tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28412112462922294142024-02-08T09:34:28.829-08:00Sean F's English BlogSean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-73378146787417893182008-01-16T17:51:00.000-08:002008-01-16T20:19:24.060-08:00Top Ten things about the Autobiography "Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far1. The amazing talent of Wayne Rooney<br />In this book he describes how talented he is. Like when he scored a goal in the toughest soccer league in the world. He also described how he scored 14 goals in one game when he was a kid. He was also the youngest player to play for the England national team at just 18 years old. These are among the many things that describe Wayne Rooney's talent in the book. For me these parts are the most interesting in the book.<br /><br />2. Wayne Rooney's modesty<br />Wayne Rooney is a very modest guy. In the book he keeps going on about how amazed he was to be a professional soccer player. He truly felt that he wasn't good enough to play professionally and he turned out to be one of the best players in the world. Whenever he scores a goal he doesn't claim it himself but gives the credit to his team.<br /><br />3. Wayne Rooney's Generosity<br />Wayne Rooney has given millions of pounds to all sorts of charities. He spends alot of time outside of soccer helping at food shelfs, children's hospitals, and other charitable places. He says in the book that money goes to way better use to help the poor and sick of the world than buying expensive cars and designer clothes.<br /><br />4. Wayne Rooney's hard work<br />Wayne Rooney is an extremely hard worker. He trains very hard every day and that is why he is so good. He makes it clear in the book that nobody can make it to the Premiership with just natural talent, you need to work very hard. <br /><br />5.Wayne Rooney's family<br />Wayne Rooney comes from a very respectable. When he became wealthy from playing soccer his parents refused to accept any money he offered them and they still live in the same house and have the same jobs as they always. They refuse to do nothing and live off their son and support themselves which I think is very respectable. <br /><br />6. Wayne Rooney's team<br />Wayne Rooney plays for Manchester United which is one of the best teams in the world and is supported by millions of fans. His team plays with him so well and he describes a lot of the players in his autobiography very well. <br /><br />7. Wayne Rooney's anger<br />Sometimes when Wayne Rooney is on the field his anger gets the better of him and he lashes out and it usually ends up in a red card. He describes in detail his anger problems in detail in the book and they are all very entertaining.<br /><br />8. How normal Wayne Rooney is<br />Wayne Rooney is a regular guy. He doesn't have an fancy life outside of soccer like many other players but usually just stays home and watches television with his fiancee or mows the lawn of his house.<br /><br />9. Wayne Rooney's goals<br />Wayne Rooney has scored some incredible goals. In the autobiography he describes each of his better goals and how it felt to score each of these goals. Reading how he felt <br />when scoring these goals was very inspiring.<br /><br />10. Wayne Rooney's coach<br />Sir Alex Ferguson is a very influential person in Wayne Rooney's life. He basically controls everything he does that involves soccer. Since Wayne Rooney is still very young (just 21)Alex Ferguson keeps an eye on Wayne Rooney to protect him from people who would hurt his soccer career.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-29981205566396549522008-01-14T15:24:00.000-08:002008-01-14T15:51:33.014-08:00Section 7 PostNOTE: I ACCIDENTALLY SEPARATED MY BOOK INTO 6 SECTIONS INSTEAD OF 7 SO INSTEAD OF DOING A REGULAR POST, I AM JUST GOING TO REVIEW THE BOOK AND TELL YOU WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. <br /><br /> Review Of My Book<br />I really enjoyed this book. I loved that it was done by a simple guy who didn't (although he easily could of)talk about all his sports cars and millionaire lifestyle but about soccer. I really found it interesting how even though Wayne Rooney is a millionaire and a very busy man, he still often goes back to the same street where he used to play soccer as a 9 year old and play a pick-up soccer game with his friends. I learned in this book that Wayne Rooney comes a family that deserves a lot of respect. For example, Wayne Rooney has millions pounds to spare for his parents but they refuse to take it. They still live in the same house and his mother still works the same job as a lunch lady and I am amazed by this and really respect that they are not corrupted by their son's wealth. Another thing I really enjoyed about the book is how good at soccer Wayne Rooney actually is. For example, he scored his first goal in <br />the toughest soccer league in the world at the age of 16 and when he was 13 he scored 19 goals in one game! Although I would definitely recommend this book to soccer players or supporters, I am not so sure I would recommend it to people who don't. To be honest, I don't it would interest them very much.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-18485874403603502112008-01-08T17:56:00.000-08:002008-01-09T17:31:17.854-08:00Section 6 Post A and Post BSection 6 Post A<br /><br />. obscene(261)- offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.