Tuesday, December 10, 2013
LIFE AFTER THIS BLOG POST
I never have wrote a letter to my future self before and it felt pretty cool because when i open it on december 10, 2026 I will get an email expressing who i am now and giving advise to myself when i wont remember my old self so its a cool experience.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Final Pressintation Progress
I'm super stoked for the out come in my pressintation it's almost done! and its the best work i have ever done in my opinion. can't wait til its done.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Final Vocab
- Adumbrate: to foreshadow vaguely, to suggest, disclose, or outline partially.
- Apotheosis: elevation to divine status or a perfect example.
- Ascetic: characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgences, typically for religious reasons.
- Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration (lacks importance and worth).
- Beguile: to enchant or charm sometime, but usually is a deceptive way.
- Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly; to flourish.
- Complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
- Contumacious: stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
- Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person.
- Didactic: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Monday, December 2, 2013
WHAT A CHARACTER
A character that that made an impression on me was Alice from Ask Alice Anonomys. What made the character so memorable was what she went through to find herself, it truely opened my eyes to what drugs can really do to you and how you can over come it, it was very inspiring. The story of Alice was so detailed, had flashbacks and some imagery that made the book it was definately an experience just reading it, for me.
HAMLET ESSAY
Hamlet. Hamlet as a character is a troubled teen that just wants to be happy but has the extreme burdon of his father's killer and how he is going to revenge him because he is so engulfed with greif it's eating him to depression and madness. Hamlet the play, itself is hard to read, though after all it was a different time back in Shakespear's time. Though it's interesting the lesson Shakespear is trying to teach the audience, it's very peculiar but effective.
Hamlet goes back and forth with whether or not he wants to end his own life or not, but he gets so obsessed with killing his uncle that he ends up killing himself. getting fixated with revenge just made Hamlet more depressed and mad, instead of letting it go and finding his own self peace and remember his faather as a great man and king. Hamlet’s grief effects everyone around him whether he knows it or not and it twists the plot with devastation, like for example, Ophelia, she went mad and killed herself because Hamlet ‘accidentally’ killed her father.
Relating back to the soliloquy, I think that everyone can relate to it, whether you admit or not, but there has or will be that one moment in your life where you feel alone and that it’s just going to get worse. And that’s what Hamlet is feeling, that it can’t possibly get any better, but it does. Maybe not in Hamlet’s situation because he chose the wrong way to handle the situation, but relating to Hamlet in some ways can be easy in others its hard but I can relate in some ways like grief.
Hamlet goes back and forth with whether or not he wants to end his own life or not, but he gets so obsessed with killing his uncle that he ends up killing himself. getting fixated with revenge just made Hamlet more depressed and mad, instead of letting it go and finding his own self peace and remember his faather as a great man and king. Hamlet’s grief effects everyone around him whether he knows it or not and it twists the plot with devastation, like for example, Ophelia, she went mad and killed herself because Hamlet ‘accidentally’ killed her father.
Relating back to the soliloquy, I think that everyone can relate to it, whether you admit or not, but there has or will be that one moment in your life where you feel alone and that it’s just going to get worse. And that’s what Hamlet is feeling, that it can’t possibly get any better, but it does. Maybe not in Hamlet’s situation because he chose the wrong way to handle the situation, but relating to Hamlet in some ways can be easy in others its hard but I can relate in some ways like grief.
LITERATURE ANALYSIS #5
1. I read "Bless Me Ultima", Tony is confronted with a new kind of culture. Tony is having a hard time finding respect for his own culture. Tony is not sure about all the things he has been taught and keeps asking if there is more than one source of knowledge.
2. A major theme in Bless Me Ultima is the transition from innocence to experience.Tony wants to understand why bad things happen.
3. The author uses a sad tone. the authors tone to be sad because the author expresses the effect the bullying and meaness had on Antonio and the way it effected his cultural views.
4. One literary element the author uses are dreams. Antonio has many dreams to show the translations of his thoughts. Another literary element used is the use of symbolism. Antonio has those dreams to reflect his growth from innocence to maturity.
1. One example of direct characterization is when the author talks about how Antonio doesn't have respect for his culture. Another example would be his childhood state of mind and how he always asks childish questions. An example of indirect characterization would be when Antonio sees Lupito get shot, Antonio suddenly begins to ask all the right questions. Lastly, Antonio's interest in spending time with Ultima deepens when he realizes she can help him find the answers to his questions.
2. The authors diction changes when it's about Ultima. The diction changes because Ultima has a way of making an impact on the lives around her and the author is able to tell that.
3. Antonio is a dynamic character. Antonio transforms from a young boy into a young man in months of ultimas stay, all due to his determination to find answers to all of his unanswered questions.
2. A major theme in Bless Me Ultima is the transition from innocence to experience.Tony wants to understand why bad things happen.
3. The author uses a sad tone. the authors tone to be sad because the author expresses the effect the bullying and meaness had on Antonio and the way it effected his cultural views.
4. One literary element the author uses are dreams. Antonio has many dreams to show the translations of his thoughts. Another literary element used is the use of symbolism. Antonio has those dreams to reflect his growth from innocence to maturity.
1. One example of direct characterization is when the author talks about how Antonio doesn't have respect for his culture. Another example would be his childhood state of mind and how he always asks childish questions. An example of indirect characterization would be when Antonio sees Lupito get shot, Antonio suddenly begins to ask all the right questions. Lastly, Antonio's interest in spending time with Ultima deepens when he realizes she can help him find the answers to his questions.
2. The authors diction changes when it's about Ultima. The diction changes because Ultima has a way of making an impact on the lives around her and the author is able to tell that.
3. Antonio is a dynamic character. Antonio transforms from a young boy into a young man in months of ultimas stay, all due to his determination to find answers to all of his unanswered questions.
Can YOU Answer these Questions?
Q: WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU?
A: .....
Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE?
A:.....
A: .....
Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE?
A:.....
LITERATURE ANALYSIS #4
1. I chose Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for my literature analysis. The story is a about a new society in the future. In this society families, religion, art, and science no longer exist and no woman no longer bare children, instead children are created/ manufactured.The kids get divided and then go to school on what their future job wants them to do when they reach the age. In the book a man named Bernard Marx and Lenina take a trip to the "Savage Reservation", a place where they don't go by the ways that world has set. There they find a woman named Linda and her son John. John and Linda travel back to London with Bernard. Linda dies and John falls into a deep depression and eventually kills himself.
2. The theme of this novel is that you don't have to be perfect to be happy. The whole story was about the perfect life with no sadness, mistakes, or drama, everything was scientifically mapped out for each and every person and their choices, their careers, their emotions. But no body should live that way, and Bernard could not. If everything is perfect then everything is actually not. The struggles in life are what make the memories and who you are.
