It’s all up to us.

The last chapter of Ishmael is a closing to the book, but is not just a closing is what it represents, which is a hope for the humans. After all we learned on the book about society many people when they read the words “It was the pneumonia that got him- your friend the ape.”(p.260) they think that maybe without Ishmael the narrator can’t really go on. This goes further than just the end. Ishmael goal of making the narrator a person who can save the world was accomplished, but the narrator will without thinking he did. We can see the change in him; he created a great bond with Ishmael not as a teacher but as a friend.

“With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?”(p.263) this quote creates irony in the novel because if we think Ishmael was a much smarter creature than any human, and when he is gone is there going to be someone like him in this case the narrator. So creates a feeling of desperation because for the narrator Ishmael was the only hope for man and now the world is in hands of those who read the book. The world is now in our hands.

Can we save the world? Is there hope for man? Is the end near? Is there someone like Ishmael who can change the world?

It’s all up to us.

Michelle Obama`s speech corrected

can't tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I've felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life.

At six-foot-six, I've often felt like Craig was looking down on me too...literally. But the truth is, both when we were kids and today, he wasn't looking down on me - he was watching over me.

And he's been there for me every step of the way since that clear February day 19 months ago, when - with little more than our faith in each other and a hunger for change - we joined my husband, Barack Obama, on the improbable journey that's brought us to this moment.

But each of us also comes here tonight by way of our own improbable journey.

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend.

I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.

I come here as a Mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world - they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night. Their future - and all our children's future - is my stake in this election.

And I come here as a daughter - raised on the South Side of Chicago by a father who was a blue collar city worker, and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, and her intelligence reflected in my own daughters.

My Dad was our rock. Although he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in his early thirties, he was our provider, our champion, our hero. As he got sicker, it got harder for him to walk, it took him longer to get dressed in the morning. But if he was in pain, he never let on. He never stopped smiling and laughing - even while struggling to button his shirt, even while using two canes to get himself across the room to give my Mom a kiss. He just woke up a little earlier, and worked a little harder.

He and my mom poured everything they had into me and Craig. It was the greatest gift a child can receive: never doubting for a single minute that you're loved, and cherished, and have a place in this world. And thanks to their faith and hard work, we both were able to go on to college. So I know firsthand from their lives - and mine - that the American Dream endures.

And you know, what struck me when I first met Barack was that even though he had this funny name, even though he'd grown up all the way across the continent in Hawaii, his family was so much like mine. He was raised by grandparents who were working class folks just like my parents, and by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills just like we did. Like my family, they scrimped and saved so that he could have opportunities they never had themselves. And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them.

And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children - and all children in this nation - to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

And as our friendship grew, and I learned more about Barack, he introduced me to the work he'd done when he first moved to Chicago after college. Instead of heading to Wall Street, Barack had gone to work in neighborhoods devastated when steel plants shut down, and jobs dried up. And he'd been invited back to speak to people from those neighborhoods about how to rebuild their community.

The people gathered together that day were ordinary folks doing the best they could to build a good life. They were parents living paycheck to paycheck; grandparents trying to get by on a fixed income; men frustrated that they couldn't support their families after their jobs disappeared. Those folks weren't asking for a handout or a shortcut. They were ready to work - they wanted to contribute. They believed - like you and I believe - that America should be a place where you can make it if you try.

Barack stood up that day, and spoke words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about "The world as it is" and "The world as it should be." And he said that all too often, we accept the distance between the two, and settle for the world as it is - even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations. But he reminded us that we know what our world should look like. We know what fairness and justice and opportunity look like. And he urged us to believe in ourselves - to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be. And isn't that the great American story?

 It's the story of men and women gathered in churches and union halls, in town squares and high school gyms - people who stood up and marched and risked everything they had - refusing to settle, determined to mold our future into the shape of our ideals.

It is because of their will and determination that this week, we celebrate two anniversaries: the 88th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, and the 45^th anniversary of that hot summer day when Dr. King lifted our sights and our hearts with his dream for our nation.

we are all in prison!!

As I read chapter twelve at first I was kind of thinking the same things as I did with the past chapters, that there are two sides of a story, that man have a thought of world was made for them. “In other words, man does have a place in the world, but it’s not his place to rule it” (pg.243) which corrects that thought we do not own the world but we are part of it. We can continue living how we are but, we have to leave the rest of the community live as well. We can’t go back to change our society to a leaver society we must change the system of ours and “not to reach back but to reach forward” (pg. 250) as Ishmael said.

In the past three pages Ishmael says something that marked me it made feel different of life. “The world of the takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.” (pg. 251) and it’s true because we live in such a screwed up world that we can’t get out of. There are people with allot of money and class but this is not about social status is about the whole world living in the same conditions a marked end. We don’t know when, but if we don’t find the key of the cell and change, we are all going to die sooner or later.

