1. “I don't get mad, I get even.” “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” Is revenge ever the right thing to do? Is it right to allow people to hurt us with no retribution? Explain your point of view.

My point of view on this subject depends on what kind of revenge is being talked about. If it is revenge in a physical sense, as in if someone hits you, and you did nothing wrong, then yes, of course you should hit that person back because it isn't right. But if someone spread a rumour about you, or something that is untrue, then no I do not believe you should get revenge. Simply say that, it is not true, why stoop so low to their level, that person lied, let them them live with that on their conscience. See, when you hold yourself up in a bad situation whether you know it or not, I believe people will admire your strength. Yes, it might hurt to know that some people aren't nice, some might even say that they're evil, but there is nothing you or I can do about that. Simply be yourself because from my own experience when you are yourself, you build up a greater self esteem and also a better sense of self worth. You will also begin to make friends that like you for who you truly are, and if a friend does something wrong to you, try and forgive them because people are humans, and try as we might humans make mistakes. There is a word that most of us know, originating from Ancient Indian culture that word is Karma, basically the meaning of this word is that bad people get what is coming to them, either on earth or in the after life.

2. “If your parents really disliked the person that you wanted to marry, would you marry this person anyway? Explain.”

If my parents disliked the person I was going to marry, I'd marry her anyways. At the point of marriage, I don't plan of marrying until I am in my mid twenties, early thirties, so my parent's opinion would be irrelevant to me as it is my life and I would be making my own decisions. Plus I do not plan to stay in the same province as my family, so it would be even more likely for me to care less about what they're opinion would be. I mean, yes of course I'd want them to like the person i was going to marry but at the end of the day, it's me who would be spending the rest of my life with her, not them. If my parents truly cared about my relationship, would they not try to like the person i chose to spend the rest of my life with? Wouldn't they want me to be happy no matter what their opinion was? I mean, the only person I would marry would be the one that I was happy with, and I'm not settling for any less, so if my parents did not like the woman who made me happy, and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, then it wouldn't matter to me what their opinion was.

3. “Goodnight sweet Prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Horatio is the only person who is truly loyal to Hamlet. Who and what are the people and things that you are most loyal to? Is loyalty still something that we value? Why or why not?”

There are no things that I am loyal to, as things are specified as inanimate objects, but the people I am most loyal to would be my friends, and family. When I think of loyalty I think of being true to someone, when I say being true, what I am referring to is not going behind someone's back. Always be there for a friend or family member if they need help or advice, you be sincere with them. Although it is not often a subject talked about, or pointed out, I believe today people still value loyalty. To be a good friend, to have a good friend you may not notice it as being loyal but to always be there for someone and not going behind their back, that's a form of loyalty, and if a friend were to ignore you, not care about your problems or even go behind your back (ex; spread rumours) basically then that person wouldn't be your friend if you ever found out. Also another big subject where loyalty is valued would be in relationships such as marriages. A couple would have to be loyal to each other, if not then odds are the marriage would soon end in a divorce. Loyalty is valued today but it is not commonly thought about as in hey, this friend is very loyal to me. It's more of, this is a good friend of mine.

4. “Does Hamlet really love Ophelia? Why do you think as you do? Use the play to back yourself up.”

Throughout the play Hamlet shows different feelings and emotions towards Ophelia. Though saying he loves her more then any brother could at her burial, it does not consist with his previous conflicts with her. Based on the entire play, I do not believe Hamlet loved Ophelia. In Act three, scene one Hamlet is very rude to Ophelia, and Ophelia had done next to nothing to provoke him. Hamlet tells Ophelia to get to a nunnery which shows how he wishes Ophelia would flee away from him and keep herself away form any access to him, as in a nunnery the women vow to become abstinent. If Hamlet loved Ophelia he would not have told her to become so religious as once a nun, she would then be required to stay away from sexual activities. If Hamlet were serious in his love for Ophelia I believe he would not have taken his rage out on her, also when he asks to lay his head on her lap at the play, when the Players were there to preform for the royals. Asking to lay his head on her lap would be degrading as well as embarrassing for Ophelia. Based on these facts I believe Hamlet's love for Ophelia was based purely on the physical aspects she could offer him. He did not show any emotional attachment until he finds out of her death.

