Compare and constrast

Beowulf is an epic hero whose story was passed down orally for many years. Since the author is unknown, some people would add their own twist to it. The book Beowulf has many differences from the movie. There were three main differences that I really noticed. The main ones were when Beowulf's deal with Grendel's mom, Hrothgar's decision to make Beowulf king if the Danes and Grendel's approach to Heorot.

In the movie, Beowulf made a deal with Grendel's mother. Grendel's mom was a swamp like fiend in both of the stories. In the book Beowulf slaughtered her, However in the film, he made a deal with Grendel's mother for immortality and the chance to be king. She also stated that his name will live on forever and he would be unbeatable. Back then the Angles-Saxons believed in those kinds of things. Angles-Saxons wanted their name live on even after they had died. Due to his Tragic flaw, Beowulf took the deal.

Beowulf became King of the Danes, unlike the book where he was King of Geatland. In the text Beowulf was king of Geatland for fifty years. His pride was so high that he didn't believe in losing. Hrothgar was always King of the Danes in the book. However in the movie, Hrothgar crowned Beowulf king and then killed himself. Through it all Beowulf had a King like figure with both the text and film.

In the beginning of the movie Grendels ear couldn't take a lot of noise. Grendel had a sensitive ear, however in the text there was no mention of his ears. Grendel only came to Heorot in the film because the music was too loud. The similarities between the two reasons is that Grendel still ate, destroyed, and injured a lot of people.

Beowulf will always have the same perspective. The story was passed down orally, so some people might add their own flavor. In my opinion the movie and the book were both great. It was very interesting to me because I got to see how different people portray the same event. Everyone have their own unique way of thinking. It gives us a chance to come up with something new or more interesting.

Tom walker and the devil.

  Tom walker was a selfish man. He cared more about money than anything else. Including his wife, which she was just like tom. I can infer this because in the story the author said that "They were miserly". This would be a direct. She argue and fought with tom. I can infer this by the author stating that "He voice was usually heard in a wordy warfare with her husband". It would be an direct. Tom and his wife are very poor and have a horse that is half way dead. The horse is starving and desperate for someone to take him away from his starvation. I know this because in the story it said that "He looked piteously at the passer by, and seem to petition deliverance from this land of famine". I believe that this would be direct. One day tom decides to take a walk in a strange pathway. The pathway leads to a forest. In the forest he found this Indian hut and a skeleton with a weapon in it. At a strange looking tree there was a man standing. The man name is old scratch and he is known as the devil. I can infer this because the story says that "You are they commonly called old scratch" and "The same at your service!" replied the black man, with a civil nod". These are both direct. I also think that old scratch is the devil because in the story it stated "He was dressed in a rude, half indian garb, and a red belt or sash swathed round his body, but his face was neither black nor copper color, but swarthy and dingy and begrimed with soot, as if he accustomed to toil among fires and forges". This statement would be indirect. Old scratch makes deals with people for their souls. The most common deal he makes is with people who are greedy for money. A long time ago old scratch made a deal with a pirate by the name of Captain Kidd. The devil told Captain Kidd that he will guard the treasure in exchange of his soul. He accepted this offer and grew old. Later died and never got a chance to return to the treasure. Old scratchy offered a deal to Tom. The deal was that the devil would give tom this treasure in an exchange of his soul. Tom thinks about this deal and returns home. He kept thinking about this deal, so he figured that he would talk to his wife about it. He caught his wife attention when he mentions gold. Being that tom and his wife is just alike she goes to this forest and tries to bargain the devil with supplies from the house. She never returned so tom decided to go and look for her. He found her apron with her heart and liver inside of it. Tom was not sad because all his wife did was abuse him. In fact he thought what the devil did was a good thing. I can infer this because it said that "He even felt something like gratitude towards the black woodsman, who he considered had done him a kindness". This statement would be direct. So he made his decision and agreed to accept the devils offer. Tom became a usurer and toke a lot of money from people. He was like a slave trader. Tom never gets tired of gypping people out of their money until he started to get afraid of afterlife. Tom begins to study the bible and become more prune to God. One day a man comes to tom and ask for mercy. He told tom that he had taken a lot of money from him. Tom gets upset and told the man that if he gives him money the devil will come after him. Later that day a strong knock occurred and it was the devil. I can infer this because it stated "A black man was holding a black horse which neighed and stamped with impatience". Tom struggles looking for his bible that he had left on his desk. It was too late the devil toke tom and every since then he was never heard from. Nothing remained from tom not even his house because it was burned down.

   The Theme of this story is to never pick the greed for money over anything. Tom and his wife was very hateful and cared about nothing but money. Sometimes money isn't everything. You have to look at the brighter things in life. I think that the devil represented himself. He goes for the people who are weak and only loves themselves. Tom has gotten what he deserves because he was so greedy he didn't care about the poor peoples depths. Sometimes taking things from others isn't the best route to go. Would people really sell their souls to the devil just for money? 

Theme

The Ugly Duckling

The theme of The Ugly Duckling is that you belong somewhere. It doesn't matter if the crowd doesn't like you. Sooner or later you are going to come around people who accept you for who you are. I think that the author was trying to prove to us that there are going to be groups of friends that will laugh at you because you're different. That doesn't mean you should just give up and stop being yourself because of them. He used The Ugly Duckling as being the outsider. The baby duck went to different types of families, even a toy duck, to at least find someone who truly loves him. He just wanted someone to accept him. It came upon a point that he just wanted to give up. The baby duck thought that no one would ever bring him into their home. All that he could do was cry, until a group of ducks that looked just like him came floating by. They accepted him. When he swam with his new family, he saw the other ducks who wouldn't give him the love he wanted. Having his head up high he knew that he would never have to go through this again. Basically the ugly duckling turned out to be a beautiful swan.

I am , I can , I will poem

I am a strong believer

I am a talented young lady that wants to be heard

I am highly favored

I am destined to be successful

I am my fathers daughter

I am ...

I can become the person i dream to be

I can mold myself into what i believe

I can handle any bad situation with logics

I can pick myself back up when im feeling bad

I can ...

I will go to cosmotology school

I will have my cap and gown in June 2014

I will be the first to graduate in my family

I will one day have a child that will look up to me

I will ...

Shatonna Strickland