Solution to nuclear weapons

Facts: Nuclear weapons are very dangerous. So the country of america needs to take action. First off by helping the situation and writing letters to important people across this counrty that you know can get this issue addressed in the white house. More importantly to be prepared. Like have a bomb shelter or a safe underground place to stay if anything happens. Nuclear warefare is just a win-lose situation. You can lose by getting hit by that bomb or you can win by bombing someone else. Theres not much you can do about nuclear weapons because its such a huge issue but writing letters and getting the word out to stop this disaster would be the best thing to do.

REFLECTION: Theres not really any specific solution to the problem but there is ways to stop it. So i think just a simple letter to anyone you know or even getting the word out and expressing how you feel outside of your home would be a great way to show that you care about this issue. I think it would be a great thing to keep stopping nuclear testing and to look ahead to the clear blue sky future with no ash and destruction.

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Nuclear disarmament solution

Facts: Nuclear disarmament has been stopped over the years and getting countries to stop testing nuclear weapons. But many people in the world see nuclear weapons as a defence or maybe even attack if someone attacks them. Nuclear is a huge bomb that hits most of a city usually hitting at different levels as radiation is involved in this bomb. There are many solutions to stop it but the first could be to write a letter to our congress of the state your in. It would be very helpful to just write a letter about how nuclear weapons are being deployed around the world and we need to stop them. your letter will be read and well thought out as in what to do with the issue.

Reflection: My thoughts on this issue are that i dont want nuclear weapons in the wrong hands so if you just get america to be more aggressive on this issue then the world will be better off. I think that nuclear bombs could or will destory most of us on the earth if we get into a nuclear battle but that is just not right because then we will be killing ourselves. Contact a congress man or women to help save america and the world

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Journal #7- Chapters 26-28 from the perspective of Mr. Ewell

I'm a typical guy with typical needs. I got a job at WPA, a depression job program. I dont really think its pretty fun to work there but at the same time awkward. A couple days went by and I lost my job. I cant believe I lost my job and am ticked that atticus would even think about trying to steal my job. I knew it was him because of what I did to him in the case. He's just trying to get me back. I go to atticus and aggressively ask him why he stole my job from me.

I get very angry that Helen Robinson still feels normal then everyone else. I got news for her. Shes just a dirty black women who lost her husband. She needs to leave or die. Also Jem and Scout need to be punished for their behaviors lately and how they've treated me and how nicely they are to Helen. I'm just furious that this could happen. That morning that I decided to think about all of these life issues was the day I walk to work with Helen Robinson on the same path. As I'm walking i say obscenities at her quietly so just she hears it. I want her to die with those bratty kids. As I'm walking saying things she should deserve I see Link Deas. He noticed me saying things to Helen that were threats and decided to threaten me that he would put me in jail if i harmed her. OH i was sooo scared of link! ( sarcastically ) Hes such a big time show. I better watch out. Pssh, i can say whatever i feel like saying.

A another day and night came and i was ticked at jem and scout and just wanted to pummel them. I'm mad and angry at all black people and all people who support them like those dirty rotten kids.
That night I was walking down the same road as Jem and scout. I noticed their scrawny little legs and decided to attack them because they deserve to die. I hide in the bushes behind the kids. They thought they heard something but they will never know its me. I kept hearing names like Cecil Jacobs but I never answered to that name. Scout falls into the bushes and scout goes after her to eventually pull scout back to the road. Jem falls back right after because of the assailant. I pull jem into the bushes further and break his arm and started to hit him on the head a few times. I feel like I'm making progress and then bam! Someone pulls me back further from jem and i struggle to fight him back. I don't know who it is but realize hes gonna pay. Im struggle to break free from his grip when I see a knife get pushed through my rib and..... ( dead ).

