A quote that I pulled form this section would be:
“Everyone in the Tampa viewing area would have multiple opportunities to see Tony Dungy, former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, placing boxes into his SUV in the pouring rain”(6). This gave me a sense that he was in a way wounded or powerless now, the rain also contributed to that feeling, and he describes the people as if they want to see him this way. As the section goes on, He tells what it was like growing up a Dungy. A quote I pulled from this section was:
“Growing up in Jackson, to my way of thinking, was the way growing up was meant to be” (7). This gave me a sense of how Tony felt about his childhood. It goes on and talks about how much he loved where he grew up, and that he loved even more that he got to coach near by, in Tampa Bay. Something I really like about this book is that at the beginning of each chapter he puts a quote from someone on the first page. I think this is interesting because I wonder what prompted him to do that, and I concluded that maybe because some of these quotes changed his life.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Post A week 1
Vocab:
Prognosticators pg.3: People who antagonize, who provoke
Bewilderment pg.6: bewildered, astonished, dumbfounded
A rising theme in this book would be that hard work pays off. This is shown when Tony describes how he became a coach, and how when he was fired he recovered.
Prognosticators pg.3: People who antagonize, who provoke
Bewilderment pg.6: bewildered, astonished, dumbfounded
A rising theme in this book would be that hard work pays off. This is shown when Tony describes how he became a coach, and how when he was fired he recovered.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
My Book
- Quiet Strength, by Tony Dungy
- 2007
- Nonfiction
- 300
- This book is sufficient because the reviews are mostly adults, it's a recent book, it's over 200 pages which i usually don't read, and it seems like an interesting book
- I chose this book because it's about one of the great coaches of our time, Tony Dungy, and it's about sports.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Sea Inside 3
There were scenes that i thought were most significant.
1. When in the court, there is a high angle shot looking down on Ramon.
-this made him seem belittled small and powerless, this meant that there was no changing their decision and that this was the way it was going to be.
2. When they're filming Ramon's video, there is an eye level shot.
-This shot gave me the feeling that i was there talking with Ramon... and filming it myself. This is significant because he was going to die, and they didn't want to give the feeling of power or powerless but they wanted to make him equal.
3. In the scene where Ramon is arguing with his brother about wanting to die there is a mid-shot
-This is important because it gave me the feeling that no matter what he says it's still Ramon's decision and that there is equality there, even though hes the paraplegic.
1. When in the court, there is a high angle shot looking down on Ramon.
-this made him seem belittled small and powerless, this meant that there was no changing their decision and that this was the way it was going to be.
2. When they're filming Ramon's video, there is an eye level shot.
-This shot gave me the feeling that i was there talking with Ramon... and filming it myself. This is significant because he was going to die, and they didn't want to give the feeling of power or powerless but they wanted to make him equal.
3. In the scene where Ramon is arguing with his brother about wanting to die there is a mid-shot
-This is important because it gave me the feeling that no matter what he says it's still Ramon's decision and that there is equality there, even though hes the paraplegic.
The Sea Inside 2
Some similarities between Diving Bell and Sea inside would be that both people were paraplegics and both had people around them who loved them very much. But a huge difference is that one wished to die the other did not. In my opinion i tihnk that the diving bell and the butterfly was more powerful becasue he was trapped inside and it was a far more worse situation, he used his disadvantage to his advantage and wrote a book.... with one eye.
The Sea Inside 1
I thought that this was a good movie but kind of sad. I think that his request for suicide was his wish and that he had a right do do what he wanted, I also feel though that the court had no right to interfere like that. This was his wish and that Ramon felt what he said... living is a right not an obligation and if this is what he believed and that is what matters because the courts aren't the people who is wishing to die. As for the friends who helped, i mean he did tell him that if they truly loved him that they would help him die, so after a statement like that its hard to say because some of them might have felt pressured into it. But they wanted what was best for him and Ramon thought that death was what was best.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
ESSAY ON FEVER PITCH
English 10
25 October 2007
Play by Pitch
Whenever someone asks me: “who is your favorite college football team?” I always respond with “I bleed cardinal and gold for USC.” I give them that response because I’m a really big fan of their football team and I mean an enormous fan. And Only a true fan knows what it’s like when your favorite team loses a big game, of feels that pain the team does with the agony of defeat, which is why Nick Hornby wrote Fever Pitch, to acknowledge a life long fixation about the Arsenal football club and that he is a true fan of the game. He tells us just how much a true fan he is using word choice, game references and his personal life.
Sometimes what people say can be misinterpreted by the words you use. Nick Hornby leaves nothing to be misinterpreted in Fever Pitch because word choice is a huge part of his description and tribute to his obsession with the Arsenal soccer (football) team. This is demonstrated on page 13 in the quote: “It might not be too fanciful to suggest that it was an idea which shaped my life. I have always been accused of taking the things I love-football, of course, but also books and records- much to seriously.” When I read this I focused on his word choice of “love” because it describes his true feeling about the sport in reference Arsenal. Another good example of Nick using word choice is in the quote: “In a way Brazil ruined it for all of us. They had revealed a kind of Platonic ideal that nobody, not even Brazilians, would ever be able to find again”(30). The words here that jumped out at me were “platonic” and “ruined it for us all” because
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“Platonic” makes it sound like it was more that it actually was and you can really feel the emotion in his description that just adds to his tribute to the team. When he talks about “ruined it for us all” he makes it sound like he is more than a fan, that he is almost a player and the way he says it is to create a more dramatic feeling to the praise. A last example of word choice would be on page 73 when he is talking about a tragic loss, and he uses “we” as in “we lost” describing that he is more than just a fan that he is a part of the team and that he would be honored to be an actual part of the team, which creates more prestige about Arsenal. All of these examples of word choice have shown the emotion Nick Hornby has put into his book, and how he felt like he was more than just a fan.
