Blog 6: Catch Her in the Oatmeal

Write a stream-of-consciousness piece similar to the "Catch Her in the Oatmeal" handout. Your writing can be about your day/ week, OR you can turn your favorite fairy tale/ myth/ short story into a stream-of consciousness piece. Stream-of-consciousness is a type of storytelling where the writer reveals inner thoughts, feelings, etc., without censoring his/her work; therefore, you shouldn't take your fingers off the keyboard! Don't worry about typos/ punctuation/ grammar until the end!

So like the other day i was at my house bored and stuff like that. then i went outside to go ride my bike and my friend john was passing by my house and i said hey to him. he said hi back and he came up to my garage where i was and we started talking and stuff like that. we both decided to go to 7-11 and go get a snack or something like that and we were gonna walk there since its only like five seconds away from my house. its actually longer then that but whatever it doesnt matter that much. so we were walking down the hill to the place and we decided what to get when we got there. i like twix, ya know that candy with like the chocolate and carmel center and stuff.

Blog 5: Caulfield's Lasting Voice

After reading the article, "Holden Caulfield's lasting voice," react to the article. Are you looking forward to reading Catcher in the Rye? Why/ why not?

The final line of the newspaper clipping shares the impression of a sixteen-year-old girl. Do you agree/ disagree with her opinion on individuals and certain pieces of literature? Can you think of another book from last year's reading selection where students were as divided?

Im interested to read the book The Catcher In The Rye because of how interesting it seems. I think that if i read the book now and then read the book when I'm older i believe that i will view the book differently because of how my life will change. Last year when we read Of Mice And Men i think that everybody thought that when George Kills Lennie he becomes hypocritical. When the girl comments at the end of the article i think that she truly has to understand the book in order for her to give a good comment on the book.

Blog 3: Family vs. Law

David's father shares his insight on page 156: "...I believe that in this world people must pay for their crimes. It doesn't matter who you are or who your relations are; if you do wrong, you pay. I believe that. I have to."
What do you think about these convictions? What other story does Wes share with David about himself? How does this story complicate his belief system? [5-6 sentences minimum, posted by 10.16.09, 4 POINTS]

I think that Davids father is right. A person who commits a crime deservers to pay for their crime. They are the person who did the crime and they will pay. Wes tells david many stories about himself and david learns how to live his life better from Wes' experiences. With Wes saying the quote above he should go and treat his brother like a criminal almost because of what he did to the sioux tribal girls.