Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Candy Licker By: Norie1-150
This book so far is about a little girl name Candy Raye who lives with her mother and her sister Caramel. They struggle to keep a place to stay and food to eat. There mother is basically a prostitute and she drags candy and caramel around with her to do her thing just to put food in their mouths. Candy and her mother both could sing really good. That is Candy's dream to be able to make it big and sing. One day her mom wanted to try and prostitute her, and a man by the name of Nickey Gabriano comes to save them from the man attacking them and they get locked up. Candy and her mom both went to jail and when candy was out of custody her and caramel was sent to foster care. She was working in a restaurant to help pay for her and her friends to get their demo tape off the ground. well she ran back into Nickey and he offered her a better job in traveling mob money..which is drug money it is really dangerous. He stole her from the foster home and gave her her own apt and when her mom got back on her feet she moved caramel and her mom into her apt. One day Candy got an opportunity to go sing in the House of Homicide which is this big thing in the music industry. and she had to break the news to Nickey he didn't like it and she said that she could get her mom to make the drop but Nickey wasn't trying to hear that because he knew how money hungry her mom was so he make a promise that if his money got screwed Candy and her mom would pay. well it did and when she came back home she found her mom dead and Carmel with a bullet in her head. caramel went to the hospital. Candy went home knowing it was a bad idea and minutes later she was being beaten but the guy from the house of homicide that had heard her sing a couple days earlier came to her rescue because he was really close to Nickey. so they let her go and from now on she is Hurricanes property.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Transcendentalism lit project 4
Transcendentalist believed that god spoke through peoples minds and their work of effort. they believed every human was pure and goo, they also believed that god could communicate to peopole through nature and intuition.
When i first read the writing Nature by Ralph Emerson it was very confusing i know i re-read this writing 3 or 4 times to really get a hang on and even beging to explain what it was talking about. In my opionion it is talking about loving nature. Ralph had the feeling that people didn't love nature or appreciate it. In reality this is actually true. He talks about stars and what if they would appear one night out of an odd amount of years..i ask this question what would be the point? who would that satisfy. To be able to appreciate nature you have to get a feel for it for example in this quote ,"The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood". To me this is saying that people not only love nature with their hearts but they respect it with their minds.
"Nature" would be a great example of transcendentalism because, the story is describing how mankind and nature interact with God.In this writing the writer expresses how God talks with man through nature. for instance he states that if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and respect nature. The story also says that His intercourse with heaven and earth becomes a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. "Nature says—he is my creature, and despite all his impertinent grief’s, he shall be glad with me.
"Self-Reliance" would fit into the different types of ways a man can act as if he has constant attitude changes. There is a time in every man ‘s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, or for worse. The power that resides in him through new nature, and none but he knows what that which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. " It takes a divine man to exhibit anything devine". I really feel this quote expresses how man has been chosen because of his bravery and strong mindedness.
"Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. To me this is saying that all a man really has to do is put his best effort into something to achieve his goal.
"Resistance To Civil Government" talks about how people should be governed. American government is a tradition, though a recent one was endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant loosing some of its intensity. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. To sum it all up having a government is about wanting to do something or make a change for the better.
This story tells how people under the government havt to abide by the rules that are set. A transcendetalist would not like having a government. Trancendentalist didn't believe in a such thing a an government because they thought the human individual mind was the strongest in the universe.
4. Susan and David planned to marry as soon as they graduated high school. David's father owns a small grocery store, and he has promised David a full-time managerial position once he graduates high school. During their senior year, Susan begins to think she would like to go to school hundreds of miles away. In the Spring, Susan recieves a full scholarship to this far-off school, and she has also continued making wedding plans with David.
first off me and david would have had to have a clear understanding an alot of planning to do i would make sure that he was willing to understand that i was trying to better myself by going off to a good school. i would have continued to plan for marriage but i would get my schooling out of the way first.Most of all i would have prayed about it because i feel that god will never steer you in the wrong place.
