1. When people think of the spring they usually think of love, so i assume that Fitzgerald use winter as an image of how his love life went wrong.
2. At eleven, Judy Jones was spoiled and wealthy

Winter Dreams

1. What is the significance of the title? Why do you think Fitzgerald used “winter” and not “spring” or “fall” in the title? In what ways do the seasons affect Dexter’s outlook on life? When people think of the spring they think of love, so I assume that Fitzgerald used winter as an image of how his love life went wrong.
2. Describe Judy Jones at the age of eleven. How do you feel about her treatment of the nurse? At eleven, Judy Jones was a spoiled and self-centered kid. Her family was very wealthy which made her a brat.
3. Why do you think Dexter quit? Dexter quit because he saw Judy Jones being rude to her nurse and he did want anything like that to happen to him.
4. How had Dexter’s perception of Judy changed in part II? He no longer saw her as a stuck up brat. He began to fall in love with her.
5. What is the significance of the tune coming from the piano?The piano tune reminded Dexter of his past years when he didn’t have money.
6. Describe the adult Judy Jones. What kind of person is she? Do you know anyone like her? Adult Judy Jones doesn’t get everything handed to her like young Judy. She loses her attractiveness and is married to a man that doesn’t treat her right.
7. How did Dexter justify Judy’s lying to him? How? Dexter claims that Judy lied to him to spare his feelings.
8. Compare Dexter’s view of autumn in part IV with his view the beginning of the story. Why do you think the views differ? In the beginning of the story Dexter believed that Judy was the one for him, but now he realizes that she is not the girl for him.
9. Discuss the significance of the description of the Jones’s house at the end of part IV. The house was a normal house, with not spectacular about it. This was the opposite of how Dexter felt about Judy.
10. Interpret the following sentences: “The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him.” In the beginning, Dexter fell in love with Judy but she left him and he realized that he lost her, his dream.

21. Compound- complex sentence: “His heart tuned over like the flywheel of the boat, and for the second time, her casual whim gave a new direction to his life.”

Periodic sentence: “Dealer put on his bathing suit and swam off to the farthest part, where he stretched dripping wet on the canvas of the springboard.”

 

William Root Assessment/The Life and Death of Edgar Allen Poe Assessment

1. William Root Assessment

• The Root family were a very religious family. As a result they would always save their fancy parlor for Sunday dinners. Also on Sundays, the kids were only allowed to play with religious toys.
• Mr. Root moved to Marietta in August 1839 to open his drug store. He was one of Marietta’s first merchants. Being that the Roots had 4 slaves, 2 men and 2 women, the men would often help Mr. Root with the shop while the women cooked, cleaned, and watched the kids.
• Back in 1845 , there was no electrical lighting, which meant the Roots had to be careful with decor. Also, plumbing hadn’t been heard of, so when taking baths the family had to use the same water as the person before them, starting with Mr. Root.
• The Roots were classified as a middle-class family, meaning they weren’t poor, but also not the richest. All of the furniture and décor was pretty simple except for the parlor. Being a middle-class family, meant that they couldn’t afford to have many clothes. Everyone had two sets of clothing, one for everyday wear and the other for church on Sunday.
• The boys would often play outside and usually barefoot. Every night after playing outside the boys would have to get water out of the well for their foot bath. Meanwhile, girls weren’t allowed to play outside barefoot, they couldn’t even show their ankles.

2. The Life and Death of Edgar Allen Poe Assessment:

1. There isn’t much history about Poe’s father because he left while Poe was at a really young age. However, Poe’s mom was a well known actress in the community, but died of Tuberculosis when Poe was 3.
2. Poe was 3 years when his mother died of Tuberculosis.
3. Before Poe was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Allen, he and his siblings were split into different foster homes.
4. Mr. and Mrs. Allen took in Poe. Poe and Mrs. Allen grew to have a nice relationship, but Mr. Allen wasn’t nice to Poe at all.
6. Poe went to the University of Virginia. He had a bad experience in college because he was low on money and college wasn’t really safe back then.
8. Poe married his 13 year old cousin Virginia.
9. Poe didn’t a very successful business life. He didn’t make a lot of money from his writing, so he started writing newspapers and later got fired.
11. His wife died of Tuberculosis just like his mom, and she suffered for 5 years before dying.
12. Poe’s poem, The Raven, brought him to fame. He only made $13 dollars for the poem.
13. He wrote a poem entitled Annabelle Lee for his wife.

