This book is abut a young girl named Winter growing up in the ghetto in Brooklyn. She lives with her father Ricky, her mother Mrs. Santiaga, and her sisters Lexus, Porsche, and Mercedes. She has to go through many things in her life. Her father is a drug lord in Brooklyn. He always provided her with whatever she wanted. She says that her father is a king, her mother is a queen, and she is a princess. To me she was a little bit arrogant. In the book her attitude was,"Hey...bow down to the family who puts food on the table for you and yours."
Winter had a crush on one of her father's workers named Midnight. But he showed no intrest in her. He was always listening to Sistah Souljah a radio personality. He really liked her. Winter wasn't really into Sistah Souljah. She said that she was trying to make herself look good by helping alot of people.
When Winter was about fifteen her father revealed that they were going to move into a house in Long Island. She did not want to leave her home town. Their new house was huge, and everybody seemed to enjoy it but Winter. She missed Brooklyn so much. She always found a way to sneak back to Brooklyn just to see what was up.
A couple of months after they moved, Winter's mother was out with her father and was shot in the face. That really changed her mother. She wasn't the same after that. Her mother didn.t dress the same, didn't act the same, sometimes Winter was embarassed to be with her, and she has never had that problem before.
A few months after her mother was out of the hospital her father was arrested on many drug charges. Eventually they gave him 2 life sentences. Because he killed 2 men in jail. They took everything from them. Their house, cars, furniture , jewelry and everything. Everything was repoed. Her sisters were put in a foster home, because her mother could not take care of them. Her mother moved with her aunt back in Brooklyn, so Winter was on her own. She had to handle business.
Winter was only seventeen, so she wasn't supposed to be out on her own. The authorities caught up with her, and put her in a group home. It was called The House of Success. She really hated being there, but she had a good hustle while she was in there. She did hair, makeovers, sold clothes, basically everything you could think of to make money.
While Winter was in the home she met a girl named Natalie. She was very religious and very quiet. She also liked Sister Souljah. She went to her book meetings a lot. She tried to encourage Winter to go, but Winter wasn't having that.
Winter ran away from the home, and moved with an older man she met. She stayed in touch with Natalie. Natalie begged her to move with Sister Souljah, so she could help her. Winter agreed with her, and decided to move in. Sister had a huge house. She stayed there with her younger sister Lauren. Winter and Lauren kind of hit it off from the beginning. Winter had more class than Lauren. Lauren was jealous of her.
Eventually Winter ran away from the house and moved with a boy named Bullet who she had known when she stayed in Brooklyn. Everything seemed good at first. He was spoiling her. He was buying her what she wanted. She felt like the old her. She got an apartment in her name. And they also got a car. Bullet was selling drugs, and her mother was one of the junkies buying it. She felt so bad for her mother.
One day Bullet asked Winter to rent a car in her name so they could go on a vacation. She didn't know that he had guns and drugs in the car. The police pulled them over, and they were both arrested. Bullet was released because everything was in her name. The apartment, the rental car with all of the drugs in it. Everything!!!! She had to serve 15 years in a federal prison.
7 years after Winter was in prison, she had to attend her mother's funeral. she had to be escorted by police officers. Her mother died from a blood clot in her brain. At the funeral she seen her sisters, Midnight, her father and a lot of other people she had known. Midnight adopted her sisters, and got married. Her father was also escorted by police officers at the funeral. They were happy to see each other. Her family was together again.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Thank You M'am/Short Story 3
This story is about an elderly woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. she was walking down the street when young boy came and tried to steal her purse. He must have not been that good at it, because she ended up draging him down the street. She asked him why he did it, and he said he wanted to buy himself some blue suede shoes.
While she was still dragging him down the street, she asked him why his face was so filthy. He asked her why she wouldn't let him go, but she just kept walking. She kind of figured that the boy was in need of a lot of things.
When they arrived to her house, she made the boy wash his face, and fixed him something to eat. she didn't get into his business by asking him where he lived or who his parents were. She just fed him and talked to him. When they were done she gave the boy $10 to buy himself some blue suede shoes and showed him the door. On his way out the door the boy said,"Thank you Ma'm" and he was on his way.
The subject of this story is teaching young people the right things to do. The theme of this story is whatever you want it is better to ask for it rather than to steal it. I agree with the author and what he was trying to portray. The only way you can have what you really want is to work hard for it. Ways that the author supported the theme is when Mrs. Washington said that the boy didn't have to snatch her purse just because he wanted some shoes.
My favorite movie is Set it Off. The subject of this movie is women on a bank-robbing spree. The theme of this movie is four women trying to get enough money to get out of the hood. The author delivered the theme by showing how all of the girls were living, and showing that they are in desperate need of money.
