This blog has three parts. Be sure to answer all parts.
Part I. Use a summer reading text of your choice and identify at least 2 truths that your text attempts to establish. (Truth is a perception of reality.)
Part II. Choose 5 of the 8 questions below and apply them to a summer reading text of your choice. Be sure to answer each question to the fullest extent and as completely as possible. You must cite textual evidence to support your response.
1. How does the work undermine or contradict generally accepted truths? (see part 1). How does the author (or a character) omit, change, or reconstruct memory and identity?
2. How does a work fulfill or move outside the established conventions of its genre?
3. How does the work deal with the separation (or lack thereof) between writer, work, and reader?
4. What ideology does the text seem to promote?
5. What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?
6. If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change?
7. Whose story is not told in the text?
8. Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale?
Part III: What do you look forward to most during this school year? You may decide to focus on student life or academics or both. I will say that it has been a pleasure getting to know each of you over the work you have been doing. I look forward to an exciting year of endless possibilities.
2019-2020 English I Honors 
1. Two truths that the text attempts to establish are that the Monkey’s Paw is harmful to the owner and that fate is set, and it shouldn’t be changed
2. 1. The work undermines some of these truths by using the Monkey’s paw to chance fate, which contradicts the truth that fate is set
4.One ideology the text promotes is the idea of fate, and that what happens to you is set and shouldn’t be messed with, in the text the Monkey’s Paw lets them change fate and it doesn’t go well for those who do.“The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.”
5. One thing left out of the text that might undermine the goal of the work is Herbert returning home ‘alive’. If he was instead let into the house it may have made Mr. White change his mind and contradict the truth that the Monkey’s paw is harmful to its owner.“It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake don’t let it in,”
6. If the point of view was changed, the feelings of characters would have been revealed, it may have justified Mrs.White’s decision to resurrect her son despite the risks of doing it. “WISH!” she cried in a strong voice. “It is foolish and wicked,” he said weakly. “WISH!” repeated his wife.
7. The story of Sergeant-Major Morris was not told. in the text it states, ““And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” The story of Sergeant-Major’s three wishes wasn’t told in the story, neither was his story of India or the first owner’s wishes, other than his death.
3. I look forward to most in high school is the useful electives I am able to take.
Aiden Palmer Blog 3
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I like the truths you picked because they go really well with the text and fit a lot of things that have happened throughout the story. Nice job!
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The truths you pick go exactly with the story
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The truths you picked go very well with Story.
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I like the truths you put for the part 1 very nice!
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Great job supporting your answers, and explaining your truths.
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I love the two truths you picked. They go along really well with the story and everything that’s happened can be tied into those two truths. Great work!
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I like the way that you linked your truths into the second part of the blog.
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great evidence it really went with your truths
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I really liked the two truths in part one.
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I like the truths you used
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I thought the two truths that you have chosen are excellent and go along with the stoy.
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I liked the truths you picked for part one they fit the story well.
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I love the way you explained the blog and gave great evidence.
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Part 1. Two truths that the text “The Monkey’s Paw” attempts to establish is that you cannot change something that has already been done and looks can be deceiving.
Part 2. Q1. The work undermines generally accepted truths by using the Monkey’s paw to change something that already happened which contradicts the truth that you cannot change something that has already been done.
Q4. One ideology the text promotes is looks can be deceiving. In the monkey’s paw, they didn’t really believe that the paw worked and that it was just a regular paw, but they later found out that the wishes did come true and the paw wasn’t a hoax. “If the tale about the monkey’s paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us,” said Herbert, as the door closed behind their guest, just in time to catch the last train, “we shan’t make much out of it.”
Q5. When Sergeant-Major Morris brought the paw if he would have told them exactly what the paw did and what he went through that they would have believed him and left the paw to burn in the fire like Sergeant Morris told them too. “Hold it up in your right hand and state your wish out loud so that you can be heard,” said the Sergeant-Major, “But I warn you of what might happen.” He didn’t say exactly what happened when you make a wish.
Q6. If the point of view was changed then the thoughts and feelings of each character would be further revealed. It would explain Mrs. White’s thoughts and feelings and why she wanted to wish her son back and it would explain why Mr. White was so terrified to use the paw and what his thoughts were at the time she was asking him to wish her son back. “No,” she cried excitedly; “We’ll have one more. Go down and get it quickly and wish our boy alive again.” The man sat up in bed and threw the blankets from his shaking legs. “Good God, you are mad!” he cried, struck with horror. “Get it,” she said, breathing quickly; “get it quickly, and wish – Oh my boy, my boy!” Her husband struck a match and lit the candle. “Get back to bed he said,” his voice shaking. “You don’t know what you are saying.”
Q7. The story of Sergeant Major Morris wasn’t told in the story. In the text it states, “And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth. “And has anybody else wished?” continued the old lady. “The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” That is all the sergeant says about him and the paw and how he got it. His full story isn’t told.
Part 3. What I look forward to the most in high school is the after school marching band rehearsals.
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good job I liked your point of view
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I like your evidence
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Good job on both your truths and you answers
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I really like your truths you seem to have fully comprehended the text.
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I liked the two truths you put for “The Monkey’s Paw” in part 1.
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I like both of your quotes
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I like the evidence you used to show that Sergeant Major Morris’s story wasn’t included and his full story isn’t told.
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You did a great job of explaining what you thought the two truths were
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i like how you did looks can be deceiving that was a different one great job explaining too!!!
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I liked the evidence you used for question 7 in part two.
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I liked the evidence you used to prove the sergeants story wasn’t talked about much.
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I loved the you explained the blog and used great evidence.
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Two truths the author attempted to establish in “The Monkey’s Paw” is that the paw itself is bad luck, and that magic is real.
(Q #1) The text contradicts the truth that magic is real because it shows the doubts that many people had when presented with the story of the paw. The text says, “ ‘Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This quote shows how the story contradicts the truth because, Sergeant-Major Morris is telling the Whites about how people believe that the Monkey’s Paw is just a scam.
(Q #4) The text promotes the idea that the Monkey’s Paw brings harm to the owner if they use it. The text says, “ ’I won’t.’ said his friend with stubborn determination. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.” This quote shows that the ideology of the paw is to bring harm because, Sergeant-Major Morris repeatedly tells the White family to get rid of the paw, that they would be stupid not too.
(Q #6) If we changed the point of view from the old man to the old woman, the story would change by what thoughts are displayed for the reader. Towards the end of the story, after the final knock on the door, the narrator tells how the old man uses the final wish to get rid of whatever was behind the door. If the point of view was based on the old woman’s, instead of expressing how the old man was frightened and anxious: the author could’ve shown the thought process of the woman.
(Q #7) Sergeant-Major Morris’s story is not told in the text. His experience with the Monkey’s Paw was barely talked about.
(Q #8) Sergeant-Major Morris is left out. He disappears very early on in the story, after giving the paw to the White’s. The author might’ve omitted his tale to leave suspense, since it is a ghost story after all. Leaving out his experience with the paw makes the reader wonder what was so awful that made Morris want to get rid of it.
I look forward to making new friends and starting the career pathways.
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very true we would never of known he used the last wish to wish the son away
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I like your point of view on the truths.
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I like your angle on the truths.
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I like how you explained the parts of the story that helped you answer the questions.
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Good job. You explained everything really well!
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Your explanations are very good!
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Loved your response to the first question very insightful responses to all answers.
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I like your perspective of the truths of the story.
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I like that you show there is magic just like the story. Great truth for the story!
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I like how you explained in depth on each question
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Blog 3
Part One: Two truths that “The Monkey’s Paw” attempted to establish are, bad ideas aren’t bad ideas if nobody warned you about them being dangerous like when Sergeant- Major Morris warned Mr.White about the monkey’s paw. And when a loved one dies there ain’t nothing to do to bring them back but to hope and accept that there in a better place now as did Mr.White while Mrs.White tried bringing back their dead son.
Part Two: One question I chose was: Whose story is not told in the text? My answer was that Sergeant-Major Morris story was not told because we never knew why Morris told Mr.White about the Monkey’s Paw if he knew that it would end up hurting Mr.White and his family. Morris also gave Mr.White the paw well knowing he would use. The text states,” ‘Nothing’ said the soldier quickly. ‘at least nothing worth hearing.’ ” His choice of words reflect that like said before that he wants the interest of Mr.White to cause harm to him and his family. Another question I chose was: If we changed the point of view of the text- how would the story change? The point of view would change the story massively by the way the imagery shapes a picture in our heads and how they express the way they are feeling and this would set the mood and tone of the entire story. Like if we had the story put into the point of view of Herbert there dead son which may have led to the fact that the last thing he saw was a machine falling and waking up in a pile up dirt and ends up wandering back home and them suddenly falls to the ground dead once again. Another question I chose was: What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work? What was left out that would have changed the path of the story would be what had happened to Sergeant-Major Morris to be so shaken up after using his three wishes The text states,“‘Better let it burn,’ said the soldier sadly, but in a way that let them know he believed it to be true.” He shows how he wants none else to use the paw so that they dont mess up their life like he has after using his wishes and them being granted. And if this was entered in the text there may have been a turn of events leading away from Herbert’s death and the economic difference. With this event there would be a more efficient warning if he told the White family what consequences were attached to his wishes. One of the last two questions I chose were: What ideology does the text seem to promote? My answer was the ideas the text tries to promote are that there is a cursed paw that wants you to try and change the fate you were destined to have and these actions had consiquinces and there beloved son dies and they receive the exact fortune that they had wished for they just had to give up something as equal in value. At the beginning of the story it states,” ’Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.’ – Anonymous” so it’s basically foreshadowing that there was a wish granted with a sacrifice given. My very last question is How does the work undermine or contradict generally accepted truths? How does the author (or a character) omit, change, or reconstruct memory and identity? The story uses cliffhangers to dig a hole so that the foundation of the story is set on an unstable ground so that when a small event occurs the whole climax rushes to the pages of the story spilling all the major events leading up to the tragedy of a loved one being lost.
Part Three: What I am looking forward to this upcoming school year would be getting used to a new environment and being around new and more people. I am also looking forward to my new classes with the new teachers as we learn more and more about our fellow students and teachers at our school.
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Good job explaining. You went into depth when answering. Good job!
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sergeant major-Morris was a great character to use for who story was not told
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Amazing job on explaining each answer
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Amazing explanation & Examples from the text.
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I like how you explained your answers. Good work!
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Great job going into depth when explaining in each answer!
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Remi Hutchison Blog 3
Part 1:Two truths that the monkeys paw attempts to show is that you cannot change what has happened and that the Monkeys paw is back luck for who owns it.
Part 2:
(Q4) one ideology that the text seemed to promote was that the Paw was magical. in the text of the Monkeys Paw, when the man was speaking about the paw
and the lady asked about the paw he responded that it was magic. In the text, “Monkey’s Paw?” said Mr.White curiously. “Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,” said the Sergeant-Major, without first stopping to think. this piece of text evidence supports the statement that they thought the paw was magical and had special ability’s.
(Q5) When the sergeant gave the paw to them, if he would have told them specifically what the paw would do do to him then they would have destroyed it like he told them to, in the text ““Better let it burn,” said the soldier sadly, but in a way that let them know he believed it to be true. “If you don’t want it Morris,” said the other, “give it to me.” “I won’t.” said his friend with stubborn determination. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.” this shows how if the sergeant told them what the paw was capable of that
they would have destroyed it.
(Q6)If the author changed the POV from the man and woman, the story would have changed by what thoughts have been displayed to the reader. if the POV was changed and based on the woman’s, instead of the mans and how he felt frightened and anxious, the author could’ve shown the thoughts & progression of the woman.
(Q7)Sergeant-Major Morris’s story was barely talked about, his experience with the paw was also barely talked about too, in the text it states ““Better let it burn,”
said the soldier sadly, but in a way that let them know he believed it to be true.
“If you don’t want it Morris,” said the other, “give it to me.”
“I won’t.” said his friend with stubborn determination. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t
hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.”
(Q8)Sergeant-Major Morris is left out. He disappears very early on in the story, after giving the paw to the White’s. this shows how the author leaves suspense in the
story since after all it is a ghost story, leaving out his moments with the paw and his experience with it making the reader think what was so bad about the paw that
pushed the sergeant to get rid of it.
Part 3: I look forward to seeing my friends & teachers but also this years soccer season.
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I like the quotes you put to support question 7.
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(Q1) The work undermines the truth because Mr. and Mrs. White had tried to change what had happened the past (the sons death).
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Part I. Monkey’s Paw
Jacob Schultz
Two truths that the text established are be careful of what you wish for it might not be what you really want. The mother missed her son so much when he died that she wished him back with the monkeys paw. But what was knocking at her door was a rotten, tore up, shell of her son. He was like a zombie. He had been dead for several days and had gotten tore up from the machine at his work. The second truth is nothing is for free. Every wish that they made came with a consequence. The first wish they lost their son, second he was a zombie, the third he was gone forever.
4. The text seems to promote the supernatural things. There is wishing on a monkey’s paw that actually works and people were brought back to life.
5. Something that would undermine the goal of this story is if the husband would have gotten the 200lb and nothing bad (his son dying) would have happened.
6. This story would change if the point of view was different because thoughts and decisions would be different. If it was only in the mother’s point of view the whole story would be sad and desperate feeling which would have taken away the creepy feeling’s the story had.
7.The father’s story isn’t told. We really don’t know anything about him other than he has a son, wife, and house loan.
8. The monkey is left out of the story and I believe that he left him out because the monkeys story would take away from the ghost story and focus on something that isn’t important to this story.
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Jake you say there is 2 truths but I only see one, be careful what you wish for it might not be what you really want.
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^ I see how you probably got lost because he was very detailed when explaining his first truth, but there is a second one in there. He also mentioned how nothing is for free, explaining the consequences of their wishes
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Oops, sorry my mistake.
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Not only can be careful what you wish for be used in this story, it can be used anywhere really. Great universal truth!
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part III One thing I’m looking forward to this year at school is playing soccer because it is the only reason I’m in public school.
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Part 1. Two Truths “The Monkeys Paw” tries to establish is that once something’s done is done and nothing can change it and wishes can cause more harm than good.
