Choose either A. your Glass Castle graphic organizer/thesis or B. your thesis regarding the controversy over musicians performing for the Qaddafi clan. Use your thesis as a springboard for a short essay (3 paragraph minimum) to develop and complete. Please post them here.
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Brittany Lefebvre
Period A
3/14/11
The Glass Castle was written by Jeanette Walls to tell her childhood story. She grew up with an alcoholic father, and a mother who can’t seem to take responsibility for her four children, Lori, Brian, Maureen, and herself Jeanette. Throughout The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls utilizes metaphors in order to indirectly connect her hectic childhood to her parent’s unique style of parenting.
Walls uses metaphors throughout the whole story to compare her childhood to the way her parents raised her. When she lived in Midland, in the Mojave Desert, her mother took a liking to Joshua tree which was blown sideways due to the wind. Jeanette sees a little sapling growing and suggests moving it so it doesn’t get blown sideways but her mom disagrees. “You’d be destroying what makes it special, she said. It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty.” (page 38) She’s saying that even though the Joshua tree is sideways it’s still beautiful. This metaphor also compares to the underlying theme that everything is beautiful no matter the struggles, and the struggles you face make you stronger. In addition, they didn’t have a lot of money and they also weren’t strongly rooted. When Christmas rolls around the dad says that they can each have a star, but Jeanette wanted Venus. “It’s Christmas. You can have a planet if you want.” (page 40) The dad compares Venus to a present that you would usually get on Christmas. Also, Jeanette and Brian had a very creative imagination due to the fact they had nothing to play with. They took a liking to experimenting with things that were left in empty bottles in Battle Mountain. “An abandoned shed we named our laboratory.” (page 61) They made a shed into their lab, which they eventually blew up. It’s comparing the fact that their shed can also be a lab. The metaphors connect to the whole story, in order to better understand her life.
Through Jeanette Walls unique way of subtly inserting metaphors, the reader is able to feel more connected to the story. The reader gets a better understanding on her parent’s views of life, and also how Jeanette feels throughout her whole childhood.
Nick Clegg
A
3/15/11
Rolling Stone article
In this article by the Rolling Stone magazine you discover that singers and performers, such as, Beyonce Knowles, 50 cent, Mariah Carey, and usher, perform for dictators, and their families, that have recently become terrorists, for millions of dollars. Last year Beyonce and Usher performed for an unknown amount of money on an island for Qaddafi’s son. Qaddafi was a terrorist long before any of these artists agreed to perform for him. Qaddafi was linked a certain bombing in Berlin, and a bombing of a Scotland plane.
Qaddafi has been a terrorist threw out his entire 40 year rule. He was responsible for a bombing in a Berlin disco in 1986 that killed two American soldiers. He was also connected to a Scotland plane bombing in 1988. The plane bombing killed 270 people. Lybia’s former justice minister told a Swedish newspaper that Qaddafi order the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing himself. Those are some horrible things that Qaddafi has done in the past few decades.
As you can see Qaddafi is not a good person, and has to be removed from office immediately. The artists should have been informed who they were performing for, and should be told from now on. It was said in the article, “ ninety percent of the time the artist has no clue, you hear about these things, it’s generally after the fact. But the Majority of my artists, if they knew something was funded by Qaddafi, they would not play it, and morally it would not rest well with them.”
Kenny Voegtlin
3/15/2011
Period A
In the article, Mariah, Beyonce, Usher face calls to donate Qaddafi money to charity, the author talks about how artists are willingly playing shows for terrorists. In the article, it talks about how these artists were performing for the Qaddafi family. The article also explains what Qaddafi did to be known as a terrorist.
In the article, it shows all of the performances that were given to Qaddafi’s family by these artists. “Carey accepted $ 1 million to perform for Qaddafi’s son, Muatassim.” “Beyonce and Usher preformed for an undisclosed sum on the island the following year.” “50 Cent gave a performance before Muatassim at a 2005 film festival in Venice.” These quotes show that these artists are somewhat supporting these terrorists.
The article also explains why Qaddafi is a terrorist. “His regime was linked to a 1986 Berlin disco bombing….and the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.” “Qaddafi himself ordered the Pan Am bombing.”
These quotes show that these artists are supporting these terrorists and that Qaddafi is a cruel man for all the crimes that he has committed
Christine Tamulis
March 15, 2011
In the article from Rolling Stone magazine entitled “Mariah, Beyonce, Usher Face Calls to Donate Qaddafi Money to Charity,” the author employs that these artists are greedy and ignorant to whom they are playing for. Many artists play private concerts for loads of money. This article is focused on these few artists that play for a Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. Qaddafi is an evil dictator who is responsible for terrorists’ attacks. The artists who played for him are very well-known around the world and can have a big influence on people.
