4/12/11

And Now an interview with Elizabeth Johnson.

What made you decide to help Kinie escape?

She's my best friend, we grew up together. Why wouldn't I want her to be free! I knew it was the right thing to do, and when I heard about the underground railroad, it was possible.
Did the consequences ever cross your mind?

Did the consequences ever cross your mind?

Yes, I'd be lying if I said they didn't worry me. I was terrified, but I had to. What was my other option...there were no other options. I was scared to death. I knew my father would never change his ways. I prayed that he would never discover it was me who helped Kinie escape.

Did you have the escape planned out?

Yes, I had every little detail planned, because I knew that I could not get caught, it was illegal! Kinie had nothing to do with the planning, she didn't even know that I was ploting her escape. She had always talked about how much she wanted freedom so badly, and so did the rest of her family. They thought of me as a family member, and I thought of them as my family. They never wanted to leave a family member behind. So in my plan, I would escorte them one at a time to the first stop on the underground rail road. Night after night I would sneak one out.

4/11/11

Every spring break, since I was born, we go to Florida. My grandma has a condo on a privet beach called, bare foot beach. If you walk a little ways to the left of my grandmas place, there is a country club, where my grandma is a member. They have tennis courts, a pool, a hot tub, and pool side,m and beach side service. But if you walk down to the right of my grandmas, there is a restaurant called, Doc's. They have great breakfast and pizza. Doc's also have para-sailing, and jet skiing. My brother Jake and I always go para-sailing, and then our whole family goes jet skiing. My grandma lives in Naples, so there is a lot of shopping, but we also drive down to Everglade City, where they have air boat tours. On this tour they take you into the swamps on an air boat, they feed alligators, right next to you.When I was my family and I would go to florida for a month.

Journal 4/4/11 Dialogue

My characters are best friends. Abigale lives on a southern plantation. She has befriended one of her family's slaves, Kinie. The friendship is kept a secret from Abigale's parents. Abigale helps free Kinie, by sneaking her out to a house along the underground rail road one night.

Kinie wake up!
hmm? what?
Shhh stay quiet, I'm sneaking you out, now.
What if your parents wake up?
They already are awake, fathers patrolling the perimeter of the farm, but I know how were going to get out.
How can we? It's to risky, if your dad sees you... you know how mad he will, your not even supposed to talk to me! Whats your plan? We can never hop the fence, your father would see us.
Through the house, my father will never expect it, and mother is alseep. I left the back door unlocked, we will sneak through the fields around to the back, then we go inside. Once his in the front of the house, we run in. Then we wait until hes in the back of the house, then we exit through the front door, and we move north in the river. There's a safe house only a mile north.

4/1/11

I found it interesting that women were involved in every aspect of war. I knew that they were involved but I was unaware of how involved they were. I don't think this article will help me with my research because it didn't talk about children during the civil war. I liked the article though, I liked they way they had 10 individual facts and them supported them.

Journal 3/30/11 Historical Fiction

I think that the perpose of my book "The Children's Civil War" is to teach how the war effected the children's lives. I am going to right my essay like a diary from a young child. I have not made the choice weather or not she will be from the north or the south, but her family will be split, and fight against each other.

Journal 3/29/11

I think that any thing can motivate someone. I couldn't say "people are motivated by money," because not all people are. Each person really has there own "want" or " desire. The people of the world cannot be grouped into one category for something such as this; we're all different and all come from a different life.

As much as our world would like to say, that we think of others before our self, not all do. Our world grows more and more selfish every day. We need to realize that this life is not about us, but about doing the best you can to help others. The most commonly repeated commandment throughout the Bible is "Love your neighbor as your self." God tells us over and over again in the Bible to love your neighbor as yourself, I think everyone should focus on helping others first.

When I really want something to happen, I'll ask once for it, then weight a little while and ask again, by this time my mom has normally said yes. If my mom does say no, I'll weight untill she is not around and go ask my dad.

Journal 3/28/11

I think there are times when fighting is necessary to reach the goal you desire. If there is something you want, but are capable of getting it, you must fight until you have it. To fight, such a strong word, but fighting doesn't have to be violent. To fight means any competition or struggle. A very powerful way of fighting is with words, weather its a fight with a bully or the fight for blacks rights- there will be strong words. I would fight for free choice of seats. I would fight for this because I think we are ready and can handle our selves, maybe the people causing trouble could have assigned seats but not the others. If I had to fight for something on a bigger level I'm not sure what I would fight for. I would though like to fight to be the best soccer player I can.