The peace of wild things by Wendell Berry

I think this poem is about: The first part is about lying awake at night in fear of the future. Seems like a valid point considering the state of the economy. The secound and last part is about finding peace and just not worrying about it. Maybe there's some greater meaning but if so I'm missin' it.

As for getting ready for the classroom competition I'll just keep practicing saying my poem. I don't know how well I'll do. Probably not first any way. hhhmmm maybe in the top 10 though. That is my prediction now let me alone.

The road not taken

I've chosen the road not taken as the poem I'm going to write about. From the surface it appears to be about the author choose of a path to talk. metaphorically speaking it speaks of paths in life that one can choose. the author said "I took the one less traveled by" and wondered if he choose the right one.

I unlike the author had no choose in road I took and still do. Though my road is far from pristine I still travel it day after day. I look for away of this road but I don't see anyway. The road is paroles and presents many challenges I must face for there's no going back. Only forwards I say no looking for there must a way of this track.

The court room

So the scene I've selected is the court room and all that presides in it. Starting with the acting and actors I think that most of the actors did a good job . All though Atticus never did show more of his human side. Another problem I had was with Mayella it was described that she was a think bodied girl accustom to labor that to me didn't describe the actor at all.

And so it is we get to the set. It really wasn't described or described well in the book with only whites at ground level and blacks on the balcony. That much I pictured I didn't tho a that the balcony was so curved and that the floor was so colored. I pictured more a straight line across the balcony and the whole court room and floor being a lot bigger and more spacious.

How This Book Changed My Life

I suppose To Kill A Mockingbird has made me more racily and stereotypically aware. For example when someone says that all terrorist are Muslim that clearly isn't wright. Same with assumption that Tom Robinson had done something wrong just because he was black and a white woman accused him of it. That and "A mob..."(156) came to lynch him on the night of his trial.

I also don't think it's ok not just for being prosecuted for being part of a gourp but that we should have to have such ideas in the first place. I've also be come more aware of my own stereotyps as well much as I'd like to say I don't have any. One the other hand this book hasn't really changed my life. I already knew most of what this book was about so it was more like just a story to me.

Life Lessons

I think that Scout learned an improtant life lesson from Aunt Alexandra "if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I"(237). This was siad after the family herd of Toms death. Atticus seemed to have taken it very hard and was pale. So did Cal and Aunt alexandra tho they didn't show it.

As far as learning life lessons goes I think One of them is to keep your cool don't scream your head, or go running of to washington spending your campiagn to "fix the economy" ha ha ha ha. An other one I think is to know your and play it in a time of crises. I've had to learn these lessons to as we all have tho I don't have any recollection of when it struck me to stop thoughing fits and just live with it. I can't really think of much else to write so there.

Racism

Okay for my theme I've chosen racism. Racism plays a major part in TKAM. Like when Cal says "Suppose you and scout talked colored-folks' at home it'd be out of place," 126. This has became more apparent at the trial "as the black people surged up stairs."164. Also in the place of mixed children and people.

The greater meaning. I think that the mixed people were in there to show that there were people perhaps worse than the blacks. As for the blacks during the trial was to show that even in a trail were a black man is involved his own friends and family couldn't sit near him. Also I think it shows some of the Rosa Parks thing about being able to sit in the front of the bus.

Atticus as a Father

To me Atticus seem like the kind of parent who does not interfere directly in his kids lives. To me it seemed more like he would try and instill his views as a parent on to Jem and Scout. Most of these views seem to be like we're no better than any one else and "You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view..." p.30. And more of the like and yes I can begin a sentence with the word and.

When Jem and scout are fighting he went and broke it up. I think this shows he doesn't want his children fighting. When Jem is playing Boo Radley he just tells him to put the scissors away. I think he wanted Jem to learn for him self not to do that. I think that my parents wouldn't be much like Atticus but then again they haven't been many of the same situtions and I spose I wouldn't mind having a parent like him.