Reflective Essay (without many links since google reader is down in our school)

One of the first assignments that were giving to us in the beginning of English class was to be able to create a blog and write two posts weekly. Writing a blog is Incorporated further than school. Within the writing that we post, we reflect on someone else’s information, major news. not only are we exercising our writing capacity but we are also informing ourselves with knowledge.  Getting used to writing on a regular basis is not difficult a thing. we started with two post per week: one for whatever we please and one to respond to another post. Many people were originally not accustomed to constantly write as much as on a regular basis. Mr. Sutherland set up many goals for us in the beginning of the class. i believe that one of the goals was not only blog, which have been doing on a regular basis, but the point to regularly blog without having an assignment due.

As I student in middle school, I was never accustomed to writing regularly, but by the assignments that are asked of us I have gotten more comfortable and have improved slightly within my writing. The quick writes are small ways that helped me understand to try to cut back and focus more writing since we have a subject and we have to write for ten minutes without stopping. I have learned to try to structure my writing in ways that are simple but make very important changes in the writing, to give the reader a clearer perspective. i learned that when i write.

In reviewing the posts on the blog that I have done I noticed that many of the subjects that my writing did not related to situations in the moment. From the past posts that i have made i usually wrote about things that weren't so interesting. since i noticed that i was not as interested in the things that i was writing about i understood the changes that i needed to make. to make the changes and better my writing i began to look at other peoples post and make a similar post to that. there was a slight change in interest and seemed to change. for example, i noticed that there were many post between Karen Chavez and Rohksor Yusufi about jersey shore and people attempting to be “jersey”.

“she’s too dramatic and emotional and claimed that most females are fake that’s why she doesn’t have a girl best friend. I dislike her because she forgave Ronnie and started hating on Jwow.” (a quote from Karen’s blog.)

Within this quote from Karen's blog i can understand the feelings that derive from her and she is blogging. not only is she explaining and stating facts within her knowledge but, she is explaining her thoughts with much emotion. she includes words and signal of her taking interest into her blog entry. It is apparent that she takes much interest into her posts and it goes further than just another assignment to the class.

           In reading and responding the posts from other people, I came up that many people wrote about person feelings and thoughts about things that really touched them. those people were using the blog as more than just an other assignment. the feelings they expressed made it a  Those are my favorite types of posts. I like to read and get informed about how a person strongly feels about something that they notice. other peoples post have helped me grow immensely. knowledge and experiences could be some of the greatest gifts to a person. Google reader is a miracle joining all posts. there have been so many times that i have come across someone Else's post that is so interesting and compelling. some of the posts included Elton. he began telling the story of his life and expressing his feelings. In one of his posts he explained about a relationship he stood in. in addition to the relationship post he included his feelings about the sudden death of our dearly beloved physical movement teacher. With that post i was able to feel the support and know how other felt about the horrible situation the school faced. Mr Sutherland was another person that commented about the situation and how he felt. this would not have been possible without the power of the blogs!The posts i related to gave me an better approach to the topic and encouraged me to post about it .

One of the major steps in the process of writing is revision. Revisions to a add and help the paper to better rewrite misleading parts to the reader. In other words, is polishing, polishing makes the essay and writing better, bumping it to another level. Bumping it to the next level.  Throughout the year when creating my posts on the blog I did not reread what and check for any mistakes and confusing sentences. one of my major mistakes included redundancy and clutter. i have improved on that and now have to begin to focus on writing without repeating myself.

Now a days many teens are having problems because of the society that they are living in. many things in a persons environment need to be changed and cause many problems for the people that live in them. For teens many problems get in their way and one of the only approach is to end the problem that they are having. And the way that people do that is by ending their lives. A community should have more resources for the teens in their.

Writing is one of the many things that can never be perfected, and understood by everyone. As a student writing is to get adjusted to and do it on a daily basis. A goal that i have ti improve my writing would be giving the reader straightforward, clutter less information. the main ideas need to be clear. By taking away unnecessary details it will lead to a better understanding of my writing.                  riting.                 

Ashli
The book seems very interesting and something out of the usual. The book gives off a vibe that may drag your attention away and keep it! The book may show and relate to things that people face in daily lives. It is apparent that there is excitement and much drama. Can you relate to your book in any ways?you explain certain characteristics between the two sister. But soon you will need to get more specific which i bet it ont be any problem at all. Anyways, it seems very interesting.
Fermin
the book seems interesting and familiar to you since you read some of the other books. since it is a sequel and has other books that relate to it explain more about that.The book gives off a vibe that may drag your attention in comparison to the other books similar to it.  The book may show and relate to things that people face in daily lives. It is apparent that there is excitement and things that interest you.you should expand more on your commentary. write more about what you get out of the book. i feel as if you are just explaining facts rather than more of how the information affects you. Make it personal. 

