What Symbolizes Me 5/14

            I believe a symbol that represents me and the why act is a phone. The reason for this is that I help many people when they need it. I ask if anyone need help or sometimes some people ask me for help and I do my best to give them what they need. While as with many thing my information is not always the best and I do make mistakes just like a phone might not be able to give the exact answer to the problem you needed solved. As well I will do my best to help you and I will improve every time I learn something new or I get an "update".   As well I might distracted you from your work at certain times.


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Of Mice and Men vs Movie 5/11

Prompt : 1. 1.In the film, the director shows us “the incident in Weed” differently from how we find out in the book. What’s different? Why do you think he chose to do it that way? How does it change the story?The book begins with the “stage” set by the pond. In the film, we see George on a train first. Why would the director do this? What is the director telling us about George’s life? 3. What do you think of the director’s choice of Sharilynn Fenn to play Curley’s wife? Does she look the way you imagined her in the book? Whom would you have chosen?
 


     I believe the director changed this scene in the movie from the books so that it would  make it easier for the movie goer to know why they had to move to a new place of work. As well many people would have found it confusing if they just saw that they were arriving at a new ranch. As well they would find it kind of awkward if George just began to complain that he never had time for himself.  As well it should that George truly cared for Lennie as much risking his live to get him out of trouble. It also sets the tone of the movie because it shows that it is not happy but that all problems have their solution.


                   The director of the movie of mice and men made the movie start in the train because he wanted the person watching the movie to know that they are constantly all over the country for many reasons.  It makes it so that we know George's live is very difficult and has to take care of another human being that is not related to him.  It also shows the reader that they close friends and George is more mature one because he is the one that takes care of Lennie. Another could be that he wanted the audience to she where they are coming from and how they arrived to the ranch. As well the director could have just done it to show the reader a different opening to the book that could be better and more interesting to him to the viewer so they could see his prospective.

                     I believe that Sherilyn Fenn was chosen for the role of Curley's wife because she fit the role and she was a talented actress.  She played Curley's wife the way I imagined Curley's wife would react to certain situation.  She could be kind and nice when she wanted but bitter and cold when the time cold for it. If I had to cast a new actress to play Curley's wife it would most likely be Scarlet Johnson. I think she would be perfect for the role because Curley's wife is not shown to be tall and neither is Scarlet Johnson. As well Curley's wife is depicted as a good looking woman and I personal believed that she had blonde hair which Scarlet Johnson has both things.  Final reason is that Scarlet Johnson is as well a very talented actress she has been acting for nearly two decades, so she has experience.


                     I really enjoyed reading Of Mice and Men and the movie because they were both  captivating. A reason I liked the book was that it told a very realistic story about the live of a migrant worker. Another reason that I like the book is the way that John Steinback describes the setting and how the foreshadowing is not notice able but after you think about at the end it makes complete sense. One reason that I enjoyed the movie was that it stayed faithful to the movie and the changes that it made were for the better so that it could be more interesting at times. I also enjoyed the watching movie because it showed the emotional parts of the book that might be hard to understand.

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AOW Impressions blog

Prompt:          
   Something that stood out to me was how google is developing a phone that can create its own W.I.F.I.  Certain phones will have this new technology but eventually Google will try to but this new technology in bigger phone companies. This stood out to me because 8 years ago the best internet reception was 3G and now 8 years later phones will be able to produce their own wifi. If the technology keeps increasing at the rate it currently is at we should be able to do unprecedented thing like creating a much easier way to access W.I.F.I.  I hope that someday that this technology will be improved so that we will see it more and more.



            I learned a lot from Nicks article that a new space pod will be orbiting at Pluto and studying. The
space pod is called New Horizon and was launched nine years ago. The space pod is expected to arrive on July 14, were it will take high definition pictures and send them to Earth so that they can see new information that they might not of ever imaged. I am surprised by the fact that New Horizon has not gone off course or even been crushed especially when it crossed the asteroid belt.  A question that I did have was how long did it take to create it so that it could survive the journey?

Dreams 4/27

Prompt:  Based on your brainstorming via Edmodo, write a short poem elaborating on your dream and/or why dreams or visions are an important part of life.

Dreams are basic human element because they keep us with hope

We could not function with out the basic idea that some day a

been of light could shine into our lives 

That we could make our family proud or ourselves proud.

We as human have dream behind what seems possible but if

those dream are reached the make for a moment of true and utter perfection

As well as the simple dreams have an effect that is amazing
This is why we as humans have dreams at least to my believes


I dream that someday I can help my parent pay their house of.
I dream that someday I can graduate from college.
I dream that someday I can have a business of my own.
I dream that someday I can better the live of thousand. 

