Summary: Gregor Samsa- the main character-wakes up one day and he finds out he has transformed into the biggest insect- a beetle. He began to wish it was a dream. It's raining outside and so he tries to go back to sleep and forget everything. He can't even roll on his right side to sleep- he feels uncomfortable. He realizes that he is going to be late to work. The train usually left at 5, but his alarm clock said 6:30- his boss was going to flip. He was only working there as a traveling salesman for his parents. He hadn't heard his loud, loud alarm clock, which to him was weird. He decides to catch the 7:00 train. He thought this would all gradually fade away. He began to believe the change in voice was a sign of a bad cold. He couldn't do nothing, because he had no hands or arms, just insect legs. He began to notice it was better to think things calmly, than to act right away. He was still struggling to get out of bed and it was 7:00. Gregor never ended up getting on the train, so the manager soon came by his house to see exactly why he did not arrive at work. His door was locked and his father, mother, and manager were trying to get to him. His mother was very worried and so was his sister who even started crying. Gregor tried to talk to them , but they couldn't understand him -because he was a beetle. His mother thought he was getting sick.
Soon as Gregor finally got the door unlocked, he crawled out of his bedroom and out to where he saw them. As they saw him they froze. Then the manager started moving backwards toward the door, really frightened. Gregor tried to explain things to him and tell him to tell his boss he would be right to work, but it seemed he became more scared and ran out. It was to late to catch him. Then his mother kept screaming, backing up and fainting the whole time. His father got a cane and began to push Gregor back into his room forcefully. Everything became quiet.
Quote: "Gregor had to handle the situation himself" (Kafka 17).
Reaction:This was when Gregor was chasing the manager. Gregor was forgetting that he was a beetle, who no one could understand, and was very slow. He could not handle the situation himself.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
A History of American Ice Cream (pg. 51-84)
Summary: Next, wholesalers now began to emerge and the industry grew. They produced large quantities of ice cream. New flavors of ice cream came about and children ran after street sellers to get their ice cream. Milkshakes, sundaes and more were sold. Jacob Fussell, a master in wholesaling, taught it to many other people after the civil war. Most sold it with a low butterfat content than in original recipes and so the ice cream was much fluffier, which some customers complained that it felt like they were eating air. The most popular flavor was vanilla, but ice cream was also made with different delicious fruits that gave it taste. Jefferson loved vanilla and it was sold at pleasure gardens. However, all of this did not advance technology for ice cream greatly. Wholesalers encouraged inventors to develop new products. 2 major developments were the centrifugal cream separator, which stopped the need to setting milk aside for 12 to 24 hours, and the centrifugal butterfat tester. Molds became a fashionable thing- people made many designs. Isaac Newton had a famous ice cream parlor. Children's favorite thing was ice cream. Good Humor was a famous ice cream truck. Dairy Queen was famous for their ice cream. Ben and Jerry's homemade was also famous and their first shop was in Vermont.
Quote: "vanilla was the top-selling flavor by an overwhelming margin"(Funderburg 59).
Reaction: I love vanilla ice cream, but i love the chocolate flavor even more.
Quote: "vanilla was the top-selling flavor by an overwhelming margin"(Funderburg 59).
Reaction: I love vanilla ice cream, but i love the chocolate flavor even more.
A History of American Ice Cream (pg. 8-50)
Summary: Ice cream was a big aspect of life back then. People wanted to make profits off of ice cream. One big thing was the pleasure gardens, which united the whole family to spend time with each other. This was a place that women were now welcomed in with the whole family, not just men. There was entertainment and ice cream, as well as other deserts, were served. There was competition between ice cream sellers and people had to decide which ice cream was best. The presidents had parties at the White house and there was ice cream, cake, punch, almonds, fruits, and many other's served. President Jackson had a ceremony and deserts were served, which finished quickly. Fistfights broke out because people wanted to get to president Jackson.
