Outrunning the Hessian

  

    Back where I left off, the lovesick Ichabod finally gets invited to the bumpin' party at the Van Tassels place. Once he gets the invitation, he immediately gets ready for the party. The weird thing is way way back then they put some crazy shit in their hair like eel oil like seriously what is up with that. I honestly wonder where they would find stuff like that. So he borrows a trusty steed from his landlord so he could arrive at the outrageous party. He arrives at the Van Tassel estate and everyone important is there, including Brom, the party is bumpin' and everyone is having an amazing time . All the guests are dancing, telling old tales, and stuffing their facing with food especially Ichabod. After Ichabod dances like a crazy man, he goes over to Katrina's dad and listens to war stories. Then he finally, gets Katrina alone to talk but, unfortunately he gets dumped by her and flees into the dark forest of Sleepy Hollow.

The Sleepy Hollow Rivals

             Picking up from where I left off, Brom Bones, a.k.a Brom Van Brunt, and Ichabod are trying to win over the young lady Katrina's heart. Since Brom Brones finds out that Ichabod is actually hitting it off with Katrina, he tries to find Ichabod's weakness. Quickly he tries everything he can to get Ichabod away from Katrina. He tries to embarrass him in front of her and he sabotages his schoolhouse to make him believe witches did it. But still through all of Brom's attempts, Ichabod still gets invited to gathering a the Van Tassel Estate. They way Brom tries to ruin Ichabod's chances with Katrina reminds me of when I fight with my younger sibling. I would outsmart her and underhand her. Well, hopefully Ichabod gets Katrina because he is sort of the underdog. And hopefully we will find out who is more clever.  

Moving on

I have moved on to a new book called The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It is about a superstitious town called Sleepy Hollow. The people enjoy stories about monsters, witches. and stuff of that sort. They have a well-known tale of a headless horseman (Hessian) who wanders around right on the outskirts of their town. The story begins right around when a young, tall, skinny schoolteacher who has green eyes and a long narrow nose. He like many of the townspeople of Sleepy Hollow have a very active imagination. So he always it comes to life once the sun goes down. He also is very involved with the activities of the church and of the town. So since he was very involved with the church, he met Katrina Van Tassel. He falls deeply in love with Katrina because she is beautiful and wealthy. But   brawny Brom Van Brunt also wants Katrina to be his wife. I wonder who really gets Katrina? And how underhanded they will fight to win over Katrina's heart?

The Fade

                     The Fade
                                                          

       Well, I finished Night by Elie Wiesel. As, I got deeper and deeper into the book the book got sadder and more troubling for me to think that this actually happened not so long ago. It's sad to think that this event happened to many people during this time period. And how, someone was so cruel  to have brought so much suffering among these people.There was a big change in Elie's personality and mind that happened gradually throughout the book. The devastation of being separated, abused. and the loss of his father took a toll on him. He had faith in God and then, rapidly his faith and hope was shaken and lost. He confided so much with his father because that was the only person he left and in instant he was gone. All of these events had him lose himself ultimately. He no longer thought of his parents or anyone else. It seem a bit egotistical but all he thought about after this horrible experience was over, he only thought about was himself. He no longer functioned like a human being he functioned like a lifeless being with no HEART, no SOUL, no EMOTIONS. He had ABSOLUTELY nothing to motivate him to go on with his life.The Elie his family once knew no longer existed. Elie's inner self perished forever. 

Night

                                               Night

   So recently in English class, we are reading Night by Elie Wiesel. It is a very interesting book so far. Night is about a young Jewish boy named Elie who survived the Holocaust. It starts off with Elie and his friend Moishe the Beadle, a homeless man, talking about mysticism otherwise known unto them as the teachings of Kabbalah. German soldiers come into their town for some reason to kick out all the foreign Jews. Since Moishe wasn't really native to the country he was forced to go with the soldiers. But in reality, the Germans came to exterminate that group of Jews. So, Moishe made a hasty escape and told all the townspeople what the Germans were planning to do with the Jews. But, they didn't believe his warnings or story because they seemed irrational and bizarre. Soon, the German soldiers came back and encamped in the homes of the townspeople. So of them said the soldiers were polite and completely disregarded Moishe's warnings. Then the soldiers start enforcing ridiculous rules like no jew is allowed to own jewelry. A couple days afterwards, Elie's father finds out that the Germans are planning on gathering up the Jews and putting them to work at brick factories. so now Elie insists his dad on packing up the family to flee the country, but the only problem is they don't have enough money to run away.
      So now, I want you readers out there to give your opinion on what's happening.
 Why do you think no one believes Moishe's story ? Is it because he is homeless or, what????
And.....What would you do if you were Elie's Dad?? Would you still try to flee? Why or Why not??
How do you think Elie's dad is feeling with all this pressure???

