Reflective Essay


Before i start my reflective essay I will like to say that I have never have a blogger before but using it had change my behavior  a lot. first of all  I feel very comfortable to write out and not keep it in.it like just putting my ideas and opinion out there for people to see and also respond to. the blogger page has also made me improve my writing by helping me with my grammar and  my run on sentience,so when I'm writing i try not to redound because it like a run on sentience. I use to be shy because English is like my second language so when i write  a lot of mistake come out,and i thought to my self if other people read it they might make fun of me but blogger change that because I have notice that they  are actually helping me improve in my writing skills.

The last topic that I blog about is the book  of mice and men. The class were told to chose what do they think the character are vs. I chose character vs fate because in the story their were to guys who is on this journey of getting them their dream house but the trouble one of them put them in they never got there. i believe it was there fate not to get the house together.

1) Two ways my writing has improved is to me responding to quotes and people essay they have written.When I'm responding I am very specific so they can know what I think they should change or what I like and that help me with my writing because then I'm also specific so the reader could know what I'm saying.My writing has also improve to me when I'm doing the free post because then my mind opens up and I can write about anything I want and enjoy reading.

Doing the free post i have a little strategy of writing what I want but also keeping it in a way like I'm responding to a post, for example i go on the Internet get a quote  I really enjoy reading or a quote that really surprised me and I just respond to it.

Another strategy that i use is i write a story and when it getting to a interesting or very dramatic part i just end it by saying to be continue then on the next free post blog i continue from the same story and i wont have to sit there thinking about what to write.
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John Steinbeck novel “Mice and Men” tells a story of two friends, Lennie Small and George Melton.Living during the time of the great depression both guys are dreaming about a house hey want which is making them work really hard to get it. But there is some problem when they were in weed looking for money Lennie Small created a problem and they had to move on.Now they have ran away to the Salinas Valley trying to work and see if they will ever live that dream.
      The central conflict in “ of mice and men” is character vs. fate because it s Lennie and George dream to get a house but it their fate not to get it because of the troubles Lennie creates.

Ways i might not have improve is not going to the maximum amount of words  we need for the blog post.I also may not be improve in my response because every time I'm writing i don't have that much to say .
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A: IS FOR THE ANGEL THAT I AM, FOR THE ARGUMENT THAT I HAVE AVOID, AND FOR THE MY BIRTH SIGH AQUARIUS.

D: IS FOR BEING A WONDERFUL DANCER, FOR BEING IN THE DANGEROUS BABE GROUP, AND FOR BEING SO DAMN GOOD.


R: IS FOR NOT BEING A RUDE PERSON,AND  FOR BEING REALLY SMART.

2) one of the quote i really enjoyed reading was Karen quote that said love is a eight letter words that means it bullshit. She mostly talked about how she used to believe in love but then a boy did something to her and she thought it was bullshit. i also enjoyed responding to that quote because i had a lot to say, it was like i have experience it before so that was good to have been in her shoes but not on the same side with her.

One of the other quote that i also enjoyed reading is Rokhsor “she said she hated thieves, and people who put their mouth in other people problem”. I agree with Rohksor on this in this situation because i had experience it before and i know exactly what i wanted to say on my response once I read the title.

3) The way that audience feedback helped me grow in writing is that they tell my mistakes I make  and i go back to fix it. they also help me on their feedback by giving me another idea on what to write.For example i can response to their post by telling my opinion which is also like the homework for the week.

The audience feedback also help me because then i know what my other classmate think of my paper/blog post and i can listen to their comment and change it around.
when I'm writing my blog i picture myself as an audience so that really help me because i reread my blog and go over it and telling my self to make it the way i will like other people to see it.

when my audience response to my blog it make me picture what they might have on their blog which make me feel like they are really helping like the way they are helping their self.

Some of the response i read on my blog is like people who agree with me which get me really excited to write more about the topic or to bring a new topic that i had in my mind up.

Blog post response also help me in class when we are doing the quick write for me to not be stuck because the time Mr Sutherland give us to prepare i think about what will i write that will make my classmate want to response or in some way have a connection with,by the time the time is up i have a lot flowing through my mind.

blogging was very fun and interesting when reading other people blog.for next quarter i will love us to do a debate about one of this topic...1) should schools wear uniform yes or no, i chose that as one of the topic because some student in ASTI has not been fallowing the dress code so maybe starting this out we might get some wonderful ideas Mr. Fong might want to fallow.2) i will like us to do this topic because when i use to go to college preparatory school summer program we did this topic and it was interesting but we never really got to finish it so i thought it will be good to hear what some other different student will say. it is “should the federal government have over-site on local police.

The fate of Lennie and George.

  John Steinbeck novel “Mice and Men” tells a story of two friends, Lennie Small and George Melton.Living during the time of the great depression both guys are dreaming about a house hey want which is making them work really hard to get it. But there is some problem when they were in weed looking for money Lennie Small created a problem and they had to move on.Now they have ran away to the Salinas Valley trying to work and see if they will ever live that dream.

       The central conflict in “ of mice and men” is character vs. fate because it s Lennie and George dream to get a house but it their fate not to get it because of the troubles Lennie creates.

