Austin Kemp
Hour 4
Literature paper
To Build A Fire
Imagine yourself in world where it reaches 75 degrees below zero, and your matches light on fire and burn your hands, but you can’t feel it because your hands are frozen stiff. Then to keep on walking with your hands numb and bloody and not being able to feel your toes. That’s what the man in “To Build A Fire” had to deal with on a long trip to camp. The mode of “To Build A Fire” is definitely irony.
The reason that “To Build a Fire” is irony is because it starts chaos when the man starts of on his journey in -75 degree weather when the old timer told him to never travel alone after it gets -50 out. Then the conflict gets serious when the man is freezing and he doesn't seem to be getting warmer. He is freezing to death slowly. Also later in the story it ends in death because he freezes to death.
“To Build a Fire” has few symbols. Although there are not many, the main one was is the fire. The man gets the fire going early on in the story because he is not frozen that bad. The fire represents warmth . Later on in the story when he is freezing to death and he got the fire started but then it goes out quickly. This shows that the warmth is going away. Another symbol is when he is spitting and it is freezing to his beard. This shows that it is harmfully cold.
The theme of “To Build a Fire” is Man vs. Nature because the man was trying to fight his way through the freezing cold temperatures. Also because it was so cold the man couldn’t get a fire going at the end of the story and that was because of nature. Also when he fell through the ice that was because of nature because the ice wasn’t thick enough either because of a natural spring or because of a current.
The mode of “To Build a Fire” was definitely irony. Imagine yourself in a place where it is -75 degrees. Which is 107 degrees below the freezing point. Then to travel many miles with numb and bloody hands and frozen toes, just so you can get to camp. Never travel alone in -75 degree weather.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Speak Essay
Austin Kemp
Johann
Hour: 4
December 17, 2009
Speak essay
In the story Speak, the main character, named Melinda, is a freshman in high school and she is judged by her past. This all started when Melinda went to decided to go out to an end of summer party with her “best friend” Rachel. As many teenagers experience, it was a drinking party, so she was getting a little tipsy, then it happened. Melinda got raped by an older guy, and called the police as one should. But then she dipped and left the party. Everyone was made at her because the police came and a huge number of kids got in trouble for underage drinking. After that she lost all of her friends and all people did was criticize her. Melinda’s solitude shows how peer pressure can play a vital role in a teenagers life. Around the world, many children try or want to fit into a group. Whether it’s a big group or a just a couple of buddy’s stick together, many kids would do anything to be in a group. Nobody wants to be an outcast, especially during an early teens years just like Melinda wanted to be in a group but nobody would accept the fact that she called the police because she was sexually assaulted.
Another thing that plays a big role in a teens life is peer pressure. Peer pressure can change how you dress, act, and even the way you eat. Melinda was sucked into peer pressure when she decided to go out to that party. She knew it wasn’t right to even go then to drink on top of it. If peer pressure never existed than she would have never found herself getting raped and many of the kids at the party wouldn’t have been drinking and she probably wouldn’t of even went. The only reason she did it was so she didn’t look like a wimp and she wanted to act cool.
Peer pressure doesn’t only exist in teens, it exists in every stage of life. Many people when they are in there 20’s and 30’s they go to prison either because they get set up or they are doing drugs that they started at an early age because they were pressured into them. Many of the crimes done today are with a group of people. If there was just one person in the group who was strong enough to say “no” then I bet a few of the other people wouldn’t do it either.
In the novel Speak, the main aspect of the story is how peer pressure can suck teens into doing other things that they wouldn’t do without their friends. Melinda’s solitude shows how peer pressure can play a vital role in a teenagers life. So don’t do something just to act cool do it because YOU want to. Don’t let somebody else make the wrong decision for you.
Johann
Hour: 4
December 17, 2009
Speak essay
In the story Speak, the main character, named Melinda, is a freshman in high school and she is judged by her past. This all started when Melinda went to decided to go out to an end of summer party with her “best friend” Rachel. As many teenagers experience, it was a drinking party, so she was getting a little tipsy, then it happened. Melinda got raped by an older guy, and called the police as one should. But then she dipped and left the party. Everyone was made at her because the police came and a huge number of kids got in trouble for underage drinking. After that she lost all of her friends and all people did was criticize her. Melinda’s solitude shows how peer pressure can play a vital role in a teenagers life. Around the world, many children try or want to fit into a group. Whether it’s a big group or a just a couple of buddy’s stick together, many kids would do anything to be in a group. Nobody wants to be an outcast, especially during an early teens years just like Melinda wanted to be in a group but nobody would accept the fact that she called the police because she was sexually assaulted.
Another thing that plays a big role in a teens life is peer pressure. Peer pressure can change how you dress, act, and even the way you eat. Melinda was sucked into peer pressure when she decided to go out to that party. She knew it wasn’t right to even go then to drink on top of it. If peer pressure never existed than she would have never found herself getting raped and many of the kids at the party wouldn’t have been drinking and she probably wouldn’t of even went. The only reason she did it was so she didn’t look like a wimp and she wanted to act cool.
Peer pressure doesn’t only exist in teens, it exists in every stage of life. Many people when they are in there 20’s and 30’s they go to prison either because they get set up or they are doing drugs that they started at an early age because they were pressured into them. Many of the crimes done today are with a group of people. If there was just one person in the group who was strong enough to say “no” then I bet a few of the other people wouldn’t do it either.
In the novel Speak, the main aspect of the story is how peer pressure can suck teens into doing other things that they wouldn’t do without their friends. Melinda’s solitude shows how peer pressure can play a vital role in a teenagers life. So don’t do something just to act cool do it because YOU want to. Don’t let somebody else make the wrong decision for you.
Journal 1/20/10
The theme of "The Story of an Hour" is irony because it begins in chaos because she in a marriage that she does not want to be in. And the conflict is serious because her husband supossidly dies. And in the end she dies so that is the death.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Journal: 1/19/10
An example of Man vs. herself was in the Necklace because the women borrowed a necklace from her friend she lost it. She beat her self up over it and she found out that it was fake not actual diamonds after she paid alot of money for an actual diamond one. It was Man vs herself because she had a struggle paying for the necklace and she gave up everything to pay for the necklace. So did her husband. After ten years of beating herself up to pay for the necklace and it was finally payed she found out it wasnt real.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Journal: 1/18/10
The story that had Man vs. Nature was "To Build a Fire". This was a very inspiring story because the man was literally freezing to death but he kept on going. Also he met a dog along the way and that would be nature also. He fought nature for his life and ended up losing. lAntohter example was when he tried to start a fire and all 70 matches lit then he dropped them and the snow put them out. Then when he kept running and falling. If there was no snow he wouldnt have tripped. Also he wouldnt have went but he was out of his right mind
Writing Goals
My writing goal is to get a 100% on a 5 paragraph essay.Also I want to improve my transitions from paragraph to paragraph. Another thing i want to work on is to write longer and more detailed paragraphs.
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