Elizabeth
the book seems so different but interesting. wizards! ...now that is something that catches peoples attention. i really like how you get into explaining one of the characters thoroughly. not only do you explain who the person is in the story, but you go further in. you basically indirectly explain problems that the character faces about being a women thats a wizard, though i am a bit confused. since she has powers and is a woman isn't she automatically a witch? i also believe that the review would become a stronger if you were to elaborate on the second question a bit more. 

basic book review rough draft

I am reading Charlie st. Cloud, by Ben Sherwood. The book tells the story of a young man facing dilemmas in life. More specifically problems centralizing in family and love. There are many interesting characters in my book. Ranging from the Charlie, his dead brother(a ghost that floats, communicates, and plays baseball with his big brother Charlie.), their mom, a lonely old widow, a fat man that makes sails and the list goes on. There is possibly one of everything in the book. 
The one that pops out the most to me is, one of the main characters. Her name is Tess. Tess is the young woman in the story that thrills the readers and makes many unexpected turns. Tess makes the decisions you wouldn't think of doing. Not only is Tess the woman that thrills the readers of the book, but she also thrills Charlie the other main character. Charlie and Tess hit it off well and begin a complicated relationship. 

 When Tess was introduced, her character seems to be a cold-hearted person with one specific purpose in life. Tess held a purpose she was determined to accomplish, without allowing any interference.

For example, Tess as a young girl grew up boating without her father. Tess' father and her held that hobby and strong connection. When in the water Tess felt alive and truly herself. She felt as of she was bonding with nature. But as time passed her true passion with her father would break. Her father passed away and her alone, which is another story.

Tess had many moments where she needed to get out her stress and relieve being contained in a little city. Tess loved to sail along side her father she began was she was a young girl. Whenever Tess felt the need out lash onto the water. she did and did not want no one to rely upon. The waters she decides to boat in were dangerous. Not many decide to take the same . So why does Tess want to keep on going with her hobby? Tess faced a near death experience. from that experience she relized the dangers of her hobby and attempted to make a change. "Then the image from last night grabbed hold of her mind: querencia flipping over, the world investing. "JESUS" she said out loud sitting up. She rubbed a bruise on her forearm. She had definitely learned her lesson. "page (81)Instead of taking that experience to stop boating, she used it to change her personality. Tess became responsible and thought about others around her while she remained boating.

As soon as Tess arrived on land, she changed as person. One of the first things that she did was go to visit her father at the cemetery. Tess had regularly visited her farther in the past, but it suddenly stopped. Tess was not exactly sure what led her to end the frequent visits. she forgot about  her father, who she was extremely close to. As Tess spent moments in the cemetery, she recognized a familiar face of someone in her past. That familiar face was of Charlie st. Cloud. Tess did not hesitate one bit to approach and conversing, with Charlie once again. normally Tess would not approach him. She had not seen him since a few years, which made him a stranger in some levels. she did not give importance to the distance they had. Tess’s personality made a complete turn; from her own world to be being more open. 

In addition, I have read many past similar novels such as the last song, and the lucky one, and the book seems to take a quite dissimilar route. The two other books specifically the last song, begins the story, and quickly builds on the main events climax. Charlie st. clouds begin with an important event and goes back to it. On the other hand, they are similar in the way that they both ended up being major motion picture novels. In addition to both being movies, they centralize the theme of a problem around family and result in solution involving others also known as "love".

Charlie st. Cloud is different from the past novels I have read. Some of the novels  include The Last Song, The Lucky One and many other by Nicholas Sparks.  the book differs in the way that the plot is built. The book begins with major important striking information, centralizing to the main point. It tells you what a person needs to know to understand the book. That major information is given  in the first couple of pages. As the book continues, it builds off what happened in the begining. In a way i find it that the book is moving backwards. Throughout the book there are many flash-forwards and the past events. the even that is most flash-backed to is what happens in the first few pages. 
Knowing something so important in the beginning can change and vary the views of the readers. It may be helpful so a person can clearly understand the point of the book. The point is clear since the beginning so there is no way for the reader to get lost. In traditional books the points build on with every chapter.  While on the other hand, it decreases the level of thrill of knowing the main ideas while reading it. Some people may want to wait, read several events, go twist in the plot and have the most important parts on the end.  The book may go against the usual expectations of what a normal novel should look like. Towards the beginning of the book, 

“Thirteen years had gone by since Charlie had first past come to waterside. Thirteen years had passed since the paramedics failed to revive his little brother. thirteen years had vanished since Sam was buried in a small coffin near the Forest of shadows. Thirteen Octobers. Thirteen world series. Thirteen years keeping the promise.”( Page 46). 

In my opinion, the book may be different it is well written. The book thrills and excites the readers well. nearly at  part of the main of the book but it gives background information prior. There is more than one climax. the events are well incorporated, which keeps the book interesting. The book is uniquely great!

Pre rough draft 2

I am reading Charlie st. Cloud, by Ben Sherwood. The book tells the story of a young man facing dilemmas in life more specifically centralizing in family and love. There are many interesting characters in my book. One of the main characters pops out the most. Her name is Tess. Tess is the young women in the story that thrills the readers and takes many unexpected turns.

When Tess was introduced, her character seems to be a cold-hearted person with one specific purpose in life. Tess held a purpose she was determined to accomplish, without allowing any interference.

For example, Tess as a young girl grew up boating without her father. Tess' father and her held that hobby and strong connection. When in the water Tess felt alive and truly herself. She felt as of she was bonding with nature. But as time passed her true passion with her father would break. Her father passed away and her alone.

Whenever Tess felt the out lash onto the water, she had no one. The waters she decides to boat in are dangerous. So why does Tess want to keep on going with her hobby? Tess faced a near death experience. " then the image from last night grabbed hold of her mind: querencia flipping over, the world investing. "JESUS" she said out loud sitting up. She rubbed a bruise on her forearm. She had definitely learned her lesson. "page (81)Instead of taking that experience to stop boating, she used it to change her personality. Tess became responsible and thought about others.

