IR, 3rd post, Do Now

Prompt 1-

 

There are many intriguing questions and issues Cat and Mouse raises., especially with the famous murderer Gary Soneji.  He has murdered may innocent civilians and has not been caught once.  Some newspapers have named him Mr. Smith, while others call him Alien.  They call him Alien because they don’t believe that anyone human is capable of completing these unsolved murders.  Gary continues to recite that he read many murder books growing up, but the only difference between him and those characters/authors is that he is not crazy.  How can he not be crazy when he plans out murders that cannot be solved?  His first murder was when he was 15 and he buried a man at a farm and still to this day the man’s body is there.  How does he pick the people he wants to murder?  He claims to hate them and never forgets a thing he learns about them.  When Gary wants to kill someone the name is on his mind for days and days and is written not only in his brain, but in his heart as well.  How can he not call himself crazy?  And why is killing Alex Cross about to be his best murder of all?  What makes this murder so much better and different then the other murders he has pulled through?

Do Now, Final Speech, Good Bye Wissahickon :)

I would start off by congratulating everyone who graduated and wish everyone luck in their upcoming years on whatever path they decide to take their life next. I would share fond memories that will be with me for the rest of my life from Wissahickon; field hockey team, lacrosse team, the first day of high school, and teachers that meant a lot to me and made school worth going to. I would advise everyone to just hang in their even though times will get tough; were on our own now. I would tell everyone that I hope tons of happiness, good memories, and luck to come their way. I will make sure to let everyone know to not forget his or her roots here at Wissahickon and to stay safe. Then I would finish up by congratulating and wishing the best of luck once again to everyone.

Do Now, IR activity #2 (I changed my book)

Prompt 1:

 

            The main character Gary Soneji is a famous mass murderer.  He seems like an absolute creep.  He is trying to murder Alex Cross and everyone that he loves.  He hates Alex Cross so much that he has a hard time finding anything that cane help him to hate him more.  It’s a rainy night and Soneji climbed into the Cross’s basement.  He sits around and just looks at everything the Cross’s own and critiques them.  He even goes has far has putting on Alex’s hat and smelling the little girls red sweater.  He seems to have retired from murdering but is planning to make an epic comeback.  

Amir and Atonement, Do Now

Amir is seeking atonement for all his sins dealing with Hassan and how bad he treated him. I would describe them as horrid and unforgiveable. He needs to make amends for leaving him in the street to get raped, for hiding the watch under his mattress, for throwing pomegranates at him, and taking advantage of Hassan for not having a proper education. For him to become good again he would have to take more painful hits then Hassan took for him. He would have to save Hassan’s life and treat him as an equal. The only problem would be Hassan would just accept his apology.

Mistakes, Do Now, Tryouts

I have made countless mistakes throughout my life. Although I don’t usually regret my mistakes, I try to learn from them. I describe my most recent “regretted” mistake. Just this past weekend I had tryout for a New Jersey state team. The tryouts are invitational only for college players, players out of college, and a few selected that are still in high school. I tried out for the same team last year and stood a very little chance of making it. This year I felt it would be the same.
To my surprise, I was not. I have grown as a player and at times I felt just a equal as the players around me. I did not believe in myself and did not capitalize from it. The problem was I had already predicted the outcome of the tryouts before I even got there; I told myself I would not make the team and that I didn’t really want it. When the selections came out most of my friends in my age group made it and I did not. I know that its not because they are better then me, it’s because I didn’t truly want it and I didn’t truly believe in myself. That’s an everyday mistake that I must continue to work on.

Emma, Do Now, IR Into.

I read the first two chapters of Emma by Jane Austen.  This book starts out with the main character Emma living with her widowed father.  She claims she has a certain gift, playing matchmaker.  Just recently Emma introduces Mr. Weston and Miss Taylor to each other.  Not shortly after Mr. Weston and Miss Taylor got married. 

            Emma uses her looks to attract attention from men, but she has started to feel lonely lately.  The only one she feels close to her father and he has started to become sort of an annoyance, although she loves him dearly.  George has always been around for her but she still feels lonely. 

            I believe in future chapters she will continue to play matchmaker and have relationships that work out in the beginning.  Then I feel that she is going to wish she had a significant other for herself and everything will start to go down hill.  I think she will find that significant other in the place she least expected it, right in front of her.

 

Inspiring Picture, Do Now, The Lone Soldier

Have you ever had a rush of adrenaline fill so much within you that it knocks your breath away? That sort of rush was filled within my feet has I hurdled over countless rocks, jumped through streams, and climbed up and down slippery hills. I had a family that I needed to still take care of. There was no time to look back now. I was running alone and my mind was starting to play tricks on me. My feet finally slowed down when I reached a covered forest area. I was breathless has tears fell down my face.
The sun began to fall away in the distance and I tried to think of nothing. Being a soldier, I knew how to make camp. I sparked a fire and tried to think of nothing. My exhaustion took over me and you can’t stop yourself from thinking when you dream. Flashbacks from the day filled my head: the short quick glimpses of being ambushed by the Afghanistan’s, the scramble to free ourselves from the gasses that few overhead, the sound of men you called your brother scream and fall in defeat, and the look in their eyes. This all now haunted my dreams and made the journey ahead of me look long.
I had to find away back home to my beautiful wife and baby girl. The thought of them made it all the more important to survive. I had to survive, I was not ready to let them go, I couldn’t. I walked for days and days through unfamiliar territory, across streams that flow into the unknown, and having considering turning around because each tree looked as familiar as the first. I hadn’t eaten in days. Nor did I plan to start anytime soon. I took a break every so often to gather my thoughts and remind myself that rouged journey was worthwhile because of the prize in the end. I had not quite developed a plan, nor did I know where to start.
How could I make a plan? I had not source of communication, had no idea of where I was, and had no idea where the enemy troops where or what they were planning.