Monopolize

Apple monopolized the smartphone industry with the invention of the iPhone.

Rancor

Mr. Bisgaard gave Robin a rancorous slap when he found out that he had given away his secret identity.

When Matt got promoted to admiral due to all his hard work, the whole crew threw a party to celebrate his accomplishment.

Cumbersome

The man struggled to pick up the cumbersome box

Admiral, rancour

The naval officer was promoted to admiral.

The woman in the hospital bed next to Marissa stared at her with rancour as she unwrapped her get well soon cards.

Cynical Society

Eloise is cynical because she was completely pulled into to society

As a result, she does the same thing to Ramona, which makes Ramona cynical as well

Therefore, once individuals are pulled into society, they become cynical. 

No choices

 In "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" by J.D Salinger Eloise is cynical because she had to sacrifice things in her life that she wasn't okay with so she could be apart of the real world. As a result, she forces Ramona to kill her imaginary friends which makes Ramona become part of the real world and loses her way of escaping the world her mother want her to be in. Therefore, Eloise is trying to make sure that Ramona doesn't have a choice in the two worlds so Ramona doesn't make the same mistakes that she made.

Accepted by Society

In "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger, Eloise cynical because she left the boundaries of society in order to fit in and lost someone she greatly cared about to the war. As a result Ramona is innocent, imaginative and doesn't spend much time with her mother, which makes Ramona live outside societies boundaries and make imaginary friends she cares about. Therefore Ramona is forced by Eloise to kill her imaginary friend Micky so that she would be accepted by society.  

Like Mother Like Daughter

In "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" by J.D Salinger, Eloise is cynical because she moved in between the lines to fit in with society while she was still happy. As a result, she forces Ramona to stay in between the lines, which makes Ramona "kill" her imaginary friend and leave the outside. Therefore, Ramona is blinded by the wrong ideas weather or not to be in our outside the lines and will become cynical herself.

Conformation to society

Eloise is cynical because after the war she lost all hope in trying to be herself so she forced herself to be conformed to society making her an unhappy and cynical person. As a result she doesn't parent Ramona to become confident and happy in who she is, which makes Ramona resort to only enjoying communicating with her imaginary friend, not Eloise, who she can relate to and feel comfortable around. Therefore, Eloise is establishing her daughter to be uncomfortable in who she is making Ramona unable to "fit in" really anywhere because she doesn't at all want to be involved in society because Ramona feels like she doesn't belong.

In "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger, Eloise is cynical because she lost the love of her life at war and has never fully recovered. As a result, she forces Ramona into being somebody she is not, which makes Ramona afraid of society. Therefore, Ramona finds an escape from society by having imaginary friends and Eloise finds an escape by getting drunk.

Eloise is cynical because_she did not fit in when she was younger _______

As a result, she does __sacrafices herself in a mean way_________to Ramona, which makes Ramona.............. feel negleckted by her mother 

Therefore,___Eloise is really trying to help her daughter fit in but it comes across in a mean way___________________. 

Uncle Wiggly

In "Uncle Wiggy In Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger, Eloise is cynical because the war has taken her love and happiness away. As a result, she is mean to Ramona, which makes Ramona use her imagination as an escape. Therefore Ramona understands what her mother is going through but chooses to ignore it and us Jimmie as a replacement for her mother.

sacrifice

In "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger, Eloise is cynical because she sacrificed herself to fit into society. As a result, Ramona is being forced to fit into the real world rather than the world she created, with imaginary friends, that allows her to escape from the people and things that treat her poorly. Therefore, Eloise is unhappy with her life and Ramona is forced to fit into society whether it is who she is or not.

Eloise refused to have hope in order to prevent disappointment

In "Uncle wiggily in Connecticut" by JD Salinger, Eloise’s cynical because she lost everything that’s important to her in the war, included herself. She felt disappointed toward her life, so that she refused to have hope in order to prevent disappointment. In results, Ramona started to have imaginary friends to escape from the reality. Ramona has some similarity with Sybil in some ways. They both escaped from their irresponsible mom to someone else. Ramona chose her imaginary friends Jimmy and Micky. 

Eloise is cynical because...

In Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut by J.D. Salinger, Eloise is cynical because she tragically lost her husband in the war, and now she feels completely alone.  As a result, she tries to force Ramona to grow up faster than she is ready to.  This frightens Ramona, and causes her to become more reluctant and shy around people, and to prefer her imaginary friends over real ones.  Therefore, Eloise is alone and so is Ramona, but they refuse to find a happy medium between the two of them so they do not understand or accept each other. 

