The color purple movie and book differences

     There are many differences between the book and the movie, however the book goes more in depth with  scenes and story development. When watching the movie I felt like i did not know the characters as well as i did from the book. Sofia, squeak, and other secondary characters did not have as many scenes as they did in the book rather than the movie. Also the movie adds some scenes and changes them a lil bit to make the story more appropriate. An example of this would be the kissing scene with shug avery and celie finding herself.
     Another thing that’s different from the book and movie is that shug is actually oppressed by a man. In the book, she is a proud women being the controlling person rather than the oppressed. Shug attempts to please her father many times in the movie because he doesn’t like the way she lives. Another difference is that Mr.____ doesnt come to realization of the wrong things he’s done to celie

     1. When someone says forever its based off of the things that are currently going on now. Which is why people often go back on their word when they say forever.
     2. It is important to cherish life because you only will recieve one . After you die you will not come back.
     3. If you can atleast help someone else your actions are never in vain.
     4. Poetry and books give you a feeling that you cant get anywhere else because it makes you really think about what is going on.
     5. The world is cold and never gives back to us.
     6. Sometimes silence can be just as effective as actual communication.
     7. People always think about what if’s because they wonder if they could have made things turn out better for themselves.
     8. Nature is something authentic while art tries to imitate things that are authentic.
     9. All we know of  those who go to heaven is that they leave us which creates hell for us.
    10. Things will constantly work against you but its good to always hope for better.
    11. How much can be accomplished by a person in their life time which seems very short looking at it after its done.
    12. Whenever someone accomplishes something it slightly relieves them.
    13. The mind wanders more when you shut your eyes. The reason why is your not distracted by whats in front of you.
    14. Watch how someone acts so you won’t be suprised by the actions they take.
    15. You will only feel satisfied once you have loved you will feel empty without love.

Favorite tale

      my favorite tale is the pardoners because the moral lessons it has. The moral lessons still apply to the world today

King lear entry #2

     Edmund furtherd his plot to get his dad to turn on his brother. The king was also turned away by the oldest daughter. Which confirmed she was lying about her feelings for her father. Kent’s loyalty is deep he attacks oswald because he sides with the daughters instead of the king. Edmund throughout this act show how naive everyone else is. The king goes to his second oldest daughter. The oldest sends a letter to the the second oldest. The sisters are very similar similar and the oldest knows she will not want to deal with their father either. The sisters cone togeather at reagan house with the king. They try to convince him that he is being unreasonable. The king us very immature abd feels he should have his way. When he doesn’t he has a fit and does something careless. He then leaves both of the daughters and goes off alone

Macbeth act 1

The play starts off with witches peforming chants and other things. The story then goes to the king who is honoring macbeth. The witches tell macbeth he will become king he doesn't really believe it. He does not intend to act on it but his wife is greedy she makes a plan to fufill the prophecy. The actions she took and macbeth not putting his foot down explains their relationship that he is submissve to his wife

Psalms 121

The psalm talks about god comming to help. It tells of nany different sutuations where god helps. It also says that god never sleeps so he is always available to us. It also says that "all of my help cometh from the lord ". Its saying that we dont need anyone but god really. The psalm teaches that god is always there to help in anyway and for any other reason that we could need him .

Review king lear

King lear was an intresting book, but it was very predictable. From the beginning you were able to see the outcome and future problems. The book had multiple themes within it and ended tragically for alot of its characters. It was fun to act out the play with my classmates. Alot of the dialogue was still confusing despite reading the no fear edition. The concepts and ideas of it are still able to be grasped by high school students.

The monk's tale

     There once was a deacon, he followed the word with no mistakes. The deacon was in a financial slump. His  fear of the lord was so great he wouldn't dare sin intentionally. The deacon was also very prideful.
     The deacon lived alone hoping to one day become the pope. He had no friends because he did not speak outside the church. One day he feel ill with a fever and vomitting . He had been ill for 3 days with no sign of recovery. He spent his sick days praying the rosary and to god for recovery
     Eventually one day the deacon feared the worst for himself. He began to see things that weren't there. He then saw his dog enter the room. The dog began to speak the deacon was astonished. The dog told the deacon you worry so much about sin that you dont realize that you are sinning. At times it is good to be prideful but pride can lead to sinning. God will always forgive no one is perfect. The deacon's eyes began to get heavy. He eventually passed out, by the time he woke up his fever was gone
     The next day the deacon told the priest what happened. He looked at him with disbelief. The spiritual meeting made the deacon realize he shouldn't try to be perfect. He also realized the importance of having help from others. The deacon after years of faithful work towards the church became the pope.

