1.] "Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death." This is an introduction of the passage. this introduction shows a characteristic of Mrs. Mallard. It shows that Mrs. Mallard is probabyly a very emotional person, so they need to break the news to her as gently as possible. Also this reminds of something that happemned to my grandma anout two weeks ago. Her twin sister died, and my aunty and my uncle came to my house like something exciting happened.
2.] "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully." I chose this quote because, i thought it was eye catching, and it shows that something is about to happen. It gives you an anticipation of what is going to happen next.
3.] "pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul." I chose this quote because to me, this was a really strong quote. It caught my attentions the most. It is a very emotional quote, and she uses it to achieve her point in the passage.
4.] "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully." I chose this quote because this is another place where she keeps the readers attention. She keeps them anticipating reading the rest of the passage.
5.] "She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will..." To me this is also one of her strongest quotes. In this quote, she talks about this thing that is comg to take her away. This also keepes the reader wanting to know what the thing is.
My questions?????
1.] Why do you think she states that "Why do you think she staes "When the doctors came they said she had diesd of heart disease of the joy that kills???""
2.] Why do you think Kate Choplin wrote the passage in this manner?
3.] Do you think death knows age?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Slaves's Dream
The Slave Dream is a poem written by Henry Wagsworth Longfellow. In this poem, I believe that he is talking about how it feels to be free as in when a slave dies. He begins the poem with these words "Beside the ungathered rice he lay,His sickle in his hand; His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. These few sentences is what the author uses to give away the purpose of this poem. He also uses a lot of imagery, and syntax or diction to convey his purpose in this poem.
To begin, he states "His breast was bare, his matted hair was buried in the sand". In this sentence he uses diction. He uses these words to describe how it feels to be free, or his reactions to being free. Also, if you look at the sentence after that he states "Again in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land." In this quote he also uses diction. For example, the word native land means the place where you originated from. He didn't just say in the midst and shadow of sleep I saw a country. Instead, he uses Native Land. Another example of diction is when he states "Wide through the landscape of his dreamsn The lordly Niger flowed; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode; And heard the tinkling caravans,Descend the mountain-road." In this quote, the author also gives you good imagery. He states "The lordly Niger flowed. I mean i can imagine that in my heard, and the feeling i wuld be feeling at that time would be happiness. The author is trying to convey this happy feeling through the whole poem. Reason being because of his freedon from slavery through death.
Also the author uses figurative language. He states "Smiting his stallion's flank. Before him, like a blood-red flag," and he also states "And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums,Through the triumph of his dream. In these quotes, he uses great figurative language mixed with imagery. He states "Like a glorious roll of drums". this of course is a simile he is using figurative language to compare a riverhorse to the glorious roll of drums. Also he states" Before him, like a blood- red flag".
To conclude, this author uses a lot of words t o describe his feelings. He uses also uses imagery and figurative language to convet the fact that freedom after death is a good thing for slaves.
To begin, he states "His breast was bare, his matted hair was buried in the sand". In this sentence he uses diction. He uses these words to describe how it feels to be free, or his reactions to being free. Also, if you look at the sentence after that he states "Again in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land." In this quote he also uses diction. For example, the word native land means the place where you originated from. He didn't just say in the midst and shadow of sleep I saw a country. Instead, he uses Native Land. Another example of diction is when he states "Wide through the landscape of his dreamsn The lordly Niger flowed; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode; And heard the tinkling caravans,Descend the mountain-road." In this quote, the author also gives you good imagery. He states "The lordly Niger flowed. I mean i can imagine that in my heard, and the feeling i wuld be feeling at that time would be happiness. The author is trying to convey this happy feeling through the whole poem. Reason being because of his freedon from slavery through death.
Also the author uses figurative language. He states "Smiting his stallion's flank. Before him, like a blood-red flag," and he also states "And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums,Through the triumph of his dream. In these quotes, he uses great figurative language mixed with imagery. He states "Like a glorious roll of drums". this of course is a simile he is using figurative language to compare a riverhorse to the glorious roll of drums. Also he states" Before him, like a blood- red flag".
To conclude, this author uses a lot of words t o describe his feelings. He uses also uses imagery and figurative language to convet the fact that freedom after death is a good thing for slaves.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
ROmanticism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism -
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/romanticism/
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook15.htm
www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/romanticism/
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook15.htm
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
1.] To me, I think Lincoln mentioned all that he needed to mention. One of his first words are "All men are created equal". He also talks about how we should not let the things men before us did die in vain. At the end, he includes a strong support by stating "That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth", which I believe is a strong way to end his address.
2.] this sentence closes or concludes Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The words stated are very strong. An audience would be well convinced of his position in this speech after this concluding sentence. This was a perfect way for him to end his speech. Big ups to Abraham Lincoln.
3.] The Gettysburg Address was probably written to contribute somehow or someway to add to the Declaration of Independence. The Gettysburg Address is much shorter than the Declaration of Independence. They both interpret the same meaning. They also both state that "All men are created equal".