Artists usually do not know who they are playing for, but these artists probably should have known who they were playing for before they took the gig. One artists that is portrayed as greedy and ignorant is Mariah Carey. “Carey accepted $1 million to perform for Qaddafi’s son, Muatassim, Libya’s national-security adviser, at a lavish New Year’s Eve party on the Caribbean island of St. Barts in 2008.” Most likely Carey had no idea who she was playing for. She might have been more interested in the $1 million she was getting just to sing a few songs. Two other famous artists of this time who played for the same man just for the money were Beyonce Knowles and Usher. “Beyonce and Usher performed for an undisclosed sum on the island the following year (2009).” These artists are very wealth and should have looked into the people who they were playing for. The other artist who played for the dictator’s son is rap star 50 Cent. “50 Cent gave a performance before Mutatassim at a 2005 film festival in Venice.” For years, artists have been playing for the “royal” family and no one in the United States could care less who they played for, as long as they sing good music.
In conclusion, artists are very ignorant and greedy compared to the artists from the seventies and eighties. “Stewart, Queen and the British band Status Quo donated money to charities after playing Sun City.” These artists made it seem like they actually cared about other things besides the money they made. The agent of Metallica, Billy Joel and Rod Stewart stated the quote: “Not every artist is a humanitarian. In more cases than not, for people, greed rules.”
lindsey lach
“Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 Cent are facing industry calls t give back the money the earned performed at lavish parties thrown by family members of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi.”In the article “Rolling Stone” the author is talking about that the singers who are singing for a terrorist group.
Many people are speaking about the artists who perform for Qaddafi: “If it were me, it would go to charity,” says Buck Williams, agent for R.E.M. and Widespread Panic. Adds David T. Viecelli, agent for Arcade fire, “hopefully donate it to a charity that somehow assists some of the people who have sufferd t he hands of that regime.” Some examples are that Carey accepted to sing for 1 million to perform for Qaddafi’ son with Usher in 2008. 50 Cent gave a performance before Muatassium at a 2005 film festival in Venice. And the terrorist group killed 270 people by the bomb and the streets or face“ rivers of blood”
Chelsea Willcott
Perid A
3/15/11
In the book, “The Glass Castle”, Jeannette Walls uses metaphors and similes to portray how all bad events will eventually turn good over a period of time. Walls uses metaphors to describe one thing to another, without using like or as. Unlike a simile, which uses like or as. Walls uses a lot of metaphors throughout the book.
Jeannette Walls uses metaphors in each chapter of the book. One example is, “What’s up, Mountain Goat?” he asked. He called me that because in never fell down when we were climbing mountains.”(pg 36). Rex Walls, Jeanette’s father, compares her to a mountain goat because she can climb mountains really good. Rex Walls calls her this throughout the book. Another example is, “You’d be destroying what makes is special.” It’s the Joshua Trees struggle that gives it its beauty.” (pg 38). Her mother tells her that by cutting down the Joshua tree you are destroying, which is a metaphor to Jeannette going through a crazy life, but eventually turning into a smart, wealthy lady. The third example is,” Brian and I decides some of this stuff would make for a neat science experiment , so we filled up a couple of boxes with different bottles and jars and took them to an abandoned shed we named our laboratory.” (pg 61) This is an example of a simile because Jeannette and Brian, and her brother, compare an abandoned shed to their own laboratory. Walls uses metaphors and similes to compare herself to other objects and events throughout,” The Glass Castle.”
Walls uses metaphors and similes to elaborate how all bad situations will eventually become good and exciting. Jeannette had a tough life, but in the end she became a very successful woman. Metaphors and Similes are very important and appear a lot in this book
In “The Glass Castle”, Jeannette Walls brings her readers on a journey to show how wild and different her own life actually was. In the book, “The Glass Castle”, Jeannette Walls uses imagery to pull her readers deeper into her past to make them feel as though they were there themselves. Some moments that she made feel real with imagery were when she traveled, explaining how her houses looked, and how she felt in general.
Imagery is a great way to make the readers understand how the author felt during the hardest times of moving. Traveling was always a common thing for the Walls family although one time they to up and go and weren't very prepared at all. “The engine made the floor vibrate, and we'd all go tumbling whenever we hit a bump. Several hours passed. By then we were all dying to pee and wondering if dad was going to pull over for a rest stop. Suddenly with a bang, we hit a huge pothole and the back doors on the U-haul flew open.”(pg.49). Walls provides the audience with certain words to make them be able to picture that exact memory in their own mind without actually being there. Imagery is very necessary to describe her moves or else they would not seem very interesting or bizarre.
