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Thursday, November 5, 2020
One Sentence—due November 5
Pick one sentence from the novel. Type it here. Include the page number. Connect your life or a memory to that sentence. Type until 12:23.
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Andrew James Colby
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"Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he himself an alien."
Frankly, there were many moments in my life where I'd felt alien-like to the people around me for doing this or saying that or believing in what. I'd always felt different compared to my peers until in middle school where I'd actually try to reach out and make contact with people like my close friend Alex. Even when I made friends with him and others, I'd still feel like a outsider, a alien, looking in on things that I not truely understand its meaning or signifigance of. The only place where I felt at least acknowledge as a fellow human being outside of real life was on the interenet where I'd met serveral kinds of people who have had simlilar experiances to me and so I try to get to know them. After a while, I've found people who truely understood who I am at heart, I(at the time of typing this) am still friends with them and very close to one of them, despite our rare arguements on some pitiful topic that one of us don't fully understand or get. There we're some I've met who can be considered "weird" or "odd" at first glance, but after learning who they are and what are their interest I'd began to branch out and understand about several kinds of culture of the world. I no longer feel alien to others around me and myself.
"Are we still the good guys?" pg 77. there have been several points in my life where I was not sure I was doing the right thing. An actual situation where I questioned if I was doing the right thing is in 7th grade I was always bullied by this kid and he would mess with me and call me names and I got tired of it so I hit him back. The main reason I was unsure if I was doing right because I did what he had been doing to me for the past year and a half. I realized that I was doing good though by doing that one because we became friends and two the person stopped messing with me. since then though I have realized how to take care of things in better ways. I have a few more things that would relate to this but thats personal stuff.
20: 'The dam used the water that ran through it to turn big fans called turbines that would generate electricity.'
this reminded me of when I went on a field trip with my old classmates back at Remsen Union (now called MMCRU standing for Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen Union) when we went and looked around at the dam and learned a lot of things that we didn't know like how it was built, how electricity was produced and also the importance of the items inside and what they do, that was one of the best days in my tiny life of all time, and then forgot about everything we learned there because ADHD is fun. Ahh, sweet childhood innocents... I miss it and will never get it back... unless I get amnesia and have to experience it all over again
“He thought that he should have grabbed a couple of extra sets of wheels from the other carts in the store but it was to late now”
This relates to me because I have been in a hurry a couple of times and have forgotten things or didn’t think about what else to grab or any extra things to grab. I don’t think much when it becomes to that. I remember one time my mom or my dad told me to grab something on the way out of the house and then I totally blanked out and forgot what they asked me to grab. I also remember one time I told myself to grab something and I didn’t so I had to go back and grab it.
"He'd been ready to die and now he wasn't going to and he had to think about that". Page 143. Dying is something we are all going to have to deal with someday. Our loved ones will die and it is a big thing to think about when you thought you were going to die. There have been parts of my life where I thought I was going to die and I had to think about it a lot. But I didn't die I'm still here so I understand how the dad feels somethings it just feels better to just die than live life. I still don't understand why dying is showed as a bad thing but I have an idea why, I think we are just scared of the unknown. We grow up learning and knowing everything we need to but when it comes to dying no one can tell you as a fact that you will be born again or go to heaven. No one knows what happens after we die. Some people think we just go to heaven or hell, others think we would be reborn. And others think nothing happens and we just die. It is something big to think about when you think you are about to die. It can make you love life more or hate it more. It just depends on what you think and why. I'm glad that the father and son are still alive but I am scared to see what happens, will there die or will there live. Only if you read the whole story you can see how the story will end. I knew something that is going to happen that they haven't even told us yet. I just know from the words they have given me so words and words they haven't. I think it's good to just love life and work your best to do what you love, but the father cant do that. He can't just drive his son to school and talk with his wife at dinner. He can't because things are different, change is a good thing sometimes but we need to know when it isn't needed and when it is.
Nothing in his memory anywhere of anything good - Top of page 123
The sentence to that book kinda resembles me and other people. What I mean by that is not everything in your life is fun and good and it doesn't last forever. Everything we face and what we're facing is going down just like those characters in the book, although things are getting better for me and everyone, but to those characters in the book nothing is, they have to survive for the rest of their lives, while we don't deal with a lot of survival.