<br /><br />. deliberations(270)-Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: the deliberations of a jury.<br /><br />One emerging theme I found in this final section was that you shouldn't do stupid things. Wayne Rooney blew his World Cup dreams good bye by doing something very stupid (getting sent off for purposely injuring another player) and it has changed his life.<br /><br /> Section 6 Post B<br />In this final section Rooney talks about probably the darkest chapter of his life. In what would turn out to be England's last game of the World Cup Rooney seemed to intentionally stamp on the groin of a Portuguese player in the dieing minutes of the second half. In the book, Rooney keeps on saying in this section that the whole ting was accidental. "It turned out to be Ricardo Carvalho of Chelsea. And I was aware my foot had landed between his legs, which of coarse is about the nastiest place to get hurt, but it was an accident."(270). I have seen the clip of the foul many times and to me it obviously was not an accident. Rooney clearly stamped on his groin on purpose and his angry face while he was doing it makes me even more convinced. I just feel that this is a bad way to end the book with dishonesty. I would have respected him much more if he just owned up to it. It also suprised me that he would do something so stupid in such a big game with billions of people including children watching this game from all over the world. It didn't make feel so good about the sport of soccer when I watched last summer and I am sure it had the same effect on millions of other children too.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-77949075880941441402007-12-23T10:34:00.000-08:002007-12-23T10:35:57.406-08:00Wayne Rooney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://oddsandsods.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/rooney_wayne_mufc_profile_2006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://oddsandsods.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/rooney_wayne_mufc_profile_2006.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-64407170084938184862007-12-23T09:53:00.000-08:002007-12-23T10:33:32.674-08:00Outside Reading Section 5 Post BIn this section Wayne Rooney talks about his metatarsal injury right before the World Cup, his first trophy and his World Cup dreams might coming true. It was amazing to me that the Carling Cup (not a very top class professional trophy)was his first ever serious trophy and that he was delighted with himself about it. The most important part of this section is where you learn about his metatarsal he got in a game against Chelsea right before the World Cup. "It was in Whalley Range Hospital,back in Manchester after the Chelsea game, that it was officially confirmed my metatarsal had gone."(223)He thought he was out of the World Cup for sue but amazingly after being given a "gel boot" to make it heal faster he found that he would be able to play in the World Cup after a scan on his foot. "Eventually, I got called back, and I was told that my foot had fully healed. It was absolutely brilliant news. I could now start full training."(246)The last chapter is basically about him being in a German hotel preparing for the World Cup and being delighted to be with his England teammates. He is so happy because he knows that he will be able to play in the World Cup. Only a few weeks ago he couldn't have dreamed it was possible but his foot healed and he couldn't wait to play in his first World Cup match. This for me, was the best section so far because it had such happy ending.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-80541319618909979792007-12-17T16:17:00.000-08:002007-12-17T16:30:12.066-08:00Outside Reading Section 5 Post A1. deliberate(217)-carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional<br /><br />2. psychology(221)-<br />1.the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.<br />2.the science of human and animal behavior.<br />3.the sum or characteristics of the mental states and processes of a person or class of persons, or of the mental states and processes involved in a field of activity.<br /><br /><br />One emerging theme in this section is the more you have the more you have to lose. Wayne Rooney looked like he had it all and was going to lead England to their first World Cup victory in forty years. But that summer he fractured his metatarsal and all his World Cup hopes and dreams went down the drain.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-53738775449312345792007-12-11T15:19:00.001-08:002007-12-11T16:05:01.851-08:00Section 4 Post BIn this section Wayne Rooney talks about things like his thirty million pound deal with Manchester United, his relationship with his teammates and coaches, personal life, his gambling problem and his average day as a superstar.<br /> <br />One of my favorite parts of the section is the part when he talks about his personal life. He talks about himself as a regular person and not some kind of superhero. I learned that Wayne Rooney is not a big tough guy like he is potrayed and is actually scared of the dark and is very lonely at times. You also learn that he comes from a very humble family. His mother, for example, still works as a lunch lady because she refuses to live off her son. "Despite having moved into their new house , my mum still enjoys her work at my old school as a dinner lady and earns 287 pounds a month, insisting that she doesn't live off her son." (pg. 174). I think this very respectable and it shows that Wayne Rooney comes from a good family backround.