. He realizes that Jim is pretty smart for who he is, and that it was a good thing that he brought him along. For example, Jim decides to stay back while Huck goes aboard the wrecked steam boat that leads them into a tight situation that they both narrowly escape. Jim says “I doan’ want to go fool’n ‘long er no wrack. Wes doin’ blame’ well, en we better let blame’ well alone, as de good book says. Like as not dey’s a watchman on dat wrack” Jim also does little things to help them along the way such as finding the raft and repairing it so they are able to move on from the Grangerford’s house.
All in all, I believe that, Huck definitively made the right decision to take Jim with him, because he helps out a great amount more than he hurts them during their journey.
Huck Finn reading response #3
Ryan Bednarski
2nd hour
Mr. Hughes
Huck Finn Reader Response #3
What impresses Huck about the Grangerford’s is some of the commodities in the house such as the real door knob instead of an iron latch, the big fire place with bricks that were kept clean, the neatly aligned books, and the pictures on the walls. This means that Huck’s view of success and happiness is having possessions that make you feel at home.
The books are so special because they’re mostly poetry and some of them are educational books. He is so interested in them because he most likely hasn’t done a lot of reading in the past and the books interest him because he is able to learn about someone else’s life and how they live. By this, we can tell that Huck like’s being educated, and Mark Twain thinks of education not as being taught, but being read in a book, not necessarily a text book.
What’s unique about all of the drawings and poems and the scrapbook is that they all have a certain meaning and they all seem to be about death. The girl is obsessed with death and writing and drawing about it. The significance of the girl on the edge of the bridge with three sets of arms is it represents someone that is about to commit suicide and, she was never able to finish it as she died. I think Mark Twain describes this picture so specifically because it deals with death and that’s what happened to the girl that was drawing the picture and it has a significant meaning to everyone that lives at the Grangergord’s house. This says that Mark Twain this as death as art and a deep mystery. I think that Mark Twain thinks of suicide as a sad decision of mixed up feelings. I think that Mark Twain thinks of art as a way to express any feeling that you have. Huck is so touched by this girl’s life and art because the art is mysterious in a way and he will never be able to actually decipher the real meaning of all her art and that’s why it’s so intriguing for Huck.
2nd hour
Mr. Hughes
Huck Finn Reader Response #3
What impresses Huck about the Grangerford’s is some of the commodities in the house such as the real door knob instead of an iron latch, the big fire place with bricks that were kept clean, the neatly aligned books, and the pictures on the walls. This means that Huck’s view of success and happiness is having possessions that make you feel at home.
The books are so special because they’re mostly poetry and some of them are educational books. He is so interested in them because he most likely hasn’t done a lot of reading in the past and the books interest him because he is able to learn about someone else’s life and how they live. By this, we can tell that Huck like’s being educated, and Mark Twain thinks of education not as being taught, but being read in a book, not necessarily a text book.
What’s unique about all of the drawings and poems and the scrapbook is that they all have a certain meaning and they all seem to be about death. The girl is obsessed with death and writing and drawing about it. The significance of the girl on the edge of the bridge with three sets of arms is it represents someone that is about to commit suicide and, she was never able to finish it as she died. I think Mark Twain describes this picture so specifically because it deals with death and that’s what happened to the girl that was drawing the picture and it has a significant meaning to everyone that lives at the Grangergord’s house. This says that Mark Twain this as death as art and a deep mystery. I think that Mark Twain thinks of suicide as a sad decision of mixed up feelings. I think that Mark Twain thinks of art as a way to express any feeling that you have. Huck is so touched by this girl’s life and art because the art is mysterious in a way and he will never be able to actually decipher the real meaning of all her art and that’s why it’s so intriguing for Huck.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Huck finn
Huck Finn is influenced by Tom Sawyer positively because he was a friend and he had fun with him. I can tell that he is influenced positively by him because he is always saying “What would Tom Sawyer do?” and “I wish Tom Sawyer was here” (Page 50 Paragraph 4).
