http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/economy/poverty_overview/index.htm
http://www.soundvision.com/Info/poor/statistics.asp
http://heartsandminds.org/articles/childpov.htm
November 29, 2007
November 28, 2007
Post B
Dear Will Cooper,
Wow, I can't believe your aunt and uncle made you leave at such a young age. So far, it sounds like your trip hasn't been going very well. Now that you've met Featherstone, I'm pretty sure you'll be okay. In Part One of Thirteen Moons you said that he was like a father to you. I think it will be really interesting to see how your relationship progresses because so far it seems like he's not interested in talking to you. Especially now sinc you've taken almost all of his money from gamble.
Another thing you said in Part One is that you wanted to kill Featherstone and it's driving me crazy. What happened?
I've heard that this book is really sad too and I'm a bit nervous to keep reading. It's not that I hate sad stories but it's just hard to believe that it gets worse than being force out of your house and have to travel all alone by horseback to someplace you've never even been. Anyways, I hope it gets better and I can't wait to keep reading!
-Anna
Wow, I can't believe your aunt and uncle made you leave at such a young age. So far, it sounds like your trip hasn't been going very well. Now that you've met Featherstone, I'm pretty sure you'll be okay. In Part One of Thirteen Moons you said that he was like a father to you. I think it will be really interesting to see how your relationship progresses because so far it seems like he's not interested in talking to you. Especially now sinc you've taken almost all of his money from gamble.
Another thing you said in Part One is that you wanted to kill Featherstone and it's driving me crazy. What happened?
I've heard that this book is really sad too and I'm a bit nervous to keep reading. It's not that I hate sad stories but it's just hard to believe that it gets worse than being force out of your house and have to travel all alone by horseback to someplace you've never even been. Anyways, I hope it gets better and I can't wait to keep reading!
-Anna
Post A
Vocab
Valiantly (37)- boldly courageous
Skein (38)- A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil.
Figurative Language
1) "The boy I'm speaking of was a version of me, an early incomplete draft" (28). This is an example of a metaphor because it doesn't use like or as.
2) "It hit the ground edge first and buried itself like an axehead in soft wood" (38). This is a simile. because it uses the word like to describe something.
3) "... looking confused in its expression like a dog justly chastised for bad behavior" (39). This is another simile.
Quote
"The one-legged man looked at me and bobbed his head toward the table and said, That there's Featherstone" (47). This quote is important because in Part one of Thirteen Moons, Will talked about Featherstone a lot so this introduction seems like it changed his life.
Theme
Try to make the best out of everything.
Valiantly (37)- boldly courageous
Skein (38)- A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil.
Figurative Language
1) "The boy I'm speaking of was a version of me, an early incomplete draft" (28). This is an example of a metaphor because it doesn't use like or as.
2) "It hit the ground edge first and buried itself like an axehead in soft wood" (38). This is a simile. because it uses the word like to describe something.
3) "... looking confused in its expression like a dog justly chastised for bad behavior" (39). This is another simile.
Quote
"The one-legged man looked at me and bobbed his head toward the table and said, That there's Featherstone" (47). This quote is important because in Part one of Thirteen Moons, Will talked about Featherstone a lot so this introduction seems like it changed his life.
Theme
Try to make the best out of everything.
November 27, 2007
On the Waterfront Paper- Extra Credit
When I think of On the Waterfront, three words come to mind: intense, brilliant, and remarkable. On the Waterfront is definitely one of the best black and white filmed movies I have ever seen. The literary, dramatic, and cinematic aspects were all outstanding. It even taught a great lesson: follow your conscience and do what you know is right. The only problem I had with it was that one character, Edie Doyle, was very annoying. Fortunately, it didn’t spoil the movie and other than that, everything was perfect.
At the beginning of On the Waterfront, Terry Malloy had no idea where he fit in. He knew that what he had done was wrong but at times, he was pressured into it. One day while he was working his brother, Charley, said to him, “Johnny wants a favor. Don’t think about it, do it. Come on, join the congregation.” The viewer can tell by the look on Terry’s face that he’s still unsure about what to do. Throughout the movie, the camera followed Terry so the viewer could see what he was going through. Fortunately, by the end of the film, he learned to follow his conscience and do what was right.