Letter to John Quincy Adams

Marcus Butts

AP Lang.

2/27/17

Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her son John Quincy Adams, who is traveling abroad with his father, John Adams, a United States diplomat and later the country’s second president. In the letter, Abigail uses many rhetorical strategies including repitition, anaphora, and a metaphor. The purpose of the letter is to advise her son that he should be careful about his actions.

One of the first rhetorical strategies i boycotted was repitition. A couple of times, through out the letter, she repeats the two words “my son.” While reading this letter I assumed that she used repetition on these two words to remind him of her role in his life. In life, your mother is always someone you obey and listen to, so her advice to John was taken very seriously.

As i read through this passage, another rhetorical strategy I found was an anaphora, which is the repetition of a word or a phrase. I think that Abigail specifically put emphasis on the words “I” and “you”. Her motive behind the repetition of these words was to show that he is the person who has to make careful choices. This letter was made so she could deliver advice to her son. 

The final rhetorical strategy i was able tk spot was a metaphor. Abigail uses a metaphor, in the third paragraph, that she heard from an author. The metaphor compared a “judicious traveler to a river, that increases its stream the further it flows from its source.” I can only imagine that after John Quincy Adams reads this metaphor he knew exactly whaf is mother was talking about. 

In this letter, Abigail Adams uses alot of rhetorical strategies to deliver advice to her son, John Quincy Adams. He is traveling the sea with his dad and is probably in need of some assistance. John is more prone to listen to his mother and he will take everything she says seriously, which makes more sense for this letter to come from her. She enhanced the situation by writing this letter to her son.

Oscar Wilde’s Disobedience

Oscar Wilde, I assume, has written lots of quotes in his lifetime, but this is the only one I’ve seen and I can only imagine its the best one. “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” When reading the quote I can’t help but think about all of the things disobedience and rebellion effected. Without disobedience in the world, people would never be able to learn and grow; which would show no type of change.

Last semester, I learned from my World History class that during the French Revolution the people felt the need to rebel against the government. Eventually, they overthrew the monarchy. Causes of the French Revolution could be debated as Seven Years War or the American Revolutionary War. Another example also expressed in World History is the life of Adolf Hitler. Earlier in his life, when he fought in WWI with Nazi Germany as a Führer, his side surrendered due to lack of men and weapons, but Hitler was livid when he found out that his team surrendered. He thought the world would see Germany as a weak country, but more importantly, he didn’t want to seem weak himself. As a rebellious act, he began strictly dictating Germany to gain fear and respect.

I fully agree with Oscar on this quote. Disobedience is man’s original virtue, it is one of the main ways we learn in this world. Disobedience can easily be misused in any circumstances, and most students are disobedient every day at school. Being disobedient to rules that can help keep you safe at school is not the right way to use it. I can help but to imagine the world with no disobedience; where every on could do everything perfectly, leaving no room to learn.

While writing this paper, I learned that disobedience isn’t a bad thing. Yes, it could be used inappropriately, but that is what helps us learn. As human beings, we should all be allowed to stand for what believe and to have a right to our opinions. We shouldn’t have to answer to anyone. If given the chance to speak my mind to any authorities I will proudly say, “I am a disobedient human being.”

Crucible Ending Rewrite

 

Each and every one in Salem had a reputation that could determine his or her fate in the play. I chose to tamper with the fate of Abigail. To be more specific , I chose to end her life, which means in the process her reputation got tainted. Abigail was big on her reputation and she always put it first, even over John. In my rendition, this also meant witchcraft would come to an end. Though she was obviously the root of the witchcraft in the play , she, at several times, always seemed to make herself seem innocent. Throughout this entire time period of the witch trials , Abigail’s actions were constantly motivated by her jealousy and hatred of Elizabeth Proctor. This was the case, mostly because she wanted to be with John Proctor, but John didn’t want to be with her.

 

Reverend Parris’s niece, 17 year old Abigail Williams, was the servant of the Proctors before Elizabeth Proctor found out about the affair between John Proctor and Abigail. In a revengeful  act Abigail immediately starts spreading rumors, about Elizabeth, throughout the town. She starts to accuse her of witchcraft due t her resentful mind. In the pay, John tried to get Mary to confess all of the sins of Abigail; including dancing in the woods. In court Abigail is confronted, but again she lies and convinces the court Mary is using witchcraft in the form of a bird.

