Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Maugham's story is different from the message

the message in Maugham's story is different from the message in the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper. The fable suppose to be the ant who is hardworking and get enough food to through the winter, and the grasshopper who is lazy and idle, in the end, he has to beg ant for a little food to through the winter. However,Maugham's story is describe Tom and his brother, Geroge. Tom leave his family and job only for enjoy his life. His has sexes with prettiest women, eat at expensive resraunt, gamble, and so on. In the end he gets anything he wants because he married a old lady. After she died, she left him a million pound, a house in London and a house in country. George is hardworking, responsible to his family and job. He never has a vacation longer than two-week in year for 25 years. He was 47 years old, but he looks sixty. He never think about betry his wife, Andre always be a good father. However, he only get a small income and little house in the end.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Handout-my story

It was a very mid-night. My cousin and I were sitting in a sofa and watched TV. I was trying to make myself fell asleep soon and he looked very nervous and angry. I asked, “What is going?”  He said, “Lisa did not go home yet, she is play with her friends at a bar.”(Lisa is my cousin’s girlfriend) I said, “Lisa is 23-year-old. She knows what to do, do not think too much.”  He raped, “I am trust her, but Lisa is a simple girl, and it is 1 am right now. She does give me a call that says she is arrived home.” Lisa called while I was going to answer my cousin. Because it was mid-night, it was very quiet and I overheard their conversation on the phone. Lisa sounds had a little drunk, but she was home now. She said, “Honey, I am home and I was going to bed now.” My cousin said, “Why are you going to home so late? You promise me you will suppose be home at 11pm and do not drink any alcohols.” She said, “Baby, it is my best friend’s birthday party, and she is going to other city next week. We won’t meet each in years. Just a little bit late.” My cousin said, “It is principle issue. If you cannot do that, just do not promise me anything. Don’t you know the guy outside is very bad? Don’t you know I am so worry about you? Don’t you know your parents will worry about you? ” She said, “I am so tired. I do not want to argue with you.” My cousin silenced.  She said, “If you want to continue talk this topic, call me tomorrow. Good night!”
I do not think the problem is solved. My cousin's girlfriend believe she was right. She did not do the wrong thing. She did not hang out with other boy. She just back home a little late. My cousin believed his was right. A young girl back home at mid-night and drunk, it is very dangerous. His girlfriend promised him back home early, but she did not do that. I think there are many different to avoid it. For example, they could go out together, my cousin have to loose his rule(principle) or his girlfriend need to do what she has said.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Summary of handout(park)

Opinion:
I do not like the article and I do not understand the ending.it is not interesting for me. it looks like a diary journal not a story.
Summary:
A family spend their time on a park at Sunday afternoon.a husband, Morton is reading the Time Magazine section, a wife leaning on her husband's shoulder, and their son, Larry is playing at park. A rude boy throw a spadeful at Larry. They talk to the rude boy do not do that. The does not listen advice. And then They complain to his father about his behavior, but his father agree with his son's behavior and encourage him to do whatever he wanted. Morton have a argue with the rude boy's father. They are almost fight, and then Morton find out it is worthless to fight with the rude boy's father. And then I do not understand the story.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Summary from handout ( Henrietta)

Opinion:
I like this article. It is easier for me to understand the information. The author Sarah Zielinski interviews Rebecca Skllt who wrote " the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks," and Rebecca point out many important information from the book. i used to get an answer from one chapter, and now I can get many answers from one question that Rebecca answered.

Summary:
It is an interview between journalist Rebecca Skloot and Sarah Zielinski. The Henrietta Lack’s immortal cells helps medical researchers learned the details of how cells work and test the cause and treatment of diseases. Hela’s cells is the first immortal cells in culture, it is developing the polio vaccine, Rebecca introduces Henrietta Lacks who hide behind the immortal cells to the world. She also explains why she interested in the story, and why Henrietta's cells is so important.how Rebecca connect to the Henrietta's family and the situation of the family.the book exposes many facts which are hide in the history.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Summary 136-176

