Soccer Vs. Wrestling

Wrestlers say that their sport is harder while the soccer players are always saying how their sport is harder. Since

The Ransom of Red Cheif

"Hey, little boy!" says Bill, "would you like to have a bag of candy and a nice ride?"

            The boy catches Bill neatly in the eye with a piece of brick.

            "That will cost the old man an extra five hundred dollars," says Bill, climbing over the wheel.

            That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear; but, at last, we got him down in the bottom of the buggy and drove away.

I chose these lines since it's right here where they realize they might have a little more on their hands than a little kid. Also it's ironic since when Bill gets it by the brick he talks about how it's gonna cost them another 500$ where he actually ends up paying 250$ to get the kid off their hands.

Stolen Money

I am sorry

For taking your money

That was under

Your bed

And what

You might have been

Saving

For something special

Forgive me

I spent it all

So much stuff

Expensive stuff

Book Talk

Ella oruga comio mucha comida. En el Martes ella oruga comio dos peras. En el meircoles oruga comio tres ciruelas.En el Jueves oruga comio cuatro fresas.
No me gusta porgue es muy aburrido. Es muy abburido porque es corto. El libro esta muy viejo.

Lorien's Hatred

Authors Note: This is from the Lorien point of view and also the Mogadorians but the book's point of view is from Lorien.
Imagine what would happen if all the resources on Earth were to disappear? What if we overused them so badly that they became extinct? Would we sit on Earth and let everything die? Now imagine that there is another solution and that there is a world twice as big as Earth with the same resources? Would we all ignore that fact and wait until we all die? We would obviously take that opportunity to survive and live. In the book I Am Number 4 the Mogadorians were forced to move out of their planet. The only place they could go was to the plant Lorien which was already inhabited. They fought for the planet and won easily since the planet was so poorly defendended. The remaining people from Lorien flew off in a spaceship looking for survival. They then were forced to Earth where the Mogadorians followed him, hunting them.

In the book it’s from Lorien’s point of view were their planet got invaded and were forced to Earth where they are running from the Mogadorians and currently don't have much of a chance to survive since the first three out of the remaining nine are dead. This makes the Lorien's survival look hopeless and thats how they feel at the start of the book Then they grew their powers and now they have hope and while Loriens builds up their hope the Mogadorians start giving up.

In  fact one point of the story was really sad when number four lost his guardian, Henri, by the Mogadorians. This made number four hungry for vengeance and forced him into depression. When he lost his Dad/Guardian it made the whole mood change from worried about everyone dying since the Mogadorians were winning the fight to sad and defeated since he had lost the only person left that he knew from his planet.

Furthermore if the event was looked on from the Mogadorians side they're happy and confident since they just killed number four's guardian and left number four helpless. They knew that they had him trapped in the school and also knew that he was still weak and hadn't developed most of his powers. The mood for the Mogadorians is also excited for the future since after they kill the people from the planet Lorien they are going to go for Earth.

 
In conclusion the mood of the first book is depressed and hopeless for the planet Lorien people and the mood for the planet Mogadore the people are excited and eager to take over the world. The mood almost switches since at the beginning Lorien was hopeful and doing well with hiding and the Mogadorians are hopeless and now the people from Lorien are hopeless to finding each other and the Mogadorians are right on their trail.

Mr. Grinch Is A Mean One

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch!- The reader is showing how much he can’t stand Mr.Grinch
You have termites in your smile- He has a nasty smile, Metaphor
You have all the tender sweetness-Mr. Grinch has no sweetness, Metaphor
Of a seasick crocodile- Shows a crabby crocodile is as sweet as Mr.Grinch
Mr. Grinch!
Given the choice between the two of you
I'd take the seasick crocodile!

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch!
You're a nasty, wasty skunk!- Comparing him to a skunk which makes him seem unwanted, Metaphor
Your heart is full of unwashed socks- This refers to smelly heart, Allusion
Your soul is full of gunk- His soul is horrible and washed up, Personification
Mr. Grinch!
The three words that best describe you
Are as follows, and I quote
"Stink, stank, stunk!"Alliteration

The reader in this poem is expressing his feelings towards Mr. Grinch. The obvious emotion in this poem is disgust, hatred and disgusted. The reader is portraying Mr. Grinch as a smelly, nasty, horrible person that has no heart. He shows his hatred towards Mr. Grinch by using similes and metaphors.

   In the poem he used metaphors such as sweetness of a seasick crocodile and what he means by that he is mean and easily annoyed. He also says Grinch is a nasty, wasty skunk which is comparing him to something that can make bad odors and is generally thought of as smelly.  The choices of similes is to try his hardest to portray Mr.Grinch as a horrible person and comparing Mr. Grinch as what he thinks of as horrible, no-good animals.

                When this poem was sang in the movie/book the person was angry at Mr. Grinch for wanting to end Christmas and steal all the presents. The tone of the poem is not only hatred and disgust but unforgiving. Maybe this is why the Grinch started to have a heart again? The way the author symbolizes Grinch as skunks, crocodiles, smelly socks, termites which is why this poem shows such hatred. 

Raiders Get Ripped Off

Do you ever think about events that could have happened a different way than how you thought? Take the Steelers vs. Raiders game AFC game in 1972. Although most of the fans from Pittsburgh were happy while also knowing the luck they had just gotten what did the referees feel? Were they confident in their choice? What about the Raiders fans? They probably felt extremely ripped off.  No one has really thought about what happened to the ref’s, fans or players on the Raiders that day.  There has been many missed calls in sports but not many as controversial as this.

                When people think of blown calls they never really think of the pressure upon the referee’s to make the call.  With thousands of people in the stands, it would be a little nerve-racking knowing that if you messed up thousands of people will hate you forever.  Review of the play has in fact shown that the call was wrong and that it should have been a Raider’s victory.  From the referee’s point of view he probably thought that he had the call right while the other two ref’s were wrong.  Maybe he wasn’t confident in his call at all but felt intimidated by the crowd?  No one but the ref will ever know what went on in his mind during that crazy day.

                If someone asked you what are the craziest fans out there most people would probably answer Raider’s fans. They are like monkeys trapped in a cage.  Now imagine yourself stuck in a stadium full with your favorite team while the Ref just blew a call to blow your team’s chances to win the game. Maybe even the Super Bowl. Now imagine that they are crazy and are all angry. The point of view from the fans are that they’re team just got ripped off and there goes all the time they spent cheering for them and trying for the win.
                All-in-all everyone would probably want to take that game back except the Steelers fans and players. What would have happened if the Raiders won that game? That might have been the best team they've ever had. Maybe they could have carried the confidence over to next years and won other super bowls?  From the Ref's point of view, to the Steelers point of view to the Raider's fans point of view, all of them know that the game could have easily been switched and that the play was extremely controversial. That's why the game had so many different sides of things.