4.] Abraham like they said in the introduction paragraph, is an excellent speaker. But I think Martin Luther King Jr. is a better speaker. He was a black man who stood up for what he believed in. One of his most famous speeches was "I have a dream". People all around the country look up to him as a great man. Also they still read the speech till this day. They also celebrate his birthday. It was a very powerful and excellently written speech, that by far beats the Gettysburg Address.
2.] this sentence closes or concludes Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The words stated are very strong. An audience would be well convinced of his position in this speech after this concluding sentence. This was a perfect way for him to end his speech. Big ups to Abraham Lincoln.
3.] The Gettysburg Address was probably written to contribute somehow or someway to add to the Declaration of Independence. The Gettysburg Address is much shorter than the Declaration of Independence. They both interpret the same meaning. They also both state that "All men are created equal".
4.] Abraham like they said in the introduction paragraph, is an excellent speaker. But I think Martin Luther King Jr. is a better speaker. He was a black man who stood up for what he believed in. One of his most famous speeches was "I have a dream". People all around the country look up to him as a great man. Also they still read the speech till this day. They also celebrate his birthday. It was a very powerful and excellently written speech, that by far beats the Gettysburg Address.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
My Essay :::: Everyone plx read and tell me what you think.......
My Life Before My Life
By: Chinyere Evulukwu
In the year 1992, was I born in the native country of Africa. Africa is a country where there is absolutely no water, nevertheless snow. Life was hard for me and my siblings, especially with no mother to support us. Each day we would each take six buckets of water down the steeply hills to the well to fetch water for us to be able to survive. The environment we lived in was a s dirty as a pig, and as small as a hut. Unfortunately for us, our house had only one room. There are five of us, and we all slept in that one room whether we liked it or not. In our conditions, we ate so little that you could see ribs and bones on our little bodies. Yet life couldn’t get any better. Indeed there was school, and we went daily. When school was over and done, we came back to the same place where we had began to suffer our flesh and bones. Our chores were overwhelming, and if we didn’t do it correctly, in the right manner, we would get whooped twenty-four strokes of cain on our butts.
Anyway, to add to our suffering, we had barely enough time to do our homework assigned to us by the teacher that day, so when we didn’t do it we would also get twenty-four strokes of cain on our hands or butt. But it gets better. Lucky enough, my mother who abandoned us to go and study abroad in the U.S. gave us a call one night. Fortunate for us, we had electricity. She then states to us that she had made an appointment at the embassy for us to get our permanent visa to come to America. From that moment, I felt escalated. Words couldn’t describe my feelings. I was as happy as a lost bird who just found it’s home. Well, God says “Everything happens for a reason”. Doubtlessly, we start preparing for the interview. We needed to memorize my mom’s address in America, and a couple more things. We also needed to bring in some of our baby pictures. From that day on, we started praying that God Liberates us from this burden, this chain that holds us down from being successful. On the day of the interview, we were all shaking. We were all nervous because we had no idea that we were going to be treated as kind as a mother bird treats it’s children. When we eventually get there, we sing in and await our actual interview. The man to interview us calls us up. Surprisingly, he doesn’t ask us any questions. We then give each other these surprising looks. To God’s glory the only question he eventually asks us is who we are in the pictures we show him. He then tells us to come pick up our visa the following Thursday. This is where my real life begins. As I said “Everything happens for a reason”.
We emigrated to America in 2001. To be exact, August 1, 2001. At that time, I had a very powerful accent. Now we’re officially settled in America. Certainly you can predict what next right, school. We enroll into McKinley Junior High and Elementary school. On the first day of school, I was in a state of mere excitement, not knowing wjat was to come, not knowing that from that day on, I was going to be as devastated as a dying animal. The day started out peaceful. It was hot, and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day. The birds were chirping. The bus was strangely weird. It was like something I had never seen in my life before. It was big and yellow I was most certainly used to walking. I got to school, and was already the laughing stock of the day. My hair was surprisingly different from theirs. Mine was sticking up in different directions, and theirs was neatly together or down. By the time I got to my assigned room, I was heavily late. The teacher in the classroom mispronounced my name. When I tried to tell her the correct way to pronounce it, the class immediately burst into laughter. I felt so sad and depressed. I just wanted to go but I couldn’t. these were some of the horrible times in my life. Sometimes I would come to school and everyone would just cover there noses, and I wouldn’t know why, to later find out that they were doing it because of me. Students would taunt me daily about my accent. They would make jokes about my culture and lifestyle, because of what they hear on the media. I would come to school the next day and they would all sit far away from me like I’m this disgusting animal. All these things would cause me to go home and start shedding an amazing amount of tears. Sometimes I would go home and try to runaway, but when I remember my purpose of coming here, I would try to endure it. I would say to myself “I am a strong woman, I can overcome anything”, but that doesn’t work. I start all over again with tears. I would ask God “Why does bad things happen to good people” daily with no answer. I felt like God had abandoned me and left me cold in this lonely world. It went on and on like this to the extent that I let them win. I let them get the better of me, and gently start to slip. But one day, God raises me back up from my fall. He says to me that I am better than this, and that I shouldn’t let anything or anyone bring me down. He reminds me that he still loves me no matter what.
