Post 5 To Kill A Mocking Bird chapters 18-24

Choice C

I think this is a book mainly about class. African-Americans are the lowest a it did not matter if you were a rich African-American or a poor African-American you were still considered poor. The poor are next but in this book that is the Ewll family. After that is the young like Jem, Scout, and Dill. Next is the white people. Finally is the rich white people such as Aunt Alexandria who is a hypocrite.

Without class the climax of this book would be when Jem, Scout, and Dill were trying to sneak into the Radley house at the beginning of the book and them being pursued. Also the big debate of Tom Robbinson would not be obscure but very clear. But that would be the only climax nothing exciting would happen.

This book would not be inevitable to read. It would just be another book on a shelf that would be improbable it would be famous. It would probably not be even be able to sustain itself as a good book. So that is why I believe this book is mainly on class.

Post 4 To Kill A Mocking Bird

How would Jem and Scout's life would change if they had a mother?

I think it would have changed a lot. It would change the whole story. With their mother around she can keep an eye out for Jem and Scout and when she saw them doing something wrong she would stop them. For example if they tried to put the note in Boo Radley's house she would see that and stop them. She would also keep an eye on Dill and Scout's relationship.
It would also affect the charters personally. Jem and Scout would be closer to their mother than Atticus. Calpurnia would be treated more like a maid than a close family friend. Dill wouldn't be very close to Scout and Jem. She would stop Atticus from defending Tom Robbinson.
I think if Jem and Scout had a mother the story be very boring and not interesting. There would be no climax and no plot. The charters have no meaning. Finally the book itself would not have been a classic. So I think it be a very bad idea to put a mother into the story.

Post 3 for To Kill a Mocking Bird chapters 10-11

 From the perspective of Heck Tate.

The dog house is getting more and more boring every day but today was a little more interesting. I was just walking around the cells talking to other sheriffs when the phone rang. It was Atticus Finch my contemporarie to my surprise. I thought to myself why Atticus Finch be calling around these parts. He talked very fast and I was not able to understand. I told him to settle down and repeat what he said. He took a deep breath and said their was a mad dog on the loose. I tried to contradict what he said but I have a job. I told him to calm down and I will be there in a minute.

 As I hung up I called out to the other sheriffs and said I will be back in half an hour. I grabbed a rifle from the closet and keys on the counter. I got inside the automobile and took off to pick up Mr. Finch. When he picked me up he said step on it Heck. I did and we were their in less than ten minutes.

When we got there the dog was inconspicuousbut I found him and saw he was limping around all crazy. Mr. Finch was pushing his children inside for saftey as I pulled out the rifle. I looked at how far he was and realized I can't take a shot that far. I passed the rifle to Mr. Finch and told him to do it. He tried to cantankerous but I gave him thee rifle anyways. He had fear in his eyes. I saw him stumbling with his glasses for a while then thought of great peril and then a crack of the gun came. The dog dropped to the ground dead. The kids were astonished of their fathers shooting ability and didn't know what to say.

But even though the kids didn't know of one-shot Finch I knew he was back.

Journal Entry for To Kill A Mocking Bird chapters 4-9 post 2

From the perspective of Scout

Everyone is acting different now a days. Ever since I started school no one has been acting the same except for me. I thought I knew all of them very well but I guess I was wrong. Even Atticus is acting different and I reckon adults were suppose to stay the same forever.

Everyday Jem tells me I'm getting to girly. I sometimes wonder if he forgot I am a girl. I once saw him rolling in mud over the winter. I told him it was gross and he started nagging at me saying to go back to my old self. But maybe I am getting to girly. But he should still treat me the same if I am a girl or not.

Whenever someone talks to me they always call Atticus a ****** lover. Once my own cousin started calling him that. who ever calls him that is lucky because Atticus told me not to fight, it's for uncivilized people. But that is not all I recently just learned about how he was one-shot finch back in his day. I am still stunned from that. But I am puzzled why he didn't want us to know it.

Calpurnia has been the weirdest. She actually misses me whenever I go to school. Our usual fights happen no more. She will never get angry at me ether or she will actually believe me. I wonder if Atticus told her to stop arguing with me or she wants to be a big influence in my life. I also wonder how she actually feels about me.

This family is getting weirder by the day. What will happen when Jem and I grow up will things still change or go back to being the same? I guess I have to find out by waiting.

To Kill A Mocking Bird post 1

From the perspective of Atticus

September 1st
Summer is finally over. Jem and Scout start school tomorrow. everyday of the Summer they have been coming home with stories of what Dill and they did today. One day they told me that Jem was dared by Dill to touch Boo Radley's house and they saw the curtain move when he did. When I heard that I was scared like no man has been scared before. After that I had Calpurnia take a look at them every now and then.

September 2nd
When I came home and spent some time with Scout she told me how weird it felt when Calpurnia gave her a hug and said that she missed her when she was away at school. I never thought that Calpurnia would miss Scout I thought she would love it if Scout was gone. But it was a weird side of Calpurnia that I have never seen. Maybe there is more to Calpurnia then I thought.

