Thursday, December 16, 2010
Romare Bearden
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to Richard Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at the age of 76. He went to New York University and While at NYU, Bearden took extensive courses in art and was a lead cartoonist and then art editor for the monthly journal The Medley. He had also been art director of Beanpot, the student humor magazine of Boston University. Bearden published many journal covers during his university years and the first of many texts he would write on social and artistic issues. He also attended the Art Students League in New York and later, the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1935, Bearden became a weekly editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American, which he continued doing until 1937. His success as an artist was recognized with his first solo exhibition in Harlem in 1940 and his first solo show in Washington, DC, in 1944.
Romare Bearden
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to Richard Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at the age of 76. He went to New York University and While at NYU, Bearden took extensive courses in art and was a lead cartoonist and then art editor for the monthly journal The Medley. He had also been art director of Beanpot, the student humor magazine of Boston University. Bearden published many journal covers during his university years and the first of many texts he would write on social and artistic issues. He also attended the Art Students League in New York and later, the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1935, Bearden became a weekly editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Afro-American, which he continued doing until 1937. His success as an artist was recognized with his first solo exhibition in Harlem in 1940 and his first solo show in Washington, DC, in 1944.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Speak
All of this could have been avoided by not going to Kyle Rodgers party. Melinda was underage and decided to make a stupid decision and get really drunk. Therefore, she was sexually abused by a senior, Andy Evans. Melinda could have changed her situation if she had just told someone what happened.
Melinda should have told her friends. She could have told them because they would have listened to her and maybe would have understood why she called the police and would maybe still of been her friend. But instead she kept it a secret and for example she could have told Rachel when they were alone in the bathroom but instead she just kept her mouth shut and if you don’t tell anyone then you might regret it later. Melinda also could have told her parents because that’s one of the first things I probably would of done out of everyone. Her mother asks her what’s wrong and she says nothing. She could have also told Mr. Freeman. That would have been a very weird conversation though. Mr. Freeman wants to listen to her and talk to her about things. In all of these she said nothing. In all she kept it a secret until she told Rachel and she didn’t believe her because at the time Andy Evans was her boyfriend.
Melinda could have changed her situation if she had just told someone what happened. She would have had friends and wouldn’t have the bad life that she’s been having if she would have just told someone about what happened.
Melinda should have told her friends. She could have told them because they would have listened to her and maybe would have understood why she called the police and would maybe still of been her friend. But instead she kept it a secret and for example she could have told Rachel when they were alone in the bathroom but instead she just kept her mouth shut and if you don’t tell anyone then you might regret it later. Melinda also could have told her parents because that’s one of the first things I probably would of done out of everyone. Her mother asks her what’s wrong and she says nothing. She could have also told Mr. Freeman. That would have been a very weird conversation though. Mr. Freeman wants to listen to her and talk to her about things. In all of these she said nothing. In all she kept it a secret until she told Rachel and she didn’t believe her because at the time Andy Evans was her boyfriend.
Melinda could have changed her situation if she had just told someone what happened. She would have had friends and wouldn’t have the bad life that she’s been having if she would have just told someone about what happened.
Monday, November 22, 2010
“The Body in Henrys house” is mostly irony because right in the 3rd sentence Henry talks about how there is a body in his house. People that are dead inside a home don’t usually turn out in a good way.
This story makes me think Irony because it just tells you there’s a body. It doesn’t tell you how or why. That’s pretty ironic. Also when Henry drops the body and stick residue is all over the floor, Lydia has to clean it up . Lydia also must clean up the dried remnants of organs and tissue that fell all over the floor. I personally think he should be cleaning up that mess just because it was his body like his responsibility. Not hers. Also I’m very surprised that Lydia didn’t freak out or leave him when he said he had a dead body in his home. Maybe they fell in love too hard? Who knows. But for all we know Henry could of possibly murdered someone or done something very bad.
A dead person inside someone’s home is never a good thing. Sometimes people keep bodies inside their home because they’ve killed someone and don’t want to get blamed for it or go to jail. But usually they end up going to jail anways.
This story makes me think Irony because it just tells you there’s a body. It doesn’t tell you how or why. That’s pretty ironic. Also when Henry drops the body and stick residue is all over the floor, Lydia has to clean it up . Lydia also must clean up the dried remnants of organs and tissue that fell all over the floor. I personally think he should be cleaning up that mess just because it was his body like his responsibility. Not hers. Also I’m very surprised that Lydia didn’t freak out or leave him when he said he had a dead body in his home. Maybe they fell in love too hard? Who knows. But for all we know Henry could of possibly murdered someone or done something very bad.
