tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392523583211182882024-03-13T05:07:46.155-07:00Erin's english 10 blogErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-28542970271099362372008-01-19T21:19:00.000-08:002008-01-19T22:07:14.907-08:00Top 10<strong>TOP 10:</strong><br />1). <u>Jacob</u>: This is the main charactor of the book. The whole story is based on his experiences in the circus. In the beginning of the book it is a mistake that he end up on a circus but by the end of the book all he wants to be is back with the circus. Its a lifestyle that he had adapted to.<br />2). <u>August and Marlena</u>: These two charactors are the charactors that Jacob gets the most envovled with. He loves Marlena but she and August are married. August is not a nice person and Marlena loves him and Jacob until August gets mad and beats her. She ends up leaving him right before he dies.<br />3). <u>Rosie</u>: This last charactor is very important to the book because she is the reason that Jacob stays around besides Marlena. He is the veteranarian on the circus and he feels like it is his duty to keep her safe from August. She is the elephant that is in Marlena's act.<br />4). <u>Setting</u>: The setting of this story is the circus. Jacob is a veteranarian and he is always in the managerie watching and taking care of the animals. He is always on a train and is in his car with Walter and his dog queenie. The big place is the towns that the circus sets up in and does show in at night then pack up and move out later that night.<br />5). <u>Plot</u>: The plot of this story is the love affair between Marlena and Jacob after August beats Marlena. Since the beginning when he first got to the circus he had always liked her and he didn't think that August deserved her.<br />6). <u>The Big Top</u>: This place is very important because that is where the circus's shows take place. Marlena rides her horses and did a routine with Rosie in the big top. The big top is where the stampede happens and August gets killed. Some of the main events happened when they were in a show at the big top.<br />7). <u>The Nursing Home</u>: This is an important place because they go back and forth from Jacob's time at the circus to when he was old in the nursing home. He explain how he spent his time sitting in his bed or in his wheelchair. His time in the nursing home makes him think about the time he spent in the circus.<br />8). <u>The Train</u>: Jacob spends alot of time on the train. Since they are always moving to new towns to try to make money. He shares a room with Walter and later in the book Camel. Walter becomes one of his good friends and Jacob is devistated when he is killed. He is not as close with Camel but still devestated when he is killed as well.<br />9). <u>Menagerie</u>: This is where Jacob spends most of his time when he is taking care of the animals. He cares for those animals more than he could even imagine. HE loved them so much he couldn't stand it when August would hit Rosie with the bull hook. He developed special bonds with the animals because he was in there all the time.<br />10). <u>Present/Past</u>: In the book the writer skips back and forth from the present to the past. When the author is talking in the past she explains Jacob when he is in the circus and what he was up when working as a veteranarian. When she is talking about him in the present she is talking about what it is like for him living in a nursing home and how he wishes he was back working with the circus again.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-2676940051033581642008-01-19T08:42:00.000-08:002008-01-19T08:58:37.530-08:00Week 7: Part 2In the last section of the book right after Jacob is hit in the head Walter findsd him and puts him on the train so he doesn't get left behind. That night when everyone else is sleeping Jacob gets up (even though he is very dizzy) and goes across the top of the with a knife to kill August. But when he gets there he can't go through with it. He goes back to his car and finds that Camel and Walter are gone. In the morning he finds out that they were redlighted and it was ment for him. They both were killed. The next morning there is a show and Grady grabes Jacob and tells him about what had happened and talking about Jacobs situation when the band in the big top starts to play stars and strips forever. Grady jumps up and starts running to the big top because that song is the disaster march and that means something terrible is happening inthe big top. When they all get there they find a stampede of animals. Jacob searches the room for Marlena and finds her with August and Rosie. He looks and sees Rosie take the stake over August's head bringing it down right on the top of his head killing him. Marlena screams once she sees what has happened. After the stampede Uncle Al runs away and The Nesci Brothers Circus comes into town and start taking and buying the their animals but when they try to take Rosie or Marlena's horses they fight for them. They ended up having three kids and work with the Ringling Brother's Circus. Then in Jacobs nintys he leaves the nursing home and goes to the circus in town and he begs the manager to let him come along because he is not needed in this place. So he runs away with the Circus.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-65280610657923154672008-01-19T08:31:00.000-08:002008-01-19T21:18:07.190-08:00Week 7: Part 1Vacab:<br />1). Prostrate(Pg 297): to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.<br />2). Lithe(Pg 308): Readily bent, supple<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "My whole body feels like lead."-This is a similie because the sentance uses like to compare what he is feeling to an object.