Summary :
In this section of the novella it flashes back to Snow's childhood where ; Snow's neighbor ( Mr. Seasons ) was robbed and killed. Snow knew who had done it , it was some of the neighborhood boys who barely made it out of junior high. The boys threatened and beaten Snow and told him not to tell anyone what he had seen. After Mr. Seasons funeral , Snow spoke with Landy, Mr. Season's nephew, and ended up telling him who had done it. Landy took Snow down to the stoop where the boys who killed Mr. Seasons were and Landy and his boys shot him dead. Snow didn't expect the situation to blow up like that , he thought he did enough damage so when the police came to question him, he told them the whole story. Landy got jail time and threatened to kill Snow when he came out of jail for "snitching" . Snow's mother moved with snow to Shaw and told him to mind his bussiness. A few days after Snow arrived in Shaw he got himself into trouble with a group of boys , and he mad himself one true friend ( later on he makes more ). Snows grandmother gets sick so his mother has to leave town to help her out , and leaves Snow with his cousin Derrick . Thats when Snow became 'hocked' to the streets and he began to start selling drugs .
Quote :
" If I'd only had the foresight to understand how what I'd been doing affected her, how I had put her at risk without meaning to, how I'd been blind to it all until it was too late " ( Jasper 62 )
Reaction :
Snow thinks this when he gets locked up and his mother comes to where they have him in holding. He thinks she came to bail him out but she came to tell him that she is kicking him out and leaving all his stuff at his friends house and also to tell him she knew it was a mistake to leave when her mom got sick and she also asked him why he has become so bad . A few hours later the released him with a warning because it was his first offence. When he got out his friend helped him get a job and she helped him get out but soon after when his boys got out he got right back into the same things. I feel like Snow only felt sorrow for his mother in the moment because he got back to doing what he was doing after a while . I also feel like if he stayed in there longer he would of came out a diffrent person .
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Snow ( 1 - 25 ]
Summary :
The novella starts out with a flash back of how the protagonist , Snow , got his name in middle school. It also states why he likes snow and the positive connotation to snow. Snow lives in D.C and he is a thug/gangster. He wants to get out of the "game" but he's stuck, not only because he is to used to these bad habits but also because he is too deep into it. Snow has a daughter and is married to a lawyer. His wife is used to Snow's habits because her father was into the same business as snow. Snow attempts to rob these men who are also doing illegal business and ends up getting chased by the police and fleeing the scene. Snow refuses to go home empty handed, so he robs a drug warehouse. So in this robbery he ends up killing everyone in the building except for a crying baby who reminded him of his own. Snow left the scene with the money, his guns, a gun shot wound, and the thought of that baby on his mind .
- I find it interesting how each section begins with Snow talking about snow.
Quote :
" It ain't that I wanted to be selling death for cash " ( Jasper 4 ).
Reaction :
Snow uses a metaphor when comparing drugs to death. He lets it be known that he sells drugs in this sentence. He obviously knows that its a bad thing to do but he continues to do it, not because he has to just because he wants to and hes used to these " hood " habits. Even though Snow claims he doesnt want to sell drugs , he does because he has other options, his wife is a lawyer.
The novella starts out with a flash back of how the protagonist , Snow , got his name in middle school. It also states why he likes snow and the positive connotation to snow. Snow lives in D.C and he is a thug/gangster. He wants to get out of the "game" but he's stuck, not only because he is to used to these bad habits but also because he is too deep into it. Snow has a daughter and is married to a lawyer. His wife is used to Snow's habits because her father was into the same business as snow. Snow attempts to rob these men who are also doing illegal business and ends up getting chased by the police and fleeing the scene. Snow refuses to go home empty handed, so he robs a drug warehouse. So in this robbery he ends up killing everyone in the building except for a crying baby who reminded him of his own. Snow left the scene with the money, his guns, a gun shot wound, and the thought of that baby on his mind .
- I find it interesting how each section begins with Snow talking about snow.
