The Creation of the World

It all started with pear darkness, the hole world was empty there was no humans, no animals, and no plants. The world was just another planet just like the others. One day they was a terrible accident between two planets. The planets crashed into each other, when the crashed happen a powerful light source was created. The Light had incredible powers it had the ability to fly and to move so fast that you would be able to see with the human sight. When the light was created it had no where to go it was just wondering out in space. One day the light ended up on the planet we now call earth. On the planet earth there was nothing it was completely empty, soon as the light hit earth. The light had the power to create the sky, the light decided to make the sky blue, after creating the sky the light also created land. The Earth was begging to make its shape, everything look so peaceful and calm that it seemed like paradise. As time went by the light kept on creating things like the sun, plant, animals and mountains. Humans were created by the light, the light first created a woman name Hennessy and a man name Gio. Hennessy and Gio considered the light as a god for creating them and creating the things around them. They both started worshipping the amazing power that the light had. Awhile after the two humans were created the light decided to go up to the universe and make a place were people could go after their life time is over. Soon as the light created the place called heaven the light became the shape of a human. While on Earth the two humans that were created by the light, they kept on duplicating until there was a lot f their kind. The humans had the ability to create things but not like the light. Their way of creating things was by using their brains and their hands, and working together as a team. Gio and Hennessy started teaching the other human beans about the light and how they worship it like a God. As time past human develop more on the way they live and the things they had, the light was up in heaven watching the humans and seeing the rights and wrongs from the humans,

Grauzul the All Mighty

Once upon a time, there was a god named Captain Lester he was the god of dragons. He created dragons and made them take the humans as their slaves and have them build a bunch of temples and statues to worship him until one day Captain Lester decided he wanted to bare a child so he went down to earth and married a woman named Keylala and she had a daughter named Bacca and Captain Lester took her up into the heavens in which he lived but what he did not realize was that Keylala actually had twins and she had a boy named Grauzul well Grauzul grew up to be a big man as big as he could possibly be.

Keylala then gave Grauzul a sword and said you need to kill one of those dragons so you can make a more powerful hatchet so he set off on his journey he traveled for weeks until he came upon a dragons cave and he called out the mighty dragon and when the dragon came out it was huge it was big black and his talons shinned of a silver tint and Grauzul said to himself this is the dragon I must kill his talons will work great to make my hatchet so he stepped forth and said die you beastly thing and they fought for a couple of days until finally he jumped up and sliced the dragons head off of its shoulders.

Grauzul went back to his mother and he made the hatchet he worked for days and days on it and it came out beautiful it was big black and very sharp is was perfect for a warrior of his nature. So from there he set off to the heavens where his dad was but he had forgotten about his sister Bacca and she was waiting for him but she was week so he chopped her head off her shoulders then he ran into his dads throne room and they fought for years until finally Grauzul weekend him and said I can either kill you now or you can give me all your godness and ill let you go she Captain Lester said ok you win I,m done. Then Grauzul took control and ordered the dragons to stop making them slaves so they listened and all mankind praised him and the dragons and the humans lived in peace till today but if ever something to go wrong Grauzul the all mighty is still waiting and as powerful as ever to chop off their heads and have fun with his hatchets.

In the Beginning

The earth began when there was darkness in the sky and the sun was at rest for many years. And so there were no stars to help light up the sky because there was no sun to light them up. The earth was lonely and cold all you could hear were the whispers of the cold winter wind. But those whispers of the winter wind belonged to someone. They belonged to the powerful god ICY. ICY was lonely so he awoke the sun from its rest the sun was the goddess of warmth her name was sunny. They had children witch were the stars. Sunny gave light to her children by lighting them up so that they could shine. Sunni’s brother many (he was the god of the moon) helped give the earth light at night. He married the great goddess THE SKY. All together they all created the earth and its life with in.

The gods breathe life into dirt to create men and women. Whenever sunny was feeling like summer she created women, and whenever winter was feeling cold and blue he made men. Whenever these people that the gods created had children they were to be taken to the great mountains of mount Everest and left there children for two years. The children were killed of heat from sunny or froze to death because of winter. The gods took there spirits and sunny lit them up into the empty lifeless stars lost in the universe. After the children turned two they were sent back to there parents through the rain. If parents rejected the children, the children would not turn into a human body but rather water. And it is why we have oceans and rivers. The gods fought with other evil gods like black holes and rocks on the universe to save the earth and there people. Whenever they fought the earth would shake and the winds were strong and this is why we have earthquakes and tornadoes as well as storms. When ever there is a falling or shooting star it is because the children are celebrating the victory against the evil god in the universe. Gods weren’t allowed to mate with humans because they believed that in each individual they all had a piece of strength and that they didn’t have to have children of gods to gain those strengths.

Pizza Myth

It all began in a world called Pizaryaryu; a place made entire of all pizza toppings. The planets its self, was a gargantuan meatball. We have different types of trees on Earth; well it was the same way on Pizaryaryu, they had jalapeno trees, bell pepper slice trees, and mushroom trees. The pepperoni was the streets and the side walks. The Anchovies are the fish that swim in the sea. The cheese was the grass, once again there are many different types of grass on earth; you had the Asiago cheese, the Mozzarella cheese, the Feta, Gouda, Cheddar, Swiss, Pepper Jack, any kind you want you got it. The way it was created was when a space ship was out in space, the crew did not approve of the pizza, so they shot it into space. Over time of not being loved or eaten, it grew a rage within the crust so it blew.

Pizaryaryu had been alone for so long that it taught it itself to become super computer status. It realized that t was lonely so it created people but it could create a few, and that’s what it did. He made a man named, Fire in Pants he was the reddest red head alive ever! Pizaryaryu sent Fire in Pants to Earth to shrink and capture many people. He did exactly that.

Over time the people that lived on Pizaryaryu started becoming very intelligent, as well as Pizaryaryu, he knew what was going to happen before it happened.

Creation Myth

In the begging there three gods Hister, Intel, and Tnuk. There were all made from the matter of tears of the sun god Puff the Magic Dragon. They latter got in a fight over who would rule over the world they battle an ever time the one of there blood drip it later became into human life at the end there was only one god ruling over them an it was Hister became the leader of all man an his two brothers were sent to the ends of earth one south an one north. They latter saw that man needed land animals so they made it out of clouds.

The gods later provide water and other resources to the ones who really worship them. The people would sac rice a lot to prove there worthiness and the people who didn’t worship them were banishing to camps an torture. The gods later made trees an plants were people populated an needed these things. The sun is the god and the sky was to ba told that it was the fire from Hister when he was happy. When darkness hit he was mad at his people. They how they believe the universe was create.

Men were crated from the drops of blood from Hister’s brothers an the women were made from the most beautifulness flower on the planets surface. The men worship god so they would get what they needed from them to have better live the gods were told they would destroy kingdoms to whom didn’t serve them. Men later built temples an places to worship them if they didn’t go an worship they were thrown in camps or killed. This is how they believe a server for the rest of the lives. An later in time they would go to heaven or hell after there judgment.

The Creation of the World

In the beginning there was only darkness. From darkness came Koas the god over all. He was created from the great beast to create a light and a day and a night. He worked long and hard and eventually grew lazy and so with his power he created the goddess Ferni to do his work for him. Koas, without knowing it, had left his essence of creation inside Ferni and from this she created Hendi the god of the skys. Together Hendi and Ferni created the sun and the moon. During this time of work hendi and ferni fell in love and together had a son named Corabas. When Corabas was born he cried for three days and from his tears came the seas.

