Doll House Questions for Act 2

1. Nora is now more anxious and worried than she was in Act 1. Nora believes that Torvald would never find out her secret, but now that he is firing Krogstad so that Mrs.Linde can work, she's more afraid and more protective over her lie.
- Nora tells and begs Torvald to let Krogstad keep his job.
- Krogstad wants to letter to get Nora introuble and for him to keep his job
- Mrs.Linde writes him a note and wants to talk with him to change his mind.

3. The "miracle" might be that Torvald will give Krogstad his job and Nora's secret wont be blurted out. Another "miracle" I thought might be was that Krogstad might've not put the letter in the mail for Torvald to See.

4. Krogstad says that Torvald has, "forced me back to my old ways." Torvald is not really responsible for his actions because it's basically all Nora's fault in the first place. Krogstad knows what Nora did and he's using that against her because he doesn't want to lose his job and he will do whatever it takes to keep it. The reason why he is losing his job is because of Nora's begging to help find Mrs.Linde a job.

6.If Nora wasn't so stubborn and accepted help from Rank, I feel like Nora and Torvald would be okay. Nora keeping a hgue secret is driving her crazy. Torvald could most likely be very appreciative for Nora becaue she saved his life knowing that she could get in serioustrouble by forgeing her father's signature. If she let Rank help, she would've been out of this mess a long time ago.

8. I think people can learn for Ibsen's portryal of Nora and Torvald's relationship by learning how to trust and communicate. For love, you'd do anything to make it work. It shows that being secretive can and will get you in trouble. Be loyal, and share money. Love your life and your familly. "Fight for what you love."

Doll House Questions for Act 1

1. My thoughts towards the end of the story were crazy. There was a lot of shady lies, and going behind each other's backs to make someone happy. I thought that Nora was such a money spender.

- The good news is that Torvald is the new bank manager.

- Nora raised the money by forging her father's signature on a bank loan after he passed away.

- Krogstad threatened Nora because he doesn't want to lose his job and since Nora's husband is the manager of Krogstad, he will do anything it takes to keep his job.

 

 

 

3. Nora is Torvald's whipped wife. She does everything and anything for Torvald. He calls her little names like a squirrell and some type of bird, i think its a "little lark." Shes money hungry and she always wants to be in control of everything but she can't. Torvald knows that she spends her money constantly and that's why she get's mad that she can't spend the money. When Torvald isn't present, she becomes shady and talks about things that she hasn't even had the guts to tell Torvald.

 

 

 

4. Nora's strenght is her children...Other than that, she has none. She spends her money easily, she let's her husband control her, and she lies. She is so shady that she has no strengths. It's all weaknesses.

 

 

 

5. Mrs. Linde might be a foil towards Nora because they are the complete opposite and have different beliefs. Nora thinks it's okay to constantly spend money and she thinks that it is okay to keep a secret from her husband, unlike Mrs. Linde who would die to have her money saved to support herself and her family. Mrs. Linde tells Nora that she should be lucky she has a husband, a husband that will work, has children. Mrs. Linde is widowed with no money and no children.

 

 

 

7. Fear is an obsticle that prevents people from understanding what is going on in their own lives. Or the fact that they're too wraped up into their ownselves to even think about their significant other. In Nora's case, she did something that most women would do if their husbands were dying. She took money out of the bank, forgeing her father's signature. She doesn't seem to think that spending money is a problem, but her husband does and she doesn't see why. She could be saving money for her children instead of spending it on foolish junk.

Nora from the Doll House

Nora is a woman who is known as a "spendthrift" she is so money hungry and everytime she has money she has to spend it. She is always obedient to her Husband Torvald who likes to think of her as a "sweet little lark" and a squirrel. She is very annoying and talks a lot. She thinks she can be in charge but can't, for example, she wants to be the one to take care of the money, but really it's the husband that does so.  She loves her family and only wants the best for them. Well i don' know what else to write, that's all i can think of. 

