Poe's Death

   Poe. He was so young when he died, his death, was terrible. He was a special man, ever since he was a kid. He was different then everybody else. His parents weren't the world's greatest parents. As he grew up, he turned into an alchoholic. Everyone will probabably for a high chance drink atleast sometime in their life. Poe was a completely different story, he was a big alchoholic that staied drunk more often then sober in his life. To other people, he was slightly mad due to his drinkings. No one wants to get associated with a drunk, and Poe drank so much that being drunk was probably his permanent state.  He was sent for treatment to try help cutting down his often drinkings and his crazy mindset. It was hard for a man like Poe to stay sober rather than drunk. He had his own mind problems even though he was sober, his families came by to attempt to help him get through this tough time of his life. Poe was crazy, everyone thought. Everyone thought he would be less of a mad man after ending his drinking. Everyone guessed wrong, he was crazy drunk or sober. I think he died due to his need for alchohol, along with his own crazy mind and his often drinkings. His drinkings was hurting his body, the alchohol level in his blood was off the chart. His crazy mind told himself many things people dont normally tell themselves. This was a tragic death for his family and Poe.

Most Dangerous Game Movie-Book Comparison

   We read the holt reader version of the "Most Dangerous Game". This story is about during the late eighteen hundreds to the early nineteen hundred's hunters going on a hunt. They had a boat accident and they swam to the shore of this island, the Ship Trapped Island, famous for sailors having boat accidents around the coast that swam there, and never made it out of the Island. They then visited the only building on the island, with General Zaroff and Ivan in it. They then began the biggest and most dangerous game any human could ever possibly hunt. We saw the movie after we read the story, and this movie is pretty different from what we have read. There were many different characters and events that occur differently between the movies and the book. The movie had some characters that was not in the book we have read. Some of the biggest differences so far are the characters. There was only one character that swam to Ship Trap Island, Raisnford. In the movie however, includes many characters that went along with him onto the island. The event of the boat crash also was different than the book. In the book, Rainsford fell of the speeding ship after chasing his pipe onto the invisible trail of air. After he fell, he could not match the speed of the on going ship, so he then swam to the nearest island, Ship Trap Island. In the movie, the whole boat sank and even if some people died, many people still followed Rainsford to the island. That is the biggest difference I have spot so far in to this movie. I am looking forward for a fabulous ending and more unexpected and exciting scenes of the movie.

Thrills Quickwrite

    I do not enjoy or admire any type of scary stories or movies. To me, the scary ones are too scary, the bloody ones are so bloody that i feel the pain for the character, and the boring ones just doesn't satisfy my desire for more thrills. I dislike most of the scary movies, not because its too scary, mainly because i just cannot picture my life being the same as the character's and being able to find a girl under my bed or a doll that wants to kill me. I think people try to scare themselves for the mysterious feeling of who might get killed in this movie, or who was that lady that climbed out of the tv. Even if i don't enjoy watching scary movies, there are still some things i like about them. They are such great stories that can build a strong suspense in the viewer's mind, they can make you keep on wondering and think about what might happen next, when the story probably will end without even revealing the truth behind all the questions. There are just things like this where people dislike it at that moment, but still constantly have a desire to watch it. I think activities like this is just like going on rollercoasters. Before you go on the ride, your thinking how awesome and great it would be, and when your on the ride it would be a completely different story. You would be panicking and scared when the giant row of seats are going 70 miles per hour and 360 degrees around the track. When you get down the ride, you would think "oh that was so scaryyyy i would never go back on that ride ever again!" thats what you would be thinking, but in reality people will keep on going back to those activities for the sudden thrill they get. I think people act this way because they do not receive the absolute sensational feeling that these activities bring us. They do not experience being scared every day, they do not suddenly go from 0-70 mph in two seconds on a row of moving seats. People just don't experience this everyday. I think that is a big reason why they all hate watching it, but still watches it.

Necklace Summary

    The main character,Mathilde wants to be rich, wants to live a life that she doesn't have. She wanted stunning blouses, pricey gems, and an enormous mansion. But of course she desires those things because she doesn't have it. Her husband was invited to a party for a night, where everyone is rich and will be dressing up with expensive dresses and loads of jewelry. Even if they did not have the money, they spent hundreds of dollars on Mathilde's new dress and asked her friend to lend her this diamond necklace to wear along with the dress. So as they were leaving the party, Mathilde loses her necklace and is troubled by getting it back. She did not know what to do so she purchased a new one for thirty six thousand dollars. Her husband and Mathilde asked loan sharks and people to lend them money. After ten years, they finally finished paying off the debt of the massive amount of money she owes. She then grew old due to her hard labor work she had to work for. One day she saw her friend on the street, and decided to reveal the shocking story to her. It turned out, the diamond necklace was fake and Mathilde and her husband paid for a real one to replace a fake necklace.

