black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black was used for everything
• Black made a big impact on Europeans
• The color back interested many people from the beginning
• Black was mainly used by ministers
• This color began to be used in different places

4 QUESTIONS

• What was it that interested people into this color which really had no color at all,it was dull?
• What did people think about it?
• Which social class first began to use this color?
• Who were the least people to use this color?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Stiking- Attractive; impressive
• Poverty- The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support
• Dominate- To rule over; govern; control

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black dominated many things

black the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Black meant many diferent things to people in Europe.
• It went from showing melancholy to be printed out and shown over the country.
• Europeans began to use this color in trends.
• Black became a very powerful color amongst everyone.
• Black was finally announced to be a true color after being considered a non-color.

4 QUESTIONS

• Why did Isaac Newton say that black isnt a real color?
• Why was it that after black not being considered a color, it was then announced it was?
• What did people think about this?
• Did people try to go against the fact thnat black wasnt considered a color?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Forceful- Full of force
• Delight- A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment
• Restored- To bring back into existence, use, or the like

2 LITETARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black was VERY popular

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black is used by many people but specially fashion designers.
• Black is another way for determining life and seeing it from another point.
• Black determines loneliness, dullness, and sadness.
• The color black is used to cover up certian ways of the mood which you are feeling.
• Black is a vvery dull color.

4 QUESTIONS

• What is the true representation of the color black?
• Do people really look at it from that way?
• What were peoples thought when Isaac Newton didnt consider black as a color?
• Was using the color black back in those days really have a meaning?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Melancholy- A gloomy state of life
• Ambivalent- Uncertainty or flunctuation
• Humility- The quality or condition of being humble

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• This book tells you all that you need to know about the color black.

black the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Talks about how it was that the color black was and how it influenced people.
• The color black became very important to people.
• Black was used by all kinds of people unlike the other colors that only certain people used and or wore.
• The color black was first used by priests and ministers.
• Black made a great first impression amongs people.

4 QUESTIONS

• How was the color black first made?
• What made this color so powerful?
• Who created this color?
• Was the color black one of the first colors?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Compelling- Overpowering
• Luxury- A material obejct; service
• Archetypal- The original pattern or model from which all things from the same kind are copied on or which they are based on

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OERVIEW

• Gives a clear understanding about this colorless color.

black: the history of a color

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black was used by people who have a miserable life and decided to express their feelings in that way
• People then began to use the color balck in trends.
• Many Europeans dressed in the color black and began to use it in many different places.
• Black was a color critisized.
• Many people from Europe didnt approe black as a color

4 QUESTIONS

• Why wans't black considered as a color to many people?
• What attracted people to this color?
• Where was it mainly used?
• Did people use this color as a way of expressing themselves?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Rebellion- Open,organized, and armed resistance to ones governor or ruler
• Conformity- Action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc
• Humility- The quality or condition of being humble

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERVIEW

• This is very interesting how a color could mean and represent so many things,

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Black was the favorite color of many different people.
• The color black epresented different things such as mood or feeling.
• For many people the color black wasnt a real color. They thought that it had no expression.
• The color black represnted depression, melancholy, and also sadness.
• Black became ery known among Europeans.

4 QUEStiONS

• Who first started the color black?
• Should the color black really be considered a color?
• Did the color black first originate in Europe?
• What makes the color black so powerful?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Fascists- Advocating
• Penitents- Feeling or expressing remorse for ones misdeeds or sins.
• Ascetics- A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, as an act of religious devotion

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black isn't a color which shows signs of joy or happiness.

Black: The history of a color

5 comments

• In the medieval era, black became the habit of courtiers and a hallmark of royal luxury.
• People in Europe began to use the color black as a color to print words and images.
• During the time period when there was romance in the air, the color balck was used as melancholy.
• After that it was that black was beginning to become use everywhere from art to film. Black was the color used b everyone and which was everywere.
• It was after that that the color balck was considered a true color after Newton said it wasnt.

4 questions

• What made this color so popular among Europeans?
• Where was it that this color was then used after Europe?
• Why did Newton say that Black wasn't a true color?
• Was black one of the first colors?

3 vocabulary

• Ideological- Speculative; visionary
• Virtue- Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness
• Courtiers- One who seeks favor, especially by insencere flattery or obseqious behavior

2 litetary terms

• Hyperbole
• Simile

1 overview

• The color black went from being a color which wasn't considered to be a real color, to be a dominating one among people.
  

