Characters from Missouri 1101

Claudia Mendoza
Prof. Young
English 1101
Character introduction

Characters from Missouri

The Reverend

• He is actually a recognizable character from Part I in the story 
• Reverend Martin who had once left John Brown's army and built one of his own. 
• He was threatened by Fred once when he was back in Brown's army, and he felt anxious for revenge since he was embarrassed. 
• When he and his army went down by the creek where Fred and Onion were, he found their horses about a quarter mile away from their location. 
• He only saw Fred by the creek after he told Onion to hide with The Good Lord Bird.
• He recognized Fred right away, and even though Fred didn't take out a gun at him or recognized him right away, he straight just shot at him, blasted him through the chest in cold blood.
• He said, "That'll teach you to draw on me, you apple-headed, horse-thieving, nigger-loving bastard" (McBride 113).
• While having an argument with his army for killing unarmed Fred, he ended off by shutting them down. Saying , "Brown won't tarry when he finds his boy dead out here. You wanna wait till he comes?" 
• He then set out to found John Brown. 
• While fighting, he and his army set fire to the houses of Free Staters, and shot them.
• He felt proud of killing both Fred and the Old Man, yelling it across all Osawatomie.

Sibonia

• She is Libby's sister. 
• She comes off as crazy, because she kept yelling over Onion after he was asking for Bob. 
• She is an "outside nigger" (slave) who lives in the slave pen in the back of the hotel. 
• She sets on a box wherever it goes. 
• She piles mud balls, but says that Onion is troubled, because he playing folks for a fool.
• She makes a deal with Onion, so she can get a bill of sale, or a pass since he know letters. 
• She is going to inform Onion on where Bob is. 
• She is the leader of the Insurrection. 

Pie

• She was a mulatto beauty who was all class.
• She was also a whore who belonged to Ms. Abby.
• She was the "mother Onion never knowed, the sister he never had, and his first love."
• Pie was going to get taught how to know letters from Onion. 
• While she set him up as a girl and get him a minor job from Ms. Abby. 
• She also had money saved up in secret. 
• She showed Henry how to look and act as a girl.

Ms. Abby

• She is the owner of the "high-class" Pikesville Hotel. 
• She was angly ass white woman according to Onion.
• She ran a lot of businesses, like Dutch Henry. 
• She was also a good slaveholder. 
• She loaned Bob out.

Darg

• He is a character that is feared throughout Ms. Abby's hotel.
• A big ass colored man, he tall and ugly too. 
• He was the boss of the slave yard.

English 1101 Reading Log Questions

Claudia Mendoza
English 1101 3G
Prof. Young
Reading Log Questions

Reading Log Questions.

1. The Good Lord Bird means things that you can find out about yourself or the world that will last a lifetime of understanding.
"But that one there... That's an angel. They say a feather from a Good Lord Bird'll bring you understanding that'll last your whole life. Understanding is what I lacks, Onion. Memories and things." Said Frederick. (Page 33)
2. Henry's nickname is Onion, and he earned that nickname by John Brown after he gave him a good luck dusty onion as a symbol to welcome him to the family and celebrate his freedom from being a slave and he took a bite of it.
"I calls her little Onion henceforth for my own reasons." Said John Brown to his son. (Page 28)
3. Henry's rationale to keep on living with his life was his fear and lazyness. He didn't want to join John Brown's army, in which he didn't clarify on his gender to John Brown. Even though one of John Brown's sons found out his actual gender, Henry made him promise not to say anything and keep it hidden by giving Frederick the feather which John Brown gave Henry. 
Then to make sure to Frederick wouldn't tell when they got back  he told him "Fred, you remembers our deal ?" (Page 35)

Is it permissible to lie? 1101

Claudia Mendoza
English 1101
Prof. Young
February 1st, 2016

Is it permissible to lie? If so, when? If not, why not?

           It’s not good to lie at all. In reality lying is bad. Although, under some circumstances where it won’t hurt to lie a little bit, it would be permissible. If it’s appropriate enough to give a little “white lie”, then do it. But if it’s a lie that’s going to lead to another lie and so on, it’s definitely going to catch up with you.  Lies are never good, because it always comes back to bite you in the ass if you don’t remember which you probably won’t since it’s not the truth. If someone gets hurts by the truth they have to face reality, because lying always comes back around like karma. Therefore, it’s not good to lie back to bac, because then you’re going to get caught in a big lie. If you find yourself in a situation where you lied but it causes you to lie further, then you should just stop there. There might be a situation that after some time passes, a person asks you about something you lied about and you might forget and then you get caught in a lie. It causes people to not trust in you and may cause you to lose relationships with people due to it. Lying can take over you because you’ll find every situation an “appropriate” situation to lie in, and that’s not good. It might start with a white lie, but that little lie can consume you. Therefore, it’s not right to lie at all, if a person can’t take the truth then that’s up to them. A little lie to spare someone’s feelings might become a bad habit but it’s not always bad, because you obviously don’t want to lie to someone close to you. Just remember that there’s a limit to lying. That’s just my opinion about whether it's permissible or not to lie.

Getting to know you 1101

Getting to Know You

1. Sincerely, I don't play sports. Sadly, I'm not athletic and I have no interest in sports, unless I'm watching them. I do have a sport I'm interested in playing but only as a minor hobby which is Racquetball, but I haven't tried it yet, it just seems fun. 
2. In my free time, I like to spend time listening to music, reading, or spending time with my family or boyfriends. 
3. The most ridiculous lie I've ever told was in college. I parked in a visitor's parking spot and when I was about to get away with it and leave with my friend to go somewhere else, public safety comes to my window and asks if I'm a student and I said no. He asked what I was doing there and I just said I came to drop my cousin off. But he noticed I stayed for an hour and he tells me how do I take an hour to drop her off, and I said well I was helping her with things inside and he said to not do it again because I didn't get a visitor's pass but I told him that it was because they never told me anything when I drive in to pick her up and then I drove off. 
4. When I write an essay or anything, I don't have an outline. I just sit in front of my laptop and write just about anything that flows in my mind.
5. My writing experience so far has been well off. I've had ups and downs in my writing grades but it turns out well. I've learned a lot throughout the years and I can say that I've learned a lot about writing. Therefore, I just want practice my writing and learn more to write better. 
6. The most recent book I've read from cover to cover has been "The Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. 
7. I often write on social media a lot, maybe like once a day but I don't post things as much I explore social media instead. 
8. The most important I should learn this semester is to learn more about my major which is International Business because I'm just excited to see what awaits in my career. 
9. My definition of a hero is someone that comes in a clutch. Someone that comes at an unexpected time to save you, be it physically saving you or emotionally. Overall, a hero to me is someone with a good heart.
10. I can't recall the last time I failed at something well. But I can remember of one time that I let someone go and I felt regret after it. 
11. Rate as a writer: B.