When i first read the writing Nature by Ralph Emerson it was very confusing i know i re-read this writing 3 or 4 times to really get a hang on and even beging to explain what it was talking about. In my opionion it is talking about loving nature. Ralph had the feeling that people didn't love nature or appreciate it. In reality this is actually true. He talks about stars and what if they would appear one night out of an odd amount of years..i ask this question what would be the point? who would that satisfy. To be able to appreciate nature you have to get a feel for it for example in this quote ,"The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood". To me this is saying that people not only love nature with their hearts but they respect it with their minds.
"Nature" would be a great example of transcendentalism because, the story is describing how mankind and nature interact with God.In this writing the writer expresses how God talks with man through nature. for instance he states that if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and respect nature. The story also says that His intercourse with heaven and earth becomes a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. "Nature says—he is my creature, and despite all his impertinent grief’s, he shall be glad with me.
"Self-Reliance" would fit into the different types of ways a man can act as if he has constant attitude changes. There is a time in every man ‘s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, or for worse. The power that resides in him through new nature, and none but he knows what that which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. " It takes a divine man to exhibit anything devine". I really feel this quote expresses how man has been chosen because of his bravery and strong mindedness.
"Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. To me this is saying that all a man really has to do is put his best effort into something to achieve his goal.
"Resistance To Civil Government" talks about how people should be governed. American government is a tradition, though a recent one was endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant loosing some of its intensity. The standing army is only an arm of the standing government. To sum it all up having a government is about wanting to do something or make a change for the better.
This story tells how people under the government havt to abide by the rules that are set. A transcendetalist would not like having a government. Trancendentalist didn't believe in a such thing a an government because they thought the human individual mind was the strongest in the universe.
4. Susan and David planned to marry as soon as they graduated high school. David's father owns a small grocery store, and he has promised David a full-time managerial position once he graduates high school. During their senior year, Susan begins to think she would like to go to school hundreds of miles away. In the Spring, Susan recieves a full scholarship to this far-off school, and she has also continued making wedding plans with David.
first off me and david would have had to have a clear understanding an alot of planning to do i would make sure that he was willing to understand that i was trying to better myself by going off to a good school. i would have continued to plan for marriage but i would get my schooling out of the way first.Most of all i would have prayed about it because i feel that god will never steer you in the wrong place.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
The Coldest WInter Ever By: Sister Souljah 80-465
OK last i wrote about how Winter ran off to Brooklyn. she drove her moms new car and pretended to be going to some college party. when she tried to sneak back in the house she pulled the car around the back. Her mom was out there fixing to hit her with a bat because she thought it was the police. She then explained to Winter that the police had broken into their home and took Santiaga to jail. Winter started crying and so did her mom but little did they know worst was right up the road. They were waiting around for a phone call from Santiaga to give them instructions, their whole life they were being given everything that they didn't have anything or anyone to fall on bc their family didn't really like them bc they turned against them and thought they were better than every one. Sister souljah plays a part in the book where she is inspirational she wants everyone to take the right path no matter the age or anything. Midnight one of the workers for Santiaga was very big on Sister Souljah even though he did his deal for Ricky he always keep his self clean. He didn't stash his stuff in his place he kept it safe so he was the only worker of Santiaga that didn't go to jail. Winter had a big crush on Midnight but he wasn't really looking to be with her, he said she was childish and too stuck up. Winters mom went to jail, and winter needed answers it was just her bc child services took her sisters. She ended up staying with her aunt until her mom got out but when she did she got on drugs real bad and her aunt started stealing from here and called defax to come and get her. winter ended up in a children's home and since she was 17 she only had a few months there but that was not going to happen for her. she started a hustle just like her daddy instead of drugs she was getting her pregnant friend Simone to steal things for her an she would sell the products to the girls in the house. After a while of stealing Simone got locked up and she needed winter to get her out. Winter bailed out and Simone lost her baby in jail and she blamed winter and surely was going to kill her when she say her. Winter couldn't go back to the house bc Simone would be waiting for her and some of the girls from the house so one of the girls that was a fan of sister souljah took her to sister souljahs house. Winter could not stand sister souljah she thought everything she said was worthless when in life it really made since. so she stayed there went to concerts and chilled with sister souljahs sister. Lucy i think her name was, was a real big trouble starter she hung out smoked weed and got drunk all the time and she liked staying with her sister bc of all the freedom and the famous people they got to meet. Winter did it for a little while but she ended up stealing money from an event they did, and left she ended up with a drug dealer boyfriend. She ended up in jail, and so did her home girls from he hood, only bc they were girlfriends of drug dealers.
