"The outcasts of Poker Flat."

If you had to blame someone or something for the outcasts' deaths, who/what would you blame & why?

-Uncle Billy

-Citizens of Poker Flat

-Bad Luck

-Outcasts

In my opinion, I would have to blame the outcasts. I would blame them because they would not have died if they did not lay down in the snow to sleep. You know they knew that there was a really bad snow storm, they could have walk there until they got there so they can be nice and warm. They wouldn't of have died if they would of walked there until they got to get help. It was going to be worth taking that long walk because they were going to get help and they were finally going to be somewhere where it was warm and you didn't have to suffer in the coldness. Another reason why I would blame them is because it was like they committed suicide. By this I mean that they maybe just laid there on purposely because you know John killed himself and so that is called suicided but you know the rest it was like they did it on purpose because they laid there knwoing that there was a really bad snow storm. They might of done it on purpose. I think they did it on purposely because maybe since they were different they just didn't want to go through what they usually go which might be humiliation. So they just did that on purpose!

Kate Chopin

The story of an hour: This story is my favorite story of all of the stories that we read. I liked this story because it was an interesting story to read. You know I liked it also because it amazed me that I never thought that she would die at the end of shock because I thought that when she receive the news she was going to have the heart attack. It was like a story that trapped me because since it was so interesting and it was like completely different from something that I have ever read. In this story they referred to freedom, I think it was described as like she was free that her husband had died and she was going to live her life better because maybe they were having problems or because she didn't love him enough to be happy. You know she wanted to be free like in a way to get away from him now that supposedly he had died.

The Blind Man: Well this story was good but I really didn't like it. I didn't like it because you know I didn't want to know what happened when a blind & dumb man goes through. I already know that. I also didn't like it because I thought it wasn't fair for the blind guy that he had to walk where all the sun was at & that maybe the rich guy gave him the pencils to sell them so the blind guy would get out off his property. I think that was unfair. In this story they referred to disabled, rich vs. poor, I think it was described this way because it was like the poor guy was going against the rich guy you know like they were in a war that cause the rich guy to lose because he was greedy or mean. He wasn't being nice so he receive the consequences that he deserves for being that mean.

Desiree's Baby: I like this story but at the same time I didn't. I liked it because it nice how a young man married a young lady and they loved each other and when finally they had a child they were so happy with each other. I didn't like it because there was racism in this story. I think its unfair that he blamed her for the baby being born in a black color, but when it was really his fault not hers. When I read that he kicked her out of the house, I was amazed because how would you kick your wife with a baby in her hands. But afte I read the part where he read his mother's letter, I was shocked but at the same time happy because he got what he deserved for blaming Desiree. In this story they referred on racism, I think it was described like that because the man that Desiree got married with didn't want to be seen with someone black and he just mistreated her and blamed for how the baby looked in the color. You know it was really fair but at least he got what he deserved a payback!!!!!!

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

I prepared the water for my fellow friends. I told them to think about because I didn't want them to regret it. I asked them another time if they were sure. They told me that they were sure that they were going to drink it. I handed them there glasses of that special water that made you look younger than you are. As I saw them drink the water I was amazed because they seemed so eager to drink the water.. I immediately noticed the change of their faces. The faces turned from ugly, wrinkled faces to happy, bright faces. Which was a huge difference for me!!!

They asked me for more water. I told them to be patient because I wasn't as fast as they wanted to me to be. I also told them that the water was there so whenever they wanted more water they can drink whatever they want.

When they drank the water I saw that their eyes grew larger and their hair was not gray no more it seemed another color which made them look younger.

Colonel Killigrew went to Widow Wycherley and he was all flirty with her because you know like before all my guy friends were all over her because since they thought she was beautiful. But now they think she is more beautiful than ever because the water did work.

Widow Wycherley ran up to the mirror to check herself out and see if the water did really made her look younger like I promised her. She meet her gaze in the mirror and saw that ugly old woman again but in real life she was young but since a mirror can't lie it showed the mean old truth. She asked me for another glass of water and I told her that I would serve her another glass of water.

I noticed every detail of them while they were getting younger each second. They looked so young now, the youngness were in their veins, they even got dizzy from the loss of all the years. They were so happy that they even cried out "WE are young!!!!! WE are young!!!!!"

All of the three gentlemen were touching Miss Wycherley. Widow Wycherley didn't stop them because I'm guessing she liked it. All of the sudden the flower fell of the floor and the water spread around everywhere. the flower was dying because there wasn't any special water to protect it. All of sudden something happened to my friends. They became old again because whatever happened to the flower it will happen to them. They didn't learn any lesson because it was too soon. So they told me that they were headed to the Fountain of Youth in Florida....

