In Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford we see that the struggle to survive and the thrive to complete their mission has many obstacles. In the Plymouth plantation the issue of survival is discussed through the hardships and struggles the Puritans had to overcome. For example, in this story, we will see the issues they faced from the prosecution from the church, lack of food, attacks from Indians, harsh winters and being away from people. They went onto the mayflower thinking they were going to have a wonderful life and beautiful discoveries. Little did they know that they were sailing in the pit of their misery.
The impact of god can be seen in Of Plymouth Plantation, because that is all the Puritans believed in. The Puritans overcame many obstacles because they believed that it was god who was helping them. In the quote, "Being thus arrived in good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries there of, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth..." This quote shows how the puritans looked up to god to overcome all the things they went through. People believed that everything that happened was because god wanted it that way. Since they based everything off of god, it made it easier for the puritans to accept everything that happened to them. According to the puritans, god affected everyone in many ways. The Puritans making it to Cape Harbor safely after the horrible storm was the first time that they believed god was helping them get through the tough situations.
A key idea in the story is when John Howland was thrown overboard and he survived. "..but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length." This is significant because since the puritans believed everything happened because god wanted it to happen, in this case, John Howland survived because that is what god wanted. Howland thought that since he grabbed the rope, god wanted him to survive therefore, that made god happy. This is why Howland became very religious and god was one of the reason why this happened.
Later on, we discover that when everyone was sick and the sailors did not help at all, William Bradford stated, "..if they die, let them die..." Meaning, if people died they should be left that way because god wanted them to die. They were not worthy of living in gods land because god did not want them to continue in it. That is why god wanted them to die and that is why they were left for dead. The ones who took care of the sick were safe and unharmed because god saved them. The sailors that were selfish and did not take care of the sick became sick themselves and eventually died. It was believed that anyone who helped the ones in need would get blessings from god. The puritans believed that god was their savior and he would keep them safe.
Of Plymouth Plantation clearly illustrates that everything that happened to people was because god wanted it that way. As identified earlier, believing in god will save you from harmful situations. John Howland grabbing the rope because that is they way god wanted things is one example of how god was everything to the Puritans. Another example is when everyone was sick and the sailors did not help, they ended up dieing. They were selfish and did not help the people that helped them when they were sick. After this happened the puritans believed that since they were selfish, god was punishing them for their selfish acts. The puritans went through several challenges on land and sea but their faith towards god remained the same. While reading about the puritans you can see that all the obstacles they faced and how god was involved in everything that happened to them leads to us having the "American dream."
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Overrated summer activities..
Overrated summer activities..
1. Camping, because it seems like everyone goes camping every summer. Not only in the summer do people camp, but they camp in the winter, spring, autumn and any other season there might be in the world. People will even camp on Christmas which is a cold day where in my opinion people should stay in cuddle and be with their family pigging out.
2. Hanging out with friends is overrated. First of all, don't most people already do that pretty much everyday of their lives? I mean unless you don't have friends then that sucks for you, but for others that do have friends; don't you seem them if not everyday, every other day? Yeah, you can make amazing memories with friends but summer is about exploring new things not just being with the people you already see at school, work or in your neighborhood.
3. Staying home- I know a lot of people might not have the money to go on a nice vacation maybe to California, Florida or any other nice place there might be in this world. Instead of staying home all summer go out on a walk or something. There are many public parks that one could go to. Maybe to play soccer, basketball, or anything instead of staying home.
4. Watching TV- The typical American spends thousands of hours sitting like a bum in front of the TV. What could one possibly be watching that is so interesting that you could sit in front of the TV for hours without blinking.
1. Camping, because it seems like everyone goes camping every summer. Not only in the summer do people camp, but they camp in the winter, spring, autumn and any other season there might be in the world. People will even camp on Christmas which is a cold day where in my opinion people should stay in cuddle and be with their family pigging out.
2. Hanging out with friends is overrated. First of all, don't most people already do that pretty much everyday of their lives? I mean unless you don't have friends then that sucks for you, but for others that do have friends; don't you seem them if not everyday, every other day? Yeah, you can make amazing memories with friends but summer is about exploring new things not just being with the people you already see at school, work or in your neighborhood.
3. Staying home- I know a lot of people might not have the money to go on a nice vacation maybe to California, Florida or any other nice place there might be in this world. Instead of staying home all summer go out on a walk or something. There are many public parks that one could go to. Maybe to play soccer, basketball, or anything instead of staying home.
