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TKAM Explication Chapter 12

June17

What you up to, miss cal?” said a voice from behind us. …
I felt calpurnias’s hand dig into my shoulders. ”what you want, Lula?” she asked, in tones i had never heard her use. She spoke quietly, contemptuously.
“I want to know why you bringin’ white chillum to nigger church.”
“They’s my comp’ny ,” said calpurnia. Again I thought her voice was strange: she was talking like the rest of them.
Yeah, an ‘ I reckon you’s company at the finch house durin’ the week.”
A murmur ran through the crowd.  “Don’t you fret,”  Calpurnia whispered to me, but the roses o her hat trembled indignantly.
When Lula came up the pathway toward us Calpurnia said, “Stop right there, nigger.”
Lula stopped, but se said, “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillum here—they got their church, we got our’n.  It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?”
Calpurnia said, “It’s the same God, ain’t it?”
Jem said, “Let’s go home, Cal, they don’t want us here ——“
I agreed: they did not want us here.  I sensed, rather than saw, that we were beig advanced upon.  They seemed to be drawing closer to us, but when I looked up at Calpurnia there was amusement in her eyes.  When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone.  In her place was a solid mass of colored people.
On of them stepped fro the crowd.  It was Zeebo, the garbage collector.  “Mister Jem,”  He said, “we’re mighty glad to have you all here.  

This story is mostly based on the racism of white people, and how they believe black people are inferior compared to them. Never the less we find the black woman with the name Lula discriminates against Atticus children. “I want to know why you are bringing white chillun to n***** church” (chapter 12 page 119) In her perspective these white children at her peoples church symbolizing the loss of another right. Lula Peoples have been marginalized to live proximity to the town bump, which symbolizes how the white people feel about their African American neighbours. They weren’t allowed to worship at their church simply because the color of their skin. So they built their own and now the presence of white people scares her; it makes her think that yet another thing is being taken away. She uses Jem and Scout as a scapegoat to her fear and anger towards the subject. Her immaturity of her actions foreshadows the rest of the society actions towards the upcoming tom Robinson case and the fear of the monstrous boo Radley.

Regardless the opinions of the rest of society there are some that rise above prejudice and go to great lengths to withhold their morals. Atticus defends his morals by playing a role in the trial by being tom defendant and doing a great job at that. “If I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town (chapter 9 page 75). These words of Atticus show that his personal moral will withstand society pressure in making give in to their morals. Zeebo also follows Atticus morals when he helps Jem and Scout feel accepted and welcomed to the first purchase church regardless of them being white.

“Lets go they don’t want us here’ (chapter 12 pg 119) Jem realizes the he is being prejudged and that his presence is not wanted there. He knows that he is not a destructive monster but Lula preserves him as one. This foreshadows Jem and scouts realization that Boo Radley is only preserved as a scary monster but is actually a kind and gentle soul. Lucky for Jem that he is the son of the lawyer that is defending their friend but he is only a kid and is perceived as harmless to their church. Unlucky for boo he is perceived as a monster and is blamed for task that he didn’t commit his. His unsighted presence in the town only questions the citizens of Macomb that he is a scary man, the fact of unknowing and not seeing Boo Radley scares them the most and they use these fears as scapegoats to judge him and make him of something that he isn’t. These rumors about boo, only make it harder for him to convince people that he is a normal man.

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The Truman Show.

May27

Truman lives a very interesting life even if he knows it or not. He is watched constantly by millions of fans all over the world. Christof the director of the show protects Truman from any danger that lures from the outside world or the fictional town of Sea Heaven, kind of like a big brother. He has no secrets in his life no matter how hard he tries. The 5000 cameras would catch everything.  His treasure chest was the only thing he had to himself, but even his secrecy of freedom, wasn’t safe from the eyes of his viewers.

His chest contained a Piccaso-like picture of his true love Silvia. He tried to make this picture perfect from magazine pictures of girls. This love from Silvia was the only true thing in his world; therefore it had to be removed immediately from his life. This sudden loss of his new love devastated Truman, but his god Christof would quickly change that. He tried to bring a new romantic interest in his life but his love could not be supplemented by phony affection. His secrets being told to the entire world appalled others but interested some with glee and by the end of the movie we learned his opinion on the matter.

Truman quickly discovered that everything was not what it seemed, when a studio light came falling from the sky. As a child Truman was a very curious boy which gave no surprised when he thought something was wrong. The accidental radio station he wondered on to that listed all his action didn’t help his uneasiness. This feeling gave them his courage to escape and break his fear of the water. The director put multiple obstacles in his way, to attempt to keep him on the island. As a kid Truman’s father died on a freak storm at sea, which made him scared to go across water. Truman’s desire to find the truth and to find his love enabled him to overcome his fear let him sail the ocean.

Truman’s life was a chaos of lies, and little to believe. But he overcame this with his desire for truth and to find his true love. Truman chose to start living an unscripted life which would be watched by only the ones insight, a life that Truman could right his own life. This life would make Truman a true man.

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Wile E. Coyote

May24

My friend Wile E. Coyote is a marvellous role model. He had an exceptional attitude towards his goals and his failures. He was a very complex man who trounced the enviable and defied the laws of the universe. His IQ was never recorded but his friend Daffy Duck said it was astronomically high, the highest he had ever seen on a coyote or a cartoon character.

