You git me that money

I read the first five chapters of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and what stood out to me most was how he felt about his father. At the beginning of the book, he was told that his father was dead, although he doesn't believe it. When he speaks of his past, he says that he was afraid of this father, and that his father was always drunk. Although he has been adopted by the widow, he is still affected by what his father. His father made him give all his money up, walk around in rags, and would never let him go to school.

When Huck sees a footprint with a mark he recognizes, he immediately gets rid of his money. When he runs into his father, in his room, his fears come back to him for a moment and then we realise that he wasn't that shocked to see his father. The footprint belongs to his father. His father is mean, and he insults Huck. He is jealous that his son is getting a better education then him. He doesn't want his son to be better off, and he doesn't like the fact that Huck has better clothes, and most of all he doesn't like that he has money, since the money should be his (so he thinks). His father has no ambition in life, except to drink and get the money to drink wherever he can find it. He takes the only money his son has, a dollar. His son gave up all his money to the judge, so that he wouldn't be in danger, and so that his father wouldn't put himself in anymore danger.

It was rather sad that the new judge didn't see that Hucks father was a bad influence for his son, and that he could actually change a man like Hucks father.

sad.sad. sad.


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Child, Do Not Throw This Book About

Book nosing by *Tooshtoosh on deviantART

In the library looking for a book,
In the poetry section did I look.
Up and down and all around.
A good book of interest cound not I find.
A book for the holidays, keep in mind.
Took a book out of the shelf.
Then another book came out and dropped
Then when I opened it I was quite shocked.
On the page was a message:
"Child, do not throw this book about."
That was the book to check out without doubt.


This story is true. The poem I read is the foreword at the beginning of the book where they speak of the importance of children reading poems.

Words... Words!... Words? English. An opinion blog

Our english language is very strange. So to understand it, we have to read it. We have to realise that our pronounciation is diffrent from other languagues. It is a unique language developed from its latin roots and from the phonecians alphabet, who had 22 letters instead of the 26 we now see in our own alphabet. Offcourse its an alphabet shared by many other languages, but its one of the few that you can almost never tell how a word is spelt. English is a beautiful language, with each word producing an image or an idea. It could be ear sights of disgust or ear sights of beauty, but all the same an image arrives in our heads which is developed from our past memories of that word. Grammer in english is not as difficult as in other languages. Offcourse this is just an opinion, but I am sure that grammer in english is much easier than grammer used in languages such as German or French. The only real difficult thing about english is spelling, we don't spell things the way they sound.

I like the idea that I can take one sentence in english and transform it in many different ways to achieve diffrent ideas.
Lets take the sentence:

The girl and her dog.
The sentence is very simple, yet it explains it all. The sentence could be said differently.

The dog and the girl.

This changes the image silightly but we still have the same idea. If we separate the dog, from the girl, we get an entirely diffrent idea.

The dog. The girl.

You can almost paint pictures out of these three sentences, and although they all have the girl and the dog, each painting would show a diffrent meaning to each sentence.

Adding descriptions adds to the magic of language.

The well kept girl and her stylish dog.

The poor girl and her dirty dog.

The sad girl and her comforting dog.

The teenage girl and her unwanted dog.

The little girl and her toy stuffed dog.

Each sentence conveys a different image. Looking at language is so cool! Sometimes you don't need a novel to enjoy words. All you need is a sentence. You can play with the sentence. Try to understand it differently, or change the word order. Words are not just Words to be thrown about, but when they are really thought out, its art, its almost music. Its an way of expressing ideas that can not be seen anywhere else unless, offcourse, you read these words aloud, or if they are meant to be acted out.

Reading is an amazing thing, but at times we put it aside to do other things which appear to be, "more important." I know, I have been putting off actually enjoying what I read for a year and a bit more. Theres a joy you find in reading that you dont find anywhere else.