4. Watching TV- The typical American spends thousands of hours sitting like a bum in front of the TV. What could one possibly be watching that is so interesting that you could sit in front of the TV for hours without blinking.
traditions for holidays
What holiday traditions (food, music, movies/tv, activities) do you follow?
Christmas movies:
1. The Grinche who stole Christmas
2. Rudolf
3. Home alone 1 & 2
4. Polar express
Christmas Music:
1. Mariah Carey- all i want for christmas
2. Cindy Lu Who- where are you christmas
3. Jingle bells
4. Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
5. Justin Bieber's christmas album
6. santa clause is coming to town
7. This Christmas- Chris brown
8. let it snow
Christmas activities:
1. Snowball fights ( when it actually snows in Oregon)
2. hot chocolate next to the fireplace
- Indoor activites such as,
3. card games
Christmas food:
1. Mashed potatoes
2. Turkey/ chicken/ ham
3. Corn on the cob
4. pie
5. cake
6. tamales
7. regeno
8. gravy
New years movies:
1. new years
New years activites:
1. fireworks
Christmas movies:
1. The Grinche who stole Christmas
2. Rudolf
3. Home alone 1 & 2
4. Polar express
Christmas Music:
1. Mariah Carey- all i want for christmas
2. Cindy Lu Who- where are you christmas
3. Jingle bells
4. Justin Bieber - Mistletoe
5. Justin Bieber's christmas album
6. santa clause is coming to town
7. This Christmas- Chris brown
8. let it snow
Christmas activities:
1. Snowball fights ( when it actually snows in Oregon)
2. hot chocolate next to the fireplace
- Indoor activites such as,
3. card games
Christmas food:
1. Mashed potatoes
2. Turkey/ chicken/ ham
3. Corn on the cob
4. pie
5. cake
6. tamales
7. regeno
8. gravy
New years movies:
1. new years
New years activites:
1. fireworks
election
Four years from now, will we look back on this election as a positive or negative moment in our country’s history?
In all honesty, I was extremely happy that Obama won. We got to keep a lot of the bills and laws he passed, such as the DACA program. I believe that if this time Obama keeps his promises that he made since last year and the ones he made this year, we could look at this in a positive manner. If he does not keep his promises from last year and the ones he made this year, then some of us might regret voting for Obama and look at it in a negative way. If we look at all the positive things Obama did you can see that he did not just waste four years in the white house. He brought our troops back from war and I believe made peace treaties with the countries we were in war with. He helped out with food stamps and created a better program for the ones in need of food and financial assistance. He did lower taxes in certain areas and he also bumped up the taxes in others. Although, with our country being in debt as it was handed to Obama because of President Bush. We know that four years is not nearly enough time for Obama to make a great impact in our country. That is why this year of 2012 America decided to give Obama a second shot at it. If he fails to serve our country in a positive way and hopefully keep the countries debt low, we will all look at his second term as a negative thing.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Today I read an article: " Unusual Suspects; Little girl abducted on her way to pick up groceries."
After reading this article it got me thinking that there is a dangerous world out there. In this article a nasty man raped and killed a little eight year old girl after she was coming back from the grocery store. This man was a COP; a person of authority who is supposed to be protecting our society, instead he went around raping girls and then killing them. We live in a messed up society, how can I walk in the streets now a days knowing that there might be a cop out there that could be the same as this man in this article. This article shows that you can trully trust NO ONE.
After reading this article it got me thinking that there is a dangerous world out there. In this article a nasty man raped and killed a little eight year old girl after she was coming back from the grocery store. This man was a COP; a person of authority who is supposed to be protecting our society, instead he went around raping girls and then killing them. We live in a messed up society, how can I walk in the streets now a days knowing that there might be a cop out there that could be the same as this man in this article. This article shows that you can trully trust NO ONE.
western conference preview.
Western Conference Preview.
Western conference to me is the most exciting part of the NBA. James Harden originally from Thunder was traded to the Rockets over the lockout weekend. They kept Serge Ibaka but the public questions this move because they are not sure if he will fall short and lead them to the high ends of the play offs.
The nuggets have been dealing with Carmelo Anthony drama for the last couple years. As a result of this, Wilson Chandler and Kosta Koufos will now be playing for the nuggets since they have always been benched.
The Trail Blazers is the fourth- or fifth-best team in the deep division.
The Rockets did not get to trade for Dwight Howard or Andrew Bynum but became a far more better team because they gained Jeremy Lin and James Harden. Lin is believed to bring "publicity" to the Rockets. Harden is still questionable on the team.
Four Preseason Surprises.
Four Preseason Surprises.