Part 2. Q1. The work undermines the truths because Mr. & Mrs.White tried to change what had already been done.The text states, ”He raised his hand. ‘I wish my son alive again.’…at the same moment he found the monkeys’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish… A cold wind blew up the staircase, and a long loud cry of disappointment and pain from his wife…” Mr.White had tried to change what had already been done but then realized that it was wrong and impossible.
Q4. The ideology for this text is the belief in magic, and spells are a part of the culture of the setting of the story. The text also states, “Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps…It had a spell put on it by an old fakir…”
Q5. What is left out that may undermine the goal of the work is when sergeant major didn’t tell what his three wishes were or what harm they caused. According to the text, “I have,’ he said quietly, and his face whitened. ‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major…”
Q6. If the point of view of the texts were changed then the thoughts and the opinions/views would drastically be changed and seen differently. We would have also known the feelings and thoughts of the sergeant major when his wishes came up. The texts again states, “ ‘Well, why don’t you have three, sir?’ said Herbert, cleverly. The soldier looked at him the way that the middle aged usually look at disrespectful youth. ‘I have,’ he said quietly, and his face whitened.”
Q7. In “The Monkeys Paw” the story wasn’t told by Sergeant-Major Morris, it was told by a narrator. The text states, “‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major,” the sergeant never told his story of his three wishes.
Part 3. What I look forward to the most this school year is the is the elective classes I’ve chosen to take and what possibilities they may bring.
~ Makenah McKenney
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you used two great truths
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i like the examples that you used. Great job!
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Great examples!
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Nice truths and examples
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Good examples and evidence!
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I love the examples and evidence that you used. Nice work!
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Blog post 3
2 truths identified in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” is that even with strong intentions you can end up failing and also to not let superstition guide your actions.
Part 2
Question #2- Through his romance it moved outside original genre but still overall ended with a superstitious feeling. The text says,” Among the musical disciples who assembled,… Was Katrina Van Tassel,… Ichabod crane had a soft and foolish heart towards the sex…” The text also says,” Ichabod stole forth with the air of one who had been sacking a hen-roost, rather than a fair lady’s heart… All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his recollection.” Which this played a big part in the overall meaning of the superstitious story of “The Lengend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Question #4- The text promotes an ideology of superstition or someone’s beliefs and ideas on supernatural beings. The text claims,” It was connected with the tragically story of the unfortunate andré, who had been taken prisoner hard by; and was universally known by the name of Major andré’s tree. The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out of sympathy for the fate of its ill-starred namesake, and partly from the tales of strange sights and doleful lamentations told concerning it.” The ideology of superstition was promoted by the well-known story of André, related to other supernatural stories and sights.
Question #5- The full story of what happened after the scene with the headless horseman and Ichabod’s disappearance was left out. However, it seems that if that was included it might’ve explained whether or not his beliefs and the stories were true or not. The text says,” The Brook was searched, but the body of the schoolmaster was not to be discovered.” This shows how the story ended but though he wasn’t there, the author left out what happened thereafter. The possibilities could’ve been that he did die, he left the area others claimed he had disappeared from, or he could’ve been falsely scared by a faked headless horseman just trying to scare him but as we try to find a conclusion that was left out we only have the right to assume and can’t fully say what happened after his disappearance.
Question #6- If we change the points of view from Ichabod to the headless horseman, Ichabod as the headless horseman would’ve known his thoughts and would see why he was after Ichabod. In more depth, if Ichabod had the Point of view of the headless horseman, he would know about the stories and he’d know about his reasoning behind going after the town’s people, specifically Ichabod.
Question #7- The story of Katrina’s father was left out of the story. The text says,”… Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer.” The father was left out of the story, though it makes sense as he must be irrelevant to the story.
Part 3
In High school I am excited for the classes, the new people, and the different atmosphere compared to the Middle school.
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Great examples!
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I liked how u didn’t go with everyone else and decided to use “Sleepy Hollow” as your text
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I like how much detail you put into your questions. Good job.
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i like how much you explained it and how it was different from everyone else’s answers!!
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Part 1) Two truths identified in the passage,” A Monkeys Paw ” is that you can not change what has happened in the past, and also that situations that may seem great may have a bad outcome.
part 2)
-The question i chose was “What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?” And in the story to be taken by a grain of salt I believe that if the murderers point of view was included it would undermine the goal of the work.
-The next question I had chose was ,” Whose story is not told in the text?” In the text to be taken by a grain of salt the murderers story was not told in the text.
– The next question I had chose was,” . If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change?”. And i believe that if the murderers story was told about why he had done what he done.It would have set a more self defense theme to the story rather than just sentencing him death and telling the jury’s story.
– The next question i had chose was ,”Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale?”. In the story to be taken by a grain of salt i believe that the murderers tale was left out. The author may have done this because if he had told the murderers point of view it would have weakened the man on the jury’s point of view.
– The final question i had chose was,”What ideology does the text seem to promote?” And in the story to be taken by a grain of Salt the ideology the text seems to promote is in a crime such as murder the death penalty is the best choice.
Part 3) what I look forward to most this year is increasing my academics and becoming a better person.
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You did a great job with the explanations!!
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Part 1: One truth in the story “The Fall of the House of Usher”, is that not everyone perceives things the same way. For instance, Roderick Usher thinks that the plants, rocks, and water are thinking, feeling, and controlling him but the visitor (narrator) does not think that way. “ Our talk of this song led to another strange idea in Usher’s mind. He believed that plants could feel and think, and not only plants, but rocks and water as well.” This shows that the visitor (narrator thought that the fact that Usher believed that plants, rocks, and water could think and feel was strange, which means he did not believe that. The second truth is that looks can be deceiving. For example, Usher and the visitor (narrator) thought that lady Madeline was dead, so they put her in a vault. They later realized that she was not dead. “We two carried her body to its resting place. The vault in which we placed it was small and dark,…” “The great door to which he was pointing now slowly opened. It was the work of the rushing wind, perhaps — but no — outside that door a shape did stand, the tall figure, in its grave-clothes, of the lady Madeline of Usher. “ This shows that they put her in a vault thinking she was dead, but in the end she turned out not to be dead and she came to where Usher and the visitor were.
Part 2:The summer reading text I chose was “The Fall of the House of Usher”.
Question 1 Part 1: It is a generally accepted truth that water, rocks, and plants do not control us, but in Usher’s mind they do To undermine normal perceptions of reality, the author included Usher’s perceptions of reality. “He believed that plants could feel and think, and not only plants, but rocks and water as well. He believed that the gray stones of his house, and the small plants growing on the stones, and decaying trees, had a power over him that made him what he was.”
Q1 P2: In the beginning, the visitor ( narrator ) thought Usher’s condition was sickening and did not think of him as a human being. As the story unfolds, the visitor (narrator) also begins to feel the effects of Usher’s sickening disease. Evidence: Beginning of the story: “It showed itself in a number of strange feelings. Some of these, as he told me of them, interested me but were beyond my understanding; perhaps the way in which he told me of them added to their strangeness.” End of the story: “I felt his condition, slowly but certainly, gaining power over me; I felt that his wild ideas were becoming fixed in my own mind.”
Question 5: I believe the goal of the work was to frighten the reader. If we knew what caused Usher to know his sister was at the door ( why he buried her alive ) then some of the horror (scare factor) would have been removed. This is because understanding Usher’s motives would have made his actions less shocking. Evidence: “We have put her living in the vault!” and “She is coming — coming to ask why I put her there too soon. I hear her footsteps on the stairs. I hear the heavy beating of her heart.” Here he jumped up and cried as if he were giving up his soul: “I tell you, she now stands at the door!!”
Question 6: If the Point Of View is changed from the visitor (narrator) to Roderick Usher, we would understand better why he thinks and fears what he does. The story might also be consumed by his fears. Evidence: “He had certain sick fears about the house in which he lived,….”. From Usher’s point of view, we would most likely have heard too much about his fears of the house and his world around him.
Question 7: The story of Lady Madeline (Usher’s sister) is not told. “I learned that my one sight of her would probably be the last I would have — that the lady, at least while living, would be seen by me no more.” This shows that she is hardly discussed throughout the story.
Question 8: The servant’s story is left out of this tale because it would have only discussed what the servant did daily, not what Usher and especially the visitor (narrator) experienced. “A man who worked in the house — a servant — took my horse, and I entered. Another servant, of quiet step led me without a word through many dark turnings to the room of his master. “ This is only part of the story where the servants are mentioned but if the story was about them they would be mentioned all the time.
Part 3: In this school year, I look forward to seeing my friends, meeting my new teachers, and running cross country and track.
Audrey Shelton blog 3
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I like how you described the truths that are shown in the story
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I look forward to seeing you as well audrey:)
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I like how you went into detail to describe and prove your opinion
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Pt.1
Two truths that the “Monkeys Paw” attempted to show is what’s in the past should stay in the past, be careful for what you wish for because it might not be what you were expecting.
Pt.2 {Q.1} The work undermines the truth because Mr. and Mrs. White had tried to change the past (the sons death)
{Q.4} The text seems to promote supernatural beings, people would use the Monkeys Paw and others were brought back to life
{Q.5} Sergeant major didn’t tell what his three wishes were not what was caused by them
{Q.7} the fathers story wasn’t told in the text. We only know that he has a wife, and a son
{Q.8} Sergeant major is left out of the story, it’s like he vanished after he gave the Monkeys Paw to the Whites. Leaving him out creates suspense for the reader, also they didn’t show how he reacted to the Monkeys Paw
Pt.3 I’m mostly looking forward to my electives and meeting new friends
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Two truths that the author attempted to establish in ” The Monkey’s Paw” is that who ever owns the paw will have bad luck and that magic is real.
Q#1: The text contradicts that anyone who owns the paw will have bad luck is true because in the story when the people were told the story of the paw, many did not believe the bad luck it had. A cite from the text is, “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.” This cite explains that Sergeant-Major Morris tells them that they should get rid of the paw, saying that it would be dumb to keep the paw.
Q#4: The text promotes that the truth of magic is real. A cite from the passage is, “They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This cite explains that he has experience with the paw and knows the trouble the magic has and what harm it could do. He knows it has magic and does not want anyone to discover the magic.
Q#6: If you would have changed the perspective from the old man to the old woman, the ending would have been different because the old man used the last wish to stop the unusual knocking that was going on. While if it was different, the old woman might have let it in considering that their son died and he might have want to open the door thinking it was her son. So therefor, the ending would have been different due to different actions.
Q#7: Sergeant-Major Morris’s story was hardly mentioned in the story, his main point was to tell about the power the monkey’s paw has. He was there to let them know his experience.
Q#8: The Sergeant was left out because his part was not meant to be that long. His part was cut at the beginning of the story. This makes readers who are beginning to read this story why the monkey’s paw is so bad, when you would assume it is a blessing to have, since it has three wishes.
I look forward in school to have my career pathway of becoming a nurse in my future.
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I like how you explained your answers in part 2. Nice work!
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Great work! great details and explaining
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Blog Post #3
Part 1: In the text “The Fall of the House of Usher” there are two truths that can be identified. The first truth is that fears and anxiety can take major control over us. Another is that the death of loved ones is incredibly hard to deal with mentally. The story states, “I feel that the time will soon arrive when I must lose my life, and my mind, and my soul, together, in some last battle with that horrible enemy: fear!” This shows his intense fear is, quite literally, consuming him. He feels as though his life is not in his hands and he is slowly dying to something uncontrollable. The text also says, “I tell you, she now stands at the door!!” The loss of Roderick’s twin caused him to bring his darkest fear into a reality. He seemingly cut his sister’s life short and couldn’t handle it. In this, his fear, as seen earlier, brought his sadness from loss in family to an awful state of mind and ultimately brought his demise.
Part 2:
Question #2
The story “The Fall of the House of Usher” fulfills the genre of horror very well. The text states, “It was a dark and soundless day near the end of the year, and clouds were hanging low in the heavens.” This is one of many examples of adjectives used mainly in this genre. This genre often uses dread as a major resource. These adjectives give a dreadful and spooky theme providing precisely what horror is all about.
Question #3
The story has complete separation between reader and work. The story says, “The room I came into was very large and high.” The story uses I, showing first person. The narrator never speaks directly to the reader and only mentions themself in the first person. It also describes setting as how it is with no decision for the reader. It means the narrator does not think the reader exists giving no connection between the two.
Question #5
If there was mention of mental illness or a cause of insanity in the house of Usher it would have undermined the text. The text states, “I tell you, she now stands at the door!!” This was the biggest event in the story and it represents how fear becomes a reality. If Roderick is mentally insane or the house had a property that causes hallucinations it would have taken away from the main supernatural event in the story.
Question #6
If the story would have been in a different character’s point of view, the story could have completely changed. If it was in Roderick’s point of view, the story would have been more insane and physiologically creepy. The reading says, “As I placed my hand on his shoulder, I felt that his whole body was trembling; a sickly smile touched his lips; he spoke in a low, quick, and nervous voice as if he did not know I was there.” This excerpt would have had a major change if it was from Usher’s point of view. The trembling and smile would be happening to the narrator. His friend would be comforting him and the story would be more of an intense struggle of the narrator.
Question #7
Madeline Usher’s story was not told in “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The story says, “I was visiting an old friend of mine, Roderick Usher, in his old stone house, his palace, where a feeling of death hung on the air.” This is showing that the narrator is the main story being told. Roderick’s story is also told through the narrator. However, for most of the story Madeline is dead. This means we do not see hardly any of her life/backstory. It almost completely leaves out Madeline’s story.
Question #8
The family of the Ushers’ is left out. (Other than Roderick and Madeline.) The story says, “I saw how fear was pressing on his heart and mind.” If the other family members were still around then Roderick’s mental state could have been altered before the story takes place removing the narrator’s need for this story. If any family members, more than the twins, were still alive then I believe the story would never have occurred.
Part 3: The thing I am most looking forward to is getting to see my friends who are upperclassmen in chamber choir.
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Nice details!!
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i agree madeline deserves more justice
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I think you did a good job identifying your story’s truths, and proving your answers. Great job.
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You did a great job explained everything!
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I completely agree with your responses and but to your #8 response even i said family members were still alive . When Usher said it was a family illness don’t you think that they would have just had it a too and more people would have gone mad??Therefore the story would have been more intense and deathly than the original?
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You did a great job explaining everything and going into detail!