The pot freezer method was used to make ice cream in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this, the cook had to stop turning the freezer and scrape the frozen ice off the inner wall. A new method later came out called the Hand-Cranked Freezer - which scraped the ice off the wall for you. It was more efficient and made better tasting ice cream. The growth of the natural ice industry helped to get ice cream to much more people. Ice harvesting required a lot of man and horse power. Bad weather in 1895 brought a famine to ice harvesters and prices raised. As technology for artificial ice advanced, more plants were made and soon ice harvesting was forgotten. Ice cream was made as delicious as possible.
Quote:"many foods that are now known to be very nutritious were avoided. Eating fruit was blamed for more than one cholera outbreak..."(Funderburg 27).
Reaction: I did not know that eating fruit was considered bad back then, because it is the last thing that i would think is unhealthy. Now it is considered vital to life. Maybe it was something else causing the cholera.
The pot freezer method was used to make ice cream in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this, the cook had to stop turning the freezer and scrape the frozen ice off the inner wall. A new method later came out called the Hand-Cranked Freezer - which scraped the ice off the wall for you. It was more efficient and made better tasting ice cream. The growth of the natural ice industry helped to get ice cream to much more people. Ice harvesting required a lot of man and horse power. Bad weather in 1895 brought a famine to ice harvesters and prices raised. As technology for artificial ice advanced, more plants were made and soon ice harvesting was forgotten. Ice cream was made as delicious as possible.
Quote:"many foods that are now known to be very nutritious were avoided. Eating fruit was blamed for more than one cholera outbreak..."(Funderburg 27).
Reaction: I did not know that eating fruit was considered bad back then, because it is the last thing that i would think is unhealthy. Now it is considered vital to life. Maybe it was something else causing the cholera.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla by Anne Cooper Funderburg (pgs 1-8)
Summary: Ice Cream is a very delicious frozen desert that originated from Europe, but over the years as America began making it, they produced many flavors that no one had ever tasted. As it was in Europe, in America the only people that got their hands on ice cream was the rich and not even all the rich had it. It was very rare, but those who ate it, loved it. Soon, though, even more people began eating ice cream. The poor bought cheap and unsanitary ice cream while the rich bought better ice cream. Even during the World Wars, ice cream was available to the soldiers- they craved it.
It is unknown when the first spoonful of ice craem in America happened, but a guy named William Black wrote a journal in 1744 describing a meal he ate that included delicious ice cream. Ice cream was made by the pot freezer method. People stored ice and saved it for the summer. When they came to eat it men broke it into small pieces. Not all ice cream was made at home, people could buy it in the larger cities. There were many people who sold ice cream and they advertized it. At special events with President Washington and his wife, they served ice cream as desert and they once spent about 200 dollars on ice cream for their guests. They had many supplies for ice cream.
Quote: "The temperance movement proved to be a blessing for...ice cream parlors..."(Funderburg 1).
Reaction: When drinking alcohol with abuse was prohibited, it helped out the ice cream sellers because more people began buying ice cream in replace of a drink. I never knew that their next choice was ice cream. That is kind of interesting.
It is unknown when the first spoonful of ice craem in America happened, but a guy named William Black wrote a journal in 1744 describing a meal he ate that included delicious ice cream. Ice cream was made by the pot freezer method. People stored ice and saved it for the summer. When they came to eat it men broke it into small pieces. Not all ice cream was made at home, people could buy it in the larger cities. There were many people who sold ice cream and they advertized it. At special events with President Washington and his wife, they served ice cream as desert and they once spent about 200 dollars on ice cream for their guests. They had many supplies for ice cream.
Quote: "The temperance movement proved to be a blessing for...ice cream parlors..."(Funderburg 1).
Reaction: When drinking alcohol with abuse was prohibited, it helped out the ice cream sellers because more people began buying ice cream in replace of a drink. I never knew that their next choice was ice cream. That is kind of interesting.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Reaction to review of film
Scott says, "it is a movie that is very nearly perfect without being especially good" (Scott).
