Symbols of mice and men

There are many symbols in the movie and story Of Mice and men. I chose The farm as a symbol for 2 reasons theres success, and promised land.


The reason i think there is success is because no matter what kind of person you are you will always have success on the farm for all the work you put into it. Take Lennie for example he was one of their best workers. No matter how handicapped he was many men respected him and even though he mesed up more than once he was still very succesful at the farm and was very nice to everybody nomatter who they were.
The farm is promised land because everyone there have a place to eat and sleep not depending on who you are or what work you do on the farm. If you are a part of the farm then no matter how long you work there or have ben there that land or the bed you sleep on would never be taken from you. Just like Candy he is the oldest person on the farm and has been working there every since he was young and even though he cant do much work on the farm anymore he still is able to live there and eat there like its his own home. Also Crooks he is the only African American on the farm. He doesnt do anything much other than keep the stable and horses together they can easily get rid of him and hire one of the workers but since he's there he has everything he had when he first got there.

In conclusion as you can see the farm is one of the most related symbols in the story and movie because there are plenty of examlpes to support that no matter what they are.

Service learning 4/25/08

 This week in service learning we talked about possible options about what we could do and talked about what could be the start of people being homeless. Then we went to the Federal Reserve bank and found out about money or the things we didn't know about money. This week we are planning on finding possible options what we are actually going to do as our actual project.

empire of the sun

In the movie Empire of the Sun the character Jamie changed so much throughout the movie you would've never thought he was the same person except he was still annoying but he learned to survive on his own. In the begining of the movie he was a rich snotty nose boy who thought he could talk down to anybody that was below him. But something happened where as though he got seperated from his mother and father when the war started. He had to learn how to make it on his own without the help of others. In the middle of the movie you would see he has changed a lot he makes a living by trading with people for certain things. He also has made families everywhere he went and someone he was close to named Basie changed his name to Jim so thats what they called him. By the end of the movie he has improved so much as a person he wasn't selfish no more he learned how to share with others and helped people who needed help even if he needed help him self. 

 In the begining of the movie he was very stuck up and pretty much did what ever he wanted. Like in one part in the beggining of the movie he was riding his bike around his yard and even though his parents told him to stop it he didnt listen  he just kept going and his parents did nothing to disipline him. He also was obsessed with planes and as the war was about to start so him and his family stayed in a hotel and while they were there the war started and thats when Jamie got seperated from his mother and father. 

  Towards the middle of the movie he started being something like a hustler when he met the Man Bassie and since this was Bassie Lifestyle he started to get used  to it and it became how he lived. When the war started to get very bad Everybody who have once lived in China had to live in some sort of camp, and that's where Jamie made his family at. He also helped old and sick people by trading to get them certain things that they needed and he always got their food since people were to sick or old to rush to get it since it was first come first serve. So by this part of the movie his name was Jim which was the name Bassie gave him.

  

As you get near the end of the movie it starts to show you how much he has changed as a person and started to think of other people before he thought of hisself which was never an option for him in the begining. He even became more mature in many ways. Even though he didnt remember his mother or father he knew certain things about both of them

My walking trip with Ms.Thompson

On our trip we went to Washington square we discussed geometry and shapes thats there, we also talked about service learning and some possibilities of what we can do in the park. Then afterwards we went to the Curtis Center to just see the mural. But while we was there we looked up certain things we can do for service learning and we talked to people about helping out there. We checked out the daycare they have in there, the fitness center and many other things. This trip was a great experience!

This year service learning

For service learning this year i want to do tutoring again because i liked it last year and i like helping the students last year was fun for me. They really looked up to us and looked forward to us coming like every week, and was even happier when we got there.

question(bloom taxonomy)

Application

What questions would you ask Bigger Thomas, if you had the chance to meet him? If i had to meet Bigger Thomas i would ask him: why did u try to rape Mary Dalton?, and what caused you to kill a woman who was kind to you?

Analysis

What are some problems between bigger and his mother?

some problems between bigger and his mother are bigger's mom wants him to get a job when he doesn't want to. Also Bigger's mom treats him worse then his brother and sister.

Synthesis

Why dont you devise your own way to deal with what happened in mary room, right before bigger killed her?

To deal with what had happened in mary's room i would've just told somewhat the truth, the way i would've told somewhat the truth is when mrs.dalton came into the room i would've said ma'am, Miss.Dalton is drunk and she wasn't able to come up the stairs on her own so i helped her to her room and i would've dealt with the repercussions. In conclusion in dealing with what happened in Mary's room before i killed her bigger and i differ.

Evaluation

How would you feel if you were in Bigger's position, a young poor black man killing a young rich white woman?

If i was in bigger position i would've just quit my job lied and said that the whole investigation was to much for me then i would've skipped far away from town and never came back and found work somewhere else.

Knowledge

Describe what happened at the pool house between Bigger and Gus the second time.

Bigger and Gus got into a fight. Bigger threatened Gus by putting a knife to his kneck. They faught because Bigger was afraid of robbing Old Blum.

news paper article for english

A tragedy happened as they found Mr. Dalton daughter Mary Dalton in their home furnace, but before they found her she has been missing for 3 days. In the begining of this investigation they only had one leading suspect who was  their chauffer Bigger Thomas  who was at the time her designated driver police had believed that he had something to do with it because he was the last person to see her the night she went missing their first thought were he couldve took advantage of her because she was drunk. But bigger was soon let off the hook because as the investigation went on they found another suspect which is Jan Erlone who was believed to have been in a relationship with her. They found her body 3 days after she went missing burning inside a furnace. The cops then put Jan Erlone in jail. But then the abductors demanded 10,000 dollars in a ransom note. The question is would he still pay the ransom even though they already found her body in their own furnace with her head cut off or maybe Mr. Dalton havent found out about that yet in this point of the investigation. The Dalton family immediately demanded for the release of Jan Erlone. Further into their investigation they have noticed Bigger Thomas their negro chauffer  has disappered and the police and now that they have found Mary body they think it has something to do with him killing her and them finding her bones. This investigation just got deeper check into my column next week to find out the final acts of this very long investigation.