I liked this book you really have to read it to understand more of what its about. when i first picked this book up i thought i wasn't going to like it but i couldn't put it down this book is a life lesson bc it shows you real life situations. I recommend this book to any and everyone i really enjoyed this book.
I liked this book you really have to read it to understand more of what its about. when i first picked this book up i thought i wasn't going to like it but i couldn't put it down this book is a life lesson bc it shows you real life situations. I recommend this book to any and everyone i really enjoyed this book.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Love Me Or I'll Kill You By: Lee Butcher
This book so far is about a girl name Paula and a man name Chino who are very poor. They have a 2 year old daughter to feed with neither one of them working. Chino is very Possessive and he basically rules Paula and she follows everything he says do, if not he beats her. They have robbed a bank and so far they are on the run.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
American Romanticism Lit Project: 3
1. I read the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The story takes place i n a small town, which was referred to as Tarry Town. The town was given its name by the good housewives of the adjacent Country. This tale is about a "Headless Horseman" who haunts Sleepy Hollow. In this tale they state a man named Ichabod Crane. Ichabod goes to Tarry Town and makes Brom Bones mad. Brom Bones was this big man made up of mettle and mischief, and which no one but himself could manage. They have a huge feud. One night Ichabod was told the tale of the "Headless Horseman". The story goes on to say that Ichabod was confronted by the Horseman and he some how disappears. In my opinion i think Brom Bones Confronted him when no one was around and killed him.
2.* What i found that i thought was romantic would be," A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye.* And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. When i read this i could see where the author was coming from i could really imagine things the way he wrote it.
3. This poem is about a17yr old boy, William Cullen Bryan. To me he is describing how he feels aobut Mother Nature and death as if he feels dead, or as if he has died. The poem is basically saying that no matter what type of person you are or the life style you live we will all die the same, not actually the same but your body will be nutrients to the outdoors. Its saying that you shouldn't worry about death because when you are dad or depressed death will come quicker. Some people say that your mood depens on the weather say for instance if its raining outside you may feel restless, or if your having a bad morning it will reflect on your day. what makes the poem romantic is the nature and the meaning to it.
4. The point of the Poem Ropewalk was about a worker who prepared ropes. He describes the things he seen or the things he wanted to happen while working. The way he speaks makes him creative, what i like about it is how he could make you feel like you were there to see everything like you could feel the seabreeze, and see the ships. this is romanticism because it almost seems like everything he spoke about you could feel which would be another example of nature.
5. My painting is a good exaple of Romantacism because its free its a nice piece of work and when i look at it it makes me want to be in the same place. this could be considered romantic because of the setting. its a type of duck in maybe a pond with a big tree of some sort kind of on the side and rocks in the water. this would most likely be considerd a nature picture.
2.* What i found that i thought was romantic would be," A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye.* And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. When i read this i could see where the author was coming from i could really imagine things the way he wrote it.
3. This poem is about a17yr old boy, William Cullen Bryan. To me he is describing how he feels aobut Mother Nature and death as if he feels dead, or as if he has died. The poem is basically saying that no matter what type of person you are or the life style you live we will all die the same, not actually the same but your body will be nutrients to the outdoors. Its saying that you shouldn't worry about death because when you are dad or depressed death will come quicker. Some people say that your mood depens on the weather say for instance if its raining outside you may feel restless, or if your having a bad morning it will reflect on your day. what makes the poem romantic is the nature and the meaning to it.
4. The point of the Poem Ropewalk was about a worker who prepared ropes. He describes the things he seen or the things he wanted to happen while working. The way he speaks makes him creative, what i like about it is how he could make you feel like you were there to see everything like you could feel the seabreeze, and see the ships. this is romanticism because it almost seems like everything he spoke about you could feel which would be another example of nature.
