In the article: Back to the Tap?, the author Nicole Controneo shows the number of bottled water consumption over teh past year, per person. It states that from 1988 to 2008 the amount of bottled water a person consumes in a year has raised from about 7 gallons to about 28 gallons. That's a lot of water. The author is trying to broadcast the fight for the environment by writing about the amount of bottled waters used per year, per person. We don't always properly dispose of our bottled water and there is a very big concern on everyones minds.
We need to help our envirnment in any way that we can and this article is an eye opener. Some people are over using their ideas by planning protests to protect our earth but they don't need to go that far to convince some people. I am already convinced on not using that many bottles of water. People need to open their eyes to the things around them because if they don't get a little push it will be too late for their help.
Our enivornment is what keeps us all alive and well. We need to protect it in any way that we can. Think before you act, especially when helping our earth.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
What does it mean to be loyal?
There are many ideas that we can think of when someone says that they are loyal. Some are dogs being loyal to their owners and another is people being loyal to their homeland. Being loyal menas that you are standing by them. That they are not going and turning against the people that they follow. The people who are loyal to the country or group that they are a part of do not turn their backs on that group of people. The people are loyal to them by doing the tasks that the people in charge appoint to them. Being loyal also means that you do not do the opposite of what they swear either to do or not to do. Being loyal is not turning back on the people who promise you something or not break a promise that you swore not to tell anyone. Keeping loyalty is one of the key components in being loyal. You are loyal to your parents by doing what they ask. Most of the time anyway, and not revealing private matters to the public. Being loyal is a quality that you don't want to leave behind and you don't want your inloyalty to catch up with you in the end.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Stolen Day Essay
The Analysis of Stolen Day
Sarah Broge
4Johann
3-11-10
The Analysis of Stolen Day
In history there are many tragedies that lie with the bodies of little children. Some are physical diseases and early death incidents. Most adults deny the accusations of these pains that are taking place. Like in the story “Stolen Day” we see a boy who not only has pain within his body but also within his heart.
“Stolen Day” by Sherwood Anderson follows the view of an average teenage boy. There is a worry among the people who live in his small town of a bodily disease that they call inflammatory rheumatism. During school the boy starts experiencing signs of the disease that has also possessed a boy named Walter. He starts thinking to himself that this disease is indeed going to take his life. That the pain within his bones will be too much to handle. Not every physical disease kills but it can hurt gravely. He also starts to think that no one will even care if he is dead somewhere. That he will not be missed by anyone. Most kids in that time period, even now do think that they are not good enough for their families and that they will not be missed. He is afraid that people will not believe him if he tells them about his new discovery. This boy that we are following within the story is in a state that no kid should be in. Denial.
Within the state of writing there are four modes to choose from. This story is an example of man versus society. The boy is afraid of what people will think of him if he does broadcast his theory of the illness. Because his family ignores him most of the time he doesn’t tell them. Instead he goes to a place where someone in his state always is. The creek. Down there he does accomplish something but once he goes back to his family he is afraid of being judged. A lot of people are afraid of being judged by others. He is scared so he just blurts out his theory of the illness and runs away to his room. Society is defiantly not on his side today. It will never be either.
Throughout our lives, even as adults there are lessons that we learn. Some of those lessons come from stories. The hidden lesson within “Stolen Day” is not to be afraid. You shouldn’t be afraid of telling people if you think that there is something wrong. You should tell people what’s on your mind and what you theories are before it gets too bad. That there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Don’t be afraid to start admitting to others and yourself that something defiantly is wrong with you either mentally or physically. There is nothing to be ashamed of if there is something wrong with you. You’ll get through it. Everyone has their own inner strength and during situations like these it always starts to creep out of the cracks.
The author of stories ahs two key components to their writing. One of them is their style. Sherwood Anderson uses an illness within a boy to describe the past and the present. The past for many unexplained illnesses and the present for the neglect of children. The unexplained illness for this story is the inflammatory rheumatism that occurs within the bones and joints. Neglect in children is for the boys thoughts. He thinks that he is going to die and that people will not even care is he is dead. That they won’t waste the time to go and look for him if he doesn’t return home. The components that Anderson uses makes the story more real and even more sad than it normally would be.
The way a story gets its pizzazz as some people say is the author Sherwood Anderson was born in 1876. Because he had to work part time he did not have the time for school, like the character Walter in his story didn’t have the time for school because of his illness. He became a successful business man by being the manager of a paint factory, while in his spare time wrote fiction. Surprising everyone in 1912 he left his hometown of Elyria, Ohio to Chicago to pursue his writing. In 1919 his book Winesburg Ohio was published. He also had a great influence on writers such as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Anderson was and still is an inspiration to all and it’s revealed within his writing.
Many authors follow either the same mod line or use the same type of mode. “Stolen Day” has a similarity between the story, “The Necklace.” The main character is at the peak of her life. She has a glorious husband, a good social status but she still wants more. Something bad happens to her by losing her best friends necklace and her whole world turns upside down. She ends up poor and with a very bad social status. The woman and the boy from both stories have society fighting against them. They cannot win against their own society. Society is against them for the rest of their lives. Just like all of us.