Quote :
" It ain't that I wanted to be selling death for cash " ( Jasper 4 ).
Reaction :
Snow uses a metaphor when comparing drugs to death. He lets it be known that he sells drugs in this sentence. He obviously knows that its a bad thing to do but he continues to do it, not because he has to just because he wants to and hes used to these " hood " habits. Even though Snow claims he doesnt want to sell drugs , he does because he has other options, his wife is a lawyer.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Summary :
Rebecca 'Becky' Bloomwood is a shopaholic, a compulsive shopper. She feels the need to buy everything she lays eyes on. In the opening of the book Becky is debating if she should open the letter from her visa card. She thinks she only spend anout 3OO pounds, then she relizes she owes over 9OO pounds. Becky works for a financial savings magazine, which is ironic, because she doesnt know how to save. Her boss asks her to go to this press confrence, and she goes. On becky's way there she saw a 'SALE' sign in a Denny & George store, that hardly ever has sales. So she dicides to go check it out. When she gets in the store a sales woman tells her about the sale and shows Becky the scarf that she comes in and looks at all the time. Becky decides she's going to buy it, so she's at the register and relies she left her credit card at work. Becky asks the sales woman to hold it for her until after the confrence and the woman says yes so Becky goes to the confrence. She ends up buying the 12O quint scarf. ( pounds and quints are european money ]
Quote :
"Ok. DON'T PANIC. Don't Panic. Its only a visa bill." ( Kinsella 5 )
Reaction:
Becky is thinking this right before she opens her visa bill, it shows that she owes a lot of money if she doesnt want to look at the bill. It's obvious that Becky is having serious financial problems. She can not go into a store without buying something. She loves designer items, which makes her addiction even more expensive. Its also obvious that this is an on going problem.
Rebecca 'Becky' Bloomwood is a shopaholic, a compulsive shopper. She feels the need to buy everything she lays eyes on. In the opening of the book Becky is debating if she should open the letter from her visa card. She thinks she only spend anout 3OO pounds, then she relizes she owes over 9OO pounds. Becky works for a financial savings magazine, which is ironic, because she doesnt know how to save. Her boss asks her to go to this press confrence, and she goes. On becky's way there she saw a 'SALE' sign in a Denny & George store, that hardly ever has sales. So she dicides to go check it out. When she gets in the store a sales woman tells her about the sale and shows Becky the scarf that she comes in and looks at all the time. Becky decides she's going to buy it, so she's at the register and relies she left her credit card at work. Becky asks the sales woman to hold it for her until after the confrence and the woman says yes so Becky goes to the confrence. She ends up buying the 12O quint scarf. ( pounds and quints are european money ]
Quote :
"Ok. DON'T PANIC. Don't Panic. Its only a visa bill." ( Kinsella 5 )
Reaction:
Becky is thinking this right before she opens her visa bill, it shows that she owes a lot of money if she doesnt want to look at the bill. It's obvious that Becky is having serious financial problems. She can not go into a store without buying something. She loves designer items, which makes her addiction even more expensive. Its also obvious that this is an on going problem.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Speak [ paqes 8O - 12O )
Summary :
Melinda finds an empty abandoned janitors closet in school, she decides that she is going to use the closet for her own personal use. There is a mirror in the closet that Melinda can't stand to see, since she can't take it down, she covers it with a poster. Melinda makes the closet a comfortable place for herself. Melinda continuously says that she wishes she can confess everything, that would explain her actions. Melinda's Spanish teacher fiinaly spoke English to the class telling them if they didn't do their work that she would give them a detention. Melinda didn't want detention so she did her work which was to conjugate five verbs. She chose: to translate, to flunk, to hide, to forget, and to escape. All the words can relate to Melinda. In Meliinda's history class the teacher opens a debate about Immigration and such, the class gets into a big argument, resulting in Melinda's lab partner leaving the room.
Quote :
"The first thing to go is the mirror." (Anderson).