In the night he was wakened by the muted patter of rain on the mattress over the door above them pg.153 line 1- This relates to me in a way because I get woken up easily especially when it is storming out because my window is cracked and whenever there is thunder my window rattles and wakes me up a lot and gets annoying. Another line that relates to me would be "All that was left was the feeling of it". pg 154 line 5 because when my grandpa passed away, I couldn't get over the feeling of him gone and the pain that I went through knowing that he wasn't here anymore was very hard and I couldn't stop thinking about it for a while.
"We're carrying the fire" I relate to this because every time I come to school or I go to work I'm carrying the fire. Sometimes is hard for me to keep carrying the fire, sometimes I just want to give up and end up with everything, but thankfully I haven't yet. I struggle a lot but I keep working hard in school to maintain my grades up and I also keep working hard in my job helping all those customers Sometimes are frustrating both those things but If I don't work hard I'm not going to be successful in life. Someone told me " Nothing great was ever accomplished without making sacrifices". I need to keep carrying the fire. Moran
Page 75 First line in the second paragraph it says, "All the wood they had to burn was small wood and the fire was good for no more than hour or perhaps a bit more." This reminds me of camping. I haven't been camping in a long time, and I kinda miss it. The sound of the fire cracking and light that the fire is producing.
Gurung You know how to say thank you. The Road Page 146 I think this sentence belongs to me because when I was a 5-grade student back in Nepal. I was trying to fix my bicycle I was struggling to fix bicycle but my neighborhood come to help me to fix my bicycle after fixing my bicycle I start riding my bicycle and I told my father about that what happened and he is like did you say thank you I didn't say dad and this is an actual sentence he said to me go say thank you, you know how to say thank you
"We're carrying the fire aren't we" forgot the page
I relate to this every day and always try to do my best and carry it. Some days are easy and other days it's pretty hard to carry it depending on what kind of day I'm having but no matter what I'm gonna do my best to carry it and help others carry the fire. It's very important that others carry because then they can help others carry it and they could help others. I have friends to make sure I'm always carrying the fire by having my back and making sure that I keep my head up during the rough times.
The reason I picked this is just the fact that we carry it every day. What I mean by that is no matter what we do someone looks up to us. We look up to them and we follow what we do or someone else does. So we will be carrying the fire forever no matter what happens to us or anything. Someday our kids will look up to us so they can be like us. Because I still look up to him and still try and follow in his footsteps. Pfeiffer
the one I pick is "we're carrying the fire" on pg 40
so we're carrying the fire we do it every day and that great to know that we are still pushing forward in these bad times it's what drives us to do better and keeps us inspired during all this time but sometimes you will lose the inspiration to move forward but that not a problem because you got people with you that can help during that time to bring back the fire in you so just remember during your time that we're carrying the fire.
There was a time when I was so hungry I wanted to eat food. I order my food and I wite for my order to be done. I mix my food and I eat so fast I feel like there should be more food.
the one sentence that got to me the most. it was when the dad and the boy find the old man. and the old man looks like he is about to die soon. and when the guy offers him food the old man said " what do I have to do". and it sucks because you could have done stuff he didn't want to do just to get food. I think it sucks how people have to do things that are wrong or that can hurt them just to survive. I think it sucks how he has to give a fake age and name just so he can try not to get hurt. the sucky part is that it never works.
papa i dont wanna go in there the boys is scared of what could happen as i would be scared never know whats gunna be on the other side of them walls but when the getting get tought you just gotta keep getting theres nothing else to say about it meier
“The one thing I can tell you is that you won’t survive for yourself. I know because I would never have come this far.”
This means a lot to me as many days in my life I struggle to find meaning or will to move on. Times become hard, and they only become harder once you’re in that mindset. It becomes hard to escape as it has a special way of holding on to you, and the only way to persevere through it is by finding strength within other things that are important to you. Over time I feel as the lust I’ve had for many things has died and the person I once was is diminishing. One thing I’ve always found strength to fight for and carry on with life is through the love of my parents. The love I have for others has faded, much like the love I had for my hobbies and etc. But my mother and father will eternally be what keeps my heart robust. I would go through the depths of heaven and hell just to see either of them happy, even if only for a minute.
“We’re carrying the fire” Pg. 40 I feel like I can connect to this the most because I have to carry the fire for myself every day. Whether it’s getting through school, or doing work at home. I have to keep pushing forward in order to graduate and make a good life for myself. I and my peers have to push onward every day through thick and thin. I do my best to get my work done on time or get caught up if I am behind. I’m going to have to plan everything out for myself soon because high school will be over before I know it. So overall I relate heavily with “We’re carrying the fire”, because of the work I have to push through every day.