Childhood Memory

I remember in sixth grade i become so angry at a girl because she always thought she was better than everyone else. She used to be my best friend growing up, we were inseparable. Then one day at recess she really got me mad so i threw a basketball at her head. I got detention for it, and i knew it wasn't the right thing to do. I was an angry kid growing up because of the way my parents acted towards me. After i sat and thought about what i did i went to her and apologized and explained to her why i was so upset. I personally don't think it was all my fault. I don't blame my parents either. I blame the way i handle things. But now i know how to control myself and speak up. I'm not afraid to talk and i don't hold everything in. That's all i can really remember.

Dear Diary, (Amnesty)

Dear Diary,
            All I can see is momma cryin' and layin on the rock saying to herself, "I'm waiting to come back home.." What am i supposed to think about that? I grew up without my father. But the fact that he is so dedicated to the antiapartheid movement, makes me admire him and want to learn more about him. My mother tells me that he went to jail because he wanted more for my family, he wanted us to get land, money, maybe some more hope in the world. Mother tells me everyday that he is such a beautiful man. The first day he came home, i remember being so afraid of him. he was a big man, a very big man with town clothes, polished shoes, i mean i was only six years old! When you're apart of the Antiapartheid movement, you do not know where you'll be, or what will come.  I know that i am proud of him, he even got to name me, and i do love my name, i really do. I wish i could know who he is, i miss him, a lot. I don't know when i'll meet him for real, but i hope it's soon. I can tell all my friends that my father is the one who helped us become who we are today, free. When he comes back, i'm not going to hold back, i'm going to run up to him, and give him a big hug, and tell him. Papa, I am so proud of you and i love you! But that's all i can write today, momma's coming back and i'm going to help her with the farm and feed the cattle.
p.s<3 i really hope he comes home soon, i pray every night he does.
                                                                                                                  See ya later!
                                                                                                                     - Inkululeko

Apartheid in South Africa

Apartheid in South Africa

          “Apartheid was a system of legal racial separation, which dominated the Republic of South Africa from 1948 until 1993.” However, the procedure of apartheid was set in place long before 1948, and South Africa continues to deal with the consequences. Under apartheid, various races were separated into different regions, and discrimination against people of color was not only acceptable, but also legally okay, with whites having better housing, jobs, education, and even political power. South Africa was greatly criticized for the system, it was not until 1991 that the legal system of apartheid began to be broken down, and in 1993 was thrown out altogether with the election of the first black 


democratically elected President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.   




 “Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning “apart” or “separate,” and one of the first pieces of apartheid legislation was the Group Areas Act of 1950, which segregated living spaces, concentrating whites in the cities and forcing people of color into rural areas or the urban fringes.” In addition to separating 
whites from nonwhites, apartheid also separated different races. Whites and nonwhites held different jobs, lived in different regions, and were subject to different levels of pay, education, and health care. Apartheid paid no attention to former social or residential status, dividing people up by color.


        When nonwhites were pushed out of the urban areas, most of them were shuffled into “Bantustans”, or “African homelands.” Because they were made citizens of the Bantustans, black South Africans were not allowed to participate in the government of South Africa, and were forced to carry passes and obey curfew laws if they wanted to travel outside of their homelands. The homelands were also established on land which was largely unusable, and were heavily reliant on South Africa for assistance. “Along the fringes of the cities, Africans lived in massive, terrible slums, often separated from their families because only one family member could get a permit to live in the city.”


     “Nelson Mandela, along with many others, is a member of the African National Congress, a group which worked to abolish apartheid. He joined right before the Second World War, and was part of a major push to make the African National Congress a national movement, incorporating ethics of nonviolent resistance, strikes, and mass civil disobedience to fight for equal rights.” In 1952, he was tried in court for participating in the Campaign of Just Defiance, and given a suspended sentence. He spent time in and out of prison throughout the 1950s and became an attorney to help blacks who had been “expelled under apartheid.”


    In 1960, the African National Congress was banned, and Mandela was one of the founding members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, a violdent civil rights organization. His membership was short, however; in 1962, after traveling out of the country to speak about the situation in South Africa and receive military training, Mandela was imprisoned for life, and not released until 1990. The African National Congress was reformed in 1991, as apartheid began to be apart, and Mandela was elected President of the organization, going on to take office as President of South Africa in 1994, serving through 1999.


