Critique on This Boy's Life Project

-Marrissa had a cool painting with really vivid colors. It showed jack falling down a road and into a mess. It reminded me of when he was moving in with Dwight. It was a very interesting painting.

-Albert had a great poem that had examples from the book. It expressed Jack's different poses throughout the book and has examples of things he did. The diction was really creative and gave the poem more meaning. It was a great poem.

-Ashley Rockwell had a poster with different themes from the memoir. There were many pictures from the movie that illustrated the themes. One theme on the poster was dream big. Jack was a dreamer and he wanted to go to college and get a career. The poster was very creative.

Fact and fiction in a memoir

Where should a writer draw the line between fact and fiction in a memoir? Does Tobias Wolff lie about who he really was? Does it matter?

A memoir should be only facts that the writer remembers. There shouldn't be any made up stories or fiction in a writers memoir.

this boys life crossword

down: 1. grovel 5. curtly 7. abjection 10. pretentious 11. ludicrous 14. reverie 17. coy

across: 4. timbre 6. strident 9. implacable 15. furtive

This boy's life

Do you agree with the quotes? How do people assume poses in high school? Why is corruption a part of life?

I agree both of the quotes. People pose as a type of person they want to be. There is an image in peoples minds that they try to live up to. In high school no matter who you are, you belong to a title or a specific type of person (jocks, nerds, loners, cool kids, rich kids, quiet kids, etc.). The image you try to pose yourself as makes your personality. It is impossible to not pose as something. Corruption is inevitable in life. There will always be someone who is corrupt because there is always a balance of good and evil.

cst practice

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3.d

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Mo Money Mo Problems

The fastest way to make a lot of money is to draw it. The best way to make a lot of money is to print it. New money is new and old money is old.

Ben Stein vs Richard Dawkins

Ben Stein won the debate. He found contradictions and logical fallacies in Richard's arguments.

Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design is an assumption that things are created by an intelligent cause. People argue against evolution saying that god made genes in living things that could adapt to their environments. Evolution is just gods creation at work.

Logical Fallacies in Oral Addresses

Logical Fallacy refers to a structural flaw in an argument which renders it invalid.

Ad Hominem refers to a argument that can be attributed to the speaker's personal beliefs of background.

False Casualty - is an argument that states that an event is caused by another, without providing a logical connection between the two.

Red Herring - purposefully changing subjects to make your argument appear stronger.

Overgeneralization - an argument that is too vague or simple, so that it could be applied to anything.

Bandwagon Effect - the act of doing or believing in certain activities or ideas simple because everybody else does or believes; following a fad.

Practice Test

Practice Test

I. True-False- Mark each statement either “A” true or “B” false.

__a___ 1. Jim was superstitious and believed in witches.

__b___ 2. Huck thought he was doing a virtuous deed by helping JIm to freedom.

__b___ 3. The Duke and Dauphin were displaced royalty.

__a___ 4. Huck preferred the Widow Douglasʼ God over Miss Watsonʼs.

__a___ 5. Huckleberry Finn contains a social comment deeper than a simple adventure

story.

__b___ 6. Tom Sawyer believed in doing everything the easiest way.

__b___ 7. Tomʼs gang followed through on the orders contained in the oath.

__a___ 8. Jim thought he would become rich someday.

__b___ 9. More money was made on the third performance of the “Royal Nonesuch”

than on the first two.

__b___ 10. Huck told the Duke and Dauphin the truth about himself and Jim.

II. Multiple Choice- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each statement.

__c___ 11. Jim didnʼt want Huck to see the dead manʼs face in the flooded house

because (a) it was a mess, (b) it was Tomʼs father, (c) it was Pap, (d) heʼd been shot in

the face.

__b___ 12. Huck justified his stealing by saying (a) he needed it, (b) he was just

borrowing, (c) Tom Sawyer did it, (d) the owner didnʼt need it.

__a___ 13. Huck finally got rid of the Duke and the Dauphin when (a) they sold Jim, (b)

they were lynched, (c) he shoved them overboard, (d) he gave them the “slip.”

__b___ 14. The gang “ambuscaded” an encampment of A-rabs, which turned out to be

(a) a boy scout outing, (b) a Ladiesʼ Aid tea, (c) a Sunday School picnic, (d) a circus.

__b___ 15. Tomʼs prized trophy from the “evasion” was (a) a tin pan, (b) a bullet, (c) the

reward money, (d) Jimʼs freedom

__d___ 16. Huck and Jim attributed their bad luck to (a) the work of witches, (b) touching

a snakeskin, (c) killing a spider, (d) looking at the new moon.

__c___ 17. Peter Wilksʼ money was hidden in (a) the cellar, (b) a straw tick, (c) a coffin,

(d) all of these.

__b___ 18. Whenever Huck thought about helping Jim to freedom he felt (a) proud, (b)

confused and ashamed, (c) apathetic (d) happy.

__d___ 19. The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons was caused by

(a) cowardice, (b) a water rights dispute, (c) Miss Emmelineʼs marriage, (d) none of

these.

__d___ 20. Huck first gains respect for Jim when (a) he finds out he is free, (b) he finds

him on the island, (c) Jim tells his fortune, (d) he played the trick on Jim.

III. Characters: Write the name of the character described by each quote or phrase

below. Refer to the character list and spell names correctly. Some names are used

more than once. Not all are used.

