5.-He describes how sometimes being a SEAL has ts down side.
-He never really gets to talk to his family when hes out.
-He's sent on a new mission.
-He is always terrified whats around the other corner.
-He is constantly reminding us how scared he is of someone coming up behind him and cutting his throat.
4.-Why is the media so harsh on our soldiers?
-Is there anything we can do to save our soldiers from the harassment of our media?
-Whats he scared of more? the media, or the Taliban?
-Is his mission going to go well?
3.-Distraught
-Belligerent
-Convey
2.-"We had to stay still for ever an our... then, crack a branch breaks, and i knew we were being followed". -Onomatopoeia
-"It was so dark, its as if the stars got up and walked away" -Personification
1.- He is sent on his first challenging mission, that involves a lot of danger.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Lone Survivor # 2
5-He describes exactly the training it takes to be a SEAL.
-The hard work, and determination one must have to even consider becoming a SEAL.
-His journey he embarks on for his training.
-He describes how Hell week starts, and how scared he was.
-Then he tells you how many though men decided they weren't tough at at, and had to quit.
4.-What are some reasons the other SEALs quit?
-Why would anyone quit if they made it so far?
-What was the toughest exercise they had to perform?
-Were there any other tests Marcus failed before he passed? Like climbing, or field?
3.-Pronounced
-Loftily
-Chastise
2.-"He then said, 'Come on! To slow! Your just like a bunch of snails!!! LETS GO!!!'" -Simile
-"We were all sitting down in the warehouse, then BAM 3 guys burst through with M4's, spraying us with bullets (blanks i hope)." -Onomatopoeia
1.-He enters Hell Week, then completes it, he finishes all of his training to be a sniper, a medic, and a frogger, he is now a Navy SEAL.
-The hard work, and determination one must have to even consider becoming a SEAL.
-His journey he embarks on for his training.
-He describes how Hell week starts, and how scared he was.
-Then he tells you how many though men decided they weren't tough at at, and had to quit.
4.-What are some reasons the other SEALs quit?
-Why would anyone quit if they made it so far?
-What was the toughest exercise they had to perform?
-Were there any other tests Marcus failed before he passed? Like climbing, or field?
3.-Pronounced
-Loftily
-Chastise
2.-"He then said, 'Come on! To slow! Your just like a bunch of snails!!! LETS GO!!!'" -Simile
-"We were all sitting down in the warehouse, then BAM 3 guys burst through with M4's, spraying us with bullets (blanks i hope)." -Onomatopoeia
1.-He enters Hell Week, then completes it, he finishes all of his training to be a sniper, a medic, and a frogger, he is now a Navy SEAL.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Lone Survivor
5- He speaks very highly of himself.
-He has an unbelievable amount of respect for everyone he knows.
-He had a hell of a childhood, growing up with a strict father on a big ranch.
-He described what he went through to train to become a Seal.
-His twin brother follows in his foot steps.
4.-What event caused him to have a desire to become a Navy SEAL?
-Did his parents support his choice to become a SEAL?
-Why does he start the book from the middle of his life, then go back to the beginning?
-Who else besides his brother joined him with the training?
3.-Alliances
-petrochemical
-construe
2.-"It seemed like he bench-pressed and ran every day" -Foreshadow
-""It must have been hotter then hell" -Metaphor
1.- He describes why they are fighting the Iraq war, what they did before he came, and how he decided he wanted to become a Navy SEAL.
-He has an unbelievable amount of respect for everyone he knows.
-He had a hell of a childhood, growing up with a strict father on a big ranch.
-He described what he went through to train to become a Seal.
-His twin brother follows in his foot steps.
4.-What event caused him to have a desire to become a Navy SEAL?
-Did his parents support his choice to become a SEAL?
-Why does he start the book from the middle of his life, then go back to the beginning?
-Who else besides his brother joined him with the training?
3.-Alliances
-petrochemical
-construe
2.-"It seemed like he bench-pressed and ran every day" -Foreshadow
-""It must have been hotter then hell" -Metaphor
1.- He describes why they are fighting the Iraq war, what they did before he came, and how he decided he wanted to become a Navy SEAL.
Monday, April 27, 2009
3:12 to Yuma
5.-The story 3:10 to Yuma constantly contradicts with the movie.
-In the book, They never get away.
-Why is Scallen so scared of Jim?
-Scallen refuses to take the deal Jim offers
-Jims gang has just arived at the hotel.
4.-Why in the book, is the bandit called Jim the Kidd, when in the movie he's Benn Wade?
-Why does the author let Charlie die?
-Whats the point of mentioning the other poesy?
-Where is Timpey in all of this?
3-Bias
-melodrama
-gramble
2.-"The gun went off... BAM!!! Onomatopoeia
-"They came out like mice to cheese" Simily
1.-They Bring Jim to the Hotel
-In the book, They never get away.
-Why is Scallen so scared of Jim?
-Scallen refuses to take the deal Jim offers
-Jims gang has just arived at the hotel.
4.-Why in the book, is the bandit called Jim the Kidd, when in the movie he's Benn Wade?
-Why does the author let Charlie die?
-Whats the point of mentioning the other poesy?
-Where is Timpey in all of this?
3-Bias
-melodrama
-gramble
2.-"The gun went off... BAM!!! Onomatopoeia
-"They came out like mice to cheese" Simily
1.-They Bring Jim to the Hotel
3:11 to yuma
5.-They have Jim Kidd
-only 2 people are tranporting the kidd.
-Your constantly reminded that
-Favorite line: But he whined when he sould have bitched like a man.
-The actual story is only 24 pages long.
4.-How exactly did they catch Jim?
-How did they make this into a movie?
-Why are the names differnt then in the movie?
-Why doesnt the book have Scallen as the poor farmer?
3.-Adobe
-Ire
-Montonous
2.-"The heat licked close" Personification
-"Wheres your sporting blood" Symbolsim
1.-Explains how Jim is caught.
-only 2 people are tranporting the kidd.
-Your constantly reminded that
-Favorite line: But he whined when he sould have bitched like a man.
-The actual story is only 24 pages long.
4.-How exactly did they catch Jim?
-How did they make this into a movie?
-Why are the names differnt then in the movie?
-Why doesnt the book have Scallen as the poor farmer?
3.-Adobe
-Ire
-Montonous
2.-"The heat licked close" Personification
-"Wheres your sporting blood" Symbolsim
1.-Explains how Jim is caught.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Final Post...10
Pages 291-End of book (312)
5.-The idea of control drove Winston.
-Every time Winston meets a girl, a sensation of passion over comes him.
-Winston still acts as if hes under their control.
-Winston's writing will never be seen again.
-No literary work will ever be translated to present day life.
4.- Will Winston ever know whats it room 101?
-Will there ever be another person like Winston?
-What will happen for the government?
-Will the Brotherhood fall soon?
3.- Quines
-Conjoint
-Scrounging
2.-"Not until 2050"; Foreshadow (Page 312)
-"Life belongs to the hands of your own" Metaphor (Page 293)
1.- Winston escapes and runs away.
5.-The idea of control drove Winston.
-Every time Winston meets a girl, a sensation of passion over comes him.
-Winston still acts as if hes under their control.
-Winston's writing will never be seen again.
-No literary work will ever be translated to present day life.
4.- Will Winston ever know whats it room 101?
-Will there ever be another person like Winston?
-What will happen for the government?
-Will the Brotherhood fall soon?
3.- Quines
-Conjoint
-Scrounging
2.-"Not until 2050"; Foreshadow (Page 312)
-"Life belongs to the hands of your own" Metaphor (Page 293)
1.- Winston escapes and runs away.
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