 

In act 3 of The Crucible, the judge questions Martha Corey in hopes to get her to confess to witchcraft. Giles Corey tries to help by interfering with the statement; they are only creating these accusations because they want Thomas Putnam’s land. Giles then gets threaten for interrupting in the court. John gets Mary to confess to Danforth that all of the girls are frauds. John gave Danforth the petition, he got 91 people to sign, as evidence for the witchcraft case. The petition cleared Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse and Martha of witchcraft. Parris, then, gives the idea to question all 91 people who sign the petition.

 

Giles Corey is placed under arrest for given the source of the information when asked. John Proctor gives Danforth Mary’s evidence, then Danforth takes her into questioning. While Mary is being questioned Danforth asked her if John force her to testify, but she replied no. Abigail is called into court and is accused, by Mary, of witchcraft. Abigail denies it all. Judge Hawthorne, Parris, and Danforth finds Abigail guilty of witchcraft and forcing there o work for her. Abigail is imprisoned and tortured for answers she won’t confess. Weeks later Abigail dies of starvation in jail.

 

Abigail’s death brought the hysteria of witchcraft to an end. John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey, and others are allowed to stay alive and live their normal life, except for John Proctor. He and Elizabeth separate due to issues caused by the affair. This rewrite surely changes the theme of redemption. In the end John, Rebecca, and Martha all get redeemed and a second chance at life.

AP Language & Compsition

Assignment #1
Words, Words, Words!

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Hate does not fix hate, but love can.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a baptist minister and an activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Based on christian beliefs, he used a nonviolent civil disobedience for an advancement in civil rights, this is what he was famous for.

The words that are important in this quote are Darkness and Hate, and Light and Love. the reason these words are so important is because he uses Darkness as a symbol of Hate, and he used Light as a symbol of Love. This is truly a quote we need to all follow, that is why it is so important to me. I try my best to lie by this quote day by day, because living life with hate isn’t a great thing.

In Cold Blood Summer Reading

Summer Reading
In Cold Blood

Section 1: Chapter 1

Herbert Clutter owns a farm in a small town in Kansas called Holcomb. One morning in November he starts his day with breakfast, as usual, the he goes off to work. Somewhere else in Kansas Perry Smith get picked up by his friend Dick. They take the car to Dicks job to get it prepared for their long ride. After the car is tuned they clean up and hit the road. In Holcomb, Herbert pick up Mrs. Ashida from a meeting. Her and her family just moved to Holcomb but might have to move again. Meanwhile, at the clutter home Nancy Clutter teaches a girl named Jolene how to bake pies. Nancy leaves then Bonnie Clutter show Jolene her collection. Kenyon Clutter is in the basement making a chest for one of his sisters while this is going on. Kenyon likes building and making things even though he is fifteen. He doesn’t pay attention to girls much but he does spend Tim with his best friend.  After driving for a while Dick and Perry stop at a store and pick up some rope, gloves, and stocking to go on there heads. After a long drive, the two finally arrive in Holcomb and the Clutter home. Nancy Ewalt goes to school with Nancy Clutter. Her and her father went to their house the next morning but it seemed as if no one was there. So she asked around then later went back to the house only to find all the bodies. Also Sadie Truitt pass by the farm to and seen ambulances there. Later Sadie and her daughter heard the very shocking news on the radio. The horrifying news started to spread to everyone through churches and radios. Meanwhile, Perry goes to a nearby hotel and Dick eats dinner with his family.

“At the time not a soul in sleeping Holcomb heard them—four shotgun blasts that, all told, ended six human lives.” (-pg. 19) I think this quote is important because it show how dramatic and serious this situation is. It also goes a little more in depth of the murders by describing how many shots and how many people died. This quote adds lots and lots of color by describing the mood of Holcomb at the time of the murders. They also used imagery in this quote, which actually takes you deeper and deeper into the story. I always loved when great stories used great imagery so you get a chance to imagine the situation other characters are in. What stands out to me the most is the level of intensity in this quote. Who knew a few lines could have so much feeling and meaning and, most of all, expression. I think that this quote actually foreshadows the death of the Clutters. First of all, this quote reveals that most of the people in Holcomb were sleeping the night of the killing. Secondly, this quote reveals that there were six human lives taken away that night in Holcomb. It also reveals the gun used to kill the Clutters and how many bullets were fired to kill them. This is, I think, the best quote in the whole entire book and it is my personal favorite. They way that Truman Capote used the senses of literature in this one quote really shows a lot about his writing. “The dream of drifting downward through strange waters, of plunging toward a green sea-dusk, sliding past the scaly, savage-eyed protectors of a ships hulk that loomed ahead, a Spanish galleon -a drowned cargo of diamonds and pearls, heaping caskets of gold.” (-pg. 48) I think this quote is important because it adds lots of color to this part of the book which really puts a stamp on this section to make it memorable. It also adds more detail to this whole book. This quote adds color by uses the senses of literature. I really like when authors used color and imagery the way that Capote did because it gives the text a certain feel that I cannot explain. What really stands out to me is the sensory details in this one quote, it adds a lot of style to the chapter. I think this quote foreshadows the death of the Clutter family. This quote doesn’t necessarily reveal anything to me unless it’s a hidden reveal. What I kind of get from it is that they are now revealing the death of the Clutters in a mysterious way, because the quote mentions “casket of gold.” This quote to me is really mysterious and dark but I really enjoy reading. I read this quote at least 15 times. This is, indeed, my second favorite quote in the whole book. Truman again Dazzles me with this amazing quote.