Koas soon noticed the family that Ferni had created for herself and grew jealous and thus drew his plans for battle against Ferni. When the battle started it was just Ferni her family and Koas and as most battles go Ferni and Koas grew weaker and suffered many wounds and from Ferni’s wounds came man and metal. And from Koas’s blood came the many beasts of the world and the fires of the underworld. As mother earth, Ferni loved all creations and instantly took man beast and metal into her loving embrace.

From metal man learned many skills such as how to plow, cut, and even kill and that is how man became mortal. Man loved there mother earth and worshiped both her and the other gods created during the war (such as Slotho god of death and Showbase goddess of war) and because of this she blessed man with intelligence. From this intelligence came the building of settlement and settlements into cities. And men continued to love there mother earth and worship her until koas cursed man with forgetfulness.

The Creation of the World

In the beginning, there was and always had been the earth. On the earth, there was nothing, only the Gods. The very first god, Steve, was lonely and bored with his bland life and boring planet. As Steve was sitting on his throne, he had this brilliant idea. “What if there was someone else too? Someone in which I could play with and live my life?”

So Steve created out of the dust another god, only this god was female, therefore making her a Goddess, Jill. It was fun for a few days, but then it got boring again. They decided to have a child. They named her Araya. Not wanting things to get boring again as they once had been, Steve decided to create Jill a brother, and vice versa, Jill created Steve a brother.

Together as a family, they decided they decided to create other planets to surround earth. Each planet had there own god, who ruled over everything. So all together there were three planets so far. Jill’s brother, Puka, ruled over Pluto with his wife and children. Steve’s brother, Bob, ruled over Mars. He was without wife and child because he said he didn’t want them.

Everything was going good for a while. Everybody stayed on their planets and ran them accordingly. Everything was good, and everyone was happy.

But then Steve’s brother, Bob, became greedy and tried to overthrow all the other gods. Including Steve. Bob wanted to rule over everything and every planet. But all the gods banded together against Bob.

When they defeated him, they tied him up until they could figure out what to do with him. This is when Steve decided to create powers over different things, and make all the gods pack up and come to his planet.

He created the day and the night, placing himself as god over the night, every dream, every time some one fell asleep, the moon, the stars, and all activity in the night. Steve ruled the night. He made his wife, Jill, goddess over the day, the sun, the sky, every time the people she was to create woke up, and everything they did. Jill ruled over the day time activities.

Steve made Jill’s brother, Puka, ruler of the water and weather. Whatever the creatures in the sea that he created did, whatever the weather is like, and this is what he ruled over.

Steve also decided to make his daughter, Araya, the Goddess over everything that the people made. The ideas men had were given to them through her. She was a brilliant maker and doer

Not really knowing what to do with Bob, Steve decided to create a hell that people would go to if they were bad when they died.

So this is how the earth was created.

God Creation

Once upon a time their was a goddess named Anya. Anya is the goddess of peace. She is a very kind and gentle person who can take any kind of threat or insult and not be insulted or angry. She is the kind of god who can make everything beautiful even when its at the ugliest she always has a way to make it beautiful. Their was also an evil mastermind named Zoloff. He is the ruler of all evilness and makes people suffer. He is the scariest of all scariness. You do not want to piss him off. Or else…

Once, land before land, time before time, before man roamed the earth, their was a evil mastermind named Zoloff who loves to see people suffer. If you do anything to piss him off he will have you killed and will make you suffer so bad that you wish u had died again and went on somewhere else instead of the underworld with Zoloff.

Creation Myth

In the beginning of the 1700’s there was a god named Cuauhtémoc. He was the god of power, strength , controller of all the other gods and goddesses. He was also known as the King of all Side. He had control of the earth ,his homeland was in a great city named Aztlan. A campus with pure gold and anything he pleased to have.

Cuauhtémoc Creation was made up Chaos. He was found under his mother’s womb. This all started in a very huge war that was lead by his father and mother and the rest of there god. His father was a god of war as well was his mother, but she was also god of beauty as well. As this war was going on his mother was pregnant at the time, she had nothing to do but try and stay safe, and alive. But as this battle got worse her husband was executed, as well as herself. She was so close to being due. When she was murdered Cuauhtémoc was born that day. Cuauhtémoc was founded by another god, who was real close to his father and mother. These were humans with power and the ability of many different strengths.

After many years Cuauhtémoc was the god who ruled over Aztlan, and became king of all side. He had destroyed the world and created a whole new generation. He created earth, sky , and the sun. he created human with the dirt of the slums that was left over on earth. He had a wife and son. He was very well known by the rest of the god and goddesses and they worshipped him. And with the help of the other god they created building trees and help the population grow but made humans normal with no power or strengths’. After they lived happily as can be.

Speak

Melinda and David’s friend ship is good I think they like each other. No because heather was just using her to do her stuff for her and mean while David is not. I would probably do what she does which is not talk to anybody because it would hurt so bad I would just keep on living my life. No and no because I’m not really good at talking to adults about my problems but yeah I would just lay low I would talk to people but I wouldn’t show any sad or depressed emotions because I wouldn’t want anyone to find out that I was sad because they would be like what’s wrong and stuff like that and that’s what I hate so yeah I would just keep to myself then cry when no one is watching. I would keep to myself because I do not like people feeling sorry for me or having sympathy for me it bugs me when people worry about me so yeah I would just keep to myself and that’s why I don’t talk when people make fun of me because I really don’t care what anybody thinks of me and that’s the way I like it and it is going to stay that way!!!

Melinda's Ninth Grade

Melinda’s freshman year is way different from mine. Though I was not raped during the summer before my freshman year, I came into my freshman year with anger, bitterness, and I was kind of scared. I was specifically angry with a group of people that went by “ALP”. What it stands for, I could not tell you, but the ring leader, Terran, fought my older brother and then jumped my little brother.

ALP is the most popular group at N.S.H.S. Your either friends with them or your not, it’s real simple. After helping my little brother the group labeled me as a pussy and a “nana”. (someone who helps everyone “get better”) Most of the people I hung out with the year before didn’t want to be seen with me anymore. I was an embarrassment to them and the school, I guess.

Anyway, I didn’t isolate myself, but it was hard to cope with having no one to talk to. I was never really good at art, but I let myself become suffocated in my writing. Don’t get confused though, I was not the emo in the corner writing poetry, I just was quiet.
My freshman year was hard, but nothing compared to hers. I feel for her, it would suck to be in her shoes. So ya…

Speak

If I was on Melinda situation I would of handled the situation way different. Melinda has been through a lot of up’s and downs. On my point view I think Melinda could have done something instead of suffering. Well if I had gone through the same thing as she did, I would told someone about what had happen to me so I can get help. I think Melinda is a strong person for handling everything she went through. If Melinda would have talked to someone she could have got help and her whole life could have be different. Me personally I wouldn’t be able to keep it to my self I wouldn’t be able to handle what she went through. Well I also understand why Melinda didn’t really told no one about what happen to her because her parents aren’t there for her she doesn’t have no one to talk to, she has no friends and I don’t think she trust no one. I think Melinda feels lonely because there’s no one to talk to or hang out with, her best friends left her for some other group of girls. On the book I can see Melinda is scared on telling some body because she is scared of what people might think of her.