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Of Mice and Men Conflict 4/27

          A conflict that was read was when Curley fought Lennie and Lennie hurt Curley's hand. This conflict is man vs man because a human being having a conflict against another human being.  On page 63 were it is stated "Curley's fist swinging when Lennie reached for it." Which shows the reader  that Curley is fighting Lennie and that tense are at a boiling point and might even keep raising if thing are not resolved.  So far this conflict has changed the plot because it shows that Curley is willing to get physical, that Lennie can beat Curley, and that Curley wants to get out of there as fast as possible.  

         Another conflict is that Candy decided that his dog should be put the dog down but he did not do it himself. This conflict would be man vs self because Candy is regretting allowing it to happen but than even if he decided to he thought it would have been better if he did it. On page 45 where Candy says "Maybe it's hurt him," he suggested " I don't mind takin' care of him" Which shows the reader that he is reluctant to do this and is think to himself whether he should do it or not. On the plot so far it has made it so he was sad,but once he hears George's and Lennie's dream he tries to join and says he could put $350 so they can actually complete their dream.


         The final conflict is that Lennie has feelings for Curley's wife because this could cause greater tenses between Lennie and Curley than they are at the point in the book. This conflict is man vs self because Lennie is dealing with his own feelings and most stop himself from showing these feelings. On page 32 "“Listen to me, you crazy bastard,” he said fiercely. “Don’t you even take a look at that b****. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be." Which shows the reader that he has feeling for her but George tells hims not do even think about anything with her. So far it has made it so that Lennie hides what he feels but that could eventually, even though it has not full been addressed.

Of Mice and Men 4/20

 Of Mice and Men

Prompt: Describe the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse. Be sure to include characteristics of different characters that were formally or informally introduced to us in this chapter. Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation. 
Why doesn't Curley's wife have a name?   What message, if anything, is John Steinbeck  trying to send by not giving her a first name?  Support your choice with textual evidence and interpretation


The atmosphere in the ranch and bunkhouse are tense do to the fact that there is constant fight and you learn negative things about the characters. I believe that this is the atmosphere of the ranch and bunkhouse because on page 26 where it is stated "But this Curley better bot make no mistake about Lennie. ....Curley punk is gonna get hurt if he messes around with Lennie." Which shows the reader that George has his eyes on Curley which builds tension up because he might get physical with him if it is needed and that Curley is ill-tempered. Another piece of evidence can be found on page 28 were Candy says "“I ‘ve seen her give Slim the eye." Which shows the reader that she is unfaithful to her husband and it raises the tense because it means that she might do the same thing with Lennie do to the fact that Lennie likes her as well and they might get into trouble or worse.

Curley's wife does not have a wife because she is not seen as an equal to the men. The reason that I believe that she is not seen as an equal as that at the time that the book was written many women are not given the basic rights that men were given. On page 28 Candy says "Yeah purity..." Which shows the reader that they she her as only a pretty thing and not an equal. On page 28 it is stated by Candy " I seen her give Slim the eye." Which shows the reader that she is unfaithful to her husband because she is flirting with others.

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The Testing 3/13

Prompt 1.)• Describe something you have read that is similar to this. 2.)• Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be real people)? Why

or why not? 3.)Do you like what you’re reading? Why or why not?

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                       The Testing and The Hunger Games are very similar to each other while not the exact point. Both book have a teenage girl be chosen to participate in a constants were they will have to survive.  There are different small/large towns that are far from each other that have different thing they do or make to support this new civilization in both of the books. A boy is in love with the main protagonist but at the beginning of the book she does not know this and eventually does now know if she has the same feelings for him. (Katniss and Peta, Cia and Thomas) These event take place in the future were a new civilization has been formed after most of the world was destroyed do to war.



                    I believe that the characters in the book The Testing could all be real. An example of this is Cia, she is intelligent and quick on her feet. Now a days are more likely to graduate from college than to drop out, so Cia would fit into this static. Thomas is another great example he is a smart young man that is also quick on his feet that is in love with Cia.  There are many young man that are intelligent especially with the age of technology curtly happening and most people fall in love during their live time.  Cia's father is a character that is realistic because he has gone through The Testing and he has nightmare about what happened some nights and does not for his daughter to suffer as he does.  Minor Spoiler do not keep reading if you do not want this to be spoiled go the next paragraph. The character Roman betrays his teammates Cia and Brick because he wants to win at all cost and this is something that some people will do from cheating to even "eliminating" their companions if they feel desperate enough to do so.

                 
                     I really enjoyed reading The Testing because I felt the character development is fantastic with the romance of Cia and Thomas not being rush but shown how she develops feelings for him and the other way around. I like how the future society needs one another to continue to work.  I like the fact that there are twist in the book that are not always seen and how some character can turn on the flip of a dime.  I felt that the violence and action in the book are balance with the intelligent writing how the book has lot of actions but it does not take to an extreme.  I also like how the book shows that survive is not just about being stronger or more aggressive but about out smarting you opponent.

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