Advice to communist

Dear advisor,

My name is grant and I have been asked to turn a boy into a man. The problem is that he was called a hog and acts like one because thats what he was called. Without the fact that he believes he is a hog I do not have a idea of how to make him man. I need help finding a way to breakthrough to him .

      Hearing someone describe you as a animal is enough to really hurt someones feelings and pride . I believe it may have broken his will. I believe he is aware that he is no hog but intends to mimic one as mockerey because that is what he is said to be. I need an idea to get close to jefferson and to get him to be willing to listen to what I have to say

Quotations

              A Lesson before dying  chapter 3

        "If you say so, Mr Henri".
          "I say so," he said.

       The quote and the conversation at this point of the book shows that seperate but equal is not really equal. She has to beg Henri to do a simple task for her. Even though sge served his family for a long time. When grant did not say sir to Henri he gave him a funny look because he knows he gas a certain dominance over them.
                             Chapter 4
     "Now his godmother wants me to visit him and make him know----prove to these white men---- that he's a man . Im supposed to make him a man. Who am I? God?"

      Grant does not have a idea of how to make jefferson a man. Which is one of the reasons he does not really want to do it. Also he knows that it will be hard for him to change the minds of the white men prespective of him

Dicussion questions part 2

           Lesson before dying chapter 4

          The book says they have a slaughter house for hogs so when they compare jefferson to a animal that the town has factories for killing it makes it seem like he should die like the other hogs.

           Grant wants to leave because he does not feel free where he is at. He will not leave because of his job and because of vivian they have an arguement and she tells him the commitment he should have towards the kids he teaches

Disscussion questions

              lesson before dying  Chapter 3

         It does because he seems as if he is not going to really talk to his brother in law. Henry seems like he just wants to have emma off his back. By asking her can he now return to his guest.

          He says that because she is giving him an option but he knows that he can not refuse what she is asking. He knows he at the least owes her that favor. He is annoyed by it especially because she interuppted him.

         The backdoor symbolizes the past where him and his family worked on the Pichot plantation. It shows that they arent really treated like guest or even equals. Telling someone to go through the back door makes it seem like they arent very welcomed.

She constantly speaks about the things she had done for the Pichot family over the years. She feels that he should owe her the small favor.

Sorrow of war questions

1. Why do you think Kien was able to return home so quickly after the fight at the tavern?

2. Why does Phoung describe herself as a dark chapter of kien's life ?

3. What does the author mean when he says razor's edge ?

4. What do you think caused Kien to day dream back to the day his battalion died?

5. Why do you think the book constantly transitioned bettwen present and past on page 86-87.

6. What does Kien mean when he says everything seemed to change? Pg87

7. Why do you think the night described as magical gave him melancholy joy instead of remorse and regret?

8. What does the author mean by saying Kien's book he is writing had its own flow?

9. Why does the author believe dying and living is separated by a thin line.

10. Why does Kien feel dead soldiers were more shadowy then the living ,but more significant?

Questions

1.  Yes, I believe they do it because they think thier children will not be self motivated. By forcing them to acheive they believe they will eventually want it for themselves
2.  Some conflicts parents and childrens have is asking for things, going places, breaking rules, and disrespect.
3.  Yes, anyone with enough motivation can drive themselves to achieve the things they want.
4.  No, they can end up bad for each side of whatever argument may be happening.
5.  My parents allow me to do more than a typical chinese kid but im not allowed to do everything. Chinese parents are very demanding and strict  with their children.

A southbound adventure

       
http://www.pcta.org/our-work/pct-communicator-magazine/
       Fact -         "Park's creek pass which at 6,100 feet above sea level was completely covered in snow."

Intresting thing I read-
       One of the hikers had slipped in the snow and fell a large distance

       The PDF describes a dangerous but, fun hike. The hike I chose was called a southbound adventure told by the view of a woman. The PDF said that someone slipped in snow and fell off the trail. While on the hike they were chased by thunderstorms, cold, went through times when they were low on food. The hikers also recieved support from other hikers. From what I read, I believe the hikers enjoyed what they experinced while hiking.
Question-
What intrests hikers into doing these trails?

Couldnt link PDF

My writing

My writing was not very bad in my opinion. I was not used to writing  under a time limit as short as that one; so I had a couple spelling mistakes. I also had a commonly confused word;I had informal language  because I was  trying to get my thoughts out quickly.   So, I feel like speed is something i should try to better myself in so i can edit my paper before its due.

Introduction

My name is kenneth smith I am in Mr rease's ap language class. I am a middle child with alot of sisters and one brother. The rest of my highschool years I would like to pull my gpa as high as possible. I hope to learn as much as possible from this class because writing is not one of my strong points. My hobbies are playing the game and walking. I am from prichard alabama but have moved to dip. I hope this class well help me to be a very fluent writer from now on.