Speak

I think Melinda and David’s friendship is more a boyfriend, girlfriend relationship than just friendship because I think David wants to be Melinda’s boyfriend because he hits on her sometimes.

The ways Melinda’s friendship differs between Heather and David is with heather they never really were close and they were friends not lovers but with David and Melinda they are more boyfriend, girlfriend then they are friends.

I think David is a positive influence on Melinda because he is one of the only people that is nice to her and is probably the only one that actually wants to be her boyfriend so pretty much David is a positive because he gives Melinda hope.

When Mr. Freeman said “Breathe life into your art” I think he was trying to tell her to be creative and that he doesn’t want any boring pictures of trees he wants Melinda to think out of the box and be creative and when he says make it bend and give it twisted branches he is also trying to tell her to be more creative because there is no such thing as a perfect tree.

I think ways Melinda could apply thinking out of the box and being creative to her everyday life are instead of being scared and shy she could be outgoing and more proactive.

A Night to Remember

MELINDA’S EXPERIRNCE IN NINTH GRADE IS HORRIBLE. SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH DIRTY LOOKS, BAD NAME CALLING, AND STARES AS WELL AS COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. SHE FEELS JUDGED BY PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE GOT RAPED IN NINTH GRADE AND PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT, SO THEY COMENT ON WHAT A FREAK SHE WAS FOR CALLING THE COPS AT THE PARTY BUT LIKE I SAID THEY DON’T KNOW THAT.

MY EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WAS SCARY BUT I ALREADY HAD FRIENDS WHO WOULD TALK TO ME. I DIDN’T HAVE TO DEAL FROM GLARES FROM PEOPLE WHO HATED ME, BUT I DID FROM THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW ME. THE WAY I COULD RELATE TO HER WAS I WAS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE; I WAS IN FOSTER CARE AND THEY WERENT. THIS PUT ME IN AN AKWARD POSSITON TO WHERE EVERYONE LOOKED AT ME AS A CRIMINAL. AND THE WAY THAT’S IT’S DIFFERENT IS I DIDN’T GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO HATE ME. MELINDA CALLED THE COPS, NOT BECAUSE SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO GET BUSTED, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS RAPED. I NEVER DID ANYTHING BAD SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD HATE ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.

My 9th Grade Compared to Melinda's

My 9th grade compare to Melinda’s? Well if u really want me to compare it I will. But ill tell you what, your going to love it! At least compared to hers you will. But first I’m going to say where I went to school for 9th grade. I came to Summit High School for my 9th grade. And I tell you what its rare for you to hear I kid my age to say it, but I loved my 9th grade, not just that grade but all of them. I think the main big only reason why I liked it so much it’s because, out of all my school years Summit High has been the only one whom I really liked. Liked? Never mind ill take it back, I meant loved. No school could be compared to this one, well you can but, you just cant with the teachers we got the best teachers. So basically my High School years and 9th grade have been way better than Melinda’s. I mean hear in Summit just about everybody likes each other. Specially the staff’s, they really care for their students, and actually take the time to teach you the proper way! So my 9th grade has been awesome compared to hers…

I think that Melinda realizes that her friendship with Heather wasn’t really that good like she thought it was. I think Melinda was really sad when heather said that because now she doesn’t have anyone to hang out with and she doesn’t have a best friend to talk to or anything. Now that Heather said that their friendship is over and that they cant be friends no more it made Melinda realize that she really does want to be friends with heather and that she doesn’t want their friendship to be over. It makes her feel all sad and depressed and lonely because heather ditched her for the Martha’s and that made her feel like she wasn’t part of anything. It made her feel unwanted. It got her so depressed that she had to go and cry bout it in her lil closet. I think that Heather felt great full because Melinda didn’t fuss about it or do anything and she just let her go away from the table without anything being said. It made her feel good about Melinda that is why she wrote a valentines note to Melinda saying thank you for being so understanding bout it and being so calm bout it also.

I think Melinda realizes that heather was the only friend she had and she didn’t realize this until it was too late and now she doesn’t have anyone to gossip with and I think the ending of this friendship is going to make things way harder for Melinda and I think this ending of this friendship for heather means her getting in with the MARHA’S AND BEING SOMEWHAT POPular and honestly I think Melinda’s parents don’t have a clue what melinda’s problem is and the meeting they have with Melinda actually I think did more harm than help because she got in school suspension because she ditched school and I think the reason Melinda is drawn to the hospital is she is sick not physically but mentally mostly because she got raped but also because nobody likes her and they down talk her and nobody there is even nice enough to even acknowledge her so that’s probably the reason Melinda is so messed up in the head and the reason I think Melinda is more uncomfortable in some waiting rooms than others is she doesn’t like seeing people in pain and she was probably most uncomfortable in the surgery room because she saw people crying and in pain and it probably reminded her of being raped.

            Melinda had a pretty good relationship with Heather. Every thing was looking good at the beginning they didn’t really usually argue. I think Melinda like the relationship she had with Heater. One day Melinda saw Heather sitting with the Martha’s across the lunch room and Melinda got depress and mad. When Melinda saw her she went to go sit somewhere else she felt betrayed by her on friend. On one part of the book Heather goes up to talk to Melinda and that’s when Heather told her that she does want to be her friend no more. Melinda was really hurt and she though they had friendship. Melinda was telling her that real friends always stay together through good and bad times and she was depressed cause Heather wasn’t doing that. Heather gave Melinda back the brace late that she received from her and all Melinda did was go run to the janitors closet and hide from her problems. Melinda got really hurt by Heather comments cause Heather told her that she was a weirdo and a silent person. I don’t think Heather got affected by the breaking friendship, I think she just wanted to not been seem with Melinda or she was embarrassed of her. All Heather wanted was to joined the Martha’s and become more popular.

Melinda has realized that she has not really had any real friends at all since being in high school. Sure, Heather was nice to her and wanted to hang out from time to time, but when Heather realizes that she and Melinda are way different, she wants out of the friendship. Mainly because Melinda is a dark person, like depressed all the freaking time. All that Melinda really has time for anymore is her art, trying to find herself in a world that absolutely hates and despises her.

Heather wants to be a part of “the martha’s” and Melinda would like to continue in her silent ways and be left alone. She wants as little drama as possible. But when Heather decides to cut off their friendship, and she realizes it was kind of nice to have a friend. She wants friends but has absolutely no idea how to make them or keep them. It is actually a fairly simple concept after being through what she has been through. I think that her and Heather’s friendship was really good for her and also an eye opener. It is kind of sad.

I think that medina’s parents think that her problem comes from her friends that they think she has. They also might have thought that she was sleeping around and crap like that.

