Shoes are what’s up in the year 2010! Man shoes are like a drug and I am addicted. I like all kinds of shoes, stuff I have never since before. I like to get shoes that nobody has or seen. Nikes, Coogi, Black Label, Levis, Chuck Taylors. My mom likes shoes too. She is like a Hills freak. lol She almost has more shoes than me. Well, actually she does. I think the best shoes in world are too many! That’s how much I like shoes.
Monday, March 15, 2010
A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry. Reviewed by Seth
This story is about an African American family from Chicago who receive 10,000 dollars. They have always been working hard to stay strong as a family. Mama is, obviously enough, the head of the house hold, as it’s easy to tell throughout the story. Walter, her son, is the husband of Ruth and the brother of Beneatha. Walter and Ruth have a child named Travis, and they all live together in one apartment. When they all get 10,000 dollars they just don’t know what to do first.
The family receives the money through the life insurance of Mama’s
late husband, Walter Younger Sr. The family has so many ideas of what to put the money towards. Just about every family member wants to do something different with the money. Walter wants to invest in some liquor stores, Beneatha wants to put some towards school (college), and Mama wants everyone just to be happy and smart with the money. Then there was Mama’s trust in Walter, which she shows by giving Walter 6,500 dollars.
After putting 3,500 down on a house that Mama has got for the family, she finds Walter at the Kitty Kat (Bar) and gives him 6,500 dollars after a long talk. Walter responds with, “You trust me like that Mama?”, as he couldn’t believe she just did that. It ends up being a mistake on Mama’s part. Walter ends up putting the money into liquor stores with Bobo and Willy. Later on, Bobo addresses Walter in tears telling him, “Willy’s gone! Willy’s gone! He ran off with the money!”. Walter has to break the news to the family now.
The family, after hearing about it, was in more pain then anger at Walter, I believe. Beneatha has her college dreams crushed, Ruth thinks they can’t move now, and Mama just can’t believe it. I believe that Walter was just trying to do what he thought was best for his family. Walter’s next plan was to accept the deal from Mr. Linder, which was if they stayed out of Clybourne Park (whites only lives there) then he would give him 3,500 back and more. Walter ends up being a strong leader in the end and declines the deal and decides to move, which makes his family really happy.
I think the Younger’s have been through a lot, but in the end I think they were going be alright. Walter became a strong father figure and leader by declining the deal, Mama still is the head of the house, and Beneatha is still trying to make money for school/college, and Ruth is two-months pregnant. I think this story was great and should be a good choice of material to read.
Love, by Adriana
Why do people want to be in LOVE?
It definitely isn’t to be heartbroken.
Some people stay in LOVE for as long as a lifetime
but other LOVE fades away.
What does LOVE mean to ME?
I really don’t know.
Cora Unashamed, Movie Review, by Carissa
I would definitely recommend the movie Cora Unashamed to anyone. It’s about a strong African American woman named Cora, who throughout most of her life went through many hardships, but never once was ashamed.
This movie is mostly about love. Cora met a white man named Joe, who she fell hard and fast for, but before she knew it he had to leave. He promised her he would come back for her someday. She was completely crushed, but still kept somewhat of an open mind to seeing him again. She would often have dreams about times where they had hung out and how good she felt whenever she was with him. The reason she did hold on to the thought of him for as long as she was because she became pregnant from him. Never once was Cora ashamed of this.
She named her daughter Josephine after the father, Joe. Josephine became everything to Cora. When her daughter turned about seven, she got very sick with the whooping cough. She died shortly after. Cora never thought she could love anyone or anything again, she felt alone and lifeless. She overcame this devastating loss by finding comfort in the Studevant’s daughter Jessie who at one point was very close to Josephine. Cora treated Jessie as if she were her own daughter. She was then once again filled with joy.
But, Mrs. Studevant was a mean rude lady who pushed herself upon people, especially Jessie who could never seem to make her mom proud of her. Mrs. Studevant admitted she was ashamed of how Jessie acted. When Jessie started falling for a boy who she didn’t approve of she did everything in her power to mess it up. When Jessie found out she was pregnant she told her mother and she forced Jessie to get an abortion. Jessie then got very sick and later died from it. Cora felt like once again her heart was being torn from her chest. She told everyone the truth about the real reasons why Jessie died. Cora was never ashamed!
Sports, by Dylan
I like playing sports, I have always liked playing sports ever since I could walk. The most recent sport I got into is lacrosse I used to think that lacrosse was a sport for rich people, but one day I picked up a lacrosse stick and I liked it.
Luckily, I got interested in it before this season started. I had doubts in my mind that I wasn’t going to make the team, but I did. The first scrimmage that we had against JF Web, I was second string start. We were supposed to have our first game Wednesday but it got canceled because of the stupid snow. I was mad that the game got canceled because I was ready for the game. I had it in my mind that we were going to win the game.
Sports and Grades, by Dylan
Why would sports and clubs have an impact on your grades and school work? Well if you don’t do the work in school, then you don’t get to participate in your club or you don’t get to play in the game. So it all falls back in what you do in the classroom. So if you want to play, you’re going to have to work hard in your class and get your grades up. This will give you eligibility for your sport and club. Also it helps you when you’re in sports to get healthier. When you’re at practice everyday your not sitting on you’re behind watching TV, and eating. You then are up and active during the day.
The Weekend, by Garrett
I plan on writing my blog as a free write because they are the easiest to write and I love to tell stories of my days. I had a very interesting weekend so I figure that I would write about it. This weekend was actually pretty boring honestly. I didn’t do much and I didn’t feel like doing anything at all. Friday night, all I did was go to my girlfriend’s, Stephanie’s, house and fall asleep. We were watching a movie and I just passed out. I gave blood earlier in the day during OHS’s blood drive, and it just made me feel really bad and tired.
Once I woke up, I ate some lasagna that her mother made me that was very good! I left her home around 11:30 and went back to my house and passed out asleep. Saturday I got to actually sleep in for once in a blue moon, but it wasn’t that long. I woke up around 10:30 and figured out I was going to the mall with Stephanie to go watch a movie but once we got there they dumb man told me it was sold out, so I punched him straight in the dome. Just kidding! But really, I wasn’t too happy.
But, we did get the day to walk around the mall for a little while and find her some shoes for prom which we still haven’t decided anything else about yet. Saturday evening, Stephanie came over for a little while and that was my Saturday night. I really don’t have much of a life other than Stephanie. So yeah, it’s very sad, I know.
Sunday, well it wasn’t much better at all so if you want, you can stop reading now. I went to church at New Horizon which I do every Sunday morning now with guess who!?!?!?! STEPHANIE!!! Sunday after church we grabbed some food and I went home and fell asleep again. If you haven’t figured out, I love to sleep. Sunday, a little later, I went to my friend’s house which it actually wasn’t Stephanie so that was something new for my weekend. Later that evening I went back to the crib and that was my fun filled weekend. Thank you for actually reading this and caring a little bit.
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