In "Uncle wiggily in Connecticut" by JD Salinger Eloise is cynical because she is afraid to face the truth through Ramona's eyes.  She acts cynical to cover up the truth and her emotions.  This results in cynical behavior rubbing of on Ramona causing her to sometimes be negative.

I find this picture rather ambiguous because it seems contradicting and I do not understand what the shape really is

Your face when watching the hoopla of your opposing team after getting smoked.

A wild banana fish appears...

Looking back through my nine stories when I caught a glimpse of the elusive banana fish on pg 23

My friend told me about the time she went to this bar, they ordered highballs but instead of mixed with ginger ale, the alcohol was served with sprite and ice in a tall glass.

My Dad should have worn his galoshes when he went fishing because his shoes got wet and started to fall apart. 

When Asha asks you to explain your assertion

A person's reaction when it starts raining and they forgot to put on their galoshes. 

Trey Dugan VAP

It was my 21st birthday and i was hoopla about finally getting my first Highball, legally.

galoshes: protection from the rain

Before going outside the man put on his Galoshes so he could protect his brand new shoes from the rain.

Whenever I am languidly laying down in bed after a long day, my mom suddenly has chores for me to do as soon as I get comfortable.

The man was languid after he drank several highballs at the party.
The bear moved languidly after he woke up from a long winter.

Highball

The woman drank so many highballs that the glass almost slipped out of her hand.

A Perfect Day For Bananafish Assertion

I’m going to prove that in A Perfect Day For Bananafish Seymour and Muriel were trying to ignore the facts. Seymour tried to run away from the society and his psychological issue, because it is easier for him to ignore the problems instead of face to them. Thus, he went to the beach where is his comfort zone to avoid to face to the society. He talked to Sybil who was a 2-year-old girl who was too young to understand what’s going on to ignore the fact that Muriel didn't try to understand him. At the end of the story, he chose to suicide in order to run from the fact that nobody truly understand him in this world. Muriel tried to ignore the phone call from her mother in order to avoid answer the questions about Seymour. Probably she just tried to ignore the fact that Seymour already changed and had a serious mental issue since he came back from the war. And she tried to ignore that she got hurt in the reality and it due to Seymour’s issue. They ran from the facts and the problems, because they didn't think they can handle that. However, they didn't realize that running from the problems cannot help them get through the difficulties, and it will makes things worse instead. 

Languid(ly)

Overhead fans languidly move the air around.

Brian was in a languid mood on the couch, and was too lazy to get up and get cookies for himself.
The polar bear woke up, and had a very languid look on its face, then went back to sleep.

"A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" Assertion

      In 'A Perfect Day for Banana Fish', I am going to prove that Seymour kills himself because he feels alone no matter where he goes.  In most of the story, Seymour is on the beach away from society.  Seymour is most likely on the beach because he is not understood by anybody in society, so he dwells amongst himself.  He is not even understood by his own wife or in-laws.  His wife does not bother to translate poems sent to her from Seymour when he was in the war.  His wife does also not understand that Seymour has some serious mental issues from the war and is turning a blind eye to it to avoid problems.  Seymour in-laws understand that Seymour has some serious problems with his mind, but blame his as a person for his actions as a result of PTSD.  Seymour feels that the only place he is understood is on the beach with a two-year old girl named Sybil.  In addition to flirting with her very prominently, he also sees that she understands him and can have and hold real conversations.   Seymour feels as if he can relate to Sybil because both are/feel abandoned by their family.  The two talk and go in the water, but after a while Sybil decides to leave and go back to society.  Now Seymour is alone again where there is nobody left that understands him.  He walks back into his hotel, takes his gun out of his suitcase, and blows his brains out in his hotel room with his sleeping wife.  He commits suicide because he feels like there is nowhere left in the world where people understand him.

A Perfect Day for Bananafish Assertion

In A Perfect Day for Bananafish I am going to prove that Seymour kills himself because society won't except him. Throughout the story, Seymour is shown outside of the boundaries of the hotel (society), staying on the beach in order to feel free and comfortable. Seymour feels unacknowledged and of little importance to his wife (Muriel), causing Seymour to be isolated and not accepted. Seymour feels especially ignored when Muriel didn't read the german poem book that he had gotten for her and was very important to him. Muriel says that "the poems happen to be written by the only great poets of the century." Although she decided not to read them because she didn't want to buy a translation or learn german, making Seymour feel that she doesn't care enough about him to learn about his personality and his feelings. However when Seymour was able to find another person who shared the same thoughts as he did and felt comfortable being with (Sybil), he realized that society wouldn't accept the relationship and that it wasn't morally right, resulting in Seymour giving up on life and killing himself when he returned to the hotel (society).  

