Who may I be?

Two left feet and still walks straight? Has holes that can sing the beautiful tune of a violin. Yeah I’m pretty cool! I have a great neighbor that loves me dearly. Plays his music ever so well. I have a job that I love, and I am the best in the business. I always am ready for work. Always riding my unicycle, happy as ever.

My boss has an evil nemeses, who ever so sadly, works right across the street from us in a bucket. Always trying to steal something dear and important to my heart. It’s not so bad that he lives, and works in a bucket, because he is right across the street from a lobster trap, which is ever so famous in the rough waves, down deep with all different creatures.

I’m as yellow as the sun, and as square as box. My teacher is very puffy and ever so lovely. I have been in school for as long as I can remember. I started way back in December. Always trying to achieve that main goal of getting that rectangular piece of happiness. I always end up going back home to my favorite snail, that thinks he is a cat.

Here's a view tips to you!
 The best time to wear a striped sweater, is all the time. Especially the ones with the turtle neck!

Abuse It.

Author's Note: In this piece, I wrote about a book A Child Called It, and how abuse is something that should not happen. I also related abuse to other things in life.

Little things in everyone’s childhood are brought up in their adult life, like the way their mother’s food used to take, the way their clothes were washed, or the way there clothes smelled. Adolescence is the most important part of anyone’s life as they age, it’s the time when kids know right from wrong and when they know what they want to me. Imagine being abused as a kid, having no childhood that is worth remembering or reminiscing about. In A Child Called It, the childhood of young David is taken away from him when his mom locks him in their basement, beats him, starves him, and deprives him of the basic necessities. There are obvious ways that abuse from his childhood to his adult life have shown through.

For starters, even when he is being abused, early signs of the abuse that he is being given is taking a toll on him when he stops believing in God, or that he would be able to get out of the living hell that he is in. (184) “Inside, my soul is so cold I hate everything. I even despise the sun, for I know I will never be able to play in its warm presence. My stomach coils whenever I smell food that is about to be served to somebody else, knowing it isn’t for me.” It is obvious that he doesn’t have any feelings towards anyone but hatred and remorse. In other ways than just feeling hatred for other people, he also lacks other emotions -- trust.

When Dave finally runs away from the nightmarish house that he lives in, and he finds himself in a nearby pizza shop. While there, it is clear that he doesn’t trust the owner of the shop to tell him anything about himself; he doesn’t want to give away too much about himself to make his mother look like the bad person in the situation. The ability to trust and to be able to tell somebody your secrets is key to being a healthy person -- you can’t live without someone to lean on. Clearly, Dave struggles with that. Throughout the second and the third book, his trust remains dangling by a thread, as he struggles to get along with his “brothers” at his foster home, and with his foster parents.

The story of Dave Pelzer’s life is heartbreaking enough, let alone the fact that it was a true story. This book can connect to the lives of kids that have been abused, and even kids that have not been abused. Although the books are extremely sad and gruesome to read, the lesson that can be told is that you will overcome the obstacles that you face. It may take time, but there is always a silver lining, and you will always get out of the abuse or neglect that you are in. It connects to people that haven’t been abused to tell them to be appreciative of what they have and let them be aware of things that they don’t always know what are going on.

Naivete.

In this story Mrs. Wilson assumes things that are not true. She is defiantly an example of reverse racism. She also fits the category of naiveté. She has no experience of the boys life, and she is making assumptions that the boy is poor, and has no clothes. In one sentence she was telling Boyd to eat the stewed tomatoes, and he wouldn’t eat them, then she tried giving him all of their used clothes,  like Boyd and his family needed them. Pewaukee now a day’s doesn’t go up to people and ask them question, people here just think about what these kind of people are, and how their life would be. Not just Pewaukee, but almost everyone around the world does it.

Although that has happened in the story, Shirley Jackson teaches us all a lesson. He is literally telling us through the story, that stereotype people like Mrs. Wilson, should learn to think before talking. This is just like the quote, “Never judge a book by its cover.” We shouldn’t just assume people’s life’s are in critical conditions and they need help, or they are rich so they must be snotty and think they know everything. They need to know the story behind peoples life before judging them.

Reading Response

2.  What is one event, character, or plot element that is similar to a modern text/film? Explain.

The impatient/ younger waiter reminds me of Massie from the series The Clique. She can never wait on anyone, and it is always about her. Her friends are just like her, while a new comer enters their group, they have gotten a whole lot meaner and bossier. Just like in the story, he yells at the old death man to go home.

VIDEOS.

I thought that the café was going to be bigger and brighter. It didn't stand out to me as much as I thought it would. I feel like the screen shots are very long, but I like it, because I get to really pay attention to them. I think that they kept it like that because they wanted them to make sure they get a good look at the outside. The Young Waiter wasn't what I thought he was going to be either. I thought he would be better looking, but that is just my opinion. The other to people in this film are pretty much what I thought they would be. When I read the paper, it was pretty much the same thing as the video, but I just got to see how they really sounded, and how they what there expressions were. 

Although I found those things, I thought that the beginning music was a sad type, well that’s at least what I thought. It makes me get in a sad mood, I feel really bad for the old man, and I feel like the Middle Aged Waiter feels bad too. The lighting is reminds me of daytime, and not 2 o’clock in the morning. The lighting towards the end is depressing. The lighting in the other café kind of scares me, but it is much bigger, and it isn't as depressing. The voice over is low and sad. 

