Kyle Sebastian
Professor H. Salsich
English 02
17 November 2008
Through One Set of Eyes;
An essay on my views on Heterosexuals and Homosexuals.
TS: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” (Dr. Seuss) SD: I am very open towards homosexuals, I feel very comfortable around them. CM: I felt that Ms. Olsen’s talk was very educational and the environment was comfortable enough to be able to ask questions without being embarrassed. CM: The difference between “gay” and “straight” is almost as significant as the difference between people who like chocolate ice cream and the people who like vanilla ice cream, they simply have different preferences.
TS: Homosexual people do not bother me in the slightest. SD: There really is no important difference between “gay and “straight” except that “gay” is often used in a condescending manner. CM: “Gay” is often used in a negative term like, “that’s gay”, but “straight” is often used in a positive or neutral manner like if someone asked you for a drink you might say “no I’m straight.” CM: Homosexual people eat, sleep, and feel all the things that heterosexual or bisexual people do and they should be treated as equals, not pariahs. SD: I long for a world where people of all sexuality and color and beliefs can band together and lead our race into a new age, without prejudices or racism. CM: I was raised to be very open and accept people for how they are as a person, not how I feel about what they like. CM: Life is too short to worry about if one’s sexuality is right or not, everyone has their own lifestyle to live. CS: Everyone has been given the same deck of cards to live with and all we have to do is play the game so that everybody wins.
TS: I loved the talk we had with Ms. Olsen, usually I’m tired during a talk session, my eyes fluttering up and down, my head slowly slipping off of my hand, but Ms. Olsen’s energy and excitement seemed to pulse through the room into me. SD: The aura that Ms. Olsen seemed to exude was very comforting and the whole room seemed to relax in her presence. CM: Sitting in my chair clinging on to every word she said, I felt at ease and perfectly comfortable asking questions when I thought of them. CM: Ms. Olsen was very humorous and seemed to make the subject more discussable for all of us as a whole. SD: Some of the things that she has other people say made me very angry, I have a few family members that are homosexual that are very close to me and when I hear what some people say to them it boils my blood because these are people I have grown up with and love. CM: When I asked her what her family did she responded “They asked not to speak to me, I haven’t talked to them in over fifteen years” this appalled me because someone’s family should be the strongest source of love and support in this world and Ms. Olsen’s abandoned her. CM: I was also upset at the things she said that other kids have said to her and other kids at the Safe Zone institute, I usually have the policy “Walk in everyone’s shoes before you judge”, but I have a hard time even wanting to put the other shoe on in this matter. CS: We try too hard nowadays to fit in, so much that we often don’t see or don’t care who we hurt in the process, this is the sad, but true fact that we all need to work to change.
TS: “Homosexuality is a sickness, just as [is] […]wanting to become head of general motors.” (Elridge Cleaver) SD: In my opinion there is nothing wrong with homosexuals. CM: There’s a small difference between them and heterosexuals. CM: They have been on this planet just as long as anyone else had and they certainly have the right to do anything anyone else can. CM: For people who do support homosexuals words are meaningless, we need to take action to show our love and support for our fellow brethren and sisters.
Key
Purple=absolute
Blue=participle
Self Assessment
Writing issues I am continuing to work on-Improving my punctuation.
Some strong points I see in this piece of writing-I think that i had some very good quotes that hopefully improved the writing.
Some weak points I see-I feel like I'm always missing a vital piece of information, but I can never seem to find it.
The grade I would give myself- B-
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tristan's Essay!
Tristan Yerkes
Mr. Salsich
Honors English 02
19 November 2008
“Green and Yellow:
An Essay About Heterosexism and Stump Olsen’s Talk”
"That's gay." This statement, while commonly used, is also derogatory. This statement, being derogatory, is very offensive to most gays, so when teenagers say, "That's gay" lightly, they really don't know how much pain and suffering these words cause. Ms. Olsen mentioned this when she came to talk to us about heterosexism and Youth Pride. Heterosexism is bad, and homosexuals are just as good as heterosexuals.
Even though people should be tolerant of others’ sexualities, they aren’t always, and when they aren’t, Ms. Olsen and youth pride are there to help. Ms. Olsen has the personal experience needed to have a complete understanding of how the kids who come to youth pride feel and are treated. “I would rather be called a […] than a lesbian because of how the term lesbian has been used against me” said Ms. Olsen, showing how badly she had been made fun of in school, talking of how she had been beaten up, shoved in lockers, and spent every living moment praying the bullies would "Beat the gay out of [her]." Today, things are much better, but still pretty bad, and with Ms. Olsen’s worst case scenario, she can understand how kids being made fun of at any level would feel. Ms. Olsen and Youth Pride also have the right feeling, without forming a cult, Youth Pride has become a close-knit community mainly because of the openness of everyone there. As Ms. Olsen talked to us, she wasn’t withdrawn, she wasn’t held back about anything, but most importantly, she wasn’t faking it. This attitude was great, and it helped us all open up with our questions and comments about the topic as it probably helps many other teens open up about their sexuality. Youth Pride also lets in teens, any teens. The fact that all teens are allowed in at Youth Pride makes it so much more helpful to the community, because not only do homosexual teens get educated, but “straight” teens can also glean understanding from visits. This acceptance of all teens also acts as a way to keep homosexual and heterosexual teens together, not forcing them apart or spacing them out. What Youth Pride does is great, and if there were more places like it, the world would truly be a better place.