The Walls family always seemed to be living in a new house, but with the use of imagery there was one house that stuck out the most. The winter was the hardest for the Walls when they moved to Welch and the readers can easily understand that when Jeannette explains what is was like. “It got so cold in the house that icicles hung from the kitchen ceiling, the water in the sink turned into a solid block of ice.”(pg.176). Since the author proposes the audience with an abundant amount of detail about the house in just one sentence, as they read they can almost feel how cold it would be and picture how they would feel themselves if it was in their house. Walls allows the readers to understand the challenges she had to face during the winter in her own house.
Jeannette Walls always could communicate the way she felt through the use of imagery in almost every scene. One memory she provides for the readers is when she goes swimming and for the first time in awhile she seems happy. “That afternoon I was alone in the house, still enjoying the itchy,dry feeling of my chlorine-scoured skin and the wobbly-bone-feeling you get from a lot of exercise.”(pg.193). In most chapters there is chaos and almost a sad feeling the audience get for the Walls family, but here they can feel happy for her because she for once is happy. Also the way she explains this is exactly how it feels when someone goes into a pool for too long, so most people know just what she means. Imagery is a great way to express how the author feels throughout the book.
-Taylor Silver
In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls uses metaphors to compare many things in the book with very clear descriptions, such as the Joshua tree and the name mountain goat.
For example, Walls says, “It looked scraggly and ugly, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position, and it made me think of how some adults tell you not to make weird faces because your features could freeze.” This is a good example of how she describes the Joshua tree. She uses many descriptive adjectives like twisted and tortured, that give you a strong image of how it looked, and really made you think of the odd faces that children will sometimes make. Also, Jeannette says, “What’s up, Mountain Goat? He asked. He called me that because I never fell down when we were climbing mountains- sure-footed as a mountain goat, he’d always say.” This is another descriptive metaphor that compares Jeannette herself to a mountain goat, with a good description behind it.
Some of the other poetic devices that relate to her metaphor’s, are imagery, characterization, and mood. She uses imagery to go along with her metaphors, such as the Joshua tree and the planets. Wall’s uses characterization to set the personality of the characters by the way they speak or act.
In the article from “Rolling Stones”, the author comment about some artist who performed to Libyan dictator, Gaddafi, who last week ordered his forces shot at those who protest against his government in the streets of the country, paid about one million dollars for these stars to do private shows for his family and friends on several occasions.
“Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 Cent are facing industry calls to give back the money they earned performing at lavish parties thrown by family members of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. "If it were me, it would go to charity," says Buck Williams, agent for R.E.M. and Widespread Panic. Adds David T. Viecelli, agent for Arcade Fire, "Hopefully donate it to a charity that somehow assists some of the people who have suffered at the hands of that regime."
"I don’t think most artists go into [performing at a party like this] with that kind of in-depth focus, [of] how each country is governed and what goes on inside each country," says Dennis Arfa, agent for Metallica, Billy Joel and Stewart. "Not every artist is a humanitarian. In more cases than not, for people, greed rules."
In my opinion, the artists need to take responsibility for their actions and they have to know for who they are going to perform and receive money.
In the book, Walls takes her readers on a trip through her crazy and hectic childhood. In the story, “The Glass Castle” Jeannette Walls uses strong imagery to help characterize the characters in the story and to really show to the readers what her life was like by describing it vividly.
There are many examples of imagery in the story that really help describe the characters, setting, etc. One time imagery is strongly used is when she is describing the fight between the parents “She was dangling from the second floor, her legs swinging wildly. Dad was holding her by the arms while she tried to hit him in the face.”(pg.71) The way Walls describes the fight to her readers it really puts the image of them in the readers head and it helps to characterize Jeanette’s parents. After Erma had died Walls states about her farther that he was in “More distraught then I’ve ever seen him, which surprised me, because Erma seemed to have some sort of an evil hold over dad, and I thought he would be free of it,” (Pg. 180) That’s statement really describes her farther, he seemed to hate her all the time but once she is gone he is filled with sorrow. And by using the metaphor describing the hold Erma had on Rex it also shows imagery and the readers are able to see it in their minds. Lastly she lived in very harsh conditions. “One corner of the kitchen ceiling liked like a sieve. Every time it rained, the plasterboard ceiling would get all swollen and heavy, with water streaming from the center of the bulge,” (Pg.153) she uses imagery to describe the setting and the conditions of the place she is living in. Those are some examples of the strong imagery she uses.
