Chapters 31-32: Quote: "So then we was pretty scared, and made up an agreement that we wouldn't have nothing in the world to do with such actions, and if we ever got the least show we would give them the cold shake, and clear out and leave them behind." (pg.191)
Comments and Questions: I believe that this is important because this explains Hucks character. This brings out his character by saying that he doesn't want to be involved in actions that he knows are wrong. This shows that when Huck sees something he doesn't like or doesn't agree with it, he doesn't listen and leaves. This is a good character to have because when you don't agree with someone, you don't have to follow them just because they think it's the right thing to do.
Chapters 33-34: Quotes: "All right; but wait a minute. There's one more thing--a thing that nobody don't know but me. And that is, there's a nigger here that I'm a trying to steal out of slavery--and his name is Jim--old Miss Watson's Jim."
He says: "What! Why Jim is--"
He stopped and went to studying. I says: "I know what you'll say. You'll say it's dirty low-down business; but what if it is?-- I'm low down; and I'm agoing to steal him, and I want you to keep mum and not let on. Will you?"(pg. 205)
Comments and Questions: This quote is important because this shows that Huck still really cares about Jim. Huck looks at Jim as a best friend and it seems like he would do anything for Jim. Huck even convinces his friend to help him steal Jim and that is a true quality that best friends have. I think Jim and Huck would do anything for eachother.
Chapters 35-36: Quotes: "All right, I'll do it, seeing it's you, and you've been good to us and showed us the runaway nigger. But you got to be mighty careful. When we come around, you turn your back; and then whatever we've put in the pan, don't you let on you see it all. And don't you look, when Jim unloads the pan--something might happen, I don't know what. And above all, don't you handle the witch-things."(pg. 226)
Comments and Questions: This is important because Tom is warning Huck about Jim. This proabably confuses Huck because Jim and Huck are so close and wonders what Tom has to say. It also makes me question the relationship between Tom and Jim. Jim and Tom could have had history before that Huck doesn't know about and Jim could someone else that Huck doesn't see. The other option is that Tom doesn't like Huck and wants to get back at Jim.
Chapters 37-38: Quotes: "On the scutcheon we'll have a bend or in the dexter base, a saltire murrey in the fess, with a dog, couchant, for common charge, and under his foot a chain embattled, for slavery, with a chervon vert in a cheif engrailed, and three invected lines on a field azure, with the nombril points rampant on a dancette indented; crest, a runaway nigger, sable, with his bundle over his shoulder on a bar sinister: and a couple of gules for supporters, which is you and me; motto, Maggiore fretta, minore atto." (pg. 233)
Comments and Questions: This explains the time period in the book because people don't talk with this kind of grammer now. This paragraph was very hard for me to understand because the words they use are very different and I have never heard them before. It also seems very informal the way they talk and the words they use, for example "nigger." They also use many different words that mean something else but they aren't used like that anymore.
Chapters 39-40: Quotes: "I did wish Aunt Sally would come, and get done with me, and lick me, if she wanted to, let me get away and tell Tom how we'd overdone this thing, and what a thundering hornet's nest we'd got ourselves into, so we could stop fooling around, straight off, and clear out with Jim before these rips got out of patience and come for us." (pg. 245)
Comments and Questions: I think this is important because Huck realizes that he has got himself in some trouble and what they did went a little overboard. He wishes that he hadn't done it and that his Aunt could help him, but they can't tell her. They have got themselves in a mess and now have to deal with the consquences that follow after. They need finish their plan because if they don't they are going to get themselves in trouble and have a bigger problem then they already do.
