OR blog #20

In the book No exit, one of the three prisoners states that she thinks they have been placed in prison together to torture each other. This shocked Estelle, she claims she made a mistake because she married a man she did not love but refused to cheat on him. Garcin says that he died standing up for his principles: he claims that he ran a pacifist newspaper and refused to fight when war broke out. But Inez says that they should all stop lying to each other, explaining that they are all damned souls who deserve to be in hell. Then Inez and Estelle start fighting because they can't find a mirror and are starting to think they don't exist anymore.

OR blog #19

In the book No Exit the three prisoners realize that being locked up together is pure torture. They are trying really hard to get along but they keep finding reasons to fight and not like eachother. But after a while they realize that they actually have a lot in common and all went through really tough and disturbing times. So they agree to get along and just ignore their differences seeing as though they are going to be locked up together for a very long time.

OR blog #18

The three prisoners in the book No Exit shared why they are there. Garcin was shot by a firing squad for attempting to desert during a war. Inez had been a postal clerk and thinks that she is in hell for seducing a friend's wife, her lover killed them both by leaving the gas on while she was asleep. And Estelle's there because she drowned the baby of her lover.

OR blog #16

Im reading the book No exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. There are a couple main characters in this book. One is Garcin, he is a journalist from Rio and the best of the three prisoners at dealing with damnation. Another one is Inez she is the second prisoner and also the most hostile. Estelle is the third and final prisoner and she is also the most frightened. Finally Valet, a taciturn representative of the devil.

OR blog #17

In the book No Exit the main characters meet in prison and the valet locks them up. They all get to know eachother. They tell eachother about why they are there and what happened. They didn't like eachother at first but after hearing all thier stories they had more in common and got along better.

OR blog #15

I read chapter 7 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter the animals struggle to rebuild the windmill and later fall short of food. In order to feed the animals, Napoleon contracts to sell four hundred eggs a week. Soon afterward, the animals hear, to their extreme dismay, that Snowball has been visiting the farm at night, in secret, and sabotaging the animals' efforts. Napoleon says that he can detect Snowball's presence everywhere, and whenever something appears to go wrong by chance, Snowball receives the blame. And that is a summary of what happened in this chapter.

OR blog #14

I read chapter 6 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter the animals work at a backbreaking pace for the rest of the year to farm enough food for themselves and to build the windmill. Although their work is strenuous, the animals suffer no more than they had under Mr. Jones. They have enough to eat and can maintain the farm grounds easily now that humans no longer come to cart off and sell the fruits of their labor. Mr. Whymper begins paying a visit to the farm every Monday, and Napoleon places orders with him for various supplies. And this is a summary of what happens in the sixth chapter.

OR blog #13

I read chapter 5 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter the animals hold their meetings in the big barn during the cold winter months, and Snowball and Napoleon's constant disagreements continue to dominate the proceedings. Mr. Jones's books and eventually concocts a scheme to build a windmill, with which the animals could generate electricity and automate many farming tasks, bringing new comforts to the animals' lives. And that is a summary of what happened in the fifth chapter.

OR blog #12

I read chapter 4 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter news of Animal Farm had spread across half the county. A flight of pigeons alerts Animal Farm that Mr. Jones has begun marching on the farm with some of Pilkington's and Frederick's men. Snowball, who has studied books about the battle campaigns of the renowned Roman general Julius Caesar, prepares a defense and leads the animals in an ambush on the men. The animals discover Mr. Jones's gun where he dropped it in the mud. They place it at the base of the flagstaff, agreeing to fire it twice a year on October 12th, the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed and on Midsummer's Day, the anniversary of the Rebellion. This is a summary of what happened in the fourth chapter.

OR blog #11

I read chapter 3 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter the animals spend a laborious summer harvesting in the fields. The pigs think of ways for the animals to use the humans' tools, and every animal participates in the work. Every Sunday, the animals hold a flag-raising ceremony. The flag's green background represents the fields of England, and its white hoof and horn symbolize the animals. The morning rituals also include a democratic meeting, at which the animals debate and establish new policies for the collective good. At the meetings, Snowball and Napoleon always voice the loudest opinions, though their views always clash. This is a summary of what happened in the third chapter.

