Wednesday, June 8, 2011

poem

    I AM GOING TO BE  Jonathan Medina


I’m going to be who I say I’m going to be.
I’m going to be a successful college person.
I come from a ghetto city Oakland.
My family is Mexican.
I was always told I was smart.
I value my family’s company.
I’m going to be who I say I’m going to be.
I’m going to be a successful college person.
My strenghts are sports.
My friends have xbox 360’s and ps3’s.
I believe I can make it to college.
The best advice I ever had always ask questions.
I hope I get good future.I’m going to be who I say I’m going to be. I’m going to be a successful college person.
UPA taught me never give up.
I will fight for my rights.
I want to remember all my friends.
I dream to make it to college.
I’m going to be who I say I’m going to be.
I’m going to be a successful college person.

Friday, June 3, 2011

                                    KINDRED

     Some people believe that economic exploitation is always physical but it is also mental or emotional. The book I read “KINDRED” by Octavia Butler and this book is all about how there was a woman called Dana went back in time to save her ancestor Alice and when slavery was still alive and she met her ancestor by this boy who grows up to be her oppressor his name is Rufus. My main point is to show that economic exploitation  isn't just physical it can also be emotional and mental.


        A example from the book that can lead to economic exploitation the mentally emotional way is when Rufus is about to sell Issac so he would not marry Alice.pg119. This is economic exploitation because Rufus is manipulating Alice so they would not get married  that is an example of  economic exploitation     the mental and emotional way.

         Another example from the book is when Rufus told Dana that he was sending all her letters to Kevin so she can do everything Rufus wanted like all the dirty work when he wanted to make Alice come to him that is another reason how Rufus was manipulating Dana and Alice. In real life people would do the same when they are trying to kidnap and rape someone so they are mentally trying to manipulate someone that way.



      In the almost end of the book “Kindred” Alice has some baby’s than Rufus hid her kids and told her that he sold her kids to manipulate her but what Rufus did turned out to kill Alice because she could not live with the oppression Rufus gave her and she hung her self for that an example in the real world in her position they would feel so stressed and oppressed they will also feel like committing suicide.



       In conclusion of this essay my main point is that economic exploitation can also be mental and emotional not always physical I gave reasons from the book and the real life that proves this is wrong and that the author of this book is trying to say that Rufus was a slave owner who tried to take advantage of everyone there and she was also trying to say that manipulating was wrong.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

ABOUT ME

Hi my name is Jhonny Medina I am a 8th grader at upa. I like to play soccer,football and video games.when I grow up I want to be making video games or be a professional chef traveling around the world. My favorite color is green and black my favorite subject is math.