What sonny will do next is very hard to tell. The author does a good job at hiding predictions an leaving you in for a suprise. So sonny has what I belive is around 11-13 hundred dollars. What he will do with it well I have a few predictions:
1) sonny will run away with or with out Nica. Since now sonny owned a car he can have the freedom of going where ever when ever with nothing stopping him, besides the fact he doesn't have a drivers license. He will grow tired of seeing the pathetic cindy hanging around like a dried out grape all ready juiced. Cloyd will make him, eventually, speak up his feelings toward them and they will have a fight and that will be the last strand. And he will just get up and leave every one he made relationships with, but try and convince Nica to go with him. But there is the possiblity she is too young to go with him, he seems a bit more grown then her.
2)Sylvia will have the last hair on that camels back with cloyd and they will get a divorce. Sylvia will move out and take sonny with her. They will go to another place, possibly Mexico or possibly Texas and start a new life once again out there. Once they are on their way to where ever it is they go. Sonny will tell her mom then that he took money from cloyd, but she won't be mad. She will laugh it off and they will use it to help move locations.
3)sonny will give all the money to Nica, but not directly for she will not accept it. So sonny will put it in an envelope and leave it under Nica's door. Not just for her but for her family to finally move out possibly. Or just her possibly, and then she can leave.
See the thing is that the money he has is not alot. Not enough for sl
Emone to move out, possibly to help move out. So it could also come down to him using it self ishly of him using it on some one less fourtante.
3)
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Root of change in sonny
Throughout the novel sonny changes, he gets older wiser and grows in to a man. He has adult confrontations he deals with conversationally and physically. Weather it was fighting the old man on the street throwing the rock at the creeps car or having sex with Cindy. He changes mentally, he discovers love and sex, yet they are separated by two different girls. He feels love and compassion for Nica but uses Cindy to become a man. Sonny as well experiences a lot of racism in the entire book which makes him understand and comprehend the world a bit more. When you first start reading the book you cannot tell what Donnie age is exactly. It almost like he's between the ages of 8-16. You think he is very young and this is what the author whoever you To think. Because there fore you can see exactly how sonny changes from this boy into this man, with over 1000 dollars a car responsibilities and freedom, with that freedom how ever can come punishment. So we see sonny try to sneak around the punishment to make things go his way. I think the root of this change was his mom marring cloyd. If they were to never have gotten together all of this would have been completely different. Because sonny was brought out of his house and put into a whole new world with a whole new inner community, while still realizing there is the entire world out there.
When sonny talks about every thing he can hear in the city on pages 181-182 he knows that there is so much in this city that people are doing. People being born people going to hospitals, people being racially discriminated. All while he is sitting in the old mans chair. He realizes that there is so much more out in the world then just this little area. And he wants to show Nica as well.
When sonny talks about every thing he can hear in the city on pages 181-182 he knows that there is so much in this city that people are doing. People being born people going to hospitals, people being racially discriminated. All while he is sitting in the old mans chair. He realizes that there is so much more out in the world then just this little area. And he wants to show Nica as well.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Mr. Pink
Mr. Pink is a perfect description of a car salesmen. I work at a dealership and i am around car salesmen all day. And I can tell you he fits the description like a glove. The slick back hair, the ability to make friends with every one and any one while using them to his advantage at some point. This sneaky snake like mentality and uses it for selfish and personal means and gains. Thats all besides the point though there is something that we quite dont know, a hidden feud, between Mr.Pink and Cloyd. Mr. Pink for some reason only likes to sell cars to black people. Why is this? because maybe he thinks he knows what they like, either which way Cloyd doesnt like it. He doesnt mind the fact that he sells cars but he does mind how it brings black people into the neighborhood. Cloyd is racist against black people, while Pink uses them to make his living.
Pink likes Sonny for the reason that he is "close" to Cloyd. So he decides to grease up some wheels and gives Sonny a "free" car. In return all Sonny has to do is tell Pink what ever he hears Cloyd talk about Mr. Pink. So Mr. pink is getting a spy inside Cloyds house. Sonny really likes the car how ever is not sure if he trusts what he is going to pay for it. Like Pink is tricking him into being confused about how much the car is.
"So we gotta deal right?"
"Maybe. I guess . I want to. What do I have to pay you?"
"Nothing right now, nothing. What I want is some thing else right now.
"Look, What I want is for you to talk to me when I need you too understand?"......
"all I need is you to listen for me is all. Be some wide-open ears. I'm speaking of your step dad. You know how your step daddy is, dont you? What i want is that. I got a question, you got an answer. We be partnered up, see? You inside knowing what's going on is all. Understand?"(139)
Pink doesnt want to talk about what he wants Sonny to do per say, and beats around the bush. But wants him to be his look out, his spy.