<br />2). "My legs spread, my knees bent, my arms moving jerkily to the side, like the tightrope walker's"- This is a similie because he is descibing the way his body looks using like.<br />3). "She lifts the stake as though it weighs nothing and splits his head in a single clean movement-ponk- like cracking a hardboiled egg."-This is an example of a similie because it was explaining how easy it was for Rosie to split his head using like<br />Quote:<br />"Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant women, bereaved dog, elephant, eleven horsesto take care of." This quote shows what Marlena and Jacob had to deal with when leaving the circus.<br />Sentance:<br />The theme of this book is the love that Marlena and Jacob shared throughout the book from when they first met all the way to the end.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-71424661568620652782008-01-09T16:42:00.000-08:002008-01-09T16:57:08.925-08:00Week 6: Part 2In the beginning of this section right after Marlena does a really good show with the horses. Jacob and Marlena were planing a suprise party for August but he comes in and thinks she was cheating on him. He gets really mad and starts yelling at both of them and August and Jacob end up in a fist fight. August also hits Marlena and thats the reason he fights Jacob. They all go away from the fight looking really beat up. The next night Jacob takes Marlena to a hotel because she is scared to be around August. Jacob goes back to the camp and goes in to see the animals. The next day Uncle Al calls him into his office and tell him that he needs to try to get Marlena and August back together because he wants them to still work together. Later Jacob and Marlena make a plan that they are going to run away in the next town to get away from August. The next night August goes on a rampage trying to find Marlena and the man who works there says she isn't there and he leave and Jacob spends the night with her. The two of them get back to the circus in the middle of that day. By the end of the week the circus is having a show and Marlena is told that it has to be with Rosie and in that same night Marlena tells Jacob that she might be pregnant. During the show Rosie doesn't do what she is told and runs out of the tent and August and Marlena follow. August beats Rosie and then grab Marlena and takes her away. While he is doing that Blackie grabs Jacob and hits him on the head and he gets knocked out.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-7383502608570833902008-01-09T16:10:00.000-08:002008-01-09T16:41:56.837-08:00Week 6: Part 1Vocab:<br />1). postcoital(Pg 244): Occuring or excisting.<br />2). Epithet(Pg 246): Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "...Sewing up a storm."- This is an example of metaphor because it is describing the sewing that she did to somthing that happens in nature.<br />2). "...Walter's assurance still goes down like mustard gas."- This is an example of a similie because the sentance has the word likein it.<br />3). "She bellows and screams, throwing her head and backing away, but he's like a machine."- This is an example of a similie because the author is using like to describe his action to Rosie.<br />Quote:<br />"I'll be fine. He won't do anything with rubes around. You've got to go. <em>Please</em>."(Pg 286) This quote shows that after Jacob and August got into a fight that they have to avoid each other even though they work together.<br />Sentance:<br />The emerging theme of this book is how Marlena and Jacob are going to leave the circus in the next town so they can get away from August.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-31820212485514382412007-12-23T12:08:00.000-08:002007-12-23T12:37:23.178-08:00Week 6: Part 2In this section of the book "Water for Elephants" the elephant Rosie is found to be very smart. In the beginning Camel is lying on the floor in Jacob's and Walter's bunk because he can't move and the two of them have to keep him clean and fed. After Marlena's accident and after her foot held she is in another show but not with Rosie. Her show is with lots of white and black horses. Since their fat lady died Uncle Al has been looking for a new one but isn't having any luck and they decide to leave a town early and when they pull out Walter's dog Queenie gets lost. After they leave town Walter won't talk to anyone and a couple days later Marlena shows up with the lost dog and said he was running along side the train when they left the town. August has been beating Rosie a lot thinking that it will change the way she works. Marlena tells Jacob that she does like him the way she likes him but she can't do anything because she's married. In the next couple of days Jacob finds out that the reason Rosie can't listen and doesn't know what to do is because she only listens to commands that are in a different language. In the next weeks Jacob, Marlena, and August work on a new routine for Marlena with Rosie and in the end it was the hit of the show when the preformed it in the next town. While they were there August still used the bull hook but he never actually touched Rosie with it after he found out abou the language barrier. Uncle Al was so happy with there preformance they said he might actually have been crying.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-68948404952248808212007-12-22T10:56:00.000-08:002007-12-22T11:25:01.999-08:00Week 6: Part 1Vocab:<br />1). Bereavement(Pg 198): To deprive or make desolate by death.<br />2).Surcingles(Pg 200): A girth that binds a saddle, pack, or blanket to the back of a horse.<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "You're sharp as a tack."-This is an example of a similie because it is describing his smartness to a tack.