A Perfect Day for Banana Fish Assertion

I'm going to prove that in 'A Perfect Day for Banana Fish' Sybil's parents are irresponsible and misunderstanding of their daughter. Sybil was able to go all the way to the beach, away from the hotel, with an older man. As bad as it is that Sybil was allowed to run 'free', her mother didn't even know she was with an older man that was being inappropriate with her. "Mommy's going up to the hotel and have a martini with Mrs. Hubbel. I'll bring you the olive" (11). Mrs. Carpenter didn't pay any attention to where her daughter was going or even who she was playing with.
Not only was Mrs. Carpenter irresponsible of her child, but was also misunderstanding. "'Did you see more glass?' 'Pussy cat stop saying that your driving Mommy absolutely crazy'" (10). Mrs. Carpenter didn't pay enough attention to Sybil when she kept saying 'See more glass', instead she yelled at her saying she was being driven crazy. Had Mrs. Carpenter payed a little more attention to where Sybil was running off too and who she was seeing, maybe she would have understood what Sybil was trying to say to her.

I'm going to prove that In 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' the characters cling to Objects because it is easier than looking for security, safety, and protection in others. All the characters in J. D. Salingers book cling on to an object because it makes them feel protected. For example, Seymour clings onto his bathrobe, and Muriel clings onto her sunscreen because they are both looking fro protection but cant seem to find it with each other. In the end, both of their objects end up not helping them. Seymour ends up shooting himself and Muriel is burnt on her entire body. They find it easier to look for protection from objects and not each other because communication and sharing feelings is hard for both of them. 

A Perfect Day for Bananafish Assertion

I'm going to prove that In 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' Muriel's mother doesn't feel comfortable with Muriel being around Seymour. When Muriel and her mom were talking on the phone at the beginning of the story, her mother made it very clear that she didn't trust Seymour. On page 14, Muriel's mother said "Call me the instant he does, or says, anything funny -you know what i mean. Do you hear me?'' This example is showing how Muriel's mother doesn't feel comfortable with Muriel being with Seymour because she is telling her to call if he does something, and is almost assuming that something bad is going to happen. The whole time that Muriel and her mother were on the phone, Muriel's mother kept bringing up things about Seymour. She kept asking questions about him and at one point on page 6 she says "Well, we'll see. How did he behave- in the car and all?" This is showing how Muriel's mother doesn't feel comfortable with her daughter being with Seymour because she keeps making sure that Seymour wasn't doing anything that wasn't normal. The mother overall was showing a very large concern with anything to do with Seymour, which is why we know that Muriel's mother doesn't feel comfortable with Muriel being around him.

In A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D Salinger, I am going to prove to you that Seymour kills himself because he realized that there is nobody for him and he is all alone in both realities. When Seymour's wife Muriel doesn't read the german poetry book he sends her, he realizes that there is nobody for him in the harsh reality. Then, when Seymour goes to the beach and meets someone he believes will understand him, he finally realizes that there is nobody for him on the outside either which eventually makes him kill himself.

In A perfect Day for Bananafish i am going to prove that Muriel is to self absorbed to understand Seymour and make him feel like he is accepted in society. When Seymour told Muriel about this German book he liked that he wanted her to read she immediately rejected the idea of reading it even though Seymour claimed it was by one of the greatest German poets. Muriels excuse for not reading it was that it was in German but she could have gotten the translated version of it. The fact that Muriel refused to read the book made Seymour feel like he was a nobody and misfit. This is why Seymour stayed on the beach in the area not reserved for hotel guest which is against the norm. Seymour felt so alone that he resulted in killing himself and Muriel is the one most to blame.

In Perfect Day for A Bananafish, i am going to prove that Seymour killed himself because he realized that there was no place left for him. I am going to prove this by showing his dislike and misplacement  for both inside and outside the lines. After coming home from the war Seymour is soon to realize how his spouse Muriel has no intrest in understanding him. He had sent her a book from Germany which ha badley wanted to read, however it was in German and she didn't read it. Despite her thinking it was just some simple book, to him when she didn't read it, it showed her lack of effort to understand him. When is talking to her mother she says " He said i should've bought a translation or something. Or learn the language if you please." Along with this and him observing the cruelty of society he soon learns that it was no place for him. He becomes very insecure and decides to try and live outside the lines. He then meets Sybil and he comes to care for her very much despite her only being two. Finally after they go in the ocean she runs back to the hotel without regret innocently. After she leave he realizes that he is not okay with their relationship and he has no one. Therefore he goes back into the hotel or society and kills himself.