5. “How do you think you would react if your mother married your uncle? Hamlet was 30 when this happens in his family. Taking the murder of his father out of consideration, why is he so concerned about his mother's marriage? Remember—he was upset before he discovered Claudius' role in his father's death.”

If my mother were to marry my uncle Jeremy I would find it hard to come to terms with. I mean, Jeremy is a great guy and all but I love my father and it would be pretty messed up if my mother would marry someone who grew up in the same house as him, and shared the same mother. The idea of my father's brother trying to steal his woman away form him is up setting as that by itself would cause tension. After they got married would i ever be able to get use to calling my Uncle Jeremy my step “dad”? Would my uncle and mother not care about what I thought on the whole situation, and how awkward would it be at a family get together where my uncle and father were both present? I would be ashamed of both My uncle and my mother, one betraying a brother, the other betraying a husband. The whole idea behind the subject is messed up. Hamlet was very upset to begin with as I believe he was not a fan of his uncle to begin with, and highly valued his father. So the idea for Hamlet's mother going from a great hero, Hamlet's father to a person he did not like, Claudius, is what i believe was Hamlet's whole problematic situation.

6. “Why does the fact that Claudius not stop Gertrude from drinking the wine condemn him even more in the reader's eyes?”

The fact that Claudius does not stop Gertrude from drinking the wine condemns him even more in the reader's eyes because it is just once more mark on his slate of showing how selfish he is. Had Claudius stopped Gertrude, this would have revealed the entire plot and Hamlet would have known what was going on and realized the plan of his death. This shows how Claudius was more concerned with killing Hamlet than he was with saving his wife. In the aside when Claudius says “It is too late” this shows how little emotionally Claudius cares about Gertrude as a normal person would be heart broken knowing the person that they loved was about to die. This leads me to believe that Claudius only loved Gertrude for the sexual means of the relationship, he did not truly love Gertrude. Claudius's character is shown in many parts of the play and in all of them, he is self centred and only cares about what betters himself. He kills his brother, attempts to kill his nephew and coaxes Laertes into committing murder, and to top it all off he poisons his wife without even trying to stop her. Claudius is condemned for many things throughout the play and poisoning his “beloved” Gertrude is defiantly one of them.

7. ”Is Hamlet deserving of Horatio's beautiful epitaph? Why or why not? Use the actions of Hamlet to provide evidence for your answer.”

Throughout the duration of the play Hamlet and Horatio are very close, and it seems as though Horatio is a better friend to Hamlet than Hamlet is to Horatio. Horatio is emotionally and physically there for Hamlet at this time when Hamlet is struggling with the different things going on in his life. Horatio however never talks about himself, or his own problems. He is just a good, loyal friend to Hamlet, and during the play it is never shown where Hamlet ever returns all the things Horatio does for him. Hamlet does not often ask Horatio to do things, he more or less tells him what to do. For example, when Hamlet gets Horatio to spy on the king with him while the play is preformed, Hamlet just assumes that he will do this with him as he never really asks if Horatio minds getting tangled up in Hamlet's drama affairs. Also Hamlet never formally thanks Horatio in the play, and if he thanks him at all, he doesn't thank him enough as Horatio does a lot for Hamlet. Though it is clear that Horatio is an amazing friend to Hamlet, based on the actions of Hamlet I do not believe Hamlet is deserving of Horatio's “beautiful epitaph.”

8. “Is Hamlet sane throughout the play? Does he ever have moments of insanity or is he totally lucid and somewhat destructive throughout the play? Explain as you feel why you do.”

Hamlet is not sane throughout the entire play, Hamlet is overwhelmed by many events that occurred at once and cannot handle it all. In Act one, Scene two, beginning on line 129 Hamlet has his first soliloquy. In this soliloquy Hamlet does not hide behind puns and is real with himself. In This burst of Hamlet's soliloquy the reader sees Hamlet's character for the first time, to paraphrase, Hamlet is saying how he wishes it were not against Christianity to kill himself and how his mother's hasty wedding to his uncle is upsetting him, and so on. This shows that Hamlet must say all this to himself to keep from exploding. The sheer anger in his speech in itself shows a hint of insanity. So before everything else happens in the play, I do not believe to start with Hamlet was completely sane, and as the play progresses i believe his anger and insanity builds up. Although he does not act insane through the entire play, I believe he was not the same person he was as before his father died.

