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.
Post number 9
Pages 259-291
5.-He is thrown into a force labor camp.
- O'Brien is torturing him for information.
- Winston is allowed to ask questions.
-The government wants to know what Winston's mind is able to think on its own.
- The questions he wants answered aren't
4.- Why does O'Brien choose to answer some questions of Winston?
-What information did they want out of Winston?
-Will Winston ever go free? or die?
-What is in room 101?
3.-Elegantly
-Inconceivable
-Luminous
2.- "The bolt of pain shot to his jaw like lightning": Simile (Page 271).
- "The shrieking of the glass" Personification (Page 284).
1.- He is being tortured by O'Brien.
5.-He is thrown into a force labor camp.
- O'Brien is torturing him for information.
- Winston is allowed to ask questions.
-The government wants to know what Winston's mind is able to think on its own.
- The questions he wants answered aren't
4.- Why does O'Brien choose to answer some questions of Winston?
-What information did they want out of Winston?
-Will Winston ever go free? or die?
-What is in room 101?
3.-Elegantly
-Inconceivable
-Luminous
2.- "The bolt of pain shot to his jaw like lightning": Simile (Page 271).
- "The shrieking of the glass" Personification (Page 284).
1.- He is being tortured by O'Brien.
Post number 8
Pages 227-259
5.- Winston takes the slightest joke way to serious.
- He was right to always be paranoid.
- He lets tinny little things like humming drive him crazy.
- It's almost as if Winston has not fully developed an adults mind-set.
- He is becoming somewhat insane.
4.- Why does he act the way he does?
- Is his mother still alive?
- Will Smith help Winston escape?
- Will Winston ever escape?
3.- Posterity
- Caricaturist
- Jeering
2.- "A thin, cultivating voice": Personification (Page 222)
- "I have it on my power to inflict as much pain into your body as i please": Conflict (Page 245)
1.- He is now starting to be interrogated by O'Brien.
5.- Winston takes the slightest joke way to serious.
- He was right to always be paranoid.
- He lets tinny little things like humming drive him crazy.
- It's almost as if Winston has not fully developed an adults mind-set.
- He is becoming somewhat insane.
4.- Why does he act the way he does?
- Is his mother still alive?
- Will Smith help Winston escape?
- Will Winston ever escape?
3.- Posterity
- Caricaturist
- Jeering
2.- "A thin, cultivating voice": Personification (Page 222)
- "I have it on my power to inflict as much pain into your body as i please": Conflict (Page 245)
1.- He is now starting to be interrogated by O'Brien.
Post number 7
Pages 195-227
5.- The book take up about 40 pages.
- The book explains why the world is they way it is.
- We enter chapter 3 of the book.
- Winston is captured by the government.
- He meats a drunk Lady named Smith.
4.- Is this the book they referee to in the beginning?
- Did anyone set Winston up to be captured?
- What significance does Smith have in the story?
- What hints will the mystery book give us about the ending of the book?
3.- Purged
- Interminable
- Gin
2.- The book they found: Symbolism (Page 197)
- The book they found: Foreshadow (Page 197)
1.- Hes captured and is placed in a force labor camp.
5.- The book take up about 40 pages.
- The book explains why the world is they way it is.
- We enter chapter 3 of the book.
- Winston is captured by the government.
- He meats a drunk Lady named Smith.
4.- Is this the book they referee to in the beginning?
- Did anyone set Winston up to be captured?
- What significance does Smith have in the story?
- What hints will the mystery book give us about the ending of the book?
3.- Purged
- Interminable
- Gin
2.- The book they found: Symbolism (Page 197)
- The book they found: Foreshadow (Page 197)
1.- Hes captured and is placed in a force labor camp.
Post number 6
pages 163-195
5.- Winston feels uneasy about Martin
- O'Brien wants out, but is talked back into it by Julia.
- Julia just wants everything to work out, no matter the cost.
- They found a book written by Ennabuel Goldstein.
- The book explains things like: Ware is peace, and Ignorance is strength.
4.- IT is a coincidence that everyone came together?
- Who would be considered the "leader" of the group?
-Why does O'Brien suddenly want out?
-Why is there not title to the book?
3.- Inconceivably
-Enterprise
-Denouncing
2.- "Oceania was at war with Eastasia": Conflict (Page 182)
- "The inscription on the title page ran...": Personification (Page 184)
1.-They find a book explaining the thoughts of the government.
5.- Winston feels uneasy about Martin
- O'Brien wants out, but is talked back into it by Julia.
- Julia just wants everything to work out, no matter the cost.
- They found a book written by Ennabuel Goldstein.
- The book explains things like: Ware is peace, and Ignorance is strength.
4.- IT is a coincidence that everyone came together?
- Who would be considered the "leader" of the group?
-Why does O'Brien suddenly want out?
-Why is there not title to the book?
3.- Inconceivably
-Enterprise
-Denouncing
2.- "Oceania was at war with Eastasia": Conflict (Page 182)
- "The inscription on the title page ran...": Personification (Page 184)
1.-They find a book explaining the thoughts of the government.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Post number 5
Pages 131-163
5.- He tells Julia he's always thought he killed his parents
- These pages are just about him trying his best to remember his childhood past.
- He seems to be on a quest to learn about his parents.
- O'Brien and Winston are working together.
- Winston never lived the "finer" life, and hates it.
4.- Why is drinking so common and accepted?
- When will there be a rebellion?
- Why does the old man not give his name?
- What caused him to get caught?
3.- Tremulous
- Annihilated
- Voluptuously
2.- "Down with Big Brother" Conflict Man vs. Society
- "He had contemplated smashing her skull in with a cobblestone." Conflict Man vs. Man
1.- Hes trying to hide from his government.