I agree with Scott on this one because it was a pretty good movie, but it is not completely perfect. It's not like its the best movie ever made. It could have been made a little better. For example, during the scene where Sophie breaks up with Victor because she feels that its just not working out- they are hardly with eachother- there could have been a little more emotion with her and Victor. It's not that, that part was not good, it's just that it could have been better.
Scott explains, "Look at how pretty Italy is!...Doesn’t that old lady look sad? A wedding, how nice!" (Scott).
I also agree with this quote. The movie did a very good job at showing how beautiful Italy is. I loved it and it makes you want to go to Italy. They did good emotions in the movie, too, like looking sad? The fact that they added a wedding into the movie made it even more romantic and it showed what that movie was all about.
Scott says, "Which makes her...a little more interesting than the movie she’s in" (Scott).
I disagree. Here he is talking about Sophie, how she is more interesting than the actual movie she is in. I think that Sophie is interesting, but i liked the movie and i was not focused on her in the movie, but on everything.
I agree with Scott on this one because it was a pretty good movie, but it is not completely perfect. It's not like its the best movie ever made. It could have been made a little better. For example, during the scene where Sophie breaks up with Victor because she feels that its just not working out- they are hardly with eachother- there could have been a little more emotion with her and Victor. It's not that, that part was not good, it's just that it could have been better.
Scott explains, "Look at how pretty Italy is!...Doesn’t that old lady look sad? A wedding, how nice!" (Scott).
I also agree with this quote. The movie did a very good job at showing how beautiful Italy is. I loved it and it makes you want to go to Italy. They did good emotions in the movie, too, like looking sad? The fact that they added a wedding into the movie made it even more romantic and it showed what that movie was all about.
Scott says, "Which makes her...a little more interesting than the movie she’s in" (Scott).
I disagree. Here he is talking about Sophie, how she is more interesting than the actual movie she is in. I think that Sophie is interesting, but i liked the movie and i was not focused on her in the movie, but on everything.
Scott, A. O. "In Pursuit of a Long-Distance Romance, Abandoned Long Ago". The New York Times. 14 May 2010. 1 Mar. 2011. <http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/movies/14letters.html>.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Reaction to Letters to Juliet
I liked Letters to Juliet. It was a very romantic movie, especially since Verona, Italy is the city of love. Claire, finding her long lost love, Lorenzo, even at an old age, shows how romantic it is. I loved the scene where Claire finally meets her Lorenzo, 50 years later and the expression on her face during a close-up, brings out the important part of the movie. Claire can't believe her eyes and she is deeply happy.
This all started when Claire met Sophie for the first time after she got her letter answered. In that scene there is an over the shoulder shot that you can just see how happy she is to find the person who answered her letter after all these years. In the film you can see the emotions of the characters so good that you feel and understand whats going on. There was also an establishing shot of a big part of Verona, right before Sophie walks around the city. It was beautiful. It was also romantic how in the end Sophie and Charlie ended up together and Charlie climbed to the balcony to reach Sophie.
This all started when Claire met Sophie for the first time after she got her letter answered. In that scene there is an over the shoulder shot that you can just see how happy she is to find the person who answered her letter after all these years. In the film you can see the emotions of the characters so good that you feel and understand whats going on. There was also an establishing shot of a big part of Verona, right before Sophie walks around the city. It was beautiful. It was also romantic how in the end Sophie and Charlie ended up together and Charlie climbed to the balcony to reach Sophie.
The Juliet Club (pgs.101-157).
Summary: Lucy and Kate are walking around the garden, exploring. Meanwhile, Giacomo is at church with his grandmother, whom he grew up with. He has been going too that same church for many years. One of the saints at church tell him he has to find true love.
