Tuesday, February 22, 2011
There once was a young boy named Bill. He was walking to school when all of a sudden he was taken in by the cops. Bill was always a good kid and never had done anything bad and had no idea why he was being taken in. He knew he hadn't broken any rules and never stole anything, so maybe it was one of his family members! when he arrived at the station, sure enough it had been his best friend Joey. Joey had stolen 4 candy bars from wal-mart and was being arrested for the night. He was frightened and knew never to do this again. Bill was very curious why Joey had stolen the candy, so he asked him and he replied saying "I don't know i didn't think before i acted." Bill knew he was sorry and wasn't gonna ever do it again. he was relieved to know he hadn't done anything. Bill went home and fell asleep on the couch. the next morning he woke up and got ready for school, then he was off to school in no time! Bill had so many questions to ask joey when he got there like "was jail scary?" or "was the food bad?". Bill didn't even know where to start he had so many questions!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
The main character is a young teenage boy named harry potter. Harry had been going to school to learn how to become a wizard. It was his third year at Hogwarts. The main idea of this story is Harry Potter defeating his fear from dementors and saving an old friend of his parents named Serious Black. For example, when harry was on the train going to Hogwarts, the train had stopped. Everything was still. The air was cool and there were no sudden movements, when all of a sudden a dementor came through the sliding doors and had started to suck the life out of harry. Luckily, there had been a man named Professor Loopin who had known the spell on how to stop a dementor, expecto patronum. He had fought the dementor off and harry was saved. This is an example of how he is in fear of a dementor.
Now, harry is trying to overcome this fear so he goes to professor Loopin and asks how to use the spell, “expecto patronum.” Looping helps harry accomplish this spell and harry is now fearless of the dementors. Now, harry is trying to overcome this fear so he goes to professor Loopin and asks how to use the spell “expecto patronum.” Looping helps harry accomplish this spell and harry is now fearless of the dementors. This is an example of how harry had fear and had conquered it.
Although harry had been trying to overcome his fear of dementors, now he is going to save an old friend of his family named Serious Black. Now he is back to his second goal which is trying to actually kill serious Black who is the man that he eventually wants to save! Harry had heard that a man named serious Black was the man who helped Voldemort kill his parents. Although this was not true, Harry was too angry to realize this.
The man who had really helped Voldemort kill his parents was Peter Pettigrew (Ron’s rat). Serious Black had now run down into the forest and dementors came and started to suck his soul out. Harry had come down to try and stop them but there were far too many to fight off. Harry had almost passed out along with Serious Black and almost died, but all of a sudden a strange white figure had come out and wiped out all of the dementors. Although Harry and Serious passed out, serious had been taken back to Azkaban and harry had been brought back to Hogwarts were he could be healed. Harry and his best friend Hermeone went back in time with one of Hermeone’s rare, special items and saved Black from Azkaban.
Harry had overcome his fear of the dementors and had also saved an old friend of his parents and a new friend of his, Serious Black. Although, it had not been easy for him, mainly because he is a teenage boy, yet he managed to accomplish it. Harry is a remarkable boy and is very brave and courageous. Harry does many things in this book that no man could bear to attempt. I liked this book because it is very fun to read and is very interesting and has a lot of details in it. It is a very well written story by J.K. Rowling.
The main character is a young teenage boy named harry potter. Harry had been going to school to learn how to become a wizard. It was his third year at Hogwarts. The main idea of this story is Harry Potter defeating his fear from dementors and saving an old friend of his parents named Serious Black. For example, when harry was on the train going to Hogwarts, the train had stopped. Everything was still. The air was cool and there were no sudden movements, when all of a sudden a dementor came through the sliding doors and had started to suck the life out of harry. Luckily, there had been a man named Professor Loopin who had known the spell on how to stop a dementor, expecto patronum. He had fought the dementor off and harry was saved. This is an example of how he is in fear of a dementor.
Now, harry is trying to overcome this fear so he goes to professor Loopin and asks how to use the spell, “expecto patronum.” Looping helps harry accomplish this spell and harry is now fearless of the dementors. Now, harry is trying to overcome this fear so he goes to professor Loopin and asks how to use the spell “expecto patronum.” Looping helps harry accomplish this spell and harry is now fearless of the dementors. This is an example of how harry had fear and had conquered it.
Although harry had been trying to overcome his fear of dementors, now he is going to save an old friend of his family named Serious Black. Now he is back to his second goal which is trying to actually kill serious Black who is the man that he eventually wants to save! Harry had heard that a man named serious Black was the man who helped Voldemort kill his parents. Although this was not true, Harry was too angry to realize this.
