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LeAlan visiting us and taking a selfie 2014-2015
Aaron Elster Visits Nightingale
Our guest speaker for the Holocaust who shared his inspiring story with us.
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
As part of our Holocaust presentation, some 8th grade Nightingale students performed a play that showed the hopes, dreams, and daily activities of children in the Terezin Concentration Camp.
Butterflies Project
These butterflies will be sent to a Holocaust museum in Texas to commerate the death of 1.5 million children during the Holocaust.
poem "still i rise " the line that stood out the most is you may treat me like dirt but still like dust I'll rise
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "I Am Not My Hair" it states "I ma not this skin""I am a soul that lives within". This line is important to life. It is important in life because people discriminate, bully and act racist to people because of their physical appearance. What this line is trying to say is to be nice to everyone and every race because someone is not only their body, they're a living soul. I think the theme is probably Don't judge a person by how they look.
ReplyDeleteThe poem"I Am Not My Hair" The line "Because it was time to change my life" She wanted to look diffrent becuase her hair is not looking good.She wants to look like her inside not her outside.She doesn 't like the way she look with her hair.
ReplyDeleteStill I Rise: This line I RISE i think these means that she will never give up no matter what people say about her she will still rise she wont give up on her self she will do what she can to help her self that's why she says I RISE because she wont let people put her down so that's why she doesn't lisen to anyone that's why she says I RISE.i think she says that to let people know dont let no one put u down dont let then hurt u dont let people walk all on you just rise keep rise and show them your not scared and that they cant put u down
ReplyDeleteI think that one of the line that stood out from the poem "Incident" that i think is an important lesson about life is when the speaker says," Of all the things that happened there/ That's all that I remember"(11-12). The reason why i think that line releases the important lesson about life is because in this poem it is talking about how people are racist. This line from the poem tells us as readers that how being racist can and does hurt a lot of people. Our actions and most of all, our words we use without thinking hurts a lot of people. We shouldn't be racist to other people just because they are different skin color from us because they are just the same as we are. The theme from that line is that we shouldn't be racist because it hurts a lot of people even when we think we didn't do or say something really bad.
ReplyDeleteCats In The Cradle , a strong theme in Cats In The Cradle is enjoy the moment because sooner or later your going to loose the people you love because they are going to grow up, get a job and move away.
ReplyDelete"Still i rise"
ReplyDeleteI think that line "you may kill me with your hatefulness but still,like air,I'll rise"(22-23)is a theme of life because you should always stand up for yourself.Standing up for your self is very important .do not let words hurt you because you will rise.
I Think that "Incident" has an important lesson about life.The Theme for this poem is "Don't Judge a person by he or she's color". It is important in life because there's people in life that don't like how the person looks like and they will start to do thing to hurt them.
ReplyDelete'We Wear The Mask'
ReplyDeleteThe theme of this poem is
how they cover up how they feel
they wear the mask because it hides there grins and lies and hides there true identity.
"Where I'm from"
ReplyDeleteAcuerdo con el tema "Where I'm from" yo creo que se trata de las cosas que tu viviste como en este tema habla de yo soy las pinzas de la ropa de el clorox y el carbon tetrachloride osea habla de las cosas importantes que le paso en su vida pero no habla del presente si no del futuro de donde vivio, como, a que pais , etc pero lo que quiere decir realmente de tus cosas de tus palabras de explicar que te paso algo interesante y bonito que pasaste.
Es importante en la vida para que te reconoscan, para que te conoscan y sepan cuales son tus gustos y asi ellos tambien te puedan conocer y tu los conoscas a ellos como son pero no deben de ser mentiras si no verdades es lo que yo pienso acerca del tema "Where I'm from"
My poem is Cats in the cradle. I pick that poem because his sons tell him that when his he going to come home dad i don't know when but well get together then and i pick it because it saying that he is not going to be home and play with his son
ReplyDeleteI think the theme of "Cat's In The Cradle"is life is short so enjoy the people around you. why, because his dad was always busy working and didn't have that much time with his son to play with. then it was the same with his son begin going to college and found a job and was busy that he didn't have that much time to spent with his dad. They only talked and talked to each other but never have the chance to play or sit next to each other and talk man and man.
