Assignment for 9/8/09

pg. 6

1. The sun tended to use persuasion to control the man instead of force like the Wind.


2. The harder he blew, the tighter he held it to him.


3. The sun made somewhat of a compromise with the man instead of forcing him to do his willing like the North Wind attempted to.


4. To serve as a model to show that persuasion is better than force.


5. Often times it is better to get what you want by dealing with someone rather than trying to make them do what you want.

pg. 8

1. The beginning; 2 (the part when Chuang Tzu is describing the tortoise)
2. He does it to make a point; he wanted to give the officers the picture that he would much rather be fishing than being cooped a palace.
3. He is into the simple things of life.

pg. 19

1. Just an average guy working in a supermarket; detail is important here in order to give the reader the most vivid picture of what is going on.
2. The author does a good job in portraying Sammy's image. Although standing up for the girls was heroic, what he did was a little outlandish just so the girls would notice him. This is much like the doctor in "Godfather Death" who would tempt death just to get a beautiful princess to notice him.
3. When the employees are being introduced; to give the reader a good view on why Sammy is acting the way he is.
4. He seems to be becoming more and more infatuated with the girls.
5. When Sammy really wants the girls to notice him; when the manager confronts the girls; when Sammy says that he quits.
6. So the girls will notice him; he wants them to look at him as a hero.
7. He seems to be obsessed with the girls and doesn't seem to like his manager too much.
8. That Sammy knows that his actions were about to make life much harder.
9. You have to abide by the rules in order work in that kind of business.