Sometimes i dream
As real as they may seem
But they are fake
For god sakes.
I dream of flying
I dream of dying
I dream of places
And familiar faces.
I wake in fright
In the middle of the night
Sometimes i scream
But it is just a dream.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
OMATS Essay Final Draft
Old Man and the Sea Essay Assignment
The setting of stories is critical to the plot, plot events, action, and what happens in the story. In this story, The Old Man and the Sea it takes place in the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba around the 1940’s or 50’s. The main character is a serene old man Santiago who is a fisherman struggling to make a living because he hasn’t caught anything in a long time but is optimistic and not for a second does he think he will not catch a fish. In the end he catches a marlin on his way back home to bring it in a shark eats his marlin. In this story the setting influenced the plot and the action of the abstract story heavily.
The story takes place in Cuba in the mid 1900’s. Just this alone heavily affects the story. Because he’s fishing in warmer waters the type of fish he catches would have been different if he were fishing in the north. He would have never caught a marlin in the first place. If he had lived in a more recent time he would have more advanced gear to fish with and maybe some different methods. Santiago is also worn by the sea and it affects the tone of the story and how it’s told. Pg. 10 “The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.” That quote shows how the harsh sea and the weather affect him.
If he didn’t live in an area where the economy was based so much on fishing and people working to survive he maybe would have been able to succeed more and maybe fish would have been worth more. Since he lives in Cuba where the economy is mainly based on fishing he struggles to survive. Pg. “The successful fisherman of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out…” This quote shows that fishing is big and there are a lot of successful fishermen and it means that he’s the one who’s not successful. He is the unsuccessful one because he lives in an economy where there is a lot of fishing competition. The author uses a precise location for the story to take place to form the plot.
Because Santiago was out at sea for most of the story the plot seemed to not progress that much until the end where the setting help to form the end of the story because the sharks ate the marlin, and that would not have happened in Maine, so the setting is important. For the whole middle part you see that the old man is very lonely because he is alone with the sea who is his only friend. Pg. 16 “once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it had made him too lonely to see it.” This proves that he is very lonely because he has no one to relate or talk to and being at sea most of the time doesn’t help his cause, instead it makes it worse because now he talks to himself all the time. Also if Cuba had a better economy he would have been able to make more money. Instead because there is so much competition in the market he is not able to succeed and doesn’t catch any fish.
The story would have been much different if this story took place somewhere different than Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Because there is only one character and you don’t get to know him that well you feel detached from the character for the whole story. The story had very complex and descriptive details but because it took place in Cuba and in the Gulf of Mexico, and mainly at sea, the plot and the action seemed to drag on and it had a tough time progressing until the end which is tense.
The setting of stories is critical to the plot, plot events, action, and what happens in the story. In this story, The Old Man and the Sea it takes place in the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba around the 1940’s or 50’s. The main character is a serene old man Santiago who is a fisherman struggling to make a living because he hasn’t caught anything in a long time but is optimistic and not for a second does he think he will not catch a fish. In the end he catches a marlin on his way back home to bring it in a shark eats his marlin. In this story the setting influenced the plot and the action of the abstract story heavily.
The story takes place in Cuba in the mid 1900’s. Just this alone heavily affects the story. Because he’s fishing in warmer waters the type of fish he catches would have been different if he were fishing in the north. He would have never caught a marlin in the first place. If he had lived in a more recent time he would have more advanced gear to fish with and maybe some different methods. Santiago is also worn by the sea and it affects the tone of the story and how it’s told. Pg. 10 “The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.” That quote shows how the harsh sea and the weather affect him.
If he didn’t live in an area where the economy was based so much on fishing and people working to survive he maybe would have been able to succeed more and maybe fish would have been worth more. Since he lives in Cuba where the economy is mainly based on fishing he struggles to survive. Pg. “The successful fisherman of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out…” This quote shows that fishing is big and there are a lot of successful fishermen and it means that he’s the one who’s not successful. He is the unsuccessful one because he lives in an economy where there is a lot of fishing competition. The author uses a precise location for the story to take place to form the plot.
Because Santiago was out at sea for most of the story the plot seemed to not progress that much until the end where the setting help to form the end of the story because the sharks ate the marlin, and that would not have happened in Maine, so the setting is important. For the whole middle part you see that the old man is very lonely because he is alone with the sea who is his only friend. Pg. 16 “once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it had made him too lonely to see it.” This proves that he is very lonely because he has no one to relate or talk to and being at sea most of the time doesn’t help his cause, instead it makes it worse because now he talks to himself all the time. Also if Cuba had a better economy he would have been able to make more money. Instead because there is so much competition in the market he is not able to succeed and doesn’t catch any fish.
The story would have been much different if this story took place somewhere different than Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Because there is only one character and you don’t get to know him that well you feel detached from the character for the whole story. The story had very complex and descriptive details but because it took place in Cuba and in the Gulf of Mexico, and mainly at sea, the plot and the action seemed to drag on and it had a tough time progressing until the end which is tense.
