The Squire's Tale

      We all have cons about ourselves some more than others. This tale is of a strapping young man on the search for a fabled lost treasure. He heard about it from an old widow on one of his quests. After a quick stop at a near by kingdom he would set off for his quest.

     He arrived in a part of town that had a feeling of melancholy to it. The young adventurer brushed the feeling off. He spotted a shop from afar and decided to stock up on supplies there. Entering the merchants shop he was surprised to see the extent of luxury in the shop compared to how the rest of the kingdom looked. Before he had enough time to question however, the owner of the shop asked, "What do you need. If you need it I got it and if I got it you need it." The adventurer did not reply, however started looking. He remembered he needed a new saddle for his horse and noticed that the merchant did not have one.      "Might you have any new saddles for my horse?" asked the adventurer.     "No! but if you may need anything else I should surely have it." said the merchant.     "Do you know of a merchant near by that may have one for sale?" asked the adventurer.     "No!" exclaimed the merchant. "I have the best shop in these parts. Now if you need anything else I should surely be able to provide it." shouted the merchant.     "Surely some other merchant must have something you do not." inquired the adventurer. The merchant was intrigued by the young adventurers bold claim gave him a challenge. He told the adventurer that if he were to find a merchant that sold saddles for his horse in his kingdom that he would award that merchant and the adventure with a piece of his great wealth. Determined to prove him wrong the adventurer set out to find a merchant who sells horse saddles in the kingdom.

     The second merchant he came across sold many things but none that the first did not sell, let alone saddles for his horse. He asked the man did he know of any merchant that sold saddles and the old merchant told him that there was a merchant on the far side of the kingdom that opened up not to long ago and might sell what other merchants may not. With that information the adventure rushed off with excitement. When he got there he saw that this merchant's shop looked sub par and lost hope, however when he entered he was overjoyed to see that this sold many things that the first merchant did not and low and behold there he saw saddles for horses. If looked for the merchant who owned the shop and noticed that the owner closely resembled the first merchant.     "Oh happy day young merchant. You don't know what fortune you have brought to the both of us. There is a merchant on the far side of this kingdom who will award both me and the merchant who I find who sells horse saddles!" the adventurer excitedly belted.     "I know exactly who you are talking about. I will sell you the saddle, but I will not except any prize from that disgrace of a man." the merchant said with a mad look on his face. When the adventurer asked why he learned that this merchant was the first merchants son and was abandoned along with his mother and two sisters. The young merchant said the reason was because they were to expensive and the first merchant did not want to lose his wealth raising them. The young merchant also told the adventurer that his father is a selfish merchant who steals other merchants business and slanders any up and coming merchant so he can be the richest man in the kingdom. This enraged the adventurer, being raised with a strong sense of justice, payed for the new saddle and forgetting all about the prize he rushed back to confront the first merchant for his shameful actions.

     When he arrived he tied op the merchant and restrained him to a post outside. He proceeded to loot the whole shop and began to spread his wealth all over the kingdom. Keeping his fill for supplies, he set out to find the fabled treasure. On his way back from his failed quest, he was curious to what happened after he purged the selfish merchant. To his surprise the kingdom looked brand new and was filled with thriving businesses all around. The people of the kingdom were so grateful to the adventurer that they gave him wealth unimaginable. Is this the fabled the old lady foretold? Mo ,atter on to my next quest!

     

About how a very cool poet has inspired me

As most people know, I want to be a film director and to be a screen writer. Geoffrey Chaucer, from what I have read, is almost exactly the kind of writer I aspire to be. From the reading, I learned that he was a very popular and wildly praised poet thought to have shaped modern English to how it is now. Mr. Chauncer was an influential poet credited to a series of firsts with G.L. Kittredge identifying Troilus and Criseyde as "The first novel, in the modern sense, that ever was written in the world." One reason I say he is almost the writer I want to be is that in the reading it said that he often left his poems unfinished, this is something I do not want to do as I think everything should and deserves an end. However, I would like to reflect many different cultures in my work as Chaucer's poetry reflects many sources such as; French, Italian, and Latin. One big thing that the reading has brought to my attention was his tendency to establish authorities only to contrast them, this is an amazing way to bring the issues of a time to the limelight and discuss them. One interesting thing I learned was that he did not provide solutions to the contrasts he presented leaving the solution up to interpretation. Lastly, Chaucer could address topics both seriously and comically making him diverse in the way he could talk about a topic, what he could talk about, and the audience he could present a topic too. Geoferry was a great poet and any aspiring poets,  authors, or just any type of story teller should look towards him if ever in need of inspiration. 

Dr. REAL TALK

Dear Mrs. REAL TALK,

Hello my name is Grant and I am in a  REAL predicament, and I don't know what to do. Here the situation, I have been dawned with this responsibility of  making a death row inmate, a man named jefferson, a man before he dies and he believes he is a hog. The problem with this is that in my most recent visit with jefferson he did some things that would make make miss emma, his family, most unpleased and it will break her little old heart. I do not know what to do in this situation Mrs. REAL TALK  please help me!

Analyzing MLK Jr.'s Rhetorical Strategies

In his speech Mr. King's use of repetition is phenomenal. His use of repetition nicely complements and builds the emotions that he stirs in his audience. For example, when he says, "We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only". We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. " The repetition in this quote enhances his argument that the Negro has an unfair disadvantage and has no way to advance in his society. He drives this point by giving examples that cannot be denied, like when he says that, the children are stripped of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only". Its statements like this that really showcase how disinviting America's society was at that point in time.
                                        Using that same quote, we can observe his exceptional use of pathos as well. He appeals to the audience's emotions by exposing all the situations and hardships that the Negro had to deal with on a daily basis. He sympathizes with the Negro that wants to advance in society, but the only advance he or she can make is to a larger ghetto than he already lives in. He acknowledges the frustration that the Negro feels when he or she reads a sign that says "For Whites Only". He brings out the anger that the Negro feels when the officers that are meant to protect and serve the people, are only brutalizing them.  Dr. King acknowledges the hopelessness and how discouraged the Negro must feel when he or she cannot vote or have nothing to vote for. All of these examples are there to speak to the audience on a more personal level strengthening his speech.