SUMMARY:
This book begins talking about Larry "Joe" Bird and Earvin "Magic"Johnson trying to win the game for Kentucky, Larry Bird had the ball, Magic Johnson thought to himself that there's no way that Larry would pass him the ball because when he looked at him, Larry Bird looked away. Magic Johnson was wrong, Larry Bird passed the ball to him without looking and it landed in Magic Johnson's right palm, and he banked a lay up. He was so happy offering Larry Bird his "secret" high-five and Larry Bird high-fived him. They both ran bak down the other side of the court, that's when they became teammates.
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson didn't know each other well and didn't really care for one another. When Larry Bird was 21, Magic Johnson was only 18. Both so young, with 3 years of age difference, Larry Bird was way ahead of the game. He spotted the cover of Sports Illustrated, and Magic Johnson took notice, thinking Larry Bird was a facinating basketball player. Magic Johnson wasn't going to let Larry Bird iver-shine his spot light. He did his best and they soon played against each other. Their rivary began when they aknowledged each others' fantastic skills and love for basketball. Larry Bird will average30 points per game and Magic Johnson's coach didn't like that idea. He said Johnson can't play like Bird and he should play like Bird. Johnson got heated and started shooting back to back shots and made all of it. Magic Johnson proved that Bird isn't any better than him by getting the cover of Sports Illustrated, and was named the Most Outstanding Player, he also wanted to beat Larry Bird in a game really bad, which he did, he felt kind of bad. He felt bad because he knew how that feeling felt and Larry Bird was extra upset because he didn't offically sign with the Celtics yet. Because of Magic Johnson's team, Michigan State beated Larry Bird's team, Indiana State, Larry Bird was feeling like whatever he did, it wasn't enough to win a championship. Of course, they both entered professional basketball together.
QUOTE:
"You guys don't play anything like Bird. Earvin, you be Larry - you play just like him, only he has jump shot" (Bird 53).
"You want the real Larry Bird? Just watch me" (Bird 53).
REACTION:
I knew that they were rivary because they both played NBA and their team doesn't like each other. I never knew that Bird anf Johnson played basketball on the same team in college. I can tell that this is a love-hate relationship between them. Larry Bird was the quiet one but would speak up if anyone talks trash about him or his team. Magic Johnson is the guy that expresses his emotion and overly confident in his game. He will show it whenever he can(when he does good in a game, did a good play). They both were the two top basketball players in college, they both want to be the best, want to be better than each other. They respect each other because Larry Bird think Magic Johnson was the best basketball player and Magic JOhnson thought Larry Bird's amazing skills was unbelievable. Magic Johnson eat off and build up stronger when he gets compared to Larry Bird. Both of their goal is to be the best of the best and beat each other personally, yet they respect each other because if they are on a team together, they were undefeated.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Pages 103-196)
SUMMARY:
From pages 103-196, it was about how Michael Oher have changed since the beginning of the story. Michael had spend 4 months at the Briarcest Christian School Saints and the season of 2004 was starting. He went from being nothing into being almost what all colleges want on their football team. Michael Oher had been receiving mails and packages from colleges telling him to visit their school and he also received a letter containing a full scholarship. He went to LSU, Ole Miss, North Carolina State, and University of Oklahoma fir a summer elite football program. Michael turned down about 50 other programs. He still had time to choose which college team he wants to play for, but he is leaning towards Oklahoma.
Time has passed and Michael Oher became a member of the Tuohy family. He got closed to Sean Jr. and he now calls Leigh Anne "Mama". Sean and Leigh Anne pretty much gives Michael whatever he needs because they no he won't ask for anything he doesn't need. Michael wants to get his drivers license but he needed some form of I.D. but they didn't have any. Leigh Anne was begging the person to give him another I.D. but when the person checked, the named "Michael Oher" wasn't in the computer data. The man said "Michael Jerome Oher" isn't a person, so he tried other ways of spelling and found a "Michael Oher Williams", and Michael said that was him. The man told Leigh Anne and Michael that 6 Social Security Card had been issues, and Leigh Anne insist that Michael had nothing to do with it and explain his pass to him and he finally gave them a new card. They also needed a birth certificate so Leigh Anne made Michael go visit his mom and ask for it. He came bak with a crumbled piece of trash-like paper and that was his birth certificate. Leigh found out that Michael's birthday was May 26th but he told her it was May 28th and he said the people probably got it wrong. Leigh Anne said they can't get his birth certificate wrong but Michael was sticking to his belief.
Michael gothis license and he's been praticing his football skills, but he still didn't know how to communicate with the team. He once tackled and dragged this dude of the field because he was talking to much trash. When Sean asked him where he was dragging the dude to, Michael said to the bus so he can go home because he's talking to much trash so going home is what they both needed to do. Michael visitied LSU and thought about joining the football teambut then he went to visit Ole Miss and he decided to go there. That's where the whole family move to.
