Friday, February 29, 2008

5 ideas service learning

some things that we can do for service learning is...

-make a garden

-raise money for a diseases

-volunteer for a hospital

-recycle at our school

-clean up trash in neighborhoods

-paint a mural

Thursday, February 28, 2008

chapter 3 : a change of plans

summary:
Bigger, G.H, Gus and Jack all talk about the plans they made a long time ago to rob Mr. Blum. then Bigger makes fun of his friends and tell them that they are all to scared to rob a white man and they wont go through with it. G.H and Jack agree to rob him but Gus stays quiet. then Bigger accuses Gus for being too scared to rob a white man and that he would never do it, while inside Bigger is filled with fear. Gus stays quiet and Bigger snaps and freaks out. he started screaming and cursing at Gus. Gus blames Bigger for being the one who has a really bad temper and he is the one who causes the most problem is their gang. Bigger became furious and was ready to hit Gus and freak out at him. he really wanted to fight him.

analysis:
i think that in this chapter Bigger would rather have fought Gus and look tough because he beat someone up then go through with the plan. he didn't want to rob the white man because he was too scared. he thought that if he screamed fought and cursed at Gus then his friends would think is tough. but if he chickened out of robbing the white man he would lose respect from his gang and friends. so to cover up his fear he uses anger and violence.

chapter 2 : useless dreams

summary:
Bigger is sitting outside and his friend Gus meets up with him and they just watch as a plane flys by above them. Bigger talks about how he could fly good if he got a chance. and Gus agreed with him but only if he was not black and had some money. Bigger complains about being black and how the white people never let him do anything. and he feels like he is in prison. then Bigger and Gus pretend to be high ranking white generals and they give each other orders and play around for a little. then Bigger and Gus walk to Doc's pool hall and meet up with their friends Jack and G.H.

analysis:
i think that this chapter was mainly to show about racism and the rights and privileges that were not given to black people at this time. they are talking about flying planes but i think that is a symbol for being free and breaking away from the racism that they have to face everyday.they are sick of not being able to do all the things that white people do and they just wanted to be treated equally. and then they joke and make fun of how the white people talk and act. i think this was just to cover up how they are jealous that they get to do whatever they want and are a lot more free then Bigger and Gus.

chapter 1 : "that damn rat"

summary:
Bigger Thomas and his family wake up in their Chicago apartment. and bigger and his brother have to turn away from their mother and sister as they dress because the apartment only has one room. then a big black rat runs across the room and Vera and his mother scream and jump on the bed. Bigger and Buddy run around trying to catch and kill the rat. but the rat attacks Bigger and bites a hole in his leg. then he takes the skillet and smashes it over the rats head, killing it. then Bigger takes the rat and holds it in front of his sisters face to make her scared. then Bigger's mom sings a song while she is cooking and he gets really annoyed by it and he storms outside. then he started thinking about the plan he had with his friends to rob a white man names Mr. Blum. Bigger and his gang have committed other crimes but never against a white man. which was a little scary to Bigger.


analysis:
the first book is called fear probably because in this book he is overwhelmed with fear at many times. when the big black rat is in the room, when he is being interviewed by the white man for his job and many other times. he holds fear because he cant afford to help his family with their needs and make enough money to help them by getting a bigger house or food. i think they put this beginning of the rat and all the craziness because they wanted to show everyone how the first book would be. it was all about fear and trying to overcome his fears.

mayor web

fear web