A Problem Summary

The very candid Sasha forged and IOU to the bank and didn't repay it in time.  His uncles were fighting about whether he was reprehensible or not; he waited outside the room.  Sasha waited there wearily and tranquilly.  His uncle Ivan believe Sasha should get off with a warning and Ivan asserted this idea to the rest of the family. Ivan hoped that by not sending Sasha to jail it would be edifying to him.   Sasha's other uncle seemingly thought of Sasha as paltry.  In the end Sasha's other uncle (not Ivan) was indulgence [that doesn't sound right] and gave into Ivan by not letting the Sasha's matter go to trial.

A Problem Questions

1.  At the end of the story Ivan probably feels like a moron because he tried so hard to convince everyone to give Sasha and chance and then Sasha turns around and asks to borrow more money.  The problem is that Sasha borrowed money and didn't repay it on time.

3. Sasha is a good guy of sorts.  He doesn't feel guilty about what he does he just feels tired and empty.  He's a criminal.

4. Ivan Markovitch doesn't understand Sasha very well.  He feels bad because of the stuff Sasha had to deal with in his past, but Sasha's past is not an excuse for what he did.

5.  At the end when Sasha says, "I see that I am a criminal" I think he's coming to realize that what he did was actually wrong even though he had planned on paying the money back once some one else had loaned him the money they were supposed to.

7.  I think Sasha would have gone to Siberia and liked it.

8.  Today, people go into debt because they feel the need to have the best of everything so they slide their shiny credit cards without thinking and then don't have enough money to pay for all the nice new stuff they bought.

A Problem

A problem is a great title for this story because that's what it is, a problem; a problem to understand.  I believe the story is about Sasha who forges an IOU note or something like that and one uncle things he should be charged and go to jail, while the other thinks he should be let off with a warning, but if he does it again he should go to jail.  In the end Sasha's isn't sent to jail.  I'm not sure if this is correct so I didn't want to add vocabulary just in case I was wrong, but I added the vocabulary to the bottom so you'd know I did look at it.

candid (adj.) - frank; blunt; straightforward
convention (n.) - a social custom
indulgence (n.) - a giving in to someone's wishes or desires
paltry (adj.) insignificant; almost worthless
inextricably (adv.) - in a way that one cannot get out of
reprehensible (adj.) - deserving of blame
dissipated (adj.) - participating excessively in sensual or foolish pleasures
tranquilly (adv.) - calmly; peacefully
edifying (adj.) - intended to improve morally; instructing
assert (v.) - to express forcefully and positively

A Doll's House Act Two

1.  My impression of Nora hasn't changed at all. I still find her annoying and I don't like her.  Nora tried to prevent Torvald from finding out her secret by begging him to keep Krogstad on so Krogstad wouldn't tell Nora.  Krogstad wanted his letter to scare Nora.  Mrs. Linde thinks she can help Nora by giving her advice.

3.  The miracle might be Torvald not finding out about Nora's secret.

6.  If Nora accepted help from Dr. Rank Torvald may have checked his mail and found the letter.

7.  What is "Federigo's Falcon?

8.  I think people can learn that if you treat your woman the way Torvald does you're gonna lose her, at least i most cases.

A doll's house Act One

1. As I finished Act One my only thoughts were "I wish Nora would stop being so annoying."  Torvald and Nora have recently received the news that Torvald has been made manager of the bank.  Nora got the money for Italy from Krogstag.  Krogstag threatens Nora because Torvald is firing him and he has blackmail against her so why not.

3.  Nora treats Torvald as a king, but is disobedient when she can be, as long as he doesn't find out.  Torvald treats Nora like a child that can't control herself.

4.  I don't think Nora has any strengths.  I think her weaknesses are her spending habits and her annoyance levels.

6.  ...I have no idea...

7.  Their close mindedness, their complex lives, their worries and problems, and a great many other things.

Nora

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Nora is a "spendthrift" she loves spending money and has ever since she was younger.  She is a "sweet little lark" and obedient to her husband like all women of the time were.  In my opinion she's really annoying.  There's just something about her that annoys the living daylight out of me.  I don't know what to say about Nora, she's a shopaholic, obedient, and annoying like you wouldn't believe.  Finally, her only purpose in life is to please her family.

Half a Day--School Memory

Step up day, commonly referred to as the scariest day of my life; scarier even then the first day of middle school.  I arrived at school early with my brother wearing God knows what and a hideous green and yellow purse.  In my purse I had EVERYTHING, from paper and pens to a toothbrush; I had to be prepared, you never know what might happen in middle school.  We were each given our own schedules and had to follow the seventh graders to their classes, sounds simple enough right? WRONG! I couldn't find anyone with the same schedule as me nor could I find anyone with the same class, I had to run all around the school on my own to find the classes I was supposed to be in.  At the end of the day i was exhausted and not too excited for middle school.