Tone and Mood

Author’s Note: This essay is about “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell, “Field Below” by Regina Spektor, and “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz. As the author of this essay I am informing the reader on the similarities and differences between each poem and the song for the Tone and Mood.

“Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell:

I feel that the author wrote this poem to send a message out to everyone destroying the environment. She is basically saying that yes, you are destroying the environment almost 24/7 but when it’s all gone you going to want it back so bad. The tone of the poem is aggravated because she is angry with the people of the world and how they are treating it. The mood of this poem is disappointed with themselves and how they have been treating nature. The tone is different between this poem and “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz, in this poem it is aggravated and in the song it is happy feeling as if he is on top of the world! The mood is also different, in this poem it is disappointed and in the song it gets you in the mood to do something big for the world, or just your community in general.

“Field Bellow” by Regina Spektor:

I feel that the author wrote this poem to say to the world that under all of the disaster (buildings, parking lots, technology, etc.) there is a wonderful world waiting to be discovered once more. The tone of the poem is depressed or sad, because she is sad that nature has been destroyed. The mood of the poem is sympathetic, because she is trying to get them to feel sorry and start changing the world. The tone is different between the poem and my song, in this poem it is depressed or sad, in the song it is extremely happy with himself. The poem and the song have the same moods, because she is trying to get people to do something for the world and feel great, while in the song he is trying to almost persuade them that they could also be on top of the world, they just need to get out and help with it.

Team to Legend

Author’s Note: This essay is about the team, Acme Packers’ journey all the way to a legendary franchise, Green Bay Packers. As the author of this essay I am informing the reader on the history of the Green Bay Packers all the way back to 1919.

One day two men, Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun sat down an amount of very athletic men in a conference room in Green Bay Press- Gazette building and formed a football team. Not too long before that day Mr. Lambeau asked the community “Why not? Why not form a football team here in the town of Green Bay.” The two men never even thought that that day would turn into the most successful creation in history of Green Bay.

Acme Meat Packing Company provided everything for the team, hence the name Acme Packers. By the middle of just their first season the company faded out of business. The first season was ended with ten wins and one loss, being the best record in Wisconsin, and some of upper Michigan. Not many people paid to go to the games but by 1921 the Packers were so good that Curly was offered a franchise in the National Football League. Customers still were not paying for the game so the team had to forfeit the season early.

The team was having many troubles after that, Curly had to pay the majority of their problems. They would get rained out a lot due to Wiconsin’s harsh weathers. The insurance company would never cover the prices so once again Curly would have to pay with his own money. As they were get deeper and deeper into the debt A.B. Turnbull lobbied town businessmen (Hungry Five) and turned the group into the Green Bay Football Corporation.

From the beginning all the way to the end, the Packers have been notices worldwide with winning over 13 championships in a 93 year franchise. These achievements represented a small town while other huge towns like New York City weren’t achieving that much with very much more money.

So, since the beginning of time when the “Packers” were created all the way to 2012, they have been recognized as one of the greatest teams in the history of the NFL. Curly Lambeau was the first head coach of the Acme Packers, one of his best players was Vince Lombardi who then became their head coach bringing home the championship many times. We now Mike McCarthy coach of the Green Bay Packers getting a spot in the playoffs each year as head coach.

Bibliography:

 "Packers.com | Birth of a Team & a Legend." Packers.com, the official website of the Green Bay Packers. N.p., 3 Mar. 2011. Web. 26 Mar. 2012. <http://www.packers.com/history/birth-of-a-team-and-a-legend.html>.

"Packers.com | History." Packers.com, the official website of the Green Bay Packers. N.p., 3 Apr. 2011. Web. 26 Mar. 2012. <http://www.packers.com/history/index.html>.

Ain't no sunset

Author's Note: This essay in poem form is a parody of the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, telling how the main character of the novel "Monster' by Walter Dean Myers is doing with his time in jail. As the author of the current essay I am informing the reader on Steve Harmon's time in jail through a parody poem.

Well, dad, I'll tell you:

Jail for me ain’t been no sunset.

It's was dark,

And cold,

And scary,

And people got beat --

Killed.

But the whole time

I thought of you,

And mom,

And Jerry,

And sometimes even that night

Where I showed up with him dead.

So dad, don't you give up on me.

Don't you walk away from me

'Cause you think I’m done?

Don't you go now --

For I'm still here, dad,

I'm still with you,

And jail for me ain’t been no sunset.

This poem is for the novel "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers. The one who is telling the poem is the main character, Steve Harmon. He is telling his father what it is like in jail for him, people being beat or even killed, and how lucky he is to not be dead, and how he misses the family. The tone for Steve is scared, or depressed. The mood for the father is going to be pretty sad for his son, also happy that his son is still well living and still with him.

