Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The Great Gatsby
In the book The Great Gatsby it starts off talking about a guy Nick who has gotten a new job as a bonds man. Then he meets another person who is at his work and they decide to get a house together. This was a good thing for Nick because he doesn’t know where to live because he is in a new place and was a little scared of what he would do. Then he goes out to his new house and on the way I believe he met his neighbor on the way. After a while he has to go to his cousins house who lives in the East Egg, or the rich part of this place where as Nick lives in the West Egg, which is the poor part of this place. Then at his cousins house a lot of new things come up like a new person there he hasn’t met, Miss Jordan Baker, and he finds out Tom is cheating on Daisy with some other woman in New York. Daisy is having a hard time with this and with Tom and even though she doesn’t come out and say it you can tell because of how she acts when she is alone with Nick in the garden. Then before he goes home Daisy starts talking about how Nick will be seeing a lot of Jordan and how she is going to try to fling them together. Then he is going home and he sees his neighbor Gatsby and wants to talk to him but by the time he arrives there Gatsby is gone.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Hairstyles Back Then to Hairstyles Now
Hairstyles today have dramatically changed from those in the 50’s through the 90’s. Although there are still many similarities throughout the years. Hair has gone through a great deal for the perfect look of that decade, to be achieved. The differences and similarities from then to today are very surprising.
The 50’s hairstyle was soft and curly. For casual activities women often tied their hair back in a ponytail and circled it with a scarf. The 50’s look was achieved by sleeping in curlers or rollers. A popular hairstyle came during the poodle frenzy, which is best known as the hair of Lucille Ball from “I Love Lucy”.
A popular men’s hairstyle was the ducktail haircut, which was done by applying a lot of grease and using the end of the comb to smooth back the sides, such as the “Fonz.” These guys were immediately seen as rebels.
The 50’s hairstyle was much different than that of today. Women today more prefer their hair straight, kind of like the women in the 70’s. Though the men’s hair in the 50’s was practically the same as the men’s hairstyles in the 70’s.
Then there was the age of the hippies. The 70’s women tried to keep their locks as long, smooth, and sleek as possible. In the 1970’s there were no more sleeping in curlers and no more rolls and pinup hairdos. But to get the long straight look women had to go to great lengths. Since there were no straightening irons like there are today, women had to use a regular clothing iron to straighten their hair. Girls would take turns ironing each other hair; inch-by-inch, careful not to scorch the hair, in order to achieve the natural, smooth, straight look.
A popular style sometimes seen today in both men and women is the mullet. The basic mullet is where the hair is short in front and long in back. Also Ferrah Fawcett had a major impact on hair, for she was famous for the feathered look, which is also sometimes seen today.
Using the crimping iron and teasing the hair with a comb, both men and women sported big hair. These big 80’s hairstyles were probably the most different from the hairstyles of today. The 80’s were all about BIG. Some commonly known styles were the side ponytail and the big curled bangs with the headband.
Some men used as much hairspray as the women to achieve the “hair metal” look they wanted. This look, like Guns n’ Roses or Kiss, was very popular in that time.
The closest decade of hair to todays is that of the 1990’s. It was not too long ago that “Friends” was introduced to this generation and from that came the “Rachel Cut.” The Rachel cut, or hair-like Jennifer Anniston’s character in “Friends,” is a popular look was long and sleek with longer length layers and framed with highlights. Also short, choppy styles like Meg Ryan were in. Messed up hair, whether short or long, was in, but it seemed everyone had gone blonde.
Men seemed to want their hair very short in the 90’s. Shaved heads were also really in for the men. From the 50’s to the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and today, the popular hairstyles have unconditionally changed. From long to short, big to straight, hair trends have taken dramatic leaps to get to where they are today. But from the way it is done to the way it looks, all have some similarities to them. Hair throughout the decades may have gone out of style but new forms of the styles are coming back.
The 50’s hairstyle was soft and curly. For casual activities women often tied their hair back in a ponytail and circled it with a scarf. The 50’s look was achieved by sleeping in curlers or rollers. A popular hairstyle came during the poodle frenzy, which is best known as the hair of Lucille Ball from “I Love Lucy”.
A popular men’s hairstyle was the ducktail haircut, which was done by applying a lot of grease and using the end of the comb to smooth back the sides, such as the “Fonz.” These guys were immediately seen as rebels.
The 50’s hairstyle was much different than that of today. Women today more prefer their hair straight, kind of like the women in the 70’s. Though the men’s hair in the 50’s was practically the same as the men’s hairstyles in the 70’s.
Then there was the age of the hippies. The 70’s women tried to keep their locks as long, smooth, and sleek as possible. In the 1970’s there were no more sleeping in curlers and no more rolls and pinup hairdos. But to get the long straight look women had to go to great lengths. Since there were no straightening irons like there are today, women had to use a regular clothing iron to straighten their hair. Girls would take turns ironing each other hair; inch-by-inch, careful not to scorch the hair, in order to achieve the natural, smooth, straight look.
