Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The last reading

In this story a little boy named Daniel finds a book that has been writing by unknowed author named Julian Carax. The Daniel brings to a book store to see how much it's worth. The Book story owner in amazed by the book and explains to Daniel that there is only one of these books left because all his others where burned in the revolution. As the book store own takes the book to another room he introduces Daniel to Clara a blind women who knows alot about Julian Carax. She explains to Daniel the sad story of Julian Carax. How when he first put out his work all the critcs hated it and told him to remain a piano player at a bar because he was not going to make his money in litature. After only selling 75 books Julian Carax has a mysteris death in which he is barried in an unmarked grave. Monsieur Roquefort finds one of Carax books and falls in love with it. He goes on an ongoing search for Carax's book to never find them.
I thought this story was about mortality. Carax seemed like a forgetable character at first. He writes a book that no wants to read, he works at a bar where no one appreicates him, and he dies before a marriage in a duel in. Then he is barried in an unmarked grave. Carax probably thought that no one would remember him, little did he know that some one would stumbal across his book and fall in love with it. He will be remembered by his writing and it is exstra special because of how rare it is.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Beloved

This story was about a run away slave named Seth and her daughter named Denver. They live in a house that is haunted by the ghost of one of Seth daughters that was killed. The ghost's name is Beloved. They get a visitor named Paul D that use to be a slave at the same plantation as Seth. They quickly build a relationship and Denver feel left out. Beloved is unhappy about Paul D and tries to beat him up.
I thought this story was really sad and shows the hash reality of Slavery. This story was so sad because I felt that all the characters were disconnected from reality because of the hard lived they had had. They all had been pushed down so much that they couldn't live there lives. The ghost Beloved I think symbolizes as the oppresion of slavery.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Catcher and the Rye

n the part of the Catcher in the Rye that I read was about a brother and a sister conversing about why the brother had left his school. Phoebe the younger sister of the narrator of the story is very upset at her brother for leaving and failing out of school. Her brother’s only excuse is that every one at that school was phony and fake. He failed all his classes, but English and he blamed it on the phony teachers. Phoebe worries about her brother because she is afraid of there father being very angry with him for leaving school. In attempt to challenge her brother decision on school she asks him what he does enjoy. All he can recount on is this incident in school in which a boy jumps out a window and kills him self. Phoebe then asks him what does he want to do with his life. He replies that he wants to catch children from falling off a cliff that is covered with Rye. Then Phoebe and her brother start to dance and right when they stop they hear their parents coming in. When there parents come Phoebe covers for her brother and he snicks out.
I though the story was interesting to fallow, but because this is only a very small section of the book I fell like not much of importance has happened. The character Phoebe I like a lot she reminds me of me when I was younger. Always forgiving of you siblings and loves to dance. Her brother seems like he well be an interesting character as the story progresses. The part of the story so far that has really caught my attention is the loss of communication the son has with his parents. The fact that his parents have no idea that he is home and that he had been failing his classes. I liked the idea of him being a catcher of the children in the rye. It sounds like a nice fantasy that I would enjoy myself. I’m interested to see how this story will progress.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Simpsons critic

This critic was about challenging America cultural norms with the hit comedy show the Simpsons. They brought a funny satire to America’s beliefs and systems. The Simpson’s push the buttons of a lot of American beliefs. It covers our politics, our religion, and even our sexual orientation. The Simpsons try to humble American’s in a funny way. All the characters are not really well developed characters, but icons of beliefs. Homer is the patriarch of the family. He is supposed to hold all the knowledge, but in the show he is nothing of that. He plays the roll of the typical dad with the stereotypical family. He is stuck in a boring job with a cruel boss because it’s the only way he can afford taking care of his family. Homer’s boss Mr. Burns is an impression of Capitalism. He cares about no one except his money. He keeps his workers in horrible conditions and pollutes the town with his factories. The character Bart is making fun of the failing public school system. Lisa’s character is the one character that questions things and has the most intelligent, but because of this she is ridiculed by everyone. Marge plays the typical housewife that gets taken advantage of. Homer and the kids use Marge with out appreciating her.
I thought this critic was interesting because I really enjoy the Simpson T.V. show. It was interesting hearing all the back ground to the show. I also liked hearing what the show was attempting to get across to the audience. What I got from this critic was that American’s must stop conforming. That the Simpsons under go constant scrutiny of American culture.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The bell Jar