ReplyDeleteone poem that has an important line is "Still I Rise" the important line for this poem is " you may kill me with your hatefulness / butt still,like air, ill rise." #(13,14) I think this line is important because the message of it is that she does not care watt others think about her or say about her because no matter what she going to keep going on .
ReplyDeleteOne poem that has an important line is " Cat's In The Cradle " the important line this poem has is "When you comin' home, dad" (10). I found this quote important because first the dad didn't have time for the son. So, then the son doesn't have time for the father when he wants to talk to him, because now he is old enough and he is on his own. I think the poet Harry Chapin, is trying to send the readers a message. I think his message is to enjoy the people around you, because they aren't here with you forever. This is what I think the message is.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem " Cat's In The Cradle " it states that " He'd say I'm gonna be like you Dad/ You know I'm gonna be like you" (6-7) This is important to life because the kid is saying that he wants to be like his dad. That is always working , he wants to be like him. In the poem "Cats In The Cradle " it states " I'd like to see you if you don't mind¨/ He said ¨I'd love to Dad, if I can find the time you see my new jobs a hassle " (38-39) This is important because he told his Dad that he wants to be like him and he did follow his dream that he was going to be like his father.
ReplyDeleteThe "I am not my hair" song is an important message to show the meaning of life. On the song of "I am not my hair" it state "Does the way I wear my hair makes me a better person"? (37). This line show to all people that don't judge other people hairs.
ReplyDelete"Mexican is not a noun"
ReplyDeleteThe theme of this poem is that people think that the Mexicans are different from them and when they are with there group or peoples and people compare them to noun.
"Mexican is not a noun"
ReplyDeletethe them of the poem people think that Mexicans are diff. from other people.
in the poem "Still i Rise" it states that"you may shoot me with your words, you may cute me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness,
ReplyDeletebut still, like air, i rise. It show that how people can say things to you just because you are a nother color but it stats that some people rise from peoples words
In the poem "Still I Rise" the one line that stood out for me is "Did you want to see me broken?".(line 13) This line stood out for me because the theme in the poem was 'don't let other people step on you', the story behind the poem was about a African woman who was segregated who was called names but she asked herself 'Did you want to see me broken?' and no she wasn't she still was rising. She didn't care what other people thought of her.
ReplyDeleteThis has an important lesson in life to the reader because it showed courage. Courage because even though she was called names and people wanted to see her broken she didn't. (Line 14) States 'Bowed head and lowered eyes?' She knew what other people wanted her to feel bad about herself when she didn't. This shows the reader to be proud of he/she, because no one wants to see herself/himself broken. This is why i think this poem and this theme shows a great importance in life.
A line in the poem "Still I Rise" that stood out for me and I thought was an important lesson about life was "I rise"(30). This line stood out for me because its trying to say that she wont let anybody put her down no matter what. Just like the theme of the poem is to not let anybody step on you.Another line that stood out for me in the poem "Still I Rise" was "You may tread me in the very dirt/but still like dust ill rise"(3-4).This line stood out for me because the speaker is trying to say that you could judge her,put her down,and do anything to her but she is still not going to care about what people say or do to her she will always stand for herself.This is why i think this poem has a strong theme.
