Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Last Dog (short story) By Katherine Paterson
The Last Dog (Short Story)
By Katherine Paterson
Most people say that the short story “The Last Dog” is an interesting story to choose for the theme courage, but my partner and I say it’s not. We chose this story because the main character Brock showed a lot of courage when he got Brog and him out of the facility. The scientists were going to do testing on Brog. We forgot to tell you that Brog is the last dog on the Earth (future Earth). Brock (a human) looks at the computer, which has a list that tells what kind of diseases a dog can have. Brock saw that rabies was one of the diseases so Brock bit Brog and… well you can find out the rest by reading the story.
Brog, as we told you is the last dog on the (future) Earth because her mom died. Brock discovered her when he went out of the dome to do research. Brog was by a little creek when she was discovered. Brock did know what she was but we think he was a little scared of her at first. Brog is a Labrador and we don’t know how old she is. And that is all we know about her.
Brock, as we told you is a human who helps fight for Brog’s freedom and his freedom too. Why does he need freedom too someone asked us? We told them and are telling you that Brog needs someone to take care of her. The scientists think he has rabies also. This is what we know about Brock.
Retrieved Reformation By O. Henry
Retrieved Reformation
By O. Henry
Jimmy Valentine was showing courage when he saved the little girl from the safe at the bank and risking showing his past. He used his to lock picking kit from when he used to pick the locks of safes. When he was set free from prison he tried to become a new person when he moved to Elmore and changed his name to Ralph D. Spencer. “Ralph” (Jimmy) fell in love with a lady named Annabel Adams. Jimmy didn’t want her to find out about his past because he was afraid of her leaving him and the fact that her dad owns the town’s bank. Valentine was basically the non-rich person and Annabel is the rich person in this story. Spencer (Jimmy) liked to buy her nice things, but that trip was his first time going to the town. The money he had was not enough to get her a perfect gift, but he got her a nearly perfect gift. Really the truth is that the thought is what counts. Adams could have been thinking that and was extremely happy to know that he was thinking about her. Everybody could tell that Annabel and Ralph were really happy together. No one could probably be compared to their love that they had for one another. For “Ralph” it was love at first sight, but for Annabel Adams no one could really know because it was not in her point of view and it did not say.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Thank you M'am By Langston Hughes
Ask yourself what would you do when someone tried to rob you? Well this story has to do with a boy named Roger who tried to rob a lady named Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones didn’t expect to get robbed that day Roger tried to rub her. She showed courage by risking her life facing a robber because he could have had a weapon. We found out that Roger really wasn’t a very mean boy. He just wanted new shoes. So he tried to steal the money from Mrs. Jones. Our results to why he did it is because he didn’t have any family to buy him nice things he wanted and needed.
The reason why we chose this short story for the theme (courage helps people face big challenges) is because if Mrs. Jones didn’t have courage she would have been robbed and Roger would still be acting like the way he used to act. Roger learned his lesson to never steal from anybody ever again because of Mrs. Jones. Pretty much he felt like he was important because of what she did, but he didn’t want to go through that situation again. Anybody who wanted to mess with Mrs. Jones she would set you straight in the right direction. If one of us were in Roger’s situation we would sure be happy to change because we could make something out of ourselves instead of steal people’s belongings. Everybody in the community should thank Mrs. Jones because of what she did. She did everyone a big favor. This is an inspiring story for everyone to read and learn from. Also this book would be good for teaching or a theme on courage (that is why we chose this story for courage. Did you notice?). Many people say oh I know what courage is and you don’t, well they don’t and neither does you not until you actually experience courage. Thank you M’am is what you call courage. If you were to say this story is nothing compared to real life, then you wrong because what happens in this story could happen to anyone in real life including you. So, think twice before you judge this story. Honestly there are more opinions that disagree with your opinion. If there were to be a debate on this subject there would be a lot of talking and it would take probably take a long time. This is our opinion on based on this story.