This story was about a girl named Esther who is about to be released from an asylum. She was allowed to go in town one day and she happens to meet a professor named Irwen. Esther has one thing on her mind, losing her virginity. Irwen takes her back to his place in which they sleep together. Esther didn’t even know if she had lost it or not, but all she felt was a sharp pain. After wards Esther noticed how blood was gushing from between her legs. At first Irwen tells her that is normal, but when it wont stop Esther gets nervous and ask to be taken to her friend Joan’s house. Joan quickly calls several doctors and after four of them refusing to take Esther they finally take her to the asylum hospital. When Esther was fixed and feeling better she gets news that Joan has killed her self. Joan was Esther’s best friends and this was a real shock for her. Then the story jumps to when Esther ex boyfriend, Buddy comes by because his truck gets stuck in the snow. He seems worn and he asks Esther if he was the one who caused her to go crazy. Esther just laughs and reassures him that he was not. At the end of the story Ester nervously waits for the doctors to see her so that she can be asked a few questions and be released.
When I first started reading The Bell Jar I was confused and I didn’t like the way the author was jumping around so much, but once the story really got going I was completely absorbed in it. The author really just threw you into the story with no background to really grab. It also jumped around a good bit, but over all the entire story really caught my attention and I really enjoyed it. There was pieces that were left out that I would have liked to know like what was Esther problem that was making her bleed so much. I would have also liked to know more about the death of Joan like how she had gotten out and did have to do with Esther sickness at all. This story over all was very entertaining.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Approach the inmost cave, The Ordeal

When approaching the inmost cave the Hero will be making there final preparations for complete terror and wonder. The book used Wizard of Oz to explain how a hero will approach there inmost cave. There is usually a threshold guardian who confront the hero before they can enter another special world. This world is a world in another like Chinese boxes. For example the emerald city in the Oz. When a hero makes it in like Dorthy finnally getting to meet Oz she is given an impossible task. When they come to the inmost cave they have to realize that they are on the edge between life and death. That life is a ticking clock and that in the cave there is no turning back. The Hero must get into the opponents mind to out smart them. Finnaly the Hero has come to the big ordeal. The heart of the matter that must be dealt with. I big part of this stage is the Hero's death and rebirth. A hero must die to be reborn as a new person. They hero soon realizes that there greatest opponent is there own shadow. A villian is a hero's shadown in human form. A shawdow is a hero in there own story. So when the Hero is up the villian is down and when the villian is up the hero is down.

I though this section was intersting because it was getting to the core of every story. I liked the idea that every person has a villian deep down inside of them. That every one has a story. That even the villians could be looked at as a hero in a different light. I also liked how when talking about approching the inmost cave the used the Wizard of Oz as an example. It made it easyer for me to see what they were explaining.

I was a little confused by what they were taking about the placement of the Ordeal?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

On the Road

This story is about a friendship between Dean and Stal. It starts off with them in an old truck traveling through the jungle. They are traveling to Mexico city and on there journey they go up the mountains. The only inhabitants on the mountains are native Indians that had never known other civilization until that highway was built. Dean and Stal are completely amazed by there innocence and simplistic lifestyle. At one point they pull over and there are little girls selling crystals. Dean said that he looked into there innocent eyes and felt like he was looking into Mother Marry's eyes. When they drove off the little girls fallowed them for what seemed like forever. When they arrive to New Mexico it snapes them back to reality. They see the harsh cuelty of the city comparred to the innocent indian girls in the mountains. In the city Stal getts stuck in a hospital bed with a fever. It doesn't stop Dean he says good bye to Stal and moves on to Ney York city. When Stal gets better he takes his own journey back to New York. Stal hears how Dean is not always the most trust worthy person. He has several marriages and two devorses. Dean moves back to San Fransico with his second wife. Meanwhile Stal find the love of his life Laura. He send Dean a letter saying that he wants to travel with Laura to San Fransico. Dean travels back to New York to make the travel with Stal. In New York they reconnenct there friendship, but because they both dont have money Dean leaves by himself. It is a sad good bye as Stal and Laura wave good bye in a car like leaving a sad puppy.