“It was as though his head had been halved like an apple, then put together a fraction off  center”. Figurative language is a tool that helps the reader easily determine what is going on with in a piece of text. The most common type of figurative language is a simile, which is what is used in the quote above. Similes, of course, compare two things using like or as. For example. “Her smile was as bright as the sun”. Now, looking at the quote from the book, this quote compares a man head with an apple and by doing that the quote is more relatable to others and is easier to understand. The author placed this quote, using a simile, in this particular place to further explain Dick’s physique. It just puts an image in your head while going into detail and giving more insight. the effect of the quote is that it gives you a clear picture of what Dick looked like, or at least what the author wanted him to look to the audience. This quote was found on page 67 of Part One: The Last to See Them Alive. “Goodness, no. I just love her to death. Well, everybody does. There isn’t anybody like Nancy. Do you know what Mrs. Stringer says?” This is a second example of figurative language section 1 of In Cold Blood. This quote example uses a hyperbole, which is also another common figurative language. Hyperbole is an exaggeration of a sentence, for example “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”. Now, looking back at the quote above, he exaggerates his love with death in the quote, which really shows how much he really love her. This gives the audience a very clear understanding of his love for her. Truman placed this quote here so it could back up the situation in this specific moment. The figurative language in this quote give this section a nice mature, professional, and figurative feel. The author places his quote here to show how much he loves her and to give this section more color. Without this literal device this quote wouldn’t be as colored. it also wouldn’t explain how much he loved her it would just explain that he loved her. this quote was found on page 56 of Part One: The Last to See Them Alive. “THE VILLAGE OF HOLCOMB STANDS on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” Some seventy miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its hard blue skies and desert-clear air, has an atmosphere that is rather more Far West than Middle West. The local accent is barbed with a prairie twang, a ranch-hand nasalness, and the men, many of them, wear narrow frontier trousers, Stetsons, and high-heeled boots with pointed toes. The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them.” the quote above uses another figurative language but this time it uses imagery. Imagery is the use f words to visually create a representation of ideas in the audiences heads. For example, “the woods were dark and deep during the night.” Looking back at the quote for the book, the author opens with a really clear image description of the town setting in the book. This sets the place of the book to the audience. Capote places the quote here because it explains the setting in detail, and the setting belongs in the exposition. Without this literary device it would be more difficult to image exactly what Holcomb looks like. This quote was found on page 13 of Part One: The Last to See Them Alive.

The theme that pops out to me in section 1 of this book is “Dream Achieved vs. Dream Failed”. It seems to me that the clutter family murder is a result of failed dreams of the murders, Dick and Perry. Perry was crippled in a motorcycle accident, has bad childhood memories about abuse and being poor. With these excuses and more he Is actually never able to achieve his set dreams, even though he is a intelligent human being. Perry Smith turns to the life of crime, being that his dreams are so beyond him. Dick is trying t get to his achieved dream quickly, so he turns to crime and bad check writing. Come is what caused him to plan a robbery a the clutter home. The Clutters on the other hand have have successfully achieved there goals. Herb Clutter is a self-made farmer. He’s married to Bonnie Clutter with children, four to be exact, he’s very engaged in the community. Though the Clutters have achieved dreams, there lives aren’t the best. Bonnie Clutter, wife of Herb Clutter, has a mental illness and because of this reason the coupe is kind of distant in the house.