3. Huxley's tone in Brave New World is very dramatic sometimes. For example when he describes the dark misfortunes of the characters, when he does a great job of acting those lines with lighthearted puns and parodies.
2. The theme of this novel is that you don't have to be perfect to be happy. The whole story was about the perfect life with no sadness, mistakes, or drama, everything was scientifically mapped out for each and every person and their choices, their careers, their emotions. But no body should live that way, and Bernard could not. If everything is perfect then everything is actually not. The struggles in life are what make the memories and who you are.
3. Huxley's tone in Brave New World is very dramatic sometimes. For example when he describes the dark misfortunes of the characters, when he does a great job of acting those lines with lighthearted puns and parodies.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
FILTER BUBBLES
a) What new information did you learn from the video?
I learned that the web and search results all are pointed towards one side of the scale making our information unbalanced and unreliable in a way.
b) How does this information make you think differently about what you see online?
It's interesting that just because you agree with one thing Google and Facebook would remove information or posts that you don't agree with.
c) What questions does this video raise about the Internet in general?
How do we set the balance?
d) How can you improve the effectiveness of your searches?
By searching or talking about thing i disagree with or dislike.
I learned that the web and search results all are pointed towards one side of the scale making our information unbalanced and unreliable in a way.
b) How does this information make you think differently about what you see online?
It's interesting that just because you agree with one thing Google and Facebook would remove information or posts that you don't agree with.
c) What questions does this video raise about the Internet in general?
How do we set the balance?
d) How can you improve the effectiveness of your searches?
By searching or talking about thing i disagree with or dislike.
Allegory Sonnet
Feeling so alone
Seeing all these shadows
Makes me moan
When I sit in the hollows
Of this deep dark caved
When will I think
When will I be saved
Or will I sink
NO, I Refuse to live
being told by a myth
I will not give
I will see the Blyth
I am free
It's great can't you see
Seeing all these shadows
Makes me moan
When I sit in the hollows
Of this deep dark caved
When will I think
When will I be saved
Or will I sink
NO, I Refuse to live
being told by a myth
I will not give
I will see the Blyth
I am free
It's great can't you see
LITERATURE ANALYSIS #3
1. I chose the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The story is about an African American man and his adversities that helped him get to the person he is now. The story is in the 1920's in the south. Had a talent with writing and public speaking, the main character gives a speech when he was a teen and got a scholarship for college. When he was at college he was in charge of driving Mr. Norton, who is a wealthy white trustee at the college. One day Mr. Norton overheard someone talking about Jim Trueblood, an uneducated African American man who got one of his daughters pregnant . After he heard that Mr. Norton goes to the bar to get a drink. when the true rumor spreads through the college, the college's president who expels the narrator. The narrator moves to Harlem, gets a job. Things are looking up for the narrator, until he got hurt on the job and looses consciousness. He recovers then joins a group called the Brotherhood, headed by Brother Jack. Again things go bad and the brotherhood begins to question the narrators motives in being part of the organization. In fear the narrator hides from the brotherhood. Finally the narrator returns home to a riot and falls into a hole in the street. Police tries to kill him by surrounding the hole he fell into. The narrator tries to tell them that he lived in that hole for the day. This accident gets the narrator to look back on things and gives him the motivation to what he wants and tell his story of life. Telling his story the he finally gets the strength within himself to come out of the hole because he stayed true to himself.
PRACTICE ESSAY
pre-write:
situation: there is a fire in a house next door to Mr. Garcin; a huge fire that caught Mr. Garcin's house on fire and his wife is in his house that is on fire now and she needs to be saved the neighbor needs to be saved to what will he do?
goes into his house and save his journalism stuff so he can write about the fire, then saves the next door neighbor, then goes for his wife who was already saved by someone who is noble and kind.
situation: there is a fire in a house next door to Mr. Garcin; a huge fire that caught Mr. Garcin's house on fire and his wife is in his house that is on fire now and she needs to be saved the neighbor needs to be saved to what will he do?
goes into his house and save his journalism stuff so he can write about the fire, then saves the next door neighbor, then goes for his wife who was already saved by someone who is noble and kind.
Essay
Lit Circles
while reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens I came across some vocabulary that i didn't know.
- Epoch- a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, ect.
- Incredulity- the quality or state of being incredulous, inability or unwillingness to believe
- superlative- of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme
- prophetic- of or pertaining to a prophet
- heralded- a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in a ambassadorial compacity during war time
- pincers- a gripping tool consisting of to pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles
- procession- the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, ect.
- bespattered- to soil by spattering; splash with water, dirt, ect.
- mire- a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh
- tumbrils- one of the carts used during the french revolution to convey victims to the guillotine
- atheistical- pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism
- upholsterers- a person whose business it is to upholster furniture
- waylaid- to intercept attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay
- potentate- a person who possesses great power as a sovereign, monarch, ruler
- retinue- a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite
- blunderbusses- a short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range
- contraband- anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported
- pilferer- to steal, especially in small quantities
- environed- to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop
- unheeded- to give careful attention to
- myriads- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things
- capitulated- to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
- forlornness- desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable as in feeling, condition, or appearance
- plodding- to walk heavily or more laboriously; trudge
- nondescript- of no recognize, definite, or particular type of kind
- substratum- something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer under another
- cutlass- a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailers
- emphatic- uttered, or to be uttered; with emphasis; strongly expressed
- hardihood- boldness or daring; courage
- adjuration- an earnest request; entreaty
- eddying- a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion
- unfathomable- not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible
- inexorable- unyielding; unalterable
- consolidation- an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidating; unification
- perpetuation- to preserre from extinction or oblivion
- incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized, impenetrable
- perplexed- bewildered; puzzled
- emaciated- marked by emaciation
- unyoked- to free from
- valise- a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, ect. suitcase
- sonorous- giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place
Monday, November 25, 2013
random
http://mbohardenglitcomp.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=25
Looking through my old blog from last year and realizing how much i have grown in this class it's truly amazing for me to see the transformation and to look back at some old feelings and perspectives
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Plato in "The Allegory of the Cave" teaches you a lesson along with the character and that's what Sartre did in "No Exit". Like for example (totally lost my train of thought)
What also makes "No Exit" and "The Allegory of the Cave" similar is that they have characters that are trapped, like the residents in the cave are shackled up and Garcin is trapped in a room in hell to prove a point. And in "No Exit" Sartre tries to prove a point in saying don't listen to others and try and prove them wrong, just listen to yourself. I think that's what Plato was saying to the prisoner broke free and started to listen to himself.
