Chapter 31
p.161: "And I about made up my mind to pray; and see if I couldn't try to quit being the kind of a boy I was, and be better."
p.161: "He knowed it. You can't pray a lie- I found that out."
p.162: "It was awful thoughts, and awful words, but they was said."
Comments & Questions
I found the first two quotes describing the thoughts of Huck's quite interesting. Earlier in the book, Huck expressed dislike for the proper and civilized lifestyle that the Widow Douglas encouraged. Each of these thoughts suggest a change in Huck's character that shows signs of the way of life the Widow Douglas promoted. In the third quote, Mark Twain uses word repetition to create emphasis in his point.
Chapter 34
p.174: "On the road Tom he told me all about how it was reckoned I was murdered, and how pap disappeared, pretty soon, and didn't come back no more, and what a stir there was when Jim run away;and I told Tom all about our Royal Nonesuch rapscallions, and as much of the raft voyage as I had time to..."
Comments & Questions
This reunion between Huck Finn, the main character, and Tom Sawyer, a minor character and Huck's best friend, brings together one of the main themes of the book; friendship.
Chapter 35
p.180: "Anyhow, there's one thing- there's more honor in getting him out through a lot of difficulties and dangers, where there warn't one of them furnished to you by the people who it was their duty to furnish them, and you had to contrive them all out of your own head."
p.180: "Well, if that ain't just like you, Huck Finn. You can get up the infant-schooliest ways of going at a thing."
Comments & Questions
Both of these statements seemed ironic; wouldn't it be more convenient to avoid these difficulties all together, and leave them farm with a swift, clean escape?
Chapter 40
p.203: "I am one of the gang, but have got religgion and wish to quit it..."
Comments & Questions
This quote is from the letter that Tom Sawyer forged, and hid in the clothing of one of Aunt Sally's servants. The letter was supposed to be formal and adult-like; however, the wording and spelling was incorrect. I think Mark Twain included this to remind the reader of the childish qualities that Huck and Tom still maintain.
Chapter 43
p.220: "...because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can't stand it. I been there before."
Comments & Questions
I thought that this was a great was to conclude the book, because it reintroduced details that were presented in the beginning of the book. In the beginning, Huck Finn mentioned how he disliked that the Widow Douglas attempted to change his ways; the book ended with the passing of the Widow Douglas, and continuing of Aunt Sally picking up where the Widow left off.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
They Say, I Say: Step #2
Exercise 2
As opposed to what David Zinczenco, editor-in-chief of Men's Health magazine, expressed in his article, "Don't Blame the Eater", there are multiple realistic and convenient substitutes for fast-food eating. Many Americans get in the habit of eating at fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut, due to its low-price, wide selection, and easy accessibility. Contrary to the common belief, there is a variety of alternate foods they could consume that are both healthy, delicious, and even realistic in price. For example, instead of a busy business woman stopping at one of the many McDonalds restaurants to grab a quick french fry and super-sized Coke, she could pack a reasonable sized bag of carrot sticks, and an iced tea to quench her thirst. For the teenager who is home alone while his parents are still at work, he could run to the local deli and order a turkey wrap with a side of broccoli salad. All of these options allow average people to take the steps necessary for a healthier society, and a more satisfied nation.
In our world today, people who are overweight are classified as people who are sick, obese, or just lazy. Is being overweight an actual medical issue? Or is it something that has just been coined as undesirable by the skinnier portion of our community? Some people were born as being heavier than the rest, and many people battle day to day with eating disorders. No matter how undesirable these circumstances may seem, healthy eating decisions can only have a positive impact on the human body. It may take baby steps to form the habit of putting down the Big Mac, and picking up those carrot sticks, but what matters is the decision to make a change. Even for the people who are overweight and happen to be sick, obese, or lazy, no bad can come from making healthy decisions for your daily diet. Who knows, those carrot sticks might not taste so bad after all.