                   

Picking up the pace

                        Picking Up the Pace


          Well, I'm starting to finish my book. It was a really amazing and great book. It is so hard to pick a side in this book because it was a really controversial case. Nonetheless it was a definite page turner. Hopefully, I can find another book as great as this one. Well, anyway the KKK try and attack Carl and his family along with Jake and his family. They try to do whatever they can to scare Jake off into not defending Carl in the case. The KKK also attack Ethel, Jake's receptionist, while they cause all this chaos they burn crosses and they try to do anything to get the case off track. There is so much drama and action which makes want to keep reading and reading. I basically flew through the chapters in this book. And I'm so excited I am moving on to another book.

Problems begin to arise

 
Problems begin to arise

So this week I actually was doing a bit of research on my book and i found out it had gotten turned into a movie and that it was actually based on one of the case John Grisham had witnessed when he was a lawyer. So yeah well anyways, a couple chapters afterwards int the book the Ku Klux Klan came to Clanton because they had heard about what had happened there. Freddie Cobb, Billy Ray Cobb's brother, met up with the Klan to discuss about the case. They decide to help him after they discover that his grandpa was a former Klan member.While they plot against Carl, Jake goes to Carl to discuss his case and tell him basically what the guidelines are. As they discuss about the case, Carl asks how much money he paid Jake because he was considering borrowing some money to give it to Gwen and his kids cause they had barely any money.

Make-up

      Make-up Post

  A couple chapter later on in the book, the court officials begin to prepare for the actual case in which Carl Lee will be indicted for the crime he has done. So Rufus Buckley,a district attorney, begins to describe to the jury what might be going on during the case and he tells them about the case. So as they begin to review the case in front of the jury, officer Ozzie Walls takes the witness stand. One of the jurors was skeptical to indict Carl Lee because the men he killed were his daughter's rapists. So to try and convince the rest of the jurors, he asks Ozzie a bunch of questions like if he had kids and if one of them was a  little girl which would ultimately lead up to his final question "Suppose she got raped and you had your hands on the man who did it.What would you do?" The officer deliberately tried not to answer the question not because he didn't want to them the but it was because if he did it would effect the grand jury decision and he thought it would be best if Carl was indicted for this case. Ozzie's opinion was that Carl should be indicted because it was necessary cause he shouldn't have taken this matter into his own hands. But to be honest, in my opinion I don't think justice would be served if the men were still alive because his daughter would have to relive that pain of knowing that they are still alive and out there able to try most likely do it again and destroy another family. later on the D.A.Buckley tries to keep the juror from influencing the rest but afterwards the juror puts the D.A. back in his place. But Buckley gets pissed off obviously for being put in the corner. But the juror threatens Buckley that he would complain to the judge about this dispute and have him indicted. I honestly enjoyed all the drama that was put in this chapter, it made it more interesting to read.

 

The Book vs. Reality

                    The Book vs. Reality     




           In this book, since it is based on a location in the southern U.S. it showed how life was in the South. It included a bunch of the customs they had, the type of food they ate,and how close-knit of a community they have. In the dialogue ,between the commoners had a lot of racial slurs. And most especially, in this case because a black ma had murdered the two white men who had raped his daughter. The author tried to make the book seem as accurate as possible and was very good at making it as accurate as possible because he lived there all of his life. Like nowadays, many people use racial slur now as they did back then. Also, in the book Jake Brigance when gets interviewed by  a news reporter most of the time he subtly tried to make Jake talk about if racism in the community would effect the outcome of the case. I feel the author tried to connect their reality with the reality of our world. I absolutely love how this book is written.