I felt that Dean was a sad character. He could never settle down and had to be constantly moving no matter who he was leaving behind. He seemed like such a lonely character because he couldn't be with one person for to long. There friendship was the only real connection I felt he had. Dean seemed like a loving character and wanted connentions with people, but his wondering soul wouldn't let him have that. Stal on the other hand felt like he could keep connenction with peopl. For example his devotation to Laura. I think Stal has a bit of a wondering sould himself, but at least he has comitment to people. I felt this story was about the power of friendship no matter how distant it can be. Stal and Dean with always have the stories and memories the made on the jouney to Mexico City. The friendship and love for each other was strong and made a good story.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Refusal of the Call and meeting with the mentor

Most Hero's refuse to go on there journeys because they are afraid of what might happen. This part of every story serves as a dramatic function to capture the audences attention. The Hero's refusal to call brings attention to the dangers and consequinces of the journey. The Hero usually does this by making up a list of bad excuses in why they should not go. In some cases it is good that a Hero refuses it's call. Refusing the call is ok when the call is from ecil or a summon to disaster. Not all Hero's refuse their call. Some acutally seek the adventure and in these cases they have their mentors or threshold guardians to warn them. Their guardians try to block the Hero from their journey by scarring them. This can often leave doudt in the Hero's mind making the journey more emotional suspenseful for the audience. When meeting with a mentor the Hero is usually left with some sort of gift. Some times the mentor archetyoe is not even there the Hero finds wisdom else where. Often mentors are folklore and myth like. Creating a very common archeype for the mentor as a fair god mother or bearded wizard. Some times a Mentor can become evil and actually betray the Hero.
I thought that the section on the Hero's refusal of the call was very intersting. In the Hobbit Bilbo at first is constantly refusing his call. It's not till Gandof sends 12 dwarf into his house and practically pushes him out the door with them that Bilbo actually starts to except it. I never would have thought that it would be ok for the Hero to refuse his call.
In other people's stories do they refuse their call or do they have a mentor warning them about there call? Does every story really need a mentor or could the Hero be a mentor himself? Have you every had a very unlikely mentor youself?

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Can you love a Roach? Gregor Samsa wakes up on morning transformed into a beetle of some sort. His whole family depends on him to wake up every morning and go to a dead end job, to pay off the debt of his parents. After missing the train to go to work because, his little beetle legs can’t flip himself over, the chief clerk comes to check up on Gregor. The chief clerk becomes impatience and starts banging on the door. Gregor manages to get off the bed and open the door. There reactions were strange. It wasn’t that they were surprised that much but more scarred of his new form. The family now has to adjust to the fact that Gregor can’t work any more. His younger sister must work at a general store and give up playing the Violin. The dad and the mother have to start working again and they have to have two loggers come live with them. The family has to sacrifice so much because of Gregor’s new form, that when he dies it is a relief. The family now can move to a small town house and hopefully marry off the young daughter.
I felt that this story had a lot of hidden meaning behind it that I just couldn’t quite grab. Why was it that out of all of the things he could have transformed into he transformed into a roach. I though that this could have been because he felt as insignificant and mistreated as a roach. He had to work off his parent’s debt, he hated his job, and his boss was not very pleasant. It wasn’t until he was hiding under the couch in his roach form did he actually get to appreciate all the hard work he had done. Everyone has felt like a roach at one point of his or her lives, and this story exaggerates it. I think that the writer must have had a lot of self-pity for himself, to have made such a sad a pathetic character.
When have you felt like a roach? Would you consider Gregor a hero? If you transformed into a roach would you let your family go? Could the fact that the family was so frightened by his new form be a metaphor on how people are so afraid of what doesn’t look familiar?

Sunday, February 22, 2009

peer evaluation

I learned from my peer evaluator that I'm going to need a lot of work on my grammar. Most of my papers do. I could definitely see where he was coming from when he said that some times my sentences didn't flow together. Often when I write a paper I have a lot of different ideas and I just put them all down and they sometimes don't flow together. I plan on making my paper sound more like I am just telling a story to someone. Something my peer evaluator though was that my conclusion needed to be put more through out my paper. I love my conclusion, but I did have a hard time bringing it all together with my paper.
My peer evaluator liked the development through out the story and how it had a clear transitions. He said that he like the development of the characters relationships. I agreed. I thought that it was important to see all the different levels of Hannah and I relationship. If any thing I'm glad he came away from this story seeing that.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

My views on my paper

I had a hard time phrasing what it was that made Hannah such a difficult person to be with. There were two things that went wrong with our friendship. One was that Hannah would often mistreat me as a friend, and really munipulate me. They other problem was Hannah's parents never taking charge of Hannah. I didn't know how to phrase what I learned because I guess what I did learn was that our friendship didn't work. I didn't want put that in my paper because I felt like then why did i write it. The only reason I could think of was why I wrote it was because of how imporant she was in my life for a while. How unblieveably creative she was and how she brought that out of me. As much as I wrote about the bad things I really wanted to end the paper on how amazing she was.

