http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:36:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The ashes of memories made her cry. House for rent, ghost included. The chemists quickly discovered Hydrogen combusts exothermically.   The slaughterhouse’s young calf never grew. http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/short-7-word-stories/ Say Yes, by Tobias Wolff is a story about racism, the belief that race accounts for the differences in abilities or personalities of human beings. The theme is conveyed through an argument between a husband and wife over whether a marriage between people of different races is possible or not. ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/say-yes-by-tobias-wolff/ On a hot summer’s day in New York, the sidewalks are busy. Honking cars fill the streets, with drivers yelling out of their windows. Women do their shopping, pushing carts loaded with food in brown paper bags. Some men are striding purposefully, briefcases in hand, while others sit and read ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/04/20/in-response-to-samuel/ Hello, girl; why are you so late?; when you come up the stairs, open the door quickly so I know it’s you, I thought you were a burglar; take off your shoes, keep your socks on; if I am with a student, don’t just stand around in the hallway, enter ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/girl-in-response-to-jamaica-kincaids-girl-pgs-477-8/ I woke up to an empty house. I could tell by the silence slowly thickening the air. No sounds of shuffling papers or the click-clacking of keyboard keys came from the study. No noises of pots clanging, timers beeping, or food sizzling wafted up from the kitchen. I could neither ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/home-alone/ This passage contains a soliloquy spoken by Iago after he advises Cassio to ask Desdemona to attempt to convince Othello to reinstate Cassio as his lieutenant. In it he states that the audience may believe he is a kind man and a supportive friend of Cassio. However, he remains the ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/02/24/analysis-of-othello-act-2-sc-3-lines-356-382-pg-103-105/ The most interesting character in Shakespeare’s Othello is Iago, the man set out to destroy the Moor. He is in many ways the main character of the play, but he is also the villain of it. The fact that he often speaks about why he hates Othello and what he ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/iago/              We woke up at four A.M. that morning, both with a craving for fruit loops. After switching cars several times for fear that they would both break down, my friend and I found ourselves sitting in the back of my mom’s minivan wearing hats, sunscreen, and several layers, listening ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/chocolate-cake/ I sit quietly on a beige sofa in a yellow room. The floor is of dark, stained wood, the walls are bare, and the blinds have been drawn for the first time since December, revealing spotlessly clean windows we barely knew existed. I sit with my feet tucked under me ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/27/ Thesis: Although Mr. Collins acts in a polite and modest manner, he is pompous through and through and only behaves obsequiously to appear charming to others. His attempt to disguise his pomposity makes him appear ridiculous to those that can see through him.  “‘There is something very pompous in his ... http://surfindogsrockmysox.edublogs.org/2008/02/03/pride-and-prejudice-quotes/