Music Response

Author's Note: A response to how the music affects the mood of the poem.

In the poem "Field Below" it is describing that we do not appreciate the little things in life until they are goneThe mood of the poem in "Field Below" didn't change it seemed really glum and boring. The women's voice and tone is very dreadful and scared. Also most of the words didn't change from "Field Below". In the poem it seemed even more sad then the song but, there is not much of a difference between the two pieces. In "Big Yellow Taxi" when you are reading the poem you think of nature being destroyed because one of the lines is "pave a paradise" which is referring to paving concrete and destroy nature. Even though when reading the poem it seems sad but, when you listen to the upbeat happy song, you will change how you feel about the poem. The song makes it seem like they are happy that the nature is being destroyed and that they are literal paving a paradise.

Gummy Bears

Gummy Bears so yummy
They are so sweet and gummy
They even have their own theme song
Cuz I'm a gummy bear
Cuz I'm a gummy bear
I'm a moving grooving tooving gummy bear
They are so yummy
Sweet and gummy
As you can see
They can not pee
So why not eat a yummy gummy bear

Response to a'Mother to Son"

There is a lot of figurative language in the poem "Mother to Son". One example of figurative language is when she says her life is not a crystal stair case. So was just trying to say that her life wasn't easy. Another metaphor is that she said her stair case is bare, and what she meant by that was loneliness and poverty. The splinters is another metaphor, it shows that her life has many pains. The mood of the poem was sad, it was because she was talking about that her life wasn't good. Also the tone is soft because she is telling her son to preserver. Since Langston Hughes (Author) is African American, he is trying to tell everyone why make African Americans miserable?

Character Description

Author's Note: This is a description on one of the characters in the book Sea Of Monsters

If he walked into this room you would hear big thumps and the ground shaking and you wouldn't be able to sit still. He would smell like a peanut butter sandwich dragged through the mud for a day. You would see what would appear to be two eyes but, really only one. The door would be to small for him to fit through. He would have tattered cloths and no shoes to walk with. He has trouble talking and understanding things. What is he?

Dealing with Change

2/22/12

Nick Majeskie

Author’s Note: This is an essay on why dealing with change is a theme.

"There were many things happening at Yancy Academy that day, traffic jams, the sounds of car horns, and the smell of gasoline burning from many New Yorkers cars. This was an average day for me and my boring life, oh yeah I was attacked by my math teacher who suddenly could grow talons and bat wings" (Fury). This could have been what Percy was thinking on the bus ride home to his apartment. The last sentence shows how dealing with change is a theme in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.

One character in the book is Percy Jackson and his life is involved with the theme dealing with change. His dad is Poseidon, and he has to deal with this change in a huge way. Since his dad is Poseidon, monsters are always searching for him and wanting to kill him. He deals with this change by going to Camp Half-Blood, Camp Half-Blood is a place where monsters can't go unless summoned. Another reason dealing with change is a theme is when Percy finds out Poseidon is his dad. When he finds out he has to be moved to a different cabin by himself and is treated like he is the most powerful person alive. Percy deals with this by just sticking with his friends at the Hermes cabin. Since he has to deal with this change he will never have a normal life.

A conflict in the book is that the Zeus's master bolt was stolen and Zeus was accusing Percy of taking it. As well as the master bolt stolen, the dark helm was stolen. Percy went from having a normal life to a kid that is wanted died by two of the three most powerful gods. He dealt with all this with anger; his driving power is that Hades took his mother away from him that is why he never became scared like a normal kid would. Another conflict is how he is supposed to get to the underworld. Percy deals with this change by going with his friends to the underworld, and takes a train from New York to Los Angeles.

This theme is just not in one book it is in the next book in the series, Sea of Monsters. It deals with a lot of change; the Golden Fleece that protects Camp Half-Blood gets stolen. Percy and Annabeth go after it and since nowhere is safe they are constantly fighting monsters. Percy gets turned into a hamster, so he has to deal with his new surrounding which makes his life a lot harder. As well as that all of his favorite camp directors get fired because they are accused of stealing the Golden Fleece. He deals with this by going out and trying to find the Golden Fleece and get his camp directors jobs back.

As you can see this is a reoccurring theme in the book The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. Percy deals with change, his dad is Poseidon and monsters chase after him wanting to kill him. So he goes to Camp Half-Blood where monsters can’t come in unless they are summoned. That shows how dealing with change is a theme in the book.

The letter of Truth

Dear Punk (Percy),

You have mysteriously disappeared. I don't know where you have gone but, I have my ideas. I'm writing this letter just to tell you NEVER COME BACK!!! I will enjoy my seven layer dip with my buddies from work and just them THANK YOU!!! Also thanks to you punk I have no car to drive to work in. I got fired because of it. There are so many reasons I will never let you live here again.

First and most importantly you completely destroyed my car and I don't have enough money to buy a new one. Next on this never ending list, you also took your mother with you now I don't have a maid to pick all the trash from our poker game. Also since your mother isn't around to make me and the guys food none of them want to come back and play poker any more they also said it was to messy to play.

Finally, I hope you consider this letter and never come back. You shouldn't come back because you broke my car and you don't want to see what I did to the last guy that broke my car. He was in the hospital for three weeks with two broken legs and a broken arm. So NEVER ever, ever, ever COME BACK!!!

From,

Gabe

Character in The Lighting Thief

A character in the book The Lightning Thief is Percy Jackson. He believes that he has a real father but, he went out to sea and never came back. He lives with his mother and fat step-father in New York. His step-father is an alcoholic and has gambling issues. I think his attitude is very poor because he is fed up with his step dad and is frustrated on how he treats is mother. Also he has ADHD which helps when he is fighting and he is also dyslexic and that helps him understand Greek. His impact is that he is a half-blood and he is one of the most powerful half-bloods. Frequently he has been able to control water with out knowing it. It impacts the whole story because he is Poseidon son and has the powers to control water but, he doesn't know that yet.