What also makes "No Exit" and "The Allegory of the Cave" similar is that they have characters that are trapped, like the residents in the cave are shackled up and Garcin is trapped in a room in hell to prove a point. And in "No Exit" Sartre tries to prove a point in saying don't listen to others and try and prove them wrong, just listen to yourself. I think that's what Plato was saying to the prisoner broke free and started to listen to himself.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent?
The Enlightenment, a realization of how to do thing in a different way.
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The people of the cave see shadows, darkness that fuels the prison, the entrapment of the people in the cave
3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?
Some things the Allegory enlightenment and education suggests is to be able to think for yourself and break away from the shadows
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners?
that their trapped and cant get out, held against their will.
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?
The sorts of thing that shackle my mind is to be closed minded and to feel trapped
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
the freed prisoner realizes how much better it is outside of the cave and the prisoners doesn't realize the freedom outside the cave because the haven't been outside so they don't know any better than the cave.
7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
Realizing how great the light is, like when he was thrown out of the cave, into the light then he explored the world and went back and told everyone in the cave what its like and he had a hard time seeing in the dark compared to the light.
8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
They have to fight the shadows and the darkness inside them to break free. the intellectual freedom suggests that its possible and has been done.
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
I agree because while they were in the cave they weren't all there its the appearance that keeps them there, the shadows and the shackles to keep them there it looks hard to break away but they never tried. the reality is whats outside and the endless opportunities.
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
The Enlightenment, a realization of how to do thing in a different way.
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The people of the cave see shadows, darkness that fuels the prison, the entrapment of the people in the cave
3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?
Some things the Allegory enlightenment and education suggests is to be able to think for yourself and break away from the shadows
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners?
that their trapped and cant get out, held against their will.
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?
The sorts of thing that shackle my mind is to be closed minded and to feel trapped
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
the freed prisoner realizes how much better it is outside of the cave and the prisoners doesn't realize the freedom outside the cave because the haven't been outside so they don't know any better than the cave.
7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
Realizing how great the light is, like when he was thrown out of the cave, into the light then he explored the world and went back and told everyone in the cave what its like and he had a hard time seeing in the dark compared to the light.
8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
They have to fight the shadows and the darkness inside them to break free. the intellectual freedom suggests that its possible and has been done.
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
I agree because while they were in the cave they weren't all there its the appearance that keeps them there, the shadows and the shackles to keep them there it looks hard to break away but they never tried. the reality is whats outside and the endless opportunities.
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
A POETIC INQUIRY
The Last Leaf by Shagesa Mattheeuw
Remember the days when life
Was all we thought about ?
It slipped by being alive
Could end when death turnout ?
One more among the crowd
To admire to whole tree
When the green leaves have sprout
There’s not much to see
On a tree that’s almost empty
It’s leaves spread on the ground
In one dead leaf there’s still beauty
That if looked for can be found
The last green leaf that has turned brown
Will still be beautiful after falling down
Remember the days when life
Was all we thought about ?
It slipped by being alive
Could end when death turnout ?
One more among the crowd
To admire to whole tree
When the green leaves have sprout
There’s not much to see
On a tree that’s almost empty
It’s leaves spread on the ground
In one dead leaf there’s still beauty
That if looked for can be found
The last green leaf that has turned brown
Will still be beautiful after falling down
My Big Question
How is it when your unhappy you don't feel unhappy until you are truly happy?
SONNET ANALYSIS #1
Sonetto- original name
song- 14 lines only
Performed live
song- 14 lines only
Performed live
- moving
- Richard Cory
- Petrarch
- 8 lines in first section } 14 lines
- 6 lines in second section }
Shakespeare sonnet
- 3 quatrane } 14 lines
- 1 cuplet }
A sonnet can only have 14 lines!!!! no more, no less
Friday, November 1, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Vocabulary #8
abase: to lower; to put or bring down; degrade
abdicate: to give up a throne, right, power, claim, or responsibility
abomination: anything greatly disliked; detestation
brusque: abrupt in manner; rough
saboteur: a person who commits or practices sabotage
debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance
proliferate: to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively
anachronism: someone or something that is not in it's correct historical or chronological time
nomenclature: a set or system of names or terms by an individual or community; the names or terms comprising a set or system
expurgate: to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness; to amend by removing words deemed offensive
bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
gauche: lacking social grace; awkward; crude; tactless
rapacious: inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate
paradox: a self-contradictory and false proposition
conundrum: anything that puzzles; a riddle whose answer involves a pun or play on words
anomaly: someone or something that is abnormal or does not fit in; peculiarity; abnormality; exception
ephemeral: lasting a short time; short-lived
rancorous: full of or showing rancor (hatred)
churlish: boorish; rude; mean
precipitous: extremely steep
abdicate: to give up a throne, right, power, claim, or responsibility
abomination: anything greatly disliked; detestation
brusque: abrupt in manner; rough
saboteur: a person who commits or practices sabotage
debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance
proliferate: to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively
anachronism: someone or something that is not in it's correct historical or chronological time
nomenclature: a set or system of names or terms by an individual or community; the names or terms comprising a set or system
expurgate: to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness; to amend by removing words deemed offensive
bellicose: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
gauche: lacking social grace; awkward; crude; tactless
rapacious: inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate
paradox: a self-contradictory and false proposition
conundrum: anything that puzzles; a riddle whose answer involves a pun or play on words
anomaly: someone or something that is abnormal or does not fit in; peculiarity; abnormality; exception
ephemeral: lasting a short time; short-lived
rancorous: full of or showing rancor (hatred)
churlish: boorish; rude; mean
precipitous: extremely steep
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
(From Hamlet Act III Scene i)
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.
Monday, October 14, 2013
DEAR OPHELIA
I understand your situation. It seems your pulled in the middle of a sticky situation of choosing between family and a Man that may or may not love you. Here is my advice to you, if you truly love him, tell him how you feel about him and if he feels the same way, I would go for it. Family is important, but if your family doesn't see your happiness as a priority and their prejudice is blinding them, then they don't deserve you. But if he doesn't love you, then move on, fall in love with a proper suitor that can give you the love and affection you deserve. Don't wait around for him to realize how great you are, because in the process you'll be miserable and your family will be right..