9. “Why do we feel differently about Hamlet at the end of the play than we feel about Claudius? How many people is each responsible for killing? Show how Claudius was a hypocrite. Was Hamlet as hypocritical? Explain your answer.”

We feel differently about Hamlet at the end of the play than we feel about Claudius because Hamlet tried to at least try and do what was right by avenging his father's death knowing that it may end up getting himself into a lot of trouble. Claudius on the other hand did nothing but try to help out himself and overall was the main reason for all of the deaths in the play. Claudius is responsible for killing two people (Gertrude and Old King Hamlet), and Hamlet is responsible for killing six people ( Laertes, Claudius, Polonius, Rozencrantz, Guildenstern and Ophelia,{Ophelia went mad because of death of her father and drama with Hamlet causing her own suicide.}) Claudius was a hypocrite because he judged Hamlet for killing Polonius in cold blood, when he himself killed his own brother old king Hamlet in cold blood for the crown. I do not believe Hamlet was a hypocrite as the deaths he caused were to try and avenge the murder of his own father.

10. Is Hamlet a relevant play for today's audience? What does the modern reader gain from Hamlet? Should students continue to read this play?

Hamlet today is a relevant play for today's audience, however I do believe it should be re-written word for word as it would focus more on the themes and values in the play so that more people would enjoy it instead of getting caught up in the old English struggle with it. The modern reader today gets the the themes of valour, loyalty, trust, and vengeance from the play. The play shows a variety of different themes both good and bad, and it in a way helps the modern reader believe that they can become a person like perhaps Horatio, a loyal friend throughout the entire play. Should the students continue to read the play? As i said before, I believe the play should be re-written in modern English so that the students can focus more on the story than the work to figuring out what is actually being said. I think this way because many times while reading the play I would get frustrated, and wished it were in modern day black and white, instead of so many old words that are seldom or never used as it made it difficult to understand what was being said. It is still a great play, just difficult to understand by times.

Quotes:

1. ”Frailty, thy name is woman.”
   a. Hamlet is speaking, he is speaking in his soliloquy.
   b. The significance of this quote is to develop the character of Hamlet as it shows how disappointed he is in his mother because of how quickly she married his uncle. Hamlet is judging all women in general because of his mother's “frailty.” Hamlet believes women are fragile and he questions his mother as well as all women in general.
   c. Today, one would not say a sexist comment like that, today in general people believe in individuality, so this quote does not apply to today as women are equal to men and are strong and independent.
2. ”Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.”
   a. Polonius is speaking to Laertes and Ophelia.
   b. The significance of this quote is to develop the character of Polonius as well as give light on the views of what a person should do, a person should hear what everyone else is saying, but not always give their own opinion. This quote develops the character of Polonius as it shows the advice that he gives to his “children.”
   c. Today, this quote is actually good advice for people as it tell us to listen to everyone's opinion but to not always share our own as it's better to listen than to talk.
3. “Neither a lender or borrower be for loan oft loses both itself and friend.”
   a. Polonius is speaking to Laertes and Ophelia.
   b. The significance of this quote is to develop the character of Polonius as well as give prospective on the views of loaning from a friend. When a person loans money and cannot pay it back, then that person loses both someone else's money and odds are also loses that friend. So what this quote is saying is not to loan or lend money as that way there are no risks in losing money or losing a friend. Polonius's character is being developed by showing how he teaches his “children” his views on money and friends.
   c. Today, this quote is good advice on the lending and borrowing money as it shows us how if you lend or borrow money and that person cannot repay you or you can't repay that person then you may lose a friend. You keep your money, they keep theirs that way there is no risk.
4. “Brevity is the soul of wit.”
   a. Polonius is speaking to Claudius and Gertrude.
   b. The purpose of this quote is to develop the character of Polonius and give his idea on the skill of being witty with words. Brevity is to be brief and witty means to be smart with words. When you put the two together you get short and to the point. So when speaking and getting your point across Polonius believes you should be short and to the point. This quote also gives the reader more information on Polonius's character and his views on smart people.
   c. This quote can apply to today as a smart person when speaking is short, and to the point. For example; when in an argument it is better to be short and to the point then long and rambling. A smart person is short, to the point, a less smart person is long and rambling.
5. “To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man pick'd out of ten thousand.”
   a. Hamlet is speaking to Polonius.
   b. What Hamlet is saying in this quote is that not many people in this world are honest and the few honest people are special as they are rare. This quote helps develop the character of Hamlet as it shows his views on honesty.
   c. This quote is the same as our common saying today that “you're one in a million” so the honest people today are a bit more common, but there are also very bad people who could care less about self value. This quote is saying there aren't many people like you so you should be honest and value yourself.
6. “To be or not to be, that is the question, Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them.”
   a. Hamlet is speaking in a soliloquy.
   b. What Hamlet is doing in this quote is contemplating life and death. To live would mean a constant struggle against “a sea of troubles” and for a moment Hamlet thinks suicide might be a peaceful sleep, yet Hamlet says it is the unknown what happens afterwards and that's what keeps people from committing suicide. So people continue to live in fear that no matter how bad life gets, it may get worse if they kill themselves.
   c. This quote applies to today because sometimes people contemplate suicide, but in the end those that don't commit it decide to live as they do not know what happens afterwards. There is a possibility it could always be worse. This shows that people continue their struggles and move on with life.
7. “Leave her to heaven.”
   a. This is the ghost of Old King Hamlet speaking to young Hamlet.
   b. What Old King Hamlet wants Hamlet not to harm Gertrude, that she will be judged in heaven upon the coming of her death. This develops the character of Old King Hamlet because he believes she should stand for her own sins in heaven.
   c. This quote applies to the world today as it shows us how we should not judge people. That it is not our place to judge people and that they should be left to stand for their own sins in the afterlife.
8. “But there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
   a. Hamlet is talking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
   b. This quote is to develop the character of as he is saying that he believes Denmark is a prison, though it looks like a palace. Hamlet believes he is trapped in Denmark by his feelings which is why he compares it to a prison. This develops the character of Hamlet and his view of Denmark.
   c. This quote applies to today because people often think too much and they should really think less, so that things aren't so complicated.
9. “O good Horatio, what a wounded name will live behind me.”
   a. Hamlet is speaking to Horatio.
   b. The significance of this quote is to develop the character of Hamlet as it shows how in his death, Hamlet is scared about what people will remember him as. This also shows how Hamlet regrets many things he has done in his life and wants to be remembered greatly, but fears that his name is not very good.
   c. This applies to people today as people often worry what they will be remembered by and what they will leave behind them when they die.
10. “O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew.
    Or that the Everlasting had not fixed his canon 'gainst self-slaughter.”
    a. Hamlet is speaking in his first soliloquy.
    b. The significance of this quote is to develop the character of Hamlet as this is his first soliloquy and he is very upset and angry and wishes he could kill himself. But he knows it is against Christianity and it would condemn him to hell so he cannot. This shows how Hamlet is a very emotionally unbalanced because of everything that happened in his life at once, this also shows the religious side of Hamlet.
    c. This applies today because people still think about suicide. Suicide still happens in our time today but we need to comprehend that we can move on with life.

To Be Honest.

                To be honest, I really didn’t like this course. I found it rather pointless as I personally have not much interest in writing on demand. I don’t mind writing three or four stories a year, but I find writing back to back rather boring. I’m not saying the course would be pointless for everyone but I did find it rather out of interest for me. With that aside, I’ll move on to some of the other questions of which I am asked to give the answer.

                The type of writing I found most challenging was the picture writing, what I mean by this is when the teacher would put a picture on the smart board. We were then asked to write a story on the picture, I found this rather difficult as I do not find myself much of a creative writer; as a result my work was rather dull and boring. That being said, the easiest type of writing for me was when making up our own stories, that were to be fact or fictional. I found I could use my imagination as well as my imagination to create a decent story.