 Her counselor thinks it comes from her parents. He words that he says make me think that he is trying to refer to abuse an neglect from her mess up lazy white family her dad is mean to her an her mom nerves talk to her an plus no one knows that she got raped by Andy Evans that dirty little uneducated Caucasian male an deep down she wants to tell her story but she cant cause no one listens to her sad depressing thoughts that she has. Only of some good nice person would listen

 That meeting she had made things worse for at home an school cause there is two point of views from people about what really happen her parents treat her different her counselor treats different cause they all have a different thoughts or ideas on what is making her act a lot ‘different then what they  expect from her so they all treat her in all ways I honesty think she should tell them why she hates her school cause if she did maybe they treat her better an help her with her problems she is g=having so she doesn’t have to try an get intentions an deal with all this crap she is having. Any if she would speak up maybe she would be treated a lot better /we all know she is having a hard time with everything that is on her mind no one should have to see there rapist every  day at school like her there is a reason theirs laws

She realizes that she really needs a friend. It means that it was kind of nice having someone to sit by and stuff of that nature that’s how I was through out elementary and jr. high. It means that she is lonely and she wont have anyone to talk to again like me when I was younger it really sucks I guess that’s why I never ever tell any one about my problems. They think that she just has a problem she doesn’t talk much at all it hurt her cause it makes her realize that she has no friends. I think she has some problems expressing herself she needs to open up tell people stuff so that people can understand her and be her friend so she actually has some friends to hang out with it would be good for her self esteem if she expresses herself more like if she was on the basketball team and what not that way she could make more friends and be cool. So yeah if she expresses herself more she can totally gain more and awesome best friends.

Would They Believe?

The question is will she accept the help she really needs? The way I see things is that it is hurting her by avoiding the situation she needs help or to tell some body butt I guess she’s to scared  to say what is really hurting her. It’s hurting the problem because she’s not willing to get the help she wants. She’s afraid if she does tell somebody the truth would they believe her and do some thing about it and not ignore her for what she has to say to them about the situation. What has happened to her? They are asking if there is any family issues what they also ask is there is any thing else that they should know about. They are also worried about why has she has not talking at all and what’s up with her? She should say some thing because they could get hurt and affect her for the rest of her life. If she does not say anything thing when she’s older she’s going to =get these flash backs about the situation she has been in before. So she’s asked her self if she say what had happened would they believe her. That’s the mail thing that’s she is worried about. that’s why I think that’s the reason the she’s going to end up getting hurt or the wrong person will find out because what she said and what the people would think of her?

Feelings Toward Heather

            I think that the relationship for the both of them is/was hurting the both of them in different ways. The way it hurt Heather is the fact that she has to deal with the crap that she gets for hanging out with Melinda also the fact that she has to hear others making fun of her friend. The ways it has hurt Melinda is the fact that she knows that Heather isn’t a real friend she doesn’t stick up for her when people like the Marthas make fun of Melinda.

            I think that Melinda finally realizes that no-one at school truly likes her as a friend they would all choose another person over her. I think that the significance of the relationship is really nothing to Melinda what I mean by this is that she knew that Heather wasn’t a real friend they had nothing in common and she never sticks up for her.

            For Melinda I think that the end of the friendship means that it’s all over with Heather what I mean by this is that she is never going to be friends with Heather. And for Heather I think it means that she has new friends the Marthas.

Melinda's Thanksgiving

Look back on the section on Thanksgiving. What is going on emotionally in the scene with Melinda and her parents? How does Thanksgiving impact Melinda?

            I think that Melinda feels that Thanksgiving is more bad  than it is good because it shows that her family is unstable in her eyes. The reason why I feel like that is what is going on is because of the feelings that you get when reading this part of the book and also the thoughts that you get such as her parents argue a bit, and their non-understanding of what’s going on with Melinda and her being raped, and her inability to tell her parents.

            I think that the parent that Melinda most connects to in this scene is her father the reason why I think this is because of her inability to truly communicate with her mother and the fact that she just has a hard time connecting with her mother. This scene also shows how much respect that she has for her dad although he has a hard time being a good parent. I think that Thanksgiving ultimately hurts Melinda because of her actions after the holiday because of her pain that she shows through her artwork afterward.

Speak

         She is scared because all these things had to do with her getting raped, and stuff. Like she was smelling them or seeing the things that she was seeing or smelling when she was getting raped. I think she was very affected by the frog incidence because when the frog’s legs were split, or wide open she thought about back to when she got raped, and I think that is why the frog incidence frightened her. I also think she fainted because she was so overwhelmed by the thoughts of reliving the experience of being raped. This of what I thought of the book section that we read in class. It kind of pisses me off when I read or hear about someone a girl getting raped because I’ve had a lot of girl friends that have been raped and I just can’t stand it. This is what I thought about the whole thing.

Sancuary

            The janitor’s closet becomes a symbol for Melinda’s psychological state. How does the closet reflect Melinda’s mental state? Why do you think she is so happy to have found this place?

            The janitor’s closet, to me, represents her life, empty, unclean, lonely, and depressing. I think she realizes this when she first discovers this room. That’s why she can connect to it so easily. It’s cool to me that she has this, for me my sanctuary, which is my room, is constantly being used by many other people. That makes it so I can’t really relax without being interrupted by my foster brothers, my foster family, or even the people remodeling our house. She’s depressed and lonely. To me, that’s how the janitor’s closet symbolizes Melinda’s psychological state.

            Why she is so happy to have found this sanctuary is that it’s the perfect friend for her. The closet has been through everything Melinda has. Like being forgotten, made dirty/ defiled, depressing, lonely. They fit each other, and probably help each other. Like how she cleans it when it was dirty, the room helps her clear her mind. They keep each other company and out of trouble. Being by yourself you’re a different person. When your alone you have no one to impress, or please. No worry about anyone accepting you or making fun of you. It’s pretty nice. Those are my answers for the questions above.

THIS IS MY JOURNAL FOR THIS WEEK CAUSE YOU SAID SO.

It effects her mental state because she now has some place to get away from every body at school she is happy she found this place because she feels safe there its some where, where she can escape from the world. I think she fainted because she has reminded herself of the night that she got raped at the party the scene references that shes being reminded of getting raped at the party  I think she should tell her parents what happened at that party because im pretty sure they are going to fid out some time cause the whole entire school knows about it so its better to tell them yourself now then have them hear about it from someone else later because its just going to cause a lot of problems if her parents found out about it from someone else. Or she could keep it to herself because that’s what I would do well that’s what I always do I just forget about it usually until it comes back so I don’t know she can do either one of those things. And that’s all I have to say in this weeks blog slash journal.

MELINDA’S EXPERIENCES

To Melinda the closet gives her the feeling of being safe and this represents her mental state as her being hurt or being scared and she finds herself feelings safe in the janitor’s closet and I think for her this is a good find.  I think the way her physical state affects her mentally is she is scrawny and little and she thinks she isn’t very pretty so this makes her think she can’t stand up for herself.  I think she is scared of telling people what happened to her because she doesn’t have anyone that she is really close enough to talk to so she is kind of screwed because she isn’t close to her parents and she doesn’t have any real close friends.  Melinda’s experiences while working with her parents are really different because her mom is a really hard worker and is always busy and her dad is lazy and doesn’t do hardly any work at all he even made his own daughter do his work and that made Melinda really mad and the reason why Melinda doesn’t tell her parents about her rape experience is every time she tries she gets a lump in her throat its like she’s scared or embarrassed to tell anyone what happened.

MELINDAS THUG LIFE.

Melinda physical state reflects on her mental state because she’s always sad or depressed. Her mental state is very depressing she’s always talking to herself on her mind. Most of Melinda’s physical actions shows that she is sad, depressed, and mad. I think Melinda is scared of what people think of her or about what happen to her. She also expresses a lot of pain on most of her art class, for example the one tree she drew getting hit by lighting. One of her action that I think she shows pain is the one part were she looks at herself in t he mirror and she bites her lips and starts bleeding. Melinda is going through a lot pain on her mind cause she’s got no one to talk too, her parents are always working. Melinda fainted on her science class cause she was having flash backs from when she got raped. Like when they open the frogs legs she remember how it happen to her, so she got really scared and nervous. Melinda has gone through a lot of things in school and at home. Melinda isn’t really an open person, she keeps most of her thoughts on her head.