As soon as Tess arrived on land, she was a changed person. One of the first things that she did was go to visit her father at the cemetery. Tess had regularly visited her farther in the past, but it suddenly stopped. Tess was not exactly sure what led her to end the frequent visits. As Tess spent moments in the cemetery, she recognized a familiar face. That familiar face was of Charlie st. Cloud. Tess did not hesitate one bit to approach and conversing, with Charlie once again. She had not seen him since a few years. Tess’s personality made a complete turn; from her own world to be being more open. 

First pre pre rough draft

Charlie st. Cloud is written by Ben Sherwood and falls into the novel category. I have read many past similar novels such as the last song, and the lucky one, and the book seems to take a quite dissimilar route. The two other books specifically the last song, begins the story, and quickly builds on the main events climax. Charlie st. clouds begin with an important event and goes back to it. On the other hand, they are similar in the way that they both ended up being major motion picture novels. In addition to both being movies, they centralize the theme of a problem around family and result in solution involving others aka known as love.

Charlie st. Cloud may be different from the past novels including the last song in the way that the plot is built. The book begins with major important striking information, centralizing in the main point of the whole book. It tells you most of what a person needs to know to understand the book in the first couple of pages. As the book continues, there are many flash-forwards and backs. Knowing something so important in the begin of the book can change and vary the view of the reader. It may be helpful so that a person can always clearly understand the point of the book. While on the other hand, it decreases the level of thrill while reading it.

The book may go against the usual expectations of what a normal novel should look like. Towards the beginning of the book, 

“Thirteen years had gone by since Charlie had first past come to waterside. Thirteen years had passed since the paramedics failed to revive his little brother. thirteen years had vanished since Sam was buried in a small coffin near the Forest of shadows. Thirteen Octobers. Thirteen world series. Thirteen years keeping the promise.”( Page 46). 

In my opinion the book is well written though it may be different. The book starts giving part of the main of the book but it gives background information prior. There is equal amounts plot well incorporated to the book. The book is uniquely great!

There are several commonalities within blog posts. The most apparent of the commonalities includes family. Every vignette has weaved the thought some how. Even though the actual event and idea conveyed through the story may differ, the vignettes points are similar. Everyone has or experienced something similar to a family at least once in life. And family is one of those things that people can always remember and that has meaning to it. Everyone’s family may be different and have nothing in common in plain sight but in reality it is almost identical. A family is people joined together to form a bond and serve to assist each other through events. People overcome many events and obstacles, while also facing many enjoyable and memorable moments.

 By now, I can see who those people are. It is my cousin and his family. My cousin belongs to my mother’s side of the family branch. His mother and my mother are siblings. They are a family of four. First is the second child, Stroy, a fat and perhaps stubborn as well as spoil. Second is the third child, Kong. Kong is smaller and younger than Stroy and he is more obedient than Stroy when given orders. Kong is like a monkey while Stroy is like big fat fluffy cat.

-Vinh Hang Liang

Nails are important to the girls in my family. “They say a lot about a person,” my dad once told us. He looked my nails and frowned. “Your mother, when she was alive, used to take great care of her nails. I remember she painted them pink.” The he left the room.

-Kaisia kathryn metwoswki 

The two-blog posts have almost nothing apparently similar. However, when digging a little deeper it is apparent they hold the same idea and just put different accessories to build their story.  The two stories are unique in the perspective in the way where one talks about nails and how important they may be to her family, while another one talks about the different people to build the family. The stories both give major details to show how people are unique in their family and bring across how it makes their family special. 

Beta Reading

1) Does dialogue contribute to or take away from the story?

Dialogue can be a very important part to book, allowing the reader to clearly identify the thoughts drifting through the characters in the book. While, it is an important it can begging to overshadow the actual events taking place. It can begging to overshadow and become very overused if the reader in unaware the situation. The eighth chapter clearly begins with an action/event relating to Dorothy and swiftly drifted to dialogue between her and her best friend Stella. The beginning of the dialogue between the two best friends started casual and the drifted into something more than a conversation, something like a very long conversation. The dialogue in the chapter is really long, and since dialogue is always held between two or more people it always jumps between the people talking. I became slightly overwhelmed in comprehending what the actual two people were saying throught the conversation. The dialogues is roughly four pages. In a way it may be a lot to handle in that small portion of a chapter.

Even though, the dialogue may be slightly long it became a little light  and changed in the sense where  thoughts were incorporated thought more in depth.  There wee many sections incorporated between the dialogue where there was writing to state the meaning of what they were saying, giving the sufficient amount of background information. As the background information was incorporated top the dialogue, it the amount of dialogue seem slightly less dramatic. To make an improvement in the way where the dialogue does not extremely over shadow the main key components of the book could be by limiting the actual amount that is incorporated. Condensing the dialogue could help to swiftly guide the reader. the dialogue could be condensed by decreasing the amount and taking unnecessary components that are unimportant in the way where it does not ultimately change the way the characters are talking and interacting. With decreasing the level of the dialogue, the reader can clearly focus on the main ideas and the point of the dialogue rather than drifting away with the little unnecessary points.