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Part 1-
Two truths that “ To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt ” attempts to establish is certain murders gain a lot of attention and that some trials get postponed.
Part 2-
Q4: What ideology does the text seem to promote? The story has many ideas that the author wants you to know, but one of the ideas that the author is trying to promote is how a trial works. Once the main character/author finds out about him having to go to jury the rest of the story is about the trial. The author describes how the trial works and what they did on certain days of the trial. The story states, “ On the fifth day of the trial, the case for the prosecution being closed, and we having that side of the question in a completed shape before us, our discussion was more animated and serious. ”
Q5:What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work? The author left out details about the murder. All throughout the story the author doesn’t mention any core details about the murder. If the author would’ve added those details about the murder into the story then the readers would have had a bigger picture of the crime and better and have known why the murder did what he did.
Q6: If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change? If the story was told in the murders point of veiw then we would’ve gotten a bigger picture of the murder and how the trial proccess is for the person being tested.
Q7: Whose story is not told in the text? The murder victim’s story isn’t told.
Q8: Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale? The murder victim is left out. The author might have left them out because he didn’t feel like they needed to be added to the story because the story didn’t need the extra detail(s).
Part 3-
I’m looking forward to a lot of things this school year but if i had to choose one of the many things that I’m looking forward to that would have to say meeting my teachers/new people and having a new environment/change of scenery.
-Faith Bailer
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I love the fact that you chose a different book than the rest, you explained all of it very well. I like what you did, good job!
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I like how you chose a different story than the rest. It shows how outstanding you are as a student, and how hard working you are! Great job Faith.
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Emily Wilcoxen – (1)The two truths that the passage attempts to establish is the Monkey’s Paw is hurtful to the owner and that providence is set, and it should not be changed.
(2)The work undermines some of the truths by using the Monkey’s Paw to chance fate, which opposes the truth that the fate is set.
(4) One idea the text promotes is fate. Also, what happens to you is set and should not be changed. In the passage, the Monkey’s Paw let’s them change fate. When people change their fate, it doesn’t go well. The passage states, “The first man had his three wishes. Yes, was the reply, I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death.That’s how i got the paw.”
(5) One thing that was left out of the text and might undermine the goal of work is the return of Herbert home alive. If he was let inside the house it may have made Mr. White change his mind and contradict the truth that the Monkey’s paw is dangerous to its owner. As the text states, “It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake don’t let it in.”
(6) The feelings of the characters would have been revealed if the point of view was changed. It may have justified Mrs.White’s decision to resurrect her son despite the risks of doing it. “WISH!” she cried in a strong voice. “It is foolish and wicked,” he said weakly. “WISH!” repeated his wife.
(7) The story of Sergeant-Major Morris was not told. The text states “ And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” Sergeant-Major’s three wishes wasn’t said in the passage. Also, the story of India and the first owner’s wishes, other than his death was told either.
(3) What I looked forward to in high school is making new friends and making more achievements.
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You did a great job explaining everything!!
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you did a great job explaining and linking together your quotes to your answer
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Pt. 1:The Monkey’s Paw tries to establish multiple truths, two of them are that fate rules people’s lives and the other is those who interfere with fate do so at their own sorrow.
Pt. 2: 4.The Monkey’s Paw promotes a supernatural/magical ideology,”Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,”
5.What the sergeant wished for is left out of the text,”“And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.”
6.If the story changed point of view from one character to another, say one making the wishes the effect off the wishes would feel a lot more personal.
7.The sergeants story is not told in the story, it just says he was a soldier for 21 years and had the paw, not the wishes or anything important.”Spoke of wild scenes and brave acts; of wars and strange peoples. “Twenty-one years of it,” said Mr. White”
8.The sergeant is left out. The author lets only a little bit about the sergeant be known but omits the rest probably because nothing really bad happened to him.
Pt. 3: I look forward to making friends and learning new things.
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i like how you wrote and organized this. good job
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Part 1 –
One of the truths that “The Fall of the House of Usher” tries to establish is that fears and emotions can control our lives. An example of that truth in the text is how Usher’s fears controlled how he had to live. Another truth that is established in the text is that things are not always as they seem. An example of this from the text is how they thought lady Madeline was dead when she only fell into a deep sleep that was caused by her illness.
Part 2 –
#1 – This story contradicts the truth that things like rocks and water can have an effect on how a person acts and feels because in the story Usher is convinced that the stones that make up his house and the plants growing on them makes him act how he does.
#2 – This story fulfills its genre as a horror story because it includes characters that are afraid of other things happening in the story.
#6 – If we changed the point of view to the view of Usher we would know how his condition truly affects him. We would be able to know more details about him and get to know how he felt at the end when he said he heard lady Madeline’s movements for days. We would also know how he felt when she came into the room after him.
#7 – One of the characters whose story is not told in the text is lady Madeline’s. The only things known about her is her illness and what her brother knew about her she did not tell anything about her life before the story took place.
#8 – Lady Madeline’s story is excluded in the story and a possible reason is to make the story scarier at the end when she comes up the stairs because you don’t know what she is going to do to them.
Part 3 –
I look forward to getting to my electives and making new friends during the school year.
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Part 1: One truth from “The Fall of the House of Usher” that the text attempts to establish is that usher is sick. A second truth that the text attempts to establish is that the narrator doesn’t feel as comfortable about the house that he once did as a child.
Part 2: The first question I chose was question number one. In the text “The Fall of the House of Usher” the work undermines the generally accepted truth of once you die you die and you never come back. In the text is says “ one evening he told me that the lady madeline was alive no more” then later in the text it states “the great door to which he was pointing noe slowly opened. It was the work of the rushing wind, perhaps-but no- outside that door shape did stand, the tall figure in its grave clothes, of the lady Madeline of Usher”. So we can see here that even though she was dead she was somehow brought back to life contradicting most people’s belief of once you die you stay dead.
The next question I chose was question number two. The text “ The Fall of the House of Usher” falls under the genre of ghost stories but the text never mentions any signs of ghosts. In the text it says”there was blood upon her white dress and the signs of her terrible efforts to escape were apart of her thin form”. If she were a ghost she wouldn’t have marks and blood from trying to escape, if she was a ghost she could just fly through the walls. Therefore she was not a ghost and this story moves outside of its own genre.
The third question I chose was question number five. One thing that the text “The Fall of the House of Usher” left out was why and how lady madeline came back to life. By doing so it made you ask questions and make inferences about the characters. In the passage it states “I heard her first movements many days ago-yet i did not dare speak”. They could hear her moving in the vult but the text fails to explain how since they buried her dead. So as you can see this causes questions which make this text stronger than if the author would have explained.
The next question I chose was question number six. The text “The Fall of the House of Usher” is narrated through the point of view of the friend of usher. Through his point of view you see the decline of usher’s mental and physical health. But if we looked through the point of view of usher we might not be able to see the decline of his health because most people can’t see that but an outside point of view can. In the text it says” I learned also, but slowly, and through broken words with doubtful meaning, another strange fact about the conditions of ushers mind. He had certain sick fears about the house in which he lived and he had not stepped out for many years”. From his perspective you can see that he starts to learn things about usher and finds out that he is sick in the mind. But if we were to look through the point of view of usher he might think it’s normal.
The last question I chose was question number seven. In “The Fall of the House of Usher” one of the main characters story is never told, this character is madeline. In the story we learn about usher and his friends past. We even figure out how usher acquired his sickness. But we never know much about her past or why she ended up dying. In the text it says “ while he spoke , the lady madeline (for so she was called passed slowly through a distant part of the room”. This is the only thing we hear about madeline besides the fact that she dies. We don’t get a back story or any thing even though she was a big part of the story.
Part 3) i am looking forward to getting back to basketball since I tore my acl last year. I also look forward to being apart of the biomedical program.
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Good text evidence!
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I like the way you organized the piece. Good Job.
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I liked the evidence you used and you explained it very well. Good job!
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I love the story you chose. Very interesting. And I love your evidence that supports! Very well done Cece 🙂
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P1.) bad luck to use the monkeys paw as well as the monkeys paw had the ability to grant 3 wishes.
P2.)1.] In the monkeys paw magic is used and in our world most believe magic is not real
7] although sergeant Major Morris is a key factor in the story his history with the monkeys paw was not explained if it was the story may have gone very differently.
4.] The belief of magic and its correlation between good and evil is the ideology that the texts seems to promote.
5.] the one part of the text that to me felt really left out was the ending because you truly had to infer the ending and what happened.
8.]I believe as well that the author left major Morris’s history out of the text to create more suspense around the character.
What I have been looking forward to sense I found out about it is the biomedical and health science classes.
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Blog 3:
Part 1: In the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, the author shows multiple perceptions of reality throughout the story. Two truths the story attempts to establish is that the past is past and it cannot be changed, and you should be careful what you wish for.
Part 2: Q1: “The Monkey’s Paw” undermines or contradicts generally accepted truths because of the use of the monkey’s paw, which contradicts both truths that state that you cannot change the past, and you should be careful what you wish for. The text states, “But her husband was on his hands and knees feeling around wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If only he could find it before the thing outside got in. The knocks came very quickly now echoing through the house, and he heard the noise of his wife moving a chair and putting it down against the door. He heard the movement of the lock as she began to open it, and at the same moment he found the monkey’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.” This quote contradicts the two truths, because after wishing for their son to be alive again, the husband knew that even though they wished for him to be alive, he would not be the same as he was before dying. So, he took his wish back.
Q4: The ideology “The Monkey’s Paw” seems to promote, is that looks can be deceiving. The text states, “‘To look at it,’ said the Sergeant-Major, feeling about in his pocket, ‘it’s just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy.’ He took something out of his pocket and held it out for them. Mrs. White drew back with a look of disgust, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously.
‘And what is there special about it?’ asked Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table. ‘It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,’ said the Sergeant-Major, ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be sorry. He put a spell on it so that three different men could each have three wishes from it.’” This piece of evidence shows that looks can be deceiving, because even though the paw looked like an ordinary monkey’s paw, it was actually magic and could grant wishes.
Q6: If the point of view was changed from the husband to the wife, the story would change by instead expressing the man’s fear at the end of the story, it would express the woman’s excitement and desperation to see her son again. The text states, “The knocking stopped suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair pulled back, and the door opened. A cold wind blew up the staircase, and a long loud cry of disappointment and pain from his wife gave him the courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate. The streetlight opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road.” If this quote were in the wife’s point of view, it would show more of her disappointment to have lost her son for a second time.
Q7: In the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, the story of Sergeant-Major Morris was not told. The text states, “‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth. ‘And has anybody else wished?’ continued the old lady. ‘The first man had his three wishes. Yes,’ was the reply, ‘I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’ His voice was so serious that the group fell quiet.” This quote is as far as the author goes to explaining his story.
Q8: Once again, the author omits Sergeant-Major Morris in the beginning of the story. I think that the author could have done this to cause suspense, leaving the readers to wonder what happened to him when he used the paw.
Part 3: I look forward to meeting all of my teachers and starting all of my new classes, and being in choir again.
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You did a really good job explaining your evidence and supporting your answer!
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great job explaining!
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Part 1: Two truths that “The monkeys paw” try’s to establish is be careful of what you wish for and you cant change fate ( what has already happened.)
Part 2:
(Q1) these truths may be under-minded by Using the Monkeys paw to under mind fate when they wish for something It chances fate. Which contradicts you can’t change fate.
(Q4) the ideology the text seems to promote is be careful what you wish for. One detail to support my answer is “how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?” He wishes for two hundred pounds but later in the story he died and the a company felt responsible so they were going to pay the family 2 hundred pounds. When he wished for it he wanted the money he didn’t want to die.
(Q6) if the point of view was changed in the text other characters feelings would be revealed. If it was told in the women’s point of view it would show her feelings and thoughts instead.
(Q7) sergeant major Morris story wasn’t told in the text. He didn’t tell his experience with the monkeys paw. The text says:
“Her husband drew the talisman from his pocket, and all three laughed loudly as the Sergeant-Major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm.
“If you must wish,” he demanded, “Wish for something sensible.”
Mr. White dropped it back in his pocketing, and placing chairs, motioned his friend to the table. In the business of dinner the talisman was partly forgotten” this detail shows sergeant major Morris was worried but didn’t tell his story.
(Q8) sergeant major Morris is left of most of the story. He is only in the beginning of the story. The author might have omitted him out of the story because the author might of wanted to create suspense. Major Morris could have told what exactly the paw did but he didn’t and he was scared so it makes you wonder what happened to him. A detail to support my answer is Her husband drew the talisman from his pocket, and all three laughed loudly as the Sergeant-Major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm.
“If you must wish,” he demanded, “Wish for something sensible.”
Mr. White dropped it back in his pocketing, and placing chairs, motioned his friend to the table. In the business of dinner the talisman was partly forgotten” this detail shows that sergeant major Morris was alarmed or scared of what might happened but he never told his story. Which makes you question what his story was.
Part 3: What I’m most looking forward to this school year is seeing my friends
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Part 1: Two truths that “The Monkey’s Paw” tries to establish are that looks can be deceiving and be careful what you wish for.
Pt.2 Q4: The ideology that the text seems to promote is be careful what you wish for. In the text it says, “But, although they don’t believe that they have a legal requirement to make a payment to you for your loss, in view of your son’s services they wish to present you with a certain sum.” This shows that when they wished for 2 hundred pounds, but because of that their son died. But they still got the money that was wished for.
Pt.2 Q6: If you change the story from one person’s point of view to another the story would be completely different. For example, if The Monkey’s Paw was written from the son’s point of view, then the readers wouldn’t know the true power of the paw. This is because the story would end when the son died.
Pt.2 Q7: The person’s story that was left out of the text was Sergeant Major Morris. Although he tells the family about the paw, he doesn’t go into detail about his experiences. In the text it says,“The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” The way he tells the story, doesn’t show the true evil of the paw.
Pt.2 Q8: The author might have left out Sergeant Major Morris’s story so that he/she could go into more detail with the character’s experiences and so that the reader would have a more personal understanding about the monkey’s power.
Pt.3: I look forward to getting closer to my friends and finding out what career I could potentially succeed at.
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You did a really good job at explaining
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Maddi Hudson – Postmodernism and Critical Thought
Part I: Two truths that the Monkey’s Paw’s text states that the ‘paw’ is bad luck itself (harm to the owner) and that magic is real.