It helps a lot when you take notes in school, so you can look back on the topic with detail. That has to be what Nick Hornby did when he wrote this book because he uses game reference with good details to add to the tribute. Some good examples of this would be on pages 85, 93, and 104. In all of these situations Nick uses good descriptive details as if he were writing everything down back then when he was watching the game. This is significant because it shows that he cared back then and he cares now, that this book is truly a tribute to this team.
Sometimes we get sidetracked from our goals, or forget the things we love. Nock Hornby does not; through all the events of his personal life he still follows the team. In the near beginning of the book, his parents begin the process of getting divorced, this is a personal issue, that almost clouds his viewing for a while but recovers and the team is kind of what gets him through the divorce. Arsenal’s stadium was like Nick’s home away
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from home during the divorce. This is noteworthy because it shows that this team is as though the team is personal to him. A last but just as good example would be when he broke up with his long-term girlfriend (unnamed). He tells us about how important to the story she is in the quote: “She is a part of this story, I think, in several ways…” (93).This quote is significant because he basically comes out and says she is important to the story. An event like this can cause someone to get sidetracked, but Nick doesn’t seem to, he stays strong and gets through it with his team… Arsenal.
In all I liked this book, it showed that true fans truly love their team. Nock’s personal experiences, word choice and game references made this book into a 239 page tribute to the Arsenal football club. And as long as I bleed cardinal and gold I’ll feel the same way he does.
25 October 2007
Play by Pitch
Whenever someone asks me: “who is your favorite college football team?” I always respond with “I bleed cardinal and gold for USC.” I give them that response because I’m a really big fan of their football team and I mean an enormous fan. And Only a true fan knows what it’s like when your favorite team loses a big game, of feels that pain the team does with the agony of defeat, which is why Nick Hornby wrote Fever Pitch, to acknowledge a life long fixation about the Arsenal football club and that he is a true fan of the game. He tells us just how much a true fan he is using word choice, game references and his personal life.
Sometimes what people say can be misinterpreted by the words you use. Nick Hornby leaves nothing to be misinterpreted in Fever Pitch because word choice is a huge part of his description and tribute to his obsession with the Arsenal soccer (football) team. This is demonstrated on page 13 in the quote: “It might not be too fanciful to suggest that it was an idea which shaped my life. I have always been accused of taking the things I love-football, of course, but also books and records- much to seriously.” When I read this I focused on his word choice of “love” because it describes his true feeling about the sport in reference Arsenal. Another good example of Nick using word choice is in the quote: “In a way Brazil ruined it for all of us. They had revealed a kind of Platonic ideal that nobody, not even Brazilians, would ever be able to find again”(30). The words here that jumped out at me were “platonic” and “ruined it for us all” because
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“Platonic” makes it sound like it was more that it actually was and you can really feel the emotion in his description that just adds to his tribute to the team. When he talks about “ruined it for us all” he makes it sound like he is more than a fan, that he is almost a player and the way he says it is to create a more dramatic feeling to the praise. A last example of word choice would be on page 73 when he is talking about a tragic loss, and he uses “we” as in “we lost” describing that he is more than just a fan that he is a part of the team and that he would be honored to be an actual part of the team, which creates more prestige about Arsenal. All of these examples of word choice have shown the emotion Nick Hornby has put into his book, and how he felt like he was more than just a fan.
It helps a lot when you take notes in school, so you can look back on the topic with detail. That has to be what Nick Hornby did when he wrote this book because he uses game reference with good details to add to the tribute. Some good examples of this would be on pages 85, 93, and 104. In all of these situations Nick uses good descriptive details as if he were writing everything down back then when he was watching the game. This is significant because it shows that he cared back then and he cares now, that this book is truly a tribute to this team.
Sometimes we get sidetracked from our goals, or forget the things we love. Nock Hornby does not; through all the events of his personal life he still follows the team. In the near beginning of the book, his parents begin the process of getting divorced, this is a personal issue, that almost clouds his viewing for a while but recovers and the team is kind of what gets him through the divorce. Arsenal’s stadium was like Nick’s home away
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from home during the divorce. This is noteworthy because it shows that this team is as though the team is personal to him. A last but just as good example would be when he broke up with his long-term girlfriend (unnamed). He tells us about how important to the story she is in the quote: “She is a part of this story, I think, in several ways…” (93).This quote is significant because he basically comes out and says she is important to the story. An event like this can cause someone to get sidetracked, but Nick doesn’t seem to, he stays strong and gets through it with his team… Arsenal.
In all I liked this book, it showed that true fans truly love their team. Nock’s personal experiences, word choice and game references made this book into a 239 page tribute to the Arsenal football club. And as long as I bleed cardinal and gold I’ll feel the same way he does.
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