Help!

I am having a difficult time working on my conclusion of my Rhetorical Analysis essay. Ms. Stariha says its to listy, and I totally agree with her! Does anyone have any suggestions? Leonid Fridman wrote this essay to change the mindset of Americans. He not only made many impressive points about how nerds are treated, but also uses literary techniques to further the readers understanding and to make them emotionally involved. With his Logos and a Pathos appeal, Fridman gives the reader factual evidence in hopes of convincing him that nerds have an important place in this world and should be treated with respect.

NO MORE SWEARING

Ok so its the last day a spring break, uhhhggg!!! But it is ok, you know why because Tuesday I have a track meet and im going to rock it. So we are supposed to write about things that are not about our lifes, to meet the expectations of the Brit Lit Kids!!!!! Yeah okay, so I have been reading the PoisionWood Bible and I am not going to LIE I still have a little bit left to read, but what I have read so far has really confussed me. So I read it really fast like almost a skim read and instead of re-reading it I though i would use the BLOG for the It's real PURPOSE, and that purpose of course being to answer questions? (I think) So my question is WHY are they worried about the revolution, is it because they are white or what?! Well this is probably the longest blog I have ever written and if you couldnt tell it is kind of a run on, so that it appears like I have written a lot!!! See you all TOMORROW!!!!!!

Quote Circle?

I for one love the quote circles we do in class before each quiz. Since we have no time to do this before the quiz on Monday I thought it might be helpful to have one on the blog. I guess I'll start, you're welcome to follow. :] pg 142, first sentence: "Some people will send a bread and butter note...Anatole sent us a boy." -I particularly like this one because it shows the difference between the life in Georgia and in the Congo. It also says to me that Leah is starting to acknowledge the differences and take them into effect in her new life. pg 173, last sentence: "Our Baptist ears from Georgia will never understand the difference." -This is when Adah was talking about how they pronounce words differently for different meanings. I thought it was interesting that Adah pays so much attention to this and no one else, especially Nathan, does. And she used the word 'ear' rather than mind or anything else, maybe cause she chooses to hear things instead of say them. pg 196, 2nd paragraph: "That was the last I would...and trust in the miracle of good fortune." -This is from Orleanna when she is recalling the accident that happened to Nathan in the war. It gives me the impression that she now sees a clear dividing point between her life before and after Nathan's accident. Her life seems so much worse now, but Nathan seemed like he had changed for the better. Well, I hope this gives some recollection of what happened in the early parts of the book (it helped me to skim through it all again).

Crossing the Line

I'm sitting in the car right now, getting internet from my dad's evo. We're in Maryland right now--it looks a lot like Michigan, except the temperature is 66 degrees right now instead of the 40 degrees I'm assuming Michigan is. I'm listening to a song by Trust Company called "Crossing the Line" (notice title of blog...). It kinda reminds me of Nathan. I haven't read the book we were supposed to read yet. I tried reading it earlier while laying on Virginia Beach, but it was too windy, so the pages were blowing making it impossible to read. Back to the song and Nathan: I always thought that Nathan crossed the line in going to the Congo. Obviously, the people there didn't really need him--they help him more than he helps them--so he really shouldn't be there. That is kind of like my Mexico trip. We went to be a blessing, but we were blessed overwhelmingly in return. We helped with building things and painting and cooking, and we really wanted to help out with the kids, but they ended up changing us more than we wanted to change them. I'm noticing that I'm having a hard time keeping on the same thought. There are so many things going through my mind right now, so it's difficult to only talk about one thing the whole time.

Paradigm Shift!!!

In my own words Paradigm shift is a change in perspectives that can result in the alteration or abandonment in beliefs. Relating to the PWB in the climatic ending of judges when the ANTS attack Adah and Leah go through Paradigm shifts that drastically alter each's beliefs. For example this quote "That night marks my life's dark center, the moment when growing up ended and the long downward slope toward death began. The wonder to me now is that i thought myself worth saving. But I did" shows how Adah comes to value her life as oppose to before when she felt her disability devalued her life, ironically though the moment she realizes her life is worth saving her mother abandons her for ruth may. Leah on the other hand abandons her faith in religion and her father for faith in Anatole, this is showed in this quote "I repeated his name because it took the place of prayer. Anatole's name anchored me to the earth, the water, the skin that held me in like a jar of water." Overall i think pardigm shift is an idea that most of us are resistent to in our society. Nobody likes to be wrong and so when an idea or opinon arrives that challenges our own beliefs we become defensive and inturn lose rationality and common sense for the sake of being right.

Religion and Shifts

So over reading the PWB and what we disscussed in class on friday... i did sum thinking... 1) I think everyone wears their faith like Nathan, and very few people like Orlena. Sertain religions spend more time trying to convert people instead of understand. 2) and those shift things... ok so this reacently happend to me over the last three years but i seriously thought the catholic church was the only true religion, and i went to other churches and that helped me better understand other christian religions... but i still think being a Catholic is best for me. but im more open to listining to other religions not just in the sector of chistanity..

The PWB

Everytime I pick up the Poisonwood Bible I can't keep from thinking about how much I am learning from it. In our last two books in class I found it easier to just read the book because I had to, but its completely different with this one. Everything in this book has so much built into it. I feel like I have to read slower to catch all the details because it is SO indepth. I really enjoy each of the characters and their unique use of dialogue and thoughts.

I also find our discussions in class quite interesting. I really like hearing what others have to say about the novel and different characters as we dig deeper into the story. Discussions always help to clear the misunderstandings I sometimes find and make things clearer. Sometimes I feel like the book is saying one thing where it might be saying something completely different to someone else or just in actually.

I'm still confused about the different books and what exactly each of them mean overall. With this book I find it easier to understand the details but not the big picture. I really enjoy reading The Poisonwood Bible because it is very interesting, has a lot of meaning, and has great comparisons and interpretations from its literal message in several cases.

I have been realizing that the more that each character reveals, the more I can see that I am really like all of them. I guess thats why I enjoy the book so much. I'm looking forward to getting further into the book.