QUOTES:
"He had never thought of himself as a football player, and didn't have the first idea what the fuss was all about"(Lewis 103).
"There's no such person as Michael Jerome Oher"(Lewis 140).
"You've been issued six Social Security cards in the last eighteen month"(Lewis 141).
REACTION:
When I first start reading this book, I wouldn't have thought a person could have gotten a new chance of life like Michael Oher did. From pages 103-196, Michael Oher started from not having any sort of I.D. or Social Security card into having his own identity again. Michael Oher didn't expect himself to become a football player, he didn't know why the colleges are trying to get him to be on their college football team. He doesn't care about his mother because they were never close, when he went to his mother to get his birth certificate, his mom told him to give him a hug but Michael just stood there and le his mom hug him instead. Michael himself, didn't even know his real birthday until he got the birth certificate back, that shows how he doesn't even know himself. Leigh Anne is trying and getting to know Michael more every day. When Michael went to get his Social Security card, he wasn't even a "real person" because his last name isn't Oher, Williams was his dad's last name. No one knew who he was until now, when the Tuohy family "adopted" him, now he have the chance to go to college and maybe in the future play in pro-football.
I hope later on in the book, the author talks about if Michael Oher can take down Lawrence Taylor because no one seem to have gone pass Taylor's defense/offense.
Ican't wait to watch the movie after finish reading this book because I heard the movie was really goodand inspirational.
From pages 103-196, it was about how Michael Oher have changed since the beginning of the story. Michael had spend 4 months at the Briarcest Christian School Saints and the season of 2004 was starting. He went from being nothing into being almost what all colleges want on their football team. Michael Oher had been receiving mails and packages from colleges telling him to visit their school and he also received a letter containing a full scholarship. He went to LSU, Ole Miss, North Carolina State, and University of Oklahoma fir a summer elite football program. Michael turned down about 50 other programs. He still had time to choose which college team he wants to play for, but he is leaning towards Oklahoma.
Time has passed and Michael Oher became a member of the Tuohy family. He got closed to Sean Jr. and he now calls Leigh Anne "Mama". Sean and Leigh Anne pretty much gives Michael whatever he needs because they no he won't ask for anything he doesn't need. Michael wants to get his drivers license but he needed some form of I.D. but they didn't have any. Leigh Anne was begging the person to give him another I.D. but when the person checked, the named "Michael Oher" wasn't in the computer data. The man said "Michael Jerome Oher" isn't a person, so he tried other ways of spelling and found a "Michael Oher Williams", and Michael said that was him. The man told Leigh Anne and Michael that 6 Social Security Card had been issues, and Leigh Anne insist that Michael had nothing to do with it and explain his pass to him and he finally gave them a new card. They also needed a birth certificate so Leigh Anne made Michael go visit his mom and ask for it. He came bak with a crumbled piece of trash-like paper and that was his birth certificate. Leigh found out that Michael's birthday was May 26th but he told her it was May 28th and he said the people probably got it wrong. Leigh Anne said they can't get his birth certificate wrong but Michael was sticking to his belief.
Michael gothis license and he's been praticing his football skills, but he still didn't know how to communicate with the team. He once tackled and dragged this dude of the field because he was talking to much trash. When Sean asked him where he was dragging the dude to, Michael said to the bus so he can go home because he's talking to much trash so going home is what they both needed to do. Michael visitied LSU and thought about joining the football teambut then he went to visit Ole Miss and he decided to go there. That's where the whole family move to.
QUOTES:
"He had never thought of himself as a football player, and didn't have the first idea what the fuss was all about"(Lewis 103).
"There's no such person as Michael Jerome Oher"(Lewis 140).
"You've been issued six Social Security cards in the last eighteen month"(Lewis 141).
REACTION:
When I first start reading this book, I wouldn't have thought a person could have gotten a new chance of life like Michael Oher did. From pages 103-196, Michael Oher started from not having any sort of I.D. or Social Security card into having his own identity again. Michael Oher didn't expect himself to become a football player, he didn't know why the colleges are trying to get him to be on their college football team. He doesn't care about his mother because they were never close, when he went to his mother to get his birth certificate, his mom told him to give him a hug but Michael just stood there and le his mom hug him instead. Michael himself, didn't even know his real birthday until he got the birth certificate back, that shows how he doesn't even know himself. Leigh Anne is trying and getting to know Michael more every day. When Michael went to get his Social Security card, he wasn't even a "real person" because his last name isn't Oher, Williams was his dad's last name. No one knew who he was until now, when the Tuohy family "adopted" him, now he have the chance to go to college and maybe in the future play in pro-football.
I hope later on in the book, the author talks about if Michael Oher can take down Lawrence Taylor because no one seem to have gone pass Taylor's defense/offense.