Chris Copeland, New York Knicks Shockingly, the oldest roster in the league has overcame many injuries in the preseason. Marcus Camby, Amar’e Stoudemire, J.R. Smith, Rasheed Wallace, and Ronnie Brewer have all been put on hold. Because of this, Chris Copeland, is now the star of this team. Copeland proved to be a deft finisher on the pick and roll and displaying a touch from outside. He averaged 15.5 points on 51.7 percent shooting. Copeland has became a player the Knicks are relying on to provide size and scoring during the season.
Eastern Conference Preview.
Eastern Conference Preview.
The Nets were considering moving to Brooklyn because of desperation of the off-season.
The Nets were considering moving to Brooklyn because of desperation of the off-season.
Deron Williams stayed and Joe Johnson as well and they keep several other small players, they wanted to keep it simple so it would not cost them as much money, for the next seasons coming up.
The Knicks let go of Jeremy Lin from Stanford university and Laundry Fields was also let go by the Knicks. The Knicks only signed players from the 90's.
The 76ers got Andrew Bynum which is considered a dominant leader and Raptors persuaded Jonas Valanciunas to sign with them. Which the NBA hopes that Toronto will become a more interesting team after this trade.
Celtics will take advantage of Kevin Garnett's last few years in the NBA. Ray Allen was traded for a younger version of him, Jason Terry.
Derrick Rose from the bulls will miss most of the season because of his previous knee injury. This is leaving Kyrie Irving as the best player in this team.
Haunted story
La Llorona.... (The one that cries)
La Llorona is a legendary story that originated in Mexico. According to everyone around the city the story of the Llorona is based on a true story. Before I tell the story there are some things you have to know. This story contains very emotional and disturbing descriptions of what a mother will do to her children when she is not happy. If you are a person that really loves children and get easily upset when something bad happens to a child please DO NOT continue reading....
On a dark rainy and windy night, a young lady walks down the foggy street on her way home. She sees an old crusty looking man walking right behind her. He was been following her for the past thirty minutes while she was walking towards her destination. Every time she turns her head around she sees him just a couple feet behind. On the last time she turns around she sees no one....She turns her head to start walking forward again and suddenly his face is right in front of her. His face had a bloody scar right through the middle with a scruffy mustache and beard to accompany it. He picks her up with all his force and drags her by her hair towards a dark misty dirty ally. Her heard racing a thousand beats per second, wanting to pop out of her chest and run away. He starts grabbing her legs and feeling her up, and as you can predict she was raped. He left her there lying like an old used rag in the middle of the ally. Months passed and she never returned home she just wondered the streets asking for money and food. She was a lost little girl not knowing what to do. People noticed her stomach was getting bigger every month. Until one day, on the ninth month she had a miracle baby. She hated the baby so much that she drowned the baby in the river. For the next 30 years she had been raped multiple times and she did the same to the other babies. She drowned a total of fourteen little babies, and killed four. When it was her turn to die, she went up to heaven and knocked on gods door. God opened the door and she asked if she could come in. Go said, " if you ever want to come into my kingdom, you must go in the river and find all the bones of all the children you drowned." She went back down to earth and started looking in the river, she found nothing but dirt, sand, and other river particles. She remembered god had told her she could not come back to heaven if she did not kind the baby bones. Till this day the legend says that she has been roaming around at night crying, " My babies, where are my babies?!?!?" Her spirit roams around the streets in Mexico haunting all the people that are walking around at night.
snickers vs. 3 mustkateers
In my strong objective opinion..I believe that three muskateers is better than snickers. Why? Simply because I do not like peanuts. I think peanuts are very gross and nasty looking. They are the only type of nuts that I don't like. I do not really like the combination of peanuts with chocolate and caramel. I feel like it is to much sweetness added to the candy bar. Yes, I know it is candy and candy is supposed to be sweet. But too much sweetness is just not so sweet at the time when you have to go to the bathroom...if you know what I mean. The reason why I prefer Three Mustakeers rather then Snickers is because they are simply amazing. I love how every time I take a bite out of the candy bar it is like it almost melts in my mouth. I love how it is chewy and the perfect combination of the softness on the inside and the hard milk chocolate on the outside.
who i am ..
I am from..........
I am from arriving at my house from school to my mothers cuisine hugging the air. I am from a family of seven, me being the oldest and having to take responsibility for everything that happens at my house. I am from losing my biological father at a young age to gaining a fantastic step father that gave me that father figure. I am from coming home everyday to the yelling, screaming, stressful household that I call a "home." Being forced with responsibilities such as taking care of my little sibilings. I am from not wanting to do my homework and being lazy at home. I am from being yelled at for not doing my chores or making my bed when I wake up each morning.