As opposed to what David Zinczenco, editor-in-chief of Men's Health magazine, expressed in his article, "Don't Blame the Eater", there are multiple realistic and convenient substitutes for fast-food eating. Many Americans get in the habit of eating at fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut, due to its low-price, wide selection, and easy accessibility. Contrary to the common belief, there is a variety of alternate foods they could consume that are both healthy, delicious, and even realistic in price. For example, instead of a busy business woman stopping at one of the many McDonalds restaurants to grab a quick french fry and super-sized Coke, she could pack a reasonable sized bag of carrot sticks, and an iced tea to quench her thirst. For the teenager who is home alone while his parents are still at work, he could run to the local deli and order a turkey wrap with a side of broccoli salad. All of these options allow average people to take the steps necessary for a healthier society, and a more satisfied nation.
In our world today, people who are overweight are classified as people who are sick, obese, or just lazy. Is being overweight an actual medical issue? Or is it something that has just been coined as undesirable by the skinnier portion of our community? Some people were born as being heavier than the rest, and many people battle day to day with eating disorders. No matter how undesirable these circumstances may seem, healthy eating decisions can only have a positive impact on the human body. It may take baby steps to form the habit of putting down the Big Mac, and picking up those carrot sticks, but what matters is the decision to make a change. Even for the people who are overweight and happen to be sick, obese, or lazy, no bad can come from making healthy decisions for your daily diet. Who knows, those carrot sticks might not taste so bad after all.
Dialectic Journal #2 (Chapters 16-30)
Chapter 17
p.76: "They was different from any pictures I ever see before; blacker, mostly, than is common. One was a woman in a slim black dress, belted small under the arm-pits, with bulges like a cabbage in the middle of the sleeves, and a large black scoop-shovel bonnet with a black veil, and white slim ankles crossed about with black tape, and very wee black slippers, like a chisel, and she was leaning pensive on a tombstone on her right elbow, under a weeping willow, and her other hand hanging down her side holding a white handkerchief and a reticule, and underneath the picture it said 'Shall I Never See Thee More Alas'."
p.78: "Poor Emmeline made poetry about all the dead people when she was alive, and it didn't seem right that there warn't nobody to make some about her, now she was gone; so I tried to sweat out a verse or two myself. but I couldn't seem to make it go, somehow."
p.80: "Each person had their own nigger to wait on them --Buck too."
Comments & Questions
The first quote stood out to me because of the intense description Huckleberry Finn went in to, regarding a picture hung on the wall. I also found the sentence structure Mark Twain used interesting, due to its long run on structure. The second quote was surprising, because it showed Huck Finn's character, and how he showed sympathy to a girl he knew nothing about. The third quote, portrays american history. The white family Huck was staying with all had African American servants waiting on them; this was very common for the era the book was written in.
Chapter 20
p.98: "The women had on sun-bonnets; and some had linsey-woolsey frocks, some gingham ones, and a few of the young ones had on calico. Some of the young men was barefooted, and some of the children didn't have on any clothes but just a tow-linen shirt."
Comments & Questions
This segment illustrates american history. For a middle to lower class society during this era, these are things that the people would be found wearing.
Chapter 22
p.111: "...afraid you'll be found out to be what you are -- cowards --"
Comments & Questions
I think this quote could be used as a theme for the entire book, Huckleberry Finn. Huck running away from the problems at home, Jim abandoning the family he waits upon, and the two kings who lie about their pasts, and steel from innocent people, all show cowardly characteristic traits.
Chapter 25
p.123: "I'm a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race."
Comments & Questions
This phrase is a very strong depiction of the feelings and lifestyle of an African American person. They lived their lives by white people making them feel as if their existance was a burden on earth.
Chapter 26
p.131: "No! A sevant ain't nobody there. They treat them worse than dogs."
p.135: "By-and-by I heard the kind and the duke come up; so I rolled off of my pallet and laid with my chin at the top of my ladder and waited to see if anything was going to happen. But nothing did."
