Sunday, June 7, 2009

Final for cat in the hat

FOR MY BLOG I AM CHOOSING TO WRITE ABOUT THE CAT IN THE HAT. IN THE BOOK I THINK THAT THE CAT IS DOMINATED BY ID. I DONT THINK THAT THE CAT MEANT FOR THINGS TO TURN BAD, I THINK HE JUST WANTED TO LET THE KIDS HAVE FUN BECAUSE THEY WERENT HAVING A GOOD DAY. I SAY THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE CAT IS ID BECAUSE THE STORY STARTED OFF AS THE CAT COMING IN AND THE FISH WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES TOLD THE CAT THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE, SO THEN THE CAT INSISTED THAT HE HAD A GAME TO PLAY. IT WAS THE ID THEN BECAUSE WHEN THE FISH TOLD THAT CAT TO LEAVE HE SHOULD OF LEFT BUT INSTEAD HE WANTED TO SHOW THEM THE GAME AND THEN THEY PLAYED THE GAME. WHEN THE CAT STARTED TO BALANCE EVERTHING AND THEN HE DROPPED EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD HE SHOULD OF PICKED EVERYTHING UP AND LEFT BECAUSE HE SHOULD OF SEEN THAT HE WAS CAUSING A PROBLEM BUT HE DIDNT HE STAYED. AFTER THE CAT STAYED THE ID GOT TO HIM AGAIN AND HE INSISTED THAT THEY PLAY A GAME AND HE BROUGHT A BOX AND OPENED IT AND THING ONE AND THING TWO CAME OUT OF THE BOX. IT WAS BAD WHEN THE CAT BROUGHT OUT THING ONE AND THING TWO BECAUSE ALL THEY WERENT BAD ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE FUN,IF THEY KNEW HOW THE CAT COULD DESTROY A HOUSE THEN THE KIDS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WHEN THE CAT BROUGHT OUT THING ONE AND THING TWO THAT THINGS WOULD GET WORSE AND IN THE BOOK IT DID. THE FISH TRYED TO STOP EVERTHING THAT WAS GOING ON BUT NOBODY LISTENED TO THE FISH HE SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE COULD DO. WHEN EVER THE FISH INSIST THAT THE CAT LEAVE THE CAT ALWAYS THOUGHT OF ANOTHER IDEA. BY THE END OF THE STORY WHEN THE MOTHER WAS SPOTTED AND COMING IN THE HOUSE THE HOUSE WAS A TOTAL WRECK, THE KIDS DIDNT KNOW HOW TO CLEAN THE HOUSE UP BEFORE THE MOM GOT IN, THEY TOLD THE CAT THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE AND THEN HE GOT SAD AND SEEMED LIKE HE BECAME SUPEREGO AT THE END. THEY GOT THING 1 AND 2 OUT AND THEN THE CAT BROUGHT IN THIS BIG CLEAN MACHINE AND EVERYTHING WAS BACK AT PEACE. SO THE CAT STARTED OFF KINDA AS A BAD PERSON AND THEN THINGS ENDED GOOD.
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
SPEECH: WE CAN HAVE LOTS OF FUN I KNOW GOOD GAMES WE CAN PLAY,YOUR MOM WONT MIND.
EXPLANATION: THIS REVEALS HE IS OUTGOING AND WANTS TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.457
THOUGHTS:THING ONE AND THING TWO GOT CAUGHT, HE IS SAD, HE SAYS "WHAT A SHAME, WHAT A SHAME."
EXPLANATION:THIS REVEALS THAT THE CAT IN THE HAT ENTERTAINMENT ISNT FUN ANYMORE.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