My favorite parts of my paper is about the imaginary games we would play. They truely were one of my most favorite memories of my childhood. As crazy and hectice as her life was she was amazing in her creativety. I guess that is the point I wanted to get across in my paper. I wanted to make this paper funny, but at the same time sad because of her hard family life. I had a hard time deciding weather I wanted to put what was really happening in her family life into my paper. Her Dad was mentally Ill, her mom was never home, she was always doing business trips. Her sister got engaged by 18 and was a model, who could have had an eating disorder. Hannah was stuck in all of this. I felt like I got across how hard it was for her and how she looked for my family and her creativety as an outlet.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The offshore Pirate

This story was very strange and took many different turns than the usual story. Ardita the main character did not have the usual characteristics that most main characters have. I was so sure that by the end of this story she would change her spoiled, shelfish ways and become a better person. Instead I think she liked Carlye better once she knew that he was a convincing, trickster. Who would have guessed that Carlye the humble ragtime player would become a lieing old man just tryig to trick Ardita into marriage. I feel that Ardita was always borred with her life because she could always get what ever she wanted. Thats why she was ok with the idea that Carlye had made this big scheme to get her to fall in love with him. She likes the idea of a constanst journey or adventure and Carlye can give that to her. I also think that because Ardita is selfish and coniving herself that she was looking for a man that could out do her.
I usually like the stories were the main character becomes a better person by the end. This story took a completely different turn than what I expected it to, but it made the story very intersting. I though that it was very different to the usual Hero's journey. In the usual Hero's journey the Hero learns something about them selves and makes a change for the better. In this story I do think that Ardita learnes something, but maybe not for the better. It doesn't make since to me that there relationship could be based on so many lies and that Ardita would like that. I don't know how Carlye could every out due himself after his first scheme to get her to fall in love. What does Ardita expect know?

Why do you think Ardita was ok with the whole scheme? What was is that Ardita really desired in a man? What kind of man do you think Carlye is?

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Character Archetypes

This section of the book talks about the different character Archetypes that most stories have. The threshold guardian, the herald, the shapeshifter, the shadow, the ally, and the tricksters. The threshold guardian is the character that is seems threatening. They are ofter guarding the gates of where the hero is heading. They challenge the hero's strengths in order to go on in their adventure. The character the herald is a messenger that provides motivation for certain characters. The message can ususally be confertational which will get the hero or other character to start an action, such as war. The character the shapeshifter is ussually the heros's subcouncience and is ussually the oppisite sex. They usually constantly change in shape or emotions. The character the shadow is usually the hero's iner most fears or flaws. They are the hero's enemies or villains. The character the ally is the hero's right hand man. the can serve many perposes such as comedy reilf or a sparring partner. The character the truchster symbolies mischief and disre for change. They bring the hero's ego down to earth. They give the audience different perspective and often hav slips of the tongue.
When I read this I though about the different stories I knew and how where these characters fit. The threshold guardian reminded me of "The Never Ending Story" where Atreyu the main character had to pass the two large phoenix. Only the most noblest men are allowed to pass them other wise they will burn you to death. The Herold reminded me in the story of Othello when Iago convinced Othello on faulty evidence that Desdemona was cheating on him. The shadow that I though of was of course the eye in the "Lord of the Rings". The scary eye that was constantly looking for Frodo. The Ally I though of was the Donky in Shriek. He gave so much comedy to an already pretty funny movie, while never leaving Shrieks side. For the Trickster I though of Gollum because you never knew who's side he really was on. He always brought Frodo back to eath about how corupting the ring can be. All of the character types are really imporant to any story and I enjoyed getting to see a clear cut explantion of them.


Do these character inter twine at all? What are the stories that came to mind for other people?
Was the Shapeshifter suppose to be the Hero's lover?

