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Thursday, December 6, 2012
reflection on how the project helped me.
Basically when I first started reading the book, I was
interested on how they would solve their mysteries. But as I got the page 34 I started
getting bored because it contained so many old English words, I understood most
of it but some words made the stories made the story old and boring. As I started
the project I realized that it helped me understand more words that I didn’t had
a full understanding of before. When I wrote the reflections I started liking
the stories more and more because I can think twice about the story and
understand how they actually solved the cases. Also when I told a teacher about
the summary of my book I felt like I can tell them all the actual things that happen
in the story. I got to tell him what I hated about the book and all the things I
loved about it. When I got to advertise my story I enjoyed it because I could
tell people to read a book full of mysteries and tales of the greatest made up
detective in the world. And also in a way I could help them learn old English words
too.
Movives, goals and dreams from "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
Basically my main character, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor
Watson, both had similar dreams. Some of
their dreams were to solve all the crimes that had been given for them to
solve, and to make all their clients happy. When a crime has been committed,
they will try not to make their client wait and try to commence their job as
soon as they can. As they solve cases that have been given to them, they put
all their efforts to do the best they can and bring the criminal to justice. It didn’t matter what the status was of their
client, whether he was a noble, an regular business man, or even an old lady,
they did their best to get the job done with only asking for so little. For
example, when they were suddenly visited by a mask man who had asked them to do
an important job and offered anything they wanted. At that moment Sherlock had
already knew that it was a king, and revealed the identity right when the king
finished his speech. They didn’t really care who he really was, for they gave
him no special considerations, in the end they got the job done being able to retrieve
the stolen item and bringing the criminal to justice. And all they asked of was
to keep the only evidence, and leave all the treasures that they could have
gotten.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Summary for pages 182-321 "Sherlock Holmes"
Summaries:
The Speckled Band:
The setting of the story is at Holmes's office, basically one of the most intriguing past cases that Holmes has solved. On their visit to a man who had reported a lady in his apartment, they went and looked to check who she was and what had happen. On entering her apartment they were shocked of how she was, dressed in black, a veil covering her face, and trembling. As they find out that she was shocked from news from her family that there has been sudden disappearance of her 2 grand kids. As Holmes goes to her hometown to ask about the disappearance, no one wanted to say anything, just from Holmes perspective he could already tell that the person behind all this was a citizen from this town. At the end of the story, Holmes solves the case and figures out that everyone in the village just wanted to shock the old woman and make her worry until she dies, so they could get all her inheritance from her will early.
The Engineer's Thumb
The start of the story is when a man suddenly walks into the room and tells that there has been an incident with one of his coworkers, has lost his thumb so suddenly. As they go to meet with the man who has lost his thumb he found out that the man was so shocked because he saw his thumb get cut out, but didn't feel anything. Nor did he see where his thumb went, as Holmes start their mystery finding they find out that the end of the story that a man called Dr. Drownor has been behind many cases like this in different cities all over the country. And that he has been collecting different people's thumbs.
There is a second novel so this is just the first......
The Speckled Band:
The setting of the story is at Holmes's office, basically one of the most intriguing past cases that Holmes has solved. On their visit to a man who had reported a lady in his apartment, they went and looked to check who she was and what had happen. On entering her apartment they were shocked of how she was, dressed in black, a veil covering her face, and trembling. As they find out that she was shocked from news from her family that there has been sudden disappearance of her 2 grand kids. As Holmes goes to her hometown to ask about the disappearance, no one wanted to say anything, just from Holmes perspective he could already tell that the person behind all this was a citizen from this town. At the end of the story, Holmes solves the case and figures out that everyone in the village just wanted to shock the old woman and make her worry until she dies, so they could get all her inheritance from her will early.
The Engineer's Thumb
The start of the story is when a man suddenly walks into the room and tells that there has been an incident with one of his coworkers, has lost his thumb so suddenly. As they go to meet with the man who has lost his thumb he found out that the man was so shocked because he saw his thumb get cut out, but didn't feel anything. Nor did he see where his thumb went, as Holmes start their mystery finding they find out that the end of the story that a man called Dr. Drownor has been behind many cases like this in different cities all over the country. And that he has been collecting different people's thumbs.
There is a second novel so this is just the first......
Monday, November 19, 2012
Pg 107-182 "Sherlock Holmes"
Summary
The Five Orange Pips:
The Story starts as Watson ravages through all the files of Holmes's old cases, and suddenly comes across a case that Holmes had solved through common logic, and has yet to be proven. As the setting of the case sets in; Watson is scheduled to stay at Holmes place for a few days and his wife was visiting her mother, suddenly there was a knock at the door and a young man comes in. He then apologizes to Sherlock for the intrusion and then explains his story, he tells about his life and that there has been weird problems that have been occurring lately. At the end of the story, Holmes gets angry when the young man that had visited him is suddenly killed by a gang that had issues with his family. Angered Holmes immediately got up early the next morning and successfully tracked the leader of the gang and brought him to justice, as he explains to Watson how he tracked the gang, he said that he just used his luck to guide him.