While she was still dragging him down the street, she asked him why his face was so filthy. He asked her why she wouldn't let him go, but she just kept walking. She kind of figured that the boy was in need of a lot of things.
When they arrived to her house, she made the boy wash his face, and fixed him something to eat. she didn't get into his business by asking him where he lived or who his parents were. She just fed him and talked to him. When they were done she gave the boy $10 to buy himself some blue suede shoes and showed him the door. On his way out the door the boy said,"Thank you Ma'm" and he was on his way.
The subject of this story is teaching young people the right things to do. The theme of this story is whatever you want it is better to ask for it rather than to steal it. I agree with the author and what he was trying to portray. The only way you can have what you really want is to work hard for it. Ways that the author supported the theme is when Mrs. Washington said that the boy didn't have to snatch her purse just because he wanted some shoes.
My favorite movie is Set it Off. The subject of this movie is women on a bank-robbing spree. The theme of this movie is four women trying to get enough money to get out of the hood. The author delivered the theme by showing how all of the girls were living, and showing that they are in desperate need of money.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Lay My Burden Down/ Short Story 2
This story is about Mya Angelou when she was growing up. In the beginning she was telling the readers about how clean her mom wanted her to be. She said that if her feet were dirty when she went to bed that she would get whipped with a switch. she said her mom said,"Cleanliness is next to Godliness."
Maya's mom owns a store and some land that a couple of white people live on. I thought that maybe she would get a little respect from them because they live on her land and bought groceries from he store, but they still treat her like she is a slave. Sometimes they boss her around, and Maya doesn't like that very much.
Towards the end of the story Maya's mother is being taunted by a couple of the white kids. One of the kids go as far as doing a handstand without any underwear on. But Maya's mom just stands there a hums a hymn. she lets them know that she isn't bothered ablout anything they do.
I think that there are many important things you can get out of reading this story. The first thing is that you can ignore people who try to pick on you. Another thing is that even if someone is treating you bad, doesn't mean that you have to do them the same way. There are many examples of this in the story.
In the story, maya's grandma ignored all of the children, and didn't say a word to them. She just hummed her hymn and looked. Eventually they left. My mom always told me that,"you kill a person with kindness." I think that that little phrase goes good with this little passage.
In this little passage after the children left Granmother addressed all the children as "Miz." Maya wasn't very pleased with that. Even after the fact that they had made fun of her she still showed them respect. Maya was to young to realize what was going on at the time. Sometimes when you look over pety stuff like that, and turn the other cheek, you get blessings.
I think that these stories are so popular because these are real moments. People like to read about true events in a person's life. I think that there are a couple of events in my life that would be intersting to read about. Maybe I should make my life into a story.
Maya's mom owns a store and some land that a couple of white people live on. I thought that maybe she would get a little respect from them because they live on her land and bought groceries from he store, but they still treat her like she is a slave. Sometimes they boss her around, and Maya doesn't like that very much.
Towards the end of the story Maya's mother is being taunted by a couple of the white kids. One of the kids go as far as doing a handstand without any underwear on. But Maya's mom just stands there a hums a hymn. she lets them know that she isn't bothered ablout anything they do.
I think that there are many important things you can get out of reading this story. The first thing is that you can ignore people who try to pick on you. Another thing is that even if someone is treating you bad, doesn't mean that you have to do them the same way. There are many examples of this in the story.
In the story, maya's grandma ignored all of the children, and didn't say a word to them. She just hummed her hymn and looked. Eventually they left. My mom always told me that,"you kill a person with kindness." I think that that little phrase goes good with this little passage.
In this little passage after the children left Granmother addressed all the children as "Miz." Maya wasn't very pleased with that. Even after the fact that they had made fun of her she still showed them respect. Maya was to young to realize what was going on at the time. Sometimes when you look over pety stuff like that, and turn the other cheek, you get blessings.
I think that these stories are so popular because these are real moments. People like to read about true events in a person's life. I think that there are a couple of events in my life that would be intersting to read about. Maybe I should make my life into a story.
The Lottery/ Short Story 1
This story wasn't an easy story to understand. I really didn't understand what the story was about until I read over it again. there weren't really that many main characters in this story. The three main characters to me were, Mr. Summers, Tessie Hutchinson, and Old Man Warner.
The Lottery was a gathering that a small town of 300 people had every year. every year whoever was the head of their household would come up and choose a slip of paper from a black box. whoever had the slip of paper with the black dot in the center of it, won the lottery. "Winning the Lottery", sounds like a good thing, but in this small town if you won the lottery you would have to get big rocks and stones thrown at you until you died.