Desiree's Baby, The Sequel.

Armand was in disbelief when he read his mother's words. The words echoed in his mind and could not stop thinking about it. He was ashamed that he left Desiree with their baby and that he was the one being black not her. Armand rushed to the nearest phone in his house. He picked the phone up and dialed Madame Valmonde's phone number.

Minutes later someone picked up but Armand could not recognize the voice that had answered him.

"Hello Miss. May I please speak to Desiree?"

"Sure just hold on a minute. May I ask who is this speaking?"

"Yes this is Armand Aubigny."

There was a long pause of silence but then someone else picked up the phone.

"Hello Armand this is Desiree speaking."

"Oh hello Desiree, I'm really sorry that I told you to leave me because of the baby. I just want you to come back to the house with our baby so we can live happy now."

"I'm sorry but I can not do that because I don't want you telling me that I'm black when I know I'm really not & that what you said about your last name. I don't think so Armand."

"No No No!!!!!! I'm not gonna tell you that anymore because I discover something you should only know but I want you to come to the house first and then I'll tell you because its too private that I just wanna see how you react."

"Fine but only just for the important thing but I'm not gonna stay with you..."

"Fine just come here and I will tell you what's happen and I hope you can change your mind about coming back."

He was really impatient because he just wanted her to get here so he can tell her becasue he could not hold it in him no more! Someone knocked softly and he knew it was Desiree. When he opened it, it was one of his slaves that told him that Desiree had came and that she wanted to speak with him. He told the slave to tell her that she can come in. After about 2 minutes later she came in, Armard was amazed that he had left such a beautiful young lady. She sat down and he started talking. He told her the whole story & she was in disbelief, too. Desiree was not so comfortale with believing this but she believed it anyways. She told him that she would come back to the house and she would never tell anyone the truth because she will do what's best to get him back with her.

One week later, Desiree was back with the baby in Armard's house. Everyone wondered what had happened and why she had left the house but they never asked them. They just live their lives as best as they could because they just wanted to be together. THE END!!!!

Flowers For Algernon

If you were given a choice to have an operation that would make you much smarter, would you do it, especially if you knew the affects of the surgery would only be temporary? Why or why not? Use examples from the story.

If I had the choice to have this operation, I would probably not do the operation even though I knew the affects of the surgery would only be temporary. I would not do it because of many reason. One of my reasons I wouldn't want to take it because why would I get a surgery that's not worth it. By this I mean that its not worth opening my head and getting my brain fixed up and then I'm just smart for a while and then I go back to the way I usually am. Also another reason is that in the story it said that Charlie took little time to get smarter but when he started to get dumb again he was losing half of his mind. I'm referring to this by like he took little time to actually get everything in his mind which is good but when he starts to go back to normal he just loses all his knowledge and I really don't want that to happen to me. Another reason why I wouldn't take this operation because I don't want to ever get surgery on somewhere its dangerous because something might go wrong during the operation and that is NOT COOL!!! Like you opening your head can dangerous because it may get infected or something else gets into your head open. You know something may go wrong while the operation is being made because the doctor might not remember how to do it, something may be spilled, or they might do something else other than what they really need to.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapters 8-the end.

Family- The family in this story is the opposite of what you think that any other family would be in the real world. They don't accept each other the way that they are. The message that this story is saying about family is that not always things turn out to be the way you want them. In the story it said that, Mrs. Roger Button gave birth to a 70-year-old baby and when Mr. Button went to see his baby he was so excited that he was going to have a normal baby, it shocked him to see that his baby was 70-year-old baby. Also another message that this story is telling you about family is that families sometimes don't exactly love each other as their own family & they don't treat each other as strangers not knowing each other. Like by this I mean that, Mr. Roger Button treated his son as his grandfather or someone else other than his own son. Also that Mr. Roger Button didn't love his son like a son that he would ever have just because he was different from all the other babies.

Age- In this story, the age is what matters some what the most. You know like just because Mr. Roger Button had a 70-year-old baby he doesn't like his son for that, which is pretty sad because he is like worrying about the age that his baby was born with. The baby has feelings too you know!!! Anyways, it seems unfair because all they care about is how old the baby is. In the story it says that, Mr. Roger Button is really surprise to find that his baby is 70-years-old and he doesn't want the baby because he is older than he is. Also another message that the story states is that Mr. Roger Button is scared that people are going to start talking about him because his son is old & he he doesn't consider him a son because he wasn't born normal and different from everyone else. Mr. Roger button just worries about what his baby seems to appear like. In the story, Mr. Roger Button is happy that people consider his son as a grandfather and not a son because they don't say that he is related to him in like really close to him.