What I'm Going to Prove About A Perfect Day for a Bananafish

In The Perfect Day for a Bananafish, I am going to prove that Seymour feels alone, unwanted and like no one understands him... or wants to.  I am going to prove this by showing the many instances in which Seymour silently begs for attention.  One of these moments is when Seymour gives Muriel the book by the German author, but Muriel doesn't read it.  Muriel passes this off, and says she didn't read the book because it was in German, although she did not even attempt to read it, by buying a translation or learning German.  Even after Seymour tells Muriel that she should read it because it is "written by the only great poet of the century," she still seems to have little interest.

"I'm going to prove that In 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' Seymour and Sybil both are so similar that they can understand one another on a level that nobody else could. Seymour and Sybil both felt as if they couldn't be themselves in the hotel due to all the restrictions.  But when they go to the beach they can be themselves because there are no restrictions like Sybil's parents which make her feel forced to behave.  Seymour has never had anyone that understands him fully.  That is why he would leave the hotel, he felt trapped in a place he didn't belong.  Sybil looks toward Seymour because her mom Mrs carpenter just goes off and drinks martinis with her friends.  This results in Sybil feeling as if she has nobody in her life that she is close to. These characters are so similar that they both feel as if they finally understand each other even though Seymour is much older than Sybil.  Unfortunately for Sybil Seymour realizes that what he is doing (talking to Sybil) is wrong and he commits suicide in the hotel.  He felt as if he had no place in the world to belong.
-Matt Rossi

Key line for Bananafish

"Well they swim into a hole where there's a lot of bananas. They're very ordinary-looking fish when they swim in. But once they get in, they behave like pigs. Why, I've known some banana fish to swim into a banana hole and eat as many as seventy-eight bananas. Naturally, after that they're so fat they can't get out of the hole again" (23). This quote is a key line because Seymour expresses how he feels about how people feel after they experienced the tragedies of war. Salinger uses the fish as a metaphor for the innocent minds of the soldiers before going to fight in WWII. Seymour then goes on to talk about how the soldiers eat "as many as seventy-eight bananas", which means that the bananas represent the traumatic events in war and the fish (soldiers) get so filled up with the horrible memories that they can barely see straight again. The soldiers can barley see straight again because Salinger writes, "after that they're [the bananafish] so fat they can't get out of the hole again" meaning that they are so traumatized by the tragedies of war and get get the memories out of their head, they can't feel normal again and fit in with society anymore.

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" key line

"I just saw one (Sybil). Saw what, my love (Seymour)? A Bananfish. My God, no!" This line on page 24 is one that caught my eye when reading this story again because Seymour calls sybil "my love" which is a term used when referring to a loved one and not a two to three year old child, showing that Seymour has a very strange and creepy interest in young little girls. This line also caught my eye because it shows how Seymour feels about Sybil and that he would rather spend time with a little 2 year old girl, who he refers to as his love instead of his wife and that Seymour seems to be comfortable with Sybil than his wife.      

Key Line

Key Line

“He said that the poems happen to be written by the only great poet of the century. He said I should’ve bought a translation or something. Or learned the language, if you please” (8).  This line is very important because it’s another example of a character getting ignored. Seymour is basically telling his wife Muriel how to understand him. When he says it’s by the only great poet of the century he is basically telling her that reading it will show you what he likes. Muriel completely blows off reading the book simply because she doesn’t understand German. She doesn’t bother to buy a translation or what he suggests as well, learn the language. When Seymour finds out she has not read the poetry book he realizes that his wife doesn’t understand him therefore he ignores her as well and doesn’t even spend time with her. Muriel ignoring Seymour also makes him start to talk to Sybil because she relates to him in a way but, she is too you to understand him.