ReplyDeleteI think the theme of "Cats in the cradle" is treat your children the way you want to be treated.In the poem "Cats in the cradle","Son i'm proud of you,can you sit for awhile/he shook his head and said with a smile/what i'd really like,dad is to borrow the car keys/see you later,can I have them please"(28-31).This shows that the writer is saying treat your children the way you want to be treated,because its saying to treasure what you have now.Another line that shows to treat your children way you want to be treated is "And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me/He'd grown just like me/my boy was just like me"(44-46).This line shows to treat your children the way you want to be treated is because before,the dad was too busy to pay any attention to the little boy and now that the dad retired the boy is doing the same to him.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "I rise" is that to dont be racist to color people of their skin color. and the line that i stood out for was the line that says "Does my haughtiness offend you? dont you take it awful hard?, cause i laugh like ive got gold times" (17-19) and the line is important in life and also stood up for that because its like if its giving the reader a massage saying to dont care what other people think of you and still be happy and move on.the line that shows to dont give up is "Bringing the gifts that my ancestor gave, i am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise,I rise,I rise" (39-43)that line is important showing to dont give up and shows a lesson.
ReplyDelete"My papa's Waltz " my mother's countenance could not unfrown itself."8,16"I think this releases the theme because her mom is disappointed because his dad is drunk and doesnt have respect for her,and the dad takes her daughter dancing to the room.
ReplyDelete"we wear the mask"
ReplyDelete-it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes (2)
it is important because you should not hide your personality
A line from " Richard Cory" stood out for me because it was like he had the best life and then all of a sudden he decided to kill him self. According to the poem "Richard Cory", "and Richard Cory, one calm night, went home and put a bullet trough his head"(15-16). Also because every body admired him and always wanted to be like him.But what saw from this poem is that everybody only saw one side of Richard Cory and didn't pay attention to his problems.
ReplyDeletethe poem we were the mask has ryhme and people have the mask don`t want to show there face
ReplyDeleteI believe this lines from "still I rise" (21) you may shoot me with your words,you may cut me with your eyes,you may kill me with your hatefulness, But still,like air I'll rise. is something we can all use in life.This can get us though the day.if people put use down will still rise again.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of " cats in the cradle " is that you do not apreciate what you have until you do not have it anymore. That's the theme because he did not have time for his son but his son had time for him. Now that he has time for his son because he's retired but his son does not have time for him. He realizes his son grew up to be just like him.
ReplyDeleteAn important line that stood out for me in the "Cat's in the Cradle" is when his dad noticed that his son grew to be out just like him.I think the theme is to appreciate the time that you have with your children because one day you won't have that time with your kid anymore you only have one time to appreciate your kid in your life.
ReplyDeleteAccording TO the poem "Incident"," Of all the things that happened there,/ Thats all that i remember" (11-12). Theme for this poem is be careful what you say to others because it might have a big impact to him/her in the future. That stood out for me because this makes me think then say. This also stood out for me because in the poem "Incident", all the boy remembered from his trip was someone saying a very insulting word to him.
ReplyDeleteA poem that stood out to me would have to be " I Am Not My Hair" the theme and lesson about that story is looks aren't everything. In the song/poem it states,"does the way i wear my hair make me a better person?" (37) .This question shows that, the person who saying this is being judged on the way they are and dressed. This person is being treated differently because of their race and the way he/she dresses. If i want to wear anything, ill wear anything, I dont care about what people say (49-51) I think this is true, don't be someone you're not. This why i think looks aren't everything is the theme of "I Am Not My Hair"
ReplyDeleteOne line that stood out for me in the song " I am not my hair " is "Does the way i wear my hair make me a better person?" I think that's an important lesson about life because appearance is not important as what is inside of you. You may be wearing the craziest hair style and you could be the sweetest person on earth. The way you look doesn't describe on who you reality are inside.
ReplyDeleteFor the poem "Cats in the Cradle" i think that the theme is to appreciate time before it runs out.I think this theme is important in life because many people are busy to spend time with family that they do not realize the time can go by fast then u do not have time anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe line from "I am not my hair" that I think is the theme is "I am a soul that lives within." and the theme is to be yourself no matter what and why this is important in life is because now these days people change themselves to feel like their special even though they don't like the changes they made into themselves and they should know not to change everything they do and how they do it.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "cats in the cradle", is that you have only one chance to do things that you want to do before its too late, in this case the dad had to much work to spend time with his son and the son wanted to be like the dad and so when he got older, he had more responsibilities in life, then the son had grown up and now he doesn't have time to visit his dad , and the dad said " he had grown up just like me".
