In the poem, On Turning Ten, Billy Collins was sadended by the loss of his childhood and reminised about his younger days. Billy has come to realize that the world is not all sweets and roses, that there is a more realistic and darker side to the world. Billy understands now that he's not invincible, and he has come to the realization that the world and his life is only going to be tougher from here on out.
Collin is trying to say that when you're a little kid everything seems so easy and there is always a simple solution to everything. Once you grow up you realize that life isn't that easy.
Collins captures childhood by using memories of joyous times in his own childhood. Whether it's being an Arabian wizard, or making himself invisible, Collins shows how the times changed and the ways he played as he grew up.
I think that the saddness and dissapointment that is shown by Collins is what makes this poem so effective. He shows the different transitions in life in just a short period of time.
My own life has changed so much since I was young. By the way I look, dress, act, and who I hang out with. A year can change so many things.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
According to the author the definition of beauty is that you may be beautiful naturally, but with other things to make you look better you will be more beautiful.
According to the author the definition of denial is to use denial as a way out of a problem and to blame on people who don't think the same way that you do.
According to the authorr the definition of evil is how people spread their hate and act upon it, not the evil of satan.
According to the author the definition of denial is to use denial as a way out of a problem and to blame on people who don't think the same way that you do.
According to the authorr the definition of evil is how people spread their hate and act upon it, not the evil of satan.
Monday, March 5, 2012
eating babies
1. The real thesis he's trying to get across is to show that what is going on then in ireland is not the way things should be going. He's trying to show how they need to do something soon to fix the way of life or eventually things will get out of hand and something like eating children will happen.
2.The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children,
there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born.
3. I think that the reader starts to realize that the author is ironic after the proposal in paragraph 10.
4. The rich are deffinantly pointed out as being the problem, but they are also putting blame on the english. I think that the author wants to show that the irish are also to blame.
5. I think that the essay strictly functions as a satirical one.
6. The last paragraph is suppossed to show that this was just an idea, and that if this article was about an actual way to try and help Ireland, he wouldn't try to help it. It's to show that most people who have good ideas of ways to improve on what's going on in society, aren't willing to try and help it. They're only willing to voice their ideas.
7. I think that he tries to relate and give ways to help the poor which appeals to them. I haven't had a labor job before and I'm fairly compliant when I'm working at my job.
8. In all honesty, I don't think that it could be done. I think that some people might be willing to do it, or even agree with it, but i don't think it could be done. There is a special bond between a mother and a child that nothing can compare to. Mother's who give their children up for adoption, even when their child is only a day old have seperation problems. If a mother had to raise her child for an entire year, only to be slaughtered, then that mother is not human. My mom cries when I go to camp for a week, how would she have been able to give me up knowing that I was to die? And the French are stupid. Enough said about that.
2.The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children,
there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year. There only remains one hundred and twenty thousand children of poor parents annually born.
3. I think that the reader starts to realize that the author is ironic after the proposal in paragraph 10.
4. The rich are deffinantly pointed out as being the problem, but they are also putting blame on the english. I think that the author wants to show that the irish are also to blame.
5. I think that the essay strictly functions as a satirical one.
6. The last paragraph is suppossed to show that this was just an idea, and that if this article was about an actual way to try and help Ireland, he wouldn't try to help it. It's to show that most people who have good ideas of ways to improve on what's going on in society, aren't willing to try and help it. They're only willing to voice their ideas.
7. I think that he tries to relate and give ways to help the poor which appeals to them. I haven't had a labor job before and I'm fairly compliant when I'm working at my job.
8. In all honesty, I don't think that it could be done. I think that some people might be willing to do it, or even agree with it, but i don't think it could be done. There is a special bond between a mother and a child that nothing can compare to. Mother's who give their children up for adoption, even when their child is only a day old have seperation problems. If a mother had to raise her child for an entire year, only to be slaughtered, then that mother is not human. My mom cries when I go to camp for a week, how would she have been able to give me up knowing that I was to die? And the French are stupid. Enough said about that.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
I want a wife
1. I think that the thesis statement isn't stated directly, but you can definitely tell what she's trying to get across to her readers. She's trying to tell her readers that the life of a wife is difficult and taken for granted. She wants to show how many things a wife takes care of, without complaint, and without recognition.
2. The effect of the repetition is to show how important a wife is to society and that if everyone had a wife to do everything, then your life would be so much easier.
3. I don' think that she really wants a wife, I think she's just trying to get the point across that wives are taken for granted. I don't think that this ideal spouse exists completely because everyone has a bit of defiance or rebellion in them. No one is perfect enough to not get in an argument every now and then. She wrote this essay to show how and why everyone has it so easy when they have a wife or mother. She wants wives and mothers to get some recognition for all the things they do for their family's.