September 3rd
Today when Scout came home she told me she saw the dirtiest boy ever. I told her that because of the economy was so bad that most people can't afford anything. Not even water. She felt bad and said she will raise enough money as possible to help them. I encouraged her and gave her a nickel to start. I immediately felt good about that and felt good for the rest of the day.

Novel parteners book review

Bud not Buddy book revew
Sorry but you hav to go to this link to look at the review.

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NAME___Nicholas______ DATE_____2-24-11_______

TITLE___Bud not Buddy______ TIME_3____HOURS

AUTHOR___Christopher Paul Curtis_________ PAGES _126_-___239

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK_113_____ START FINISH

1. What does this book make you wonder about? Why?

It makes me wonder what happened to Bud at the end. Did he become a great saxophonist or did he just kept being treated like a janitor. What happened to Mr. Calloway did he just kept on crying did he punish Bud. Did Mr. Calloway actually treated him differently or just made things harder on him. I wonder these things because Bud not Buddy left me wanting more of the book.

2. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why? 

The character I liked most was Bud. But he is the main character of course I am going to like him. So my favorite non-main character is Mr. Jimmy. He is a nice dude. He always knows what to do and when to do them. He also acts like everyone is family. He takes time to know everyone and he is always in one mood, happy.

3. If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it? 

I would change the part where Bud and Bugs split up. I would have it where Bud makes it on the train and the train stops in a different place and everyone is caught but Bud.

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NAME__Nicholas______ DATE______2/11/2011______

TITLE___Bud not Buddy_______ TIME__3____HOURS

AUTHOR___Christopher Paul Curtis_________ PAGES _37_-___126_

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK_89____ START FINISH

1. What advice would you give to a character.

I would give advice to Bud. I would tell him don't get your hopes up to high. Because you had the Amos family to live with. Your father could be dead and you wouldn't know. Then when you find out it's to late. The Amos family gave you a home, food, and water. But you didn't appreciate it because they yelled at you and treated you like trash. It's better than not finding your father and dyeing without a family.

2. Which character would you want to have as a friend.

I would want Bud as a friend because he has lessons that will actually help you to a better life as a kid. He would also keep me out of trouble by ways that should not be explained. He also would know the best things to do in our darkest hours. But there are somethings that will make him a bad friend. He would be a lot of trouble. Sometimes his ideas would fail horribly. 

3. Explain how the author creates suspense in the book.

He creates suspense many ways like him missing the train, almost hijacking a car, and thinking of killing people. When he was at the Amos house he was so close to killing the Amos family that 1 more step could've started something. But I like his small way of revenge by making the son pee himself. I also thought he could've made it on the train he was so close just a little push can do it. But sadly he didn't make it. He was almost going to get away in the car but didn't know how to drive.

Novel Parteners post 1

NAME___Nicholas_____ DATE______2-4-2011___

TITLE_____Bud Not Buddy_____ TIME___2__HOURS

AUTHOR__Christopher Paul Curtis_______ PAGES _0___-____37_

TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK_37_____ START FINISH

1. How does this book remind me of my life?

There are only a couple parts that remind me of my life. One was how Bud felt about the Amos family. He was almost tempted to kill them. That reminded me of how I was enraged sometimes. Another was how he rembered the rules. Sometimes I was about to do something but I thought about the rules and it stopped me.

2. What do you think about a particular character's actions? Was he/she right or wrong to do that?

When he grabed the shotgun in the middle of the night he was ready to kill the Amos family. But he thought to himself that it was wrong and hid the shotgun. I think what he did was right because what good did it make to take their lives.

3. Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?

I think I would read another one of his books. Because he made a book that can't be put down under action, comedy, romance, etc. He made it where it was all of the above.

Book review for the Grapes Of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is not a book but rather a poem. The beginning brings you in and makes you interested. The middle is pieced together perfectly. But the end left you thinking. But sadly this book is mostly boring.Yes, I know I made it sound like a perfect book then brought it all down but it is about a family from Oklahoma that travels to California. That it no action, romance, comedy, etc.

Yeah, I felt excited when I read the first few pages but after that it went downhill. But personally I liked how he brought you in it was different from all other stories. He made it in such detail that I actually thought I was there and he did it with a poem. He also brought in all characters in a way I have never seen. But that got old and was used to many times.

The middle is where it lost me. Everything was so interesting until I got there. Really it just talked about a family moving to California. But some parts have interesting turns. So really the middle is OK. But once they got to California it got me interested once again.

The end is where they got to California. They were so many twists and turns it would confuse me sometimes. But those twist and turns were not like any twist and turn. Like for example when a twist or turn happens in another book it usually someone gets shot. But these twists were things out of the ordinary.

Finally would I recommend this book or not. Yeah I would recommend this book. It’s not a high recommendation. Yeah there are some boring parts but the detail and poetics involved in this story makes up for it.