Winter Break

Over winter break , the most memorable time i had was definitely Christmas. This being my senior year , I realize this is my last Christmas being treated as a child. What i mean by that is , being spoiled by all my family. Soon, the time will come when I myself will be the one spoiling the younger ones in my family. With that being said i figured I might as well enjoy this time and soak up as much of it as i can, because this time next year a lot will have changed. I asked for a lot this year at Christmas , and I'm very privileged to say that i received most of it :) . I got money, gift cards, cloths, and my mom and I are working on getting me a new car. Christmas always makes me realize how truly blessed I am. My family extremely important to me and i couldn't imagine my life any different, and I wouldn't want it to be. I tried my hardest to continue my positive additude into the new year as well, and my overall new year's resolution is to always, under any circumstances , stay as positive as the situation will allow me to. Although we are all only a few days into 2012 , I'm extremly proud of myself for keeping my promise to myself. I expect it to be a wonderful year.

SHREK and Satire

1: Royalty
2: Love
3: Betrayl
4: Lies
5: Perfect ending
6:Magic
7: Quest
8: Sacrafice
ect.

The setting of a fairy tale is always a beautiful setting , filled with endless magical possiblities.

The clip is different from the typical fairy tale your used to seeing, because of the fact that for one , the princess is the one " saving the day". Living in the tower alone, obviously has taught her some self defense. Also Robin Hood, is trying to save her from shrek, but what he doesn't know is that shrek is really the princess's night in shinning armour.

"I want a wife"

1. Does this essay have an explicitly stated thesis? If so, what is it? If you believe the thesis is implied, paraphrase it in your own words.

I believe this essay does have an explicitly stated thesis. “As I thought about him while I
was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would
like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife? “ I believe the thesis is implied because, she’s clearly stating what she wants, and then leads into why she actually wants it.

2. Throughout the essay, Brady repeats the words “I want a wife.” What is the effect of this repetition?

The words “I want a wife.” are repeated in the essay several times, in my opinion, to show the selfishness behind why some men want a wife, and what they feel should automatically come with having a wife.

3. Brady never uses the personal pronouns he or she to refer to the wife she defines. Why not?

Again, I feel that the reasoning behind Brady using the term “ My wife” instead of “she” is meant to show the control and power some husbands feel they have towards their wives.

4. Do you think Brady really wants the kind of wife she describes—does this ideal spouse

actually exist? Explain why you think Brady wrote this essay.

I don’t believe that Brady wants to be the kind of wife being described at all, In fact there’s a hint of sarcasm in her writing that suggests that she wrote this essay to show what she feels is unfair about what is expected from wives. In reality

5. How does Brady define what it means to be a “wife”? How does she organize the many services a wife provides her husband and family? What do you think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities? How do you think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization? Why?

What it means to be a “wife” according to Brady in a sarcastic point of view is someone who should basically put her family above herself in an excessive sense. In reality I feel that she believes a wife should put her family above everything, but also showing self-respect and pushing herself farther in life as well. I think she wants her readers to realize that .

　

　

　

Dear Judy Brady,

In your essay “I Want a Wife” I admired a lot about the way you went about your writing. First off , I’d just like to applaud you on the message your trying to get across. Even though it’s not a written out opinion, I hear it loud and clear. The way you repeat the saying ”I want a Wife”, in my opinion is pure genius. I can clearly see that behind everything you’ve written in your essay, there is obviously a supposed status Que set for wives in our culture. For example when you say “And, of course, I want a wife who will not demand sexual attention when I am not in the mood for it. I want a wife who
assumes the complete responsibility for birth control, because I do not
want more children.” , to me, is you trying to show that some men just automatically assume women should be fully willing to give and provide to anything their spouse would like, regardless of how they would be effected by doing it. I really enjoyed the way you went about getting your point across of just how ridiculous this subject really is.

Yours Truly,

Ajia Strausbaugh

Light switch

 My love for him turned on and off like a light switch. No ones smile shined brighter than the bulb the switch controlled. He lite up my world , and i lite up his. But when darkness came, it fell heavy on our love. It only took a look to turn the switch back on, for that was us, and our light.

Boo

Once apon a time there was an all white house, on the top of a hill that no one dared to even glance at. Just looking at the house from a distance sent chills up and down your spine. Was there a ghost inside the house? Could it be haunted? Let me ask you this. Would you conidered haunted a carved pumpkins face changing everytime you walked by it? Haunted , as in a scream in the dead of night while no ones around? The terrifying want and need to hold your breathe while passing this house; as if passing by a cemetary. I'd say so.

Birmingham Jail

They say why are we using direct action? For example instead of marches or sit ins, wouldn't negotiation be a better option? But King Jr says that although his making of tension is part of his way of making the community whose completely avoided the issue to finally "negotiate."

They ask " Why didn't you give the new city administration time to act?" While the king says the mayor is just as much of a segregationists who is dedicated to keeping the power of the status Que.

They say that the activitys in Birminingham are too extreme and are those of outsiders trying to break the status quoe. While the king argues that,  it's sad that the white community left the negros no other option.

They say that "outsiders" are coming in while Martin is just stating that there is so much injustice here, that there is no other option but to take action. Although it is sad that the only way to get the communtiys attention is by somewhat exteme actions.

While Martin's overall goal is to create a world for generations to come where his children are equal to everyone no matter the skin color, the whites argue and fight for the status quoe to stay the same.

Ttemplates

White lying, most everyone you'd ask, is a trait that isn't what one would normally ask for. They see white lying as just a nicer way to put not telling the truth.However, white lying is mainly used as a way of playing both sides of a situation. For example , some may use it to spare someone's feelings , or to save themselves from getting into trouble.On the contrary, white lying is only a way of going around what really is. For the truth is that there are a lot of things that are not what most people would want to here, but the truth of the matter is that telling the honset truth is the best way to go. In this essay, then, showing all different types of situations of white lying, will show that white lying is the wrong way to go.

Iin the introduction to "They  Say/ I Say":The Mmoves That Matter in  Academic Wwriting, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to help you learn how to engage in critical thinking and writing.Speciifically, Grafff and Berkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer can help you put your thoughts into writing easily.As the authours themseleves put it