The Man with the Twisted Lip:
The story starts with a tragic tale of a guy named Isa Whitney, an opium addict who first tried the drug because he read Thomas de Quincey.One night, in June of 1889, a woman comes to his house late at night: Kate Whitney, Isa's wife, who's a friend of Mrs. Watson.Kate is desperate for help: Isa Whitney has been missing for two days, and she needs Watson to go to an opium den on the east side of London to get him. She can't go by herself because it's not a safe part of town. So Watson heads out to the slums of London in the middle of the night. He finds Isa completely high, having totally lost track of time, and tries to drag his drugged up butt out of the opium den.
But as Watson goes to find out how much Isa owes, a tall, bent, wrinkled old man suddenly touches the skirt of his coat and tells Watson to keep walking and to look back without drawing attention to them.Watson obeys. When he looks over his shoulder, for a brief second he recognizes Holmes before his friend goes back to his old fellow disguise.Holmes tells Watson to put his drugged friend in a cab and then wait outside for five minutes so they can talk.Holmes continues with his disguise for two blocks as he strolls next to Watson, and then he stands up straight and resumes his normal appearance.Holmes asks his friend if he thinks Holmes has added opium to his cocaine addiction? But no! He's on a case, and he's in disguise because the owner of the opium den would kill him on the spot if he recognized Holmes.
As the end of the case Holmes solves the case by finding and bringing the leader of the opium warehouse to justice.
The Five Orange Pips:
The Story starts as Watson ravages through all the files of Holmes's old cases, and suddenly comes across a case that Holmes had solved through common logic, and has yet to be proven. As the setting of the case sets in; Watson is scheduled to stay at Holmes place for a few days and his wife was visiting her mother, suddenly there was a knock at the door and a young man comes in. He then apologizes to Sherlock for the intrusion and then explains his story, he tells about his life and that there has been weird problems that have been occurring lately. At the end of the story, Holmes gets angry when the young man that had visited him is suddenly killed by a gang that had issues with his family. Angered Holmes immediately got up early the next morning and successfully tracked the leader of the gang and brought him to justice, as he explains to Watson how he tracked the gang, he said that he just used his luck to guide him.
The Man with the Twisted Lip:
The story starts with a tragic tale of a guy named Isa Whitney, an opium addict who first tried the drug because he read Thomas de Quincey.One night, in June of 1889, a woman comes to his house late at night: Kate Whitney, Isa's wife, who's a friend of Mrs. Watson.Kate is desperate for help: Isa Whitney has been missing for two days, and she needs Watson to go to an opium den on the east side of London to get him. She can't go by herself because it's not a safe part of town. So Watson heads out to the slums of London in the middle of the night. He finds Isa completely high, having totally lost track of time, and tries to drag his drugged up butt out of the opium den.
But as Watson goes to find out how much Isa owes, a tall, bent, wrinkled old man suddenly touches the skirt of his coat and tells Watson to keep walking and to look back without drawing attention to them.Watson obeys. When he looks over his shoulder, for a brief second he recognizes Holmes before his friend goes back to his old fellow disguise.Holmes tells Watson to put his drugged friend in a cab and then wait outside for five minutes so they can talk.Holmes continues with his disguise for two blocks as he strolls next to Watson, and then he stands up straight and resumes his normal appearance.Holmes asks his friend if he thinks Holmes has added opium to his cocaine addiction? But no! He's on a case, and he's in disguise because the owner of the opium den would kill him on the spot if he recognized Holmes.
As the end of the case Holmes solves the case by finding and bringing the leader of the opium warehouse to justice.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
summary for "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
Summary (pg. 57-106)
There are basically two more stories in these few pages.
A case of Identity:
At the beginning of this story, Homes said, "life is stranger than anything a person could make up". This story talks about Homes complaining that there is no interesting case that was there to be solved, at that moment he noticed a woman pacing back and forth the alley and suddenly staggers up to his office and ring his door bell. Homes then asks Watson if that woman was a client, Watson then says to him that yes she is. As she comes into his quarters, he asks her a question about if she is a typist, and as always he is dead on. She then tells him about her problem, her problem is that her father, Mr Holmer Angel is missing and can't be found, and with him was a person that she loves.
