Extra Credit "The Handmaids Tale" movie

Frankie Pena Pena 1
Mrs. Cline
Eng 102,
12/06/10
Compare Movie to Book “The Handmaids Tale”
It was Tuesday afternoon when none other than I decided to watch “The Handmaids Tale”. It wasn’t long after that I started comparing the book to the movie. It was cool because the book and movie really did match up well except for a few parts.
The beginning of the movie was a bit different than the book it showed the wife, husband and the kid trying to cross the border. It was then that they had been spotted and not to long after did the husband try to cause a distraction so that his wife Kate and the daughter could escape. Then as the husband ran the guards shot and killed him. It was then that both Kate and the daughter’s life would be changed forever.
Kate was then captured and token to a camp area full of women that had been captured and tested to see if they could have babies. The women that could have babies would stay alive and be a handmaids and the other would be slaves or die. Kate has tested and her results showed that she could have a baby. Not too long after that did she start training alone with many other women to be a handmaid. They would meet in a room and talk about how those women who didn’t want kids were sluts and how they were the selected few that could only have kids now.
Later on down the road she had gone to Serena Joy the Commander’s wife house. They were interested in using Kate as their third handmaid seeing as the others failed at the job. After
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a quick set down with Serena it was then decided that she would work for them as a Handmaid. It was then that Kate’s name was changed to (Offred) that was her named because it referred to who she worked for such as slave of-Fred. It was very interesting how they chose their names for the Handmaids.
Further into the movie Offred learned that when the Commander wanted sex she would have to give it to him, and that was her job; to have a baby by him. She was a gift from god and her part was to supply babies. So when it came to the first time just like the book said she laid on the bed. As Serena held her hands and head between her laps well the Commander had sexual contact with her. Right after they were done Serena and Offred were upset. Serena was upset because she had to watch her husband have sex with another women and Offred was really upset because it was really uncomfortable and forced upon her.
After multiple times of meeting up and having sex with the commander she adapted to the life style more. Offred would not lay down for the Commander whenever he wanted. They would play chess together and she would fix him drinks. They looked as if they had a great time.
After the third visit to the hospital Serena decided that she wanted to stop waiting and that she wanted Offred to sleep with Nick. Serena was so excited she planned the date in nicks room. Serena told nick that she wanted him to sleep with Offred because she wanted a baby. That night, Offred went in and a few minutes of talking lead to sex. After that Offred had grown really fond of Nick and he felt the same way about her.
Then later on Offred realized that the Commander had lost interest in his wife and had grown feelings for Offred. It was to the point where he took her out to his secret spot. It was a
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hangout spot that would put them in the past. Where women partied and men enjoyed themselves too. It was becoming strange for Offred after that because she had deep feelings for Nick but yet she still had to sleep with the Commander until the test results came in.
It was later on the next day that Serena found her scarlet and dress in Offred’s room. Right then and there she knew that she had been seeing the Commander on the side. Offred was a bit frightened that Serena would turn her in. although later on in the night nick kidnapped her and she thought that Serena did. Little did she know that Nick was taking her to somewhere else, so that she could live a free life with their kid. It was then that her love for Nick could not be lost and she kept thinking about her daughter just like in the book. She now lived in the hills in a trailer well she receives food from the guards and a letter occasionally from Nick.

The Handmaids Tale topic proposal

Frankie Pena
Mrs. Cline
11/14/10
Eng 102
Topic Proposal
After reading a couple sections from “The Handmaids Tale”. I began to think what this book is about. It occurs to me that they are in a cult. One reason why I would say that is, because the women seem like they have no power in the book. It occurred to me that they just slaves to the men. If the man wants sex she will give it to him, but she will not be happy. The women just put up with all of this and in return they get to live in a house with no freedom. For essay #4 I plan to do my research on cults because in there are many types of cults for instance polygamy. In some cults women carry little, to no power. They are slaves to the male race. There are a few reasons why I have chose to do my research on this topic and the main one is that I find this would be a interesting topic to research. It would be full of facts and I really think people should crack down on these cults. This will also help me better understand why these girls are put through the things are put through. Such as the sex, she does not call it love because to make love consist of two people wanting to be involved, and she does not call it rape because she is not resisting, but she says he is fucking her. Because he is the only one enjoying it. So why is she putting up with this, is it against the cults rules to say no if she does not want to have sex? This is going to be a great research topic and the sooner I get started the faster I will better understand this book.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099731/

Weak and Strong Thesis

Frankie Pena
Identify the weak thesis statement:

I’m going to write about Darwin’s concerns with evolution in The Origin of the Species.
• (A) is the weak thesis statement because it just says what the essay is going about and you are not post to describe the essay.

