poem

i am from cross

from woods and nails

i am from blood,

from blood cells and veins

i am from tears,

from pain and wounds i never knew as a child

i am from the shepherd

as one of the lamb,

I am from the star

from sky and darkness,

I am from the fig tree,

from its berries and seeds

that have filled me long since.

I am from the farmer,

from the fields and seeds,

I am from the love,

from death and life,

from every droplets of love and care for each lamb in the herd.

pearl reflection

“If this story was a parable”.... This statement from the introduction got to me before I started the story. I was kind of looking through the book, and that statement in the beginning of the book pulled me in before the story. It had me going thinking. What would we learn from the story that makes this story a good parable? I’ve been thinking about that question as I’ve been reading the story.
The first part of the story was similar to the other common short stories. The main character and his family is poor, but they’re having a good life. They get mistreated, but there is always people somewhere to cheer him up. And one day, they discover something really good. I could relate myself to the story, because whenever I’m facing trouble, people are always there to help me cheer up and go through the hardships. And there follows something so good that I’ve never expected, which seems perfect for a while.
The huge pearl that Kino found can be reflected as a good happening in a person’s life. They seem so good and perfect the moment we discover and interact with it, but its side-affects comes rampaging towards you in a blink of an eye. When Kino found the pearl and the news became the hot issue of the town, it seemed like every goods were coming to him. The auction held didn’t satisfy him, because of his greed. If he let go of the pearl at that time, it wouldn’t have caused more bad things to him. But he kept holding on to the pearl, until he became attached to it that he said that the pearl is part of him. He couldn’t throw the pearl away when someone tried to steal it, when his house was burned down, and when his canoe was destroyed. And finally, the pearl causes his loved one’s death, ended up Coyotito being killed.
As people live throughout their life, they come across hardships often, and when they come across something really valuable, it seems like they’re trying to compensate all the hardships that they went through. They keep seeking for more values which seems impossible to satisfy, which finally causes failure. People could’ve been satisfied and be not greedy, but their greed ends up making them can’t stop and think they can get more than what they have, so they seek for more and more. It’s like how gamblers be addicted to gambling. They seek more money and more fortune, so they risk more money toward the pot, and they end up losing their money, not even able to get back what they started with.
We, as people should learn not to be too greedy, because a little greed might be a good motivation in my opinion, but too much of those can result in a destruction of their lives.

qw

This was a total chaos. Coming to this party was a mistake, Jim thought. He didn't know what to do. He came to the party to see his crush, but after he saw him he did not know what to do. "What should I do? What if he thinks I'm weird? OOO! I shouldn't have come here!" he thought. Then a girl from a upper grade came to Jim and asked his phone number with asking him to dance with her. Jim said no flat out. He never had any interest in girls. Only guys attracted him. He wanted to ask his crush to dance with him, but he didn't know how to get that guy to dance with him.

qw

It was a gloomy, wet day when Frodo and the Felloship was journeying through the Moria. The Fellowship were all tired, hoping to get a rest. They were stuck in the Moria, lost until Gandalf remembered the way out. When they were having a short break along the way, Frodo saw something far off distance. It's shape was like a small man, like a hobbit, except that it was so thin and looked desperate to catch up to the Fellowship. When Aragorn and Legolas were disturbed and went down to hunt it down, they saw its nasty appearence. It had huge eyes that didn't fit its face, and its hair was almot gone. It smelled foul, as in no shower for decades or even centuries. Its fingernails were full of rottene skin and its body was overall filled with wrinkles

quick work

You just won 259,000,000 dollars.

how do you feel?
I feel like a feather-I think I'll just blow away with a slightest blow of wind

whats going through your mind?
How will I spend all this thing

what will you do with the money?
I dont know what I'll do specifically, but I think I'll satisfy my wants enough and then maybe donate some money for charity

Do you think you'll change? How?
I dont think I'll change unless there is a big influence externally. I think I'll still donate some money after satisfying my wants first, Iguess.

warm up

I think my parents have affected me in my life the most. They teach me new things everyday without even breathing. My parents are generally quiet even when they are disciplining me since they have a calm personality, but when I do something real bad, they get angry like a grumpy old man. I have never beaten them in arguements, escpecially my father because he uses words that creates chaos and makes my head explode. Arguing with him just makes me go angry, so I now know better than to create fire between him. But he is always nice and generous to me and he talks me into thinking I'm the incorrect one.

clue 5

1a. What is the theme of "About Effie"?
How Neil's opinion toward Effie changed over time(How time can affect a person's mind).

1b. Who is Effie waiting for?
Jesus

2a. Find a verse from the Bible that relates to the theme of "About Effie" and include it in your written response.
Exodus 14:31 tells how the Israelites changed their attitude toward God and Moses after they saw the Red Sea split in two, creating a path for them away from Egyptians.

2b. This story contains a lot of Christ imagery. Write down three separate sentences from the story that might symbolize Jesus and explain why Timothy Findley might have written into his story.
a. "She just called him "him," and sometimes it was even "they," as if there were a thousand of them or something."
b. "There has to be thunder, or he won't come."
c. "If there was ever thunder and lightning and music, then he'd come.
Maybe Findley was trying to tell the readers about Jesus and how Christians can affect nonbelievers. But he might've also wrote that to criticize Christians by showing how vain their waiting is.

3. How can non-Christian authors reveal truth about God's world?
I don't think non-Christian writers would ever try to reveal any stuff about God's world.
Instead, they would try to make them look ridiculous and not right since they disagree with believing in God. If they reveal truth about God, it would be out of mistake, or it could be because readers comprehended it in a wrong way. If they do reveal something about the truth of God, they might be a non-Christian, but they do think Bible says the right things.