Story

I think that the closet/ fort is a place where she can relax. I think that it helps her to get out all of her emotions and thoughts out of her head. It also helps her to have a place of peace and to have a place to think to her self of what’s going on out in the world or just stuff like that. It gives her a piece of mind, a place where she can be alone and not be bothered by any one else. Its a place where she can be so that she doesn’t have to be so frustrated and nervous about telling people about what has happened to her in the past because she doesn’t want any one to know about it so its good to have a place where she can express it all without no one knowing about any thing or whatever. It is a very good place to be at because she doesn’t have to blame any one for her problems or for what has happened to her. I think that Melinda should keep going to her little closet she calls a fort, because she really needs to get her feeling out and it better because she doesn’t have to go through the whole acquired conversation in telling every one about what has happened because then it might ruin her relationship with her family even more and then that wouldn’t be a good thing so having a place all to your self is good.

The Frog and the Faint

I think she fainted because she couldn’t take it or and she thought back on when she was getting raped. The frog is her and when they open it from there she remembers about how they open her up an how she was a sleep an had no control of what was happening to her or she was drug up. From there she just can’t take it no more so she passed out to promptly till she got up an in to a different place I think it reflects on all that happen to her how she. how she think she has zero control were all it takes is the courage to speak up an tell everyone what really happen to at the party an why she called the cops in the first place an how everyone looks at her is rude cause they don’t know what really happen to her on that day everyone knows her as the girl who snitch at the party. To me she is the girl with no voice that’s has a story to tell but doesn’t not have the courage to do it and or the honor.

The frog could reusable a lot of things to Melinda. To me it respibles the things she went threw an how she related to be dead like the frog an it got to her an the human body acts an diffent ways and how her body responded is to pass out an not take cause it brought back a bad memory so it reacted an shut down she try’s to hide it all the time but when her eyes processed that image threw her brain it interpreted it to for get about it. the reality is she is going to have to face the things that happen to her one of the days she cant just hide under crap she got to overcome herself an her mindset.

Melinda Faints

I think Melinda faints due to traumatic stress and memories of seeing the frog get pinned down in the fashion in which it was. Although it was a simple science project, dissecting a frog, it was scary. It made a memory come back from when she was raped at the party that night. Having the frog’s legs and hands pinned reminded her of when she was held down and forced to do some pretty unthinkable things.

We never think about how even the simplest of things can trigger us into a relapse of how things from our past really did affect us. We pretend, as Melinda did, that everything is okay. That nothing ever happened. When in reality its not okay. We try to make all the pain from what happened go away by pretending its nothing. We pretend that it’s a simple black void that doesn’t need to be healed or filled with anything. When, in fact it does need to be filled.

When Melinda faints, I’m sure people think that its simply because she cant handle seeing the frog cut open. I guess you have to go through what she has in order to understand what she really went through. It’s easier to have compassion when you know what people have gone through and/or can relate.

Speak

The thing that I m righting about is that the drawing that Melinda drew in her art class from what I got from the tree being struck by lighting was when she was hurt really badly and caused lots of problems to her and some thing you can not heal for ever. She is hurt and of her past experience with other people not trusting them. It says that she was hurt. And will never be able to heal or trust from the pain that has a damaged a tree is her self and the way she lives a tree is healthy till some thing happens like the tree getting cut down or burned butt I under stand how she was a tree and was struck by lighting she got hurt when I mean hurt. She went to a party and was raped and she called the cops so lots of people don’t want to talk to her. So for example I was a tree at once butt I was not in that situation one thing that happen to me was I witness my cousin get shot in a chest at a party and I do fill guilty even dew it was not my fault and I have not told other people about that butt I do feel bad and lots of my family blame me for that one night and to what happen to my cousin so there’s things in our life the we can never be heal butt we just have to learn to cope with those things even though we can not get over that’s what makes us stronger in life. and I see why she does not tell any body its some thing very uncomfortable to some people to talk about so its so thought to deal with things like that.

Speak

                         A frog’s last leap to its story

When Melinda faints in biology class, it was not because she didn’t like the smell or was to weak to dissect but because ,while she was about to do her dissection she described the frog as being pinned back with its legs and arms open. She tells us how the frog smelled like dirt. and how she could feel the leaves on her body. We know that Melinda is telling the story of the night when she was raped, when she Sais the frog is dead and silent. She Sais this because that’s her she is describing her self to the frog because it fits her.

             I think that Melinda is a strong person, but she doesn’t have to be dead and silent like the frog. She can open up to her parents, heather, and the art teacher because they will help her but, she is to scared to open up and tell her story. Not only would talking to someone help ease her pain but it would also help so that other girls don’t have to go through what she went through especially if the ( IT) the person that raped her goes to her school.

Why do you think Melinda chooses to draw the tree being struck by lightning? What does

this say about her? How might this tree be a symbol of her psychological state?

I think the tree represents her happy, good self because trees look good and peaceful. The tree is her. But the lightning represents the things that kill the tree. Trees get killed by lots of things, fire, bugs, weather, and lightning. Some trees gain strength from these things and live on, while others don’t. So right now it’s hard to tell if Melinda will be strengthened or destroyed, since were so early in the story.

At the beginning she doesn’t take it so good, but now I see her slowly gaining ground by having a new friend,    Heather, and finding strategies to avoid all the people putting her down. So to me the tree represents Melinda. The lightning represents the trials and hardships that can put her down if she isn’t careful. Like I said she can either be strengthened by them or destroy her. What he’s thinking while she’s doing this that she’s accepting what’s going on and she knows it, but it’s hard for her to do it.

Her psychological state of mind is she is alone and she wants to give up because there is no way to tell everyone what happens. Everyone has this happen to them every once in a while. I hate this, like when I have weird dream and try to describe it to someone, but stop at the beginning and so on. But she has no idea of what to do, and everyone has the story wrong. So the emotions I would put under her is, seclusion, sadness, anger, overwhelmed, pretty much anything that goes along the lines of those emotions. And so those are the answers I have for the question above.

     I think that A great teacher is when they help you with your work if you need it and I also think that a good quality for a teacher is when they actually care about how their students are and how they care about their students grades. It doesn’t matter whether the teacher is fat or skinny or ugly or pretty, it just matters on the characteristics, on how they act like are they nice, sweet, mean, and don’t care about what you get in your grades or doesn’t care about how you are in class and just lets you fail just like that. Some qualities that I think students should have are being nice to the teacher and have respect for them because some of them mostly want you to pass and go on to a higher grade and pass the grade that you are in so that you can have a successful life when you grow up and to have a good job so you can support yourself and your family if you choose to have one. It’s a very good thing if the student does his/her work because then you can finish and do what you want to and then get a better grade then if you finish it later or some other time/day. Just being a person you have to be respectful to your peers and do what you have to do to succeed in life.

Pretty much Heather does all the talking in their relationship and Melinda just sits there and listens. I don’t think it’s a true friend ship yet it could be if they start telling each other a lot more stuff about each other. Because she wants a new best friend so he has some one to hang with so she is not bored. I’m not sure why but I think because she wanted someone to hang with.

