Osamas dead

I am really happy that we killed Osama because he was finally brought to justice.  On 9-11 he planned the attack on the world trade center.  This attack was successful and killed many Amercian people basically over 3,000.  I hope the death of Osama will make the victims and their familys of 9-11 feel a little better because many people lost things that day someone lost a father or a mother or even their kids.  Last night everyone was gathering outside the White House because they heard of the news that Osama was killed.  The crowd was singin the Star Spangled Banner and other soungs about our country.  The death of Bin Ladin will bring all Americans together.  We have madea huge impact in the war on terror.  WE have taken out the leader of the most dangerous terrorism group or world knows today Al-Quada.  I do think that they will try and retaliate but we have taken down on of there most powerful leaders he was the face of terrorism and i do feel that Al-Quada will not be as strong as they were when Bin Ladin was alive.  The war on terror is far from over because there are still skilled Al-Quada leaders in the world today but i do feel that the killing of Osama is a major step forward for us and the rest of the world on the war on terror.  I think this will really help the soldiers from the U.S. still present in the middle east a ton because they now know that we are moving forward everyday and we are one step closer to ending this war and taking Al-Quada down.

maus and night

The books Maus and Night were very similair because the both dealt with the topic of the Holocaust.  In both of the books you see how bad the Holocaust actually was and how wrong it was. In both books the main character loses someone close to them.  In Night the main character loses his dad and in Maus he loses his mom.  In Night the dad died because he was so tired he died of exhaustion.  In Maus the mom kills herself because of the Holocaust.   All these people were beiung torchured and killed just because they were Jewish and that is not okay.  In the Night the author was in the action.  The author is writing about there own personal experiences of the Holocaust and of the main camp called Auchwitz.  In Night you realize how hard it was to survive in Auchwitz or any other Nazi camp.  The book Maus is about a man writing a book about his fathers experiences in the Holocaust.  It focuses more on his childhood and dealing with the Holocaust.  I would say a big difference in the books is that Maus is a cartoon book and Night is not.  Maus makes it not as scary of a book to read while Night is basically reality of what the Holocaust really was and the brutalness of it all.  I would recomend reading both of these books because they both show the facts and events of the Holocaust in a different way and its good to see many different perspectives of the topic of the Holocaust.

Restrepo

Pre-Writing:
1.In Restrepo when the soldiers had to fly into the place it showed what it was like in Perry's point of view when he first flew in to vietnam.

2. In both they are right in enemy territory which seems really scary that they could get shot at or attacked and could be killed at any time.

3. In Restrepo when the squad is out questioning locals it reminded me when Perry's squad trys to help the vietnameese locals and they were both friendly to the native people.

4. When Restrepo dies its very similair when Jenkins dies in the book Fallen Angels.  There similair because they both die that the beginning of their job and they didn't really get a chance to prove themselves.

5. I thought it was happy when the soldiers time was up and they could go home Perry felt great when he could go home and if I was in the situation and they told me that I was able to go home I would be thrilled also. 

6.  I thought it was sad when one of the soldiers in REstrepo was crying over a fellow soldier being killd it made me think of how Perry was feeling when hes soldiers died it also made me relize how big strong soldiers can be emotional too.

7.  In Restrepo when they talked about the final battle where they saw the enemy 20feet away from them that made me think of when Perry and Peewee were in the spider whole and they  saw and killed their enemy who was like right next to them.

8. In Restrepo when they loose there second man in battle it is kinda like Brew dying in the end of the book.

9. When they lose REstrepo in the firefight its like when Jenkins dies in the beginning of the book because they both die right away.

10.  Both honor and celebrate fallen fellow soldiers lives bake a cake when brew dies and in REstrepo they shoot a flar up into the sky to honor.