Chapters 41-the last: Quotes: "Tom's most well, now, and got his bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch, and is always seeing what time it is, and so there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it and ain't agoing to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before." (pg.263)
Comments and Questions: I feel that this is a great end to the book because Huck starts to reflect on himself. Huck also says that the book was hard write about and he ended it because he didn't want to write about it anymore. Huck got what he wanted in the end because Aunt Sally was going to adopt him and he was now going to be civialized. On everything that Huck went through his life he deserves to be able to have a family and now he does.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Dialetic Journal- chapters 16-30
Chapters 16 and 17: " They went off, and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low, because I knowed very well I had done wrong, and I see it warn't no use for me to try to learn to do right; a body that don't get started right when he's little, ain't got no show." (pg.85)
Comments and Questions: I think that this quote is very important because Huck Finn takes an inside look at himself and realizes that helping Jim wasn't the best choice. This develops Huck Finn's character because it helps realize what he has done was wrong and in the end decides to not think about it anymore. This says that his character doesn't really know how to deal with his own thoughts. This also points out that this has been a problem since he was little.
Chapters 18 and 19: "Well," says Buck, " a feud is this way. A man has a quarrel with the other brothers, on both sides, goes for one another; then the cousins chip in- and by-and-by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud. But it's kind of slow, and takes a long time." (pg.100)
Comments and Questions: In this part of the book the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are going against eachother. Huck Finn doesn't know what a feud is and Buck explains it to him. Huck Finn seems surprised when Buck tells him this because he doesn't understand why people are being killed and asks Buck many questions. The people that live there are also very aware of what is going on because they bring their guns to church and Huck isn't use to this yet.
Chapters 20 and 21: " Well, for the next day or two we had considerable trouble, because people was always coming out in skiffs and trying to take Jim away from me, saying they believed he was a runaway nigger. We don't run a day-times no more, now; nights they don't bother us." (pg. 116)
Comments and Questions: This shows that Huck Finn really cares about Jim and looks at him as a friend. Huck is concerned that they are going to Jim away from him and he doesn't want that to happen. I think Huck looks at Jim is a father figure and wants him to stick around because he wants someone to be able to talk to and have as a friend in general at this time.
Chapters 22 and 23: "But dis one do smell so like de nation, Huck."
"Well, they all do, Jim. We can't help the way a king smells; history don't tell no way."
"Yes, a duke's different. But not very different. This one's a middling hard lot, for a duke. When he's drunk, there ain't no near-sighted man could tell him from a king." (pg.141) What was the use to tell Jim these warn't real kings and dukes? It wouldn't a done no good; besides, it was just as I said; you couldn't tell them from the real kind." (pg.142)
Comments and Questions: The first quote is when Jim and Huck are talking about the kings and dukes. It seems as if Huck is trying to convince Jim that the Kings aren't who they really are. He also explains that the duke can be mistaken for a king because he is doing all the same stuff. Huck decides to not tell Jim that these aren't real kings and dukes. It makes me womder why he decides to not tell Jim because they are such good friends, I thought he would want him to know.
Chapters 24 and 25: " Well, if ever I struck anything like it, I'm a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race." (pg. 149)
Comments and Questions: This has to deal with the time period and history. They segergated whites and blacks and it was a big deal back then on which race you were. People didn't associate with the opposite race and they used the word "nigger" to explain someone which isn't used to describe people now. They also would say that if you were black then you were most likely a slave and the white people had higher rank over you. This quote is explaining that they are ashamed of their race because they are black and it relates to the time period.
Chapters 26 and 27: " I says to myself, this is another one that I'm letting him rob her of her money. And when she got through, they all jest laid theirselves out to make me feel at home and know I was amongst friends. I felt so ornery and low down and mean, that I says to myself, My mind's made up; I'll hive that money for them or bust." (pg. 160)
Comments and Questions: This is important because Huck starts to kind of mixed emotions about what to do about the money. He feels the duty to help Mary Jane or to stay loyal to the king and the duke. I feel as if Huck starts to realize what is the right thing to do even though they have treated him so well. Huck does feel mean and low but he knows its the right thing to do. Huck makes up his mind to get the money and help her. This a breakthrough for Huck.