 I think she is like able I would not hate on someone for calling the cops especially when it was for a good reason plus it teaches those kids a lesson that you should not party because if someone dies your not just going to sit there or keep on partying your going to call the cops I can guarantee that I know I would call the cops if I got raped by some dude at a party I went to.

Melinda does not have a very good relationship with her parents because they hardly ever talk and when they do its on notes and its usually telling one another where they are at or where to get food and stuff like that.

A Symbol of Meaning

i think melendia chooses a tree to get struck by lighting to show  wants to get stroke by lighting an dy slowly or it could also represent a broken heart instead of a crack in the heart it’s a lighting hitting a tree or she just is trying to show that she really hates drawing trees so she draws them getting destroy by lighting. Who really knows why she draws it I’ll guess we will have to find out but that’s my oppion.

Her drawings could have lots of meaning to her. I think that she really tick off that her teacher made them pick out of a broken earth globe an they way she reacted to him is like what is this you seruios what does tree have to do with anything but  her teachers response was what made her mad she must have been drawing the trees getting struck  by lighting cause she hates her life or the situiion she must be having at her first week at high schoolan the tree might be her an the lighting symybolizes her getting struck an getting dead in nature that’s whats her drawing ment to me

Someone To Talk To

         Melinda would connect with the art teacher because he wants them to put their emotions and their feelings into their art. He wants to know what story they tell in their way of art. Melinda doesn’t understand why drawing a tree is her destiny, but even the simple small things that don’t seem to matter is what truly makes us. The teacher would understand her story and her feelings. He’s an art teacher and as an artist I understand how you can put your emotions and feelings into it. Many people think that art is boring and that there’s no point to it, but I see the point of it. When you draw or do a type of art you see the story or background behind it we all tell a story and I can see when people write or draw what they were trying to tell or say even though they don’t realize it. The teacher knows that all his students need to find that talent and he teaches them by giving the simplest things like trees. He understands everyone and their stories.

         Melinda wouldn’t get along with Mr. Neck because he’s a football coach and he’s around dirty-minded boys all day. With Mr. Neck being a football freak he wouldn’t know how to connect with Melinda as to where Art Sais something, something meaningful and important. Melinda wants to let people know what happened to her that night of the party but she cant say it in football language but she can through art, and it is through art the Melinda ever got the chance to speak.

Speak

I would describe as a nice person but nobody knows that and they think she is a snitch and that’s the reason why they are mean to her.

I think the teacher the teacher she will bond with is the art teacher because he seems like a nice guy and Melinda wants a way to express herself so she will probably use this class to express the way she feels.

The teacher she dislikes the most is Mr. Neck because he knows her from before and thinks she is trouble and it’s only the first day of school and he is already giving her grief.

Melinda’s and Heathers do not have a real friendship because Melinda is using Heather to get friends because nobody likes Melinda so pretty much she doesn’t even like Heather but Heather is just being a friend to Melinda because she is looking for an actual friend she is not using Melinda.

Melinda has a bad relationship with her family because the way they communicate is stupid they use notes as a form of communication and the way I would compare this to Heathers family is Heather is really close to her parents and family so I would imagine that their communication skills are pretty good.

Melinda

The book speak is pretty interesting its about some girl name Melinda. The book is mostly about her life in High School, how she goes through humiliation because of her actions. Melinda has experience a horrible life experience, she has been raped on a party. At the party there was a lot of students from her school, so after she got raped she call the police. Many people at the party got arrested and everyone blamed Melinda without knowing what happen to her. Melinda has no one to talk to, her parents work all day, she try’s to avoid people at her school, she is a very quiet person. As Melinda continues to go to high school she meets a girl named Heather. Heather and Melinda becomes friends, Heather invites Melinda to come to a pep rally, Melinda really didn’t want to go but she went anyways. At the pep rally some girl they bumped into, One of those girls brother was at the party where the cops went to. Melinda didn’t know what to tell them, they didn’t what really happen to her and why she called the cops. Many of the time when Melinda is anxious she bites her lips till she starts bleeding. I think that the means that she feels like talking to someone but she doesn’t she keeps it to her self….

            I think that Melinda is drawing the pictures of the tree being struck by lightning to show how she feels about the abuse she is experiencing both inside and outside. Inside because she dealing with the emotions from being raped and from the emotions of her friends making fun of her. And outside through the physical and verbal abuse of her friends through being kicked, pushed around, and ignored also through being verbally assaulted. There’s also the fact that Melinda is struggling to find herself after being raped and is struggling to find a way to tell people.

            I think that Melinda is hurt in more ways than one because like I said she was raped and is struggling to find a way to tell people this, also her getting made fun of. She is also struggling to deal with loosing all her friends and this picture is representing that she wants to scream out her emotions.

Harry Houdini

            Harry Houdini is the son of Mayor Samuel Weiss, and was born in Appleton Wisconsin. His real moms name was Cecilia Steiner, Samuel’s second wife. Harry Houdini, or his real name Erich Weiss, was born on April 6, 1874. His greatest accomplishment was the torture cell escape. Out of the creed he would fit under personal growth, because of the new trials and hardships he was willing to face. He learned and grew from what he went through.

            He was a magician and illusionist. He escaped life/death situations and proved it could be done. His main inspiration went to a man named Robert Houdini. Harry took his name and made his own, added an I at the end and that’s where he got his new name. He ran away from home when he was 12. A year later, he came back to his family. He lived life to its fullest and tried as many things as he could.

The Torture Cell Escape, his greatest accomplishment of all. This escape featured a tall, rectangular cell full of water. Harry suspended over it upside down  by his feet, his feet locked in stocks. The cell had a glass front so the audience had a clear view of Harry Houdini. The stocks would lower and lock on the top of the cell, leaving Harry upside down in the water. A curtain would conceal his escape. He used to do this act while in a metal cage instead of the stock. Back then harry called this the ‘’Houdini Upside Down,’’ or ‘’USD.’’ That is the best accomplishment of his life because neither I nor any other ordinary man could accomplish that.

The aspect of the creed that Harry Houdini falls under is personal growth. Like I said before he’s fearless, lived his life to the fullest, and tried new things. When I say he’s fearless, I mean he risked his life to prove whatever it was that he was trying to prove, which in my eyes is that he wanted to prove that things can be done. Even in the worst of circumstances. He lived his life to its fullest; he didn’t fear death, or the consequences of what he was doing. He believed not in fear. He tried new things; he had so many incredible acts and crazy shows. But still he wanted more. He expanded and learned so that’s why he is under personal growth.

            What other aspect of the creed would the famous Harry Houdini fit into better than ‘’personal growth?’’ Another question I have to ask is what other act of his is better than his ‘’Chinese Torture Cell Escape?’’ That’s right, nothing! You can be as bad as Harry Houdini in a lot of ways, like expanding your knowledge and going to school. Or try new stuff like food, or music or whatever you want. But don’t stop there! Keep going, like Harry did until his last breath. Help others; entertain people in positive ways where everyone is accepted and laughs. Try it.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X was sent to prison for 8 years for coordinating prostitution, drugs, and gambling rings. While in prison Malcolm studied Elijah Muhammad, leader of the nation of Islam, for more than 3 years. When released he changed his last name to “x” because he thought Little was a slave name. In Malcolm’s’ earlier years he was a very smart kid whop was always ready to learn he wanted to be a lawyer but his favorite teacher said “it wasn’t the right dream for a black male.”