<br />2)."Charming, gregarious, and handsome as the devil."-This is an example of a similie because he is talking about august as being the devil.<br />3)."...clining to each other like spider monkeys."-This is also another example of a similie because he is refering him and Marlena to sea monkeys.<br />Quote:<br />"And then the shower of money starts-the sweet, sweet showerof money."(Pg 237) This quote is significant because the act that they put together wasn't done before and when the people liked it they got money.<br />Sentance:<br />The emerging theme of this book is the love that jacob has for Marlena and the new act that the elephant Rosie is in.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-26392237505393837412007-12-11T15:55:00.000-08:002007-12-11T16:13:51.630-08:00Week 4: Post 2This book keeps getting more and more interesting the farther in the book I get. In the beginning of the fourth section Jacob kissed Marlena and it scarred her enough for her to leave. "Her finger tips rise to my face. Then she yanks away, taking several steps backward and staring at me with stricken eyes." He cannot stop thinking about her and he doesn't know if she likes him or not even though she's married to August. Then after that night in Chicago the circus has a parade and Marlena rides Rosie the elephant. Then once the show starts Marlena does an act with the elephant and at the end Rosie starts to run and she grabs a bar on the top of the tent and does a flip off of it and when she lands hit hurt her foot. When the doctor comes he tells her that she has broken her foot and she has to rest for a couple of weeks. After that half of Camel's body goes numb with a desease called Jake's and it is caused by drinking a drink that has somehow been poisoned. Jacob has a doctor look at him but he says that he can't help him. So Jacob brings him into his room with Walter and hides him in there. Right when Camel gets there Marlena comes and talks to Jacob and tells him that she couldn't stop thinking about him since the night in Chicago and then she wants him to leave her room because she doesn't know what else she can tell him.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-74506177210083654092007-12-11T15:28:00.000-08:002007-12-11T15:51:58.376-08:00Week 4: Post 1Vocab:<br />1). Rheumy(Pg 182): A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose<br />2). Abscess(Pg 161): A localized collection of pus in the tissues of the body.<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "Her legs and neck are delicate, her body sloped and covered with markings like puzzel pieces." This is a similie because its explaining what the elephant looks like using like.<br />2). "She smiles when I approach and then rubs her eye, curling the tip of her trunk like a fist." This is a similie because it is telling what the elephant is doing using like.<br />3). "We wait a couple of beats and then we're off, floating around the dance floor in a swirling sea of people." This is personification because it is describing people doing somthing that only happens in nature.<br />Quote:<br />"As the days passI grow more and more anxious about Marlena. Each timw I approach the cookhouse I hope that I'll find her there. And each time I don't, my heart sinks." This is an important quote because it shows how much Jacob likes Marlena.<br />Sentance:<br />The emerging theme of this book is the love that Jacob has for Marlena and the time that is life at a circus.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-8334738086695619782007-12-04T17:15:00.000-08:002007-12-04T17:30:02.383-08:00Week 3: Post 2In the Middle part of this book Marlena's boyfriend/ husband is not a nice person. He doesn't really get along with Marlena, Jacob, or even uncle Al. August extremely mad a Uncle Al when he bought Rosie from the other circus and he wanted him to buy more freaks and he thinks that the elephant won't have any part in making the show more interesting. August takes out alot of his anger at the end of the section by beating on the elephant Rosie. "He steps behind her and twacks her in the back of the leg."(Pg138) Jacob on the other hand think that the only way to get animals to do what youn want is to be kind to them and not use abuse."I lean over and lay the bull hook on the ground."(Pg139) "Its okay, i say with my eyes. I understand."(Pg 122) Throughout the book so far there has been fighting between Marlena and August because they have totally seperate views on just about everything. "Marlena and August are arguing so loudly I can hear them twenty yards off."(Pg123) This book is very good at explaining the feelings of the charactors at the moment she is talking about them and that makes it really easy to follow.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-82474217115602768982007-12-04T16:51:00.000-08:002007-12-04T17:15:22.181-08:00Week 3: Post 1Vocabulary:<br />1).Disheveled(pg 113): Untidy of disarranged.<br />2). Ominous(pg 122): Portending evel or harm, threatening.<br /> Figurative Language:<br />1). "The elephant looms against the far sidewall, an enormous beast the color of storm clouds."(Pg 125)- this is personification because its explaining an animal to somthing that isn't living.<br />2). "She lifts he trunk and trumpets, taking off at a thunderous run."(Pg 141)- This is a metaphore because its explaining how the elephant sound compared to a trumpet.<br />3). "Come now, darling. Don't be a wet noodle."(Pg 115)- This is an example of a metaphore because he is descibing Marlena as a wet noodle.<br />Quote:<br />"I'm thinking it involves Marlena. She can ride her during the parade and grand Spec, and then you can follow with a feature act in the center ring."