Answer one of the following questions in paragraph format and post to your blog for evaluation.
1. The dubious character of Graff says to Ender, "Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive." (p.35) Argue for or against Graff's statement.
I do not agree with Mr.Graff's statement. Because people is the master in the world. The moral of this story is antiwar . We need an atmosphere of peace and calm. But this is a science fiction. That is not ture. We are living in the 21st century. It is a scientific world. The science is important, and science was found by people. So people have begun to predominate. We have option and autonomy. It is the most important that we can think.
2. Do you view Ender as a strong or weak person? Support your response with specific textual examples.
I think he is a strong people.
Physical-One day, he is attackes by a dully on his way home. Then he beats him to death.He was just 6 years old. He went to the Battleschool. He is not afraid Bernard.
He saved the world. He saved all human being.
Mental-He is objective. He is not nice or vicious. He is brave. He is justicial and fair. He is not afraid who is mean. He helps the poor poeple.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Blog Assignment #5
The way up to heaven
Setting: New York-the Foster mansion
Character: Mr. Foster- nearly 70
Mrs. Foster- Loyal wife, obsessed with being late
Several servants
Problem: Mrs. Foster is worried about missing her plane to Paris, Mr. Foster seems to be delaying her, possible on purpose.
Rising Action: Mrs. Foster is preparing for her trip to Paris to visit her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
-She is impatiently waiting fir her husband.
-She keeps on asking walker, the butler for the time.
-The servants are preparing the house.
-They have 6 weeks holiday.
-Mr. Foster finally appears from him study. Mrs. Foster is anxious to leave.
-Mr. Foster delays again by saying that he needs to wash his hands.
-They finally leave for the airport.
-There is talking about fog.
-Mrs. Foster arrives at the airport on time, but the flight is delayed.
-Mrs. Foster spends many hours at the airport.
-The flight is postponed to the next day.
-Mrs. Foster calls her husband and they decide to meet at the house. Mr. Foster tells his wife a car will work her up at 9 am. He also mentions. She can drop him off at the club before she goes to the airport. In the morning Mr. Foster procrastinates again. Mrs. Foster is waiting in the car. She finally decides to go back into the house to get him. (Her fount the present he was looking for.)
Climax: She stops at the front door with her key in the lock. She listens by the door. She suddenly goes back to the car and tells the driver to hurry to the airport. She can not wait any longer or she will miss her plane. She says Mr. Foster will call a cab that he will understand.
Falling Action: Mrs. Foster goes to the airport. She caught her plane to Paris. She is very calm on the plane. She meets her family at the airport. She is enjoying her visit. Every Tuesday she writes her husband a letter and tells him to take care of himself. After her 6 weeks visit she returns home. She mentions possibly returning to Paris soon. No car picked her up at the airport. She gets a car ride home. She arrived home and rang the bell several times. No-one answered. She goes inside. It was cold. The mail was lying on the floor. It was dark, dusty. She paused- located her husband address book and picked up the phone and has a conversation with someone about coming to repair the lift. She sits and waits patiently.
Resolution: Mrs. Foster has arrived home from her 6 weeks holiday to find the lift stuck between floors. It seems she was listening to the lift get stuck or her husband yelling for help when she decided to leave him there and go on her trip.
Setting: New York-the Foster mansion
Character: Mr. Foster- nearly 70
Mrs. Foster- Loyal wife, obsessed with being late
Several servants
Problem: Mrs. Foster is worried about missing her plane to Paris, Mr. Foster seems to be delaying her, possible on purpose.
Rising Action: Mrs. Foster is preparing for her trip to Paris to visit her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
-She is impatiently waiting fir her husband.
-She keeps on asking walker, the butler for the time.
-The servants are preparing the house.
-They have 6 weeks holiday.
-Mr. Foster finally appears from him study. Mrs. Foster is anxious to leave.
-Mr. Foster delays again by saying that he needs to wash his hands.
-They finally leave for the airport.
-There is talking about fog.
-Mrs. Foster arrives at the airport on time, but the flight is delayed.
-Mrs. Foster spends many hours at the airport.
-The flight is postponed to the next day.