Huck is influenced positively by Widow Douglas as well. She is the person who was trying to teach him and tell him about religion, although Huck did not like her very much, she had a positive impact on him. She tries to teach him religion and encourages him to pray. “She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it” (Page 8 Paragraph 1)
Pap is the person that has the most negative impact on Huck. He is most constantly drunk and he disappeared for one year while Huck had no idea where he was. Pap is simply a racist drunk. He took pap out in the woods into a cabin and locked him in while he went out to get something, and this is in no way a positive influence. He gets drunk and storms about saying things like ”Oh, yes, this is a wonderful government, wonderful. Why, looky here. There was a free nigger there, from Ohio; a mulatter, most as white as a white man” (Page 20 Chapter 2)
Jim is the most positive in the part we are in now in the book. He helps Huck along and gives him motivation and a lot of helpful advice. They use each other to support themselves. The quote “Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face – it’s too gashly” (Page 18 Paragraph 3) shows that he looks out for Huck and doesn’t want him to be scarred from seeing such a gruesome scene.
Huck is influenced positively by Widow Douglas as well. She is the person who was trying to teach him and tell him about religion, although Huck did not like her very much, she had a positive impact on him. She tries to teach him religion and encourages him to pray. “She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it” (Page 8 Paragraph 1)
Pap is the person that has the most negative impact on Huck. He is most constantly drunk and he disappeared for one year while Huck had no idea where he was. Pap is simply a racist drunk. He took pap out in the woods into a cabin and locked him in while he went out to get something, and this is in no way a positive influence. He gets drunk and storms about saying things like ”Oh, yes, this is a wonderful government, wonderful. Why, looky here. There was a free nigger there, from Ohio; a mulatter, most as white as a white man” (Page 20 Chapter 2)
Jim is the most positive in the part we are in now in the book. He helps Huck along and gives him motivation and a lot of helpful advice. They use each other to support themselves. The quote “Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face – it’s too gashly” (Page 18 Paragraph 3) shows that he looks out for Huck and doesn’t want him to be scarred from seeing such a gruesome scene.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Directions: Choose a theme to focus on in a 3-paragraph response.
Religion
Racism
Relationship to Parents
Government
Friendship
Paragraph 1 (Quote): Type one direct quote from Chapters 1 - 7 in Huck Finn that deals with your chosen theme. Type the chapter, page, and paragraph number after the quote. (Ch. 3, p. 9, par 2) Then write the quote in your own words.
"I says to the people,why ain't this nigger put up at auction and sold?" (Ch. 6 p. 20 par 3)
I was saying to the people, why isnt this nigga put up at auction and sold?
Paragraph 2 (Personal Response): Type 3-8 sentences about what you think about the quote and its theme. Relate it to your own life in some way.
I think that the quote is racist. Although Pap may not know better, afterall he is just a stupid drunk, it's still racist. I can relate to this qoute because i have heard people make racist comments before such as "Kramer" in a comedy club, who called out an african american based on his race and used many racial slurs on him. I deffinately don't agree with this quote.
Paragraph 3 (Literary Analysis): Type 3-8 sentences about what Mark Twain thinks about the quote and its theme. Relate it to Twain's life in some way.
Mark Twain thinks that the quote is what many people used to think in the older ages when they were racist, and uninformed. He probably feels comfortable with the post because he is used to hearing it in all the places he has been. He knows that the quote is not right because it is racist, but it is in the book for informational purposes.
Religion
Racism
Relationship to Parents
Government
Friendship
Paragraph 1 (Quote): Type one direct quote from Chapters 1 - 7 in Huck Finn that deals with your chosen theme. Type the chapter, page, and paragraph number after the quote. (Ch. 3, p. 9, par 2) Then write the quote in your own words.
"I says to the people,why ain't this nigger put up at auction and sold?" (Ch. 6 p. 20 par 3)
I was saying to the people, why isnt this nigga put up at auction and sold?
Paragraph 2 (Personal Response): Type 3-8 sentences about what you think about the quote and its theme. Relate it to your own life in some way.
I think that the quote is racist. Although Pap may not know better, afterall he is just a stupid drunk, it's still racist. I can relate to this qoute because i have heard people make racist comments before such as "Kramer" in a comedy club, who called out an african american based on his race and used many racial slurs on him. I deffinately don't agree with this quote.
Paragraph 3 (Literary Analysis): Type 3-8 sentences about what Mark Twain thinks about the quote and its theme. Relate it to Twain's life in some way.
Mark Twain thinks that the quote is what many people used to think in the older ages when they were racist, and uninformed. He probably feels comfortable with the post because he is used to hearing it in all the places he has been. He knows that the quote is not right because it is racist, but it is in the book for informational purposes.
Friday, September 14, 2007
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