OR blog #10

I read chapter 2 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this chapter Old Major dies. He died in his sleep three nights after his speech. For three months the animals make secret preparations to carry out the old pig's dying wish of gaining control of the farm from Mr. Jones. The work of teaching and organizing falls to the pigs, the cleverest of the animals, and especially to two pigs named Napoleon and Snowball. Together with a silver-tongued pig named Squealer, they formulate the principles of a philosophy called Animalism, the fundamentals of which they spread among the other animals. The animals call one another “Comrade” and take their quandaries to the pigs, who answer their questions about the Rebellion. The pigs' most troublesome opponent is Moses, the raven. One day, Mr. Jones goes on a drinking binge and forgets to feed the animals. They couldn't stand their hunger, the cows break into the store shed and the animals begin to eat. Mr. Jones and his men discover the transgression and begin to whip the cows. This made them angry, the animals turn on the men, attack them, and easily chase them from the farm. This is a summary of what happened in the second chapter

OR blog #9

For my second outside reading book, I am reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. So far I have read chapter one. This book is about a bunch of farm animals on the Manor farm. Old Major, a prize boar and pillar of the animal community, gave a speech to all of the animals about how they life a sad life. He explains that they are locked up in a barn all their lives and then end up as food. He talks about dreams he has had, teaches them songs, and they start thinking of plans to stop this and make their lives better. After Old Major's speech they all went back into their places in the barn and fell asleep. This is a short summary of what happened in teh first chapter.

Thesis statements and topic sentences

Open ended thesis statement: The god with the most human characteristics is Calypso because she fell in love with Odysseus.
List Thesis Statement: The god with the most human characteristics is Calypso because she fell in love with a human, protected him, and didn’t want him to leave. This shows that she has strong emotions and can feel love for humans not just gods.
Topic Sentence 1- First, Calypso is the most human-like because she shows her feelings of love for Odysseus.
Topic Sentence 2- Second, she protected Odysseus from Zeus’s messenger Hermes from taking him away showing her feelings of attachment.
Topic Sentence 3- Last, she didn’t want Odysseus to leave so they could be together forever

National hero of the year

National hero of the year is a very important role. I think that the hero should be someone that has gone through alot and has many strengths. I endorse Odysseus for national hero. I endorse him because he is able to survive anything and is very strong and never gives up. He has survived through shipwrecks and wars. Also being shipwrecked on a island, as shown by the quote "But my hear break for Odysseus the seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long-far from his loved ones still..off on a wave washed island rising at the center of the sea...Atlas daughter who hold Odysseus captive" (1.56-75) This quote tells about how Odysseus gets ship wrecked on an island ruled by a god who wants to marry him. He refuses, and intends to wait for his death before he would do that and because of his wife. This demonstrates hero like characteristics in several ways. First he is strong, because he survives shipwrecks and wars. Secondly he sticks by his ideals. Instead of marrying the goddess, and getting out the easy way, Odysseus sticks with his wife and shows loyalty. He also wins wars such as the Trojan wars. This is shown by the quote "once he(Odysseus) had plundered the hallowed height of Troy"(1.2-3) This is an important characteristic of heroes. It shows many strengths, such as intelligence and many other characteristics. These are some reasons on why Odysseus would make a great national hero of the year. Vote Odysseus 08!

OR blog #8

I just read section eight and nine of Night by Elie Wiesel. And that is the end of the book. I really enjoyed this book it was filled with many events and adventures. It also kept me interested in it through out the whole book because there were so many different things going on with Eliezer and his family and all the other prisoners. In these sections Eliezer's father becomes very weak and ill and is reaching death. Eliezer trys to help by bringing him soup but selfishly wants it for himself because they don't often get fed. His father died later from being beat by his "roommates" and from not enough food and water. Eliezer stays in Buchenwald thinking only of food. The American Army comes and saves the remaining Jews from the camp and they all ran off searching for food. Later Eliezer got food poisoning and became very ill. And for the first time he looked in the mirror since before the camp and saw a corpse. And that is what happened in the last sections of the book Night.