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Darwin’s concern with survival of the fittest in The Origin of the Species leads him to neglect a potentially conflicting aspect of his theory of evolution-survival as a matter of interdependence.

An important part of one’s college education is learning to better understand others’ points of view.

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Although an important part of one’s college education is learning to better understand others’ points of view a persistent danger is that the students will simply be required to substitute the teacher’s answers for the ones they grew up uncritically believing.
• (A) is weak because it shouldn’t be your personnel opinion in the thesis statement. Once you add your personnel opinion then it just becomes a argument.

By inventing terms, such as “loose fit” and “relaxed fit”, the jean industry has attempted to normalize, even glorify, its product for an older and fatter generation.

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The jeans industry targets its advertisements to appeal to young adults.
• (B) This has no point of objective and how would they direct the advertisements to just the young adults. This is going to require a substantial amount of proof.

Othello is a play about love and jealousy.
• (A) is weak because is just has a opinion once again with just an opinion there is no thesis. This doesn’t have nothing we can branch off and make strong points with.
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Although Othello appears to attack jealousy, it also supports the skepticism of the jealous characters over the naïvete of the lovers.

The songs of the punk rock group Minor Threat relate to the Feelings of individuals who dare to be different. Their songs are just composed of pure emotion. Pure emotion is very important in music, because it serves as a vehicle to convey the important message of individuality. Minor Threat’s songs are meaningful to me because I can identify with them.
• (A) is weak because the writer is just putting down his opinion and it is all over. Without a subject that we can find evidence for there is no thesis.
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The punk rock group Minor Threat uses emotional lyrics to appeal to their target audience, which considers itself individualistic and therefore the lyrics must convey a message of individuality.


Here is my thesis:
Tim O’Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota, October 1, 1946. Although as a child spent most of his time in Worthington, Minnesota a really small country town. Soon a graduate with a BA in political science at Macalester College. The same year he was drafted into the Vietnam War. After spending 1969-1970 in Vietnam, O’Brien returned and began a course at Harvard University. This course was specializing in government and politics. Although landed a internship in Washington post and later on became a full-time journalist. Well after writing many post O’Brien struck success in writing stories and that is when O’Brien showed just how impacting his stories could be on the world.

It occurs to be strong to me because it has a simple point and the evidence to proof is in his writings. That is why I wrote the thesis statement, it has a strong

Source evaluation

Frost, Adam. "Literature Online biography." O'Brien, Tim, 1946-. Chadwyck-Healey, 2002. Web. 24 Oct 2010.
The biography has a lot of information about Tim O’Brien’s life. O’Brien was born in Minnesota October first. The author earned a full ride to college and soon after he received a draft letter. This letter completely changed his plans. This was nowhere near what Tim O’Brien wanted he was a boy who disliked boy scouts and camping. After the war the put his life on hold the author went to school and became a journalist and soon a book writer. Tim O’Brien had a distinctive way of writing books. Majority of his books include the experiences he went through in the war. The biography will play a big part in my essay about the great Tim O’Brien.

Tim O'Brien. "Ambush. " Read 20 Jan. 2006: Children's Module, ProQuest. Web. 24 Oct. 2010
I think this source is of value to my essay because it has one of Tim O’Brien’s short stories in it. This will give me a source that I can take facts from and make a point. This will give my essay the extra credit so that it will be more than just talking about the books that he wrote. This short story will be a prime example of something Time O’Brien has published. This source will be of great use and that is why I chose it. Hopefully this will add a little excitement to the essay. If later on I see no use for it I can always search the great site of proquest.

http://proquest.umi.com.proxy.yc.edu/pqdweb?SQ=Tim+O%27Brien&DBId=G6&date=ALL&onDate=&beforeDate=&afterDate=&fromDate=&toDate=&pubtitle=&author=&FT=0&AT=any&revType=review&revPos=all&STYPE=all&sortby=REVERSE_CHRON&RQT=305&querySyntax=PQ&searchInterface=1&moreOptState=OPEN&TS=1287949714&h_pubtitle=&h_pmid=&clientId=1407&JSEnabled=1