Writers tend to mostly follow one way of writing. But Sherwood Anderson chooses to mix it up a little. His story, “Stolen Day”, is a comedy based mode line but with tragic events in it. One tragic event is the boy thinking that he has inflammatory rheumatism. The day is still normal with a few conflicts here and there. The boy is aching but once he surprises his family by bringing home a carp for dinner it’s starting to slow down a bit. Sometimes in writing you don’t’ have to be the same. You can stand out too.
Within a purpose of a story is either a literary significance or a historical significance. “Stolen Day” is based off of history. Back near around the 1800’s where this story takes place there were a lot of unexplained illnesses often only happening to children. Most of them were illnesses that dealt with the bones and joints of the body. Others were sudden deaths of children not only by illnesses. But by drowning or sudden accidents that could not be prevented. History within our writing helps us learn from our past at a different perspective. Within the eyes of another.
We can learn a lot about us by reading and learning about the past from books such as “Stolen Day.” The stories that we read can help us overcome even the toughest obstacles in life because of a character in a book can do it, so can you.
Sarah Broge
4Johann
3-11-10
The Analysis of Stolen Day
In history there are many tragedies that lie with the bodies of little children. Some are physical diseases and early death incidents. Most adults deny the accusations of these pains that are taking place. Like in the story “Stolen Day” we see a boy who not only has pain within his body but also within his heart.
“Stolen Day” by Sherwood Anderson follows the view of an average teenage boy. There is a worry among the people who live in his small town of a bodily disease that they call inflammatory rheumatism. During school the boy starts experiencing signs of the disease that has also possessed a boy named Walter. He starts thinking to himself that this disease is indeed going to take his life. That the pain within his bones will be too much to handle. Not every physical disease kills but it can hurt gravely. He also starts to think that no one will even care if he is dead somewhere. That he will not be missed by anyone. Most kids in that time period, even now do think that they are not good enough for their families and that they will not be missed. He is afraid that people will not believe him if he tells them about his new discovery. This boy that we are following within the story is in a state that no kid should be in. Denial.
Within the state of writing there are four modes to choose from. This story is an example of man versus society. The boy is afraid of what people will think of him if he does broadcast his theory of the illness. Because his family ignores him most of the time he doesn’t tell them. Instead he goes to a place where someone in his state always is. The creek. Down there he does accomplish something but once he goes back to his family he is afraid of being judged. A lot of people are afraid of being judged by others. He is scared so he just blurts out his theory of the illness and runs away to his room. Society is defiantly not on his side today. It will never be either.
Throughout our lives, even as adults there are lessons that we learn. Some of those lessons come from stories. The hidden lesson within “Stolen Day” is not to be afraid. You shouldn’t be afraid of telling people if you think that there is something wrong. You should tell people what’s on your mind and what you theories are before it gets too bad. That there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Don’t be afraid to start admitting to others and yourself that something defiantly is wrong with you either mentally or physically. There is nothing to be ashamed of if there is something wrong with you. You’ll get through it. Everyone has their own inner strength and during situations like these it always starts to creep out of the cracks.
The author of stories ahs two key components to their writing. One of them is their style. Sherwood Anderson uses an illness within a boy to describe the past and the present. The past for many unexplained illnesses and the present for the neglect of children. The unexplained illness for this story is the inflammatory rheumatism that occurs within the bones and joints. Neglect in children is for the boys thoughts. He thinks that he is going to die and that people will not even care is he is dead. That they won’t waste the time to go and look for him if he doesn’t return home. The components that Anderson uses makes the story more real and even more sad than it normally would be.
The way a story gets its pizzazz as some people say is the author Sherwood Anderson was born in 1876. Because he had to work part time he did not have the time for school, like the character Walter in his story didn’t have the time for school because of his illness. He became a successful business man by being the manager of a paint factory, while in his spare time wrote fiction. Surprising everyone in 1912 he left his hometown of Elyria, Ohio to Chicago to pursue his writing. In 1919 his book Winesburg Ohio was published. He also had a great influence on writers such as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Anderson was and still is an inspiration to all and it’s revealed within his writing.
Many authors follow either the same mod line or use the same type of mode. “Stolen Day” has a similarity between the story, “The Necklace.” The main character is at the peak of her life. She has a glorious husband, a good social status but she still wants more. Something bad happens to her by losing her best friends necklace and her whole world turns upside down. She ends up poor and with a very bad social status. The woman and the boy from both stories have society fighting against them. They cannot win against their own society. Society is against them for the rest of their lives. Just like all of us.
Writers tend to mostly follow one way of writing. But Sherwood Anderson chooses to mix it up a little. His story, “Stolen Day”, is a comedy based mode line but with tragic events in it. One tragic event is the boy thinking that he has inflammatory rheumatism. The day is still normal with a few conflicts here and there. The boy is aching but once he surprises his family by bringing home a carp for dinner it’s starting to slow down a bit. Sometimes in writing you don’t’ have to be the same. You can stand out too.
Within a purpose of a story is either a literary significance or a historical significance. “Stolen Day” is based off of history. Back near around the 1800’s where this story takes place there were a lot of unexplained illnesses often only happening to children. Most of them were illnesses that dealt with the bones and joints of the body. Others were sudden deaths of children not only by illnesses. But by drowning or sudden accidents that could not be prevented. History within our writing helps us learn from our past at a different perspective. Within the eyes of another.
We can learn a lot about us by reading and learning about the past from books such as “Stolen Day.” The stories that we read can help us overcome even the toughest obstacles in life because of a character in a book can do it, so can you.
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