Brad Wry
In the rolling stone article, “Mariah, Beyonce, usher Face Calls to Donate Qaddafi Money to Charity” the author tells the readers about how celebrities are attending parties thrown by terrorist leaders in other countries due to lack of knowledge or just greed.
In the rolling stones article artist such as 50 cent, Mariah, Beyonce, and Usher be are going to parties hosted by terrorists leader Qaddafi for his son, and in turn getting millions of dollars on the spot just for performing.
The problem with performing for Qaddafi is that he is a dictator that was linked with the Berlin disco bombing as well as the pan am flight 103 bombing back in the sixties, he is also a dictator in his country and he is giving his people hell, this is why there’s been so much rioting in Egypt, as well as labia, because of this man.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is about Jeannette as a child and how she lives her life. Her parents are neglectful and are carefree. Throughout the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, she uses imagery to be able to show her readers the different settings and situations her life took place in.
There are many different situations where Walls uses vivid imagery to have her reader’s picture what exactly is going on. She uses imagery to describe the different settings that she moves to, because she has a very nomadic family life style. They move from place to place every other week. She also uses imagery to describe what her characters look like. An example of her using imagery to describe settings is when she is talking about the Joshua tree. “From the time the Joshua tree was a sapling, it had been so beaten down from the whipping wind that, rather than trying to grow skyward, it had grown in the direction that the wind pushed it.” Another quote in the story when Walls uses imagery to describe setting is “At twilight, once the sun had slid behind the Palen Mountains, the bats came out and swirled through the sky above the shacks of Midland.”
Jeannette also uses imagery to give her readers a clear picture of her characters and they’re situations. “I watched the yellow-white flames make a ragged brown line up the pink fabric of my skirt and climb my stomach.” Another quote that Walls uses to describe characters situations is when Jeannette catches on fire when she is cooking hot dogs. “I smelled the burning and heard a horrible crackling as fire singed my hair and eyelashes.” That is how she uses imagery to describe the situation the character is undergoing.
In conclusion, The Glass Castle uses much imagery to be able to make a picture in the readers mind. In many different ways such as characters descriptions, settings, and situations the characters undergo. There are many different examples of it .
- Ashley Cibotti
Micayla Valeri
March 15, 2011
Period-A
In the book, “The Glass Castle”, Jeannette Walls uses characterization to determine physical and emotional characteristics within each character. Walls use characterization to classify each character individually.
Jeannette Walls characterizes each character as they appear throughout the book. First example “ Her long hair was streaked with gray, tangled and matted, and her eyes had suck deep into their sockets but still she reminded me of the mom she’d been when I was a kid, swan-diving off cliffs and painting in the desert and reading Shakespeare aloud.” (pg. 3) Jeannette sees her mom as she is but knows she is never going to change. Another example “Billy was three years older than me, tall and skinny with a sandy crew cut and blue eyes. But he wasn’t handsome.”(pg.81)Walls first impression of Billy was how he looked. Last example “Behind grandpa was a ruddy- faced man with a wild swirl of red hair pushing out from under his baseball cap, which had a Maytag logo.”(pg.131) The first time she sees her grandpa all she can talk about is how he looked. Jeannette characterizes each character in her own way.
ahrayah saintius
In the rolling stone article, “Mariah, Beyonce, usher Face Calls to Donate Qaddafi Money to Charity” the author tells the readers about how celebrities are attending parties thrown by terrorist leaders in other countries due to lack of knowledge or just greed.
In the rolling stones article artist such as 50 cent, Mariah, Beyonce, and Usher be are going to parties hosted by terrorists leader Qaddafi for his son, and in turn getting millions of dollars on the spot just for performing.
The problem with performing for Qaddafi is that he is a dictator that was linked with the Berlin disco bombing as well as the pan am flight 103 bombing back in the sixties, he is also a dictator in his country and he is giving his people hell, this is why there’s been so much rioting in Egypt, as well as labia, because of this man.
Sean Hanlon
3/15/11
A
Wealth corrupts, just like power does. Put them together and you get a Libyan dictator paying artists millions to play shows. Were they aware of who and what was paying them? Was accepting the money justified? In the article, the author exemplifies the fact that money corrupts and people will do anything for it if they allow greed to take over.
Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 Cent, believed to be controlled by their greed did shows for Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan dictator
Nicole MacDonald
In the article The Rolling Stones, the author uses direct facts to show American artists performing for terrorist. In the article it is not proven that the artist knew who they were performing for, or whether the knew and just didn’t care.
