"Cause when your fifteen and somebody tells you they love you you're gonna believe them, and when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out, wel count to 10 take it in this is life before you know who youre gonna be." (Taylor Swift)
This is a great song. "When your fifteen" are the words that leap out to me in this song because they are used frequently. I believe this is a fun song because come on who's not going to believe someone saying I love you when their fifteen, right? I think this song connects to the poem because it is upbeat and the author emphasizes it well. This song interests me because 7-10 girls actually go through this at this age. It's feelings not only does the author feel but many young girls too.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Poem Paraphrase (Blog 8)
I reviewed the poem White Lies by Edwin Arlington Robinson
After I read this poem a few times I discovered through the the first couple lines that this little boy is of color but so light of color he could be "white". He remember all the lies he had told throughout his childhood and wished that he could still lie as he got older. As it seemed like he wanted to lie because he was embarrassed about the life-style he lived compared to some people he knew. Also, remembering every time he did get caught telling a lie his mother would wash his mouth out with soup. He knew he was not to lie and I believe the way he was raised kept him from continuing those lies he so badly wanted to tell.
After I read this poem a few times I discovered through the the first couple lines that this little boy is of color but so light of color he could be "white". He remember all the lies he had told throughout his childhood and wished that he could still lie as he got older. As it seemed like he wanted to lie because he was embarrassed about the life-style he lived compared to some people he knew. Also, remembering every time he did get caught telling a lie his mother would wash his mouth out with soup. He knew he was not to lie and I believe the way he was raised kept him from continuing those lies he so badly wanted to tell.
Freestyle (Blog entry 7)
For my freestyle reading I just finished reading A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks. This book is amazing! This was one of those books once you begin reading it you don't stop till the end. Nicholas Sparks is my favorite author. The novel is very suspenseful and interesting. It's a tragic story ending romantic and satisfying. In this story a horrible acciedent occured taking a life away. No one knew who had been at fault except for the person that had committed the crime. Throughout the book there was clues leading toward the acciedent but over the years of clues something amazing came along leading into a romantic love story.
Quote Response (Blog entry 6)
"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cent of it was in pennies."
I love this quote from The Gift of the Magi. This story really stuck out to me, not only because I love romantic love stories but this one really drove the meaning of love into my head. Jim and Della sell their most valuable items to buy each other Christmas gifts. This story uses gifts as a way of showing love for each other. Even though these gifts become their most valuable gifts and are not used its the care shown throughout the story.
I love this quote from The Gift of the Magi. This story really stuck out to me, not only because I love romantic love stories but this one really drove the meaning of love into my head. Jim and Della sell their most valuable items to buy each other Christmas gifts. This story uses gifts as a way of showing love for each other. Even though these gifts become their most valuable gifts and are not used its the care shown throughout the story.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Freestyle Reading Assignment
Franz Kafka
"No one but you could have been admitted here, since this entrance was meant for you alone. Now I am going to shut it."
I choose this story out of Chapter 10 because I was curious about the "law".
This story was short but interesting. This boy sits at this door for all his life trying to get through the doorskeeper when all he had to do was just go in through the door. He waited and waited to watch the doorskeeper to find any way in that door, while the doorskeeper told him "it's possible" to go through the door "but not just now" when the time was right he would let him in. Near death he realixes that the man had reached his end and let him in the door and shut it. I found this story hard to get at first, after reading it twice I came to realize the thrive and willingness to spend his whole life waiting at a door just to reach the "law".
"No one but you could have been admitted here, since this entrance was meant for you alone. Now I am going to shut it."
I choose this story out of Chapter 10 because I was curious about the "law".
This story was short but interesting. This boy sits at this door for all his life trying to get through the doorskeeper when all he had to do was just go in through the door. He waited and waited to watch the doorskeeper to find any way in that door, while the doorskeeper told him "it's possible" to go through the door "but not just now" when the time was right he would let him in. Near death he realixes that the man had reached his end and let him in the door and shut it. I found this story hard to get at first, after reading it twice I came to realize the thrive and willingness to spend his whole life waiting at a door just to reach the "law".
Quote-Response
"They wern't only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a part and came every Sunday. No doubt somebody would have noticed if she hadn't been there; she was part of the performance after all." (Wolff 86)
This quote stood out to me in a couple different ways. I strongly believe that every human plays a very important role to their community. It takes a certian skill that we have as a person to work together as a team. Even if it is just a part in a play or a position at a job everyone is a part in something. This quote caught my attention because it made me stop and think what role I play a part in everyday. It makes people feel good to know they are needed.
This quote stood out to me in a couple different ways. I strongly believe that every human plays a very important role to their community. It takes a certian skill that we have as a person to work together as a team. Even if it is just a part in a play or a position at a job everyone is a part in something. This quote caught my attention because it made me stop and think what role I play a part in everyday. It makes people feel good to know they are needed.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Freestyle Blog
I am currently reading F0r Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn. This is an amazing book, she explains in depth what men really think.
"I can tell you that the answers to dozens of other common perplexities are related to what is going on in your man's inner life." (pg.10) This is an important quote in the first chapter of this book. Many women wonder why their husband get so angry or defensive toward them when they ask such a simple question such as asking him to stop working so much. The author of this book interveiwed many different men and put the answers together to come up with the inner mind of our men and what they are feeling and thinking.
"We all know, for example, that "men are visual," but, well..what exactly does that mean?"