Is there going to be chance? Can we find that key? Is there going to be someone who can change our society? Is the end going to be soon?

Two sides of a story. Two sides of a life

In chapter eleven, we learn more about the leavers and the benefits of the agricultural revolution, through a dialogue between Ishmael and the pupil. As I learned more and more of the leavers several thoughts came to my mind, I started to realize that I've always thought the leavers were un-civilized ”And so he has to stay on that treadmill forever, forever one step behind his prey and one step ahead of his enemies”(pg 220),it all depends on point of view. This chapter made me recognize a mistake that I always make, which is that I don’t take in consideration that in a story there are always going to be two points of view.

In page 224 the pupil tries to explain Ishmael that living as leaver is a wrong thing, when there happens to be no deer to hunt the leavers look for something else, the takers instead can mange to always find deer. “And this is why we lead shameful lives Bwana? This is why we should set aside a life we love and go to work in one of your factories? Because we eat rabbits when it happens that no deer presents itself to us?” (Pg.224). this proves exactly what I am saying, for a leaver when there is no deer, they you look for another thing, because they cant control deer. In his way of thought this the right way to live, but for the takers it is wrong to live like that.

Which point of view is the right one? Should we live life as leavers or as takers? Leave all to destiny or should we control it? Maybe, if mix the both points of view will it be a better way to live? But now it all depends to us.

exercises about sentence fragments

The sentences below appeared in papers written by students. Act as their editor, marking a C if the sentences in the group are all complete and an F if any of the sentences in the group is a fragment. Could you tell these writers why the fragments are incomplete sentences?

f_ 1. Then I attended Morris Junior High. A junior high that was a bad experience.

___f_ 2. The scene was filled with beauty. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the wind.

_c___ 3. He talked for fifty minutes without taking his eyes off his notes. Like other teachers in that department, he did not encourage students' questions.

___f_ 4. Within each group, a wide range of features to choose from. It was difficult to distinguish between them.

__c__ 5. A few of the less serious fellows would go into a bar for a steak dinner and a few glasses of beer. After this meal, they were ready for anything.

___c_ 6. It can be really embarrassing to be so emotional. Especially when you are on your first date, you feel that you should be in control.

____c 7. The magazine has a reputation for a sophisticated, prestigious, and elite group of readers. Although that is a value judgment and in circumstances not a true premise.

____ f 8. In the seventh grade every young boy goes out for football. To prove to himself and his parents that he is a man.

____f 9. She opened the door and let us into her home. Not realizing at the time that we would never enter that door in her home again.

____c 10. As Christmas grows near, I find myself looking back into my childhood days at fun-filled times of snowball fights. To think about this makes me happy.

____f 11. Making up his mind quickly. Jim ordered two dozen red roses for his wife. Hoping she would accept his apology.

____f 12. They were all having a good time. Until one of Joe's oldest and best friends had a little too much to drink.

____f 13. Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles an hour. My old rowboat with its three-horsepower motor seemed like a high-speed job to me.

____c 14. With my brother standing by my side, I reached for the pot handle. Tilting the pot way too much caused the boiling water to spill.

____f 15. The small, one-story houses are all the same size and style. With no difference except the color.

____f 16. Being a friend of mine like he was when we first joined the soccer team. Together we learned a lot.

excercice 2

1. How can a person find patriotism in a local night club? Well, it did not take me too long. About four weeks ago in a little night club in Louisville, Kentucky, a couple of my friends, Rick and Lon, the duo who were providing the entertainment that night for the club.they opened with colombia es pasion and then colombia tierra querida.(dependant clause)

2. For the past twenty years, the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan has been measuring the level of Americans' trust and confidence in their politicians and quasi-political trust and confidence in their political institutions and their leaders. "Political" refers to being all levels of government, and "quasi-political"contain churches, labor unions, large professional/business associations, educational institutions, and the like. The result is that a very sharp decline has taken place every year since 1964. (no main verb)



3. For 200 years Americans believed in better jobs, better homes, a better life for one's children. This confidence no longer exists. Polls now indicate that fewer Americans who feel they are better off today than they were five years ago. A public-opinion analysis group has found that large numbers of Americans, at some times and in some places, see themselves as lower on the ladder. (instead of adding with) Adding worse living conditions and anticipation of further decline over the next five years. (dependent clause)

4. Well, in looking at the picture at the left you see an old lady. She has a very funny look on her face. (instead of a period a coma would be better instead of a capital letter a low case a) As if she's lonely and just wants to be left alone. She also looks as if she has seen a lot and experienced lots of things.(dependent clause)

5. A president is an appointed leader. ( instead of period a coma would be better) Someone who is a decision maker in the executive branch of our government. This doesn't necessarily mean that the person the people elect is capable. Just hopefully assumes. Assumes through his past record as a politician, over the years' buildup of experience and handling situations. (dependent clause)

excercice 3

correct paragraph:

My brother was always my best friend when I was a child, especially as we two were almost alone in the world. We lived with our old grandmother in a little house, almost a shack, in the country. Whenever I think of him now, I see a solemn, responsible boy, a boy too old for his years, who looked out for me no matter what. Once there was a bully, John Anson, who looked enormous to me, though he was probably an average twelve-year-old. John had it in for me because he liked Littice Grant, who liked me. He decided to beat me up right before her eyes. I was lucky my brother came by. He didn't interfere any. He just stood there. Somehow, though, his presence gave me confidence. I licked the stuffing out of John Anson. If my brother hadn't been there, I don't think I could have done it.

corrections are in blue

Is the "right way" right?

