Chris Essay 6
10/21/09
Mr. Salsich
English
Feather:
Two Colors, Two Personalities, One Person
(TS) The first moment that I saw the feather in class, with its two contrasting colors and the many stems, I instantly knew this was more than a feather; it was my life. (CM)The black and white represent two different personalities of the same person. (CM) Also, a feather has many stems, many difficulties, just like my life. (Thesis) There are many ways that the feather relates to chapter seven in Two Kill a Mockingbird, as well as my own life.
(TS) Two colors, two personalities, one person. (Anaphora) (SD) Like the bright cheerful white part of the feather, one of Jem’s moods is happy and talkative. (CM) Jem was very talkative with Scout about the items they found in the tree hole. (CM) Jem was also in a good mood when he was learning about Egyptians and was happy to re-lay his knowledge to Scout. (SD) However, like the black part of the feather, Jem also has a deeper, more reserved personality. (CM) When Jem found the pants folded on the fence and completely mended, he went into a quiet reserved state and thought to himself. (CM) After Mr. Radley had plugged the tree hole to, “prevent the tree from rotting,” Jem stood outside and thought about it for a long time. (SD) Jem’s contrasting personalities sometimes intersect, and blend together, just like on the feather. (CM) After he had thought about the pants for a while, he was still quiet and thinking, but he was beginning to talk to Scout and itching to tell her about it. (CM) Even though Jem has two very different personalities, most of the time he is in the blended part of them, a little of each. (CS) Without the two contrasting personalities, Jem would be an incomplete person; half a feather.
(TS) A feather is made up of a large center stem, from which many smaller stems extend, and this can be related to my own life in many ways. (SD) The middle stem is my life, and out of this stem erupt many difficulties that I may face. (CM) For instance, there are little things like lots of homework, or my friend being mad at me that I must deal with. (CM) However, there are also many larger problems like a loved one dying. (SD) In life, I have also encountered many happy moments. (CM) Spending time with friends is one of those happy moments in my life. (CM) I also believe that my past Christmases are happy moments in my life. Waking up and opening presents, and being surrounded by my family is amazing, and I will remember those memories forever. (SD) Also, when you drop the feather, it spins slowly, falling to the ground. (CM) It does not spin fast and fall to the ground at high speeds, it does not slowly drift to the ground taking an eternity, it falls at the perfect speed, not slow and boring, or fast and reckless (Anaphora). This is how life should flow, slow yet steady. (CS) Sad memories and happy memories weave together to create the feather of our lives. It is these contrasting memories help to balance our lives, allowing them to flow along at a perfect pace.
(TS) A feather can be related to someone’s’ life in many ways. (CM) The black and white blended together into one feather, are like Jem’s contrasting personalities blended seamlessly together into one person. (CM) Also, the feather has many small stems, just like I have many difficulties in my own life; however these difficulties make me who I am; they keep my flying. (CS) These contrasting personalities, these difficulties, they weave together perfectly to create magnificent feathers that make each and every one of us special.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Chris Essay 5
October 14, 2009
Mr. Salsich
English
FINAL DRAFT
Privacy:
A world of seclusion
(TS) Privacy: The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others. (CM) This is a great definition of privacy. (CM) If you are a private person, you are secluded, concealed from the public. (thesis) I believe that there are two types of people in this world; ones that are private, and ones that are public. And, without this diversity, the world would be very different.
(TS) I believe that privacy is a very important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird, and in chapter five specifically. (SD) Arthur Radley is the most private person in the book. (CM) He never goes outside, he just stays in the comfort of his home. This makes him private because no one really knows what he looks like. (CM) The windows at the Radleys’ house are close and the shutters are drawn. Nobody knows what he does inside his house. (SD) Dill is also a very private person. (CM) Although he is good friends with Jem and Scout, he keeps many aspects of his life secretive. For instance, he says his father is many different things; he doesn’t stick with one thing that his dad actually does. (CM) Also, Dill says that he has a mother and father but he doesn’t really talk about them much; he is very secretive about them. (SD) However, one character in this book is not very private: Miss Maudie. (CM) Boo Radley is private and secluded; however, Miss Maudie is very public, and sociable (Antithesis). (CM) Miss Maudie also talks to Jem, Scout and Dill, lets them play in her yard, and sometimes bakes them cakes. She also talks to them about things that happen in her life. She is definitely not a private person. (CS) In everyday life, we notice that some people are very secretive, while others talk about things. (Antithesis) There are many great examples of this in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird.