Reaction :
Melinda is not comfortable with lookinq at herself, if the first thing she wants out of her closet space is the mirror. Not only is she not comfortable looking at hersekf but she isn't comfortable with herself. She feels pain everytime she looks into the mirror. It makes her think about that night at the party where she had to call the police, for an unknown reason, which has scared her.
Melinda finds an empty abandoned janitors closet in school, she decides that she is going to use the closet for her own personal use. There is a mirror in the closet that Melinda can't stand to see, since she can't take it down, she covers it with a poster. Melinda makes the closet a comfortable place for herself. Melinda continuously says that she wishes she can confess everything, that would explain her actions. Melinda's Spanish teacher fiinaly spoke English to the class telling them if they didn't do their work that she would give them a detention. Melinda didn't want detention so she did her work which was to conjugate five verbs. She chose: to translate, to flunk, to hide, to forget, and to escape. All the words can relate to Melinda. In Meliinda's history class the teacher opens a debate about Immigration and such, the class gets into a big argument, resulting in Melinda's lab partner leaving the room.
Quote :
"The first thing to go is the mirror." (Anderson).
Reaction :
Melinda is not comfortable with lookinq at herself, if the first thing she wants out of her closet space is the mirror. Not only is she not comfortable looking at hersekf but she isn't comfortable with herself. She feels pain everytime she looks into the mirror. It makes her think about that night at the party where she had to call the police, for an unknown reason, which has scared her.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Speak paqes 4O - 8O
Summary:
Melinda's parents confront her about her bad grades, she doesn't speak. As she gets up and goes to her room the begin to argue with each other. She tries to pay attention in Biology class the next day. Melinda's lab partner is David Petrakis. Melinda arrives late to her Algebra class, she gives the teacher a pass that she forged from her stolen pass book. She doesn't understand Algebra, just as everyone else in her class. Melinda's math teacher asks her to go up to the board and solve a problem, when she gets up there she freezes. Melinda's math teacher then asks Rachel to help her' while Melinda feels like her head is going to explode because of her and Rachel's unsolved issues. It is now Halloween, Melinda's parents tells her that she is too old to go 'trick or treating', she pretends to be upset about it and stomps off to her room, when in actuality she is happy that she doesnt have to go out. The kids in her spanish class teases Melinda calling her Me-no-linda, meaning I'm not pretty. The kids call her that for the rest of the class. Melinda leaves Heather in a room with to other girls but Melinda decideds to stand at the door and listen to their conversation. The two girls tell Heather how 'creepy' Melinda is. Melinda cries.
Quote:
" I see IT in the hallways. "(Anderson 45 ).
Reaction:
Melinda is refering to someone as IT. She has a nightmare about 'IT'. Melinda is disgusted by 'IT'. She obviously shares a past with 'IT'
Melinda's parents confront her about her bad grades, she doesn't speak. As she gets up and goes to her room the begin to argue with each other. She tries to pay attention in Biology class the next day. Melinda's lab partner is David Petrakis. Melinda arrives late to her Algebra class, she gives the teacher a pass that she forged from her stolen pass book. She doesn't understand Algebra, just as everyone else in her class. Melinda's math teacher asks her to go up to the board and solve a problem, when she gets up there she freezes. Melinda's math teacher then asks Rachel to help her' while Melinda feels like her head is going to explode because of her and Rachel's unsolved issues. It is now Halloween, Melinda's parents tells her that she is too old to go 'trick or treating', she pretends to be upset about it and stomps off to her room, when in actuality she is happy that she doesnt have to go out. The kids in her spanish class teases Melinda calling her Me-no-linda, meaning I'm not pretty. The kids call her that for the rest of the class. Melinda leaves Heather in a room with to other girls but Melinda decideds to stand at the door and listen to their conversation. The two girls tell Heather how 'creepy' Melinda is. Melinda cries.
Quote:
" I see IT in the hallways. "(Anderson 45 ).