Necklace Quickwrite

   Amusement, envy, and jealousy are all feelings you develop when you see someone with better things and lives than you. Everyone can experience that, it may not have to be money, it could be simply the happiness that you never receive, it could be the love of a wife, or it could simply be about money. While people are busy watching other people's lives thrive with joy, people always forget what they have, and what people would be envy of. For a rich guy, he may have spent all of his life on his career that he does not have any family. He is rich, but there are just things you cannot purchase with money. For a poor guy, he has a gorgeous wife, but he may envy the amount of cash and bank the rich guy has. For a couple, they could be jealous of other couples who have kids and are all dipped in joy. But all of these people, they do not look at what they have, instead of looking at how great their lives are already, they are busy envying other people's lives and resources. They do not realize what they have accomplished with theirs but instead look at other people's and think, "What if i had a life like that". For me, i have of course envied other people's lives. If i see a person with really good grades, i may envy that. If i see a person with extraordinary skateboarding skills, i would be jealous of that. The difference from me and other people are that, after a while of thinking and admiring other people's lives, i always come back and think about my own. Which at the end, ill think is still the best and would never ever trade in for other people's. I do not need to be Bill Gates to be happy, i do not need to own the Disney World to be happy. I believe i am living a fruitful and delightful life, i do not need other people's skills and money to make my life better. My life is  pleasant the way it is. I love my life.

Feuds

   There are many countries in the world today that has conflicts that can lead them into warfare. It is no longer an argument that can be solved by an agreement, it is way beyond that level. People will always have disagreements. Even if the world is turning more and more peaceful, people will still be selfish and argue for more. One of the most common feud is over land. People will do anything for an extra square meter. Just like the Palistinians and the Hebrews. They were having a conflict over that country of Israel which led into unwanted warfare. The Republic of North Korea also branched out from South Korea due to political disagreements. There are also conflicts that rips family relationships apart. Families such as the Gradwitz and Znaeym family has a dispute over the mountain rage. People in the world always have family feuds. When one is jealous of another, that could lead into a family feud. When both are competing for the same thing, that could also lead into a family feud. People have feuds due to disagreements, jealousy or demands for the same thing. To me, i dont get why people kill for land, to me its just extra things we dont even need. Some people have less tolerance for other people.

Reflection Term#1

    I think the past term wasn't the greatest term. I did not perform at my very best and i should have done better. I did not like the constantly having to bring a laptop since i have a battery problem and i have to borrow other's to use. I like the projects we do in the class, videos, stamps, almost any project. I liked making the movie, it was a time for us to cooperate and have team work. I did not enjoy the story board on the other hand, that was a bit of a challenge to get the right scenes. I would like to see a BIG improvement in any grades this new term, Ill be turning in anything on time and more. I really enjoy this class, therefor i will not let myself get such a terrible grade next term. I would most likely to change the irresponsibility of mine. I really cant get such a bad grade next term.

Robbery

      

Everyday i am forced to do chores for my family. Washing dishes, taking out the trash, you name it, I’ve done it. My mom asked me to do some chores after school everyday, although i did not want to, I acquiesced.  Our home was located on a very precipitous cliff just next to the Malibu beach. It made all my chorus extra hard to accomplish. One afternoon, as I came home from school, the house was empty, my mom has gone to her yoga class and my sister was at school doing some project. As i stepped through my metal door frame, and turned on my lights, there were furniture broken, things scattered on the floor. The first thought was, My house has been raided by marauders. I left everything where they were, and called my parents. As they arrived, they were very anxious about who were the thieves and what they were looking for. My parents had called the police by then, to investigate who has broken in. As the police arrived, they started questioning my parents and our neighbors long after they arrived. My mom retorted all of the questions with anger, due to the delay of the questioning. I had a sudden craving for some mashed potato with gravy sauce. I begged my mom to make some of her homemade gravy, my mom tried to hold her exasperation with me and rejected me nicely. They have found out the thieves has stolen the Mona Lisa painting in my parent’s room. They could not do anything about it, all they could offer were their condolences. The police succor us as if we were some injured dog, we were not hopeless, we still had many other famous paintings. That night, as our family was watching the television,i was angry because all the tv channels were filled with hardcore pious christians showing how much they want christmas to be a national holiday. My Christian sister still wanted to watch it since she was a supporter. I fought for the remote and we began to spit out each other's obvious languors as we attack each other verbally. My mom, after a long day, stoped both of us from fighting and made us have a reconciliation towards each other.

Mysterious

   The feeling of not knowing what will happen in the story often prolongs the readers interest in the book. Nothing can beat the heart stopping unexpected moments, that feeling is like no other. I think a big reason why people often enjoy mystery novels, is the thrill of guessing how the story would go. There are many mystery movies and novels, I personally enjoy mystery novels alot, but if it had a little bit of comedy thrown in there, would be great. I watched a movie called the Inception, it was about people using machines to create artificial dreams to change the past. They would create a dream and make the people in that dream, dream. It revealed the main character's past and why he was afraid of certain things. This showed everyone that he was still in love with his ex-wife. They would keep on doing that until they have enough time to change and find out what the past was about. It was an extremely complicated yet heart-beat skipping movie. I enjoyed that movie alot due to its unusual plot, its unexpected scenes that happened. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes mystery movies. You would enjoy this fine mysterious movie. There are no movies like this, this is one of the greatest movies i have ever seen all times.