4. Brady defines a wife as someone who doesn't complain, does everything she is asked, and takes care of everything. In the essay, Brady divides the services of a wife into seperate pargraphs, and in those paragraphs the sentences have relevance to one another or are talking about the same subject. I don't think that the characterization of a wife to her is exactly how I would look at it, however, I do think that all of the responsibilities are spot on. I think she wants her readers to realize all that a mother and wife does, and I think that she wants the mothers and wives to realize all that they do, and not put up with so much of it.
5.
Dear Mrs. Judy Brady,
I really admire you for having the courrage to show people how it really is. People don't seem to understand all that a mother and wife really does for the family. I know that if I didn't have my mom, my family would be in shambles. I think that your essay will effectively show people how important a mother and wife is to a family. I also think that it will pursuade wives and mothers to stand up for themselves and ask for something in return for a change. Husbands need to realize all that they put their wives through, and to reward them for putting up with all their crap. Kids need to realize all that their mother does for them and start helping around the house a little more. I think this essay acurately describes how most mothers and wives feel, and if everyone were to read this essay then they might be able to appreciate them more.
2. The effect of the repetition is to show how important a wife is to society and that if everyone had a wife to do everything, then your life would be so much easier.
3. I don' think that she really wants a wife, I think she's just trying to get the point across that wives are taken for granted. I don't think that this ideal spouse exists completely because everyone has a bit of defiance or rebellion in them. No one is perfect enough to not get in an argument every now and then. She wrote this essay to show how and why everyone has it so easy when they have a wife or mother. She wants wives and mothers to get some recognition for all the things they do for their family's.
4. Brady defines a wife as someone who doesn't complain, does everything she is asked, and takes care of everything. In the essay, Brady divides the services of a wife into seperate pargraphs, and in those paragraphs the sentences have relevance to one another or are talking about the same subject. I don't think that the characterization of a wife to her is exactly how I would look at it, however, I do think that all of the responsibilities are spot on. I think she wants her readers to realize all that a mother and wife does, and I think that she wants the mothers and wives to realize all that they do, and not put up with so much of it.
5.
Dear Mrs. Judy Brady,
I really admire you for having the courrage to show people how it really is. People don't seem to understand all that a mother and wife really does for the family. I know that if I didn't have my mom, my family would be in shambles. I think that your essay will effectively show people how important a mother and wife is to a family. I also think that it will pursuade wives and mothers to stand up for themselves and ask for something in return for a change. Husbands need to realize all that they put their wives through, and to reward them for putting up with all their crap. Kids need to realize all that their mother does for them and start helping around the house a little more. I think this essay acurately describes how most mothers and wives feel, and if everyone were to read this essay then they might be able to appreciate them more.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thurber
My favorite stories were the first one and the last one. I thought that the first one was really funny how the little girl couldn't be fooled like most little girls in fairy tales. She wasn't some helpless little girl when she pulled out a gun and shot the wolf. This surprised me that he didn't have the wolf trick and eat the girl. I think that Thurber wanted to make fun and show that girls are deffinantly nieve like most think. He used the story Little Red Riding hood for this story.
I liked the last one also because while I was reading it I thought that she would choose the poor prince like how most fairy tales would have it. What surprised me about this story was that unlike most stories she was greedy and chose one of the rich prices. I think that Thurber was trying to make fun of how we would think that she would be good and choose the poor nice prince. I don't think that this story was based off of a particular fairy tale.
I liked the last one also because while I was reading it I thought that she would choose the poor prince like how most fairy tales would have it. What surprised me about this story was that unlike most stories she was greedy and chose one of the rich prices. I think that Thurber was trying to make fun of how we would think that she would be good and choose the poor nice prince. I don't think that this story was based off of a particular fairy tale.
Grimm fairytales
Beauty and the Beast: An old merchant had three daughters and when he asked them what they each wanted from town, the youngest said just a simple rose. When he was on his way back from town a storm hit and so he found a castle to shelter him. After great hospitality from an unknown host, the merchant tried to get one of the roses he saw on a bush for his daughter but a beast came out saying that he was stealing his favorite flowers after such good hospitality and that he would have to bring him his daughter or he would kill the merchant. The daughter came to live at the castle and found that the beast wasn't so bad. The beast let her go home to her father because he was sick but then she had a nightmare that the beast was dying so she rushed back home. She found him on the ground and when she said that she would marry him he turned into a handsome man.
Little Red Riding Hood: Red's mom told her to take some bread to her grandmother in the woods but to remember to stick to the path. Red forgot her mom's advice and kept veering off the path because she would get distracted by little things. A wolf came up and asked her where she was going and found out that she was going to her grandmother's. He tricked her grandma to let him in and he ate her whole. When Red came to the cottage, she kept saying how different her grandma looked because it was actually the big bad wolf and the ate her whole also. A hunter was walking by and saw the wolf and killed him. He cut open the stomach and out popped grandma and Red.