Part II: Question #1: The text tries to state a truth, that magic is real because it shows the doubts by a large amount of people had when the paw story was presented.“ ‘Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This quote shows how the story is trying to prove this truth. Sergeant-Major Morris is telling the White family, about how all these people believe that the Monkey’s Paw is just a big scam.
Question #4: The text states the idea that the ‘Monkey’s Paw’ just brings pain and harm to the owner if they use it. According to the text, “ ’I won’t.’ said his friend with stubborn determination. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.” The quote is showing that the ideology of the paw is just to bring harm because, Sergeant-Major Morris repeatedly keeps tells the White family to get rid of the paw, that they would be stupid not too believe that the paw causes pain to the owner.
Question #6: If you changed the point of view from the elder man to the elder woman, the story would change by what the character was thinking and how it was displayed. At the end of the story, after that final knock on the door, the narrator tells how the elder man uses the final wish from the paw to get rid of whatever was behind the door. If the point of view was based on the elder woman’s, instead of expressing how the elder man was frightened and anxious: the author could’ve shown the thought process of the woman and what she would have done with the final knock.
Question #7: Sergeant-Major Morris’s story was not told in the text of the Monkey’s Paw. His experience with the Monkey’s Paw was barely talked about and he was just a character his part of the story wasn’t truly shown.
Question #8: Sergeant-Major Morris’ side of the story wasn’t presented in full to the reader. He disappeared very early on in the story, after giving the paw to the White family. The author might’ve told the tale to leave suspense since it’s a ghost story. Leaving out Sergeant-Major Morris’ experiences makes the reader why is he such an awful person.
Part III: I look forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones.
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Two truths established by “The Fall of the House of Usher” is that the house and its surroundings(the air, the ground,the lake,etc.)could be dead or dying in a sense of decaying just as the Usher himself was and that fear itself was an illness that was going and did kill the Usher.
6) If the story was told in any other view ,say from Lady Madeline it would change a lot. From Lady Madeline’s point of view you would read or feel the sickness in her head and the sense of panic when she was stuck in that room left for dead by her own twin brother. The Text states,” I heard clearly, but from far away, a loud ringing sound as if something of iron had indeed fallen heavily upon a stone floor, or as if an iron door had closed…We have put her living in the vault! Did I not say that my senses were too strong? I heard her first movements many days ago ..yet I did not dare to speak!” This would help you just to one see what Lady Madeline had to go through and having to read about that would change the tone and feeling of the story.
7) I think that the narrator’s story was not told. Yes it was told why he was there and what happened after boh people of the Usher family fell dead but besides that his story was not told of the aftermath or how he was affected by the entire thing.
3)The work deal between the writer,work,and the reader is very different . The writer has to thoroughly think about how they want to portray each scene and how they want future readers to interpret each tone or feeling. The work deal for the reader is having to read the actual text and try to on some level think of it the same way the writer is trying to portray it.
5) The actual sickness of itself or entity is left out and this could also determine the goal of the text because the reader has to wonder about what is wrong with both Lady Madeline and Usher and then get scared for the narrator if said illness is contagious.If the writer was to add in the actual meaning or name or reason for sickness it would take away from the illusion that they were going mad for no reason.To prove the text states,”“I shall die! I must die of this fool’s sickness. In this way, this way and no other way, I shall be lost. “ This shows just one side of his explanation of his sickness but till leaves wondering.
1) The work contradicts the accepted truths by the Usher in his song singing about how beautiful the Palace was and the in reality it being about the”Palace” he was living in and haven’t stepped foot out of.The text states,”a palace in a green valley, where all was light and color and beauty, and the air was sweet. In the palace were two bright windows through which people in that happy valley could hear music and could see smiling ghosts” It also does contradict because when the narrator asked him what was his illness he simply said Fear The text states,“I feel that the time will soon arrive when I must lose my life, and my mind, and my soul, together, in some last battle with that horrible enemy: fear!” . Battling fear would kill him, he was convinced. But then realizing the truths you understand that it may or may not have been the case.
I am most looking forward to starting high school and getting one step closer to graduating and starting my life I’m so excited to start. In high school I can’t wait to get closer to new people and use my time to better educate in both social and classroom abilities.Sorry for how long this is i always over explain things.
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Mariah Rice, blog 3- {Pt.1} Two truths that “The Monkeys Paw” attempts to establish is that the past should stay in the past and be careful what you wish for because you may not get the right outcome you were expecting.
{Pt.2} Q.1-The work undermines the two truths because the Whites tried to take back the past by wishing their dead son to life again. The text claims “He raised his hand. ‘I wish my son alive again.’…at the same moment he found the monkeys’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish…” Sadly this ended differently than mr. and mrs. White had expected. Instead of having their loving son back, they almost witnessed a traumatizing version of him.
Q.4- One ideology that the text promotes is the idea of fate, that your future is already laid out and isn’t to be tinkered with. The monkeys paw allows them to mess with their future, but often takes a turn, as if a consequence for messing with their destiny. The text claims,“‘It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,’ said the Sergeant-Major, ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be sorry.’”
Q.5- What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work is sergeant-major morris’s experience with the monkeys paw and the results of his wishes. If he would’ve told the whites about the harm it has brought to him they most likely would have went along with it and left the paw in the fire, destroying it. “‘I won’t.’ said his friend with stubborn determination. ‘I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.’”
Q.6- If we changed the point of view in the story, for example into to mrs. White’s view, the story would likely be more deep and distressing than how it is laid out already. You would better understand the pain mrs. White had gone through after losing her beloved son. The text states,”’Come back,’ he said tenderly. ‘You will be cold.’ ‘It is colder for my son,’ said the old woman, who began crying again.”
Q.7- Sergeant major Morris’s story is not told in the text. He leaves in the beginning of the story as his experience with the monkeys paw still remains a mystery. The sergeant major leaves right after explaining that the paw is evil and should be destroyed. “‘The first man had his three wishes. Yes,’ was the reply, ‘I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’”
{Pt.3} What I look forward to in high school is getting to look into all of the different career paths. I also look forward to being surrounded by new people, in new places. Sometimes change is exactly what you need in life, and I feel as though this is one of those times.
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Part 1: Two truths the the text “The Monkeys Paw” establish are that the Monkeys paw is harmful to the owner and looks can be deceiving.
Part 2:
1. The text contradicts the truth that magic is real because it shows that some people doubted the story of the paw to be true. The text says “Besides people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This evidence shows how the story contradicts the truth because Sergeant-Major Morris is telling the whites how people will think that the monkeys paw is all a lie
2. One ideology that the text seemed to promote was that the paw was magical. The text states “well it’s just a bit of what you might call magical,perhaps,” this proves that they thought that the paw was magical.
3. What is left out that may undermine the goal is when sergeant major didn’t tell what his 3 wishes were. The text states “I have, ‘ he said quietly, and his face whitened. ‘And did you really have the three wishes granted? Asked Mrs. White. ‘I did’ said Sergeant Major.”
4. If the point of view is changed from the narrator to Roderick Usher, we could better understand why he thinks the way he does. The story says “he had certain sick fear about the house in which he lived” this proves my answer by showing that Roderick is scared of his house but it’s not explained why.
5. The servants story is left out of the story because it would only show the things the servant did, and not what the usher and visitor experienced. “A man who worked in the house a servant took my horse, and I entered. Another servant, of quiet step lead me without a word through Manx dark turnings to the room of his master.”
Part 3: Im most excited about learning new things and making new friends.
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Faith Stolz- Two truths that “The Fall of the House of Usher” attempts to establish are looks can be deceitful and people have different views on what they see. In the story, Roderick Usher sees and feels things differently as opposed to other people including the visitor (narrator). Things that seem so little to others are being perceived very differently through Roderick Usher’s eyes. For example, even the smallest light can bring terror and pain to Roderick’s eyes but the visitor and others won’t have a problem upon seeing the light. This shows that people have different views on what they see and feel. Also in the story, when the visitor first came to Roderick’s house he looked at the house as if it was abandoned and saw no light or color almost as if it was a movie in black and white. The house looked dead to the visitor but to Roderick it was perfect to attend the needs of his well being. Once the visitor realizes why the house is the way it is he starts to see it differently and understands why there is very little light and color or brightness. This shows that the story attempts to establish the truth that looks can be deceiving.
Part 2- I chose to answer questions 2 and 5-8 through the story “The Fall of the House of Usher”.
Question 2: How does a work fulfill or move outside the established conventions of its genre? The short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” fulfills the genre of horror greatly. The text states, “What was it, I asked myself, what was it that was so fearful, so frightening in my view of the House of Usher?” This is one of the many examples of how the author uses words like fear and frightening to convey the genre of horror.
Question 5: What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?
The fear in the story that was built up from Roderick Usher’s mental illness and insanity was the stories foundation and the entire story revolves around Roderick Usher. The text states “He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odours of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.” This shows that if the author would’ve have given a clear explanation for why Roderick Usher suffers from this and why it is happening, it would’ve taken the fear and horror away from the story overall undermining the goal of the story.
Question 6: If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change? This short story was in the narrator’s point of view which conveyed what others saw as an outsider on the House of Usher and the mental insanity of Roderick Usher. The text states “I feel that the period will sooner or later arrive when I must abandon life and reason together, in some struggle with the grim phantasm, FEAR.” This shows that if the stories point of view was based on Roderick the story would’ve been more suspenseful and frightening therefore changing the entire story and it’s supernatural feel.
Question 7: Whose story is not told in the text? Madeline Usher’s story isn’t told in “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The text states “‘Her decease,” he said, with a bitterness which I can never forget, would leave him (him the hopeless and the frail) the last of the ancient race of the Ushers.” This shows that Madeline was mentioned in the story but her background/life was never told. For most of the story Madeline Usher was dead and her life wasn’t told of in the story therefore almost leaving her completely out of the story.
Question 8: Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale? Roderick and Madeline Usher are the only two Ushers that are talked about in the story but the author conveys that the Usher family is/was quite large. The text states “indeed, the coming death — of a dearly loved sister — his only company for many years. Except for himself, she was was the last member of his family on earth.” Roderick Usher asked to see his childhood friend (narrator) because he felt alone and needed someone with him. If the Usher family had been alive and in the story the entire well being of Roderick Usher would’ve changed and the story would’ve been very different.
Part 3- A few things I look forward to most during this school year is meeting new people and being in a different environment from middle school and being able to learn and start thinking about my career.
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Part 1: Two truths from “The Monkey’s Paw” is that the Paw is very powerful and dangerous and that u shouldn’t mess with fate.
Part 2:
1: The author contradicts a general truth by having the characters mess with fate by using the monkey’s paw. The passage says, “ ‘I wish for two hundred pounds,” said the old man clearly.’ This shows they changed fate by wishing for money and it didn’t turn out well.
4: One ideology “The Monkey’s Paw” promotes is not to change fate. For example, “ ‘I wish for two hundred pounds,’ said the old man clearly.”… “ ‘He was caught in the machinery,’ said the visitor at length in a low voice.” This shows that they changed fate and Herbert died so it is better to just not change fate.
5: If the author left out the part of Herbert dying then the story would undermine the idea not to mess with fate because then there would be no consequence to changing fate and there would be no reason not to. The passage says, “ ‘He was caught in the machinery,’ said the visitor at length in a low voice.” if this didn’t happen in the story it would be very different.
6: If the point of view was from Herbert the story would be different because then we would know his thoughts and we would know more about what happened while he was at work. The passage says, “ ‘Not likely!’ said Herbert, with pretended horror. ‘Why, we’re going to be rich, and famous, and happy.’ Smiling, he said, ‘Wish to be a king, father, to begin with; then mother can’t complain all the time.’ ” We could have known what he was really thinking if it was from his point of view.
7: Mrs. Whites story is not told in the text more just a normal character. We have no previous context on what her life is like other than that she is married to Mr. White. “ ‘Never mind, dear,’ said his wife calmly; ‘perhaps you’ll win the next one.’” This shows that Mr. White is married to her.
Part 3: I mostly look forward to playing basketball again once the school year starts.
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I like how your looking forward to basketball this year
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1~Two truths “The Monkey’s Paw” establishes is that fate can not be changed and that magic is real and it can harm or help people.
2(Q1)~ The work contradicts the truth that the magic from the monkey’s paw can help people by granting their wishes because it also can harm others including its owners. The text states, “The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” This shows that using the paw is harmful because its owners’ final wish was to die and death is the way the Sergeant-Major Morris got the paw.
2(Q5)~ If the first owner had put a warning on the paw people would be more careful when wishing. If he put a warning that the wishes are granted in many ways some being devastating then other owners wouldn’t want to wish on it or they would wish for things that they can get without losing a loved one.
2(Q6)~ If the point of view changed to a different character, for instance the son Herbert, events that went on in part 1 would seem more adventures and wild due to the fact that he is younger. The story states, “After the third glass his eyes got brighter and he began to talk. The little family circle listened with growing interest to this visitor from distant parts, as he squared his broad shoulders in the chair and spoke of wild scenes and brave acts; of wars and strange peoples.” If the story was told by him the stories about wild scenes and braves acts would have been exciting and the stories of war and strange people would have made him curious and possibly scared.
2(Q7)~ The Sergeant’s story wasn’t really in the story that much. All we know is that he has many stories about his life and his encounters. Some of which led him to get the monkey’s paw.
2(Q8)~ The sergeant is left out of the story and the author might have left him out because he left early in the story as an excuse for the Whites to have the monkey’s paw. The author leaves him out due to building suspense around the monkey’s paw and what it can do. If he continued to be in the story he may have warned the Whites more about the magic of the monkey’s paw and that would have led to a different outcome.
3~ I look forward to being around new people and seeing how they change my life. Mainly whether they make me a better person or a better student.
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Felicity Gibson Blog 3Part 1: 2 truths that “The Monkeys Paw” trys to establish is that the past is the past and you cannot go back and change it and be careful what you wish for.
Part 2: Q1: in the real world now most people believe that magic is not real but in the story they convinced and made people think that magic is real. The text states besides people wont buy. They think its just a story some of them and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.
Q4: an ideology that Monkey Paws tries to promote is that magic is real. The test states “well its just a bit of what you might call perhaps.” This shows that seargant-major didn’t stop to think which then supports the statement that they thought the paw was actually magical.
