Famous First and Last Lines Personal Story

This is the saddest story I have ever heard.

An old man once went to a zoo. He saw the lions and wanted one. Years later he bought the zoo for his daughter to enjoy.

The zoo had animals of all types. It had monkeys for all over the world. The moneys were soft and nice so the old man let his daughter pet them. There was a petting zoo in which the old man let the moneys roam inside of it. He would let kids of all ages into the zoo to pet them.

As time went on the old man bought more and more animals for zoo. He bought the lion he saw at the zoo years before but didn't think he could care for it. He brought in people to help him take care of the lion. The lion liked its habitat and couldn't be happier. It never tried to attack anyone and never tried to escape.

The lion wasn't as aggressive as other animals. He was quite nice to the people who took care of them. The old man would every once and awhile go into the lions cage and pet him. The lion did not mind that the old man would pet him once and while as long as the old man did not touch the lions belly even when the lion would turn over on his back. 

The old man decided that his lion looked lonely and bought a female lion to keep the lion company when the old man wasn't there.

One day when he went to the zoo he found out the lions had babies. He did want to separate the babies from the lions so he left them to the care of the lions. He simply fed the lions more food so everyone would have something to eat.

One day he decided the lions needed a bigger area to live in. He spent lots of money and built a larger area for them to stay. He sold most of the other animals to make his zoo a habit mainly for lions. He let researchers come in and study the lions and see how they were doing. The researchers found that the old man had repopulated the lion species and they were no longer in danger of hunters. 

Today the old man awoke to his great dream. When into the kitchen and fixed a healthy breakfast. The old man was dreaming about the lions.

Famous First and Last Lines

Famous First Line:

"This is the saddest story I have ever heard."

This line opens the novel The Good Soldier written by Ford Madox Ford and published in 1915.
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/goodsoldier/



Famous Last Line:

"The old man was dreaming about the lions."

The line ends the novel The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway and published in 1952. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/

Quotes

Caged Bird Inspired Peice

I know why people act happy
People are not happy
They are depressed

Depressed because the have lost
Lost something important
Something important to them
They didn't want to lose it
But they did
They had no control

Depression is a form of grief
People seem happy
When they are not

Maya Angelou Questions

2. Maya Angelou's work celebrates "the universal human power to triumph over adversity." Do you personally have that power? How do you know? When have you had to use it? Or when have you observed someone else use that power?

I believe that I have the power to overcome adversity. I can overcome difficulties by stopping what I’m doing and thinking about it. I with usually use it when working on a school project or assignment. I like to stop what I’m doing and think through everything that I’m doing and correct any errors. I will go over what I have and go through it again.

4. Angelou and many others suggest that dreams "tell the truth" about us. Do you think dreams reveal things about us that we may not realize or that others don't see? Can you recount a dream that revealed something about you that you were surprised, ashamed, terrified, etc. by?

I believe that the dreams that we remember reveal something about ourselves. The dreams that we remember like dreams we have about someone else or dreams we have about ourselves. For some people a dream about love can show to them that the love that they feel towards someone is a true love. For others it may be a dream about something they do. The dreams that I do remember I have come to realize that I will have a déjà vu moment sometime in the future from them. I once had a dream about the next day at school and being bullied in my first class. During that school I was bullied not only in the first class but in the same way as in the dream. I was then able to stop them from bullying me by remembering that dream and changing what I was doing in it. Dreams like these have helped me through school and life by realizing bad and good things that are going to happen and fixing them.

6. Angelou says she is comfortable using six or seven languages; has spoken at one time or another as many as twelve, and has been a teacher in at least three. Are you comfortable using another language? Which languages would you like to be fluent in? Why those? Or do you think speaking English is good enough because you live in America and that’s all we should need to live here? Why?

I believe that if I were more fluent in another language that I would feel more comfortable speaking it than the English language. I would like to be fluent in Japanese. Mainly for the reason that many shows that I tend to watch are in Japanese and I would love to just be able to understand them without having to read the entire. I would also love to go live in Japan and immerse myself in their culture. It would be fun learning about Japan by living in it. For where I live now the English language is good enough as I don’t really need a second language to live here. If there were more people here to talk too in another language I could see the use of knowing another language.

