Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I'm pretty sure that even work is easier than my school I already know what i wanna be involved in when i grow up. I don't get why i can't just go off to college and be on my merry way that definitely sounds good to me. I mean taking art classes can't be that hard can it? anyways I'm sure its gotta be better that taking classes that i wont even need to use like Social Studies and Spanish i guess i might need that but I wish you got to pick all of your own classes in high school just like college then it would make school so much more interesting. I hate all of the stress it brings on too its such a drastic change from middle school it kinda sux. At least there's an end to it oh well i guess ill just have to deal with it what ever.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Getting the honor of serving the king, I have to capture one hundred doves for his wedding. This is the king’s choice of food and if I fail he will be very disappointed in me for my poor ability to capture doves. I am Hugh and in the short story "The Hundredth Dove" this is what I do I serve the king to make him happy. This tale is most noticed for the mode of literature and the great symbolism which explains itself throughout.
The mode of literature is one of the most, if not the most, important part about this novella. This particular mode of literature is romance because nothing goes wrong or even close to out of control. Another huge reason that this is a romance is because he catches a beautiful white dove every day of the week and it somehow manages to escape from the net this was one of the mild conflicts. Lastly Hugh killed the white dove this was death which was also a conflict in the story because the king could not get married this did not relate to a romance though it was more of a tragedy in the end.
There are numerous things to be clarified about the symbolism. The biggest symbol that isn't quiet noticed at first is that the king’s new wife means dove and later in the fable she is a dove. Second when the white dove slipped out of the net this symbolized how she didn’t belong to him and to someone else. The third thing was the dove's black eyes it showed that there was a different side to her life that no one knew about but in the end Hugh found out by the end of the story. The last thing is that in the end Hugh never sees another dove again and that represents how the sadness that the king now has.
When you are serving the king you would not disobey him. Ones thoughts about failing to do a task that the king requests is disappointment and to disregard you. What it comes down to is to obey him as well as you can and getting as close as you can to his request. There were many things along with the symbolism that were unreal and to happy for real life that is what made this tale a romance.
The mode of literature is one of the most, if not the most, important part about this novella. This particular mode of literature is romance because nothing goes wrong or even close to out of control. Another huge reason that this is a romance is because he catches a beautiful white dove every day of the week and it somehow manages to escape from the net this was one of the mild conflicts. Lastly Hugh killed the white dove this was death which was also a conflict in the story because the king could not get married this did not relate to a romance though it was more of a tragedy in the end.
There are numerous things to be clarified about the symbolism. The biggest symbol that isn't quiet noticed at first is that the king’s new wife means dove and later in the fable she is a dove. Second when the white dove slipped out of the net this symbolized how she didn’t belong to him and to someone else. The third thing was the dove's black eyes it showed that there was a different side to her life that no one knew about but in the end Hugh found out by the end of the story. The last thing is that in the end Hugh never sees another dove again and that represents how the sadness that the king now has.
When you are serving the king you would not disobey him. Ones thoughts about failing to do a task that the king requests is disappointment and to disregard you. What it comes down to is to obey him as well as you can and getting as close as you can to his request. There were many things along with the symbolism that were unreal and to happy for real life that is what made this tale a romance.
Bull Run
On July 21, 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run occurred. I was in the middle of the fields prepared for anything, then out of nowhere came a giant 20 pound cannon ball. This was the beginning, the beginning of a long well matched battle. Before they knew how long the battle was going to be spectators gathered at the sidelines almost and they ended up getting stuck in the middle of the battle and most of them died. I honestly felt bad for them but it was their idiotic choice. The suffering of many of our fellow soldiers was outrageous because of the lack of supplies America had for healing.
It started out as a peaceful day, ordinary. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard Lead the Rebs to the Northern half of the U.S. They started to attack us, the Union. Little did anyone know this was the beginning of the American Civil War. Almost everyone that was observing this what was supposed to be a minor, swift battle. Once the battle was on its way most of the young soldiers wandered off the battle grounds because of the extreme heat. That same day we reached our objective along a stream known as Bull Run. One of the Confederate spies gave a warning of what was happening and allowed Southern reinforcements to be moved from the Shenandoah Valley to Manassas. And thus was born the Civil War.
As we were there resting, the Gray backs had a sneak attack on us. Next thing I knew I had a bayonet through my chest. I fell to the ground in an instant. It was so cold and my hands were trembling from the great pain in my chest. In the few seconds that there were left in my life, one of the soldiers walked by looked down with almost a depressed look and walked away this happened with three other men but finally one person stopped and stayed with me the last seconds and as he walked away all I could see was us celebrating about our first victory of the war.