Q5: something that is left out in the text that if included may undermine the goal of the work is sergeant-major didn’t tell his 3 wishes. According to the text “I have he said quietly and his face whitened and did you really have three wishes granted? Asked mr white. I did said the seargent major.”
Q8: One person that I felt was left out was Morriss history. They left him out probably to build up more suspense around the character.
Q6: If the pov was changed from the man and a woman the story would have changed by the thoughts that have been displayed to the readers. To add on if the thoughts and the point of view was changed based on the woman then instead of the mans feelings and him being anxious the author could’ve showed all the thoughts of the woman.
Part 3: What I am looking forward to is getting to meeting my new teachers,succeeding, starting my path for a career and starting my life for the better.
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Part 1. Two truths that “The Monkeys Paw” attempt to establish is looks can be deceiving and fate should not be changed.
Part 2. (Q#1) The text contradicts that the monkeys paw is magic because many people had their doubts about it, the text states, “ ‘Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This piece of text shows how the story contradicts it by showing how Sergeant-Major Morris basically says that most people think its fake.
(Q#5) If Sergeant-Major Morris went into more detail about why he didn’t want the paw and what exactly happened to him, then maybe the Whites would have believed him and would’ve kept the paw in the fire. If that happened then that would have undermined the goal of the story and the Whites would have a different perspective of the paw.
(Q#6) If the point of view was changed then we could of went into further details about what each character was thinking and feeling. If the point of view was from Sergeant-Major Morris then maybe we could of had a more understanding about the monkeys paw and why exactly he wanted it gone. We could of understood why Mrs. White wanted to wish her son back and what she was feeling, we could have also understood why Mr, White was so terrified to use the paw. “‘No,” she cried excitedly; “We’ll have one more. Go down and get it quickly and wish our boy alive again.” The man sat up in bed and threw the blankets from his shaking legs. “Good God, you are mad!” he cried, struck with horror. “Get it,” she said, breathing quickly; “get it quickly, and wish – Oh my boy, my boy!” Her husband struck a match and lit the candle. “Get back to bed, he said,” his voice shaking. “You don’t know what you are saying.’” If this piece of text was in either ones perspective then we could of understood why Mr, White was so scared or why Mrs. White wanted to wish her son back.
(Q#7) The story of Sergeant-Major Morris is not told in the story, the text says, “‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth. “And has anybody else wished?” continued the old lady. “The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’” That’s all the Sergeant says about him and the paw.
(Q#8) Sergeant-Major Morris is left out of the story. The author may have omitted him to leave suspense in the text so the reader would wonder exactly why Sergeant-Major Morris wanted the monkeys paw gone.
Part 3. This school year I am excited to make new friends and see my old friends, I also want to focus on my school work and become more aware of the career choice I picked.
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Part 1. Two truths the story “The Monkey’s Paw” attempts to establish is that the monkey’s paw is bad luck and you can’t change what you’ve already done.
Part 2. Question 4: The text promotes the ideology that not everything is what it seems to be. In the story, they didn’t believe the paw was magical or harmful in any way. However later in the story they find out the paw works and causes serious problems for them.
Question 5: When the paw was given to them they weren’t told the full story, if the full story was given to them they wouldn’t have used the paw for the wishes and none of the problems would have occurred and it wouldn’t show the truths because the story would have changed completely.
Question 6: If the point of view was changed the story would change because of whose thoughts are shown. If the story was told from the womans’ point of view we could tell why she chose the wish she did and her thoughts about it.
Question 7: Sergeant-Major Morris’ story was not told. The text states, “And did you really have three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth. “And has anybody else wished?” continued the old lady. “The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” That is all that the story reveals about the character.
Question 8: Sergeant-Major Morris is left out. He was only in the beginning of the story. The author might have done this because he wanted to create suspense by making the reader wonder why he wanted to get rid of the paw so badly.
Part 3: This year I am looking forward to seeing my friends again and making new ones, also starting my career path.
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Blog Three
Part One: The two truths “The Monkey Paw” attempts to establish is don’t try to change fate and be careful what you wish for.
Part Two:
Question 7- Sergeant- Major Morris’s story wasn’t really told. It says, “The first man had his three wishes. Yes, was the reply, I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” He didn’t really explain the whole story, and there wasn’t much detail, he definitely didn’t have his story told.
Question 6- If the point of view changed to another character, like Sergeant-Major Morris, it would describe in detail his feelings and thoughts. The story would be in his perspective. It wouldn’t describe how Mr. White chose his wishes, it would describe his thoughts on the family and how he grants the wishes with the monkey paw.
Question 5- One thing that was left out of the story was that if Sergeant-Major Morris told the family what the paw actually would do If they used it, the family wouldn’t have granted three wishes, and would of just burnt it like they told him too. It says, “I won’t.” said his friend with stubborn determination. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t hold me responsible for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.” They wouldn’t have even chanced it if they knew what the monkey paw would do if they used it, but he didn’t tell Mr. White.
Question 8- Sergeant-Major Morris is left out of the story because later on when the White family gets the monkey paw, he like slowly becomes no longer part of the story and kind of just leaves it. The author omitted this tale maybe to leave the reader wondering and to question what they are reading. We never knew why the monkey paw was so bad and what Sergeant-Major Morris experience was with the monkey paw.
Question 4- The text seems to promote that whoever has the monkey paw has bad luck or shows them to not try to change their fate. “I don’t know, “said the other. “I don’t know.” This shows that when they were asked if they would ever want the monkey paw to wish again, they said I don’t know, they had to question it because they had bad experiences with it.
Part 3:
I am most excited about learning things that I am interested in, and making new friends.
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i like the evidence that you cited
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I liked the way you explained your evidence. Great work!
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good evidence, nice work!
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Part I: The Fall of the House of Usher attempts to establish truths within the story. I feel that the story attempts to establish that Roderick and the narrator are friends. The author does this at the beginning of the story because the text states that a letter had arrived to the narrator across the country requesting him to come see him due to his mental illness and a great desire to see him. The story continues with the narrator actually visiting Roderick and spending time with him until his death.
Another truth that the author attempts to establish that the house had human-like qualities and died as he died. This is evident at the end of the story as the story the house cracks and falls for no reason as the author ran from it.
Part 2:
2. The Fall of the House of Usher moves outside of the conventions of horror How does a work fulfill or move outside the established conventions of its genre? The text went outside of the genre as it included some parts of Science Fiction. It moves into it by being buried alive and the house being represented as a human.
5. What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work? Romance would sabotage the text because it wouldn’t make it a horror text if there were romance.
6. If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change? If the story changed to Rodrick’s perspective then we would have known what he was thinking about and how his thought process changed once his sister died.
7. Whose story is not told in the text? Madeline’s story was not told in the text. For example in the story we do not know what she was. We don’t know if she is alive or if she wasn’t.
8. Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale? I think the author did not put in spouses because I think that he wanted people to wonder why Rodrick and his sister were still living together.
Part 3: In my freshman year, I am looking forward to hanging out with the upperclassman. As a hold back freshman I can finally talk and hang out with friends that are older than me.
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I agree with that
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I like your second truth because it can relate to the theme of the story
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Part 1: Two truths of ” The Monkey’s Paw” is that you should be careful what you wish for and fate can’t be changed.
Part two:
Question six: If we changed the point of view in the story to another character the plot of the story would’ve changed as well. I know this because if they would’ve changed the point of view to the woman it could’ve told us what was going through her head while she was making that wish and what made her decide to make that wish.
Question five: I think if they would’ve said what would have happened as a result of making a wish it would’ve prevented them from doing that and every situation or problem in the story would have been prevented. For example if they would have known that wishing for 200 pounds would’ve killed a person they wouldn’t have wished for it.
Question eight: I feel like Sargent-Major Morris was left out of the majority of the story. Which I think would make the readers wonder why he suddenly disappeared when the story started to become more intense and why he was trying to avoid the paw so much.
Question one: The story goes against the fact that the paw is magic because many people doubted that it was. I know this because the story said,” They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” this shows that many people had their doubts about the magic until they saw that it was true.
Question four: An ideology that the story tried to promote is that you shouldn’t attempt to change fate. I know this because the text states,”I wish for two hundred pounds,’ said the old man clearly.”… “ ‘He was caught in the machinery,’ said the visitor at length in a low voice.” this show that as a result of attempting to change his fate a with a positive there was a negative outcome in the end.
Part 3:
i look forward to meeting new people and taking classes that will interest me and allow me to learn about the career i want to pursue.
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great job explaining!
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Part I: Two truths that the text “Monkey’s Paw” attempts to establish is that no one should change what has already been done and you should be careful for what you wish for as the outcome could be not what you wanted or expected.
Part II: Q4. An ideology the text seems to promote is that looks can be deceiving.It states, “‘To look at it,’ said the Sergeant-Major, feeling about in his pocket, ‘it’s just an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy.’ He took something out of his pocket and held it out for them. Mrs. White drew back with a look of disgust, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously. ‘And what is there special about it?’ asked Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table. ‘It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,’ said the Sergeant-Major, ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be sorry. He put a spell on it so that three different men could each have three wishes from it.’” While looking at the paw, it would seem just like any other paw, however this item is used for a curse. A curse that was used to teach people a lesson. Make a wish from it, and you will regret it. Something so ordinary could be your demise. The paw shows little harm, but it’s quite the opposite. Q5.If the text had included the wishes Sergeant-Major had, and the characters had been aware of it, this would have undermined the goal of the story. It says in the text, “‘Well, why don’t you have three, sir?’ said Herbert, cleverly. The soldier looked at him the way that the middle aged usually look at disrespectful youth. ‘I have,’ he said quietly, and his face whitened. ‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” If the text had included what he wished and the effect it had truly caused, then they would have left the paw alone, not letting the story play out. Q6.If we had changed the stories point of view to Mrs. White, then we would have seen a new story play out. It states, “The old woman with a sudden pull broke free and ran from the room. Her husband followed to the top of the stairs, and called after her as she hurried down. He heard the chain pulled back and the bottom lock open. Then the old woman’s voice, desperate and breathing heavily..A cold wind blew up the staircase, and a long loud cry of disappointment and pain from his wife gave him the courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate.” If the story was told from her point of view, we would have seen her desperation to see her son again. How she was willing to do anything to have him back. And then, how we would see her disappointment in not finding him on the other side of that door. Q7. The person’s story who’s not told in the text is Sergeant-Major. While he may be an important character, we know little about him. As it says in the text, “‘Well, why don’t you have three, sir?’ said Herbert, cleverly. The soldier looked at him the way that the middle aged usually look at disrespectful youth. ‘I have,’ he said quietly, and his face whitened. ‘And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth. ‘And has anybody else wished?’ continued the old lady. ‘The first man had his three wishes. Yes,’ was the reply, ‘I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.’ His voice was so serious that the group fell quiet.” That is as far as his story goes. It leaves you with many questions, about him, about the paw, about the men before him. It is a story that may remain untold. Q8. A person who was left out was the man before Sergeant-Major. If his story had been told before receiving the paw, these events would not have transpired. His story would have not let any others to suffer as he had, it would have been a warning. If his story was told, no lesson would have been learned or a different lesson would have been taught.
Part III: I look forward to learning new things and meeting my teachers this year.
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Part 1- Two truths that the short story, “ The Monkey’s Paw”, tries to establish are fate rules people’s lives and those who try to change it will be sorry and magic is real.
Part 2-1. The work The Monkey’s Paw contradicts the generally accepted truth that magic isn’t real. The passage clearly expresses that magic however is real, using the power of the Monkey Paw. For example, “‘Monkey’s paw?’ said Mrs. White curiously… ‘Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,’ said the Sergeant-Major, without first stopping to think.” Throughout the story the Monkey’s Paw is displayed as to be magic, and if you speak your wish to it, that wish would magically be granted. However, in reality that is not at all true, magic is seen to be not real.
2. The work fulfills the established conventions of its genre (Horror Fiction) by displaying panic, alarm, and terror of the unknown. Throughout the story the paw is seen as to be able to perform magic works, but it is also shown that those works come with an unknown factor.. “‘Hold it up in your right hand, and state your wish out loud so that you can be heard,’ said the Sergeant-Major, ‘But I warn you of what might happen.’” This is terror of the unknown, because Mr. Smith is to get his wish granted, but it is unknown how he will receive it. Panic and alarm is when the second wish was granted with a visitor at the door. “The knocks came very quickly now echoing through the house, and he heard the noise of his wife moving a chair and putting it down against the door. He heard the movement of the lock as she began to open it, and at the same moment he found the monkey’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish. The knocking stopped suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair pulled back, and the door opened. A cold wind blew up the staircase, and a long loud cry of disappointment and pain from his wife gave him the courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate. The streetlight opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road.” This is an example of panic and alarm, because a visitor who was ALSO unknown shows up at the doorstep, and Mr. Smith panics to find the paw to make the visitor leave.
4. The ideology that the text The Monkey Paw’s seems to promote is to not mess with fate, to not be greedy, and to not mess with magic. First off, to not mess with fate and magic. The magic in the story caused the death of Herbert and Mrs. White tried to bring Herbert back, messing with fate and the magic of the paw. “ ‘He was caught in the machinery,’ said the visitor at length in a low voice. ‘Caught in the machinery,’ repeated Mr. White, too shocked to think clearly, ‘yes’…. But her husband was on his hands and knees feeling around wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If only he could find it before the thing outside got in. The knocks came very quickly now echoing through the house, and he heard the noise of his wife moving a chair and putting it down against the door. He heard the movement of the lock as she began to open it, and at the same moment he found the monkey’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.” Another idea that is promoted is to not be greedy. Mr. White wanted more money, and that lead to the death of his son.
6. If the story’s point of view was changed from Mr. White to the Monkey Paws’ perspective, it would change the story by strongly discouraging Mr. White from using the paw because it knows the power that it is capable of.
7. In this story the soldiers story is not told. In the passage it states, “The soldier shook his head. ‘Fancy I suppose,’ he said slowly. “I did have some idea of selling it, but I don’t think I will. It has caused me enough trouble already. Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.’” The soldier states that the monkey’s paw has already caused him much trouble, yet the passage fails to share his story of trouble.
Part 3- I am most excited about the electives I am taking this year. 🙂
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Two truths to the text attempts to establish in the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” is the monkey’s paw was bad luck, and once something is done it can not be changed nor taken back.