Esperanza's future

Esperanza grew up in the Chicago cuts moving around from house to house. A significant place for Esperanza was little red house on Mango Street.  The house tempted Esperanza giving her many twits. The little red house on Mango Street allowed Esperanza to sense a place of her own, something to call a home,no one could take. Though no one could take the actual possession she held, opinions and Esperanza's analysis led to discouragement. Towards the beginning of the book Esperanza realized her place, compared to normal big star standards.

“Once we were living on loomis a nun from my school passed by and saw me playing out front....
Where do you live? she asked.
There, i said pointing up to the third floor.
You live there?
...the way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived There, I nodded.”(Page 5)

Esperanza was willing to understand the nun when she questioned where she lived. But as the nun asked where she lived, Esperanza realized more in dept within herself and her community. From that moment on Esperanza began to grow as a person and to understand her purpose.

Even though Esperanza faced several problems she encountered throughout her life she never did allow any of them to hold her back. Relating to trees and windows understand in dept positions in her surroundings she swiftly moved on from hating herself, wanting more and being like everyone else, into using resources surrounding her. Esperanza began to utilize the resources among her community to go forward, overcoming obstacles she faced.  “They will know i have gone away to come back. for the ones i left behind” (Page 110)She was able to move forward with her life and has a bright future among her life. Esperanza's inspiration came from her community to become a better person. From her inspiration it is obvious she plans to assist her community.Esperanza becoming successful will be driving to go back and change her community. Esperanza is thankful of the surroundings and learning moments she faced throughout her life in the united community around mango street.

Sandra Cisneros Raising Children

Sandra Cisneros clearly identifies the differences between gender within the the book . As Sandra Cisnerios states, her childhood held many interesting occasions. Esperanza, grew up  moving within the Chicago street, to a little secluded house on mango street.

Esperanza had interactions with children in the neighborhood stating differences within her siblings. Esperanza stated there stood a dramatic change outside of her house.  “The boys and girls live in separate worlds. the boys in their universe and we in ours. My brothers for example. They've got plenty to say to me and Nenny inside the house. But the outside they cant be seen talking to girls. Carlos and kiki are each others best friend... not ours"(Page 8) Esperanza noticed the differences stating the interactions her brothers held. Esperanza was born into a family where gender held specific distinctions in actions. An example, included who children could socialize with. Males since young children, could not excessively interacted with females and do feminine based  actions.

Another example of interactions based on society, was sally. Sally a young woman recently married, began a new life that would change the way Esperanza viewed her position of males and women. Sally stood far away from leading and making decisions to form a life for herself and her dreams. “She sits at home because she is afraid to go outside without his permission”(page 102).As a newly wed, Sally stood all day long within the walls of her house, waiting for something to do. So many people in Esperanza’ community expected women to marry extremely young and act on the wishes of their husbands.

Esperanza wanted to go against the her community and base things for herself and her life. Witnessing the difficulties for women, Esperanza wanted to change the standards she was upheld to. Esperanza was beginning to go against the expectations and started drifting to becoming independent. She did not let the differences stop her from  becoming strong. Esperanza wanted to be equal to males, allowed to build a life, work, family.  Esperanza’s future withheld allowing differences in gender to affect her position in life.

Up and Down

TABLE CONTENTS:
1.Running Wheels
2.Shoes
3.Turning the sides


Running wheels

Both a parents and child's dream to grow up, to become successful. Growing up means going through stages and wanting to be better than what a person really feels. When kids are five they seek to be seven, when nine they seek to be twelve when thirteen they want to be twenty one and so on.  There is something that students don't ever want to accomplish when they see older people doing it. I always wanted to climb on a bike and ride it freely through the streets with the wind blowing back through my hair as i swiftly pass. though, i had a big dream i could never accomplish it, i attempted to reach m,y goal several times. Every weekend from eight in the morning until ten. i would always wake up quickly and run outside to the backyard. While my sisters slept i took their bikes and tried to ride them

As i climbed the bike and did not fall my emotions began to fly and raise quite rapidly. i began to ride and the wheels on the bike began  to turn  and go. i was so happy that i was riding the bike and then all of sudden i fell. without a warning or a thought about falling  i was already on the floor. My dreams would always shatter instantly i never was able to accomplish my dream thoroughly.

even though i always feel there was never one weekend where i would wake not wake up early and take time into attempting to ride a two wheel bike. i was tired of my bike styled out with the training wheels. My dream would never be put down, since i knew i had the possibility of accomplishing it.

My sisters began to notice me and tried to put me down. instead of letting it affect me and discourage me i tried even harder to show them i could do it. The last weekend before my birthday,  i woke up and strongly wanted to ride my bike. i was very determined and was going to put in all of my effort into riding my bike. I knew that i could so it. i concentrated all of my effort into working and riding my bike. i climbed on to the high seat and i started riding the bike it was so quick. the wheels began turning and i peddled faster and the bike was as quick as a speeding bullet.

At the moment that i started peddling my sister woke up and headed out the door. they stood out the door precisely at the moment where i was quickest. I was feeling beast! I felt so good as if the world had ended and i was the only left alive, like if the moon had fallen into my hands, i felt extremely powerful.

