Mr. obi from “Dead Man’s Path” is a young married man that just wishes to have a nice school, but he can’t have that with the priest and villagers constantly passing through the school compound to get to the burial grounds. The priest then calls on Mr. Obi to talk about the path that connects their shrine with the burial grounds. He says, “this path was here before you were born and before your father was born. The whole life of this village depends on it. Our dead relatives depart by it and our ancestors visit us by it. But most important, it is the path of children coming in to be born…” Mr. Obi fails to believe the priest and doubts his beliefs telling him, “Dead men do not require footpaths. The whole idea is just fantastic. Our duty is to teach your children to laugh at such ideas.” We read the story in Mr. Obi’s point of view.
Mr. Obi is thinks of himself as the king of this new world that he is teaching. He has special plans for the school like he wants to plant flowers and make it look nicer in and out. He finally gets what he wants and is proud of his work. Only to find out people are walking through his school compound. Obi is angered and wants to do something about it . He puts up a barb wired fence to stop them from passing through. The fence doesn’t work and his school is ruined. The next day his school gets looked at and gets a bad review but to make things worse they talk even more about the possible war between Mr. Obi and the townspeople.
If the priest had told this story it would be completely different. Obi would be an arrogant young man trying to control the ancestral ways of the village, and make the young men and women think differently. The children should believe in the path and believe what their parents and ancestors do. When the woman dies, the priest thinks it’s a sign that his ancestors want that path back, so he takes the villagers and destroys the school the day before it gets reviewed. In the end the priest is glad he showed the young headmaster a lesson about beliefs.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
the Outsider and April Morning
Have you ever thought what it would be like to get a visit from about 2,000 british soldiers trying to take your land? Or getting jumped in the middle of the night by people with knifes? Well the people in these books don’t have to think about it because it really happens to them. The Outsiders and April Morning have several things in common.
The biggest similarity in these books are mostly just the fight for the territory and freedom the patriots Adam's dad and the greasers Dallas. The greasers fight so the soc's wont go in there side of the city and stop jumping the greasers and the greasers cant go on there side. The Patriots fight so that the British don’t take there land. The patriots were thinking you sent us over here in the first place we like it here we settled it so you can make us give you taxes.
Another similarity is that characters need to grow up too early. In the book April Morning by Howard fast Adam isn't treated the best by his father and wishes that that would change and towards the end of the book it does. Adam is a 15 year old boy and just wants to be treated like a man by his father. He wants to go to a committee meeting with his father and the rest of the village men, but his father doesn’t think he is enough of a man. Until a man riding on his horse comes to town that’s when it all changes. The man riding the horse told all the towns men that an army of maybe 2,000 men are heading towards their towns. So the militia and all the men that want to fight for their colonies go to their town hall to sign a book so they know that their fighting for their freedom.
Dally is another character who grew up too fast. He thinks about himself and thinks that since he has no family that he can go around being a delinquent. Without a family to support him, he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. He went to jail already. Then he loses a good friend. After he loses his friend he realizes that he needs friends and goes crazy. The cops shoot him and he dies in the end of the book. When Dally loses his good friend he realizes he needs someone to support him and be there for him. When Adam in April morning loses his dad he knows he never really wanted that to happen he loved his father but didn't realize it until he was gone.
Both stories emphasize the line from the Robert Frost poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay." which means nothing you really love and care about ever stays the way you want it to. Dally loses his friend and Adam loses his family, and they both lose their childhood.
The biggest similarity in these books are mostly just the fight for the territory and freedom the patriots Adam's dad and the greasers Dallas. The greasers fight so the soc's wont go in there side of the city and stop jumping the greasers and the greasers cant go on there side. The Patriots fight so that the British don’t take there land. The patriots were thinking you sent us over here in the first place we like it here we settled it so you can make us give you taxes.
Another similarity is that characters need to grow up too early. In the book April Morning by Howard fast Adam isn't treated the best by his father and wishes that that would change and towards the end of the book it does. Adam is a 15 year old boy and just wants to be treated like a man by his father. He wants to go to a committee meeting with his father and the rest of the village men, but his father doesn’t think he is enough of a man. Until a man riding on his horse comes to town that’s when it all changes. The man riding the horse told all the towns men that an army of maybe 2,000 men are heading towards their towns. So the militia and all the men that want to fight for their colonies go to their town hall to sign a book so they know that their fighting for their freedom.
Dally is another character who grew up too fast. He thinks about himself and thinks that since he has no family that he can go around being a delinquent. Without a family to support him, he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. He went to jail already. Then he loses a good friend. After he loses his friend he realizes that he needs friends and goes crazy. The cops shoot him and he dies in the end of the book. When Dally loses his good friend he realizes he needs someone to support him and be there for him. When Adam in April morning loses his dad he knows he never really wanted that to happen he loved his father but didn't realize it until he was gone.
