Symbolism for Of Mice and Men (grade this essay)

In the story Of Mice and Men there were many symbols, but the symbol that stood out to me the most was the farm. This farm stood out to me since they kept talking about it, and also since it stood for a lot more than just a farm. It symbolized different things for different people, such as Lennie, George and Candy. It symbolized dreams, happiness, success, peace, and also just a small piece of heaven.
For George it symbolized his small piece of heaven, his dreams and also peace. It symbolized these things because George thought that after they got the farm he would finally be happy and at peace since he wouldn’t have to worry about Lennie getting into any trouble and them losing there jobs. Also, it would make his dreams that he shares with Lennie come true and he would finally have a home.
For Candy the farm symbolized him finally having happiness before he dies, so that he doesn’t have to die with out never achieving anything. Also it would give him his peace to know that he doesn’t have to get fired and not have anywhere to go. As well the farm symbolized the success he would achieve by moving onto this farm.
For Lennie the farm symbolized his happiness, his dreams and a small piece of heaven. It symbolized his dreams because he had a dream to tend rabbits and feed them alfalfa, and that was all he really wanted to do and also all that he could ever remember. Also, the only dream that Lennie ever really had was the dream to live on a farm with George. The farm symbolized a small piece of heaven since that was his last thought before he died.
In conclusion, I feel as though this was one of the more powerful symbols, since it was a symbol to more than one person. Also, the only person who ever really got what the farm was symbolized Lennie. And the only way that he got that was with. Death

Service learning reflection (5/1/08)

Last week for service learning with Mr.Todd we pretty much did the same thing as the week before. Also, I had written a e-mail to all staff saying about how we should extend service learning time to the way it was last year. I was trying to convince Mr.Todd to allow this and bring it up to the rest of the staff, by saying that we really don't have that much time to do what we have to do. Especially for groups who go outside of the building lke ours. We also, tried to finalize a schedule so that we could rotate between visiting the elderly and tutoring ESL students. Over all, last weeks service learning was very helpful because I got a better understanding as to what my group will be doing throughout the rest of this year.

Service learning Reflection (4/25/2008)

Last Friday at service learning we talked about our future plans for what we can do on the upcomming weeks of serice learning. We decided on an alternating schedule between visting the elderly and tutoring the ESL people next door. We also assigned designated jobs to people, such as who takes the notes and who facilitates the conversation. I was rersponsible for taking notes on the smart board last week, I also helped facilitate the conversation. We had a good conversation about why we should do both tutoring and visiting elderly people, because at first we were just going to do one, but then we thought that it would be better if we did both.

Service learning Reflection

Last Friday at our service learning group we discussed what we are planning to do since our group was kind of confused about what exactly we were doing. We decided that instead of teaching english we are just going to focus on spending time with elderly people in general. Also, we discussed where we could go and what we could talk about while we was there. We went threw how we would get there and the activities we could do towards the end of service learning.
Tommorrow I want to focus on actually getting started and figuring out where we can go and what we could do with them.

Service learning (independent hours)

This year for my independent hours I am going to volunteer at my mom's job. She works for a non-profit organization called Vision For Equality, which is located on 7th and Arch. Volunteering there I'll most likely be doing filing and mailing for the company. I already have a few hours that I did there and a letter stating that I did those hours. To do this I'll just walk up there after school and volunteer for a few hours until they close.

School wide service learning

Last year for my hours in school I did school tutoring. I enjoyed this last year because I like working with children. Even though I didn't want to do service learning last year, after it started I had no problem with it. The only part that I don't like is the research that we have to do for it. This year for my hours in school I'll probably do school tutoring again, unless there is something else that sounds more interesting than tutoring.

NHD Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
(War on drugs)

http://stopthedrugwar.org/
This website talked about stopping the war on drugs. It also gave both opinions of this topic. This website was a lot of help because it gave me an understandable concept of both sides of this war. Before being on this website I only had a one sided opinion now I fully understand both sides.

http://www.holysmoke.org/oc000/027.htm
This website featured only a one sided opinion and that was of people who think that smoking should be legalized. It gave facts, dates, and also peoples opinions on it.

