Blog Questions

LD: When Peter escaped from Cumberland to avoid meeting his undesirable fate, did he do the right thing?  Is there always a right thing to do?  What’s so right about right that makes the right thing to do so darn right?  Justify your answer.

Rephrase: When Peter escaped from Cumberland to avoid meeting his undesirable fate, did he do the right thing? Is there a right thing to do? 

Consider this quote: 


"Good...evil...those are just words people use to justify their actions. What is the 'right thing'? No one ever seems to know, do they? That's because it doesn't exist. People, in the end, only do what's best for them. I grew up in a place where 'the right thing' was what would help me survive. ...aren't evil to me. Why would they be if they helped me survive? Good and evil are essentially the same thing. In the end, I believe people are all the same too. People only do what's best for them." 

KB: Do you see a difference in modern England and enland in the book (1600s).

Rephrase: What are some differences between England today and Shakespearean England?

C: What does the novel’s title, Cue For Treason, stand for?

Rephrase: How does the novel title, Cue For Treason, relate to the book?

RI: How has the work of Shakespeare affected life today?

Rephrase: Does the work of Shakespeare still influence our life today? How?

RI: Could a person like William Shakespeare have as much power as a figure like Sir William?

Rephrase: Could a person like Shakespeare, a well-known artist, have as much power as a figure like Sir William, a knight, in the Renaissance Elizabethan England?

The Big Q connections

This man being born into something, is like in the book were sir Phillip is putting rocks around there land because of there social rank. This is also like the preview activity with the tyrant sir Phillip is just got there land and is doing what he wants with it because he has more power then them.

The Big Q

I think back in the time period of the book peoples paths were chosen for them, because they were born into farming, royalty, ect. Now days people can do whatever they want and nothing is determined for them. For example someone can grow up with lots of money and grow up and become a homeless person so yes a man can change his stars. Rather then back then were they knew exactly what they were going to be and it would take a lot of luck to be something else, but you never know.

Response to chapter 1&2

the first two chapter of the story cue for treason set the story it tells the readers the setting and the characters and gives us an idea of the story.

 The first chapter is about a boy named peter and his family and village all go out to a wall that their superior  has built around the tenants farm and they start breaking it and destroying the wall that they think does not belong there. while in this proccess they send peter to go keep watch to make sure no one comes. when dawn was about to come he spotted his superior and a bunch of troops galloping on their horses toward them Peter whistled and fled for shelter, while doing that his superior saw him and shot him but luckily he missed and just shot through his hat ,frightened peter dashed home and got away safely


In the second chapter as peter get ready to go to school he remembers that he had left his hat behind but he made a plan to go back to where he was a retrieve it ad hopes that no one found it cause that hat had his name on it. when he was on his lunch break during work a friend of his come dashing and say that master would like to see him.Peter reliezes that he  was in trouble and gets on his donkey and rushed home, where he saw his father standing on his porch and his mother weeping. Peter and his father came up with a plan to keep peter safe.Peter packs up food and money and leaves as soon as he was ready and  left the place he loves and calls home.

Response to the big Q

After reading over the question and watching the video i agree with the man and what he said about "changing your stars" because i believe that people choose the way they live their lives and even choose weather or not they want to run it. I don't believe that a persons life path is determined before they are born because in anytime of their life a person can make a change in their lives that can affect their lives dramatically. If a persons life path is determined before hand then everything in life would not be a surprise to us and it would just be a bore.

Response to Chapter 1 & 2

Chapter one. Dawn is Dangerous. 

This chapter title made me wonder, what could they have possibly mean? As the chapter progress, the suspense grew. Somewhat. So when Sir Philip and his men appeared around the corner, as expected, I wanted to shout at the boy to run and don't look back. But of course, we all know, without a stupid action there would be no point in this chapter - hence, the boy turns around and throws the rock. And on with the story we go.

This book is a historical fiction. As we have discussed in class, what Sir Philip - a knight because of the 'sir' before his name - did was about the enclosure act. Fencing a common land without an explanation - much like one of preview activities where we were taken away a right with no rational reasons given to us whatsoever.

Chapter two - we continue with the boy's adventure. We now know that his name is Peter Brownrigg, he is the protagonist as we can tell - the story told from his point of view. And he goes to school! The gender roles in the society is still very "separated". Girls stay at home while the boys go to school. During school, his thoughts kept repeating how there was his name on the cap that the bullet went through, how he can't wait to show off to his friends with proper proof.

I question the boy's thinking. If he knows that his name is on the cap, and it's left there on the rocks where anyone can pick it up, doesn't he think of how that evidence he can pick up, the sheriff can as well? And then, you can well predict what's going to happen by the end of the chapter - he is going to "escape", as the chapter title indicates.

Sometimes, I think Peter is kind of dense and slow, when he sees the horsemen riding around the corner - he should be watching out for this kind of thing, not be shocked and watch them for five precious seconds with his mouth hanging open. And he didn't think of how his cap is an obvious evidence of his participation in the taking down of the fence. But I guess he was quick-minded enough to realize that when the sheriff came and ask for him.

Him racing towards home and his parents waiting outside. And their conversation was interesting. The interrogation process seems like torture, and Peter admits that he will blurt out each name of the participants when faced with this kind of questioning. We learn more about the justice and court system back then.

It seems like the geography consists of rolling hills of some sort. And plants include heather, tough grass - the kind of plants that are usually on the moor, which confirms my suspicion of the "rolling hills".

The Big Q

Was a person's life path determined before they were born? Is it today? Or can a man change his stars as the clip suggests? 

After watching the clip, I both agree and disagree with this man's point of view. I believe that, yes, a person's life path was determined before they were born. I believe that time is simply a pattern repeated over and over again. When someone does something, they did something they were supposed to do - they did something they were meant to do. Even though it may seem like they are "changing [their] stars", they're actually following through with what they are meant to do. They're doing what they're "future self" was doing, repeating each action. For example, this man in the clip does not want to spend his whole life being a peasant, being a nothing, he wants to become something - a nobility, a knight, perhaps. But this particular epiphany of his - "a man can change his stars", I do think that a man can perfectly well change what he is now and fight to become something more, but I don't think that a man can necessarily "change his stars" - as in changing his life path.

So is a person's life path determined before they were born, even today? My answer is yes, even today. But of course, this can depend on the definition of "life path".

However, even though I believe that my whole life is already laid out in front of me, this does not mean that I'll strut through life thinking that everything will fall into place for me, this does not mean that I won't strive to become a better person, or change the world in some way. This does not mean I won't be just as ambitious as the next person to be something more than just one more insignificant being that just exists.