Writing:
Reading the book Fallen Angels and watching the movie Restrepo taught me many things about war.  It taught me how scary war can be like when the American soldiers went into rock avalanche and they could have been attacked at any time.  The soldiers were talkin about going into Kornigal Valley they thought it wouldnt be that bad but when they actuallly got there a bunch of tough soldiers began to get weak at the knees because it was so scary.  Also when your in the war you can get hit at any time so you need to be able to rely on your fellow soldiers so that they can help you out if you get shot or you are injured.  And you need to be able to do the same thing for them. So basically you need to build relationships with your fellow soldiers and make friends because you can't fight a war alone and you need to have people on your side.

slaughterhouse 5

Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1. work on explaining quotes                       6. better vocab
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3. better conclusion                      8. better mechanics
4. better word choice                       9. better quotes
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Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5.  For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).

1. I thought that it was interesting when the author used the saying "so it goes" everytime someone died. 

2.I thought it was interesting when I discovered he could time travel.

3. I thought it was funny when the Transfamadorians put billy in a cage.

4. I thought it was sad when Dresden was bombed.

5. I thought it was interesting tha the Tralfamadorians could see Time as a foruth dimensoin because thats not the way humans see it.

6. I thought it was intresting that the Tralfamadorians didn't make a big deal when someone dies and it didn't effect them.

7. I thought it was funny when Billy talked about the Tralfamadorians and described them.

8. The style the author uses when writing the book was very odd.

9. The book can get cunfuesing because it jumps around from different time periods.

10. I thought it was sad when Billy was shot.

11. It was weird how valencia dies.

12. I thought it was unique how humans were the only species that have free will.

13.  I thought it was funny that he got kicked off the radio show.

14.  I thought it was  a mystery how Montana could tell that Billy as time traveling and no one else noticed.

15.It was funny when Billy had to wear the cinderella boots because he didn't have to wear anything else and the boots were silver.


State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Life goes on

2. Death is a part of life

3. War isn't a good way to solve problems

4. War can do many things to people after


5.  Not everyone can see the 4th demension


Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences.  You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit.  This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.


B- Hey whats up
A- Not much you?
B- Sam, have you ever experienced the 4th dimension?
A- No? What is the 4th dimension?
B- It's where you see not just length width and height you can also see time
A- wow thats cool
B- Yeah I learned it on Tralfamador and you can jump around from place to place in different periods of time
A- sounds really sick
B- Yeah and on Tralfamador I learned that life goes on even if bad things happen and you shouldnt dwell on the bad things but you should keep living your life and everything will be okay in the end
A- those are good words of advice thank you for them
B- no prob
A- cya
B- bye

be a man macbeth

1. Lady Macbeth: "If much you note him
You shall offend him and extend his passion
Feed and regard him not
Are you a man?" Act 3 scene 4 Lines 68-72
Context: Lady Macbeth says this quote when she starts to see Banquo.  She is basically losing her mind and going crazy.  When she sees Banquo she starts acting very odd and not like herself.  She takes Macbeth aside from everything and she asks him if he is a man.
Interpret:  In the book it says only Macbeth can see Banquo so when Lady Macbeth sees Banquo then things get reall weird and she starts going crazy so she ask Macbeth questions on how he is manly and if he is a man.


2.  "Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood.
Stop up th' access and passage to remorse," (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 47-51
Context:  This quote is being said by Lady Macbeth and she is basically saying that if Macbeth doesn't kill the king then she will have to and shes asking for manly things to help her if Macbeth doesn't man up and do it himself.
Interpret:  Lady Macbeth is saying this quote to the spirits so that they can give her qualities she needs to succeed in killing the king if Macbeth doesn't do it.  One of the qualitys she needs to get is cruelty so that she can kill the king.  With that quality she would succeed. 


3. Fit to govern?
No, not to live.—O nation miserable,

With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered,

When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,

Since that the truest issue of thy throne

By his own interdiction stands accursed,

And does blaspheme his breed?—Thy royal father

Was a most sainted king. The queen that bore thee,

Oftener upon her knees than on her feet,

Died every day she lived. Fare thee well!

These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself

Have banished me from Scotland.—O my breast,

Thy hope ends here!