                My favorite assignment that I had written in this course was my story, African Safari. This story is my favorite because it was something that I felt had really taken me some creativity to come up with, as I mentioned earlier, creativity is not my strong suit. I also enjoyed some of the comments I had received in class form my classmates.  However, one assignment I didn’t like at all was my time capsule story. I read it over now and I wish I had not written it. I found that I had written what I had just to complete the assignment, it was not a very thought out story, nor did I put any feeling into it.

                The peer assessing that we had done in class, was pretty productive in my opinion. It gave me an idea of how the teacher was marking our work, and also about what my age group had thought of my writing.  The assessing also made the editing process easier for me as I find it hard to detect my own mistakes. I also enjoyed assessing other student’s work, I enjoy to read and I found I could relate to the stories better knowing of who had written them on a more personal level rather than a professional author’s work.

                As I have mentioned before, my weakness in writing is creativity. Though I feel it has improved a bit, I do not feel it is at the level I wish it were at this point in time, after almost completing the course.

                The most enjoyable activity is not what I “did” it is what my group and I are doing now, which is our 1 minute video. I really like this activity because I get to discuss topics with my friends, and get to work on this project with them. It was a laugh when filming, and it is pretty fun doing the editing. That being said, my least enjoyable activity was anytime we had to do demand writing. I do not like demand writing period, I find it boring and makes for very dull writing. 

The cookies

It was a warm winter day, in the city of Spyra where the setting of our story takes place. Now my job is to give you a bit of background on the city. It is a rather small spot, where the people are always jolly this time of year, Oh Yes! I forgot to tell you it is December 23^rd just 2 days before Christmas.  Now back to where I was, everyone around here is jolly except for one old fellow, Scrooge. Now, you may think I’m making this up but truly on paper his name is Ebeneezer Scrooge.

          To be fair, and fill you in here I’ll give you some back ground on Scrooge. He’s a very wealthy citizen, the wealthiest in the town. He owns the Coal mill on Mary Street.  You see, he has been alone long before I was born, but rumor has it that his wife had died near Christmas, and ever since he’s spent the holiday alone. There is not a light to be saw on the place when the 25^th rolls around. He does not celebrate Christmas, Honokaa, or New years, and he never buys anything sweet especially on Christmas.

               

          Oh Look! There is Molly and her brother Jacob; they’re the children of Bob and Marry Wallace. Coincidentally Bob works at Scrooge’s Mill, 12 hours a day, 364 1/2 days a year. After begging Scrooge this year for hours on end, Bob finally managed to get half a day off for Christmas. This will be the first day he has had off in 10 years working for Ebenezer.  Let’s go have a talk with little Molly and Jacob.

                “Why Hello children,” I said.

                “Hi sir,” replies Molly.

                “Say what’s that you have there, Jacob” I ask

                “Oh! We’re selling Christmas cookies this year. Would you like to buy some?”

                “Sure, how much are they?”

                “A dollar for ten, sir,” Jacob replies gingerly.

                “Sounds great, here you are my good fellow,” I say handing him a dollar.

                “Golly gee thanks Mr.!” Jacob thanks happily.

“Merry Christmas sir,” Jacob says cheerfully.

                “And a very Merry Christmas it will be, say what did you ask for from St. Nick this year?” I said.

                “Daddy says he thinks Santa is going to bring Jacob and I each a new sled and some toys” Molly replies excitedly.

                “Yeah,  and he said if we can stay up real late we might even be able to see him and his reindeer this year when they come to our house! I know I can stay up, I don’t know about Molly here she’s not feeling too well and it is almost Christmas Eve.” Jacob says excitedly.

                “Oh well Molly I hope you feel better soon, and seems as though you’re quite excited this year. But I've got to get going I have some people to visit. You kids take care, and be sure to zip up your jackets. ” I say warmly.

                “ OK sir, Merry Christmas!” Molly says with a smile.

                “Merry Christmas, have a great holiday.” Jacob says before running off.

                “And a very Merry one to you too, tell your Ma and Pa I said hello.” I say.

                Well, I think that we should use this family to show what kind of a man Scrooge really is. Shall we go over and see the parents? Yes, ok let’s head over now and see Bob at the factory…

                “Merry Christmas,” random pedestrian says.

                “Same to you,” I reply.

                “Oh sorry, I didn’t see you there.” I say excusing myself after bumping into someone.