Beauty- The most important thing in this story is the beauty of yourself. The story is saying that beauty is like what people see in you the most. Mr. Roger Button cares a lot but I mean a lot of what his son's appearance is. He just wants his son to look good so people would think that he is his brother or something else other than his son. Beauty in this story is like you won't be accepted to the public in this city unless you look pretty, cute, or super super good. Like in the story, Roger is trying to put his son to look nice so that he could go out in the public so he would be accepted by people. You know Roger doesn't care if his son is nice or mean or polite or whatever he just cares of what the appearance of him and his son look like because he jsut wants him and his son to fit in with the rest of the people in the world. So yeah beauty is what matters the most in this story.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 3-7

After reading Chapters 3-7, predict three problems you think Benjamin will encounter & give your solutions for each.

The first problem that I think that Benjamin will encounter is that his wife might die or might be really sick. He comes from the navy and his son says that his mother is very sick or died and that might cause Benjamin to be irritated or really sad that he might give up everything he has or is pending on. The solution for this is for Benjamin to be strong when his wife dies and just try to keep her on his mind so he won't be worried about her. Another solution if she is just really sick, he can get in a hospital in which where they specialize in whatever condition she is in and hope for the best so she would get better.

The second problem that I think Benjamin will encounter is that his son might leave the house or do something really bad that Benjamin would get in a big depression or go crazy. Maybe his son since he is older now, might leave the house, rob something from the store, or get caught doing something & might get arrested for doing that. The solution for this is that Benjamin has to put in his place like you know if he is being a rebel teenager then Benjamin should threaten his son that if he doesn't behave well he will put him in a private institute that his son wouldn't like until he will behave better. Another solution is that to get him out of jail [if he is in jail] and ground him or do something so his son wouldn't do that again like he'll learn his lesson to not do that again.

The third problem that I think Benjamin might encounter is that he might business problems by this I mean that he lose he job he had before because since he joined the army and didn't come back until what maybe a year later. They might of hired someone different other than him. They thought he might not come back because its the army and you might die and never come back. The solution to this is to ask his father if he can have a job in the company his father owns. If he says that he can't, well he should try to look for a job somewhere where they might be hiring him. Another solution is that maybe he might even make his own business to see if that brings him to be succesful in an economic way.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 2

Roger is so overly concerned with how Benjamin looks & is worried about what people are going to say. What should he do?

I think that Roger should just ignore what people are going to say about his son. You know since he might tell people that his son might be his grandpa or his father so he shouldn't mind about what people are going to say. Because they are mostly going to talk about his grandpa or father but not Roger. So he should just ignore them and say that its okay that people say something because they are barely getting to know Benjamin so it should be fine the way he is dressed. I think he shouldn't worry much about what people might say because Benjamin is the one who is going to be made fun of not Roger. It won't hurt much because Roger might think one thing but other people think something else.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 1

What would you have done if you were Roger Button in Chapter 1?

If I were Roger Button in Chapter 1, I would have probably scream and then tell the nurse that the baby was not mine. If she told me that it was my son, I would tell her that she was crazy and that I'll take the baby home but I would have to say that it's not my child. The baby was an old friend I meet somewhere else and he came to visit, if people asked me why was he so small I would say that he had this rear disease that he could not grow much. I would make everything upso no one would know that he is my baby because I didn't want to be seen with a 70-year-old baby!!!!! But when at home I'll act like as if he was my son but not in public. I know he is my son but I don't want people to stop talking to me or act like if I was some kind of weird person.

Heart Break

Love can mean different things to everybody.
It can hurt or it can bring happiness.
It does many things to your heart.
But the main thing it does is,
Get your heart broken.
When you have a good relationship
Everything works out between you and your partner.
But when its just a game,
Everything turns out to be the opposite of what you thought it would be like.
When you are ready to fall for someone
Make sure they are willing to catch you and not let you fall.
Brag and brag until you are sure that they surely do love you.
Do what is possible to make sure that
They are really in love with you.
Sometimes you have to do really crazy things
To find out what you need to know.
Love is a puzzle full of ways to get through
You have to find the right way to get through.
There’s only ONE way that you’ll get at the end of the puzzle
But sometimes you pick the wrong path, its not easy getting through the right way.