Edgar Allen Poe

The tell tale heart was about a man who was all creeped out by this old man who had a green eye that looked like a vultures eye. So he supposedly killed the old man and then went crazy. But did he actually kill the man or was he crazy? I honestly think that he did not kill the old man. One reason why I think this did not happen was because edgar allen poe has a history of not making many straight forward stories. For example, The Raven was not necessarily a story that was very straight forward. So because of that, I think the old man may have actually been gone on vacation. The man could have been dreaming about killing the man because he was so scared of his eye. When he killed him in his dream, he could have screamed alerting his neighbors causing them to call the police. When the police had gotten there, them knocking on the door could have woken him up from his dream and he was so in to it that he thought it was real life. Thus causing him to believe the old man was actually dead and hidden. So the heart beating was just in his head and he just got to nervous. Thus causing him to pull up the floorboards and look all crazy to the police officers. In the beginning, he said he was not crazy. He could have been saying he actyually killed him. So in conclusion, I think he was just really sleepy and got confused by his sleepiness.

Short story

My friend Josiah and I are at school waiting for them to let us in just like any other day at Randolph elementary school. Before I knew it, I was sitting in the principal’s office scared out of my mind because i was getting suspended. Now because of the person I was, not many people expected this to happen to me. I am rarely in any trouble and I am an A student. So suspension is something that has never happened to me and is a very scary thought. This is how everything happened.
That morning, me and Josiah were talking and joking. Just like a normal day. "We should just box and see what happens" Josiah says ironically. "Haha cool" I said. "Then everyone could get to see me knock you out!" Another friend of mine name Tikyle then jumped in to the conversation saying "Haha If y'all throw them hands I'm jumpin in too"
I was enjoying the little conversation we were having. But all of a sudden, Josiah looks the other direction and screams "DEY FINNA BOX!!!" This not only alerted my group, but it also alerted basically the entire school. But for some reason no adult knew what was happening at the time.
So after alerted of what looked like a small altercation at the time, I do what any other child my age would do. I ran over to see the fight. I ran over there as quickly as possible in order to actually find a good spot. It’s kind of like when seeing a show. Most people get there really early so they can sit in front of the screen.
Surprisingly, I was right in front. I got there pretty fast even though I am not the fastest person around. I actually got a good view so i was pretty excited to see a good fight the two guys were Cordell (a boy known for fighting) and some other person I didn't know. So as the two exchanges swear words, more and more people come to see and as more people came, the more they actually started to fight. Then, next thing I knew, four to five more people jumped in the fight all to jump on Cordell.
So it turned from a fight to just two guys getting jumped on (Cordells cousin jumped in to help). It started to look like a really big brawl after a minute. Most of the people at the school came over to see the fight. Because of that, it looked like a brawl (Like i said before).
It was actually sad that a bunch of black kids had nothing better to do than watch a fight. But we didn't care. We were being entertained. I still thought it was pretty bad though.
And i think Josiah thought so too because he had a surprised look across his face and a "Woow" came out of his mouth several times. I could not blame him though. It was horrible. We all had that look on our faces. We didnt all scream "FIGHT" at the same time like the kids in the movies you see. This fight got real and it happened quickly. About eight kids had jumped in the fight for what looked like no reason and were just repeatedly beating on the two. I wanted to help but I knew i would also be beaten up. I would also face a suspension. That was something I did not want at all.
But it apparently was not that bad because nobody started bleeding. I always thought that if there were any bleeding, people should stop the fight no matter who it was watching or fighting. Blood just looks bad to me.
The brawl lasted for about 10 minutes. I know ten minutes is a long time to throw your fists at someone. That shows they were very mad and were not going to stop any time soon. No one was going to stop it any time soon either.
I always thought that by ten minutes the fighters would have just gotten tired, stopped and made up by then. Thats would I would do. Thats just too much fighting.
Well anyway, I guess it took a while for security to see the fight, get more people to help break it up, and finally make it past the crowd to actually break it up. When they finally broke it up, they not only took the people fighting. They also took like 10 of the people who were watching. INCLUDING ME!!! I was baffled by how strange that was and so were the only 9 people who did nothing.
At first, I was naive. I thought they were just going to question us to see who started it, who who was in it, what they did, and all that other good stuff. So I just went with security without a fight. As if i would have fought their grips anyway. But for some reason, I did not notice their very firm grip and mean looks on their face. So I'm kinda dumb.
I started to notice something was wrong when the security guard who I am usually cool with would not talk to me at all. I added it up in my head and came to the conclusion that they were taking me to the office for watching. I was still kind of okay about it though because I still did not expect to get suspended for what happened. So i wasn’t freaking out just yet.