I am from arriving at my house from school to my mothers cuisine hugging the air. I am from a family of seven, me being the oldest and having to take responsibility for everything that happens at my house. I am from losing my biological father at a young age to gaining a fantastic step father that gave me that father figure. I am from coming home everyday to the yelling, screaming, stressful household that I call a "home." Being forced with responsibilities such as taking care of my little sibilings. I am from not wanting to do my homework and being lazy at home. I am from being yelled at for not doing my chores or making my bed when I wake up each morning.
A Trade Molded to Stern’s Design.
A Trade Molded to Stern’s Design.
The lockout was a couple weeks ago and let me tell you it was one of the best lockouts I have ever encountered! This year the main goal of the lockout was to lower cost and competitive balance between the players. One of the trades that really impacted me was the trade of James Harden. James The coaches stated that if James Harden stayed in the thunders there would be "luxury penalties" in the future.I believe they made a hug mistake in taking him out of OKC but later on in the season we will see.
The lockout was a couple weeks ago and let me tell you it was one of the best lockouts I have ever encountered! This year the main goal of the lockout was to lower cost and competitive balance between the players. One of the trades that really impacted me was the trade of James Harden. James The coaches stated that if James Harden stayed in the thunders there would be "luxury penalties" in the future.I believe they made a hug mistake in taking him out of OKC but later on in the season we will see.
competative, but not supermen
Competitive, but Not Supermen.
In this article it talks about players in the NBA. Mostly stating players from Miami Heat and The Los Angeles Lakers. The article talks a little bit about Lebron James and his achievements in the NBA and in the 2012 Olympics. Lebron James became more then "just a star," he lead the Miami Heats to the championship season winners and also won the Olympic gold metal for the United states. They talked about the controversial statement of him "overshadowing" Kobe Bryant from the Lakers.
The lakers decided that Dwight Howard will play with Steve Nash, Bryant and Pau Gasol. With Dwayne wade and Chris Bosh as Lebrons partners in Miami Heat, the top seven superstars are now on both teams. Everyone has there eye out on the Lakers and Miami Heat. Even though the LA lakers and the Miami heat are ranked two of the best teams in the NBA they still have competition. The second place team last season in the finals Oklahoma city thunder is coming back and it is coming back strong. They plan on making it to the finals and this time hopefully take the trophy home. OKC is not the only team that wants that trophy though, Indianapolis and Denver will try to take it home as well. This is about to be an interesting season.
The lakers decided that Dwight Howard will play with Steve Nash, Bryant and Pau Gasol. With Dwayne wade and Chris Bosh as Lebrons partners in Miami Heat, the top seven superstars are now on both teams. Everyone has there eye out on the Lakers and Miami Heat. Even though the LA lakers and the Miami heat are ranked two of the best teams in the NBA they still have competition. The second place team last season in the finals Oklahoma city thunder is coming back and it is coming back strong. They plan on making it to the finals and this time hopefully take the trophy home. OKC is not the only team that wants that trophy though, Indianapolis and Denver will try to take it home as well. This is about to be an interesting season.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Narrative essay
My wonderful father
My name is Emily and I go to a school that I am not allowed to say the name, but let's just say it's a school where everyone gets very ecstatic about football games. I am a dreamer, someone who loves to picture perfect moments in her head and make them come to life. A dancer, photographer, film maker and someone who has a passion for anything that involves making music. I decided to interview my father Ivan Martinez, because I love him to death. Also, he is a role model for me. The way he handles things and interacts with people inspires me to be just like him as I grow up and make big decisions.
Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At the age of six he had to go to school. He came home and help his grandfather chop down banana trees to sell. His grandmother, sold food at the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like Fred Meyer, but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to get money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally immigrated to the United states.
Family to Ivan is really important. Although he is not my biological father, I have so much respect for him as a person and as a father. His family when he was young was not all that supportive of anything he wanted to do. His grandfather was one of the biggest influences he had in his young life. Until one day, he went into his grandfather's bedroom and he saw that his grandpa was not awake yet. He tried moving him but he was not breathing. Ivan said that was on of the worst days of his life. Since Ivans father was never around, not even as a young kid, his grandfather was his father figure. So when his grandfather died he felt like he lost his dad and a big part of himself.