After putting my goggles back on and reading the story, all I wanted to do was to throw the goggles off.  Seymour Glass is clearly a pedophile and is flirting like crazy with a two year old.  The first time I read this book, my mind just skipped over the fact that something isn't right.  The second time I read it I felt chills down my spine because of how creepy the situation was.  For example, Seymour tells Sybil that he loves blue bathing suits, even though he is clearly able to tell that the bathing suit is yellow.  When Sybil tells Seymour that the bathing suit is yellow, Seymour tells her to "...come a little closer." (pg. 17)  On page 18, Seymour tells Sybil that she is "looking fine" and grabs her ankles.  He even reports to Sybil that a girl sat next to him from the previous night and he pretended that she was Sybil.  On page 19, Seymour grabs Sybil's hand and walks down the beach.  On page 21 and 22, Seymour agrees with everything Sybil says, even though the things Sybil says she likes are completely ridiculous.  On page 24, Seymour calls sybil "my love" and kisses the arch of her foot.  All these examples are very solid proof that Seymour is hitting on a two year old, which is very disturbing to the average reader.  It is just a matter of whether the reader picks up on what is going on or not.

Key Lines

In the story Perfect Day for a bannafish, a key line was "Goodbye" said Sybil, and ran without regret in the direction of the hotel. (pg 25)
Why I think this is a key line in the story is because this may have been the point where Seymour was pushed over edge and shot himself. Throughout the story Seymour is described as staying outside the lines, for example when Muriel and her mother talk about his tendency to drive outside the white line and very close to the trees. Another example is described when Sybil runs to him from the hotel and she has to run a quarter mile down the beach far from where a hotel residence would have been. Like Seymour, in society Sybil is almost alone which is showed when her mother says go and play now and she leaves her alone to go have a drink with her friend. During the story Seymour seems to have a strong attachment to Sybil despite her being very young. He sees her as the only person wanting to understand him and she is just trying to look for someone to be with her because her parents are not.  However that is why when Sybil leaves without regret it seems to him that she has left him for society, but it may have just been that she left him for some other reason without knowing what she was doing. This then leads to Seymour once again believing that he is alone and no one wants to understand and get him so he decides to kill himself.

Bananafish

One key line in the story is on page 16.  “Not in my face baby,” the young man said, putting his hands on Sybil’s ankle. “Well, it’s about time he got here, your daddy. I’ve been expecting him hourly. Hourly.”

            I think that this is a key line in the story because it explains a lot while saying little. After reading this quote you learn a lot about Seymour and some of his problems. You realize that he is flirting with Sybil who happens to be only 2 or 3 years old. We know this because he is calling her baby and putting his hands on her. You start to realize that Seymour may have some strange feelings toward Sybil. This is an issue because she is only 3 and so she doesn’t understand that Seymour is actually flirting with her. In terms of understanding the story, this quote also helps. If D.J Salinger didn’t include this quote in the story then I don’t think that the readers would fully understand the issue that Seymour has. The fact that the author added the part about Seymour touching Sybil’s ankles and calling her baby made you realize that things weren’t right, and made you read the rest of the story thinking that Seymour is a creep rather than just a regular guy.

A Perfect Day for a Bananafish

When I reread A Perfect Day for a Banana Fish with my goggles on, my perspective really changed.  At first when reading the few moments that involve sunscreen, I did not think twice about it.  However when we talked about it in class, and pointed out that sunscreen was mentioned a couple times, I realized that this was not a coincidence.  Jacob and Matt pointed out that Sybil's mom let her go run off alone on the beach and hang out with a random man on page 15.  Before letting Sybil run loose, Mrs. Carpenter was "...Putting sun-tan oil on Sybil's shoulders, spreading it down over the delicate, winglike blades of her back" (15).  Before this, sunscreen is also mentioned while Muriel is speaking to her mom on the phone.  "You're badly sunburned? Didn't you use that jar of Bronze I put in your bag? I put it right - "(9).  Both times, the parents think that by putting sunscreen on (or in Muriel's case giving her a jar of sunscreen) they are protecting their child.  Neither of them realize that this protection they have given them is insufficient, and this leads to both Muriel and Sybil (nearly) being harmed.  Muriel's mother was trying to protect her from Seymour, and she warned her multiple times about him, but at the end of the story Muriel still got burned by him, when Seymour shot himself on page 26.  In Sybil's case, she was very lucky.  Although her mom left her two year old daughter alone on the beach, she still put sunscreen on her which in this case (metaphorically) protects Sybil from a strange man on the beach that she knows as "sea more glass."

After Re reading banana fish with my goggles on I found an understood the story from a different perspective. On page 15 Mrs. carpenter said “Mommy’s going up to the hotel to have a martini with Mrs.Hubbel… Set loose Sybil”(15).  Mrs. carpenter left Sybil on the beach alone while she went to drink a martini with her friends.  Leaving Sybil on the beach alone at such a young age is very dangerous.  Since her mom was absent in her life a lot Sybil looked for other people to talk to.  She met Seymour glass at the beach.  Like Sybil they both like to get out of the “lines”.  This line explains that Sybil needs to be noticed in her life so she looks upon to strangers for help.  This quote lets me explain as the reader that Seymour is Sybil’s “parent” even though he is much older than hat would be considered normal.  Sybil went outside the hotels beach much like Seymour goes outside the road lines.  This represents the breaking of boundaries on a figurative and physical level.