Richard "Bobo" Evans

Author’s Note: This essay is about one of the characters in the novel “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers, Richard “Bobo” Evans. As the author of this current essay I am informing the reader on Mr. Evan’s features, characteristics, role in the story, and likes and dislikes towards the character.

Richard Evans known on the street as “Bobo” had just been put in jail for seven to ten years for selling drugs. He’s also one of the acquaintances on December 22 when he, James King, and Steve Harmon were accused of killing a man during a drug store robbery. He slowly walked into the court room with a straight serious face, pimples and zits covered it, and his orange jumpsuit looking tough and buff. He was known as someone you don’t ever want to mess with. People would say he was like an armed bomb, ready to explode at any moment if you were to do even one little thing wrong.

“Bobo” had a pretty big role in the novel. He was one of the people who were in the store when the man got shot. He was also a person that the jury could relate to Mr. King and Mr. Harmon if they did in fact know each other. Since he did know Mr. King very well he might have been the biggest problem for Mr. King. Especially after “Bobo” told Mrs. Petrocelli that after the incident they both used the money they had stolen to get a bite at the local fast food place. Mr. Evans had explained that he didn’t actually see who shot what. He said that he saw James and the clerk fighting then heard a “BANG!”

I like that Richard is not afraid to tell the truth about that night as if he were a snake in the wild, fearless with a very smooth strategy. I don’t like how egotistical Richard is, in his mind he is the strongest, smartest, and most handsome man in the world, but really he’s not.

Richard "Bobo" Evans

Author’s Note: This essay is about one of the characters in the novel “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers, Richard “Bobo” Evans. As the author of this current essay I am informing the reader on Mr. Evan’s features/ characteristics, role in the story, and likes and dislikes.

 

Richard Evans known on the street as “Bobo” had just been put in jail for seven to ten years for selling drugs. He was also one of the acquaintances on December 22 when he, James King, and Steve Harmon were accused of killing a man during a drug store robbery. Mr. Evans was a very tall teen. For his age he was really tall to everyone around the community. He was also a very overweight person. Nobody made fun of him though because he was really big so he would probably just beat them up. Most of all, his facial appearance was really bad. Once again nobody told him that because he would get mad and probably beat them up.

“Bobo” had a pretty big role in the novel. He was one of the people who were in the store when the man got shot. He was also a person that the jury could relate to Mr. King and Mr. Harmon if they did in fact know each other. Since he did know Mr. King very well he might have been the biggest problem for Mr. King. Especially after “Bobo” told Mrs. Petrocelli that after the incident they both used the money they had stolen to get a bite at the local fast food place.

I do like that Richard was being honest the whole time about everything that went on that day. I do believe that he thought he would have less time in jail if he told them everything. I don’t like how he brought Steve into the situation, because he clearly stated that they did not know each other and that Mr. Evans had only heard about him right before the robbery. If he had not known Mr. Harmon at all why did he even have to talk about him?

Monster

Author’s Note: This essay is about text evidence on how Steve Harmon from the novel Monster by: Walter Dean Myers is truly not friends with James King. As the writer of this essay I am informing the reader on how I think that Steve Harmon really isn’t friends with James King.

            Steve Harmon was truly never friends with James King. From the first day at jail for Steve, he was on a mission to prove to the jury that he is indeed NOT guilty. But, he first has to prove to himself that he is not guilty. Steve needed to not think about James, or any of the times they talked to each other, yet he always seemed to do it anyways.

Steve had confidence that he wouldn’t have to answer any questions having to do with James, but even that came to an end as Mrs. Petrocelli asked Steve, “Mr. Harmon, do you know James King?” “I know him from the neighborhood.” Replied Steve. “You talk to him much?” Mrs. Petrocelli asked “Once in awhile. Steve answered. Now, he didn’t want them to ask questions having to do with Mr. King because he knew that they talked sometimes and hung out once in a while. But as you see in the quote above Steve doesn’t have much to do with James King’s life.

This scene shows that even though Steve had a feeling he they weren’t going to ask those questions and they did, he truthfully answered them. Right at that moment he is only thinking about not saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, he can’t think about anything else. It’s only a matter of time before the jury realizes that Steve Harmon is truly not on of James King’s friends.

James would be a bad friend anyways. He would get Steve into this kind of trouble all of the time, and then the society would see him as Mrs. Petrocelli saw him, a monster. In the end Steve proves to the jury, Mrs. Petrocelli, and the society that he is no longer a “monster”.

Overall, I think that Steve Harmon as no relationship with James King. Although it might have seemed like he was lying when he said he didn’t talk to Mr. King that much, I believe he is telling the absolute truth.