When i first stared to purchase the book i didn’t know exactly what to expect for it. I heard from others that it was a thriller and suspenseful kind of story. i was really scared because i never read a thrilling book before, so i almost didn’t want to read it. After i heard some feedback about the book from other people i stared to read it. While reading the book i thought to myself, “Wow! This isn’t so bad.” After a while i really started to get into the book. While reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote i realized that i was real engage, like i was almost apart of the story. i felt like i was in Holcomb and that i experienced the murderers kill the Clutter family. In my heart, part one made me feel n edge and a little scared. It is such a deep and dark story thats being told and knowing that its actually real makes the fear worst while reading. In my spirit i was so heart broken about the murder situation because none of theClutter family deserved to get murdered. In my mind, i was puzzled with the story i did know exactly what was going on or what was happening until closer to the end of part one. This open a few doors for me while reading. it definitely made me a little nervous. This section also made me scared a little bit. this text is really unique because Its very dark and deep. I haven’t read a book the mysterious. So far i still haven’t found anything relatable to this section not even another book. This is the first thrilling book ever so its hard to find something similar to it especially since its so unique.

Section 2: Chapter 2 & 3

After the murder, Herb Clutter’s friends arrive at their home, after all the bodies have been taken away, to clean the home. Meanwhile, the 2 murderers flee off to Mexico to avoid arrest and/or suspicion. Dick uses fake checks to have money to spend and also for items to resell. In Holcomb, the town experience a change mentally, it will never be as trusting again. People, after the murder, start to keep doors locked and lights on and their guards up. Even after the initial police investigation, they continue to interrogate Nancy’s boyfriend Bobby, being he was the only person who had a motive. Section 2 also goes back into Perry’s childhood as it does in section 1. In section 2 it explains how his mother left her husband, but takes the kinds with her. After , he was abused in a children’s home, reunited with his father where they both built a business together that soon failed and led to a physical altercation. Then, both of Perry’s siblings commit suicide. All of these events makes it easy to understand why Perry chose the life of crime. The investigation continues back in Holcomb, where the police discover that Kenyon’s radio is missing. Albert Dewey, lead of the Clutter case, is haunted by the case and will continue to be until he finds out exactly what happened. He is surely convinced that the person that murdered the Clutters had to know them personally. Albert’s wife gets a little bit uncomfortable about the photos of the crime scene, but she has a dream about Mrs. Clutter explaining the murder in front of her grave site.As the investigation continues in Holcomb, the Journey continues in Mexico for Dick and Perry. They plan to hitchhike with the next car that will allow them, but unfortunately are deciding to kill the driver.

“‘Deal me out, baby,’ Dick said. ‘I’m a normal.’ And Dick meant what he said. He thought of himself as balanced, as sane as anyone—maybe a bit smarter than the average fellow, that’s all. But Perry—there was, in Dick’s opinion, ‘something wrong’ with Little Perry.” In his quote the author give us a visual of Dick’s, one out of two of the murderers, brain where he sees himself as a normal human being, But thats not what Perry thinks. The two, Perry and Dick, would always compete or the title of being more masculine than the other, who really calls the shots. their relationship wasn’t as loving as one would think. They actually didn’t like each other that much. They always had different dreams and intensions about certain things but mostly life. Who knew their relationship would crumble after being arrested. Confessions started to spill and pieces of the puzzle started to be put together. This quote is important because it shows the way Dick Hickock thinks, what goes on in his mind. This quote also gives us a little glimpse about how Dick really feels about Perry. It also give out a few of his personality traits, from this quote i can tell that he is tough, straightforward, and blount.you can see, by the quote that Dick doesn’t care about Perry as much as it may have seemed in the beginning of the story. i feel that Dick actually insults him by saying “Whats wrong with Little Perry”. The one thing in this quote that stands out the most to me is the strength and seriousness of what dick says. This quote foreshadows what it would be like in the future with Dick and Perry if or when they get arrested. “Of course, Perl could have struck out on his own, stayed in Mexico, let Dick go where he damn well wanted. Why not? Hadn’t he always been “a loner,” and without any “real friends” (except the gray-haired, grey-eyed, and “brilliant” Willie-Jay)? But he was afraid to leave Dick; merely to consider it made him feel “sort of sick,” as though he were trying to make up his mind to “jump off a train going ninety-non miles an hour.” This quote is important to me because it show that Dick and Perry are starting to separate as friends. It also shows how much they are having problems with their “friendship.” Its interesting to me that tis quote are from neither Dick or Perry, but in fact it came out of the lips of Willie-Jay. Which explains why he compliments hisself in the middle of the thought. This quote shows how much Willie is tired of Dick and Perry’s problems and he wants to tell them to just separate and leave each other alone. This quote uses a lot of figurative language that, i think enhances the text, it uses a simile and a hyperbole. this is already a really nice quote, but when Truman Capote added the figurative language it made the quote even better. The fact that one simple word or sentence can make an entire paragraph so much better is really interesting. The one thing i love about Truman Capote is that he knows exactly the right places to put these kind of literary devices. So far right now this is my number one quote of the entire book. this really adds a lot of interest and color to the text and it makes the audience really engaged.