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Question 4- One ideology that the text seemed like it promoted was that the monkey’s paw was magical. The story “The Monkey’s Paw” states “ ‘Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps.’ Said the Sergeant-Major, without first stopping to think.” This evidence proves because in the quote Sergeant-Major is referring to the monkey’s paw as being magic.
Question 5- The Sergeant-Majors three wishes were left out of the story. For example from the story “The Monkey’s Paw” states, “ ‘And did you have the three whishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” This proves that his three wishes are left out because it states that he has them but it did not mention what he wished for.
Question 6- If the point of view was changed from the whites to Sergeant-Majors, we would then know what his three wishes were and what happened to him during the time of him having the monkey’s paw instead of knowing what happened to Mr. and Mrs. White.
Question 7- The Sergeant-Major’s story is not told is not told in the text. For example, the story “The Monkey’s Paw” states, “ ‘What was that that you started telling me the other day about a monkey’s paw or something, Morris?’ ‘Nothing.’ Said the soldier quickly. ‘ Nothing worth hearing.’ “ This proves that Sergeant-Major had a story with the monkey’s paw but it was never told.
Question 8- In the story the Sergeant-Major is left out. The soldier had three wishes just like the Whites, but Sergeant-Majors wishes are left out . They are left out because he did not want the Whites to know the monkey’s paw was bad luck and would cause harm.
Part three:
What i look forward to most in the school year is playing volleyball and seeing all my friends.
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Part 1: Two truths “The Fall of the House of Usher” is trying to tell us is fear and anxiety is a big part of our lives and if were not careful it can take over our lives. Just like it clearly did to Rodrick in the story. Another truth it’s trying to tell us is that sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to for your friends. I’m sure it wasn’t in Rodrick’s friend’s best interest to stay there after he saw how scary and strange the house along with Rodrick himself was. But he did it for his friend.
Part 2: Q1. The story contradicts the point fear and anxiety can take over us by Rodrick’s experience with it and how extreme it was. The story states “He suffered much from a sickly increase in the feeling of all the senses; he could eat only the most tasteless food; all flowers smelled too strongly for his nose; his eyes were hurt by even a little light; and there were few sounds which did not fill him with horror.” This shows Rodrick experiencing some extreme symptoms causing it to effect his daily life showing it can take over us just like it did Rodrick. The story also contradicts the point that sometimes you have to do things for friends that you font want to do by Rodrick’s friend not leaving him even after how creepy the house was and how strange Rodrick was acting. The text also states “I was now going to spend several weeks in this house of sadness — this house of gloom. Its owner was named Roderick Usher. We had been friends when we were boys; but many years had passed since our last meeting.” This shows Rodrick’s friend giving up several weeks of his time to stay at a creepy old “house of sadness” for a friend he hasn’t seen in years this shows the story trying to show the truth sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do for friends.
Q2. The story “the fall of the house of usher” fulfills its genre by adding lots of the narrator’s observations which included lots of creepy, specific detail about everything.it also included some scary realistic things like the loss of a close family member and the effects of how hard it is. It also includes Madeline (the family member he lost) returning from the dead and collapsing on him leading to them both being dead… which is pretty scary therefore fulfilling the horror theme of the story.
Q5. One thing that is left out in this story is why Rodrick was so quick to burry Madeline this almost making the reader think Rodrick knew what was going to happen. Also how did Rodrick know she was at the door. All of this wasn’t spoke about in the story probably because it would take out a lot of suspense from the story which would probably take away some of the fear of the story.
Q6. If we changed the point of view of the text it would probably make the story a lot different. For example if the story was told from Rodrick’s point of view we would probably get a lot more details about the mental pain he was in. we would also know and understand a lot of the unknown. The story would have probably been more intense and creepy.
Q7. A character’s story that was not told was Madeline who was Rodrick’s sister. The story was told from Roderick’s friends point of view who was unnamed
Q8. Rodrick’s family is left out. The author probably left them out to create suspense about why Rodrick and Madeline were staying there alone. Also if Roderick’s family was there it wouldn’t have been necessary for is friend to come.
Part 3: I’m looking forward to my electives and this upcoming basketball season.
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Part 1: Two truths in the text “The Monkey’s Paw” is you cannot change something that has already happened and the monkey’s paw is bad luck.
Part 2: Q1: The work undermines some truths by using the monkey’s paw to change the way we see it. The passage says “Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story.” Everyone thinks it’s just a story but they don’t because they have seen the bad luck the monkey’s paw brings.
Q4: The text promotes the idea that the monkey’s paw is bad luck. The passage says “I won’t. Said his friend with stubborn determination. ‘I threw it on the fire. If you keep it don’t blame me for what happens. Throw it on the fire like a sensible man.'” This proves my answer because he told him to throw it on the fire because it was bad luck and he didn’t want bad luck to come to them.
Q6: If the point of view was changed it would reveal more of the characters feelings. The passage states “we’ll have one more. Go down and get it quickly and wish our boy alive again.” This proves my answer because if the point of view was changed to Mrs.White then we would have known how she felt in this moment or when she lost her son.
Q7: The story of sergeant major morris was not told. In the passage, it states “Nothing’, said the soldier quickly. ‘At least nothing worth hearing.’ This shows that he did not talk about his experience with the monkey’s paw.
Q8: sergeant major morris is left out. He disappears very early in the story and makes you wonder why the monkey’s paw is so bad.
Part 3: I look forward to making new friends and art class.
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I like how you explained Q6 and how it would change how the reader would’ve seen things differently.
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Two truths that “To be Taken with a Grain of Salt” tries to push through to the reader is that sometimes seeing is believing and that some murder trials can cause a commotion between people.
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4. What ideology does the text seem to promote?
There are many ideas given and thought throughout the story as a whole, one idea that sticks out to the readers the most is why the backstory of the murderer and the murdered weren’t given. Both of their stories would’ve been very important to include in the story but for some odd reason, they weren’t given.
5. What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?
Something that might undermine the goal of the work is if the murderer might have murdered two people instead of one or completely came as innocent and the whole trial was let go. A piece of evidence that helps support the answer is, “As I gave in our verdict ‘Guilty’, the veil collapsed, all was gone, and his place was empty. The Murderer being asked by the Judge, according to usage, whether he had anything to say before sentence of Death should be passed upon him” If it was to change the story wouldn’t be over and the murderer would be back on the streets killing more people.
6. If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change?
If the view of the story was changed, say to the judge’s perspective the story would be different. It would just be one of those stories like “back at it again with the judges” it wouldn’t be anything new for the judge it’s just a trial that he has to put his word on. It would be a very short and boring book compared to the original.
7. Whose story is not told in the text?
There are multiple stories not told in the text one of those would be
8. Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale?
The deceased victims’ family, although they are not mentioned in the story you would think that they would be there fighting for his rights and trying to figure out what happened to him. Dickens probably had a very good reason for not including their story because they presumably would’ve just blanded out the story and made it boring to read.
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Something that I have looked forward to as an incoming freshman is getting to start a new chapter in my life. I also can’t wait to go to art class. If you know me I love to doodle and paint all kinds of things. I think that getting into the Biology class will be fun. For the few weeks that I have left at Grant County, I hope it will be the best time ever.
-Anna Wills
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Part 1) Two truths that The Monkey’s Paw attempts to establish is fate always runs its course and that the monkey’s paw is just really bad luck.
The text I am analyzing below is to be taken with a grain of salt
Part 2) 1. Question 2)This work moves outside its established conversations of its genes by becoming more of a Mystery story than being a scary, or creepy story. Throughout the text there is a ghost and people getting scared by ghosts, but there is a lot of mystery in the jury trying to find out whether the man that was getting tried was guilty or not.
2. Question 4) One ideology that this text consistently promotes is that justice will always be served. In the text it states,”As I gave in our verdict ‘Guilty’, the veil collapsed, all was gone, and his place was empty.” I take it that this means since the ghost had been warning them and giving them signs that the guy on trial was guilty, when they gave the verdict “guilty” he was satisfied and could rest in peace.
3 Question 5) One thing that I think could have been left out of the text that could undermine the goal is what the last sentence of the text means. In the text it says,”My Lord, I knew I was a doomed man when the Foreman of the Jury came into the box. My Lord, I knew he would never let me off because, before I was taken, he somehow got to my bedside in the night, woke me, and put a rope round my neck.’ This confused me because obviously the guy is still alive and if the juryman had gone to his bedside and put a rope around his neck he would be dead. So I think without the description the message of the story doesn’t get through
4. Question 7) One person’s story that is not told in the text is the story of the guilty man. I think his story could have been told more about what happened before he killed the man and if the man was a target or if he just wanted to kill anyone. Throughout the text it just refers to him as the man who could be guilty and never says much more about him. There definitely could have been more to the story with this character.
5. Question 8) I think one person that is left out that could have been included are witnesses. These people could have had a say in what the jurors decided and how the decision played out. There is no mention of them in the text and they never play a part, so I think they could play a definite roll in the story if the author had included them.
Part 3) The thing I am looking most to about this school year is having fun
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1) Two Truths that are established in “The Monkey’s Paw” are magic does exist, and nothing comes for free.
2)Question 1: The text contradicts the real world Truth that magic isn’t real. In the story the characters receive a Paw that can grant wishes which makes it a magical object. The text States “An old fakir put a spell on it. He was a very holey man and he wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that to interfere with fate only caused deep sadness. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it” this shows that in this text magic exists and has the power to grant wishes a truth that doesn’t exist in our own reality.
Question 2: This work fufills the conventions of it’s genre by having an object (the monkeys paw) cause paranormal or unusual things to happen to the characters. The text States,” I wish for two hundred pounds’ said the old man distinctly. As Herbert played a loud, dramatic chord the old man suddenly cried out in a trembling voice. His wife and son ran towards him. ‘It moved,’ he cried…” This supports the idea of the genre of Horror because an unusual thing happened that caused the characters distress.
Question 4: This text promots the idea that Fate rules our lives.The text flat out States” He was a very holey man and he wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives.” The character mentioned above then proceeded to cast a spell on the monkeys paw so that the people who wished from it would be fated to become very sad.
Question 6: If we were to change the perspective of the story from Mr. White to Mrs. White the story would change a lot. In the story we hear quotes as such,” Suddenly he was possesses by a horrible fear that his unspoken wish might bring his mutilated son back before he escaped from the room.” If this story was told from Mrs. White’s perspective then we would probably hear something about waiting for her son to return and how it would be as if he never died.
Question 7: A character’s story that isn’t told in the text is Sergent Major Morris’ We know only that the paw is enchanted, and the man who possessed it before him wished for death, but after that we don’t know any of his own wishes.
3) I look forward to my new classes as well as the ability to make more decisions for myself. Also getting out of the house for a change.
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1. 1.Two truths “The Monkey Paw” tries to establish are that the paw is harmful to the owner and you can’t change or reverse what has already happened
2. 2.Question 1-the work undermines one of these truths by using the monkey paw to bring there son back “‘bring him back’ cried the old woman” bringing there son back to life is changing the past
3. question 4-the ideology the work seems to promote is that the paw is dangerous this is obvious because it killed there son but, one piece of evidence to support it is “‘is he hurt?’ Demanded the mother wildly
4. the visitor lowerd and raised his head once in agreement”
5. Question 5-if they would have let there son in he may have been completely fine but instead where left to beleive he was something dangerous “for god sake don’t let it in”
6. Question 6- if the point of view was different we would have seen just what Mrs.white was feeling when she was wishing her son back “ go down get it quickly and wish our son alive again”
7. Question 7- Sargent Major Morris’ story wasn’t told in the text it says “‘did you really have 3 wishes granted?’asked Mrs.White.’i did’ said the Sargent major” we know he had wishes granted but we have no clue what the wishes were and what he had as a consequence
8. 3.i look forward to doing band again and all the new electives I can try this year
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Part 1- Two truths in the story “The Monkey’s Paw” is that fate is set and you shouldn’t mess with it and that the Monkey’s paw causes harm, even though the idea of it sounds wonderful.
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7. in the text, Sergeant-Major Morris’s story is not told. The text states “” And did you really have the three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” This shows that Morris did use the three wishes, but what happened to him is never told
4. The text promotes the ideology that fate is set and shouldn’t be messed with. When the people in the story are able change fate with the monkey ‘s paw, it doesn’t go well. “The first man had his three wishes. Yes,” was the reply, “I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.”
6. if the point of view was different and Mrs. White’s, it would’ve explained her decision to bring her son back even though there was a bunch of risks. ‘“WISH!” she cried in a strong voice. “It is foolish and wicked,” he said weakly. “WISH!” repeated his wife.”
2. the work undermines one of the truths in the text, by using the monkey’s paw to change fate, which contradicts the truth that fate is set.
8. Sergeant-Major Morris’s story was omitted, and I think the author did this because if he did tell his story, the white’s might’ve not used the monkey’s paw, which would’ve ruined the story
Part 3- I look forward to the electives that I’ll be taking. And to get away from my siblings.
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Two truths that the text “Money Paws” establishes is be careful what you ask for and expect the unexpected.
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4. What ideology does the text seem to promote?
The ideology promoted in “The Fall of the House of Usher” is the idea of a depressed setting and a twisted story of the House of Usher. According to the text,”There was a coldness, a sickening of the heart, in which I could dis- cover nothing to lighten the weight I felt. What was it, I asked myself, what was it that was so fearful, so frightening in my view of the House of Usher? This was a question to which I could find no answer.” This citation proves my answer by showing that this house had a creepy feeling to it and has a twisted story to go with the unearthly feeling of the house and its surroundings.
5. What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?
I think the story of what happened to Roderick Usher that shows what made him the way he is might undermine the goal of the work if told. According to the text,” had been friends when we were boys; but many years had passed since our last meeting.” Also according to the text,”Although as boys we had been together, I really knew little about my friend.” Both of these citations prove that the story of what happened to Roderick is left out of the story or is ‘unknown’ because it might undermine the goal of the work.