Shoes

Shoes. The shoes my family wear tend to show our personality. I focus on wearing easy flat slim shoes that don't over exaggerate the size of my foot. i have many shoes that tend to focus on what i feel and for different occasions. with having different types of shoes it leads to priority of specific one compared to others. I have shoes i rarely wear which i clean after every use, while i also have some that i wear many days a week and i clean about once a month. My most prized shoes i keep hidden in the darkness of my closet and Ive never ever wore them, i have kept them for almost a year. The shoes i have not wore to this day have huddled together to keep each other company.

On the other hands my sister has a collection of boots high heels and pumps. Blue Green Yellow Orange Red Black Silver Gold and sooo much more. She has if not all most of the color pallet. Her boots are sharp, shiny, with shtrap, shtrapless, buttons, no buttons.  So similar but are meant to be worn with different clothes, or at least to her knowledge.

Similarly my middle sister/child has a weird shoe thing. My sister has at least 50 pairs of shoes. Her shoes are all sneakers, but the difference between them is the brand. My sisters top priority on her brands she has nikes, jordans, coach, vans, etc. She has sooo many pairs.

Me and my sisters share the same type of ways we hoard and what we hoard but in different angles and points. We all share keeping many shoes but we range in how we use, store and what we look for specifically in the shoe.  

Turning the Sides
    In third grade no one ever ponders or reflects actions. A normal third grade day for me vegan having fun while learning. This day was going as usual, nothing differing same old same old. All the the events that were happening that day was normal.
    The day was swiftly passing, like the sand in an old fashion timer. I was happy when it was finally time for lunch. As I finished eating my lunch I drifted my way back to the classroom. I was as bored as a gold fish with only seconds in their time span.
    In result of being bored i made the decision to want to have fun. The school was built and had many railings leading to the classroom. I climbed on the railings and attempted to make a one hundred and eighty degree turn. I was seeking to feel the magic of adrenaline rushing through my body. I began the complicated process of holding on to the  railing and turning on to the ground. Without a warning or any moments for my symphatetic autonomic nervous system to react, the grip of my small smudgy hands clenched with finger  painting hands left the railings. As my hands let go of the railing i fell, my body drifted and slid through the hard poky cement/black top on the elementary school floor.My face looked like a tomato. I screamed out for help and was prompted with a quick response from one of the P.E teacher coaches. The coach asked, “What led you to wanting to turn. I have specifically warned you before hand that the railings are dangerous and a place not to play. Now lets hurry and take you to the nurse.”
I murmured “Uh Huh, I'm sorry. Now I know,” i did not know how to respond other than feeling shame and regretting my actions. I felt the world weighing on my shoulders aside from the horible scrapes and scratches on face, that were bleeding me a river. From that moment on I became aware of the extent on rules.

Trees

 In the book the house on mango street by Sandra Cisneros the book contains many types of figurative language to emphasize and make the main topics of the story clear for the reader. The main character in the book is a young woman named Esperanza living a poor Hispanic base community where she faces difficulties, having Many adventures attempting to over come. The author uses and focuses alliteration on trees. Trees in the chapter meme Ortiz and in the four skinny trees it seems to signify and relate back to the characters. The characters in that chapter include Esperanza and meme both young teens. The trees and both of teenagers seem to both face struggles of being somewhere and growing/being in unwanted places and situations. "Down at the base of the tree, the dog with tow names barks into the empty air"(Page 22)Esperanza faces the struggle of her low income community. While esperanza may truly understand her family situation she believes other will begin to judge her family. Having a friend such, and a nun comment on her house further led her to feel as if she does not fit in. Though esperanza may feel as if people may not understand her she perseveres rather than letting people get in her way.
 Esperanza begins to relate to the four old skinny trees that are in front of her house. Those trees all understand each other. They face the difficulty of not fitting in or being wanted. "They are the only ones who understand me. i am only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with and pointy elbows like mine" (Page 74)The trees face the difficulty of the cement in their roots, but they continue to grow not allowing them to hold then back. Esperanza believes and finds herself in a place where she believes that the trees are an exact mirror or reflection of who and what she is. She states that the trees are skinny while she has a skinny neck, the trees too have branch long thin arms. Esperanza feels as if she is another tree along side with the ones in her house.
 The tree in meme Ortiz's house on the other hand was something not to mess with or go near since he began to climb it, he fell and broke both of his arms as a result. Esperanza found it to be resilient since it grew and stood out even more than the ones in front of her house. Though she may not want to climb it one more time she begins to point out that there are many squirrels in the top of the tree. The squirrels tend to symbolize that there is life and stands clear, it shows the tree did not allow anything from it to grow. The trees growing in esperanza's house to be as big as the one meme's house. It tends to show the possibilities of growing and being resilient. Meme's tree shows the future of esperanza's tree. The trees reflect on what esperanza feels and how she may overcome.

HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

The book, The house on mango street by Sandra Cisneros contains many stories that expresses sentimental value of the author. Sandra Cisneros in many occasions uses different form of symbolism and forms of figurative language to form a strong connection with the reader. Many if not all of the figurative language in the book is used to describe the characters. Throught the book she mostly compares and writes about herself. Sandra tends to give the main character in the book named Esperanza a feeling of self-resentment and not been pleased with herself, resources and many of the things around her. 

An example, of figurative language that becomes commonly used is comparison and use of windows. Though the point and message that is been transmitted of windows may slightly differ through the chapters it tends build the point of being trapped and surrounded in her house and in the life that she is living in. “ Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams her hair like Rapunzel’s” (Page 79). Esperanza becomes trapped and realizes the status and position that she stands in while in her community and what she shares along with other women. The windows represent a moment and a small piece of becoming free and being able to see the other side and understand different perspectives. The window begins to tempting her and shows her true position in wealth. 