Thursday, February 12, 2009

neighborhood adventures

Sarah McDuffie 2/12/09
Adventures Right in my Back yard
Even growing up in urban Atlanta, I have always believed that can magic exist any wear. My neighborhood was filled with block after block of beautiful old houses that were made back in the civil war. The blocks are all connected by ally ways, which felt like my own little secret garden that I could play in. There were always a lot of children on my street, but there were never my age. My two older sisters had lots of friends on the street. They would all go ride their bikes, but I was never allowed because I was to young. Even though my street felt very safe to me, my parents would worry. The bad part about living in the city is once you left the street you were on a very busy road and right next to some very busy bars as well. I was never allowed to go further from where I could hear me mom yelling, unless I told her where I was going. I loved and still love my neighborhood for its beauty and the doors of creativity that it opens for me.
One day I noticed that I had new neighbors moving in only two houses down from me. I also noticed that they had a little girl with blonde short hair like a boy and she was rather short. I saw her playing in the yard with a funny little rat looking thing. It would scurry around while she would fallow it on her hand and knees and grab it right before it made an escape. I told my oldest sister named Laura what I had seen and that I wanted to see what the girl was playing with, but I was to scarred to go over there by my self. Laura quickly grabbed my hand and we
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started walking down the street. By the time we were getting past the second house and coming upon the lawn with girl, she looked up, grabbed the rat and ran into the house. I remember feeling embarrass that we had come all this way for her to run away from us. Right as Laura and I were turning around to go back to the house the little girl returned back through the door holding her older sister’s hand in one hand and the rat in the other. This was the first time I met Hannah. Hannah was a small girl who was a tomboy just like me. The rat in her hand was actually not a rat at all, but a ginne pig named Brownie because that was Hannah’s favorite dessert at the time. Even though Hannah was half my size her creative mind was bigger than any one’s I have ever met.
Hanging out with Hannah became a daily thing. After school I would run down to her house or it would be the other way around and she would run down to my house. We would play endless, inventive games. One of our games was playing in the ally. There was always some sort of weeds growing there. The weeds would be our crops and we would be the farmers. We would spend hours pulling out these weeds that looked like a wheat plants to us. We would wash them in a bucket. Then we would bundle them together, tie them with a string and put them in a cooler. Once that was all done we would make up different people to come buy the wheat from us. After pulling out enough wheat we started noticing other little plants that grew in the ally. Such as little weeds that if you pulled out they looked and smelled like onions. We also found wild strawberries that we never dared to
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eat. We would find all sorts of berries and wild flowers as well. With all our different crops we would take them down to Hannah’s basement. This is where we would smash them up and put them into little bottles. They were our magical potions, that could cure anything and I’m pretty sure they are still there today.
Hannah was the most, picky eater I have every met. Her diet contained of pizza roles, apple juice, and Butterfinger chewy bars. She would never ever put a fruit or vegetable in her mouth without wanting to gage. Even though her diet was very strict she still wanted to be a chief. Most days after school she would come over to my house and make me food, but she would never try it herself. Her favorite thing to make was nachos. She said that if she ever owned a restaurant she would make these nachos and call them the McDuffie’s special.
It would always upset my mom that Hannah would not eat the super that she would prepare. Instead she would bring her pizza roles down to our house and eat those instead. I would always complain how Hannah never had to eat her broccoli, but I did. This is when is my mom started to notice that Hannah never had any rules. Hannah’s parents never had any control over Hannah’s actions. She was a wild child and I was a goodie toshoes because of this there was a lot of conflicts. The first time this became a problem was when Hannah wanted to cross the busy street. Hannah and I were getting older and my mom would finally allow us to go walk down to CVS. If you walk out of our street and take a right you can go straight down to CVS without having to cross the busy street. We though it would be fun to
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take our allowance which was a whopping five dollars and roller blade down to the CVS, where we would buy candy. We had a good time skating down and getting our favorite candy bar “Butterfingers”. On our way home Hannah decided that she wanted to cross the street because there was a yard sale. I was to scared, because I had promised my mom that I would not cross the street. No matter how hard Hannah tried to convince me that we would be fine I couldn’t help but feel the guilt of betraying my mom. Since Hannah wasn’t going to go alone we ended up back at my house.
This was just one of the many conflicts I had with myself. Weather to fallow Hannah’s lead and go down a dangerous yet fun path or fallow my mom and be safe. No matter what side I took Hannah and I were inseparable. At one point Hannah basically lived at my house and I considered her one of my sisters. Even though Hannah had no rules and I had plenty. Hannah had a hard relationship with her parents and I had a close one we connected through our imaginary games. Our playful games kept us together and made us have the strongest friendship ever. I’ll never forget the time when we dressed up funny and congregated the whole neighborhood to have our very own Mardi Gra. We got all our neighbors to dress up, ride bikes and through beads to people in cars that passed by. My memories with Hannah are my most, fondest memories of my childhood. Our games will always stick with me and because of that the magic in our imagination will always be in my heart.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Indian Camp