The man who had really helped Voldemort kill his parents was Peter Pettigrew (Ron’s rat). Serious Black had now run down into the forest and dementors came and started to suck his soul out. Harry had come down to try and stop them but there were far too many to fight off. Harry had almost passed out along with Serious Black and almost died, but all of a sudden a strange white figure had come out and wiped out all of the dementors. Although Harry and Serious passed out, serious had been taken back to Azkaban and harry had been brought back to Hogwarts were he could be healed. Harry and his best friend Hermeone went back in time with one of Hermeone’s rare, special items and saved Black from Azkaban.
Harry had overcome his fear of the dementors and had also saved an old friend of his parents and a new friend of his, Serious Black. Although, it had not been easy for him, mainly because he is a teenage boy, yet he managed to accomplish it. Harry is a remarkable boy and is very brave and courageous. Harry does many things in this book that no man could bear to attempt. I liked this book because it is very fun to read and is very interesting and has a lot of details in it. It is a very well written story by J.K. Rowling.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Snowday
On Wednesday, February 2nd, our school had a snowday. It was very boring though because my house is boring and there is nothing to do but play videogames, but eventually i get bored of playing them. Although, there was an upside to this snowday. Its pretty obvious. We didn't have to do school work or go to school! well we did have to do school work but there wasn't very much of it. Furthermore, at least we had no school.
Chuckie Cheese!(:
I love Chuckie cheese. I used to go there all the time when i was little. There are so many awesome, fun games to play there. you can win many cool prizes too! Although, its not just about the games. some of them have Ball pits! The ball pits are my favorite thing to do at Chuckie Cheese. I haven't been to Chuckie cheese in forever. I want to go there for my next birthday.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Superbowl
This week the superbowl is happening. It is being held in Dalas Texas. The two teams facing eachother are the Green Bay Packers and the Pitsburg Steelers. This will be a very tough game for both teams. It is the football event of the year! the Pitsburg Steelers Quarterback Ben Rothlesburger, is a great QB. Although, in my opinion I think Aaron Rogers is a little bit better than Ben. The main defensive player for the Steelers is Troy Polamalu. He is an amazing player. The packers have many good defensive players as do the Steelers, but the Packers have also had a few injuries this year. This is the main football game of the year and many people will be attending this. No one can tell who will win but they can make a prediction but it will not be exact.
Friday, January 28, 2011
DEEP WATER
William Douglas, the author of many short novels, including a short story book called “Deep Water.” This book has a lot of horrifying parts in it. I would not like to be him in this book. As terrifying as this experience must’ve been one may never really know what it’s like to experience this awful thing. This is a good thing for those who have not yet or never experienced this but most people would never know the feeling of almost breathing your last breaths while suffocating underwater!
Being in this situation is unimaginable. You must first experience this before knowing the horror of this dreadful flaw happening to this young boy. He was only 10 years old at the time when an older boy who looked as if he was in college or at least 18 called him scrawny and threw him into the water. He had nearly drowned. William thought that if he sank to the bottom of the pool and then kicked off the tiles to shoot him up to the top he could swim to safety.
This didn’t work too well. William had only got his nose out of the water but couldn’t manage to get his mouth out so that he could breath. William tried this several times but all attempts failed. He found himself on the side of the pool and started to cough and puke. William is now frightened and terrified by water. He couldn’t even go onto a boat without his legs freezing up and himself being paralyzed.
This affected him with not being able to do any activities with water such as fishing, swimming, or canoeing. William decided to get a trainer to help him not fear water anymore. This had worked and helped him out a lot he is not afraid anymore. I could never imagine being in William’s situation. The horror of almost breathing my last breath is just horrifying. I hope to never be in William’s position.
This short novel was very well written. It was very sad and must’ve been a terrible experience for William Douglas. If anyone who hasn’t been in this sort of a situation thought about this, it wouldn’t be a very happy thought. Just thinking about this is terrible. I couldn’t stand almost losing my life at such a young age. Although I didn’t like this book it was still such a sad short story and very well written also.
Being in this situation is unimaginable. You must first experience this before knowing the horror of this dreadful flaw happening to this young boy. He was only 10 years old at the time when an older boy who looked as if he was in college or at least 18 called him scrawny and threw him into the water. He had nearly drowned. William thought that if he sank to the bottom of the pool and then kicked off the tiles to shoot him up to the top he could swim to safety.