Mid-Session Check In

Frankie Pena
English 102
Mrs. Cline
Mid-session check in blog
10/17/10
This semester has been interesting considering that this is my first time taking English online. It has been a little more challenging not being able to just ask the teacher what I am doing wrong and getting a response right away. My biggest improvement is turning in all my assignments on time.
The meetings have been slightly exciting to read. Although I have felt the same way as the author when he was saying that he didn’t want to go to war because he had better things to do than fight the wrong war. Then when it comes to writing literary analysis compared to the previous writings in 102; there have been some difficulties for me because it’s a new way of writing. In my personal opinion, I dislike literary analysis writing because I like descriptive writing. Descriptive writing allows me to paint my own canvas and not follow someone else’s work just to talk about it. Literary analysis writing has a bit more to it than I thought so it isn’t my favorite but I doubt it will be long before I fall in love with it. Every style of writing has its perks and, well, some have their not so great moments.
There are a few goals that I have set for the rest of the semester and they are first to raise my grade to an A-plus. Second, meet at least twice a month with the teacher to discuss what I can work on to better my writing not only as a student but as a writer. I hope to improve all of my writings from here on out.

Summary V. Analysis Blog Post

Frankie Pena

Eng 102

10/3/10

Summary V. Analysis Blog Post

“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” the characters ‘Rat, kiley” “Mitchell, Sanders” “Eddie, Diamond” “Mark Fossie” “Marry, Anne, Bell”. These characters were caught up in a compound that was situated at the top of a flat hillside in the outskirts of Tra Bong. These soldiers are fighting a never ending war. But throughout this war they have time to sit around and reminisce about girls and good times. While sitting around “Eddie said, was pool some bucks and bring in a few mamma-sans from Saigon, spice things up, and after a moment one of the men laughed and said, “Our own little EM club,” and somebody else said “Hey yeah we pay are fuckin dues, don’t we?”(pg 93,O’Brien).

Now these guys where just messing around to kill time and well they were playing around “Mark Fossie” went off to write a letter and six weeks later his bubbly eyed girlfriend shows up in a helicopter. With eyes of surprise everyone stand around and out of nowhere someone says what everyone else was thinking “mother fucker”. After a few weeks in the compound this girl was helping in surgery and taking apart guns. Before Mark knew it she was going out with the greenies in the jungle doing searches at night. Well it wasn’t to much longer before she got to into it, mark could not see the old “Marry Anne Bell” that is her name. This girl was out of his hands and just before he had a chance to really talk to Mary, she went out one night and never came back. The gist of the story is she came in innocent but once she got a little dirty she was never the same.

When reading I didn’t understand why Mark would bring his loved one to such a dirty place. The compound is not really the place for a cute innocent loved one anyways. When he went to the compound he was a tall blond athlete and all that had changed he now carried anger and wasn’t so nice. Well once he brought this girl over and saw she was starting to change he should have sent her back home whether or not if she liked it. Because it wasn’t her place to be at unless assigned. Then once she started going out at night with the greenies he should have known it was only going to get worse. Once she disappeared I knew it was over and he lost his loved one. Sometimes people just cant handle what they see and they just lose it like Mary did. Lets this be an example to us all.
here is a link to some good stuff: http://www.illyria.com/tob/tobbio.html

Response to favorite short story

Sand Storm Reaction

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poem relation

Frankie Pena

Eng 102

9/19/10

“Immigrants On Are Own Land”
The day is new today’s actions count and we forget the past. That is what we were raised to believe. This leads to a poem “ Immigrants On Are Own Land”. There is something that the author of the poem is trying to say and I can relate to it. “Jimmy” the author writes how we came into the world with a picture in are head that we are free and that meaning. We have a shot in life to be anything we want. Although as we grow older are eyesight must ware out because. The picture of freedom in my head is not visible when I take a glance at the world today. Maybe we as kids didn’t use the tools we were handed properly. This could flip are view of the free world and allow us to see a image we weren’t looking for.

