Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The King

The King tells Huckleberry and Jim that he is the long lost Dauphin of France and son of the King of France, King Louis XVI.  He appears about seventy.  The King, along with the Duke, trick townspeople out of their money and skip out the next day.  He always mispronounces the Dukes name and calls him "Bilgewater".  The King also wants to get the Wilk's estate.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Huck & Jim's friendship

What are the important moments of Huck and Jim's friendship mentioned in the video? How does their relationship evolve?




One of the important moments mentioned was the part where Huck tried to trick Jim into thinking Huck was there the whole time and that Jim was hallucinating.  Jim told Huck that it was a mean trick and that he was there stressing out about whether Huck lived or not and Huck tried to make him a fool.  Also, after the pass the Ohio River, Jim could've just gotten off the raft, but Jim has knowledge that Huckleberry's father is dead.  Huck is truly an orphan.  So Jim decides not to leave Huck because he is now an orphan.  As the novel developes, we learn about Jim's family, and his desire for freedom.  Huck and Jim's friendship also evolves.  They chill naked on the raft and talk about life and that right there is a strong friendship:D

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Friday, January 21, 2011

Memoirs of a Geisha Questions

1. Does Sayuri become Chairmen Ken's wife?
2. Does Sayuri ever meet her sister after she ran away?
3. Will Hatsumomo ever become nice?

Friday, January 14, 2011

You're Wrong, Mr. Twain.

Write a rebuttal of Twain's essay in which you defend the human race as civilized, caring beings.

Dear Mr. Twain,

Us humans are civilized.  We eat, we kill, we love, we feel.  Humans eat other animals, therefore, are we not animals?  Humans minds are growing more and more each day and thanks to that, we have developed our society exponentially.  Yes, sometimes humans can be greedy, but you have to look past that and see the personalities, characteristics and traits that make humans caring beings.

Sincerely

Jasmine Sage

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Mark Twain

Americans have always had a high regard for progress and self-improvement.  Mark Twain couples this admirable national trait with a blistering version of how far, in his opinion, the human races falls short of its ideals.  Think about human nature, and freewrite your ideals.

I would like to change how greedy humans are.  Humans are the most arrogant and greedy creature on this planet.  Humans would do anything to get what they want and we make things that we want instead if what we need.  Like mass production and making video games.  We don't need that stuff but we just want it because we are greedy.  Also humans are prone to corruption and this leads back to being greedy.  If a ruler is greedy and keeps wanting power, he will so become corrupt.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Born into Trouble.

The movie Born into Trouble has not influenced me.  I still feel that the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be read in classrooms.  The word "nigger" is just a word.  Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words will never hurt me.  The more we fear the word, the more people think that the word is bad.  That was the true language and how people spoke in those times.  "Nigger" was the word used for a slave in Mississippi.  Mark Twain was a realist writer and people need to get over it.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Writing Reflection.

Honors English is one of my favorite classes.  I look forward to this class everyday.  We have had many writing assignments and I would say that the one about being a conformist or not is my favorite.  It made me think on a really personal level and observe the world and people around me.  I also liked the writing assignment about or topic on the Civil Disobedience project.  I really got into it and I wrote a strong essay on my topic.