6. If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change?
If you changed the point of view in “The Fall of the House of Usher” the story would change drastically by potentially changing the way the feeling of the house and the place around it is described. According to the text,” I had indeed been prepared for something like this, partly by his letter and partly by remembering him as a boy. His actions were first too quick and then too quiet. Sometimes his voice, slow and trembling with fear, quickly changed to a strong, heavy, carefully spaced, too perfectly controlled manner.” This citation shows that if the story’s view point was changed to Roderick’s point of view it could change the description of Roderick’s characteristic because he might think he’s normal and that the creepy feeling of his house is what every house feels like.
7. Whose story is not told in the text?
In the text “The Fall of the House of Usher” the story of Lady Madeline. According to the text, “The illness of Lady Madeline has long been beyond the help of her doctors. She seemed to care about nothing. Slowly her body had grown thin and weak, and often she would fall into a sleep like the sleep of the dead.” This citation shows Lady Madeleine’s story is not told by showing that this is one of the only times she was mentioned in the whole story of the House of Usher.
8. Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale?
I think the tale of the person telling the story is not told because it could change the outlook of the characters around him and the way the readers think about that character. According to the text,”It was a dark and soundless
day near the end of the year, and clouds were hanging low in the heavens. All day I had been rid- ing on horseback through coun- try with little life or beauty; and in the early evening I came within view of the House of Usher.” This citation shows that the only information that is really released about the narrator is what they were doing the morning of because the background information could change the story and viewpoints.
Part three:
I look forward to the opportunity to take a welding an electrical class this year as well as honors classes. But I’m also looking forward to meeting new friends along the way.
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Part One: Two truths in “The Monkeys Paw” is to always be ready for the unexpected, And also be careful what you wish for.
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4) Ideology the text seems to promote that the monkeys paw is magical but dangerous.
5) One thing that was left out of “The Monkeys Paw” was when the story don’t say where the monkeys paw originated from.
6) If one of the characters changed in this story then the point of view may change. and that may happen if the old strange man was a different person because then they probably wouldn’t end up with the monkeys paw.
7) In “The Monkeys Paw” the strange old mans story isn’t really told fully he does explain about the monkeys paw but he didn’t explain about what all he wished for and what happened when he wished. most importantly he never warned the family about the dangers of it.
8) In this story the person left out is Sergeant major Morris. I believed that he was left out by the author because the author wanted to add some mystery and let the other characters learn a lesson.
What I look forward in high school is all the new classes and academics.
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Blog three – Two truths the text “the Monkeys Paw” is trying to establish is that the monkeys paw is dangerous to the holder and that you cant change the fate or destiny of something.
Part 2 – #1 the work undermined generally accepted truths by using the monkeys paw to try and change fate. and the contradicts with the truth that you cant change the fate or destiny of something.
#4 one ideology this story promotes is the idea of destiny and the fact that it should not be trying to get changed. in the story it says” ‘a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be sorry. He put a spell on it so that three different men could each have three wishes from it.’ ” this shows that the story promotes the ideology that destiny should not be tried to changed.
#6 If the perspective was changed it was changed it would changed the story because we could see some of the thoughts and emotions that lead to the decisions in the story like how Mrs. White wanted to bring her son back to life. ” ‘No,’ she cried excitedly; ‘We’ll have one more. Go down and get it quickly, and wish our boy alive again.’ ” this shows that we didn’t have the thoughts of Mrs.white and if the story was told in her perspective then we could understand the plot more and it would have made the story more interesting.
#7 The story of Sargent Major Morison isn’t told in the text. for example it is told in the text that Morison got his three wishes but we don’t know what the wishes were for or what happened after he wished for them.
#8 Sargent Major Morison was left out of the story. the author might have left out his story because they wanted to leave some mystery to the story and keep the readers guessing as to what happened after the claw is used.
Part 3 – I look forward to seeing my friends and getting to know my new peers
Johie Haney
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Part 1. Two truths that “The Monkey’s Paw” establishes is that you can’t change something that’s already been done, and looks can be deceiving.
Part 2. (Q#1) The text contradicts the truth that magic is real, because it shows the disbeliefs from many people when presented with the story of the paw. The text states, “Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think of anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterword.” This citation proves the text contradicts the truth of the paw because Sergeant-Major Morris is talking to the Whites and telling them about how people think the monkeys paw is just a scam.
(Q#4) One ideology that the text seemed to promote was that the paw was magical. In the text it says the man was talking about the paw, and the lady asked about it. He responded and said it was magic. The story states, “ ‘The monkeys paw?’ said Mr. White curiously. ‘Well it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,’ said Sergeant-Major, without first stopping to think.” This supports that they thought the paw was magical, and had very special abilities.
(Q#5) Something that would undermine the goal of this story is if the husband would have gotten the 200lb, and nothing bad would have happened.
(Q#7) The fathers story was not told in the text. We only know that he has a wife, and a son.
(Q#8) The Sergeant was left out because his part wasn’t meant to be that long. His part got cut out at the beginning of the story, so that when readers read this story, they’re wondering why the monkeys paw is so bad, when you would assume it’s a blessing to have, since it has three wishes.
Part 3. I really look forward to Chamber Choir, the musical, and meeting the teachers. And of course, seeing my friends :))
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I agree with your ideas here, good job.
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Part 1. Two truths that “The Monkey’s Paw” attempted to establish are, bad ideas aren’t bad ideas if nobody warned you about them being dangerous like when Sergeant- Major Morris warned Mr.White about the monkey’s paw. And when a loved person dies there is nothing to do to bring them back but to think they are happy and in a better place now as did Mr.White while Mrs.White tried bringing back their deceased son.
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(Question 4. What ideology does the text seem to promote?)
There are many ideas given and thought throughout the story as a whole, one idea that sticks out to the readers the most is why the backstory of the murderer and the murdered weren’t given. Both of their text would’ve been was important to include in the story but for some weird reason, they didn’t show
(Question 2 How does a work fulfill or move outside the established conventions of its genre?)This story fulfills its genre as a horror story because it includes the aspect that the characters are startled of different things happening in the story.
(Question 7 Whose story is not told in the text?)Sergeant- Major Morris’s story wasn’t explained fully . It says, “The first man had his three wishes. Yes, was the reply, I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.” He didn’t really explain the whole story, and there wasn’t much detail, his story was never explained.
(Question 6 If we changed the point of view of the text – say from one character to another, or multiple characters – how would the story change? )If you would have changed the perspective from the old man to the old woman, the ending would have been very different because the old man used the last wish to stop the unusual knocking that was going on. While the old woman might have let it in considering that their son died and he might have want to open the door thinking it was her son. So the ending would have been different due to the perspective change.
(Question 1 How does the work undermine or contradict generally accepted truths? (see part 1). How does the author (or a character) omit, change, or reconstruct memory and identity?)work undermines the truths because Mr. & Mrs.White tried to change what had already been done.The text states, ”He raised his hand. ‘I wish my son alive again.’…at the same moment he found the monkeys’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish… A cold wind blew up the staircase, and a long loud cry of disappointment and pain from his wife…” Mr.White had tried to change what had already been done but then realized that it was wrong and impossible
Part 3. What I look forward to most this school year is volleyball season and new experiences !
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Part 1. Two truths that the text “The Monkey’s Paw” attempted to establish is, the paw is bad luck and be careful what you wish for.
Question #1- The work undermines the truths because Mrs. And Mr. White tried to change their son’s death.
Question #4- The text promotes an ideology that bad luck will be brought upon every owner of the monkey’s paw. “They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterward.” This piece of evidence proves that bad luck will be brought upon the owners because all of the owners think that it’s just a story and he knows what harm the monkey’s paw can do.
Question #6- If the point of view would’ve been changed then all the thoughts and feelings of the characters would be seen differently. If the point of view was changed between the mother and the father then it would express how exited the wife was to see her sin at the end, and how scared the husband was at the end.
Question #7- Sergeant-Major Morris was not told in the story
Question #8- Sergeant-Major Morris is left out of the story. He stops being mentioned early on. To give the text more suspense, he stops being mentioned after giving the monkey’s paw to the White family.
Part 3- I’m looking forward to having classes with my friends.
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Part 1- Two truth the author establish in “The Monkey Paws” is that you cannot change something that has already been done and looks can be deceiving.
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Q7-The story of Sergeant-Major Morris was not told in the story “The Monkey’s Paw”. The text states “And did you really have three wishes granted?” asked Mrs. White. “I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.” this evidence shows that sergeant-Major Morris story was not told because he never told the 3 wishes that he wished for
Q4-The ideology for this text is you have to believe in magic evidence from the text to support this answer is “Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps…It had a spell put on it by an old fakir…” this piece of evidence shows that you would have to believe in magic before trusting the monkey paw.
Q5-What is left out that undermined the goal of the work is when sergeant major didn’t tell what his three wishes evidence from the passage to support this answer is “I have,’ he said quietly, and his face whitened. ‘And did you really have the three wishes granted” this evidence shows that he was scared when mrs.White mentioned his wishes about the monkey’s paw.
Q8-Sergeant-Major Morris is left out. In the beginning sergeant major is in the story than as wishes start being made sergeant major morris disappears.i think the author did this to create suspense by not telling sergeant major morris’s story.
Q6- if the point of view was changed than there would be different thoughts and feeling like if it was told from sergeant major morris there would be different personal feeling and it would off told why he left and didn’t return.
Part 3- what i look forward to going to highschool is the biomedical class that I will take during first semester. I am also excited about colorguard first competition.
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Part 1. Two truths that “The Monkey’s Paw” establishes is that you can’t change things/actions that have already been done and that looks can be deceiving.
Part 2. (Q#4) One ideology that the text seemed to promote was that the paw was magical. In the text it says the man that presented the paw was informing the family about it, and the lady asked about it. He responded and said it was magical. The story states, “ ‘The monkeys paw?’ said Mr. White curiously. ‘Well it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,’ said Sergeant-Major, without first stopping to think.” This supports that they thought the paw was magical, and had a very special abilities, it also supports that the paw from the beginning was magical, but they still began to doubt it until they experienced its abilities first hand.
(Q#1) The text contradicts the truth that magic is real, because it shows the reader that people didn’t believe that magic was real at all and they are immediately proven wrong because of the events. The text states, “Besides, people won’t buy. They think it’s just a story, some of them; and those who do think of anything of it want to try it first and pay me afterword.” This shows the contradiction of magic because they all believe that magic is not real and the paw doesn’t do anything, but they are soon proven wrong.
(Q#7) The father’s story was not told in the text. We only know that he has a family consisting of a wife and a son.
(Q#8) The Sergeant was left out because his part wasn’t meant to be that in depth. He was just meant to present the paw to the family, even though they didn’t believe the powers that it possessed. So, they had to find out its power for themselves.
(Q#5) Something that would undermine the goal of this story is if the husband would have gotten the 200lb, then nothing bad wouldn’t of happened and they would have never experienced the terror that the paw presented.
Part 3:I’m most excited for auto mechanics and getting to work with cars. I love cars and learning about them, so I think it’s going to be a very interesting class.
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As I was reading the story I knew where it was going and became more and more frightened that they were going to bring their son back to life. I think one of the biggest truths to this story is being careful what you wish for. It is just creepy and not right to want to bring someone back to life. They just didn’t know what to expect.
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Two truths that the short story “Fall of the House of Usher” attempts to show you is that just being there for someone can be enough and that not everyone sees things the same way.
Part two:
Q2.) The story moves outside of the established conventions of its genre by telling the story from the perspective of someone who doesn’t know what is going on. This helps give the story suspense and gets the reader to continue reading to find out what will happen. Since the narrator which is Rodericks friend, doesn’t know what is actually wrong with Roderick it gets the reader to be curious of what comes next. In the text it says, “We had been friends when we were boys; but many years had passed since our last meeting. A letter from him had reached me, a wild letter which demanded that I reply by coming to see him. He wrote of an illness of the body — of a sickness of the mind — and of a desire to see me — his best and indeed his only friend.”
Q4.) The text seems to promote the idea that everyone’s perspective on one thing is different. With Roderick he thinks his illness is just something that won’t ever become better and he won’t heal. The narrator of the story thinks that Roderick’s illness is something that he can help his friend get over. In the text it says, “
Q6.)If we changed the point of view from the narrator to Roderick Usher we would be able to see more into his illness and maybe how he got it in the first place. The story might start a lot earlier from before the narrator came into the story or it might go into more detail about his life when the narrator was at his house helping him recover.
Q7.)In the “Fall of the House of Usher” the characters story who is not fully told is Lady Madeline. Even with Roderick and the narrator their stories aren’t really told that well either but we know more about them than characters such as Lady Madeline, their mother & father, and the butler.
Q8.)In the story Lady Madeline is left out. Maybe the author omitted her tale because it gives the story more suspicion and confusion on why she has her illness, her brothers illness, and their history through out the past years. Another character who has an omitted tale is the butler. Even with his short appearance in the story he may be part of the bigger picture with what might have happened in the past.
Part Three:
What I am most looking forward to this year is meeting new people and trying out my electives.
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I picked up on the same thing when it came to some of the character’s stories not being told. Especially the 2 servants that took the horse and answered the door without saying anything. I feel like that adds to the mystery and suspense of what is actually happening inside the creepy house of the Usher.
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Q4.) Evidence, ” It was, he said, a family
sickness, and one from which he could not hope to grow better — but
it was, he added at once, only a nervous illness which would without
doubt soon pass away.”
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Part 1. One truth that The Fall Of The House Of The Usher is that what you think is the right thing to do isn’t always the right thing to do. In the text it states “one evening he told me that the lady Madeline was alive no more. He said he was going to keep her body for a time in one of the many vaults inside the walls of the building”. Later in the story we find out Madeline was actually alive and very upset about being put in the vault.
Part 4. The ideology that the text promotes is their family was kind to the poor because the text tells us” I knew, however, that his family, a very old one, had long been famous for its understanding of all the arts and for many quiet acts of kindness to the poor.”
Part 6. If we would have changed the point of view of the text to Madeline’s point of view the story would have changed a lot. The story might have talked about feelings of betrayal from your own brother. After all who could imagine being buried alive by your own twin?
Part 7. The story that is not told in the text is the rest of the Usher’s family. All we know is they were well known for acts of kindness and the understanding of the arts.
Part 8. The people who were left out of the story of The House Of The Usher is both of the servants. The text states, ” A man who worked in the house — a servant — took my horse, and I entered. Another servant, of quiet step, led me without a word through many dark turnings to the room of his master. Much that I met on the way added, I do not know how, to the strangeness of which I have already spoken.” I feel like their story was left out in order to add mystery and suspense.