So this Christmas break I plan to enjoy reading. I don't want to be youtubing all day, or facebooking all day. I want to read. So I checked out a book called 'This Singing World.' Its a book of poems. It looks very good. Plus the book spoke to me. I was looking for a book in the library and I dropped this one accidentally. When I opened the book, the first thing I read was, "Child do not throw this book about" from one of the poems. More on that book later. I also checked out, "The Count of Monte Cristo." I am told its really good, so I wanted to read a classic. I have to check out one more book from the library, but finally for AP literature, I will be reading "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Dear reading.

I come.

Reader.

I love fairytales!!!!

I was watching the movie of 'Pride and Prejudice' and all I could think of was about watching one of those fairytale disney movies. What I didn't realise is that I was watching a Fairlytale. At least one for Jane Austens society. The marriage for romance and love does not really excist, that is back then. Romance is the base of all Disney Fairytale movies (except for tresure island), its the romance that creates the story. Romance did just that in "Pride and Prejudice' and thats when the movie became a Disney Fairytale for me.
Before women married to survive, to live. Thats exactly what Charlotte points out to Elizabeth. The one scene where she tells Elizabeth she married Mr.Collins really stuck out for me. She basically said that as long as she had a comfortable place to stay, and someone to support her, that was good enough for her. The whole book is for people who wanted to escape from that reality, just like children watch Disney movies to enter a world of magic. This was an idea that was part of the world of imagination, but had yet not been achieved by most women.

Elizabeth denys two men for marriage, because she does not love them. They have everything she needs for a women of Jane Austens world, except for love. Charlotte is a normal average woman, and Elizabeth is the fairytale which women wished to achieve. She does not marry for money, or for a comfortable home, she marrys for love.



Fairytales teach children how to make the world a better place when they grow up. But once they grow up, they forget, because they no longer have hope for the world.

MR. COLLINS NOOO000ooo...

(This blog is annoying like Mr.Collins. Please look at previous for something more interesting)

Mr.Collins is quite a different character compared to all the others. He is a ridiculous character, and his ridicule is shown in his manners, the way he speaks, the way he reacts to things, and the way he thinks. At the beginning of chapter 15 we learn why Mr.Collins character is so histerical. He was brought up in such a way, that his father seems to influenced him quite a bit, "The subjection in which his father had brought him up, had given him originally great humility of manner, but it was now a good deal of counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head."

The world of Mr.Collins seems to revolve two things, pleasing aswell as complimenting on everyone, and honouring and pleasing Lady Catherine. He also seems to think highly of himself and that everything is going to go his way, "this was his plan for ammends" "and he thought an excellent one full of eligibility suitability, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part." The only reason why he wants to marry is because it is all part of his life plan. Mr.Collins does not nescessarly care who he marries, just so long as he marrys one of the Bennets to make amends to their family. When he finds out Jane might soon be engadged, "Mr.Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth," showing how desparate he is.

Mr.Collins appears to be very persistent. He followed Mr.Bennert ever since breakfast, and he "continued nominally engaged with the larges portafolios" which is why Mr.Bennet wanted to get rid of him so that he could have the library to himself.

Jane Austen is able to use Mr.Collins to create humour in the chapter. Mr.Collins very nature makes a reader want to smile yet cringe at the embarrasing scenes and moments Mr.Collins goes through. What is even more humourus is that Mr.Collins does not realise his own mistakes. His lack of education, his exagerated apologies and his never ending speeches show the lack of understanding from this one man, which creates a humorous atmosphere in the novel. Mr.Collins captures humour, ridiculousness, and mistakes which Jane Austen wants to show about some people in her society.

Rejection Stabs The Heart Like A Sword.

Diary Entry X7 Darcy:

I can not belive that I was just rejected by the lady I have loved for months. Her own eyes, that I so deeply looked into, changed when I declared how I admire and love her. She has hurt my pride, but she has not broken my love for her. All I feel is anger, dissapointment, disbelief, and love... so much love for her.