Chapters 28 and 29 and 30: "It made my eyes water a little, to remember her crying there all by herself in the night, and them devils laying there right under her own roof, shaming her and robbing her; and when I folded it up and give it to her, I see the water come into her eyes, too; and she shook me by the hand, hard, and says: "Good-bye--- I'm going to do everything just as you've told me; and if I don't ever see you again, I sha'n't ever forget you, and I'll think of you a many and a many a time, and I'll pray for you, too!"-- and she was gone." (pg. 174)
Comments and Questions: This is important because it explains the relationship between Mary Jane and Huck Finn. They have become very good friends and he is now sensitive to her emotions. This is sad because he made a friend and now she is going to leave and they might not be able to see eachother for a long time. They also trust eachother and Mary Jane believes what Huck says. This is important because Huck Finn's relationships might come later in the book.
Comments and Questions: I think that this quote is very important because Huck Finn takes an inside look at himself and realizes that helping Jim wasn't the best choice. This develops Huck Finn's character because it helps realize what he has done was wrong and in the end decides to not think about it anymore. This says that his character doesn't really know how to deal with his own thoughts. This also points out that this has been a problem since he was little.
Chapters 18 and 19: "Well," says Buck, " a feud is this way. A man has a quarrel with the other brothers, on both sides, goes for one another; then the cousins chip in- and by-and-by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud. But it's kind of slow, and takes a long time." (pg.100)
Comments and Questions: In this part of the book the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons are going against eachother. Huck Finn doesn't know what a feud is and Buck explains it to him. Huck Finn seems surprised when Buck tells him this because he doesn't understand why people are being killed and asks Buck many questions. The people that live there are also very aware of what is going on because they bring their guns to church and Huck isn't use to this yet.
Chapters 20 and 21: " Well, for the next day or two we had considerable trouble, because people was always coming out in skiffs and trying to take Jim away from me, saying they believed he was a runaway nigger. We don't run a day-times no more, now; nights they don't bother us." (pg. 116)
Comments and Questions: This shows that Huck Finn really cares about Jim and looks at him as a friend. Huck is concerned that they are going to Jim away from him and he doesn't want that to happen. I think Huck looks at Jim is a father figure and wants him to stick around because he wants someone to be able to talk to and have as a friend in general at this time.
Chapters 22 and 23: "But dis one do smell so like de nation, Huck."
"Well, they all do, Jim. We can't help the way a king smells; history don't tell no way."
"Yes, a duke's different. But not very different. This one's a middling hard lot, for a duke. When he's drunk, there ain't no near-sighted man could tell him from a king." (pg.141) What was the use to tell Jim these warn't real kings and dukes? It wouldn't a done no good; besides, it was just as I said; you couldn't tell them from the real kind." (pg.142)
Comments and Questions: The first quote is when Jim and Huck are talking about the kings and dukes. It seems as if Huck is trying to convince Jim that the Kings aren't who they really are. He also explains that the duke can be mistaken for a king because he is doing all the same stuff. Huck decides to not tell Jim that these aren't real kings and dukes. It makes me womder why he decides to not tell Jim because they are such good friends, I thought he would want him to know.
Chapters 24 and 25: " Well, if ever I struck anything like it, I'm a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race." (pg. 149)
Comments and Questions: This has to deal with the time period and history. They segergated whites and blacks and it was a big deal back then on which race you were. People didn't associate with the opposite race and they used the word "nigger" to explain someone which isn't used to describe people now. They also would say that if you were black then you were most likely a slave and the white people had higher rank over you. This quote is explaining that they are ashamed of their race because they are black and it relates to the time period.
Chapters 26 and 27: " I says to myself, this is another one that I'm letting him rob her of her money. And when she got through, they all jest laid theirselves out to make me feel at home and know I was amongst friends. I felt so ornery and low down and mean, that I says to myself, My mind's made up; I'll hive that money for them or bust." (pg. 160)
Comments and Questions: This is important because Huck starts to kind of mixed emotions about what to do about the money. He feels the duty to help Mary Jane or to stay loyal to the king and the duke. I feel as if Huck starts to realize what is the right thing to do even though they have treated him so well. Huck does feel mean and low but he knows its the right thing to do. Huck makes up his mind to get the money and help her. This a breakthrough for Huck.
