journal entry(the storm)

I think that the title can also be referring to the storm of emotionns that Calixta and Alcee were feeling. The were reminiscing about old times and all of a sudden that felt a downpour of emotions ,like rain in a storm, that they couldn't control. After they acted on their emotions, they went their separate and the feelings passed just as a storm does when all the wind and rain is gone.

Good night and good luck

Speaker: the speaker wasnt really defined, and I don't recall a narrator. If I had to choose I would say Murrow and Friendly.
Occasion: The occasion was the 50s and the whole communist and McCarthy era
Audience: the audience would be the people of today.
Purpose: I think that the movie was made to try and prevent and remind people not to repeat past mistakes
Tone: the tone was serious, stressful and extremely dry.

The crucible

well... not how I wanted it to end, but since it never really said that John was hanged, I'm just gonna pretend that he escaped somehow and he and Elizabeth ran away together. With that said, lets get into characters. First off, I really,really dislike Abigail. She is a delusion, homewreaking nut job that deserves to be locked up in the looney bin. Did she honestly think that John was going to come running back to her after she got half the town hanged? Really? The icing on the cake was when she and Mercy just go quietly into the night after they figure out this isn't going to work out in Abigail's favor. Next is Elizabeth and John, as you may know by now, I'm a sucker for a happy ending, so I was really disappointed with what ended up happening. It's obvious that unless the town is over its hysteria by the time Elizabeth gives birth, she will be hanged too. Which is sad because that leaves 4 children orphaned for stupidity. Mary Warren, Oh!(clap) My!(clap) God!(clap) if she wasn't such a follower and didn't sew the gosh darn poppet, Elizabeth and John wouldn't have been in this mess.As for the other characters, either I didn't like them, or I don't feel as though they play a big enough role for me to mention.Overall I liked how Miller was able to bring forth the issues of his time through the issues of the Salem Witch times. I actually felt the whole McCarthyism vibe, even though I was being entertained.

Half hanged mary

Speaker-the speaker is Margaret Atwood, but the point of view is from Mary Webster.
Occasion- the occasion was teh Salem Witch trials. Mary was accused of being aa witch, she denied so she was hanged. She stayed on the tree all night and in the morning was let free.
Audience-There is no specific audience, but I can assume that Margaret is maybe writing to the people thaat hung MAry to let them know that Mary won. Also to let them know that now Mary really will be a witch. She might also be writing to everyone to let them know of the happenings of Mary's time.
Purpose- The purpose of this poem was to show how even though she was accused, she was not broken. She stood up for her beliefs instead of saying anything to get herself out of trouble. She also wanted to inform everyone know how women could be labled as witches because of how they looked or because of the simple fact they were unmarried.
Subject-The subject of the piece was Mary being hanged and surviving.
Tone-The tone of the poem was gloomy, mad, hurt,and semi-spiritual.

Are you now or were you ever

1. He attempted to make life real again through his play by making a sattire about the whole McCarthysim ordeal. He attemmpted to bring the real issues with McCarthy and the communist in an entertaining way. In his own way, Miller was saying that McCarthy was basically doing witch hunts.
2.HIs criticism was that the left side demanded that the right side of government validaate their politcal views and when the right side asked the same of the left, they remained silent. Paul Robeson's testimony put to liight what many Americans were still in the dark about.
3.The theme would be realizations. This relates because that was the entire point of The Crucible. The purpose was for Americans to realize what was happpening with McCarthyism.
4.What he means is that people can be easily brainwashed into believing what others want them to believe. What is so vital to remember is right and wrong, and also common sense

Journal entry #4

The difference between the impact of the mural and the impact of the photo is that the mural is subjective and the photograph is objective. The point of the photograph was to showcase the mural, and the point of the mural was to get the viewer to remember 911. The most moving in my opinion was the photograph because not only does it showcase the mural and what it stands for, but it shows that people care enough to stop and take a picture.Im sure the litttle black girls play a role too, because if they didn't, they wouldnt be in the photo.Im just not deep enough to try and figure out exactly what the purpose is.

Writing Workshop #1

There was really only one time that I can remember when I went against my beliefs. I usually don't do what I feel isn't right, but at the time I didn't feel I had a choice. It was in the third grade, and I was looking at my friend's bear. One of my other friend's had cut the ear off, and the owner of the bear had gotten really upset. I knew who had cut the ear off, but instead of telling the teacher who, I decided to lie because I didn't want to lose a friend.