5. My painting is a good exaple of Romantacism because its free its a nice piece of work and when i look at it it makes me want to be in the same place. this could be considered romantic because of the setting. its a type of duck in maybe a pond with a big tree of some sort kind of on the side and rocks in the water. this would most likely be considerd a nature picture.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Writing II Discriptive writing
We took our seat in a private booth away from everyone at the restaurant called the California Patio Grill at Daytona Beach and looked at the menu. The restaurant was so romantic. There were candles set in the middle of each table; a bar was in the middle of the restaurant, and the best thing about it, the restrooms were in the back. The smell of seafood, burgers, chicken and all kinds of other food filled the restaurant. There were many different colors mixed together that made it cozy and comfortable. There were burgundy, greens, and yellows mixed with brown; it was really nice.
Darien was looking into my face telling me he loved me and that he was so happy we were able to take this trip to Daytona Beach. I replied saying, " I’m just glad we have a chance to spend one on one time together instead of having everyone in our business."
Darien was looking really nice. He had on a brown and cream striped polo with some brown Evisu shorts. His hair was nicely corn rolled with plenty of designs. He had on his custom made Forces, which were brown, and his name was written on them in cream colors. He had it going on. I on the other hand had on a cream top with a brown skirt, which had cream designs on it, and some brown strap up heels to go with it. My hair was in an up do with pretty twists. My nails were manicured with a French white tip and so were my toes.
Darien interrupted my train of thought when he said, " baby, what’s on your mind?" I was still looking at him as I adjusted my self, shifted, and brought up another subject. I kind of felt nervous because it had been a while since we had gone out on a romantic date and I was at a lost of words. I lied and told him I had a lot on my mind.
Our waitress approached us asking, " what can I get you two tonight". Darien said that he was going to have the Rose Oysters, along with the shrimp platter, and Sprite to go along with it. I thought he was being a pig, but I didn’t say much. I’m not that big on seafood so I ordered chicken strips and fries with a sweet tea. She wrote everything down and disappeared into the big restaurant filled with people dancing and enjoying themselves.
The kind of music that was playing was R&B mixed with Reggae; it had a nice soft steady tempo that people were loving. It was so nice to see people smiling and having a good time. Ten minutes later the waitress was back with our food. It seemed like so much- I was sure neither one of us were going to be able to eat all of it. It had a nice taste. It wasn’t like it was back at home; the seasoning was really different. It seemed to taste different in every bite. We ate and danced and talked for a while before we headed back to the hotel.
When we got back we still had so much energy. The night was still young and we were having too much fun to go to sleep. We had a suite fixed up really nicely with a king-sized bed, balcony, Jacuzzi, and a bar. The bed and the couch were so soft. The water in the Jacuzzi was really warm. There was also big screen TV and a telephone.
We changed clothes and we headed to the beach. It was dark, but the sand felt so good between my toes. The water looked as if it was calling my name. The breeze felt so good hitting my skin in a soft way. Darien was holding me very closely when he said, "baby I have something really important to ask you". I got really nervous and said," baby, lets go for a swim or just stick our toes in the water." He had a look of frustration on his face, but he didn’t get upset. We ran and jumped in the water, and it was so cool. It made me feel so good; I felt like I could stay there all night. I was in a different world away from all of my worries and problems. It was around 12:45 when we got back to the room we showered and had a couple of drinks then we went to bed.
I woke up around 11 to find him cooking breakfast. He said, " Good morning baby". I replied by repeating him as I went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. I was rubbing my fingers over my hair when I seen it. It was an engagement ring it was so big and heavy. I turned around to head out of the bathroom to ask him what was going on but he was right behind me, on his knees. He said "baby I love you, I have been trying so hard to get the strength to ask you to marry me. I tried at dinner last night, I tried at the beach but it seemed as if you were on to me so I thought it would have been best to do it when you were caught off guard." I started crying, then he finally asked me, "baby will you marry me", I was still sobbing like a baby and said, "Yes!"
We shared breakfast on the balcony to feel the breeze and look at how pretty the beach looked during the day. The sky was a pretty blue and so was the beach but it looked as if they were two different blues. The beach was sort of a turquoise blue, mixed with sand and the sky was almost baby blue, with the sun beaming down shining the beach. After breakfast we went shopping. I got spoiled for three days. We added more spice to our nightlife trying to check out every bar and restaurant they had on the beach.