<br /><br />One of the sad parts in this section is that you learn how viscious the paparazzi has been to Wayne Rooney and his fiancee Colleen."On that trip, one paper bribed a young man to follow Colleen down the street and at a certain moment, run up and kiss her. It was a total set-up, just to make it look as if she was going out with some lad."(pg. 175)This is just awful. It makes you feel very bad for the Rooney family because they don't have alot of privacy at all.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-70183320687592932802007-12-11T15:19:00.000-08:002007-12-11T15:31:18.834-08:00Section 4 Post A.envious (pg. 152)-adjective- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.<br /><br />ambitious (pg. 161)-adjective-requiring exceptional effort, ability, etc.<br /><br />I think that one emerging theme in this section is that money doesn't neccessarily make you happy. In this section Wayne Rooney is now a multi-millionaire but still feels depressed at numerous times. He says alot in the book that it is people who comfort him the most and not money.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-10242012579427507752007-12-04T15:03:00.000-08:002007-12-04T15:50:43.547-08:00Section 3 of Outside Reading: Post BIn this section Wayne Rooney gets asked to play for the sensational England national team at the age of just 17 years old. Making the youngest person to play for England ever. On the day where he got to meet he is nervous and very exited about meeting his soccer legend teammates. "But it was weird seeing all the famous players like Becks, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Frank Lampard and Sol Campell - people whose faces I knew so well, who were so familiar to me, yet I'd never seen before."(pg.111)". This quote sticks out for me because I watch these players just like Wayne Rooney did and to hear Wayne Rooney, a great soccer player, talk about how in awe he was of these players is inspiring. I think this is inspiring because it shows that Wayne Rooney is a regular guy just like me and that if I work hard I might be able to see these players too. This is the part of the section I really liked. He talks about the joys of playing soccer like meeting the heroes of your youth and plating alongside them. The rest of the section is about things that are bad about soccer. Thing like greed, corruption and hatred. Almost all of these things are about the money in soccer. It pleased me when Wayne Rooney said that he is not one of those people who really cares about money or clothes or contract deals with NIKE. It is nice to know that the things he most cares about are the basic things like family, friends and having fun playing soccer.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-85785179850298251402007-12-04T14:48:00.000-08:002007-12-04T15:02:17.539-08:00Section 3 of Outside Reading: Post A. apprentice (pg. 103)- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade.<br /><br />. incentive (pg. 113)- n. Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort. <br /><br />. An emerging theme in this section is trust only ones that are closest to you or you will be history in no time. When Wayne Rooney was just starting out in soccer, he got ripped off many times because he was so trusting but he learnt his lesson.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-32881473303723364592007-11-29T14:14:00.000-08:002007-11-29T15:11:22.898-08:00Debate Post. School team debates<br />. School team debates usually occur in school auditoriums or in school theater.<br />. The purpose school debates serve is to learn how to debate or to express your opinion about a certain subject in an argumentative way in a educational way,<br />. Yes it usually does help arrive at a better decision.<br />. The debate is usually structured with rules, time limits and such.<br />. It usually make the decision making process more difficult mentally because there is a lot of pressure for time, competition and lack of experience debating. <br /><br /><br />. Civil Court debates<br />. Civil Court debates usually occur in civil courts (hence the name)with a judge.<br />. The purpose of civil debates is usually to decide how much money someone owes another person when they do something bad to them with evidence.<br />. Yes it does help arrive to a better decision usually but sometimes it doesn't (like in the movie Civil Action).<br />. The debate is structured because it has rules and sometimes has time limits also.<br />. It makes it difficult to debate sometimes because they have to remember all sorts of rules and have to really think about what they say because a mistake can hurt his/her case.<br /><br />. Criminal Court debates<br />. Criminal Court debates usually occur in courts with a judge.<br />. The purpose of criminal court debates is to decide whether or not the criminal is guilty with evidence.<br />. Yes it does help arrive to a better decision usually but sometimes the criminal is innocent when he is really guilty or vice versa.<br />. The debate is structured with time limits etc.<br />. It makes it difficult to debate because there are many rules and you have think about what you say or it could hurt the case.<br /><br />. Sport debates<br />. These debates can occur all over the place like in cars, lunchrooms classrooms etc.