Thank you for sharing the next installment of “Hey Trouble” with me. The chapters continued to be easy reading with nice pacing. The humor is definitely not wearing off in these chapters as Lexi’s insights and the community around her is a gold mine. A couple of lines I enjoyed in these chapters were, “I keep waking up expecting to be sealed again to the air mattress, leaking teaspoons of deep end onto Grandma’s faded rainbow striped sheets. (1)” and “The boy is in a deep squat of mourning over his lunch. (3)” Also, I enjoyed both the pool scene, and especially, the egg scene at the end of chapter 8. I laughed out loud at the unraveling of the action, “‘Not nice!’ he yells into the dusk. Then one by one he starts beaming eggs into Dana’s yard. A few whistle into the air before I hear Dana squawk in disbelief. (8)” Also, Joaquin’s introduction into the story and his place within his family dynamics was …show more content…
From the four years he’s been with the family, he’s definitely picked up a lot from them. I thought the line, “It’s about housewives. Chase called one of them the N word. (6)”, it’s very telling in that Joaquin seems to fit in so well with his siblings that they don’t notice his skin color off the bat, or make an issue of it to him. The end of chapter 8 with Dana’s stepdad walking across the yard and the part, “the heel of his boot entangling with one of Grandma’s metal bunny garden stakes before he shakes free and kicks it clear.” It was a great suspenseful ending that illustrating the potential skirmish between neighbors.
Here are some suggestions for the next draft and ensuing chapters. There are some points in the chapters that could be clearer. For example, Joaquin’s ‘Gotcha Day’ could be mentioned as an anniversary to detail that it wasn’t Joaquin’s first one as he’s been in the states for a while. I keep trying to buy Lexi’s passiveness towards Dana, but I just can’t feel it from my reading yet. It also may be that I am projecting how I
Many are rich many are poor many have money many don’t. Have you ever had a moment where you did something selfish for desperation of money and karma hit you right back with a right hook?. And felt regret towards yourself. In the short story “Why, You Reckon” the author uses irony and dialogue, to show the audience that money can't buy happiness.
These chapters led me into a dark reflection of who Jody truly was. He swooped me off my feet when I met his character, just like he swooped Janie off of hers. He made promises that seemed hopeful and sincere. However, through these chapters I felt as if I saw his true colors. He seemed to be just like the rest of the men. I hate to classify them and stereotype them, but he was not so charming after all.
My favorite chapter so far was chapter five because Salamano tells Meursault why he bought his dog in the first place. That story made me so sad it was good to know the backstory. The rest of the book has very little emotion and that story is a nice change of pace and topic. That chapter ends with my favorite quote from the whole book so far. Salamano says, “I hope the dogs don’t bark tonight. I always think it’s mine.” I’ve read this quote over and over again and I think I like it because it shows such longing and disappointment. I wonder if Raymond feels the same way about the woman he
In Charles O. Jones' essay "It Ain't Broke", the author counters those who critique the American system of separated powers. He argues that having such a system is useful in preventing the passing of legislation that hadn't been debated enough to predict its consequences. Jones has high confidence that the current system of government will almost always find a way to succeed, and that divided governments accomplish equally as much reform as unified governments. However, in the case of the politics leading up to the passing of President Obama's Affordable Care Act, his theories are disproved.
Although this novel has been a joy to read thus far, I had a lot of trouble writing this response because I was not exactly certain what I thought of it, and how it related to the topics being discussed in class. This may be attributed to the reverse chronological order in which the events of the novel are presented. However, the wonderful flashbacks that Julia Alvarez uses to spice-up the novel through dialogue between the characters and omniscient narration, helps to connect the past and future of the members of the Garcia family.
I didn't think anyone would like that last chapter, but I guess I was proved wrong. I'll continue to write more strange plots, every so often. A big 'Thank You' to all of my followers, favoriters, and reviewers;) This chapter was very fun and entertaining to write. Enjoy!
It is always interesting to me to see what types of roles women play in popular books or novels of western history. The role of women in Things fall apart is more of a background story but their significance is deeply rooted in this book. Women play fundamental roles in education, religion and the social balance according to Achebe. In this paper, I am going to detail these roles giving references from Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Novel to show how significant they actually are. You will be surprised to learn that they are very significant indeed even in a traditional African culture which at the time was being polluted by colonialism and other western influences of demoralization and demonization through missionary works.
I liked the fact that Jay Heinrichs not only introduces productive ways of arguing from the beginning, but also incorporates his relationship with his seventeen-year-old son through it as well.
While reading this book I noticed that each chapter switched from the main character Kevin to the cop Jerry that was helping Kevin through his problems. I really like this style of writing because one of my favorite movies of all time Pulp Fiction also uses this to tell its story. In the movie Pulp Fiction you switch between different characters at different parts of the movie to grasp the whole story being told a lot like Kick. To me thus is by far the best way to tell stories to people because you really get a view from both sides of the
The second’s week reading the “All that trouble down there” by James Dunkerley tells how the US media represented Central America during the conflict times these countries faced. Most of the history of Central America were told by US journalist. Since, most Americans didn’t know what was happening in Central America and the Caribbean. When the US films show the border, it represents it as a margin, a ___ of civilization. This representation was being seen for a very long time, and there is a belief that Latin America is not or can be as good as the United States.
The chapters that describe the characters’ pasts make the reader feel as if they are watching that character’s personality develop over their lifetime even though it is only a couple pages. The most enjoyable part was the chapter over Herman Husband that tells about his entire past and how his beliefs and opinions were influenced. I was able to have a closer connection with this character because there was a lot of information given about him. Also because from the author’s perspective he was portrayed as someone brave and understanding. Which is why when the book ended there was a sadness to it, the readers could feel a sense of emotion for the man in the cell and a stronger effect left behind by his parting words. Another enjoyable moment was when the author described the rebels and how people felt when they finally saw them after they were defeated. It created a very vivid image that explained why the people watching felt a sense of disappointment at seeing them. There was a lot of depth over the characters and how each had their part in influencing the Whiskey Rebellion however Hogeland only briefly talks about the last battle of the Rebellion that led to the rebels being captured and forced to walk for miles. More information could have been added to give the reader a better understanding as to why exactly they may have lost or what led the most to their downfall.
I enjoyed reading this chapter. I also like that the message written was easy to read and understand. I didn’t have to worry about reading the chapter twice unlike the other chapters. As a native-Spanish speaker at times it’s hard for me to not only read and understand but also to focus on the reading.
Hey Krystle I like your perspective on this I feel that parents should have more sick days for their children. Often times kids can fall ill and will be forced to go to school because their parents do not have any sick days to take care of them. If we have more people sick days like for example, for their kids maybe people would not have such a bad perspective of their job. I also think that because our kids are our future having them go to school while sick can make things worse. They could get worse off then they already are or they could infect other kids with what they have. Kids missing to many days from school could eventually make these kids fall behind and get bad grades.
When and why did Ravel compose “Ma mère l’Oye" (Mother Goose Suites)? How does each movement of the piece convey the story line of the fairytales? Compare and contrast the piano version vs. the orchestrated version of the piece.