Deep Water
How would you feel if you hated water and finally had the courage to go swimming classes, when you went all by yourself and waited for someone to come, someone finally came but they through you in the deep end, you were drowning, he wouldn’t help till someone else came and told him to get you out of the water? That is what happened in the true story Deep Water by William O. Douglas. Although I am not afraid of water I am afraid of heights, when someone reads this they will most likely think of their fears. Someone has tried to through me down two flights of stairs and they were metal stairs so as soon as I read this I thought of when I was going to fly down stairs.
Some people have paraskavedekatriaphobia which is a fear of Friday the 13th. When people are afraid of something it is very hard to not be afraid of it any more. Although I am afraid of heights I still go on fairs wheels and I don’t feel that I will fall and die because my fear of heights is not as great as it was when I was little. Now I really don’t care when I am up high. I am a person that got rid of my fear of heights. Although people have fears some people don’t have any fears.
With a lot of people being afraid of heights, or water, or something else. If you can name anything someone some wear is afraid of it. And others think that they are perfect in every way that they can because they are not afraid of anything. Those people think that they can be better than everyone because they aren’t afraid of anything while the people around them are afraid of something.
Deep water was a story that really made you think about your fears and fears that other people have. When William O. Douglas wrote this I believe that he was trying to make you think about the fears that most everyone has. He wanted to tell his story so that others can really think about what has happened to him. When this story is read, the reader will think of the fears that they have and fears of family or close friends.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Pearl
The Pearl
How would you like it if your baby got stung by a scorpion and when you go to the doctor he won’t help because he is racist and hates Indians? That is what happens in the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck. The book The Pearl was a book that was kind of boring in the beginning but towards the middle and end it was a lot better. Although this wasn’t very good in the beginning it turned out to be a good, bad, and sad book.
The main characters in The Pearl were Kino and Juana. Kino in the beginning of the book was a kind man who wore bad close and was poor. He and his wife Juana have one child named Coyotito. Juana was a very nice and calm person that had never wanted something to much for she may not like it or it she may not even get it. Juana is a person that was nice and was always supporting to Kino. This book was good and bad at parts which will be in the next paragraph
This book was not very good in the beginning and it got better in the end in some parts. When Kino found the pearl was a good part because he found the pearl of the sea and he thought that it would be worth thousands or millions. Then when the doctor wants thousands of dollars for helping the baby and Kino doesn’t have that he had to sell it and the pearl buyers purposely made it sound like it was worth about 200 dollars.
With this book not being good at the beginning and was a little good at the end. This was a book that was really boring in the beginning and got better towards the end, a sad part is in the end when the baby got shot and died. That is why it was a good, bad, and sad book.
How would you like it if your baby got stung by a scorpion and when you go to the doctor he won’t help because he is racist and hates Indians? That is what happens in the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck. The book The Pearl was a book that was kind of boring in the beginning but towards the middle and end it was a lot better. Although this wasn’t very good in the beginning it turned out to be a good, bad, and sad book.
The main characters in The Pearl were Kino and Juana. Kino in the beginning of the book was a kind man who wore bad close and was poor. He and his wife Juana have one child named Coyotito. Juana was a very nice and calm person that had never wanted something to much for she may not like it or it she may not even get it. Juana is a person that was nice and was always supporting to Kino. This book was good and bad at parts which will be in the next paragraph
This book was not very good in the beginning and it got better in the end in some parts. When Kino found the pearl was a good part because he found the pearl of the sea and he thought that it would be worth thousands or millions. Then when the doctor wants thousands of dollars for helping the baby and Kino doesn’t have that he had to sell it and the pearl buyers purposely made it sound like it was worth about 200 dollars.
With this book not being good at the beginning and was a little good at the end. This was a book that was really boring in the beginning and got better towards the end, a sad part is in the end when the baby got shot and died. That is why it was a good, bad, and sad book.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Reflection on The Pearl
I believe that this ended to be a good and sad book. It was a good book because towards the end it started to get a little more interesting and it was sad because when they were in the cave and Cyotito was crying a watch Gard person pulled out his rifle thinking it was a mountain lion and he shot and hit Coyotito in the head and he died. It was a good book because how Kino got crazy got exciting.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Reflection on The Pearl
The book The Pearl isn't very good because I cant follow along with it very well. I did like the part when Kino found the pearl and the baby was getting beater. Then when they talked to the doctor and he said "when you came in the morning I wasn't here, but now I can help that baby with then poison. Then Kino said "The baby's poison is almost gone." But the doctor said that scorpion poson is tricky because it will be almost gone but then it will pop and will be even worse.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Why does Juana believe the pearl will destroy her and Kino? How will the pearl destroy them? Give examples to support your opinion.
Juana thinks that the pearl will destroy the family because everyone knows that they have the pearl of the sea. Everyone in the town wants the pearl because they think that it will get them rich. Juana thinks that it will destroy the family because Kino has the pearl hidden in the hut that they live in, so if the other people figure out that is in the hut they will do nothing till they get it. The pearl will destroy the family because if the other people know that Kino wants to sell the pearl they will try to steal it so that they don't have to pay him. And with everyone trying to steal it the pearl no one will care if they hurt anyone because they only want the pearl. The other people won't back down till they get the pearl and Juana fears that it will get someone or something in their family hurt and it will just tear the family apart.
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