Heart Of Darkness Dialectical Journal

“The simple old sailor, with his talk of chains and purchases, made me forget the jungle and the pilgrims in a delicious sensation of having come upon something unmistakably real”(Conrad, P.34). The content of the book is tangible and real by providing concrete information focused on seamanship. The real concreteness contrasts with the ineffable feelings Marlow experiences. “Do you see the story? Do you see anything?

SCP 049 is sitting with his back against the wall, having difficulty reading since his containment chamber is too dim to see the words on the book. He sighs and sets the book down on the ground. He gazes outside his cell window and observes the male scientist sitting in a chair next to a desk working. Maybe if I get his attention we can have an intelligent conversation thought SCP 049.

Unlike many writers of the time documenting the events of the Northwest encounters with hostile natives are not livened up with extraordinary details in order to portray the White man beating back the savages of the are in order to establish civilization. Knowing the dangers they faced during their time working for the Pacific Company, Ross seemed to understand the idea that this was the Natives land and by commencing excursions inland they faced their fair share of danger. During a particularly dangerous moment in which Ross’ party of seven made an excursion to the North they came face to face with a hostile group of Native. When describing the event Ross does not use over-exhausting descriptions of the insurmountable odds and dangers the party faced in order to make himself and his colleagues look brave in the face of danger. Instead, he describes their retreat, “their forces were collecting fast; every moment's delay increased our danger; and, fearful of being surrounded, we were deliberating on a hasty retreat, when, fortunately, a friendly Indian happened to arrive, by means of whom we got into conversation with the others; and the result was, that they explained and cleared up the matter to our utmost

strides to quiet the ground under his feet. Fortunately, the leaves were damp from days of rain, lessening the crinkling and crunching of his footsteps. No sooner than Joth got to within fifty-feet of the watchtower, Leutgard, Tolki and the Roman legionary riders appeared to be leaving their meeting place together. As Joth slowed, Arminius caught up and nearly tackling him. “What in the name of the North Gods are you doing?”

Khanya Ramey Sye English 2 9 September 14 SSR Journal #1 Brave New World In this book the author uses many different characters with different personalities. Some main characters in the book is John, he is the son of linda. John doesn’t really know anything about the world and doesn’t really fit in. In the seventh chapter it says ““Why wouldn’t they let me be the sacrifice?

“I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked.” (Wiesel 39) In chapter 3 it’s discussing how what happened and what has changed as Elie and his father had been going through the process of selection.

Theme 1.1: Envy. In Knowles’s coming of age book, “A Separate Peace”, there are lots of mishaps that happen and the beginning of these mishaps is when one of his main characters, Gene, starts thinking malicious things about Phineas, his friend. It started out as a small inkling of envy, suddenly later on in the book, it turned into something that resembled a fractious disaster. As the chapters progress, Gene shows the readers his way of thinking towards Phineas, by describing his “unexpected excitement” (27) when Phineas was about to receive a scolding from Mr. Patch-Wither, the substitute headmaster of Devon during the summer session. Surprisingly, when Phineas (aka Finny) further explained why he wore the school tie as a belt,

He portrays the natives as the people who were in need of help and the white could potentially be

The speaker regretfully remarks that the Wampanoag “should have gutted the Puritan freaks or let them starve” (2). The speaker does, however say that the Native Americans were unable to predict that the coming of the white men would result in their demise. Similar to Shine, Perishing Republic the ignorance of the Wampanoag is met with a description of the inevitability of their impending doom. The speaker says that even if the Native Americans fought and resisted the Puritan settlers the British were sending an unstoppable fleet to colonize their

I wasn't shocked to know that Rasheed, a sixty or more years old man, with white hair and sagging skin, wants to marry another woman. The fact that shocked me is that that woman is Laila, the fourteen year old young lady. Rasheed isn't seeing anything wrong with this and claims that he is actually doing Laila a favor. This quote deals with the part of the book where Laila has had sex with Tariq, and tries to feel guilty about it, but can not control the thought that she is happy to have it.

Grade 7 ELA Dialectical Journal Name: Gloria Parra-Diaz The Outsiders Chapters: _______________ Directions: Complete this reader response log while reading The Outsiders (both in class and while you read independently). This format will guide you through the reading & thinking process to help develop your ideas and express them on paper so that you can better participate in the discussion board with your team. Big Idea: Societal structure has the power to promote or limit freedom, choice, and desire.

“Nervous?” “Very,” Adam replies honestly. “Will I be alright on my own?” Adam asks.

Fahrenheit 451 Rough Draft “People want to be happy…[if] people don’t like [it]...burn it… burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.” (pg 63). In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury conveys the struggle for, Guy Montag as he chooses to go with or against society. Guy Montag a common firemen who routinely went to work.

Quotation: “Last night I thought about all that kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper.

Fahrenheit Book Burner In the book Fahrenheit 451 firemen burn houses instead of putting fires out ,and the author Rad Bradbury includes how technology is “Taking over the Economy”. Firemen are the policemen of the future world ,and some humans have made mistakes by hiding books. The author reveals throughout the novel how montag goes through transformation and how he changes.