 Esperanza only has that window to relief herself of been poor and been in a small community where people also have low incomes. Esperanza begins to use the windows and her view of her community and herself as a point from grow from and to become better. “She looked out the window her whole life the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.” (Page 11)Esperanza wants to raise her expectations of herself to something beyond being poor.  She also uses the window as another portal to view herself differently and to change to something appealing to her through her perspective. “I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she worried about the things she wanted to be.” (Page 11)

Celie and Nettie Compare Contrast

Celie and Nettie are two sisters sharing the same love while having distinct personalities and characteristics. In the novel, “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, contains a theme of struggles rises throughout the plot. The book is about a girl named Celie as she grows and lives in a surrounding that make an effect to her and shapes her world, while her sister Nettie works and spends her life and time in Africa teaching young children. Celie is a weak woman who realized the actions she made working to make sufficient changes for herself to grow and become stronger. Nettie the other sister, a woman from the beginning that knew her position and life and would not allow anything less for herself working hard for her life. Nettie and Celie share string points with and partially with religion but differ greatly in the points of education and gender inequalities.   

Religion and spirituality affect Celie and Nettie Greatly. Celie begins the book by appreciating emotions towards her faith in God. Celie directly wrote letters to God. Celie stood where her belief soon began to change. The changes in Celie were swift, changing her position in religion.

“He gave you life good health and a good woman the love you to death”“Yeah I say and he give me a lynch daddy a crazy mama and a low down dog of and a                 sister I wont ever see again.” (Page 192)

Celie found the point in which exactly she learned God’s a role in her life. Celie grew courage to become strong and began to her faith. Nettie’s position of her job made a decision towards her faith. “Saying good-bye to our church group was hard. But happy too Everyone has such high hopes for what can be done in Africa.”(Page 134). While in Africa Nettie worked along side the children, taught, and translated her points and thoughts to them in education while preaching religion. “Well now I know what you meant. And whether God will read letter or no I will go on writing them; which is guidance enough for me. “Nettie never exactly established her position of god clearly. Nettie took influence in the position of Celie to back her claims in her faith. Even though, Nettie was not clear in her point of religion change her faith.

Celie based her actions upon men her life. While at home along with her family, Celie based her decision on what would benefit them. Celie never thought on how to approach her situation to benefit her, it was the highly the opposite. Celie’s mother fought back and resisted which led to her father seeking Celie.

Celie was taken advantage on many occasions, but never fought. Celie never reflected the situation to understand it clearly. Celie’s decisions were made rather than making them for her. Celie needed the support and help of Shug Avery another woman.
“My life stop when I left home, I think. But then I think again, It stop with Mr.____ maybe, but it start up again with Shug.”Celie took Shug to increase her knowledge and grow courage.
Nettie on the other hand understood the positions of people in her life including herself. When her father harassed her, she fought attempted to avoid the situation. Nettie moved from the situation heading to Celie to build a better life. Nettie never placed herself in a situation where her father would hurt her.

“When we was well out of sight… started trying talk. You know he do, You sure is looking fine Miss Nettie and stuff like that. I tried to ignore him and walk faster… Well I started to fight him, and with Gods help, I hurt him bad enough to leave me alone.”  (Page 127)

Nettie also found herself being a strong woman when forced to by Mr._____ she did not allow him to take advantage of her.

            Education stands strong in a person’s position life. Celie never found herself in a position where she could decide about studying. Celie used the struggles of life to build herself to a point where she was literate. Never was Celie granted the opportunity to further herself becoming a stronger woman in reading and writing.

“By the time I git back from the well, the water be warm. By the time I the tray ready for the food it be cold. By the time I git all the children ready for school it be dinner time. He don’t say nothing. He set there by the bed..” (Page 2)

Celie had to work hard under the teachings of her sister Nettie, hiding her knowledge and obvious of what she was learned from Mr.______. Celie was harassed told to stop learning, but strived to become a stronger person, kept fighting Mr.______ not letting him to get in the way of her. Nettie never faced struggles in building a life with education and knowledge. Celie found herself taking care of the house while Nettie was at school. Even though, Nettie never faced the problem of not being allowed to go to school, she found herself driven to earn an education.Nettie never allowed distractions of others to get in the way of her learning. Nettie fought in own unique ways. Nettie could have stopped learning and help her sister Nettie around the house. As Mr.____ approached her and asked her to follow him and go with him, making the choice to go to school. Nettie Never allowed herself to get off track.

Strong points and similarities rose throughout siblings through the story between Nettie and Celie in education, gender inequalities, and faith. Both Celie and Nettie faced struggles for a goal and point they wished to seek, but both found different themselves with a different outcome of their problems. The problems, which Nettie and Celie faced, only help to demonstrate the ways and struggles of a person to a person and how it leads to success in a specific point. Celie and Nettie are two sisters sharing the same love while having distinct personalities and characteristics. 

wiki leaks responce

Yazen began by stating and informing the reader on what he thought and his opinion the side that he stood on. Yazen's point on the topic was clear since the begging, but what was it that he was stating and defending? there was not a true introduction to his claims that ended up hooking a person. without the hook and enough information for a reader to understand it was unclear what was the purpose for what yazen was backing up and defending. those critical things are necessary to make a debate strong, and to end up persuading a reader and a person on the opposite side. while their was some backgound information missing the way that words and voice that the infomation was in a way informal. the language in which the dabate was introduced was unprofessional in many points. Such thing included things as "Yeah, so what." "gonna" "wanna" when a paper begins to move and drift into a direction with words it leads to some people and the reader confused in the way where they may not understand the points they are giving.