ReplyDeleteA theme that stood up to me from the poems we have read so far was, from "Sill I Rise" which is "People may judge; but don't let it get to you". The theme of this poem stood up to me because, in life there's always gonna be people who judge you, and will try to put you down, because nobody is perfect or able to make everyone happy since everyone has different opinions. I think this is an important lesson about life because there's also always people who try to fit in everywhere and be liked by everyone which is impossible and they're never being who they really are, when they need to be or else they won't have a happy life.
ReplyDeleteFor the poem"i am not my hair" I think the main idea is that you dont judge people by how there hair is because
ReplyDeleteyou dont know them by heart
The life lesson theme of the Cats in the cradle is to appreciate what you have before its gone. This stood out to me because so many people around me don't appreciate the things they have in life.
ReplyDeleteI think the lines that stood out for me in "I Am Not My Hair" that would be an important lesson about life are "if i wanna wear it braided/all down my back/ i don't see what's wrong with that" (57-59). I think these lines in the poem are important in life because we shouldn't care what others think of us. People might hate, but what can you do about it ? i'd rather just care less and be happy for who i am. (:
ReplyDeleteI think that in the poem " 'Mexican' is Not a Noun", this poem seems to make a message about how every culture has a meaning to be who everyone are and makes me feel proud and rough. Most of the time when being forced to others of mistreating my kind, I will show them the truth of how I important I could do to my kind and not let others crush that moment. Although that I am in between two cultures, this poem could tell about how a culture has to face many things that happens to that time and the time now. I know that there is things that push me back, except I will be taking a lot of action to know the importance of my culture and to others around me. The theme sure does give a strong meaning to my family members after suffering over many lost members, I know that I should try to be more careful towards more things in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think that the line from "Cat in the cradle," " My child arrived just the other day/He came to the world the usual way/But there were planes to catch and bill to pay/He learned how to walk while I was away."(2-5). I think this ens that you should take time for work and all that and take time for the little thing in life. I think this because sometimes those little thing never happen. Again like seeing you child grow up. Also like spending time with your parents because there not always going to be there.
ReplyDeleteI think the poem "Still I Rise" has an important message which is that no matter how rude people might treat you, you should never give up. I think its an important message because she has pride in her soul no matter how much they try to bring her down, she will always stand up with courage. The reason i chose that theme is because it emphasizes what she had to go through but no matter how much they tried to put her down she will just keep rising and never gave up.
ReplyDeleteThe Theme in the song of "Cat's in the cradle" is appreciate what you have now before its too late. In the song the "cats in the cradle" when you comin' home, dad/ I don't know when, but but we'll get together then" this line shows how the dad never appreciate his time with his son and now when his son is all grown up his son is the busy one and cant seem to find time to spend time with his dad. this line is important in life because its telling the readers to appreciate what you have now before its to late, the reader can now know what to do in life when the time comes.
ReplyDeleteThe poem of Still I Rise I think the poem message is that the color of your skin dose not mater because it is just a color. The real thing that maters is whats inside you the only thing that people saw was their color and not what was inside theme. Some white people just saw a black person and already did not like them but they did not care they stood proud and walk away.
ReplyDelete''I am not my hair''
ReplyDeleteI believe the theme of the song "I am not my hair'' is that it doesn't matter what others think of you, but it is what is inside that counts.(19-22). These lines show that she is not a person for you to judge. That she appreciates the way she appears to be like.And that for her it's different to see her own appearance" I am not your expectations no no/ I am a soul that lives within.(19-22).
The song also suggests .''Because it was time to change my life/ To become the women that I am inside".(12-13).I think she's trying to say that she won't be the women she use to be. I'll Say that she has been judged to much from trying to be the women she wanted to be. I think she's going to change from the women she wanted to be , to the women she really is.
