Summarizing,Paraphrasing,and Quoting

Summary Example: This passage shows the pros on how public schools should enforce new rules in attedendance of the pupils. Roger Sipher is a man who promotes this new way of learning by setting 6 steps on how effective it would be to have these standards. His reasonings identify how this issue is such a crisis and if taken into action will not end public schooling.
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Quoting Example: In his essay Roger Sipher points out how ¨Abolition of archaic attendance laws would produce enormous dividends.¨

Paraphrasing Exersices

1. In our planet we have two dominant sources in which we use to maintain our climate. The Antartic is a major producer of cool air that compensates with the Sun which is known to make the warm type of climate. These two compliment each other when they blend in together in the ocean to help the well being of the earth. Although this technique has been widely spread and works very well society today is threating the process.

2. When the prohobition act was taking place it didnt really make a difference to any community because they could easily find what they desired despite any laws disregarding it. Everyone was becoming rebels and challenging the police to the rising crime rates. Popular music was being traded for another type of new music where new stars rose and become icons. The largest phenomenon of these years was new dancing gals of skimpy wardrobe that made this time truely be remembered.

3. When people do not wear protection to help them from injuries on a bicycle it can cause some serious damage. Since this problem is arising people have been informed to wear helmets to help accidents from being so severe.

4. There is an artist who puts you in his painting,his name is Matisse. He likes you to take in all the features of the painting including your 5 senses. It is realism at its best with works like "The Casbah Gates" that helps you feel like you were witnessing what was happening.

5. Engineers and Architects have been fueding on whether or not they can achieve a taller building than The Sears Tower. It is however in the works to comit to such a task by William LeMessurier and Robert Sobel whom have agreed to the fact that this work can be done with technology and good engineering

oh the point of views (20-41)

As I read on in The Power and The Glory, I discover that this novel is covering many points of view depending all one person which is the wanted stranger priest. All these characters connect to each other how I predicted before and it makes the story more interesting to know this man is effecting this many people. "There was something disinterested in his ambition: a kind of virtue in his desire to catch the sleek respected guest of the first communion party"(pg23). He has a big impact on the police in that they have their work cut out for them especially since he is a gringo and they all look alike.

One thing that definetly distrubed me in this part was the murder of the poor boy who was killed because of his beliefs. It is apparent to me that religion in Mexico at this time was a sore subject since everyones perspective kept mentioning it." He was a sacrilege. Wherever he went, whatever he did, he defiled God"(pg29). After seeing so much hatred against priests and religion I found some backround Mexican history that helped me realize what these people were going through. This timeperiod approximately during 1910-1920 was when the Mexican civil war was happening and besides that there was a battle between Church and State. The war was called "La Guerra Cristera" and it killed about 900,000 people. It was definetly a difficult time for priests which makes it clear why "the stranger" is hiding.

I have a feeling the plot is going to unravel a little bit more and more once we start repeating other characters perspectives. I think I enjoy listening to Mr. Tench's perspective the most because he is sort of not aware of the whole situation. I mean he seems so jaded, he missed his boat wanted to drink. He seems to be an alcoholic just like "the stranger".

"The stranger" makes a second apperance in the residence of Captain Fellows. Eventhough he is unaware at first his daughter shows he is hiding in the barn which is quite disturbing because why is the daughter so concerned with his well being? " You see, I don't believe in God. I lost my faith when I was ten(pg41)." If she is against in believing why she helping out a priest?
How does "the stranger" know where all the gringos are? I mean sure does know where to find the people with the alcohol. Wonder where he is going to show up next...

Mystery Man

In the novel "The Power and Glory" I discovered a new kind of narrative writing that I have never read before. The main character Mr. Trench is a priest who lives in Mexico and is waiting for his ether to arrive from a boat. While waiting at the dock for the boat he meets a man who has no name yet, but can speak english which excites Mr. Trench because he does not know many people in Mexico who speak his language. "It's good hearing English spoken," (pg10) It kind of reminds me of myself because whenever I first moved to Colombia not knowing any spanish at all it made me transition to something I was not accostumed to. Then when I arrived to school where everyone speaks english it relieved me to know that I was not alone but also had a lot to learn.

With it being obvious in the text you can tell the man that Mr. Trench meets in the hot mexican sun is someone very peculiar because he is very shady in talking openly. "Somebody knocked on the door. The stranger slipped the attache case under his chair..." (pg 16). This mysterious man seemed very eager to keep hidden whatever was inside that case of his. This man has contraband whiskey and sudden change of heart to leave and help a boy with his dying mother. Its like he is hiding from something ever since he found out that his friend Lopez would not be making an apperance since he was shot. I do wonder what this mans intentions are because he believed that he was meant to miss the boat do to the sudden incident of the boy showing up. I think it was just an excuse to leave because he knew he could not stay long there down by the dock with Mr. Trench.

After Mr. Trench comes back to reality to realize he came for the ether cylinder its too late because he missed the boat. And then by the end of the chapter the novel forwards to what the stranger is doing. "Let me be caught soon....Let me be caught.' He had tried to escape, but he was like the King of the West African tribe, the slave of his people, who may not even lie down in case the winds should fail." (pg 19) This concludes my theory on how shady this man is and how I think he is in trouble and feels guilty. I like this quote because its a good analogy of what he is probably going through and how he is trapped in a situation that will be very difficult to get out of.

Pages 20-40 Some sort of spark

Caulfield reminds me Meurasault not just by the way they act but also by the way they both narrate their lives. Meurasault tells his story very vividily like Caulfield with details on every little thing they have to live through such as going to work for Meurasault and Caulfield being in his prep school. Also they make sure to have their distinct opinions about the situation taking place. Whether or not they agree with whats going on they do acknowledge how they feel whether its full of excitment or not. For example when Raymond is trying to get Meurasault's whole point of view on his mistress. Raymond is a very blunt character who wants to teach a lesson to his so called disobdient other but cannot come to the conclusion with how to exactly punish her. "...he wanted to know what I thought of the whole thing. I said I didn't think anything but that it was interesting." (page 32) Meurasault seems like a very monotone guy that just goes with the flow and ever since the beginning of the book has no complete emotion of what exactly is taking place. Unlike Caulfield he is a little outspoken on what he thinks of other people and likes to tell it how it is.
By the end of chapter four I got kind of excited because Meurasault thought of his mother Maman whenever Salamano started crying because of his dog being lost. I was really shocked that he related himself to someone else. But then of course just changes the subject so fast because his eventful life needs attending to.
I wonder why he almost released some sort of emotion when Salamano cried?

pages 1-20 the emotionless man

The character Monsieur Meurasault reminds me of the character Holden Caulfeild in the book Catcher in the Rye. The similarities between these two people is that they both play in an act of denial. I believe that Meurasault is not realizing what his life is really about and cant seem to care less how he lacks such emotion. Holden Caulfeild releases the same trait aswell in his narrative book where he shows how meaningless life can be. These two guys have a negative input on life in thinking everything is going to be the same no matter what happends. "...Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that really nothing had changed."(24). Despite the fact that his mother died and Meursault has to live alone he seems to not be affected by anything at all. I wonder if it is just a shell he is hiding under because he doesn't want to face some sort of reality?

Welcome my name is Anna Vagnoni and this my introduction to my very first blog. My blog will contain intricate responses to the books that I read during my senior year in my high school english class. This is my opinion on how I intepret the books and how it might relate to other things such as my life. Feel free to comment on anything that I say I wont be offended.
Hope you Enjoy!