As they start to look for this missing Mr. Holmer the mystery starts when Holmes tells the lady , Mary Sutherland, that she sould just give up on her wanting to see Mr. Angel, but he also said that he will try his best to find on what happen to her lost love. As the story ends it seemed that Holmes had all the right answers whenever he and some sort of problems. The story ends as that Mr. Angel went on hiding when he felt guilty about stealing Miss Mary's money, and so it tells that the love of Miss Marry was also but an accomplice in stealing the money. In the end they were never found again.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery:
At the start of the story it mentions Watson having breakfast when he suddenly receives a telegraph from Holmes asking his help immediately and that they are to meet the next day. Telling his wife about the telegraph she agrees that he should go and meet up with Holmes and tells him that it is good for him, for he enjoys all the times when he goes on these mysteries with Holmes. Upon meeting Holmes on the train, Holmes directly explains the scenario, and says," this is one of those cases that are simple but yet extreemly difficult".
The main mystery starts when 2 men named Mr. Charles McCarthy, and Mr. John Tunner. One day Mr. Charles said to one of his servents that he was going to go and take a walk, and the servant said that he was going towards the Tunner's house. On the way there they heard shouting and quarles and a gun shot. As upon their arrival Mr. Charles' daughter goes into the house and tells her mother that Mr. Tunner and her dad were in a fight. At that moment Mr. Tunner's son comes in with a bloody hand and a gun in hand saying that her dad was found dead in the pool of his house.
Being conceited of the murder he was trying to tell everyone that he was yet innocent, and even the daughter believed him. The ending of this story was that, it was found that the other body found in the woods turned out to be one of the 6 robbers that the son shot and the one in the pool was really Mr. Charles. As of that Mr. Tunner lived for more than 7 more months until he died from his injuries with the robbers.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Summary of Sherlock Holmes (Pg. 1-57)
On the first 57 pages of the book, it was of 2 stories.
Summary:
The main two characters are Sherlock and Watson, they are partners in crime solving. When a new person comes through the door, Sherlock could tell how tall that person was, what is his/her profession, and many other things about their identity. Like the time his comrade and old partner, Dr. Watson walked into his office after 2 years of not being able to see each other, Sherlock could already tell that it was Watson that was gonna walk through the door, he could tell that he has been practicing his medical abilities from the smell of some herbs from his cloak.
On the first story of the book, Sherlock helps solve a case against a woman who has stolen a prized picture from a king. As the king directly ask for help from Sherlock, he's cover was blown almost immediately by Sherlock, in uter suprisement the king frantically takes of his mask and asks the detective how he did it. Sherlock expains it through a series of observation, after the king told Sherlock of what his problem was, Sherlock stood up and commenced on the case right away. In the ending of the story the picture is retrieved when they ravaged the house of an actress who had stolen the king's picture while acting as a man in his palace. The woman wrote a letter to Sherlock telling him that she was very surprised of how he had closed the case in just 3 days. Addmitting all her faults she and her husband fled England and moved out to another country.
On the second story of the book, it is entitled "A Redheaded Leauge". I it is bascially about when Watson goes to visit Sherlock and finds him talking with a man with red hair. The man was talking about the problems concerning an organization for which he was working but that has mysteriously disappeared. In the end of the story they found ou that the people that were in charge of that company were plotting to just go into Wilson's house and start diging a tunnel leading straight to the bank, luckyly they were found out and the bank was safe.
Summary:
The main two characters are Sherlock and Watson, they are partners in crime solving. When a new person comes through the door, Sherlock could tell how tall that person was, what is his/her profession, and many other things about their identity. Like the time his comrade and old partner, Dr. Watson walked into his office after 2 years of not being able to see each other, Sherlock could already tell that it was Watson that was gonna walk through the door, he could tell that he has been practicing his medical abilities from the smell of some herbs from his cloak.
On the first story of the book, Sherlock helps solve a case against a woman who has stolen a prized picture from a king. As the king directly ask for help from Sherlock, he's cover was blown almost immediately by Sherlock, in uter suprisement the king frantically takes of his mask and asks the detective how he did it. Sherlock expains it through a series of observation, after the king told Sherlock of what his problem was, Sherlock stood up and commenced on the case right away. In the ending of the story the picture is retrieved when they ravaged the house of an actress who had stolen the king's picture while acting as a man in his palace. The woman wrote a letter to Sherlock telling him that she was very surprised of how he had closed the case in just 3 days. Addmitting all her faults she and her husband fled England and moved out to another country.
On the second story of the book, it is entitled "A Redheaded Leauge". I it is bascially about when Watson goes to visit Sherlock and finds him talking with a man with red hair. The man was talking about the problems concerning an organization for which he was working but that has mysteriously disappeared. In the end of the story they found ou that the people that were in charge of that company were plotting to just go into Wilson's house and start diging a tunnel leading straight to the bank, luckyly they were found out and the bank was safe.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
spectator Sport: Ink+Paper+Imagianation = Graffiti art
As different ideas start running through my mind, all of a sudden a
brilliant,yet indeterminate design pops up. A straight and slated line is drawn on the
thin smooth paper and is soon followed by another line and another. As the pencil is smoothly sailing through the canvas of the paper, the lead breaks. After putting in the thin and delicate 2B lead, I start drawing on the canvas.