“Of course, Perl could have struck out on his own, stayed in Mexico, let Dick go where he damn well wanted. Why not? Hadn’t he always been “a loner,” and without any “real friends” (except the gray-haired, grey-eyed, and “brilliant” Willie-Jay)? But he was afraid to leave Dick; merely to consider it made him feel “sort of sick,” as though he were trying to make up his mind to “jump off a train going ninety-non miles an hour.” This the same quote i used a few moments ago , but I’m reusing it because it has something very interesting in. This quote contains a simile and a hyperbole within the same sentence. We all know that figurative language is a really important thing, it make the writing so much better when used. Truman decided to use not only one but type of figurative language in the same sentence. Now i understand why the quote has so much color. As you can see adding figurative language adds color, and adding color can make a section 10 times better as did in Part Two: Persons Unknown. I think I’m really starting to like this book. “‘How?’ -what could Dick mean? The question dazed Perry. After all, such a rich assortment of ventures had been discussed. Prospecting for gold, sin-diving for sunken treasure-these were but two of he projects Perry had ardently proposed. This quote uses a literary device i haven’t run into yet, until now. Alliteration, the repetition of consonant. Alliteration sounds tricky and some times can be but it works really nicely in a piece of literature. For example this quote ends with alliteration by saying “projects Perry had ardently propose.” The P sound repeats in each word , 3 times. This causes the text to feel stronger by adding alliteration. “It was after one of these beatings, one he could never forget [“She woke me up. She had a flashlight, and she hit me with it. Hit me and hit me. And when the flashlight broke, she went on hitting me in the dark”], that the parrot appeared, arrived while he slept, a bird “taller than Jesus, yellow like a sunflower,” a warrior-angel who blinded the nuns with its beak, fed upon their eyes, slaughtered them as they “pleaded for mercy,” then so gently lifted him, enfolded him, winged him away to “paradise.” this quote really stands out to me because of the personification within it. it talk about a bird which is a symbol for Jesus. Truman Capote really makes use of his figurative language and it really pays off through out the whole book. It also uses repetition where he talks about her hitting him and hitting him and hitting and when the flashlight broke she kept hitting him in the dark. Repetition helps get a point across or helps show the importance of the phrase or word. Truman Capote sure is a genius when It comes to things like figurative language in writing pieces of text.

Part Two: Persons Unknown is just as good as Part One: The Last to See Them Alive, maybe even better. It had a lot of information about the murders, and the information was delivered on a platter of figurative language. it have a lot of flashback to the first section The Last to See Them Alive, which helped connect both sections with each other. The figurative language really made this section so much better and i love it.

Section 3: Chapter 4

Unfortunately, the book is coming to an end, and right now Dick and Perry are both in prison waiting for their trial. Perry decided to take blame for all 4 of the murders, but now is starting to show signs of mental illness. During trial the court contemplated wether the murder was driven by mental issues, but the doctor explains that the two are in a sane state of mind and deserve to be charged. They lost the trial which finally close the case. After all of this, the section explains the life after the case is closed. the two eventually die, due to death row, on April 14, 1965. The book ends with the Dewey’s standing at the graveyard of the Clutters, ready to move on with life.

“We the jury find the defendant, Richard Eugene Hickock, guilty of murder in the first degree, and the punishment is death.” The words of the judge change Dick and Perry’s life forever. I believe in karma and in this quote there is a lot of it. The two killed four innocent citizens and now are facing death with the control of the judge. This type of situation is frightening because after you receive your death date you’re basically living your life day by day. i would be completely terrified. “And i was right! – That’s just what he wanted to do: admit that Hickock had been telling the truth, and that it was he, Perry Smith, who had shot and killed the whole family. He said he’d lied about it because, in his words,’I wanted to fix Dick for being such a coward.’” This is another one of those quotes that takes us into the mind of Perry. It helps pull the story all together. This quote gave me a different way of thinking about the murder which surprised me.