As a teenager he was what we call today a "player." In one of millions of stories he tells us he told us one story that I still remember till this day. He said that he loved women in every way. So he thought to himself," why should just one women be loved by me? Why can't I love multiple women at the same time?" So he decided to get a couple girlfriends. By a couple I mean, about seven or eight. He was a very bad player, so he got caught in a matter of three months. He said that one day he was in the commons of where he lived hanging out with one of his many girlfriends that came to visit him from a different city. All of a sudden, he is kissing the girl and his other girlfriend that lived in the same city passed by. She started screaming and throwing a fit in front of everyone, In a matter of days all the girls in the city knew my Ivan was "playing" them so they all decided to have one of those "girl meetings." They all invited him to a place to hangout and when he got there all eight women were standing there waiting for him. They called him out and yelled at him then beat him up. He luckily got away, but as he was running away they started to throw rocks, shoes, and pretty much anything they could find at him. This story was one of the most memorable stories he has told me yet.
Yes, half of the things he says have mostly humor in it. He is a very joyful happy person, well at least that is what he shows everyone else. Something I learned about him is how he can take a totally unhappy situation and try and make something positive come out of it after a couple of days. Something I have always known about Ivan is his passion for music. Music helped him survive throughout many unhappy moments and situations he encountered. He has been playing the drums since he was five years old. Yes, he is a professional drummer and not just that, he can also play the electric and acoustic guitar and he can play the bass. He loves to compose music on his spare time when he is not dealing with our problems and screams. When he needs to calm down, I have learned that sometimes he locks himself in his room and the next thing I heard is a beautiful melody coming out oh his room. After a couple hours ( after all his stress is gone) he comes out with a stunning smile that is more radiant than the sun. His passion for music has inspired me to continue with my passion for the arts of music.
It did not take me that long to get personal information out of him, because me and Ivan have a very close father-daughter relationship. I learned many things about his life, family, friends and of course his "player" ways. He has overcome a lot of obstacles and people that have always put him down. Still to this day, he is still standing and working hard to give my brothers, sisters, and myself a better quality life. I admire him for the way he lives life and the way he handles problems and situations that normal people would probably give up or wouldn't want to continue in life.
Monday, October 22, 2012
second paragraph for essay
This is my second paragraph for my narrative essay.
Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At the age of six he had to go to school, come home and help his grandfather chop down banana trees to sell and get money. After he was done helping his grandfather at around seven o'clock at night he had to go help his grandmother out in the kitchen. His grandmother sold food at the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like a Fred Meyer but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to recieve money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally immigrated to the United states.
Questions:
Did it capture your attention?
What could I add or take away to make this paragraph more interesting?
Any other suggestions?
What should I talk about next in my other paragraphs?
Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At the age of six he had to go to school, come home and help his grandfather chop down banana trees to sell and get money. After he was done helping his grandfather at around seven o'clock at night he had to go help his grandmother out in the kitchen. His grandmother sold food at the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like a Fred Meyer but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to recieve money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally immigrated to the United states.
Questions:
Did it capture your attention?
What could I add or take away to make this paragraph more interesting?
Any other suggestions?
What should I talk about next in my other paragraphs?
Friday, October 12, 2012
One of the lowest points of my life..
Have you ever encountered a life or death situation? A time in your life where you didn't know if you were going to live or die? Well I have.. it's a funny story actually. A story where it all began as a joke but almost ended up in a tragedy.
It all began at the age of 11; I was watching my favorite show the power puff girls, we all know bubbles is the best. So I'm sitting down on the coach and I realized my vision wasn't okay. I was seeing double; crazy huh? At first when I told my mom she laughed and called me four eyed Emily. It was a joke then at that moment but I guess she realized that it might be something serious. She took me to the doctor and the doctor looked with a microscope behind my brain and realized it was swollen. A brain swollen?!?! What the heck?!?! At that time it seemed impossible because I was only 11 years old. I didn't understand how at that age I could possible have some sort of disease that made my brain swell up.
Next thing I know, I'm sitting in the moms care driving to Emmanuel Childrens Hospital. Inside my heart was pounding wanting to jump out of my chest. I went into the emergency entrance and right away they already knew who I was. I kind of felt famous that day, it wasn't the good kind of famous. It was the kind of famous where you just want to run out and hide from everything and everyone so they could leave you alone.