This quote confused me until I read it a couple times, it is stating that it's simply a difference in between having the vague notion that men are visual and knowing that the sexy commercial he just watched has become a metal time bomb that will catch up to him the next day. The difference is wondering what is going on in his head and having the insight of the men to help you not only understand what they really are thinking but, also how to support him.
"The more we understand the men in our lives, the better we can support and love them in the way they need to be loved." The author of this book is a devoted women seeking to help support and understand her husband in every way he needs her to. She wrote this book to hlep every women willing to support and understand their man in the way they need. This quote has a lot of meaning to what the book really is. After reading this you should or at least understand the way men in our own lives need to be supported and loved.
"I can tell you that the answers to dozens of other common perplexities are related to what is going on in your man's inner life." (pg.10) This is an important quote in the first chapter of this book. Many women wonder why their husband get so angry or defensive toward them when they ask such a simple question such as asking him to stop working so much. The author of this book interveiwed many different men and put the answers together to come up with the inner mind of our men and what they are feeling and thinking.
"We all know, for example, that "men are visual," but, well..what exactly does that mean?"
This quote confused me until I read it a couple times, it is stating that it's simply a difference in between having the vague notion that men are visual and knowing that the sexy commercial he just watched has become a metal time bomb that will catch up to him the next day. The difference is wondering what is going on in his head and having the insight of the men to help you not only understand what they really are thinking but, also how to support him.
"The more we understand the men in our lives, the better we can support and love them in the way they need to be loved." The author of this book is a devoted women seeking to help support and understand her husband in every way he needs her to. She wrote this book to hlep every women willing to support and understand their man in the way they need. This quote has a lot of meaning to what the book really is. After reading this you should or at least understand the way men in our own lives need to be supported and loved.
Quote-Response
"But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's a fatal not to go through with it." (Updike, 19)
I believe this was an important passage in the story because the narrator made it seem like if he was going to take his apron off than he had to go through with quitting his job. This may have been the main reason he ended up quitting his job.
The phrase became an intrest to me because of the narrators beliefs. It seems as if he did not want to quit his job but was forced to because after taking his apron off he had to go through with it. If I was to say I was going to do something, I would. I rarley back out of things and I strongly believe this was the narrators point with this specific passage.
I believe this was an important passage in the story because the narrator made it seem like if he was going to take his apron off than he had to go through with quitting his job. This may have been the main reason he ended up quitting his job.
The phrase became an intrest to me because of the narrators beliefs. It seems as if he did not want to quit his job but was forced to because after taking his apron off he had to go through with it. If I was to say I was going to do something, I would. I rarley back out of things and I strongly believe this was the narrators point with this specific passage.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Reader's Autobiography (entry one)
Hi, my name is Jamie Hudson. I am a freshman at EOU and I am learning to become a nurse. I have lived in union county all my life and most of my family reside here in the valley. I enjoy reading Christian books. A couple of my favorites are For Women Only by Beth Moore and Redeeming Love by Francines Rivers. These are two of the books I have been reading lately. The first book is teaching me how to honor men and the second book is an enjoyable relaxing novel.
As a child I grew up reading the Mary Kate and Ashley seriers. I didn't miss one seriers of these books, I made sure to read all of them over and over. I was obsessed with these girls and they really caught my intrest at the time but later, I grew out of that period and started reading Charollett's Web. Then in my teen years I did the mandatory reading assignments and for pleasure I read Seventeen magazine. Now I'm drawn to Christian books both for direction and guidance in my life and pleasure.
My cousin is into classics and she is now re-reading Where The Red Fern Grows and Of Mice and Men. She remembers reading them from her childhood and wanted to re-read them. Last year for high school I had to read an author who is famous for her classical work, Willa Cathers and I found her readings very interesting. When I asked another friend what she enjoyed reading she stated shes into reading the Bible and reading books of the Old Testament like Exodus and Leviticus. She is reading this because it's the Feast of Tabernacles and it's Jewish custom to read Torah during this time. This realates to me, I like to read a daily devotion portion of the Bible myself. The third person I interviewed was my mother who predictably reads the news paper everyday. This is her only reading that I generally witness her doing. She does this to be informed of the current issues and to get the daily news. I am thankful my mother reads the news paper because then I don't have to. She tells me everything that's going on.
As a child I grew up reading the Mary Kate and Ashley seriers. I didn't miss one seriers of these books, I made sure to read all of them over and over. I was obsessed with these girls and they really caught my intrest at the time but later, I grew out of that period and started reading Charollett's Web. Then in my teen years I did the mandatory reading assignments and for pleasure I read Seventeen magazine. Now I'm drawn to Christian books both for direction and guidance in my life and pleasure.
My cousin is into classics and she is now re-reading Where The Red Fern Grows and Of Mice and Men. She remembers reading them from her childhood and wanted to re-read them. Last year for high school I had to read an author who is famous for her classical work, Willa Cathers and I found her readings very interesting. When I asked another friend what she enjoyed reading she stated shes into reading the Bible and reading books of the Old Testament like Exodus and Leviticus. She is reading this because it's the Feast of Tabernacles and it's Jewish custom to read Torah during this time. This realates to me, I like to read a daily devotion portion of the Bible myself. The third person I interviewed was my mother who predictably reads the news paper everyday. This is her only reading that I generally witness her doing. She does this to be informed of the current issues and to get the daily news. I am thankful my mother reads the news paper because then I don't have to. She tells me everything that's going on.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
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