Journal #6- Chapters 16-19 from the perspective of Tom Robinson

The trial begins today. I have to go in the courtroom and tell the people of maycomb the true story but the only reason why they wont believe me is because I'm black. Very tough too live and not be equally treated. I feel like I'm a dog getting walked by a human. I'm always on a leash and when I get to be free of the leash its because I need to get the ball and come back or eat food.
The trial is today and I'm nervous from bottom to top. My legs are giving me the chills that sends it to the tip of my head. As I walk in to sit in my place I notice everyone coming in from the whole town to see this case. I feel a little more appreciated because of all the people who show up. I feel like more people want to see me win then fail. But not in this case, in this case, people don't like black people very much. They feel as if they are dangerous.
As i walk into the courtroom and sit down I hear the people talking about my case and how "Tom will never win." I feel strong enough to take the hate of the courtroom and of maycomb and decide to fill my head with good thoughts while I enter.
As i sat down and the case started I heard the crowd in the courtroom lower there voices for the start of the case. After Judge Taylor presided over the case we began. First up, prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer asks heck Tate questions about what happened that night. He went on about how he got a call that his daughter has been raped. He said when he got there that mayella was bruised and beaten and that mayella told heck Tate that tom Robinson raped her. Next Bob Ewell told his story of what he did that night and how he came from the woods with a load of kindling when he heard his daughter yell. Bob said when he got there he saw me raping her.
The trial continues onto mayella. She said now that I took advantage of her when I got in the house. She also says how her life consists of seven unhelpful children, a drunken father, and no friends. Atticus tries to stand up for me even though I know theres no help for me and asks how I could of harmed her with a torn apart left-hand. He goes on more about it and says why she wouldn't admit that her father bruised her because she was with a black man. I chuckled but not to loud just loud enough for myself to hear. I hear mayella yell back at atticus about the courtroom being cowards to not convict me of the crime. Then she started to cry.
Atticus calls me next for a witness. I walk up there, perfectly relaxed, and ready to answer his questions. I testify that I pass the Ewell's house on the way to work and that mayella most of the time asked me to do chores for her. That day the chore was to fix a door. When I went inside, the door was perfectly fine, and there was no one in the house but us. She told me everyone left to get ice cream because of the money she saved. She needed a box from the dresser. I said OK and started up the ladder. She grabbed my leg and in that moment I was so scared I just jumped down from the ladder. She hugged me and in that moment asked me to kiss her. At that moment Bob came furious standing next to a window. He was so furious that he called her a whore and threatened to kill her. I didn't want anymore of this and ran away. I notice one of my employers stands up to say a comment about me that I gladly appreciated. They get me to admit later on that I have the strength to strangle a girl with one arm and shove her down multiple times. I say that i felt sorry for mayella because of what has happened. Everyone looked at me like That has never happened before. A black feeling bad for a white. I hear crying from the balcony but don't bother to look.

Journal #5- Chapters 13-15 from the perspective of Scout

One night, jem tells me not to antagonize aunt alexandra. I dont like the attitude that jems gives me or the comment he says. I get so frustrated I attack jem. A few minutes later our dad (atticus) comes in and breaks up the fight. He tells us to run off to bed and we both do. As I was hopping I saw something under the bed. I looked under and it was dill that ran away from home because he felt that his mother and father didn't pay enough attention to him. I asked him how he got here. He told me a train, cotton wagon, and walked. Jems goes down the hall to tell atticus while i stay up in the room with dill. I then see jem and atticus come up to my room. He tells me that i need to get more food than some bread for dill. He told me to do that before you go tell Dill's aunt, miss rachel, about his whereabouts. I said yes dad and went straight to the kitchen to give dill a decent meal. I bring the meal up to dill and he eats it like hes never eaten in a month. Then atticus tells us to go to bed. Dill sleeps in jems bed but then climbs over to my bed to talk.

After a week or so i was worried about my dad. He took his car into town and i wanted to check out what was going on because the sherrif came earlier today. Dill, jem, and I went to town. We stayed near a bush and watched atticus from a distance reading a newspaper. I immiediatly suggest we should go and see what is going on. Jem replies saying that we shouldn't bother atticus. As soon as jem said that four cars drove up near the jail that atticus was sitting at and demanded that he moved. I couldn't stand not knowing whats going on so i ran out of our hiding spot and to atticus. Jem and dill follow scout to atticus. I watch as atticus tells jem to run home. Jem refuses and then one of the men tell atticus that his children need to leave within the next 15 seconds. As soon as the men ends his sentence. I notice Mr. walter cunningham. I start chatting with him about his legal entailments and his son walter cunningham. I tell him to make sure he tells his son that I said hi. Mr. cunningham, kneels down, tells me that he will make sure he tells his son that I said hi. He then tells his companions to head out and they all depart. Atticus talks to mr. Underwood and then takes all of us home.