Comments & Questions
The first quote presents american history, and gives a visual for how servants were traited in comparison to how people treated their dogs. In the second quote, Mark Twain uses syntax; how he ends the thought with the short phrase 'But nothing did', directly ends the situation, and allows the author to effectively progress to the next situation.
p.76: "They was different from any pictures I ever see before; blacker, mostly, than is common. One was a woman in a slim black dress, belted small under the arm-pits, with bulges like a cabbage in the middle of the sleeves, and a large black scoop-shovel bonnet with a black veil, and white slim ankles crossed about with black tape, and very wee black slippers, like a chisel, and she was leaning pensive on a tombstone on her right elbow, under a weeping willow, and her other hand hanging down her side holding a white handkerchief and a reticule, and underneath the picture it said 'Shall I Never See Thee More Alas'."
p.78: "Poor Emmeline made poetry about all the dead people when she was alive, and it didn't seem right that there warn't nobody to make some about her, now she was gone; so I tried to sweat out a verse or two myself. but I couldn't seem to make it go, somehow."
p.80: "Each person had their own nigger to wait on them --Buck too."
Comments & Questions
The first quote stood out to me because of the intense description Huckleberry Finn went in to, regarding a picture hung on the wall. I also found the sentence structure Mark Twain used interesting, due to its long run on structure. The second quote was surprising, because it showed Huck Finn's character, and how he showed sympathy to a girl he knew nothing about. The third quote, portrays american history. The white family Huck was staying with all had African American servants waiting on them; this was very common for the era the book was written in.
Chapter 20
p.98: "The women had on sun-bonnets; and some had linsey-woolsey frocks, some gingham ones, and a few of the young ones had on calico. Some of the young men was barefooted, and some of the children didn't have on any clothes but just a tow-linen shirt."
Comments & Questions
This segment illustrates american history. For a middle to lower class society during this era, these are things that the people would be found wearing.
Chapter 22
p.111: "...afraid you'll be found out to be what you are -- cowards --"
Comments & Questions
I think this quote could be used as a theme for the entire book, Huckleberry Finn. Huck running away from the problems at home, Jim abandoning the family he waits upon, and the two kings who lie about their pasts, and steel from innocent people, all show cowardly characteristic traits.
Chapter 25
p.123: "I'm a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race."
Comments & Questions
This phrase is a very strong depiction of the feelings and lifestyle of an African American person. They lived their lives by white people making them feel as if their existance was a burden on earth.
Chapter 26
p.131: "No! A sevant ain't nobody there. They treat them worse than dogs."
p.135: "By-and-by I heard the kind and the duke come up; so I rolled off of my pallet and laid with my chin at the top of my ladder and waited to see if anything was going to happen. But nothing did."
Comments & Questions
The first quote presents american history, and gives a visual for how servants were traited in comparison to how people treated their dogs. In the second quote, Mark Twain uses syntax; how he ends the thought with the short phrase 'But nothing did', directly ends the situation, and allows the author to effectively progress to the next situation.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
They Say, I Say: Step #1
Exercise 1
The term "musician" brings to mind several images: Long-haired, scruffy guitar player, a violinist in a tuxedo, or even a high school nerd who spends their weekends playing the tuba. They see musicians as being extremist, who are either dirty, scums, high-class, overachievers, or unsociable teenagers. However, these generalizations are false for a huge portion of the musical society. On the contrary, many of these musicians are average people, who took up a career to put food on the table. For the truth is that whether music is their hobby, career, or extracurricular activity, it does not define their character or position in society. In this essay, then, comparisons between musicians and average people will prove that not all musicians fit the generalizations bestowed upon them.
Exercise 2
In the Introduction to "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to assist students while learning to structure their writing on an academic level. Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer do not decrease individuals creativity, but instead provide a basis for an increase in the students writing fluency. As the authors themselves put it, templates "represent the stock in trade of sophisticated thinking and writing, and they often require a great deal of practice and instruction to use successfully" (11). Although some believe that these templates are plagiarism, or are for those in elementary school, Graff and Birkenstein insist that they are actually the opposite, and prepare students for a college-level education. In sum, then, their view is that peoples writing skill can escalate with the help of templates.