Sleepers?

Author’s Note: In this piece, I decided to research Why People Sleep? It has been such a curious topic to me.

What would we do without sleep? Think about it, every night we clear out 8 hours of our days to just sleep. Why do we do this? Why do our bodies need sleep? Couldn’t we spend those 8 hours doing something more productive. In this essay you will learn about why humans need sleep to survive and why sleeping is so essential.

One reason we need sleep is for our well-being. Our bodies need to sleep just like they need to eat, and drink, and breath to survive. Sleeping lets our bodies rest from a long day and relax. Our bodies were not made to be moving and active all the time. Everyone needs their sleep because if they don’t they will get cranky and their bodies will collapse because of exhaustion. We as humans our up on our feet and moving constantly, our bodies just can’t keep up with our busy lifestyles without sleep. According to the New York Time’s survey that they took in 2012 90% of Americans don’t get enough sleep. To survive we as humans need to sleep to rest our bodies to maintain our well-being.

Although one of the main reasons we as humans need to sleep is because we need to rest our bodies another main reason we need sleep is because we need a break from our long days. According to curiousity.discovery.com dreaming is an opportunity to work out your emotional problems and experience your memories. Also according to the same site your dreams only occur in the first 90 minutes of sleeping which is when your body reenergizes the most. Lastly when we sleep our bodies reenergize, adjust hormone levels, promote morning alertness, and regulate feelings of hunger. A main part of why humans sleep is because of dreaming and because our bodies need to reenergize.

Sleeping is something that our bodies need to survive, without it we would be too lazy to every do anything because we were so exhausted. Yes exercising and being active is good, but without rest, none of us could do that. Without sleep we would be a reckless mess.

Take a Ride

Author’s Note: This piece is on how well I know about Figurative Language and how I can tell tones in a story.

Have you ever wanted to ride on a train? Ever wanted to see a train wind its way through a hilly landscape? In Emily Dickinson riddle- like poem, she describes this animal kind of a creature as a powerful, speedy thing, almost like a train! Emily doesn't describe it in just simple, more of lame terms, she describes in beautiful figurative languages! This language she is using makes the reader want to go on, and not stop and say, “Wow I just wasted 30 seconds reading something this boring.” This can relate to life, You may be boring or normal, but the best kinds of people or the freaks, with a tint of color in their life.

            And neigh like Boanerges, is an allusion, as in reference to something more historical. Now that sounds kind of odd right? Well it’s not. Emily put that splash of color in her poem to make it shine! I like to see it lap the miles, would be a personification giving human traits. Punctual as a start its own, would refer to a simile, by combining to examples into one sentence using as or like. All these sentences use figurative language, without it, I would say this piece would be a F. It’s what makes this piece exciting and fun to read. I would honestly say this piece is mostly a personification piece. 

Not only does the descriptive words a big part of this piece, but the tone defiantly expresses this poem. I feel like when the author was writing this, she was imagining it. She would be nervous, or scared. If you put the two sentences, And stop to feed itself at tanks and  In horrid, hooting stanza, sounds like he is getting himself ready to pounce on you, or another object. The tone effects this piece on the way you want to read it. It you want to read it with more excitement, you would get a different point of view then just babbling it off with no effort put into it.

As you read, you should now understand why figurative language and tone play a huge role in the Language Arts world. It shouldn't be easy learning it, you should run into some difficulties. With some good help, from a great teacher, or even some peers, you will be on the right track. Just don’t forget, always put a dash of color in life. 

Back Together?

Authors' Note: This piece is about how well I can demonstrate point of view from another ones observation.

Have you ever been through I break up? Ever heard the words, maybe we can be friends, or don’t ever talk to me again? Throughout your life, these words will be recognized every day, either hearing them from a friend, or even being the person saying those words.  In the song “We are Never Getting Back Together,” written by Taylor Swift, she shows how these words, can me nothing to her. Taylor is an idol to many young people. She literally shows us, how this relates to our own lives, and not just hers.

  

Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change. Trust me, remember how that lasted for a day I say, I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you. As Taylor mocks her ex boyfriend, she teaches us that we shouldn't just listen to the words, we should understand them. She may have loved him, but in reality, things don’t always go your way. Their relationship was a repeating motion. If this song was written as the guy’s point of the view, the song could have a whole new meaning. 

Dear Taylor,

I remember when we broke up, THE FIRST TIME. I can't take this anymore, I need my space. Maybe we just need a break?

July 14

JULY 29(On the phone)

Boy: Baby, I miss. I swear I’m gonna change! Trust me?

Taylor: I remember how that lasted for a day.

Boy: But I Still love you!

Taylor: We are never ever, ever, getting back together.

You can tell that Taylor doesn't buy his lame excuses. She doesn't even trust the fellow, but the guy’s point of view he thinks they will be back together within the snap of a finger. He has been sending her mixed signals, and Taylor doesn't know how to respond to it. This then might lead up to angry, upset, or even confused relationships, but most of all, them Never Getting Back Together.

As you can see, relationships are a pain, but if you truly love someone, you would risk getting hurt. You’re going to want to shrivel up like a raisin and ignore everyone that tries to talk. With a little encouragement from Taylor, you will be back on your feet and as new as freshly picked strawberries.