Journal #4- Chapters 10-12 from the perspective of Mrs. Dubose

Awww! i've just woken up from sleeping in. I have a messy house with things everywhere. So I start off the day cleaning up my house. It's very messy so it takes me a while to clean. About 4-5 hours to be exact but noones counting. After I go to my room and put on my clothes for the day. Im a old lady as you know trying to live good. It's very hard to live with my old body. It's hard to move sometimes and even walk.
One day I had I was outside gardening when I see Jem and Scout passing by. I say hi and we start a conversation. I then say to those rotten kids that atticus is not any better than those "niggers" and trash he works for. I said it straight because those kids need to know what there father is doing. Discrasing the white community. He's doing the wrong thing. I had to express my feelings. When they started off back to their home. Jem looked frustrated in a way. He was gripping his fist really tight like he was going to punch me. But why would he punch an old lady, he knows i can't fight or even compete. I think hes feeling angry about what I said. Well, I dont really care, he needs to know the truth.
Everyday I have to go through these rotten kids that have a father that stands with a black man.
One day I took a break from gardening my camellia bushes and went to get some water. I noticed a thump and i ran outside to my bushes. I saw my bushes all ruined and Jem running off back to his home. I started screaming and cursing at him so loud. The whole town could of probably heard me. I had to punish him. I made my punishment to have Jem come to my house everyday for a month and read to me.
As Jem read to me for the first couple days scout decided to join him. They would start reading and I would start fits and abuse about the book. I couldn't stand why that happened in the book. Things were weird and I had to speak up. If i didn't the kids wouldn't know the truth. I also Made the sessions a little longer each day because I wanted them to stay. I couldn't figure why the kids were always holding themselves tight like theres something wrong with me or maybe them. The month went by and i started to get lonely. I started to do more morphine then usual and was very crazy most of the time. which I can admit because everyone probably knows by now.
It was about a month later now. I'd made a box for Jem that holds one of my precious items. In it was a single white camellia. I also was going to tell some people in the county that my reading with the kids was a attempt to break the addiction. I 've been going through some hard weeks. Feeling very sick and what not i feel dead. I feeling you never really feel unless your going to die soon. I woke up one morning about to fall over. I go to the hospital that morning insanely drugged and feel very dissy and sick. I was dying and i knew it. The last thing i said to myself in my mind was " I'm sorry jem and scout." ......................( dead )

Journal #3- Chapters 8-9 from the perspective of Atticus

Today I felt very good and ready to start the day off. I get out of bed with my eyes wide open and my brain feeling refreshed. I get up that morning noticing it was very snowy out today. I walk outside and see the kids playing in the snow lovely and carefully. I notice Scout and Jem as they build the snowman that they were talking about how they made it look like Mr. Avery. I quickly told them to disguise it so that no one would notice that its Mr Avery because it was so much alike him.
Later on that night I woke scout and told her to put her bathrobes on and come outside with me. After she got her clothes on, we both walked outside. We saw that Mrs. Maudies house was on fire with the neighbors helping to get most of the furniture out and the fire truck on its way. Then from a distance i saw someone drape scout with a blanket but couldn't tell because i was too far away. By the time I get back to ask who it was, we were both confused. After some talk and interest in the person who did it, scout had a lead. She thought it was Boo. I looked at her with very glaring eyes telling her " that could be true."
Later on that day I ask scout who did it. She still is clueless. Its very odd why someone would do that. I hear Jem talking to himself about who it is. I overhear and come to find out that it was Boo.
I went straight to scout, with Jem, and told her that we thought it was Boo. She knew it was Boo and almost threw-up because of knowing it was Boo.

A couple days later i get a call from the principle saying your daughter nearly got in a huge fight and needed to be taken home immediately to get some rest. I talk to scout when she came home for the day and she told me that the fight was because another kid found out that it was because i was defending black man. I told scout that I have to defend him. Even though i would lose this case horribly, it would still give me a sense of Justice and self-respect.

A few more days later my brother came into town. Since my brother is hear i think we should go to Alexandra's house for a while. Everyone gets ready and we head off to a rambling old house in the country where my sister lives. Im glad that Francis has come to give scout company. Scout does not like my sister much. She tells her that she has to dress like a lady more often and scout doesn't appreciate that. I could tell by the look in her face.
I thought we all had a wonderful trip and we all return to maycomb peacefully. I get back and decide to talk to jack. Jack and I start talking about how Im defending a black man in a court case. I told jack that we had no chance in winning this case, especially with a white jury.