I have mixed feelings regarding the use of templates. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend could be very successful in assisting people during writing; however, excessive dependence on these templates would force people to become reliant on them. This reliance would go against the reasoning for using the templates in the first place. Some might disagree, on the grounds that one couldn't use templates for all writing, because there won't always be the necessary templates available. Yet I would argue that, one wouldn't become aware of this until after he had become dependent on this resource. Overall, then, I believe that templates would be helpful in developing positive writing habits, however, they shouldn't be used once the writer can successfully write an efficient essay.
The term "musician" brings to mind several images: Long-haired, scruffy guitar player, a violinist in a tuxedo, or even a high school nerd who spends their weekends playing the tuba. They see musicians as being extremist, who are either dirty, scums, high-class, overachievers, or unsociable teenagers. However, these generalizations are false for a huge portion of the musical society. On the contrary, many of these musicians are average people, who took up a career to put food on the table. For the truth is that whether music is their hobby, career, or extracurricular activity, it does not define their character or position in society. In this essay, then, comparisons between musicians and average people will prove that not all musicians fit the generalizations bestowed upon them.
Exercise 2
In the Introduction to "They Say / I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to assist students while learning to structure their writing on an academic level. Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer do not decrease individuals creativity, but instead provide a basis for an increase in the students writing fluency. As the authors themselves put it, templates "represent the stock in trade of sophisticated thinking and writing, and they often require a great deal of practice and instruction to use successfully" (11). Although some believe that these templates are plagiarism, or are for those in elementary school, Graff and Birkenstein insist that they are actually the opposite, and prepare students for a college-level education. In sum, then, their view is that peoples writing skill can escalate with the help of templates.
I have mixed feelings regarding the use of templates. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend could be very successful in assisting people during writing; however, excessive dependence on these templates would force people to become reliant on them. This reliance would go against the reasoning for using the templates in the first place. Some might disagree, on the grounds that one couldn't use templates for all writing, because there won't always be the necessary templates available. Yet I would argue that, one wouldn't become aware of this until after he had become dependent on this resource. Overall, then, I believe that templates would be helpful in developing positive writing habits, however, they shouldn't be used once the writer can successfully write an efficient essay.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Dialectic Journal #1 (Chapters 1-15)
Chapter 1
p.1: "You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly."
p.1: "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out.
Comments & Questions
The first quote I found specifically interesting, because it is different from any other phrases I've read in books; Mark Twain, the author of the novel, refers to himself through the eyes of the main character, Huckleberry Finn. The second quote indirectly describes the rugged, uneducated, and barbaric qualities of Huckleberry Finn.
Chapter 4
p.12: "Oho-o. I think I see. You want to sell all your property to me, not give it. That's the correct idea. "
p.13: "He said there was a spirit inside of it, and it knowed everything."
Comments & Questions
Both of these quotes show the unsophisticated aspects of Huckleberry Finn. Through the words of Judge Thatcher, Huck Finn's mistaking of selling versus giving is emphasized; this confusion adds to the other details Mark Twain uses to present this young boy as an uneducated individual. Also, by Mark Twain using first person point of view, Huck Finn is able to present himself using misspellings and other grammatical errors.
Chapters 6 & 7
p.20: "... a man's own son, which he has had all the trouble and all the anxiety and all the expense of raising."
p.24: "I wanted an axe, but there wasn't any, only the one out at the wood pile, and I knowed why I was going to leave that."
Comments & Questions
I found the first quote, spoken by Huck Finn's father, ironic and kind of funny; his father is complaining about how the government is trying to take away his son, who he believes he put so much time and effort into raising. His dad was a drunk? Who left him alone, and in the care of Miss Watson? The second quote seemed to foreshadow the plan Huck Finn used to escape captivity from his father.