Heterosexism is the very bad belief, with shaky foundations, of heterosexuals being better than homosexuals. Most heterosexist people have one basic flaw, they are scared of difference, making them scared of homosexuals, causing them to consider homosexuality as wrong. This belief is demonstrated countless times in human history, with the enslavement of colored people, the holocaust, 9/11, and the list keeps going. All of these events have been for specific reasons, varying, but all with the underlying concept of difference being wrong. Heterosexists may also be heterosexist because they were raised that way. In these cases, it is hard to decide who is at fault, while you cannot blame the person in question entirely, you still partially blame them for not seeing the light. With this situation, it is best to just try to help these people see how wrong their ways are, and to try to guide them away from that hate. Some people are heterosexist because of their religious views, and how they think that religion dictates how sexuality should be handled. This is one of those sticky situations when peoples rights collide, when the best that can be done is to decide which right is more inalienable. Love is inalienable. No matter what anything or anyone says, I think that love is the one most noble, most inalienable right anyone can have. Heterosexuals really, honestly have no acceptable, legitimate reason for how they feel, and if any of them were to lay down the facts and take a good look at them, they would feel like fools.
Heterosexists really don't have too much sense, but they can still hurt feelings of gays and make them feel horrible. So when people say, "That's gay" I just want to say to them, "So what? Does that make it bad?" I think that just because people love a different gender, they shouldn't have to wear a green tie and yellow handkerchief (Green And Yellow, GAY) to keep their preferences a secret. My heart beating, my head swimming with thoughts, I left the room that we listened to Ms. Olsen with a new perspective.
Mr. Salsich
Honors English 02
19 November 2008
“Green and Yellow:
An Essay About Heterosexism and Stump Olsen’s Talk”
"That's gay." This statement, while commonly used, is also derogatory. This statement, being derogatory, is very offensive to most gays, so when teenagers say, "That's gay" lightly, they really don't know how much pain and suffering these words cause. Ms. Olsen mentioned this when she came to talk to us about heterosexism and Youth Pride. Heterosexism is bad, and homosexuals are just as good as heterosexuals.
Even though people should be tolerant of others’ sexualities, they aren’t always, and when they aren’t, Ms. Olsen and youth pride are there to help. Ms. Olsen has the personal experience needed to have a complete understanding of how the kids who come to youth pride feel and are treated. “I would rather be called a […] than a lesbian because of how the term lesbian has been used against me” said Ms. Olsen, showing how badly she had been made fun of in school, talking of how she had been beaten up, shoved in lockers, and spent every living moment praying the bullies would "Beat the gay out of [her]." Today, things are much better, but still pretty bad, and with Ms. Olsen’s worst case scenario, she can understand how kids being made fun of at any level would feel. Ms. Olsen and Youth Pride also have the right feeling, without forming a cult, Youth Pride has become a close-knit community mainly because of the openness of everyone there. As Ms. Olsen talked to us, she wasn’t withdrawn, she wasn’t held back about anything, but most importantly, she wasn’t faking it. This attitude was great, and it helped us all open up with our questions and comments about the topic as it probably helps many other teens open up about their sexuality. Youth Pride also lets in teens, any teens. The fact that all teens are allowed in at Youth Pride makes it so much more helpful to the community, because not only do homosexual teens get educated, but “straight” teens can also glean understanding from visits. This acceptance of all teens also acts as a way to keep homosexual and heterosexual teens together, not forcing them apart or spacing them out. What Youth Pride does is great, and if there were more places like it, the world would truly be a better place.
Heterosexism is the very bad belief, with shaky foundations, of heterosexuals being better than homosexuals. Most heterosexist people have one basic flaw, they are scared of difference, making them scared of homosexuals, causing them to consider homosexuality as wrong. This belief is demonstrated countless times in human history, with the enslavement of colored people, the holocaust, 9/11, and the list keeps going. All of these events have been for specific reasons, varying, but all with the underlying concept of difference being wrong. Heterosexists may also be heterosexist because they were raised that way. In these cases, it is hard to decide who is at fault, while you cannot blame the person in question entirely, you still partially blame them for not seeing the light. With this situation, it is best to just try to help these people see how wrong their ways are, and to try to guide them away from that hate. Some people are heterosexist because of their religious views, and how they think that religion dictates how sexuality should be handled. This is one of those sticky situations when peoples rights collide, when the best that can be done is to decide which right is more inalienable. Love is inalienable. No matter what anything or anyone says, I think that love is the one most noble, most inalienable right anyone can have. Heterosexuals really, honestly have no acceptable, legitimate reason for how they feel, and if any of them were to lay down the facts and take a good look at them, they would feel like fools.