Both stories emphasize the line from the Robert Frost poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay." which means nothing you really love and care about ever stays the way you want it to. Dally loses his friend and Adam loses his family, and they both lose their childhood.
Monday, December 19, 2011
point of view
"I'm tall enough and I'm 15 3 months from 16 let me go to the committee meeting." "Talk to me when you can Adam." " why does he hate me mother?" In the book April morning by Howard Fast. Adam just wants to become a man. But his mother and father don’t think he is ready, just like all parents in the world. Adam thinks its just him that gets treated poorly by his father wishing that his father Moses "wouldn’t look at him like mud scraped out of the floor of the barn."
after a man comes riding into the town he and his father run outside to see what all of the commotion is about that early in the morning. This man tells the townsman that the British soldiers are coming to take the land, the Towns people obviously don't want this to happen so they get a militia ready to fight back. This book would be completely different if Adams father had told it.
If his dad had told this story it would be different. I think his father would just be trying to make sure his son doesn't do anything bad in his future. He probably just wants to make sure his son is disciplined enough for what is to come. Once he has a family that he has to take care of, Adam would probably thank him for what he had said and done in the past. After the rider had come and told him the British have a few thousand men coming for their land, I think he had known Adam would come to sign the book for the militia. he just didn't want him to grow up to fast but no parent would want that.
After Adam leaves to go Fight the British I think his dad is proud of his son for making that decision. At the same time he probably misses his son because he won't be able to take care of their family all by himself until his little brother is old enough to help. or until Adam comes back but that's a different story.
after a man comes riding into the town he and his father run outside to see what all of the commotion is about that early in the morning. This man tells the townsman that the British soldiers are coming to take the land, the Towns people obviously don't want this to happen so they get a militia ready to fight back. This book would be completely different if Adams father had told it.
If his dad had told this story it would be different. I think his father would just be trying to make sure his son doesn't do anything bad in his future. He probably just wants to make sure his son is disciplined enough for what is to come. Once he has a family that he has to take care of, Adam would probably thank him for what he had said and done in the past. After the rider had come and told him the British have a few thousand men coming for their land, I think he had known Adam would come to sign the book for the militia. he just didn't want him to grow up to fast but no parent would want that.
After Adam leaves to go Fight the British I think his dad is proud of his son for making that decision. At the same time he probably misses his son because he won't be able to take care of their family all by himself until his little brother is old enough to help. or until Adam comes back but that's a different story.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Adams Conflict
"mother why does he hate me?" in the book April Morning by Howard fast Adam isn't treated the best by his father and wishes that that would change and towards the end of the book it does. Adam is a 15 year old boy and just wants to be treated like a man by his father. He wants to go to a committee meeting with his father and the rest of the village men, but his father doesn’t think he is enough of a man. Until a man riding on his horse comes to town that’s when it all changes.
The man riding the horse told all the towns men that an army of maybe 2,000 men are heading towards their towns. So the militia and all the men that want to fight for their colonies go to their town hall to sign a book so they know that their fighting for their freedom. Adam heads towards the town hall and gets inside as he sees his father. He kept on thinking to himself "don’t embarrass me in front of all these people. Don’t make me feel like a child now." he gets up to the book where his father and 2 other men are sitting and his father lets him sign the book. Adam finally feels loved by his father and the conflict is resolved.
The man riding the horse told all the towns men that an army of maybe 2,000 men are heading towards their towns. So the militia and all the men that want to fight for their colonies go to their town hall to sign a book so they know that their fighting for their freedom. Adam heads towards the town hall and gets inside as he sees his father. He kept on thinking to himself "don’t embarrass me in front of all these people. Don’t make me feel like a child now." he gets up to the book where his father and 2 other men are sitting and his father lets him sign the book. Adam finally feels loved by his father and the conflict is resolved.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
stereo types
When I see people wearing plaid shirts or glasses I think of them as kind of nerds and when people look at me they probably think he is just a jerky jock or a stupid skater but I'm not, if people really get to know me I'm actually one of the happiest people you will ever know this is called a stereotype. I am currently reading a book about stereotypes called The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
In this book there are two different kinds of stereotypes there are the soc's they are supposed to be the good rich people and then there are the greasers they are supposed to be the poor bad dirty people. These two stereotypes are rivals through out this book. And these stereotypes are nothing like what they think they are I mean the greasers are all good people and don’t hurt anyone unless they have to, and pony boy the main character and a greaser in this book is actually a really smart person. Yet the people still judge him because of what he wears and how he has his hair styled. And the socs are really the bad people because they jump the greasers and hurt them because they think that there the bigger people because there parents care for them and have enough money to buy them pretty much whatever they want. If everyone got to know each other there would be no outsider because everyone is different and in there own mind that’s a good thing. I mean I would hate it if every one was the same and everyone did the same exact thing every day. So I think that stereo types are just a reason for someone to be better than the other and that’s just wrong.
