The Life of Antonia

Willa Cather offers a view of life in the pioneer times is such a pertinacity way.  She is really good at what she does and the book "My Antonia" tells a great story.

The book "My Antonia" would change if it were told in Antonia's perspective in a way that might just improve the story.  I think there would be more detail in the story if it were told from her perspective.

Cather is actually really good at narrating a story in the point of view as a man, which is really amazing.  Jim sounds like a man writing.

I think Jim changed the title for Antonia to My Antonia because he really liked her.

So all-in-all this book tells a great story about Antonia.

Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.

"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."

"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."

"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.


Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting is in Nebraska, the harsh weather also plays a big role on the crops, as well as the era of time that they are in.

Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
My back porch reminds me very much of an oasis, especially during the winter because the scenery becomes very plain and boring.  The wind wind whispers around the deck posts like a scary movie.  This makes winter very hard to with-stand. But when the weather gets nice outside, I'm definitely outdoors doing something.  My back porch has a huge effect on me because it is a nice place to just relax and enjoy the elements.

Argument: Death Penalty

Evidence 1:

The more executions we have is for the better.  Each execution deters an average of 18 murders in the U.S.

• Commentary 1:  This is good because it has such a large deterrent effect that it will cause way less murders to be taken place.
• Commentary 2:  If people can start paying attention to this it will slow the amount of murders in the U.S way down.

Evidence 2:

According to an emory university professor, thay by speeding up executions would strengthen the deterrent effect.

• Commentary 1:  The more lawful executions we have is for the better.
• Commentary 2:  The stronger we get the deterrent effect, the less murders we will have.

Opposing Claims:
    
     Many beleive that the death penalty does not deter the amount of murders in the united states.

My Rebuttal:

     Nevertheless, I say that for every execution, it at least deters between 3 to 18 murders.

My Paragraph:

     Keeping the death penalty is definately a must.  The death penalty will keep our world we live in a safer place.  The more executions we have will continue to strengthen the deterrent effect.  Hopefully we can get the deterrent effect so strong that we wont have to ever worry about the death penalty.  The death penalty is a hard subject to talk about because it can go both ways, you are still taking some persons life, but in some instances the death penalty can be for the better.  Talking about and commiting the death penalty is not very urbane, the death penalty will never be a polite and pleasent thing to think about.

My Thinking:
     This paragraph is based mainly deductive thinking because there is enough evidence to make the conclusion certain.

Source:
    
     Pro Capital Punishment Page

Run Forest Run!!!!!

Running: in intense situations a person's instinct varies because of one self's self-preservation.

Henry was running to protect himself, he was scared so he decided to run.

Forest was running because he was ordered to do so, but then he changed his mind and turned around to save his people.

War is...

War is wanted, amongst our enemies
War is needed, to protect our rights
War is bad, in many different ways
War is good, in many different ways
War is destroying, the ones we love
War is serving, to the ones who gave their lives
War is revolutionary, constantly changing our world
War is expanding, spreading like disease
War is shedding, the tears of the families that serve
War is protecting, our lives here in the U.S

Remembering 9/11

What 9/11 means to me is basically a huge threat to the united states of America. And the fact that we are working on another one just states that we are strong and that even though you can hurt us we can always power through it. We as u.s citizens are the ones who can adapt to pain and over come it. Yes it was a terroristic threat to us that broke out in war that we are still fighting and i have good faith that we will succeed and overcome this war.