                “No problem, Merry Christmas to you,” a warm voice replies.

                “As to you too,” I replied.

                My, what a busy time of year huh? So many people, in such a rush to go practically nowhere, oh well tis the season after all. Anyways there’s the mill and it looks as though Bob just got off work. Let’s see what all the fuss is about.

                “But Mr. Scrooge, it gets cold in that room after awhile, I’m sorry for putting an extra piece of coal in there. It was only 5 degrees in there.” Bob says to Scrooge.

                “I don’t care IF IT WAS 50 BELOW! There is only to be two pieces of cola used a day, NO EXCEPTIONS!” Scrooge says angrily.

                “Ok, won’t happen again Sir,” Bill apologizes.

                “All I can say is it had better not, for your sake, Bobby.” Scrooge says calling out, while leaving down the street.

                He seems rather upset about this; we had better leave him alone for now. Hmm  give me a minute; let me think about this…I’ve got it! I believe it is in our best interests to follow Scrooge so that you get an idea to what Scrooge’s manor looks like….Ah, there he is there, and it seems as though he has some Christmas carolers. I wonder how he is going to respond to that, let’s go see.

            “ Ba humbug! Humbug! Humbug! Humbug! I'VE TOLD YOU GET OFF MY PROPERTY!” Scrooge says rudely.

            “But sir, we’re just spreading some Christmas cheer,” an unknown voice replies.

            “I don’t care leave now or I’ll call the authorities,” Scrooge says coldly.

            “Ok sir, Merry Christmas to you too,” a voice replies hastily.

            “Humbug,” says Scrooge angrily while the crowd begins to leave.

            See, I told you didn’t I what kind of a man Scrooge is. Horrible isn’t it? Cooped up in that big empty house with nothing but his money; the nerve of such a man to be so mean and cruel. Tisk Tisk. Oh my, there comes Molly and Jacob again, and they’re walking up to Scrooge’s door. Oh I Can’t watch, no  please don’t make them cry….

            “Who is it,” a voice demands from inside as the doorbell echoes.

            “It’s Jacob and Molly Wallace sir,” they reply together.

            “Whatever it I you’re selling, I don’t want any,” Scrooge replies.

            “We’re not selling anything sir, we’d just like to talk to you for a minute, please,” Molly says.

            “Oh fine if it will get you to shut up,” Scrooge says sharply as he emerges from the dreary house.

            “Here sir, my brother and I would like to give you this plate of cookies, we thought you may want some. They’re really good,” Jacob says merrily.

            “Oh, well you shouldn't have, I mean ummm…” Scrooge says.

            “Just take them, no questions, just take.” Molly says hurriedly.

            “If you insist,” Scrooge says while taking the plate.

            “ OK, we've got to get going momma wants us back before dark and it’s almost sunset,” Jacob replies as he and Molly hurry off.

            “Well, what am I to do with all of these?” Scrooge says aloud.

            Did you see that?! That’s the first time in years that man has taken a kind gesture. Well, well, well maybe there is hope for him after all. Let’s go peep in his window and see what he’s doing.  Ok here step up on here on this snow drift. Shhh, listen… I can hear him talking to himself.

            “Well what should I make of this? I have done nothing for them, why would they do such a thing for me? Could this be what they call “Christmas spirit”? I thought “Christmas spirit” was nothing more than the need to spend valuable money. Perhaps I was wrong about Christmas for all these year, could I have been? Oh my, I had better start making it up to all the years I've missed out on. A man my age hasn't got many years to spare. I had better hurry, I have people to see and money to spend!”

            Shh! Get down, he’s coming outside… OK  he didn't see us, he’s walking down the street let’s follow him, and see if this means what I think it means.

            “Hello Mr. Scrooge,” a man calls out.

            “Merry Christmas Sir,” Scrooge replies.

            “What, I mean excuse me?” The man asks stopping dead in his tracks, looking rather confused.

            “I said Merry Christmas John,” Scrooge replies with a smile.

            “hahahahaha! Merry Christmas!” The man replies laughing.

            “And merry it shall be,” Scrooge says gingerly.

            “ I've got no time to talk and explain, let’s just say things changed,” Scrooge says hurrying off to the Wallace house around the corner.