Chapters 28 and 29 and 30: "It made my eyes water a little, to remember her crying there all by herself in the night, and them devils laying there right under her own roof, shaming her and robbing her; and when I folded it up and give it to her, I see the water come into her eyes, too; and she shook me by the hand, hard, and says: "Good-bye--- I'm going to do everything just as you've told me; and if I don't ever see you again, I sha'n't ever forget you, and I'll think of you a many and a many a time, and I'll pray for you, too!"-- and she was gone." (pg. 174)
Comments and Questions: This is important because it explains the relationship between Mary Jane and Huck Finn. They have become very good friends and he is now sensitive to her emotions. This is sad because he made a friend and now she is going to leave and they might not be able to see eachother for a long time. They also trust eachother and Mary Jane believes what Huck says. This is important because Huck Finn's relationships might come later in the book.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
They Say, I say Exercise 2- July post
1)I disagree with David Zinczenko's agrument. I think that there are inexpensive and convenient alternatives to not eating fast food. One example is at Taco Bell a plain bean and cheese burrito has 390 calories in it and if you order a 20 oz drink (Pepsi) i is another 567 calories. There is also the sauce that everyone loves which each packet is 7 calories. This fast Taco Bell outing has now added up to be 964 calories. The healthier alternative to this is that when you go on your regular grocery shopping outing you buy things to make a bean and cheese burrito. A tortilla (6 inches) is 110 calories, a whole can of beans is 90 calories per serving, cheese is 104 calories, and you can switch your pepsi for water. This inexpensive and easy meal adds up to be around 304 calories. This is a step to getting the fast food out and the healthy in. This point can also be used with many other types of food including burgers, tacos, and chicken sandwiches. You are able to buy more of something at the grocery store and make a much more healthier alternative. Many people should buy the ingrediants for something and make it rather than buying fast food.
2)I believe that being overweight can be a genuine medical problem because companies are failing to show us the nutritional values on such products as David Zinczenko said. Peoples medical issues have risen in quite a short amount of time and its because of what have believed is right to eat. These issues are always going to be in place until we resolve the issue which won't happen because of the society now a days. Obesity is a health problem and we need to try and take the steps to avoid this being a bigger problem than it already is.
3) Compare: These essays are talking about the topic of fast food but they have different meanings and approaches. The first one is talking about your opinion and proving the point on why this is your opinion. The second is trying to inform people that your opinion is the correct one. They are similar but different at the same time.
2)I believe that being overweight can be a genuine medical problem because companies are failing to show us the nutritional values on such products as David Zinczenko said. Peoples medical issues have risen in quite a short amount of time and its because of what have believed is right to eat. These issues are always going to be in place until we resolve the issue which won't happen because of the society now a days. Obesity is a health problem and we need to try and take the steps to avoid this being a bigger problem than it already is.
3) Compare: These essays are talking about the topic of fast food but they have different meanings and approaches. The first one is talking about your opinion and proving the point on why this is your opinion. The second is trying to inform people that your opinion is the correct one. They are similar but different at the same time.
Monday, June 24, 2013
They Say, I say: Exercise 2
In the Introdution to "They say/I say": The moves that matter in academic writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to help express your ideas and how to be able to present them in a sufficient way. Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer that you not only take your ideas but others also. As authors themselves put it "we believe to argue well you need to do more than assert your own ideas." Although some people believe, Graff and Birkenstein insist that you become well known with others ideas . In sum, then, their view is that they want you to listen to what other people have to say and hear their ideas out.
I agree. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend are very valuable because you can learn new things by listening to others ideas. For instance, if you don't know something then somone can help educate you on it. In addition, this can also help you know what other people have to say. Some might object, of course, on the grounds that you shouldn't always take others into idea because you are your own person. Yet I would argue that this isn't true because everyone can learn from one another. Overall, then, I believe that this is a important skill to have in writing -an important point to make given by the auhors.