I predict what will happen with Sonny, Pink, Cloyd, and possibly Bud.
Sonny will tell pink what ever he hears between Cloyd and possibly Bud. In which some thing is going to tick off Pink enough to where a confrontation will happen between the two. Sonny will I think take Pinks side because he wants to hurt Cloyd. Sylvia will most likely try to get Sonny to stay out of it. He will eventually back out because of his mom. But to still get back at Cloyd, Sonny will steal the 1000 dollars. And then use it to pay the car to Pink. Then he will try to convince Nica to leave her house and run away with Sonny.
Things that I could also possibly see coming is a possible death of a main character, or Sonny moving again with his mom.
Pink likes Sonny for the reason that he is "close" to Cloyd. So he decides to grease up some wheels and gives Sonny a "free" car. In return all Sonny has to do is tell Pink what ever he hears Cloyd talk about Mr. Pink. So Mr. pink is getting a spy inside Cloyds house. Sonny really likes the car how ever is not sure if he trusts what he is going to pay for it. Like Pink is tricking him into being confused about how much the car is.
"So we gotta deal right?"
"Maybe. I guess . I want to. What do I have to pay you?"
"Nothing right now, nothing. What I want is some thing else right now.
"Look, What I want is for you to talk to me when I need you too understand?"......
"all I need is you to listen for me is all. Be some wide-open ears. I'm speaking of your step dad. You know how your step daddy is, dont you? What i want is that. I got a question, you got an answer. We be partnered up, see? You inside knowing what's going on is all. Understand?"(139)
Pink doesnt want to talk about what he wants Sonny to do per say, and beats around the bush. But wants him to be his look out, his spy.
I predict what will happen with Sonny, Pink, Cloyd, and possibly Bud.
Sonny will tell pink what ever he hears between Cloyd and possibly Bud. In which some thing is going to tick off Pink enough to where a confrontation will happen between the two. Sonny will I think take Pinks side because he wants to hurt Cloyd. Sylvia will most likely try to get Sonny to stay out of it. He will eventually back out because of his mom. But to still get back at Cloyd, Sonny will steal the 1000 dollars. And then use it to pay the car to Pink. Then he will try to convince Nica to leave her house and run away with Sonny.
Things that I could also possibly see coming is a possible death of a main character, or Sonny moving again with his mom.
Reading Habits
So I have notice this class moves kinda fast for my taste. Yet I have been able to keep up with the blogging and the reading thus far. I try to get all the reading I need to have done before class starts then reading again after class in the parking lot, because there are no prior engagements. How ever if I was to go home and try and read I will usually get distracted by some thing else and loose track. So I like to do my reading when the class is still fresh. Feeling like I can concentrate more when we are going to talk about the book and after when we have all ready talked about it.
I have done some thing new how ever in the book. Miss Knapp has told us to annotate our books because it will help us understand the text more. I have never annotated any text before in my life. When I bought the scarlet letter book, inside where little pink post-its from the last student who had the book. On the post-its there were annotations, questions, comments, and analysis. That gave me the idea to try that same form out on our books. So my entire flowers book is filled with pink and green post-its, I have one almost on every page or other page.
On it I write my thoughts, what I will think will happen, questions, comments and a brief overview of whats happening. It has greatly improved my knowledge of the book. As well has it made me more organized. And I can find things easier. I use different color post its for different things make them mean some thing as well.
I have done some thing new how ever in the book. Miss Knapp has told us to annotate our books because it will help us understand the text more. I have never annotated any text before in my life. When I bought the scarlet letter book, inside where little pink post-its from the last student who had the book. On the post-its there were annotations, questions, comments, and analysis. That gave me the idea to try that same form out on our books. So my entire flowers book is filled with pink and green post-its, I have one almost on every page or other page.
On it I write my thoughts, what I will think will happen, questions, comments and a brief overview of whats happening. It has greatly improved my knowledge of the book. As well has it made me more organized. And I can find things easier. I use different color post its for different things make them mean some thing as well.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
My father always
My father always.....
Taught me to look on the bright side of things. And he always gave me confidence in myself to do things. We were always very close, maybe closer the. My brothers because the reason that me and my dad shared the same birthday FEB. 6th. So every birthday he was always the one that would say scott you ready to go snowboarding! Or go out and have fun. It seems like after my parents got divorced my dad lightend up a little and started to "live" again. And we started to bond a bit.
