Fire and the Covenant 4-3
Ok so they have hit yet another bump in the trail.. After a painful ten days of riding on an qful train car the immigrants finally make it to iowa. When they get there they are supposed to meet their leaders who will guide them in the continuation of their journey to Utah. But, they get a big surprise. The leaders don't even know that they are coiming. Apparently the mail that came from England telling them of thier coming didn't get to iowa. So, all of the supplies, and money have been exhausted. Everyone in America was under the impression that no one else was coming this year. So, things could get ugly from here on out. They are not sure wheter to let them continue the journey, or to have them stay in Iowa for the winter. No one really knows what to do. The group of saints become very discouraged of course. Wouldn't you if you found out that after all of those obstacles you overcame just to get to Iowa you found out that no one ther was expecting you. THe leaders themselves were just preparing to leave. So, now everyon is pretty much unsure of what to do. For the meantime they are staying in Iowa preparing to go on the trail, unless they change their mind. Wow this is one hard journey for these people.
Fire and the Covenant 4-2Alrgiht so things have been hard lately. The James's youngest baby died. THe family is struggling to come to grips with that. THeir faith was really shaken there for a second. But, soon they were bak on track. 42 days after setting sail they aer finally in America. The ship went through customs in one day flat. It was pretty easy for all of them. But, then the hard part hit. The group has to travle form New york to Iowa on train practically the whole way. But, becasue there is so many of them the church had to buy the cheepest tickets possible. THese ended up being storage carts turned into passanger vehicles by putting benches around both sides. It was pretty bad for them. Plus the train engineer didn't make it bery easy on them. He gave them a pretty rough ride. Everyone is now just hoping to get to iowa as soon as possible so that they are off the train. these people have amazing faith to stand such awful conditions. Good for them.
Fire and the Covenant 4-1Alright so everyone is on the ship now and has been for about 10 days or so. Even though they are on a ship the normal cycles of life are still continuing. Everything seems to be like real life. In these ten days there has been 2 births, two deaths, and one marriage. It seems like things are going to continue as normal. In all there are about 700 people who are moving to Utah. about 200 of them do not speak English so things have been very hard for those few people. The leader of the group came up and started to talk to Maggie. He knew about her situation with James and how hard it was for her to decide to leave him and come to America. He reminded her of why she made this decision and that it was the right one. He also shared some insight with her. He told her that it was the Fire of the Covenant, or Maggie's covenant of baptism that drove her to make the right choice. He really encouraged her. THen he asked her to do something very very hard. He asked her to teach five Danish people, including Olaf and Eric how to speak English. The only problem is that she has no text books, and does not speak much Dutch at all. IT is going to be a challegne. BUt, being a very courageous girl, she takes the challenge. Her first day of class goes well. She is very scared at first, but it looks like things are going to be just fine. She is an awesome girl.
Moby Dick 3-1
Ok so the first part of my book has been talking about the whiteness of Moby Dick and how that is the scariest, meanest, most threatening thing about him. In our culture white is considered one of the most pure things that there is and at the same time it is one of the most feared. White is pure, heavenly, sweet. Most Christian divinities are white because they are holy. In this way white is strived for and loved. Yet, white can also put fear into us. White polar bear, white ghosts, and very white people (albino's). These things all send shivers down our spines and give us the chills just to think about them. It is interesting how varied and extensive our emotions can be when thinking about white. That is in ishmel's mind what is so horrible about Moby Dick. White can be the the symbol of something holy, yet this whale seems to be the opposite, something almost evil. White, the color that is the absence of color and at the same time the concrete of all of the colors. Pretty cool how the color effets us huh? Anyway later on it tells how obsessed AHab really is with this whale. Every night he goes down into his cabin and pours over these old maps and logs. THinking about where he is to most likely find the whale. BUt, in reality he is only thinking about Moby DIck. At night he dreams of the whale, horrible nightmares that often keep him away at night and haunt him in the day. He wakes up with his nails digging into his skin. This whale is truly Ahab's monomaniatic thought. The whale never leaves his mind. No wonder captain Ahab is a little insane.
Moby Dick 2-3
Ok so the next little bit pretty much tells all about Captain Ahab and how him and Moby Dick had thier first meeting. Ahab was on a ship that was whale hunting. They were after Moby, and it was not going well. THe crew was putting up a good fight, but Moby was winning. In a fit of rage Ahab drew a knife from his belt and charged at the whale. He somehow hoped that the six inch little knife would kill the whale. Of course, instead the whale got him. The whale took out a chunk of good old Captain Ahab's leg. Luckily for Ahab, the crew was able to save him. They said that on the way back to land was the time when Ahab went mad. Sometimes he would be yelling and ranting and raving and other times he would seem almost normal and calm. His anger for Moby Dick most likely drove him insane. Now he simply turns his anger and hatred into a passion for revenge. He constantly thinks about capturing the white whale. That is his obsession. He will stop at nothing to kill Moby Dick. He has also done a pretty good job of getting his crew to go along with it too. THey all now want to kill the whale for the money and for thier captian. I just hope that those men know what they are getting themselves into. Revenge can be an ugly buisness, especailly when your dealing with a great white whale.
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