Thursday, January 21, 2010

Improvements

I think my writing has improved a little becaus ei'm getting less grammer mistakes and spelling errors. But I could improve on writing more to get better. I think i could learn to right more about the topic that is given.

Earthquake Haiti




On January 12 a 7.0 earthquake had struck Haiti nearly flattening they country and killing about 72,000 people. There are still thousands who were injured in the earthquake. The united states has sent 4000 troops to Haiti to help out and for security. Food is being delivered to hait and also being given out to 200,000 poeple. There is also a lack of medical attention and a lot of people have fractured, broken, and major wound that haven't been treated yet due to the lack of medical.

Memories of a boy soldier




I read that Ishmael Beah was in Manhattan New York. After the publishing of A Long Way Gone he still regrets what he had done in Sierra Leon. He has nightmares about what had happened there. Ishmael had graduated high school in United States and went to collage at Oberlin University in Ohio. He was studying for a masters degree in fine arts. He graduated high school in United

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Civil Rights


"The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause." Stride Towards Freedom 1964. Martin Luther King Jr.

I agree with this quote strongly because we still have problems today, like the war in Iraq. To remove the cause the troops from the other country, and make peace with them. Otherwise this mayhem in Iraq will never end until we blow each other to pieces.

Friday, January 8, 2010

A Single Slice Reveals Them by Naomi ShiHab-nye

A Single Slice Reveals Them
by; Naomi Shihab-Nye

An apple on the table
hides its seeds
so neatly
under seamless skin.

But we talk and talk and talk
to let somebody
in

Ishmael is hiding what he wants instead of war and only knowing violence. He wants to be the way he was before the war and have his friends and family back. He is at this camp where the nurses want to help him get back to normal. He needs to sit down and let out all of the memories of the war and to let out the hate that he has built inside of him. Its going to take time for him to get him back to normal. Ishmael needs someone that has allot of patience.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Double-Consciousess


Ishmael has two identities a boy and a soldier, he has his boy identity butting with his soldier identity causing him to fight with him self to keep his mind from playing tricks on him. Kids need to have maturity and education wut ishmael has is not anything of those the killing of the people can make the kids commit suicide, and the kids might not have a long life span while surving in the armed survice.