-Matt Rossi

A perfect day for Bananafish

"Well. In the first place, he said it was a perfect crime the Army released him form the hospital-my word of honor. He very definitely told your father theres' a chance-a very great chance, he said-that Seymour may completely lose control of himself. My word of honor" (Page 6). This is a key line in the story because it allows the reader to understand that Seymour should not have been released from the Army hospital and will eventually loose control. Something happened while he was in the war and ever since he came back he has had "issues". The mother was very sure of herself when saying this because she kept repeating "my word of honor". This helps the reader understand the story because it reveals that something happened in the war while Seymour was there and ever since he experienced it he hasn't been the same. He realized he is alone because his wife, Muriel, doesn't want to learn more about him and Sybil left him "outside the white lines" due to the fact that she was only two years old.

"See more glass," said Sybil Carpenter, who was staying at the hotel with her mother. "Did you see more glass?" "Pussycat, stop saying that. It's driving Mommy absolutely crazy. Hold sill, please" (page 14). This is a key line in the story because it shows the youthfulness of Sybil. What she means to say is "have you seen Seymour Glass" but since Sybil is so young and innocent she could not pronounce the words correctly and her mother did not know that Sybil was talking about a sexual predator. If the mother had known about what the daughter was really trying to say; She would most likely not have let her go and run free. Since the daughter did say this like a child, it changed the entire story and resulted in Seymour committing suicide.

"He said that the poems happen to be written by the only great poet of the century. He said i should've bought a translation or something. Or learned the language, if you please"
This is an important quote because we start to see a different side of Seymour here. The whole time we think that he is an old man, child pervert. This quote shows us a different side of him. He really cared about poetry and it being in german brought back a little memory from his time in the war that he wanted to share with Muriel. She shot him down and made him feel bad about it so he goes off and tries to find someone who cares. This quote meant something to me because while people are only seeing one side, the whole other side is, he bonds with Sybel because of their lack off attention from loved ones.

This quote explained some confusion we have when we are learning. Making mistakes is actually promotes ones to improve. When we are making mistakes we find out our deficiency which gives us the opportunities to progress. As long as we "being wrong for the right reasons", we should allow ourselves making mistakes. Just like Milo, many students are confusing about the purpose in learning all those new ‘useless’ things in school. Actually, the "useless" things are useful. Whatever you learned has developed your integrated ability and gave you opportunities that you might need in the future. In addition, studying offers you multiple perspectives viewing things and gives you a chance to access the world, showing you both the bright side and the dark side of this society.

Phantom Tollbooth Response

What does this piece of writing say about learning? How do you connect this piece to the expectations of this class?

This piece of writing talks about learning as an accumulative experience rather than just an event. The experience of learning is so important because whatever someone learns will eventually affect them even if it is in the slightest way. The point of learning is not however to be successful at everything that you attempt to learn. The point is to figure out how you learn and how it will affect you, along with many mistakes along the road. This piece also talks about how learning isn't some impossible thing to get to, in which no one can reach. To learn requires patience and diligence because all of learning is achievable even though you can't see it right away. This piece connects to the expectations in class because over the course of the year there are definitely going to be plenty of mistakes, but it is not about how many mistakes you have. It is about how you learn from those mistakes which will make you much more successful in the long run. Additionally, learning is a process which means it will take time so one should not expect to understand everything right away. 

Question- What does this piece of writing say about learning? How do you connect this piece to the expectations of this class?

In The Phantom Tollbooth it is talking a lot about learning. They talk about how important it is to learn from our mistakes and that we must never feel bad about making mistakes as long as we are taking from them. They also talk about how learning is not the only thing that is important, but it is important to learn what to do with what you have learned and learning why you learn these things. They mention that just like how when a housefly flaps its wings a breeze goes around the world, everything that we learn and do effects everything and everyone in the tiniest way. Whenever we learn something, the whole world becomes richer. It is also mentioned that everything we what to know and everywhere we want to go is just nearby. When we reach for the knowledge one day it will help us discover the secrets of tomorrow. In class we must do the same, learn from our mistakes, learn how to use our new knowledge and learn to make the world that much richer.