Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Trojan War Analysis


Author's Note: I'm going to write about the Trojan Horse story and how were there conflicts and comparing it to real world.

One of the king's wife's was taken by troy and they resolved this by sending the iron horse into to the city and charging the doors. Once they got in they started killing all of the soldiers and that's when they finally got to her and got her back. The sneakiest thing in this short story is when they have the iron horse and at first the soldiers are looking at it like they have never seen one before or at least something like it. I think part of this could happen in real life because the army could bring a tank that kinda like the iron horse in some ways and the other part when they still a king's daughter that can't really happen in the United States because we don't really have a king.

None of this could happen in a school because there's no army in schools really or there really isn't no king or iron horse to ride in. This also couldn't happen in a small work place because it's small first of all and there is no big iron horse but there is a king but he's is called your boss so he's really like the king of that job. I have heard about something like this in social studies two years about how the Greeks made a iron horse and hid soldiers in it and moved it along to another village and that village let the horse in and the soldiers jumped out and attacked the village for more land and they would try to be the king of that land also.      



Thursday, May 16, 2013

Who Am I

This Who Am I essay is going to be about a person who is famous and well known in movies or books but the trick is you have to guess who the person is by the clues I give you. The person who I'm doing is known for his shortness and also played in some movies like Think Like A Man and some of the scary movies and he also is a comedian and he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2009 he released his first hour-long stand-up comedy special, "I'm a Grown Little Man" and off this act he made over 1 million dollars. Later after that he came out with more stand up comedy and started to become more famous

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Fight With Earl And Steve


Author's Note: This essay will be about one family adopting a thirteen year old boy and helping him restart his life because of such of a bad past he had with his mom and dad and when they adopt him  
"Won't Know Till I Get There" by Walter Dean Myers is about how Steve and his parents adopt this thirteen year old boy named Earl and he has a little bit of a bad past so Steve's parents try to fix his life so they bring him in to their home and have him share rooms with Steve. Before Earl comes Steve goes outside and plays basketball across the street with his friends Hi-Note and Patty once there done with their basketball game Steve goes back to his house and sees Earl in his room and they start talking about what they like and not like. I think the cause and effect in this story is great because there's alot of fights going on but they always find a way to fix it.
The big event that happened in this story was that Steve and Earl were going to play basketball and they cut across a train station and there was a train that was old and broken down and they find a full spray can next to the can and they decide to spray paint the train. After they were done they started walking away and then these two undercover cops come around the corner and yelled stop to Steve and Earl once they stop they got arrested and got taken to a juvenile jail. After a couple of hours waiting there parents came from work and talked to the police and asked when they have to come back for court once the police explained everything to Steve and Earl's parents they took them home and they got yelled at some more by there parents.
If this event didn't happen at all the book would be different because there would be no trouble and it would just be some friends hanging around. The reason the author made this event in this book is because the book would be boring if it had no action in it or no problems to deal with he also wanted to bring Earl in this book because he is suppose to be a trouble maker because his past before getting adopted by Steve's parents was really bad and he also got adopted twice before but those didn't work out so he had to go back to a foster home and wait until he got adopted. Another thing that would be different his Steve's room because when Earl came he threw his clothes everywhere and trashed his room but before Earl came his room was always clean of clothes and food so after a while Earl and Steve started be friends and getting closer together just like actual brothers would do. I think this book is good for cause and effect because all the friends try to fix the fighting in between Earl and Steve this can also relate to real life because friends always fight but they always have a way to fix it and be friends again. 

Thursday, May 2, 2013

"After You, My Dear Alphonse Analysis"


Write an analysis of how (After you my dear Alphonse) relates to the topics of naivete and reverse racism. How does it compare and contrast our society in Pewaukee? Or Other areas of the country/world? What lesson do you think Shirley Jackson is trying to teach us?


I think the story relates to reverse racism because Mrs.Wilson was guessing that Boyd's dad works alot and needs to be really strong to work in a factory because she thinks his dad is a slave. Mrs.Wilson also thinks that Boyd doesn't eat alot because slaves didn't really get fed and she thinks that he's a slave so she tries to feed him everything another reverse racism was when Mrs.Wilson was giving him a care package of clothes home with him because she thought he wouldn't have any clothes neither would his mom or dad. This can compare to Pewaukee because other people from other places like Arrow Head might think were mean and we steal stuff because that's what they think of us but were really not like that.

I think Shirley Jackson is trying to teach us not to judge people by how they look or really how they acted because you always want to know them more before you start judging them. That's just like don't judge a book by it's cover when you look at it because you would want to read it to know more about it. I think another reason why she wrote this is because she wants us to see how it is to other people on how their judged or treated just like Boyd.