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Part 1: Two truths that The Monkey’s Paw that attempts to establish are that you can’t change the past, the mother tried to bring her son back but instead of bringing her son back, she brought a monster like thing. The second truth is that nothing comes for free, the father wished for money and in return their son died.
Part 2: Q1, the work undermines the truth that you can’t change the past, because when Mr. and Mrs.Wight tried to bring back their son they instead brought back a zombie like thing and that is when Mr.Wight knew the truth, and that it was impossible to change the past. Q4, The text promotes an ideology of someone’s belief in the supernatural world or magic. Were people make wishes and they come true, and people are brought back from the dead. “Well, it’s just a bit of what you might call magic, perhaps,” Q6, if the point of view changed from Mr.Wight to Mrs.Wight, it would have explained how she felt about her son, and what she thought when her son came back as a zombie. Q7, sergeant-Major Morris’s story was left out giving the story the suspense, because he was very vague about what happened but did tell him to ”Better let it burn”. Q8,Sergeant-Major Morris tale was left out of the story, I think because he knew even if he told them what had happened to him they would have used the paw anyways. “Nothing.” said the soldier quickly. “At least, nothing worth hearing.” this shows that he knew Mr. Wight would use the paw no matter what he said.
Part 3: I look forward to my elective classes i chooses and seeing my friends
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2 truths that the story “To be taken with a grain of salt” are;
1. The author Charles Dickens writes that he is visited by the ghost of a murder victim and that he appears to him in different places with his throat slashed and walks around to the people in the court room.
2. The author says that he gets a chill every time the host is about to appear and that if he touches someone when the host is about to show he can transfer the chill to them as well. He can tell if someone sees the ghost because of the look on their face and the chill they get.
Part 2:
Q1. What ideology does the text seem to promote?
The ideology that the text seems to be promoting is that the only way the justice system can work is through supernatural intervention.
Q2. What is left out of the text that if included might undermine the goal of the work?
I feel like a back story on how the writer gained the ability to see the ghost is missing and might change the outcome of the work. Maybe if we knew how this all started and how they usually end (if this was not the writers first ghost he ever saw) we would know if the host was telling the truth. This could just be a trick of his mind since he thinks he sees the victim and the killer beforehand. “As the pillar fell and the leaves dispersed, I saw two men on the opposite side of the way going West to East.”
Q3. If we changed the point of view of the text-say from one character to another, or multiple characters- how would the story change?
If we changed the point of view to the murdered man we would get a firsthand account of what happened. We might even find out why he chose the writer to see him. If the point of view switched to the murderer we would find out why he did it. We would find out if he sees the ghost throughout the court trial as well and if maybe he feels so much guilt that is why. We may find out that the murderer was a good guy and the victim was a bad guy.
Q4. Whose story is not told in the text?
The story of the victim is not told in the text. They don’t ever tell us if the victim and the murderer knew each other or why the writer saw the two earlier that day after he read the paper. “The foremost man often looked back over his shoulder. The second man followed him, at a distance of some 30 paces, with his right hand menacingly raised.”
Q5. Who is left out and why might the author have omitted his tale?
I feel like the victim’s family is left out. In the story the author talks about the trial and about all the people that he encounters and see there. He talks about the witnesses and the lawyers and the judges but never about the families. I think he may have left them out because he just wanted to get to the point. He did not want to go in to much detail with otter parts because he wanted us to stay focused on the main fact that he saw the ghost and that the ghost was trying to tell his story to each person on the jury stand.
Part 3:
I look forward to taking my medical classes this year. I really hope to be a surgeon so I cannot wait to start to experience classes that have to do with that. I also cannot wait to make new friends that will hopefully last a lifetime, even if the friendships don’t I want to create memories that will. My mom has had her best friends since high school and I really want that for myself as well. I really look forward to the challenge of being a freshman and learning new things that come along with being in High School!!!
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Part 1: My summer reading choice is a book called, Can you keep a secret? In this book there are many realities and NON-realities. For example, when it comes to the bank robbery and the stolen money resulting to the consequences that the robber faced and the investigation leading to the robber is the same as it would be in reality. On the other hand, the rivalry between the two sisters progress as they butt heads throughout the story.
Part 2:
1. The work is undermined by the truth that the sister is revealed by changing into a wolf and shocking other sister. In the book it states, “Something strange was happening to my sister. Gripped in shock, I stared silently as her face began to change. Her eyes grew bigger, darker. Her nose pressed into her skin, and a long snout poked through. A long animal snout.” This quote uses imagery to show the transformation of the other sister.
2. The genre moves outside and established conventions by a tense threat of being bitten by a werewolf and not being able to turn mortal again causing action and suspense. The book quotes,” “Luck be with you, my dear,” she whispered. “Marta,” I whispered. “Please. Tell me. Is there a cure?” She lowered her eyes. “Please. Is there? Is there a cure?” She shook her head no and walked out the door.” As the quote is trying to pursue, when her aunt told the sister she was actually bitten by a immortal wolf -causing her to become immortal herself- and there being no way to become mortal again.
4. The idea that the author is trying to promote is that a human can turn into an immortal. As it says in the book, “The wolf that bit you was an immortal. A wolf creature most people no longer believe in. But it exists. It exists to all of us who live in the Old Country and know the truth of the world old and new.” the author is portraying that immortals do exist.
5. If the realism was put into the text it would undermine the goal that immortals do exist. One quote from the book says, “I stared at her, stared at her glowing eyes so deep in their sockets, so dark, unblinking eyes. “Marta … you mean a werewolf?” The words spilled from my mouth. They didn’t seem real. I didn’t even know I was saying them.” The meaning of this quote is to insure that the realism is even doubted by some of the characters in the book.
6. If changed the point of view to the sister’s boyfriend witnessing the wolf transformation could change the story because the thoughts he is expressing could be totally different from the other prospective. As the book states,” Eddie had his back pressed to the dirt pit wall, his mouth hanging open in shock. “Sophie, why—” Eddie- the character that the point of view would be changed to- was in shock and didn’t know what to do but ask why. So imagine sitting there seeing the transformation of the sister, the thoughts would be endless.
Part 3: The thing that I look forward to the most would be being able to meet and interact with new people. Meeting people with different backgrounds and becoming friends with- hopefully- all of them.
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Part 1: My summer reading choice is The Fall of the House of Usher. Two truths about this piece is one is the servants in the story were all there like they were supposed to be. As it says, “A man who worked in the house — a servant — took my horse, and I entered. Another servant, of quiet step, led me without a word through many dark turnings to the room of his master.” What this is trying to say is all of the servants served “Master Usher”.
Part 2:
1. The work is undermined by the truth that the sister was never dead in the first place but indeed had been alive all along. As the story states, “Outside that door a shape did stand, the tall figure, in its grave-clothes, of the lady Madeline of Usher. There was blood upon her white dress, and the signs of her terrible efforts to escape were upon every part of her thin form.” This quote uses imagery to show the image of a ghost that they had seen and had killed usher through his own fear.
2. The genre moves outside and established conventions by a tense threat of Madeline coming back and asking him why he put her down there to soon.. The book quotes, ““Yes!” he said. “I heard it! Many minutes, many hours, many days have I heard it — but I did not dare to speak! We have put her living in the vault! Did I not say that my senses were too strong? I heard her first movements many days ago — yet I did not dare to speak! And now, that story — but the sounds were hers! Oh, where shall I run?! She is coming — coming to ask why I put her there too soon. I hear her footsteps on the stairs. I hear the heavy beating of her heart.” Here he jumped up and cried as if he were giving up his soul: “I tell you, she NOW STANDS AT THE DOOR!!”” As the quote is trying to pursue, when he hears she is trying to get out of her grave he doesn’t say anything until she is coming for him.
4. The idea that the author is trying to promote is that when you do someone wrong they eventually it will come back and nip you in the butt, in other words, karma. As the story states, “For a moment she remained trembling at the door; then, with a low cry, she fell heavily in upon her brother; in her pain, as she died at last, she carried him down with her, down to the floor. He too was dead, killed by his own fear. “The author is portraying that Madeline has come back to take her brother down with her for what he did to her.
5. If more happiness was put into the story it would completely mess with the main purpose of the story. One quote from the book says, “I looked at the scene before me — at the house itself — at the ground around it — at the cold stone walls of the building — at its empty eye-like windows — and at a few dead trees — I looked at this scene, I say, with a complete sadness of soul which was no healthy, earthly feeling. There was coldness, a sickening of the heart, in which I could discover nothing to lighten the weight I felt.” The meaning of this quote is to insure that the happiness in this book is none.
6. If changed the point of view to Madeline’s it would change the whole perspective. As the story states,” We have put her living in the vault!” Imagine being Madeline and being buried alive what would you think, so the perspective would change dramatically.
Part 3: The thing that I look forward to the most would be being able to meet and interact with new people. Meeting people with different backgrounds and becoming friends with- hopefully- all of them.
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Part 1 – Two truths the story “The Monkey’s Paw” tries to establish is that fate is a set thing and we should not try to change it and things are not always what they seem.
Part 2 – Q1 The work undermines these truths above in part 1 by using the monkey’s paw to try to change fate and things which contradicts the truth of fate is a set thing and we shouldn’t try to change it. I used this part of the text for my answer. “”It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake, don’t let it in,” cried the old man, shaking with fear. “You’re afraid of your own son,” she cried struggling. “Let me go. I’m coming, Herbert; I’m coming.’
Part 2 – Q4 One ideology that the text seems to promote is that things are not always what they seem. In the text it says,”It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake, don’t let it in,” cried the old man, shaking with fear. “You’re afraid of your own son,” she cried struggling. “Let me go. I’m coming, Herbert; I’m coming.’ In the text they used the monkey’s paw to try to change the fate of their son dying and then when this knock came to the door the mother thought it was him because it seemed the paw had brought their son back and fulfilled their wish. But the husband knew that is wasn’t there son and instead tried to reverse it. So this shows the ideology that things are not always what they seem.
Part 2 – Q5 One thing left out of the text “The Monkey’s Paw” that if included could undermine the goal of the text is Herbert returning alive. If this was included the text the door would have been opened at the end and this would contradict the truth that fate is set and we shouldn’t try to change it because Herberts fate would have been changed. The text I used for this question is quoted below. ”It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake, don’t let it in,” cried the old man, shaking with fear. “You’re afraid of your own son,” she cried struggling. “Let me go. I’m coming, Herbert; I’m coming.’
Part 2 – Q6 If we changed the point of view in the text “The Monkey’s Paw” from the narrator to just the Husbands it would change the story because you would only know what he thinks. So parts like at the end of the story when the thing showed up at the door, we might have had a little more insight as to why the husband did not rush to the door. I used this text to answer my question. “She ran to the door, but her husband was there before her, and catching her by the arm, held her tightly. “What are you going to do?” he asked in a low, scared voice. “It’s my boy; it’s Herbert!” she cried, struggling automatically. “I forgot it was two miles away. What are you holding me for? Let go. I must open the door.” “For God’s sake, don’t let it in,” cried the old man, shaking with fear.”
Part 2 – Q7 In the text “The Monkey’s Paw” the story that is left out is the one of the Sergeant. Only in the beginning of the story we get a little bit of insight on the sergeant but not much. It says in the text,”Sergeant-Major Morris,” he said, introducing him to his wife and his son, Herbert. The Sergeant-Major shook hands and, taking the offered seat by the fire, watched with satisfaction as Mr. White got out whiskey and glasses.” The author introduces him here and then later gives little hints to his story such of how he ended up with the monkey’s paw. But we still don’t know much of his story that is not told in the story.
Part 3 I am looking forward to seeing my friends and meeting my teachers the most.
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I)
Two truths that the text establishes are that the Monkey’s Paw is harmful to the owner and that fate is set.
II)
1)The story undermines these truths by using the Monkey’s paw to chance fate, which contradicts the truth that fate is set.
2) This work seems like an ordinary scary story, but it has a much stronger message, and an intriguing story line. In my opinion, this story outworks many others of it’s genre.
4)The text promotes the ideology of fate, and how it should not be changed. The text states,“’The first man had his three wishes. Yes,’ was the reply, ‘I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.”’
6) If the point of view was changed, Mrs. White’s reasoning would be shown. It would show how she was slowly going crazy after the death of her son Herbert.
7)The story of Sergeant-Major Morris was never in the story. The text it states, “’And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,” said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.”‘ The story of Sergeant-Major’s three wishes wasn’t revealed in the story at all.
III)
I am looking forward to reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” because I head it was a great book.
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I)
“The Monkey’s Paw” establishes the two truths that fate is set, and you can’t change the past.
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4. One ideology promoted by the text is fate (and that it can’t be changed). The passage states, “`The first man had his three wishes. Yes,` was the reply, `I don’t know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.`”
5. The reappearance of Herbert. If Herbert had indeed reappeared completely fine, then that would’ve completely undermined the previously established truth that you can’t change the past. “But her husband was on his hands and knees feeling around wildly on the floor in search of the paw.
If only he could find it before the thing outside got in. The knocks came very quickly now echoing
through the house, and he heard the noise of his wife moving a chair and putting it down against the
door. He heard the movement of the lock as she began to open it, and at the same moment he found
the monkeys’s paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.”
6. If the point of view was changed, the internal feelings of characters would have been revealed, it probably would have justified Mrs.White’s decision to resurrect her son despite the risks of doing it.”‘WISH!'” she cried in a strong voice. ‘It is foolish and wicked,’ he said weakly. ‘WISH!’ repeated his wife.”
7. Sergeant-Major Morris’s. We would probably experience his three wishes and all the suffering that he had to go through to have them come true. “`did,` said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.
`And has anybody else wished?` continued the old lady.
`The first man had his three wishes. Yes,` was the reply, `I don’t know what the first two were, but
the third was for death. That’s how I got the paw.`
His voice was so serious that the group fell quiet.”
8.he story of Sergeant-Major Morris was never in the story. The text states, “‘ And did you really have the three wishes granted?’ asked Mrs. White. ‘I did,’ said the Sergeant-Major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.'” The story of Sergeant-Major wasn’t revealed in the story at all.
III)
Band. I am most looking forward to playing and getting better at the Saxophone.
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