Thursday, October 3, 2013
LITERATURE ANALYSIS #2
1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about a man named Nick who happens to move into a house right next to a large Gothic mansion whose owner is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby who throws big extravagant parties hoping that his one true love will attend to one of his parties whom happened to be Nick's cousin Daisy. Gatsby becomes friends with Nick not knowing his cousin is Daisy. Daisy's husband, Tom, cheats on Daisy with Myrtle who is a mechanics wife on the outside of town. When Gatsby found out that Daisy is Nick's cousin at one of Gatsby's parties, Gatsby tries to get Nick to arrange a meet between the two and at first Nick is against it but then he gives in and Daisy and Gatsby begin their affair until Daisy, Tom, Nick, Gatsby, and Daisy's friend Jordan goes into New York City where they go to the Plaza hotel where Tom confronts Gatsby on his bootlegging alcohol, then sends Daisy back home in with Gatsby proving that he cant hurt him. when Tom, Nick, and Jordan, go passed Myrtles house, there is ambulances outside, where Tom found out that Gatsby ran and killed Myrtle over, but really its Daisy who ran her over. Gatsby wants to take the blame for it and Myrtles husband finds out by Tom telling him who did it. Her husband kills Gatsby and Tom throws a small funeral, where only his father showed up to and Daisy and Tom moved away together.
The author did a great job with the novel, in my opinion its easy to interpret and its a good book to read. its my favorite English book that I had to read for school.
2. The theme of the novel is Greed on Daisy's part because that's all she wanted was money, Justice, when Myrtle's husband killed Gatsby when he thought he killed Myrtle, Power, Gatsby and Tom, Gatsby in bootlegging and Tom having the ability to get whatever he wants, Betrayal when Daisy chose Tom over Gatsby, even though Tom was cheating on her and Gatsby offered her the world, and the American Dream in the 1920's. the lifestyle Gatsby had was the dream in America at the time.
3. the tone of the novel is loneliness and isolated. There is Gatsby who is rich and handsome but has no one. "A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell." and then there is Nick who is sweet and is just looking for love and to be successful. "..when the dark lanes of the forties were five deep with throbbing taxicabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart...Imagining that I, too, was hurrying toward gayety and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished them well." but the two together seem to be a little less lonely because they relate together and they found a reliable friend; companion.
4. The author uses a lot of flashback in the story to help the readers understand Gatsby's background and experience more. Dramatic Irony when everyone knew of Gatsby and Dais's affair but Tom. Situation Irony when the author has Daisy stays with Tom at the end of the novel. Symbolism, when Gatsby uses his cars, talks about Daisy's voice, uses colors, seasons, and locations. Aphorism, in the beginning of the book when Nick's father tells him “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you've had." Simile, “Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans” or ” In his blue garden men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” Metaphor, Daisy describes nick as a rose, “You remind me of a- of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn’t he?” Allusion, the popular names and refrences the author uses to name characters.
The author did a great job with the novel, in my opinion its easy to interpret and its a good book to read. its my favorite English book that I had to read for school.
2. The theme of the novel is Greed on Daisy's part because that's all she wanted was money, Justice, when Myrtle's husband killed Gatsby when he thought he killed Myrtle, Power, Gatsby and Tom, Gatsby in bootlegging and Tom having the ability to get whatever he wants, Betrayal when Daisy chose Tom over Gatsby, even though Tom was cheating on her and Gatsby offered her the world, and the American Dream in the 1920's. the lifestyle Gatsby had was the dream in America at the time.
3. the tone of the novel is loneliness and isolated. There is Gatsby who is rich and handsome but has no one. "A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell." and then there is Nick who is sweet and is just looking for love and to be successful. "..when the dark lanes of the forties were five deep with throbbing taxicabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart...Imagining that I, too, was hurrying toward gayety and sharing their intimate excitement, I wished them well." but the two together seem to be a little less lonely because they relate together and they found a reliable friend; companion.
4. The author uses a lot of flashback in the story to help the readers understand Gatsby's background and experience more. Dramatic Irony when everyone knew of Gatsby and Dais's affair but Tom. Situation Irony when the author has Daisy stays with Tom at the end of the novel. Symbolism, when Gatsby uses his cars, talks about Daisy's voice, uses colors, seasons, and locations. Aphorism, in the beginning of the book when Nick's father tells him “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you've had." Simile, “Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans” or ” In his blue garden men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” Metaphor, Daisy describes nick as a rose, “You remind me of a- of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn’t he?” Allusion, the popular names and refrences the author uses to name characters.
CHARACTERIZATION
1. Indirect: Gatsby; "He smiled understandingly--picking his words with care." (pg 48), about Gatsby; "There's the kind of man you'd like to take home and introduce to your mother and sister." (pg. 72)
Direct:
2.
I WILL FINISH WHEN MY INTERNET CONNECTION GETS FIXED. SORRY FOR INCONVENIENCE
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
CHARACTER III
Getting annoyed at Haley as she's screaming Justin Beiber song the whole car ride so far, Micheala says she needs to go get gas. thinking to herself, thank god, because she is hungry and wants to get out of that car and not have to listen to Haley's awful singing and her creepy obsession with Justin Beiber. They get to the gas station and go in to get food and as their walking out, Patty Mae, food in mouth chokes and spits out the chips when Haley is getting shoved into a black SUV screaming at the top of her lungs. The group quickly gets in the car and tries so desperately to catch up to the SUV but it was no use the car got away, leaving them in the dust, and lost in the middle of nowhere.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
CHARACTER II
As her Father dropped her off with her suit case at starbucks to meet her friends to start their journey together. Sitting there drinking her Camel Mochiado when she noticed a lady drop five bucks, she gets up and returns the money to the lady and the lady in disbelief says thank you and continues out the door. feeling good karma going her way she spills her coffee and has to get a new one. Her friends then show up with sleepy smiles and heavy eyes as it is after all six-fifty in the morning. the others get their coffee and load up in Micheala's convertable with some up beat music blaring to wake us up and get us stoked for the journey in front of us.
CHARACTER I
As soon as Michele got yelled at by her father to wake up she sits in her bed thinking about all she has to do before she goes on the journey that could change her life. the more and more she thinks about what she has to do she gets more and more stressed feeling like she's not going to have enough time to do what she has to do. she finally gets up, gets ready for the day, rushing to get out the door she forgets to pack her bag, so she gets her bag together, forgetting her contact solution and phone charger and not knowing it until later. on her way out the house she so despises she feels free with endless possibilities on the journey she is about to go on with her friends. She writes her last letter to Tyty Carolina before she embarks her journey.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
WILL STUDY FOR FOOD
After Graduation I Plan to move to Carmel valley, California where I will be attending Monterey Peninsula College and study Physical Therapy
Rough estimate of fees
$46 per unit
$50 semester parking permit
$10 student center
say i need 4 units that would be $184 plus $50 for permit and $10 for use of student center thats $244 a semester not including books which is going to be up to $500 plus housing and grocery costs $250- 300 for rent per month $200 for food plus gas which 1000 per semester
per semester: $1744
Per year: $3488
* estimated guesses
I do not have any Scholarships in mind im still currently researching.
