The Outcasts of Poker

If you had to blame someone or something for the outcasts' deaths, who/what would you blame, and why?

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-Uncle Billy

-Citizens or Poker Flat

-Bad luck

-Outcasts

If i had to blame someone for the deaths of the outcasts' I would blame the citizens of Poker Flat. I mean they judged the outcasts by what they were, they didn't really take the time to get to know who they actually were. When the outcasts were left for dead during the snow storm their true colors came out, and we really got to see how sweet and sincere they were. If the citizens of Poker Flat never kicked them out, they would have never been in that situation. They judged them by what they were and not who they were. I think the outcasts shouldn't of been outcasts. They should have been citizens of Poker Flat. Even though Uncle Billy escaped with the horses, I dont believe it was his fault, because they all could have tried to make it back to Poker Flat in time. So I blame all the deaths on the citizens of Poker Flat!

Kate Chopin

"The story of an Hour"

I liked this story because it was like this women wanted to be free from her husband. Once she found out he died she was happy, but once she came back she was devastated and dead. I think this story does a good job at classifying freedom because at the end she was finally free. I didnt think the story would end like this, I actually thought she was going to get a chance at life. Instead Mrs. Mallard was forced to be with him, I guess she would rather die than be with him.

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"The Blind Man"

This was my least favorite story because it made me feel sorry for the blind man. Everyone in the story treated him wrong, no one helped him, and no one talked to him. When the rich man got killed the people made it more important to attend to him and not the man that was blind. This story makes rich people out to be better than poor and disabled people. I didnt like reading this because it made me want to jump in the story and take the blind man home with me.

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"Desiree's Baby"

This was my favorite story out of all the Kate Chopin stories we read. I really liked this story because I liked the fact that Armand got a taste of his own medicine. He always thought that since his baby looked black that Desiree was the one that was half black. In all actually Armand was the one that had the black blood in him. When the ending came I didnt suspect it, I thought he was going to find something out like Desiree cheated on him. When he found that letter it was a big shocker. This story explains how racist it was back then towards black people, i just dont understand why they were treated wrong.

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

When they took the cure for aging I was amazed that it actually worked. I had tried it out on the flower the 50 year old rose. It turned bright red, and had proven to me that the water would work. I tried it out on Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, Mr. Gascoigne and Widow Wyclerly. They drank more water than I had expected, I wanted to see what would happen. I noticed the rose had soon died and went back to its dull color, I wondered if the same thing would happen to the people.

They started to act normal, but they didn’t change anything. They were just young people doing to same mistakes over and over. I noticed that the mirror was the only thing telling the truth, and I knew that this special water would not last long on these testers. They started complaining, and they wanted more, I didn’t recommend they take more than usual because they might turn back old. I didn’t tell them that this would not last, they would have to find out on their own. Once I knew for sure that it would not last I wanted to see if they would change their minds on the choices they made, I had no such luck. They were continuing to remain the same only younger. Then it happened, one noticed that she was returning to her old self. Then it happened to the rest, and then they were back to normal. I knew my theory was correct, this would not even last the night. They wanted to know where the fountain of youth was, and i told them because well it would not work.

Desiree's Baby, The Sequel

Desiree’s Baby, The Sequel
By: Ally

Armand threw the letter in the fire, wanting to erase any evidence of this nonsense. He started walking towards the house, feeling ashamed that not Desiree but he was black. There was no way he could tell anybody, he would lose everything, all his power, he could not come clean.

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He felt a drop fall down his cheek, it could not be a tear, he would not cry about this. It was rain, it started pouring because when it rain its pours. The fire went out and Armand did not go back to check on the remains.
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Armand requested that Roger, one of the youngest slave clean up the mess and ash. Roger walked towards the fire and noticed a yellow sheet of paper that was still in tact. He picked up the paper not knowing what it said and stuffed it in his pocket. When Roger returned to his slave quarters, he took the paper out and stuck it under his pillow.

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The next day Madame Valmonde came to the house to talk to Armand about what he had done to Desiree. Roger was finishing cleaning up the mess of all the clothes Armand had thrown out. Armand refused to talk to Madam Valmonde, Roger led her out to her carriage. When Madame Valmonde was going into the back, Roger held out a piece of paper and asked her to read it.

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Madame read it to her self first and burst out with laughter. “I knew it!”. Madame took the paper and gave Roger a quarter. She went back to her house and told Desiree the good news. Desiree could not believe that Armand had blamed her for being black when all along he was the one. Madame Valmonde wanted to make this letter public, but Desiree wanted to destroy it and forget it ever happened.

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Madame Valmode took the letter and went to the local newspaper. She told the writer she wanted to keep her name anonymous. The next day the story was out, and Armand was destroyed, his power, and his money was gone. Armands father went back to France to seek the one he fell in love with, she never really died.