A dead person inside someone’s home is never a good thing. Sometimes people keep bodies inside their home because they’ve killed someone and don’t want to get blamed for it or go to jail. But usually they end up going to jail anways.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
A clean Well-Lighted Place
In the Hemingway Story, He evokes basically loneliness almost entirely with dialogue. Hemingway writes about interactions between the Young Waiter, Old Waiter, and of course the Old Man. Writing about happiness and death. No one wants to come across death. But everyone wants to come across happiness.
The Young Waiter and Old Man are very different. The Old Man is a depressed drunk who just wants to end his life. The Young Waiters got the job, home, and wife. All the Old Mans got is a glass of brandy, and who knows how long he’s been sitting there. The story is just about just an Old Man sitting at a bar just drinking alone. The first sign of being a alcoholic is drinking alone. By the Young Waiter saying “You should have killed yourself last week. That shows a weakness towards the Old Man. As the story goes on the Young Waiter, tired and stressed, just wants to go home to bed. While the Old Man Is sitting at the bar with a glass of brandy, asks him for another. Young Waiter says no and tells him to go home, and he does.
No one wants death, but it’s a normal thing In life. Everyone wants to enjoy happiness though. Happiness is just a state of mind or feeling by love, satisfaction, and pleasure. My last thought on this story is the Young Waiter needs a smack across the face because of the way he disrespected the Old Man. Nobody should disrespect anyone, especially a old man.
The Young Waiter and Old Man are very different. The Old Man is a depressed drunk who just wants to end his life. The Young Waiters got the job, home, and wife. All the Old Mans got is a glass of brandy, and who knows how long he’s been sitting there. The story is just about just an Old Man sitting at a bar just drinking alone. The first sign of being a alcoholic is drinking alone. By the Young Waiter saying “You should have killed yourself last week. That shows a weakness towards the Old Man. As the story goes on the Young Waiter, tired and stressed, just wants to go home to bed. While the Old Man Is sitting at the bar with a glass of brandy, asks him for another. Young Waiter says no and tells him to go home, and he does.
No one wants death, but it’s a normal thing In life. Everyone wants to enjoy happiness though. Happiness is just a state of mind or feeling by love, satisfaction, and pleasure. My last thought on this story is the Young Waiter needs a smack across the face because of the way he disrespected the Old Man. Nobody should disrespect anyone, especially a old man.
In the Hemingway Story, He evokes basically loneliness almost entirely with dialogue. Hemingway writes about interactions between the Young Waiter, Old Waiter, and of course the Old Man. Writing about happiness and death. No one wants to come across death. But everyone wants to come across happiness.
The Young Waiter and Old Man are very different. The Old Man is a depressed drunk who just wants to end his life. The Young Waiters got the job, home, and wife. All the Old Mans got is a glass of brandy, and who knows how long he’s been sitting there. The story is just about just an Old Man sitting at a bar just drinking alone. The first sign of being a alcoholic is drinking alone. By the Young Waiter saying “You should have killed yourself last week. That shows a weakness towards the Old Man. As the story goes on the Young Waiter, tired and stressed, just wants to go home to bed. While the Old Man Is sitting at the bar with a glass of brandy, asks him for another. Young Waiter says no and tells him to go home, and he does.
No one wants death, but it’s a normal thing In life. Everyone wants to enjoy happiness though. Happiness is just a state of mind or feeling by love, satisfaction, and pleasure. My last thought on this story is the Young Waiter needs a smack across the face because of the way he disrespected the Old Man. Nobody should disrespect anyone, especially a old man.
The Young Waiter and Old Man are very different. The Old Man is a depressed drunk who just wants to end his life. The Young Waiters got the job, home, and wife. All the Old Mans got is a glass of brandy, and who knows how long he’s been sitting there. The story is just about just an Old Man sitting at a bar just drinking alone. The first sign of being a alcoholic is drinking alone. By the Young Waiter saying “You should have killed yourself last week. That shows a weakness towards the Old Man. As the story goes on the Young Waiter, tired and stressed, just wants to go home to bed. While the Old Man Is sitting at the bar with a glass of brandy, asks him for another. Young Waiter says no and tells him to go home, and he does.