Heterosexists really don't have too much sense, but they can still hurt feelings of gays and make them feel horrible. So when people say, "That's gay" I just want to say to them, "So what? Does that make it bad?" I think that just because people love a different gender, they shouldn't have to wear a green tie and yellow handkerchief (Green And Yellow, GAY) to keep their preferences a secret. My heart beating, my head swimming with thoughts, I left the room that we listened to Ms. Olsen with a new perspective.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Ty's essay #10
Ty LeVarge
Mr. Salsich
English 02
November 18, 2008
Someone different is trapped
An essay on heterosexism and my thoughts of Ms. Olsen's talk
A personal view from me on heterosexism would be almost like anyone else; I don’t mind being around homosexuals. I believe that people should not judge others just because they like someone different. Someone who isn’t listening to what insults others say, is doing the right thing. If one is different, insulting them will not do a thing to change them from being something different.
I believe that people should not judge people because they are homosexual and should not treat them as if they are aliens from another world. Everyone is a human being and being homosexual should not make you that different other than loving someone your same gender. In this world, everyone is supposed to be equal as human beings and that we should respect each other no matter who we choose to love. We should also be able to choose who we love and not be turned down by someone’s words. They should not care if someone insults them for loving someone of the same gender and go on living their life of dreams. People that are homosexual should not worry of words and should continue with their lives and not worry about what was said in the past. I think that homosexuality is alright in the community and that others should accept that because word and actions will not solve a problem this big and that people should just accept it that some people choose to me homosexual.
My personal views of Ms. Olsen’s presentation were very positive because of her positive influence she gave us. She shared with us, her experiences, which seemed to influence us greatly that there is that treatment in the world. She told us that too give us an idea of the evil that exists in this nation just because someone is homosexual. Ms. Olsen also tells of how she lost friends because they don’t want to look strange being around her and is very sad that her friends would abandon her. Ms. Olsen also speaks of the safety zone; a place of comfort to discuss heterosexism. This place of safety is where safety is “safety as whole” meaning that safety is always considered in a discussion as a whole. The safety zone is always indicated by a special upside-down pink triangle and shows that you can discuss anything of heterosexism within those walls. Ms. Olsen taught us much of heterosexism and its effects on others.
If one chooses to be homosexual, do not insult them, it does nothing to change them to be the way you expect them to be. If you were to find yourself being insulted, you should not bother talking back, it wouldn’t change them either. If getting into a fight, fight back if necessary to save your life, but tell someone who cares about heterosexism so that you can tell them of your problems. These factors of evil treatment are necessary to reach one’s ears that know what to do to solve any problems.
green = absolute
red = participle
pink (for upsidedown pink triangle ^_^) = quote
Mr. Salsich
English 02
November 18, 2008
Someone different is trapped
An essay on heterosexism and my thoughts of Ms. Olsen's talk
A personal view from me on heterosexism would be almost like anyone else; I don’t mind being around homosexuals. I believe that people should not judge others just because they like someone different. Someone who isn’t listening to what insults others say, is doing the right thing. If one is different, insulting them will not do a thing to change them from being something different.
I believe that people should not judge people because they are homosexual and should not treat them as if they are aliens from another world. Everyone is a human being and being homosexual should not make you that different other than loving someone your same gender. In this world, everyone is supposed to be equal as human beings and that we should respect each other no matter who we choose to love. We should also be able to choose who we love and not be turned down by someone’s words. They should not care if someone insults them for loving someone of the same gender and go on living their life of dreams. People that are homosexual should not worry of words and should continue with their lives and not worry about what was said in the past. I think that homosexuality is alright in the community and that others should accept that because word and actions will not solve a problem this big and that people should just accept it that some people choose to me homosexual.
My personal views of Ms. Olsen’s presentation were very positive because of her positive influence she gave us. She shared with us, her experiences, which seemed to influence us greatly that there is that treatment in the world. She told us that too give us an idea of the evil that exists in this nation just because someone is homosexual. Ms. Olsen also tells of how she lost friends because they don’t want to look strange being around her and is very sad that her friends would abandon her. Ms. Olsen also speaks of the safety zone; a place of comfort to discuss heterosexism. This place of safety is where safety is “safety as whole” meaning that safety is always considered in a discussion as a whole. The safety zone is always indicated by a special upside-down pink triangle and shows that you can discuss anything of heterosexism within those walls. Ms. Olsen taught us much of heterosexism and its effects on others.
If one chooses to be homosexual, do not insult them, it does nothing to change them to be the way you expect them to be. If you were to find yourself being insulted, you should not bother talking back, it wouldn’t change them either. If getting into a fight, fight back if necessary to save your life, but tell someone who cares about heterosexism so that you can tell them of your problems. These factors of evil treatment are necessary to reach one’s ears that know what to do to solve any problems.
green = absolute
red = participle
pink (for upsidedown pink triangle ^_^) = quote
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tristan's Post!
