Chapters 8 & 9

Chapter 8:
     So.. in chapter eight it was pretty crazy. First of Gatsby is telling Nick how him and Daisy were before war ended. He was telling him how they made love and how they promised to wait and marry eachother after war. Well that didnt happen. I thought it was cute how he said that she was the first girl he ever felt that close to. Well anyways, Gatsbys gardner interupts Nick and Gatsby and says he will be sraing the pool. Gatsby stops him and says no because he had never used the pool. Now he wants to go for a swim. Then nick leaves. I thought it was sad when nick was destracted at work and he refused to go on a date with Jordan Baker. Then the story gets changed back to Myrtle. This is were it all starts. Wilson hears about who hit her and he goes and gives Gatsby a visit. Well Gatsby ends up being shot by Wilson while he was lying in the pool and then Wilson turns the gun on himself and kills himself too. Then nick hurrys back to the west egg to find that Gatsby is dead. This was sad that he died. :/
Chapter 9:
     In chapter nine it was about Gatsbys funeral. I think it was really nice for Nick to try to throw him a huge funeral.. but that didnt work out. I think it was mean when Tom and DAISY didnt show up! I mean hes dead , why couldnt they just show up. Very few people came to his funeral. Then Nick goes off and is moving back to Minnesota and decides to break away from Jordan Baker. Before he moves he runs into Tom and Tom tell him that Gatsby deserved to die and that he told Wilson about the car hitting Myrtel. I dont think that was very nice of tom and I do like how Nick says that Tom and Daisy are carless and uncaring people who ruin things and people. Im glad Nick s moving away from Daisy and Tom because I think they just created drama throughout this book.

Chapter 6 and 7 reaction

Chapter 6:
     This chapter suprised me. After all the rumors going around about Gatsby we get to actually here about him from the interviewer. I found it suprising how Gatspy dropped out of college two weeks after he was there. Also that he didn't come from a wealthy family because he hasd to work as a janitor when he was paying his college thing. Also that Gatsby doesn't drink at his parties because he was close to a man named Dan Cody and he was a heavy drinker. But when he died he convinced Gatsby to never become a heavy drinker like he was. And about the party when Tom and Daisy were there, it was a little strange how Tom his keeping an eye on Daisy there because he doesn't like Gatsby.

Chapter 7:
     This chapter was strange and sad. It was weird when Daisy had her baby brought out because I didn't know she had one. I like how Gatsby and Daisy can't hide their love from others and how she invites him to go to the city with her. It seems like Tom is getting worried and jealous about Gatsby and Daisy. So they all end up going to New York together. On the way back it was sad. Myrtle was hit by a car. Daisy and Gatsby were driving and they hit Myrtle. I thought this was really sad and how Gatsby said Daisy hit her but he will take the blame for her.

Chapters 3,4,5

Chapter 3
     I thought chapter three was just talking about Gatsby and his parties. He just had paties everyweekend. It was happy to hear that Nick got invited to one of his parties. At the party Nick and Jordan were becoming closer. They were starting to talk and bond more. They were hanging out and talking nore and becoming closer. Also, Nick and Gatsby were talking more and i think that they will start to like eachother more as the book goes on. Also, Gatsby talks about his past.

Chapter 4 
     In this chapter Nick and Gatsby go out to lunch. It seems like they are getting closer. On their drive to New York Gatsby tell Nick about his past and what it was like. I think that Gatsby is opening up to him by telling him about his past. Also, Nick sees Jordan, He runs in to her and they talk about what Gatsby and her talked about. They talked about Gatsby likeing Daisy. When Gatsby was in war with tom he liked Daisy and he also bought his mansion on the west egg to be near Daisy. This chapter was interseting i thought.

Chapter 5
     I liked this chapter. So... Jordan and Nick went on a date. Then Gatsby and Daisy meet up. They have tea together. They talk for a while. I like how he is meeting up with Daisy and how hes nt so nervous. I want to see what will happen in the next chapter.