OR blog #7

I just read section seven of Night by Elie Wiesel. In this section the prisoners arrive at the Gleiwitz camp. When they arrive Eliezer and his father and all the other prisoners get thrown on top of each other on the ground. Eliezer notices that he is lying on top of Juliek, the musician who befriended him in Buna. Once he finds some breathing room he calls for his father and discovers that he is near. Eliezer fell asleep to Juliek's violin playing and when he wakes in the morning he finds Juliek dead. After 3 days without bread or water, there is another selection which his father is chosen to stand with those condemned to die, Eliezer runs after him. Both Eliezer and his father are able to sneak back over to the other side. The prisoners are taken to a field, where a train of roofless cattle cars comes to pick them up. The train travels for ten days and nights, and the Jews go unfed, living on snow. These are some events that happened in section seven.

Hero in a box

In almost every single Disney movie there is atleast one hero. Prince/princess, warrior, or just a friend. There are many different types of heroes in disney movies. Here are some examples of Disney heroes:



Peter pan was a hero, saving everyone and fighting off captain hook.


Mulan was a heroine because she went to war for her father and helped in battle.



Hercules became a strong Hero with help and he achieved many things as a hero.


Arthur was a hero. He is just a little boy but heroes aren't just big strong people they can be little boys too.

CONCLUSION:
In Disney movies there are many different kinds of heroes, ranging from men, women, animals, prince/princess, warriors, and just friends. They are all strong and successful with their role as a hero. Each hero is selfless and perform their tasks for the good of others, that is why they are heroes.

OR blog #6

I just read section six of Night by Elie Wiesel. In this section there is a blizzard and the prisoners of Buna are being evacuated. If they decide to stop running they get shot and a little boy that was running next to Eliezer decided he couldn't run any more and he got trampled to death. The only thing that keeps Eliezer from stopping is that he is near his father who is running alongside him. The pain of his injured foot is very bad but after about 42 miles they came to a stop at a deserted village. This is one of the main things that happens in this section.

OR blog #5

I just read section five of Night by Elie Wiesel. In this section they are celebrating the jewish high holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper. Eliezer's religious rebellion intensifies and he can't find a reason to praise God with all the misery. Eliezer starts to believe that man is stronger than God and that the Jews are God's chosen people and he decides that they have only been chosen to be massacred. After Yom Kipper Eliezer gets seperated from his father, but one day after work he found out that his father had survived the selections. But it is not very lucky because he has lost faith in God and tells of a devout rabbi who confesses that he can no longer believe in God after what he has seen in the concentration camps. In the winter conditions Eliezer's foot swells up and he has to undergo an operation. Him and his father chose to be evacuated with each other when the German army come. And that is a little bit of what happened in section five.

Siddharth blog assignment #4

Hello, my name is Govachena and I am a very good friend of Siddhartha. I have been right next to him throughout his search for Nirvana. I think that Siddhartha did truly achieve Nirvana and his goal. I saw that after he left Kamala he learned that having a lot of material goods doesn't make you any happier.
Siddhartha learned many lessons. One lesson he learned was that you don't need material goods to be happy. He learned this after leaving Kamala, he learned that living a material good life is not what he was sent out for. Kamala and all the material goods only made Siddhartha sad and depressed.
I would say that I am very happy that Siddhartha reached his goal and is happy im very pleased with him. I think he had a lot of bad experiences in his journey but I feel like they bettered him. And that you need to make mistakes and have bad experiences to achieve the good experiences and the true meanings in life.

OR blog #4

I just read section four of Night by Elie Wiesel. In this section Eliezer requires quarentine and medical inspection. He gets chosen by a Kapo to serve in a unit of prisoners. There job includes counting electrical fittings in a civilian warehouse. His father ends up serving in the same unit. He meets a Jewish violinist named Juliek, and his brothers Yosi and Tibi. His brothers are Zionists. They favor the creation of a Jewsih homeland in Palestine. Eliezer is planning to move to Palestine after the war. And there are a couple other events that go on in this section that were very interesting to hear about.

OR blog #3

I just read section three of Night by Elie Wiesel. In this section of the book they are in Birkenau, the people that are assumed to be weaker or less useful are seperated from the others to be killed. Eliezer and his father are seperated from his mother and sisters. They meet a prisoner that tells them to lie about their ages and other information so that they can get away with more. They see people being burned in pits and other horrible things happening around them realizing that this was unhuman. Jews being stripped from left and right and being beat and much more. Eliezer and his father are still together for know but don't know what will happen in the future. That is a little of what section three was about.