The day of the seminar comes and Kate is the first to arrive. Soon everyone arrives and class begins. Professoressa Marchese tells them how throughout the whole seminar, instead of writing essays and doing other things like that, they are going to act out the play. They would also be answering love letters written to Juliet because now they are members of the Juliet Club. The first letter is read to the whole class. A girl named Jill dates a boy named James, who also dates another girl- Alice. She says that James doesn't like Alice no more, but is scared of what Alice might do if he breaks up with her. After the letter is read, the class goes back and forth on what they think. Kate and Giacomo have the biggest disagreement ever. Sylvia and Benno later, decide to play a joke on them. They wanted them to think that they liked eachother, but Kate overhears the plan and tells Giacomo. They decide to play like they don't know nothing and make up their own plan.
Qoute:" 'It's completely ridiculous!' she was saying. 'As if I would ever be attracted to you!' "(Harper 153).
Reaction: This is what Kate was saying to Giacomo. She knows that she likes him. She just can't admit it.
The day of the seminar comes and Kate is the first to arrive. Soon everyone arrives and class begins. Professoressa Marchese tells them how throughout the whole seminar, instead of writing essays and doing other things like that, they are going to act out the play. They would also be answering love letters written to Juliet because now they are members of the Juliet Club. The first letter is read to the whole class. A girl named Jill dates a boy named James, who also dates another girl- Alice. She says that James doesn't like Alice no more, but is scared of what Alice might do if he breaks up with her. After the letter is read, the class goes back and forth on what they think. Kate and Giacomo have the biggest disagreement ever. Sylvia and Benno later, decide to play a joke on them. They wanted them to think that they liked eachother, but Kate overhears the plan and tells Giacomo. They decide to play like they don't know nothing and make up their own plan.
Qoute:" 'It's completely ridiculous!' she was saying. 'As if I would ever be attracted to you!' "(Harper 153).
Reaction: This is what Kate was saying to Giacomo. She knows that she likes him. She just can't admit it.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Juliet Club (pgs.71-100).
Summary: Sarah and Annie finally received an email from Kate. She told them about Tom, their other friend, Giacomo, and more. Unfortunately, Sarah and Annie, thought the email was uninformative, incomplete and it had details that they weren't even interested in. It didn't help their bet at all. Kate, Tom, Lucy, and Kate's father, all went to a reception party. At that party was Kate's dad's worst enemy of all time- Professoressa Marchese, who would also be the professor of the seminar. Her dad said that everything he did, Marchese would try and do it better and it led to her being famous. He said it’s like she follows what he does.
Silvia, the mayor's daughter, is also there and the mayor is too. They got into an argument because Silvia showed up at the party wearing an inappropriate dress that showed her stomach. She also had a tattoo on her stomach. Later, Silvia noticed Kate, Lucy and Tom and greeted them, kind of rudly. While they were talking, Giacomo walks into the ballroom, making an entrance and greets them. Kate’s father joins in too. Soon, they all meet Professoressa Marchese, where she and Kate’s dad make comments at each other. Kate’s dad introduces Kate to her and Marchese introduces her son to them, which is Giacomo!
Quote:"...this alien who said everything with a sneer and eyed him disdainfully and made him feel like the oldest, most ridiculous man on earth"(Harper 82).
Reaction: Silvia used to be daddy's little girl, but now she turned into an "alien" with an attitude all the time. Now she disrespects her father and that is not right. It is rude because she has no right to speak like that to him.
Silvia, the mayor's daughter, is also there and the mayor is too. They got into an argument because Silvia showed up at the party wearing an inappropriate dress that showed her stomach. She also had a tattoo on her stomach. Later, Silvia noticed Kate, Lucy and Tom and greeted them, kind of rudly. While they were talking, Giacomo walks into the ballroom, making an entrance and greets them. Kate’s father joins in too. Soon, they all meet Professoressa Marchese, where she and Kate’s dad make comments at each other. Kate’s dad introduces Kate to her and Marchese introduces her son to them, which is Giacomo!