Stereo types arent good and I don’t think that you should judge people by the way they dress walk or speak because you don’t know them until you talk to them but no one really does that. We just see someone and automatically judge them. And this book The Outsider is all about stereo types and many other things witch is why it’s a really good book.
In this book there are two different kinds of stereotypes there are the soc's they are supposed to be the good rich people and then there are the greasers they are supposed to be the poor bad dirty people. These two stereotypes are rivals through out this book. And these stereotypes are nothing like what they think they are I mean the greasers are all good people and don’t hurt anyone unless they have to, and pony boy the main character and a greaser in this book is actually a really smart person. Yet the people still judge him because of what he wears and how he has his hair styled. And the socs are really the bad people because they jump the greasers and hurt them because they think that there the bigger people because there parents care for them and have enough money to buy them pretty much whatever they want. If everyone got to know each other there would be no outsider because everyone is different and in there own mind that’s a good thing. I mean I would hate it if every one was the same and everyone did the same exact thing every day. So I think that stereo types are just a reason for someone to be better than the other and that’s just wrong.
Stereo types arent good and I don’t think that you should judge people by the way they dress walk or speak because you don’t know them until you talk to them but no one really does that. We just see someone and automatically judge them. And this book The Outsider is all about stereo types and many other things witch is why it’s a really good book.
creative story piece thingy
He dressed in all black getting ready for the mission he put a katana on his back and some ninja starts in his side pocket. He walked outside in stealth mode trying not to be seen. He quickly crossed to the other side of the street, hoping they would not notice him. He took out his poisonous blow dart and took all three of them out. He then moved on to the bridge to get to the house were his target should be sleeping. The stealthy ninja saw some patrol people walking around the house. He gently threw 2 ninja stars but somehow took out four people. He ran up the side of the house pulled out his katana and smashed through the window. He silently walked up to his victim and stabbed him right in the kisser. Game Over Billy turned off the television and walked into his room feeling accomplished and then went to sleep. Laying in bed he couldn’t stop thinking about his game so he got up and ran down stairs and thought to himself its time for another round.
tell tale heart
What would you do if you lived with a man that had a eye which you thought was evil. Would you go as far as the narrator did in the short story Tell Tale Heart. I know I wouldn't kill a man because of an eye I would just ignore it. Killing someone for that reason in is insanity.
There are several other ways he could have resolved the conflict without murder. he could have just destroyed the eye instead of the old man. He said he had loved the old man he lived with him but because of his eye he suffocated him chopped him into pieces and set his body under the floor board. He then lied to the police and said that the old man had been out of town at the moment so he wasn’t in the house at the time. The police had to investigate the house though so they walked in and went up to the old mans room and had a seat. The narrator brought the police refreshments and told them to make themselves at home. The narrator was practically grinning knowing he had gotten away with murder until he started hearing a ticking noise. He explained it as if it was the old mans heart the ticking was making the narrator insane so he confessed to his murder and went insane. That is when the story had ended.
Though I do not know who the narrator is I still think he is mad because he went insane because of a ticking noise and a eye that he thought was evil, how could an eye possibly be evil I mean I know how the man could have been evil. the narrator took about3 hours just to peek his head through the old mans door in the middle of the night before he killed him. So I think that the narrator is insane.
There are several other ways he could have resolved the conflict without murder. he could have just destroyed the eye instead of the old man. He said he had loved the old man he lived with him but because of his eye he suffocated him chopped him into pieces and set his body under the floor board. He then lied to the police and said that the old man had been out of town at the moment so he wasn’t in the house at the time. The police had to investigate the house though so they walked in and went up to the old mans room and had a seat. The narrator brought the police refreshments and told them to make themselves at home. The narrator was practically grinning knowing he had gotten away with murder until he started hearing a ticking noise. He explained it as if it was the old mans heart the ticking was making the narrator insane so he confessed to his murder and went insane. That is when the story had ended.
Though I do not know who the narrator is I still think he is mad because he went insane because of a ticking noise and a eye that he thought was evil, how could an eye possibly be evil I mean I know how the man could have been evil. the narrator took about3 hours just to peek his head through the old mans door in the middle of the night before he killed him. So I think that the narrator is insane.
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