            “Hello, just a minute I’ll be right out,” Bob replies form inside.

            “Hello Mr. Scrooge, listen if this is about the coal today, I’m terribly sorry,” Bob says quickly while opening the door.

            “No not at all Bobby, in fact use the whole box if you’d like tomorrow,” Scrooge says happily.

            “I’m sorry sir,” Bob says while lowering his head.

            “No, no Bobby, I was not being sarcastic, I came to tell you that you can take a week off after Christmas if you’d like. Oh and you will be getting a holiday bonus tomorrow at work.” Scrooge says merrily.

            “Sir?” Bob asks questioning him.

            “Well, you see Bobby, your children had really shown me what the Christmas spirit is all about. They did something for me when they didn't have to, which is what Christmas is all about, correct? Scrooge says/asks.

            “Why yes sir, that’s the idea of it,” Bobby says warmly.

            “Then it’s settled Bobby, you now have doubled salary, a vacation and one week of sick days, more if needed of course.” Scrooge says grinning.

            “Oh my Merry Christmas!” Bobby exclaims.

            “And a Merry one it shall be,” Scrooge says warmly.

And so, things changed around the city of Spyra. Scrooge was grinning, going Christmas caroling, and so on. The whole town was in shock for quite some time, until it seemed as though it was the way it had always been. Merry Christmas to you all.

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Fixed sentences

1.            The first place I went was to Mr. Herb's, but to my surprise, when I opened the front door his house was empty.

2.            I paused thinking of some kind of little fib to make it funnier then what it actually was.

3.            “This is how it went,” said Josh

4.            Mr. Cleans’ house was an ugly yellow color. 

5.            A silly lion wouldn't defeat me, but I’m not going to risk waking a lion and possibly hurting him. 

6.            The tree in the back yard stood so tall, within the tree was the tree house, and  not just any tree house, it was a magic tree house.

7.            It’s not that big, but it’s yellow with a blue roof. 

8.            No wonder he’s in the old folk’s home, he shouldn't be allowed to drive. 

9.            It was shinny, I thought it was something I lost in the tree, while I was playing astronaut a few days ago.

10.          She took her paper out and started to role it up so. I went on the run again.

11.          So to save time we jumped the fence, not knowing that our neighbor was mowing the lawn we ran out in front of the strip he was mowing, that must have made him mad because he chased up quite a ways up the road. 

12.          My dad saw me and said “I’m going to count to three, if you don't get off the top of that car you are grounded for a week"!

13.          But I didn't see anything scary I just saw a cute little puppy, the puppy had his collar caught on a branch. 

14.          Jonah knew it was at least three o’clock, and he needed to come home soon because his grandparents could already be worried sick. 

15.          I let out a little yell, when he turned on and he let out a chuckle and said in his friendly voice “Hey, Sorry if I startled ya!”

16.          The world is such a sick and twisted place now, it’s not safe for children to go out by themselves when there’s maniacs such as rapists, and murderers, on the loose.

17.          There is a maze, and you must pass through at least five courses to finish the maze.

18.           Later on that day I decided to go for a little hunt back in the woods to see if I could get any birds, or if I could spot a deer. 

Threads of lost time (time capsule)

       In my time capsule, I would place five things. I would place an iPod (with 50 bestselling songs of 2012), a video of my friends and I, a Canadian flag, a USB drive with the 5 best movies of our time (refer to my other post to see list), and last but not least the Xbox game Halo 4. 

      There are numerous items one could pick to place in a time capsule to be placed for 100 years. The things that I personally chose are things that I feel represent this country, as well as I a Canadian citizen of the year 2012.  

      I would place an iPod in the time capsule to show what we here in the 21^st century listened to as music. It would show how, and what entertained us as individuals of our time period. I would place the iPod in the capsule with instructions of how to use it; I would place the best selling 50 songs of 2012 on the iPod to show what our genre of music was.

       The second thing I choose to place in the capsule would be a basic video camera filled with pictures of New Brunswick, and a short video of my friends and me. In the video we would tell what it’s like to live in our time period. We would also explain what we do for fun and what we did as children growing up.

       I would place the Canadian flag in the capsule just in case the flag aster in some way through the years. I believe it would show how we love our country, and show how patriotic we are in this time period.   