Rough estimate of fees
$46 per unit
$50 semester parking permit
$10 student center
say i need 4 units that would be $184 plus $50 for permit and $10 for use of student center thats $244 a semester not including books which is going to be up to $500 plus housing and grocery costs $250- 300 for rent per month $200 for food plus gas which 1000 per semester
per semester: $1744
Per year: $3488
* estimated guesses
I do not have any Scholarships in mind im still currently researching.
TIME INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO
MONDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hrs
Passing: 1 hrs
Total: 15 hours
TUESDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 8 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 4 hrs
Total: 18 hrs
WEDNESDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hr
Passing: 1 hr
Total: 15 hrs
THURSDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 8 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 4 hrs
FRIDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hr
Passing: 1 hr
Total: 15 hrs
SATURDAY
Selling: 3 hrs
Giving: 10 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 5 hrs
Total:18 hrs
SUNDAY
Selling: 3 hrs
Giving: 10 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 5 hrs
Total: 18 hrs
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hrs
Passing: 1 hrs
Total: 15 hours
TUESDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 8 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 4 hrs
Total: 18 hrs
WEDNESDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hr
Passing: 1 hr
Total: 15 hrs
THURSDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 8 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 4 hrs
FRIDAY
Selling: 6 hrs
Giving: 7 hrs
Spending: 1 hr
Passing: 1 hr
Total: 15 hrs
SATURDAY
Selling: 3 hrs
Giving: 10 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 5 hrs
Total:18 hrs
SUNDAY
Selling: 3 hrs
Giving: 10 hrs
Spending: 0 hrs
Passing: 5 hrs
Total: 18 hrs
WEEKLY TOTAL: 117 hrs
VOCABULARY #5
Obsequious: obedient
John was very obsequious when his parents told him to do all of his chores after he got home from school.
Beatitude: supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
James had such great Beatitude towards his friends for pitching in, helping him pay for his way to college.
Bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
Samantha Bete noir Richards existence.
Dank:Bode:
Ecumenical: general; universal.
High School is ecumenical in education standards compared to college.
Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc
The Righetti cheerleader's are very fervid about this Friday's football game.
Fetid: having an offensive odor; stinking.
After each practice, football game the players always fetid because of how much they sweat.
gargantuan: gigantic; enormous; colossal:
A T-Rex is gargantuan compared to a chihuahua.
Heyday: the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime:
The United States heyday was during world war 2.
Incubus: Nightmare
The formal dinner was incubus when the waiter dropped red wine all over my dress.
Infrastructure: the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools.
The infrastructure of the building was practically in ruins.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
Leonard inveigled the chairwoman to get ahead in getting a scientific award
Kudos: honor; glory; acclaim
Those who serve in the military deserve high kudos for their bravery and courage.
lagniappe: a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
At Macie's they usually lagniappe when you spend over a hundred dollars.
Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
Most people that write prolix essays they tangent off of the topic.
Protege: a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
Caesar was a protege when he was young.
Prototype: the original or model on which something is based or formed.
Most inventors have prototypes before it goes out on the market.
Sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
No one likes Jim because he acts like a sycophant.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
Truckle: Giving into fear; buckle
Jack truckled out when it came his turn to get on the roller coaster.
John was very obsequious when his parents told him to do all of his chores after he got home from school.
Beatitude: supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
James had such great Beatitude towards his friends for pitching in, helping him pay for his way to college.
Bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
Samantha Bete noir Richards existence.
Dank:Bode:
Ecumenical: general; universal.
High School is ecumenical in education standards compared to college.
Fervid: heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc
The Righetti cheerleader's are very fervid about this Friday's football game.
Fetid: having an offensive odor; stinking.
After each practice, football game the players always fetid because of how much they sweat.
gargantuan: gigantic; enormous; colossal:
A T-Rex is gargantuan compared to a chihuahua.
Heyday: the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime:
The United States heyday was during world war 2.
Incubus: Nightmare
The formal dinner was incubus when the waiter dropped red wine all over my dress.
Infrastructure: the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools.
The infrastructure of the building was practically in ruins.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
Leonard inveigled the chairwoman to get ahead in getting a scientific award
Kudos: honor; glory; acclaim
Those who serve in the military deserve high kudos for their bravery and courage.
lagniappe: a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
At Macie's they usually lagniappe when you spend over a hundred dollars.
Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
Most people that write prolix essays they tangent off of the topic.
Protege: a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
Caesar was a protege when he was young.
Prototype: the original or model on which something is based or formed.
Most inventors have prototypes before it goes out on the market.
Sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
No one likes Jim because he acts like a sycophant.
Tautology: needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”
Truckle: Giving into fear; buckle
Jack truckled out when it came his turn to get on the roller coaster.
