Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Ant and the Grasshopper

           When I finished read this story, I think the message in Maugham’s story is different as the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper. They are talking about the same thing but different characters. Tom likes grasshopper, he likes to enjoy life but doesn’t want to pay anytime. And George likes ant hard work for good life. Actually, I like the person who likes George to get anytime by his self. But in the ending, they are different George work hard but he doesn’t have good life, and Tom get a much better life than George. So I agree with George's behaviour, even he doesn't have a decent job, but he lives not very bad. And Tom, maybe he will happy now because he got alot money from someone else but he just know how to spend the money to enjoy the life. So when he finish up his money, he will not have ability to run on his life.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The friendship bond

The idea of friendship is alive and well. According to this article, the author showed us many reasons to support it. For me the friendship is very important, I think it’s also important for most of people. Friendship unlike marriage or the ties bind parents and children; it is not defined or regulated by law. A real friend is very difficult to find out. People are more and more lonely even who lives in cities. However, I think friends are really important. People always do their own things like job or date with someone, so they just have a few times to hang out with their friends. And as the Activities of Friendship on this article going to show us the self-disclosure and trust must be reciprocated in order for the relationship to deepen.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Story Of Conflicts

Sometime we also can meet or involve some conflicts. I remember that time when my friend had a big argument with couple. My friends and I went to swim on a sunny day. When we went there were so many people over the pool. As we know, the pool was crowded and sometime we could touch someone not on purpose. So on that time, my friend touched a woman when he tried to swim from this side to other side. However, when my friend felt it and him also made the apology to her on first time; but when they got arrived and that woman said that my friend didn’t say sorry to her. So my fiend didn’t think much, he just thought that woman didn’t heard because on the pool might so noisy. Then my friend said sorry again to her, but she also thought that my friend on purpose and her husband was looked so mad, and then we had a conflict with them. After that, I think we didn’t do anything wrong because we also apologize to them.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

opinion, interpretation and summary of the story sunday in the park

I like this story because it is a short story that sends the reader so many messages and emotions it seems to be much more than what it is. The descriptive setting the narrator, who is the protagonist and the reality of all the characters, provide for an excellent plot that causes the reader put on the protagonist’s shoes and feel as if they are the main character in the story.

In the beginning of the story, the author gives the reader images of the two families that demonstrate the level of goodness in each family. In the first paragraph, Morton the father of the good family, is described as reading the Times Magazine section, one arm flung around her the mother’s shoulder. Also the mother’s attitude toward the day is seen when she thinks to herself, how good this is. Morton and mother happily watch their son play in the sandbox in the park. All these images suggest a happy family that has a good life. Even the thought by the mother expresses the goodness that she feels toward her family and life.
       On the other hand, the author explains the Bad family, Joe and his father with the use of images that demonstrate the bully in each of them. Kaufman introduces Joe by writing, the other boy suddenly stop up and with a quick, deliberate swing if his chubby arm threw a spiteful of sand at Larry. The speaker describes the father of the child by saying he did not look up from his comics, but spat once deftly out of the corner of his mouth. These images of Joe throwing sand, and the father not caring make the reader think that this Is a disrespectful and heartless family. Althougath, Joe’s family seems to be the Bad family in the story, the evidence can suggest the opposite, Joe and his father are enjoying a beautiful day at the park. For Joe’s father’s perspective, his kid can throw sand in a public sandbox unless he says not to. The reader knows that the throwing of the sand is deliberate, but Joe could have thrown the sand just for the simple purpose of getting Larry’s attention so he could have someone to play with him. There are clues to suggest that Larry’s mother, in a way, envies Joe and his father because they can stick up for themselves. She is ashamed of her husband and son because they don’t fight their own battles. The suggestion that Morton is abusive toward the boy also helps the reader to see that Larry’s family is just as bad, if not worse, than Joe’s family.

The summary of Henrietta lack's immortal cells


Summary of Henrietta Lacks’ Immortal cell
            According to this article we can see that who is Henrietta lacks and what she did. First we can see that Henrietta was a black tobacco farmer from southern Virginia who got cervical cancer when she was 30. And a doctor at Johns Hopkins took a piece of her tumor without telling her and sent it down the hall it scientists there who had been trying to grow tissues in culture for decades without success. And her cells never died. Henrietta’s cells were the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture. Many scientific landmarks since then have used her cells, including cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. However, her families didn’t know about that. And this article also talk about her background, there are something information about her families on the book. Twenty-five years after Henrietta died, a scientist discovered that many cell culture thought to be from other tissue types, including breast and prostate cells, were in fact Hela cells. In the midst of that, one group of scientists tracked down Henrietta’s relatives to take some samples with hopes that they could use the family’s DNA to make a map of Henrietta’s genes so they could tell which cell cultures were Hela and which weren’t, to begin straightening out the contamination problem. 

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Opinion and Interpretation



This section is really helping me to understand what the book is talking about. I like this reading article because it talks about Henrietta Lacks Immortal cells. Who is Henrietta and what happened to this person. Author has completed details to descript this book and Henrietta. It will help us to read this book more clearly, and know what happened to Henrietta and her family. It also talk about the Hela cells from and why calls Hela. And why Hela’s cells are important.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011


When I read the English I will try to find the words that I don’t understand the meaning. Read the topic; try to understand what the author talk is about. Something when I really don’t   understand I will ask my friends or check on line. Something English will be easy than my native language, because English is easy write than my native language, and English is easy to understand, but I have to have enough vocabulary and grammar. So why most people think English is hard for them, because the grammar and vocabulary.
I have the dictionary and I usually read English when I got free.