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3-19-12 I am pretty satisfied with me research paper.I did really well on my expression of content. Some of the elements that I need to improve on would be first and foremost my conclusion. I need to remember that in my conclusion not to add any new information in it. I also need to work on my organization of my paper. Especially what needs to go first and what doe not. Also where the information I have would be the most effective.

Blog #6 My author is John Steinbeck. One interesting thing I have learned about him would be that he had three wives. The first two cheated on him the first one cheated on him with one of his best friends. I also learned that being very organized is a good way to get research done.

2-17-12 Final Blog **Characters** The main character would be Ethan Hawley, he works at a grocery store that his parents/grandparents use to own. He lost the fortune. Now his wife's brother left her money and she trust him not to spend all of it. Hopefully she is right. Mary Hawley is another character she is the wife of Ethan. She is very loving and caring especially when it comes to her family. Another character is Margie Young-Hunt, she reads people's futures on cards. Her family has the past of being called witches, sometimes it comes back at her. She is the one who said that the Hawley's will be rich and money will be coming there way. One night she came over and reread their future, she really didn't end up reading it because it was back, she kind of just ran out. Mr. Baker is also a good character to get to know. He works at the Bank and the Baker's and Hawley's have known each other for generations. Ethan's grandpa kinda blamed for the Baker's burning their ship that they [|co-owned]. The plot is when Ethan (main character) loses pretty much everything, but is told that he is going to get his fortune back. He doesn't believe that something that great could happen to him and his family. He is trying his best to make everything right. He even gave Danny Taylor (look at blog below to find out who he is) money so he could sober up. He cared very much for Danny. I would give this book a 21/2 because I really couldn't get into the book til the very end. I loved what it was about but sometimes it was just really really so especially on points that I thought didn't really belong in the book. I think this is a really good way to discuss because you can really just write how you want and what you want. It also makes you think about what you are writing/typing. I think that the objectives and the things we have to put into each one is a really good idea especially when you have a mental block on what to write about. At least it can get you started on what you should already know and you should discuss. I also like Wiki because you can comment on other people's blogs.
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**About Ethan Hawley** First off this is how i picture Ethan Hawley. He is an all-around nice guy. He works at a local grocery store that his parents use to own back in the day. He has a loving wife, Mary Hawley, who is always there for him and loves him and when Ethan gets up in the middle of the night she automatically gets up to and always asks him were he is going and if everything is okay. They live in a [|small town] were everyone pretty much knows everybody(kind of like Boone). There is also a pretty good chance that your parent's were involved like in a shipping sell or worked together. Ethan also has two kids that are really annoying towards him. He also has/had a best friend that they were so close they were "brothers". His brother's name is Danny ( Daniel Taylor) he has become the towns drunk. Ethan and Danny don't talk a whole bunch anymore but you can tell that Ethan would still do anything for him. Ethan also has a spot were he goes that no one knows about he calls it his "Place". It doesn't have a name he just calls it the Place. It is were no one can find him, but that is what it is for. He goes there when he can't go to sleep, and just wants to think/talk to himself without his wife and kids around to bug him so he can't concentrate. Well, I'm not that far into my book I am only on page 54, but I plan to finish this book. It is starting to get interesting.

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"Oh! It's like that--you and the dinosaurs." This quote from the book [|__The Winter of Our Discontent__] is mainly stating that sometimes you have to think ahead and not stay behind in the old ages. The main character in this book would have to be Ethan Hawley and his wife Mary. Mary has a joking personality she likes to lighten everything up. Ethan on the other hand is kind of stuck on his past. He lost his fortune and everything his family has made for their name in the past. Now he is just a grocery clerk in what use to be his store.

I am going to be reading The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck. I have no idea what is going to happen in this book. I I have heard about [|John Steinbeck] many times from people talking about how an amazing author he is so I am very excited to finally be reading on of his own books. I love to read all different types of books. My favorite serious I am reading right now is the House of Night novels they are amazing. I read every night and it is something I love to do.