Writing for HS, AM (Scalice, '07): Matthew Huey

(mhuey) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:46:19 GMT

why did they go through the waig?
The father is seeing if she will fit in

How old is Baldo?

Why did the father ask if they met anybody on the way?

How old is Leon and his wife?

Why does Maria call Leon, "Noel?"
makes his name sound more Americanized

Why is Maria afraid of Leon's father?

Themes are between countryside and city side

What does the city and the country mean to carlos Bulosan in America is in the Heart and Manuel Arguilla in How my Brother Leon Brought home a wife?
Manuel city adapts to country in the person of Maria
Carlos
country adapts to person of Carlos

Theme America
What does America mean to Carlos Bulosan

Sin City

(mhuey) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:39:26 GMT

Although I have not seen Sin City personally, I have heard about it sadistic plots and it's porno-sadism. It seems to have the mixture of comedy and horror within the same film. I agree with the film critic mainly because many people enjoy such a genre of movies. This is especially true with movies such as Sin City that exaggerates porno-sadism. More importantly, porno-sadism is the act of sexual imagery or content mixed with torture and homicidal ideas.

Now, after analyzing the critic and his responses to other critics, I feel the utmost urge to not see the movie due to its content. Even though critics raved about the movie, they probably did so with a humorous mindset rather than with a sadistic or sexual thought.

worldview assignment

(mhuey) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:56:28 GMT

This was definitely a challenging essay for me, but after reading through it many times I have finally came to a response. When reading these ideas, I was persuaded by some of these ideas, yet some I believed to be flaws. First of all, one idea that I thought was persuasive was that everyone should have compassion for each other. Also I believed in your ethical beliefs. For example, ripping people off during a crisis is undoubtedly an unmoral act. These were the ideas that persuaded me to agreeing with your premise, yet I feel that are some flaws with your philosophy.

Although I think that people should be treated equally, financial wise, people who work hard should earn more than others who don't work at all. Also, I somewhat disagree with the idea that a relative comparison between different classes of people exaggerate the problem. I don't believe that this is the case. For example, when comparing two people such as a homeless person and Donald Trump, the situation would look severe. In contrast, when comparing someone who works at Walmart and one who works at Safeway, the situation is not as critical. Finally, I feel that when you mention Jesus I do not see a crucial persuasive point.

Descriptive Essay

(mhuey) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:29:54 GMT

My dog's name is Meme Huey. As with family tradition, everyone's name- human or animal- has the initials, M.H. She is a six month old SHih Tzu who weighs 12 pounds. While sitting on her hind legs, she is about fifteen inches tall. Her most dominant traiut is her friendly characteristics. She enjoys the company of people, but we're still not sure avout her kindness to other animals, such as her own species. When she was younger, she bit everything that came into sight. It could have been electrical cords, the rug, or the clothes. Furthermore, she had a difficult time being potty trained. As you can guess, our living room carpet began to smell quite awful. However, she is still young and growing . Most importantly, she is an important member of our family.

Meme actually replaces our last family pet that died of old age;. We hope the same thing does not happen to Meme, but that might be difficult since everyone dies sometime in life. My older sibling, Michael, was our main reasom of getting a dog. Not only did my brother want a dog to have fun and play with, but everyone in our family had a dog. This contributed to the reason of getting a dog. We woul have got a dog much earlier, but we had two main setbacks, the hardwork