Mrs. Washington Jones Crazy?

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

4/8/11

In a way Mrs. Washington Jones is crazy from my point of view. The last thing I would do is bring in the guy to my house who just attempted to rob me. That would be the last thing on my mind besides trying to get away from him as far as possible. Though she got very lucky on that one, since the boy didn’t seem very dangerous. Things like that wouldn’t cut into day’s world. Though she did seem like a very assertive type of person. She seems like the person that you don’t want to back talk to, or you’ll get an ear full of her. Why I also think she’s crazy is that she gave him 10 bucks to buy his blue swede shoes. That makes no sense at all. You let the kid stay around for a while, you feed, and then you kick him out. Though that’s not the case with her. It didn’t make a lot of sense at all. Those are my reasons, of why I think she is crazy. 

The Scarlet Ibis blog

Andrew Page 

Mr. Parsons 

English 

4/5/11                    

   

                                                                 The Scarlet Ibis Blog

         There were some bad things he did to doodle, though you also have to see the good things about it. He did some a lot of things that showed him that he had love towards his little brother. In the beginning he was determined to teach his little brother to learn how to walk. Though he was kind of tired and embarrassed that he had to pull his 5-year-old brother in a little cart that didn’t know how to walk. The narrator also said that everywhere he went that he had to take Doodle with him. That was only his only intention for him really for Doodle to walk. Though he did put in the time an effort for teaching Doodle to walk. So that really shows that the narrator does love Doodle, but the narrator, thought that he did out of shame.

Though he is mean to him when he shows him the coffin that his parent built for him. The narrator threatens him by leaving him there in the barn unless Doodle touched the coffin. Though when they were leaving the barn Doodle assures the narrator that to never abandon him ever again. It kind of seemed unnecessary to scare Doodle like that, so that would be another bad thing that the narrator has done to Doodle. 

So it’s kind of even whether the Narrator does love his little brother Doodle or not. Though he has done all those things to help Doodle through his struggling life so, in my opinion I think the Narrator does love Doodle.

Ernie the Giant Chicken from Family Guy

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

3/16/11

       The villain I’m choosing is the Ernie the Giant Chicken from Family Guy. Why I think he is such a great villain is cause no matter how many times Peter tries to kill Ernie the chicken, he always comes back to come and kill Peter another day. The most evil thing about the Ernie the Giant Chicken is that he always interrupts Peter in the middle of his situation in the middle of the show. They then go into a long violent fight. The only motivation he really has is to kill Peter, which he never does. How Ernie the Giant Chicken became a villain is Peter was buying something in store with a coupon that has expired and found out it was expired. He then goes through a window of the store and they start an epic battle. Ernie’s strategy is mainly coming out of nowhere and beating the living daylight’s out of Peter. Ernie the giant chicken really has no logo or trademark look, all’s you know it’s the giant chicken in family that attacks Peter all the time. Though Peter now knows not to take expired coupons from Ernie the giant chickens.

Lord of the Flies society

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

2/25/11

                        Ralph’s way of society is a lot more sufficient than Jack’s way of society. Everything that Jack does runs on fear and violence. They total ruined the island, have set if on fire, and have totally failed to have a civilized state. Though everybody on the island wanted to do they’re own thing. Some of them wanted Jack’s system because there was no order and rules. They would have rather a dictator than a civilized type of government. Though they feel protected by Jack’s order and power of command. They feel protected by Jack since that he is the hunter. That he will kill the beast and everything will back to normal and there will be no more worries. Even though that they get beaten for not absolute reason. Though Ralph’s type of government is that everybody has a say in everything. That there will be assemblies and that there will be rules to follow. Though if those rules are broken, there will be a price to pay. Though if Jack’s type of society gets out to the world, it would be miserable. So society could end up like this if we don’t change our ways.

Can you trust somebody to be good

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

2/2/11

            Can you trust people to be good on a remote island? With of group people with adequate food or water. Also with no external threats on the island, could you survive? 

            It can be hard to trust people. So people lie there way though life and it can be really hard to believe those kind of people. Those types of people can screw you over in life just so they can get to the top. Though it can hurt them in life. Though the people you can trust, and who got your back, those are the people you want to trust.   

            I also think that a bunch of twelve year’s probably couldn’t be on an island with any parental vision. They probably will argue over the most senseless reasons and it would be total madness on the island. Though there are some kids who can behave and like normal people, other than that, most kids can’t behave well.

            A group of kids though with no harms of threats on the island is really lucky. Also having a ample amount of food and water is just unbelievable. Though if they didn’t have those resources they wouldn’t last 3 days. Also having wild animals or any other threats would be very hard to survive. You would have t prepare for them every time. Especially at night, because you don’t know when they are going to attack.

           

            So trusting some to be good is very risky. You have to know them well and you really can’t trust anybody you don’t know personally.   

           

           

review of my poem

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

1/20/11

                                                The Arrow and the Song

            I enjoyed reciting my poem “ The Arrow and the Song” by Henry Wadsworth Long fellows. I liked the choice of words he used to describe the arrow flying through the air. Like line 8 “ For who has sight so keen, and strong”. That was my favorite line out of the whole entire poem.  I also enjoyed his use of words in certain areas to make it rhyme. Also I liked what he was interpreting the poem into. What he was interpreting was that the arrow means bad and the song means good. My overall performance on how I recited the poem was mediocre. I wish I could have remembered the fourth the last line. Though I did remember the first three stanzas. Though overall I don’t think I did well at all.       

Why I don't like Christmas in Florida

Andrew Page

Mr. Parsons

English

1/2/11

                                 Why I do not like winter in Florida

          

         There are so many things different in Florida than any other state. It’s hot most of the time, the clothing is much different up north, and there aren’t as many activities you could do outside.  I have been living here for 15 years and it doesn’t feel the same like in the Northeast and out in the Northwest.

One of the main things in Florida is different is the weather. It’s almost all the same down here throughout the year. It stays hot and humid just like the rest of the year. It may get a cold front once in a while, but it doesn’t last long though. So weather doesn’t feel much like winter.

         Clothes are also a big factor during winter. Up North they have to wear an abundance of clothing to keep warm. If you see anybody in Florida and it’s somewhat cold they are probably wearing just a sweatshirt, and maybe jeans or some sort of long pants. In the North they have to wear top-heavy jackets and they dress in layers. So that is good reason why I don’t like Christmas hear in Florida.

        

         The last major reason why I don’t like Christmas in Florida is the activities. Having snow is one of the main things you can do outside. You can ski, snowboard, sled, ice-skate outside, play ice hockey, making a snowman, and etc. In Florida you can skate inside a rink but it’s not the same. There is also no snow at all besides way back in the day and that was only once.

         So Christmas in Florida isn’t all that exciting since it lacks the spirit.  Also not having the feeling when it gets close to that time of year. So those are three good reasons of why Christmas isn’t as good in Florida.