THE SIEVE AND THE SAND

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" It was a plea, a cry so terrible that Montag found himself on his feet, the shocked inhabitants of the loud car staring, moving back from this man with the insane, gorged face, the gibbering, dry mouth, the flapping book in his fist. The people who had been sitting a moment before, tapping their feet to the rhythm of Denham's Dentifrice, Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice, one two, one two three, one two, one two three. The people whose mouths had been faintly twitching the words Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice. The train radio vomited upon Montag, in retalition, a great tonload of music made of tin, copper, silver, chromium, and brass. The people were pounded into submission; they did not run, there was no place to run; the great air train fell down its shaft in the earth. "

Ray Bradbury uses these details to describe to the readers how brainwashed these people are in the book. Everyone on that subway was brainwashed except Montag, who was trying to fight it, because he too was falling for the advertisement radio.

This books show that people can easily be brainwashed. A perfect example was the day that September eleventh occured. It seem like these mens who hijacked the planes just thought about if they hijacked and hit the twin towers, they will recieve a lot of money and fight for whatever caused they were fighting for. I felt where they were raised and taught made them become ignorant of other countries.

What Montag is doing, I feel that he is really helping people to think for themselves. Nobody should be able to take your thoughts aways because then people can't think for themselves like in the book, which only make bad things happen.

THE GAME

There is this show on Black Entertainment Television where my favorite show play every night.. Yes ladies I'm talking about "The Game." I love this show and when I heard rumors that it might be cancelled i was DEVASTATED!! Good news is that the show is not going to be cancelled. Why would it? Tia Mowry is a one of the best actor out there.

For those of you who are not fimilar with the show here is a quick summary:
Starring Tia Mowry who is Melanie on the show, she moves to San Diego to be with her boyfriend, Darwin Davis. He becomes a professional football player, and plays for the San Diego Sabers. Their relationship becomes to fall apart as fame gets into Darwin's head. Melanie two bestie's are there as she struggles with her relationship with Darwin. Wanna know what happens to know their relationship? Channel 68, and start at twelve noon sharp, Monday through Friday.

POLITICS TALK

So I was at work today and the news comes on about how President Obama is all talk and no action. First, I want to say I really don't have any idea about how politics works. Second, it seems like majority of the people expect Obama to fix everything up at once. He is a human being just like you and me. Yes he makes mistakes, but let him breath because what he is trying to do for the nation I'm grateful for. Instead of worrying about sending people to war he is he really trying to make America a better place.

During election time I've seen young groups from the city who had voted for, Obama. I already seen the society changing since Obama joined the office. I see that young groups of people proud of say that he is the president of the United States. Old folks who for many years didn't vote until Barack Obama came along.So whoever is doubting Mr. President, I say that give him a chance and we all will see that America will improve.

THE HEARTH AND THE SALMANDER

As I read about Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books and houses for a living was going through rough times. He was having second thoughts about his job from the beginning, but when he meets this little girl, Clarisse who teaches him another way of looking at life, Guy really started to really think.

I feel that we meet people for a reason both negative and positive people, who teaches you about life. I feel that Guy never met a unqie kid like her so he began to think about his marriage that he and his wife, Mildred, really didn't have that vibe that they should have. I predict that his marriage will not end because I feel that Guy is going to open his wife eyes, and make her realize that these books are valuable. During their journey, this will rekindle their relationship.

As Guy had tooken some books from the houses that he had burnt, I predict that later in the book he will get caught having books in his household. It would be the climax of the book where he is going to fight as hard as he can to save these books.

After I had read this chapter, I tried to picture life without any books... I see that young children not knowing anything what Santa Clause looks like, or how Snow White had been poison and needed a kiss to come back to life. It would be a BIG disadvantage for us without books.