-Mrs. Foster calls her husband and they decide to meet at the house. Mr. Foster tells his wife a car will work her up at 9 am. He also mentions. She can drop him off at the club before she goes to the airport. In the morning Mr. Foster procrastinates again. Mrs. Foster is waiting in the car. She finally decides to go back into the house to get him. (Her fount the present he was looking for.)
Climax: She stops at the front door with her key in the lock. She listens by the door. She suddenly goes back to the car and tells the driver to hurry to the airport. She can not wait any longer or she will miss her plane. She says Mr. Foster will call a cab that he will understand.
Falling Action: Mrs. Foster goes to the airport. She caught her plane to Paris. She is very calm on the plane. She meets her family at the airport. She is enjoying her visit. Every Tuesday she writes her husband a letter and tells him to take care of himself. After her 6 weeks visit she returns home. She mentions possibly returning to Paris soon. No car picked her up at the airport. She gets a car ride home. She arrived home and rang the bell several times. No-one answered. She goes inside. It was cold. The mail was lying on the floor. It was dark, dusty. She paused- located her husband address book and picked up the phone and has a conversation with someone about coming to repair the lift. She sits and waits patiently.
Resolution: Mrs. Foster has arrived home from her 6 weeks holiday to find the lift stuck between floors. It seems she was listening to the lift get stuck or her husband yelling for help when she decided to leave him there and go on her trip.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Blog Assignment #4
Using one of the stories from our Mystery and Suspense unit (duo-tang) - complete a journal entry. Use the example given in your notes and answer the following questions.
Is it a mystery or suspense?
suspense
When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense is introduces when two men stumbled in and carried pistols, then they search the house. (frist page)
How is it resolved?
The supense is resolved when Karen said "I don't know about you. but while there's still time, I'm going intothat storm cellar." (last page)
Did the author include any red herrings?
No, he did not.
Is the story an example of poetic justice?
Yes, it is.
Night of the twister
This is a good story. It is a typical suspense story! This story tells us about a “tornado” night.
Karen saw two men broke into her house whit guns. They search the house and told her sat down. They want money. The weather is very bad. They are tornados in the area. Karen is very scared, but she keeps her voice calm. Terry came back and found photograph. They asked questions “What is your name?” “Who lives here with you?” Then they talked about tornados. They wanted money and broke everything in the house. Karen made some food for them. The men drank beer and ate quick supper. She told them “The door is in the kitchen floor, you got storm cellar in this place, and it is safe at there.” The men asked her “Any guns in the house?” She told them where some guns are. But she don not antique. They are hung so high that to get it. They asked “Where is the money?” “If you don not tell us, we will hurt you, even kill you!” Karen managed a smile “You are just trying to frighten me, you are playing games…” “Just a minute. You hear that?” She said. Then they really hear it. They though the storm is close, so they want to go to the storm cellar. When they were trying into the cellar, Karen got the guns and shoots them. At the end of story the police came to her house. She said “I had told them how a tornado sounded like a fast freight train.” “So when the night freight came highballing by a little before ten, like it always does, I made out like it was a twister.”
Is it a mystery or suspense?
suspense
When is the suspense introduced?
The suspense is introduces when two men stumbled in and carried pistols, then they search the house. (frist page)
How is it resolved?
The supense is resolved when Karen said "I don't know about you. but while there's still time, I'm going intothat storm cellar." (last page)
Did the author include any red herrings?
No, he did not.
Is the story an example of poetic justice?
Yes, it is.
Night of the twister
This is a good story. It is a typical suspense story! This story tells us about a “tornado” night.
Karen saw two men broke into her house whit guns. They search the house and told her sat down. They want money. The weather is very bad. They are tornados in the area. Karen is very scared, but she keeps her voice calm. Terry came back and found photograph. They asked questions “What is your name?” “Who lives here with you?” Then they talked about tornados. They wanted money and broke everything in the house. Karen made some food for them. The men drank beer and ate quick supper. She told them “The door is in the kitchen floor, you got storm cellar in this place, and it is safe at there.” The men asked her “Any guns in the house?” She told them where some guns are. But she don not antique. They are hung so high that to get it. They asked “Where is the money?” “If you don not tell us, we will hurt you, even kill you!” Karen managed a smile “You are just trying to frighten me, you are playing games…” “Just a minute. You hear that?” She said. Then they really hear it. They though the storm is close, so they want to go to the storm cellar. When they were trying into the cellar, Karen got the guns and shoots them. At the end of story the police came to her house. She said “I had told them how a tornado sounded like a fast freight train.” “So when the night freight came highballing by a little before ten, like it always does, I made out like it was a twister.”