18 comments:
"Maybe he understood for the first time that to the boy he himself an alien."
Frankly, there were many moments in my life where I'd felt alien-like to the people around me for doing this or saying that or believing in what. I'd always felt different compared to my peers until in middle school where I'd actually try to reach out and make contact with people like my close friend Alex. Even when I made friends with him and others, I'd still feel like a outsider, a alien, looking in on things that I not truely understand its meaning or signifigance of. The only place where I felt at least acknowledge as a fellow human being outside of real life was on the interenet where I'd met serveral kinds of people who have had simlilar experiances to me and so I try to get to know them. After a while, I've found people who truely understood who I am at heart, I(at the time of typing this) am still friends with them and very close to one of them, despite our rare arguements on some pitiful topic that one of us don't fully understand or get. There we're some I've met who can be considered "weird" or "odd" at first glance, but after learning who they are and what are their interest I'd began to branch out and understand about several kinds of culture of the world. I no longer feel alien to others around me and myself.
Andrew Colby
11/5/2020
"Are we still the good guys?" pg 77. there have been several points in my life where I was not sure I was doing the right thing. An actual situation where I questioned if I was doing the right thing is in 7th grade I was always bullied by this kid and he would mess with me and call me names and I got tired of it so I hit him back. The main reason I was unsure if I was doing right because I did what he had been doing to me for the past year and a half. I realized that I was doing good though by doing that one because we became friends and two the person stopped messing with me. since then though I have realized how to take care of things in better ways. I have a few more things that would relate to this but thats personal stuff.
20: 'The dam used the water that ran through it to turn big fans called turbines that would generate electricity.'
this reminded me of when I went on a field trip with my old classmates back at Remsen Union (now called MMCRU standing for Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen Union) when we went and looked around at the dam and learned a lot of things that we didn't know like how it was built, how electricity was produced and also the importance of the items inside and what they do, that was one of the best days in my tiny life of all time, and then forgot about everything we learned there because ADHD is fun. Ahh, sweet childhood innocents... I miss it and will never get it back... unless I get amnesia and have to experience it all over again
“He thought that he should have grabbed a couple of extra sets of wheels from the other carts in the store but it was to late now”
This relates to me because I have been in a hurry a couple of times and have forgotten things or didn’t think about what else to grab or any extra things to grab. I don’t think much when it becomes to that. I remember one time my mom or my dad told me to grab something on the way out of the house and then I totally blanked out and forgot what they asked me to grab. I also remember one time I told myself to grab something and I didn’t so I had to go back and grab it.
McCulley
"He'd been ready to die and now he wasn't going to and he had to think about that". Page 143. Dying is something we are all going to have to deal with someday. Our loved ones will die and it is a big thing to think about when you thought you were going to die. There have been parts of my life where I thought I was going to die and I had to think about it a lot. But I didn't die I'm still here so I understand how the dad feels somethings it just feels better to just die than live life. I still don't understand why dying is showed as a bad thing but I have an idea why, I think we are just scared of the unknown. We grow up learning and knowing everything we need to but when it comes to dying no one can tell you as a fact that you will be born again or go to heaven. No one knows what happens after we die. Some people think we just go to heaven or hell, others think we would be reborn. And others think nothing happens and we just die. It is something big to think about when you think you are about to die. It can make you love life more or hate it more. It just depends on what you think and why. I'm glad that the father and son are still alive but I am scared to see what happens, will there die or will there live. Only if you read the whole story you can see how the story will end. I knew something that is going to happen that they haven't even told us yet. I just know from the words they have given me so words and words they haven't. I think it's good to just love life and work your best to do what you love, but the father cant do that. He can't just drive his son to school and talk with his wife at dinner. He can't because things are different, change is a good thing sometimes but we need to know when it isn't needed and when it is.
Nothing in his memory anywhere of anything good - Top of page 123
The sentence to that book kinda resembles me and other people. What I mean by that is not everything in your life is fun and good and it doesn't last forever. Everything we face and what we're facing is going down just like those characters in the book, although things are getting better for me and everyone, but to those characters in the book nothing is, they have to survive for the rest of their lives, while we don't deal with a lot of survival.
In the night he was wakened by the muted patter of rain on the mattress over the door above them pg.153 line 1- This relates to me in a way because I get woken up easily especially when it is storming out because my window is cracked and whenever there is thunder my window rattles and wakes me up a lot and gets annoying. Another line that relates to me would be "All that was left was the feeling of it". pg 154 line 5 because when my grandpa passed away, I couldn't get over the feeling of him gone and the pain that I went through knowing that he wasn't here anymore was very hard and I couldn't stop thinking about it for a while.