(Pg 124) This quote is significant because it shows that now they have to form their act around an elephant instead of the horse that just died.<br />Sentance:<br />The theme of this book is becoming how Marlena and Jacob take care and form an act around their new elephant rosie.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-89136459965331349122007-11-29T14:49:00.000-08:002007-11-29T15:00:43.951-08:00Hornet League DebateCourt Cases:<br />1). These debates occur in a court room in front of a group of people.<br />2). This debates help people get something that they want or deserve. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wether</span> it is money or an actual though.<br />3). Court cases help people reach a better decision by having a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lawyer</span> fight for their rights.<br />4). This debate is structured.<br />5). This changes the decision making process because in this particular debate a judge and a jury decides the winner.<br />Political Debates:<br />1). These debates occur in a huge room with a crowd of people watching.<br />2). The purpose of these debates show what particular <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">canidates</span> want and will fight for if they get into office.<br />3). This type of debate helps voters pick the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">canidate</span> they think will best represent them in Washington.<br />4). This debate is structured.<br />5). This effects the decision making process for voters because it shows what the candidates are actually like. (personalities and beliefs.)Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-74085707779903455742007-11-28T07:08:00.000-08:002007-11-28T07:19:45.955-08:00Week 2: Part BIn the second part of the book "Water For Elephants" the main charactor Jacob is now the only vet in the circus (Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show On Earth) that he is now in.(Pg 59) Uncle Al the owner gives him the jobh because he just left college and there is a horse on the train that needs medical help. In the book it jumps forward to the present where he is in the hospital and he is mad because one of the residents said that he brought water to the elephants.(Pg 65) In the last part of the section Jacob is helping Marlena's horse and she is very greatful for him to be there. She is very sad about her horse being in pain and you can tell that she is emotionally attached to it(The Silver Star).(Pg 87) Also one of Jacobs new bosses wanted him to know that he was in charge by telling him to feed the tigers and he ended up geting bit by one with no teeth.(Pg 85-86)Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-21864683930944486642007-11-28T06:42:00.000-08:002007-11-28T07:08:07.002-08:00Week 2: Part AVocab:<br />1).Carrion(Pg 77): Dead and putrifying fish.<br />2).Ingratiating(Pg 89): To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others.<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "Uncle Al may be a tough old crow, but he's no fool."-Metaphor<br />2). "He bares his teeth and screams long, unhuman haul."-Personification<br />3). "Thin strips of moonlight filter throught the slatted sidesof the stock car."-Personification<br />Quote:<br />"when I return to the stock car, Silver Star is against the far wall in knee-deep straw. His eyes are glassy, his heart rate high." (Pg 81) This quote shows that he is now the vet in the circus and he is helping Marlena's horse heal his leg.<br />Sentance:<br />The emerging theme of this book is Jacob's job as the new vet in the circus.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-6162223717819012922007-11-21T14:53:00.000-08:002007-11-21T15:10:18.734-08:00week 1: Part BIn this first part of the book the protagonists name is Jacob Jankowski. When the book starts telling his story he is in college and is about to take his test, when his parents die he doesn't want to be there any more. "I walk until the edge of town and then veer off to follow the train tracks." (pg 23) He <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">jumps o</span>nto a train and finds himself in a boxcar with a couple of men in it and he finds out hat he is on a circus train. Since he has lost his parents he wants a fresh start and in the morning he starts to work by shoveling horse manure and then moves up to work with the crowd when the circus started. This happens in the real world all the time, when people work really well in one area they move up to something better. When Jacob started working at the circus he didn't know what he had gotten himself into and all he wanted to do was run away from the hard times he was having back at him home and he ended up throwing away his chance to take the placement test he was going to take at his college. He should have thought about what he was really doing before giving up the money and time that he had already spent on his college education.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-10740915788223371002007-11-21T14:25:00.000-08:002007-11-21T14:52:53.358-08:00Week 1: Part AVocabulary:<br />1). Esquire (Pg 19): An English counrty gentleman.<br />2). Diaphanous (Pg 47): Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent.<br />Figurative Language:<br />1). "so long ago. So long. But still it haunts me." Shows foreshadowing says that he still thinks about that moment throughout his life.<br />2). The eggplant purple on bludless white. Metaphor about the look of his dead parents in the hospital bed/table.<br />3). When he jumps the train this is foreshadowing because that is what he will be doing for most of his life.<br />quote:<br />"I awake to the prolonged screeching of brakes."