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Journal 8: Book Adventure

The Amazing Book Hunt Adventure

In the far, far away in the woods, there was a grandma (which is my grandma) who (a fox) is Mr. Fox had taken her books away from her, in which was her favorite books. After the situation had happened, I came in an early morning to visit Grandma. “Hi Grandma,” I said. In a while we then both sat down and talked.

Grandma told me the disaster she has happened that Mr. Fox took her favorite books away and hides them. She then asks me to help her find her books for her, that Mr. Fox had left a note to Grandma if she wants her book back. While reading through it, I know I’m off for a mission on my own. I did what Mr. Fox had in his note. 

Tomarrow early morning, I packed a map so I won’t get lost, the list of books with call numbers that Grandma had given to me before I left her house, water bottles, and some food into my backpack in case I’m hungry. I left home then start walking 12 miles to Mr. Fox’s building of books that contain 6 floors. When I get to the place at the front desk, there was a note and a map of the floors where I could locate Grandma’s books. According to the note Mr. Fox had lefted for me is, “Whatever door you enter first, exit the same enterence or else you will never return home.”

While looking at the map from Mr. Fox had lefted, I took a sip of water and a bite on my sandwich that I had brought with me from this morning. I then took out the book call numbers in my backpack. I arranged the 7 call numbers (with a book list of 7 books), according to the floors that they’re at I won’t be lost and I know where I am in the building with full of millions of books, yuck! I took a deep breath then enter 2 doors that looks like it has 2 eyes and 2 small noses.  

I first start off the adventure going up the stair to the 5^th floor to find a book on North America. When I got to the 5^th floor my legs starts to be sore. Then looking to my left I saw an elevator. I then wish I see it before I went up the stairs. When I enter the door to go into the 5^th floor and look around the room. There were so many bookshelves all over the place. While looking the call number of the book and the labelings on the side of the bookshelf I then could locate the book I’m looking for. Walking all over the room there it was my Grandma’s book.        

I went out the door when I enter the 5^th floor. I decided to take the elevator down to 4^th floor even though I’m going down instead of up, but all well. I went into the elevator, the door opens to the 4^th floor. Enter the door that led me to the 4^th floor. The place looks very similar to the floor that I was just been at. By looking at the call number LA1501. B5 about Africa. Walking shelves through shelves. Ah ha! This is what I’m looking for. Looking back to the book list I still have 1 more books in this floor. This one is about Australia. Shelves through shelves. Where could this book be locate at. There!

Now that I’m done looking for those books on the 4^th floor. My next book hunt adventure is on the 3^rd floor. The last floor, yeh! Down I go to the 3^rd floor, open the door, look at the list there are 4 books that I still need to find. The first book on this floor is on Asia. Look, look, where could this book be. Eventually, I find it where it is it’s between these tights books that I don’t need to look at. Next book on Europe. Almost every bookselves I look at are  the same. This is making me dizzy. I then take a 5 minute break before I continue on my hunt. Again walking through shelves by shelves. That’s the book I’m looking for I could spy on it. The next book on the list is about South America. Some of these books are not easiest to find if I didn’t labels of the call numbers. Looking at the top shelf there it was. Now that I’m done with 6 books I have on the list, 7 left to go. This last one is about Antarctica. The book was located  on the middle of one of the bookshelves in the back of the room. Now that I’m done looking for Grandma’s 7 favorite books. It’s time to return to my cozy little home.

            Remembering back to Mr. Fox’s note, “Whatever door you enter first, exit the same
enterence or else you will never return home.” I took the elevator down to main floor. Standing in
front of 2 door I took a deep breath then open it. When the door close behind me. I look back, there
are 2 doors that looks like it has 2 eyes and 2 small noses. In just a few seconds looking at the door.
There was a word appear on top of the door. ACHIEVE. Then I turn around and walk out Mr. Fox’s
building with a smile on face with Grandma’s favorite books in my backpack. Everything I got is all
there.     