Six years later now, I am a better person, with an incredible heart. Nothing and no one can bring me down. I say to myself “God is my refuge and strength, and in him will I trust”. And to everyone that experienced this sadness in their lives, I say to you “Stand strong, and hold on because at the end, they’ll be the ones kissing the ground you walk on”.
By: Chinyere Evulukwu
In the year 1992, was I born in the native country of Africa. Africa is a country where there is absolutely no water, nevertheless snow. Life was hard for me and my siblings, especially with no mother to support us. Each day we would each take six buckets of water down the steeply hills to the well to fetch water for us to be able to survive. The environment we lived in was a s dirty as a pig, and as small as a hut. Unfortunately for us, our house had only one room. There are five of us, and we all slept in that one room whether we liked it or not. In our conditions, we ate so little that you could see ribs and bones on our little bodies. Yet life couldn’t get any better. Indeed there was school, and we went daily. When school was over and done, we came back to the same place where we had began to suffer our flesh and bones. Our chores were overwhelming, and if we didn’t do it correctly, in the right manner, we would get whooped twenty-four strokes of cain on our butts.
Anyway, to add to our suffering, we had barely enough time to do our homework assigned to us by the teacher that day, so when we didn’t do it we would also get twenty-four strokes of cain on our hands or butt. But it gets better. Lucky enough, my mother who abandoned us to go and study abroad in the U.S. gave us a call one night. Fortunate for us, we had electricity. She then states to us that she had made an appointment at the embassy for us to get our permanent visa to come to America. From that moment, I felt escalated. Words couldn’t describe my feelings. I was as happy as a lost bird who just found it’s home. Well, God says “Everything happens for a reason”. Doubtlessly, we start preparing for the interview. We needed to memorize my mom’s address in America, and a couple more things. We also needed to bring in some of our baby pictures. From that day on, we started praying that God Liberates us from this burden, this chain that holds us down from being successful. On the day of the interview, we were all shaking. We were all nervous because we had no idea that we were going to be treated as kind as a mother bird treats it’s children. When we eventually get there, we sing in and await our actual interview. The man to interview us calls us up. Surprisingly, he doesn’t ask us any questions. We then give each other these surprising looks. To God’s glory the only question he eventually asks us is who we are in the pictures we show him. He then tells us to come pick up our visa the following Thursday. This is where my real life begins. As I said “Everything happens for a reason”.
We emigrated to America in 2001. To be exact, August 1, 2001. At that time, I had a very powerful accent. Now we’re officially settled in America. Certainly you can predict what next right, school. We enroll into McKinley Junior High and Elementary school. On the first day of school, I was in a state of mere excitement, not knowing wjat was to come, not knowing that from that day on, I was going to be as devastated as a dying animal. The day started out peaceful. It was hot, and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day. The birds were chirping. The bus was strangely weird. It was like something I had never seen in my life before. It was big and yellow I was most certainly used to walking. I got to school, and was already the laughing stock of the day. My hair was surprisingly different from theirs. Mine was sticking up in different directions, and theirs was neatly together or down. By the time I got to my assigned room, I was heavily late. The teacher in the classroom mispronounced my name. When I tried to tell her the correct way to pronounce it, the class immediately burst into laughter. I felt so sad and depressed. I just wanted to go but I couldn’t. these were some of the horrible times in my life. Sometimes I would come to school and everyone would just cover there noses, and I wouldn’t know why, to later find out that they were doing it because of me. Students would taunt me daily about my accent. They would make jokes about my culture and lifestyle, because of what they hear on the media. I would come to school the next day and they would all sit far away from me like I’m this disgusting animal. All these things would cause me to go home and start shedding an amazing amount of tears. Sometimes I would go home and try to runaway, but when I remember my purpose of coming here, I would try to endure it. I would say to myself “I am a strong woman, I can overcome anything”, but that doesn’t work. I start all over again with tears. I would ask God “Why does bad things happen to good people” daily with no answer. I felt like God had abandoned me and left me cold in this lonely world. It went on and on like this to the extent that I let them win. I let them get the better of me, and gently start to slip. But one day, God raises me back up from my fall. He says to me that I am better than this, and that I shouldn’t let anything or anyone bring me down. He reminds me that he still loves me no matter what.
Six years later now, I am a better person, with an incredible heart. Nothing and no one can bring me down. I say to myself “God is my refuge and strength, and in him will I trust”. And to everyone that experienced this sadness in their lives, I say to you “Stand strong, and hold on because at the end, they’ll be the ones kissing the ground you walk on”.
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