The minute we are born are parents smile and promise us the world. “ we are born with dreams in out hearts, looking for better days ahead”(Baca). This quotation is a clear example that we came into this world with big dreams of becoming something or someone. Maybe even the guy or girl to cure cancer and or some other life taking disease.
Many years have came and gone, it is now time for elementary school. This can be a change we weren’t really expecting. “ At the gate we are given new papers, our old cloths are taken and we are now given overalls like mechanics wear”(Baca). This is a awesome example of a change that starts to put a new twist on the view we had of the free world. Now we all begin to realize that the matching cloths means we are all the same except for the color are race brings.
The process starts where they will find out who we are and just how we think as kids. Once that is done the rules of the new spot are announced. “ we are given shots and doctors ask questions. Then we gather in another room where counselors orient us to the new land we will now live in”(Baca). The author speaks metaphorically as he says the new land we will now live on because school is second below home. This example explains in depth the changes to come that we will adapt to.
These few paragraphs clearly show this is just the beginning to it all and yet it feels like the whole world is falling on top of us.

Throughout elementary school we are introduced to behavior cards. This is where teachers can check off if we have been good or bad. The last things we needed was a teacher to tell us. If are behavior was up to par with their standards or not. This thing called elementary school was starting to be a joke.
After seating in elementary school for just about half of our life. It was now time for high school. This sounds like another name for plain old school. Although the minute we stepped on the grounds we felt that so much trust has been given to us. It probably was because the campus was three times the size of elementary school which means we had more room to roam around.
We start school and the teachers right away come off pretty cool. First few words out of the teachers mouth were. Hey, don’t waist my time and I wont waist yours. After that this class seemed like a breeze. We went through the class introducing ourselves and then we did a run through on what this class was going to give us. This didn’t seem that bad ,or maybe we just were to excited about going to our other classes.
High school turned out to be a pretty awesome deal.
As time came and left some of the kids joined football, some media, and some art. Before we knew it everyone divided into little clicks. The word click is just another word for group. A seemed like just a few years later kids dropped out, or got into trouble and just a few days down the road was graduation. Hard to believe we are now adults on are own sarcastically. Most of us live with are parents still and why wouldn’t we its free living and no place better than home.
Now the amazing transition to college I can get used to this. Most of the kids didn’t graduate and now they get to look forward to a life of switching from job to job if they can find one. This is the time in life where things get a little tough with all the scheduling conflicts and homework due dates. Although this will only help us grow up and start excepting that life isn’t all fun and games.
My dream is to be a firefighter and then be a agricultural science teacher. This is possible since I have chosen the right path and that path was constructed by my parents and myself. We all need a little guidance every now and then. Some people just need that shove to get them on track. There is no easy way to put this either you float or sink in life.

That is when it gets me to thinking the most about the rest of my people and we are talking metaphorically about the immigrants in Mexico. The author puts it best “ I look down and see new immigrants coming in mattresses rolled up and on their shoulders, new haircuts and brogan boots, looking around, each with a dream in their heart”(Baca). The sad part is they are just trying to make a difference and people like “sheriff Joe” . Go out on man hunt’s looking for them and then deporting them back. Even though half of the people been working here in the U.S for over three or four years. This gets on my nerves the most it truly makes me think. Where the “H E double Hockey sticks” is this free world I have dreamed of and heard so much about.
This essay is one that really comes from the heart. The reason I have chosen this poem to relate to is because it really makes sense. No poem has came this close to meaning anything to me. After reading it I look back and see what is going on in Phoenix and there is just no nice way to look at it. This world doesn’t seem to free. Either people aren’t using the tools right that they were handed when younger or my eyes just aren’t seeing the free in the world.

Link to Immigration blog; http://www.findlegaladvice.org/forum/Immigration/Do-you-think-legal-illegal-immigrants-should-be-able-to-own-land-in-the-USA-349137.htm

MY two Poem Response DUE 9/10/10

Frankie Pena

ENG 102

9/9/10

Response to “Immigration On Are Own Land” and “Compendium of Lost Objects”

