Post #2

The piece of reading I decided to do my post on is an article in the New York Times on the voting of the bailout plan that is going to take place on Wednesday. The article is titled "Senate to Vote Wednesday on Bailout Plan" and is written by Carl Hulse and Robert Pear. The quote of "It was a delicate balancing act for the architects of the proposal who had to be careful that in adding elements to entice new support they did not lose the support they already had" is interesting because everyone wants to pass this bailout to try and jump start the economy, but they can't agree on something. This is because adding new provisions such as oversight on the use of the money coming in or other controversial parts may achieve support but also lose some. The people on the committees that are handling this issue have to be able to find a balance between having the most productive bill, but also getting enough support so that it can be passed. Many people are still questioning the fact of whether this bailout will even work, because President Hoover tried a similar plan during his presidency and it ended up forcing President Roosevelt to fix his attenpt at a solution for the banks.

Character Comparison

Hallie and Codi are very similar characters and share many of the same traits as characters, much of this is due to them being sisters, but even after they are no longer together they still exhibit many similar actions. Both Hallie and Codi are caring and show this in many of their actions throughout their lives described in the novel. Hallie shows here care by going down to Nicaragua and helping the people there plant their crops so that they will have enough food to eat and live. Codi shows here care by moving to Grace so that she can help here father, and she also ends up being in a relationship with Loyd where she shows care too. They also have differences between them like Codi being secretive and Hallie being adventurous. Hallie shows her being adventurous by traveling down to Nicaragua like I already mentioned. Codi is secretive when she hid the fact that she had a stillbirth when she was 15 and tried to keep it a secret by burying the baby in the middle of the night. Hallie and Codi were always talked about as extremely similar and almost one person because they were so close to each other and not very different at all. An example of this is when tey would sleep together, Doc Homer would always say how they looked like one person and would never have been able to know that they were two separate people, only their mother would have been able to.

The Devil in the White City

The book I've recently read is The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. The book was a tale that contrasted good and evil. The story takes place during the World's fair in Chicago and tells the lives of a planner of the fair, and a murderer who is using the fair to attract his prey. The author was able to prove this thesis by showing the lives of these two men. I agree with the author's position because no matter how good something is, there are always going to be people who use it for their bad motives. I really enjoyed the piece because it was very educational about the time of the World's fair in Chicago, showing all of te preparation that went into it and how much the US wanted this to succeed so that we could show we are just as cultured as Paris. The book also had action that kept the book entertaining and interesting the whole time.