Free write 1/18/11

     I don't like to share my writing because I don't like to read aloud. I wouldn't mind if others read my writing aloud, its just I don't like to read it myself. I fear that in my writing I will make sense to myself but not others and that I will sound stupid. The best case scenario would be if people complemented what they did and didn't like about it so that I know next time what to fix. I don't know what the worst case scenario would be but I just don't like to read my writing aloud.

Free write

The cold makes me want to lay in front of the fireplace and sleep there. It also makes me want to drink hot cocoa and marshmellows! (: I don't like the cold although I like the snow but I am ready for the summer to come and school to be over with. When it is cold I like to stay home and snuggle with a blanket and relax. I wish we would of had a snow day. But when it is cold I don't like to eat a lot all I like to do is sleep.

Free write

I think tat on my next time I should try to show the reader the argument instead of telling them what my argument is. I need to mae sure it is all in third person next time. My strength is my thesis because I worked really hard on it and tried harder. My weaknesses were telling the reader not showing them the arguement.

Response to The Awakening

   

I thought this book was alright. I felt that in this book that Edna just wanted to be free. I think that Edna wants to be free and not like the other people in her culture. She wants to be her own person and have her own beliefs in life. She doesn't want to be a follower of the others in the culture. I think that in this book the men are like the rulers and say what the wives have to do. In the book Edna learns about freedom of expression and she wants that freedom to do what she wants and not what the culture does. She was wanting to be a free person and she did not want to follow the rules that the other women and people do in the culture. I thought Edna was different and I liked that because she was someone who wanted to be herself and to be free from what others in her culture were doing. I thought that this book was better than the ones we have read in the past and I liked this book better. The part I didn’t like is when she had the secret relationship with Robert. But overall I thought this book was pretty good.

The Jungle LAST CHAPTER!! (:

      In this chapter I thought it was nice that Jurgis was trying to persuade Marja to not be a prostitute; this sad how she says no because she is addicted to morphine. I also think that it is sad that she plans to be a prstitute for the rest of her life! :(  I think that when Jurgis attends the meeting it is good that he tells the public the secrets of the meat packing industry, he also tells them what they are doing is wrong. Towards the end where it is talking about socialism, I think that it is great that a speaker says that "Chicago will be ours" because they are getting faith and they are believing in what they think they can achieve. Overall, I thought that this book was boring, gross and sad.  THE END

PS: I am so happy that this book is over, but it sucks we have another book to read over break.

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Chapters 29-30

    These chapters were more hopeful and fulfilling than the other ones, and so I liked them. In these two chapters I felt that Jurgis is becoming a better person, this could be because he joined a political party that has his interests too. In chapter 29 I like how Jurgis goes and talks to the speakers; he wasn't afraid to go and talk to him. In chapter 30, I liked how Jurgis went and visited Teta Elzbieta. He tells her about socialism, and that he wants to get a job and help support the family. I think that this is nice because maybe if he gets enough money than Marja with be able to stop her prostitution and drug habits and then she has time to look for another job that is better. That makes me happy that he wants to support the family with his money and not go spend it all on alcohol. In this chapter it also made me happy because Jurgis found a job. He is a porter at a small hotel and makes thirty dollars a month plus board! He must be happy. I also like how he starts to like to read and learn about the political and economic systems of power in America. However, he does get frustrated when he tries to persuade people in to socialism and they refuse or ignore him. I enjoyed reading these chapters because it seems like Jurgis is finally changing and becoming a more involved and helpful person in America.

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Chapters 27-28

         I think that in chapter 27 it is sad that Jurgis gets a job, but then he gets fired because he is not strong enough for the work that needs to be done. I also think it is sad when he goes to visit Marja and the police keep running after him. Its sad when she tells him that neither of them could support the children with jobs. The part that grosses me out is that Stanisolvas died by getting attacked by rats. I think that Marja is bad because she went into prostitution to keep the rest of the family from starvation. In chapter 28 Jurgis has to listen to a speech but I don't really understand why. In the end of chapter 28 he found a political party to represent his interests rather than those of the privileged, powerful, and wealthy. It made me feel happy when he found people who have the same interests.