Journal #2 - Chapters 4-7 from the perspective of Scout

Another typical day with Jem and Dill. Sitting on the ground picking grass because we havent found anything to do yet. These few moments picking grass got everyone to start thinking a little bit. As I was picking a line through the grass it reminded me of adventures. I came up with the idea of going on an adventure around the area. I told Jem and Dill and they got very excited to take this adventure. Dill tells Jem to get all his stuff ready and all of his dirty clothes on so that he doesnt get his clean clothes dirty. As Jem gets ready, i get ready as well. After we are all set we head off down the road. We head down the road a little and i start to fear some of the neighbors. I can sense danger just by looking at the long narrow road. I feel unsafe and unprotected. I was just about to speak but then shut my mouth so i didnt ruin the fun for the other two. As we kept walking we saw a house with holes in the tree. I didnt know what to expect and started to get chills down my spine. I felt very nervous and scared. Jem and Dill then wanted to go check out that tree. As we walk closer i started to chicken out and beg that we just go back home. I constantly heard Jem and Dill make fun of me because i was a scaredy cat. I felt insecure over and over again as I begged and begged to go home. After Jem forced me to go, we check out the tree.

As we walked up to the tree I saw holes in it with items in it. As we crept closer and closer we saw soap like figures. I couldnt tell what they were until we stood right next to the tree. They were soap figures of us. I gasped in fear and begged some more to run home. Jem and Dill constantly told me that we are not leaving. I didnt like the looks of this already. We've been looking through many items today and then all of a sudden someone came out of there house shooting a gun at us to get out of their property. We all ran out of the yard as fast as possible, scared to death that we were going to die. I didnt know what to think but run.

Later on that day we decided to give a note to the house asking why they have us in figures of soap but all we got stuck into again was a gun and a man. We all ditched the house and hoped to find out what was going on with the tree and the man.

Journal #1- Chapters 1-3 from the perspective of Jem

Just a normal typical day in maycomb with the very happy people and the people that set their standards to be mean and cruel. I enjoy my playful sister scout and her loveliness to anyone around her. maybe a little annoying in my view sometimes but still my sister. Today has been very eccentric from all other days. I had a dream last night about how i broke my arm badly four years ago. It was coming back to haunt me. In the dream the last thing I saw before I woke up that day was the glare in every member in the Ewell families eyes. I felt some sort of angry towards them that night then I've ever had. Never a huge angry, just a disappointment. After the over-whelming memories of the pain that occurred on that day, I woke up from the nightmare. As my sweat started to drip down my head and onto my pillow I felt much relief. As I woke up from the dream I couldn't stop thinking about how The Ewell's. My sister says they started the whole incident with my arm but I Disagree. I believe the whole thing started when dill came back from meridian, Mississippi, to spend his first summer in maycomb with his aunt, Rachel haverford, the finch's neighbor. As i kept thinking about this situation I remembered what really happened the day i broke my arm. My sister suggests that it all started when General Jackson chased the Creek Indians north and Simon Finch, their ancestor, moved up the river and built Finch's Landing. Because we couldn't decide which was right, I remember asking our dad, Atticus, and he says that we were both right. My sister begins relating the stories of her childhood that build up to the night that Jem broke his arm which irked me.

After i get up that morning I get ready for a normal day, i walked over to the dinning table and found my sister sister across from me looking at me as if i was malevolent or something worse. I told her about my story and how I felt last night. She gave me the look of, "uhhh and i care why?." I wandered if I should of kept talking. I didn't feel at all indigenous to go into the conversation by asking her how she remembered the old days. She talked the most about Dill most of the time and the memories we had together. I felt like she cared about my pronouncement and was encouraged to start a new day. As i walked away from the dining table and out the front door, I always thought about my sister, scout.