Ican't wait to watch the movie after finish reading this book because I heard the movie was really goodand inspirational.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Pages 1-102)
SUMMARY:
The story started out talking about teams in the NFL and how they were going against each other. Every position have a different role and you need the qualities in order to help the team out. Lawrence Taylor was a professional football player that was amazing with his defense on the New York Giants. When he played in the game, he would be knocking down quarterbacks. Once when the Giantswent against the Philadelphia Eagles, Taylor lined up right across Eagles', Jerry Sisemore, the right side of the offensive line. Sisemore played in the NFL for 8 year, before Taylor joined the NFL. Sisemore was not a challenge for the new comer, Taylor. Few weeks after the game, Sisemore confessed to the New York Times, at the point when Taylor passed him, he was going get out of the game. After 1984's season, he did. Taylor was a tough guy that got everyone nervous when they see him on and off the court. He created his own moves like 'sack', which meant when a player that doesn't see you and you go up to them and put your helmet right into him. The "Geritol" was a move he created just for Joe Jacoby, a left tackle because he was big and quick becoming challenging for Taylor. He wasn't challenging enough because during the game, Taylor went after Joe Theismann, he tackled him and Theismann's bones cracked. The tibia and fibula in his right leg snapped under Tylor. Everyone was piled on top of them. Taylor used all his strength to get out of the crowd which made people think it was weird. Later on, he admitted that he was claustrophobic.
Michael Oher was a young man was discovered by Tom Lemming, he was the one that goes all around the places to find young men who have the skills to be in the NFL. Someone sent a blurry, unclear video of Oher running down the football field with speed. It looked like a mob of fottball player but it was just him. Lemming was determined to find this boy and interviewhim. Oher was unknown and when Lemming got the chance to talk to him, and offered him a contract to be in the U.S Army high school all-star football team but Oher didn't sign it. If it was a normal boy that got this offer, with no second thought, he would have signed the contract. Later on in the story, Michael Oher was discovered to be living on the floors of a man's house. The man's name was Big Tony. Michael Oher's mother is a alchoholic and his dad left him. He never had a proper education so he doesn't know how to communicate with others. One day Big Tony wanted to send his son, Steven to a Catholic school called Harding Christian Academy. That school was for rich people and not much blacks can afford it, Steven had good grades so he got accepted because Big Tony said he will pay the school for any fees. He wanted to help Big Michael aka Michael Oher but his grades were so bad that no school like this would accept him. His grades weren't grades because he never actually attended school. Because the coaches from the schoolsaw how big Michael Oher is and how he can be a good athlete for sports but he needed to improve his education skills and get passing grades to play. The staffs gave him until Christmas to improve his learning skills. With the help of Sean and his wife, Leigh Anne, Michael Oher got a new home and a new life. He got a second chance in life because he now lives with the couple with their son. Oher got passig grades, "D" average but he qualified for the portd team. He played on the baskestball and football team. He also joined track for awhile. Michael Oher didn't know how to talk to the football team about their plays so he didn't do as well as he could during the games but he did scare the other teams with his size. Soon Oher caught onto how to play as a team by learning and watching himself.
QUOTE:
"This boy was new; he had no clothes; he had no warm place to stay over Thanksgiving Break. For Lord's sake, he was walking to school in the snow in shorts, when school was out of session, on the off chance he could get into the gym and keep warm"(Lewis 68).
"If Michael Oher wanted a full scholarship to Clemon, it was his"(Lewis 95).
REACTION:
This bookis full of football history, and how teams back then faced each other. I loved how the author didn't just focus on Michael Oher, he focus on NFL in general and how the players were like. I didn't know that most football players had a bad childhood or grew up in a bad enviornment causing them to have hatred and anger inside them which will make them a better football player by taking out anger on another player.
The quotes above was describing Michael Oher. The first quote was said by Sean's wife when she saw him walking in shorts in the snow. Michael Oher didn't have any new clothes, he wore the same outfit everyday. He doesn't have a place to stay, he just sleeps at places where no one goes to. Once Sean and his wife saw Oher walking to school to the gym. Sean said he doesn't have basketball practice because his grades weren'y good enough. He said he knows but there's heat in the gym so he can stay warm. The second quote was when a man from the Clemon saw Michael Oher and offered him a scholarship to playfootball. He went from having nothing in grasping a new chance in proving he was worth for people to help him. Once Oher went to Sean's shop and ate pizza, he always grab extra pizza and store it in the fridge because he's scared that there wouldn't be anymore food for him. He lives just for another day, he isscared that once he let go, all the things would be gone. Sean assured him that he is part of the family, the shop is his, he can go there and eat anytime.
Michael Oher is like a neglected animal. He did nothing wrong but people didn't care about him even his own parents. He deserved a second chance which he got and he's been improving everyday. At first he would not talk and even if he wanted to,m he wouldn't have made any sense. Nowhecould speak him mind even though it's hard somtimes. Michael Oher, I think he have the skills and defense to go against Lawrence Taylor because according to everyone else, he is a gifted human being that can do any sports. He can jump, run and do anything that any basket ball and football players can do.