The line that stood out the most to me in "Cats In The Cradle" was, "He has grown up just like me, My boy was just like me"(45,46). This is an important lesson on life because if you've read the poem the father never spend time with is son. So during the years the son said he wanted to be like is dad and now that the son is all grown up the father realized that he had turned out just like him. The son has no time for his father anymore, just like the father had no time for his son. So this goes with the them of the poem that to always take advantage of the beautiful things in life because you don't know how long someone can stay with you your whole life. Just like the father lost his son for not spending time with him and now his son cant spend time with him.
ReplyDeleteOne line that stood out for me in the song " I am not my hair " is "Does the way i wear my hair make me a better person?" I think that's an important lesson about life because appearance is not important as what is inside of you. You may be wearing the craziest hair style and you could be the sweetest person on earth. The way you look doesn't describe on who you reality are inside.
ReplyDeleteIn the story the theme of "Still I Rise", is haters are going to hate so just shake it off. According to the poem "Still I Rise","You may tread me in the very dirt/ But still like dust, I'll rise." This means that every time someone makes you miserable you rise back up don't let there teasing get to you. The reason
ReplyDeleteI think this is because when the speaker said every time a person treats you like dirt you rise again like dust.
In the poem " Cats In The Cradle" the line that stood out to me the most was " I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad/ We're gonna have a good time then." I think that's an important line because it shows that you don't know what you have until it's gone. When it's gone that's usually when you appreciate what you can't no longer have because the doors are shut down for you the same way his Dad shut the door to his own son, when all he wanted to play with his dad. But after all that he wanted to become just like him someday and he sure did it. It's never too late to realize that you should pay more attention to your kids. Many parents probably think that kids our age don't need them, when it reality we do they think that working is everything, and we all understand that. The theme to this poem is to always take advantage of the beautiful things in life because you never know what tomorrow can bring you. Everyday is a different morning, so you should wake up and appreciate what you have.
ReplyDeleteA line that I think has an important lesson about life is ''you may kill me with with your hate fullness ,but still like air,I will rise.''because your not suppose to let other people change the way you are because of what people think about you.
ReplyDeletei think the theme of "cats in the cradle"is to appreciate what you have when you have have it because according to the poem "cats in the cradle" i called him up just the other day/i said " i'd like to see you if you don'd mind"/ he said
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "Cats and the Cradles" is you never know how special a moment is until it becomes a memory. According to the poem "Cats and the Cradles", "When you comin' home,dad/I don't know when, but we'll get together then" (11-12). These lines show theme because the speakers son is asking him when will he have time to be with him and the speaker answers that he does not know when but they will see each other another time. Also according to "Cats and the Cradles", "When you comin' home son/ I don't know when, but we'll get together then,dad" (34-35). This poem has a life lesson which is that the dad didn't spend time with his son and now that his son is grown up they can't spend time together because the son doesn't have the time.
ReplyDeleteI think the theme of '' im not my hair'' is to not look's aren't everything.According to the song ''im not my hair '',chorus I am not my hair/ I am not my skin/I am not you expectaions no no/
ReplyDeleteI believe the theme of "im not my hair" is looks arent everything.According to the song "im not my hair,""im not my hair/im not my skin/im not or expectations/im not my skin/im a soul that lives within"(18-23)
ReplyDeleteThis is my theme because in the evedince she explains what parts of her body people make fun of
One poem that stoods to me is Richard Cory because the life message that the poem gives is something that you should know.
ReplyDeleteI think that the theme of the poem "Richard Cory" is that you can be ritch but lonely in life.
ReplyDelete"He'd grown up just like me,my boy was just like me"this line stood out to me in the poem "Cat's Cradle",because at first the dad never had time for his son cause he was always busy but now that the son is all grown up the dad wants to be with his son but his son is always busy,which the theme is anything can happen in a blink of an eye.
ReplyDelete"Mexican is not a word." "Mexican it dreams it offends it cries."(30-32) The life message is yes we may have log paying jobs but we try to be successful. We dream for a better tomorrow and for our children. We cry for joy and sadness. Sadness because to see one of our family members get out of the country. But we dream to see them. Joy for being an American after long and hard punishment.