Wile E. always told me to try try try, no matter how many cliffs you fall off of or how many things blow you up or how many painted walls you run into. He triumphed over weeks in the hospital after falling 100 feet; he was out of there in a couple of days. Wile E. Coyote was the bravest man I know.  The law of the universe was never in his favor though; he had to suffer through many failures from catching Road Runner, simply because the world would allow him to run on air or run into walls to follow his dinner. The coyote was always his fortune’s foe; the world did not want him to eat, apparently. Nevertheless, in 1980, after all his years of trying, he finally completed his task; it was the happiest I have ever seen him. He prevailed through his hard work and dedication and never-give-up attitude. These qualities should be embraced in us all. His lessons would have probably been taught in school if he wasn’t a coyote.

“Wile E. Coyote Super Genius,” he would introduce himself to new creatures. He was the most “humble” coyote you could meet. He put extensive effort into his studies and his contraptions and people respected him for that. While other coyotes where picking up the smaller prey he was looking at the big one. He once said, “A task that does not involve thinking is a task not worth doing.” He spent many episodes studying and testing out ways he could catch this extraordinary creature the roadrunner. He used many mathematical equations which he assured me was the only way to do things. This super genius wasted no time; his overpowering quest for knowledge never gave him a break. He often said there was always more to learn. His lessons will be used to satisfy the everlasting quest for knowledge and the work behind it will be remembered.

Most cartoons lovers thought that Wile E. got most of his contraptions from Acme Arsenal, but the truth is, he invented all his devices and actually only worked for Acne Arsenal. He was a builder and a test dummy for them and later became their CEO. This coyote was a right-brain thinker–he had numerous creative designs to catch the road runner, such as painted walls, rocket catapult and rocket skates. He made up all his own traps and always had an infinite number on hand. He was always very creative in his humorous ways, making millions of people laugh around the world, for decades.

Wile E. Coyote is an excellent role model, his quality’s should be embraced by all of us all and we will remember them for years to come. He should be an award winning coyote witch we should study intensively in school. Sadly this isn’t a perfect universe.

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Hunger Games

April11

The Hunger Games was a fantastic book, with a lot of connections to history, literacy, and modern events. In my opinion it was very similar to “The Most Dangerous Game”, “the Lottery” and Survivor. These stories resemble a lot of the Hunger Games ideas and concepts in the story.

Survivor I think gave Suzanne Collins  good ideas which she put into her story. People are put into the middle of nowhere and have to fight to the death for the entertainment of the country. In Survivor people do not kill each other off; however they are voted out in a much more civilized manner. There are both alliances in these two games, which people use to further themselves in the game. These alliances can be broken at anytime which could result in their failure or success in the game. The careers reminded me of the people who learn how to make fires and get stronger; before the game starts, so they have an advantage over the other players. Although the “career” survivors don’t practice their whole life they do still practice survivor skills before the game.   Although the careers and survivors both come from different worlds; careers and the survivors both have something in common, they both want to be there for the glory, money, praise from the country. The tributes and the contestants both have to be a wear of what they say on camera so they can get the public to adour them so they can attain gifts and prizes helping there success in the games and or if they make it back home. The game makers and Ceaser both take on one role on survivor, Jeff the host, changes the game he makes the tribes and changes them on his demand. He also twist the game bribes the contests with food or prizes and gives them hope which he can crush if he chooses so.

The Lottery leads a magnificent role in the Hunger Games. People are chosen to get killed to help, cure the town, or please the capitols entertainment and make the citizens pay is sick and should never happen. Citizens of the town and Panem all gather in the town square in the nicest clothes to look good for last day they get to see their friends and family before they end a cruel death.

The Most Dangerous Game had a very big impact on the Hunger Games. These stories are both based on one thing the entertainment in people going around and hunting each other. In the most dangerous game general.  Zaroff hunts for his pleasure, but in the hunger games the tributes hunt each other for the pleasure of the capitol. In both stories the prey has not volunteered for the game.

I think these stories really gave Suzanne Collins some great ideas and concept to base her story on.

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Romeo and Juliet

March18

Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story and an overwhelming tragedy, about two star crossed lovers. Unfortunately, these lovers are forbidden to be together, because of their family’s civil rivalry and the fact that they are mortal enemies.  Their daily quarrels have infuriated the prince causing death to the next fighters. Witch is ironic, because the ones that want love and want peace, to take over the family’s life time feud lose their lives in a tragic double suicide.

Romeo and Juliet is truly a love story. They have fallen in love at first sight almost as if cupid has shot his mystical arrows at them. All by chance knowing, it would be fate to bring these two together.  After knowing that Romeo’s new found lover, is his family’s enemy since before his own birth. Romeo finds strength to overpower his feeling of guilt and the sadness that his love is forbiden, and decides to risk his life entering the house were his family’s mortal enemies lay. Thus taking place of the famous balcony scene where Romeo confesses his love for her and they decide to get married. Capturing there indomitable love for each other must have been a rigorous task to complete, for the intelligent Shakespeare.

The tragedy of the surprise double suicide of Romeo and Juliet has been putting tears and people’s eyes for centuries. The miraculous event was all caused by the miss communication saddens me. The melancholy thought that if Juliet woke up a minute earlier they could be together and live happily ever after. If there family’s picked love over hate maybe this story wouldn’t have ended in tear drops running down people’s faces. If people didn’t force pre hate and marriage on people Romeo and Juliet could be RomeoandJuliet. Romeo and Juliet were the only two Capulet and Montague who didn’t fight each other but were the ones who paid their life, for the peace between their family’s ancient feud.  Romeo and Juliet could not possibly live without each other causing them to kill themselves so they could be together in the next world.

This empowering love story will change the opinions of people and put love in their heart. If written today the story would win 100s of rewards and Shakespeare would be as rich as JK Rowling. This story teaches us that fate doesn’t always ends in a happy ever after. Romeo and Juliet is one of the best love tragedy story ever written.

 

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