Barn Burning
William Faulkner
Imagine being put on trial for burning down a barn when there was no real proof or evidence to prove you guilty. “Barn Burning”, by William Faulkner explains this in its plot. It is a story of racism back in the early to mid eighteen. It shows the racism , along with the poorness in the late 1800’s. William did what many authors don’t do, take a time in history and write a short story describing the times and the hardships that the people would have had to face.
William’s story was written the tragic mode which means that there will be conflict throughout the story. The story begins with the that barn burning down because some guy was mad because their neighbor wouldn’t give them a pig. That is how the story’s name is given “Barn Burning”. Once the guy got out of court he went from town to town wreaking havoc on the towns people by building small fires. The M.C. gets involved in the conflict because he is the one causing the fires. HE rises to power because he is powerful and people are scared of him. He has a tragic flaw because he a pyromaniac. His fall is that he gets discovered by his son and then he is so secretive anymore. The father who is the pyromaniac gets shot at the end of the story. Even the mode line is the base line of the story the symbols help describe what is going on in the story.
The way William used the symbols through the story makes it fun to read. The times that he used the symbols to describe the feelings, the thought, and pretty much everything else that was happening around him was very good. Symbols are a very powerful thing in stories because they tell in detail what is happening and it gives the story more of a attitude. While William was describing the barn burning down his symbolism made me feel like I was there and feeling like they felt. Even though the story is great to hear about with the symbolism and the plot the wonderful author William Faulkner had an exotic life that is interesting and exciting to listen to.
William Faulkner is the good author who uses a good plot line and symbolism. William’s career consisted of him writing books mostly in his free time, but before that he fought in wars. He was in the Canadian and British Royal air forces. William grew up in Oxford, Mississippi with a small family, who lived in a suburban home. He was born in 1897, and died in1962. William Faulkner writes about many things such as racism and war. This is good because many people avoid the past but it can help readers understand the racism better if they can relate to it through stories.
The tragic mode line fits perfectly with this story. The purpose is that you should tell the truth and don’t be afraid to speak out and be herd. If the boy would have chosen to speak out his father would haven’t have died. The boy did a good thing because he learned from his mistakes and if he ever comes in this situation again he will make the right choice.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
500 word story.
Incura
Once upon a time in the far, far away village of Incura there are many people who are bad. They carry around guns and knives all day. They do crimes and torture little kids until the kids admit that they will fight. Once the army was fully built up there was 5,000,000,000,000,000,000 men and women and children people fighting in their army. They were planning an attack on the most powerful country in the world, the U.S.. Since the U.S. people knew about this because the Incura people weren’t good at keeping secrets they attacked them first.
It is the day that the U.S. solders are going to enter the battle field and fight till they die or we win. There was a base camp just outside of the Incura city about five miles. The U.S. was equipped with ACR’s, Interventions, M16’s, and RPG’s with so much ammo that vehicles had to carry it around it was too heavy for a man to carry alone. For air support there was chopper gunners, AC130’s and unlimited supply of predator missiles, we also had an EMP that was going to blow out the whole city of their electronics.
Whiz, the first bullet has been fired by a sniper, and it was a hit with in the next three seconds there was to be such a loud noise of gun fire from snipers that it caused 46 people to go def. Next the assault people ran in and took the south corner of the city with ease but the Incura weren’t going to give up that easy they sent 400 men into the area to try to secure it but they were dead before they even got there by the snipers. Now they were mad they sent 500 more men in but only half of them made it because they were blown up by the chopper gunners and snipers. The half that made it was owned by the assault team that was waiting for them.
Next They were going to secure the west corner which we again secured easy. As the soldiers were on the move to secure the north corner the Incura’s laid an ambush on them but since we had sniper support and highly trained guys we passed that with ease. While on the way there was a loud boom and then one of the chopper gunners came crashing down, it killed everything inside. Since we found out that they had stinger missiles ready for us we moved the sniper team into another position so they could help out more than what they were doing.