Tristan Yerkes
Mr. Salsich
English 02
12 November 2008
A Land With Emotion:
An Analytical Essay on "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
Why does the land seem to have emotions? Sometimes the land may seem solemn, with brittle twigs, cold hard surfaces, and bleak horizons. Sometimes the land may seem happy and jubilant with warm weather, bright clear blue skies, and blossoming plants everywhere. Many moods can be shown in the land, and in "The Way to Rainy Mountain" N. Scott Momaday represents her grandmother's and his different moods.
TS: Throughout "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Momaday describes the land of his people in different ways, linking together the mood of the land with the mood of whomever he is talking about. SD: The weather is very important to the Native American people, as Momaday mentions on the second page when he talks about how his tribe worships the sun. CM: On the second page, Momaday mentions the sacred sun dolls that his tribe acquired from the Crows, who also shared their religion. CM: These religious beliefs are closely related to the weather, which could signify Momaday's referencing to the land's condition in relation to the condition of it's people. SD: On the third page, Mr. Momaday speaks of the highland meadows in July, describing them to be grand and "[to] cause the vision to reach away." CM: The way Mr. Momaday presents this description gives off the air of being something big and great, like some huge artifact that nobody has seen for thousands of years. CM: This mood is directly followed up by Momaday stating, "[The Kiowas] had come to the place where they must change their lives." CM: This condition of his tribe certainly is grand and important. SD: On page four, Momaday describes houses on the plains, saying that they were all worn away and the plains had the power to suck all life and color out of whatever was there, he says this right before and after remembering his grandmother. CM: This placement of his description could have been to say that his grandmother had had her life sucked away by the plains, had her color grayed by the onslaught of wind and weathering, and been left colorless and worn through. Mr. Momaday is trying to restore that color by remembering her and sharing his memories. CS: Through all of his essay, Mr. Momaday is constantly making references to people and their land, which is one reoccurring theme that helps with the mood of the story, smoothly transporting the reader.
After reading "The Way to Rainy Mountain" I was affected greatly, and I can attribute that mainly to Momaday's excellent writing and his ability to hold my attention with an iron fist that doesn't waver throughout the whole essay. If, in this essay Momaday had been describing bright happy green fields the whole time, I would wonder exactly what was going on, but his blend of emotions provided me with exact emotions in relation to the story. Other than the nuances of Mr. Momaday's descriptive writing, the whole story had a general mood of something great being lost, and that's exactly what happens with his grandmother. We know why the land seems to have emotions, but not only that, but how they affect people, and how they can represent how people feel.
Mr. Salsich
English 02
12 November 2008
A Land With Emotion:
An Analytical Essay on "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
Why does the land seem to have emotions? Sometimes the land may seem solemn, with brittle twigs, cold hard surfaces, and bleak horizons. Sometimes the land may seem happy and jubilant with warm weather, bright clear blue skies, and blossoming plants everywhere. Many moods can be shown in the land, and in "The Way to Rainy Mountain" N. Scott Momaday represents her grandmother's and his different moods.
TS: Throughout "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Momaday describes the land of his people in different ways, linking together the mood of the land with the mood of whomever he is talking about. SD: The weather is very important to the Native American people, as Momaday mentions on the second page when he talks about how his tribe worships the sun. CM: On the second page, Momaday mentions the sacred sun dolls that his tribe acquired from the Crows, who also shared their religion. CM: These religious beliefs are closely related to the weather, which could signify Momaday's referencing to the land's condition in relation to the condition of it's people. SD: On the third page, Mr. Momaday speaks of the highland meadows in July, describing them to be grand and "[to] cause the vision to reach away." CM: The way Mr. Momaday presents this description gives off the air of being something big and great, like some huge artifact that nobody has seen for thousands of years. CM: This mood is directly followed up by Momaday stating, "[The Kiowas] had come to the place where they must change their lives." CM: This condition of his tribe certainly is grand and important. SD: On page four, Momaday describes houses on the plains, saying that they were all worn away and the plains had the power to suck all life and color out of whatever was there, he says this right before and after remembering his grandmother. CM: This placement of his description could have been to say that his grandmother had had her life sucked away by the plains, had her color grayed by the onslaught of wind and weathering, and been left colorless and worn through. Mr. Momaday is trying to restore that color by remembering her and sharing his memories. CS: Through all of his essay, Mr. Momaday is constantly making references to people and their land, which is one reoccurring theme that helps with the mood of the story, smoothly transporting the reader.
After reading "The Way to Rainy Mountain" I was affected greatly, and I can attribute that mainly to Momaday's excellent writing and his ability to hold my attention with an iron fist that doesn't waver throughout the whole essay. If, in this essay Momaday had been describing bright happy green fields the whole time, I would wonder exactly what was going on, but his blend of emotions provided me with exact emotions in relation to the story. Other than the nuances of Mr. Momaday's descriptive writing, the whole story had a general mood of something great being lost, and that's exactly what happens with his grandmother. We know why the land seems to have emotions, but not only that, but how they affect people, and how they can represent how people feel.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Kyle's Essay
Kyle Sebastian
Professor H. Salsich
English 02
12 November 2008
Simple Magic;
An Essay on the Imagery in “The Way to Rainy Mountain.”