            The USB that I would place in the capsule would represent the technology as well as our best actors of our time. The movies in my opinion would show what we in this time enjoyed and entertained us. This would show what we are like as people.

            The final thing I would place in the capsule would be Halo 4. I decided to put this in because it would show what I enjoy as a person. I like to play games and Halo 4 is my favorite game to date. Many teenagers of our time like to play games, like Xbox, PS3, Wii etc. So a game in the capsule would help show what entertained us as kids. 

            The items I choose I believe represent the people of 2012. These five items are what I feel represent me as a Canadian and the youth of the world today.   

Letter

Dear People of the Future

            Dear people of another time, today is December 3^rd 2012. In this letter I will tell things about myself as well as about our time period. I have an abnormally large family, those of which I will not mention as this is going to be published online. Ok so that aside, I think you should know one thing about our time, it SUCKS! 

            The people of today’s society revolve around technology, we rarely communicate face to face, and we defiantly do not write letters. So take it easy on me, if you don’t think I wrote this letter properly; at least I tried.

            Some things you should about our decade is that we here in Canada are a very “peaceful” nation. We rarely get into problems with other countries. Canada in my opinion is the best country in the world because of our patriotism and because of the spirit of the country.

            In world history, recently there have been many problems in the Middle-Eastern countries. Countries like Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt and Iraq etc have either been civil war, or war with other countries. Example; Afghanistan has recently been at war with America.

            In positive, and ending of my letter, the world isn’t at any major war. So I’d say were doing pretty good.      

           

Adventures of a child

       Today I woke up and felt like going on an adventure, and I did just that. I figured I’d write my story down for my buddy Mr. Herbert. He's a nice old fella, and he lives over on Spooner St. Hey! Speaking of ole Herb, he's in this here story, here let me tell you all about it.

      Like I said, I woke up and went for my adventure. I opened the front door and the adventure began. The first place I went was to Mr. Herb's but to my surprise when I opened the front door his house was empty. Apparently he had moved to another part of town. I was somewhat disappointed that he hadn't said good bye, so this is why I wrote this letter.

      Anyways back to my story, the next place my journey took me was to a tipi, there was some pretty scary stuff in there. There were lots of sharp pointy things, hats, animal furs. The scariest part was the guide! He was huge, at first I ran away. He called after me saying he wasn't going to hurt me so I finished the rest of the tour.

      When the tour was all done, I asked my new found friend the big fellow where to go, he then said I should go to the park. Taking his advice I went and played with all the kids that were there. I played for a few hours.

      I got rather bored after being there so long, so I went out to find some more adventure. I searched numerous places around the neighborhood until I came to the woods. I was told to, "Never ever, ever go into those woods." I considered this but then concluded that if Christopher Columbus gave up on his adventure; I wouldn't be here now would I? So with that in mind I puffed put my chest and away I went. It was dark, gloomy, and damp. I quickly became scared. My imagination got away on me, and I began to picture dragons, wolves, Boogeymen and every other deformed character I'd ever see in a scary movie. I got out of there, as fast as my little legs would carry me.

      Still scared, I climbed up a firm, solid oak tree. There I decided I would camp out for the night, in case I was being followed by unmentionable things. This of course lasted about thirty minutes when my boredom got the best of me. I then climbed down, and looked for something to quench my boredom.

      I soon found a fellow human, I knew I had seen him before, and even knew his name was Glen Quagmire.  He was mowing his grass as I was passing. I sized him up and figured that he must have been a nice guy. So I spoke up, he at first couldn't hear me so he turned off the lawn mower. We then began to chat about pointless things; I believe adults call it "small talk"? Well anyways we didn't talk about anything worth mentioning.

     While talking to Glen, I heard my mother's voice calling for me. As if on cue, my stomach started growling like a lion. I then hurriedly ran around the rest of the neighborhood at a quick pace. I located my house, and then proceeded to continue into my kitchen. There my eyes beheld a marvelous sight, a supper fit for a hungry adventurer. We sat, said grace then dug in. After supper I became very tired, I fell asleep on the couch where I dreamed dreamily dreams. My adventure was a complete success. Mission have fun all day accomplished.