No one wants death, but it’s a normal thing In life. Everyone wants to enjoy happiness though. Happiness is just a state of mind or feeling by love, satisfaction, and pleasure. My last thought on this story is the Young Waiter needs a smack across the face because of the way he disrespected the Old Man. Nobody should disrespect anyone, especially a old man.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
A Day No Pigs Would Die
The story revolves around Rob’s development into manhood. In the first chapter he is a twelve year old skipping school, running from enemies, and looking for acceptance. As the story gets further, a series of events, transforms him into a man and the top of the family. Rob now understands life and that being a man is about doing what needs to be done, no matter how hard it is. This book was good because it was about the love between rob and his Pa.
The story revolves around Rob’s development into manhood. In the first chapter he is a twelve year old skipping school, running from enemies, and looking for acceptance. As the story gets further, a series of events, transforms him into a man and the top of the family. Rob now understands life and that being a man is about doing what needs to be done, no matter how hard it is. This book was good because it was about the love between rob and his Pa.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Roadside Inferno
As the blazing flames rose higher and higher to the sky Steve and Kim couldn’t tell up from down as the smoke grew thicker. Breathing became harder because of the tar and chemicals in the smoke. In the article”Roadside Inferno” There was a man named Steve Cooper. He and his wife Kim were driving on Interstate 75 through Northern Kentucky near dusk. Steve was fast asleep. Kim spotted an orange glow and thought it was just a brush fire, but then she drove up to the scene and realized it was way worse than a brush fire. The “Roadside Inferno” would be a mortifying situation to be in. Most people can’t imagine the roaring flames or the blazing heat because people can say they know what to do or know what they would feel but no one can really know until they’re running for their lives.
A truck is on fire and Ronnie Sanders is fighting for his life. The trucks bulk would most likely protect him from the impact but the momentum of 23 tons would crush everything in the van. Steve is trying to save Ronnie’s life. Saving lives are important to me because one could die or get injured and no one wants that to happen to innocent people.
Steve tried many of times to pull Ronnie out of the truck. Ronnie’s legs were burning so Steve laid him down on the ground, and dragged him 20 yards when the trucks 150-gallon fuel tanks exploded. It was so hot and Steve couldn’t handle it. Steve got up and waited until ambulance arrived. I feel that it was brave of Steve Cooper to help Ronnie. If he didn’t help him he probably would of died because he couldn’t of made it out on his own. It’s very lucky that Steve was there to help Ronnie and to get the ambulance. It was inspiring because other people could help in a situation like that too. I’m proud because he had the guts to jump in a burning truck and save a life.
As the blazing flames rose higher and higher to the sky Steve and Kim couldn’t tell up from down as the smoke grew thicker. Breathing became harder because of the tar and chemicals in the smoke. In the article”Roadside Inferno” There was a man named Steve Cooper. He and his wife Kim were driving on Interstate 75 through Northern Kentucky near dusk. Steve was fast asleep. Kim spotted an orange glow and thought it was just a brush fire, but then she drove up to the scene and realized it was way worse than a brush fire. The “Roadside Inferno” would be a mortifying situation to be in. Most people can’t imagine the roaring flames or the blazing heat because people can say they know what to do or know what they would feel but no one can really know until they’re running for their lives.
A truck is on fire and Ronnie Sanders is fighting for his life. The trucks bulk would most likely protect him from the impact but the momentum of 23 tons would crush everything in the van. Steve is trying to save Ronnie’s life. Saving lives are important to me because one could die or get injured and no one wants that to happen to innocent people.
Steve tried many of times to pull Ronnie out of the truck. Ronnie’s legs were burning so Steve laid him down on the ground, and dragged him 20 yards when the trucks 150-gallon fuel tanks exploded. It was so hot and Steve couldn’t handle it. Steve got up and waited until ambulance arrived. I feel that it was brave of Steve Cooper to help Ronnie. If he didn’t help him he probably would of died because he couldn’t of made it out on his own. It’s very lucky that Steve was there to help Ronnie and to get the ambulance. It was inspiring because other people could help in a situation like that too. I’m proud because he had the guts to jump in a burning truck and save a life.