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5 COMMENtS

• Nathan gets caught with his buddies stealing a McDONALD'S.
• He goes to prison and gets 12 years in there while his buddies are only there for 8.
• Nathan know recognizes that he should of listened to his mother when she told him not to go out because not everytime will he come out winning
• Life is going tough on Nathan now and it is all because of his bad choices. He now knows that he should of sticked to doing the correct things like being better at school rather than being like all the other boys around his way
• Nathan sees how life is tough, but as I predicted, it was too late. He knows that the people who stole or sole drugs were in worse conditions than him

4 QUEStiONS

• Will Liz really wait for Nathan for 12 years?
• How would life be for Nathan in his new home, jail for 12 long years with other convicts?
• What does Nathan learn in the long run about what he was doing wrong all along in his life?
• How would his son turn out to be with so many bad influences around. Influences like the ones that turned Nathan into what he has becomed?

3 VOCABUlARy WORDS

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• Nathan is now locked up and living life the hard way. The way that he chose to live his life because of the bad choices and the wrong friends.

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5 COMMENtS

• Nathan had stopped doing all the bad things that he used to do for money, but he has once again began to do it but this time stealing from stores
• His girl Liz has also been participating in this criminal acts
• Nathan starts to hang with some old friends that he had stopped hanging out with
• Nathan is now a father
• Nathan graduates from high school and wants to attend college

4 QUEStiONS

• Why is Nathan so proud and he just doesn't get a job instead of being a criminal?
• Will Liz stick around while bad things are happening?
• Why does Nathan drop out of college once he finally made it?
• Why didnt Nathan learn from what was happening to him before and the consequences that he got from those bad choices?

3 VOCABUlARy WORDS

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• Nathan just keeps on doing all the bad things and making the wrong choices. When will he learn to do the correct thing? Will it be when it is already to late?

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5 COMMENtS

• Nathan becomes involved in very bad things. Things that he isn't supposed to do


• Nathan is easily influenced just to become cool, and so that isn't who he really is


• In this chapter Nathan really thinks about the consecuences of things and how bad things might go


• Nathan thinks about all the things that may go wrong if he begins to drug deal, and so he doesn't want to go down that path with Shell Shock


• Nathan tries to take another path. The correct one which wont hurt him in any way

4 QUEStiONS

• What makes Nathan not want to do it?
• What goes through Nathans head while the other kids are doing bad things?
• Does Nathans mom have a pretty good idea about what her son is doing?
• What does she think about it and what would she do to prevent it from getting worse?
• What goes through Nathans mind when he shoots people and does drugs?

3 VOCABUlARy

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW

• This chapter is kind of intense. People get shot, people get rich, and people start getting worse with the drug dealing.
  

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5 COMMENtS

• In this chapter Nathan talks about how him and the boys did and acted the way that they did because of "superfly"
• "Superfly" was a movie that had come out from a a man who became a drug dealer because of the fact that he didn't want to work for white men anymore.
• Nathans boy Shell Shock dealt with drugs, but then he didn't want to get involved with that but just stick to what he normally did.
• Nathan really didnt do what his boy Shell Shock did
• Nathan and his boys all did the same things when it comes up to driving, thinking, and also acting

4 QUEStiONS

• Why was it that they began to act like the men from "superfly"? Was it because they were cool, or was it because of the fact that they liked what they did?
• Why was the real reason that Nathan didn't do drug dealing?
• What was Nathan thinkiing as he was watching how Shell Shock was drug dealing and making himself known around the school and the streets?
• What ends up happening to Shell Shock as a result of all the bad things that he does?

3 VOCABUlARy

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• This book is getting so interesting. I like it even though it is very long and i dont know what is going to happen next.

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5 COMMENtS

• In this chapter Nathan learns about all the things which could go wrong if he doesn't do ass supposed to.
• Nathan see's that him and his buddy's dont have a lot of future and that they aren't going to be nowhere in life.
• Nathan and his friends start to go around the white people so that they are able to steal more things than they would get from stealing from blacks since they are poor.
• When Nathan gets a scare in a house when doing a B&E, him and Shell Shock stopped doing that and they then began to start stealing from the whites.
• Nathan and most of the other teenagers from those times, got their influences and did the things that they did because of the rappers that they looked up to.

4 QUEStiONS

• Why doesn't Nathan just try to do better things instead of getting himself in more trouble?
• What is Nathan's main influence?
• What would Nathan's stepfather do when he finds out about all the bad things Nathan does?
• What goes through Nathan's mind when doing bad things?

3 VOCABUlARy WORDS

• Glamorized-To make glamorous
• Glitz-Ostentacious glitter or sophistication
• Gaudy-Brilliantly or excesivelly showy

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• Nathan just quits doing one bad thing to move to a much worse one.

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5 COMMENtS

• I am surprised that when Nathan's friends drop out of school, hes the better person and thinks about it and doesnt drop out with them
• Nathan falls into doing worse things than before such as: B&E (break and entering), stealing peoples wallets etc.
• Nathans mother starts suspecting that he is doing something bad when she starts noticing all these new clothes that he is getting. He tells her its his friends, when in reality is stolen.
• Nathans friends no longer hang with him since they all went into their separate ways. Some went to the army and others joined the marines.
• Nathan starts to recognize that everything that he is doing isnt correct and sees how him and his friends have no future.