10. Angelou quotes Nathaniel west as saying, “Easy reading is damned hard writing” and says writing is “just hard work, you know?” Do you agree with this? What is easiest and hardest to you about writing? Is writing hard work?

{Pillow} Talk

This is a pillow that has helped someone have good dreams after a long day. There are people who have bad dreams and those people have objects the help them through life to feel better.

I close my eyes
I walk with my friends alone
Alone in my own despair


Dream marks on my pillow by Ana Lancu

If I were in charge of the world

If I were in charge of the world
I'd cancel every American TV show,
the need to take care of hygiene,
paying for college, and also
internet payments

If I were in charge of the world
there'd be infinite money,
no more homeless, and
free housing

If i were in charge of the world
you wouldn't have bad hygiene.
you wouldn't have hunger.
you wouldn't have war.
Or "go to bed."
you wouldn't even have beds.

If I were in charge of the world
a tub of vanilla bean
ice cream would be a vegetable.
All pizza would be free.
and a person who sometimes forgot stuff
and sometimes forgot to talk
would still be allowed to be
in charge of the world.

Worlds longest word

If your looking for some fun then try pronouncing the worlds longest word:


Worlds Longest Word

Color Story

The water was a very clear blue. It was turned darker when a storm began brewing. The storms color was beginning to match the waters color. As the storm grew the waters color became deeper and deeper until is was near a new color.

The water was becoming a deep black. The sky was changing as well. As the storm grew the day sky grew darker and darker. At this moment the lights went out and all went black. The storm grew bigger and came closer than before. No one could see a thing any more.

The sky was beginning to brighten up to a nice white color. As the sky got brighter and brighter the storm began to clear up. Once the storm had cleared up everyone could see the damage.The did not leave any damage other than the dark images in peoples heads.

Once the storm cleared a rainbow of colors appeared. The storm had completely disapated and the sky had a nice tone of color in it.

Paint Chip Poems

Haiku One:

Sakura Petal
May be like cabbage roses
is like Priscilla

Haiku Two:

Intuitive Gray
May be like Essential Shade
is like Grayish, Right?

Acrostic with paint color Warm Caramel:

Warm summer nights
Are made cooler with
Random colors of
Majestic Popsicle, while they

Can cool us off
And give us
Random joy they
Also can be
Made in large quantities for
Everyone to enjoy and make us
Lazy and cool

Free Verse:

The Remington gun
will take multiple shots
at the small tanager
bird who is defenseless
and rebellious in
the area it is at.
As the Remington
hits a blooming coral
color emerges

Narrative Poem:

The red hibiscus is also
know as the china rose
It is a rose that has
a slight fragrant of crimson,
pink, or white flowers
It is also known as
a woods plant,
part of the mallow family.

Comments for Creative Writing

Rah Rah:

Hi Rah Rah! I agree with you about Microsoft. One day i want to work for them as a program engineer. I hope that one day, because of science, you will be able to play madden with you father again.

I like to game as well. Play any fun games recently?

Haley:

Hi Haley! This story makes me think of how creative everyone can be. And no one persons creativity is the same as another. Great story! Cant wait to read more of what you right.

I have a friend I wish I could see again. He lives in Texas now so I doubt I will ever see him again.

Charles:

Hey Charles! Great story. I can remember times back when i was a child finding things in the feild next to where i live and bringing them home. This story reminds me of that. Again Great Story!

Hey Charles. I'm with you on college. all though i wont be going till the next college year.

Will:

Hi Will! I do have to say that being around a mad person is not all that fun. I have changed the way i live as well because of that. I used to be mad at most people but like you did i faked being happy. Thanks for the story.

I didn't have that great of a childhood either. I hope you a great rest of the school year though

Merideth:

I agree with you about the music. Music has helped me through the school years and calms me down.

I love the show friends. i own all 10 seasons on dvd.