Hes a Fool

Booker T. Washington


In the book Mama Calls Booker T. Washington as a "fool". Ms. Johnson quoted "education has spoiled many a good plow hands." Meaning that education has made them fools because education is now and plowing is then, everyone wants now more then.

I think Mama calls those people fools because she probably thinks that Black people don't have much hope and they wouldn't need much help to try and get some. Pushing my thinking further I also think that Mama might say this because she thinks that Booker T. Washington and George Murchison are fools like people who tried to succeed, the both failed and the gave up on people like them then.

George Murchison and Booker T. Washington are both the same in ways because they went against some people, ( in Gorges case, Beneatha) they also wanted to change some peoples lives to their taste like on page 96 and 97 where Gorge and Beneatha fight, sort of. Gorge wants education to get a job and then get money, so then he will feel that he'll be accepted by the white people because of his money (same happend with booket T. Wasington. He said, "do what you can and fit in." However, Beneatha wants education to find her identity and to acomplish self forfillment.

Alice in Wonderland

Directed by Tim Burton

Tim Burton has created yet another exiting looking movie, an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland; but this time shot in 3-D. As we know Tim Burton has a vast imagination excelling in art, so we will probably expect a lot of intricate and hard worked on scenery and costumes; also having the great experience watching it

Alice in Wonderland, we all know how this story goes, a girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole and transfers into this magical world. Yet we still wonder how the adaptation is going to be alike in so many ways, and very different in others.

Tim Burton is a director of many films including these: The Corpse bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, an adaptation of James and the Giant Peach, and many more. That’s pretty impressive…Don’t you think?

Starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover, Anne Hathaway, Helen Bonham Carter. This movie was rated PG and is distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Coming March 5, 2010.

Frog Kisses

A dissertation on The princess and the Frog

Would you kiss a frog I know I wouldn't? Come and watch this wonderful movie packed full of funny and even scary moments, with loads of suspense throughout them.

Tiana, a little girl with a big dream. Comes from family a of a mother who's a tailor and a father who works three jobs just to keep his family going.

Tianas got a big dream, one shes been saving for her whole life. She wants to run a restaurant and make gumball for everyone. But mostly to fill her fathers dream.

She wishes on a star to get her restaurant. A frog, she sees one sitting on the balcony. Next thing you know he's asking her to kiss him, and says he's prince Naveene and will turn into a handsome prince if she does so. Doubting herself she finally does kiss him.

"EEWWW, I'm a frog, and I'm covered in slime," Tiana shouts.

"Actually, its mucus," prince Naveene (still a frog) clarifies.

Tiana and Prince Naveene have heard about a 197 year old priestess named Mama Odie who lives deep in the bayou, might be able to help.

Theresa a catch, Fcilier, who changed prince Naveene into a frog. A man who performs dark magic's has called the dark things from the other side to help capture them.

On their way they make friends with a trumpet blowing alligator named Louis and a firefly named Ray: who is crazy in love with the brightest star at night, Evangeline. Will all four of them get to Mama Odie in time, or will the dark shadows from the other side beat catch them?

I like how the directors/animators, John Musker and Ron Clemets, made this movie more modern, but still with that fairy tale taste. Not with Huge castles and princesses that need a hair cut or always loosing their shoes; but with places and characters and moments you can relate to.

The voice of Tiana (Anika noni Rose) really puts in lots of effort in to it.

"I WILL NEVER, EVER KISS A FROG," she says when she was little, just after her mother her mother reads her an original story, The Princess and the Frog.

I think that this movie is great for anyone and everyone to watch, with its dark magic, and its fairy tale feeling. It pulls you into Tianas world, and as you watch you can relate. This movie is summed up with one word, fantastic.

A Rasin in the Sun

In literature, as in life, a character may search for a better way of life. Show how two characters from A Raisin in the Sun are searching for a better way of life. Briefly explain what each character is hoping to gain through this search and discuss the ways in which each character attempts to bring about a change in his or her life.

Many of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorain Hansbery want to change their life. one person I chose is Beneatha. She is searching for a better way of life by trying to find her identity. She has a boyfriend who she doesn't really like and a best friend who she has mixed feelings for, on page 63 and 64. Mama Lina gave some of the money to Beneatha for medical school. Beneatha hopes to gain an educated, more lived in life.She is attempting to change her life now by going to medical school with the money mama gave to her.

The other character I chose is mama. Mama is searching for a better way of life by spending insurance money on everyone, except for her. "I ain't rightly decided. some of it got to be put away for Benaeatha and her schoolin'-- and ain't nothing going to touch that part of it. Nothing. Been thinking that we maybe could meet the notes on a little old two story somewhere, with a yard where Travis could play in the summertime, if we used part of the insurance for a down payment and everybody kind of pitch in. I could maybe take on a little day work again' few days a week--," Mama said on page 44. She hopes to gain happiness through other people. She is attempting to change her life by moving to a new house and starting fresh.

Many characters in the book would like a better way in life, these are just two of them.

Which would you pick…reality or Wonderland?

Phoebe in Wonderland

"The tea party's coming, "Mrs. Dodger, the drama teacher said. What would you think if you heard someone say those words? Well Phoebe Litchen (Elle Fanning) thinks those words are inspiring.

Phoebe is not a normal girl: her sister (Baile Madison) thinks she's crazy, her mother (Felicity Huffman) thinks she needs a therapist, her father (Bill Pullman) says she's a handful, but Mrs. Dodger (Patricia Clarkson) thinks she wonderful. Un-decided about signing up for the play, Alice in Wonderland, her imagination finally encourages her to "jump".

Signing up for the school production that Phoebe knows all about Wonderland was a good idea, for her mother is writing a dissertation on this magical place. "Jump," the red queen says. "Jump", Mrs. Dodger, the drama teacher says. "Don't jump," her mother says. Phoebe's mother is not ready to take on such a case of Tourette syndrome.

It doesn't take long to see the magical essence in this wonderful place that Phoebe sees. The Director (Daniel Barnz) really made this movie stand out because you can relate to her in school, at home, and even in the theater. He also gives us a good taste of how Tourette syndrome feels. When Phoebe spits she can't help it, she just spits. She can't help most of her actions, it's her biggest flaw. She says, "It's going to get worse before it gets better."

Elle Fanning really pulls you in to the movie when she struggles through living in wonderland and reality at the same time. There's arguing with her mother, and chatting with the red queen, going to the therapist, and then later imagining him dressed up as Humpty Dumpty.

From looking glass land, to her own home, this movie really is a great plot of a small girl which has a big problem, but finally realizing it while she tries to get it under control. I think this is a great movie that absolutely everyone will want and enjoy to watch.