PLN #2

In the short story “The Utterly Perfect Murder” by Ray Bradbury, a theme accurse of Doug (the main character) wanting to do a bad thing; even though he was a good person, there are several reasons that this was depicted in the story, mostly because the author knew that good people do bad things; so naturally while reading this story the question of “why do good people do bad things?” will come into your mind. The most obvious sign of this is when Doug wakes up and says “I will arise and go now and kill Ralph Underhill.” This statement comes off as cruel and horrible, until you read on later to see all the pain Ralph caused him as a child, the story shows that Ralph threw Doug in the mud the first day he wore his nice new tweed suit in the mud. So why do good people do bad things? That is a question that is open for any answer my thoughts on this is that good people do bad things because of pain, loneliness, anger, and just evil.  I believe that Doug is a perfect example of a good person who does a bad thing, because of this.

PLN post #1

One of my personal learning networks is the book I am currently reading. Currently I am reading “The Story of Eli Whitney” by Jean Lee Latham. This book is not the most difficult read but the reading is helping me catch up on some time lost during the summer. This book is about Eli Whitney and how he helped grow America with the invention of the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts, this is important because I live in America today and I believe that I should be knowledgeable on my country and the people who helped form the country. Also I believe that this book shows good examples of indirect characterization from the way the writer displays people and how they speak.(seeing that we were going over this in class I made the connection) This book also shows good theme and setting in the first chapter setting up what will happen and getting me aware with what is going on in the story.