Monday, April 11, 2011
Night Maus blogging assignment
The books Night and and Maus are similar in many ways. Both tell of the hardships that Jews endured throughout the holocaust. Such as the small portions of food they were given, or how hard they were forced to work and given very little rest. Also, they both tell of the horrors of the holocaust. Such as when people were hanged for minor crimes or how people were forced to dig their own graves and then be shot in Night. In Maus when the healthy people were put on one side and the sick, weak, and old were put on another who were eventually going to be gassed. All in all I would recommend we read both books. Night was good because it really went through the story of someone who went through the holocaust and lost everything he had. Maus was good because it had good illustrations so we could better picture the events then just reading them in our heads. So in my opinion both books are worth reading because both were interesting as well as informative.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Restrepo
During the movie, hearing the bullets flying by the camera and the explosions gave me a better understanding of what it sounds like to be in a firefight. Also, in the movie the cameras never show the enemy, only the americans shooting at them. This is also like the book because the soldiers dont really know the enemy but only know each other. During the movie at rock avalanche a soldier is killed, and another soldier brakes into tears during a fight. This made me think more about death and that it really can affect other soldiers mentally. In the book, soldiers spend a lot of time sitting around and when they hear its time to go on a patrol, they seem genuinly excited but also scared. This is also seen a lot in the movie. The soldiers also need to find ways to have fun. In the movie they do this by playing songs on their ipods and dancing. In the book they play volleyball. The soldiers also enjoy getting kills from long range. In the movie the soldiers start cheering when they killed a taliban soldier. In the book when Perry kills a Vietnamese soldier from close up it really seems to affect him. Just like in the movie when the soldier paused after he said he had killed one of them. In the movie you see soldiers lifting weights or running. This is also in the book when the soldiers need to keep in shape. Perry and Peewee were stuck on their own in the spider hole. They had no backup, and at O.P Restrepo they couldn't get help in time if they were overrun. Perry and Peewee were extremely excited to get out of the constant fighting and to finally be going home. In the movie the soldiers were estatic to leave their base and finally to go back to the world.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1. Reread certain chapters to gain a better understanding of what you are writing.
2. Take more time to write a better thesis statement.
3. Reread the entire essay to check for gramatical errors.
4. Restate the thesis in the conclusion at the end of the essay.
5. Study the structure of the paragraphs before the essay.
6. Take more time to get down the extra details.
7. Read the entire page when taking a quote to get a good understanding of what the quote actually means.
8. Each body paragraph should represent a part of the thesis.
9. The conclusion should wrap up the entire essay.
10. There should be topic sentences at the beginning of each body paragraph.
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. It was awkward when he described the shriveled genitals.
2. It was very interesting when he describe the reaction from the tralfamadorians when he brought up the issue of war.
3. It was disgusting when the author told us about the diseases in the concentration camp.
4. I didnt like how the book jumped around from place to place.
5. It was frustrating that there didnt seem to be a present day in the book.
6. It was uncomfortable when Billy said he had a wet dream thinking about Montana Wildhack.
7. I liked the Tralfamadorians view on death that it wasnt really the end of your life.
8. I thought it was funny that the Tralfamadorians were so interested in Billy and Montana mating.
9. I thought it was cute when Valencia wanted to lose weight to look better for Billy.
10. I thought it was mean that Roland Weary beat up his friends when he was bored of them.
11. I thought it was odd that Roland Weary conidered him and the scouts to be the three muskateers.
12. It was interesting that the Tralfamadorians thought that time was the 4th dimension.
13. I didnt think it was a coincidence that Billy Pilgrim was the only one to suvive the plane crash.
14. I thought there wasnt enough suspence in Valencia's death.
15. I found it interesting that the song affected Billy so much.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time, the 4th dimension.
2. Death is not the end of your life.
3.
4.
5.
Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
1. Reread certain chapters to gain a better understanding of what you are writing.
2. Take more time to write a better thesis statement.
3. Reread the entire essay to check for gramatical errors.
4. Restate the thesis in the conclusion at the end of the essay.
5. Study the structure of the paragraphs before the essay.
6. Take more time to get down the extra details.
7. Read the entire page when taking a quote to get a good understanding of what the quote actually means.
8. Each body paragraph should represent a part of the thesis.
9. The conclusion should wrap up the entire essay.
10. There should be topic sentences at the beginning of each body paragraph.
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. It was awkward when he described the shriveled genitals.
2. It was very interesting when he describe the reaction from the tralfamadorians when he brought up the issue of war.
3. It was disgusting when the author told us about the diseases in the concentration camp.
4. I didnt like how the book jumped around from place to place.
5. It was frustrating that there didnt seem to be a present day in the book.
6. It was uncomfortable when Billy said he had a wet dream thinking about Montana Wildhack.
7. I liked the Tralfamadorians view on death that it wasnt really the end of your life.
8. I thought it was funny that the Tralfamadorians were so interested in Billy and Montana mating.
9. I thought it was cute when Valencia wanted to lose weight to look better for Billy.
10. I thought it was mean that Roland Weary beat up his friends when he was bored of them.
11. I thought it was odd that Roland Weary conidered him and the scouts to be the three muskateers.
12. It was interesting that the Tralfamadorians thought that time was the 4th dimension.
13. I didnt think it was a coincidence that Billy Pilgrim was the only one to suvive the plane crash.
14. I thought there wasnt enough suspence in Valencia's death.
15. I found it interesting that the song affected Billy so much.
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time, the 4th dimension.
2. Death is not the end of your life.
3.
4.
5.
Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Siddhartha
One topic that really captured my attention was the decision for Siddhartha to leave Govinda behind on his travels. During the group discusion we talked about whether or not it was a good idea for Siddhartha to move on without Govinda. "In that moment, Govinda realized that his friend was leaving him and he began to weep". Govinda was shocked that is best friend did not want to swear alleigance to the illustrious one and wished to leave on his own path. Siddhartha wanted Govinda to do what he wanted to do instead of following Siddhartha his entire life. "Govinda, you have always gone one step behind me. Often I thought: will Govinda ever take a step without me". Govinda has always been Siddhartha's follower and Siddhartha thinks that this isnt really what Govinda wants and that he should follow his own path. In the end Govinda got to do what he truely wanted to. He swore his alleigance to the Ilustrious one and became a follower. Siddhartha got to continue on his own path to find someone to teach him how to reach Nirvana.
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