Q2 Week 6 comments

DJ's Symbolism blog "The Teddy Bear"

Kolin's Symbolism blog

Symbolism

     One time Augustus was riding out on his horse in the south Texas sunrise to find some mavericks, or wild cattle. It was a cold morning, and it seemed like the dew his horse kicked up made it colder. Overhead he heard an owl hoot. Augustus, thinking noting of it continued on his way. when Augustus got to the area he last spotted the mavericks he started to pay close attention to his surroundings and again he heard an owl hoot, and on the edge of the brush stood a lone Comanche in traditional battle attire. Augustus was stunned, because he though Comanche's were modern people. All of a sudden the Comanche  started running towards Augustus and his horse. Augustus was just staring at the Comanche man while his horse spooked and took off. Augustus proceeded to roll off the back of him. Again he heard an owl hoot. Augustus, not sure of the Comanche's intentions, began to ran. The Comanche started to run after him. Augustus was too slow and the Comanche was too fast. When the Comanche caught up with Augustus he grabbed him and started to brutally slaughter Augustus. In Augustus' last minutes the only think he could see or hear was that owl hooting.

In this story the owl represents death. I feel like I could have gotten a lot more detailed, but for the sake of time didn't.

How to get a horse readt to ride

     The first step to getting a horse ready to ride is finding a horse to ride. This is the most essential step to this how to. Once you find a horse you want to proceed with brushing him off making sure there are no clumps of dirt or mud on their coat. Make an extra effort to get the area between the two front legs, because this is where the cinch will be going. The next thing you need to do is get all your tack ready like your bridle and your saddle. I typically like to start with saddling the horse then putting the bridle on. When putting the saddle on be sure that its not leaning to any side more than the other and be sure that it isn't too far up on his shoulder blades or too far back. You want to start by tightening the front cinch, making sure it isn't too tight for the horse to be uncomfortable or too loose where the saddle is siding. Proceed with t\doing h same for the back cinch, but you barely want it touching the horses flank. After that's done put on the bridle and you're ready to ride.

Blog comments 11/17

Kolins's blog on the Playoff game in New Iberia

Ella's free post 11/13

Critical LOTF scene

     One paragraph I think is important in LOTF is when Jack says "There's nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you're not hunting, but- being hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle." page 53.
     I think what Jack says is a combination of foreshadowing and irony. The foreshadowing is that Ralph ends up being hunted in the end and Jack is the one doing the hunting not being hunted. Jack could also be referring to something else out there in the jungle. He could be talking about the Lord of the flies, or the Beast.

Free post 11/13

     Well our football season ended last Friday when we lost to Catholic High of New Iberia in the first round of the playoffs. It was a sad night, because it was most of the senior's last time playing football for the rest of their life. I was the only freshman that got a considerate amount playing time and I almost didn't want to play, because I didn't want to screw something up and put my team in even more of a hole. I still had to go out and play and I tried my hardest. I know that to be better next year I will have to work my behind off.
     I feel terrible for saying this, but I was kind of ready for the season to be over. I am ready to get home at 4:00 and have time to finish homework. I am ready to go to bed at 9:00. I'm ready to get back into my normal weekend routine where I go ride my horse, or go hunting. I am looking forward to not being sore so much. I know I need to enjoy my time playing football, because there is only three seasons left before its all over.
    
    

Q2 week 2 blog comments 11/9

Max's prompt

Jordan R's excerpt response

LOTF response 11/6

     Response to passage on pg. 53

          This passage to me is clear foreshadowing. Jack is saying that when he hunts it feels like he is being hunted. Now we know that it could be the beast hunting you, or even other people on the island. I feel like now we still haven't gotten to the point that it reveals, but I still think we will get there.

     This passage is significant, because it might reveal something that happens later on in the book. It shows that strong people can be hunted and can be scared. It also gives us an idea that there may be something else out there, and no one is safe on the island.

Reading prompt

Write about a time when you have been uncomfortable around somebody. It can be something they said or did, and be sure to specify how you reacted.

     One time I felt uncomfortable/awkward/weird/ mad was this past Saturday at an LSU game. My cousins go to school in Alabama and they had came in town to watch the LSU vs. Alabama game. I was so ecstatic to see my cousins, because I haven't seen them in a while. Little did I know something was about to happen.
     We were sitting in the suites when the Crimson Tide ran out. I was booing them and my cousin was walking in front of me with a plate of food to bring inside the suite. When I was putting my hands down they accidently knocked the plate out of her hand. Then it fell. It fell to the lower ledge in front of us. While the plate hit no one food splashed everywhere. Everyone below us was looking up at us like we had just killed someone. Finally my dad was like "What do you want us to do? It was an accident, there is nothing I can do." That pretty ,much sums it up and I was angry the rest of the night and couldn't stop thinking about it.