Thursday, January 6, 2011

week three

1. "I have always dreamed of traveling,"said Jesse. "Since my Spanish isn't too bad, I took French   in high school." Jesse hesitated for a moment, then added,"I had a girlfriend who spoke French.She was from Quebec. And I figured with three languages I could go just about anywhere in the world."(Vea 82)

2.Why is the passage ,so sagnificant to me because this is how Jesse learn some of his french because of his high school.

3.Why is Jesse said this?
    Would you travel to learn a new languages?

Friday, December 31, 2010

week two

1. "Here's a book.Jesse reached into his briefcase,then threw a paperback book at his client. It was A Gathering of old Men by Ernest J. Gaines. Read it. Look carefully at the language. Read each word aloud. Feel each word on your tongue. Once a week you will copy one paragraph from that book and mail it to me. " ( Vea,70)
2.Why is the passage ,so sagnificant to me because it is say that Jesse wants to help eddy,so he don't lose his education.

3. 1)Why is the use" time traveling" used in the chapter?
    2) Why is Jesse what from eddy to learn?

Friday, December 24, 2010

week one

1.  "Like many men who have witnessed the best and worst in themselves, who have been given a glimpse of the end of their own lives at a very young age, he had lost the power to be lonely." (Vea, pg45)

2. Why is the passage ,so sagnificant to me because it is like this person is becoming a new person in life because this person is having someone in life right now before all the worst times happen to him.

3. 1)How does Vea make this people sound best and worst in themselves?
    2) Why does Vea said," he had lost the power to be lonely"?