<br />. The purpose these debates is to decide who is the best sports team, player, coach etc.<br />. Usually it helps arrive to a better decision but often it comes down to who is th best debater on these sort of things.<br />. This type of debate is unstructured because it has no rules.<br />. This can effect the decision making process because anything can be said no matter how outrageous or inappropriate (like saying that the Vikings are the best team in the country.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-32025214903001206482007-11-26T15:57:00.000-08:002007-11-26T16:34:09.691-08:00Section 2 Post BThis is a section that really relates to me. It relates to me because it is mainly about Wayne Rooney's early teenage years. In this section he talks about things like young love, his soccer success and just normal things that he would do as a teenager. One of the things I found interesting was that he would things just like me when he was my age. He would do simple stuff like going to movies with friends, play alot of soccer and watch alot of TV. This section also shows that he is not perfect and does make bad decisions. I found this out on page 61: "During that difficult year, I seemed to develop a terrible temper and found myself getting into lots of fights on the pitch. If I made a mistake, I would throw myself into a tackle and commit a foul, or if some bigger older lad on the other team was trying to rough me up, I'd react and punch him one."(61). This ,to me, shows the bad side of Wayne Rooney who has been known in his later years to react violently to things that occured on the pitch. This happens to me sometimes too. When I'm playing soccer and I miss a tackle or make a mistake I get angry at myself and also at the opposing team. So I would be a little to rough for the referee's liking and would get a card. I remember watching one game Wayne Rooney played a few years ago where he got into a fight with his own teamate in the middle of a game. For me, that is a little to outrageous but it is understandable. Sometimes I get really frustrated with my teamates and yell at them in the middle of the game.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-71291340120652694612007-11-26T15:19:00.000-08:002007-11-26T15:57:12.305-08:00Section 2 Post A. "Osgood- Schlatter Disease" (61)-Osgood-Schlatter is defined by a characteristic soreness and swelling at the tibial tuberosity. It usually originates in those between the ages of 10 and 15 who are both physically active and in a "growth spurt". If unresolved it can be painful, of long duration, and have permanent detrimental effects both on the bone, as well as on a young athlete’s potential for both immediate performance and future college scholarships.<br /><br /> "Assessment" (58)- 1. The act of assessing; appraisal.<br /> 2. An amount assessed, as for taxation.<br /><br />.One emerging theme in the book is to not let anyone judge you for being to small or different and if they do prove them wrong.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-37730287950773529792007-11-21T08:44:00.000-08:002007-11-26T15:19:05.999-08:00Section 1 Posts A and BPost A<br />. rosette (pg. 31)-a rose-shaped arrangement of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament or badge.<br /> adjudge (pg.40)-to declare or pronounce formally; decree.<br /><br />."I was about average size and weight, but some of the kids in the Everton Under-10's were much bigger than me" (pg.39) This is signifigant quote because because Wayne Rooney had to deal with people much bigger than him his whole life. He was only 16 when he scored a goal in the most difficult soccer league in the world, playing against big and tough defemder when he was a literally a kid.<br /><br />. I think that one emerging theme in the book is if you work hard and make the right decisions, you can be the best.<br /><br />Post B<br />The first section basically describe Wayne Rooney's childhood, his family and his early intrest and excellence in soccer. One of the things I really found inspiring <br />occured on page 52: "Sadly, some of the kids I knocked around with on the estate became addicts. There's one or two I see now, when I go back- they're still on drugs and look terrible. It was partly wanting to be fit for football, that was one reason I never got involved, and also because I was scared my mumwould find out. She would have battered me, although more likely my dad and uncles." (52). Wayne Rooney is one of those role models who keep you off things like drugs and alcohol because you know that if you work hard and stay off those things you may, someday, be as successful as Wayne Rooney.<br /><br />I can really connect to Wayne Rooney when he talks about his childhood in England because I was a kid living in England. Things like the English culture and lifestyle of a child is something I am really familiar with and makes this section a very joyful and nostalgic read. In England, when your a kid, the thing to do was buy lots of candy (they call them sweets across the pond)when you got your allowance and hord them for later. When Wayne Rooney recalled these evenings of getting sweets, it brought back delightful memories of myself going to the post office down the road and buying all sorts of chocolate and candy. It great experience reacalling those old memories. It is so difficult nowadays with my busy lifestyle to sit back and think of those precious memories but it is great when I do.