(TS) Privacy is not restricted to within To Kill a Mockingbird; there are many private people in this world, and many that are not. (SD) I myself am not a private person, nor a public person. (CM) Unlike the Radleys, I do not stay in my home, blocking out the world; I talk to people, and go out into the world. (CM) However, unlike some people, I do not like being alone with everyone watching me; for instance, performing on a stage. (SD) There are also some people I know that are very private; for example, my Uncle Doug’s father, Frank. (CM) Frank, private and unsociable, stays in his home most of the time. (Appositive) He makes his own food or has his food delivered. (CM) He also doesn’t like to talk, and is uncomfortable amongst large numbers of people. (SD) As a stark contrast, my Uncle Doug, is a very public person. (CM) He is a nurse, so he is around lots of people every day and he really enjoys it. (CM) He is also very talkative, and rarely found sitting around his house. (CS)
(TS) Whether they are found in To Kill a Mockingbird, or in the world around us, private people and public people are everywhere. It is this mix, this diversity, which makes up the world we live in. (CM) There are people in the book that are private, including Dill and Boo, but there are also public people, like Miss Maudie. (CM) However, there are also many public and private people in the real world, and I know many. (CS) The world sometimes seems like it has a tinted window, a one way mirror. As we look at the private people around us we see nothing, an empty house. However, what we do not know is that there are truly people behind that mirror, watching the world go by while they do nothing.
October 14, 2009
Mr. Salsich
English
FINAL DRAFT
Privacy:
A world of seclusion
(TS) Privacy: The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others. (CM) This is a great definition of privacy. (CM) If you are a private person, you are secluded, concealed from the public. (thesis) I believe that there are two types of people in this world; ones that are private, and ones that are public. And, without this diversity, the world would be very different.
(TS) I believe that privacy is a very important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird, and in chapter five specifically. (SD) Arthur Radley is the most private person in the book. (CM) He never goes outside, he just stays in the comfort of his home. This makes him private because no one really knows what he looks like. (CM) The windows at the Radleys’ house are close and the shutters are drawn. Nobody knows what he does inside his house. (SD) Dill is also a very private person. (CM) Although he is good friends with Jem and Scout, he keeps many aspects of his life secretive. For instance, he says his father is many different things; he doesn’t stick with one thing that his dad actually does. (CM) Also, Dill says that he has a mother and father but he doesn’t really talk about them much; he is very secretive about them. (SD) However, one character in this book is not very private: Miss Maudie. (CM) Boo Radley is private and secluded; however, Miss Maudie is very public, and sociable (Antithesis). (CM) Miss Maudie also talks to Jem, Scout and Dill, lets them play in her yard, and sometimes bakes them cakes. She also talks to them about things that happen in her life. She is definitely not a private person. (CS) In everyday life, we notice that some people are very secretive, while others talk about things. (Antithesis) There are many great examples of this in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird.
