Literary Essay Rough Plan
Claim: In the book, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, Bilbo is afraid to tell the truth to the dwarves, because he is afraid that if he tells the dwarves, that he doesn't want to be there and he wants to be at his home, they will not like him.
Reason: It's always really cold and uncomfortable and not nice and comfortable.
Supporting Example 1 [direct quotation]
Page: 41
Far, far away in the West, where things were blue and faint, Bilbo knew there lay his own country of safe and comfortable things, and his little hobbit hole.
Supporting Example 2 [direct quotation]
Page: 41
The nights were comfortless and chill, and they did not dare to sing or talk to loud, for the echoes were uncanny, and the silence seemed to dislike being broken-except by the noise of water and the wail of wind and the crack of stone.
Supporting Example 3 [direct quotation]
Page:132
Down into the water he fell, splash!, into the cold dark water with the barrel on top of him.
Reason:Sometimes Bilbo thinks it was a bad idea to have gone with the Dwarves in the first place.
Supporting Example 1 [direct quotation]
Page: 48
"Why, O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole!" said poor Mr. Baggins bumping up and down on Bombur's back.
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Reason: Bilbo was also a hero to the dwarves.
Supporting Example 1 [direct quotation or paraphrase]
Page:116
Wriggling along the branch (which made all the poor dwarves dance and dangle like ripe fruit) he reached the first bundle. "Fili or Kili," he thought by the tip of a blue hood sticking out at the top. "Most likely Fili," he thought by the tip of a long nose poking out of the winding threads. He managed by leaning over to cut most of the strong sticky threads that bound him round, and then, sure enough, with a kick and a struggle most of Fili emerged.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
3.20.13 5 MIN
Well I really don't feel like writing right now, but I have to. It's for my grades. I have really bad grades in LA and I'm trying to get them up. I hope I can get them up soon. I can't get bad grades. I just can't. I'm not allowed to. It's just the way it is.
So I hope I can get my grades up, but really there is still nothing I can really do.
I'm really fear behind because I save my work, not publish, but save, so I can finish it at home, but them it disappears. It makes me really angry. I hope I'm able to catch up and get my grades to catch up too.
Well it's been about five minutes. BYE!!
So I hope I can get my grades up, but really there is still nothing I can really do.
I'm really fear behind because I save my work, not publish, but save, so I can finish it at home, but them it disappears. It makes me really angry. I hope I'm able to catch up and get my grades to catch up too.
Well it's been about five minutes. BYE!!
Monday, March 18, 2013
3.18.13 5 MIN
I am very very angry. My BMO watch is broken. The second hand keeps stoping, and when the second hand stops, the whole watch stops. The second hand countrols everything. It sucks. Now my Mom and I have to go to Hot Topic to see if they will let us exchange it for another one. I am devistated, that was my early birthday present. Grrrrrr. I'm about to explode!!
Well that's been long enough. See you all later. Bye!!!!
Well that's been long enough. See you all later. Bye!!!!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
3.17.13 5 MIN
Yesterday was so much fun. First I went to Logan's birthday party at Dave and Buster's for like four hours.
Then me and my mom went to Great Lakes Crossing for Rainforest Cafe for lunch.
We got me a BMO watch and a BMO toy and a glow bracelet.
After that my mom was using a GPS and I ask, why you using dat. She said because we were going home a different way.
After a little bit, we were near where my brother graduated and where Erebus is.
I all of the sudden see a line of people and a sign that says...(drumroll)... LINDSEY STIRLING!!
My mom pulls up her phone and records my reaction. It was funny.
So we go into the dance club and the bass is pumping. So we wait and then the starting band comes on. After about a half hour, she comes on. I had the time of my life from then until 10:30. I even got right up close to the stage. It was so cool.
I had such a good time, and everything that my mom did that day all made sense after I knew about concert. Well it was a blast and I loved it. That's all I gots to say
Then me and my mom went to Great Lakes Crossing for Rainforest Cafe for lunch.
We got me a BMO watch and a BMO toy and a glow bracelet.
After that my mom was using a GPS and I ask, why you using dat. She said because we were going home a different way.
After a little bit, we were near where my brother graduated and where Erebus is.
I all of the sudden see a line of people and a sign that says...(drumroll)... LINDSEY STIRLING!!
My mom pulls up her phone and records my reaction. It was funny.
So we go into the dance club and the bass is pumping. So we wait and then the starting band comes on. After about a half hour, she comes on. I had the time of my life from then until 10:30. I even got right up close to the stage. It was so cool.
I had such a good time, and everything that my mom did that day all made sense after I knew about concert. Well it was a blast and I loved it. That's all I gots to say
Thursday, March 14, 2013
5 min 3.14.13
Technically the from post was five minutes, but it isn't writhing. All this homework is really stressful and confusing and I don't really get a lot of it. But ill get help from someone. I'm having breakdowns because I won't be able to finish my homework on time. Every time I do, it feels as my head is about to explode.
I need to just stop my homework and go to bed, but then I'll get bad grades. I don't want bad grades. Bad grades are bad. Hence the BAD in front of the grades. I hope I get good grades by the end of the quarter. Oh!! I still have to finish my conference preparation. I'll do that after this.
WHOOPS! It's been 6 minutes now. Bye.
I need to just stop my homework and go to bed, but then I'll get bad grades. I don't want bad grades. Bad grades are bad. Hence the BAD in front of the grades. I hope I get good grades by the end of the quarter. Oh!! I still have to finish my conference preparation. I'll do that after this.
WHOOPS! It's been 6 minutes now. Bye.