The first battle of Bull Run was the beginning of the Civil War. Over the first year I was watching over the North and asking God if he could help us get the greater advantages over the south. As we got closer to our victory over the Rebs we got less and less help. When the war was over I got chills down my spine because of the joy in my heart. I only wish I could have lived through what had happened only in the very first battle of the war…
Bibliography
Ibis Communications, Inc. "Battle of bull run." 13 April 2011. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bullrun.htm. 13 April 2011.
On July 21, 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run occurred. I was in the middle of the fields prepared for anything, then out of nowhere came a giant 20 pound cannon ball. This was the beginning, the beginning of a long well matched battle. Before they knew how long the battle was going to be spectators gathered at the sidelines almost and they ended up getting stuck in the middle of the battle and most of them died. I honestly felt bad for them but it was their idiotic choice. The suffering of many of our fellow soldiers was outrageous because of the lack of supplies America had for healing.
It started out as a peaceful day, ordinary. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard Lead the Rebs to the Northern half of the U.S. They started to attack us, the Union. Little did anyone know this was the beginning of the American Civil War. Almost everyone that was observing this what was supposed to be a minor, swift battle. Once the battle was on its way most of the young soldiers wandered off the battle grounds because of the extreme heat. That same day we reached our objective along a stream known as Bull Run. One of the Confederate spies gave a warning of what was happening and allowed Southern reinforcements to be moved from the Shenandoah Valley to Manassas. And thus was born the Civil War.
As we were there resting, the Gray backs had a sneak attack on us. Next thing I knew I had a bayonet through my chest. I fell to the ground in an instant. It was so cold and my hands were trembling from the great pain in my chest. In the few seconds that there were left in my life, one of the soldiers walked by looked down with almost a depressed look and walked away this happened with three other men but finally one person stopped and stayed with me the last seconds and as he walked away all I could see was us celebrating about our first victory of the war.
The first battle of Bull Run was the beginning of the Civil War. Over the first year I was watching over the North and asking God if he could help us get the greater advantages over the south. As we got closer to our victory over the Rebs we got less and less help. When the war was over I got chills down my spine because of the joy in my heart. I only wish I could have lived through what had happened only in the very first battle of the war…
Bibliography
Ibis Communications, Inc. "Battle of bull run." 13 April 2011. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bullrun.htm. 13 April 2011
One night you are relaxing to some mind numbing T.V. while babysitting your little brother and sister.
You hear an amazingly loud bang come from one of the upstairs bedrooms. Tip toeing up the stairs you are being as quiet as possible.
You hear the bang again now but this time from a different room.
You turn around to go into the other room: as you are approaching the room there is a loose floor board and when you step on it the sound is like a shriek of terror. The chill it sends down your spine is almost telling you that there is evil in the mysterious room.
When you make it to the doorway there is a different noise, like communication but not of this world.
As your hand is grasping for the door you are quivering so much it feels unreal. What is compelling you to reach for the door and not just turn and run?
Finally after what seemed like an hour, your hand has reached the door knob.
You rip the door open to the closet. There is nothing there.
You walk in unaware of what was coming next. Your heart calms to see an empty closet and notice there are clothes scattered everywhere on the closet floor. You start to pick them up.
In the middle of all this you feel breathing on the back of your neck. Your heart skips a beat.
With goose bumps on your arms and legs you turn around scared to death about what might be behind you. You let out a yelp.
You turn around as you are falling to the floor, only to see your little brother and sister that were supposed to be in bed and asleep.
Still not emotionally recovered from what happened you put the little ones back to bed once again. As you return to watch T.V. your mind races to figure out what was real and what was your imagination.
You convince yourself that your mind was playing tricks on you and you are already beginning to forget as your mind returns to comfortably numb and when you hear the loud bang again.
You hear an amazingly loud bang come from one of the upstairs bedrooms. Tip toeing up the stairs you are being as quiet as possible.
You hear the bang again now but this time from a different room.
You turn around to go into the other room: as you are approaching the room there is a loose floor board and when you step on it the sound is like a shriek of terror. The chill it sends down your spine is almost telling you that there is evil in the mysterious room.
When you make it to the doorway there is a different noise, like communication but not of this world.
As your hand is grasping for the door you are quivering so much it feels unreal. What is compelling you to reach for the door and not just turn and run?
Finally after what seemed like an hour, your hand has reached the door knob.