Little Red Riding Hood: Red's mom told her to take some bread to her grandmother in the woods but to remember to stick to the path. Red forgot her mom's advice and kept veering off the path because she would get distracted by little things. A wolf came up and asked her where she was going and found out that she was going to her grandmother's. He tricked her grandma to let him in and he ate her whole. When Red came to the cottage, she kept saying how different her grandma looked because it was actually the big bad wolf and the ate her whole also. A hunter was walking by and saw the wolf and killed him. He cut open the stomach and out popped grandma and Red.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Aesops fables
The Dog and the Wolf: The wolf was hungry and the dog said that he could get the wolf food if he comes with him to his master and allows to be chained at night. The wolf leaves when he sees the color mark.
The Moral: Better starve free than be a fat slave
The Sick Lion: As the Lion lay dying, his subjects decide to pay him back for old grudges.
The Moral:Only cowards insult dying majesty
The Two Fellows and the Bear: Two men were walking in the woods when a bear jumped out. The first man hid leaving the second man to fend for himself. The second man lay on the ground and the bear sniffed him and then left.
The bear had whispered the moral into the second man's ear saying: Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch
The Young Thief and His Mother: A man gets caught for stealing and he asks to see his mom. When his mom gets there he went to bite her ear off as punishment to her because when he was young he would steal and she would never rebuke him for it.
The Moral:Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom
The Hare With Many Friends: The hare had many friends but when he asked those friends for help when he was trying to get away from the hounds none of them were willing to help him.
The Moral:He that has many friends, has no friends
The Trees and the Axe: A man asked if he could make a handle for his axe by one of the trees and the trees gave him a young tree. When the man was done with the handle he used the axe to cut down more trees.
The Moral:In yielding the rights of others, we may endanger our own.
The Lion in Love: A lion fell in love with a young maiden but when he went to marry her, her parents said he was to scary so they asked him to cut his claws and remove his teeth. When he came back to show them that he did that for their daughter they laughed in his face and told him to do his worst now.
The Moral:Love can tame the wildest
The Old Hound: An old hound tried to catch a boar but because of his old age he couldn't hold on and let it go. His master abused him and the hound said that he should be praised for what he once was, not for wat he is now.
The Moral:No one should be blamed for his infirmities
The Mischievous Dog: A dog would bite people's ankles so much that his master but a bell and rope around his neck. The dog thought to be proud of this and would strut around with it until another dog told him that it wasn't something to be proud of, that it was to show that he was a bad dog.
The Moral: Those who achieve notoriety often mistake it for fame
The Lion and the Boar: Both the lion and the boar came to a well to drink out of it at the same time. They began to fight about who should get to drink first until they realized that there were voultures watching them ready to feast on the loser. They decided it was beter to be friends then to be the food of voultures.
The Moral:Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves
The Moral: Better starve free than be a fat slave
The Sick Lion: As the Lion lay dying, his subjects decide to pay him back for old grudges.
The Moral:Only cowards insult dying majesty
The Two Fellows and the Bear: Two men were walking in the woods when a bear jumped out. The first man hid leaving the second man to fend for himself. The second man lay on the ground and the bear sniffed him and then left.
The bear had whispered the moral into the second man's ear saying: Never trust a friend who deserts you at a pinch
The Young Thief and His Mother: A man gets caught for stealing and he asks to see his mom. When his mom gets there he went to bite her ear off as punishment to her because when he was young he would steal and she would never rebuke him for it.
The Moral:Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom
The Hare With Many Friends: The hare had many friends but when he asked those friends for help when he was trying to get away from the hounds none of them were willing to help him.
The Moral:He that has many friends, has no friends
The Trees and the Axe: A man asked if he could make a handle for his axe by one of the trees and the trees gave him a young tree. When the man was done with the handle he used the axe to cut down more trees.
The Moral:In yielding the rights of others, we may endanger our own.
The Lion in Love: A lion fell in love with a young maiden but when he went to marry her, her parents said he was to scary so they asked him to cut his claws and remove his teeth. When he came back to show them that he did that for their daughter they laughed in his face and told him to do his worst now.
The Moral:Love can tame the wildest
The Old Hound: An old hound tried to catch a boar but because of his old age he couldn't hold on and let it go. His master abused him and the hound said that he should be praised for what he once was, not for wat he is now.
The Moral:No one should be blamed for his infirmities
The Mischievous Dog: A dog would bite people's ankles so much that his master but a bell and rope around his neck. The dog thought to be proud of this and would strut around with it until another dog told him that it wasn't something to be proud of, that it was to show that he was a bad dog.
The Moral: Those who achieve notoriety often mistake it for fame
The Lion and the Boar: Both the lion and the boar came to a well to drink out of it at the same time. They began to fight about who should get to drink first until they realized that there were voultures watching them ready to feast on the loser. They decided it was beter to be friends then to be the food of voultures.
The Moral:Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves
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