Chapter 26

     Chapter 26 (:
     Overall, I think that this chapter is okay. I think that it is good that Jurgis is going on a strike; he wants three dollars daily for working and he receives it.  I think that it is good that Jurgis gets offered a job as a boss on the killing beds, so he then will get more money. The thing that is bad about this chapter is that Jurgis sees Connor in public and he attacks him again. This was stupid on his part because he has to go back to jail and pay out his bail. When he is finished paying his bail all he has left is four dollars. So he travels to the other side of Chicago. I think that in this chapter Jurgis is just getting in more trouble than he was. I hope he stops getting in so much trouble.

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The Jungle chapters 23-25

I thought chapter 23 was happy but sad. In chapter 23 Jurgis found a new job digging underground tunnels. The sad part was he thought that he was going to have his job all winter but he had an accident and spent Christmas in the Hospital. I thought that was sad that he had to spend Christmas in the hospital. In chapter 24 I think it is sad that he is with other homeless people trying to stay warm in the winter. I think he should go and try to find Teta and ask to live with her and her family. I thought it was nice how Freddie gave him food and money. In chapter 25 I think that Jurgis should have told the bartender that he didn't give him the right amount of money instead of attacking him. Then he goes to jail and then he goes and starts getting in trouble and mugging. I thought that was a bad part on him because he is going to keep getting in trouble and drunk and losing his life. I think that Jurgis should stop his drinking habits because everytime he gets money he goes and spends it on drinks. I thought that these chapters were mostly about Jurgis getting in more trouble in life.

Chapters 20-23

These chapters were kind of happy at first and then they turned bad. In chapter 20 it is good that Jurgis got another job. It was good at first and then he found out that his job is closing down. So he ends up loosing his job. In chapter 21 it is talking about Jurgis getting another job but it is to far away from his home, so he only goes home sometimes. When he does go home he finds something very depressing and sad. Jurgis finds out Antanas died. :( It’s sad that he has more family dying after some family already died.  This part was really sad because Jurgis just had his wife and second kid die not to long ago. In chapter 22 I think that it is sad because Jurgis just leaves. He goes on a train hiding there and he goes to the country. I think that this is sad because he left everyone else he was with to leave to the country. He then meets a farmer who sells him dinner, lets him sleep there, and offers Jurgis a job. I think that it is disappointing that he works for two weeks and gets a lot of money, and then he goes and spends it all in one night. I think that he should of traveled back to his family and helped pay for stuff for them.

Chapters 7-19

I thought that chapters seven through nineteen were sad and depressing. I thought it was sad when Ona got raped at work by her boss and then when Jurgis went to her work and beat him. Jurgis went to jail and it was gross there. The small cells with bug infested mattresses were what they had to live with. That was horrible and disgusting. I thought it was cute when they had their first baby Antanas and then when she had her second one and both Ona and the baby died at the second birth. It is sad how the whole family lost their home and jobs. They had to move and it was sad that they had a new baby and they had to move to the boarding house. The baby died because Ona didn’t have a midwife and she needed one. Now Jurgis is like an alcoholic and takes Kotrina’s money to go get drunk. I thought with the baby, Ona, and Kristofora’s death that these chapters were depressing and also how everyone lost their jobs and they lost their houses. If Teta Elzbieta’s son died from eating bad meat then I wouldn’t eat meat after that. These chapters are very sad and I hope that Antanas doesn’t die.       