This story starts off with Nick, his father and his Uncle George getting into two Indian canoes. After they cross the misty cold river they get to the Indian camp ground. At the Indian camp ground there is a women who had been going through labor for two days. Nick's father is a doctor who thinks that the baby might be coming out the wrong. Instead of coming out head first he thinks they baby is trying to come out feet first. He was right and he decides the best solution is to have surgery. After the surgery Nick and his father go to congratulate the father, but finds his dead body. The father had killed himself. Uncle George quickly takes Nick out of the room, but it's to late he has already seen everything. On the boat ride home Nick talks to his father about death. He feels so safe with his father that he thinks that he will never die.

At a young age I know how it feels when you are with your parents and you feel invincible. Death seems so far fetch and that it will never happen to you. Nick saw the trouble of labor and the pain that she was going through, but how his father saved her. Then he saw a man who had given up and committed suicide. Through his eyes death seemed so avoidable. Either that his dad will save him or that he would never give up they way that man had. He is so young and naive like most of use we never think we will die.

In class we talked about morality. I fell like in this story it shows that death is all around us, but we refuse to admit that we will die one day too. By reading stories such as "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Indian Camp" it shows the reality of death. Death can happen to any of us at any time.

Why do you think the little boy felt that he would never die after seeing so much death?

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

My own heros journey

In 6th grade I was playing on the monkey bars at my school's playground. The playground was very large and the jungle gym was at the back of the property behind the soccer field. I would every day go back with my friend Abbye and we would play on the monkey bars. One day Abbye was trying to leap from the first bar to the very last one. She flung herself, her body completely stretched, but she couldn't make it to the last bar. She ended up doing a belly flop on to the ground. My call to adventure had begun. I had to decided fast what I was going to do. She had knocked her breath out and was having a hard time speaking. All the kids sat around shocked not knowing what to do. The reality of the situation finally came to us. We all looked around at one another trying to decided who would go get a teacher. I finally leapt into actions, I ran for a teacher. I ran as hard as could in a frantic mode and found one of my teacher near the soccer field. She noticed my worried face at once and quickly fallowed me back to the monkey bars. By the time we had returned Abbye had regained her breath and was talking, but was still very rattled. The teacher took Abbye and I back into the class room. Abbye was fine but she gave us both lollypops anyways. We sat content with our lollypops waiting for the other kids to arrive to tell about our adventure on the monkey bars.

A Good Man is Hard to FInd

This short story was about a family of six that goes on an adventure, but ends up in tragedy. The family is made up of a grandmother, her son, his wife and three children. They are heading for a vacation in Florida. The two young children named June Bug and John Wesley are very impolite and selfish, which upsets the grandmother greatly. After stopping shortly at a restaurant the grandmother remembers an old plantation she use to visit. After convincing her son to take the car down a dirt road to see the plantation they get into a crash. All of them survive the crash, but three misfits come along to cause trouble. The leader of the misfits is an older man who enjoys telling his life story to the grandmother. While he gets his followers to take family members at a a time in to the woods to shoot them. Terrified the grandmother tries to convince the misfit that he has good blood and is really a good man, but in the end he shoots the grandmother three times.
To me this is a very sad story, but in its harshness there is reality. I think most people want a fairy tale ending to every story, but in the real world not every thing ends happily ever after. I think that the title of this shot story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" explains the truth about people. That humans can't always be good, and that there is potential for good and evil in every human being. People can so easily go a stray and the way this misfit saw it was that he was a bad man and he might as well burn some houses or kill some people while he still had time on this planet.
I was confused on what the misfit was trying to say about Jesus?

Monday, February 2, 2009

Hey professor Kat,
I have got my new blog pass word. Hopefully I will be able to start posting more blogs.
Sarah McDuffie