Mr. Summers conducted the lottery this year. He also conducted alot of other clubs and programs throughout the town. Most of the people felt bad for him because his wife died, and he never had kids. He also had a chance to be apart of the Lottery.
Old Man Warner was the oldest man in town. He had been in the lottery for 77 years. He isn't the nicest man you will meet. He is all for the lottery. In the story he said, " A Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon."
Mrs. Hutchinson is the woman who won the lottery that year. At first her husband won, but she declared that they do it over. When the did it over she had the paper with the black dot on it. When she won, Old Man Warner quoted," Come on, Come on everyone!" Even her kids had to throw rocks at her.
In this story, I think that The Lottery is a sacrafice for good crops in the near future. The reason I think that is because of what Old Man Warner said in the story. I really don't like how they handled this situation. i really don't understand how people in this town go to these lotteries knowing what is going to happen.
Character Descriptions
Mrs. Hutchinson seemed like a sore loser. I knew she was when she said,"I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that." I think that just because she wante to re-do it, that's the reason why she chose the black slip of paper.
Mr. Summers seemed like he didn't care much about what was going on. He knew what was going to happen, and he was in the front of the crowd joking with people. If I were in that situation, it wouldn't be a time for me to be joking. I really think that he is so used to the lotteries that it doesn't affect him anymore.
Old Man Warner is the oldest man in town. He is a kind of bitter man. in the strory Mr. Adams told Mr. Warner that they were giving up the lottery in the North Village, and Mr. Warner called them a "pack of crazy fools."
Definitions:
simile- a figure of speech comparing two unlike things
metaphor-directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects
personification-gives an object or idea human traits and qualities
allusion-making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
hyperbole-a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated
irony-using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning
a Metaphor in the story was when Mrs. Hutchinson craned her neck. This is a metaphor because, the two unlike things are "crane" and "neck."
a Hyperbole in the story is when Mrs. Delicroix said," it seems like there is no time between the lotteries anymore." This is a Hyperbole because there is a lottery every year, and there is alot of time between lotteries.
The whole story was ironic. you would never guess that whoever won the lottery was going to die. in the story Mr. Summers quoted,:let's finish quickly" and they all stoned Mrs. Hitchinson to death.
The Lottery was a gathering that a small town of 300 people had every year. every year whoever was the head of their household would come up and choose a slip of paper from a black box. whoever had the slip of paper with the black dot in the center of it, won the lottery. "Winning the Lottery", sounds like a good thing, but in this small town if you won the lottery you would have to get big rocks and stones thrown at you until you died.
Mr. Summers conducted the lottery this year. He also conducted alot of other clubs and programs throughout the town. Most of the people felt bad for him because his wife died, and he never had kids. He also had a chance to be apart of the Lottery.
Old Man Warner was the oldest man in town. He had been in the lottery for 77 years. He isn't the nicest man you will meet. He is all for the lottery. In the story he said, " A Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon."
Mrs. Hutchinson is the woman who won the lottery that year. At first her husband won, but she declared that they do it over. When the did it over she had the paper with the black dot on it. When she won, Old Man Warner quoted," Come on, Come on everyone!" Even her kids had to throw rocks at her.
In this story, I think that The Lottery is a sacrafice for good crops in the near future. The reason I think that is because of what Old Man Warner said in the story. I really don't like how they handled this situation. i really don't understand how people in this town go to these lotteries knowing what is going to happen.
Character Descriptions
Mrs. Hutchinson seemed like a sore loser. I knew she was when she said,"I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that." I think that just because she wante to re-do it, that's the reason why she chose the black slip of paper.
Mr. Summers seemed like he didn't care much about what was going on. He knew what was going to happen, and he was in the front of the crowd joking with people. If I were in that situation, it wouldn't be a time for me to be joking. I really think that he is so used to the lotteries that it doesn't affect him anymore.
Old Man Warner is the oldest man in town. He is a kind of bitter man. in the strory Mr. Adams told Mr. Warner that they were giving up the lottery in the North Village, and Mr. Warner called them a "pack of crazy fools."
Definitions:
simile- a figure of speech comparing two unlike things
metaphor-directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects
personification-gives an object or idea human traits and qualities
allusion-making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
hyperbole-a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated
irony-using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning
a Metaphor in the story was when Mrs. Hutchinson craned her neck. This is a metaphor because, the two unlike things are "crane" and "neck."
a Hyperbole in the story is when Mrs. Delicroix said," it seems like there is no time between the lotteries anymore." This is a Hyperbole because there is a lottery every year, and there is alot of time between lotteries.
The whole story was ironic. you would never guess that whoever won the lottery was going to die. in the story Mr. Summers quoted,:let's finish quickly" and they all stoned Mrs. Hitchinson to death.
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