Dialectical Journal Essay

1. Pheoby's moral code is differs from the towns, because Pheoby is best friends with Janie, Pheoby doesn't see Janie as Mrs. Joe Starks like the rest of the town. As Janie is walking through town, the ladies on Pheoby's porch make snide comments about Janie's, “blue overhalls” (2), and questions, “ Where she [leave] dat young lad of a boy she went off her with” (2). While Pheoby decides to ignore their comments, and check on Janie. I believe Pheoby's code is 'truly moral' because, she doesn't judge Janie and her choices like the rest of the town.

ENTRY # QUOTATION, EVENT, OR IDEA CHAPTER, PG. ANALYSIS OF WHY THIS SELECTION IS INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT 1. Chapter sets the time and place Gives the reader info into the setting of the book 2. A man named Jerry Cruncher approaches the travelers and the people are scared because they thought he was a highway man or robber Chapter 2 This scene gives the reader a sense of what time the book is in.

Chapter 15 & 16: In this chapter it is winter already. Jurgis is putting many hours right now at work. Ona hasn’t been sleeping at home lately, which is strange. Ona lies to Jurgis that she hasn’t been able to get home for some reason.

Almost twenty minutes had passed since Epsilon, Sabra and Malessica left the pub. Malessica was a bit upset thinking about innocent people who were hurt during the attack on the pub. Though she knew she didn’t have time to help the injured, she decided to try and forget about it, continuing to follow Epsilon. Malessica noticed Sabra, seemed a bit lost in thought, but she didn’t say a word. Moving towards an unknown destination, four police cars sped down the street past them, with sirens blaring. Malessica put her hands on her hood, covering her ears, waiting for the cars to pass them. Epsilon turned his head back, watching the police cars. He was upset knowing he wouldn’t be able to work there again.

Chapter 8 is devoted to a description of the yellow-spotted lizards. The chapter explains that up to twenty can live in one hole, that they eat the shells of sunflower seeds, and that the yellow spots aren't as obvious as the red around their eyes, their black teeth, or their white tongue. In fact, if you can see the yellow spots at all, you're probably already dead.

Ela ran in front of the family and planted her sturdy body like a mountain between the hunters and the babies standing in a position of charge. With her ears backward, her long trunk swinging from side to side she aggressively trumpeted. Her small amber eyes filled with undaunted resolution. But the hunters weren't afraid of Ela, they rose their rifles ready to shoot her!

(Sybil walks into the living room and sees a bouquet of flowers and a card. She is by herself.)

1) “They carried the soldier’s greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment” (O’Brien 20).

Pg 379- “In Sugamo prison, as he was told of Wantanbe’s fate, all Louie saw was a lost person, a life now beyond redemption. HE felt something that he had never felt for his captor before. With a shiver of amazement, he realized that it was compassion.”

Madelyn Ravy Mrs. Schmidt Pre-AP English 10, Period 3 9 February 2015 Reading Log #3 Part 1 Stephenie Meyer, The Host, page 448 “He wrapped both arms around me, as if we were embracing rather than locked in a killing struggle. Then he grabbed my waist from both sides and heaved with all his strength against my hold. His hair started to come out in my hands, but he just grunted and pulled harder. I could hear the streaming water rushing close by, right below me, it seemed. The steam billowed up in a thick cloud, and for a minute, I couldn’t see anything but Kyle’s face, twisted with rage into something beast-

1. “Again Cole knew he was lying. He had slept poorly because he had considered making a canoe instead of a totem. Taking a deep breath, he lifted the hatchet and began striking the centre of the log. Again and Again he hooked, until a deep groove circled the log.

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As the story continues, the man faces obstacles while trying to make it through the climate. However, his overconfidence causes him to overlook the preparation needed for his journey. “The old-timer on Sulphur Creek was right, he thought in the moment of controlled despair that ensued:After 50 below, a man should travel with a partner.”

"There was some bad moments. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler." From this sentence, we can infer that it is difficult for some people to adapt to changes. For example, in the passage, James Lincoln Collier was offered a writing assignment that would require him to travel around Europe for three months. In spite of the fact that, he had travelled to other countries a few times, he was not well versed in foreign languages. He became hesitant in accepting this offer as he believes that he won’t be able to set up interviews and do researches due to language barrier and the unfamiliarity of the local geography or transportation. As a result, he was reluctant in accepting this offer because he assumed that language

An example of the the journey being dangerous is in paragraph two, where it states, “We spent three days there, under strain, for the water is brackish and it is the place with most flies.” This shows that they were going through a hardship with not having that clean water, but they were in a way forced to drink the salty water because if they hadn’t, they would have not had any water is their system and would have died from a lack of the liquids.