(TS) Privacy is not restricted to within To Kill a Mockingbird; there are many private people in this world, and many that are not. (SD) I myself am not a private person, nor a public person. (CM) Unlike the Radleys, I do not stay in my home, blocking out the world; I talk to people, and go out into the world. (CM) However, unlike some people, I do not like being alone with everyone watching me; for instance, performing on a stage. (SD) There are also some people I know that are very private; for example, my Uncle Doug’s father, Frank. (CM) Frank, private and unsociable, stays in his home most of the time. (Appositive) He makes his own food or has his food delivered. (CM) He also doesn’t like to talk, and is uncomfortable amongst large numbers of people. (SD) As a stark contrast, my Uncle Doug, is a very public person. (CM) He is a nurse, so he is around lots of people every day and he really enjoys it. (CM) He is also very talkative, and rarely found sitting around his house. (CS)
(TS) Whether they are found in To Kill a Mockingbird, or in the world around us, private people and public people are everywhere. It is this mix, this diversity, which makes up the world we live in. (CM) There are people in the book that are private, including Dill and Boo, but there are also public people, like Miss Maudie. (CM) However, there are also many public and private people in the real world, and I know many. (CS) The world sometimes seems like it has a tinted window, a one way mirror. As we look at the private people around us we see nothing, an empty house. However, what we do not know is that there are truly people behind that mirror, watching the world go by while they do nothing.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Chris Collins
October 7, 2009
Mr. Salsich
English
FINAL DRAFT
Education:
A Key to Life
(TS) Education is one of the most important aspects of our lives. (CM) Education is found everywhere and in everyone. (CM) Without education we would not know how to do some of the simplest things in life, like ride a bike or eat and drink. (CS) Education is one of the keys to life and the doors to its mystery are found everywhere, and once they are opened the discoveries waiting there makes us all better people.
(TS) Even though Atticus did not receive a formal education, he feels strongly that Scout should. (SD) He thinks Scout should go to school; he doesn’t think that the Ewells should be forced to go to school. He also believes the Ewells, a dirty and disgraceful family should not be forced into learning. (Appositive S-V Split) (CM) Atticus believes that, “There are ways of keeping them in school by force, but it’s silly to force people like the Ewells into a new environment,” if they really have absolutely no desire to learn, what’s the point of keeping them in school. (CM) This is different than Scout, Scout wants to read, but just doesn’t like her teacher and thinks that school is boring. (SD) Atticus believes that school is necessary for Scout. (CM) Atticus tells Scout that she is a, “common folk,” and needs to abide by the laws. (CM) Scout wonders why the Ewells don’t have to go to school, and Atticus tells her that the Ewells are an exception. He says in some circumstances people, “Allow them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells’ activities,” to help them survive. These privileges include no school and allowing Mr. Ewell to hunt out of season. They let them do this to help make the children’s lives better, they don’t force them to go to school if they really don’t want to learn, and they let him hunt out of season so the kids don’t starve. (SD) Scout tells Atticus that one of the reasons she does not want to go to school is because she does not like Ms. Caroline. (CM) Atticus gives her some advice, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” you can never truly know what a person is thinking until you look at things from their point of view. (CM) Atticus makes a deal with Scout; he tells her that if she is nice to Miss Caroline and goes to school, she and Atticus can continue to read. (CS) Education is very important; it opens many doors in life that without the gift of knowledge, would remain sealed.
(TS)Education is not isolated within the walls of a classroom, it can be found everywhere, and in everything we do. (SD) I know that I, and many others, learn things by making mistakes. (CM) For example, If I am writing an essay I may spell a word wrong. When my teacher grades the essay and tells me that I spelt the word wrong, I can go back and fix it. I learn from my mistake and hopefully do not make that mistake again. (CM) Also, in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout makes the mistake of talking back to Miss Caroline, putting herself in a bad situation, but she learns from her mistake. (Participle closer) (SD) Everyone, including myself, learns from everyday life. (CM) When we went to the opera on Wednesday, I was not only listening to delightful music, I was gaining knowledge. If I had never gone to the opera, I would not have learned about opera music, I may not even know what it sounds like. (CM) Also, my mom drives me to school every day. If I had not watched her drive everyday like this, I would know nothing about driving. I would not know that there is a gas pedal and a brake, and I would not know that green means go and red means stop. (SD) However, one cannot learn everything by doing nothing and just living. We must also attend school, and like Atticus, I agree that school is very important. (CM) I have had the pleasure to attend Pine Point School since kindergarten. (CM) Pine Point School has helped me to gain more knowledge then I could ever gain on my own. (CS) Education is one of the most important things in life, we spend our entire life constantly gaining knowledge, and this knowledge makes us all better people.