Quote:"...this alien who said everything with a sneer and eyed him disdainfully and made him feel like the oldest, most ridiculous man on earth"(Harper 82).
Reaction: Silvia used to be daddy's little girl, but now she turned into an "alien" with an attitude all the time. Now she disrespects her father and that is not right. It is rude because she has no right to speak like that to him.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper (pgs. 1-70)
Summary:Kate, the main character, has two best friends-Sarah and Annie. They have all grown up together and are now in the 11th grade. One thing her friends talk a lot about is Love and Kate finds it kind of annoying after what Jerome, her ex-boyfirend did to her. After the break-up, Kate is very serious for days and there is no smile shown on her face. Kate does like Shakespeare, though and other english topics. She got that from her father who is a very passionate lover,but her mother is a serious person who sees no point in having Valentines Day. Her mother deals with the law subjects and conferences for her job. Her parents are divorced though.
Jerome and Kate met in Chemistry class, where they fell in love and found out that they had the same interests. Kate thought they had fun together despite the fact that Sarah and Annie thought the relationship was boring and that Kate needed to find someone a little more fun. As time passed they went to school dances together and Jerome asked her to the prom. One day, though, Jerome called Kate on the phone to tell her he wanted to break-up, he would like her to give back the ruby ring he gave to her, and that he was taking Ashley Lawson to the prom instead. Kate decided to retire from love. Soon she got over him and found out from her father she won a writing competition. So now she got invited to go to Verona, Italy to attend some seminars on Shakespeare for a month. Her father went with her. Sarah and Annie told Kate that now she could finally fall in love and that she was going to for certain. Kate assured them that she wasn't going to fall in love. Sarah is certain that she will, but Annie now says that she won't. They bet on it.
Kate gets to Italy and she immediately makes a friend, Lucy. They decide to go to see the House of Juliet-the balcony and more. There they see students and tourists from all around the world. Kate looks around and her eyes meet with a boys'. She feels as if the boy tries to get attention, but yet she keeps turning around to look at him. She is still certain she wont fall in love. Lucy has spoken with him a lot, but she hardley talks to him. His name is Giacomo and their eyes keep meeting.
Quote:"But as they crossed the courtyard, Kate couldn't resist looking back over her shoulder"(Harper 70).
Reaction:Kate just keeps looking back at Giacomo. I think that she likes him, but she can't admit it to herself.
Jerome and Kate met in Chemistry class, where they fell in love and found out that they had the same interests. Kate thought they had fun together despite the fact that Sarah and Annie thought the relationship was boring and that Kate needed to find someone a little more fun. As time passed they went to school dances together and Jerome asked her to the prom. One day, though, Jerome called Kate on the phone to tell her he wanted to break-up, he would like her to give back the ruby ring he gave to her, and that he was taking Ashley Lawson to the prom instead. Kate decided to retire from love. Soon she got over him and found out from her father she won a writing competition. So now she got invited to go to Verona, Italy to attend some seminars on Shakespeare for a month. Her father went with her. Sarah and Annie told Kate that now she could finally fall in love and that she was going to for certain. Kate assured them that she wasn't going to fall in love. Sarah is certain that she will, but Annie now says that she won't. They bet on it.
Kate gets to Italy and she immediately makes a friend, Lucy. They decide to go to see the House of Juliet-the balcony and more. There they see students and tourists from all around the world. Kate looks around and her eyes meet with a boys'. She feels as if the boy tries to get attention, but yet she keeps turning around to look at him. She is still certain she wont fall in love. Lucy has spoken with him a lot, but she hardley talks to him. His name is Giacomo and their eyes keep meeting.
Quote:"But as they crossed the courtyard, Kate couldn't resist looking back over her shoulder"(Harper 70).
Reaction:Kate just keeps looking back at Giacomo. I think that she likes him, but she can't admit it to herself.
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