  By the 1960s, scientists think Henrietta's cells is becoming super strong. It survives everywhere. Scientists start doing the research of mix Henrietta's cells with others. They want to get answers from mixed cells which are died or or radiation change. Most of cells are contaminated. The mouse cells with Henrietta's cells is the only succeed example. They publish the result and announce that man-animal cells are bred in lab.
During the 1960s, Henrietta's older sons, Lawrence and Sonny are doing well on their own. However, Henrietta's daughter, Deborah is pregnant when she is sixteen year-old; she also is a violent  mother. while her child make a mistake, she beats him hardly. the younger son, Joe is dropped out of school in the seventh grade and then he is in prison because he killed a person. 
Around 1966's, a geneticist talks to Gey that he finds a technical problem in their field. He is working on cell cloning and hybrids, mapping human genes, and using cultures to cure cancer. He also do the research for looking the new genetic markets. He finds there is one thing that in common in his research, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-A is contained his research. They are almost from of black Americans. Then they relate to Henrietta's case, and they spend more time developing genetic tests Hela cells.
Back to the 2000s, author is waiting two hours for Sonny for get more information about Henrietta. She knows Lawrence is the only child of Henrietta who remember her. Lawrence said some covered things about Hopkins hospital such as test on black people, hide the truth about Henrietta and Henrietta's family know nothing about her. 
In 1970-1973,Gey has a cancer. He wants his cells will like Henrietta's that can help advance science in the process, so he asks his surgeons to take the cells from his pancreas. However, the surgeons doesn't do it because they worried if they cut the cancer, it will kill Gey. After Gey recovered, he finds out other scientists need his help. After a while, Gey died. Before he died, he told Mary it is ok to release Henrietta's real name if someone asked. Finally, people know Henrietta Lack who provide the immortal cells.
Impression:
Scientists are so crazy terrible. They like test on human or doing weird things.
Question:
Why the Henrietta's family do not want talk to other people about Henrietta, and author still  gets information from them.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

....while i am reading

when i am reading a book, sometimes i do not understand the way author talk about. it is difficult for me to read a English book. vocabulary and logical are the big problems for me. when i look up at dictionary, there are too many different means in one word. sometimes author says somethings that are funny or terrible, but i do not understand exactly author means. i usually read a book at my room.therefore, it is hard for me to focus on the reading.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

summary p93-p136

        Not long after Henrietta’s death, there is the biggest polio epidemic happened in history. Therefore, the scientists begin to develop a HeLa factory which could grow the HeLa’s cells every week to stop polio.
        Many people do not know Henrietta’s name. The only article about Henrietta is published without her name. Jerome Syverton writes many letters to complain to Gey about misreport Henrietta’s name and ask Gey to correct it. Berg, a press officer at the NFIP also sends Gey many letters saying he want to write more information about HeLa cells for a popular magazine with her correct name. However, Gey does not agree to correct the name and says it is a way to protect Henrietta’s privacy. Therefore, many people think the name of the woman behind the HeLa cells as Helen Lane. Henrietta’s family also does know her cells are alive.
           When Henrietta was gone, her children, Sonny, Deborah, and baby Joe except Elsie who is deaf and dumb and raise at other place are raised by Day and Ethel who hate Henrietta. Henrietta children don’t know what happen to her because no one tells them and if they ask about their mother, they will get hurt by Ethel. They ask Day about what happen to their mother and sister, and Day always gives the same answer which is you are too young to remember to reply them.
During the interview with Henrietta’s cousin, Cootie gives the reasons why people who are in their family do not talk about Henrietta. They do not say the words like cancer or do not tell the stories on dead folks. At that time, the family does not talk about Henrietta for a long time. It almost like Henrietta has never existed, except for her children and cells. Cootie says if author wants know more information about Henrietta, she needs to talk to Cliff who grows up with Henrietta. Cliff shows author many details and some family history about Henrietta.
           Henrietta’s cells grow up at labor around the world. Chester Southam is thinking injected with live HeLa can also work on human not only rat. He starts doing research about Hela cells. It is the first time doing research at human and it is danger. He starts inject with live HeLa at patient who have cancel. And then he wants know what different if he injects with live HeLa between healthy people and sick people. He inject with live HeLa at healthy people who are murders, embezzlers, and robbers to get the answers he wants. Southam is not only one who treats other people’s life as a test. Accounding to the published a detail list of worst offenders, there are researchers who inject children with hepatitis and other researchers poison patients under anesthesia using carbon dioxide.

Impression:
I feel shocked. At that time, researchers treat human being like a rat, they only care about what answers they can get from them.

Question:
There are many unfair or illegal events happened at that time, why there is nobody to resist it?