Spring Break

Author’s Note: This is a free-choice essay. I am working on Sentence Structure, adding opinion or reaction, organization, and proof reading. If you could give me some feedback that would be great.

Have you ever been on a vacation before? One that you didn’t even know you were going on until you got the airport. Well, over spring break one of those vacations happened to me. It was one of the biggest surprises of my life.


First, this all started Saturday the 1st day of spring break. It was a normal Saturday morning. I invited my friend Carson over. Until my Mom said we are going to visit our Aunt in Milwaukee. We were driving and we going towards the airport which I didn’t find weird because my Aunt lives near the airport. Once we were driving into the airport, I asked my Mom where we were going. She said we were going to Florida. I couldn't believe it. I telling my Dad “Are you lyin’”. 


I couldn’t believe it, my Dad wasn’t lying and it only took 2 hours to get there. Once we got there it was already 9:00 pm. If all the luggage and the shuttle. We didn’t get to the hotel till about 11:00. While we were there we went to Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, a part Animal Kingdom, and my favorite, Universal. 


One of my favorite parts of Universal was the Harry Potter section. It was a life size replica of the city Hogsmeade. But the best part was Hogwarts. The castle was basically a ride. We waited 70 minutes for this ride and that was in the morning. Anyways, you would sit down in a chair for a roller coaster and you fly around in caves with big dragons and spiders. Also you would sometime go into a room where it was a big screen. So you would be flying with Harry Potter. It was so real that when it looked that I was getting close to the ground, on the screen, I would want to lift my feet up.

 
Secondly, my favorite ride of all was called the “Rockit”. It was a roller coaster that when you sat down, there is a touch screen on the handles. First you would pick a genre, then you’re artist and song. So during the ride you would listen to that song. I picked “Can’t touch this” by MC Hammer. It goes straight up and then straight back down. It was so awesome and I only had to wait 45 minutes.

I had such a great time. I was so surprise when I went. I just couldn't believe it. If you ever go there I encourage you to go to the Harry Potter(Universal), Rockit(Universal), Expedition Everest(Animal Kingdom), see the Fantasmic show at Hoolywood studios, and go on the Buzz Lightyear ride, because it is just that awesome(Magic Kingdom). 

Animal Farm 4/27/11

Author’s Note: This my response to the last 2 chapters in the book Animal Farm. If you can give be some feedback, that would be great.

After reading the last chapters, what really got me thinking was Napoleon. Is he just like a human. It boggles my mind I just don’t understand. He goes through all this hard work to get the Animal Farm going. Then he just becomes another Jones. I mean he is standing on 2 legs with a bunch of other pigs, and he is talking and drinking with other farmers. What I think is that he started the Animal Farm just so he could become the next Jones. With that the 7 commandments became the one commandment, All animals are equal. Some more than others. Now thinking back to the beginning it would be interesting to see what would have if snowball was the leader.

Animal Farm 4/25/11

Author’s Note: This is a response for book in lit. club, Animal Farm by George Orwell. If you could give me some feedback, that would be great.

After reading the last two chapters in the book, It seems the more I hate Napoleon as a leader. From blaming everything on Snowball and breaking 3 of the 7 commandments but then just adding 2 words to make it seem okay. It just the more he does he proves to me that he is not a leader.

First of all, since Napoleon chased Snowball off the farm convinced everyone that Snowball’s a traitor. Now Napoleon is breaking the commandments like no animal should sleep in a bed or no animal should kill another animal and after the executions he added 2 words, without cause, and that made all peachy again. These commandments wouldn't have any value if he keeps changing them.        

Burning the Prairie

Today we went out to see the prairie 2 days after the burning. I think we should burn the prairie, because all it really does is help the prairie grow. The animals that live there have enough time to get out of there in time anyways. Really nothing lives in the prairie except a bunch of bugs. We always keep it under control. Also it kills any exotic and dangerous plants that we don't want, so I think it is a good thing that we burn the prairie.

http://www.tallgrass.org/fire.html

Animal Farm 4/14/2011

Author’s Note: This is a response to my new book Animal Farm by George Orwell. So far I have read up to chapter 7. If you could give some feedback that would be great.

Now that I am starting to get into the book I see how this is a lot like the Russian revolution. But the one point in the book that makes me mad, but of course it has to be exactly like the Russian revolution. Right now one of my favorite characters is Snowball. Snowball is supposed to be like Trotsky in the Russian revolution, well that is what I think. 

One reason he is like Trotsky, because he gets kicked off the farm. Napoleon kicks off the farm, I think because he scared Snowball will take over. The reason I don’t like is that Napoleon says that Snowball destroys the windmill. What if he did not. Maybe this a scheme from Napoleon just to kill Snowball and have the other animals on his side.

Comparing Countries

My 3 countries were the US, Japan, and Greece. Well there is no way I would want to live Greece because they die faster and they have no money. Japan and US would be close because one they live longer because they eat healthier. The problem with Japan is that is an island so a tsunami, like the one that just happened, hits it wipes out the entire country. The last thing that makes it really close is that Japan gets video games 2-3 years in advance, except for Xbox. I think I would want to live in the US.  

To Kill A Mocking Bird 4/4/11

Author’s Note: This is the sumative piece for the book I just read called To Kill A Mocking Bird. In this piece I am working on adding opinion, proof read, and sentence structure. If you could give me some feedback, that would be great.


Do you ever wonder what the past was like? Yes, maybe you heard stories or seen movies, but you don’t actually know what it was like. This book describes it very well. If you read To Kill A Mocking Bird than you will know what the past was like.


First of all, this book takes place in Maycomb county in the 1930’s. Where there is still segregation. Though there was segregation it seems like some people were nicer to African American, than probably what most people think now. Yes, some people were really racist but other weren't like Atticus. He took Tom Robinson’s case though he knew he wasn’t going to win, because he had  a low chance of winning since he was against a racist jury. What is also stupid is that once Tom got to the jail he tried to run away, but the guards killed him. They said they were trying to wound him. Sure, when you try to wound someone you put 17 bullets into him. If it was a white man that would be a whole different story.



Later, Mr. Ewell was the father of Mayella. Mayella was the defendant to Tom Robinson’s case. Though Mayella won the case her father was still mad at Atticus for taking the case. Later in the book Jem and Scout were in the Halloween play and after Scout couldn’t find her dress and her shoes, so she and Jem were the last to leave and Scout had to leave barefoot and in her ham costume. The next part happened so fast, because it was pitch black in the forest and then Mr. Ewell snuck up and pushed them both to the ground. All that you know is that Jem is fighting Mr. Ewell. Then Mr. Ewell breaks Jem’s arm and he is out cold. Boo Radley came to save the day. The sheriff found that Mr. Ewell fell on his knife and that was the end of Mr. Ewell.
 

This book was great. For me it is really hard for me to get into books. There have only been 5 series that I really liked and this just made it 6. I would recommend this book to everyone no matter what genre of books that you like. This book really is a blast from the past (That sounds really geeky right).