Right off the bat they started taking me into examinations. I felt like I was a lab rat being examined from left to right. I've never been the confident kind of person and the situations I was put in at this moment dropped my confidence a big notch down. A pretty young nurse with curls that bounced with every step. She had dark as night black hair, her smile was astonishing with pretty pink glossy lip gloss. She was the nicest nurse I had ever encountered. Until....she pulled out that big needle that looked as thick as a mountains peek. I felt my heart sank deep into the bottom of my stomach when I saw it. All I remember after that is that I thought I had seen that light everyone talks about before dying. But I think it was my exaggeration of how afraid I was of needles. She stuck that thing deep into my vain and that pretty young nurse became the devil in disguise. I hated her. I hated her for putting me through the pain; she wasn't even experianced. She took out what seemed gallons of blood, but was only a couple tubes for testing.
Three long days which seemed like weeks passed, I was still in the hospital. I had no idea why I was there besides the fact that my brain was swollen. I asked doctors and nurses everytime they came in if they knew what was wrong. Obviously they knew, they just didn't want to worry me. They also thought I wouldn't be able to understand their doctor talk. On a sunny morning three doctors came in and started talking in a language that I called "Doctor language." I couldn't understand anything that was coming out of their mental mouths. I took a piece of paper, pen and started writing all the words I could remember them saying. I was a lucky patient, I had the computer rooms right next to my room. I got out of my uncomfortable bed that felt like sharp rocks and walked my behind to the computer room.
As I googled searched all the words I came to realize that I had "Thrombosis." Thrombosis is when blood clots form into your blood vessels and blocks blood from going to the places it's supposed to be going. My stomach felt as it was going to coming out of my body, I had never felt so sick in my life. I guess finding out what I had affected me my health even more. In that very moment I wished I wasn't so stubborn and I wish I had never googled searched what was wrong with me. I started growing resentment towards my parents, the doctors and everyone who knew what was wrong with me. Why would they hide something so serious as my condition? Why would they hide a life or death situation from me? At that point I knew they wanted to protect me but something so serious like that shouldn't be hidden from someone.
Weeks passed by and I just felt like my body was consuming my own self. I felt as sick as I have never been. My arms felt like brittle noodles, my legs felt like they were going to break into million pieces like glass. My head hurt so much that I wanted to chop the whole thing off. Yeah I know that sounds gross, maybe some exaggeration but at that very moment it didn't matter to me. I just wanted all the pain and misery to go away.
I went through about 13 cat scans, 6 back punctures to minimize the fluid going from my brain to my spine, and I could have sworen they took so many pints of blood from my body.Everytime I walked i felt like a mummy on it's two feet. Every night that passed by I thought to myslef why me? What did I do wrong to deserve being in here for so long. I saw my roomates come and go, I was at the hospital for so long that I went through 5 different roomates. I was always left behind. I saw them happy to leave and I, just stayed in that hell hole by myself.
The doctor came in one rainy morning, he was telling my mom I was going to be taken in to surgery immidiatley. He explained to her that the risk was if i survived through the surgery I might end up in a coma. Or I might not even wake up, I could die. But either way if I didn't have the surgery I would have died anyways. My mom put her faith in god and she quickly told him to take me in as soon as possible and to do everthing he could to save me. Next thing I know, nurses, doctors, specialist started coming in and out of my room. Taking my temperature, helping me out of my bed and they all took me to the ER to start my surgery. All I could remember after that is they put a gask mask with some watermelon flavored and I passed out.
After that I remember I stayed in the hospital for 4 more days and I finally got to go home. As I stepped into my house I breathed a breath of fresh air. After two months in that horrible place I learned to appreciate life more and not take anything for granted.
Have you ever encountered a life or death situation? A time in your life where you didn't know if you were going to live or die? Well I have.. it's a funny story actually. A story where it all began as a joke but almost ended up in a tragedy.
It all began at the age of 11; I was watching my favorite show the power puff girls, we all know bubbles is the best. So I'm sitting down on the coach and I realized my vision wasn't okay. I was seeing double; crazy huh? At first when I told my mom she laughed and called me four eyed Emily. It was a joke then at that moment but I guess she realized that it might be something serious. She took me to the doctor and the doctor looked with a microscope behind my brain and realized it was swollen. A brain swollen?!?! What the heck?!?! At that time it seemed impossible because I was only 11 years old. I didn't understand how at that age I could possible have some sort of disease that made my brain swell up.
Next thing I know, I'm sitting in the moms care driving to Emmanuel Childrens Hospital. Inside my heart was pounding wanting to jump out of my chest. I went into the emergency entrance and right away they already knew who I was. I kind of felt famous that day, it wasn't the good kind of famous. It was the kind of famous where you just want to run out and hide from everything and everyone so they could leave you alone.