THE SHOW "REAL WORLD" TEACHES LIFE LESSONS

As thousands of people do interviews and try out for their lives to be taped for several months. Most people would think that it's a bad influence on teens and therefore teens shouldn't watch the show. As seven DIFFERENT personalities come together which for the most part fight, curse, get drunk, and argue most of the show, why should this show be shown on t.v?? This show showed me that as all of us have many obstacles in life, is the way we deal with things. Yes, some turn to drugs and alcohol, I feel that we can learn from their mistakes and influence not to make the same mistakes. It shows teens that the world can get complicated at time and it's the we handle our situations in life with people and negative things we are surrounded with.

Writing From The Darkness.

I feel sad what the author had to go through out her life with her family and writing. Everyone needs a supportive family, and that's why some people are the way they are now. Parents are abusing, raping and killing their own child which doesn't make any sense to me. bell needed her family for a backbone and they weren't, so she needed something else to rely on which was writing. I feel that she took her problem and turned it to a positive uplifting situation. Writing was dangerous back when she was a child, and so she was a brave person to keep her writing ongoing. Her past is what made her the way she is today and I applaud that.

KANYE WEST WAS WRONG!!

Watching the VMA's last night made me really mad. Kanye had went up on stage while Taylor Swift was giving her speech, then he shows up from no where and said that Beyonce was the best. He shed that moment away from Taylor and I feel like his ignorance is not a good look for young children who looks up to him. He should of been a better role model but that wasn't the case at all. I hope in the future this won't happen again because it was very embarrassing for him to do that.

Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover.

Last night my friend from work wanted me to go to get a couple drinks with her and two other co-workers. Yesterday was exactly her birthday. I didn't really want to go because the two other girls, I felt like I would never get along with them outside of work. So of course, Birthday Girl gets mad because I didn't really want to go. She ended up persuading to go which I did. I sat my feelings aside for her and I ended up having a blast!! The two other girls were funny and the whole time we sat at the table just cracking up. I learned a valuable lesson last night, even though I didn't feel like getting to know other people I shouldn't judge them because of my own selfishness.

Celebrities Do CARE!

Before I came to class today I was watching The Wendy Show. She is sponsering and donating some supplies to schools. Wendy is encouraging people to do the same. I feel like this is so nice of her to be so thoughtful to our young kids who don't have that much. Bookbags, pencils, notebooks, binders, etc, which don't seem that much but can really help parents who are in proverty. I feel that most celebrities never forgot where they came from and know how it is to struggle. As I watch BET right now, they are also encouraging young kids to graduate from High School. THANK YOU!!

Getting My Page Together....

Yay!!! I just spent the last forty minutes putting my page together. I'm not good with this computer stuff but it's kinda fun blogging. This weekend was very long for me, only because I had to work. On Sunday I worked a double shift.. which means I start seven o' clock in the morning and leave work eleven at night. On top of that I had homework to do. It's coming along well though. Labor day was relaxing for me, I got some time to spend time with my family!! I had a blasted overrall.

What should colleges teach??

I agree with the handout...professors should teach the subject that students need for their major. For example, if its a writing class, it should be all about writing. It benefits the students with the next level of writing when we know the basics first. If a student does not have the knowledge to write a resume or letter for a reference, then he or she wasn't ready to pass that class yet. I also feel that colleges should prepare students for future careers. While reading, writing, science, and math are all important, we, the students should be focused on things that are related to career also. Once college kids graduate, we will have a good training thought to make us knowledgable in the "real world."

what is bad writing?

It takes a lot of practice to make a writing good. This means anybody can make a mistake when writing. First, when a story is not focused on a specific subject, many things can go wrong, such as, making the reader confused. For example an author writes a cook book. He or she start off with cooking spaghetti, then gets sidetrack explaining how sugar are made and where they come from. Which leads the reader still clueless of how to make spaghetti. Second, is when a writer does not have a purpose in writing. Argumentative writing, is when the writer disagree about a situation. For instance, a writer agrees the law should allow abortions, but the writer doesn’t have any reasons why abortions should be allowed. Thirdly, I feel that if an author is not at all enthusiac about his or her own writing, the reader wouldn’t feel it either. Especially in the beginning of the book, the writer has to grab the reader’s attention, before the reader put the book back of the shelf. Nobody wants to read a boring book.