TS: There are always those few things in life that catch us off guard, leave us speechless. SD: The images that I get from Mr. Momaday’s descriptions is one of those things. CM: The way he seems to relate everything to something else like “great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass popping up like corn to sting the flesh” (Momaday 313) simply gives me great pleasure. CM: I think I like it so much because I could never make such a simple, beautiful connection, and we often envy what we can’t do or have.
TS: There are the strikingly beautiful examples of imagery in his story of his grandmother, but three, like sirens, whispered my name, sang out to me, beckoned for me to notice them.(3 Action Sentence) SD: The first was the quote about the grasshoppers I have already mentioned. CM: Suddenly these grasshoppers didn’t seem normal to me, I had willed them to be so much more in my mind. CM: Now they were these (2 FAST Words) gargantuan behemoths that seemed to poke their heads out of a forest of grass. SD: The second quote was on the same page not too far away, the sentence just before. CM: “At a distance in July or August the steaming foliage seems almost to writhe in fire.” (Momaday 313) CM: I imagined I was there, laying on the ground next to the leaves watching the dance of clear smoke rise off of them. SD: The third and final quote that called my name was found on page 315 describing the look of “Yellowstone”. CM: “The skyline at all directions close at hand the high wall of the woods and deep cleavages of shade” (Momaday 315) CM: Just before mentioning this Momaday spoke of the sense of confinement in Yellowstone and somehow I agreed with him. CM: The high wall of the woods reminded me of a birdcage, and unmovable object in a path, something you can’t climb over or move around and something that no one would dare enter for one reason or another. CS: Maybe I could just be looking too far into this story, but that’s what I love about it these quotes simply hold my interest and set my imagination free.
TS: I believe in a lot of things Love, Faith, Hope, but one of the most important is Magic. SD: It comforts to think of our world as a magical place that holds many wonders and miracles. CM: Some of these simple passages that Momaday has used are more powerful beacons of magic to me than anyone can imagine. CM: They represent the very essence of the simplicity of beauty and wonder that so many people walk past without even sparing a second look.
Professor H. Salsich
English 02
12 November 2008
Simple Magic;
An Essay on the Imagery in “The Way to Rainy Mountain.”
TS: There are always those few things in life that catch us off guard, leave us speechless. SD: The images that I get from Mr. Momaday’s descriptions is one of those things. CM: The way he seems to relate everything to something else like “great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass popping up like corn to sting the flesh” (Momaday 313) simply gives me great pleasure. CM: I think I like it so much because I could never make such a simple, beautiful connection, and we often envy what we can’t do or have.
TS: There are the strikingly beautiful examples of imagery in his story of his grandmother, but three, like sirens, whispered my name, sang out to me, beckoned for me to notice them.(3 Action Sentence) SD: The first was the quote about the grasshoppers I have already mentioned. CM: Suddenly these grasshoppers didn’t seem normal to me, I had willed them to be so much more in my mind. CM: Now they were these (2 FAST Words) gargantuan behemoths that seemed to poke their heads out of a forest of grass. SD: The second quote was on the same page not too far away, the sentence just before. CM: “At a distance in July or August the steaming foliage seems almost to writhe in fire.” (Momaday 313) CM: I imagined I was there, laying on the ground next to the leaves watching the dance of clear smoke rise off of them. SD: The third and final quote that called my name was found on page 315 describing the look of “Yellowstone”. CM: “The skyline at all directions close at hand the high wall of the woods and deep cleavages of shade” (Momaday 315) CM: Just before mentioning this Momaday spoke of the sense of confinement in Yellowstone and somehow I agreed with him. CM: The high wall of the woods reminded me of a birdcage, and unmovable object in a path, something you can’t climb over or move around and something that no one would dare enter for one reason or another. CS: Maybe I could just be looking too far into this story, but that’s what I love about it these quotes simply hold my interest and set my imagination free.
TS: I believe in a lot of things Love, Faith, Hope, but one of the most important is Magic. SD: It comforts to think of our world as a magical place that holds many wonders and miracles. CM: Some of these simple passages that Momaday has used are more powerful beacons of magic to me than anyone can imagine. CM: They represent the very essence of the simplicity of beauty and wonder that so many people walk past without even sparing a second look.
Ty's 9th essay and 1st on this blog
Ty LeVarge
Mr.Salsich
English 02
November 12, 2008
The Amazement of an Essay
A Brief Essay on my Reactions to
“The Way to Rainy Mountain”
If I was to describe my reaction in a short simple phrase, I would say, “It was amazing” because it made my mind take in all of the parts that made me think and imagine what the author was describing. The author had put in many pieces of imagery that painted an image of the scene in my head. The author had also included descriptions of what kind of person his grandmother was like and important things she told him. The author likes to use stories of his family as well as imagery which are a great combination when used together.