Monday, March 30, 2009
OMATS Rough Draft
The setting of stories is critical to the plot, plot events, action, and what happens in the story. In this story, The Old Man and the Sea it takes place in the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba around the 1940’s or 50’s. The main character is an old man Santiago who is a fisherman struggling to make a living because he hasn’t caught anything in a long time. In the end he catches a marlin on his way back home to bring it in a shark eats his marlin. In this story the setting influenced the plot and the action of the abstract story heavily.
The story takes place in Cuba in the mid 1900’s. Just this alone heavily affects the story. Because he’s fishing in warmer waters the type of fish he catches would have been different if he were fishing in the north. He would have never caught a marlin in the first place. If he had lived in a more recent time he would have more advanced gear to fish with and maybe some different methods. Santiago is also worn by the sea and it affects the tone of the story and how it’s told. Pg. 10 “The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.” That quote shows how the harsh sea and the weather affect him.
If he didn’t live in an area where the economy was based so much on fishing and people working to survive he maybe would have been able to succeed more and maybe fish would have been worth more. Since he lives in Cuba where the economy is mainly based on fishing he struggles to survive. Pg. “The successful fisherman of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out…” This quote shows that fishing is big and there are a lot of successful fishermen and it means that he’s the one who’s not successful. He is the unsuccessful one because he lives in an economy where there is a lot of fishing competition. The author uses a precise location for the story to take place to form the plot.
Because Santiago was out at sea for most of the story the plot seemed to not progress that much until the end where the setting help to form the end of the story because the sharks ate the marlin, and that would not have happened in Maine, so the setting is important. For the whole middle part you see that the old man is very lonely because he is alone with the sea who is his only friend. Pg. 16 “once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it had made him too lonely to see it.” This proves that he is very lonely because he has no one to relate or talk to and being at sea most of the time doesn’t help his cause, instead it makes it worse because now he talks to himself all the time. Also if Cuba had a better economy he would have been able to make more money. Instead because there is so much competition in the market he is not able to succeed and doesn’t catch any fish.
The story would have been much different if this story took place somewhere different than Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Because there is only one character and you don’t get to know him that well you feel detached from the character for the whole story. The story had very complex details but because it took place there the plot and the action seemed to drag on and the plot had a tough time progressing until the end that is tense.
The story takes place in Cuba in the mid 1900’s. Just this alone heavily affects the story. Because he’s fishing in warmer waters the type of fish he catches would have been different if he were fishing in the north. He would have never caught a marlin in the first place. If he had lived in a more recent time he would have more advanced gear to fish with and maybe some different methods. Santiago is also worn by the sea and it affects the tone of the story and how it’s told. Pg. 10 “The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.” That quote shows how the harsh sea and the weather affect him.
If he didn’t live in an area where the economy was based so much on fishing and people working to survive he maybe would have been able to succeed more and maybe fish would have been worth more. Since he lives in Cuba where the economy is mainly based on fishing he struggles to survive. Pg. “The successful fisherman of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out…” This quote shows that fishing is big and there are a lot of successful fishermen and it means that he’s the one who’s not successful. He is the unsuccessful one because he lives in an economy where there is a lot of fishing competition. The author uses a precise location for the story to take place to form the plot.
Because Santiago was out at sea for most of the story the plot seemed to not progress that much until the end where the setting help to form the end of the story because the sharks ate the marlin, and that would not have happened in Maine, so the setting is important. For the whole middle part you see that the old man is very lonely because he is alone with the sea who is his only friend. Pg. 16 “once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it had made him too lonely to see it.” This proves that he is very lonely because he has no one to relate or talk to and being at sea most of the time doesn’t help his cause, instead it makes it worse because now he talks to himself all the time. Also if Cuba had a better economy he would have been able to make more money. Instead because there is so much competition in the market he is not able to succeed and doesn’t catch any fish.
The story would have been much different if this story took place somewhere different than Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Because there is only one character and you don’t get to know him that well you feel detached from the character for the whole story. The story had very complex details but because it took place there the plot and the action seemed to drag on and the plot had a tough time progressing until the end that is tense.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Thief
On the coast of Florida in a small jail there was a man named Todd who was an inmate for 5 years now and was serving life in prison rape and murder. He was very stalwart, he was about 29 years old, and he was big with 5 o'clock shadow. One day while in the jail yard he had been deftly working on digging a ditch under a bulwark and that one day he finished it and on that day he finally escaped from prison. The hole was finally large enough to fit through. He planned it perfectly while the guards were too distracted on watching the new inmates enter the prison off the bus. He slipped under the bulwark to the other side and he sprinted, tripping over his own feet across the green field, across an estuary, and into the mangrove forest.
It took about a day to reach Miami and he lived in the city for about two weeks. One day a kind lady approached him with a very happy and open countenance. She worked at a shelter where they took in people from the streets. He had been wearing and old tattered shirt and was very dirty and displeasing. She hesitantly offered to take him in to their home and he accepted the offer. She couldn’t just let him live out on the street alone. She decided now that she would instead of send him to the shelter she would bring him home.