9/10/13 time portfolio notes
Scarce ----> Deadline School *How many hours
Relativity Sports a day I invest in time
Abstract Family
Fast Sleep
Manmade Stressing
Measurable work
impatient Disagreements/drama
clock Checking Social Networks
Eating
-Outer Directed Selling
School- 25 hrs a week
work
travel-5-8 hrs a week Time is Neutral
-Other Directed Giving Time is Democratic
Family- 20 hrs a week Time is Nonnegotiable
Social Media- 10-15 hrs a week
Disagreement/Drama- 2 hrs a week
-Inner Directed Spending
Sports
learning- 6 hrs a week
fitness 2 hrs a week
-Non Directing Passing
TV- 7 hrs a week
video games- 2 hrs a week
Relativity Sports a day I invest in time
Abstract Family
Fast Sleep
Manmade Stressing
Measurable work
impatient Disagreements/drama
clock Checking Social Networks
Eating
-Outer Directed Selling
School- 25 hrs a week
work
travel-5-8 hrs a week Time is Neutral
-Other Directed Giving Time is Democratic
Family- 20 hrs a week Time is Nonnegotiable
Social Media- 10-15 hrs a week
Disagreement/Drama- 2 hrs a week
-Inner Directed Spending
Sports
learning- 6 hrs a week
fitness 2 hrs a week
-Non Directing Passing
TV- 7 hrs a week
video games- 2 hrs a week
DECLARATION OF LEARNING DEPENDENCE
SMART GOALS
S pecificM easurable
A ttainable
R einforceable
T imely
Having the right goal makes it easy
{main goal after high school: go to college for physical therapy-> Move to Carmel Valley, California-> Attend Monterrey Peninsula College-> Transfer to San Jose State-> get Masters Degree-> Work for someone-> Work my way up}
*GPA goal: Maintain above a 3.0 throughout my senior year*
Friday, September 13, 2013
LITERATURE ANALYSIS #1
- The book Midnight Bride by Susan Carroll is about a curse and a long tradition of enemies. The Book starts off with the lead character Valentine StLeger who is the town Doctor with a special gift to take away the patients pain and replace it with numbness. though most thought it was a great gift but others that knew him like the other Main character Kate FitzLeger strongly disapproved of Val using his gift because when he uses his gift the others pain goes to him. And plus it makes his bad leg worse then what it was. There is a Legend in the StLeger family and the legend states that all StLeger Men will be Chosen a Bride by their family Bridefinder and those who disobey the Bridefinders and chose their own Bride, the Bride/ couple shall have a curse upon their Marriage. And there Bridefinder happens to be Kate's adopted mother (who she finds out later that it's her real birth mother) Elfreda FitzLeger and she told Val that he doesn't have a bride. Kate is turning 21 when she expresses her love for Val to him and he turns her down because of the curse so she goes and steals/ borrow a family sorcerer ghost's spell book and cast a love spell on Val. That same night the StLeger's enemy Rafe Mortmain shows up on Vals door step to give him back a powerful evil stone that he stole to Val. While Val has the stone his leg is cured and his love and passion for Kate grew strong and possessive the complete opposite of what he is, he is willing to kill, to have Kate. so Kate thinking that her spelled worked and went terribly wrong at the same time find out that she Casted a love spell on Vals cousin Victor StLeger too which happen to just decide to Love her instead of Victor's chosen Bride Mollie who is plain. So Kate is so upset that she casted a spell on them and tried to reverse the spell right before Val would force her to run away with him, but it did nothing. Victor tried stoping Val in taking Kate but then Val tried killing him with his sword/ Cain and ended up accidentally stabing Kate in the arm and at that point he gave up the crystal and fell very sick almost dying until Kate figured out that she needed to Find Rafe which is her father and have him willingly take back his demons that were in Val which he did Val lives and then Kates Mother announces that Kate was Vals original chosen Bride and they live happily ever after. i believe the Era the book is going for is the mid 1700-1800
- The theme of Midnight Bride is a moving tale about fighting for what you want, but at the same time accepting what you can’t have. Each of the main characters grows and learns something about themselves as the story goes. Each learns what is really important in life and how to let go of the past.
- I believe the Authors tone was serious, passionate, and mysterious, like the paranormal parts of it gives off a Erie feeling, the serious part about it is finding happiness, and the passion part would be from the characters.
- 1.) In the beginning of the book the author uses flashbacks when Val remembered the first day he met Kate. 2.) The author uses diction to let the reader know the era and country the novel takes place. 3.) The author uses ambiguity with the StLeger Legend which stops Val's happiness of being married. 4.) the author uses foil when the ghost sorcerer who happens to be Val's grandfather Perspero. 5.) Kate would be considered a stock character. 6.) the whole novel has connotation characters. 7.) the point of view of the story jumps around to Kate, Val, Rafe, and Pospero. 8.) when Elfreda the bridefinder announces that Val will never have a bride there was a tragedy through the family because he could never love someone like that ever! 9.) the climax of the Novel was when everyone found out that the stone was causing his behavior and sickness. 10.) the Author does a great job of imagery, as i was reading the novel i could picture every little detail like it was a movie going on while i read.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
BEOWULF ESSAY
Beowulf and Batman
When i think about a hero, i think of a human being that knows no limits, for doing whats right, thinking of others before them-self, whom is genuine, and knows their human, and doesn't always do the right thing. Beowulf and Batman were those kind of heroes, if someone needs there help their there at a snap of a finger. Even though Beowulf and Batman are from different eras, the idea of a hero hasn't grown to far apart from Beowulf to a modern hero like Batman, but of course there is many difference's that could separate Beowulf and Batman completely, but the morals didn't change.
What makes Beowulf and Batman a hero is that their human and they make mistakes and they don't have supernatural powers. All they want to be is there for those who need them. to make them feel safe and to know they were protected. Beowulf was considered a knight and a knight goes where they are summoned by their loyalties and that's what Beowulf does. He killed Grendel and his mother when he was summoned, He became king of the Geats to lead his country into prosperity and greatness for fifty years until there was trouble with a dragon and he killed the Dragon and the Dragon Killed him, but the point is he was a knight and whats intriguing about Batman is that he was considered the "Dark Knight" and when the "Bat Sign" was on bright in the sky he would come to the rescue. And he did. What made Beowulf such a strong leader in the story was the different point of views the author did, for example when Beowulf and Grendel Fought, the point of view was coming from Grendel to show how strong Beowulf was.(And as I'm getting my information i will list the links at the end of the essay.)
Not done yet. essay still in progress
http://room94chs.blogspot.com/2009/10/using-literary-devices-to-convey.html
Not done yet. essay still in progress
http://room94chs.blogspot.com/2009/10/using-literary-devices-to-convey.html
Monday, September 9, 2013
VOCABULARY #4
accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice:
acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
attrition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength:
bromide: a person who is platitudinous and boring.
chauvinist: a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
chronic: constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
expound: to set forth or state in detail: to expound theories.
factionalism: self-interested; partisan
immaculate: free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
imprecation: the act of imprecating; cursing.
ineluctable: incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
mercurial: changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
palliate: to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
protocol: the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
resplendent: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
stigmatize: to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
sub rosa: confidentially; secretly; privately.
vainglory: excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
vestige: a very slight trace or amount of something
volition: the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.
attrition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength:
bromide: a person who is platitudinous and boring.
chauvinist: a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
chronic: constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
expound: to set forth or state in detail: to expound theories.
factionalism: self-interested; partisan
immaculate: free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
imprecation: the act of imprecating; cursing.
ineluctable: incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
mercurial: changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
palliate: to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
protocol: the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
resplendent: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
stigmatize: to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
sub rosa: confidentially; secretly; privately.
vainglory: excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
vestige: a very slight trace or amount of something
volition: the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing
VOCABULARY #3
apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.
effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence:
lugubrious: (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
consensus: majority of opinion
dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs
constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
metamorphosis: any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like: a political vendetta.
non sequitur: a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning:
quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
parlous: perilous; dangerous.
effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence:
lugubrious: (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
consensus: majority of opinion
dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs
constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
metamorphosis: any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like: a political vendetta.
non sequitur: a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning:
quagmire: an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
parlous: perilous; dangerous.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Thursday, August 29, 2013
VOCABULAY #2
accouterments : personal clothing, accessories, etc.
apogee : the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Compare perigee.
apropos : fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
bicker : to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle
coalesce : to grow together or into one body
contretemps : an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance
convolution : a rolled up or coiled condition.