   The whites also realized that the only way that this state of affairs could continue was to set up a separate society where education and advancement was made practically impossible. Naturally you don't want these creatures to live among you so you also house them a respectable distance away, but not so far that they could not get to work for you and be paid a small amount. Racial segregation had been in force for many decades in South Africa. When the Union of South Africa was formed on 31 May 1910, Afrikaner Nationalists were given a relatively free hand to re-organize the country's franchise according to existing standards of the now-incorporated Boer republics, the “Zuid Afrikaansche Repulick (ZAR - South African Republic or Transvaal) and Orange Free State. Non-Whites in the Cape Colony had some representation, but this would prove to be short-lived.”

Citation :
Carter, Cale. "The History of Apartheid in South Africa." Student Information. 1995. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. <http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html>.

my inspiration ;; the one who has helped me through everything.

My Inspiration;; Dolores Carmen Roderick

My Grandmother<3

It may sound a bit corny but my Portuguese, Catholic grand-mother is the one person who helped me become who I am today. Nana is truthfully an elegant, strong woman. I am fortunate to come from a large, extended family that has inspired me in different ways and at different times in my life, to become a wonderful strong individual. It is more recently that I have thought about who has influenced me the most.

 My grand-mother, Dolores Carmen Roderick, is the most influential person in my life. Over the last six years, although she has had seven cancers and a tumor, she never gave up. Instead, she kept trying to get healthy again. Her positive attitude and her determination have helped her to fight off all those cancers and become healthy again. Nana believes that no person is better than another. She believes we are all the same even though we have our differences. Nana tells me to never give up and to never stop trying; she only wants me to succeed. People know her as the strong woman with the kind heart who never gives up and always keeps her faith; she is loved by everyone.

Nana held my hand when things were tough. For example, every since my parents divorced, I’ve been so disrespectful towards my father. I disobeyed his rules, talked back, and generally ignored him. I explained my issues about him never listening to me to Nana, and she said, “Chelsea, your father only wants you to succeed in life; he’s trying to make sure you have a happy life. It may be stressful, and you feel like you want to give up, but keep your head up and smile because you have the best parents in your life that created you.” I’ll never forget those words. Nana is the one person I can count on, the person I can speak to about pain, guilt, and happiness. She is my best friend. I know that when she passes I will always have her thoughts of wisdom with me and I hope that when I grow old, I’m going to be just like her. I love you Nana.

The Guest

Why does Balducci feel insulted by Daru?

Balducci feels insulted by Daru because Daru has a choice, to either bring the prisoner to the other Jail or to not bring him to the jail, and he decides to not bring him. Only because he has nothing to do with the prisoner. Not only does Balducci feel insulted, but he is most likely confused on why he is decided to not bring the prisoner where there might be a consequence for him. The lack of respect towards Balducci is really low.

Sinbad continued!

After Sinbad had a safe boat ride home, he arrives to his house. There he finds a letter from the Merchants saying the diamonds were stolen and they need his help because he is the only man who knows where to find the diamonds. Sinbad is so aggravated because he just arrived back home, but on the other hand he is so excited to take another adventure. Since he spent time with the big bird, Roc, he learns a call that will make the roc appear. He makes the bird call and the roc soars through sky into Baghdad. Sinbad sees the bird and calls one more time and roc took its landed two feet away from Sinbad's house. Sinbad ties a long swing to the birds talons and flies back to where the Merchants are. Once he arrives he notices that there are three other rocs there with the Merchants on them. From there, Sinbad leads the way to the steep valley where the beautiful diamonds were. Once they have landed, one of the Merchants went to go grab a diamond, Sinbad yelled, "No don't do tha...!" Right before he could finish, the Merchant got terribly bit by a snake and then died. So that leaves two Merchants and Sinbad. After Sinbad showed them how to approach the snakes with slow intentions, they finally got the diamond in the bag. They returned to the roc's and flew away, but while each roc was taking off, one of the rocs crashed into a large cave and fell and landed on top of the merchant and took his life away. Now this leaves Sinbad and one merchant. After a few minutes of turbulence, they land safely. The merchant became very selfish and demanded all the diamonds. Sinbad argued and took his share, the  merchant went after him but the roc that Sinbad became friendly with knocked him over and the merchant hit his head on a log and died. So in the end, because of Sinbad's generosity, he gets more diamonds and a knowledge of how to take a lead of an amazing adventure. He then learns that he can become friendly with a roc. The roc flies him home and the roc agreed to stay to be his transportation. And this is where Sinbad's life becomes amazing and untouchable. Nobody believed his story, but he didn't care. He knows what is true and what isn't true.