5.- He tells Julia he's always thought he killed his parents
- These pages are just about him trying his best to remember his childhood past.
- He seems to be on a quest to learn about his parents.
- O'Brien and Winston are working together.
- Winston never lived the "finer" life, and hates it.
4.- Why is drinking so common and accepted?
- When will there be a rebellion?
- Why does the old man not give his name?
- What caused him to get caught?
3.- Tremulous
- Annihilated
- Voluptuously
2.- "Down with Big Brother" Conflict Man vs. Society
- "He had contemplated smashing her skull in with a cobblestone." Conflict Man vs. Man
1.- Hes trying to hide from his government.
Post number 4
Pages 98-130
5.- The thought-police aer thougt to be able to read your mind.
- Not recycling is unacceptible to his society.
- Every morning Winston has to get up and exersize.
- Winston is not in the best of health.
- Winston wishes very much to tkae down B-B
4.- How far out does the war spread?
- What is the rest of the world like?
- Why is it ok that children go to exucutions?
- How many poeple ahve died in order to keep B-B's sercrets?
3.- Deliberate
- Grimacing
- Inexorably
2.- "Freedom is slavery" Oxymoron
- "Ingnorance is Strength" Oxymoron
1.- Hes slowly starting to fall victom of the society around him.
5.- The thought-police aer thougt to be able to read your mind.
- Not recycling is unacceptible to his society.
- Every morning Winston has to get up and exersize.
- Winston is not in the best of health.
- Winston wishes very much to tkae down B-B
4.- How far out does the war spread?
- What is the rest of the world like?
- Why is it ok that children go to exucutions?
- How many poeple ahve died in order to keep B-B's sercrets?
3.- Deliberate
- Grimacing
- Inexorably
2.- "Freedom is slavery" Oxymoron
- "Ingnorance is Strength" Oxymoron
1.- Hes slowly starting to fall victom of the society around him.
post on 1984-- #3
Pages 65-97
5.-Winston knows that there was a past before Big Brother came into power.
-He knows that Big Brother is controlling people to worship him so they do not question their past.
-Big Brother is using Spies to do his every will.
-Almost all of the Spies were brain washed when they were just kids to believe B-B was a good thing.
-Winston is constantly "double-thinking"
4.-How did B-B come into power?
-Will the Parties ever ally once again?
-Why did one of the Parties break the alliance they had?
-Which Party was the first to break the alliance?
3.- Vindictiveness
-Ecstasy
-Obliged
2.-"then the sheep-faced melted into the figure"-- Personification
-"War is peace" Oxymoron
1.- Hes starting to meet other people, and getting somewhat involved in the government.
5.-Winston knows that there was a past before Big Brother came into power.
-He knows that Big Brother is controlling people to worship him so they do not question their past.
-Big Brother is using Spies to do his every will.
-Almost all of the Spies were brain washed when they were just kids to believe B-B was a good thing.
-Winston is constantly "double-thinking"
4.-How did B-B come into power?
-Will the Parties ever ally once again?
-Why did one of the Parties break the alliance they had?
-Which Party was the first to break the alliance?
3.- Vindictiveness
-Ecstasy
-Obliged
2.-"then the sheep-faced melted into the figure"-- Personification
-"War is peace" Oxymoron
1.- Hes starting to meet other people, and getting somewhat involved in the government.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Post 2
Pages 33-64
5.-His parents were takin away when he was 10.
-His family was killed when he was young.
-Theres no way to tell what year it is.
-He knows he is going to get cought when hes writing.
-He hates Big Brother with everything that he has.
4.-Why did his mom and dad have to die for him to live?
-Will he ever see his younger sister again?
-Who exactly is Big Brther?
-How did Big Brother come into power?
3.-Avocating
-Polysyllabic
-Lucid
2.-"It was a lean Jewish Face"-Description
-Then the sheep-face melted into the figure" - Personification
1.-More about the society he lives in.
5.-His parents were takin away when he was 10.
-His family was killed when he was young.
-Theres no way to tell what year it is.
-He knows he is going to get cought when hes writing.
-He hates Big Brother with everything that he has.
4.-Why did his mom and dad have to die for him to live?
-Will he ever see his younger sister again?
-Who exactly is Big Brther?
-How did Big Brother come into power?
3.-Avocating
-Polysyllabic
-Lucid
2.-"It was a lean Jewish Face"-Description
-Then the sheep-face melted into the figure" - Personification
1.-More about the society he lives in.
Blog number 1---1984
Page 1-32
5.-His whole life is being watched.
-Writing is against the law.
-He doesn't really like girls.
-There still is a from of religion.
-The setting of the story is in London.
4.-Will Winston ever have privacy?
-Who's narrating the story?
-Why does he always have random flash backs?
-Will Winston ever find the book?
3.- Unorthodoxy (Page 13)
-Mingled (Page 27)
- Conspiracies (Page 30)
2.- "tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian" - Allusions (Page 18)
- "tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian"- Simile.
1.-You get introduced to Winston's basic life
5.-His whole life is being watched.
-Writing is against the law.
-He doesn't really like girls.
-There still is a from of religion.
-The setting of the story is in London.
4.-Will Winston ever have privacy?
-Who's narrating the story?
-Why does he always have random flash backs?
-Will Winston ever find the book?
3.- Unorthodoxy (Page 13)
-Mingled (Page 27)
- Conspiracies (Page 30)
2.- "tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian" - Allusions (Page 18)
- "tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian"- Simile.
1.-You get introduced to Winston's basic life
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