Blog 7 Chapters 18-21 Queston Choice 3

I think this this book relates to race and coming of age. Race is an obvious one because the south was very into segregation. Like they convicted a black man even though the evidence was right in front of them that it was bob Ewall. This shows that people in that time were very against blacks and would go against the truth and say he was guilty. White people back then had the power in anything wether it be law or day to day life.
This book to me also has a lot to do with age and how it changes people. Jem at the beginning of the book was very close to scout but as he got older they started to fight more and grow further apart. Also Atticus is  old so he cant fight back at Mr. Ewall and do things with his kids that he wish he could or that would be more fun.

Journal #6 Question Answer Set C

If Jem and scout had a mom things would be very different. I think that there mom would have scout be more female like not as tomboyish. The kids personalities would be changed to because they would have a mom not just a mom figure in their lives.  Calpurnia wouldn't be there either.  Which would change a lot of things too. Like having a negro in their lives. So there maybe stereotypes that they would have never learned were false.
This could cause them to be racist when they really aren't. This would be a bad thing. Also if cal. wasn't there then Atticus might not be trying to defend Tom Robinson. I imagine atticus would be different to.  I think he wouldn't be as freely about what Jem and Scout do. Jem would be a little different he has always been missing something and it has to relate to his mom.
In all I think that if Jem and scout had a mom things would be a lot different and for the worse.  They would be racist scout would be more female like and Jem would be different.

Journal #2Chapters 4-7 Perspective of Scout

Dear Diary
 A couple days ago I passed the Radley house and I suddenly stopped and looked at what was in the tree. and i found some gum. So i took it and started to chew it. When i got home Jem saw me chewing something and asked me what it was and i said it was gum.He asked where and i said the Radley tree right that second he told me to spit it out because it might be poisons. After that every day i would look in the tree and find random things.Like cards old penny's and soap carvings of people/ Then a couple of days later Nathan Radley found out and plunged the hole with cement. I am assuming he figured out that Boo was giving us things Atticus told us to stop playing our games and that really sucks because i loved playing games with Boo. We also weren't able to get a note to him to ask him to play. It was really scary when Boo took out a shotgun and almost shot us he thought that we were black people trying  to break in to his house. Next time he said he would shoot us.       

Journal #3 Chapters 8-9 Perspective of Ms. Maudie

Dear Diary.
Yesterday it really started to show signs of winter. It reached record lows for maycomb since 1885 . The snow was watery and very light. Then i saw Jem and scout outside building a snowman first they asked me if they could borrow my snow and I said of course! Then i saw them build a morphodite snowman. It looked a lot like Mr. Avery! Later that night i went to bed. When i woke up all i smelt was smoke then i realized that my house was on fire! So i got up and rushed out and called for help. Once the whole town was up the men started getting everything they could out of my house. Then i spotted Jem and scout standing in front of the radley place. When my house was down it almost started to spread but all the men on the roofs stopped it. Once it was all over everyone went home and i could finally be happy that my house was burnt down because i hated that old cow barn. Then Jem and scout came over to say sorry for burning my old sun hat they told me about how boo radley came out of his house to give scout a blanket. We all thought if they turned around they could have seen him.

Journal #1 Chapters 1-3 Perspective of Scout

When my brother was 13 he broke his arm and when it healed he was very happy that he could play football. I lived with my brother Jem my dad atticus and our cook calcurnia. I hated calcurnia we always fought and they would usually be won by her because atticus would side with her. She has been with us since Jem was born. My mother died when i was 2 so i never really got to know her. I didn't miss her but i think Jem did. Jem was born the first year of there marriage and i was born 4 years later.
That same summer we met Dill. He dared us to get boo Radly out of his house Boo Radly was a very creepy and scary man who lived next door to us. Dill told my brother that he was a scardy cat and was a wimp for not going onto the yard. My brothers excuse was that if he wasn't there who would take care of me. But after enough name calling by dill, Jem finally took the dare.
The first thing that we did to get boo out of his house was to go on his yard. When that didn't work we threw rocks at his window. He still didn't respond.
That year was also my first year of school. When Ms. Caroline learned that i could read she was very mad and said that my dad needed to stop teaching me and saying that it was wrong the way he was doing it.

immigration post 4

Quote 1“These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which triggers memories from the past.” Page 20 This quote relates to question #4. Except he is facing the challenge at his home country. His mind is basically split up and all of that could cause some one to become insane in a sense. He is also trying to get away from the things that he has seen. So if his new experiences old ones that would be bad. This doesn't relate to me but i could only imagine how this would feel. Question How many parts do you have in your brain?
Quote 2 This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.” This is truly what would happen during a civil war because even though ishmael is 12 the rebels would use child soldiers in turn people would be scared that he is a spy. i cant relate to this because people don't think i am a killer and we aren't having a civil war in this country. Have you ever been looked at funny because people don't trust you?

blog post 3

Quote 1“Is there an end to this madness, and is there any future for him beyond the bushes?”
This is what ishmael asked himself when he was facing death. This relates to question #5 except it is in his home country. I can't relate to this because i have never faced death in the way that ishmael has. Plus he must have been very strong to overcome and not break down.
Quote 2They had run so far away from the war, only to be caught back in it. There is nowhere to go from here.” This just shows that war can go anywhere and will find you if you were once part of it at some point in your life. Also you cant think you are free until you are out of that country. I cant relate to this because i have never been affected war only emotionally. Questions Have you ever been affected by war? Have you ever asked yourself a really meaningful question.

