When I read both of the poems "Field Below" and "Big Yellow Taxi" I though that they both had a sad tone and mood to them but when I heard the songs to both of them it was different. The song "Field Below" had the tone I thought it did, sad and unhappy and I was right the song was sad and lonely. In "Big Yellow Taxi" the mood and tone was the complete opposite to what I thought it was. I thought that is was also sad and lonely but in the song it was happy and fun.
I think that in "Big Yellow Taxi" the lyrics are sad and that is why I was so surprised when I heard the song when it was happy. On the other hand, I was not surprised when I heard "Field Below" and it was sad. The lyrics were sad so I predicted that the song would be sad to. In both songs I thought that the tone and mood were sad but it was different between "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Field Below".
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Chocolate Milk
Chocolate Milk
Smooth, liquid deliciousness
Rich and chocolatey
delightful and filling
Yum...
Chocolate Milk
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Character Development Piece
There are many many characters in the book "My Sister's Keeper" but one of the main characters is Anna Fitzgerald. Anna is a designer baby which means her was specially made just to support her older sister, Kate who has leukemia, of bone marrow and blood. Anna is a unique character that stands out because of her small, interesting, shy personality that makes you suspicious of her. Anna is suing her parents because she wants the right to her own body, but during the process of suing her parents she backs down sometimes and then changes her mind a lot and gets scared of what her parents are going to say and do; That is one of the things that helps you learn her personality. Anna I think affects the book the most because she is the one suing her parents. If Anna's actions were different the book would be enormously different. If Anna wasn't as shy and her personality was different the book would end out way different and the same thing would happen if she gave into everything and let her parents make decisions that put her life at risk but help Kate.
Response to Mother to Son Poem
The emotional poem between a mother and son there are many examples of figurative language. There are a couple metaphors and some hyperbole. The purpose of figurative language is to make the reader or person picture an image in their mind and be able to feel something that hurt or was good. One example of a metaphor in this book is "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. This is metaphor that really makes you think and imagine what it was like to be the mother and what she went through in her life. A couple hyperbole I think are when she was talking about how life ain't been no crystal stair, she said it had tacks in it, splinters and boards torn up. The crystal stair isn't really and neither are the tacks, splinter and boards torn up but it makes you imagine and feel the pain she went through in her life.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Kate Fitzgerald
Author's Note: This is a figurative language piece and I want the reader to be able to picture Kate Fitzgerald walking into the room.
Kate Fitzgerald walks into the cafeteria for the first time. Her bald head shines as bright as the sun and her legs are as thin as a twig. Her perfect scent of flowers and raspberries smells like she is walking through a garden of roses.
Her legs shake like bare branches on tress; You can tell she is scared. She is scared of what might happen or what if something happens. The way her left leg points in like a pigeon tells you how shy and unsure she is. Even though she is shy smiles cover the room when her manners and pleasant personality come out of her and to everyone in the cafeteria.
Kate Fitzgerald walks into the cafeteria for the first time. Her bald head shines as bright as the sun and her legs are as thin as a twig. Her perfect scent of flowers and raspberries smells like she is walking through a garden of roses.
Her legs shake like bare branches on tress; You can tell she is scared. She is scared of what might happen or what if something happens. The way her left leg points in like a pigeon tells you how shy and unsure she is. Even though she is shy smiles cover the room when her manners and pleasant personality come out of her and to everyone in the cafeteria.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
If Melinda's Parents were Different!
Many things happen to Melinda Sordino in the book Speak by Laurie Anderson but the main thing that happens is that she gets raped by a boy named Andy Evans at her school. Melinda was going into high school for the first year and she was nervous but excited, she was invited to the end of the summer party for high school students. At the party everyone was drinking including her and that is when Andy Evans came into her life. After that Melinda skips classes, failed school, and never talks to anyone. Melinda's parents don't know what has gotten into her and don't know why she is acting the way she is but they really don't do anything about it. They don't find out what is going on and because of them that is why Melinda keeps everything bottled up inside and won't tell anyone what happened. If Melinda's parents were different and cared more everything would have turned out different, and maybe turned out better.
Although what Melinda went through was difficult her parents didn't help her at all. They stood and watched things happen to her. They watched her skip classes and failed school. They watched her lose all of her friends and not want to do anything anymore. Instead of standing and watching these things happen to Melinda they should have acted on it and find out what was really going on. They should have contacted the school and have found out that people would throw food at her and then acted on that and ask Melinda about. They should have cared more about the things that were happening to Melinda and they should have done something about it.
By Melina's parents not acting on anything, everything turned out bad. If they would have done something about things that were happening to her maybe she would have had friends. She never had any friends because no one knew what really happened at the party and if her parents would have stepped in and done something she would have had friends to support her to stand by her through this. Maybe if Melinda's parents acted on things she would have spoke the truth and not have skipped classes or failed school she would have done her best to do well.
There are so many things that happen to Melinda in the book Speak by some of them wouldn't have happened if Melinda's parents were different. If they would have cared more to help their daughter things would be better for Melinda and her life. Parents affect the way that their children act everyday and everything they do their child tries to do it the same. If Melinda's parents acted differently their wouldn't be a book to read because that is how much Melinda's parents affected what happened to her.
Although what Melinda went through was difficult her parents didn't help her at all. They stood and watched things happen to her. They watched her skip classes and failed school. They watched her lose all of her friends and not want to do anything anymore. Instead of standing and watching these things happen to Melinda they should have acted on it and find out what was really going on. They should have contacted the school and have found out that people would throw food at her and then acted on that and ask Melinda about. They should have cared more about the things that were happening to Melinda and they should have done something about it.
By Melina's parents not acting on anything, everything turned out bad. If they would have done something about things that were happening to her maybe she would have had friends. She never had any friends because no one knew what really happened at the party and if her parents would have stepped in and done something she would have had friends to support her to stand by her through this. Maybe if Melinda's parents acted on things she would have spoke the truth and not have skipped classes or failed school she would have done her best to do well.
There are so many things that happen to Melinda in the book Speak by some of them wouldn't have happened if Melinda's parents were different. If they would have cared more to help their daughter things would be better for Melinda and her life. Parents affect the way that their children act everyday and everything they do their child tries to do it the same. If Melinda's parents acted differently their wouldn't be a book to read because that is how much Melinda's parents affected what happened to her.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Dear Andy
Dear Andy,
Why did you have to do that to me? Why? What did I ever do to you? You took my life from me. I had friends, I was excited for high school and everything was going right until you came into the picture. You made me miserable and made me suffer for what, you made me suffer for nothing except your sake. For you to walk around school like a beast, like you’re the best thing in world you had to make me suffer. I just don’t get why you had to do that to me and ruin my life, not only did you make me suffer, you made me lose my friends, have everyone hate me, and make high school the worst place. I cut classes, failed classes and was alone, I was nothing. Now that I am back on top, you are going to pay for what you did. You are going to wish you were no one. You are going to hope that you never met me. And you are really going to regret everything you did to me!
Melinda
Why did you have to do that to me? Why? What did I ever do to you? You took my life from me. I had friends, I was excited for high school and everything was going right until you came into the picture. You made me miserable and made me suffer for what, you made me suffer for nothing except your sake. For you to walk around school like a beast, like you’re the best thing in world you had to make me suffer. I just don’t get why you had to do that to me and ruin my life, not only did you make me suffer, you made me lose my friends, have everyone hate me, and make high school the worst place. I cut classes, failed classes and was alone, I was nothing. Now that I am back on top, you are going to pay for what you did. You are going to wish you were no one. You are going to hope that you never met me. And you are really going to regret everything you did to me!
Melinda
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