Too start this debate off, Wiki-Leaks hasn't truly done anything wrong. Yeah, so what. Wiki-leaks released never before seen footage of hidden government documents that a couple of white men in suits hid from the people of United States. If there is gonna be an achievement for peace, not one person can be above the law. If we ever wanna learn how to be come an independent and wise nation......................................................................................................... and to do this:

We must first start with putting our trust into our people. Hiding the truth from the state is like den eying there freedom.

AND.......

Don't' even get me started on the arrest of Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks. He unlike others, trully served his purpose and service to this country more than any other "solider" has.

the ending points can be changed in not ending with a questions and a way where in a way it led into a new topic, and drifted. the way where t ended made the post less persuasive.


overall the points that were given in the opening statement were clear and was persuasive leading to the reader wondering at points and wanting to learn more and new information. with a few small changes at points it can make the post a bit more persuasive and to make more sense.

The Color Purple, Cellies letter to God

In the book the color purple, Cellie the main character spends time writing many, many letters to God. Cellie is a fir believer of religion and that of the Spirit, it becomes apparent in the book, that Cellie feels something important and something relevant to herself, her life and to God. Cellie does not only make great use of the letters going to God, but she uses the book as a resource for herself to look back upon and reflect in her life. The letters tend to reflect and explain the feelings and the main points in her life, probably with much further detail and emphasis than what she really felt and how the events happened. The way that Cellie writes the book make her seem as she is having a verbal direct conversation with somebody as here in the book she is having to whom she believes is God. Cellie leaves nothing behind in the book or it seems that way in how the book is written. It seems that nothing is left behind, having strong language and the dramatic events that are happening. Whether the book not is censored because of the feelings that they bring to reader and gives more of an emphasis to dramatize the book, or because that is how things happen, but the it seems as though the main the character perceives the events in the way that are portrayed in the book.




Through how the book is written, Cellie is seen as a person that is very strong who happens to go through life changing events as something very ordinary in her life. In the beginning of the book, Cellie is raped by her father twice and goes through having her mother die. As for a person not as strong in comparison to Cellie, those two events could lead to life filled with hatred for the world and depression. But, that is not the case with Cellie, in her case it only made her stringer and made her want to be better and keep going in life to serve as something better. Cellie helps and want to protect her sister and not allow her father to take advantage and do the same thing that she did with her. In one part of the book towards the middle Cellie opens up in a small way, admits, and makes it 100% clear that she too believes she is a strong person.


“Six boys, six girls. All the girls big and strong like me.”(Walker, 41) Cellie reflects on herself and she knows what type of person she is, she knows that she is strong, she not only uses the letters for God, and she uses them for herself in part with her self-esteem.

WIKILEAKS

Wiki leaks is a great place to find information that may be necessary for a person to feel comfortable in their place where they stand and in their country. without knowing what people in the government are doing throught the time that they working, a person can be confused and may not have any knowledge about the situation that is happening. such as what a persons work, state and federal taxes are put to use for! unnecessary things can be happening with a persons money, and that person could disagree with what is happening. people in the united states such be able to process what the people in the government are doing! as one of my fellow pupils stated that wiki leaks is something that later leads to distrust with people and their government! i have to respond to that and state that people should be able to loose the trust that they  have in their government if it shouldn't be their in the first place.

A government in the new era is to serve the people, in most places. the government is not helping the nation by having people and money to support entertainment for old nasty men with little kids dancing. wiki leaks helps to support the people and strengthen their power while limiting the governments power. Wiki leaks is just like any other resource available to people such as the newspaper or the internet. the only difference between wiki leaks and other things and information such as the internet is that wiki leaks gives hidden information to the people, while the newspaper does the same thing. a newspaper gives valuable information, which also may be classified. A newspaper is not criticized and seen to be as something that helps people and so should the wikileaks process and things on wiki leaks internet webiste. the government found wiki leaks to be a threat and to show the flaws in the prcess of the government, they shut and found the person in charge of the wiki leaks to be a traitor while all he was doing was impowering the  people that lived in the country and wanted to  know special information about the government that may be classified. people in the government should put the wikileaks.org website should be placed back on the internet and not give reason for the their citizens to find infortion and lose distrust in them! a Government is for the people and should back them up not go agaisnt their back!

A. Reasons for celebrating the Wikileaks release?

1. Support for the anti-war movement.
2. Empowering citizens.
3. Imposing limits on the state.
4. Counter-surveillance.
5. Soft Power in reverse.
6. Working around the mainstream news media.
7. Distributed training in information warfare.

Why couldn’t Wikileaks do this? More importantly, why didn’t they do it, and why did three top media houses participate in this? And even more important, what argument can you make against such redaction?

I am responding to a response about a response to what someone posted about being scene. This whole topic and whole process/ debate and argument is going to the nest level! People are going into the extreme to get their point across when they gave it in the beginning and had it written across their whole writing.

