Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Watching Buffy was quiet the show to watch. I had never watched a full episode until today. I would say if I would have started watching the show when I was younger I would have enjoyed the series. The movie was filled with different aspects of foreshadowing and role reversal in a way.

The way that Buffy was such a strong woman before the spell and then when the spell began she became sort of a mindless and a person that could not think for her self. This shows how many people try to acquire and image that not them but an image to please other people. In doing so she almost died because of the other vampires. Buffy’s friend also found herself throughout the show. She decided she wanted to be a ghost that was covered and not seen; yet, by the end she realized that she would be herself and not be afraid of what the other people thought of the real her.

These two examples in the show illustrate how many girls feel today. Many young girls feel the need to be somebody they are not and dress and certain way even though it is not what they truly enjoy. I enjoyed watching the show even though it was a little old, I did not mind watching it at all. Maybe if one come on TV I will watch it next time!

Kite Runner

My favorite book is the Kite Runner; I love this book. I am not a huge fan of reading books just because they can never engage my interest throughout the whole book. This book engaged my interest from the very beginning and kept it to the very end.

The Kite Runner showed aspects of their culture that I was not aware of. It made the war and the lifestyle more realistic and made me realize it is actually happening. It was a class reading assignment of my senior year. Every book before that I never read during the class because it never took my interest. This was one of the first books I read in class, and I loved it!

It shows trials between friendships and families. It will probably always be one of my favorite books just because it taught me a lot about what to think of other people. Realizing their lifestyle and culture.

Long Essays

It is Friday morning and I am thinking about this ten page paper that I have due on Tuesday. All I keep thinking is how in the world I am going to be able to write ten pages on only on subject. I started my essay a couple of days ago.

It is hard to find different topics about certain subject to write ten pages. I find it difficult not to find myself repeating the same topic just in different words several times. I have chosen immigration and how America should have harsher rules for illegal immigrants trying to come across the border. I was surprised to find that it is difficult to find document about illegal immigrant.

All in all I know I will have my essay done by Tuesday because I have too. It will hopefully be the best paper I have written this year, because I have put a lot of time into it and will put much more in it throughout the weekend.

Immigration

My topic is immigration and how immigration is affecting the United States economy. I will show how I would use pathos, logos ad ethos and my position paper.

Logos would go with the logic that is behind illegal immigration and how it affects the economy. The logic is quiet simple illegal immigrants are coming to America and living a low lifestyle and use government funded programs. The government programs are made and exist for legal citizens of the United States. The biggest problem with illegal immigrants using government funded programs is that they do not pay the taxes that go towards furnishing those government programs in which they are taking advantage of.

Pathos is connecting an emotional aspect to your paper. I found several stories about children of immigrants that are against immigration. They tell their stories and how their parents came here and it was acceptable then but the United States grows it becomes more unacceptable. They show that even they have that emotional connection with their parents they are able to put that aside, and think about what is best for their country.

Establishing creditability is called ethos and is very important when one is trying to write a position paper. It is important to make your reader believe and show that you are creditable to the information in my paper. I have found several different creditable topic and stories that share stories of immigrants coming to the United States. These stories will help show the readers how not all immigrants believe immigration is right.

Immigration

I choose immigration for my proposal essay. I am going to show three different questions that would help me show my side of immigration. My stand point is that immigration laws should be stricter and stopped.

How immigration affects the United States? Immigration is hurting America and American citizens. Immigrants are stealing jobs from citizens because they can do the job for cheaper. A large percentage of immigrants use government funded programs. Government programs are paid by American citizens that pay taxes; which no illegal immigrants pay those taxes.

How are the people that immigrate affected? Many immigrants live their lives in America in fear of being sent back. They work for low level jobs that pay very little. How can lives in America be better than back home?

How is American culture affected? America is the, “melting pot” yet they should come here legally. People from many countries come to America; that is what makes America many different types of people and cultures. English is not as dominant of a language as it used to be because of the high percentage of Mexican citizens coming across the border illegally and never knowing how to speak English.

Class 10/12/2010

We did a couple of different things in class today. Our peers taught us and we will have the chance to teach everyone else. I personally do not like being taught by classmates or teaching my classmates. It is hard to get all of the information on the topic because we aren’t good teachers and just skim the surface of a subject. It also can be nerve racking when teaching classmates but it’s hard to get all the information taught that is needed to know about a subject when people themselves do not know much about the subject.

I liked the activity we did today while throwing the Gieco. I thought it may help a little more in generating a topic if there were some different questions. I am still having a hard time thinking of a topic that I would be interested enough in to write seven or eight pages on. Sitting in the circle was fun.

English 101

This course is by far my most interacting class. We are able to talk, have discussion, and get to know people. I am glad that we are able to have a small class environment. Being a smaller class makes it easier to ask questions and learn better in the class room. Having a smaller class also makes you feel more comfortable in your environment.

English is by far not my strongest subject. In English 101 we do not have too much homework that it is overwhelming and therefore not do the best job. We are able to have enough homework where I can pace myself and know when to get things done. I am able to do better on my assignments because I am allowed more time than being crammed for time between every assignment.

Reviewing Literacy Narrative

Once I looked back on my literacy narrative essay, I realized several different mistakes. Reading my essay out loud helped me hear the flow of the essay and how it sounded to the reader. The essay had the basics but it was lacking flow and had many unclear details about the incident. One of the biggest problems was the unclear and blurry parts of the essay.

Quoting and dialogue would make the essay flow better. After including dialogue in the essay, it will make the flow better. More importantly it will make the essay seem like it actually happened.

Reading and reviewing my essay before completing it is a skill that I need to acquire. By reviewing my essay before turning it in again will help with many grammar and flow problems within the essay.