When I got to the principal’s office I had to sit down and wait for the principal Ms. Smith to talk to us. I was not the only one who was angered by that. Actually, I was the only one who looked somewhat calm. Well calm compared to the others. The other people who were in the fight were cursing, fussing, screaming, and doing many other things that definitely did not help their cause.
I knew the people who were actually in the fight were getting suspended though. I knew that for sure. One kid came in screaming "F*** this!!!" Yeah he was pretty mad. I also knew the other kids were just as mad as he was.
The other kids that were watching looked that same way I did. They had that somewhat
concerned look but they nothing too serious. One kid wasnt concerned at all. He seemed to not care if he got 5 days, 10 days, or no days.
She walked out with a furious look on her face. "I am so disappointed in all of you! Especially you! She said while looking directly at me. “You’re all getting ten days. No questions asked." All I could do was sit there thinking about how this could have happened. I had never gotten suspended until then. That made me so mad but I knew there was nothing I could do about it. So I just had to take the suspension.
The other nine kids who were watching suddenly got just as mad as the guy who came in cursing. There was so much screaming and arguing in the room that I was ashamed to even be there. Good thing I was smart enough to keep cool though. I didnt want anything worse to happen.
I also had to think about a way to explain this whole thing to my mother who does not play around when it comes to suspensions. Her voice just kept playing in my head over and over and over. I pictured her screaming at me while taking everything that I owned and telling me that I would have to work while I was suspended. I knew for a fact that I was in a lot of trouble. I also knew for a fact that she would not contest my suspension no matter how unfair it would be.
She always said “Don’t ever let me catch you watching a fight. It is so stupid for kids to do that nonsense.” Yeah so I was screwed.
So that is how I got suspended from school for doing absolutely nothing. You would think that I would have learned to not stand and watch fights.
Or to stop things that could get ugly. Or even that violence is not the answer. But no. That didn’t happen. Now I know to always watch fights from a distance. But I did learn that school really sucks. A lot.

Crawl

Everybody see's it's you
I'm the one that lost the view
Everybody says we're through
I hope you haven't said it too

So where
Do we go from here
With all this fear in our eyes
And where
Can love take us now
We've been so far down
We can still touch the sky

[Chorus]
If we crawl
Till we can walk again
Then we'll run
Until we're strong enough to jump
Then we'll fly
Until there is no end
So lets crawl, crawl, crawl
Back to love, Yeah
Back to love, Yeah

[Verse 2]
Why did I change the pace
Hearts were never meant to race
I always felt the need for space
But now I can't reach your face
So where
Are you standing now
Are you in the crowd of my faults
Love, can you see my hand?
I need one more chance
We can still have it all

[Chorus]
If we crawl(if we crawl)
Till we can walk again
Then we'll run (then we'll run)
Until we're strong enough to jump
Then we'll fly
Until there is no end
So lets crawl, crawl, crawl
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Back to love, Yeah
Back to love, yeaaah

[Bridge]
Everybody see's it's you
Well I never wanna lose that view

[Chorus]
So we'll crawl (if we crawl)
Till we can walk again
Then we'll run
Until we're strong enough to jump
Then we'll fly
Until there is no end
So lets crawl, crawl, crawl

So we'll crawl (ooh)
Till we can walk again (till we can walk again)
Then we'll run (we'll run)
Until we're strong enough to jump (until we're strong enough to jump)
Then we'll fly (then we'll fly)
Until there is no end
So let's crawl, let's crawl, lets crawl
Back to love
Back to love yeah
Back to love

So this is a very slow song my Chris Brown. It is a really straight forward) poem. This poem has a very straight forward meaning about crawling or moving slowly back to love. So its not anything that you would have to think about a lot. In the beginning, he talks about how it was obvious that she was good for him. Everyone could see it except for him (Stanza 1). Stanza 1 also talks about how they are threw as if he has blown it. Basically, the first stanza is talking about what others think. The rest of the song is dedicated to one message. That message is about crawling back to love. He uses the word crawl to mean they should move slowly but steadily. That is the only allusion in the song that I can see. So yeah, this is a pretty good slow song that is pretty straight forward.

On the Reservation

If you live on the reservation, you are basically not alive to other people. Some people do care but not a lot of people do. I think its better than being black during segregation times because native americans were welcomed to the rights of white people. But being native american is not really a great life. For example, in the book "Montana 1948", Davids grandfather thought that Frank should not have been persecuted for sexually assulting Native American women. So obviously back then they were people who were not really looked at as important. We just needed to give them space to live.
Also, if you live on the reservation you know that you are living in that particular area because all the land was taken from your people. They know that all of this land that is given to them was just something to shut them up. So basically, on the reservation just means on the thing that was given to the Native Americans to shut them up. So what im trying to say here is that living on the reservation is not exactly the best life.
And why have we been calling Native Americans Indians?

Propaganda

We all know there was propaganda back in the day with hitler and the wars and stuff. But is there propaganda now?? Of course it is. Its just more subtle like racism. For example, George Bush was a horrible president in my opinion. But how did he get elected twice? That was all propaganda to me because i dont think he should have won and Kanye west didnt either. But, i could be wrong and people could have actually liked him. Another thing is the newspapers. Newspapers basically send out what they want to and they make it look like some people are all great when they are actually criminals or just bad people. You can also see the propaganda in all of the commercials you see during the time of the presidential elections that make it look like they love your family personally and how the other candidate is just going to make the entire country blow up or something. They even some times turn to the devil to make them look bad. Now we all know these people dont worship the devil or do any of the things you see. But if you saw that commercial and you dont really follow the election or care, why wouldnt you vote for the person with the halo over his head? So propaganda gets candidates soo many votes because of people who dont even know who theyre voting for.