What Horror To Awake At Night by Lorine Niedecker

What horror to awake at night
and in the dimness see the light.
Time is white
mosquitos bite
I've spent my life on nothing.

The thought that stings. How are you, Nothing,
sitting around with Something's wife.
Buzz and burn
is all I learn
I've spent my life on nothing.

I'm pillowed and padded, pale and puffing
lifting household stuffing -
carpets, dishes
benches, fishes
I've spent my life on nothing.





I think this means a women who goes through so much with her husband
and he possibly could of had an affair with someone's wife. He stabs her in
 the back and she feels like nothing. She's done so much, she has cleaned,
cooked, fought, and loved, for nothing.

Civil Peace

 

 

1. After reading the story i think after everything that has happened to Jonathan he still has an amazing outlook on life and he is so grateful for his life, his wife, his kids, and his house.

-Jonathan gets his money from taxiing people around, trading his money, and wine.

- Jonathan's money gets stolen by the thieves.

3. Jonathan has an incredible outlook on life. Even after he lost one child, fought off thieves, and gets his money stolen, he's just thankful that he has most of his family, and have a house to protect them. He knows that most people are not allowed to have this, so he becomes very thankful.

4. "Nothing puzzles God" means that things may happen and you don't understand why but God knows why it happened" - ms. a quote haha.

5. After the war, ordinary citizens are left with nothing, no jobs, no money, no family, and no house. Just like in the story, if men and woman had money, it would most likely get stolen from thieves and other citizens.

8. I think Jonathan was just extremely happy and so grateful for the fact for what he had after war. His life, his 3 out of 4 kids lives,his wife, his house, and his bicycle.

Dialogue, for the most part....

These are two make believe people by the way (:
Derreal: yo maami how you be doing tis evening?
Sara: excuse me sir, but do i know you?
Derreal: nah ma, but you're about to know me.
Sara: Oh wow, thanks, but no thanks!
Derreal: why you gon' be playin me like dat?
Sara: bye
Derreal: iiitchhyooo, whateva P3@c3.



okayy, you get the point. hah

Dead Mans Path Questions

1. He's going to get hit in the head with a shovel and get beat up by the people because he did what he wanted instead of what the people wanted. People from the burial grounds, The deads mans path is what connects through the school grounds. The school gets vandalized from the local tribe.

2. Yes because he wouldn't have changed his mind. He's gotten a chance already. It wasn't the priests idea, it was his people's.

3. Poor. He thinks all their stuff shouldn't exist and he's responsible for whatever happens to the village and the school. He really enjoys his work though. He gets one chance and screws it up.

4. Modern Techniques. She admires him. They are suited from each other because they are so much alike. Her ideas are adapted from him.

5. If there was no problem, i think that it wouldn't have been serious as it was by attacking the school. There would be more words than actions.

Dead Mans Path Assignment 2

Performance Review

Name: Michael Obi

Job: Headmaster

Start: January 1947

Rating: Poor

Assessment: He tries to modernize the school but it didn't end up working, he didn't even bother asking about what the villages' likes and dislikes were, Obi blocked off the path, which the village did not like. The people then ripped up the schools garden to make the sacrifice.

Suggestion: To try a little bit harder, maybe get some advice or some information from the people to see what they want. He's being sellfish by not asking what they want.

10 New Year Resolutions

1.  Say goodbye shy woman.
2.  Keep faith in the young heart.
3.  Risker of falling.
4.  Superhuman love.
5.  Hard-worker of the supporter.
6.  Strong-headed intelligence
7.  Faith-rewarding
8.  Keep my undesirable warmth for family
9.  The gallant captain of the softball team
10. College-bound student