The story started out talking about teams in the NFL and how they were going against each other. Every position have a different role and you need the qualities in order to help the team out. Lawrence Taylor was a professional football player that was amazing with his defense on the New York Giants. When he played in the game, he would be knocking down quarterbacks. Once when the Giantswent against the Philadelphia Eagles, Taylor lined up right across Eagles', Jerry Sisemore, the right side of the offensive line. Sisemore played in the NFL for 8 year, before Taylor joined the NFL. Sisemore was not a challenge for the new comer, Taylor. Few weeks after the game, Sisemore confessed to the New York Times, at the point when Taylor passed him, he was going get out of the game. After 1984's season, he did. Taylor was a tough guy that got everyone nervous when they see him on and off the court. He created his own moves like 'sack', which meant when a player that doesn't see you and you go up to them and put your helmet right into him. The "Geritol" was a move he created just for Joe Jacoby, a left tackle because he was big and quick becoming challenging for Taylor. He wasn't challenging enough because during the game, Taylor went after Joe Theismann, he tackled him and Theismann's bones cracked. The tibia and fibula in his right leg snapped under Tylor. Everyone was piled on top of them. Taylor used all his strength to get out of the crowd which made people think it was weird. Later on, he admitted that he was claustrophobic.
Michael Oher was a young man was discovered by Tom Lemming, he was the one that goes all around the places to find young men who have the skills to be in the NFL. Someone sent a blurry, unclear video of Oher running down the football field with speed. It looked like a mob of fottball player but it was just him. Lemming was determined to find this boy and interviewhim. Oher was unknown and when Lemming got the chance to talk to him, and offered him a contract to be in the U.S Army high school all-star football team but Oher didn't sign it. If it was a normal boy that got this offer, with no second thought, he would have signed the contract. Later on in the story, Michael Oher was discovered to be living on the floors of a man's house. The man's name was Big Tony. Michael Oher's mother is a alchoholic and his dad left him. He never had a proper education so he doesn't know how to communicate with others. One day Big Tony wanted to send his son, Steven to a Catholic school called Harding Christian Academy. That school was for rich people and not much blacks can afford it, Steven had good grades so he got accepted because Big Tony said he will pay the school for any fees. He wanted to help Big Michael aka Michael Oher but his grades were so bad that no school like this would accept him. His grades weren't grades because he never actually attended school. Because the coaches from the schoolsaw how big Michael Oher is and how he can be a good athlete for sports but he needed to improve his education skills and get passing grades to play. The staffs gave him until Christmas to improve his learning skills. With the help of Sean and his wife, Leigh Anne, Michael Oher got a new home and a new life. He got a second chance in life because he now lives with the couple with their son. Oher got passig grades, "D" average but he qualified for the portd team. He played on the baskestball and football team. He also joined track for awhile. Michael Oher didn't know how to talk to the football team about their plays so he didn't do as well as he could during the games but he did scare the other teams with his size. Soon Oher caught onto how to play as a team by learning and watching himself.
QUOTE:
"This boy was new; he had no clothes; he had no warm place to stay over Thanksgiving Break. For Lord's sake, he was walking to school in the snow in shorts, when school was out of session, on the off chance he could get into the gym and keep warm"(Lewis 68).
"If Michael Oher wanted a full scholarship to Clemon, it was his"(Lewis 95).
REACTION:
This bookis full of football history, and how teams back then faced each other. I loved how the author didn't just focus on Michael Oher, he focus on NFL in general and how the players were like. I didn't know that most football players had a bad childhood or grew up in a bad enviornment causing them to have hatred and anger inside them which will make them a better football player by taking out anger on another player.
The quotes above was describing Michael Oher. The first quote was said by Sean's wife when she saw him walking in shorts in the snow. Michael Oher didn't have any new clothes, he wore the same outfit everyday. He doesn't have a place to stay, he just sleeps at places where no one goes to. Once Sean and his wife saw Oher walking to school to the gym. Sean said he doesn't have basketball practice because his grades weren'y good enough. He said he knows but there's heat in the gym so he can stay warm. The second quote was when a man from the Clemon saw Michael Oher and offered him a scholarship to playfootball. He went from having nothing in grasping a new chance in proving he was worth for people to help him. Once Oher went to Sean's shop and ate pizza, he always grab extra pizza and store it in the fridge because he's scared that there wouldn't be anymore food for him. He lives just for another day, he isscared that once he let go, all the things would be gone. Sean assured him that he is part of the family, the shop is his, he can go there and eat anytime.