(act 4, scene 3, lines 120-132)

Context:  This quote is being said to Macduff by Malcom and Malcom tells him he does not want to be king.  Macduff doesnt like it when Malcom says this because Malcom is the prince and therefore he should be the king.  He gets really angry and tells him he isn't even right for the possition of the king.  He also tells Malcom that he will have to flee scottlan cause he can't stand the fact of Macbeth being king.
Interpret:  This quote represents that men don't give up easily and can show extreme feelings towards things.  It shows they won't give up with out a fight.  When Macduff gets mad at Malcom it shows his feelings toward scottland and how he wants a good leader for the country.   

4.  "Which the false man does say I'll to England" 
(Act 2 Scene 4 lines 162-163)
Context:  This quote is said when Malcom and his brother are fleeing after there father died.
Interpret:  This quote show that Malcom and his brother were not being men because they were running away from there problems instead of solving them.

5.  "They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, but, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he that was not born of woman? Such one am I to fear, or none"
(Act 5 Scene 7 Line 1)
Context:  This quote is being said when Macbeth is falling apart and theres no hope for him.  So Macbeth decides to fight and in the end he falls and he dies.
Interpret: Macbeth decides to fight untill death because he feels thats what a man would do.

odyssey theme

The theme in the Odyssey is to always be loyal to your leader and to always do what the say and respect them.  Your leader can get you through alot of bad things almost anything and if you are disloyal that doesn't go to well with your leader and it will blow up in your face and you might die because of it.  I think this theme is present in alot of the books in the Odyssey and I feel it is the most important theme that coulod apply to real life. 

In book 12 Odysseus lead his men through many difficult adventures and they have to perform specific tests to survive.  Without there leader I dont think Odysseus men would be able to get past all of these obstacles.  Odysseus and his crew reach Thrinancia but they are stuck on the island for a month.  Odysseus tells his men not to touch the cattle but they men are stuck on the island for so long they are tempted to eat the cows because they are starving.  So eventually the crew touch the cows and they get killed by zeus.  This shows that you need to listen to your leaders or else it will get back at you in the end.  A quote about this is on page 281 line 349.  If the crew would have listened to their leader Odysseus then they wouldn't have died.

In book 19 Odysseus returns to his town and disguises himself as a begger.  He does this so he can test the loyalty of the suitors and his wife.  His wife stays loyal to him but the suitors don't.  They all want to marry his wife and they just have been overall very disloyal to Odysseus.  Disloyalty doesn't go down well with Odysseus so when they have the contest for Penalopope Odysseus wins it disguised as a begger but changes back into himself.  Then him and his son kill all of the disloyal suitors.  A quote that represents this is on page 391 lines 47 to 48.  This is also another example of how if you are disloyal and dont listen to your leader then you will be killed or there will be other severe consequences.

Randy's Back

In recent sports news the Minnesota Vikings aquired ex England Patriot and 7 time Pro
Bowl wide reciever Randy Moss.  For most Minnesota fans this is a great trade because Randy could be a very important addition to our team.  But we all know that Randy has a bit of an attitude problem and some fans don't think he will help the Vikings succeed.  I think that it is a risky trade for the Vikings.  My first point is that Randy has left all of the teams he has played for on bad terms.  He left the Vikings in 2005 and that year he had an incident with a police officer.  He left the Raiders in 2007 and he just left the Patriots because of contract issues.  Another point i have is that Randy could be defined as a distraction to the other players on his team.  He walked of the field before the game concluded and he has had trouble with the law before.  These things would characterize Randy as a distraction because of all the drama that he gets into, and it could tear the Vikings organization apart which would result in a unsuccessful 2010 season.  My final point in why getting Randy on the Vikings is a risky move is that he has the reputation of not going 100%.  An example of this is he had contract issues with the Patriots and his last game as a Patriot he was held without a catch and he just felt sorry for himself.  This shows how when things are going his way he is unstoppable force but when things are down he plays like a 3rd string wide reciever.  I feel trading for Moss would be a dangerous thing to do.  I think that the organization will impacted negativley with the addition to Randy Moss being on the squad. If we didn't aquire him I think we would be more successful this year and future years because once Farve leaves Randy will be worthless and his attitude problem will kick in again I think this because he has left all his teams on bad terms, he is a distraction, and he doesn't try 100%.