Blog 12

       One theme found in the story "Hanging Fire" is being along/ isolation. It talks about a fourteen year girl who is having teenage issues about herself and fears that she going to die at any moment, maybe because its due her social issues. Her state of mind is more about worrying about not growing up because she has braces, dry skin and the boy who she can't live without still sucks his thumb. It more internal problems with herself  as  she struggles to hold on to herself by second guessing or worried about what others think. Then her "mamma's in the bedroom with the door closed", it could symbolize she is keeping her feelings to herself and not telling her mother or she is keeping secrets from her mother that she doesn't want her to know or maybe its just could be her mother keeping to herself and not really being there for her kids.
       Then the author Audre Lorde, writes how a teenager life is hard and it can be a struggle because you can be alone/ isolated from others or just becoming more of an outcast. The character has this feeling of being depress and sad because she feels alone, then in the story she is going to a party and had to learn how to dance. So she is not alone but more afraid that she going to make a mistake and get made fun of and low her confidence level.

Blog 11

         One theme found in the story of "Don't Be Disrespecting Me" is respect. The story is about two boys named Erin and Noodles, who are living in poor condition and everyone around them is making fun of them because they don't fit in due to their old clothes that they wear. Noodles is a hustler to women, by getting them to buy him anything he wants but Erin just wanted  to fit in.  Noodles is all bout respect and his full of pride, in the story Erin is talking to Ona and Noodles bump into him Erin says " Man. Ain't you got no manners?" Noodles wanted to fight Erin right then and there. He didn't like being embarrassed. but he kept his hand to his side ' cause Erin was his boy" (pg.86).
          Noodles isn't the type of guy who wouldn't forgive and forget, he some how has a score to settle, even if it is his best friend Erin. Erin tells Noodles what happens when Erin went to go talk to Ona parents and when Noodles is hearing this, he feels disrespected that Ona parents treated Erin with little respect. Noodles then come up with the idea to trash and rob Ona place then right before the dance Erin and Noodle are going to jail breaking and entering some one home, but Noodles didn't care all he cared about was getting respect.

Hills Like White Elephants

          One theme found in the story " Hills Like White Elephants"  is choices/Decision. In the story  the man and the women are talking about an operation of choosing if they want and operation or not. They both are talking to each other about choosing to do it but in the story the women was trying to ask permission on having the operation but the man was pressuring to choose to have an operation. Ernest Hemingway talks about the choices or the decision to make in one life, as it could be a choices of going to the movies with your friends or staying home. From the story "Hills Like White Elephants" to real life, as we all deal with choices that we have to make.

Blog 9

I. Introduction
A. Hook: Sharing a car
B. Building Context: Working hard to afford a car
C. Thesis: what are the effects  of sharing property
D. Preview of argument: Feeling Oppression


II. Effect 1
A. Transition Phase: At first I was glad to share the car
B. Topic sentence: I got mad at Ana using the car more than I could
C. Explain: It Felt like it wasn't even ours
D. Example: Sharing a toy


III. Effect 2
A. Transition Phase: My unhappiness with our possession
B. Topic sentence: Sharing a car
C. Explain: she felt the need to improve the car without my consent
D. Example: She was putting in toys, air fresheners and other junk


IV. Effect 3
A. Transition Phase: Finally realizing that she need the car more
B. Topic sentence: College and work
C. Explain: Selfish
D. Example: She is paying the bills.

Blog 8

       Almost everywhere you go you see people on their smart phones, texting or going on social media. When people are on their phones and going on social apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and snapchat.  The cause of this is people would post pictures and post what they would want to say. Mostly because some people would post about how their day is and some people would post anything, I mean people would use social media into their personal diary. Also causes people to be less active or less social in the real world than in the digital world.
      The effects are less real world experience, as the more time people are on social media the more time is spent wasting the day than doing something else. Sure enough the effects also lead to like video games. As people are living in caves (home), and hurting their eyes and going on social media isn't an educational purpose.

Blog 7 cause and effect chain

Jobs today are going overseas to help poor country to boost their economy. Job here in the U.S. are disappearing and it’s harder and harder to find work, especially when you’re young finding work to pay for schooling and supporting your family. Here in the U.S. the government is trying to raise the minimum wage but wouldn't it lead to paying more taxes and the price of living to go up. What the U.S.  Needs is more industrial factories by less transportation overseas the cost would be less. Also were in this industrial/technology phase, where technology is being much more effective and used. 

Sterotyped

The sports we play are fun but it depends on what you like to play. Soccer and football are different sports, as soccer you are kicking a ball and foot you carrier a the ball. Soccer is a game where you kick a ball at the goal and only relying on your stamina to run around a field. Also relying on your team to pass the ball and score a point for your team. Soccer relays on you to be fit and how to kick a the ball along with a team who can trust one another to pass the ball to score.

Football, much different than soccer by having different point settings and different ways on how to handle the ball. Football relays on you to be big and strong or quick on your feet but football is more strategy because of all the plays they have just to score a touchdown along with having two different teams by offensive and defensive. Soccer and football have the same concept by taking a ball and scoring at one end at the field.