Edie Doyle was another main character from On that Waterfront. She was stubborn, loud, and the most annoying person in the entire movie. At the beginning of the film when she found Joey dead on the street she yelled, “who killed Joey?” as if the person responsible for his death was about to step up and confess.
Although I found one of the characters to annoying, I thought the casting and acting was perfect. Eva Marie Saint’s character was unpleasant, but she did do a pretty good job on pulling it off. She even looked the part. Her big brown eyes, high cheek bones, and blonde hair stood out everywhere she went. Edie was a very caring person and this is exactly how I pictured her to look like. Marlon Brando (Terry) also played his role well. He was buff and his slurred way of speaking made him seem inarticulate and uneducated. Karl Malden (Father Berry) was also another actor that really stood out to me. Similar to Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando, his appearance and voice fit his character. To me, everything he said was believable. For instance, whenever he said that he wanted to solve the case, it looked like he really meant it.
The lighting was also a great aspect of the film. In the suspenseful scenes, it was usually very dark. For instance, when Terry and Edie were running away from the truck in the alley, it was almost completely dark. Another great example is when Terry and Edie were dancing at the wedding reception. The lights were dim and slow music was playing, making it romantic for the both of them. The lights in the film weren’t always dim though. In the last scene, where Terry finally defeats the mob, it’s bright out making his accomplishment even more exciting.
Similar to the casting and acting, the cinematic aspects of the film were very well done. A great example is the scene where Terry is beaten up by the mob. Father Berry and a few union members tell Terry that the only way to make the mob powerless is to walk back on his own and work. When he finally gets up, the music starts playing. At this point, the music is soft and slow. The duration of the shots are very quick, switching between a number of different views. The first shows a close up flat angle of Terry’s face. The next clip is an example of firehosing from Terry’s perspective. The shot is blurry and you can tell he’s stumbling because the camera is moving in all different directions. Then comes another flat angle; this time of his feet. The next shows the faces of the workers, again from Terry’s point of view. By now, the music has gotten louder and sounds triumphant. Another quick shot, this time a high angle, of the workers pushing their way past Johnny to work. And finally, the last shot is of the workers’ backs walking through the doors to a new beginning, making it a perfect ending.
When I first heard we were going to be watching On the Waterfront, I was a bit surprised. I had no idea how it was supposed to relate to All My Sons. Fortunately, after a few minutes, I began to see a number of similarities and differences. The first is that both Terry and Joe had to make hard decisions that would cost them their lives. Terry couldn’t decide because if he told, he might have been killed. Joe on the other hand would’ve had to spend the rest of his life in jail. Both characters also did bad things for the people that were close to them. Terry did it for Charley and Johnny, who he said took him to ball games when he was younger, while Joe did it for his family. A third similarity I found was that they both claimed to think that their actions wouldn’t hurt anyone. Terry said that he thought they were just going to “lean on ‘em a little bit,” not throw him off the building and since Joe thought the plane parts would never be used, he sold them. Unfortunately, in both cases, people ended up dead all because they didn’t think twice. If only they had listened to their conscience and stood up for what they though was right before hand, everything would’ve been alright.
With similarities, usually comes to differences. To me, the biggest difference I noticed had to do with the American dream. In All My Sons, the American dream was everything to Joe. He had a wife, kids, a business, and a house. Then this world came crashing down when he found out his business had to be shut down. The only way, in his mind to get money was to do it illegally, so he did. On the Waterfront though, hardly even touched the American dream. The closest a character was to reaching the dream was Pop Doyle who had a wife, a daughter and an apartment. His biggest wish he said was that Edie would go to school and become a teacher. Other than that, the workers weren’t paid very much--sometimes not even paid at all--and most of them just looked after themselves.
Overall, I thought On the Waterfront was a great movie. It had a few flaws, but what movie doesn’t? One character was annoying, but it certainly didn’t ruin the whole movie. The plot, the actors, the editing, and the camera angles were all perfect. I think Elia Kazan did an amazing job on this movie and I would recommend it to anyone that doesn’t mind black and white films.
At the beginning of On the Waterfront, Terry Malloy had no idea where he fit in. He knew that what he had done was wrong but at times, he was pressured into it. One day while he was working his brother, Charley, said to him, “Johnny wants a favor. Don’t think about it, do it. Come on, join the congregation.” The viewer can tell by the look on Terry’s face that he’s still unsure about what to do. Throughout the movie, the camera followed Terry so the viewer could see what he was going through. Fortunately, by the end of the film, he learned to follow his conscience and do what was right.