cull : to choose; select; pick.
disparate : distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar
dogmatic : of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal.
licentious : sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
mete : to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out )
noxious : harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
polemic : a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
populous : full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
probity : integrity and uprightness; honesty.
repartee : a quick, witty reply.
supervene : to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon )
truncate : to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
unimpeachable : above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable
apogee : the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Compare perigee.
apropos : fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
bicker : to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle
coalesce : to grow together or into one body
contretemps : an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance
convolution : a rolled up or coiled condition.
cull : to choose; select; pick.
disparate : distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar
dogmatic : of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal.
licentious : sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
mete : to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out )
noxious : harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
polemic : a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
populous : full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
probity : integrity and uprightness; honesty.
repartee : a quick, witty reply.
supervene : to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon )
truncate : to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short
unimpeachable : above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable
VOCABULARY #1
adumbrate : to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
apotheosis: the ideal example; epitome; quintessence
ascetic: a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
bauble : a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
beguile : to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
burgeon: to grow or develop quickly; flourish
complement : something that completes or makes perfect
contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
curmudgeon : a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.
didactic : teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
disingenuous:lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere
exculpate: to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate
faux pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
fulminate : to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
fustian : a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
hauteur: arrogance.
inhibit : to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
opportunist: a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles
unconscionable: not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
apotheosis: the ideal example; epitome; quintessence
ascetic: a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
bauble : a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
beguile : to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
burgeon: to grow or develop quickly; flourish
complement : something that completes or makes perfect
contumacious: stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
curmudgeon : a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.
didactic : teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
disingenuous:lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere
exculpate: to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate
faux pas: a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
fulminate : to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
fustian : a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
hauteur: arrogance.
inhibit : to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
opportunist: a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles
unconscionable: not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
REFLECTIONS ON WEEK # 1
1. Are there any factors that you think are going to affect your participation or experience in this class? Access to a computer? Mobile/smart phone? Transportation? Friends/family? Schedule?
I don't think there is going to be any factors that will affect my participation and experience in the class except my laziness and procrastination every once in a while. I do have a laptop and a cell phone. I do have my license and a truck. I do have family and friends and i do have family that are my friends, and friends that are like family. My schedule is 0 period; Provost, 1st period;Wagner,2nd period; English, 3rd period; Preston, 4th period; Van Patten. And hopefully soon a part-time job after school.
2. Think of an awesome best ever learning experience that changed you. What did you learn? Where were you? What happened? Who else was there? Did it teach you anything about how you learn (or pay attention... or remember, or think?) How did you know what was happening?
Best learning experience That has changed me was last year, 1st period, American Literature class, and Dr. Preston taught it. I learned a lot about myself, learned how to write essays better, learned some philosophy, some Young Goodman Brown, Open source learning, social media skills, and many different poems. the class taught me how to think outside the box and try something different, it has also taught me how to be an individual, and how to think for myself.
3. What are you most [excited/concerned] about in this class? What do you look forward to in learning? How do you think it can/will make a practical difference in your life?
I'm excited about doing my own thing on assignments, make me, I'm mainly concerned about not keeping up with the class but i know its good for me and i will try my very best to keep up though I am only human, I'm not perfect. I'm looking forward to learning about the college of my choice and what it's going to take to make my future happen. It will Prepare me for my life after college.
I don't think there is going to be any factors that will affect my participation and experience in the class except my laziness and procrastination every once in a while. I do have a laptop and a cell phone. I do have my license and a truck. I do have family and friends and i do have family that are my friends, and friends that are like family. My schedule is 0 period; Provost, 1st period;Wagner,2nd period; English, 3rd period; Preston, 4th period; Van Patten. And hopefully soon a part-time job after school.
2. Think of an awesome best ever learning experience that changed you. What did you learn? Where were you? What happened? Who else was there? Did it teach you anything about how you learn (or pay attention... or remember, or think?) How did you know what was happening?
Best learning experience That has changed me was last year, 1st period, American Literature class, and Dr. Preston taught it. I learned a lot about myself, learned how to write essays better, learned some philosophy, some Young Goodman Brown, Open source learning, social media skills, and many different poems. the class taught me how to think outside the box and try something different, it has also taught me how to be an individual, and how to think for myself.
3. What are you most [excited/concerned] about in this class? What do you look forward to in learning? How do you think it can/will make a practical difference in your life?
I'm excited about doing my own thing on assignments, make me, I'm mainly concerned about not keeping up with the class but i know its good for me and i will try my very best to keep up though I am only human, I'm not perfect. I'm looking forward to learning about the college of my choice and what it's going to take to make my future happen. It will Prepare me for my life after college.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
THE RIGHTS TO YOUR OWN OPINION
As researching Montaigne i cam across this quote that reminded me of the Socratic Seminar
"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know"
"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know"
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT #2
Austen and Montaigne
“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books,
and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our
conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other
things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at
most.” Said by Michel De Montaigne. The quote relates back to Jane
Austen when she wrote Pride and
Prejudice, the book was a big hit, it is still enjoyed by people of this
era. I won’t lie, I thought it was going to be just another boring book that
was assigned, but I loved it. Though it’s great to find another author that had
such a unique writing style as well. Montaigne is definitely a hard read but
after doing so much research on him and his writing styles you get an
understanding of him and what he’s about.
“Wit
is the most dangerous talent you can possess: it must be guarded with great
discretion and good nature. Be ever cautious in displaying your good sense… if
you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the
men.” Said by Jane Austen. (Quote came from http://www.worldacademy.org/node/3392)
looking at that quote it says a lot about how Austen put herself into Elizabeth
Bennet and that right there is how I can connect Austen and Montaigne together
because they put themselves into their books or essays. It was said on www.egs.edu/library/michel-de-montaigne/biography/
how in the essays he write about himself a lot and to make characters like
themselves connects them.
It is hard to
compare Austen to Montaigne just because their writing styles are different, Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel,
and Montaigne wrote about the human existence. But it wasn’t impossible. I know
we talked very little about Austen and if she really did make herself into a
character in the book and after researching her I truly do believe that
Elizabeth Bennet was Austen. As I understood Montaigne’s essays were all about
himself and how he is understanding and observing life.
“What goes on
inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more
than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any
given instant” said by Foster Wallace. I believe Montaigne’s techniques and
topics can support Wallace, because Montaigne wrote about the human existence and
how complicated it can be, the same with this quote by Foster, everything
inside is connected but complicated to understand.