A popular style sometimes seen today in both men and women is the mullet. The basic mullet is where the hair is short in front and long in back. Also Ferrah Fawcett had a major impact on hair, for she was famous for the feathered look, which is also sometimes seen today.
Using the crimping iron and teasing the hair with a comb, both men and women sported big hair. These big 80’s hairstyles were probably the most different from the hairstyles of today. The 80’s were all about BIG. Some commonly known styles were the side ponytail and the big curled bangs with the headband.
Some men used as much hairspray as the women to achieve the “hair metal” look they wanted. This look, like Guns n’ Roses or Kiss, was very popular in that time.
The closest decade of hair to todays is that of the 1990’s. It was not too long ago that “Friends” was introduced to this generation and from that came the “Rachel Cut.” The Rachel cut, or hair-like Jennifer Anniston’s character in “Friends,” is a popular look was long and sleek with longer length layers and framed with highlights. Also short, choppy styles like Meg Ryan were in. Messed up hair, whether short or long, was in, but it seemed everyone had gone blonde.
Men seemed to want their hair very short in the 90’s. Shaved heads were also really in for the men. From the 50’s to the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and today, the popular hairstyles have unconditionally changed. From long to short, big to straight, hair trends have taken dramatic leaps to get to where they are today. But from the way it is done to the way it looks, all have some similarities to them. Hair throughout the decades may have gone out of style but new forms of the styles are coming back.
The Grapes of Wrath
At the start of the pages the Joads are at the camp where they are getting 5 cents for picking peaches. After Tom gets in the fight after Casy dies he has to hide out in there house and stay away from others. Then because Casy is gone the lowered the price to 2 and a half cents. So the Joads save money for gas and leave as soon as possible. They have to drop Tom off on the way to another job where they can pick cotton. This is a much better job but they are living in a boxcar and have to separate themselves from the Wainwright’s by their tarp. But they get a stove and money to buy a good amount of food to eat and are still able to save some. Then Ruthie accidentally tells of Tom hiding after she got into a fight and Ma has to tell Tom to leave and get far away incase others are looking for him. They get another job before the rain comes and for some reason Rose of Sharon feels like she should go with them and help. I can see why she wants to. She probably feels as if she isn’t doing anything but sitting around and making food because of the baby. But she still shouldn’t go out for her health. She ends up getting a cold and getting sick. Then Al falls for Aggie Wainwright and they are going to get married and Al tells her he is going to get them out of there. I think that is cute. But I’m wondering if he really feels that way about her or if it’s because she’s the only girl he’s around. Then Rose of Sharon has her baby and it is stillborn. That was so sad because during the whole story she is pregnant and she goes through all of this carrying a baby in her stomach and Connie leaves and know she doesn’t have a baby in the end and when things are able to get better. The end doesn’t talk that much about Tom. I pretty much thought he was the main person in the story, it did start out with him. Then they just don’t talk about him anymore or about what happened to him. The ending was not my favorite.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Grapes of Wrath
Starting on page 392 the book skips back from what one person is doing to what another person is doing. The Joads are getting ready to move up north. They also talk about how they wish they could stay because they are going to miss the showers and toilets and the people. They get up early and get in the truck and go. They arrive someplace where there are hotdog stands and they go past Hooverville. Tom and Al get into a small fight over Al and the girl he likes. Ma is worried that they won’t get a house before winter and before it rains and I can understand why. Winfield isn’t very strong and the rain won’t help any of them. Then they run over a nail and they once again have to fix the tire. But maybe their luck has changed. A man stopped and told them there is work on the Hooper ranch picking peaches. Al wants to get a job in a garage and it is getting so annoying. Then they get stopped and asked if they want work. They then get a house that needs a lot of work but they are willing to do almost anything for a home to keep their family in.
Then they start picking the peaches and learn that they need to be handled gently. But for some reason something doesn’t seem right about this place that they are staying at. Then Ma goes to the store to get food and the store clerk is strange at first but then he was really nice and paid 10 cents for sugar for her. Then Tom and Al go looking around after supper. Tom leaves Al and goes off by himself. He finds Casy and Casy says they are on strike and that before they paid 2 ½ cents instead of 5 cents. I don’t understand how they can do that because how could people live off of that especially those who have a family.
