Select TWO of the three journal assignments to complete. To receive full credit, be sure to proofread for capitalization at the beginning of sentences and for proper names, as well as periods—end punctuation—at the end of your sentence, your thought. Also, be sure to correct any spelling errors marked with a red underline. Respond carefully to the FULL journal prompt. Journal #1 (“The Initiation”): Describe a group that you belong to. Is there a formal or informal uniform? Are there specific rituals or rules of the group? Do you derive pleasure, pride, or camaraderie from belonging? What are the positive aspects of belonging to this group? Are there any negative aspects to belonging to this group? Journal #2 (“The Initiation”): Describe a moment when you had to make a difficult decision, as Millicent does in “The Initiation,” by Sylvia Plath. Was this a moment of internal conflict, conflict with a friend or an authority figure? With expectations of family school or society as a whole? What was the outcome of your decision? Do you think you made the right decision and why? Did your decision affect others or just yourself?

Explanation:

The group I belong to is the LBGTQ community. I am gay and a hermaphrodite so it is beneficial. I have much pride and pleasure from this group. They are my true family. My "Mother" and "Father" beat me, cut me and nearly took my life. Lettie Lutz taught me that I am "brave, bruised and who I am meant to be" and made me realize I deserve to live and have a voice. I am loved and saved by this group. I have no complaints about my family. I finally am loved. My boyfriend loves me for me and my life, love and story shall never end.

i believe it is he has been given the drum as a joke.

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.