Michael Oher is like a neglected animal. He did nothing wrong but people didn't care about him even his own parents. He deserved a second chance which he got and he's been improving everyday. At first he would not talk and even if he wanted to,m he wouldn't have made any sense. Nowhecould speak him mind even though it's hard somtimes. Michael Oher, I think he have the skills and defense to go against Lawrence Taylor because according to everyone else, he is a gifted human being that can do any sports. He can jump, run and do anything that any basket ball and football players can do.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (Pages 201-228)
SUMMARY:
From pages 201-228, it's part 5 and 6 of the book which also meant the end. Part 5 begins with Lucy's dad's death and it had been a year. Lucy learned to love her dad again even though he passed away, and she forgives herself for the unspoken reaproah of her to her dad. Lucy kept some of the things that belonged to her dad like his watch and wedding ring. She gave the clothes to a woman that collect it for charity in Enniseala. Henry and Bridget, who Lucy lived with since she was a child, understand how Lucy's life had changed, they didn't force Lucy to do anything. It was time for Lucy to move on so she tool her part in the house again.
Lucy didn't forget her dad's wish which was to go visit her mother's grave. Lucy did so and she looked at the picture of her mom, trying to remember and recognized her. Lucy knelt and prayed to her mom. Lucy went to the places she went with her dad, and she reread all the letters that Ralph had sent her. Through the reading of the letters, she felt the love that affected her. She realized a lot of thing s changed in her life and in Ralph's. Ralph got his own family, even if he still love Lucy, it didn't make a difference. Lucy also knew she changed as a person, more mature and wiser. She wrapped everything up and knew it was all in the passed. Lucy moved out and lived by herself. She reminisced her life as a kid and everything that happened.
QUOTES:
"He has smiled through this acceptance of nature's strict economy and she has too, keeping company with him in his dismissal of morbid anticipation, remembering him he had been while she made the slow jouney of loving him again, forgiven for her unspoken reaproaches"(Trevor 201).
"Lucy watched the child pass beneath it, then rooted in her purse for a threepenny piece in the case she forgot later"(Trevor 208).
REACTION:
The first quote I chose was from the beginning of part 5. This was when Lucy unpacked some of her dad's belongings after a year of his funeral. She learned to love him again and accept him in her life as "dad". I think Lucy regrets what she done in her childhood but she also learned to forgive herself. I can tell that she respect her dad because before her dad died, he said he wished that Lucy would visit her mom's grave. Lucy did as he wished and went.
The second quote I chose was when Lucy was in the hotel and a child brought her tea. This sentence shows me how Lucy is no longer a kid like she was from the beginning of the story. She is a young woman now and she got her own money and life. Many things have changed in her life and when she was a kid, she lived with Henry and Bridget which played a role like her parents. She never knew she could meet her dad again but she did and even though she and her dad didn't rekendle their connection much before he passed away, Lucy learned to love him.
In the sencond quote, why is "threepenny" one word?
Through out the whole story, Lucy shows that she changed from a little kid into a young girl and had a crush on the boy named Ralph. The she became more mature and she was compared to have the spitting image of her mom. Lucy learned how Ralph and her became different people and had different lives so they couldn't maintain their relationship. Lucy learns to accept her dad to come back into her life and then she becomes an independent woman and lived on her own. She didn't need anyone's help but her own.
From pages 201-228, it's part 5 and 6 of the book which also meant the end. Part 5 begins with Lucy's dad's death and it had been a year. Lucy learned to love her dad again even though he passed away, and she forgives herself for the unspoken reaproah of her to her dad. Lucy kept some of the things that belonged to her dad like his watch and wedding ring. She gave the clothes to a woman that collect it for charity in Enniseala. Henry and Bridget, who Lucy lived with since she was a child, understand how Lucy's life had changed, they didn't force Lucy to do anything. It was time for Lucy to move on so she tool her part in the house again.
Lucy didn't forget her dad's wish which was to go visit her mother's grave. Lucy did so and she looked at the picture of her mom, trying to remember and recognized her. Lucy knelt and prayed to her mom. Lucy went to the places she went with her dad, and she reread all the letters that Ralph had sent her. Through the reading of the letters, she felt the love that affected her. She realized a lot of thing s changed in her life and in Ralph's. Ralph got his own family, even if he still love Lucy, it didn't make a difference. Lucy also knew she changed as a person, more mature and wiser. She wrapped everything up and knew it was all in the passed. Lucy moved out and lived by herself. She reminisced her life as a kid and everything that happened.
QUOTES:
"He has smiled through this acceptance of nature's strict economy and she has too, keeping company with him in his dismissal of morbid anticipation, remembering him he had been while she made the slow jouney of loving him again, forgiven for her unspoken reaproaches"(Trevor 201).
"Lucy watched the child pass beneath it, then rooted in her purse for a threepenny piece in the case she forgot later"(Trevor 208).
REACTION:
The first quote I chose was from the beginning of part 5. This was when Lucy unpacked some of her dad's belongings after a year of his funeral. She learned to love him again and accept him in her life as "dad". I think Lucy regrets what she done in her childhood but she also learned to forgive herself. I can tell that she respect her dad because before her dad died, he said he wished that Lucy would visit her mom's grave. Lucy did as he wished and went.