"We're carrying the fire"
I relate to this because every time I come to school or I go to work I'm carrying the fire. Sometimes is hard for me to keep carrying the fire, sometimes I just want to give up and end up with everything, but thankfully I haven't yet. I struggle a lot but I keep working hard in school to maintain my grades up and I also keep working hard in my job helping all those customers Sometimes are frustrating both those things but If I don't work hard I'm not going to be successful in life. Someone told me " Nothing great was ever accomplished without making sacrifices". I need to keep carrying the fire.
Moran
Page 75 First line in the second paragraph it says, "All the wood they had to burn was small wood and the fire was good for no more than hour or perhaps a bit more." This reminds me of camping. I haven't been camping in a long time, and I kinda miss it. The sound of the fire cracking and light that the fire is producing.
Gurung
You know how to say thank you.
The Road
Page 146
I think this sentence belongs to me because when I was a 5-grade student back in Nepal. I was trying to fix my bicycle I was struggling to fix bicycle but my neighborhood come to help me to fix my bicycle after fixing my bicycle I start riding my bicycle and I told my father about that what happened and he is like did you say thank you
I didn't say dad and this is an actual sentence he said to me go say thank you, you know how to say thank you
"We're carrying the fire aren't we" forgot the page
I relate to this every day and always try to do my best and carry it. Some days are easy and other days it's pretty hard to carry it depending on what kind of day I'm having but no matter what I'm gonna do my best to carry it and help others carry the fire. It's very important that others carry because then they can help others carry it and they could help others. I have friends to make sure I'm always carrying the fire by having my back and making sure that I keep my head up during the rough times.
Zimmerman
I picked “We’re carrying the fire” pg. 40
The reason I picked this is just the fact that we carry it every day. What I mean by that is no matter what we do someone looks up to us. We look up to them and we follow what we do or someone else does. So we will be carrying the fire forever no matter what happens to us or anything. Someday our kids will look up to us so they can be like us. Because I still look up to him and still try and follow in his footsteps.
Pfeiffer
the one I pick is "we're carrying the fire" on pg 40
so we're carrying the fire we do it every day and that great to know that we are still pushing forward in these bad times it's what drives us to do better and keeps us inspired during all this time but sometimes you will lose the inspiration to move forward but that not a problem because you got people with you that can help during that time to bring back the fire in you so just remember during your time that we're carrying the fire.
Rai
Pag 145
There was a time when I was so hungry I wanted to eat food. I order my food and I wite for my order to be done. I mix my food and I eat so fast I feel like there should be more food.
the one sentence that got to me the most. it was when the dad and the boy find the old man. and the old man looks like he is about to die soon. and when the guy offers him food the old man said " what do I have to do". and it sucks because you could have done stuff he didn't want to do just to get food. I think it sucks how people have to do things that are wrong or that can hurt them just to survive. I think it sucks how he has to give a fake age and name just so he can try not to get hurt. the sucky part is that it never works.
papa i dont wanna go in there the boys is scared of what could happen as i would be scared never know whats gunna be on the other side of them walls but when the getting get tought you just gotta keep getting theres nothing else to say about it meier
“The one thing I can tell you is that you won’t survive for yourself. I know because I would never have come this far.”
This means a lot to me as many days in my life I struggle to find meaning or will to move on. Times become hard, and they only become harder once you’re in that mindset. It becomes hard to escape as it has a special way of holding on to you, and the only way to persevere through it is by finding strength within other things that are important to you. Over time I feel as the lust I’ve had for many things has died and the person I once was is diminishing. One thing I’ve always found strength to fight for and carry on with life is through the love of my parents. The love I have for others has faded, much like the love I had for my hobbies and etc. But my mother and father will eternally be what keeps my heart robust. I would go through the depths of heaven and hell just to see either of them happy, even if only for a minute.
-Mennis
“We’re carrying the fire” Pg. 40
I feel like I can connect to this the most because I have to carry the fire for myself every day. Whether it’s getting through school, or doing work at home. I have to keep pushing forward in order to graduate and make a good life for myself. I and my peers have to push onward every day through thick and thin. I do my best to get my work done on time or get caught up if I am behind. I’m going to have to plan everything out for myself soon because high school will be over before I know it. So overall I relate heavily with “We’re carrying the fire”, because of the work I have to push through every day.
-Busselman
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