Photo Analysis

     In this photo there's a lot of houses. With one big house in the middle. The big house could be a town hall or something The roads also seem to be dirt, not paved. Maybe the roads aren't paved because the town's too poor? There is a small amount of trees. So the town seems to be in the plains. There's also a horse drawn carriage, which seems to be the family's transportation. Speaking of the family, There's no husband. He could be the one taking the picture though. Which leads me to the next thing, the mom looks straight at the camera, and the sons look like they're striking a pose. So they could be wearing their best clothing because they know they're getting a photo taken. Or they're middle class.

     I think that this is very close to Maycomb. The houses are relatively close and there are dirt roads. It was also taken in the earlier dates. Since there are horse-drawn carriages. Also the people in the photo seem to be middle class. Since the clothes aren't that nice. Also in farmlands, there are little trees, in the picture, there only seems to be 3 tress. So not much. And not many anywhere else. So in a plains area, like Maycomb.

"Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives." Farmer's Family Waiting to Go Home on Saturday Afternoon. Enterprise, Alabama. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/fsa1998012413/PP/>.

The Fault In Our Stars 11/20/14

Prompt: Describe the Conflict, Characters, and Setting
Pages Read: 38- 173 (Between Blogs)

     The conflict is love. At first Hazel doesn't know if she likes Augustus or not. She's wondering if it would be wrong to date Augustus. She figured that maybe he's dating her because she looks like his old girlfriend. Also, she'd worried he might get too attached. Hazel knows she's going to die and doesn't want to hurt Augustus. Hazel's also worried about Isaac and how he'll cope with being blind.

     The characters all have some sort of problem. Which is cancer, Augustus had leg cancer, Hazel has lung cancer, and Isaac had eye cancer. Isaac had a relationship with a girl named Monica. Doctors told him they had to perform a surgery which would get rid of Isaac's cancer, but make him blind. Right before the operation Monica broke up with him. He was very gloomy and depressed. Mostly sad and angry at first though. Augustus grew up liking basketball but started disliking it one day. Then he was diagnosed and had his leg amputated. He received a prosthetic leg. Hazel has lung cancer and is surviving. She has to be hooked up to a machine to be able to breathe.

     The setting seems to be a normal city/town. It's known to not have many parks. There's a church with a support group in it that meets every once in a while. (Which is how Hazel and Augustus met). There is an airport to. (When they start to head to Amsterdam). In Amsterdam there's lots of beautiful rivers and trees. The scenery is just incredible. There's also confetti from all of the celebration.

   

Passion Project Update

In the project, Jesus, Gabriel, and I have been working on a sports camp. At first, we started on the poster and started gathering information. Like phone numbers, an email, and possible locations. We got the YMCA, Bounce, and the recreation center. We've made an email and sent it November 18, 2014. During the 15th Autumn of the 21st century. We're planning to add details to the call script and possibly call today. After the class leaves. We have plans for the equipment (soccer balls, basketballs, and the nets.) The plan is to ask if it's available, if not we can get support from one of our sponsors to buy or borrow equipment. We still need to figure out the exact times/hours for the camp. But as the date approaches we will have the times.

Introduction Video

Nightjohn 11/13/97

Prompt: Analyze the impact word choice has on the meaning or tone of a text. Analyze how dialogue or specific incidents reveal information about characters. Make sure to include textual evidence.
Pages read: 16- End

     I think that word choice has a lot to do with the theme of the story. It can slo help with some points. For example, in "NightJohn" Sarney said a lot of slang and had poor grammar. Which helped enforce the theme of slaves not being able to learn reading or writing. Well not being to do much at all in general. Sarney was curious and wanted to know/learn more. She picked up words from listening to gossip too. 

     When John talked to her he seemed to have better grammar and knew more words. Since he knew how to read and write. The word choice for him implied he was educated. He explained his story, of escaping to the North. Then, he came back to teach and got caught. It was important that he taught because the words used were very simple, like bag and fib. 

      In the book there's a lot of dialogue for John that reveals information. For example, "We all have to read and write so we can write about this- what they doing to us." John's dialogue helps improve his morals and character. We know based off of the line that he thinks reading and writing is important. Which adds to his background information of coming back after achieving freedom to teach how to read and write. 

     "Let her be. She don't know nothing about it. It was all me." This quote was taken from when Sarney's mom was being punished because Waller, the owner, suspected it was her that taught Sarney to write. John said the quote and took the punishment before Sarney's mom got hurt too badly. After 3 nights since the punishment John continued teaching.

"'It's all my doings.' I pulled at the chains but they don't give."This quote is from Sarney when she's crying at her mother's side. Before the punishment. It shows that Sarney cared about her mother. She was also regretting writing the word that got her caught. She was resentful towards herself and Waller.

     

The Fault in Our Stars 11/6/97

Prompt: Describe what happened
Pages read: 0-38

     The story starts off with Hazel Grace, a lung cancer patient who needs to go to a support group. There we learn about a few characters.  Like Patrick, he's the support group leader and a cancer survivor. There was another kid named Isaac, who was friends with Hazel. He had eye cancer and they usually communicated through sighs.

     After a few weeks Hazel met Augustus Waters. He was constantly staring at her at first. After the speech that Patrick was giving Augustus introduced himself. He came out and said he liked her and she was surprised. She kind of liked him too and when the meeting was over they chatted away. While Hazel was waiting for her mom, Augustus took out an unlit cigarette. Hazel was infuriated and disappointed. Since she had lung cancer herself she was mad because he had experienced cancer by losing a leg and he was smoking. After she stormed off, Augustus explained he never lit the cigarette. Then said, "It's a metaphor, you see."

     Hazel decided to go over to his house because they had agreed to watching a movie. There Hazel learned some background information along with meeting his parents. We also learned that Hazel's a vegetarian when she rejected the enchiladas Augustus' parents were making/made. Augustus took Hazel downstairs to get the movie and there she found out before his diagnosis he was a basketball player. They exchanged what their favorite book was and both agreed to read each other's favorites.