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Armand was black and that was the truth, Desiree's baby, Luke was said to inherit everything his father had own. His grandfather left everything to him because he wanted Luke to appreciate that he was half black, which Armand did not appreciate. No one told anyone that Luke was Armand's son, the public had no right to know. Desiree decided to stick to the story that Desiree adopted the baby, it would be safer for him.

Flowers for Algernon

If you were given a choice to have an operation that would make you much smarter, would you do it, especially if you knew the effects of the surgery would be temporary? Why or why not? Use examples from the story.

If I had the choice to have an operation that would make me smarter I would have to refuse. I don't think that people should change who they are. God made you a certain way for a certain reason, why would you just go and change that? When Charlie agreed to have to operation he really did not know what he was going to get himself into. Since Charlie was less intelligent than others he wanted a chance to become smarter than others. I don't think that I would want to have an operation knowing it would not last. Its like a bribe, your telling someone to do something knowing that its not going to stay with them.

If I were to have the operation and if I were to like the way it made me think or feel, I would be devastated when its gone. When Charlie started realizing that he wasnt the same genius anymore he couldnt even remember the things he did when he was a genius. Having this operation will only mess you up. You should be happy with what you have, and not want to change it.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapters 8- the end

Explain what this story says about each of these issues. Use examples from the story to support your explanations.

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Issues:

1.Family 2.Age 3.Beauty

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-Family-

In Benjamin Button several issues are expressed, one of them is Family. In this story Benjamin was born an old man, a really old man. His father neglected him from the start, this is showing that family is only there for you when your good enough. Since Benjamin wasn't born normal Roger made it seem like he was not good enough to be in the Button family. I think that Roger felt like he was too good for Benjamin therefore he could not take him in as his son.

-Age-

This story makes age out to be so important. Its like if your old your old and boring. If your young, then your young and have to do everything that young people do. When Benjamin got into the army again they said that he was to young to join. They didnt believe that Benjamin was the colonel that once served in the army, so they wouldnt let him fight. This shows that people back then in the story judged people on how old they were. Meaning if you were old you cant do nothing that young people can do.

-Beauty-

Roger and Roscoe made Benjamin feel ugly and weird because of the way that he was born. When he was a baby that was an old man Roger Button didnt love his son until he started acting like a kid. When Benjamin was a young old man Rosoce his very own son told him to act like an old man. No matter how Benjamin acted he was never accepted from anyone. No one should have to go through was Benjamin had to put up with.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapters 3-7

After Reading Chapters 3-7 predict three problems you think Benjamin will encounter and give your solutions for each.

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The Problems:

1. He is sick of his boring wife

2. He keeps getting younger and younger

3. He has a business to take care of

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Possible Solutions:

1. Benjamin was born special he should tell his wife that as he gets older he is only going to get younger. Benjamin should tell her the true story and then if his wife doesn't believe her just leave her for someone more interesting. Although it is not his wife's fault that she has become old and boring, Benjamin just wants to get out and experience the life he never got to have.

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2. There is nothing Benjamin can do about his anti-aging. The only thing that he can do is go with the flow, and try to explain to people why this is happening to him. The younger he gets the more questions people are going to ask, it was just meant to happen to him.

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3. Since his father retired the Button industry is being left for Benjamin to run, its a big job to handle and since Benjamin is only getting younger what is he going to do when he cannot remember how to handle the wood business of his father. I think that Benjamin should tell his son and his wife that eventually he will die and that when he is gone his son should take over the family business.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Chapter 2

Roger is so overly concerned wit how Benjamin looks and is worried about what people are going to say. What should he do?

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I think that its going to take Roger some time to get use to his new born old man son. Once he realizes that Benjamin is his son, and needs special care Roger will become more responsible. If I was Roger I would just act like Benjamin was my brother or father, act like we had the same relationship so nothing would get to me. Its not Benjamins fault that he came out like this, so why should I care? Although Im an important man in my town this is my family and this is my child I should accept who is in my life. I should not care about what other people think, not now, not never.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Chapter 1

What would you have done if you were in Roger Button in Chapter 1?

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If i were Roger Button in Chapter 1 I would have been in a complete state of shock, as Roger was in the story. I wouldnt have been ashamed of my son because well, I made him. Sometimes you just have to learn to deal with things in life and this case, this case is serious. It's not my sons fault that he was born older than me but my family & I are just going to have to learn to adjust to it. Benjamin is still one of us, just older, much older. I know that Roger cares about what other people think about him since he is an important man in his town but no matter what its still his son. You just cant have a baby and not love it, because it is apart of you. It is you because without you it would not have been created.

Tagger Oh Tagger

He’s out there bombing the streets
Even when he sleeps its all that he thinks
Spreading his name, showing no shame
Its become an addiction
Always with a can in his hand
His name is sure to be on your land
Never once showing fear
Of the dangers that lurk near
His heart races as he pops that fill
Oh no! here comes Officer Bil
Living his life behind bars
He’s sure to be catching no more stars
He’s cold and alone with no way back home
With the same mentality
He cant seem to face reality
Of a dream he once called his own