"The Wife-Beater"

Yes, Smith should have spent more time in this essay. Smith essay was boring to me. I think Smith should have made her thesis clear and the points to suppport her thesis clear. I really don't think that she should have talk about a wife-beater shirt. I think she should have focus more on family violence. She could have talk about ways to prevent husband from beating their wifes.

"I Want a Wife"

Brady use a lot of important points to support her thesis. Brady says, "I want a wife who is sensitive to my sexual needs, a wife who makes love passionatelyt and eagerly when I feel like it, a wife who make sure that I am satisfied." When she made that point it open a lot of the reader's eyes. She made that point because she knew thats the way many husband felt. I consider this point as one of the best points.

"The Ways We Lie"

In paragraph 3, Ecrission says, "We lie. We all do." Later in the paragraph she comments, "Sure I lie, but it doesn't hurt anything. Or does it?" I feel that lying can get you through alot of things until the truth is known. I rather be hurt by the truth then to hear a lie that will hurt me even more when I find out the true.

Do you think this essay if Funny? Explain your reaction

I think this essay is funny and speaks the truth. Many students that think they are successful have cheated they way through school. Cheating may get you a good grade but it gets you nowhere in life. It's also funny because every example that the authors use is true.

Television: Plug-In Drug

What effects-positive or negativie- do you think television has had on your life? What would your life be like without it?

There alot of positves and negatives about television. The positives about television is that it lets you know about the world around you. Theres alot of educated television shows that people learn from. The negatives are that television takes away from studying or social activities. Television has had a good effect on my life. I love t.v especially Lifetime and USA. If there was no t.v I would be bored. When I'm depressed I watch to t.v to take my mind off things.

Journal Entry

I think that carrying a handgun was more safe for her. Hasselstrom had gain her confidence after the first time when she approach the men that were doing wrong on private land. I would have been scared to shot everyone but you have to do what you have to do to be safe. I would have did the same thing. She could have did something else besides caring a gun but nobody would have took her serious.

Combining the Pattern

The examples that they give in the story is clear about youth becoming thugs... When he said,"I recall the points at which some of my boyhood friends were finally seduced by the perceptions of themselves as tough guys". There are alot of young educated boys that turn into a dumb thug. As you walk down the street theres always young boys smoking and drinking everywhere you go. You barely see older boys cause the young boys have taken over the streets. I agree with everything he says about youth becoming thugs.

Would you ever get a tattoo?

I already have a tattoo. I decide to get a tattoo because I always wanted a tattoo. It wasn't because everybody had one it was because thats what I always wanted. When I was 16 years I was jealous cause my cousin had 3 and she was only 18 years old. I ask my mother and she told me no her exact words to me was "When you can sign for yourself". So when I made 18 I sign for myself me and my brother went together.