Edie Doyle was another main character from On that Waterfront. She was stubborn, loud, and the most annoying person in the entire movie. At the beginning of the film when she found Joey dead on the street she yelled, “who killed Joey?” as if the person responsible for his death was about to step up and confess.
Although I found one of the characters to annoying, I thought the casting and acting was perfect. Eva Marie Saint’s character was unpleasant, but she did do a pretty good job on pulling it off. She even looked the part. Her big brown eyes, high cheek bones, and blonde hair stood out everywhere she went. Edie was a very caring person and this is exactly how I pictured her to look like. Marlon Brando (Terry) also played his role well. He was buff and his slurred way of speaking made him seem inarticulate and uneducated. Karl Malden (Father Berry) was also another actor that really stood out to me. Similar to Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando, his appearance and voice fit his character. To me, everything he said was believable. For instance, whenever he said that he wanted to solve the case, it looked like he really meant it.
The lighting was also a great aspect of the film. In the suspenseful scenes, it was usually very dark. For instance, when Terry and Edie were running away from the truck in the alley, it was almost completely dark. Another great example is when Terry and Edie were dancing at the wedding reception. The lights were dim and slow music was playing, making it romantic for the both of them. The lights in the film weren’t always dim though. In the last scene, where Terry finally defeats the mob, it’s bright out making his accomplishment even more exciting.
Similar to the casting and acting, the cinematic aspects of the film were very well done. A great example is the scene where Terry is beaten up by the mob. Father Berry and a few union members tell Terry that the only way to make the mob powerless is to walk back on his own and work. When he finally gets up, the music starts playing. At this point, the music is soft and slow. The duration of the shots are very quick, switching between a number of different views. The first shows a close up flat angle of Terry’s face. The next clip is an example of firehosing from Terry’s perspective. The shot is blurry and you can tell he’s stumbling because the camera is moving in all different directions. Then comes another flat angle; this time of his feet. The next shows the faces of the workers, again from Terry’s point of view. By now, the music has gotten louder and sounds triumphant. Another quick shot, this time a high angle, of the workers pushing their way past Johnny to work. And finally, the last shot is of the workers’ backs walking through the doors to a new beginning, making it a perfect ending.
When I first heard we were going to be watching On the Waterfront, I was a bit surprised. I had no idea how it was supposed to relate to All My Sons. Fortunately, after a few minutes, I began to see a number of similarities and differences. The first is that both Terry and Joe had to make hard decisions that would cost them their lives. Terry couldn’t decide because if he told, he might have been killed. Joe on the other hand would’ve had to spend the rest of his life in jail. Both characters also did bad things for the people that were close to them. Terry did it for Charley and Johnny, who he said took him to ball games when he was younger, while Joe did it for his family. A third similarity I found was that they both claimed to think that their actions wouldn’t hurt anyone. Terry said that he thought they were just going to “lean on ‘em a little bit,” not throw him off the building and since Joe thought the plane parts would never be used, he sold them. Unfortunately, in both cases, people ended up dead all because they didn’t think twice. If only they had listened to their conscience and stood up for what they though was right before hand, everything would’ve been alright.
With similarities, usually comes to differences. To me, the biggest difference I noticed had to do with the American dream. In All My Sons, the American dream was everything to Joe. He had a wife, kids, a business, and a house. Then this world came crashing down when he found out his business had to be shut down. The only way, in his mind to get money was to do it illegally, so he did. On the Waterfront though, hardly even touched the American dream. The closest a character was to reaching the dream was Pop Doyle who had a wife, a daughter and an apartment. His biggest wish he said was that Edie would go to school and become a teacher. Other than that, the workers weren’t paid very much--sometimes not even paid at all--and most of them just looked after themselves.
Overall, I thought On the Waterfront was a great movie. It had a few flaws, but what movie doesn’t? One character was annoying, but it certainly didn’t ruin the whole movie. The plot, the actors, the editing, and the camera angles were all perfect. I think Elia Kazan did an amazing job on this movie and I would recommend it to anyone that doesn’t mind black and white films.
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