Immigration project reflection

I had two books this time, breaking through and circuit both by Francisco Jimenez. I really liked the books because they were very easy to understand the main idea of the story. I liked how Francisco Jimenez wrote these books on a true story of an immigrant. The perspective of the book became clear to me early in the book that a younger aged boy was an illegal immigrant in California. I thought it was very nerve-racking and a little confusing in parts. I learned a lot of things from this book. I learned how younger aged children went through difficulty when they were immigrants like Francisco Jimenez (the main character) who went through very hard times as a little boy. I thought all that our group as well as myself was a really good process and to change something that is going good isn't right. So i think we should keep this process because i get a lot out of it and i learn a lot from the book this way. I wouldn't change anything and I wouldn't want to do anymore blogging because its too stressful to me. I rather type up my reflection and turn it in the next day not put it on your blog, I'm a busy man. Now all that out of the way, I think typing on a sheet of paper is a great way to express how we feel and that is to type it up and take our time instead of rushing to get it in at 9:00. I didn't really think that the meetings with your group were getting the full amount of thought from everyone. I think blogging didn't make everyone really think about what quote they were choosing, and they had to find their answers. I didn't have any problems at all. I thought the blogging system was very good. I thought it was really interesting how many of my group members found the book different than myself. There was one quote that someone in my group took way differently than myself. I thought it meant one thing, and she thought it meant something totally different.
For my painting, i decided to put a story in my painting. A story that the mother said to her child. I just thought the story I drew about really made a connection to the book. The story is all about what mijo was going through in the book and the mom had to tell a story about a mouse who had money but didn't have his lover and was all alone. I think it was just hard for me to paint such detail with the brush I had. Everything i painted was very difficult because it was hard to paint the view of where the bed is and where is the other objects in the room. Basically i just had to go for it because i didn't have much time to do it. The final outcome was poorer than i expected but i still got my painting done. I think if I had a little more time, and I had a smaller brush with a bigger variety of colors, then it would've been a lot better. I think in the future, I'm going to make sure that I have all that is needed to finish a final product, or any product.
I didn't think that interviewing someone would be that fun so i hope to do it sometime again but to someone else. I thought my interview went really, really, really, really, oh and really well. My interviewee was fantastic, he was very kind and so willing to help me with anything I needed. The interviewing itself was really easy. I was asking questions rapidly and he would take his time to answer them for me. Interviewing him made me realize that immigration wasn't a horrendous and awful time for everyone. My immigrant didn't have a bad time at all. I learned that he came here and just started a new life so that he could live better which he did. I made a biographical soundtrack for my immigrant as my final product, and it felt really good to make her something with my own hands. Making something for someone else gives you a certain feeling that's really good, but it's different than just buying someone something. You feel good while making it because you want to make this person happy about themselves and give them a sort of gladness that they had to leave everything and come here. I hope to do this kind of project again.

Breaking Through- post #6

Quote#1- "Time to eat!" he shouted. "If your not in the dining room by the time i count to ten, you'll have to pay a fine."

In this quote I could see the difficulty to the men re-acting to the guy that made dinner. I feel like the men didn't care who was making dinner, they kinda of just ate it and walked off. If you read on in the page it describes that they were hesitant to get up but they eventually did. I could tell the person who made dinner was very happy they made it and didn't want the other men to not appreciate it.

My personal connection is when I sometimes don't get up right when my mom calls me and now that i think of it it's kinda of hurting her because she just made a dinner and now I'm not coming right away to appreciate her dinner.

Question#1- Have you ever made something that someone didn't appreciate? Did it disappoint you or did you just not care and give it to someone else?

Quote#2- "Up north, near San Jose. It's only about 250 miles, so you'll get a chance to come home on holidays, " he said.

I feel in this quote gives a lot of challenging experiences. I know it's only 250 miles but that's still a lot and to make that trip is very dangerous in some cases so i feel like this quote might lead to a dangerous accident on the freeway or maybe not make it because they ran out of gas. I don't know what the case will be but i feel this long challenging road trip to visit them on the holidays for some reason gives me a sign that says watch out! dangerous zone. I don't know if I'm making sense so if you didn't get what i said right there then I will try to sum it up with this next sentence. I feel this quote will show a lot of challenging signs when they visit each other and drive 250 miles on the holidays and that because they are going through this challenging road trip that it might be dangerous that's all I'm trying to say.

My personal connection is that when i go for a long road trip I sometimes feel like it's going to be a little dangerous because of car accidents and things like that but i know it's a rare chance but i still have those feelings and always want to keep safe on the road.

Question#2- Did you get what I was trying to say in the second quote? If you don't get it explain why or if you do get it, explain why you either liked it or didn't like it? ( Really want to know if I'm making sense ) This will be a great place to start

Breaking Through- Post #5

Quote#1- "What about working for me on weekends? I can pay you $1.25 an hour." Mike Nevel - page 86

This quote showed the difficulty that he went through. I felt getting payed liked that is better than nothing and ot love in this world you have to work for your earnings. So this quote deffinitly showed the difficulty of getting people to work for them. I thought that this quote was a great example of what they had to deal with when they came to another country. Great example.

