The Devil and Tom Walker

           I can infer from this text that Tom has a great amount of integrity because he refused to become a slave trader. The author indirectly told me this from the text because the narrator said "This, however, Tom resolutely refused; he was bad enough in all conscience; but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave dealer". Although the narrator did not just come out and say he has integrity, I know this because he has to have integrity to turn down the most popular way for the white man to get free labor or better known as slaves. If the "devil himself" cannot make him become a slave trader then he feels very strongly about it and this shows his integrity.                                                                                                                                         That brings me into my next inference. I can infer that Tom is arrogant because he thinks his sins are better than the next person's. The author indirectly told me this by saying "Tom was rigid in religious, as in money matters; he was stern supervisor and censurer of his neighbours, and seemed to think every sin entered up to their account became a credit on his own side of the the page". This means that he is arrogant because he feels that he is better than everyone else because his sins are not as bad as the next person's. He also feels that everything bad they are doing makes him look better, but in reality he is just as bad.                              By using the same quote I used in the previous paragraph, I can infer that Tom is in denial because  thinks that his sins are better than all of his peers in his neighborhood, he is not seeing that all sins are bad sins. Tom is not making taking responsibility for what he does. Its very in denial to think that what you are doing is okay when you are doing equal wrong.                                                                                                           The theme of this story is Greed. I chose this because in the story Tom is fighting for wealth and power and not considering others and scamming people out of money and ends up being captured by the devil. When he is captured he was caught of guard and not ready to face his sins. So I think this story hold a valuable lesson that you shouldn't be selfish or greedy because you can still end up with nothing.                                                      

The boy who cried wolf

The theme of this childhood story is don't lie because when you are telling the truth people will not believe you. In this story a boy is crying wolf to scare people and to be funny.The boy is taking advantage of all the people who run to his side at the sign of danger.He thinks its funny to make people believe that the dangerous wolf has come.By him doing this too many times, the village no longer believes him and won't come to his rescue and when the wolf really does come and eats all the crops the young boy learns a valuable lesson that dishonesty will lead to distrust.

Gabrielle                                                                                              By:Sydney Kerr                                                                                                 I am the nurturer, I nest                                                                   I am the one who will calm her more than the rest                     I am the one who will bring out her best                                         No day will past will she ever have to question my loyalty,I am your shelter and you are my #1 priority                                      I am...                                                                                                                                                                                                              I can give you breath of life                                                              I can give you more                                                                            I can give you happiness and love that's pure                                  If life sickens you let me be the cure                                                I can...                                                                                                                                                                                                              I will pray for you                                                                              I will protect you like no other                                                        I will be your mother                                                                        I will help you reach your dreams                                                    Even when it rains I will protect your from pain                            I will,I can,I am.