Once we secured the north corner and east corner all of the sides were secured now they were trapped and we had to go into the middle and prepare for and epic battle. The snipers were scattered around the city with clear views of the center of the city.
As we started to move in we had to face five waves of 600 men running at us with RPG’s so it was very tough to go through but we made it. The U.S. military now has to face the biggest battle in the history of the world. There was 4000,000,000 men waiting for us and all we could do try to fight our hardest. Lucky all of our men were trained well, so well that they had twice the skills of Rambo.
There were so many deaths that it wasn’t even documented but the U.S. took over the city and now it is a strip mall used for celebrities and sports players from all around the world.
Once upon a time in the far, far away village of Incura there are many people who are bad. They carry around guns and knives all day. They do crimes and torture little kids until the kids admit that they will fight. Once the army was fully built up there was 5,000,000,000,000,000,000 men and women and children people fighting in their army. They were planning an attack on the most powerful country in the world, the U.S.. Since the U.S. people knew about this because the Incura people weren’t good at keeping secrets they attacked them first.
It is the day that the U.S. solders are going to enter the battle field and fight till they die or we win. There was a base camp just outside of the Incura city about five miles. The U.S. was equipped with ACR’s, Interventions, M16’s, and RPG’s with so much ammo that vehicles had to carry it around it was too heavy for a man to carry alone. For air support there was chopper gunners, AC130’s and unlimited supply of predator missiles, we also had an EMP that was going to blow out the whole city of their electronics.
Whiz, the first bullet has been fired by a sniper, and it was a hit with in the next three seconds there was to be such a loud noise of gun fire from snipers that it caused 46 people to go def. Next the assault people ran in and took the south corner of the city with ease but the Incura weren’t going to give up that easy they sent 400 men into the area to try to secure it but they were dead before they even got there by the snipers. Now they were mad they sent 500 more men in but only half of them made it because they were blown up by the chopper gunners and snipers. The half that made it was owned by the assault team that was waiting for them.
Next They were going to secure the west corner which we again secured easy. As the soldiers were on the move to secure the north corner the Incura’s laid an ambush on them but since we had sniper support and highly trained guys we passed that with ease. While on the way there was a loud boom and then one of the chopper gunners came crashing down, it killed everything inside. Since we found out that they had stinger missiles ready for us we moved the sniper team into another position so they could help out more than what they were doing.
Once we secured the north corner and east corner all of the sides were secured now they were trapped and we had to go into the middle and prepare for and epic battle. The snipers were scattered around the city with clear views of the center of the city.
As we started to move in we had to face five waves of 600 men running at us with RPG’s so it was very tough to go through but we made it. The U.S. military now has to face the biggest battle in the history of the world. There was 4000,000,000 men waiting for us and all we could do try to fight our hardest. Lucky all of our men were trained well, so well that they had twice the skills of Rambo.
There were so many deaths that it wasn’t even documented but the U.S. took over the city and now it is a strip mall used for celebrities and sports players from all around the world.
Monday, March 15, 2010
What does it mean to be Loyal?
