Author's Note: this is a story that i wrote will including six pieces of garbage. They are a contact holder, a crystal light packet, an envelope, a gum wrapper, a mini screw driver, a rubber band, and a twist tie
On a beautiful summer day when the sky was blue and everything seemed magical a man was walking and saw a rubber band and a twist tie on the ground. He picked them up and fooled around with them. He placed them in his spare envelope that he had in his coat pocket. He kept on walking when he saw this big bully beating up his friend. He remembered that he just finished drinking a crystal light. He folded it up and went in to attack.
He walked in silently and took his first shot. One man down five more to go. He grabbed a mini screw driver out of the guy he shot's pocket and threw it at the guy that was holding his friend. He gave his friend an extra rubber band he found and a gum wrapper. They started shooting and picked up more ammo off the ground. His friend pulled out a eye contact holder to place it in. They could not be stopped by anyone.
They felt so confident they went in a tournament. It was an amazing tournament. Things flying every where. The only problem was that they lost in the first round. I guess they were not as good as they thought they were. Everything is back to normal but the weird thing is no one ever spoke of anything that happened.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Half The World
Half the world lives,Half the world makes,
Half the world gives
While the other half takes.
Half the world hates,
Half the world runs away,
Half the world's late,
Half the world praises the day.
Half the world is,
Half the world was,
Half the world thinks,
Half the world does.
Half the world lies,
Half the world burns,
Half the world cries
While the other half turns.
Half the world cares,
Half the world weeps,
Half the world shares,
Half the world keeps.
Half the world sings,
Half the world laughs,
Half the world brings,
Half the world tries to be the other half.
By:Deagel
I came across this picture and thought it would be great if I could find a picture for it. this poem just reminds me of life. It is very true. A lot of people do one thing but then the others do the opposite. I love how he/she writes this poem. They write it with the actual life feel.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Essay response to “The Hundredth Dove”
How would you look back on your life if you killed something important? In this story “the hundredth dove” by Jane Yolen a fowler named Hugh captures birds for the king to eat. He captures the small birds with a net that he made, but for the bigger birds Hugh uses a bow but doesn’t shoot. The birds just fall. Everything seems normal until Hugh does something tragic.
Hugh doesn’t normally get called to the king, but today he did. The king is getting married and wants the fowler to catch 100 doves. Thinking this is an easy task the fowler agrees. Hugh waited until night and threw his net. He caught twenty one doves but when he got up there were only 20. He did this multiple times and the same thing kept happening, until he had eighty doves. He went to catch more doves and the same thing happened but this time there were only 19. Finally he decided he would try to catch the one that was slipping away. He through his net then jumped on it. At last he had caught it. On his way back to his house the dove spoke to him. He was confused but just ignored it. The next day he brought the doves to the kings wedding but the bride did not show. It wasn’t till then that he realized that the dove he couldn’t catch was the king’s future wife.
The king did not suspect anything of the fowler. This draws me to the conclusion that the king has a ton of trust and respect in the fowler. Respect is very important to have especially when it is coming from the king. Hugh may have felt bad but he was just following his orders. How the fowler reacted to the situation made it seem like the author was trying to tell us to move on from our mistakes and not do what Hugh did.
After he realized the dove was the future wife of the king he pretty much went into solitary confinement. He never killed another bird and he sat in his house and did nothing. It was a bad thing to do but he followed the king’s orders. Hugh followed his orders but was it really the right thing to do? It is hard to do the right thing when it comes to following you king. This just goes to show how one wrong decision can make a huge impact on someone’s life.
Hugh doesn’t normally get called to the king, but today he did. The king is getting married and wants the fowler to catch 100 doves. Thinking this is an easy task the fowler agrees. Hugh waited until night and threw his net. He caught twenty one doves but when he got up there were only 20. He did this multiple times and the same thing kept happening, until he had eighty doves. He went to catch more doves and the same thing happened but this time there were only 19. Finally he decided he would try to catch the one that was slipping away. He through his net then jumped on it. At last he had caught it. On his way back to his house the dove spoke to him. He was confused but just ignored it. The next day he brought the doves to the kings wedding but the bride did not show. It wasn’t till then that he realized that the dove he couldn’t catch was the king’s future wife.
The king did not suspect anything of the fowler. This draws me to the conclusion that the king has a ton of trust and respect in the fowler. Respect is very important to have especially when it is coming from the king. Hugh may have felt bad but he was just following his orders. How the fowler reacted to the situation made it seem like the author was trying to tell us to move on from our mistakes and not do what Hugh did.
After he realized the dove was the future wife of the king he pretty much went into solitary confinement. He never killed another bird and he sat in his house and did nothing. It was a bad thing to do but he followed the king’s orders. Hugh followed his orders but was it really the right thing to do? It is hard to do the right thing when it comes to following you king. This just goes to show how one wrong decision can make a huge impact on someone’s life.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Raymond's Run
How would you react if you knew someone being bullied? In this short story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara the author is trying to tell us to stand up for what’s right. He shows this through the characters. These girls always make fun of the main characters brother and she stands up for him. She shows that these girls are not the only people that words matter. It is hard enough to stand up for what’s right but when it is the most popular girls in school that’s something else.
The author shows you should stand up for what’s right through the characters. Toni makes the mom and dad trust the daughter by giving her the responsibility of taking care of her older brother, but the brother is not all that normal. This gives the opportunity for some girls at her school make fun of him. They either call him names or embarrass him. She does the right thing and tells them off.
After a big race that the city had, all of the main characters strength really paid off. The girls that made fun of the main characters brother finally respected them. Not only did they respect them but the main character found out that her brother was a lot like her. This was because they were around each other so much. She did the right thing and it all paid off.
Good things happen when you do what is right and the author shows this through the characters in this story. Even though the girl was making fun of her brother, she knew that he was just another person. In the end there was respect between them. We are all different some more than others. Could you imagine how hard it would be to stand up to a girl like that? How would you react if your brother was always being made fun of?
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