I would have wanted to read  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I wanted to read it because it looked kind of scary or weird. It looked like a book I would want to read. The book I got stuck with was Chain Reaction. To my surprise it is way better then I thought it would be. My second choice would have been Before I Die. They both seemed like really good books.

If Tom Robinson had stayed in prison and did not try to escape and Atticus made the appeal then Tom Robinson probably would of had a chance of getting out of jail. Atticus would have done all he could and was doing all he could to not let Tom go to prison. A lot of people, I think, thought Tom was innocent because they did not have enough evidence to prove. Of course the jury thought there was enough because they convicted him. So I think if Atticus got the appeal then they would have let Tom out or at least shortened his sentence.

If Tom was shot in the court instead of being shot trying to escape prison I think people would be more on Tom's side. If Bob Ewell had shot Tom Robinson then I think people would have been more on Tom's side because some people were a little suspicious of his story. If Tom had been shot and lived then I don't think he would have went to jail because he would have got sympathy of more people.

If Tom Robinson didn't try to escape prison he probably would still be alive and maybe even out of jail. I believe that Atticus could have gotten him a shorter sentence. If Tom had just stayed in jail then Atticus would be an even bigger hero because he would have got him out of jail.

Well a lot of people want what they can't have. So if your parent say you can't see them that usually makes you see them more. There are people who I think are total opposites and are together. There are groups in are school where they date each other and the other groups date each other but when one of them changes it's different.

I am not that far into the book. I just got to the part where, they are seniors, and she sees him for the first since the wedding. At the wedding, Nikki was upset from her break-up with Marco that when Luis tries to talk to her she doesn't say anything back. When Nikki's parents made her dance with Luis she kneed him and ran away. Her parents made her apologize, which she didn't, instead she hid his clothes on the beach so he had to be naked. So far their relationship isn't too good. So far I like it way more than I thought I would; the love story and all.

Where you live and grow up can really effect who you grow to be. If you grow up living in a bad neighborhood surrounded by gangs like these people in the book you have a good chance of being in a gang too. Of course, you get to decide what you do when you grow up but where you live and who you are with can really effect what you do. If Luis grew up in a nice neighborhood, where there were no gangs then he would probably never be in one.

1. To Bob Ewell- How often do you drink? I asked this question because if he drinks everyday he might not remember if he beats his children.

2. To Bob Ewell- Have you beat your children before? I asked this question just to see if it fine with him to beat his children.

3. To Bob Ewell- Have you beat Mayella before? I asked this question because if he has beat her before he can do it again.

4. To Bob Ewell- Have you ever seen Tom Robinson before?

5. To Mayella Ewell- How did you know Tom Robinson's name? I asked this question because she said that people walked by their house all the time but she didn't know any of them.

6. To Tom Robinson- Do you walk by the Ewell's everyday? I asked this question to see if he even lives by them.

7. To Tom Robinson- Did Mayella ask for help? I asked this question to see if he had helped her.

8. To Tom Robinson- Did you go inside the Ewell's house?

9. To Bob Ewell- You said you stood their and looked inside the window, why not just run into the house? I asked this question to see if he can hold up his story.

10. To Tom Robinson- Have you help Mayella before?

What I think constitutes as being courageous or brave is being able to do things that you aren't very comfortable doing, like for example Jem reading to Mrs. Dubose. Being brave and courageous doesn't mean you have to be able to shoot a gun, you do something that you don't want to do but do it any way because it's right. People do things all the time to save another persons life or just to be nice. Like standing up for some one getting bullied that is brave and courageous. It can be something simply of something very hard but if you do because it's right then you are brave and courageous.

I think the most courageous person in the book is Jem. Jem has been through a lot but still protects his sister and helps his father when he can. Who I think is brave and courageous is people I know that have cancer. I admire them because you have to be brave and have courage that you will be okay. Some people take the easy way out and end while others fight because they are brave. Those are the people I look up to and admire.