Journal 7: Argo

Argo

 

 

            In Argo, one important scene from the film is the part when Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) got the call starting from Jack O’Donnell (Bryan Cranston) telling Tony that the operation is not going to happen, the plan has changed. The 6 Americans are not going to be authorized. From hearing from Jack, Tony starts to be upset. Jack can’t do anything because the position that they’re in is to follow orders from state. The deal was Tony has to go to Tehran, Iran. Tony is the person to lead the rescue of 6 diplomats to America during the 1979 (Iran hostage crisis).    

            I think the scene is important because it’s the beginning for me to give the specific points of Tony Mendez’s mission next step action. Before, Tony had already made the deal with the Canadian Caper that he agrees to do the mission. Now hearing that the plan has change had made him upset, stress, and struggle.       

           On the screen mark 1:22:20 when Tony Mendez had taken his action to a serious step. He made the decision to let Jack know that he’s going to take the 6 diplomats through. After Tony hung up the phone Jack quickly ran talk with Alan to confirm the 7 tickets. Then Jack talks with another person, to talk to the white house to operate the paper work again, so the 7 of them won’t be stuck at the Iran airport. Jack knows that if machine at Iran’s airport doesn’t operate the information it’s not going to be good news. Jack really needs everything to go smoothly to Tony and the rest of the 6 diplomats.    

Journal 6: Jumanji

          

 

           One of my favorite movies is Jumanji; it first came out in 1995. It was the year when I could smell and feel the world’s circumstance. I had grown up with this movie ever since first grade, so I think it’s why Jumanji is one of my favorite movies. I call this a really good movie because this fits all different ages that families would enjoy the adventure Alan has.

First let me introduce the main characters in Jumanji. Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), Sarah Whittle (Bonnie Hunt), Judy Shepherd (Kristen Dunst), and Peter Shepherd (Bradley Pierce). One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Alan Parrish got back to the present time world wearing jungle leaves, when Peter rolled doubles. During Peter’s double roll, there was a visitor; a lion came out from the broad game going to attack Judy and Peter. In the meantime Alan was there to protect the kids from the lion. After Alan keep the lion out from attacking. Alan found them both hiding in the closet, horizontal along the shelf.      

In this movie I would respond more to the acting, narrative, and editing from the director Joe Johnston. The acting, narrative, and editing matter to me because, without these things in the movie, it won’t turn out to be one of my fantasy family favorite movie. The part to point this is when bunch of herd came out from the broad game running through the house and the scream of fear in the faces of four main characters. This is a have to see movie if you haven’t seen already.    

Journal 5: What is Joy Harjo like to me?

            In my opinion of Joy Harjo as a person in Crazy Brave, I think she is a person who is brave and strong. To prove that she is brave and strong is when she went off to live with her boyfriend’s mother, sister, and daughter. Joy’s “mother-in-law-to-be’s tiny one-bedroom house” (pg. 120) She’s pragmatic and Joy had no choice what to do, she stayed, that shows that she’s strong whatever happens in the house. The brave part of her is she’s not afraid of her boyfriend’s mother or so call mother-in-law of how bad who she is.  

Joy’s weakness is the time when she’s four pregnant and going to move to live with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, “the baby’s father promised he’d send a bus ticket for me to Tahlequah, in Cherokee land, where he was living with his mother and daughter.” (pg. 116) She has been waiting for the ticket for two weeks. The ticket is not arriving then she asks her brother Allen for money to get to Tahlequah. Her weakness was she can’t afford to get the bus ticket to get to Tahlequah. But, I could see that her strength in this situation was she “was no yet eighteen years old.” (pg. 116) She could travel by herself couple miles away from home to live with her boyfriend.

          What I think she cares about more is likely her mother. Her mother who gets violent from Joy’s father when he’s drunk, also there are periods when her mother works all the time while the stepfather does pretty much nothing in the house. I think Joy is objective and trustworthy because she does make her own decisions in a positive way. She could take care of herself and be responsible without her mother next to her when she’s not even eighteen years old. In the book Joy doesn’t fully and persuasively explain why she made certain decisions in her life, but while I was reading I kind of understand why she made her decision. I don’t think that there are aspects of her personality that she underplays or misrepresents in my opinion.

