... Okonkwo decided that his life was getting very difficult. He couldn't enjoy living his life. He thought long and hard one day, and decided that he would move to Egypt. It would be a long road ahead, but he would make it. He was going to leave his wives and children in the village, and start his new journey to a new life. Two months and four days later, he arrived in the beautiful city of Cairo. He could tell that he was going to like his new life. He met many people in town hall. The people were very nice to him. It seemed as if everyone lived their own life. There were no villages to dominate. It was every man for himself. He met a Hatshepsut after a few weeks of being in the city. She was a very wealthy woman. He didn't know that she was the ruler of Egypt. They were married and later had a son. He never thought about his other family, and she never found out about them. They lived happily ever after.

I understand that the movie Gettin' Grown was very interesting. My classmates learned a lot from the film. I read that they enjoyed watching the film, and learning about different cultures. I wish I had gone to the movie. I didn't get a chance to go to the last movie either. I did, however, see the Great Gatsby in high school. I didn't like it too much at the beginning, but the ending had me hooked.

I would like to know how many wives and kids Douglass had. I am interested in knowing if he had any biracial children. I looked on ask.com and typed the question, "How many wives did Frederick Douglass have?" I got a lot of information. The website that I found most interesting was http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm. It was a site on Douglass' Life. I found that "all of Douglass' children were born of his marriage to Anna Murray. He met Murray, a free African American, in Baltimore while he was still held in slavery. They were married soon after his escape to freedom. After the death of his first wife, Douglass married his former secretary, Helen Pitts, of Rochester, NY. Douglass dismissed the controversy over his marriage to a white woman, saying that in his first marriage he had honored his mother's race, and in his second marriage, his father's."

My classmates' blogs look very nice. They have a lot written on them. Some didn't have much, but it was interesting to see the different pages. Many were very creative. I also like looking at where everyone was from. I saw a couple people from the Sunshine State. :)

I saw him coming on the subway one Monday morning, wearing his suit and tie. He always carries his briefcase in his left hand and his coffee cup in the right. I heard his family had gone through a lot. Early on, his uncle, who he never knew about, had been killed by a group of white men. He and his wife had three kids together, but little Gracie passed away suddenly. She was only two-years-old. His parents were always in the church, but his brother, Sonny, never went. Sonny was on drugs, and in and out of jail. I heard he was getting out of jail in two weeks. They say he can play the piano. Creole, from the little joint on 5th Street, said he was going to let him play when he gets out. I think I'm going to check that out.

"Sonny's Blues"... interesting. I had a few questions when I began to read this story. Who is this that is narrating the story? What is really going on? When are we going to be introduced to Sonny? Thank goodness these answers began to unfold quickly. I think I might have lost interest if it hadn't. I enjoyed reading the story. It did keep my attention, which is a good thing. I figured that the story would be about exactly what the title said it would be about... the blues that Sonny was feeling.

Hello everyone! I am Essence Brice from Jacksonville, Florida. DUUUVVVAALLL!!!! (my county) Well, I am a sophomore, Chemistry Major/Mathematics Minor. Yeah... I'm a geek and I'm not ashamed!