Darien was looking into my face telling me he loved me and that he was so happy we were able to take this trip to Daytona Beach. I replied saying, " I’m just glad we have a chance to spend one on one time together instead of having everyone in our business."
Darien was looking really nice. He had on a brown and cream striped polo with some brown Evisu shorts. His hair was nicely corn rolled with plenty of designs. He had on his custom made Forces, which were brown, and his name was written on them in cream colors. He had it going on. I on the other hand had on a cream top with a brown skirt, which had cream designs on it, and some brown strap up heels to go with it. My hair was in an up do with pretty twists. My nails were manicured with a French white tip and so were my toes.
Darien interrupted my train of thought when he said, " baby, what’s on your mind?" I was still looking at him as I adjusted my self, shifted, and brought up another subject. I kind of felt nervous because it had been a while since we had gone out on a romantic date and I was at a lost of words. I lied and told him I had a lot on my mind.
Our waitress approached us asking, " what can I get you two tonight". Darien said that he was going to have the Rose Oysters, along with the shrimp platter, and Sprite to go along with it. I thought he was being a pig, but I didn’t say much. I’m not that big on seafood so I ordered chicken strips and fries with a sweet tea. She wrote everything down and disappeared into the big restaurant filled with people dancing and enjoying themselves.
The kind of music that was playing was R&B mixed with Reggae; it had a nice soft steady tempo that people were loving. It was so nice to see people smiling and having a good time. Ten minutes later the waitress was back with our food. It seemed like so much- I was sure neither one of us were going to be able to eat all of it. It had a nice taste. It wasn’t like it was back at home; the seasoning was really different. It seemed to taste different in every bite. We ate and danced and talked for a while before we headed back to the hotel.
When we got back we still had so much energy. The night was still young and we were having too much fun to go to sleep. We had a suite fixed up really nicely with a king-sized bed, balcony, Jacuzzi, and a bar. The bed and the couch were so soft. The water in the Jacuzzi was really warm. There was also big screen TV and a telephone.
We changed clothes and we headed to the beach. It was dark, but the sand felt so good between my toes. The water looked as if it was calling my name. The breeze felt so good hitting my skin in a soft way. Darien was holding me very closely when he said, "baby I have something really important to ask you". I got really nervous and said," baby, lets go for a swim or just stick our toes in the water." He had a look of frustration on his face, but he didn’t get upset. We ran and jumped in the water, and it was so cool. It made me feel so good; I felt like I could stay there all night. I was in a different world away from all of my worries and problems. It was around 12:45 when we got back to the room we showered and had a couple of drinks then we went to bed.
I woke up around 11 to find him cooking breakfast. He said, " Good morning baby". I replied by repeating him as I went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. I was rubbing my fingers over my hair when I seen it. It was an engagement ring it was so big and heavy. I turned around to head out of the bathroom to ask him what was going on but he was right behind me, on his knees. He said "baby I love you, I have been trying so hard to get the strength to ask you to marry me. I tried at dinner last night, I tried at the beach but it seemed as if you were on to me so I thought it would have been best to do it when you were caught off guard." I started crying, then he finally asked me, "baby will you marry me", I was still sobbing like a baby and said, "Yes!"
We shared breakfast on the balcony to feel the breeze and look at how pretty the beach looked during the day. The sky was a pretty blue and so was the beach but it looked as if they were two different blues. The beach was sort of a turquoise blue, mixed with sand and the sky was almost baby blue, with the sun beaming down shining the beach. After breakfast we went shopping. I got spoiled for three days. We added more spice to our nightlife trying to check out every bar and restaurant they had on the beach.
Monday, February 5, 2007
The Coldest Winter Ever pages 60-80
Winters mom has returned from the hospital at this point, her face is really messed up. But to her surprise even though things went down the wrong way Santiaga had her dream car waiting on her even though she couldn't drive. This basically gave winter the exscape she has been wanting to get back to Brooklyn. So she told her dad that Hofstra University was giving a sorority party and since she was turning 17 she wanted to know if she could go but she was really going to take her moms car and go to Brooklyn for the night to hang out with her best friend Natalie an some guy friends.
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