ReplyDeleteAn important theme about life from the poem "Still I Rise" was to fight back to life because happiness and a better will come soon or later. I thought this was the most meaning full because the speaker what explaining what she has been through, yet she still didn't give up. She got right back up and didnt let it get to them.
ReplyDeleteThe theme for "still I rise" is, people may judge. But don't let it get to you. I think that is the theme because in the story it says, "You may write me down in history, with your hitter, twisted lies. You may tread me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, i'll rise." That quote from the story shows how the woman was being treated by the white men/man.
ReplyDeleteI believe the theme of Still I'll Rise''You may shoot me with your words You may cut me with your eyes You may kill me with your hatefulness But still like air,I'll rise'' This line stood out for me as an important lesson about life because she is saying say what you say but it wont hurt my feelings
ReplyDelete"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
ReplyDeleteAccording to these lines,
"You may shoot me with your words,"
"You may cut me with your eyes,"
"You may kill me with your hatefulness,"
"But still, like air, I'll rise (21-24) the theme is never let yourself down. In the poem the speaker doesn't give up even though they put her down. She responds back by not getting hurt. She writes that she will rise no matter what.
I've long since retired, my son's move away i called him up just the other day i said ''i'd like to see you if you don't mind'' He said, ''I'd love to, dad,if i can find the time. I think that important because you don't have the time to do stuff if you have time spend it with your children.
ReplyDeleteAn important theme about life is '' appreciate the time you have with your kids''.I think this is a really important theme because life sometimes can be too short,and you cant do things with your family.Also sometimes you can regreate how your kids well treat you in the future.
ReplyDeleteI believe the theme of 'Incident" is that one single word can be a scar in your heart that stays there forever. According to Countee Cullen "And so I smiled, but he poked out/ His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger'/ I saw the whole of Baltimore/ From May until December. (7-10)
ReplyDeleteI think that the theme of the poem, "Cat's In The Cradle", is to spend quality time with a loved one because you wont have them fro the rest of your life. According to this poem, a father didn't have time to spend with his son. His son thought it was normal, he kept saying,"I'm gonna be like you, Dad/ You know I'm gonna be like you"(6,7). Then his son had a family for himself. One day his father wanted to get spend some quality time with his son. Unfortunately , his son couldn't get together with his son because he was too busy, his kids had the flu and his job wouldn't let him. He should of spent some time with his son when he could of. That's why I think that the theme of this poem is to spend quality time with a loved one because you wont have them for the rest of your life.
ReplyDeletethe poem "still i rise" first line "you may write me down in history with your bitter,twisted lies,you may tread me in the very dirt but still, like dust,ill rise" i think this very important because she saying you can lye but she would come back up and do something worse.when shes happy it makes people mad that dont like her.The theme of this poem would be dont let people make you feel bad.
ReplyDeleteThe line that stood out to me was according to the "Incident", "His tongue, and called me, 'nigger.' (8)
ReplyDeletethe reason i chose it was because the boy didnt expect that from another boy his age theres no way he learned that on his own it stood out to me because, some parents teach there kids the worst.
One line of the poem "Cat's In The Cradle" that stood out for what I think that has an important lesson about life is, " My son turned ten just the other day. He said, thanks for the ball,dad, come on and lets go play! I said, not today. I got a lot to do. He said, thats ok. And he walked away but his smile never dimmed and said, Im gonna be like you!" As the kid grew up, he actually was like his dad. When the dad wanted to talk to him, he will always have excuses like his dad. I think that is a good lesson in life because you should appreciate what they have: they might not have it later.!
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "Still I Rise" is, Don't let others change who you are. This theme is important because if people don't want to change they don't have to, so that's why I think this theme is important.
ReplyDeleteI think that the line that stood out for me was according to "Still I Rise", " You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise"(21-24). This stood out for me because its talking about racism back in the day and how men didn't treat women right .I like this line because the lady said she basically didn't care what the guy thought of of her she say she'll still rise up.