(pg 31) This is significant because this is his first time working at the circus.<br />Theme:<br />The emerging theme of this book is about a man that joins the circus and is working with the crowd and everything included at the circus.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-56374078206530539012007-11-12T16:35:00.000-08:002007-11-12T16:39:17.599-08:00Choice Book: Quarter #2<ul><li>Water For Elephants, by Sara Gruen</li><li>Published in 2006</li><li>Fiction</li><li>331 pages</li><li>This book is challenging for a sophmore because the content is different than something that I would normally pick out and want to read, also this book was on your list.</li><li>I chose this book because it is about the circus and it sounded really interesting.</li></ul>Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-41368200672903222802007-10-28T14:57:00.001-07:002007-10-28T15:09:04.493-07:00The Sea Inside: post #3The scene that impacted me the most was the one where the man look out at the ocean, dove in, hit his head on the sea floor, and then almost drowned. In the beginning the camera shot was a medium, eye level shot showing the ocean that the man was looking across. Then the camera became a high, medium shot as the man started diving into the water. Next the camera became a medium, eye level shot showing the man hitting his head on the ocean floor. Right after the man had started flouting to the surface the camera shot became a low angle look straight up and the mans face and then the mans face was pulled out of the water by two hands grabbing his neck. This shot is significant because this is showing how the main character of the movie became a quadriplegic and it is very sad to see him almost drowned in the water not being able to move. This shot means(and the man says) that he wishes that he would have died in that accident because he doesn't want to live without being able to move the rest of his body.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-15686708204649542862007-10-28T14:57:00.000-07:002007-10-28T14:58:03.672-07:00The Sea Inside: post #3Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-14970769681380506272007-10-28T14:38:00.000-07:002007-10-28T14:52:57.703-07:00The Sea Inside: post #2The differences between The Sea Inside and The Diving Bell and The Butterfly are that in the movie the man can talk and move his head. The man in the book couldn't even talk. The man in the book suffered a stroke while the man in the movie was at a beach and he jumped into shallow water and broke his neck. The man in the movie killed himself with a drug and the other man died of his condition right before his book came out<br />The similarities between The Sea Inside and The Diving Bell and The Butterfly are that in the movie and the book the victim is a man and they both are quadriplegics. Both of the men wrote a book about their experiences of being trapped in their own body. Both of the men ended up dying in the end. Both of the men daydreamed all day because they had nowhere they could go.<br />In my opinion I think that the similarities are more powerful because when people talk about cases in which things like that happen they can prove things if there are more cases then just one better then if there was only one.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-35069600143607391262007-10-28T14:30:00.000-07:002007-10-28T14:38:12.453-07:00The Sea Inside: post #1I think that the movie was good and it was kind of sad because of the older man wanting to die. I thought that it would be very sad to see a family member not wanting to live the way that they are living and want to die. I think that the family should of supported his decision even though it would be hard for them to deal with but if the person can't live the way he is then it might be for the best. I don't think that it was a good idea to have anyone help him die because if it was me i wouldn't want any part of helping someone kill themselves.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-17901955353386875712007-10-21T10:56:00.002-07:002007-10-21T11:53:39.012-07:00Final week: post #1in the last part of the book Jeannette moves out of Welch and moves in with Lori. Right away she got a job at a hamburger joint. The two girls lived in an apartment in the south Bronx. Then Jeannette got a job at a newspaper called the Phoenix. The two girls wanted Brian to come and live with them in New York City, so they sent him letters convincing him to move there and he agreed. The owner of the Phoenix told Jeannette that she should really consider going to college. So when she agreed to go to college she was accepted at Barnard and she couldn't pay half the rent at Lori's so she moved and lived with a family and to pay the rent she babysat their two small children. Then they called Maureen and convinced her to move here to. Next her mom and dad moved to New York City. First her parents moved into a boarding house a few blocks from Lori. Then they started living with Lori and Lori couldn't take it so she kicked them out. They then lived in their van. Their van got towed and the two became homeless. The kids wanted the parents to move back to West Virginia or Phoenix because it was to cold in the city. Jeannette's dad soon got Tuberculosis and was put in the hospital and he promised Jeannette that he wouldn't leave the hospital till he was better and then he found a job as a maintenance man at an upstate resort with room and board. He was sober for more then six weeks. Then mom made him quite that job and he drank some more. For Christmas Jeannette got her dad warm clothes but he wouldn't take them. Jeannette wanted to quit college and help her parents but her dad wouldn't let