Reaction:
Melinda is refering to someone as IT. She has a nightmare about 'IT'. Melinda is disgusted by 'IT'. She obviously shares a past with 'IT'
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Speak paqe ( 1 - 4O ]
Summary:
Melinda Sordino begins high school at Merryweather High. She was the first on the school bus, she decided to sit in the front of the bus so she can see her middle school friends and hoped that they would sit with her or even talk to her. Everyone who knew her glared at her as the entered the school bus. Before school begins the freshman must meet in the auditorium, everyone falls into clan. Melinda is the only person clan less. Ivy and Nicole are Melinda’s ex-friends, Rachel is her ex-best-friend. Melinda is dying to tell Rachel what happened. Melinda has a secret that no one knows, it has something to do with why she called the police at a party this summer. That’s the reason why nearly everyone at Merryweather High hates her. Melinda meets a girl named Heather, she is new to town. At lunch Melinda gets embarrassed by this basketball player on accident, he accidentally threw a ho-ho towards her, when she tried to dodge it, her lunch tray landed in her chest. Melinda really enjoys art class, she can’t stand the cheerleaders. Melinda’s parents are upset with her because of her grades.
Quote :
“ You don’t understand, my headvoice answers.”(Anderson 28).
Reaction:
Some random girl from school at their school homecoming pep rally asks Melinda if she was Melinda Sordino. She tells the girl yes, everyone turns and looks. Then the girl says, “ Aren’t you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodgers’s party at the end of the summer? ”(Anderson 27). Melinda become numb, and shakes her head. Another girl then says, “ My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can’t believe you did that. Asshole.”(Anderson 28). Something happened to Melinda the night of the party that made her call the police. She hasn’t told anyone. She says to her self that she can’t really tell them what happened that night, she tries so hard to forget that night. That night changed he life it also changed her as a person because now she can barely Speak.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Final Black Boy Blog.
Summary :
Richard gets a job in a clothing store where the boss and his son are very racist. One day Richard witnessed his boss and his boss's son pick up a black woman write off the street and beat her because she didn't pay her bill. When she left the store, bleeding and staggering, a police officer accused her of being drunk and arrested he. Another day Richard was delivering good into a whit community in the night, officers stopped him and searched him, he was clear to go, but they told him to tell his boss not to send him out to those communities that late. Richard gets a ride back up to town with a car full of white boys, the boys were drinking, they asked Richard if he wanted a drink, and he simply said no. One of the boys suddenly bashed in his face with the bottle because he didn't say no sir. the boys then left Richard on the road to walk. The whites in the town didn't like Richards attitude, that cost him a lot of jobs.
Quote :
"Then, for God's sake learn how to live in the South ! " ( Wright 183).
Response :
Griggs, Richard's old classmate was telling Richard that he needs to learn how to act towards whites. He tells Richard that he also hates white people but he can't show it because he has to eat. He means that white people basically ran the world at this time and in order to survive you would have to work for them. He then taught Richard the right way to act in front of whites. he also got a job for Richard with a white man from the north.
Richard gets a job in a clothing store where the boss and his son are very racist. One day Richard witnessed his boss and his boss's son pick up a black woman write off the street and beat her because she didn't pay her bill. When she left the store, bleeding and staggering, a police officer accused her of being drunk and arrested he. Another day Richard was delivering good into a whit community in the night, officers stopped him and searched him, he was clear to go, but they told him to tell his boss not to send him out to those communities that late. Richard gets a ride back up to town with a car full of white boys, the boys were drinking, they asked Richard if he wanted a drink, and he simply said no. One of the boys suddenly bashed in his face with the bottle because he didn't say no sir. the boys then left Richard on the road to walk. The whites in the town didn't like Richards attitude, that cost him a lot of jobs.
Quote :
"Then, for God's sake learn how to live in the South ! " ( Wright 183).
Response :
Griggs, Richard's old classmate was telling Richard that he needs to learn how to act towards whites. He tells Richard that he also hates white people but he can't show it because he has to eat. He means that white people basically ran the world at this time and in order to survive you would have to work for them. He then taught Richard the right way to act in front of whites. he also got a job for Richard with a white man from the north.
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