(TS) I and many other people think that education is one of the most important things in life. (CM) Atticus wants his kids to go to school and get an education. (CM) I also believe that going to school is essential. (CS) Life is like an endless hallway, door after door after door, and education is the key to unlocking all of these doors. Education is powerful, and the knowledge we unlock with it can make us all better people.
October 7, 2009
Mr. Salsich
English
FINAL DRAFT
Education:
A Key to Life
(TS) Education is one of the most important aspects of our lives. (CM) Education is found everywhere and in everyone. (CM) Without education we would not know how to do some of the simplest things in life, like ride a bike or eat and drink. (CS) Education is one of the keys to life and the doors to its mystery are found everywhere, and once they are opened the discoveries waiting there makes us all better people.
(TS) Even though Atticus did not receive a formal education, he feels strongly that Scout should. (SD) He thinks Scout should go to school; he doesn’t think that the Ewells should be forced to go to school. He also believes the Ewells, a dirty and disgraceful family should not be forced into learning. (Appositive S-V Split) (CM) Atticus believes that, “There are ways of keeping them in school by force, but it’s silly to force people like the Ewells into a new environment,” if they really have absolutely no desire to learn, what’s the point of keeping them in school. (CM) This is different than Scout, Scout wants to read, but just doesn’t like her teacher and thinks that school is boring. (SD) Atticus believes that school is necessary for Scout. (CM) Atticus tells Scout that she is a, “common folk,” and needs to abide by the laws. (CM) Scout wonders why the Ewells don’t have to go to school, and Atticus tells her that the Ewells are an exception. He says in some circumstances people, “Allow them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells’ activities,” to help them survive. These privileges include no school and allowing Mr. Ewell to hunt out of season. They let them do this to help make the children’s lives better, they don’t force them to go to school if they really don’t want to learn, and they let him hunt out of season so the kids don’t starve. (SD) Scout tells Atticus that one of the reasons she does not want to go to school is because she does not like Ms. Caroline. (CM) Atticus gives her some advice, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” you can never truly know what a person is thinking until you look at things from their point of view. (CM) Atticus makes a deal with Scout; he tells her that if she is nice to Miss Caroline and goes to school, she and Atticus can continue to read. (CS) Education is very important; it opens many doors in life that without the gift of knowledge, would remain sealed.
(TS)Education is not isolated within the walls of a classroom, it can be found everywhere, and in everything we do. (SD) I know that I, and many others, learn things by making mistakes. (CM) For example, If I am writing an essay I may spell a word wrong. When my teacher grades the essay and tells me that I spelt the word wrong, I can go back and fix it. I learn from my mistake and hopefully do not make that mistake again. (CM) Also, in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout makes the mistake of talking back to Miss Caroline, putting herself in a bad situation, but she learns from her mistake. (Participle closer) (SD) Everyone, including myself, learns from everyday life. (CM) When we went to the opera on Wednesday, I was not only listening to delightful music, I was gaining knowledge. If I had never gone to the opera, I would not have learned about opera music, I may not even know what it sounds like. (CM) Also, my mom drives me to school every day. If I had not watched her drive everyday like this, I would know nothing about driving. I would not know that there is a gas pedal and a brake, and I would not know that green means go and red means stop. (SD) However, one cannot learn everything by doing nothing and just living. We must also attend school, and like Atticus, I agree that school is very important. (CM) I have had the pleasure to attend Pine Point School since kindergarten. (CM) Pine Point School has helped me to gain more knowledge then I could ever gain on my own. (CS) Education is one of the most important things in life, we spend our entire life constantly gaining knowledge, and this knowledge makes us all better people.
(TS) I and many other people think that education is one of the most important things in life. (CM) Atticus wants his kids to go to school and get an education. (CM) I also believe that going to school is essential. (CS) Life is like an endless hallway, door after door after door, and education is the key to unlocking all of these doors. Education is powerful, and the knowledge we unlock with it can make us all better people.
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