THE PEARL
Kino put his knife into the shell to open it. The muscles parted and it fell open. There he saw it, the greatest pearl in the world. In the book “The Pearl”, Kino and his wife Juana slide there canoe down the beach into the water, and together they paddle into the sea. They must find a pearl today. The baby Coyotito was stung by a scorpion that morning and is very ill. Kino has no money to pay the doctor. I feel worried that they will not find a pearl so they can’t help Coyotito.
Kino goes into the water, because he’s young he can remain underwater for two minutes. He sees a large oyster, the shell is partly open and he sees a white gleam inside. His heart beats as he grabs the oyster and goes back to the canoe. When he opens the oyster he finds the most beautiful pearl. If I was him I would feel excited that my life would get better now. When Kino goes to the pearl buyers the next day they try to cheat him. They tell him the pearl is worth little money and it’s too big and offer him not a lot of money. He tells them they will go to the capital to sell the pearl to get what it’s worth. I feet mad that they were trying to cheat him and if that was me I would do the same.
The people watched Kino and Juana holding Coyotito in her arms as they walked back to the city. They were very tired and have gone through a lot of pain, Coyotito was shot in the cave. Kino and Juana now know the pearl is evil, the pearl has taken their baby. Kino throws the pearl back into the sea. I feel that the point of the book was that the people you love, is more important than money.
Kino put his knife into the shell to open it. The muscles parted and it fell open. There he saw it, the greatest pearl in the world. In the book “The Pearl”, Kino and his wife Juana slide there canoe down the beach into the water, and together they paddle into the sea. They must find a pearl today. The baby Coyotito was stung by a scorpion that morning and is very ill. Kino has no money to pay the doctor. I feel worried that they will not find a pearl so they can’t help Coyotito.
Kino goes into the water, because he’s young he can remain underwater for two minutes. He sees a large oyster, the shell is partly open and he sees a white gleam inside. His heart beats as he grabs the oyster and goes back to the canoe. When he opens the oyster he finds the most beautiful pearl. If I was him I would feel excited that my life would get better now. When Kino goes to the pearl buyers the next day they try to cheat him. They tell him the pearl is worth little money and it’s too big and offer him not a lot of money. He tells them they will go to the capital to sell the pearl to get what it’s worth. I feet mad that they were trying to cheat him and if that was me I would do the same.
The people watched Kino and Juana holding Coyotito in her arms as they walked back to the city. They were very tired and have gone through a lot of pain, Coyotito was shot in the cave. Kino and Juana now know the pearl is evil, the pearl has taken their baby. Kino throws the pearl back into the sea. I feel that the point of the book was that the people you love, is more important than money.
The Glorious Whitewasher
Sometimes all it takes is to look at something differently and it doesn’t seem so bad. If you think positively it can take you a lot further. What looks like a great amount of work can turn out to be not so bad.
Even though the summer day was sunny and bright, Tom looked at, the thirty years of board fence he had to whitewash as a huge burden. Through his eyes he chose to look negatively and became discouraged. When people look negatively on something it looks worse than it really is. Tom felt hopeless because he had nothing of value to trade others to get them to do the whitewashing. The power of positive thinking can change everything. Someone who chooses to look at difficult things in a positive way can influence others the same. Tom found this out when he made the whitewashing look like a lot of fun, so fun that the other boys thought they were missing out on something if they didn’t get the chance to whitewash.
One by one they came to make fun, but ended up being influenced to whitewash, because Tom worked smarter, he didn’t have to work harder. Whether right or wrong he was able to get the boys to do his work for him. This was all because he chose to look at something difficult in a different way.
Sometimes all it takes is to look at something differently and it doesn’t seem so bad. If you think positively it can take you a lot further. What looks like a great amount of work can turn out to be not so bad.
Even though the summer day was sunny and bright, Tom looked at, the thirty years of board fence he had to whitewash as a huge burden. Through his eyes he chose to look negatively and became discouraged. When people look negatively on something it looks worse than it really is. Tom felt hopeless because he had nothing of value to trade others to get them to do the whitewashing. The power of positive thinking can change everything. Someone who chooses to look at difficult things in a positive way can influence others the same. Tom found this out when he made the whitewashing look like a lot of fun, so fun that the other boys thought they were missing out on something if they didn’t get the chance to whitewash.
One by one they came to make fun, but ended up being influenced to whitewash, because Tom worked smarter, he didn’t have to work harder. Whether right or wrong he was able to get the boys to do his work for him. This was all because he chose to look at something difficult in a different way.
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