In the article famous artist were reported performing for some strongly disliked people, like Libyan dictator Muammar el Quaddafi and his son Muatassim, and the debate is whether they knew or not. The article states, “ Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher and 50 cent are facing industry calls to give back the money they earned performing at lavish parties thrown by family members of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Quaddafi.” In the articles this quote interests readers to know that some of their favorite artists are performing for people taking their peoples own lives. That leaves the reader questioning after reading this quote, “Ninety percent of the time the artist has no clue,” he says. “You here about these things, it’s generally after the fact. But the majority of my artist, if they knew something was funded by Qaddafi, they would not play it, and morally it would not rest well with them.” Readers are now questioning whether it was unknown to the artist. In the quote, “Not every artist is a humanitarian. In more cases than not, for people, greed rules”. After reading this quote it is referred to the readers whether their favorite artist are being greedy. Still some people will never know whether it was unknown or greed, but it will leave readers thinking.
In the article The rolling Stones, The author provides information on some of Americans favorite artists performing for politically disliked people, who some were responsible for bombings. The readers of the article are left questioning judgment of some of the artists, whether it was done out of greed or the artists was unaware.
Connor Russell
Period A
3/15/11
TGC Short Essay
In the book “The Glass Castle” the author, Jeannette Walls, incorporates imagery into her memoir in order to make each scene more vivid and real to her readers. “The Glass Castle” is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ life growing up to who she has grown to be. Throughout her memoir she uses lots of vivid imagery to pull her readers into her past for a more in-depth experience while they read. There are many instances she uses imagery but there is a couple that stand out more than the rest. These are, when they see the Joshua tree, also when they first came into Battle Mountain, and last when
Connor Russell
Alexa Dosreis
3-25-2011
Libya is ruled by a malicious dictator who has betrayed his country by treating his people cruelly and unjustly. In the article from Rolling Stone, the author describes the ignorance shown by these celebrities for performing for a dictator who is ruing his country and killing his own people for protesting his ways. Aiming to show the unawareness of their greed the article gives examples of celebrities such as: Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher, and 50 Cent.
A well known celebrity such as Mariah Carey had accepted a request from Qaddafi: “Carey had accepted one million dollars from the dictator, Qaddafi, to perform for his son Muatassim.” Mariah Carey was given one million dollars for the performance. While the citizens of Libya are being shot at every day for protesting against the government and are living in poverty, she goes to a lavished party for the son of the dictator who is causing all this woe. Another two celebrity who have shown ignorance and greed toward the bigger picture of the situation is Usher and Beyonce : “ Beyonce and Usher preformed at an undisclosed sum on the island the following year”. They show lack of knowledge of the situation going on in Libya because they are giving performances on a private island Qaddafi owns. He is wealthy enough to own his own private island filled with the better-quality things, while his people starved. These two singers do not see the circumstances this country is being forced to go through. A fourth celebrity is 50 Cent: “50 Cent gave a performance before Muatassim at a 2005 film festival in Venice”. 50 Cent shows signs of being ignorance, along with the other celebrities is because he also gave a performance for Qaddafi’s son. Those who are part of the government are so wealthy they rest of them live in the dirt. That is how these four celebrities are showing ignorance of greed while Libya has been going through poor living conditions for as long as they can remember.
Qaddafi, the spiteful dictator of Libya, and these four celebrities show signs of greed. Some more than other
In the article from the Rolling Stones, the author talks about how artists such as Mariah Carey, Beyonce Knowles, Usher, and 50 cent are playing shows for the son of a mass-murderer and keeping all profits. Artists should take responsibility for their actions and learn how to say no. They should also know and realize who and what they are preforming for.Artists should be able to realize what they’re doing, and not have their agents do all of the hard work for them.
The first step in the process, is learning about who/what you’re playing for. Statements such as “Carey accepted $1 million to perform for Qaddafi’s son, Muatassim...” show that Qaddafi is involved somehow, and she should realize that he is indeed killing tons of people. Since he has been attacking his own land since 1986, she should be well aware of this. After this step the artists need to learn how to say “no, I don’t want to do this.” They need to realise that they are not going to help their reputation by playing shows for semi-terrorists.
Artists need to do research, think about their actions, and reflect on their reputation. They need to notice that money isn’t everything, and that maybe playing for the son of terrorists isn’t the best idea.. Next time Beyonce’s “irreplaceable,” comes on, I will refuse to go “to the left, to the left.”
-Jordan Wollenhaupt
CLass A
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