He was lying on the couch watching TV and the woman was tending to his every need. She wrapped poultice cloth around his cut on his leg he had gotten on the street. “So what’s your name anyway?” Said Todd.
“My name is Laura” she said.
“Do you live here by yourself?”
“No.” she stated, “My husband and I live here together but he’s at work right now.”
“Oh.” He said disappointingly, now his plan would be much harder with another person in the house.
At supper that night the husband, Jim, came home from his long day at work and saw Todd sitting at the table. “Who is this!?” said Jim surprised.
“This is Todd.” Said Laura, “He’s going to be living here for a while until we can get him back on his feet.”
Jim didn’t say anything else and he just let it go. Todd told him about himself but no that he escaped form jail. He embellished his story and said that he was a previous business owner whose business went bankrupt to make him sound a little better. Todd could tell that Jim didn’t care for him and that he was only wanted in this house by Laura.
As time went by Todd began to gain Jim’s trust. Todd had his own job and he was actually making decent pay. Todd was now thought of as a part of the family. Todd knew that now he could finally fulfill his plan. He decided that he would do it tonight when they were sleeping.
After Jim and Laura went to sleep Todd snuck out of his bed down the hallway and into the closet of Laura and Jim. He was being as quiet as he possibly could. He remembered to bring some tools from the cellar and he went over to the safe and opened it. He took all of their stuff he took, money, bank; account numbers, passports, and even went into their wallets and took their credit cards. He ran into the driveway and he started their car and drove away. He dumped it into the ocean where no one would ever find it.
When Jim and Laura woke up they called the police and the story made the all the tidings in the local area. Todd had been living under a false name so no one really knew his real name, it was really Tyler. Todd thought he had made out perfectly and now no one could stop him.
After about a month when he thought things had cooled down Todd went to the bank to deposit some money. He opened the account of Laura and Jim. What Todd didn’t know is that the police had been waiting for an inkling or someone to open the account of Jim and Laura so that they could catch him. The bursar signaled to the person working in the back of the bank to call the police.
Right after Todd deposited his money he casually walked out the door without a care in the world when he heard’ “Freeze it’s the police!” Todd dropped his stuff and just surrendered without ant fight at all. He was handcuffed and walked through all the fracas to the cop car. Before he knew it he was back where he started in the first place doing life in jail, it was déjà vu all over again.
It took about a day to reach Miami and he lived in the city for about two weeks. One day a kind lady approached him with a very happy and open countenance. She worked at a shelter where they took in people from the streets. He had been wearing and old tattered shirt and was very dirty and displeasing. She hesitantly offered to take him in to their home and he accepted the offer. She couldn’t just let him live out on the street alone. She decided now that she would instead of send him to the shelter she would bring him home.
He was lying on the couch watching TV and the woman was tending to his every need. She wrapped poultice cloth around his cut on his leg he had gotten on the street. “So what’s your name anyway?” Said Todd.
“My name is Laura” she said.
“Do you live here by yourself?”
“No.” she stated, “My husband and I live here together but he’s at work right now.”
“Oh.” He said disappointingly, now his plan would be much harder with another person in the house.
At supper that night the husband, Jim, came home from his long day at work and saw Todd sitting at the table. “Who is this!?” said Jim surprised.
“This is Todd.” Said Laura, “He’s going to be living here for a while until we can get him back on his feet.”
Jim didn’t say anything else and he just let it go. Todd told him about himself but no that he escaped form jail. He embellished his story and said that he was a previous business owner whose business went bankrupt to make him sound a little better. Todd could tell that Jim didn’t care for him and that he was only wanted in this house by Laura.
As time went by Todd began to gain Jim’s trust. Todd had his own job and he was actually making decent pay. Todd was now thought of as a part of the family. Todd knew that now he could finally fulfill his plan. He decided that he would do it tonight when they were sleeping.
After Jim and Laura went to sleep Todd snuck out of his bed down the hallway and into the closet of Laura and Jim. He was being as quiet as he possibly could. He remembered to bring some tools from the cellar and he went over to the safe and opened it. He took all of their stuff he took, money, bank; account numbers, passports, and even went into their wallets and took their credit cards. He ran into the driveway and he started their car and drove away. He dumped it into the ocean where no one would ever find it.
When Jim and Laura woke up they called the police and the story made the all the tidings in the local area. Todd had been living under a false name so no one really knew his real name, it was really Tyler. Todd thought he had made out perfectly and now no one could stop him.
After about a month when he thought things had cooled down Todd went to the bank to deposit some money. He opened the account of Laura and Jim. What Todd didn’t know is that the police had been waiting for an inkling or someone to open the account of Jim and Laura so that they could catch him. The bursar signaled to the person working in the back of the bank to call the police.
Right after Todd deposited his money he casually walked out the door without a care in the world when he heard’ “Freeze it’s the police!” Todd dropped his stuff and just surrendered without ant fight at all. He was handcuffed and walked through all the fracas to the cop car. Before he knew it he was back where he started in the first place doing life in jail, it was déjà vu all over again.
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