The Great Depression was the greatest economic slump ever experienced in the western world. The Depression wasn't just in the United States it was also in Great Britain and most of Europe, after World War I. The Great Depression started with the collapse of prices in the New York stock-market. The collapse ruined thousands of individual investors. Banks were forced into insolvency. In 1933 about 11,000 banks out of 25,000 had failed in the United States. People started to panic because so many banks were closing so they withdrew their money causing more banks to close. This made the level of demand and spending go way down.


In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt became President. He tried to get America back together by introducing knew ideas. Many businesses were effected too because of loss of money. Some businesses had to cut workers to stay open but many had to close anyway. Unemployment kept rising, by 1932, unemployment went between 12 and 15 million. Roosevelt's ideas weren't enough to help the economy because unemployment rates were too high. With all of this going on, the Great Depression was coming to an end. The bombing of Pearl Harbor and the entering into World War II actually helped. Men had to go to war while women worked in the factories. Almost everyone had a job now and the economy was getting better.


http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

There were many sports in the Elizabethan era like bear and bull bating, fencing, and hunting. I researched bear and bull bating. There were many sports like this that had animals fight until the death. In bear bating they tied the hind leg of a bear to a post and had dogs try to kill it, but sometimes they let the bear go. So, either the bear or the dogs died. Bull bating was very similar and more common in England since bears were more expensive. Most of their sports were like this, very bloody, but some were not. They had many regular games like similar versions of bowling, cricket, croquet, hockey, and  baseball.

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-sports.htm

These pictures represent jealousy. They all have something to do with someone being jealous. The people in my pictures are all jealous of some other person hanging out with people they want to hang out with. Jealousy is something you feel when you want something some else has and can't have it.

http://www.shmoop.com/othello/summary.html-  This source is very helpful. It summarizes the play so you can understand it.


http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plots/othellops.html- This source says some of the lines from the play then tells you exactly what they are saying so you understand.


http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/othello/summary/othello_summary.htm- This source tells you about everything that is going on. It provides a introduction to each act.


http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/othello/play-summary.html- This source tells you word for word what is going on. They translate what they are saying and go through what is happening in each act.

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/- This source is very helpful. It gives you an overview of the whole plot, then an Analysis of all the characters, then the themes of play, and then a summary of each scene and act

I can relate to what your saying because I have done things that haven't went as planned and realized I had made a big mistake.

I think I can relate to the gender role stereotyping. Just because I am a girl I can't do certain things. So I could have a dream that I want to play football in the NFL, well since I am a girl my dream won't come true. I kind of relate to the psychological strain not because I have unrealized dreams but that I am scared I will not achieve them. There is still a lot of gender role stereotyping now but more in the 50s. Like Benetha wants to be a doctor and everyone thinks she can't because that is a male job. I relate with her the most because a lot of girls wanted to be something like that now and then but can't.

In my American Dream I would live in Tennessee. I would be a veternarian. A typical day would be going to work and spending time with my family and friends. I would have a lot of animals like dogs and horses.  This dream isn't a very big dream but is everything I want when I get older. I know it can easily come true.

The first author described the American Dream as being the or "fullest Stature" at which you are capable to be. So to live the American Dream you must fulfil your dreams.  The second author thinks to live the American Dream you must have a good job and make a lot of money. The author says that your profession describes who you are. One author is living to the fullest while the other is to have a good job and make a lot of money.

The first author talks about the when the American Dream first came about. He talked about the 1700s when people wanted to come to America to live the American Dream. The second author used examples of different jobs like a lawyer and a person in the fast food industry. If you were a lawyer people would think you are rich while working at McDonalds you get less respect and people know you don't make that much money. I knew what the second author was talking about more like how as a lawyer people would treat you different then if you said you worked at McDonalds.

I agreed with the first author. I got kind of lost when they started talking about the 1700s but the first paragraph made more sense. That the American Dream was living to the fullest without trampling one another. That was kind of what I said in my journal the other day.