You rip the door open to the closet. There is nothing there.
You walk in unaware of what was coming next. Your heart calms to see an empty closet and notice there are clothes scattered everywhere on the closet floor. You start to pick them up.
In the middle of all this you feel breathing on the back of your neck. Your heart skips a beat.
With goose bumps on your arms and legs you turn around scared to death about what might be behind you. You let out a yelp.
You turn around as you are falling to the floor, only to see your little brother and sister that were supposed to be in bed and asleep.
Still not emotionally recovered from what happened you put the little ones back to bed once again. As you return to watch T.V. your mind races to figure out what was real and what was your imagination.
You convince yourself that your mind was playing tricks on you and you are already beginning to forget as your mind returns to comfortably numb and when you hear the loud bang again.
Just moving to town is hard it really makes you know who your true friends are. My life is difficult its not easy moving to a new town and it changes you and your friends.My first feeling when I was leaving my old house for good was why did this have to happen to me why couldn't it be someone Else's family that my dad works with. When we first got to our new house my only friends were my family and my dog. It was lonely and boring. One of the things that made me feel even more lonely was that when I smiled at Squeaky she gave me a dirty look like she hated me and was going to crush me in the race. Then after the race even though I came in second i gave her another smile to congratulate her on her victory against me, i hoped she wouldn't glare at me again. This time she didn't though and i thought to myself "huh maybe she doesn't hate me, maybe she things I'm a nice person and not over confident." Now me and Squeaky are great friends and we don't make fun of people for picking on her brother we just tell them sternly not to say that again just because he isn't mentally stable.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Equality
Imagine having a buzzer in your ear that goes off every 20 seconds. This lets you know how long people with an average mind think so that everyone is equal and no one is smarter than anyone else. To Harrison this was very unfair because he had a very high intelligence level and the Hazel did not. There are many reasons in which this short story "Harrison Bergeron" was a irony and not just that but also the how unrealistic it was.
2081 is the year that this Irony takes place in. This is a nightmare vision of reality because no country could ever make someone do that because they would probably end up moving to a different country. No one smarter than average would want that to be their life at all. One of the other major reasons why this is and irony is because it is in the future and nothing in this book is perfect except for the fact that Hazel and that is because she doesn't really worry about anything.
The year was 2081. This is one of the many things that is unrealistic in "Harrison Bergeron" although it is not all unrealistic like the television they watched the ballerinas on. One of the other unreal parts is that there are no technology advancements at all that they list, everything would probably he bigger and better and much more. The last reason is that there are buzzers in the ears of a brainy individual.
There were many things that were unreal in this short story and how it was a nightmare vision of reality. When someone is brighter that the average being, one would be grateful but not if you had a buzzing device that told you not to think any longer. But no matter what you try to do you'll still have to wear it. When you can only live like an average person your life will be miserable and dreary but you can't do anything about it so move on and live life to its full potential.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Touching Spirit Bear Essay Response
Abandoned on an island for a year, he has nothing to do. Nothing? There is always something, not necessarily realized right away, but there is. Despair, hatred, and suicide are one's thoughts when on an island alone, eventually eroding ones self away going through with all of this is too much. This is Cole Matthews and this is his life. There are lessons that are taught along the way and symbolism to be discussed throughout, Touching Spirit Bear.
Cogito ergo sum "I think, therefore I am." This was a statement a unique philosopher René Descartes announced which soon became an element of Western Philosophy. The meaning of this simple phrase is, "If one wonders whether or not he exists, that is, in and of itself, proof that he does exist." This is relative to Cole because when he arrives at the small atoll, this is close to this meaning because he was not able to travel anywhere or communicate outside of the island. One of Coles mistakes was that even though he is a human he still mistaken himself, along with many others, to not be shall we call it "Alive."
Anger. A single solitary word which comes from "Getting caught in a wronged decision." Only getting someone back Cole's decisions caused him to go to the island. What anger is in Cole's eyes is just another emotion, no importance to him. Boosts of testosterone can also come out as anger meaning "A steroid hormone from the androgen, also another steroid hormone, group and is found in mammals," which was an excuse for Cole hitting Peter's head on the gravel.
When a spirit bear strikes pain and anger may be a first reaction. But no matter how mad one gets they still know that it was right for the bear to do this to them to realize that it is also a living thing and eventually someone will stand up for themselves just like the spirit bear did. It comes down to letting that go and moving on to what is going to happen in the future when things are turned around. If what happened didn't then Cole might not have realized that he needs to treat others with kindness and honesty, the way he wanted to be treated all along.
