Fences lesson 5
Journal:
I dislike Mondays -the worst day of the week, is because its just a fresh week and everyone is back from the weekend. On most Mondays I'm still tired from the weekend and I don't want to be in school. Usually I always find myself falling asleep in some classes. I find the day to be really boring.
1. What is the purpose of a monologue?
You usually see it in a play, but the purpose of it is to deliver a message.
2.
HW#5 Complete your monologue.
Some people find that riches and money is everything. They want to have all the latest cars, the nice big house and the best of the best. In order to have a taste of that first you have to get past school and have a well paying job. Most people wont even get close to all of the money and the fame. Education is really the key to everything. Without that you're not going anywhere. If you want a taste off all the nice things in life you have to work for it. you have to grow up and get past all the petty little things that are not important and reach to the top. When you get to the top be proud of yourself and enjoy it before its all gone because when you die it can't go with you.
Fences Lesson 6
Journal:
People aren’t always how they seem to be because some people don't show the way they really are when they are around a certain group of people. Other people might have problems and you might think they are crazy or insane, but its not they they are crazy, its just that they see things a different way than you do.
Questions:
1. What is a fence?
A fence is something that keeps you isolated from other things or people around you. What sort of problems do Troy and Rose have?
2. What sort of problems do Troy and Rose have?
I think they need to work out some issues. I also think Troy should be more honest with Rose.
3. Why does Rose want Troy to build a fence?
So people could stay off of their property.
4. What is a fence to Rose?
To Rose a fence would help her set her goals. It would keep Cory inside and out of trouble. It would also keep her family together.
5. Why doesn’t Troy finish building the fence?
Troy didn't finish building the fence because he let himself get distracted by another woman, so if you really look at it he let Alberta on the other side of his family's fence were she didn't belong.
6. What is a fence to Troy?
A fence to Troy is a blockade around him and everyone besides his family. Its like that for him because he probably feels like there is a fence between him and Alberta.
7. Why doesn’t he want to be kept in?
If Troy is kept inside he can't see Alberta and he has to stay stuck to Rose all the time.
8. What are some handicaps that people have?
There are allot of handicaps that different people have. Some people can't walk some cant speak or hear. It really depends on what chromosome you are missing.
9. How do people overcome their disabilities?
Some people have wheel chairs or prosthetic legs , some speak in sign language, or have hearing aids.
10. How are normal people also handicapped?
Normal people can be handicapped because of the way they think or some times the way they act.
11. What is Gabe’s handicap? (Pg. 24)
Gabe was in injured in WWII. He also has a metal plate in his head and he thinks he is Archangel Gabriel.
12. What is Troy’s?
Troy's handicapped is that he doesn't know or understand how to love or express his feelings out to people.
13. In what ways does Gabe seem severely handicapped?
Only in he sense that he is a bit slow and he has a metal plate in his head.
14. How does Gable seem more aware of things than he appears?
Because he talks about how he saw Troy's name in the judgment book meaning that he knows about Troy's afraid with Alberta and about the things that he has done. He also moved out and he wants to be independent.
15. how does Troy react to Gabe?
Troy tells Gabe to stop repeating himself, but I don't think he understands what Gabe is trying to tell him?
16. How does Rose defend him?
She talks to Gabe about things that he talks about like food and she tries to keep him calm so he doesn't bother anyone.
H.W.#6 If Gabe could talk sanely to Troy in a letter is would probably say:
Dear Troy,
How are you? I'm fine. How is Rose? I hope you did the right thing and told her about what you really do with your time when you're not home. Rose is a good woman and she doesn't deserve all of those problems you're bringing onto the other side of that fence. Good Luck Troy. I'll see you around.
your brother, Gabe.