In this chapter Ishmael, looses contact with the pupil. As soon as the pupil goes back to Ishmael’s apartment he finds out that he was evicted, so he calls the local zoos and the city hall to find out where exactly he could be. Finally the pupil finds Ishmael at a state fair. Ishmael’s first reaction as he sees the pupil was anger. “I didn’t invite you to make yourself my patron,” he said, “so kindly refrain from patronizing me” (p.195). as soon as I read this it reminded me of an anecdote where I was invited to my cousins recital and as soon as I got there I asked here why wasn’t she dancing her first reaction was anger and a bit of embarrassment, because I saw her in those conditions. I felt that Ishmael was embarrassed of his condition, he was like a role model to the pupil and, a role model is not found in that situation.

I also felt that the student was disappointed on Ishmael because he felt that no matter the situation they could still continue the lessons. “I looked around helplessly. “You mean you actually want to stay here? Once again Ishmael’s eye turned icy. “All right, all right,” I told him “but what about me?” (pg. 195) In a way the student feels guilty for not being able to help Ishmael, and not to be able to continue his lessons. It reminds me of the feeling you get when you feel helpless, it makes you depressed.

Overall this chapter made me feel that the book was going to have a sad ending. Instead ishmael agrees to continue the lesson about the mother culture and the knowledge of the takers that comes from the leavers of certain knowledge "Certain knowledge is knowledge of the one right way. That’s what takers want”(p.204). People try to find the right way to live so with out certain knowledge they can’t live right, and sometimes the right way is not even right.it is time for us to decide wether live by rules or to think out of the box.

Another perspective of the problem.. wait we have one?

Ishmael is a book that tells a great story about a teacher and pupil. This book is not just telling any story, is a story that goes deep in to the understanding of life and society. I liked a lot about the book that the teacher is a gorilla, for me it is a way of saying that our society is so screwed up that we’ve got to the point were as instead of teaching animals, they are teaching us. I think the book represents a call back for humanity to stop destroying the world. It is nothing but a broke society the one that we are living on filled with the self-centered thought about the world made for man.

I made a connection with the theme of the book because, they have told many times about the world having a problem such as global warming but I never understood the graveness of it, since it is just like when your mom tells you not to play with scissors but you ignore it and still do it. Ishmael made me realize how serious the problem is. For me the book is a way of entertaining your self, as it is also a great source of knowledge. Many people in the world do not actually realize that we have a problem so Ishmael not only notes that but also explains why they do not know. It is clear that Ishmael finds a way to tell the reader to start making a change. The beginning of the problems starts with the foundation of the society as quoted by the book. “Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft, but it is a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization.” (Pg. 103) This quotation explains how in the first place we do not realize the problem, since it has been there from the start of society and nothing wrong seems to happen. People cannot seem to see the world from another perspective; which is what precisely the teacher tries to pass on to his student another perspective of the world the side that people ignore.

The book starts with the words “Teacher seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.” In the usual sense, the pupil is the one who seeks teacher not the other way around but here we note that the book is not going to be a normal book. The teacher is so desperate to share his knowledge his gone extremely far to seek a student. This stands for after reading the book that the whole point of it is make people concerned about the world, and about a problem, this book for me can be a start to make people change perspective. To think out of the box, as if not belonging to modern society.

answers

1. a blog is a journal on line, written, read or updated. It consists of entries or posts organized newest on the top and oldest on the bottom. Some blogs include videos, quotes graphics and so on. A book is text written on paper containing several chapters or not depending on style.
2. Blogs have changed in a way that allot of people in the world share it has increased its use. Not all for the same reason since some people use the reading blog, the gossip blog, the science blog etc.
3. I might read blog for research or to comment or because I was in a searcher as Google and accidently I found it on the sources. In addition, a blog is easier to read and you can leave your comments on each post it is also a way to save paper.
4. I think it depends on the creator or on what its saying, because you never know if what the author of the blog is true or not. In books if what wrote is not true is not published, you have a freedom in blogs. Overall, I think that blogs are not such reliable source. Once again, it depends on the author.
5. My title depends on the purpose of the blog. If it is a reading blog, you should call it a reading blog. But the title can depend to your creativity.