Right off the bat they started taking me into examinations. I felt like I was a lab rat being examined from left to right. I've never been the confident kind of person and the situations I was put in at this moment dropped my confidence a big notch down. A pretty young nurse with curls that bounced with every step. She had dark as night black hair, her smile was astonishing with pretty pink glossy lip gloss. She was the nicest nurse I had ever encountered. Until....she pulled out that big needle that looked as thick as a mountains peek. I felt my heart sank deep into the bottom of my stomach when I saw it. All I remember after that is that I thought I had seen that light everyone talks about before dying. But I think it was my exaggeration of how afraid I was of needles. She stuck that thing deep into my vain and that pretty young nurse became the devil in disguise. I hated her. I hated her for putting me through the pain; she wasn't even experianced. She took out what seemed gallons of blood, but was only a couple tubes for testing.
Three long days which seemed like weeks passed, I was still in the hospital. I had no idea why I was there besides the fact that my brain was swollen. I asked doctors and nurses everytime they came in if they knew what was wrong. Obviously they knew, they just didn't want to worry me. They also thought I wouldn't be able to understand their doctor talk. On a sunny morning three doctors came in and started talking in a language that I called "Doctor language." I couldn't understand anything that was coming out of their mental mouths. I took a piece of paper, pen and started writing all the words I could remember them saying. I was a lucky patient, I had the computer rooms right next to my room. I got out of my uncomfortable bed that felt like sharp rocks and walked my behind to the computer room.
As I googled searched all the words I came to realize that I had "Thrombosis." Thrombosis is when blood clots form into your blood vessels and blocks blood from going to the places it's supposed to be going. My stomach felt as it was going to coming out of my body, I had never felt so sick in my life. I guess finding out what I had affected me my health even more. In that very moment I wished I wasn't so stubborn and I wish I had never googled searched what was wrong with me. I started growing resentment towards my parents, the doctors and everyone who knew what was wrong with me. Why would they hide something so serious as my condition? Why would they hide a life or death situation from me? At that point I knew they wanted to protect me but something so serious like that shouldn't be hidden from someone.
Weeks passed by and I just felt like my body was consuming my own self. I felt as sick as I have never been. My arms felt like brittle noodles, my legs felt like they were going to break into million pieces like glass. My head hurt so much that I wanted to chop the whole thing off. Yeah I know that sounds gross, maybe some exaggeration but at that very moment it didn't matter to me. I just wanted all the pain and misery to go away.
I went through about 13 cat scans, 6 back punctures to minimize the fluid going from my brain to my spine, and I could have sworen they took so many pints of blood from my body.Everytime I walked i felt like a mummy on it's two feet. Every night that passed by I thought to myslef why me? What did I do wrong to deserve being in here for so long. I saw my roomates come and go, I was at the hospital for so long that I went through 5 different roomates. I was always left behind. I saw them happy to leave and I, just stayed in that hell hole by myself.
The doctor came in one rainy morning, he was telling my mom I was going to be taken in to surgery immidiatley. He explained to her that the risk was if i survived through the surgery I might end up in a coma. Or I might not even wake up, I could die. But either way if I didn't have the surgery I would have died anyways. My mom put her faith in god and she quickly told him to take me in as soon as possible and to do everthing he could to save me. Next thing I know, nurses, doctors, specialist started coming in and out of my room. Taking my temperature, helping me out of my bed and they all took me to the ER to start my surgery. All I could remember after that is they put a gask mask with some watermelon flavored and I passed out.
After that I remember I stayed in the hospital for 4 more days and I finally got to go home. As I stepped into my house I breathed a breath of fresh air. After two months in that horrible place I learned to appreciate life more and not take anything for granted.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Sentence analysis from shame.
1. I never learned hate at home, or shame.”
The sentence pattern being used is sentence pattern number 4 but incorrectly punctuated because SHAME isn't an independent clause. The sentence focuses on hate and shame; The effect is it makes you take a pause in the middle of the sentence the comma plus shame shows more effect on shame. I think he made that decision to make the sentence flow to the follow sentence; it's also a sentence of foreshadowing where the character will live a a hate or shame situation.
2. “She’d walk down my street, and my brothers and sisters would yell, ‘Here comes Helene,” and I’d rub my tennis sneakers on the back of my pants and wish my hair wasn’t so nappy and the white folks’ shirt fit me better.”
The sentence pattern being used is pattern number 5. The effect it makes is that since it is a run on sentence it makes you take a pause and catch your breathe in between. He made that sentence that way because it was too long so he had to add the extra pauses.
3. “And she had a daddy, and he had a good job.
