Nick Majeskie
1/28/11
Have you ever been afraid of water before? I haven't but, the main character in Deep Water is, written by William O. Douglas. This short story seemed uninteresting to me. There were many things I didn't enjoy about this short story.
Even though it is true and you can't change what happened but, you could have made it more interesting and there should have been a little more detail. It is a good thing he came over his fear and will never fear water again but, there was not much detail. It doesn't even say his name. Also at times it was detailed but, too much there is about one whole page of him going under and back up and back down when he was drownig in the pool. He stretched that part a little long, that was pretty much the whole story. In addition to that why would you he write a story about his fear?
The story was to short at times, I know it is hard to stretch things that are true but, he did once and it was the whole story the ducking part he just restated what had happened the first time he went under. Also I don't understand why he is afraid of water he is 90 percent of water in his body so he is saying he is afraid of himself. Also how would he drink water that is how you stay alive. Maybe he is only afraid of big amounts of water but, it never states that he is afraid of big amounts of water. If it did say that he was only afraid of bigger amounts of water the short story would make more sense.
In the end after reading the short story Deep Water I have realized that this piece was not written very well to my likings. If I would have to grade this short story out of five stars I would give it only two the reasoning would be uninteresting, not enough details at times and too much at others, and parts were stretched too long. I didn't enjoy reading Deep Water.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Pearl Response
Why I Didn’t like The Pearl
1/24/11
Nick Majeskie
It was I boring day while I read The Pearl. The book was as dull as ever and the chapter seemed to never end. Kino turned down the pearl buyers offer. BORING. That was how I felt when I was reading the book The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck made the book so lifeless. The book, The Pearl, was not enjoyable to read, I didn't like the book, The Pearl.
The reasons why I didn’t like the book, was there it wasn't an interesting book. In addition to that it wasn’t a book that I wanted to keep reading. Also the book had very few action parts, one time is it had action was when Kino attacked the hunters but, they shot Coyotito in the head and he died. The only other part that had action was when Kino killed the person who attacked him on the beach. There was only two action parts to me that is a boring book. This book could have been written with more action.
Other reasons were I didn’t enjoy the book was it was too short. John Steinbeck should have written more. This book was too short the story was they found a pearl that was worth a lot of money but, they were cheated by the pear buyers so he didn’t accept the offer and he tried to go to the capital. They ended up never making it to the capital and Coyotito got shot in the head from the hunters that were trying to get the pearl. After all of that they went back to their brush house and threw the pearl back into the ocean. That was what happened in the story. There should have been more to it. They should have gone to the capital and sold the pearl but, in the end they have the money stolen from them. Also the one who stole it would be his brother and after they realize it was stolen he would be long gone. Then they should go back to the brush houses and go back to their regular lives.
In the end this book seemed lifeless and not very enjoyable. There isn’t enough action or enough length to the book to my likings. If there was more action and it was a bit longer it would have been more enjoyable. In the end I didn’t enjoy reading the book The Pearl.
1/24/11
Nick Majeskie
It was I boring day while I read The Pearl. The book was as dull as ever and the chapter seemed to never end. Kino turned down the pearl buyers offer. BORING. That was how I felt when I was reading the book The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck made the book so lifeless. The book, The Pearl, was not enjoyable to read, I didn't like the book, The Pearl.
The reasons why I didn’t like the book, was there it wasn't an interesting book. In addition to that it wasn’t a book that I wanted to keep reading. Also the book had very few action parts, one time is it had action was when Kino attacked the hunters but, they shot Coyotito in the head and he died. The only other part that had action was when Kino killed the person who attacked him on the beach. There was only two action parts to me that is a boring book. This book could have been written with more action.
Other reasons were I didn’t enjoy the book was it was too short. John Steinbeck should have written more. This book was too short the story was they found a pearl that was worth a lot of money but, they were cheated by the pear buyers so he didn’t accept the offer and he tried to go to the capital. They ended up never making it to the capital and Coyotito got shot in the head from the hunters that were trying to get the pearl. After all of that they went back to their brush house and threw the pearl back into the ocean. That was what happened in the story. There should have been more to it. They should have gone to the capital and sold the pearl but, in the end they have the money stolen from them. Also the one who stole it would be his brother and after they realize it was stolen he would be long gone. Then they should go back to the brush houses and go back to their regular lives.
In the end this book seemed lifeless and not very enjoyable. There isn’t enough action or enough length to the book to my likings. If there was more action and it was a bit longer it would have been more enjoyable. In the end I didn’t enjoy reading the book The Pearl.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The lesson on Pearl
The lesson is when you become to greedy something bad is bond to happen. The bad thing that happened was when Coyotito was shot in the head by the hunter with the rifle. They became to greedy and there loss was Coyotito. They are lucky to be alive also Juana could have gotten shot instead of Coyotito. The lesson is not to become greedy.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Pearl plotline
The main lesson is that if you become to greedy something bad is bond to happen. Also this book was a tragic mode of literature. In a tragic mode of literature is starts out with the world in in conflict with the main character. The conflict is that Coyotito gets sick. Then the rise to power happens. The rise to power is they find the pearl and they cure Coyotito. Then the human flaw was that Kino became greedy. Then the tragic fall is that they have to leave because now everyone is trying to kill them because they have the pearl. The end which is death or death symbolism is that Coyotito dies.
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Pearl
The main lesson is that if you become to greedy something bad is bond to happen. Also this book was a tragic mode of literature. In a tragic mode of literature is starts out with the world in in conflict with the main character. The conflict is that Coyotito gets sick. Then the rise to power happens. The rise to power is they find the pearl and they cure Coyotito. Then the human flaw was that Kino became greedy. Then the tragic fall is that they have to leave because now everyone is trying to kill them because they have the pearl. The end which is death or death symbolism is that Coyotito dies.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Reflection of The Pearl
The book Pearl, written by John Steinbeck, is about a family that has a baby named Coyotito and it was stung by a scorpion. When the family goes to the doctor he won't help them because they don't have enough money to pay. So the next day they go pearling and they find a pearl. Everyone thinks it is the "pearl of the world". Now in the story they are thinking on what the buy with it because the baby was healed. Then the doctor heard they found the pearl and tricked them into thinking the baby is still sick. Then they will hire him and he will pretend that he cured him. After he pretended to cure him he left. Then late at night someone came in and tried to steal the pearl and he ended up running away but, Kino got hurt. My prediction is that the cut will get infected and the doctor has to come and heal that. Also the doctor must of been the person tring to steal the pearl.
Will the Pearl Destroy the Family?
In the book "The Pearl",written by John Steinbeck, Juana believes the pearl will destroy her family. She wants to hide the pearl and then forget where they hid it. Kino still wants to keep the pearl so his son Coyotito can go to school. The pearl could destroy the family because they might become greedy. If they do become greedy they would always fight on what to buy. If they do it would end with a them fighting and who every kills the other one first gets the pearl. Also the neighbors could destroy by tring to steal the pearl. In chapter three they already caught someone tring to steal the pearl and Kino got hurt when they were fighting. Instead of getting hurt one of them might get killed. The pearl could destroy the family.
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