The Pit and the Pendulum

As the walls got closer, I knew my time was running short. My only two choices were to fall into the pit or to be crushed by hot and moving walls. I was gonna just wait and see if the walls would stop but my fear kept me moving closer and closer to the pit. My only other option now was to jump into the pit and hope that the rats were no longer in it. I did not want to fall so I decided to jump. As I fell everything seemed to move in slow motion. I really just wanted this all to be over with but the world seemed to stop moving altogether. Then all of a sudden I heard the unmistaken sound of rats scurrying around. I knew my chances of getting away from them again were slim to none. All of a sudden I was in the pit surrounded by a thousand or more rats. I knew my life was over then. When they noticed me they all came over running and I gave a loud and deafening scream and.....

I would choose Edgar Allen Poe. His style of writing really creates an image of what is happening. Most of his stories are a way of describing what was kind of happening around him. They were also a way for him to tell how he was feeling in his own style.

Old Ironsides

I think that Old Ironsides is an awesome poem because of what it accomplished. It saved a ship that was going to be sold for parts. That very ship that Oliver Wendell Holmes said they should sink to show it honor is now a working ship again. I think it is so cool that writing a message like this is powerful because it can get certain things to happen, not always in the ways we want them too but they can persuade people into action.

Connection to Trees

My connection to nature is that trees are like a human life. Each time a time a tree loses its leaves and gains them back would be like another birthday for a person. The cycle continuously repeats itself until the tree dies.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was an actor. His hometown was in England. He was not a U.S. citizen. The HUAC believed he was putting Communist propaganda into his films. He also supported the aid of Russia's struggle against the invading Nazis during World War II. The U.S. government wondered about his moral and political views. They  suspected him of having Communist ties






 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio

The Crucible Act I

Talking about the Crucilbe in calss helps make things clearer. Like figuring out if Abigail and Mary Warren were just servants or if tehy were slaves and what the possible reasons were for the accusings of certain people. I think it is interesting that when Tituba and Abigail were asked if they saw Goody Good or Goody Osburn they said they had because they knew those were the names that the others wanted to hear. They also accused others that they didn't like. I also find it interesting how well of an actress Betty was to pretend like she had fainted. Ruth did pretty well but Betty did a better job because she kept her eyes shut the entire time.

In nature you see a new flower starting to bloom. You see a fawn with its mother. New life is a beautiful thing. I learned that my cousin is having twins, and two other cousins are having babies too. They are all expecting around the same time. God is giving my family a lot of new members.

A great religious lesson is that God makes things happen for a reason. It seems that the reason we are getting so many new additions to the family is so that we will realize it's God's plan for us. God wants us to know that we are His children and we need to give thanks to Him for the new life that is all around us.

Myles Standish

Myles Standish was a military officer that served as a military adviser for the pilgrims. He cared for the sick at Plymouth during the winter but remained healthy the whole time. He ordered the building of a fort and he also led trading and military expeditions to the Native American groups in the area.With the help of Chief Massasoit he was able to stop an attack on the Pilgrims by the Native American. .







http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/MylesStandish.php

Pocahontas

There are a lot of legends about John Smith and Pocahontas. On of the most common one shows them having a relationship. This wouldn't be likely because she was only around ten years old according to the video Pocahontas. There is a chance that she may have saved his life because she was one of her father's most trusted advisers according to the video about her. She also helped the settlers survive by bringing them food. Not a lot but just enough to help them survive. She was also her father's favorite daughter. 

 

Many Native American tribes use dances to bring fertility to the land or to praise the land. One example of a tribes dance is the Sun Dance by the Kiowa tribe. They used this dance for the buffalo. Some tribes used dancing as a way of prayer. Each tribe has dances that have different meaning then another tribes.

This is my first post for English class blog.