"I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, Talbot county, Maryland."

I find it difficult to describe the strange thoughts that jumbled throughmy head when i heard this sentence and thought about the person and the backgroung it was coming from. This was a former slave giving a pinpoint geographical location of his birth. It gives off the tone of a very educated man. It gives you mixed feelings about his background, it makes you think that this is a person that has been taught properly throughout his life but everything else points to a general stereotype of what we think of as the american slave.

In the first chapter, Douglass displays how little knowledgehe pertains as to what is happening on his plantation, he also explains that he is a very innocent character. He then goes into detail about how he progresses in age he begins to see whippings unfold. He concludes te chapter by saying that much more bad is yet to come.

In the secind chapter he explains the masters life and the common happenings of the slaves and their routines. It also talks about the songs sung by the slaves and the lack of pertinence to the lives they led, and their attitude in general.

Quiet Strength Post 8

In the AFC Championship game, The colts were pitted against their rival and came out of the gate down, but gradually clawed their way back into the game and wound up winning on a game winning field goal from Adam Vineateri who is the ex-kicker for the Pats and won them both super bowls on game winning field goals. This sprung the Colts into the Super Bowl against the electric Chicago Bears coached by Lovie Smith who is not only very good friends and a former coach under Dungy in Tampa but this also set up the matchup between the first two african american coaches to coach in a Super Bowl.

This game meant more than anything throughout his coaching career to Dungy, it had all set up to perfectly following his tragedy to end with a loss, it seemed to me.

And I was right, The Colts won in a blowout of sorts. Dungy had won a super bowlafter many long years of hard work and following the path of God, wherever it was going to take him. Peyton manning was awarded the super bowl MVP award, and Dungy ends his memoir by hoisting the Lombardi Trophy

Quiet Strength Post 7

After his loss on Tuesday of that week, the funeral and visiation were held on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, Dungy made it back for The Colts 14th game of the season that week, and had already clinched the first round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs. He was asked to stay home during that week but insisted that he stay with his team during this emotional and special season. His team would continue into the playoffs at 14-2 and with the first round bye, would win the second game of the playoffs, consequently springing them into the Conference championship against the New England Patriots at home.

The win at home in the second round really propelled the teams emotions and following his loss all the fans around the NFL really felt liek it was not only the year of the Colts but the year for Tony Dungy to overcome his loss and win his first super bowl.

Quiet Strength Post 6

Tony Dungy has now been through two full seasons in Indianapolis theyy have not been unsuccesful seasons but they have both ended with losses to the New England Patriots. His team is now sitting at an unprecedented 13-0. This has not been seen since the 1985 Bears who won the Super Bowl in classic style, but this is when disaster strikes. He states"For reasons that will never be clear to me, my 17 year old son Jamie has commited suicide."

Simply going off of that statement it makes no sense how a situation like this could occur. He has done everything well as a father, nothing too well but certainly nothing terrible or even bad, ever up to this point it appears that his sons are equally happy. They go to games, stand on the field, hang out with players and love the game of football. What could be wanted more as a kid. It apears he must of had personal problems but what impresses me most above all things is the constant composure and faith that Dungy keeps throughout this entire situation. He lets his emotions out but not in a destructive way. He uses it as another way of God testing him. This is the only way a situation such as this can be handled properly, in my opinion.

Quiet Strength Post 5

At this point Dungy has been forced to make decisions he did not want to make for personal and professional reasons. He doesnt feel the same level of comfort he once had in Tampa but has the personal assurance of the owners that his job is not in jeopardy. Despite this he is fired at the end of a season in which he takes his team to the conference championship game and loses in another crushing defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles. For an extended period of time Dungy is puzzled by this and confused on where God is wanting to lead him. He considers leavinvg coaching alltogether and going on to preach as a pastor in a church, but due to a passionate voicemail left by Jim Irsay of the Indianapolis Colts he is convinced to move on to coach there.

I admire personally the time Dungy spent to think over his options and find the best fit for his life.It took the special message from Jim Irsay which according to the text genuinely moved him like no other had before or will ever again. I believe that he will thoroughly enjoy his time in Indianapolis and find a way to win a super bowl in the coming years.

Prince of Tides

At this point the main part of the story most of the plot is flashbacks spoken through the eyes of Tom to Dr. Lowerstein. Most of the tales are told about Savannah and these are stories that not only damaged her childhood but shaped her adult life in an unfortunate way. Most of the stories are tales that envolve many similair events, almost all of which end in an explosive outburst by their shrimper father.

I find that I continue thinking about how Tom turned out relevantly normal in life. Savannah often times says in the text and Tom agrees that the reaction she had was the only relevantly normal on to the chidhood they encountered in the Wingo household

During his first meeting with Dr. Lowerstein, Savannah's psychiatist, emotions run high and anger comes out of Tom in furious jumbles. He expresses that she knows nothing of his sister's condition and is not the most fit person for the job. He feels as if she doesn't treat him as an equal because she feels he is an intolerant southern football coach. She admits that this is partially true.
I feel that this will shape the upcoming parts of the story and that this relationship will develop gradually and become a vital and interesting part of the rapidly developing, and wholesome plot. The conflict is not only interesting but very in depth due to their very different cultures.

Prince of Tides

Tom has now traveled to New York to consult with Savannah's psychiatrist to help her be able to diagnose and help savannah with her problem, and stop her hallucenations by analyzing them in depthly. Toms starts off by telling her stories which in the book are flash backs to his childhood. The first envolves a heroic story at birth when Tom and Savannah were born and a hurricane hit their island that very day. Their grandfather and 90 year old midwife had to carry the three children and the mother out to the barn because their house had been flooded into the river. The kids wife and grandmother mak it alright but the midwife dies over night.