A personal connection I thought of was that sometimes when I get paid by maybe a grandparent or dad that my grandparents or dad feel the same way and have a hard time convincing me to work for them.

Question: If you had anything in the world to pick for a job your dad wanted you to do for him, what would you pick?

Quote#2- "I knew Papa's check was for sixty five dollars, because he got paid a dollar an hour. Roberto and I reiceved eighty-five cents per hour just like the braceros."

I thought this quote was very interesting to know the cost because he's getting paid a good amount here in America and since he came from mexico than he now is getting treated better in his perspective which is good to have when you come to a new country. I also think that there is challenges that Papa has been through and this will pay off most of them because he is working hard and doign well in his new country.

My personal connection is that when i get money here from my grandpa it's usually a good amount so that i could go spend it on kid stuff like ipod's or cell phones. I usually work very hard and do my best to get my full amount.

Question: Is there any moment where you have got paid because you worked very hard at something, if so explain what it is and why you got paid?

Breaking Through- post#4

Quote #1- "From that day on, Papa's spirits began to die too. His moods changed from day to day. He began to complain about his back and got angry about everything and everyone" page 53- Francisco Jimenez

Response- This was a part of many challenges papa had to face while going through this moment. This was just one of many challenges that he faced and had to go through. Papa has been going through many changes. First he was fun to be around and loving but now hes very angry all the time and tough to be with. Going to America effected him greatly. I would say that Papa needs to be left in peace.

My person connection to papa is that sometimes when i feel down on my self or up-tight because of the certain situations that occur during my lifetime. I usually take them really serious and start to get angry at others and myself. Papa and I need to get better on that as we live our life because people won't want to hang around us anymore if we take things to serious. But i don't do that all the time, i normally good to people but sometimes Papa and I could be the same.

Question- Have you had any moments like Papa? If you had, please share what happened to you and why?

Quote #2- "Roberto and I thanked him and went home excited. Papa will be proud of us, I thought." ~Francisco Jimenez page 88

Response- In this quote I felt it gave a clear understanding of how the boys wanted to be looked at as if they did something great. This quote just gave me a interest in how the boys wanted to be recognized and how they wanted to be appreciated. I think something very interesting about this quote is that you can look back on it and think to yourself, the boys went through all those challenges and difficult times and got to the point where they have finally finished their goal. To be so excited about getting appreciated by their father must have been very important to them.

My personal connection to this quote is when I am playing baseball and my dad is sitting in the stands watching me come up to bat. Maybe the first two strikes go by and i only have 1 more strike left before I'm out. Then i hit the ball, hit flies over the fence, home run. Then i feel how great that felt and also how proud my dad would of been at that moment because i didn't just hit a home run, i hit a grand-slam on father's day.

Question- Describe one moment you felt like your dad was proud of you, explain what happened and why?

Breaking through- post 3

Quote: "And for you, Panchito, we got you this new bust of Jesus Christ to replace the one that's chipped"- page 44

Response: This quote gave me one thing. Love was that one thing. Love is the whole purpose i chose this quote. They had love towards the brother and prayer for him. Some people believe there is nothing better you can do but pray and i agree. There is nothing else. So in this quote it kinda of tied in with the rest of this chapter. That when Panchito got this new bust of Christ he replaced it with a chipped piece, he replaced it with something better. I found love throughout this quote, Panchito gaining new items which increases his strength in Christ, and i also see prayer for the little brother.

Question: Do you think the brother will get better because of their prayers and the family taking their time to sit next to him for support?

Quote: "Mr. Sims was angry with me because I missed so many weeks from work. He said he didn't know where I was, so he hired someone else."- page 21

Response: I feel in this quote Mr. Sims has the right to be mad at someone not far in the book because Francisco missed so many weeks of work which is crucial to most people because of lacking cash. For someone to say that they don't know where they are because you ditched work or you "had something better to do" is just inexcusable. I feel this quote gives us a little idea of where Francisco wants to lead his life. At this moment of the book i felt he didn't want to go far in life and he just wanted to be a poor person who lives under all the successful people. It could change as i read more but for now I'm not convinced that Francisco has the courage or the mind set to do what is right in this situation and to me that is to go to work and put your full hours in.

Question: Do you think Francisco will change. Do you think he will be able to start putting in the work and not miss it so much?