Taught me to look on the bright side of things. And he always gave me confidence in myself to do things. We were always very close, maybe closer the. My brothers because the reason that me and my dad shared the same birthday FEB. 6th. So every birthday he was always the one that would say scott you ready to go snowboarding! Or go out and have fun. It seems like after my parents got divorced my dad lightend up a little and started to "live" again. And we started to bond a bit.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Character Description
The Character Sylvia, Sonny's mother, has seem to taken a different direction then when she was first introduced. When she was not married to Cloyed, she had this sort of teenage popular party girl. The reason the emphases on the word girl is because, it seemed like she had not grown up fully yet. Sylvia wouldn't do things that most mothers would do for their sons and daughters.She would argue and fight with her daughter Ceci. Almost as if it was like they were not even mom and daughter but as if they were rivaling sisters.
"My mom used to fight loud with my sister. She would get so she'd go after Ceci with belts or wooden hangers or what ever was near. One time it was a soda bottle."(5)
Sylvia would then not know what to do with this anger she had with her daughter. So she turned to the next of kin, Sonny, probably didn't help that he was the only male in the house as well. She would yell at him for what would seem to be the stupidest things. For example the bananas,
"I was eating banana after banana during the fight and my mom turned on me for one second too- maybe why i was eating all the bananas right after she had bought them."(5)
When Ceci finally got old enough, she moved away from the house. It was just Sonny and Sylvia. She would still go out and get drunk with her friends and then buy a whole new look. This was happening on a regular basis, why was she doing this though? I think she was always trying to use her looks, and the clothes she wore to pick up a mate. That way she could fill the void she had in her life as a single mother, and with one bird away from the nest.
Since she is "stuck" in this immaturity she gets married, quick, as a way to sort of grow up. She is married to this man named Cloyd who seemed to "come out of left field". Sylvia practically bends over backward and back up to please this guy. She starts to send Sonny out of the house to get rid of him for a while so she can look like a better wife.
"And I want you to do something else for me." She reached into her purse and handed me a five. "Maybe just go get yourself dinner tonight. He'll be going out."...."It'll take more then this to shut me up."(80)
Sylvia then starts to lead this fake perfect housewife life. She makes Cloyd all of these Mexican dishes and then tells him that she made it from scratch. When really she is hiding cans of store bought salsa in the trash. Then trying to get Sonny to play along with this little game that she is attempting to have to make as a normal day life forever.
Sylvia soon starts to get thoughts that maybe she rushed into this, or that she made a mistake.
(Sylvia talking to Sonny about Cloyd)
"Do you know that he cares about the toilet paper?"
"What"?
"He cares about how much toilet paper. How much is used." (50)
Sylvia is thinking wow this guy is a nut, why did i get my self into this. But she seems to think that maybe she is just over reacting to things and eats it up. Until Cloyd starts to use racial profiling with Sylvia saying how she is is Mexican girl, and singling them out if only to use them as a compliment. I feel like Sylvia then starts to wise up, she begins to mature right in the book.
"My mom used to fight loud with my sister. She would get so she'd go after Ceci with belts or wooden hangers or what ever was near. One time it was a soda bottle."(5)
Sylvia would then not know what to do with this anger she had with her daughter. So she turned to the next of kin, Sonny, probably didn't help that he was the only male in the house as well. She would yell at him for what would seem to be the stupidest things. For example the bananas,
"I was eating banana after banana during the fight and my mom turned on me for one second too- maybe why i was eating all the bananas right after she had bought them."(5)
When Ceci finally got old enough, she moved away from the house. It was just Sonny and Sylvia. She would still go out and get drunk with her friends and then buy a whole new look. This was happening on a regular basis, why was she doing this though? I think she was always trying to use her looks, and the clothes she wore to pick up a mate. That way she could fill the void she had in her life as a single mother, and with one bird away from the nest.
Since she is "stuck" in this immaturity she gets married, quick, as a way to sort of grow up. She is married to this man named Cloyd who seemed to "come out of left field". Sylvia practically bends over backward and back up to please this guy. She starts to send Sonny out of the house to get rid of him for a while so she can look like a better wife.
"And I want you to do something else for me." She reached into her purse and handed me a five. "Maybe just go get yourself dinner tonight. He'll be going out."...."It'll take more then this to shut me up."(80)
Sylvia then starts to lead this fake perfect housewife life. She makes Cloyd all of these Mexican dishes and then tells him that she made it from scratch. When really she is hiding cans of store bought salsa in the trash. Then trying to get Sonny to play along with this little game that she is attempting to have to make as a normal day life forever.
Sylvia soon starts to get thoughts that maybe she rushed into this, or that she made a mistake.
(Sylvia talking to Sonny about Cloyd)
"Do you know that he cares about the toilet paper?"
"What"?
