Modern and Old Gods

Author's Note: I wrote about the differences between  the modern and the old plays and I talked about how the old Zeus is different from the new Zeus.

What happened in the play was that Zeus wanted to play war with someone but no one really wanted to. The Gods started talking about something else and they get off topic of starting a war. What change was that, they made the scenes longer and some parts have more humor than the others. The original god story was the Zeus went to war with the other gods but in the modern one he asked all the other gods to "play war" with him

Zeus is different from the old version from now because he seems more kiddish or more playful because he always has to mess around with other people or tell jokes. Another reason that the play was different from the actual thing was how the gods spoke they used more modern words more than old words and all the gods seemed like they acted different for example some gods made fun of each other or fought about whose right or whose wrong.

Reverse Racism

Author's Note: This essay will be about Reverse racism and how people judge other people on what they do or how they talk. 

After you, My Dear Alphonse is about these two friends named Boyd and Johnny when Boyd goes to Johnny's house for lunch and his mom makes alot of food for Boyd because she thinks he doesn't eat alot because she sees him as a African American so that means to her that he doesn't eat because of slavery or that his family is really poor. But when she tries to put more food on Boyd's plate he says he doesn't won't alot because he's not hungry and she still tries to put it on his plate and Boyd's get kinda upset and says no thank you and he walks back to the table and starts eating. 

 Another reason why this story is reverse racism is when Boyd is going to leave to go home Johnny's mom ask Boyd if he needed clothes for him or his parents but Boyd said he didn't need any clothes and she said well maybe your mom can sew them. Then Boyd said she doesn't know how to sew then Mrs.Wilson said there are very many boys like you and they would be grateful to accept the offered i just gave you yes I know Mrs.Wilson but me and my family don't really need and Mrs.Wilson are you starting to get mad at me said Boyd, no I'm just disappointed that you didn't accept my offer and lets just not say anything else about this.

I think this story has alot of real life experiences because there's alot of people out there that will judge other people on what they wear or how they act just like when Mrs.Wilson said "you need more food on your plate" stuff like that can be reverse racism. Another example of reverse racism is when Mrs.Wilson tried to send Boyd home with a bundle of clothes but Boyd didn't accept it because his family already has good enough clothes and I think that's reverse racism because Mrs.Wilson thinks his family his poor and doesn't really have alot of clothes or alot of food. I think reverse racism is kinda like judging a book by the cover because some people just look at one person and might think really bad just by seeing him.

 However, this topic is not just in this story. The story "Adventures of an Indian Princess" by Patricia Riley also has many examples of reverse racism. For instance, when the family goes on a vacation they a man with a horse and he  is kinda dressed like a Native American but he's just they guy who works at the Native American store they stopped at. And the family looks at for awhile and there thinking that he is a actual Indian so they go into the store expecting to see more Native Americans  but they don't they just see a bunch of Native American stuff like arrows and home made bows and stuff like that. These two stories are the same because there's two people that try to give free stuff because they think there poor or expect to see the culture of Native Americans.

What I think of these two stories is that they have alot of reverse racism for example when Mrs.Wilson try to give Boyd alot of food or when she try to send him home with a bundle of clothes for him and his parents. Reverse racism is also in the real world just like when people see a bunch of teenagers hanging around they think that there just trouble or they think that there a big gang but really there just hanging out with their friends. The reason I wrote about this topic is because I thought it was interesting and also I thought it would be cool to write about. 

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.      

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

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. 

"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. 

A Clean, Well Lighted Place Analysis

What is one event, character, or plot element that is similar to a modern text/film? Explain.

1.  In most movies there's always a sad part and the sad part of this movie is when the young waiter yells at the old man. There is also some one in a movie that is nice and that's the old waiter because the old waiter was just saying that he was lonely and just needs a calm place to relax.   

2. I think the book is different than the movie because the old man was suppose to be outside on a terrost

but in the movie they were inside the cafe. One thing i didn't know would happen is the music at the end and the beginning, in the beginning the music sounded creepy and mysterious and at the end it sound more sad because the old man got yelled at and he just left all sad and didn't really say anything else when he left. Another thing that was different was the soldier walked by in the book but didn't walk by in the movie and I think the directer took that out because the soldier wasn't really a big part of the story. In the beginning the two waiters didn't say that the old man was def but he actually was in both the story and the book but you could still tell that he was def because he talked really loud to the waiters.

3. I liked the Movie type better because it made more sense than the book because the movie took out all the parts that wasn't need and it's also easier to visualize stuff. Another thing I liked was how they changed some of the parts like the terrist and how he was suppose to be outside and the reason I liked that was because i like when things changed from the book to the movie. One of the dislikes I have is the young waiter because he was mean and impatient  but the old on was nice and felt bad for him. Another thing I didn't like was how the old man looked he looked kinda homeless because he didn't really have good glasses and all he pretty much had was a coat and a scarf. Overall I like a little bit of both things because they were both great and how they explained things in the book and the movie.