The Ciruit- Post 2

Quote: "It's bad manners. He's Mr. Diaz, the contratista. He runs the bracero camp for Sheehey Berry Farms. The man with him is one of the braceros."- page 87...Francisco Jimenez

Response: I chose this quote because the Mr. Diaz was from braceros and he should of been kind to people who you know is very important especially if your still young. This quote shows Mr. Diaz, the contratista who gets noticed by Francisco was too eager to know who it was. The berry farm is an important place for Francisco's family because that's a place where most people get their berries and food. This quote showed what you shouldn't do when you see someone. This quote is an example of what you shouldn't do but also may help you in what you should be doing. I liked this quote because now i know not to point at people because it is very bad manners and to take a calmer approach.

Question: What do you think will happen if Francisco points again? What will you think his dad will do and why?

Quote: "Let me tell you a story I heard when i was a little girl. Long ago there lived a very smart ant who saved her pennies for so many years that she became rich. Many animals wanted to marry her but they frightened her. The cat mewed too much, the parrot talked too much, and the dog barked too loud. A bull and a goat also scared her, but not a little brown mouse named El Ratoncito. He was quiet, intelligent, polite, and mannerly. They got married and lived happily for a long time. But one day when the ant was cooking a pot of beans, she fell in it and drowned, leaving El Ratoncito with a lot of pennies, but terribly sad and alone. So you see, Mijito, Rorra is more important than the pennies. Don't be so hard on your little sister."- Page 107-108...

Response: I felt this was one of the greatest quote. The reason i chose this great story was because the story told a lot about what was going on in the book. The story was basically just a story to stop Mijito from being mad at Rorra. It had a great background, like in the end, the mom said " they got married and lived happily ever after but one day the ant fell in the pot of beans and drowned". That was very shocking to me because after a great life they were living it all came to a dead end when the mouse lost a wife and he was all alone. I like this quote because Mijito needs to stop worrying about Rorra and start forgiving people.

Question: If you were in Mijito's shoes, would you forgive Rorra and listen to your mom and her stories? or would you be like Mijito in the book and still be mad at Rorra and why?

Field Trip Reflection

The purpose of the exhibit was to see how Jews started a new life by coming over to America to settle. They would come because there lives they had recently were filled with poverty, war, etc. When they came to America they faced a different lifestyles. When they all came off the boat, everyone would split directions each wanted a different life. Usually people came from New york and Boston then just split directions after that. Because of the change in the style of people, i meant there started to be a change with the younger kids growing up and making life around their a little different.

Changing the life in a certain can change the style in the country drastically. So when the immigrants came to America, problems in their own country increased. While the Jews were being killed in Europe, Jews in America were pretty mad and wanted to do something. But while American Jews wanted to help, Jews from Europe fled to America.

There were many interesting things that occur ed to me in the exhibit. Some very interesting things that i myself was very surprised about was something about baseball. I love baseball and hearing this was a shock because i never knew about it. A ball player who almost broke Babe Ruth's home run record and four other records was a Jewish man named Hank Greenberg. Some other interesting facts were that Jews fought for our new nation during the American revolution.

Some other interesting facts i learned were that the national Jewish welfare board has met the religious and social needs of Jews serving in the united states military since 1917.

CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS

The photo i chose was called "Children playing games from the U.S.A". This was a photo with 4 kids playing with a ball. They were playing a certain game with 4 people involved and a hoop. Normally called basketball in the U.S but on the picture it didn't look like basketball to me because basketball looks different to me when i see that picture.

I also noticed in this picture that 2 of the boys were standing right next to each other. One was about to grab the ball and the other was just standing around. But in this picture i mostly thought about sports. I love sports so it gave me the thought of how fun other countries like sports as well.

My quote that I chose is this: "The greatest thing I hoped for in my life is to become a successful person and to have a family and friends to support me, not to be looked at by the color of my skin but also who I am inside." -Samira Durakovic, Yugoslavia. I chose this quote because it makes me think a lot about things you need to be focusing on in life. You don't want to go around the country making a bad reputation of yourself. The quote is a great quote to look-up to later in life. Especially people who feel they are not getting far in life with me very encouraged. People who aren't getting as far in life will be able to because they will be pushed to do their best and for that people will love them. And sooner or later those people will start having a good life because of you. So I'm just saying that a lot of people can be influenced by this quote and i appreciate the author for writing a well thought out quote. It also states that you can't be judged by the color of your skin and I think that is huge for the world that we live in. This country is getting a little weird and we need to start living the right way. There's just too many bad things happening all at once and people can't just stand there and say "what are we going to do?" They have to do what is good in the world and help the world out by acting on the good not the bad.