This section concludes the book and it ended quite how I expected. In my heart I’m glad that Dick and Perry got what the deserve. this reminds me of what i was talking about with karma, and that everything that go around come back around. In my mind I’m sad that the book is over because i loved it. i actually didn’t know what to expect when I had to rad this book because i never read a thrilling book before, but it was a great experience. This entire book reminds me of my favorite show “How To Get Away With Murder.” That show goes through a lot of crimes and solutions just like this one, and its a great show just like this book. I love this book and i will definitely be rereading it soon.

Extra Credit
Unit 2- Travel Writing- Article Graphic Organizer
Name: Marcus Butts
Date: 11/16
Sager- Honors Advanced Composition
Title & Author of Article:
The Dream Boat by Luke Mogelson
Summary of article:
On September 8,  two journalists, based in Afghanistan, were on an asylum seeker boat. The boat was full of 59 people who all had taken the three day trip from Indonesia. More than a thousand people died trying to get to Christmas Island.
Lede:
More than a thousand refugees have died trying to reach Christmas Island. But faced with unbearable conditions at home, they keep coming.
Examples of color/background:
“The wife, who was seven months pregnant, wore a red blouse stretched over her stomach; the husband a tank top, thick-rimmed glasses and a faux hawk that revealed a jagged scar (courtesy, he said, of the Iranian police).”
“When we were ready, Hakim phoned an elderly Afghan man, living in Jakarta, who goes by the honorific Hajji Sahib.”
“In the summer of 2001, a Norwegian freighter, the MV Tampa, rescued 433 asylum seekers, almost all of them Afghan, from a stranded fishing boat.”
Thematic focus:
The thematic focus is the journey to Christmas Island and the challenges they go through to get there.
Three most important quotes (and why):
1. “Our destination was an Australian territory, more than 200 miles across the Indian Ocean, called Christmas Island.” This explains the destination of their journey and how far it is.”
2. “Our drive coincided with a violent tropical downpour that seemed to surge, under pressure, more than fall.” This was one of the challenges they went through on their journey.
3. “There was nothing to do but heed the Australian’s command and “keep going.”” This shows that they fought and pushed through to accomplish their journey.
Reflection: How effective was this article in expressing its thematic focus? How did this article affect you negatively or positively? What was its purpose and was the author effective in his/her purpose?
This article was really affective in many different ways. The thematic focus is expressed well throughout the article. I was affected by this article positively. It shows me how determined I should be about things I really want and how to stay committed.
Title & Author of Article:
Orders of Grief by Lisa Miller
Summary of article:
This article was about the Sandy Hook and the grieving of the parents. People tried to use money and comfort to help the parents grieve more rapidly but instead it made it worst.
Lede:
As mourning came to Newtown, so did an outpouring of sympathy and money. Which has sometimes made the mourning even harder.
Examples of color/background:
1. “On the first night after the shootings in December, Raul Arguello lay awake in his bed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, listening to the sirens coming from the direction of his daughters’ school.”
2. “Shrines, news trucks, and tour buses filled with well-wishers clogged the town’s arteries so much the place became virtually unrecognizable.”
Thematic focus:
The thematic focus is the unfortunate shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Three most important quotes (and why):
1. “Children have not been to school at Sandy Hook Elementary since the morning of December 14.” This was the affect the shooting had on Newton.
2. “Accomando made meatballs and spaghetti sauce for all the families, feeling that it was the least they could do; one of the murdered boys had been on the same wrestling team as their son.” This shows how people were trying to help the parent of the innocent children.
3. “Tissues seemed to be popular. There was a lot of crying going on. Tissues made sense.” This terrible tragedy cause caused people cry for a very long time.
Reflection: How effective was this article in expressing its thematic focus? How did this article affect you negatively or positively? What was its purpose and was the author effective in his/her purpose?
This article was really affective in many different ways. The thematic focus is expressed well throughout the article. I was affected by this article positively. It shows me how we all need to help friends when they are in need whether the want it or not.
Title & Author of Article:
Dangerous by Joshua Davis
Summary of article:
This article is about a man named John McAfee who had many problems he was going though. In the article karma came back to McAfee and mess up his life. He tried to explain himself and tell them he was a different person. The article show his as the kind and changed person he tried to explain to people.
Lede:
“ON NOVEMBER 12, 2012, Belizean police announced that they were seeking John McAfee for questioning in connection with the murder of his neighbor.”
Examples of color/background:
1. “McAfee is 66, lean and fit, with veins bulging out of his forearms. His hair is bleached blond in patches, like a cheetah, and tattoos wrap around his arms and shoulders.”
2. “His hair is bleached blond in patches, like a cheetah, and tattoos wrap around his arms and shoulders.”
Thematic focus:
The thematic focus is how John McAfee dealt with his problems after his past came back to him.
Three most important quotes (and why):
1. “McAfee picks a bullet off the floor and fixes me with a wide-eyed, manic intensity.” This shows how crazy John McAfee was.
2. “The commandos collided with McAfee at the top of the stairs, slammed him against the wall, and handcuffed him.” These are the consequences of Mr. McAfee’s past.
3. “McAfee is 66, lean and fit, with veins bulging out of his forearms.” This describes his appearance.
Reflection: How effective was this article in expressing its thematic focus? How did this article affect you negatively or positively? What was its purpose and was the author effective in his/her purpose?
This article was really affective in many different ways. The thematic focus is expressed well throughout the article. I was affected by this article negatively. It didn’t really appeal to me like the other ones did.
Title & Author of Article:
Sliver of Sky by Barry Lopez
Summary of article:
This article is about how Barry Lopez was sexually abused. In the article he talks about his relationship with Harry Shier. He talked about what happened to him when he was a kid.
Lede:
“One day in the fall of 1938, a man named Harry Shier entered the operating room of a Toronto hospital and began an appendectomy procedure on a prepubescent boy.”
Examples of color/background:
1. “His lips twitching in a characteristic pucker.”
2. “I never again saw the malachite-green-and-cream-colored Pontiac Chieftain.”
Thematic focus:
The thematic focus of this article is Barry Lopez sexual abuse.
Three most important quotes (and why):
1. “He turned me to the side, put me facedown on the seat, pulled down my pajama bottoms, and pushed his erect penis into my anus.” This is the first sexual abuse encounter.
2. “It is equally difficult, even for therapists, to explain how this type of sexual violence can be perpetuated between two human beings for years without the victim successfully objecting.” This quote showed what he had to go through.
3. “He’d direct me up an outside staircase to a series of rotting duckboards that led across the clinic’s flat roof to a locked door, the outside entrance to a rooftop apartment, where I was to wait.” This is important because it showed what was happening behind closed doors.
Reflection: How effective was this article in expressing its thematic focus? How did this article affect you negatively or positively? What was its purpose and was the author effective in his/her purpose?
This article was really affective in many different ways. The thematic focus is expressed well throughout the article. I was affected by this article negatively. I really didn’t enjoy reading this article about someone’s sexual abuse.
Title & Author of Article:
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us by Steven Brill
Summary of article:
This articles alas about how he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. They made the prices higher what they would usually be. He also talks about where he wrote this article and how he came about writing it.
Lede:
“When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.”
Examples of color/background:
1. A group of glass skyscrapers about a mile away lighting up the evening sky.”
2. “A nearly 1,300-acre, 280-building complex of hospitals and related medical facilities.”
Thematic focus:
The thematic focus is how health care is too expensive.
Three most important quotes (and why):
1. “we spend more on health care than the next 10 biggest spenders combined: Japan, Germany, France, China, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Brazil, Spain and Australia.” It compares other places and there prices to ours.”
2. “We may be shocked at the $60 billion price tag for cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy. We spent almost that much last week on health care.” It explains to us how much we are paying.
3. “DePinho’s salary is nearly triple the $674,350 paid to William Powers Jr., the president of the entire University of Texas system, of which MD Anderson is a part.” This shows how much money doctors make.”
Reflection: How effective was this article in expressing its thematic focus? How did this article affect you negatively or positively? What was its purpose and was the author effective in his/her purpose?
This article was really affective in many different ways. The thematic focus is expressed well throughout the article. I was affected by this article positively. I really enjoy reading this article and agreed with most of it.

Piece 2 Final Draft

Boom! Pow!
Shoot down in town,
6 bullets in his body,
Now he’s 6 feet underground.
2 to the head,
2 to the shoulder,
2 to his pelvis,
Fell down much like a boulder.
This was seen as police brutality,
So the put him on trail,
But the man was white,
So he walk away with a smile.
Now black people have a right to walk in fear,
Because a white man can kill and have everything clear,
I’m sorry that if I speak on this topic I shed a tear,
Because i am tired.
Tired of the blacks that die everyday,
And because they’re white they can get away,
And because we’re black that makes it ok,
But I say no black hate shouldn’t be a game that you can play.