Identifying Reasons 3.21.13
Identifying Reasons - Questions
Answer the following questions about your character. Use what you know about how he or she acts, speaks to other character, and thinks. You may re-read your text to help you with your responses.
How did people or situations influence the character I’m writing about?
The places he goes influences Bilbo because it is always really wet, or really dry, and uncomfortable and really col, or really hot, and he doesn't like it. He always wants to be back at his house where it is nice and cozy and always the ways he likes it.
Why does he or she change?
He changes when he realizes how far he has gone, and to turn back would mean it would take to long to go back home, then to go where he needed to go. He just has to pus forward to where he has to go, so that when it is time to go, it's easier to go back.
Explain what will continue to hold him or her back?
The thing that will continue to hold him back is the fact he will won't make it home for a while and h realizes hat. he realizes that no matter how much he wants to he isn't. He knows that he will keep going and going until the end. Then he also has to make it all the way back.
He always wants to go home, but he won't because he signed a contract. He can't leave because he signed a contract. He also cant leave because of the dangerous path that they left behind them. He has to just keep pushing. It's only in the last part of the last chapter does he ever make it back. And he always thinks "I shouldn't have left" or "I wish I was back at the comfort of my home"
But he doesn't do it, he was triumphant enough from the beginning to say until the end. But he was always being held back until then.
Using the questions you just answered about your character, push your thinking to explain why your claim is true. This is separate than the initial evidence you previously found. Each explanation becomes a reason, which could later serve as the topic sentence of each body paragraph.
Text Title: The Hobbit
Claim: Bilbo doesn't want to be where he is and he wants to be home. He is always very uncomfortable where he is and he would have rather not to have left, and would have still been home, but he still pushes on.
My claim is true because…..
Reason 1
In the book, the author always says "
Reason 2
Reason 3
Answer the following questions about your character. Use what you know about how he or she acts, speaks to other character, and thinks. You may re-read your text to help you with your responses.
How did people or situations influence the character I’m writing about?
The places he goes influences Bilbo because it is always really wet, or really dry, and uncomfortable and really col, or really hot, and he doesn't like it. He always wants to be back at his house where it is nice and cozy and always the ways he likes it.
Why does he or she change?
He changes when he realizes how far he has gone, and to turn back would mean it would take to long to go back home, then to go where he needed to go. He just has to pus forward to where he has to go, so that when it is time to go, it's easier to go back.
Explain what will continue to hold him or her back?
The thing that will continue to hold him back is the fact he will won't make it home for a while and h realizes hat. he realizes that no matter how much he wants to he isn't. He knows that he will keep going and going until the end. Then he also has to make it all the way back.
He always wants to go home, but he won't because he signed a contract. He can't leave because he signed a contract. He also cant leave because of the dangerous path that they left behind them. He has to just keep pushing. It's only in the last part of the last chapter does he ever make it back. And he always thinks "I shouldn't have left" or "I wish I was back at the comfort of my home"
But he doesn't do it, he was triumphant enough from the beginning to say until the end. But he was always being held back until then.
Using the questions you just answered about your character, push your thinking to explain why your claim is true. This is separate than the initial evidence you previously found. Each explanation becomes a reason, which could later serve as the topic sentence of each body paragraph.
Text Title: The Hobbit
Claim: Bilbo doesn't want to be where he is and he wants to be home. He is always very uncomfortable where he is and he would have rather not to have left, and would have still been home, but he still pushes on.
My claim is true because…..
Reason 1
In the book, the author always says "
Reason 2
Reason 3
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Theory to Claim 3.12.13
Theory to Claim
The Hobbit Theory # 1 All Bilbo Baggins wants to do is go back to his Hobbit Hole. | 1. “I never should have left my Hobbit Hole. It was a bad idea to have left.” 2. Bilbo wishes he would have stayed home again, and it wasn’t the last time he would say it. 3. He really thought hard of what it would be like to be home, instead of sneaking around and stealing food. | 1. Thought
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Claim:
In "The Hobbit," by J.R.R Tolkien, The only thing Bilbo Baggins can think about is being home. He thinks about. The Story Teller (Narrator) talks about it. All the time, Bilbo just wants to be back at his little Hobbit Hole where it is warm and cozy. The reason why he regrets leaving his house is because he got dragged out by the Dwarves and he thought it was a bad idea to go with them. All throughout the story Bilbo always just wants to be back at his house because wherever he was, it was either cold, wet or uncomfortable. Or even chard with dragon breath. That is why Bilbo wanted to be home so badly, because he wished that he was like the rest of the Hobbits.
In "The Hobbit," by J.R.R Tolkien, The only thing Bilbo Baggins can think about is being home. He thinks about. The Story Teller (Narrator) talks about it. All the time, Bilbo just wants to be back at his little Hobbit Hole where it is warm and cozy. The reason why he regrets leaving his house is because he got dragged out by the Dwarves and he thought it was a bad idea to go with them. All throughout the story Bilbo always just wants to be back at his house because wherever he was, it was either cold, wet or uncomfortable. Or even chard with dragon breath. That is why Bilbo wanted to be home so badly, because he wished that he was like the rest of the Hobbits.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
3.5.13 Charecter Thinking
Thinking about Character
- What things or people does this character long for (want to do, enjoy)?
He longs for being back at his house.
- What does this character want to do or be by the end of the story?
He wants to be normal again, because he became an adventurous hobbit and most hobbits are just calm and normal.
- What does the character fear?
He’s afraid that he is going to die before he ever gets back home.
- What is the character struggling against? What gets in the character’s way?
- What relationships does the character have and how do these relationships play a significant role in the story?
- How does the character change over the course of the story?
- Does the character learn lessons or come to realizations?
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