"He cares about how much toilet paper. How much is used." (50)
Sylvia is thinking wow this guy is a nut, why did i get my self into this. But she seems to think that maybe she is just over reacting to things and eats it up. Until Cloyd starts to use racial profiling with Sylvia saying how she is is Mexican girl, and singling them out if only to use them as a compliment. I feel like Sylvia then starts to wise up, she begins to mature right in the book.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Flowers response #1
Response #1
We have now just found out that sonny would take money he found in the houses he went in to. It seems to me that he would treat the houses like a treasure chest. He never knew what he was going to find in side, and so some times he would find things he liked. Most of the time he would by pass them, and leave them alone. Now though he would take money he found in some of the houses, never much more then 20$. Now though we find out that he has been saving a lot of money. 249 dollars to be exact. It seems like this is going to be some foreshadow for something down the road. Possibly sonny will eventually save up all of his dollars that he has and makes threw working at the apartment complex, and what his mom gives him under the table. And he might fall in love with one of the girls. Then when he has saved up enough money he will try and get out of that apartment and move some where else with his new found love.
What will happen to sonny right now though? Well we left off with him talking to the old man in room number #5. On page 48 they have a conversation, sonny and the old man. " How come you do this?" says the old man. "Because the slate deck gets dirty" said sonny. "No no, how come you do this" said the old man. "Cloyd Longpre. I live down stairs in Number one. Its that he married my mom" said sonny. "He makes you or he pays you?" said the old man. Sonny says nothing while the old man just shakes his head. I believe that the old man knows something about Cloyd Longpre. Possibly that he is a raciest, or that he cheats on women or something. I get the sense that the old man is feeling sorry for sonny for some reason. Like I said the old man is either up to some thing or knows a terrible secret about Mr. Longpre.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I am
I am...
Scott Wright for those who know me and for those who do not let me tell you about myself. I like to think that I am overly confident, borderline cocky possibly. Honesty is the best policy, I always say. I am outgoing, and always try to say whats on my mind, even if it does not come out in coherent sense, it makes sense in my head. I love to do things outside, rock climbing, hiking, boating, skating....etc. I also enjoy doing the occasional long drive in my car up beautiful windy roads.
I have the same passion and vision as every one else when it comes to being successful in life. My major in college is Business Management, I take pride and some passion in my field and hope it to grow thought the next few years. Except there is some thing that I will try to do differently that will greatly separate me from those who are going and all ready have that degree. Because we all know that business management is consisted of a huge pool of people with the same degrees. So you need to build different bridges to get you to the places you wish to be. It is this thing that will, I hope, keep me going threw college. And it is.......for me to know and you to not find out. We do not want it to become a whole pool of people now do we.
Interests in reading are little to none. I respect the books, I just feel like I am more of the type of person who likes to play baseball rather then watch it. So I greatly enjoy writing in my own words my own thoughts. I am not a big fan of being constricted to what to write, however do understand that it is a big part of college. I am more of the person who you give a broad topic and tell me to go at it. Free writing and story writing are a favorite in my book. Other then all that I have two older brothers both out of college and have busy lives. And have three boxer puppies that tear threw our house like when I was a teenager. So that is me in a nut shell, if you would like to know more about me ask, but be ready for me to ask back.
-Scott Wright
Scott Wright for those who know me and for those who do not let me tell you about myself. I like to think that I am overly confident, borderline cocky possibly. Honesty is the best policy, I always say. I am outgoing, and always try to say whats on my mind, even if it does not come out in coherent sense, it makes sense in my head. I love to do things outside, rock climbing, hiking, boating, skating....etc. I also enjoy doing the occasional long drive in my car up beautiful windy roads.
I have the same passion and vision as every one else when it comes to being successful in life. My major in college is Business Management, I take pride and some passion in my field and hope it to grow thought the next few years. Except there is some thing that I will try to do differently that will greatly separate me from those who are going and all ready have that degree. Because we all know that business management is consisted of a huge pool of people with the same degrees. So you need to build different bridges to get you to the places you wish to be. It is this thing that will, I hope, keep me going threw college. And it is.......for me to know and you to not find out. We do not want it to become a whole pool of people now do we.
Interests in reading are little to none. I respect the books, I just feel like I am more of the type of person who likes to play baseball rather then watch it. So I greatly enjoy writing in my own words my own thoughts. I am not a big fan of being constricted to what to write, however do understand that it is a big part of college. I am more of the person who you give a broad topic and tell me to go at it. Free writing and story writing are a favorite in my book. Other then all that I have two older brothers both out of college and have busy lives. And have three boxer puppies that tear threw our house like when I was a teenager. So that is me in a nut shell, if you would like to know more about me ask, but be ready for me to ask back.
-Scott Wright
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