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.

Great Author's

Author's Note: This essay is going to be about comparing authors Mike Lupica and Tim Green and how their writing is the same and different.

The two authors I'm going to compare is Mike Lupica and Tim Green the two books I'm going to compare by these authors is the Big Field by Tim Green and Football Hero by Mike Lupica the ways I will be comparing them is how the books are the same and how there different. The Big Field is about these two baseball teammates Hutch and Cole try to go to the championship and try to stay as a team as there going through the games hutch gets suspended one game by his coach because he fought with one of his teammates. When its time to play the game Hutch give Cole some advise for him because he's playing his position when Cole goes out on the field and Hutch tells to move towards second so he does and he makes a nice double play. Football Hero is about these brothers Ty and Thane and their parents get killed in a car crash and Ty has to move with his uncle and he also has to go to a different school so he has no friends at first so he gets bullied until he joins the football team and shows all the kids up on the football team.

These authors are the same because they both write a bunch of sports books and both have the same setting but different sports. There also the same because they both have problems and they both get fixed like in the Big field the problem is Hutch getting suspended and them losing one game and they fixed this problem by stopping Hutch getting in fights with his teammates and practicing more to get better. In Football Hero The problem is that Ty gets bullied and has no friends at first but then he signs up for the football team and shows off his speed. I think these problems in both books could be real life experiences because people really get bullied and get called names and people always get in fights with their teammates.

Mike Lupica and Tim Green are different too because Football Hero has a nerdy kid and he gets bullied and that doesn't happen in The Big Field. Then in the Big field there's two teammates that work together and win the baseball championship and it's also different because it tells the story about two people but in the Football Hero it's only telling a story about Ty. Another way these books could be different is that there different sports and have different settings at some times and The Big field doesn't have such a big problem as Football Hero. I think the biggest problem in Football Hero is when Ty's parents die and he has to move with his uncle and Aunt and he also has to go to a new school and the biggest problem in The Big Field is when Hutch gets suspended for a game because he was the teams best player and he also new baseball alot more than his teammates because his dad played baseball but got injured and ended his career. Then when Hutch started baseball Hutch's dad started teaching him how to play and the rules of the game. I think these books are great for people who like sports books and books with some problems in it and i think all of the similarities and differences are real world and can happen to anybody. I personally like these books because I like sports and mystery books and these books are a little like that because you never know whats going to happen next.  

Determination and Hard Work

Author's Note: This essay is about theme and the book i will be doing theme on is The Big Field by Mike Lupica and the theme for this book is determination because Hutch and Cole are determined to win the  baseball championship and go home with the trophy.

The "Big Field" by Mike Lupica is about Hutch and Cole playing on a baseball team and they try to win all of their playoff games so they can win the championship. Hutch's dad works for a limousine business and he usually takes famous people to places and he is a caddy for really good golf players. Hutch's dad use to play baseball and he got injured and it ended his career. Another reason why determination is good because at one point Hutch wants to go play baseball at 9 am with Cole because he loves it so much and before that he had a big game that they won and he didn't want to just sit at home all day.I think determination is a good theme for this book because sports is all about determination and you have to be determined to win and I feel like Hutch and Cole are always confident in themselves to win the games that they play.

Hutch and Cole always have trouble communicating with each other because they both ran into each other in practice so they started talking more and they also put hard work in practice and got ready for their next playoff game. In the book teamwork is also good for this theme because Hutch and Cole use teamwork to win the playoffs games in real life this can compare to real sport teammates because they have to work together and put the hard work in. during the playoffs Hutch gets suspended for one game of the playoff series and when the next game came he sat on the bench and he was acting like a second coach and he was helping Cole out because Cole was playing Hutch's position. When Cole and the rest of the team goes out to the field Hutch yells over to Cole and says move over towards second base because he was playing shortstop and the batter comes up and he was a righty so Hutch told Cole to move over more and so he did and when the pitcher through the ball and the batter hit it right at Cole and Cole caught it for an out and after that Cole gave Hutch a thumbs up.

Another story that has Hard work and determination is The Greatest Muhammad Ali because he had to work hard and be determined to win his fights and he also had to put hard work in practice to get better. A quote from the that Muhammad Ali always said was float like a butterfly and sting like a bee and that means when he's fighting he wants to be light on his feet but also wants to throw hard punches. I feel like if Muhammad didn't have anyone to motivate him he wouldn't of got as far or if he didn't have anyone training him he wouldn't of got any better. I think this theme works good with these two books because you need hard work and determination for all sports because if you don't work hard you really wont get any where and if you have no motivation or good people surrounding you, you wont get any where. 

The Retelling about The Big Field

Hutch and Cole play Little league baseball and they have trouble getting through the Florida when their house has no central air all they have is just a little fan in their room to keep them cool for the night. When Hutch and Cole's baseball team gets in the playoffs they find a way to always pull out the win but Hutch makes a mistake in game 2 will it cot them their game or will they still win find out and go read The Big Field.