Black Boy

So far in this book there are some things that im pretty sure are gonna change and there are other things that arent. One of those things that arent going to change is hoe religious Richards grandmother and aunt are. The fact that they are so religious and their no nonsense policy is really making it hard for Richard since he is a very rebellious boy that has an open mind. I dont think those two things pair up very well at all. If you havent noticed already, it has not. The beatings are taking a huge toll on him because they are some times over stuff he hasnt really done wrong. All little kids ask questions. But getting beaten for curiosity? It is horrible to be beaten just because you want to learn. The fact that his mother did him this way made him more hostile towards his aunt and grandma. He was sick of it. So dodging unnecessary beatings were basically what he had to do. Not saying he didnt deserve to get hit for making smart comments. I am just saying that they need to stop being so stubborn because beating him isnt really working out. But they didnt just beat him, they disowed him. Come on...disowning youre grandson? I dont thing jesus would do that..

hungry for attention??

Well all little kids like to be the center of attention. So if burning the house down, or drinking wasn't enough to convince you, the age thing should tell you. So yes, I think little richard wants attention. You really should be able tob tell from the beginning. He did not want to be quiet and he wanted his way. I'm not saying that its normal for children to burn down their house, I'm just saying that he needed someone the watch him. Because if some one were paying him attention besides his brother, this would not have happened. Kids do dome things when there's no one around to beat them for doing it. Trust me, I know.
Now as time passes you can still see the he wants attention. He has nothing better to do than to watch people get drunk and so he then manages to make his way into the bar and doing it himself. And why did he do it? For attention. He liked the fact that those men wanted to see him drunk out of his mind. So he kept drinking until it turned into a problem. He thought he was doing good by letting them see him drink and get drunk. That's what any other boy would do if he were hungry for someone to look at him. That's sometimes why kids do stupid things. Well...that's most of the time why they do stupid things. So,,,yes. Richard needs attention

Journalism

This short story is about the hardships of being an american journalist and stuff. i do agree that it is a very tough job and you have to have a true passion in doing it in order to be successful. But I do not agree with some things that he is saying in the essay.
One thing is how he thinks that the gu getting killed is unjust. Im not saying that should have killed him, im just saying that there are limits to some things you can do. Journalists naturally stick their heads in to things that are not any of their business just so that they can tell every one about it. Again, im not saying he should have been killed. I am just saying that he should have known that people dont play with...he still didnt deserve to die though.
So the guy talks more about how it was bad and stuff. But I just do not fully agree with him on that. For example, if you are a big time murderer. wouldnt you kill a journalist who is close to catching you and broadcasting everything? I would. He also talks about how he was in some other country nd trying to find stuff. Now common sensewould tell you that if they catch you, you are gonna die. 1. because you are in their business, and 2. because they dont really know why you are here. You could possible be a big terrorist trying to blow all types of stuff up.

Did MLK really die?

Years ago, black people werent able to have the same rights as others, but is it still like that? I say not really. Black people do have the same rights as everyone now though. Since we have a black president and all that. But there are some things less obvious. But nothing that big. So in my opinion, if MLK was still alive, he'd be happily retired.
When i say less obvious, i mean its in some peoples morals to not have their kids marry within their ethnicity. Or like a black guy not getting a job over a white guy. As far as we've come, race still does matter. If it didnt matter at all, ares wouldnt only have typically one race like they do now. So as i was saying, in society now, people still look at the color of your skin. Some parents would be furious if their daughter married a black guy. I even act differently when im around white people than around black people. Kids talk about it all the time (joking). So racism will never go away. I mean, thats probably why we have a black president. Even if we dont hate each other, there will still be that thought in your head about what they think of your race. There will also always be steriotypes that'll make people judge you. Therefore, my answer is not really.

Seattle

So this essay is basically about how the "plae faces" took over the land over the land previously owned by the native Americans. I honestly agree with everything he is saying about it. The white men did not love the land as much as the native americans. They actually thought it belonged to everyone. But they still loved the land and did not want anyone to harm it. It did give them food and stuff. So who wouldnt love something that feeds you? So in that case, i think they actually deserve the land more than the white men because they loved it and cherished it more. While the white men didnt really take much care of it at all. He also talks about how they were basically minding their business and palefaced people just show up and take it. Not cool. But for some reason they are just like ok and go over to their reservations. Thats one of the things that i do not agree with on the part of the native americans. If they had fought for what they wanted, they may have gotten more of their land. What the white men did was basically like me stealing someones phone, in front of them, and then selling it back to them. So the Native Americans should not have let them do that to them and their land. I think they should have at least went down with a bigger fight.