Thursday, February 28, 2008

Chapter summarize

The Drunken Girl ------>In this chapter Bigger and Mary went back to Mrs. Dalton house-Mary’s house. Mary was so drunk that she almost passed out. Mary and Bigger started making out in Mary’s room on the bed and Bigger started to here so one coming into the room. Automatically he was scared. He covered her face with a pillow. Mary mom was coming closer and the closer she came the harder he pressed the pillow against her face cutting off her breathing supply feeling her lungs with fabric from the pillow. Mrs. Dalton called out to Mary asking her what’s wrong and her mother knew she was drunk. Mrs. Dalton then touched her foot and knelt down on her knee and prayed for her. Bigger in a state of shock realized that the girl was not moving and breathing. He was so scared.He had to think fast! So he seen the trunk he stuffed in the trunk and dragged her down to the basement. There he seen the furnace and begun to stick her body into...but her head could not fit in it...did that stop Bigger..?...No. He seen some newspaper and he pulled out his knife a bun to cut at her neck..but once he got to the bone it became extremely difficult, and seen an ax he he chopped her head off. Got rid of all the evidence..went home a went soundly to sleep.....

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Chapter Summarize

Chapter Summarize


In this chapter, it talks about how Bigger get a job. Bigger walked through where the white people live. He went to Mr. Dalton’s house. Bigger felt uncomfortable sitting in a white house, because he thought people was looking and laughing at him. Bigger drive for the Dalton’s family. He met Mary, the daughter of the Daltons. Bigger driving Mary and met Jan. Mary and Jan want to be Bigger’s friends.



Analysis

In this chapter, it basically talks about Bigger got a job. He drives for the Dalton’s family. He felt uncomfortable like talking, doing things in front of the white people. He felt uncomfortable walking through the white neighborhood. Mary the daughter of the Dalton’s, and her friend, Jan, wants to make friend with Bigger. Because they want to work among the black people, they thought that’s where people are needed.

Friday, February 1, 2008

SAT vocabulary 2

Afflict

Definition: To distress with mental or bodily pain
Antonym: Comfort
Sentence: The poor old man was afflicted with diabetes.






If journalism's job is to afflict the comfortable, then why is disability media so focused on comforting the afflicted?

SAT vocabulary 1



Anguish
1. Definition: excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
2. Synonym: agony
3. Sentence: The quarrel caused her great anguish.