If you take scene so seriously, then why won't you let it spread so that everyone can get to know these types of people and know that it is a beautiful thing to be? Why are you not allowing for other people to try and achieve this look because I say that if it is what they want to look like, then they should go for it. However, I know how you feel because I understand how part of this is about biters and you best believe I would slap a biter because they piss me off. So why can't people just be scene but attempt to be original while achieving this look?

I understand that if someone just straight up wants to copy you then you can call them a "poser". But isn't that basically a compliment if someone likes your look so much that they feel like they must have it? Anyways it's not like a scene/emo person was born with teased hair, eyeliner, and ripped jeans and band tees on. On Rokhsor last sentence she talks about originality, How can someone be original when they classify a specific look for you that plenty of others have? If you wear for example regular skinny jeans, white flats, and a purple shirt but you have the hair and make up, some people don’t classify you as scene/emo because emos wear dark colors like black and grey and scene people wear vans, flats, converse, etc. and ripped jeans/fishnets and bright neon colors. How can u be expected to be original when people tell you what to wear or have?
 

All they were saying in their own way was that people decide to dress in a style that wants them to be classified as but they want to have their own twist and way to change it and be very out there ad different in comparison to others. Does it really matter what people wear and how they dress? Isn’t it their own problem and business what they look like and you as a person (whoever is speaking bout them) have no reason to judge or call them wanna be’s they do what they want!

 And yeah a person can be original if they want to be classified as something its just the way they want it to be! No one should deprive a person to choosing how they want to be seen and or how they want to dress! They want to look a specific way but be different to what a person may expect them to be!

Elite College and universities VS normal Collleges

This is a  big complicated debate, it seems to be that is one of them most hated and most people poking debates that we have done as a complete and whole class this year. A person who graduated from an elite and prestigious colleges is not any better or should be considered better than any person that completed the same or similar program and graduated with the same base amount of units, credits and Grade point average in other colleges. The eductaion vbasis includes that of going to a community college and earning an associate degree and transferring as a junior to any university. Transfering from a community college will lead to earning the same amount of credits as beginnning and workign from a four year college. An elite university is just another way to exaggerate and be able to bring bragging rights to people. It would bring another way to people to brag; those people that would brag would be people that can afford high cost and price schools against to those people that may be equally as smart and have to same potential in life.

An arguement that people begin and state, is the oppurtbities after graduating given to those students who were able to attend elite schools. People state there are greater and better oppurtunities granted People attending normal university or state universities may have the same potential in school to those in an elite university while not having the money to be able to afford the university that they wish to attend.


I stand in a place where if I would find an elite college to have a fit program that I may benefit from to help me focus son my needs in my major and educational I would gladly attend and an earn a degree there, but it would not make me any better than others. Many small universities that people may not know to be part of the prestigious, elite schools that have recourses and better programs than those offered at special high elite universities. Such as a person that may be seeking in the specialty in becoming and having a professional degree.

There are many smalls and schools unknown to people around the country that rank highly are the top among other bigger better schools. Such schools include that of Univeristies in california. One of the best examples is San Francisco state Univeristy a very small school going agaisnt the odds and placing 5th in school of medicine for primary care. Univeristy of San francisco stands at a better position than HARVARD. UC Davis may be know to have great programs relating in the specifics of their Letters and Science, Pre-med and Veterinary department. UC Davis stood amont the second in the nation in its school of Veterinary Medicine. UC Davis is also string in its School of Law ranking twentieght in the nation. UC Davis School of medicine has been ranked among the top 20 schools for primary care training and the top fifty schools for research. Another high ranking and impressive school is UC San Diego being ranked in 2009 as the third best public univeristy by World Universities conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China along side and below UC Berkeley considered a big high prestigious university.

Persuasive

In my opinion, the most persuasive person and writing was close in the race, but it came down to having sufficient background knowledge and having numbers to back up what the person was thinking. Richard kohlehnberger not only had a strong point and thought but he had things and information back up what he was explaining. Richard brought in the information of the payment between the colleges with the specific amount of 92, 000 dollars for an elite IVY LEAGUE College or university and in comparison to 12,000 dollars to a less expensive college that may be lower in cost but offer the same and equal education rights. Even though some may disagree with the points and the information that he was giving but he had specific and sited numbers in his paragraph/writing.


Kevin Gary on the other hand had a less convincing paragraph because of the type of writing that he was giving. Kevin decided to use and give his ideas to people by using a less professional level to get his point through. In his writing he included many little parts which had some way of sarcasm in it. the sarcasm brings the reader to think differently and may make them not want to keep reading.

 “ If you're among the small handful of students who have stellar SAT scores and parents with several hundred thousand dollars to spend, you should seriously consider going to an elite college or university.


They're nice places to hang out for four years and you'll probably learn a few things. Even if you don't, you'll still get a piece of paper signifying that you were smart enough to get in and rich enough to pay for it. People care about stuff like that.” That's unfortunate. While there's little difference among elite colleges in the grand scheme of things - Princeton, Brown, tomato, tomahto - it's a real problem when students enroll in colleges that do a poor job of teaching them and helping them graduate, as many do.


–Kevin Gary

There is no necessity for Kevin to give his point without any specific citing. Kevin did not include concrete numbers and he was not very persuasive.