Over powering

Author’s note: I am writing this to show my understanding of conflict and resolution.

In the book Gone,  After going in something the kids of Perdido Beach called the FAYZ Sam has many troubles, it is easy to tell though that Sam already has many troubles many troubles and conflicts in his life. Like how Sam does heroic things but fades away fast, or how he never knew his real dad and scared away his step dad. The main conflict is  after all adults disappear and kids discover some strange abilities a war starts between Caine and Sam making it person vs. person.

In the book everyone I Perdido Beach has a basic normal life with bullies and teachers till they disappear. When the strange event happens people stand up to keep order and piece in the town. After many issues Sam teams up with his friends and his biggest crush. Struggling to take in the fact they have no parents and had no time to save many babies that had been left. Many of the kids overcome and move on and continued living there lives.

The conflict was resolved but not truly resolved between Sam and Caine. After many events in the book there is a war just before they poofed they discovered how to beat it. Sam realized that he must stay and fight to save his friends and love, but Caine had already discovered how to beat the beast. When returning to reality Sam caught Caine and temporarily ended the war. Everyone knew that that Caine would return to take his revenge on Sam.

In conclusion Sam had discovered how to use his ability and had temporally  ended the war. Sam also discovered his true friends and his one and only love. Caine had promised to return for his revenge 

Response to A clean well-lighted place

 The young waiter has no patience at all and just wants to go home to bed. The young waiter feels that the old man has had to much to drink and should go home. The old man asked for more till the young waiter makes him go home. The old waiter is a patient. It shows that being patient has better result because sometimes you can make people impatient but don't care. I think that maybe the cafe represents life and the people inside choose how they want to be in life.

The director of this short film had it almost like the story. One major change was the old man was outside in the story but the video he was inside the cafe. Almost the rest was exactly like the book in good detail. Using the strange music in the beginning of the video made and eerie tone, but later was used and sound a little sad instead of eerie. The screen shot lengths seem to be long making it seem to go a little slow.

 I dislike the video because the video is slow and dull. The lighting somewhat takes the dullness away by brightening up the room. Though outside makes it seem extremely dull with the low light. I liked the video when the man went to the bar, because the lighting was good and there was people instead of just one man and some empty seats. I think that it is a good video based off of the story.

A clean, well-lighted place

The young waiter has no patience at all and just wants to go home to bed. The young waiter feels that the old man has had to much to drink and should go home. The old man asked for more till the young waiter makes him go home. The old waiter is a patient. It shows that being patient has better result because sometimes you can make people impatient but don't care. 

The Dome

Author’s Note: This is an essay for Theme analysis, Quotes from texts, and Organization.  Also how in relationship with other books power and control mean everything.

Moms, dads, teacher all adults nowhere to be found gone in the blink of an eye. Kids looking around confused wondering did that just happen or am I crazy. In the book Gone, by Michael Grant the kids of Perdido Beach experience a life changing event, after everybody above 14 disappear. The book shows just how all kids would react with no one to tell them what to do.

 

One reason the book shows how kids would react is by the author creating the situation in the book. Just like real life the author tells how some kids would lead, and other would look up to others. After all grownups disappear other kids think of it as a joke till people start to freak out. Other kids take control and find a way to help out others, but some others try to get all the power and rule the town. Using bullies and other mysterious ways to get the power.

The author also added a strange twist to the story that will surprise many reader of the book. Adding the strange effect also changed the way the events happened in the book. Many people realizing eventually food and other supplies would run out. Just like what Sam a main character of the book said “ We don’t have much supplies and these powers are going to people’s heads”, but symbolism is also used to describe some of the events.

The author uses not a lot but enough to describe some events that happen in the book. When Astrid said “ The power and fear is pulling people to pitch black hole of hopelessness” which is symbolism.  Black in symbolism means evil or tragedy which was a good choice for the event happening in the book.  Another is when Lana was dyeing and said “ I see the most amazing white light but she was pulled back by the movement of my right arm”.  Saying she had saw a bright light which was symbolism, because light means piece for her. Also after Lana’s accident she was in the dessert with cactuses and vultures circling her, both represent tragedy or death.

The author uses symbolism in the story to give clues of what may happen. Also chooses strange event to add on the excitement and suspense to the story. So next time you read a book look for symbolism to give clues on what might happen.

