"He's gotten a very widespread reputation for turning himself into a crocodile and attacking children." (Pg. 485 bottom of page)
"They surrounded him in an old coffee field and he climbed up on one of those rickety watchtowers left over from the colonial days....." - "He preached the gospel until the very end." (486 bottom of page)
"He got the verse" (Page 487 towards the top)
"The kings of Kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the rascal. and when Lysias informed him this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to put him to death in the way that is customary there. For there is a tower there seventy-five feet high, filled with ashes, and there they push a man guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes to destruction. By such a fate it came to pass that the transgressor died, not even getting burial in the ground." (487 middle of page)
"The closing statement of the Old Testament: 'So this will be the end.'" (487 bottom of page)
"It was really the best way for him to go, you know> In a blaze of glory," Leah said. "I'm sure he believed right up to the end that he was doing the right think. He never did give up the ship." (pg 488 bottom)
"Tata Jesus is bangala....Jesus is poisonwood! Here's to the Minister of Poisonwood. and here's to his five wives!" (490 towards the bottom)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
John Mayer
This song reminded me of The Poison Wood Bible:
John Mayer - Shadow days
Did you know that you could be wrong
And swear you're right
Some people been known to do it
All their lives
But you find yourself alone
Just like you found yourself before
Like I found myself in pieces
On the hotel floor
Hard times have helped me see
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
Well I ain't no troublemaker
And I never meant her harm
But it doesn't mean I didn't make it hard to carry on
Well it sucks to be honest
And it hurts to be real
But it's nice to make some love
That I can finally feel
Hard times let me be
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
John Mayer - Shadow days
Did you know that you could be wrong
And swear you're right
Some people been known to do it
All their lives
But you find yourself alone
Just like you found yourself before
Like I found myself in pieces
On the hotel floor
Hard times have helped me see
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
Well I ain't no troublemaker
And I never meant her harm
But it doesn't mean I didn't make it hard to carry on
Well it sucks to be honest
And it hurts to be real
But it's nice to make some love
That I can finally feel
Hard times let me be
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
I'm a good man, with a good heart
Had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go
Now I'm right here, and I'm right now
And I'm open, knowing somehow
That my shadow days are over
My shadow days are over now
It reminds me mostly of Adah, but there's lines for each of the characters in there as well.
Here's the link for the video:
Quotes Quotes Quotes everybody...
pg. 607 "If I have to hop all the way on one foot, damn it, I'll find a place I can claim as home." (Leah)
pg. 598 "Here I was, banging on heaven's door again. A desolate banging, from a girl who could count the years since she felt any really presence on the other side of that door." (Leah)
pg. 593 "To live to be marked...to live is to change, to die one hundred deaths." (Adah referring to her Orleanna)
pg. 501 "I damn them for throwing me into a war in which white skin comes down on the wrong side, pure and simple." (Leah)
pg. 492 "Carry us, marry us, ferry us, bury us: those are our four ways to exodus, for now. though, to tell the truth, none of us has yet safely made the crossing." (Adah)
pg. 598 "Here I was, banging on heaven's door again. A desolate banging, from a girl who could count the years since she felt any really presence on the other side of that door." (Leah)
pg. 593 "To live to be marked...to live is to change, to die one hundred deaths." (Adah referring to her Orleanna)
pg. 501 "I damn them for throwing me into a war in which white skin comes down on the wrong side, pure and simple." (Leah)
pg. 492 "Carry us, marry us, ferry us, bury us: those are our four ways to exodus, for now. though, to tell the truth, none of us has yet safely made the crossing." (Adah)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Quotes
Can I make this the designated quoting blog for the quiz Friday? I know we don't have a quote circle scheduled and figured this helps me out, so maybe it'll help someone else out too? Just comment your quotes with the page numbers. Here are a few of mine:
Pg. 399 (from Leah) "Love changes everything. I never suspected it would be so."
Pg. 370 (from Leah) "Our suffering now was no greater than theirs had been, no more real or tragic."
Pg. 361 (From Adah) "Strange to say, if you do not stamp yourself with the words exhilarated or terrified, those two things feel exactly the same in a body."
Pg. 493 (From Adah) "Mother keeps wanting to wash herself clean, but she clings to her clay and her dust."
Pg. 424 (From Rachel) "But you just have to try and understand, they don't have the same ethics as us."
Pg. 351 (From Rachel) "Poor dumb animals running for their lives."
Okay, I hope that gets us all started. :)
Pg. 399 (from Leah) "Love changes everything. I never suspected it would be so."
Pg. 370 (from Leah) "Our suffering now was no greater than theirs had been, no more real or tragic."
Pg. 361 (From Adah) "Strange to say, if you do not stamp yourself with the words exhilarated or terrified, those two things feel exactly the same in a body."
Pg. 493 (From Adah) "Mother keeps wanting to wash herself clean, but she clings to her clay and her dust."
Pg. 424 (From Rachel) "But you just have to try and understand, they don't have the same ethics as us."
Pg. 351 (From Rachel) "Poor dumb animals running for their lives."
Okay, I hope that gets us all started. :)
Blogging
So I found those papers, and I didn't have anything to blog about so I decided to tell the college English community ... don't fret I have these essays!!!
Question?
Would I be covering someone else topic for the senior project if I added advertising in mine?
Research
does anyone remember what link mrs. near told us to use on MEL the day we were in the lab? I'm having a bit of a hard time with research and finding people to send letters to and its frustrating.
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