The Bell Jar

I started to read the book The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. So far this book is about a girl and her friends being in high school. They go and hang out and they smoke cigarettes and they drink. The main character is under the name as Elly, but th at’s not her real name. They call her Elly because she didn’t want to tell the guys her real name and where she was really from. They spend all night out and they order drinks. They order drinks and get drunk. Elly only orders straight vodka. Then they go over to Lenny who is Doreen’s boyfriend. Doreen and Elly are staying in a hotel together. When they go over to Lenny’s house Doreen is drunk and her and Lenny and they bite each others ears and take off shirts, it’s weird. Then why they are doing that Elly walks back to her hotel which is forty-three by five blocks away. By the time she gets back to her hotel she is sober. When she gets home she goes and gets in the bath. She likes really hot baths, like as hot to where it may burn you to put your foot in. She sits in the bath and feels that it makes her feel purer. Elly gets out and then goes to bed. Later on that night she hears knocking at her door and she hears someone calling her name. Doreen is at her door. She doesn’t feel like getting up so she waits awhile. She then gets up and she carries her in the door. Doreen is so drunk and so she puts her on the floor because she starts puking. She leaves her there for the night and when she wakes up in the morning the puke is cleaned up and Doreen is no longer in the hallway. She woke up in the early morning and she went to her bed.    

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The Jungle chapters 4-6

My partners are Bre and Alyssa.

     I felt that chapter four was going pretty good. In this chapter Jurgis was talking about how he thought that children should go to school and get an education. I think that they should because to get an education would be good for them because we learned that knowledge is power. Therefore if the children go to school and get an education then they will eventually gain knowledge. I agree with Jurgis.
     In chapter five some people were complaining about their jobs. The meatpacking industry is nasty and i find it disgusting.
     In chapter six it was about Ona and Jurgis getting a house. The bad part of this chapter was that the realtor lied to them about paying interest. They had got the house and talked to the old lady who told them about the house and the past of it. She also told them that they had to pay interest on the house and they looked at the deed and they had to pay $12 a month plus the $7 interest. Though the old lady didn't have to pay interest because they lied about her son and how much he makes.
      I think that this is a weird book.........

My essay topic

My topic was to create an argument that demonstrates how owning another human being can corrupt a person and negatively alter their character. The thing that I am trying to argue is that owning another human being can corrupt them and it can alter their character in life. I am stating facts that say why owning another human being is wrong and why it affects the slave. This is affecting how they think of others like they can become prejudice and/or racist and how it corrupts them in life by separating them from family and ruining their self esteem.

Chapter 11 reaction

In this chapter Fredrick was planning to escape. I liked how he escaped but he was hungry and homeless in New York. Then he met Mr. Ruggles who took him in so he had a place to live. At the end of this chapter it is talking about Fredrick going to anti-slavery meetings and was able to say what he wanted to. I liked how he finally got married and was happy.I was happy that he escaped slavery and was free. In the end at the appendix Fredrick talked about how religious people could be so cruel to the slaves. Religious people are usually nice and respect others but these people were different and they were mean to the slaves.

Questions:
1. How could the religious people be so mean to slaves and not think that it is wrong?
2. Why did Fredrick trust Mr. Ruggles?
Comments:
1. I felt happy when Fredrick escaped and was free from being a slave.
2. I like Mr. Ruggles.

Questions and Comments

Questions
     Why did the slaveholders give holdiays off for their safety?
     Why did the battle mode make Fredrick realize that he wanted to be free?
     Why did he enjoy teaching?

Comments
     This chapter was confusing.
     I liked how he wasn't the only one wanting to be free an run away.

Chapter 10 reaction

I like how in this chapter Fredrick talks about him reading more. I think that when they were talking about the root that it is like a symbol that other slaves should do it so they can stand up for themselves like Fredrick did. This was talking about Fredrick talking about the north. This chapter was sad and weird and I liked how in this chapter Fredrick stood up for himself. Slaves should start to do what fredrick did.I like how Fredrick is starting to make more friends and have somewhat of a family.Mr. Freeland is a very nice guy it seems like and Fredrick says that he is one of the best slave masters he has had.