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-18075739966750228552007-11-21T08:40:00.000-08:002007-11-21T08:44:40.577-08:00Outside Reading Quarter 2, 2007-2008Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-88463668250722570792007-11-12T14:00:00.001-08:002007-11-12T14:22:35.447-08:00Quarter 2 Book Approval. "Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far" by Wayne Rooney.<br />. 2006<br />. 299 pages long.<br />. This book is nonfiction.<br />. After reading some reviews on the book the book is supposed to talk about the pressures of being soccer player not only the glory of it. Things like drugs, partying ,gambling etc. It is also supposed to written in the words of an Englishman in the lower middle class with all sorts of English slang. Understanding the slang will be a challenge in itself. <br />. I chose the book because I play soccer and I know that Wayne Rooney is a very good soccer player so I thought that it would be and interesting read.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-18859873993060643112007-11-12T14:00:00.000-08:002007-11-12T14:01:28.830-08:00Quarter 2 Book ApprovalSean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-16158537060832625262007-10-28T20:08:00.000-07:002007-10-28T20:09:29.165-07:00The Sea Inside Assignment: Post 3Post 3<br /><br />Refer to your notes on camera technique, camera angles, and camera movement. What scenes, in particular, do you remember where the film technique underscored meaning and added to the message the director was sending? Describe the shot, its significance, and its meaning in detail.<br /><br />There are numerous scenes in the movie that use camera angles and technique to underscore meaning and send messages for the movie. During the opening scene they use a particularly long pedestal shot of the beach where Ramon was hurt to show that this is a place of high importance. Many times during the book they use a tilt at a downward angle when people are talking to Ramon to make him seem weak and small in specific scenes. In another important scene, where they show Ramon jumping into the water, they use a dramatic oblique camera angle shown from the top to show that this scene is different and it is a scene. When normal people are talking to each other the director usually uses medium shots but when people are talking to Ramon they use close-ups. This is probably because Ramon is usually lying down so they just show his face and there are people who are talking to him are very close to him. They use a lot of long establishing shots to establish setting like Ramon's house or other locations.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-68230181870144263052007-10-28T08:33:00.000-07:002007-10-28T10:22:47.744-07:00Assignment for The Sea Inside: Post 2Post 2<br /><br />Compare and contrast The Sea Inside to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. What similarities and differences do you notice? In your opinion, which was more powerful?<br /><br />There are a few similarities between The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and The Sea Inside. One is quite obvious, both of the stories main characters, Ramon and Bauby, are quadriplegics. Another similarity is that there are many people that love the main characters. For Ramon, it is people like his family, Julia and his lawyers. For Bauby, it is people like his father, children and his numerous friends. A final similarity is that neither Ramon or Bauby particularly enjoy life. They are forced to live, as Ramon put it, without dignity.<br /><br />There are also differences between The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and The Sea Inside. One of the main ones is that in the movie, The Sea Inside, Ramon has the ability to talk and in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Bauby is unable to talk and is only able to communicate through blinking his left eye. Another difference between the two stories is that Ramon makes it clear that he wants to die and Bauby doesn't really say much at all about him wanting to die. A final difference between the two stories is that they have two completely different plots. Bauby's story is basically about his memories, dreams, and daily routines as a quadriplegic and Ramon's is about him trying to get the right to die.<br /><br />For me, The Sea Inside seemed to be more powerful. I think it was more powerful because you got to see what Ramon looked like and hear what he sounded like. You got to know what his surroundings truly looked like and to see what the people he interacted looked like. In The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, you never got to truly picture what everything was like and to truly experience what was going on. That is why I found the The Sea Inside to be more powerful because you got to see everything and feel like you were there with Ramon.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-63693957259761464112007-10-28T07:18:00.000-07:002007-10-28T08:30:54.670-07:00Assignment for The Sea Inside: Post 1Post 1<br /><br />What is your general reaction and response to the film? What do you think of Ramon's request for assisted suicide, the court's response to him, and his eventual actions? What do you think of his friends who agreed to help him?