_______peter wilks____________ 21. a man who is buried with a sack of gold on his chest.

_______buck grangerford____________ 22. “he come in gaping and digging one fist into his eyes, and

he was dragging a gun along with the other one”

_____Mrs judith loftus______________ 23. explains to Huck how a real girl would act

________jim___________24. believes his hairy chest will bring him wealth

__________________ 25. Huck reckons “that with her disposition, (this girl) was having

a better time in the graveyard.”

___colonel sherburn________________26. believes most men are cowards who act out of fear when

they join a mob

_______jack___________ 27. a slave who shows Huck a “stack of water moccasins”

_______Miss Watson___________ 28. frees Jim in her will

_______tom sawyer__________ 29. must do everything in a complicated way according to the

books

______doctor robinson___________ 30. the first person to accuse the king and the duke of being

frauds trying to cheat Peter Wilksʼ rightful heirs

______Boggs___________ 31. a drunkard shot down in the street at 1 p.m.

_______joanna wilks__________ 32. the sister with the harelip

_______harney sheperdson__________ 33. leaves a note for his girlfriend in a Bible in church

_____The king____________ 34. cheats people out of their money by impersonating a reformed

pirate

_________________ 35. Huck says, “And when it comes to beauty and goodness too,

she lays over them all.”

______Huck___________36. he canʼt pray a lie

_______Pap Finn_________ 37. a man whose corpse Jim wonʼt let Huck see

________________38. decides to “light out for the territory” to escape civilization

_____aunt sally __________ 39. wonders what has happened to her silver spoons

_____levi bell__________ 40. the lawyer who suggests digging up a corpse

_____sophia grangerford__________ 41. like Juliet, she falls in love with a member of a family that her

own family hates

______miss watsons_________ 42. caretaker of Huckʼs money

_____The duke of bridgewater __________ 43. if the advice of this fraud had been followed, he and partner

would have made away with almost $6,000

______aunt sally_________ 44. her appearance at the Phelpsʼ farm ends the impersonating of

Huck and Tom

_____Tom Sawyer__________ 45. wears a bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch

_____pap__________ 46. a man who makes Huck want to go to school

_______________ 47. gives vital information to the king so that the king can

impersonate a Wilks brother

_________________ 48. one of the men whose greed leaves him aboard a sinking

ship.

Tough Decision

One time four of my friends and I were crossing the street (J-walking) and a cop sped by with it's lights on and stopped. I was already across the street with one of my friends and and my two other friends were on the other side. The cop got out of the car and had my two friends sit down. My friend on my side didn't want to go back and maybe get a ticket. We were both under 18 and it was passed curfew. We decided to run away back to my house. Right when we were across the street from my house a cop sped by and pulled us over. We had to get in the back and he took us back to the other cop. Our friends were already gone and we had to apologize and wait in the back of the car until they let us go. I never thought it was a good idea to run from the cop. It was stupid because we didn't do anything wrong in the first place.

satirical cartoon

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/pwe/lowres/pwen214l.jpg

The cartoon is making fun of the innovation department. It is saying that they can't think outside of the box and exaggerating their inability to be creative.

The Onion Satire

The Onion has tons of satire in their stories. They have a really long and exaggerated story of how Shaquel O Neal ate a sandwich during a basketball game. They go on and on about how he played good before he ate the sandwich and then how bad he played after. It is funny how they would take the time to write about such a pointless incident.

Virginia to Norman

Dear Norman Mailer,
Your twisted views on women literature is dreadfully inaccurate. How can one say something has nothing to offer them if they haven't tried it before. Women are not all similar in their writings. I haven't read anything exciting that you have written, so must I say there is nothing your literature doesn't offer one with a taste for a rancid tang? Many male writers I know do not write with their balls as do you. Women and Men are both human, but society has camouflaged this with opinions like yours. I do thank you for your criticism though. It will motivate me to write masterpieces that will convince people like you that women are not inferior to men. That is what one day I hope to see. But this life, this society, this time is not for me. I wish to die. Good bye Norm.
sincerely,
Virginia Woolf

Norman Mailer

Norman despises women literature. He is stubborn in his opinion that there is nothing "exciting" a women writes about and it is very vague. He makes this decision about women writers and hasn't even read all women literature. He stereotypes women from the books he has read. Women can be just as good writers as men.

the hours

1.Describe the three female characters in great detail? What do they have in common?
How do they differ? How does their era influence who they are?
Viginia Woolf was a writer in Richmond, England in 1928. Laura Brown was a depressed house wife in Los Angelas in 1950. Clarissa Vaughan was a book editor in New York in 2000. They are all very depressed and stressed out. Virginia is stressed about writing the book and is depressed about living in Richmond. Laura is stressed about making the cake and is depressed with her life. Clarissa is stressed about the party she is throwing and is depressed because of Richard.

The Yellow Wallpaper

In The Yellow Wallpaper the narrator and her husband John rent a mansion for the summer. The narrator becomes sick. She feels anxious and depressed. She starts to imagine things happening inside of the wallpaper. She sees a women trapped behind bars in the yellow wallpaper in the room. The whole house has a yellow smell from the wallpaper. The smell follows her even when she leaves. She thinks she sees the lady from the wallpaper outside. She eventually tears down the wallpaper and John faints when he walks in and sees how crazy she is.

Story of an Hour

Ethan Frome can be compared to Kate Chopin. They both have similarities, but there are some differences about them too. Ethan Frome is a guy and Kate Chopin is a girl. They are both in relationships with other people and have learned a lot of knowledge about relationships.