Sammy’s Peculiar Thoughts

1.       This is quit the strange story. It started off alright I was like ok they are “Good Country People.” But as the story went on I started getting skeptical of that first decision. Hew daughters were slightly odd. One with artificial legs and a pregnant 15 year old. I mean it just got a little odder as I read on. It was a very strange story.

2.       My first thought was sympathy. I felt bad for her. She said she felt completely dependent. In my mind it seemed kind of creepy like he was forcing her into something. It was really strange. It all ended in a blur I was slightly confused on what happened. This scene went along with the story it was very strange.

3.       Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Hopewell had a very good relationship. Mrs. Hopewell’s name fit her she would give hope to Mrs. Freeman and help her. Mrs. Freeman’s name fit her because she was independent and very alone. The name switch for Joy was very apparent.  Joy put off a happy image and she wasn’t a happy girl.

4.       They both are people watchers. They observe lives and make comments and then relate themselves to them but in a positive way.

5.       Hulga learns many things about herself from the bible salesman. She learns about her imperfections and that not all people can be trusted (I’m not sure about this one.)

6.       In my mind O’Connor seems to admire Mrs. Freeman and she seems to satirizes Hulga.

7.       To treat other as you would treat yourself and to not judge people. She makes this evident through Hulga’s experiences and Mrs. Freeman’s judgments.

8.       In Good Country People she uses the humor of other people’s oddities.  In A Good Man is Hard To Find she uses humor through the repetition of the fact that she wouldn’t stay home for ANYTHING.

9.       She uses satire with her characters throughout the whole story. Hulga AKA Joy wants to feel completely dependent in the beginning but towards the end she ends up feeling independent. Satire is an artistic weapon because it allows the reader to feel shock and surprise. It is quite  amazing

It’s Life, I’ve Dealt, You Should Too. The poem by and author who goes by the name of Starburst really connects with me. In a short summary the poem basically says that hey sure you may have had some bad breaks but take it and learn from it everyone has bad experiences. This personally connects with me because trust me I have had some bad breaks. Let me go through some of them. Well my parents divorced when I was 5, my brother passed away when I was 10, I moved houses (not schools) and most recently I have totaled my car. And those are only the bad things. This poem gives the advice to take the negatives and work hard to make a good situation out of it. Lines 6 and 7 say “And you must work that much harder to make dreams come true. But what’s happened has happened, and now its part of life.” These two lines are amazing. They tell it like it is and I like that. I am a tell it like it is person and these lines give it to you straight forward. In another section of the poem the author states, “I know what I can, and cannot do, so why try to stop me, it’s not up to you.” This also impacts me. I hate when people tell me I can’t do stuff and it pushes me to work twice as hard to prove them wrong. Its not there choice if I can or can’t do something. I am the person who makes my decisions. This poem connects with all my values and moral values. I am in love with this piece.

I have yet to read Fahrenheit 451 but the different covers put off some impacting images. There are images of men made from pages that are burning and pages, flames, men, and men that are burning books. The colors and images were recurring because this is obviously the main idea of the book. Books are being burnt, and it’s a big deal. All the covers gave a feeling of sympathy. They all had the authors name and the book’s title, as well. Some books had best seller things on them. There was one book cover that looked like a man in armor surrounded by flames. This really stuck out. They images were really emotional. Its one thing to see a book burning and it’s also horrible enough to see a man burning but both together were horrible. It gets you right in the gut its is destroy what is pure, literature. Literature is pure and innocence and burning it was completely throwing it on the ground and ripping its heart out. The cover speaks directly to the subject of the book. The book relates to the emotions or ruining things and destroying hopes. I have not fully read the book so it makes me wonder the full context of the book and the true emotions it can unleash. The images can only be a window to the horrific ness context of the book. The book covers are colorful and eye-catching. Also the book covers are horrific and bold.

Eighner starts off his essay by talking about dumpster diving and how he could live off it. He is the character and the purpose is to give a background on the art and finesse of dumpster diving.  The he goes into talking about what he finds in the dumpsters. Most is usually in good content. He also talks on how people waste a lot of stuff and food. He could get a whole warm pizza if it wasn’t made right! He ends talks about what he finds and the respect for digging through others stuff.

Now what I can do. Well the only thing I am really good at is softball so here is a simple how to.

Defense:

Infield: place glove on glove hand. Then you will get down in the ready position. (glove close to ground with bent knees). Then you will have a ball hit at you. Put your glove towards the ball and stop it. It could get in he air so be prepared to catch it. Through to base (normally 1rst when no one is on).

Outfield: place glove on glove hand. Then you will get down in a slightly higher ready position (not so bent). Then normally in the outfield you will get a fly ball so catch it. It could be a ground ball so then field it. Then generally through to second base (it could be another base).

Offense:

Grab a bat that feels right in length and weight (33- 23 if you are about 5’5). Step into batters box. If you are hitting swing the bat when the ball is approaching. If you are slapping step in left side of box and run at the ball while you swing. If you are bunting place bat in front of you in a flat position and let the ball hit the bat.

Now there will be signs so be ready to learn them. Every coach is different so it gets kind of confusing but you will pick up quick. Also rules. Three strikes and your out and four balls and you get a base. If you get hit by a pitch a free base is awarded. Three outs per inning. First you run to first bas then second and the third. Then HOME! Whoooohooo. Don’t talk back to the umpire. And don’t charge the mound. Now you can officially have a good time playing some ball!

NAPS

• Naps can cause laziness
• Naps can be a waste of time or productivity
• Offices in Japan nap and they are a highly productive nation
• Creativity is sparked when napping
• Napping gives a boost

  She starts the argument off by using examples (i.e. the Japan reference) and then she flows into the negatives of napping. After the negatives she goes into the positives and ends with them. I thought it was an excellent tactic. I definitely agree with everything she says. Naps can be times wasted and we do live busy lives but a nap at the right time can boost productivity and make everything you do amazing. GO NAPS!