<br /><br /> My general reaction to the film was that it was very sad. The film was filled with such tragedy and pain not only of Ramon but of his family and friends who support him. Ramon 's desire to die was was killing Ramon's family because they all loved him so much. There are many scenes in the movie that could make you cry. Scenes like when Ramon is saying goodbye to his nephew or when he actually kills himself. There is one scene that I find particularly sad, when Ramon's lawyer speaks to Julia by the beach. Julia is a completely different person than she was before. She doesn't remember anything, not even Ramon and she looks at the lawyer, looking very confused. This to me is very sad because it was so awful how she didn't even remember Ramon who was a huge part of her life and to see the astonished look on the lawyer's face when she realizes that Julia has forgotten Ramon was one of the saddest parts in the movie.<br /><br /> My response to Ramon's request for suicide is that if I was like Ramon I would probably like to die. He puts it very well when he says that living as a quadriplegic is like living without dignity. I don't feel that there is much wrong with his request because he is a smart man and he truly wants to die and has been waiting 28 years to die. I think the court's response to his request was a wrong one. I understand that it was illegal in Spain to commit suicide or assist in suicide but I think if they let Ramon speak they would have let him kill himself. If they would have let him speak they would have found how smart and mentally stable Ramon was and that might have changed the courts eventual decision. I think his eventual actions were a last resort and I think Ramon did his very best to make sure that nobody got sent to jail because of it. I find it very sad how Ramon had to wait in pain for 28 years and that his last resort for suicide was something he could do all along. <br /><br /> I think that his friends that assisted him in suicide did the right thing as friends. They could see that Ramon wanted to die very much and they gave him his wish. I think it was very risky because they could of all gone to jail for a long time.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-33471746358385785252007-10-24T14:51:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:31:51.283-07:00Outside Reading: FinalPost 1: Summarize your final part of the book.<br /><br />At the beginning of chapter 20, the climbers make there way down to camp 2 where the conditions are much warmer and bearable to the climbers as on higher up on the mountain. They organize a helicopter to pick up Makalu Gau and Beck Weathers which is very difficult because the icefall is very dangerous for helicopters. The helicopters ends up picking up both of them safely though. Krakauer begins to feel very sad towards the end of the chapter when he truly begins to realize all the friends he had lost up on the mountain. At the beginning of chapter 21, the climbers descend to base camp wher climbers with the worst injuries are taken to hospital by helicopter. Hours later, the group travels to Namche Bazaar where they get a flight on an old airplane to Kathmando where many Japonese climbers ask them about the death of Yasuko Namba which was big news in Japan. Some of the questions Krakauer couldn't answer because he was too emotional. Doug Hanson's family meet Krakauer at the airport and Krakauer gives them Hanson's belonging's and is to emotional to say anytrhing to them at all. Krakuer blames the disaster moslty on the arrogance of inexperienced climbers whose mistakes on the mountain would end up fatal. Krakauer ends the chapter and the book by describing other disasterous expeditions where climbers suffered from mostly alltitude sickness or by being caught in a storm and died.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-52430235947297089752007-10-18T16:00:00.001-07:002007-10-18T19:47:03.926-07:00Outside Reading :Week 5: Post 2Post #2: Summarize part 5 of your outside reading memoir book. Also, write a personal reaction to the reading of part 5 that is 200 words or more.<br /><br />The beginning of section 5 of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer innvolves the day after the horrible storm. Krakauer asks numerous climbers about who they might think are dead or missing. When he talks to Steve Adams he finds out that the guy he thought was Andy Harris last night was actually Steve Adams. This horrifies Krakauer because he had already contacted Harris' girlfriend saying Harris was fine and also that Harris was his good friend and is probably dead. Krakauer then goes onto describe the story of Rob Hall and Scott Fischer who were stuck on the mountain the night before. They are both stuck in the mountain in the storm without oxygen and are to exhausted to move. There are two search parties sent out to look for them but they are unsuccessful. They both end up dead. Krakauer then goes onto describe the story of two Japonese climbers and two Indian climbers. The Indian climbers were stuck near the summit without oxygen and to exhausted to move in the storm when two Japonese climbers walked right past them not helping them in any way in order to reach the summit. Krakauer then moves forward to the day after the storm again. Realising that most of his fellow group members were dead he goes searching for bodies with a group. Amazingly, they find two climbers that are still alive but are in critical condition, Beck Weatthers and Namba. Hutchtinson, a member of