Monday, November 23, 2009
Blog Assignment #3
Choose between the topics given (need only answer 1) and answer in a paragraph on your blog. Feel free to copy and paste the question onto your blog post.
1. Choose several lines from Anne Sexton's poem "Courage" explain them in detail. Examine the lines for meaning, figurative language and appeal.
It is in the small things we see it.
The child’s first step,
as awesome as an earthquake.
The first time you rode a bike,
wallowing up the sidewalk.
The first spanking when your heart
went on a journey all alone.
These sentences are very easy to understand. But you also can find some sences from them. When you frist do something, everyone will congratulate you, encourage you. FIRST is the most important! Have a wonderful beginging, you can continue, go on, keep up!!Before you have a stronge feeling, you must run into many little terrible things. If you are not brave, you will be beat soon. A strong heart and a good mind-set equal courage. When you feel bad, unloved, alone even hurt. Don not sad! Tell yourself "Don't worry about that!" Because we will meet a lot of things that we don't enjoy it--DEATH... If you can endure despair, unloved and every bad things, you are going to get brave!
1. Choose several lines from Anne Sexton's poem "Courage" explain them in detail. Examine the lines for meaning, figurative language and appeal.
It is in the small things we see it.
The child’s first step,
as awesome as an earthquake.
The first time you rode a bike,
wallowing up the sidewalk.
The first spanking when your heart
went on a journey all alone.
These sentences are very easy to understand. But you also can find some sences from them. When you frist do something, everyone will congratulate you, encourage you. FIRST is the most important! Have a wonderful beginging, you can continue, go on, keep up!!Before you have a stronge feeling, you must run into many little terrible things. If you are not brave, you will be beat soon. A strong heart and a good mind-set equal courage. When you feel bad, unloved, alone even hurt. Don not sad! Tell yourself "Don't worry about that!" Because we will meet a lot of things that we don't enjoy it--DEATH... If you can endure despair, unloved and every bad things, you are going to get brave!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Blog Assignment #2
This week's writing assignment refer to the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling which we studied in class.
1. Do you agree with Kipling's message in this poem? Why or why not? Identify which of Kipling's statements is the most meaningful to you and explain why. Is Kipling's advice useful for people today? Why or why not?
Yes, I do. Because he gives some people good advice. Like be patient;don't let your dream control your life in an unrealistic manner; if you lose everything you don not quit,you should continue to try...
Yes, it is. Today many people just think of how to make much money, they did not care how to be a real man ,a good man. They spent too much time to make money, but no time to educat their children. This poem can wake up more vacant people.
I agree his view. Because life include a lot of things. Making money just one of many things. We can make friends, study, do interesting game, sport...If you are a father or mother, you have a very important thing -- educat your children!!!When you older, you have more knowledge of experience, you must want to tell your children about these. So, why not? Tell them, they will get better than yourself. In a long life, we will happen some trouble things. This pome tell us many right views, you can learn positive mind-set from it.
1. Do you agree with Kipling's message in this poem? Why or why not? Identify which of Kipling's statements is the most meaningful to you and explain why. Is Kipling's advice useful for people today? Why or why not?
Yes, I do. Because he gives some people good advice. Like be patient;don't let your dream control your life in an unrealistic manner; if you lose everything you don not quit,you should continue to try...
Yes, it is. Today many people just think of how to make much money, they did not care how to be a real man ,a good man. They spent too much time to make money, but no time to educat their children. This poem can wake up more vacant people.