This didn’t work too well. William had only got his nose out of the water but couldn’t manage to get his mouth out so that he could breath. William tried this several times but all attempts failed. He found himself on the side of the pool and started to cough and puke. William is now frightened and terrified by water. He couldn’t even go onto a boat without his legs freezing up and himself being paralyzed.
This affected him with not being able to do any activities with water such as fishing, swimming, or canoeing. William decided to get a trainer to help him not fear water anymore. This had worked and helped him out a lot he is not afraid anymore. I could never imagine being in William’s situation. The horror of almost breathing my last breath is just horrifying. I hope to never be in William’s position.
This short novel was very well written. It was very sad and must’ve been a terrible experience for William Douglas. If anyone who hasn’t been in this sort of a situation thought about this, it wouldn’t be a very happy thought. Just thinking about this is terrible. I couldn’t stand almost losing my life at such a young age. Although I didn’t like this book it was still such a sad short story and very well written also.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Pearl
John Steinbeck's story, “The Pearl” provides an insight into the destructive nature of greed. Kino, the main character, lives with his wife Juana and small baby boy, Coyotito. In the story the pearl, Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion and desperately needs medical care. However, the town’s doctor refuses to treat Coyotito because he is racist and refuses to heal him because of his skin color. Luckily, Kino makes a brilliant discovery, discovering a unique pearl known as "The Pearl of the World." Now, the doctor tries to get the pearl from Kino, so he hires a man to go out and kill Kino. The man who had attacked Kino was unsuccessful. Kino had stabbed him with a knife. Kino was a very greedy person and cared only about this pearl.
Kino’s obsession with the pearl was just absurd. He was so greedy and could care less about what would happen to Coyotito and Juana. Kino and Juana had been forced to leave the town with Coyotito because it was no longer safe for them to remain there. Too many people had found out about the pearl and would do anything to get there greedy hands on it. However, as his wife Juana repeatedly suggests, the great pearl could lead to misfortune rather than happiness. Juana tries to throw the pearl out so that their family would no longer be in a crisis. Kino sees her and finds her and decides to resort to violence and hit her and bruise her badly for trying to throw out his pearl which he thinks is a “gift from god.”
This is an example of Kino caring more about the pearl than his family and him being very greedy. His son Coyotito was shot and injured very badly. Only after his son dies does Kino comes to a point when he finally realizes this pearl is not worth tearing their family apart. They have already lost Coyotito and don’t want anything along this line to happen to them so finally he gets with reality and tossed “the pearl of the world” back into the sea. He returns home with his wife Juana after they had tossed the pearl into the sea. This is an example of him finally grasping to reality and starts to realize the pearl had caused the death of his first born. This made him not be greedy anymore and to get rid of this devil pearl.
I thought this story was very well written. I believe the purpose of the story “The Pearl” was to show us that you don’t have to have more valuables than what you need. You can’t have what you want all the time so be grateful for what you have. Kino became very greedy and caused it to where his child Coyotito dies. This peal had a devil in it and caused him to beat up his wife Juana. Kino dug himself into a deep hole because he wouldn’t just get rid of this pearl. He was much too greedy and cared more about it than his own family!
Kino’s obsession with the pearl was just absurd. He was so greedy and could care less about what would happen to Coyotito and Juana. Kino and Juana had been forced to leave the town with Coyotito because it was no longer safe for them to remain there. Too many people had found out about the pearl and would do anything to get there greedy hands on it. However, as his wife Juana repeatedly suggests, the great pearl could lead to misfortune rather than happiness. Juana tries to throw the pearl out so that their family would no longer be in a crisis. Kino sees her and finds her and decides to resort to violence and hit her and bruise her badly for trying to throw out his pearl which he thinks is a “gift from god.”
This is an example of Kino caring more about the pearl than his family and him being very greedy. His son Coyotito was shot and injured very badly. Only after his son dies does Kino comes to a point when he finally realizes this pearl is not worth tearing their family apart. They have already lost Coyotito and don’t want anything along this line to happen to them so finally he gets with reality and tossed “the pearl of the world” back into the sea. He returns home with his wife Juana after they had tossed the pearl into the sea. This is an example of him finally grasping to reality and starts to realize the pearl had caused the death of his first born. This made him not be greedy anymore and to get rid of this devil pearl.
I thought this story was very well written. I believe the purpose of the story “The Pearl” was to show us that you don’t have to have more valuables than what you need. You can’t have what you want all the time so be grateful for what you have. Kino became very greedy and caused it to where his child Coyotito dies. This peal had a devil in it and caused him to beat up his wife Juana. Kino dug himself into a deep hole because he wouldn’t just get rid of this pearl. He was much too greedy and cared more about it than his own family!
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