Loyal is it good or bad. many people think of a good hunting dog as loyal, but what does it truealy mean? Loyal mis a good thing that means you are honest loving and care. You do not disobey your parents and always do the right thing. Also you are a good person in the community. You hepl others and do service work to help people in need. Now that is what loyal means.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Stolen Day
The Stolen Day
In American History there were many good things, bad things and things that we can just plain laugh at. The Story “The Stolen Day”, by Sherwood Anderson is not a story to laugh at about the main character who was probably Sherwood. He was probably trying to find a way to skip out of school. In the story the authors style, his plot line and his ability to write about himself in a comedic way were all key components in the story. Sherwood has a very normal style of writing. He is like all good writers where they can make you feel like you are actually there but one thing that he does do that makes him different from all other writers. He incorporates his whole family in this story. This is a hard thing to do but if you are good at it makes for a god story. Although he was the one who skipped school because he convinced himself that he actually had inflammatory rheumatism. The author did what many other people can’t do, laugh at themselves. Many people would feel embarrassed or feel mad but Sherwood seemed happy and relieved to write this story. He told how he skipped school and is now explaining his wrong. It may not be very obvious but he told his teacher that he was aching just because he wanted to get out of school and go fishing. It is good that he can look back at himself and write a short story on a time in his life that many people would try hard to forget. This story was written in the comedic mode of literature because it begins in a normal life. He is walking to school. The main character’s problem is that there is another boy Walter who gets out of school because he has a disease, but he can still go fishing and walk just fine. The main character realizes his problem when he walks by Walter in the morning on his way to school and he starts to ach. When he finally gets out to recess the pain is so bad that he starts to cry and is sent home by the teacher. Now his plan worked he got out of school and the rest of the day is his to do whatever he wants. It returns to normal after he brings the big fish home that he caught and they eat it for dinner. The main characters in stories can tell us what we might have to overcome in our lives. Believe what stories are telling you because you will not regret it. Stories can have very powerful messages all you have to do is identify the message and if you can follow the good ones you will have a good life.
In American History there were many good things, bad things and things that we can just plain laugh at. The Story “The Stolen Day”, by Sherwood Anderson is not a story to laugh at about the main character who was probably Sherwood. He was probably trying to find a way to skip out of school. In the story the authors style, his plot line and his ability to write about himself in a comedic way were all key components in the story. Sherwood has a very normal style of writing. He is like all good writers where they can make you feel like you are actually there but one thing that he does do that makes him different from all other writers. He incorporates his whole family in this story. This is a hard thing to do but if you are good at it makes for a god story. Although he was the one who skipped school because he convinced himself that he actually had inflammatory rheumatism. The author did what many other people can’t do, laugh at themselves. Many people would feel embarrassed or feel mad but Sherwood seemed happy and relieved to write this story. He told how he skipped school and is now explaining his wrong. It may not be very obvious but he told his teacher that he was aching just because he wanted to get out of school and go fishing. It is good that he can look back at himself and write a short story on a time in his life that many people would try hard to forget. This story was written in the comedic mode of literature because it begins in a normal life. He is walking to school. The main character’s problem is that there is another boy Walter who gets out of school because he has a disease, but he can still go fishing and walk just fine. The main character realizes his problem when he walks by Walter in the morning on his way to school and he starts to ach. When he finally gets out to recess the pain is so bad that he starts to cry and is sent home by the teacher. Now his plan worked he got out of school and the rest of the day is his to do whatever he wants. It returns to normal after he brings the big fish home that he caught and they eat it for dinner. The main characters in stories can tell us what we might have to overcome in our lives. Believe what stories are telling you because you will not regret it. Stories can have very powerful messages all you have to do is identify the message and if you can follow the good ones you will have a good life.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Willow
The Willow
In the movie “The Willow”, the main character Willow Ufgood embarks on an epic journey to stop the evil sorceress Bavmorda. Willow is the unwell recipient who finds Elora Danan and takes her on the journey. The author uses the common theme of good versus evil and magic with a good message of no matter how small you are you can accomplish anything. Good versus evil is a common theme in literature in the romantic mode and movies and is the basis for this film. The baby, Elora, is supposed to defeat the evil sorceress, but she is far too young to do that. With a little help from Willow and Madmartigan the impossible isn’t as impossible anymore. The baby is “the chosen one”, with powerful white magic and the one who is supposed to defeat Bavmorda and her black magic and take over the kingdom. Infants are often portrayed as innocent and full of goodness. Elora is compared with Bavmorda, who when described by other characters is described as “Evil Queen Sorceress Bavmorda”. It is not surprising that when the infant Elora is sent down the river she ends up being found by a group of good people, namely Willow Ufgood which could be pronounced Willow Of Good. In every good versus evil fairy tale it seems that there is always magic, it isn’t always the main thing but it always seems to be there. In The Willow magic plays a big part in the movie because all of the main characters like Willow and Bavmorda, even Elora uses magic. Bavmorda uses evil black magic to take over the world. Willow is just a sorcerer who is not very powerful but can still defeat the most powerful sorceress. Elora and Raziel also use white magic and help willow defeat the sorceress. Although magic is not real it is a common theme in fantasy stories. Willow Ufgood is a small midget that is at most three and a half feet tall but he defeats another sorceress who is a little less that twice his height and a much more powerful that he is. In real life one little person in a state can make a difference by making a petition or something that helps their community. Willow helps his town by taking the baby to the evil kingdom and defeating the evil sorceress and remember he is a midget. Willow helped the whole world doing something that was just supposed to help his town. Movies are everywhere and only some are very good and used in literature. Willow teaches us a lesson that if taken seriously can make life very easy and successful for people. The message may not be clear but all that is needed is work needed in the community. Although many people many not know but if you do something many people will follow what you do and if you do something good eventually most people will be doing good things.