ReplyDeleteThe line that stood out the most for me in the poem "Mexican Is Not a Noun" by Francisco X. Alarcon , he says "Mexican is not a noun or an adjective". This stands out because a lot of people just think that since we are mexicans and we come from farms they can treat us like slaves that is why it stands out for me.
ReplyDelete"Mexican" is a life long low pay job: I think theme of this poem is that Mexicans are treated disrespectfully in some places. In some places they get treated with racist comments; and sometimes they get little or no pay.
ReplyDelete"son,I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while"/He shook his head and said with a smile/"what i'd really like,dad, is to borrow the car keys/ See you later, can i have them please i think is talking about that the dad didn't had time for him when he was little because he cared more about his work then his own son. Because the son would always ask him to play and the dad said "No or maybe later" and the kid when he was little said he wanted to be just like him and he did so now the dad kept saying that he grew just like him and now the son doesn't have time for the dad. the them i put is "be a better role model"
ReplyDeleteIn the poem "Incidents" "Now I was eight and very small,/and he was no whit bigger,/and so I smiled. but he poked out/his tongue, and called me 'Nigger"' (5-8) .This is a life message because you should never be acting wrong on anyone , especially if they are smaller than you,because whatever you do bad , will usually get back at you.These lines show theme because the boy showed a dramatic change toward the little girl.These are the reasons why i think that 'acting wrong with someone or doing something to them,at the end all those bad things will get back at you' is the theme of "Incident".
ReplyDelete"Incident" by Countee Cullen "Now I was eight and very small/ And he was no wit bigger/ And so I smiled, but he poked out/ His tongue, and called me "Nigger""(5-8) I thought this was a serious poem. I was surprised on how racist little kids at the age of eight can be. I thought the theme was not everybody will treat people respetavely.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "I Too" was "Don't focus on a bad past focus on a brighter future" The reason it caught so much my attention was because the way it showed how the author wanted to stand up for his/her rights. By saying today you shall boss me around and sent me away but tomorrow I will not have to listen to you and I can sit were I shall choose to sit, by that it meant its whole theme not focusing on that bad past but being able to focus on it brighter future. This whole poem was being focused on racism and its bad past but the way thing change in its brighter future.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "Still I Rise",is that it she won't look down."Did you want to see me broken?"The ladies in back then wanted to be free like she said "does my sexiness upset you?"
ReplyDeleteThe line that stood out the most to me from " Still I Rise", "Does my haughtiness offend you" It got my attention because the speaker is saying if her confidence bothers anyone. Shes not letting herself be brought down. She wont give up she'll perceive her obstecle.
ReplyDeleteI think the theme of " I Too" is don't focus on a bad past focus on a brighter future.According to "I Too" " They send me to eat in the kitchen,/when company comes,/but I laugh, and eat well,/and grow strong". (3-7) " Tomorrow,/I'll be at the table,/ when company comes,/ nobody'll dare,/ say to me,/Eat in the kitchen,/ then.
ReplyDeleteThe Theme of "I am not my hair" is looks aren't everything. Looks aren't going to get you far. My looks My hair. My body hasn't helped me get thought my problems, or help me do my homework. Girls these days depend on their looks to help them get through the day. Back then we used depend on our feelings and how we felt that day.Most girls worry about their hair, whats so special about your hair NOTHING! I like my hair but i really dont care how I look for the boys. If I had to do my hair I would do it for myself and my self only. I like my hair, body, face, you should two.
ReplyDeleteThe theme on "cat in the cradle" is that the dad should of spend more time with his family because when the kid was 10 and he had a ball he ask his dad to play with him and he said he didn't had time then the kid said he was gonna be like his dad one day. and its important to spent time with your family be cause there gonna do the same thing when there older. and it is important because where gonna to spent time with his old family to.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of "I am not my hair" is that i doesn't matter the way you look, its your soul,personality,and talents that makes you well you! not you skin tone not your religion nor you appearence its your inner self.
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