Gummi Bears

Gummi Bears are like Swords
You play with them like Guitar Cords
I tend to eat them like s'mores
Getting them all over my face
With tons of space, by the place
I say this with grace
Because of my beautiful face
Full of Gummi Bears
This is so unfair
That the flair
Landed in Robert's hair
So be prepared
For the Gummi Bear 
Who will never share

Conflicts in The Giver

Would living in a world with no emotion become chaos? Would living in a world where the government runs your life become chaos? In the book The Giver Jonas a very young boy discovers and sees all of the secrets about the world, because he was selected to be the new receiver. Now Jonas is a very intelligent boy, he wants everyone in the community to experience these feelings that he and only one other person can experience. Jonas and the Giver want the government to release these secrets and allow everyone to feel this pain and experience what real life would be.

This change in the world would help a lot because if people could feel emotions and know what the real life would be like they would be "living". They live in a "perfect world", but this world is not close to perfect. When the government runs your world, they choose your life, and in a perfect world everybody should be able to choose what they want so Jonas and the Giver have to be able to show the people what life would be. Also if the government isn't in complete control anymore it would give the people the right to free speech.

This change though is also very bad for the community. Since Jonas is a very smart young boy he understands the consequence, but he knows he has to do this. Jonas is selected to be the receiver, now if you’re the receiver you must live with the pain of knowing all of the secrets of the world. If these secrets become to "strong" it will cause psychotic reactions causing Jonas to either kill himself, or share information that he should not have. If Jonas does either of these outcomes, it might cause a chain reaction having the government take away all hope of having emotion, by killing the giver.

Mother to Son Response

Author's Note: This is a response that I wrote to the poem "Mother to Son".

In the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, there is a "touching" meaning to it you could say. She uses Metaphors such as, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" to describe and try to have the reader picture what's going on in their head about her life, and what she went through. Now the whole piece was about just the metaphor, there were hyperbole's such as "there are tacks in it, and boards torn up." She wasn't trying to signal a messed up floor, but her messed up life. She wants us as readers to picture the pain and suffering she has gone through to get to where she is.

Del Carigg Character Analysis

Author's note: This is a piece about a character from the book The Golden Boy.

"Hold on DEL! You’re acting crazy." No Willis, you’re insane; I'm sick of this, I will lead my team to a championship."  This is a quote from the book, The Golden Boys by Cameron Stauth. Del is a very successful man; he's smart, and a very talented basketball player. But Del's problem is he has become the most selfish player to play the game.

Del has the most basketball skill on the team. He plays for the Houston Jumpers 8th grade team, but wants to get drafted to the NBA. He can't get drafted to the NBA because of his selfish play. Del is too good of a 1 on 1 player that he shoots too much. 1 on 1 skill and team ball is a very different aspect to the game of basketball. Del is what we call a "ball stopper" he stops the motion of the offense and holds the ball, which allows the defense to sag instead of opening the gaps to attack and get to the hoop.

Some of the reasoning Del has this "attitude" of his was because of his mother. His mother was murdered when he was only 4 years old; Del had to be raised by his father who you could say was a "loser". Del's father had no job, and was living off of the insurance money from his mother. He was encouraging Del to have the selfish attitude, and try to get recruited or drafted to earn money for the family. Therefore Del's father is the reasoning that Del is as selfish as he is, if his mother was there things would be different.