The second quote I chose was when Lucy was in the hotel and a child brought her tea. This sentence shows me how Lucy is no longer a kid like she was from the beginning of the story. She is a young woman now and she got her own money and life. Many things have changed in her life and when she was a kid, she lived with Henry and Bridget which played a role like her parents. She never knew she could meet her dad again but she did and even though she and her dad didn't rekendle their connection much before he passed away, Lucy learned to love him.
In the sencond quote, why is "threepenny" one word?
Through out the whole story, Lucy shows that she changed from a little kid into a young girl and had a crush on the boy named Ralph. The she became more mature and she was compared to have the spitting image of her mom. Lucy learned how Ralph and her became different people and had different lives so they couldn't maintain their relationship. Lucy learns to accept her dad to come back into her life and then she becomes an independent woman and lived on her own. She didn't need anyone's help but her own.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (Pages 143-198)
SUMMARY:
Page 143-198 is part four of the story, it started out talking about Lucy's father, Captain Gault. Heloise, his wife, also Lucy's mom had died because of the war. Captain Gault became depressed and sad. He didn't want to go bck to Lahardane, England because that was where Lucy "died"(which she didn't). It March, he young man, Ralph married a woman and never wrote a letter to Lucy since then. Lucy didn't have anything to do so she took a walk on the side of the sea. Her father walked near the sea so she was reminisce about her past. When she got back to the house, she saw her father. Captain Gault was in disbelief when he saw Lucy because she looks just like Heloise. Lucy didn't remember her father, but Captain Gault took her hand and told her to look at him and try to remember. Lucy kind of remember but she didn't say a word. Captain Gault wanted to hug her but he didn't because he got the vibe that Lucy doesn't want to.
Ralph had his first child and he and his wife are really close (Part four talked about Ralph and his life). Captain Gault and Lucy went exploring the caves at Mitchelstown, he wanted to spend more time with his daughter. They were at a hotel when the people there remembers Captain Gault but Lucy doesn't know any of them.The last time Ralph wrote to Lucy was saying how things happened the way it did and nothing can be done. When it was closed to night time, Captain Gault went to his room and was about to sleep. He heard Lucy's footsteps and was happy that she was by his side again, then he felt a pain but it didn't disturb him.
QUOTES:
"Lucy came back by the strand, walking close to the sea as her father had, coming from the other direction. Her footprints, though,remained, as his has not, for the tide wasgoing out now"(Trevor 152).
"He wanted to embrace his daughter, yet did not do so, sensing something in her that prevented him"(Trevor 154).
"Later he was aware of pain. It did not wake him"(Trevor 198).
REACTION:
In today's reading, I found out Lucy's mom had died and Captain Gault had went back to Lahardane and reunited with Lucy. The first quote I chose waswhen Lucy was at the beach walking and her footprint left a trail but where her father used to walk, his footprint was gone. When I read that, I know she forgot how her father was like. The second quote is when Captain Gault and Lucy saw each other. Captain Gault really missed Lucy but Lucy didn't say anything and treated him like any stranger on the street. The third quote I chose was the last sentences of part four when Captain Gault heard Lucy's footsteps, I could tell that he is glad to re-enter Lucy's life. I was wondering what the author meant when Captain Galt was aware of pain but didn't feel it? Did he have a heart attack? Did he die? Perhaps died in his sleep?
Page 143-198 is part four of the story, it started out talking about Lucy's father, Captain Gault. Heloise, his wife, also Lucy's mom had died because of the war. Captain Gault became depressed and sad. He didn't want to go bck to Lahardane, England because that was where Lucy "died"(which she didn't). It March, he young man, Ralph married a woman and never wrote a letter to Lucy since then. Lucy didn't have anything to do so she took a walk on the side of the sea. Her father walked near the sea so she was reminisce about her past. When she got back to the house, she saw her father. Captain Gault was in disbelief when he saw Lucy because she looks just like Heloise. Lucy didn't remember her father, but Captain Gault took her hand and told her to look at him and try to remember. Lucy kind of remember but she didn't say a word. Captain Gault wanted to hug her but he didn't because he got the vibe that Lucy doesn't want to.
Ralph had his first child and he and his wife are really close (Part four talked about Ralph and his life). Captain Gault and Lucy went exploring the caves at Mitchelstown, he wanted to spend more time with his daughter. They were at a hotel when the people there remembers Captain Gault but Lucy doesn't know any of them.The last time Ralph wrote to Lucy was saying how things happened the way it did and nothing can be done. When it was closed to night time, Captain Gault went to his room and was about to sleep. He heard Lucy's footsteps and was happy that she was by his side again, then he felt a pain but it didn't disturb him.
QUOTES:
"Lucy came back by the strand, walking close to the sea as her father had, coming from the other direction. Her footprints, though,remained, as his has not, for the tide wasgoing out now"(Trevor 152).
"He wanted to embrace his daughter, yet did not do so, sensing something in her that prevented him"(Trevor 154).