Being Figurative

Author’s Note: Figurative language is to make something sound more extravagant or add meaning to the too something that you write. I wrote this to explain how figurative language can be used.

A lot of writing can be extremely boring or gloomy. A lot of books or writing can be that way without any figurative language. Figurative language can make something as cool as a guy juggling balls on fire.  Just like in the poem “A Hillside Thaw” figurative language is used to tell his emotions of what he sees.

The poem “A Hillside Thaw’s” author Robert Frost uses personification to add life and creativity to his extraordinary poem. Personification is giving inanimate object human capabilities like running or talking. In this poem the author uses personification to make water drops come alive. One interesting phrase the author used was “The light braking on them made them run” speaking about the dripping water. Using the figurative language also added a calm and peaceful tone to the poem.

Frost also uses simile in this piece to add more expression and impact by comparing it to something else. Such as when he says, “It looks as if some magic of the sun lifted the rug that bred them on the floor. The meaning of his words was as the sun come up the ice starts to melt and the drops are hitting the ground. He also uses metaphors to describe the day and night. Such as when he said “The sun’s a wizard” and “The moons a witch” he is using good and evil in its place.

The tone was changed constantly as the type of figurative language changed, but just like point of view it also changes the way you interpret it. Such as when he talks about the time of day changing, when he talks about the sun being a wizard you think of a someone kind and good, when he talks about the moon being a witch you think evil and Dark.

The poem “A Hillside thaw” had lots of different figurative language that made it sound exquisite. It also changed to tone of the poem and also the mood. The way he used figurative language made the poem extremely entertaining. That is what figurative language is and how it is can improve your writing and make it more exciting. 

1.    The types of figurative language being used is simile, metaphor, and personification.

2.    The author uses this language to add life to the poem he wrote.

 3. The overall impact of the language makes the tone of poem magical and full of life. The impact of the language also makes the mood of the reader amused or entertained. The language makes the characters intimate or lifeless things, such as when he says that the water from the ice cycles are lizards he’s trying to catch.

The Way You See

Author’s Note: I wrote this essay to show how good it is if I actually tried. The book is very good and people who like books about wars I recommend it for you.

In the book The Boy Who Dared, in the times of war when the Nazi’s ruled most of Germany, many families were with the war or against it, most people persuading others to see Hitler as they do. Helmuth a middle aged tells how his point of view got him locked up and in line for execution, and how the soldiers seen him. Every situation that he is in there is always a different point of view by others.

In Helmuth’s point of view the reader sees things differently other than the point of view of somebody else. Such as when Helmuth’s brother is sent out to war it is horrifying for Helmuth, but his brother Gerhard thought of it as a great opportunity to become a hero. The reader usually feels the way the character does that is telling the story. For example when Helmuth says” Hitler is a mad man” the reader feels that he possibly a bad person. He also said “Hitler is tearing this country apart and killing our soldiers” makes you think that Hitler is a bad leader too. So the reader sees Hitler as bad all together.

How the story is told by Helmuth really affects the way the reader sees everything, but if they point of view would change the reader would have different perspectives of the characters. If Hitler was telling the story I would think that Hitler is good instead of thinking he is ruining the country.  Another idea is if it was one of Helmuth’s friends who think that he is crazy, most of the readers would decide that Helmuth is crazy for what he is doing. So how the point of view is told does affect the way that the reader interprets the character.

Changing the point of view will change the way you see the story. Having a clear point of view of the story is very important to understand what is going on. Point of view really does matter in many ways, like what if the character that the point of view is in has nothing to do with the story. 

The creation of santa

Author's note: It was fun piece to write.

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Tim. He always misbehaved so one day his parents had an idea. They told the him that when he does not behave a man named Santa can see him. The Tim ask why do I need to behave for him. So the parents said that if you do he brings you extraordinary gifts . So the little boy asked when does he bring the presents. So they said on December twenty fifth so the little boy waited until then that marvelous day . The parents thought while Tim was sleeping where would they put the gifts, so they put a tree up in the living room and decorated it with spectacular ornaments. The morning came and Tim went down stairs and found lot of treats in his socks and presents under the tree. The boy asked what is the day was called the parents thought quick and said Christmas. So the tradition went on and his parents told their friends, and the tradition went on and is still celebrated today.

The end