The date was 9/8/10 a young blood fresh off the land of phoenix. Decided to read two poems that he could relate to they were “Immigration On Are Own Land” and “Compendium of Lost Objects”. After reading these two poems Frankie thought just how he can relate to these poems. Each one had something special that he felt a deep connection with.
Good afternoon everyone, I am Frankie, and after reading “Immigration On Are Own Land”. I could not ignore the connection there was between myself and the poem. In the poem the author (Jimmy Santiago Baca) describes how he looks at are world today. One section in the poem “We came here to get away from false promises, from dictators in our neighborhoods, who wore blue suits and broke our doors down when they wanted, arrested us when they felt like, swinging clubs and shooting guns as they pleased. But it’s no different here. It’s all concentrated. The doctors don’t care, our bodies decay, our minds deteriorate, we learn nothing of value. Our lives don’t get better, we go down quick"(Baca). This is exactly how things look sometimes especially with sheriff Joe Arpaio in phoenix. This man will shoot down anyone that tries to change their life. There are bad immigrants and there are good. They should spend more time on the drug trafficking and less on the immigrants who are here working. This is clearly a tenth of the crimes that go down and we need to focus on the rest that are tearing are dreams apart.
The next poem I read and had a connection with is “Compendium of Lost Objects”.
In the poem the author (Nicole Cooley) talks about a list full of objects that are lost. Here is a line in the poem that really caught my attention "or the pink-shuttered house on the streetcar line, where you were married. The connection in here is when the author looks at a house and it brings back old memories. This happens every time I look at the race it brings back the spot where I received my first kiss. The author clearly thinks a lot about anything and it brings back a good memory which is pretty awesome.
These two poems each have something special about them and because I could list every way I felt a connection there will further detail soon to come. Hopefully when time comes we all will be able to touch someone like these poems have touched us.
LINK: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/

Frankie Pena

Laura B. Darrow

09/02/10


Sam Hammil response
After reading over the “Poetry of Witness Poems“, and the “Sam Hammil Response“. There were a few connections between them all. In the Sam Hammil Response he discussed a few traits that a good writer should have. These few traits were shown to the best of their ability. A couple of the traits are a poet gives up the self, a true poet will justify names properly, a true poet is not afraid to bring up a topic that everyone has heard about. These traits or skills were shown throughout the Poetry of Witness Poems.

One poem that really stood out is the “Immigrants in Our Land”. The poet brought up immigration and the way he did was smooth but dead on the target about how it is really going on out there. This was one of the traits that could relate to “Sam Hammil Response” in the response Sam talked about how if someone wants to be a creative writer. They have to not be afraid to bring up a topic we have all heard a lot about.
Well reading the “Photograph from September 11th” the details in the poem allowed this picture to form in my head that was just as clear as a 1080 HD TV. The author used a good vocabulary that allowed this picture light up. Poems with a great vocabulary will receive a great response.
There were many more poems that could relate to the “Sam Hammil Response”. every poem that was read had a unique appearance and that is one thing about being a great writer. Every great writer has their one spot where they shine and that is what makes such a great diversified amount of poems.


http://www.successful-blog.com/1/are-you-a-writer-7-traits-that-writers-have-in-common/

What makes A Good Blog

I believe the keys to making a good blog are.

1) To pick a topic with many facts that will have great key points that can be viewed easily.

2)It will be a place where classmates can go to for facts and can really count on them.

3) A good blog will hold many visual pictures so the reader will have some idea about what is being said.

4) a good blog will be a area for anyone to look at and understand what is going on.


Here is a good link to look at. " An Example of a Good Blog "Jeff Goins on 3/9/2007

My intro video

Hope everyone likes it out there.

Good Readers and Good Writers

my answers to good readers and writers.
Frankie Pena

Eng 102

Laura Cline

26th Aug 2010

1) What does Nabokov think makes a good reader?
A good reader is one who has imagination, memory, dictionary and some artistic since.
Also that a good reader is a re-reader.

Do you agree? I believe some of what he has to say although a good reader has to be a good writer and not just the fact that they know proper format. They have to know how to spice up a paper and make someone come back for more.

2) What do you believe are the characteristics of good reader?
They got to have a good vocabulary, a awesome imagination and nothing on there mind so that they have a whole template in their head to paint a astonishing picture on.

3) Do you consider your self a good reader?
In plane simple terms yes, I am a awesome reader and that is because when it comes to writing papers there is no simple phrase cut and pasted into any of my writings When I read a writing there is a lot of judging going on. Such as what is the author doing in this paper, is the author just giving facts in MLA format or are they adding a twist with his or her words. Its plane and simple when it comes to my writings their like water you cant live with out them.

A little about me

What’s up classmates I’m Frankie. When you think of persuasive you think of my writings. That might be a bit overboard but if we don’t think a little highly about ourselves then where just not sitting the bar. A few of my hobby’s are riding quads and hanging with friends. If I can be of any help to you just hit me up.