What I have learn?

Frist and formost I would like to thanks Mrs.  Kanpp for give the strength to keep on writing.  I have alway thought my work was below par.  All I needed was a little push off the diving board.  Now,  I have a better understanding of writing structure and the sandwich techie that help build my paper. Too bad the class was so early in the morning and on friday. This class would have been a lot more fun if we had more class time and on a weekday.  The blogs weekly assessment was a bit of shell shocker at first.  I was a bit counter productive at the beginning.  Once I found my fellow student like or dislike my writing.  I was walking around with a little more swagger.  My level of confident in write has went up a notch.  Thanks Mrs. Knapp once again for a creative and innovated english class.  I will recommended  you to my  friends and family to take  your class.
P.S Please don't fail me!! jkjkjk

Peer view

My first objective was not choke out the person who read my paper by give me destructive criticism.  But, I  know that my paper has lots of hole it in.  My personal reflection of a character is missing and proper introduction as well as a powerful thesis.  My classmate where lots of help and being honest and careful how they words thing.  Thank them and i am willing to restructure my paper according to their view. I have a lot of work to day in three days .

Jim state of mind

In the beginning Jim Nolan was a sacred lost boy.  Once he reach "the party" and becoming a Red,  he became a man .  He started to share story about his pass life and family matter and started to open up.  Then, when he met Mac, he turn into a different person. He started to beaming a person he always wanted to.  His confidences   started to rise and he was living in the monument.  Only if he had more time to released the monster inside him.  Farewell Jim Nolan.

The paper before the rough draft.

 If you could give your own soul to save millions, would you?

-Ventresca (angels & demons). 

            Mac McLeod is the true protagonist in the novel In Dubious Battle.  Some might cast him as the mole in "the Party" (American Communist Party) or to go as far in calling him the antagonist. In actuality he is the fast-talking, quick thinking unsung hero of the crops picketing movement. Mac McLeod has the essentials in becoming a revolutionary activist.  He did what it took; he had the leadership, and did it for the cause. 

         John Steinbeck starts off by introducing Jim Nolan as the lost soul who was looking for meaning in his life. Jim had join the “ The Party” which already consists of Joy the firecracker, Dick Halsing the charmer, and Mac McLeod. From the first few chapter we find that’s Mac is the head honcho with this division. He is the one that barking order and everyone else would fall in line. “…..Tell George to try to get Joy to keep his mouth shut. And when you do that, Dick, you make the rounds and try to pickup some bail money---in case.” “Can’t I eat first?” Dick asked.  “Hell, no. Get George down there.  Here, give me ten of the twenty, Jim and I are going down to the Torgas Vakket tomorrow”(24).

          Mac McLeod is not going to win an award for the “most honest man in the world.”  But, he did whatever it took to get the job done.  It might have been undermined some people or he had stretch the truth from time to time.  However, Mac McLeod did what had to be done. “Do you ever go the Rosanna Fight Staduim?” Mac asked.  “Yeah, and what of it” the stranger replied.  “You’re a God-damn liar,” Mac said, “ If you went there, you’d know who I am, and you’d take better care of yourself”(29). A few pages later Jim would ask Mac.  “Are you really a prize-fighter, Mac”  “Hell no.  He was the easiest kind of a sucker”(31). He was no mother Teresa but Mac had made the strangers back off and leave without starting any trouble. 

         Mac also had played Doctor in order for him and Jim to get in good with the men.  After the birth of the Lisa's baby, Mac would wash down Lisa down.  “Now get all this out of here” he told London.  “ Burn all these rags” London asked, “Even the cloths you didn’t use?” “Yep. Burn it all.  It’s no good”(47). This action would raise eyes brown from Jim. Jim asked, “You didn’t need all that cloth, why did you tell London to burn it?” “ Look Jim, Don’t you see? Every man who gave part of his clothes felt that the work was his own. They all feel reasonable for the baby ” (49). This remarkably move would be the verge to where they became the talk of the town. Mac was really never a doctor but his thinking quickly on his feet made “the reds” a factor in the begging stage of the protesting. The trust bond between London and rest the men was achieved on that night. 

That same night is where Mac establishes he had leadership quality.  He was like a general command his men in a platoon.  “ Now you, and you and you get a big fire going. And you get a couple of big kettles.  There ough to be some five-gallon cans around, The rest of you gather up cloth; get anything, handkerchiefs, old shirts---anything, as long as its white.”  In situation like that, can you see Jim stepping up to the plate and knocking one out of the ballpark? Mac is the natural born leader.

