Thank You M'AM - What makes a good story

In my humanities class, we read three different stories and my favorite short story was "Thank You, M'AM". The characters in the story were very unique. Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones, the large woman has a different characterization compares to other woman character. She is very large, and also very strong. It is funny when she hold up the boy, Roger, and shook him. However, she has a kind personalities not like how she acts like. Also. Langston Huges, the author of the "Thank You, M'AM", gave good message. The author told us that when we act kind to others and teach the wrong and right to them, they will be a better person. I think good messages and character make a good story.

My Name-DoHyun Park

Do you like your name?? I used to hate my name when I was young. My name is not unique but not a common name either. 'DoHyun' is a boy's name in Korea. People think that I'm a boy before they even see me. I got stressed out because of my name. When I was young, I really wanted to change my name to my favorite cartoon character's name. So I always begged my mom to change my name to 'MiNa' which was my favorite cartoon character's name. It's kind of embarrassing because 'MiNa' is like a fairy tale name in Korea. My friends also teased my name. They said I'm a boy. For my nickname, my friends call me 'Do Park'. 'Do Park' means gambling in Korean. I got hurt because My name was boy's name. So one day, I asked my parents, who named my name, why they named me such way. My father told me that he named it. He named my name as DoHyun because DoHyun means grow brightly in Chinese. Now I really love my name because I think DoHyun is a perfect name for me.

HERCULES

The myth ‘Hercules’ is about Hercules’s journey. Hercules was a mortal but he was an half-god. He was the son of Zeus (the god). However, his mother was a mortal. He was the prince of Thebes. He was really strong and he has a lot of enemies. One of the enemies was Hera. Hera was the wife of Zeus. She hated Hercules because he was one of Zeus’s sons. When Hercules was young, Hera tried to kill him. She sent her snakes and ordered them to kill Hercules but Hercules killed them. She also made Hercules to kill his family. He felt so guilty after he killed his family so he went to King Eurystheus of Argos to be his slave. King Eurystheus gave him 12 tasks and the tasks were very difficult. Human couldn't do the tasks. But Hercules finished all of his tasks. He killed the Hydra, a lion, cleaned the farm that was really dirty and others. Hercules solved his problem without complaining.