4 QUEStiONS

• What does Nathan think personally from what his friends do?
• Why didnt Nathan really drop out of school like his friends?
• Why was it that when the cop goes looking for him after the ice cream truck being stolen, Nathan doesnt get scared and stops doing all those bad things?
• Why does Nathan really do everything that everyone else does and he doesnt try to do positive things?

3 VOCABUlARY

• Nonchalant-Coolly unconcerned, indifferemt, or unexited
• Patronizing-Displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner
• Contempt-The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• In this chapter Nathan learns valuable lessons about life and about how some things arent the correct to do and how to make better choices better for his life.
  

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5 COMMENtS

• Nathan becomes involved in a theft crime. He stole an ice cream truck.
• Nathan's stepfather covers for him without even knowing it when the cops go to ask Nathan about his were abouts.
• The boys get involved into a shoot out injuring and killing someone.
• The rivalry between Nathan's boys and the other boy's get much larger and much more intense.
• Cops get involved in this chapter.

4 QUEStiONS

• What might of Nathan's stepfather thought when the cops went to ask about Nathan?
• Was the cop being involved giving Nathan a sign?
• What would finally teach Nathan a lesson?
• Where did Nathan's boys and the other boys get their rivalry from?

3 VOCABUlARy

• Stake- A stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
• Fumbling-To feel or grope about clumsily
• Solemnly-Grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERViEW SENtENCE

• I didnt think that having a shoot out where there is a party wasn't the correct thing to do.That was taking a very big risk for something worse happening.

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5 COMMENtS

• This book is like a motif.
• In these few chapters I have read, Nathan learns all about working and how it is that working for the white people really is.
• When Nathan sees his buddys Bimbo and Tony shot, he thought about how dangerous it is being in the streets, and that one day he could be dead. But yet this doesnt stop him from living life like he does.
• Nathan and his buddys would never stop the violence with the other gangs because it always goes back and forth.
• This book shows how violence doesnt resolve anything.

4 QUEStiONS

• Why doesnt Nathan try to get a job around where blacks live since he doesnt like white people?
• When would Nathans gang learn a lesson from what they are doing which doesnt help at all?
• Were the friends that Nathan had when he was younger his biggest influence which turned him from an A+ student to a gang banger?
• Why doesnt Nathan learn from all the bad things that are happening and try to stop?

3 VOCABUlARy

• Repercussion- An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
• Ambushing-The act of lying in way to attack by surprise.
• Bodacious-Thorough; blatant; unmistackable
  

2 LitERARy tERMS

• Onomatopoeia-Sounds of gunshots "ta ta ta ta"
• Simile
  

1 OVERVIEW SENtENCE

• In these chapters Nathan learns about the risks that he runs being in the streets and also being a gang banger.He also learns that working is hard, so he would go for other options.
  

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5 COMMENtS

• Power was something that was very important for the blacks in those days because of the fact that the whites were the ones who normally had it all.


• This book is like a flash back


• In this book many things that happen are things that any kids will do for fame


• In this book what was more important was what people really thought about them


• Nathan learns a really important lesson of which tells him about life

4 QUEStiONS

• Why is it that Nathan allows everything that people told him get to his head?


• What were his thoughts everytime he did something he knew he wasnt supposed to do?


• Why couldnt Nathan just be the exeption from all the other boys?


• What is going to happen to Nathan as a result of all the bad things his done?

3 VOCABUlARy

• Rigorous-Characterized by rigor: rigidly severe or harsh as peoples, rules, or disciplines


• Exploitis-To employ to the greatest possible advantage


• Prodbing-to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

2 LiTERARy TERMs.

• Metaphor


• Similie

1 OVER ViEW SENtANCE.

In these chapter Nathan learned about life in the streets and how to live in that enviorment.

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5 COMMENtS

• Some information which is to much for me to read
• It involves things that happen in every day life and things that happen in the urban areas
• It is an excellent book to read to be able to know about how life was before and how it was that boys lived their lifes.
• The book shows you that you cant do what others do and that you cant be influenced that easily by others because it does you no good
• This book is good.

4 QUEStiONS

• What is it thats going to happen to Nathan since he does all these bad things?
• Will Nathan learn from his mistakes later in the book?
• How is the change in their lifes later in the book?
• How is Nathans life after all of this?

3 VOCABUlARy

• Blatantly-Offensively noisy or loud
• Perceived-To become aware,know or identify by means of the sences
• Epitome-A person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degrees the features of a whole class

2 Litetary Terms

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVER VIEW

• This is a good book and i know that even though is weird, it has a great message.