Anthropomorphized- To give an object, animal, plant etc. human characteristics

1. Humans are portrayed as evil and crazy like villains. They do bad to stuff and it is there own faults.

1. In the frames 1 and 4 they are showing humans and food being operated on. It shows a parallelism.
2. The author is being ironic. Sure us eating plants is bad (but they are yummy and we are the dominate species) and plants eating us in a little non believable.
3. The tone is very ironic and humorous. They author is basically saying hey sarcasm! It makes for a very funny comic.

Humans really caused the global climate change? Na no way! Hmm are you sure about that one? In all reality we inevitably have caused the change but hey what are we supposed to do about it? It is not like it is all entirely your fault or mine. In fact let’s blame the caveman for discovering fire. Or hey why not blame that crazy Einstein for inventing that wonderful light bulb. Yes let us blame the hit of genius in the world. The global climate change started the day we started discovering and inventing things. But hey that’s how humans are we like to explore. Once we discovered all that we wanted to or longed to we went on to inventing. Silly us. When inventing who knew we would invent such deadly weapons such as the atom bomb or even the gas sucking car. But hey we didn’t know our world was going to go bipolar on us and decide to get really moody. So what do we do about it? The “How It All Ends” video brings several strong points and it is a well thought out argument. He starts out strong with a bold point of “what’s the worst that can happen.” It draws us in wondering “hey what really can be the worst that can happen? Seriously.” He does make sure that he covers all points of the counter arguments so that when someone brings up a point that contradicts him he is ready to go. So he is definitely making sure that his argument is sound. But let’s see if I can poke a hole in it. So what is the worst that can happen? Well let us look at the rows and columns presented by the UPS alumni. So let’s say that we go with column ‘B”. Sure it contradicts him but hey there is a 50/50 chance there. So let’s say that we took no action but we needed it. UH OH! Wooops there goes some of the population and living space and sources. But hey the world a big bomb anyway and one day is going to end (in some people’s minds AKA scientists). You may laugh at this but it is true. They world wont support life forever. Why you ask? Well let’s see we rotate around a huge fiery start that is GOING to burn out. Yep I said it. We are doomed maybe not in your lifetime or mine but somewhere along the line we are going to loose sunlight and all forms of life will be gone. I hate to burst your bubble. But anyway that was a rant back to the topic. So we took no action when we needed it. Ok this would be horrible and my rant may make sense to some (the people who don’t care to take action and care of no one). But lets move on. Let’s say we took no action and we didn’t need. HAPPINIES! So everyone is happy sure the people who wanted to take action may be a bit bitter but hey people are happy. Ok let’s move on to the columns were we take action. So we take action and we did need it. Ok so we are happy but some people are bitter that they had to use some of there own money to help the cause but hey they are still kickin. So let’s say we took action and we didn’t need it. Ok so he says some global depression may occur economically but we were save. I hate to be a downer again. Think global depression is bad try a global uproar. People are going too angered. Not just angered try pissed! They spent money on something they didn’t need. Ever heard of the little boy who cried wolf? If we take action before we need it people will never take action again. Quarantined. Seriously if you bought something you had no need for but were told you would need it/use it all the time you would be mad. Would you not? Ok so what are the odds of anger to happiness? About 50/50 but somewhat leaning toward no action. No joke we take no action we have 50% chance of pure happiness no money lost what so ever. But on the other hand the world could end. So we take action we either are mostly happy because we are alive with some cost issues which people will be a tad mad about but still glad there alive. But on the other hand we could have some serious issues by not needing it. Seriously we could have some wars on our hands. If people put million or even billions of dollars into something we don’t need you better expect some conflict. And yes a depression. So what do we do? Who knows? Yes we are making slight variations to our lives by going green, but is it enough? I don’t know and no one really does. They may have a theory but they are not 100% curtain. So keep making those slight changes or hey do nothing its up to you I could care less. I know I have tangent away from analyzing the argument but hey I found some holes I had to bring up. Take action or no action either way we have happy and mad people. It’s not completely up to me all I can do is help. But hey the world a ticking bomb so do we set it off early or let blow on its own?

In paragraph 4, Franklin italicizes the word reweaving. What effect does this add?

a)      Draws attention to that particular sentence and word.

b)      Is very unnoticeable and doesn’t add to much effect

c)      Makes the reader pause and think about the statement made

d)      Makes for a nice visualization to the sentence

e)      Both a & c

The angel in the house is dead and no longer lives in the imaginations of either women or men. The angel in the women was the traditional style Victorian lady. She had her motherly instincts and the image of being perfect. Technically speaking the angel does not exist because women and men have equal rights. We can all vote, participate in events and run for president. But I still believe that underneath the surface the angel is not dead. Sure someone can kill there angel but I still think some people long for the angel to still be alive. When a man is looking for a women he kind of hopes she has those motherly instincts and projects the image of perfection and purity. Society longs for it today to. Some people project the image of an angel to the world but hide it in there homes.  They are trying to project that image of purity and perfection to the world but when it comes to home matter the angel gets shoved in the closet. Personally at my house the angel is dead. I like it better this way it is way more natural. No women are like the mom from the orange juice or folgers commercials. We don’t live in that world. We have grown from that to be a functioning imaginative society the angel needs to go away. The traditional ways need to beat it. If you are looking at the surface the angel is not dead but underneath on the true layer the angel is dead.

4. How does the author idenitfy relationships between his research to this topic? As he writes about the pro’s & con’s which do you think is a better die? Why?

 5. In paragraph 4, how does the refrence to the Russian Orthodox Church help/hurt the authors aurgurment.