Chapter 11
p.45: "So I said it wouldn't be no use to try to play it any longer, and I would just make a clean breast and tell her everything, but she mustn't go back on her promise."
Comments & Questions
When Huck says "play it any longer", he is referring to lying; this is one of the first steps he makes to act clean and end his mischievous ways. This quote explains one of the important and repeated themes in the book: deceit.
Chapter 15
p.61: "I jumped into the canoe and run back to the stern and grabbed the paddle and set her back a stroke. But she didn't come."
Comments & Questions
I comprehended this sentence as Mark Twain using syntax to enhance the uniqueness of the novel. The text in the novel is written how it would be said if it were Huck Finn talking. Twain continually uses long, flowing sentences followed by short, incomplete sentences.By doing this, the point gets across much more effectively to the reader, in a way that Huck would present it.
p.1: "You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly."
p.1: "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out.
Comments & Questions
The first quote I found specifically interesting, because it is different from any other phrases I've read in books; Mark Twain, the author of the novel, refers to himself through the eyes of the main character, Huckleberry Finn. The second quote indirectly describes the rugged, uneducated, and barbaric qualities of Huckleberry Finn.
Chapter 4
p.12: "Oho-o. I think I see. You want to sell all your property to me, not give it. That's the correct idea. "
p.13: "He said there was a spirit inside of it, and it knowed everything."
Comments & Questions
Both of these quotes show the unsophisticated aspects of Huckleberry Finn. Through the words of Judge Thatcher, Huck Finn's mistaking of selling versus giving is emphasized; this confusion adds to the other details Mark Twain uses to present this young boy as an uneducated individual. Also, by Mark Twain using first person point of view, Huck Finn is able to present himself using misspellings and other grammatical errors.
Chapters 6 & 7
p.20: "... a man's own son, which he has had all the trouble and all the anxiety and all the expense of raising."
p.24: "I wanted an axe, but there wasn't any, only the one out at the wood pile, and I knowed why I was going to leave that."
Comments & Questions
I found the first quote, spoken by Huck Finn's father, ironic and kind of funny; his father is complaining about how the government is trying to take away his son, who he believes he put so much time and effort into raising. His dad was a drunk? Who left him alone, and in the care of Miss Watson? The second quote seemed to foreshadow the plan Huck Finn used to escape captivity from his father.
Chapter 11
p.45: "So I said it wouldn't be no use to try to play it any longer, and I would just make a clean breast and tell her everything, but she mustn't go back on her promise."
Comments & Questions
When Huck says "play it any longer", he is referring to lying; this is one of the first steps he makes to act clean and end his mischievous ways. This quote explains one of the important and repeated themes in the book: deceit.
Chapter 15
p.61: "I jumped into the canoe and run back to the stern and grabbed the paddle and set her back a stroke. But she didn't come."
Comments & Questions
I comprehended this sentence as Mark Twain using syntax to enhance the uniqueness of the novel. The text in the novel is written how it would be said if it were Huck Finn talking. Twain continually uses long, flowing sentences followed by short, incomplete sentences.By doing this, the point gets across much more effectively to the reader, in a way that Huck would present it.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Autobiography
My name is Ally Campbell, and I will be a junior at University Preparatory school in the upcoming 2013-2014 school year. Throughout the time I've spent at U-prep, I've enjoyed my math and science courses. I have played an active role in the Interact, Peer Mentoring, Big Brother Big Sister, and Junior Statesman of America clubs, and I wish to continue this involvement during my junior year. I've recently been accepted on the yearbook and student government team, and I plan on investing a significant portion of my time to help them improve the environment of our school. I love spending my free time with my family, making memories with my friends, and playing varsity basketball. Some of my strengths include organization, self-motivation, and having high expectations for myself; my greatest weakness would be patience. During this upcoming year, I would like to continue my involvement in my school, as well as cherish the times I am lucky enough to spend with my family.
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