Malcolm had 7 siblings who were all separated because there mom Louis Little had a mental break down about her husband Earl Little’s death a year before this. Malcolm reunited with his half sister Ella Little years after in New York., Malcolm was a petty criminal, in 1942 Malcolm was coordinating drugs, prostitution, and gambling rings. Malcolm met a friend with the name Malcolm jives, and they moved back to Boston, in 1946 they were both arrested for burglary Malcolm placated himself by using his 8 year sentence to finish his school when paroled I 1052 he was a devoted follower to Elijah Muhammad ,leader of the nation of Islam,.

Malcolm’s greatest achievement would be when he converted to the nation of Islam. Malcolm’s conversion made him a better person because he gave up criminal activity he no longer does drug, gamble, and buy prostitutes. Malcolm x knew he was going to follow the rules of Elijah and the other rulers as well he accepted the consequences and the positive things that would happen. When Malcolm wanted to be a follower to the nation of Islam he stuck with it no matter how many threats and racist comments they had said to him over the years.

Malcolm x is a good example of over coming adversity by over coming the challenges he had to face with his past coming back to haunt him and all the temptation. Malcolm shows that he overcomes challenges a lot like when he went to prison he chose to finish school and in his cell he would remines on how he could rob houses and comment criminal activity more differently but in stead he chose to follow the nation of Islam. People didn’t realize he was once a criminal until he died when someone wrote a biography that showed why he was that man was in his day and why he spoke out agents the lies they would say and to speak out agents black people being treated wrong.

When Malcolm went back to school in prison and proved his teacher wrong was a great way he over came adversity. When Malcolm spoke out about the nation of Islam even threw the treats was a good achievement. We all say we will prove people wrong but most of us don’t we ether forget or we give up we should all keep a goal and stick with it and when we achieve that goal we should not gloat about it but instead just have a smile from self satisfaction.

Work cited:

Gormley, Beatrice. Malcolm X. New York; 2008.

“Biography of Malcolm X”. African within. (2001): March 16, 2011

Http//www.africanwithin.com/MalcolmX_bio.html

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth was homeless when he was little.  When babe grew up he became profession baseball player. Babe is famous for hitting more then 300 home runs of all time. One greatest accomplishment he has is starting off from the bottom of life to moving up to the worlds most home run hitter in all of the major league baseball. The Babe was a very successful person in his time, mostly because homeless were not accepted in many ways in the earlier years, but he managed to move to the top of life as we know.

             Babe Ruth was a really nice guy growing up and he had nothing at all, he had no money, he barely had any food to eat and he felt abanded from his parents so he had to take care of him self. When he got older all of that changed and he started to play a game called baseball. He got really good at it and he wanted to become famous but a lot of people who were poor couldn’t really afford to go into the practices and become famous but Babe did it and he became the best baseball player of all time and he just started from nothing. The babe has taught many people not to give up in your dreams and to keep moving forward, to always live your dream because that is what he did. The quote “I Show Respect” is more like The Babe because he had nothing to start with in life and came out with everything and he never was a bully or was never mean to anyone. He was a nice little he showed respect to everyone and everything and because of that he got his dream come true.

               One greatest accomplishment he has is starting off from the bottom of the life to moving up to the worlds most home run hitter in all of the major league baseball. The babe was a very successful person in his time, mostly because the homeless were not accepted in many ways in the earlier years, but he managed to move to the top of life as we know. This is his biggest accomplishment because the poor couldn’t be in any major accomplishments when he was young but he did get in one baseball activity and he got to live his dream and he became a famous person and has hit more then 300 home runs of all time so that is why it is his accomplishment.

             I show respect to other so that I can respect myself and be deserving of the respect of other is the part of the creed that is most likely like The Babe. The Babe has respect for others because he has shown everyone that we can accomplish our dreams and that we can’t give up. He has shown respect to his parents even though they practically abandoned him when he was little and he still shows respect for them to this day.

             To show respect, that is how Babe is because he is respectful to the whole world and has been before the 1900s. When The Babe was little he had nothing at all, no family, no job, no nothing, he had to practically raise himself so when he grew up he started to play baseball and he got so good that he became the worlds biggest baseball player of all time. Something we should really learn about the babe is that we can never give up on what we want in live and to keep moving forward. Even if wedont have anything in life you can still achieve what you want because that is what he did.

Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN FROM PIONEER TO PRESIDENT.

            At first in Abraham Lincolns life he became a lawyer. Then he got into politics. Later on in Abraham Lincolns  life he became president and passed the law of Emancipation Proclamation even though Abraham Lincoln passed the law at first the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free any slaves.

            What made Abraham Lincoln famous was that he freed the slaves. “I pledge to be CARING toward other and live a life of SERVICE” Abraham Lincoln cared about the blacks being slaves. He is a president for his service.

            Early in Abraham Lincolns life he went to law school and became a lawyer. Later on Lincoln ran for president and won the election. Later on he was re-elected for president and he was aiming for peace. He also passed the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves inside of the United States of America.

            Abraham Lincolns biggest accomplishment was freeing the slaves. With the Emancipation proclamation. On the day he signed it no slaves were freed till like a week later. Without Lincoln signing and passing the Emancipation Proclamation the black slaves would of not been freed and he probably wouldn’t of won the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln exemplifies the part of the creed that says “I pledge to be CARING toward others and live a life of SERVICE.” Abraham Lincoln cared about the blacks being slaves that’s why he freed them. Abraham Lincoln did care or he wouldn’t of freed the slaves. Abraham Lincoln cared about getting the war over with so people could have rights. If Abraham Lincoln didn’t care he would of kept the war going and losing men. Abraham Lincoln became president so he could serve his country. If Abraham Lincoln didn’t want a life a service he would of not became president of the United States of America.

            Abraham Lincoln resembles the part of the creed that says “I pledge to be caring and live a life of service.” Abraham Lincoln lived a life of service by becoming the president of the United States twice. Abraham Lincoln did free the slaves with the law of Emancipation Proclamation. We should all try to be caring towards others so that everybody can feel excepted in today’s society.

Works Cited

Phillips, E.B. Abraham Lincoln: From Pioneer to President. New York: Sterling,2007

“Abraham Lincoln.” The White House. March 16, 2011

http://www.whitehouse.gov\about\presidents\abraham lincoln

John F. Kennedy

            John f. Kennedy was the 35^th president .most important thing as president, Kennedy helped the country with economic problems. He was a good president for 3 years. He stood up for what he believed and people did not like the justice so he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was a good example of choices which people did not agree with.

            John f. Kennedy had a nice family. he lived in Brookline ,Massachusetts. Kennedy was in the U.S. Navy. In his early child hood he was the first president in the boy scouts. When he was 10 he moved to Bronx, newyork, city. He was sent to Choate .school in walling ford, Connecticut. He was a good president and he helped lots of people who really needed the help .in 1963 john f. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

            John f .Kennedy joins the U.S. Navy in 1941. Kennedy first year began working on an economic program that would help the New England. He stood up for what he believed in despite the risk. John f Kennedy was against the war with Cuba and he helped stop it Kennedy was a man who wanted peace.

            Kennedy was a great example of the concept choices has results .the choices Kennedy did were the right things to do. Lots of people were against him. Kennedy wanted the best for us. He did not like the war with Cuba. He was murdered because he did what he thought was justice that’s why people chose to kill him.

            John f. Kennedy reached his achievement by becoming a great president. He did his best and wanted to see all of us succeed in life and with peace and no war. We should for give our enemies and love one and other. With violence no one will be motivated to become president with out being afraid of being assassinated.