“Course he ain't mean, But  he got in trouble alla time because he is so god damn dumb.” (41)

This quote took place when George was talking to slim about the incident that happen when him and Lennie was in weed. they went to a party where Lennie saw a girl with a red dress and he wanted to touch so he did and girl started to scream.

    I chose this quote because it gave a good reason why Lennie is in the way of George and him getting the dream house.  For example when Lennie and George were in Weed they were working and everything was going fine till one night when they went to a little party/ get together Lennie saw a girl in a red dress that he wanted to touch. he went up to the girl and touch her dress she was surprise and out of that result she started to scream, Lennie had a problem that when something unexpected happen he just get scared and hold on tight. When the girl were screaming he was scared so he held on to her dress and would not let go. George were the one who had to go and hit him on the fence before he let go. the girl were made that she went and told the police he was trying to rape her so George and Lennie had to leave weed. That was the first step of them not getting the dream housing they been wanting because of the trouble Lennie created.  

“Make ‘um let me alone, George ”I said get him.”leggo of him, Lennie. let go.”(63)

 What happening in this quote is that Lennie and Curly were getting in a argument/fight. Curly walked into a room where Lennie was and started a stupid fight with Lennie because he was big and curly did not like big people. Lennie is a retarded guy who don't really do things fro himself he only listen to George. when curly were hitting him in the face he asking George to make him stop.

This quote is from when Lennie and Curly got in a fight. I chose this quote because it gives more reasons to why Lennie trouble he creates bring them down every time they are getting to there dream house. Lennie and curly got in a fight and curly is the son of the boss, so if curly really did not  wanted Lennie around him  he would take him away. Lennie always getting in trouble is also like a fate because when George and him went to the Salinas Valley  to look for a job and curly saw them both, he never try to pick on George but Lennie so i feel like there is something people see in his appearance that they want him to do something wrong.

“i guess Lennie done it, all right ,” “Her neck bust .Lennie coulda did that.”

This quote is from when Lennie kill curly wife and he ran off back to the bush where George told him to go hide anytime he make a trouble.George is talking to slim and they were standing over curly dead wife and George was saying to himself that he believe that Lennie could of done it because he troublesome.

   

this quot came from the ending of the story when Lennie accidentally snap curly wife neck . this is another example of trouble that Lennie create to get in the way of the dream house George and him wanted. killing curly is going to make him loose his job and also get kill or getting locked up. they ether have to run away again like they did in weed, by also running away from their dream house or Lennie get killed. when ether of that happen they wont have a job to buy the house and George will not have Lennie who will do all the work for them to get pay so is their fate not to not have the dream house they have been wanting.

As we have seen of “mice and man” is the story of struggle with fate. What you may have fate in might not always come to past like in the story Lennie and George never got the dream house.

        

                                                                                                                                                                                    

MY NAME

A: IS FOR THE ANGEL THAT I AM, FOR THE ARGUMENT THAT I HAVE AVOID, AND FOR THE MY BIRTH SIGH AQUARIUS.

D: IS FOR BEING A WONDERFUL DANCER, FOR BEING IN THE DANGEROUS BABE GROUP, AND FOR BEING SO DAMN GOOD.

R: IS FOR NOT BEING A RUDE PERSON,AND  FOR BEING REALLY SMART.

A: IS FOR THAT IM AM FROM AFRICA.

L: IS FOR NOT LIEING WHEN I DO SOMETHING WRONG.

Y: IS FOR BEING THE YOUNG GIRL THAT I AM.

N: IS FOR NOT KNOWING WHY I CHOSE TO COME TO ASTI SCHOOL BUT IM STILL HERE.

WHY ME

 

Innocent People do not have to lie, hide or be silent, because there is nothing for us to be ashamed about. We leave that for the Guilty People to encounter every day of their life.”

 

 

THIS IS A QUOTE I SAW ON THE INTERNET AND IT HAS INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS POEM.

STANDING IN THE BATHROOM WITH MY EYES ALL RED AND PUFFY LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND ASKING WHY ME. WHY DID I HAVE TO BE THE ONE HE CHOSE TO SEDUCE. WHY DID I HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT DON'T GET SLEEP ALL NIGHT BECAUSE IM UP TRYING TO PROTECT MY SELF.WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE ONE WHO PUT THINGS TO THE DOOR TO MAKE SURE IT LOCK. WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE ONE WHO GO IN THE BATHROOM EVERY NIGHT CRYING AND PRAYING HE DON'T COME IN MY ROOM TONIGHT. WHEN HE TOUCH ME ON MY LEG I FEEL LIKE GETTING A KNIFE TO STAB HIM SLOWLY IN A PAINFUL DEATH.WANTING TO TELL SOMEONE BUT AFRAID THAT NO ONE WILL BELIEVE ME. TAKING MY PAIN IN THE NIGHT AND SMILING IN THE MORNING. KNOWING THAT I HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF MORE SO HE DON'T TAKE TO FAR.  PLAINGING IN THE NIGHT HOW I WILL SCREAM FOR HELP WHEN HE COMES.SO SMALL SO CONFUSED NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO BUT CAN STILL FEEL THE PAIN BREAKING ME APART SLOWLY THAT WHY I STAND HERE IN THIS BATHROOM WITH TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND UP TO GOD AND ASKING WHY ME.