Blog Post 5: Reflection on Conscience

"But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway."

It doesn’t matter if you choose the right or wrong thing to do, your conscience doesn’t matter. I don’t agree with this quote because it does matter if you choose the right or wrong thing to do. If you pick the wrong thing it can result in hurting other even if you didn’t mean to.

Huck’s conscience influenced him when he decides that it would be best to tell Miss Watson about her runaway nigger Jim. I think that, that was a good decision because then she could stop worrying about where he might be and she might be able to help free him. Another time Huck’s conscience influences him is when he decides to lie to the duke and say that he seen the nigger’s go into their room several times. I don’t agree with that decision I would have told him the truth even if it meant I would get myself into trouble. Another time Huck’s conscience influences him is when he lies and says a whole bunch of stuff about England. I don’t agree with that decision because I would of told them I knew nothing about England.

My conscience got the best of me when I made the right decision to stay home and do my homework while the rest of my family went out to dinner. That decision was difficult because family I hadn’t seen in a long time would be there. The homework I had to do was a 50 point project and was worth a lot of my grade and I knew if I went with them I would get in trouble later on for not turning the project in on time.

Blog Post 4: Huck Finn: Setting Description

When I walk through the door of my grandmothers house to the smell of baked goods like chocolate chip cookies, and to the smell of dinner in the oven I already feel relaxed. It feels like my problems just melt away. I have been going there since I was just a little kid. And every time I do I always leave feeling a 100 times better than I did when I got there. I go there when I am totally stressed out or if I just need someone to talk to. We usually talk about how school is going and she always asks my grades and then I tell her and I get lectured. Her house has wood flooring in every room except the bathroom and soothing colored paint like pastel pink and tan. Her house means a lot to me because I know I will never be rejected when I ask to go. She knows I have a stressful life and that I need to just get out of my house sometimes.

Blog Post 3: Huck Finn Ch. 1 - Ch. 23 Test Review

Summary(8)
1.The mob tries to get into Sherburn’s house (109)
2.Sherburn gave his speech about how men are not always good people (110)
3.They go to the circus (111)
4.The men and women are at the circus(111)
5.The drunk men stumble around the ring(112)
6.The drunk men taking off their clothes while on the horse (113)
7.They are the only people at the show (113)
8.Duke sets up the play (113)

Vocab (8)
© Lynched (109)
© Jawing (109)
© Scrouging (109)
© Parasol (111)
© Loafed (111)

Lynched- murder for supposed crime

Jawing- Scolding

Scrouging- Squeeze

Parasol- Umbrella providing shade

Loafed- spend time lazily

Key Phrases (5)
1. “The idea of you lynching…behind him” (110)
2.Do I know you…what they would do (110)
3.So they always go quit…(111)
4.Knock him down, throw him out (112)
5.If that line…(113)

Questions (5)
1.Why did they pick the play Romeo and Juliet?
2.Who is playing the role as Juliet?