Krakauer's group decides that they are in an unfit state to descend and to leave them there and send help up there later. That night though something amazing happens. Beck Weathers thought to be dead by then, summoned the energy to descend to camp four in the middle of another terrible storm. Krakauer,in awe, and other group members give him lots of coffee and blankets. There is a storm that night far worse than the one on the night of the disaster that rips Weathers' tent to shreads. Miracoulously, she is still alive in the morning (the storm was so loud that nobody could hear him screaming. <br /> <br /> Reaction<br />The two things I really reacted to in this section were the Japonese climbers ingnoring the Indian climbes and when Beck Weathers summoned energy to descend to camp 4. When the Japonese climbers left Indian climbers while they concentrated on climbing the mountain, I really thought that was the saddest part of the book. It shows that people can be so selfish and evil at times. All those climbers cared about was reaching the summit, if they had any bit of goodness in them at all they would have those other climbers. It really angers me when people do things like that because I can't stand selfish people. <br /><br />The other thing I rally reacted to was when Beck Weathers returned to camp 4 against all odds. It showed me that Weathers was a person of great mental and physical strength and I really respect those qualities. Also the shear amazingness of it all . Most of the climbers thought that she was going to die in a few hours they didn't even consider Weathers moving at all let alone walk all the way down to camp 4. I love stories like these because they are real and show you that physical and mental strength can you through some pretty tough situations.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-61365089648643061782007-10-18T10:43:00.000-07:002007-10-18T13:02:46.270-07:00Outside Reading: Week 5: Post 1Post #1: Read two other students' blogs and comment on their blog about their level of insight in regards to their memoir, their blog in general and also something they could improve upon. If two comments have been submitted for a blog, go on to a different blog to comment.<br /> <br />I posted numerous comments to the blog with url:<br />http://ahmfarah.blogspot.com/<br /><br />I posted 2 comments to the blog with url:<br />http://sgtbuttmunch.blogspot.com/Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-33951397442352717052007-10-13T14:21:00.000-07:002007-10-13T16:38:41.086-07:00Outside Reading: Week 4Post #1: As we did in class with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, find one or two quotes from your memoir that you find compelling or telling of the tone of the story. Write the quote in your post, attribute it to the author, cite the page and the title of the book. Next, explain why that quote is so important to the book and struck you as so important.<br /><br />"At 29,028 feet up in the troposphere, so little oxygen was reaching my brian that my mental capacity was that of a slow child. Under the circumstances, I was uncapable of feeling much of anything except cold and tired" Page 6 of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. <br /><br />I think the quote is so important to the book because it shows that it is so hard to get to the summit of Everest that when you actually get there you are to tired and exhausted to celebrate or even feel good for a few minutes. I think this quote truly shows you how hard it is to reach the summit of the biggest mountain in the world. I found it really hard to believe that Krakauer didn't feel particularily grreat under the circumstances. I would normally think that reaching the summit of Everest would be one of the best feelings in the world.<br /><br />Post #2: Summarize part 4 of your outside reading memoir book.<br />In the beginning of this section Krakauer's group makes there final accent from base camp to camp 2. They spend a sleepless night there before ascending to camp three and later on camp where a large crowd of well over fifty climbers have set up camp. Then the day comes to climb the summit. Krakauer reaches the summit before many other climbers but is to exhausted to feel really good about it. As he descending he sees that he is running out of oxygen and he is constantly frustrated by the traffic jams of climbers that slow him down on his way to camp 4. Andy Harris catches up to him after he reaches the summit and Krakauer points out to him where camp 4 is. By now the weather is awful and with many climbers running out oxygen, there fait looks dim. <br />Stuart Hutchinson goes out to bang pots together to help climbers find there way to base camp with the low visability of the storm but few turn up. In the end some climbers die less than one thousand feet from base camp.Sean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841211246292229414.post-86866873961322461002007-10-13T07:06:00.000-07:002007-10-13T14:19:00.479-07:00Jon Krakauer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nndb.com/people/240/000049093/krakauer.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.nndb.com/people/240/000049093/krakauer.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Image was found at:<br />http://www.newhum.com/2e/for_students/link_o_mat/images/krakauer.jpgSean F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02069836437673849407noreply@blogger.com0