In the movie “The Willow”, the main character Willow Ufgood embarks on an epic journey to stop the evil sorceress Bavmorda. Willow is the unwell recipient who finds Elora Danan and takes her on the journey. The author uses the common theme of good versus evil and magic with a good message of no matter how small you are you can accomplish anything. Good versus evil is a common theme in literature in the romantic mode and movies and is the basis for this film. The baby, Elora, is supposed to defeat the evil sorceress, but she is far too young to do that. With a little help from Willow and Madmartigan the impossible isn’t as impossible anymore. The baby is “the chosen one”, with powerful white magic and the one who is supposed to defeat Bavmorda and her black magic and take over the kingdom. Infants are often portrayed as innocent and full of goodness. Elora is compared with Bavmorda, who when described by other characters is described as “Evil Queen Sorceress Bavmorda”. It is not surprising that when the infant Elora is sent down the river she ends up being found by a group of good people, namely Willow Ufgood which could be pronounced Willow Of Good. In every good versus evil fairy tale it seems that there is always magic, it isn’t always the main thing but it always seems to be there. In The Willow magic plays a big part in the movie because all of the main characters like Willow and Bavmorda, even Elora uses magic. Bavmorda uses evil black magic to take over the world. Willow is just a sorcerer who is not very powerful but can still defeat the most powerful sorceress. Elora and Raziel also use white magic and help willow defeat the sorceress. Although magic is not real it is a common theme in fantasy stories. Willow Ufgood is a small midget that is at most three and a half feet tall but he defeats another sorceress who is a little less that twice his height and a much more powerful that he is. In real life one little person in a state can make a difference by making a petition or something that helps their community. Willow helps his town by taking the baby to the evil kingdom and defeating the evil sorceress and remember he is a midget. Willow helped the whole world doing something that was just supposed to help his town. Movies are everywhere and only some are very good and used in literature. Willow teaches us a lesson that if taken seriously can make life very easy and successful for people. The message may not be clear but all that is needed is work needed in the community. Although many people many not know but if you do something many people will follow what you do and if you do something good eventually most people will be doing good things.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Upfront 2
In the article, No More Mister Nice Guy in Upfront Magazine it talks about micky mouse. I tells about how he makes so much money for disney, like 5 billion dollars per year. Why change something if its making that much money. There are lots of tech savy kidy who change his personality, like how he talks and how he looks. Also kids text in everyday and tellt ehm to change. Would this be something that you would do, well the people at disney think it is a good idea. They are going to take micky's origional form and toteally ghange it around. People will still be able to recognize him but it will be quite a change. They say that he will be more festive and to show the new micky to the world they are making a game called Epic Micky for the Nintendo Wii. Becasue micky is recognized around teh world they think that the change won't even be a problem, they think that it will make their income increase by over 50,000 dollars.
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