Lit Circles Post two.

Quote #1 Morbrilla asked what day it was. We all thought about it for a while, trying to remember the name of the last day when our lives normal.
I thought this related to question #5 accept its what hardships do they face at home. Because you know its bad when you don't even know what day it is. That to me is a hardship. They have been so worried about staying alive that the boys cant remember the day. I cant really relate to this quote because even if i forget the day there is other people and calenders to remind me.
Question Would you freak out if you forgot the day and no-one would tell you?
Quote #“We must strive to be like the moon.” This quote means that people complain about the sun a lot but know-one complains about the moon. So be on a good behavior and know-one will complain about you. I can relate to this because i am usually on a good behavior when i need to be.
Question Are you like the moon sometimes.

Lit Circle Post One

"We want strong recruits, not weak ones." The rebel said this on page 60 paragraph 2.
This is significant because the rebels are looking for people that aren't scared of blood and killing people. This relates to question #3, his role is to be a child solider and kill people. Another way it relates is it doesn't have to be his role but Ishmael is brutally forced to be this monster that he doesn't want to be.
I feel bad for Ishmael because he might not be the strongest person in the group and the rebels are killing the weak people to get the strong people "used" to blood and death. I also agree with Ishmael's actions because he ran when the rebels were distracted with the gunfire in the middle of town. Would you have ran when the rebels looked away or not? Why?

Quote#2 The rebels called this mutilation "One Love" Before the war people raised a thumb to say "One Love" To each other, An expression popularized by reggae music. Page: bottom of page 37 to top of 38.
This shows how much power music has in the country and how seriously people take what people say in the songs. It puts music in the country high on the list of what role it can play in the lives of all of the people. The significance it has on me is really the irony of it. One Love means peace and happiness not cutting each others fingers off and laughing about it. "Do you agree with the irony in this action? Why? Why not?

Weekly Reading Response

NAME DATE Ryan Bockmier 2-5-10
TITLE TIME HOURS Woodsong, 2 hours
AUTHOR PAGES - Gary Paulson 132 total pages
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK 43 this week.

QUESTION 1:What does this book make you wonder about? Why?
RESPONSE 1:This book really makes me wonder how strong a relationship with a dog can be and how much you can actually learn from them. In the book he talks all the things that he learned about nature and how the dogs helped him learn all of these things. Like how to cope with certain situations and how to look at life.


QUESTION 2:What other character(s) beside the main character is really important to the story? How and why?

RESPONSE 2 I would have to say the dogs. Without the dogs there couldn't be a story to write because he talks all about the dogs and how he learns from them. Without them he wouldn't be able to sustain a living at all and it would be really hard for him. Also the dogs make it interesting and very exiting because the way he describes them makes them funny and entertaining.

In Class Writing Response

I chose question number 2

Dear Mr Paulson
I think your book Woodsong is great. It is really descriptive and emotional. I really feel that I am in the book and their in Alaska. I love how you describe the sled dogs and how the squirrel gets killed by the chipmunk. Even though that part was sort of disturbing.
There are a couple of things that I didn't like. The fact that the beginning was kind of slow like hard to get into. You seem to get really descriptive and I got lost and had to read some parts over again because I am not the fastest reader. But that is the only thing that I didn't like but the rest was fantastic so far One more thing I like how you talk about the dogs its very cool. Thanks Ryan

This is my extra credit!!!
I chose question 1.
If I could put myself in the book could be a huge piece of dead weight. I hate the cold! This takes place in Alaska!! So dog sledding would be very hard for me to do. We would most likely lose a lot of races due to me complaining about the cold and being a baby. It would be really cool though to talk to Paulson about all of his adventures and all about his dogs. This to me would be cool to see his house also he describes it a little bit but doesn't go into full detail. So if I could go into the book it would be a really cool experience and I wish I could actually do it.

Name of book I want to read and why.

The book that I chose to read was woodsong by Gary Paulsen. This book looks very interesting and it is a non fiction book about his adventures and experiences while dog sledding in Alaska.It looks interesting because Alaska is a beautiful place and i didn't know that Gary Paulsen was a dog sledder.