The Outcasts of Poker Flat

If you had to blame someone or something for the outcasts' deaths, who/what would you blame and why?(pick one) *Uncle Billy

*Citizens of Poker Flat

*Bad luck

*Outcasts

If I had to blame someone or something for the outcasts' deaths I would blame themselves the outcast. I blame them because they are mostly the blame. They are the reason why they are dead. If they weren't who they are, they would still be alive. Because they are prostitutes, drunks, and a gambler they got kicked out of Poker Flat. So they were looking for shelter. Then a storm came. The snow started piling up and it started getting worse. Also they didn't gather any food much food when they left. They are the blame for being dead.

Kate Chopin

"The Story of an hour"

I think the way Kate Chopin showed freedom in this is story was cool and funny. At first I thought it was going to be a sad story. I thought the lady was going to be depressed, lonely then eventually kill her self. But it didn't turn out that way. She was actually happy that her husband died and she could be free. When that part came up I was thinking that she was going to live her life and do things she wants. But she died in shock. She is now free, sort of.

"The Blind Man"
I think this story is sad and the characters in here are mean and judgmental. The way people act about disabled people and the rich being better than the poor. It is just horrible how our world is. The way people care about the rich then the poor. If something happened the a pour disabled person people are like who cares. That is just mean. Can't they emagine what they have to go threw. In this story no one offered to help the blind guy and the kids were taking advantage of him. This story taught me something, too. The message is that people don't care about disabled people. They are different from us but not much. We shouldn't treat them badly, if you see someone disabled help them if they need it. Don't be like the people in the story.

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

I watched carefully. After they drank the water, I kept a close eye on each and one of them. When they drank it they became young. That is when I started observing them. It was really shocking. They were the same. No change, nothing. There were acting like their own old crappy self. I thought they would look in the mirror and see them selves and notice what they are. But no. They were young and did the same as usual. Mr. Medbourne was thinking on ripping people off, Colone is still a drunk, Gascoigne still talking about politics, and Widow Wycherly still being a loose women. I thought I could change them. But I didn't. What I should have done was bring people in just like them and they would see how they are.

Flowers for Algernon

If you were given a choice to have an operation that would make you much smarter, would you do it, especially if you know the effects of the surgery would only be temporary? Why or why not? Use examples from the story.

If I was given a choice to have an operation that would make me smarter I think I would, even though it doesn't last forever, then again maybe not. I would take the operation even though I knew it was temporary because it is chance for me to know how it is being smart and for people to stop making fun of me like people did to Benjamin. It is nice to know things instead of being retarded. Then again it was temporary and you won't last long. In the story Algernon died after the operation. So Charlie is going to die, too. I wouldn't want it if I'm not going to live after it worked. There is no point in having it if you are not going to live.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapters 8-the end

Family, Age, Beauty: Explain what this story says about each of these issues. use examples from the story to support your explanation.

Family:
There is only one thing that this books shows about what family is. It is saying that family really doesn't support you because you're not not normal or something. When Benjamin was born he came out old and his father was terrified and didn't like him. He was going threw ruff times and no one comforted him. Family is to make each other happy when they are down and neither of them did it for Benjamin. His son was even disrespecting him when he isn't supposed to. They don't know what he was going threw and shouldn't treat him like that. So really it is saying that if you're don't look like us they we are not your family.

Age:

What this book is saying about age is that you go threw different things and how people act about it. It was hard for Benjamin because he came out backyards. He started out as a 70 year old man then became younger. In the age that you are in you do sertain things.

Beauty:

What this book is saying about beauty is that people care about so much. Benjamin was forced to die his hair and cut his beard to look younger because his dad couldn't except him for who he was. They asume that the way you look is your age. They try to look so much younger.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 3-7

After reading Chapters 3-7, predict three problems you think Benjamin will encounter & give your solutions for each.

One of the problems that he will encounter is that his wife and his child notices what is going on with him and he tells them so they get a divorce and move far way from him. Another problem is that he can encounter is that he will be tired of people thinking that he is weird because they notice that he is getting younger so he ends up killing him self or run away to far place in the forest and stay there for ever. He will never come out of the house and the only people he can talk to is himself and the animals. The other problem he will encounter is that he finally knows what is going on with him. He keeps thinking about what will happen when the after he is a day old. When he figures it out he finds ways to reverse it or something. But what I really think is that this is a dream the dad is having because he is worried about how to take care of his child.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 2

Roger is so overly concerned with how Benjamin looks & is worried about what people are going to say. What should he do?

The thing that Roger should do is panic. There's really nothing he could do. If people ask Roger about the old man, I think the best idea is to lie. If he tells the truth they are going to think that he is crazy. Another thing he could do is try to make his child look a bit younger and say that he is a long lost relative or a friend who is much older. He could also get used to the way his child looks and enjoy the life. If he does tell people the truth and they say things that is trying to hide what they really want to say, then he should keep him in the house. It is not to listen to what people say things about something like that.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chaper 1

What would you have done if you were Roger Button in Chapter 1?

If I was Roger Button in Chapter 1, I would sort of act the same way as he did. I would be really shocked that my child is born as a 70 year old man. It would be really scary finding that out. How would you feel if your child was born like that. you wouldn't be calm about. You wouldn't be saying "Oh. How you o.k.? I'm your father. Let's go home so you can rest and we'll talk later" You wouldn't be saying that. You would to be nice but it is hard to. What I would have done different is take deep breaths, sit down, and relax for a bit. Not freak out and yell at my child. Try to get use to the way he looks and get past that he is a 70 year old man. Just look inside and keep in mind that he is your child. It may be hard but his yours. Another thing I would do if I was Roger Button i s think how old people act and what things they use and stuff like that, so I can get those things for him.

What is life?

What is life?
What is the point of living?
We are born, grow old and die.
We really do nothing
Most people stay home and don’t enjoy what’s there
Some go live it and travel
They know what it is
Then there are people like me
Hates living, hates life, does nothing
There’s no happiness
No joy, no laughs
No friends, no family
You don’t know what is going around you
And no one knows that you exists
That’s the thing, life isn’t about happiness
There are many things we can do
Enjoy nature and what mother earth gave us
Go help people who is in need and express yourself
Have a life and have a big imagination