Journal 4: Problem of Domestic Abuse in Joy Harjo

 

 

           From the book Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo, there are several men in Joy’s life that are abusive. Especially, from a men to a women that are getting the treatment. I think it’s because of the decision that the men choose to do what they wanted to be. Example someone like Joy’s father who does it to her mother. He chooses to be a crazy drunk then become violent. I think it’s one of the main points that Joy’s mother choose to divorce with him. If I was Joy’s mother I would do the same. For me it doesn’t matter how much I love him, but because of his domestic abuse to the point I can’t stand no more, I’ll have to divorce with him just to protect myself. If it was like arguments between us both, I could still accept because it’s only the words that are out. It could be hurtful inside, but I could forgive most of the time.

            Some woman that I think the man had abuse them accept that behavior because the things that the man did well for her overcome the bad part of him. From the book in pg. 145 showed Joy’s Cherokee boyfriend apologizing and promising to her. Then she continued to stay with him after the apology and saw her son and her boyfriend planting behind the apartment. The situation right there showed her that she can still trust him but not fully. It simply that those people is weak. They had to be weak to get the woman’s trust to them again.              



Journal 3: Performance of The Crucible

   

  

 

           The Crucible is a morality play because in 1692 there was witchcraft going on during the time. The morality of the evil side from the major character that I think is Mary Warren because she could be sweet but evil in some way from my way of seeing her. The morality of the good side from the major characters is John and Elizabeth Proctor because I see them that they both try to work things out as they are husband and wife. Reverend Parris he’s like a type of guy who thinks he’s so smart from my opinion.

           When I saw the production the characters are mostly like those from the play especially Abigail Williams. She’s a very good actor. She acts almost everything the same from the play. When I was reading the play I could visualize her, what she’s doing like the same as when she performed on stage. For John Proctor I think he exaggerate some of his parts when on stage. Elizabeth Proctor I think she is very sweet in the play and the performance.
            Overall I really enjoy the play which unexpected to be three hours long, but it’s worth it. I enjoy reading the play better because it’s like I’m reading a book instead of play. I see better when I read the play and in the play it’s like the narrator is reading what going to the next scene. If I didn’t read the scrip in the first place I probably don’t understand what the performance was all about. While I was watching the performance I had a lot of different reactions. Do you have it too?      

Journal 2: Is it acceptable

You got message, you got message!

I look.

Message receive:

-Sorry to say this. You and I won't work out.

Message send:

-What did I do wrong?

Is it acceptable to break up via text message?

In my opinion, it's unacceptable to break up via text message. I have not experience from myself, but on everything you do there has to be a reason. For example Bob should have a point to ask Jenna out. In this occasion I’m going to use Bob and Jenna in my scenario. Bob likes Jenna because he see her beautiful in his first site, so he then ask Jenna out. After one month he texted Jenna that he was going to break up with her.

In this case, breaking up via text message is not a great idea between relationships. When breaking up with the girl, he have to a reason why and do a face-to-face conversation with her instead via text message. Also he have to face the issue like when he was going to ask her out. If it was only a week probably via text message might be acceptable.      

Journal 1: My Playlist, My Life



 

I don't think it hurt to listen to songs that are not in your language.

 Usually song shows who the person likes from his or her own music,

but this is from my own. 

 

 

 

My Playlist:

• Ya Hen Kan Dee Kua by Bird Thongchai
• Koj yog kuv lub plawv dhia by Nkauj Noog Her
• Take me to your heart by Michael
• I will be right here waiting for you by Richard Marx
• When you say nothing at all by Alison Krauss

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

These are my favorite songs that I usually listen to. They are important to me because they have a strong meaning in them if you understand what the lyrics are saying. I first encounter these songs from siblings and some I found by myself. When I listen to my playlist, my playlist shows that I’m a person who likes to relax and very calm. When other people listen to my playlist they should tell that I love, love songs and like to listen to relaxing music. From what other people wouldn’t able to learn is probably understanding the language of some of my playlist. The assumptions that other people might make about me based on my playlist is that I like old romantic music.

Test 2

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Hi my name is Yia and love hair accessories.