2ND BLOG FOR PERSEPOLIS

THE THINGS THAT MADE THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ENJOY LIFE THE MOST WAS WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IT WAS GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE THAT THE PERSON WAS VERY CLOSE TO WAS STILL ALIVE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE THEM ENJOY LIFE. ANOTHER THING THAT MADE THEM ENJOY LIFE WAS LIKE WHEN THEY WERE GOING AGAINST THE RULES AND THEY THREW PARTIES. THEY THREW PARTIES ON SPECIAL DAYS AND THEY THREW A PARTY ONCE WHEN A BABY WAS BORN. I THINK FROM MY OPINION IT WOULD BE KIND OF HARD TO HAVE FUN BECAUSE EVERYTIME YOU LOOK UP YOU WERE BEING HARRASSED BY THE POLICE. FOR INSTANCE WHEN THEY HAD LEFT THE PARTY AND THE POLICE STOPPED THEM AND HE SMELLED LIQUOR ON HIS BREATH AND KNEW IT WAS FORBIDDEN SO HE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING BAD TO MARJI'S FATHER. I DONT SEE HOW THEY MADE IT HAVING FUN. THE THINGS THAT MADE ME LAUGH THROUGHOUT THE STORY WAS AT THE END WHEN EVERYONE WAS KIND OF USE TO THE WAR AND THE KIDS WERE STARTING TO TRY TO BE HIP. ANOTHER THING THAT MADE ME LAUGH WAS WHEN MARJI HIT HER TEACHER I THINK HER TEACHER DESERVED IT FOR TRYING TO TAKE HER JEWELRY. WHEN THE KIDS WERE TRYING TO BE HIP THEY BOUGHT CERTAIN KINDS OF CLOTHES ALTHOUGH THEY KNEW THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO WEAR THEM. THE THING THAT MARJI DID WAS WHEN HER PARENTS WENT OUT OF TOWN SHE HAD THEM BRING HER BACK ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE HIP. MARJI'S PARENTS BROUGHT HER BACK A JACKET,BUTTON, SHOES, AND A POSTER AND THAT IS HOW SHE STAYED HIP AND SHE ALSO WORE JEWELRY. WHEN MARJI STARTED TO SMOKE CIAGARETTES SHE DIDNT SAY THAT SHE WAS DOING IT TO BE HIP BUT I THINK IT WAS A FORM OF IT BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GROWN. IF I WAS A CHILD LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT I DONT THINK THAT I COULD HAVE LASTED AND TRYED TO BE HIP AT ALL BECAUSE YOU CANT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT PEOPLE ON YOUR BACK AND THREATNING TO ARREST YOU. I THINK I WOULD OF PROBABALY JUST STAYED IN THE HOUSE AND IF I WAS MARJI'S FRIEND WHEN SHE GAVE AWAY HER STUFF I WOULD OF EXCEPTED THAT AND THAT WOULD OF PROBABLY BEEN THE ONLY HIP THING I HAD. MARJI IS A NORMAL KID BECAUSE SHE TRIES TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE BUT SHE CANT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LIVING NORMAL WITH THERE BEING A WAR. SHE IS NORMAL BECAUSE SHE TRYS TO FIGHT FOR HER RIGHTS. SHE GETS UPSET WITH HER PARENTS, SHE GOES AGAINST THEE RULES, SHE LIES, SHE SKIPS SCHOOL, SHE CRIES, SHE EVEN HAS SOME HIP CLOTHES WHICH IM MY CASE I WOULD CALL HER NORMAL BECAUSE THAT IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT NORMAL KIDS DO ALTHOUGH SHE'S NOT LIVING THE NORMAL LIFE. MARJI'S FAMILY TO ME SEEMS TO BE CALM BUT THEY JUST WANT TO BE SAFE. THEY SEEM TO ONLY WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR DAUGHTER, THEY STILL HAVE HER IN SCHOOL ITS ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT SHE CAN GET AWAY WITH LIKE WHEN SHE IS DISRESPECTFUL THEY DO DISIPLINE HER. LIKE THEY LET HER GO SHOPPING BY HERSELF AND STUFF THEY WANT HER TO TRY AND HAVE A HAPPY NORMAL LIFE AND THAT IS KIND OF THE REASON WHY THEY SENT HER AWAY. IM NOT SURE WHERE THEY GET THERE STRENGTH FROM I WANT TO SAY THEIR PAST. BUT EITHER WAY IT GOES THEY ARE A STRONG FAMILY.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

MY FIRST BLOG FOR PERSEPOLIS

I THINK THAT THE BOOK WAS ORGANIZED VERY GOOD. WHEN YOU FIRST START READING THE BOOK IT IS VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD LIKE SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF AND THEN SHE STARTS TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT HER COUNTRY IS HAVING, AFTER SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF LIKE SHE RIGHT AWAY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE VEIL AND HOW THEY HAD TO WHERE THEM.THE BOOK IS ORGANIZED AND STRAIGHT FORWARD. THE DRAWINGS IN THE BOOK ARE VERY DETAILED TO ME. WHATEVER MARJI HAS TO SAY OR A STORY SHE IS TELLING THROUGHOUT THE BOOK MATCHES THE DRAWING IN TEXT. WITH THE DRAWING IN THE STORY IT GIVES YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE STORY IS ABOUT AND THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE STORY GO THROUGH. IM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT IS BUT IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE PICTURES THAT MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. IN THE BOOK I KIND OF LIKE MARJI SHE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE,SHE REALLY STANDS OUT. I CAN RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE I TRY TO STAND OUT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE ALL THE TIME. ITS NOT THAT I LIKE TO BE NOTICED..I JUST WANT TO BE DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE AND NOT BLEND IN. I ALSO LIKE MARJI BECAUSE SHE IS VERY OUTSPOKEN AND SHE SAYS WHATEVER IS ON HER MIND. IM ALSO SOMEWHAT LIKE MARJI,IF I FEEL THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE SAID I WILL SAY WHAT IS ON MY MIND EVEN IF ITS GOOD OR BAD THATS JUST HOW I AM. MARJI LIVES IN LIKE HER OWN LITTLE WORLD WITH HER OWN THOUGHTS OF HOW THINGS ARE. MARJI I NOTICED IS ALSO THE KIND OF PERSON WHO DOES NOT CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK SHE IS ENTITLED TO HER OWN OPINION. WHEN SHE WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE SHE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO HER IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO DO AND DID NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT. EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS LITTLE SHE STILL WENT TO THE DEMONSTRATION,MARJI IS HER OWN PERSON. NO MY REACTION TO THE LITTLE GIRL DID NOT AFFECT MY READING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE SOME PARTS OF OUR PERSONALITY COULD RELATE. IN THE BOOK THE REVOLUTION CLEARLY TOOK OVER PEOPLES LIVES. THE PEOPLE AFTER A WHILE DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. ALL THE FREEDOM THE PEOPLE HAD EVENTUALLY WAS TAKEN FROM THEM. THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY JUST COULD NOT WIN EVERYTHING WAS STARTING TO BE FORBIDDEN SO WHEN PEOPLE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AND IF THEY COULD IT HAD TO BE DONE SECRETLY..FOR INSTANCE WHEN LIKE THE ALCOHOL AND STUFF WAS NOT ALLOWED ANYMORE THEY THREW A PARTY AND WENT AGAINST THE RULES. AFTER THE REVOULTION I THINK EVERYBODY STARTED TO LEAVE SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY GET A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND THEY DONT WANT TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT LIFE EVER SO THEY LEFT WHY THEY COULD. I THINK MARJI'S PARENTS SENT HER AWAY SO SHE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER ANYMORE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE IN IRAN. I THINK THEY STAYED BECAUSE THEY FIGURED THEY COULD FIX THINGS AND COULD STILL SAVE STUFF.