Better a dinner of Herbs, Byron Herbert Reece

The last I read, it told the story of The Preacher and Uncle Enid's thoughts on Mary's baby. The Preacher was furious but he also didn't care at the same because he didn't love his wife Mary anymore. He didn't love her because he loved another woman who he seduced while Mary was visiting her sister. Uncle Enid was paranoid about the baby at first but when the Preacher nor Lady Mercidy(the Preacher's mother) mentioned anything about it he felt fine. Enid was paranoid because he knew that the baby was his.
I think that this part in the book is kind of deppressing because it shows that everyone has something to hide. The Preacher can't get mad at his wife because he had been sleeping with another being aswell. Enid also cannot act as though he is in love with Mary because she is the wife of the Preacher. I think that Reece was influenced greatly by realism because he shows that everyone has something they are hiding.

Better a Dinner of Herbs, Byron Herbert Reece

The last I read described what Danny, and Jason were thinking in a field while they were working. Danny saw Mary bringing water to him and the workers in the field. He started to think of the time he cut himself accidently. Jason brought him to Mercidy and she healed Danny. When Jason saw Mary come towards them with water he began to think of the time, he and Danny were swimming in a pool in the creek near their house.
The book has slowed down a little bit in my opinion. In the chapter about Jason it mentioned his seeing Mary's stomach to grow larger. I think it's a baby and that it's Uncle Enid's baby. I'm excited to hear what the Preacher thinks about this. I think that the book has slowed because it is building up to the climax, I think that the Preacher and Uncle Enid will get into a big fight.

Better a dinner of Herbs, Byron Herbert Reece

The most recent reading I read told the story of Uncle Enid and Danny leaving Enid's farm. On the wagon Danny asked his uncle who his mom was. Enid responded saying that she was a flower. On the way to where Enid was looking for a job, which was a factory called "The Smelters", there was a woman trying to hitch a ride from her sister's house. She was going back to her house,on the ride back Enid told the woman he was looking for a place for Danny to live while he was working at the Smelters. The woman, whose name was Mary, said that Danny could live with her family. At the end of the chapter, the text mentioned that the husband of Mary made Uncle Enid the Overseer of his farm.

I liked this chapter because it almost confirms that my predictions about what was going to happen are true. The predictions were that the first part of the book was the present and the rest of the book would tell about all the events that will lead up to the Preacher's death. I was also suprised to learn that Danny is a bastard child because his mom gave birth to him single, and she died six weeks after he was born. It also showed realism in the fact that Enid didn't like Danny at first when he was born because he felt as though Danny had killed his sister. I also thought it was a little ironic in the book because Mary called her husband a good man and looked down as if she didn't really mean it. Kind of like the story written by Kate Chopin. I was also suprised in one part when Enid, Mary and Danny had a camp fire and Enid and Mary left Danny to do something she shouldn't be doing with Enid. I think that this might cause some drama later in the book between Enid and the Preacher.

Huckleberry Finn

I really like that Huck Finn takes everything literally and that he is good at surviving in the wilderness, it is quite entertaining. I didn't like the first few chapters because all that they talked about was Huck going to school.

Huckleberry Finn

The narrator uses very simple english and if there is ever an 'and' he will use 'en' instead. He writes down what people say instead of the actual word probably to make it more real because if someone from New York was reading this book then they would know what southern dialect sounds like.

I think thet dis book is very entertainin', I think thet dis Huck Finn boy is very clever. I hope thet sumfin mo' excitin' will happen to Huck seein' thet all we read bout' him is jus goin to school erry day en complanin' bout it mos the time en I think et's kinda funny hearin bout Huck not havin' an emagination.

Huckleberry Finn

"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' but that ain't no matter."
Basically all this sentence is saying is that if you don't know who Huckleberry Finn is then it doesn't matter. It also shows that Huck is a vey gregarious person. This sentence also shows that the book is going to be in the South and that Huck Finn is not educated very well, and that he is probably a little mischeaveous. I also feel as though this book will have more funny parts than sad, if any at all.

Twain ends chapter one where he does because the purpose of chapter one was to catch the reader up on the setting and the kind of person Huck Finn was. Chapter 2 carries on the fact that Huck and Tom are friends and that Huck Finn takes everything literally. Chapter two's focus is a little different because it focuses more on the plot of the story instead of just introducing the characters.

After reading these two chapters, I expect this book to be a little boring. I don't think that it will stay this way though, I'm thinking and hoping that Huck Finn will go on an amazing journey that will change his personality completely.

Better a Dinner of Herbs, Byron Herbert Reece

While Danny and his Uncle Edin were leaving the farm they sold. Danny looked back at the house and started to remember things that happened. The only one that the text discussed was one about Danny's grandmother. There was one memory in particular that stuck out and it was him as a baby crying because there wasn't anyone in the house, he walked outside, cried then his grandma came to the house from the field. She dressed him then that was the end of the memory.

I liked this chapter, it really shows what goes through people's minds when they leave something behind. I think that this kind of thing might have happened to Reece and that maybe he put some of the things that happened in his life in this book. I'm suprised that the book hasn't brought the gold piece back up yet, maybe when there is another chapter about Uncle Enid instead of Danny.