WORK CITED

Hodge, Marie. John f. Kennedy voice of hope, New York, sterling publishing co. 2007

           

 “John f. Kennedy.”  Wikipedia (march 31, 2011): march 16, 2011 http://wikipida.org/wiki/john_f_kennedy

Frederick Douglass

Fredrick Douglass was an African American and a former slave in the south. He grew up in slavery and taught himself hoe to read and write. Fredrick was famous for fighting for the rights of blacks, and played a big part in abolishing slavery in the south. With his past as a slave and now as a public speaker, he exemplifies good citizenship and overcoming adversity. He was not afraid to spread his message of eliminating slavery by giving speeches. Douglass over came racism, abuse, and being treated unfairly and this is what got him to where he was.

         At the age of seven Fredrick remembers having some of his family in slavery with him. He was a slave for Thomas Auld. Thomas’s slaves never had much food, got clothes once a year and , and were weak while the had to work all day in the farms. Thomas’ wife did not think Fredrick was getting the punishments he deserved, so they sent him to a man named Edward Covey. Having put up with Covey’s cruelty for six months Fredrick decided to take a stand for him self and fight back never again did covey lay a hand on Fredrick. After Fredrick left Covey’s he went to go work for Hugh Auld, as a caulker in his shipyard Fredrick wanted to work so that he can buy his freedom and get his manumission papers that stated he was a free black man. In 1833 when Fredrick was 15 he taught himself how to read and write by using chalk to write and books to make sounds.

            Fredrick had many accomplishments such as, being A freedom fighter, he taught himself how to read and write, but the most shocking was him running away from slavery. Having been a former slave Fredrick wanted to fight for the rights and freedom of blacks. He wanted all blacks to share the same rights a s the whites. In 1833 Fredrick decided he not only wanted but needed to learn how to write and read. So he did by using chalk to write and books to make sounds. At the age of 20 Fredrick ran from slavery and headed north with his wife Anna Murray. While being in the north Fredrick noticed that whites were wealthy, had no slaves, and were nice to blacks. Fredrick decided to take a stand and make a difference for him and for the slaves that were left behind.

      Fredrick exemplifies good citizenship and over coving adversity. He was a public speaker who spread his words to help abolish slavery, so that blacks can have the same equal rights and freedom. No matter how hard his life was, Fredrick remembered the slaves, and it made him fight harder for the rights of those who have suffered. Blacks were treated like animals, so for Fredrick to do this for them was a good example of good citizen ship. Fredrick also overcame adversity and many challenges. Having been treated like an animal and being abused, while facing racism, he overcame adversity everyday of his life.

                 Never being afraid to fight for freedom and rights, Fredrick was a good citizen to his society. Wanting to see blacks free Fredrick fought for what his people needed. In the process of fighting for their rights and freedom, Fredrick overcame adversity and challenges. No matter what got in his way Fredrick over came it. Running away from slavery and later becoming a public speaker, he achieved his goal by putting his words out there, to abolish slavery. Many of us are to scared too put ourselves out there and do what is right, but overcoming barriers and challenges will help us become stronger, positive, influential members of our society.

Work cited

Ruffin, Frances E. Fredrick Douglass. Rising up from slavery. New York: Sterling, 2008

      “ Fredrick Douglass’’ Wikipedia (march 15, 2011) :march 16, 2011 wikepedia.com

Neil Armstrong

            Neil Armstrong had a brother and a sister younger than him. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong had a great value in education, Neil Receive a degree on Aeronautical Engineer.

            Neil Armstrong was born on Americas’ great depression. Neil’s first airplane ride was on a ford Tri-Motor. At the age of eight Neil Armstrong was building model airplane

out of paper and balsa wood. Neil Armstrong was part of the boys scout and achieved the highest rank in scouting. Nail Armstrong was a very intelligent person. Like many young pilots Armstrong didn’t simply want to fly the airplane he wanted to understand them inside and out. Neil Armstrong received a degree in Aeronautical Engineer. Neil Armstrong was called by the navy on active duty. After Armstrong served his time on the navy, he joined the N.A.S.A as a research pilot.

            Neil Armstrong greatest achievement was that he was the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong achieved his goal by focusing In school. Nail spend many years studying and that help him to reach his dream. To be the first man on the moon it isn’t that easy. Neil attended on a flight school in Pensacola. Neil was also called by the nvay in active duty.

            Neil Armstrong creed was that he really dedicated his time on education. Armstrong in one of his period of time, he was attending a flight school were he received a degree. Going to school really help Armstrong on his career. Armstrong also learned how the airplanes function inside and out. To know how an airplane works, it really takes a lot of knowledge. It takes years of experience.

            Neil Armstrong achieved his goal by being the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong teaches us that with education you can achieve many things. Education is important to many people, because with education you can become successful. To become someone like Armstrong, takes years of study. Armstrong was a great influence to many people, he achieved many things in his life.

            WORK CITTED

            Jackson, Mike and Dixon, Tara. Neil Armstrong One Giant Leap for Mankind. New York; Sterling 2008.

Lance Armstrong

In Lance Armstrong’s early days, he had it where people weren’t accepted unless you were a foot ball player. Later in his life he got a disease called testicular cancer. His greatest accomplishment was he rode through the Tour De France and won 7 times. Lance is a great example of personal growth. After all he has been through, physically, emotion, spiritual, and mentally. He kept growing and learning how to be strong from his experiences.

Lance Armstrong started young doing triathlons. Then as he grew he became a triathlon champion. He kept continuing in the world by going to new and bigger races like the Tour De Pont. He later in his life had to find that he had cancer growing in his testicle. He was claimed to have testicular cancer. Then gradually he got out of the hospital and went off to go and win in the Tour De France.

Lance Armstrong’s greatest accomplishment is over coming cancer. It started that his testicles started to swell and that’s when he found that he had cancer. Then he headed off to several clinics to find help for the cancer he’s stumbled upon and on the way he had several chemo therapy treatments.

This is his greatest accomplishment because you never see people come out of cancer like Lance Armstrong did. He also stayed strong through all of his obstacles. This has got a lot of research going on about cancer to find a cure.

Lance did well in his personal growth in life. He went and had to use this in every race he had to tell him self he was stronger than what he felt. A lot of people like that because they go to school and have to tell themselves that they can learn as long as they are committed and study. He has also had to do that when he was going through cancer and telling himself to keep on going and not to give in.

A lot of people feel we are all like that whether were going through depression or just getting sick because we have to tell are selves to keep going. For instance getting through the cancer and going back to the riding and being so weak. A lot of people are like that when it gets hard they continue the best way they can. This all will take are wiliness to gain personal strength and growth.

Lance Armstrong learned in many aspects of life. He succeeded in so many different ways. He grew up from not being popular or even being liked to being one of the most liked and popular people. He grew up not really having friends and went on to doing triathlons. Then headed of to bigger races and came to realize that he had cancer. From there he went off to win the Tour De France after the curing of his cancer. He grew to have kids. He is a really great person to learn from because he shows when you’re going through a hard time in your life its better to try instead of trying to give up.

Work sited: Doeden, Matt sports hero legends of Lance Armstrong. New York: Barns and noble, 2006.

“Lance Armstrong Biography.” Biography. (2011) March,16,2011. WWW. Biography.com/Articles/Lance Armstrong-9188901