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html
TThis is a blog talking about what affects the war on drugs had on america. For example, this war caused racism, fear, protection of corporate profits, yellow journalism, ignorant, incompetent, and/or corrupt, legislators, and also, personal careers and also greed.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/vnn/491221096.html
This website talks about racism, violence and cannabis. It also uses quotes to explain how people feel about drugs. This site mainly has one view of the war: it should be illegal .


http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/454/racial_profiling_in_london_marijuana_enforcement
this topic mainly talks about how African Americans are more likely to get arrested for possession of drugs than are caucasions. As I was reading this I found that the drug war created more racism in the world amonst cops and citizens. It also stated that almost 18.5 % of blacks get locked up each year while only 14 % of whites were.

http://www.dhm.de/museen/hanf/hemp9132.htm

This website was about The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, imposes special taxes upon persons engaging in activities involving articles or material within the definition of "marihuana" and also taxes the transfer of such articles or material. This website just talked about this act and not that much else.

http://www.ephidrina.org/cannabis/taxact.html
This site explains the Marijuana Tax act. It talks about why it was written, by whom, and different minded opinions on the act. It also included a poster that is related to the act telling people to beware of marijuana.

http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/dec95sklar.htm
this is an article by Holly Sklar on reinforcing racism with the war on drug. Its talks about how blacks are most likely to get lcoked up for poccestion then whites.


http://www.drugwarfacts.org/
this website explains about a book, that we are going to be reading. It talks about the facts and statistics involved in this book. It also talks about criminal justice issues and health issues. This book will be a lot of help because it talks about how the drug war affected America over time.

http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/mj_outlawed.htm
This website talks about why Marijuana was outlawed. This website is a lot of help because it gives us a understanding on the consequences marijuana has on both people and our nation. It also gives a timeline of the states and when they outlawed it in each state.


http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/opiates_outlawed.htm
This website talks about why coke was outlawed . Its an article on the effects of coke and people who suffered from it . It also gives a timeline on when each state made it illegal. It was a lot of help because it wasn’t just focusing on marijuana, but on other drugs as well .

http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/gateway_myth.htm
This website talks about how marijuana is a gateway drug. It also sates that marijuana being addictive is a myth, its just mind controlling. The site also lists other myths that take part in marijuana and helped us discover what true and whats not. Also, it talked about how the myth got stated and why.


http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/epidemic_cause.htm
This website talks about what causes drug epicemics among kids. This was helpful because it explains why they think so many kids are using drugs. Also, I found it helpful because it gives an understanding as to why so many of our young generation is either experimenting, in rehab, have drug problems or are now behind bars.
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/basicfax2.htm
this site talks about how many people are using drugs in the united states. This site was VERY helpful because it helped us realize how many people this war is affecting. It also gives us an understanding of the people using drugs over time and what types of people these are.

http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/basicfax3.htm
this sites talks about how many people die from drugs each year. This was very helpful because it proves that other drugs and tabacco kill thousands of people each year and marijuana kills NONE. It also proves that tabacco kills more people then any drug each year.

http://www.chillpharm.com/
This site talks about the main information on drugs. But not only does it talk about drugs it also talks about rehab treatment and anti- drugs. It also gives links to for information on illegal drugs and rehbs.

http://www.dea.gov/concern/cocaine_prices_purity.html
this site gives as an overview on the price of drugs, mainly cocaine. It talks about how the government is suffering because if drugs were legal they could tax them. It talks about what people go through to get their hands on drugs and gives us information on why what drug costs what.

http://www.bendib.com/newones/2006/december/small/12-4-War-on-Drugs.jpg
this is an image on slavery and war on drugs. This is very helpful because it shows us how slavery and the war are related.