The Circuit ( Post 1 )

Quote: "We'll manage, viejo. Once work starts, we'll be fine."

Response: I chose this quote because it gave me the thought of are they going to manage. It let me think about the book in depth and description not just words on a page. I thought about if they would manage to go through with this new life and be up for it. Meaning if they don't work hard at what they do they probably aren't going to get far. So if they do work hard and get a job then i truly believe they will be fine.

Question: My Million dollar question is do they manage and work hard enough to match the potential of the certain destination they are trying to reach? I'm a little confused in that area..--- PAGE 7--

Quote: "Remember, we have to keep our promise and pray to el santo nino every day, for a whole year."

Response: I chose this quote because it shows a promise in the book. The promise to pray for a whole year. That's a promise that they have to follow. They have to keep a promise so it helps them in life. If you make a promise and not keep it then theres no point in making the promise especially if its for a whole year. El santo nino is a sacred place to them and i loved how this described a promise they had to keep to get far in life or in my case the book.

Question: My question is if they keep another promise in the book, will they keep it or will it fade into the grey sky? I really want to know if they can keep a promise..

Immigrantion Reflection

A person who enters a different country to live in.
Someone has better living conditions meaning people might come from huts to apartments, job opportunities like business jobs or average Joe jobs, and country disaster might be hard for some people especially if they get a lot of hurricanes. There also could be problems with sexual harassment. Religious beliefs could be a reason because they aren't being accepted or there is excrimination hate. And lastly freedom of speech because someone can be locked up by the government and could be killed or tortured and disappear forever.

People would like to come to our country because in our country every citizen is under protection of the constitution and the bill of rights. In other countries, punishment was really harsh and they would cut off limbs. There punishment for stealing is cutting off limbs. People didn't want to go through that. If someone cut off your limbs for stealing you would dislike the country and try living somewhere else and that's what they did.

In the united states we have language opportunities in schools. We have different culture events.I got to experience different foods like Mexican food and Thai food as well as many other cultural foods. I also experienced certain places like china town that have cultural still embedded in the city.

The Secret Life of Bees Book Review

The book, the secret life of bees is a novel about a 14 year old girl who accidentally killed her mother when she was young. She didn't really pay attention when she was younger (no toddler would). She had to have a father and mother so her new father was a abusive man that was very hard on her. She also had to deal with a new mother that was black and cold-hearted stand-in mother. Her name was Rosaleen and was a very bad role model. The cold-hearted mother was put in jail for her assaulted actions to racists. Lily is the name of the girl who accidentally killed her mother. Lily tried to sneak Rosaleen out of jail and into tiburon which is in south Carolina. There she discovers three beekeepers.
I'm going to stop there for now because I didn't want to ruin it for you, but this book is definitely a great book that people who love emotional, inspiring, heart-warming, fascinating, and many other words to describe a book like this would be great for you. I have to make a point that this book was not for me and i clearly figured that out the first few chapters. I recommend this book to kids/adults for girls mostly but also for boys. If you like these kinda of books i can say that you will get hooked on it as soon as you start. But if your someone like me then i recommend another book with more fighting like lord of the rings series or star wars. The secret life of bees is a great book even though it wasn't my type of book. It still caught my attention in ways i wouldn't think of. It gave me an understanding of what lily overcame in her life and what she got angry at or frustrated at. You can feel the hate or the happiness in lily not in a bad way but like you know what shes thinking. In the story lily gets angry by throwing things like honey jars at walls which makes her mad. Everything lily does is something you know shes gonna do because you feel a resemblance to her in some way. I can't describe it perfectly in words but I'm trying the best i can. The reason why its hard to describe in words is because the way the writer wrote the book. She was so smart and intelligent with the characters in the book that when i read it, its like I'm in the book and I'm on a adventure. As i take my eyes off the book i feel like the magnet that was just connected broke and split into two pieces and the adventure turns into crinkled pages, but for some reason the books didn't crinkle this time. The pages kept the adventure going and sparkling in the air.
I know it sounds weird but reading out loud in my house for 2 hours almost everyday is not something i would normally do, but with the page by page adventure I felt connected to her and with her in some parts of her life. I would be happy to recommend this book to many of my classmates and teachers. I would like to thank my teacher for getting me back into reading again, dealing with me this semester, and also my classmates for being a great help as well (sorry just something that had to come out).