her. She needed $2,000 to stay in college and her dad gave her $950 that he won off of playing poker and he told her to finish college. Her parents were now living in an abandoned building in the lower east side. It reminded Jeannette of the house in Welch. Jeannette got a job writing a column in a magazine and she jumped at it. At that point she was living with her new husband Eric in an apartment on Park Avenue. Mom's brother died and she wanted to buy the land that he owned in Texas and it ended up being worth a million dollars and Jeannette refused to buy it. Maureen graduated from high school she had alot of boyfriends and wore lots of makeup. Six months later Maureen stabbed momwhen she told her she had to move out. She went to court and when she was let go she moved to California. Her dad died of a heart attack. Jeanette left Eric a year after her dad died. She married a man named John and they lived out in the country, Brian was devorced and had an eight year old daughter. Maureen never came to visit till later in life.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-59583883692126900852007-10-21T10:56:00.001-07:002007-10-21T10:56:50.813-07:00Final week: post #1Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-5646459819865781342007-10-18T20:03:00.000-07:002007-10-18T20:20:16.029-07:00Week 5: Part 2, Post #2I Think that this book is very good and very sad. I think that Jeannette is a very strong person because if the average person would have gone through it would severely have damaged their mental attitudes toward life. When the author tells her story about how she needed to take care of her siblings and deal with her dad who would be drunk. I wondered how that would feel to not have parents in the aspect of them taking care of their children. I would never be able to get through my childhood if I didn't have my parents to help me. I am also really happy that herself and her sister finally got away from the abuse of where she is growing up. I think it is very sad that her parents think that it is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OK</span> for them to tell there kids to look after themselves while they go to school and go drinking when their kids are 13 and younger.(165) At the end of this book I think it would be really nice to see her and the rest of her siblings living well away from their parents because in their past they have seen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">a lot</span> of bad thing and I hope that they live a normal adult life.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039252358321118288.post-23548227382128798932007-10-18T19:12:00.000-07:002007-10-18T20:03:31.784-07:00Week 5: Part1, Post #2Jeannette's mom got a job at a school because a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">well fare</span> man came to their house <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">threatening</span> that the kids will get taken away <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">because</span> they don't have enough money to support them. She started seventh grade and her friend <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dinita</span> was having a hard time at home, first she thought that she was pregnant and then she stabbed her mom's boyfriend to death. Jeannette at school was very embarrassed about her buckteeth so she made a pair of braces for herself. Jeannette started working for the school newspaper. She was the editor and fixed all the errors the other writers made. When Maureen turned seven her and the other siblings bought her a toy set of kitchen appliances and all Maureen wanted to talk about was California where she was born. Their mom would have total meltdowns and cry all day and Jeannette didn't feel sorry for her at all. That summer Lori went to camp and her mom went to Charleston to renew her teachers certificate. Jeannette had $200 to buy groceries and pay the bills while the two were away. Her dad came up to her and asked her for money and she couldn't say no to him. First he asked for $5 then $20 and she felt used by her dad because he knew she couldn't say no. Then her dad took her to a bar and this man danced with Jeannette and got drunk and her dad won $80 off of him playing pool. Then the man took Jeannette up to his apartment and he started kissing her but she told him about the scar on her waste and she went home. Her dad stole the money her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">mom got</span> every month for the land she owns in Texas. She got a job at a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Jewelry</span> store to make up the money her dad had taken. She stole one of the watches but she didn't want her family to know what she did so she returned it. When school started and her mom and sister were back, on the first day of school her mom had a tantrum and refused to go to work. Jeannette talked back to her mom and her dad whipped her and she was extremely mad that her dad would do that to her. Next two people from New York City and her and Lori wanted to live there at that moment. So the two girl did all they could and started saving to go to the big city. Their dad destroyed all the thing that Lori did to get a scholorship and then he stole all the money they had saved up and they were both furious. Then a lady said that if one of the girls went to Iowa and babysat their kids she would pay them $200 and a bus ticket to New York City and Lori was gone. Jeannette worked with the paper and she also interviewed her dad's hero Chuck Yeager. After she finished 11th grade she left for New York to live with Lori.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09765563471833314230noreply@blogger.com0