Cogito ergo sum "I think, therefore I am." This was a statement a unique philosopher René Descartes announced which soon became an element of Western Philosophy. The meaning of this simple phrase is, "If one wonders whether or not he exists, that is, in and of itself, proof that he does exist." This is relative to Cole because when he arrives at the small atoll, this is close to this meaning because he was not able to travel anywhere or communicate outside of the island. One of Coles mistakes was that even though he is a human he still mistaken himself, along with many others, to not be shall we call it "Alive."
Anger. A single solitary word which comes from "Getting caught in a wronged decision." Only getting someone back Cole's decisions caused him to go to the island. What anger is in Cole's eyes is just another emotion, no importance to him. Boosts of testosterone can also come out as anger meaning "A steroid hormone from the androgen, also another steroid hormone, group and is found in mammals," which was an excuse for Cole hitting Peter's head on the gravel.
When a spirit bear strikes pain and anger may be a first reaction. But no matter how mad one gets they still know that it was right for the bear to do this to them to realize that it is also a living thing and eventually someone will stand up for themselves just like the spirit bear did. It comes down to letting that go and moving on to what is going to happen in the future when things are turned around. If what happened didn't then Cole might not have realized that he needs to treat others with kindness and honesty, the way he wanted to be treated all along.
Friday, February 11, 2011
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Among the Hidden essay response
Imagine yourself unable to leave your house and if you do you have the risk of being shot. In the tragic story of Among the Hidden this is exactly what it’s like for Luke Garner, because families are only able to have two children and Luke is a third child. For this reason his entire life must remain a secret.
In this book the plot line follows that of a tragedy with a tragic flaw, a tragic fall, and in the end passing. The first thing that points out Among the Hidden as a tragedy is the tragic flaw, which is that in the country where Luke lives, there are no families aloud to have three or more children. Secondly a tragic fall comes when Luke meets another third child, Jen, in the house right next door and she plans a rally for all the hidden children but Luke can’t go. Last comes death when at the rally, all of the hidden children that go are shot by the population police. What makes this even worse is that no one even knew about them, outside of their families, until the rally.
Symbolism also did a lot in this book for the tragic plot line. It is an important part of the book from the moment you read the title. Even the front cover starts to tell the story without you even knowing it. For example, on the cover, the attic window is basically Luke’s only window to the world and the attic is one of the few places he can be without being discovered. An additional example is the use of dark colors on the cover that symbolize distress and sorrow which happens throughout the manuscript, like in the beginning when the government takes away the Garners pigs so it is harder for them to make income to pay their mortgage and other bills.
Among the Hidden was a very well written book. Its interesting plot line and use of powerful symbolism simply take over the reader. The use of tragedy was obvious but the book remained unpredictable. Although you suspected something bad was going to happen with all of the twists and turns of the plot the author always kept you guessing.
In this book the plot line follows that of a tragedy with a tragic flaw, a tragic fall, and in the end passing. The first thing that points out Among the Hidden as a tragedy is the tragic flaw, which is that in the country where Luke lives, there are no families aloud to have three or more children. Secondly a tragic fall comes when Luke meets another third child, Jen, in the house right next door and she plans a rally for all the hidden children but Luke can’t go. Last comes death when at the rally, all of the hidden children that go are shot by the population police. What makes this even worse is that no one even knew about them, outside of their families, until the rally.
Symbolism also did a lot in this book for the tragic plot line. It is an important part of the book from the moment you read the title. Even the front cover starts to tell the story without you even knowing it. For example, on the cover, the attic window is basically Luke’s only window to the world and the attic is one of the few places he can be without being discovered. An additional example is the use of dark colors on the cover that symbolize distress and sorrow which happens throughout the manuscript, like in the beginning when the government takes away the Garners pigs so it is harder for them to make income to pay their mortgage and other bills.
Among the Hidden was a very well written book. Its interesting plot line and use of powerful symbolism simply take over the reader. The use of tragedy was obvious but the book remained unpredictable. Although you suspected something bad was going to happen with all of the twists and turns of the plot the author always kept you guessing.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The rube gold berg moved from station to station mainly by the forces of motion because from the first step to the second step was a pulley hitting dominoes, then from our second step to our third step by having the dominoes hit a metal block then it fell into a cup and dumped a marble into a PVC pipe. Then for the next steps transferred by the marble hitting a see-saw and on the other side of the see-saw is a cookie which gets knocked into a glass of milk. The simple machines that my group used are two pulleys, a first class lever, and third class levers.
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