TS I had a mix of reasons for my amazed reaction to this essay’s powerful words. SD One good reason that I enjoyed this essay was because the author made reference to his grandmother a little throughout the story. CM He told of little bits of her life and how she spent time with the author. CM He also shared her story of the creation of the big dipper, the story of the seven sisters that climbed a tree and became stars and formed the big dipper. SD I also liked seeing imagery within the structure of this essay. CM A prime example of imagery would be on page 315, “The great billowing clouds that sail upon it are shadows that move upon the grain like water, dividing light”. CM Imagery like this should be used sparingly so that it keeps the reader interested. SD I was also able to find a few lines that related to our theme; the journey. CM on page 314, “It was a journey toward the dawn, and it led to a golden age” and showed that their migration to the east was a journey that was worth the trip. CM Also on page 314, “[…] and traveled fifteen hundred miles to begin my pilgrimage” shows another journey worth the jaunt. CS The author seems to have really put a lot of thought into organization as well as connections with his grandmother.
The author seems to have put hours of work into this essay to make it to be the best it can be. He especially put a lot of effort into how his tribe behaved and also to their history to make the essay have some interesting facts. The author also included some facts of the tribe’s traditions and customs to help keep the momentum of the story. Overall, the essay was well written and carefully thought out to make it very powerful.
Mr.Salsich
English 02
November 12, 2008
The Amazement of an Essay
A Brief Essay on my Reactions to
“The Way to Rainy Mountain”
If I was to describe my reaction in a short simple phrase, I would say, “It was amazing” because it made my mind take in all of the parts that made me think and imagine what the author was describing. The author had put in many pieces of imagery that painted an image of the scene in my head. The author had also included descriptions of what kind of person his grandmother was like and important things she told him. The author likes to use stories of his family as well as imagery which are a great combination when used together.
TS I had a mix of reasons for my amazed reaction to this essay’s powerful words. SD One good reason that I enjoyed this essay was because the author made reference to his grandmother a little throughout the story. CM He told of little bits of her life and how she spent time with the author. CM He also shared her story of the creation of the big dipper, the story of the seven sisters that climbed a tree and became stars and formed the big dipper. SD I also liked seeing imagery within the structure of this essay. CM A prime example of imagery would be on page 315, “The great billowing clouds that sail upon it are shadows that move upon the grain like water, dividing light”. CM Imagery like this should be used sparingly so that it keeps the reader interested. SD I was also able to find a few lines that related to our theme; the journey. CM on page 314, “It was a journey toward the dawn, and it led to a golden age” and showed that their migration to the east was a journey that was worth the trip. CM Also on page 314, “[…] and traveled fifteen hundred miles to begin my pilgrimage” shows another journey worth the jaunt. CS The author seems to have really put a lot of thought into organization as well as connections with his grandmother.
The author seems to have put hours of work into this essay to make it to be the best it can be. He especially put a lot of effort into how his tribe behaved and also to their history to make the essay have some interesting facts. The author also included some facts of the tribe’s traditions and customs to help keep the momentum of the story. Overall, the essay was well written and carefully thought out to make it very powerful.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Ty's ssay #7
Ty LeVarge
Mr. Salsich
English 02
November 4, 2008
The essence of another reading
An essay on how another reading of a story
Can reveal things never noticed before
TS How could reading a story you have already read possibly help you in understanding a story and finding great writing tools within it? CM It could help you indefinitely with understanding the plot of the story and finding interesting points that you may never have noticed before. CM In the Garden Party, there have been many discoveries that I have made and some that are still waiting to be found. CS If re-reading a book, look into it as if you were looking for gold, and you will find something eventually.
TS As I re-read “The Garden Party”, I have noticed several things that I missed during my first reading that ,I thought, seemed very intriguing. SD One example of what I found would be one example of purposeful repetition that I didn’t notice before on my first reading. CM I noticed that on page 11, the author uses extravagant a lot. CM It also blended well with the rest of the paragraph and flowed well with what the author was saying. SD Another set of purposeful repetition was on page nine and was also repeated throughout a few sentences. CM When Laura is talking about the incident and how they must stop the garden party is where she uses “stop” about three times to add power. CM Just saying the sentences with power behind “stop” adds emotion and seriousness into it. SD Also, when Laura is putting on the new hat, I realized that something made that seem a bit unusual when her mother interrupts with the hat. CM This was a way for Laura’s mother to stop the words of the man being killed and to distract Laura. CM This was a good tactic deployed by Laura’s mother to stop the news of the incident form ruining the garden party that was prepared for by hard work. CS This goes to show how re-reading a book can be essential.
TS A connection bonds a story and its reader, and that is how many times you read the book and how hard you focus on it. CM The more you read the book and the harder you focus on it, shows how strong a reader and the book are together. CM Same if you read the book less and don’t focus on it, you get careless, and you are not taking the book as seriously as you should be. CS This is a great lesson to keep in mind, if you like a book, focus on it, and read it often, because you never know what you could find that you never thought of before.
Mr. Salsich
English 02
November 4, 2008
The essence of another reading
An essay on how another reading of a story
Can reveal things never noticed before
TS How could reading a story you have already read possibly help you in understanding a story and finding great writing tools within it? CM It could help you indefinitely with understanding the plot of the story and finding interesting points that you may never have noticed before. CM In the Garden Party, there have been many discoveries that I have made and some that are still waiting to be found. CS If re-reading a book, look into it as if you were looking for gold, and you will find something eventually.
