12/21/11 Mythology

Mythology is the study of or a collection of myths. Myths help people understand how they are supposed to live according to the religion of that myth. They are slowly becoming more and more obsolete, along with other religious aspects. In todays society people think of myths as something you only learn in history class, but many things have been influenced by myths throughout history, they have shaped religion and whole civilizations, like the romans and the Greeks. without myths these civilizations wouldn't have been nearly as memorable or great as they are.

11/22 monkeys paw

The book the monkey's paw is about a family, a man, his wife, and their son. One day an old friend Sergeant Morris comes home form the war, he eats dinner with the family at their house, and as he's about to leave e drops the monkey's paw. Intrigued the family inquires about it and the man tells them the story about it. It grants three wishes to the owner, usually in the most undesirable way however. He warns them and leaves. Later that night the wife wants to see if it actually works so Mr. White, (the husband) holds it up and wishes for two-hundred pounds. Not immediately seeing results, they go back to bed. THe next day their son leaves, and later in the day, a post man comes and notifies them that their son is dead, and he was caught in the machinery. He gives them two hundred pounds. The husband sudden;y realizes his grave mistake. The wife so overcome with grief tells him to wish their son alive again, the man hesitates, but eventually does it. Then that night there is a knock on the door, and the wife goes to the door to open it because she believes it's their son, but she cannot unlock the door. The man yells to not let whatever it is outside in, and as the wife is about to unlock the last bolt on the door, he wishes his last wish which we can assume is that his son was dead again. This is a story about greed and want, and that what we want might not always be the best thing for us in the end.

12/19/11

The occupy Maine protesters do have the right to camp out in the park, but they've gone too far. The camp is giving them a bad reputation, and they need to try to find a different way to protest, its just causing problems. Especially if they aren't protesting very often, I think their purpose is defeated. And knowing that (From the last article) many other protestors are joining, and most don't even know exactly what they're protesting for, I definitely think something has to be done.

12/15/11

The first foreshadowing most noticeable was when the man being hanged saw the driftwood floating down the river before the hanging. We later learn that the wood was probably from a pier where driftwood was lodged form a flood, and that two men devise a plan to burn it down. The fact that we saw the wood hinted that something involving it would happen later. The driftwood could also resemble the story he imagines where he falls from the bridge, floats down the river like the driftwood, and he makes his way home. Another way he foreshadowed the ending was how the narrator didn't explain what exactly happened to the bridge, he almost skipped a part, but we can tell that it was his imagination because it said that he was trying to remember his wife and children one last time before it cut to the two men talking about the pier. The other foreshadowing might have been his watch that seemed to be ticking slower and slower which is how all of this happened in his head before he died.

12/9/11 turbines

The deep ocean wind turbines are a good idea I can't see any problems with it, and it provides us with a safe green energy source. It's a win win situation, where it creates jobs and money, and we get electricity. with enough electricity to power up to 37,000 homes, this would substantially reduce our carbon emission, the only problem that could possibly occur, is that the company makes the only profit from this and there is no local income.

12/7/11

I think that he will either be killed, or escape because he's pretty independent and in the end he will meet back up again with the main character Sidney. Mostly because the movie wouldn't be much longer if he didn't survive, and if there wasn't any evidence he died it wouldn't make a good ending, so we need to figure out what happens to Pran.

12/3/11

I think that the camp in Portland is more of an eyesore than a noble cause anymore. They have been there for too long. The cause is strong, but the camps should go. Especially if they don't even protest that often, the camps are just causing problems. They are attracting crimes, and i don't see that the protesting is solving any problems. Overall, I think the camps might have been a good idea to start with but its getting out of hand.

12/1/11

My favorite winter activity is having a snowball fight and making the forts fro them. This is one of my favorite things to do because the other things is do in the snow include snow-blowing and a few other less exciting activities. So it's mostly because there isn't much better to do, and with all my experience from living in Maine, I am pretty good at building forts, that's why it is my favorite winter activity