I expected more of a reply... I wanted her eyes to light and for her to accept my hand of marriage, but all I had in return was an offensive no with little or no civility. She gave me the truth of what her opinion is of me. She has made my faults appear heavier than they really are. These accusations are bitter, but they will not stop my love for her, because my feelings are natural and just.

I am astonished that she believes I am arrogant, conceited, and selfish. She see's me as a man with pride that is too great. Offcourse, I am sure she only said that because she is still upset about the Wickham incident. Well, she does not know the truth of the situation, and it is a shame that she did not allow me to explain myself.

How could she say such things about me? Am I truly the last man in the whole unfaire world she would want to marry? Is my character just as bad as she explained it? Her last accusations tear at my heart. When she said it, I could not bear to hear anymore of her insults. How could such a handsome women be like that? Yet, I still love her from the bottom of my heart. Humans are strange.

I suppose I should completely comprehend her feelings and be ashamed of my own. She should not marry a man who hurt her own sisters heart. I am not ashamed of the separation an I am glad that it was a success. I have been kinder to Mr.Bingley then I am to myself.

Inspite of all this, I have learned that it is almost impossible to conquer her, and for her to accept my hand in marriage. I was sure she was going to say yes. I must find another way of asking her... or maybe... maybe I should just get out of her life. I am probably just wasting her time, and my own. There must be another way, for my feelings will not be repressed and I will continue to admire and love her. I will always remember the charming look in her eyes. Even though my pride has been punctured.

Increase of Admiration

Darcy has a constantly changing view on Elizabeth Benneth throughout the entire Novel, "Pride and Prejudice." His view changes from finding her to be average, to realising she is the woman he does not want to live without. There are several points where Mr.Darcys opinion is stated. The most notable is his first one, where he tells Mr.Bingley that Elizabeth Bennet is, "tolerable" but is "not handsome enough to tempt" him. He does not want to agknowledge women who are, "slighted by other men" like Bingley does with the beautiful Jane Bennet.

In chapter six, Mr.Darcy's change in opinion about Elizabeth Bennet, has begun to take place. Elizabeth is now, "becoming an object of some interest in the eyes" of Mr.Darcy. At first he did not consider her pretty in the slightest, "he had looked at her without admiration." Now, Mr.Darcy is a little attracted the young lady saying she is, "uncommonly inteligent" and has a "beautiful expression of her dark eyes." He does not only look at her intelligence but also at her body form saying that it is "light and pleasing." Now Elizabeth isn't "tolerable" anymore, instead she is now has "a pair of fine eyes" and is considered a "pretty woman" by Mr.Darcy.


If in chapter 6 Mr.Darcy was just noticing Elizabeth, he really has his eyes fixed on her in chapter 10. Which makes Elizabeth feel uncomfortable, since she is unsure how to react to being "an object of admiration to so great a man." Especially since she did not like him, just like he did not like her. We as readers also begin to admire Mr.Darcy as he admires Elizabeth. We are now told that he has, "gallantry." Just like Elizabeth we are confused by this change. He use not not even look at her and now he is "bewitched" by her. Perhaps now his past opinion has been ,"lost forever."

In chapter 34, he is now nervous around her and is now entirely "bewitched" by her. He says nothing when he enters the room, and then he admits his love for her, "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Although Elizabeth already knew this, it still comes as a shock "Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression". Especially after a small misunderstanding they had.

Now that thier relationship begins to develop. We learn more as readers. Mr.Darcy actually liked Elizabeth based on his first aquaintance with her!"But that was only when I first knew her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance." It turns out he has liked her for some time, although when he first saw her, he was not very impressed.

As a reader, I have yet to complete the last chapters to discover how else Mr.Darcy's love changes for Elizabeth. Elizabeth mirrors Darcy's change in view of the opposite person. They have many similar opinions, and react to alot of the situations in the same way although they come from diffrent backrounds.