"Later he was aware of pain. It did not wake him"(Trevor 198).
REACTION:
In today's reading, I found out Lucy's mom had died and Captain Gault had went back to Lahardane and reunited with Lucy. The first quote I chose waswhen Lucy was at the beach walking and her footprint left a trail but where her father used to walk, his footprint was gone. When I read that, I know she forgot how her father was like. The second quote is when Captain Gault and Lucy saw each other. Captain Gault really missed Lucy but Lucy didn't say anything and treated him like any stranger on the street. The third quote I chose was the last sentences of part four when Captain Gault heard Lucy's footsteps, I could tell that he is glad to re-enter Lucy's life. I was wondering what the author meant when Captain Galt was aware of pain but didn't feel it? Did he have a heart attack? Did he die? Perhaps died in his sleep?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (Pages 92-139)
SUMMARY:
Lucy and Ralph had been writting eachother letters to communicate. Ralph thought about joining the army because he hoped military discipline will keep his nightmare away. He wrote to Lucy a letter saying he will visit her on Wednesday. When Ralph arrived, him and Lucy was talking and they got to know each other better. Lucy told him that she collects bees and Ralph told her about his life in Enniseala. Time goes by, Ralph visits Lucy in Lahardane two times again, and Lucy offered him to stay for a while after he looked through the house and books.
Now their relationship is into another level, they spent more time tgether in the summer, when they were taking a walk in the woods, Ralph told Lucy that he love her and had never loved anyone more than her. Lucy didn't reply back even though she felt the same way.
After the summer, Ralph had to leave. He left physically and left Lucy thinking if he would forget her and never come back. Ralph said he wouldn't forget her because he would never live a life without her and later on she asked him to marry him. She didn't say yes but she didnt say no.
Part three begins, in chapter 2, the athor finally talks about Lucy's parents. Captain Gault and his wife just left Italy and went through Switzerland and going back to the way they came from 17 years ago. Lucy's parents are now in the modest town Bellinzona.
On March 10th 1949, Thursday, Lucy read in the Irish Times that Ralph was to marry.
QUOTE:
Part three, chapter 2 begins by talking about Lucy's parents, "They crossed the frontier into Sitzerand, going back the way they had gone, seventeen years ago now"(Trevor 125).
REACTION:
In this part of the reading, Lucy is growing up and beyong. The quote above showed how long her parents had been away from her. It had been 17 years since her parents passed Switzerland to go to Italy and now they came back to the other town.
Lucy became more mature and love relationship with Ralph is getting more intense. Ralph kept on telling her how he love her so much, more than anything in the world. Ralph even asked Lucy to marry him. Lucy even kissed him so their relationship is serious. Even at the end of pages 139, when Ralph was to marry, right before that, he sent her a letter asking if Lucy knew how much he love her.
So far from all three blogs,this third blog is when Luc talked the most which is to Ralph. From reading of blog 1-2, Lucy barely talked and I didn't know what she was thinking and how she was feeling. When Ralph came into her life, she started to express herself to him which made me understand how she felt and what's going on.
Lucy and Ralph had been writting eachother letters to communicate. Ralph thought about joining the army because he hoped military discipline will keep his nightmare away. He wrote to Lucy a letter saying he will visit her on Wednesday. When Ralph arrived, him and Lucy was talking and they got to know each other better. Lucy told him that she collects bees and Ralph told her about his life in Enniseala. Time goes by, Ralph visits Lucy in Lahardane two times again, and Lucy offered him to stay for a while after he looked through the house and books.
Now their relationship is into another level, they spent more time tgether in the summer, when they were taking a walk in the woods, Ralph told Lucy that he love her and had never loved anyone more than her. Lucy didn't reply back even though she felt the same way.
After the summer, Ralph had to leave. He left physically and left Lucy thinking if he would forget her and never come back. Ralph said he wouldn't forget her because he would never live a life without her and later on she asked him to marry him. She didn't say yes but she didnt say no.
Part three begins, in chapter 2, the athor finally talks about Lucy's parents. Captain Gault and his wife just left Italy and went through Switzerland and going back to the way they came from 17 years ago. Lucy's parents are now in the modest town Bellinzona.
On March 10th 1949, Thursday, Lucy read in the Irish Times that Ralph was to marry.
QUOTE:
Part three, chapter 2 begins by talking about Lucy's parents, "They crossed the frontier into Sitzerand, going back the way they had gone, seventeen years ago now"(Trevor 125).
REACTION:
In this part of the reading, Lucy is growing up and beyong. The quote above showed how long her parents had been away from her. It had been 17 years since her parents passed Switzerland to go to Italy and now they came back to the other town.
Lucy became more mature and love relationship with Ralph is getting more intense. Ralph kept on telling her how he love her so much, more than anything in the world. Ralph even asked Lucy to marry him. Lucy even kissed him so their relationship is serious. Even at the end of pages 139, when Ralph was to marry, right before that, he sent her a letter asking if Lucy knew how much he love her.
