The Lost Autograph

It was a cold day in the Pittsburgh when all of a Green Bay Packers napkin left over hit the Steelers Safety right in the face. This happened right after the Steelers lost the Super Bowl to the Green Bay Packers. As he went into his car the battery was dead and he needed to find someone who could give him a jump to start his car. This was a normal everyday life for him because this only happened when the Steelers lost and everyone knows the Steelers always lose.

As soon as troy got home he took a shower to get all of the smell of losing out of him. After he was done washing his hair with Troy Polamalacules he cleaned his hair with a Q tip and he dried each strand of his hair with a cotton swab. As he was washing his hair he heard someone break into his house. When he got to his living room he saw that his Aaron Rodger signature that was wrote in colored pencil. He saw a note where the autograph was it read: Dear Troy I guess you have noticed that I have stolen your autograph so I have given you two clues to find your autograph. Here is your first clue: Where can you find your jersey not at home. Troy jumped in his car heading to Heinz field to get the next clue.

As Troy arrived at the field he went to his locker to see a note right on his lockers hook. He opened it and it said: Now that you have found your last clue I will tell you where I am so you can get your autograph back. I am located n the place where failure is always around. Right then Troy knew where to go he took a plane to Philadelphia to go to Citizen Bank Park where the Phillies he went into the locker room to see a mysterious dark figure. Troy walked up to him to see it was Roy Halladay who stole his autograph. Troy said "I found you now you have to give me my autograph back." Roy said "How about a trade you give me a strand of your hair for the autograph." Troy accepted the deal he cut a strand of but as he did all of his hair fell off and he was bald. Even though Troy got his auto graph back he still lost his hair and now he does not have the best hair in the NFL that belongs to Tom Brady.

Literary Analysis of: The Hundredth Dove

           

            The Fowler crouched down ready to throw his net to capture doves for the King’s wedding. He spots a flock of doves throws his net and captures the most beautiful white dove he has ever seen. As he lifts the net the dove slips through and flies away, the fowler checks the net and finds no possible way the dove could have flown away. That was a piece from the story The Hundredth Dove by Jane Yolen . The mode of literature that best fit this story is Romance.   

In the Romance mode of literature it begins with the main character having a minor conflict, in this story the main character is the fowler and his conflict is catching 100 doves for the King’s Wedding. Then it ends with life symbolism, in this case the life symbolism is the fowler wearing the ring that the white dove that he killed wore, around his neck as a necklace. Another thing that would fit the life symbolism is when he takes in the doves and swears never again to eat any type of meat and to just live off the natural fruits and berries in the forest.  

Along with the Romance is the symbolism in the story things like the colors they mention and the animals.  The colors that they mention in the story are the white dove and a gold ring these are a part of symbolism in the romance mode of literature. Another part of the symbolism is the weather and the author always said that it was a soft breeze and a light mist and those are also a part of the romance mode of literature.  Also Yolen made the title of the story The Hundredth Dove fit with symbolism in romance mod of literature because the dove is a part of the romance mode.

In the story The Hundredth Dove the author lets the reader see the struggles that people have when they have to hurt something they love. The symbolism in the story shows what the people of the old days would do just so they can have a title as a fowler to the King or the King’s country. When the story ends the author has gone through the complete cycle of the romantic mode of literature and has shown the symbolism needed to fit the romance mode of literature. The best way to describe the mode of literature the author used would have to be the romantic mode of literature.

Picture Journal

 Authors Note: This is a picture journal that I made as an activity in Language Arts class.

This happen to Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, June 18, 2007. Even though this happened a while ago it is still pretty funny. The best part about it was the person who hit him would eventually become is teammate about 4 years later (Cliff Lee). This just shows that the Phillies have another thing to be embarrassed about.