OR blog #2

I just read section one of Night by elie wiesel. It talked alot about the background of it and of the main character and more about what is to expect from the book. The main character in this book is Eliezer he is a 12 year old boy that lives in the Transylvanian town of sighet. He has 2 older sisters and a younger sister and his family is an orthodox jewish family that follows the jewish tradition and law very strictly and his parents are shop keepers. Eliezer studies the jewish oral law, Talmud and he studies the jewish mystical texts of the cabbala. Some events/things that happen in section one are that Eliezer finds a teacher, the Hungarian government falls into the hands of the facists and then the German armies occupy Hungary, and the Nazis began to deport the jews in increments, and Eliezer's family is the last to leave Sighet. Those are some of the things that went on in this section.

Siddhartha Blog assignment #3

Dear Mary Ann,
My friend Siddhartha is having trouble and needs some help. He is trying to find his enlightment but keeps getting distracted and lost which is making him very frustrated. He has tryed many things but can not seem to reach enlightment. He has lost many good friends such as Govinda, his best friend.
Along with losing Govinda, Siddhartha has also lost his dad because he decided to join the semanas to reach enlightment. Siddhartha feels very lonely because everyone that was close to him before is not anymore and he doesn't know what to do. He doesn't have anyone to turn to and his having a very hard time trying to reach enlightment. What should Siddhartha do?
Sincerely,
Govachena

Dear Govachena,
It sounds like Siddhartha is going through a lot at once and is stuck. I think that he should first think if he should follow a path and stick to it or go find his dad or Govinda and straighten things out with them and then go follow a path if he chooses. If he chooses to follow a path he should block out all the temptations and be confident and strong in the path he is following so that he can reach enlightment. If he chooses to find his old close relationships and then follow a path he should find them and clear things up. Maybe he will learn something from them and their experiences and then that will help him choose what to do or what path he should follow to reach enlightment. I would suggest that you keep pushing him to find enlightment and help him no matter what he chooses to do. I am very sorry about your friend Siddhartha and I hope everything goes well.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann

OR Blog #1

For my outside reading book, I am reading Night by Elie Wiesel. This book is about the Holocaust and is a nonfiction book. So far I have read the forward and it explained a lot about what this book is about and what to expect. Elie Wiesel is explaining his story of the Holocaust and his experience in it. He is a Holocaust survivor and decided to share his story. I am excited to find out what he went through and how he handled it.

Siddhartha blog assignment #2

Conversation between Govinda and me (Govachena)

Govinda: Hello Govachena, it's me Govinda
Me: Hi Govinda, how have you been lately
Govinda: Today me and Siddhartha were listening to the Buddha and I decided to follow the path, thinking Siddhartha would come too. But he didn't, he told me I needed to follow my own paht and that he is going to leave me.
Me: Oh that is too bad, but I wouldn't get too down on yourself. I think this will be a great opportunity for you. Plus you can't follow Siddhartha around for the rest of your life.
Govinda: Ok thanks Govachena, that really helps. I will try to follow the path on my own.
Me: Yes, no problem! Good luck I will talk to you later.
Govinda: Ok good bye


I think that Govinda had a typical reaction to this situation. But I feel as though he should get over it as soon as possible and just follow his own path. He should also realize he really does need to go follow the path on his own and think for himself instead of just following Siddhartha around and doing what he does.

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My name is Govachena. I am 102 years old. I'm very good friends with Siddhartha. He teaches me everything. Siddhartha is the wisest person I know. He is known as the God of Buddhism. One thing he taught me is that what you do to make your life what it is, is what matters. In positive ways not so much negative. Siddhartha believes that if you follow the Eight Fold Path you shall reach Nirvana and be free of pain and suffering. Plus live a good and wiser next life. I hope to attain Nirvana someday and with Siddhartha by my side I feel as though it shouldn't be too hard.

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I am a unique person. I am respectful to others and nice. I love summer because it is hot and gives people time to travel and hang out with friends. There also isn't any school in the summer. Both of my parents work at south view middle school. My dad is a gym/health teacher and my mom is a pera-professional. My dad is also a football and golf coach. I have two little sisters, one is in 8th grade and the other is in 7th. My dogs name is Gabby and she is a 3 year old golden retriever. I have been to Jureux, Mexico for a mission trip with my church. We helped build buildings and play with the little kids in the community. I like to play volleyball. I am on the sophomore team for school and I do junior olympics in the winter and house league in the spring. These are some of the things that make me a unique person.