So far from all three blogs,this third blog is when Luc talked the most which is to Ralph. From reading of blog 1-2, Lucy barely talked and I didn't know what she was thinking and how she was feeling. When Ralph came into her life, she started to express herself to him which made me understand how she felt and what's going on.
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor (Pages 46-94)
SUMMARY:
From pages 46-71 was the last pages of part one of the story. It was about how Lucy was found in the woods. She had wounds and cuts on her face that bled down to her mouth that she can taste. Lucy parents already left town because they thought Lucy died so now Lucy is left alone with Henry, a Kilauran boy, one of seven in a fishing family. Lucy also stayed with Bridget that found her, she is Henry's wife. When Lucy was asked if she knew anything about her parents' plan of traveling, she didn't say anything except shake her head.
Part two which starts on page 72, it's been months since Lucy was separated from her parents. Lucy is starting school again, she's learning to read and write, she have to do her work in a used and written all over notebooks/textbooks. One day when Lucy headed out the house, she was almost crashed by this boy named Ralph, because he didn't think anyone would be coming out of that house. Lucy Gault is growing up, and she is looking more beautiful than before. Ralph have been teaching this boy the alphabets, so he stayed for awhile. He started to like Lucy and Lucy liked him back. Ralph was about to leave the place when Lucy wrote him a letter. The letter was Lucy saying she hopes Ralph would stop by for some tea before he leave...if he have time.
QUOTE:
"Lucy Gault was beautiful all that summer. She was beautiful in her plain white dress, the sunlight catching the dots of silver in the stoneless earrings she wore"(Trevor 88).
REACTION:
From today's reading, it showed that Lucy have changed. She literally grew older and more mature. She's going to school, and she started to look like her mother. When she the boy Ralph, she started to like him and he likes her back. The quote above, describes how Lucy is becoming more like her mom which means looking older. The white dress was suppose to be her mother's if she was still here. The dress was left behind which now is Lucy's and they said she looks great in it. Lucy doesn't seem like she miss her parents in any kind of way. Lucy is just living her life even though she doesn't say much in the story.
This book was took from a third person's view which to me, should had been from Lucy's point pf view(first person). Because it is a third person's view, it doesn't show Lucy's emotions and thinking.
Why doesn't Lucy tell Henry or Bridget that she knew her parents plan the trip and she just didn't want to move so she pretended that she was missing? I think if the others knew about it, they would try finding her parents but instead, now they think her parents just left her behind.
Why did the author separated the story into different parts?
Why doesn't the author focus on Lucy's life? Instead he wrote about events that were important to the story.
From pages 46-71 was the last pages of part one of the story. It was about how Lucy was found in the woods. She had wounds and cuts on her face that bled down to her mouth that she can taste. Lucy parents already left town because they thought Lucy died so now Lucy is left alone with Henry, a Kilauran boy, one of seven in a fishing family. Lucy also stayed with Bridget that found her, she is Henry's wife. When Lucy was asked if she knew anything about her parents' plan of traveling, she didn't say anything except shake her head.
Part two which starts on page 72, it's been months since Lucy was separated from her parents. Lucy is starting school again, she's learning to read and write, she have to do her work in a used and written all over notebooks/textbooks. One day when Lucy headed out the house, she was almost crashed by this boy named Ralph, because he didn't think anyone would be coming out of that house. Lucy Gault is growing up, and she is looking more beautiful than before. Ralph have been teaching this boy the alphabets, so he stayed for awhile. He started to like Lucy and Lucy liked him back. Ralph was about to leave the place when Lucy wrote him a letter. The letter was Lucy saying she hopes Ralph would stop by for some tea before he leave...if he have time.
QUOTE:
"Lucy Gault was beautiful all that summer. She was beautiful in her plain white dress, the sunlight catching the dots of silver in the stoneless earrings she wore"(Trevor 88).
REACTION:
From today's reading, it showed that Lucy have changed. She literally grew older and more mature. She's going to school, and she started to look like her mother. When she the boy Ralph, she started to like him and he likes her back. The quote above, describes how Lucy is becoming more like her mom which means looking older. The white dress was suppose to be her mother's if she was still here. The dress was left behind which now is Lucy's and they said she looks great in it. Lucy doesn't seem like she miss her parents in any kind of way. Lucy is just living her life even though she doesn't say much in the story.
This book was took from a third person's view which to me, should had been from Lucy's point pf view(first person). Because it is a third person's view, it doesn't show Lucy's emotions and thinking.
Why doesn't Lucy tell Henry or Bridget that she knew her parents plan the trip and she just didn't want to move so she pretended that she was missing? I think if the others knew about it, they would try finding her parents but instead, now they think her parents just left her behind.
Why did the author separated the story into different parts?
Why doesn't the author focus on Lucy's life? Instead he wrote about events that were important to the story.
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