I agree. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend are very valuable because you can learn new things by listening to others ideas. For instance, if you don't know something then somone can help educate you on it. In addition, this can also help you know what other people have to say. Some might object, of course, on the grounds that you shouldn't always take others into idea because you are your own person. Yet I would argue that this isn't true because everyone can learn from one another. Overall, then, I believe that this is a important skill to have in writing -an important point to make given by the auhors.
They Say, I Say: Exercise 1
The line "tv is bad for the brain" is also used with "brainwashing the society." This term can be used to show that many people think that watching tv is making society belive things that aren't true or that what are they letting their kids watch now a days. Many tv shows have bad content, not realistic, and are addicting. These are all valid points to watching tv, but there are some good things that can come out of watching tv. People learn things on tv everyday and watch things that they are interested in and want to learn more about. The person chooses what they want to watch most of the time so it's a choice. Also reasons that it is good is that it is entertainment and people enjoy to watch tv. Comparing the good and bad of watching tv is that in moderation tv can be useful and it can also get out of hand. In this comparison watching tv is always going to be a problem but will always stay in the society.
Dialectic journal entry #1
Quotes:
1. "By-and-by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed." (Chp. 1, pg.7)
2. "Well, I got a good going-over in the morning, from old Miss Watson, on account of my clothes; but the widow she didn't scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay and looked so sorry that I thought I would behave a while if I could." (Chp. 3, pg. 13)
3. " Don't you give me none o' your lip, " he says." (Chp. 5, pg 21)
4. " I fetched the pig in and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the ax, and laid him down on the ground to bleed- I say ground, because it was ground-hard packed, and no boards." (Chp. 7, pg. 33)
5. " It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider-webby. " (Chp. 9, pg. 47)
6. " She told me about Tom Sawyer finding the six thousand dollars..." (Chp. 11, pg. 53)
7. " I judged she would be proud of me for helping these rapscallions and dead beats is the kind the widow and good people takes the most interest in." (Ch. 13, pg. 70)
Comments and Questions:
1. This quote deals with the time period and how different it was back then compared to now. It is very informal to say "niggers" in our society today and it shows the change in the time.
2. This sets the tone for the book. This shows that Huckleberry Finn is maybe a rebel and that he didn't follow the rules. Miss Watson would get him in trouble and scold him.
3. This quote shows the style that book uses. The way that the characters talk to eachother is very different then how we talk to people today including the grammer that they use.
4. The author used imagery in this quote. They explained the killing of the pig very vividly and used imagery to make the reader understand what the character is doing.
5. The author uses imagery again in this quote. They used it to explain what was happening outside and this could make a connection to what else is happening in the book.
6. This quote shows that the person knew Tom Sawyer which is a connection between the two. This could come up later in the book and maybe lead to something.
7. In this quote they use the word "rapscallion" which is part of grammer because that word isn't used that often now and is heard very much.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Hi, Mr. Bird,
My name is Trinity Carter, and I am looking forward to being in your English class next year! I have been going to school at U-Prep since sixth grade, and I love it here. I am very involved with sports at U- prep. I have played basketball since sixth grade, I have ran cross country since eighth grade, and just tried track last year and really enjoyed it. I love the outdoors and have a cabin in the Trinity Alps where our family hosts the Cross Country Retreat and where we spend most of our summers. I really like to read, and I always try to find time to do so when I am not busy. I am also involved with clubs such as Big Brother Big Sister, Interact, JSA, Student Government, and I will be joining Journalism this next year. My favorite subjects in school are English and Science. Some of my strengths are that I listen to direction very easily, and I am always open to new ideas and what people have to say. Some of the weaknesses include that I am very shy in front of classes and am not a very good public speaker, but I am working on getting better. Well I am looking forward to having you as a teacher and am very excited to see what this next brings.
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