Then they start picking the peaches and learn that they need to be handled gently. But for some reason something doesn’t seem right about this place that they are staying at. Then Ma goes to the store to get food and the store clerk is strange at first but then he was really nice and paid 10 cents for sugar for her. Then Tom and Al go looking around after supper. Tom leaves Al and goes off by himself. He finds Casy and Casy says they are on strike and that before they paid 2 ½ cents instead of 5 cents. I don’t understand how they can do that because how could people live off of that especially those who have a family.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
The Grapes of Wrath
From pg 336 it starts off talking about Tom getting work and how Ma wonders where he is working. Uncle John is sick but he thinks that because he sinned he has to work himself so that his sin is taken back. Then they meet a woman carrying an apple box who wonders if they’ll stay and she thinks that they are lucky for being able to find work, but the way she says it seems as if she almost doesn’t believe is it or she doesn’t think it’ll last. This lady is said to be a good woman but someone who makes others in the camp unhappy. Then Ma meets the ladies of a committee that work around for the comp. Ruthie and Winfield fight a lot and in times like these I’m sure it’s easy to fight because of the heat and the weakness makes people a little crazy or different but they really need to stick together. Pa and Al are driving around looking for work and they find a man who’s been walking around looking for work, so they pick him up and now they’re all looking for work together even though they have a strong feeling they wont find any. Rose of Sharon gets to work in a nursery. It’s good so she can learn how to take care of a baby since she’s having a baby.
Chapter 23 is about the migrant people who are looking for work and are living on barely anything, and doing whatever to survive while doing what they have to, even if it hurts others.
Chapter 24 is about when a fight happens and the chairman seems to act like the men who are supposed to be good and take care of the situation, like they don’t need to do anything but make things worse. The certain ones think they’re so important and can do what they want no matter what everyone else thinks.
Then there is this important, to the story, dance. Tom needs to keep his eyes open for anything “funny” happening. Then these people want to dance and Jule wants to fight them but they don’t want to fight, just dance. It seems all Jule wants to do create problems.Chapter 25 is about springtime in California. It explains and goes into a lot of detail of the lands and weather and the growing fruit.
Chapter 23 is about the migrant people who are looking for work and are living on barely anything, and doing whatever to survive while doing what they have to, even if it hurts others.
Chapter 24 is about when a fight happens and the chairman seems to act like the men who are supposed to be good and take care of the situation, like they don’t need to do anything but make things worse. The certain ones think they’re so important and can do what they want no matter what everyone else thinks.
Then there is this important, to the story, dance. Tom needs to keep his eyes open for anything “funny” happening. Then these people want to dance and Jule wants to fight them but they don’t want to fight, just dance. It seems all Jule wants to do create problems.Chapter 25 is about springtime in California. It explains and goes into a lot of detail of the lands and weather and the growing fruit.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
The Grapes of Wrath
In chapter twenty it introduces a new person to the story Floyd. It starts of with Ma cooking the food with all of these children watching her cook and as she handed the plate to John and Tom, the children watched them as each bite went into their mouth. It’s sad because the kids are so hungry because their family has no food to feed them either but they shouldn’t be around watching them. The Joads are such a good, nice family. They want to give them some food but it is hard to turn away such sad faces and the Joads don’t have enough food to feed them either. I understand that they don’t want to feed those kids because they have a family of their own but I bet it was really hard to watch them as they yearned for food. Then when Ma let the children eat what was left in the bottom of the kettle, I thought it was extremely nice but I don’t think she should have. Her family as at the brink of no food and they shouldn’t be feeding others no matter how small and sad they look. Plus once some kids have gotten food from someone else they may expect to get more. I don’t think that the lady should have went off on Ma like she did. She should be somewhat grateful that her child was able to even eat, no matter who it came from. Then they find out there’s work up north.
Floyd was going to be taken away by the police so he fought the policeman and ran. As the policeman went to chase him Tom stuck out his foot and tripped him. Then the policeman grabbed for his gun and as clumsy as he was shot at Floyd, only he missed and hit some woman in the hand. So Casy kicked him in the throat and Tom had to leave so he wouldn’t have to go back to jail for breaking parole. Casy was taken to jail far taking the blame for all that happened. I wasn’t sure why he did that was it to go to jail so he could have a place to stay and food to eat or was it because he felt out of place and wrong being with the Joads and eating their food and all of that. I don’t think Uncle John should have hid the 5 dollars from the people who took him along and fed him and kept him alive. He should have also helped out by using his money for food and supplies for the family. Then they move on South.
Floyd was going to be taken away by the police so he fought the policeman and ran. As the policeman went to chase him Tom stuck out his foot and tripped him. Then the policeman grabbed for his gun and as clumsy as he was shot at Floyd, only he missed and hit some woman in the hand. So Casy kicked him in the throat and Tom had to leave so he wouldn’t have to go back to jail for breaking parole. Casy was taken to jail far taking the blame for all that happened. I wasn’t sure why he did that was it to go to jail so he could have a place to stay and food to eat or was it because he felt out of place and wrong being with the Joads and eating their food and all of that. I don’t think Uncle John should have hid the 5 dollars from the people who took him along and fed him and kept him alive. He should have also helped out by using his money for food and supplies for the family. Then they move on South.
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