I agree his view. Because life include a lot of things. Making money just one of many things. We can make friends, study, do interesting game, sport...If you are a father or mother, you have a very important thing -- educat your children!!!When you older, you have more knowledge of experience, you must want to tell your children about these. So, why not? Tell them, they will get better than yourself. In a long life, we will happen some trouble things. This pome tell us many right views, you can learn positive mind-set from it.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Blog Assignment #1'
Mrs.Brown
-LOVING
Mrs.Brown loves her son all the time. No matter what other people say. When she noticed that his head had a habit og falling back ward. She was very worried about her son. She though she must help him. She prayed God to give her sign. When he can not speak write ..., she just putted her hands on his shoulder .She never gave Chriety a scolding.But she also cried, when she felt helpless.
"Copy""Christy""Try again""Try again"she always said. She apears to be an ordinary woman.She must do more than the other women do. This love is uncommon. Do you know how deep didi she love Christy? I can not say. Because,her love must more than I can say!
-CLEVER
Mrs.Brown did not believe her son is a idiot. She can help him. She must help him. She tried mang ways to treat him. She showed them pictures and tried to get him to talk. She found, Christy can use his left foot catch things and he can think something. So she drew "A" by yellow chalk. She asked him copy this letter. She often talked to him if he understand or not.
Simile--Her heart as warm as sun in sping.It warms Christy all the time.Her love is confident for her son!
-LOVING
Mrs.Brown loves her son all the time. No matter what other people say. When she noticed that his head had a habit og falling back ward. She was very worried about her son. She though she must help him. She prayed God to give her sign. When he can not speak write ..., she just putted her hands on his shoulder .She never gave Chriety a scolding.But she also cried, when she felt helpless.
"Copy""Christy""Try again""Try again"she always said. She apears to be an ordinary woman.She must do more than the other women do. This love is uncommon. Do you know how deep didi she love Christy? I can not say. Because,her love must more than I can say!
-CLEVER
Mrs.Brown did not believe her son is a idiot. She can help him. She must help him. She tried mang ways to treat him. She showed them pictures and tried to get him to talk. She found, Christy can use his left foot catch things and he can think something. So she drew "A" by yellow chalk. She asked him copy this letter. She often talked to him if he understand or not.
Simile--Her heart as warm as sun in sping.It warms Christy all the time.Her love is confident for her son!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Blog Assignment #1
Answer one of the following questions in at least one paragraph. If you are having trouble writing one paragraph from one question, use more than one question.
1. How does being able to write change Christy’s life?
That one letter , scrawled on the floor with a broken bit of yellow chalk gripped between his toes , was his road to a new world. his key to mental freedom.
2. Who do you think is the main hero of this story?
I think his mother is the main hero. If his mother wasn't help him, he couldn't successful even he will become a real idiot.The successful people is not always a real hero. Mrs.Brown did not have many achievements , but she have all the best qualities of hero.she is patient.She is strong.She bear hardship without complaining.
In a word, she is a real hero. We should learn from her. Although we can not do everything,we try at least.
3. What do people like Christy Brown, Helen Keller and Christopher Reeve teach us about heroism?
The people like their willpower.They are all iron people. Their determination were dogged.
4. What kinds of obstacles do people with disabilities face?
people who cannot see and cannot think.
5. What do Christy’s accomplishments indicate about human potential?
He is a great artist and writer.His story spirit up many people.
1. How does being able to write change Christy’s life?
That one letter , scrawled on the floor with a broken bit of yellow chalk gripped between his toes , was his road to a new world. his key to mental freedom.
2. Who do you think is the main hero of this story?
I think his mother is the main hero. If his mother wasn't help him, he couldn't successful even he will become a real idiot.The successful people is not always a real hero. Mrs.Brown did not have many achievements , but she have all the best qualities of hero.she is patient.She is strong.She bear hardship without complaining.
In a word, she is a real hero. We should learn from her. Although we can not do everything,we try at least.
3. What do people like Christy Brown, Helen Keller and Christopher Reeve teach us about heroism?
The people like their willpower.They are all iron people. Their determination were dogged.
4. What kinds of obstacles do people with disabilities face?
people who cannot see and cannot think.
5. What do Christy’s accomplishments indicate about human potential?
He is a great artist and writer.His story spirit up many people.
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