TS As I re-read “The Garden Party”, I have noticed several things that I missed during my first reading that ,I thought, seemed very intriguing. SD One example of what I found would be one example of purposeful repetition that I didn’t notice before on my first reading. CM I noticed that on page 11, the author uses extravagant a lot. CM It also blended well with the rest of the paragraph and flowed well with what the author was saying. SD Another set of purposeful repetition was on page nine and was also repeated throughout a few sentences. CM When Laura is talking about the incident and how they must stop the garden party is where she uses “stop” about three times to add power. CM Just saying the sentences with power behind “stop” adds emotion and seriousness into it. SD Also, when Laura is putting on the new hat, I realized that something made that seem a bit unusual when her mother interrupts with the hat. CM This was a way for Laura’s mother to stop the words of the man being killed and to distract Laura. CM This was a good tactic deployed by Laura’s mother to stop the news of the incident form ruining the garden party that was prepared for by hard work. CS This goes to show how re-reading a book can be essential.
TS A connection bonds a story and its reader, and that is how many times you read the book and how hard you focus on it. CM The more you read the book and the harder you focus on it, shows how strong a reader and the book are together. CM Same if you read the book less and don’t focus on it, you get careless, and you are not taking the book as seriously as you should be. CS This is a great lesson to keep in mind, if you like a book, focus on it, and read it often, because you never know what you could find that you never thought of before.
Tristan's Essay!
Tristan Yerkes
Mr. Salsich
5 November 2008
Subtle Detail:
An Essay on the Importance of Re-Reading in “The Garden Party”
Why do people re-read stories? Some re-read because they enjoyed the original read so much, some re-read because they missed something the first time they read the text, and yet some re-read just because they have nothing else to read. Regardless of why one re-reads, whenever they do, they find new things. No matter how good someone’s memory may be, they will always miss some detail, detail that can prove very important to the story. This phenomenon is perfectly illustrated in “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield.
Minor details can be evasive to an unwary mind, so sometimes re-reading can recapture those details and apply them to glean new information. One minor detail that I failed to fully grasp the first time I read “The Garden Party” was how perfect the scenario was for a garden party. This is shown in the very first line of text when Ms. Mansfield says, “The weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden party.” (Mansfield, 1) This little detail, though it seems unimportant, actually shows why Jose and Laura’s mother are reluctant to cancel later in the story. Another easily missed minor detail in “The Garden Party”, is the want for Laura to fill her mothers shoes. This is shown when Laura attempts to copy her mothers voice when speaking to the marquee workmen. This little scrap of information, though small can show reason as to why Laura takes heed to her mothers advice so easily, and backs down from cancelling the garden party. One last little detail would be Laura’s desire to befriend the workmen in place of her rich upper class friends. This one sentence on page three, “Couldn’t she have workmen for friends rather than the silly boys she danced with?” (Mansfield, 3) suggests changes in Laura’s attitude toward her own class. This is important because throughout the story, Laura shows want to detach from the rich upper class life she leads.
It is apparent that re-reading can uncover unfound details in the text that can make one rethink parts of a story completely, not just in “The Garden Party”, but in almost all texts. In almost all situations, it is a good idea to re-read a text just to see why people in it did what they did, or thought what they thought. These key details are easily read, picked up, and analyzed to help gain understanding of how a story is put together.
Mr. Salsich
5 November 2008
Subtle Detail:
An Essay on the Importance of Re-Reading in “The Garden Party”
Why do people re-read stories? Some re-read because they enjoyed the original read so much, some re-read because they missed something the first time they read the text, and yet some re-read just because they have nothing else to read. Regardless of why one re-reads, whenever they do, they find new things. No matter how good someone’s memory may be, they will always miss some detail, detail that can prove very important to the story. This phenomenon is perfectly illustrated in “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield.
Minor details can be evasive to an unwary mind, so sometimes re-reading can recapture those details and apply them to glean new information. One minor detail that I failed to fully grasp the first time I read “The Garden Party” was how perfect the scenario was for a garden party. This is shown in the very first line of text when Ms. Mansfield says, “The weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden party.” (Mansfield, 1) This little detail, though it seems unimportant, actually shows why Jose and Laura’s mother are reluctant to cancel later in the story. Another easily missed minor detail in “The Garden Party”, is the want for Laura to fill her mothers shoes. This is shown when Laura attempts to copy her mothers voice when speaking to the marquee workmen. This little scrap of information, though small can show reason as to why Laura takes heed to her mothers advice so easily, and backs down from cancelling the garden party. One last little detail would be Laura’s desire to befriend the workmen in place of her rich upper class friends. This one sentence on page three, “Couldn’t she have workmen for friends rather than the silly boys she danced with?” (Mansfield, 3) suggests changes in Laura’s attitude toward her own class. This is important because throughout the story, Laura shows want to detach from the rich upper class life she leads.