There was a scene where London had to make a speech on behave of Joy funeral. But fail to make an impression on the mob of men. So, Mac took it on him self and went to stages and gave a monumental speech that motivated the men to keep on going.  “ That guy’s name was Joy.  He was a radical!  Get it? A radical. He wanted guys like you to have enough to eat and a place to sleep where you wouldn’t get wet, He didn’t want nothing for himself. He was a radical!” (177). But, you are think is that this is not his fist strike. However, he makes that speech on impulse.  And all those words are true to the last periods. Joy was more than his friends it was Mac’s family. 

Naturally specking, Joy and Mac have the same incentives as any other radical. They were neither in it of the money nor for any prized or praises.  They live for the   causes and only the cause.  One-man sacrifices can save a thousand men.  That is what Mac wants us to understand why he had used Joy death to rejuvenate the rage within the mobs. “He’s done the first real, useful thing in his life.  Poor Joy.  He’s done it.  He’d be so glad”(128). “Don’t feel sorry for Joy.  If he could know what he did he’d be cocky.  Joy always wanted to led people, and now he’s going to do it even if he’s in a box” (131).  Joy would of wanted to have his remained as the slingshot to raise the men to their feet and to keep the fight going. 

         Mac McLeod is the real McCoy and was overshadow by Jim Nolan one inspiring act of insanely.  Mac kept his cool and temper thought out this journey.  He used his resources around him to get what need to be accomplishes.   He also took the leadership role amongst  the men and he never ask for anything in return.  Those are the quality of the protagonist in any novel.  He was obi one Kenobi and Jim Nolan was Luke skywalker.  

Unfinished and need lots of work I know.  I don't like it at all.  

Oh so difficult!

Just finish reading In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck.  I felt that the first couple chapter was intriguing.  Then it started to drags on until the last few chapters.  However, I was griped and pulled into this worm whole of a depressing novel with the last three chapters.  Overall it was a pretty interesting book. I find my wanting more from “the red” Jim Nolan. He had so much more to offer.  I feel neglected not getting more from this character.

The only difficult part in this novel is to find time to read it.  But, when I do find the time, I have difficultly getting started.  Getting the brain to fire on all cylinders while reading is pretty hard.  In general I have a problem with comprehend thing when I read it just once or reading for a long period of time. I tend to loose track of thing and daydream about how I should ask out this girl in my class. Anyhow, this book takes up a lot of your time.  Its not an easy read as well.  I didn’t find myself connecting with the characters.  I did understand where Jim Nolan was coming from. Also, I  feel this book was too much about Mac.  In the end this book was depression.  Don’t think I will read any of John Steinbeck books again. 

United farm workers

The united farmworkers unions are hand down the unsung heroes in the land of boycotts groups and protester mobs. Along with one of there founder Cesar Chavez. He would change the whole perspective on unionisms. Cesar Chavez would preach nonviolent striking; this would force the hand of the grower to negotiate and barging.  Casar chavez would piggyback Mohandas Gandhi’s philosophy on the fasting technics as the nonviolent way to demonstration.  He would fasts multiple times with water as his only replenishment.  In 1968 he would fasts for 24 days and in 1972 he fasts for 24 days.  Plus in 1988 he fasts for a miraculous 36 days.  Cesar Chavez is a giant among men.

In the last past week I have been contemplating what my next chapter in my life should be.  Do I want to continue in the medic flied?  Can I see my self do something like this for the rest of my life?  The answer was yes.  But, can I defeat the struggle I am having with the classes that are kick my butt. The path to the promise land has a rough terrain.  I had barely passed my chemistry class.  Now my Biology class has me second-guessing my self.  Do I still want to resume is path. I still have to take physiology and anatomy before I am able to transfers.  It’s only going to get tougher.  Maybe I should just go in business management or some tech savvy career. 

            Only if I can find my calling like Cesar Chavez did.  I want to have a cause and something to fight for.  I want to make a different. I know I sound like every other Y generation tree hugger.  But, I am a 80's baby.  I cant help that, I want to help people that cant help them self. This post is more than just a brainstorm, this post has become my own psychologists couch. Thank you for listening it mean a lot 8)

Feedback! Yummie!!

I have never enjoy constructive criticism. And I am a bit of a egoistic and stubborn writer.  But, I have learn the best way to grow as a writer is to take feedback and advice in strived.  I did believed my rough draft  was not making the cut. However, the editors for the day thats read my paper though it was good.  They have mention that I should add more personal information about my self that pertains to the character.  I also need a thesis and conclusion.  I might have to stretch my paper out to projectively reach 6 to 7 pages.