Austen and
Montaigne are very wise, talented, and loved authors. I can see why we’re
reading their books or essays, and learning how they saw the world, to look
through someone else’s eyes can help you understand more easily. At first I thought
this whole thing was going to be a nightmare but it actually wasn’t. Yes, sure
it took me a little longer than it should have but it wasn’t that bad. So I’m
very happy with the prompt and I’m glad I got through it.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
POETRY #1
1. From what poem/author does this commercial borrow (without credit)?
I think it's ironic because in the commercial it makes Levi jeans sound so important even though they're not. It makes Levi sound so complicated and inspiring even though they're not, there just simple
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
I think it definitely reflects the author because it just shows "It might not be much light but it beats darkness" his life may not have been very happy but he knew there was light. It didn't have to be a lot as long as you know there is light.
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
To be honest i did this last year and i still have my blog so yay for my am lit blog!!!!
5. Memorize the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand. on demand.
Levi got he poem, "Laughing Heart", from author, Charles Bukowski
2. Why might the use of this poem by a corporation be considered ironic? I think it's ironic because in the commercial it makes Levi jeans sound so important even though they're not. It makes Levi sound so complicated and inspiring even though they're not, there just simple
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
I think it definitely reflects the author because it just shows "It might not be much light but it beats darkness" his life may not have been very happy but he knew there was light. It didn't have to be a lot as long as you know there is light.
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
To be honest i did this last year and i still have my blog so yay for my am lit blog!!!!
5. Memorize the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand. on demand.
Poisonwood Bible Summer Notes
genisis one
- the first chapter is narrated by the mom of four daughters in the book named Orleanna who lays out a picture of a picnic by a river. after their meager picnic the girls go swimming up the river while Orleanna stays back and relaxes in the little meadow then all of a sudden she sees a methodological legend animal thing thats called a okapi which is like a deer in africa .
- one of the four daughters did not live through the end of the journey and the book is ike a plea of forgiveness.
- "Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us do not, but we wear it all the same. There is only one question worth asking now: How do we aim to live with it?"
- leah; she seems materialistic, she starts listing off seemingly object that they "need" on their journey to Africa, like betty crocker cake mix for birthdays, hand mirror, thimble, ect. all the things she thought she couldnt lve without start to burden her when she has to hold her luggage before she gets on the plane.
- ruth may; shes five years old, and all she remembered was about the blacks in africa that she was going to help.
- racheal price; shes fifteen years old and is the no religious one out of the bunch
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Essay assignment #1
“Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible
to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a
native place, between the self and its true home; its essential sadness can
never be surmounted.” Said by Edward Said. The quote has such a strong and
truthful meaning to it, though it’s easy for me to imagine what it’s like
because I have read and experienced it.
In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Bernard
Marx was the complete outsider of the book. He so painfully tried to fit in and
be happy by drinking soma (happy juice) and went to orgies, but it still didn’t
work. He didn’t feel happy and he was always looked at like he wasn’t supposed to
be an alpha that he should have been a beta.
Bernard thought that he can be happy and nontraditional with
Lenina Crowne, who is a vaccination worker at the central London Hatchery and
conditioning centre and is the girl that every alpha want to have sex with and
pretty much every guy has except Bernard. So he tries his best to take her out
on a date of obstacle golf without sex and Linina thinks he’s strange for not
so she just drinks soma instead. So at the end of the date he still feels alone
and an outsider.
Latter on Bernard asks his director if he can go take Lenina
on vacation in New Mexico at the savage reservation and his director says yes
after telling Bernard some information that gives Bernard leverage, but that
leverage backed fired after rumors went around that the director was going to
exile him after he gets back from vacation he starts to freak out. So he looks
at the savage reservation for information against the director in which he
finds out that the director had a son who happened to be a savage. So I think he’s
starting to feel that he might actually be worshiped for finding the savage and
finding out the savage is the director’s son.
When Bernard comes back and tells everyone who the savage is
and who his father is everyone is appalled and the world controller exiled Bernard.
Bernard is still alone and exiled more than anything, has no girlfriend because
Lenina ends up developing a violent passion for the savage. So I believe that Bernard
was a great example for the quote by Edward Said because he lived it through
the book. Bernard was exiled and alone and it sucks, it’s not a fun thing to go
through. You can be so alone and an outsider in a sea of people. Like Edward
said “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience”
and he was so right.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Aaahaaa!!!!!!
Last year we recited the levi commercial "go forth" and at the end of the school year dr. Preston asked if we can relate to it and at that time i could not but a few days ago i found out i may have a different path in my future that i wanted and im scared shitless if im going to be happy with the path im going to choose but i know i have 10 months to make the decision but i cant help but stress thats who i am i stress about everything I've been like that since my parents split up almost over a decade ago so there you have it my aha moment.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Hello AP English!
For those of you that are new to The blog and English with Dr. Preston there is a Facebook page for the course https://www.facebook.com/DrPrestonsEnglishLiteratureComposition20132014 this is a page where you can collaborate with others in the class and have open questions and discussions. If you need any help at all don't hesitate to ask! So stoked for next year its going to be great!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Extra Credit
1. Who are you?
My name is Michaila Bohard and I am currently in Dr. Pres tons american literature English class.
2. Why are you taking this course?
I am taking this course because I like the am lit course I'm taking now and I would rather blog and hack my assignments then going to the text book for everything and have to write essays how the teacher wants you to write it. And I like the freedom in the class.
3. What do you hope to get out of this class?
I hope to get help out of this class with grants and scholarships and an experience that I have been getting in the class I'm in now.
4. What scares me and excites me at the same time about next year is planning my future after high school. I mean I know what I'm doing and where I'm going its just making it all happen.
5. What in your life do you care about to give it your all?
I care about making my parents proud of me and having a successful life that they didn't get to have and making my Nana proud in heaven.
6. This course can help me achieve my goals and dreams to become successful in life and help me develops the skills I need to help me succeed in college.
I am taking this course because I like the am lit course I'm taking now and I would rather blog and hack my assignments then going to the text book for everything and have to write essays how the teacher wants you to write it. And I like the freedom in the class.
3. What do you hope to get out of this class?
I hope to get help out of this class with grants and scholarships and an experience that I have been getting in the class I'm in now.
4. What scares me and excites me at the same time about next year is planning my future after high school. I mean I know what I'm doing and where I'm going its just making it all happen.
5. What in your life do you care about to give it your all?
I care about making my parents proud of me and having a successful life that they didn't get to have and making my Nana proud in heaven.
6. This course can help me achieve my goals and dreams to become successful in life and help me develops the skills I need to help me succeed in college.
My Blog is Complete!
Finally I have finished customizing my blog. Like I said in my previous post if anyone needs help don't hesitate to ask me or Dr. Preston about the blog. You can e-mail me at michailabohard@gmail.com or you can comment bellow. I am so stoked for next years AP class! See you guys next year!
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