Eventually the picture starts coming together, with each stroke of the pencil a new line is made, and more of the final picture is shown.But then as I pick up the the mechanical pencil, not looking at what I am picking up, I pick up a marker and make a stroke. Then realizing that I had picked up the wrong thing! As I pick up the paper I crumble it until it was a ball.
Starting it all over again I get up and obtain a new paper with several others, apprehensively so that I wouldn't need to get up and get more if I make more clumsy mistakes. As I proceeded on a new artwork I try to brainstorm new ideas on what styles I should use to make my art look more attractive. Coming up with a new style to use in my work, I hastily commenced. Precaruously, stroke after stroke my 2B lead got shorter and shorter until i noticed that i had no more in my pencil! As I frantically search for my lost pencil case I start to find thing i have been searching for that I have not been looking for. As I finally find my lost black domo pencil case I then get out the 2B lead and put in a couple into my pencil.
keusta.net
As the sketch finished up I start drawing the out lines with a marker and highlights. Dubious about the out come but yet excited. I Admire my flamboyant work I stare at it for quite some time and then put it down. As I get out of my chair to retrieve my colored pens I look back and admire my work some more. After all that work I finally have achieved my goal in making a new graffiti artwork. :D
www.kredyart.com
Kinddah weird eh?
Eventually the picture starts coming together, with each stroke of the pencil a new line is made, and more of the final picture is shown.But then as I pick up the the mechanical pencil, not looking at what I am picking up, I pick up a marker and make a stroke. Then realizing that I had picked up the wrong thing! As I pick up the paper I crumble it until it was a ball.
Starting it all over again I get up and obtain a new paper with several others, apprehensively so that I wouldn't need to get up and get more if I make more clumsy mistakes. As I proceeded on a new artwork I try to brainstorm new ideas on what styles I should use to make my art look more attractive. Coming up with a new style to use in my work, I hastily commenced. Precaruously, stroke after stroke my 2B lead got shorter and shorter until i noticed that i had no more in my pencil! As I frantically search for my lost pencil case I start to find thing i have been searching for that I have not been looking for. As I finally find my lost black domo pencil case I then get out the 2B lead and put in a couple into my pencil.
keusta.net
As the sketch finished up I start drawing the out lines with a marker and highlights. Dubious about the out come but yet excited. I Admire my flamboyant work I stare at it for quite some time and then put it down. As I get out of my chair to retrieve my colored pens I look back and admire my work some more. After all that work I finally have achieved my goal in making a new graffiti artwork. :D
www.kredyart.com
Kinddah weird eh?
Sunday, August 12, 2012
A word that i think that describes me..... :)
Basically what I hear from different people are different preferences
of what they think of me. At times I hear people say that I am rather
weird.... some say I am funny..... while some others say I am easy
going. I don't really know what I am like in the eyes of my friends or
in the eyes of those that see me.
For me to think of the word that best describes me...... it would be "Me". Since I don't really know what to describe myself as, I just picked the word me.
Now as for the word.... you might think of it as a pretty lame and not so well picked word. But yeah this is the word I picked. Basically I think it describes me well in a way that I am not like others or anyone is alike. Another reason for me picking this word is, that it would be another word to say that I am different or unique, but I figured that someone else would use those words.
When people say things about me I have a tendency to not believe them... unless I am close to them or they are people who I am comfortable with. It is true that the comments from my friends and all other people can be something that is true and is part of my personality. Being me is me because I am different from you who is reading this, in my personality, in my thinking, in my friends, in hobbies and all other things. At times I might share likes with people, and sometimes I don't.
Saying that I am me, is that I mean that I am different from you. I am meaning that I am me and you are you.
So yeah.... that is just the word that I would chose to describe myself. You guys reading this can just tell me what word you would chose to describe me :)
For me to think of the word that best describes me...... it would be "Me". Since I don't really know what to describe myself as, I just picked the word me.
Now as for the word.... you might think of it as a pretty lame and not so well picked word. But yeah this is the word I picked. Basically I think it describes me well in a way that I am not like others or anyone is alike. Another reason for me picking this word is, that it would be another word to say that I am different or unique, but I figured that someone else would use those words.
When people say things about me I have a tendency to not believe them... unless I am close to them or they are people who I am comfortable with. It is true that the comments from my friends and all other people can be something that is true and is part of my personality. Being me is me because I am different from you who is reading this, in my personality, in my thinking, in my friends, in hobbies and all other things. At times I might share likes with people, and sometimes I don't.
Saying that I am me, is that I mean that I am different from you. I am meaning that I am me and you are you.
So yeah.... that is just the word that I would chose to describe myself. You guys reading this can just tell me what word you would chose to describe me :)
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