The sentence patter is pattern number 4. The effect is that he wanted to make his point clear in this sentence. He made this sentence that way because once again he wanted to get his point across and make you make a pause so you could understand what he was trying to communicate with you.
4. “The idiot’s seat, the troublemaker’s seat.”
The sentence pattern being used for this sentence is number 6 because it's a dependent clause and then an independent clause. The effect is he wanted to make a statement about the seat and then he wanted to say why he thought the seat was the "idiot's seat." I think he chose to do this like this because t made it unclear made you think and then it gave you an idea of why he made that first statement.
Five sentence pattern 1 from SHAME...
1. "You can't really make a meal out of paste."
2. "The teacher thought I was a trouble maker."
3. "The eagle always flew on Friday."
4. "The teacher opened her book and started calling out names alphabetically."
5. "I was about seven years old when I got my first big lesson."
1. I never learned hate at home, or shame.”
The sentence pattern being used is sentence pattern number 4 but incorrectly punctuated because SHAME isn't an independent clause. The sentence focuses on hate and shame; The effect is it makes you take a pause in the middle of the sentence the comma plus shame shows more effect on shame. I think he made that decision to make the sentence flow to the follow sentence; it's also a sentence of foreshadowing where the character will live a a hate or shame situation.
2. “She’d walk down my street, and my brothers and sisters would yell, ‘Here comes Helene,” and I’d rub my tennis sneakers on the back of my pants and wish my hair wasn’t so nappy and the white folks’ shirt fit me better.”
The sentence pattern being used is pattern number 5. The effect it makes is that since it is a run on sentence it makes you take a pause and catch your breathe in between. He made that sentence that way because it was too long so he had to add the extra pauses.
3. “And she had a daddy, and he had a good job.
The sentence patter is pattern number 4. The effect is that he wanted to make his point clear in this sentence. He made this sentence that way because once again he wanted to get his point across and make you make a pause so you could understand what he was trying to communicate with you.
4. “The idiot’s seat, the troublemaker’s seat.”
The sentence pattern being used for this sentence is number 6 because it's a dependent clause and then an independent clause. The effect is he wanted to make a statement about the seat and then he wanted to say why he thought the seat was the "idiot's seat." I think he chose to do this like this because t made it unclear made you think and then it gave you an idea of why he made that first statement.
Five sentence pattern 1 from SHAME...
1. "You can't really make a meal out of paste."
2. "The teacher thought I was a trouble maker."
3. "The eagle always flew on Friday."
4. "The teacher opened her book and started calling out names alphabetically."
5. "I was about seven years old when I got my first big lesson."
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The oldest person in my family that I could remember...
The oldest person in my family that I could remember is my grandfather from my biological father's side. His name is Jose and he is currently living in Tijuana, California. He is a short, dark skinned male with hair so white that it almost looked like puffy snow. He wore his pants almost up to half his stomach, which now that I look at it, was very hilarious. He had big round glasses that looked like the bottom of a soda can. You could say he dressed like a typical nerd, but he wasn't all that bright. He sat on the couch all day, since he was too old to work. He sat there like a dead vegetable watching soccer or the news all day. When he wasn't watching TV he was either sleeping or at the kitchen table eating. I remember him always being serious he really had no sense of humor, he was a bitter old man. I never really got along with him, he never held me tight like a grandpa should. I never really felt loved or cared for by him. I always remember him screaming and getting into stupid little fights with my grandma, which I don't get along with her either. He wasn't really the lovey dovey type of guy, he was more like," You do as I say and we won't have issues, if you disobey me, we will have lots of problems." It was his way or no way.
The oldest person in my family that I could remember is my grandfather from my biological father's side. His name is Jose and he is currently living in Tijuana, California. He is a short, dark skinned male with hair so white that it almost looked like puffy snow. He wore his pants almost up to half his stomach, which now that I look at it, was very hilarious. He had big round glasses that looked like the bottom of a soda can. You could say he dressed like a typical nerd, but he wasn't all that bright. He sat on the couch all day, since he was too old to work. He sat there like a dead vegetable watching soccer or the news all day. When he wasn't watching TV he was either sleeping or at the kitchen table eating. I remember him always being serious he really had no sense of humor, he was a bitter old man. I never really got along with him, he never held me tight like a grandpa should. I never really felt loved or cared for by him. I always remember him screaming and getting into stupid little fights with my grandma, which I don't get along with her either. He wasn't really the lovey dovey type of guy, he was more like," You do as I say and we won't have issues, if you disobey me, we will have lots of problems." It was his way or no way.
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