It is apparent that re-reading can uncover unfound details in the text that can make one rethink parts of a story completely, not just in “The Garden Party”, but in almost all texts. In almost all situations, it is a good idea to re-read a text just to see why people in it did what they did, or thought what they thought. These key details are easily read, picked up, and analyzed to help gain understanding of how a story is put together.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Kyle's Seventh Essay
Kyle Sebastian
Professor H. Salsich
English 02
3 November 2008
“Déjà vu:
An Essay on the Advantages of Re-reading.”
TS: We are always told to check over our work in math class to make sure that we didn’t miss anything, this is also applied in re-reading books. SD: I’ve found one new thing in “The Garden Party” the second time I read it through. CM: The first thing is that Katherine Mansfield loves to use imagery and describe every detail with great amounts of grace and beauty. CM: She has numerous examples of imagery throughout her short story.
TS: There are three beautifully written examples of imagery in the book that I would like to discuss. SD: One of them is “The green bushes bowed down as though they had been visited by archangels.” (Mansfield pg. 1)CM: I loved this example of imagery, I imagined the bushes as green humans in a great hall of white marble and gold awaiting the arrival of the heavenly angels. CM: Then the angels would descend from a magnificent stairway leading up into the heavens. SD: Another example of imagery is when Ms. Mansfield writes “And they were so, with their broad, gleaming leaves, and their clusters of yellow fruit. They were like trees you imagined growing on a desert island, proud, solitary, lifting their leaves and fruits to the sun in a kind of silent splendor.” (Mansfield pg. 3)CM: The image I got of these divine sounding fruits was mouthwatering. CM: When an author is able to get you to feel emotions just by reading something then that writing is superb. SD: My last example of imagery is on page four when she writes “All the doors in the house seemed to be open. The house was alive with soft, quick steps and running voices. The green baize door that led to the kitchen regions swung open and shut with a muffled thud. And now there came a long, chuckling absurd sound. It was the heavy piano being moved off its stiff castors. But the air! If you stopped to notice, was the air always like this? Little faint words were playing chase, in at the tops of the windows, out at the doors. And there were two tiny spots of sun, one on the inkpot, one on a silver photograph frame, playing too. Darling little spots. Especially the one on the inkpot lid. It was quite warm. A warm little silver star. She could have kissed it.” (Mansfield pg. 4) CM: Now this was a very long passage, but brilliantly written nevertheless. CM: It was written marvelously, can be spoken wonderfully, and leaves a truly magnificent view of the Sheridan’s house in the mind of the reader. CS: It's very enjoying when you can picture what your reading so that you get more into the story.
TS: When you look things over again you often find things you’ve never noticed about before. SD: Ms. Mansfield has a gift for imagery and “The Garden Party” certainly shows it. CM: She describes so many things and describes them so wonderfully. CM: The images I get from her writing make the story all the better.
Professor H. Salsich
English 02
3 November 2008
“Déjà vu:
An Essay on the Advantages of Re-reading.”
TS: We are always told to check over our work in math class to make sure that we didn’t miss anything, this is also applied in re-reading books. SD: I’ve found one new thing in “The Garden Party” the second time I read it through. CM: The first thing is that Katherine Mansfield loves to use imagery and describe every detail with great amounts of grace and beauty. CM: She has numerous examples of imagery throughout her short story.
TS: There are three beautifully written examples of imagery in the book that I would like to discuss. SD: One of them is “The green bushes bowed down as though they had been visited by archangels.” (Mansfield pg. 1)CM: I loved this example of imagery, I imagined the bushes as green humans in a great hall of white marble and gold awaiting the arrival of the heavenly angels. CM: Then the angels would descend from a magnificent stairway leading up into the heavens. SD: Another example of imagery is when Ms. Mansfield writes “And they were so, with their broad, gleaming leaves, and their clusters of yellow fruit. They were like trees you imagined growing on a desert island, proud, solitary, lifting their leaves and fruits to the sun in a kind of silent splendor.” (Mansfield pg. 3)CM: The image I got of these divine sounding fruits was mouthwatering. CM: When an author is able to get you to feel emotions just by reading something then that writing is superb. SD: My last example of imagery is on page four when she writes “All the doors in the house seemed to be open. The house was alive with soft, quick steps and running voices. The green baize door that led to the kitchen regions swung open and shut with a muffled thud. And now there came a long, chuckling absurd sound. It was the heavy piano being moved off its stiff castors. But the air! If you stopped to notice, was the air always like this? Little faint words were playing chase, in at the tops of the windows, out at the doors. And there were two tiny spots of sun, one on the inkpot, one on a silver photograph frame, playing too. Darling little spots. Especially the one on the inkpot lid. It was quite warm. A warm little silver star. She could have kissed it.” (Mansfield pg. 4) CM: Now this was a very long passage, but brilliantly written nevertheless. CM: It was written marvelously, can be spoken wonderfully, and leaves a truly magnificent view of the Sheridan’s house in the mind of the reader. CS: It's very enjoying when you can picture what your reading so that you get more into the story.
TS: When you look things over again you often find things you’ve never noticed about before. SD: Ms. Mansfield has a gift for imagery and “The Garden Party” certainly shows it. CM: She describes so many things and describes them so wonderfully. CM: The images I get from her writing make the story all the better.
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