Quote of the Day

"sometimes 

I like to be quiet

so no one will look

so no one will stare

so no one will judge me

but I have so many things to say"

- (h.c)

Today in class we had our Hamlet discussion and so many different ideas were being thrown around and I could've jumped in at any moment, but I didn't.

This quote sums up me today. I wish I could jump into conversations more but I guess I'm sort of afraid because I think my ideas won't be valuable to the discussion or I'm just afraid.

Literature Analysis #3

1.The story starts out by Nick Carraway who is one the main characters in the story narrating the life he lived when he met Jay Gatsby. Nick is the narrator throughout the whole story. The story takes place in New York City and mainly around where Gatsby and Nick lived in the West Wing in Long Island. The inciting incident is when Nick meets Gatsby for the first time at one of Gatsby's lavish parties he throws. Nick and Gatsby become friends instantly in a weird kind of way. The rising action happens when Gatsby and Daisy meet for the first time. Nick sets up the date for them after Gatsby's request that he wishes to meet Daisy again. Daisy and Gatsby rekindle a secret romance that only Nick knows about. The climax occurs when Tom, Daisy's husband finds out about the affair with Gatsby and the whole situation blows up and ends up with Myrtle, Toms mistress being killed by Daisy's reckless driving which Gatsby covered up for her. The falling action happens when Daisy starts drifting away from Gatsby and falling back towards Tom but Gatsby still tries to keep Daisy but all his efforts fall though because she feels guilty for having an affair with Gatsby and realizes she has loved Tom. The resolution is when George, Myrtle's husband kills Gatsby because he believes Gatsby to be the one to kill his wife, but really it was Daisy. Everybody who were supposedly "friends" with Gatsby didn't show up to his funeral. The one person that should've, Daisy, was leaving town with Tom and her daughter. The only person who has been there for Gatsby the whole time was Nick. Who never left his side and grew very close to Gatsby after he heard his real story about how he grew up. Nick was the only one with Gatsby's father and a few other people who attended his funeral. Nick was the only one who ever knew the truth about Gatsby and believed him to be the greatest and strongest man he ever knew.

2. The theme of the book is know the story to know the person. I mean "story" by someone being able to know the background and the truth about someone too actually know why they are the way they are. For instance Gatsby, nobody ever knew the truth about him besides Nick and that's why Nick saw him as the greatest man he knew. Daisy too she is portrayed as this sweet vulnerable woman who has many insecurities and never likes to address conflict. She tries to avoid being seen as a bad person and wants to please everyone but really shows her true colors and that all she ever really loved was her wealth and image.

3.Nick has a very cynical tone throughout the story.  He reserves judgment on the characters, but still manages to criticize through his tone. In Chapter 1, when Nick is hanging out with the Buchanan's and Jordan for the first time, “I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?” She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation "An absolute rose?” “This was untrue. I am not even faintly like a rose. She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.” Then suddenly she threw her napkin on the table and excused herself and went into the house.” Nick may be aware of the ridiculousness of certain social circumstances, but he's also aware of the seductive quality of the upper class. The tension between the two produces this cynical tone, where it's almost as though he's mocking himself for being taken in by it. “Untrue,” he says: "I am not even faintly like a rose." At the same time, he responds to her words, seeing them as “stirring” and “thrilling.”

4. Character foils: Daisy and Myrtle. Myrtle was more of a flapper, as a person in the working class that wore a variety of colors to show a sense of freedom. Daisy, on the other hand, was a person of the upper class, wearing white, to show her wealth. They both marry people related to their class, but try to look outside of it. Myrtle looked towards Tom, a person who had riches, while Daisy looked towards Gatsby, a person who worked for his wealth.

Foreshadowing: In Chapter 1, Gatsby was staring and stretching his arms out to the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. This foreshadows Gatsby's later meeting with Daisy.

Imagery: Chapter 5- "Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes."

You can imagine seeing him standing hunched over with sad eyes.

Irony: Situational Irony in chapter 8, when Wilson kills Gatsby it is unexpected because you would expect Tom to kill him due to the fact that Gatsby was having an affair with Daisy.

Simile: In chapter 4 "With fenders spread like wings we scattered light through half Astoria..."

The fenders are being compared to spread out wings using the word like.

Metaphor: In chapter 3"...I went over to his lawn a little after seven, and wandered around rather ill at ease among swirls and eddies of people I didn't know..."The people were being compared to "swirls and eddies" without the use of "like" or "as".

Symbol: The "Green Light" at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes Gatsby's dream for the future of him meeting Daisy again.

Characterization 

1. Examples of direct characterization Tom and Nick. First Tom portrays himself as this character that's all high and mighty and gets what he wants which Fitzgerald tells the audience through his diction. Nick is more of a subtle person who has a good heart and sticks by Gatsby's side throughout the whole novel. He honest and believes that people should be given a second chance which shows through how Fitzgerald writes about him. Examples of indirect characterization are Daisy and Gatsby. On the outside you can't really figure out what is going on in their mind. Gatsby is a very secretive and quiet man who know what he wants but is timid to go after Daisy but starts to express himself more through his words and actions as the story progresses. Daisy is sweet and innocent and indecisive who thinks she wants one thing but believes she joule choose another and she has good intentions but horrible timing and judgement.

2. The authors diction and syntax does change as he focuses on each character. For example when he talks about Daisy his syntax become more fluid and his diction acts more innocent. If he talks about Myrtle it's harsher and short lived. For Gatsby and Nick their diction is more precise and the syntax is longer because they are two of the main characters and he chooses to give a lot of background and insight into their actions and thought processes.

3. The protagonist is dynamic. Nick starts out from being this quiet little guy not from the city who is coming into a new life and not knowing what to expect. To meeting different people who change life and lead his journey down a different and more bumpy path that he would've never expected. He would've never imagine becoming so close and living exactly next to Gatsby and Daisy who is his cousin being past lovers with him. So he was connected to many different people on many different ways and the people around him and the city started to mold him into a person that he never expected to become.

4. I came away feeling sad for Gatsby because I knew everything he went through. From remaking himself to the heartbreak all to live a better life and for a girl I love him back just as much as she loved him. One thing or symbol that connected to me was the green light. The book started with it and ended with it and was slightly mentioned in between. That was a sign of hope for Gatsby, his dream to love again and feel like he was whole. He shortly lived that dream with Daisy but that has his heart broken all over again but didn't know it because he was killed for a crime he didn't commit. Gatsby did get involved with a lot of wrong people and lied his way to the top but he did this for himself and the love of his life and he would've done anything to protect the people he cared about most. Nobody besides Nick and of course myself as the reader knew that Gatsby was really the strongest and most sane person in the book.

Literature Analysis #2

1.The story takes place latter in the nineteenth century and starts of in the Thames River in England and then travels into the Congo. The author uses more than one setting to compare the parallel between England and Africa. To show that white and black men aren’t that different from each other, and Marlow and Kurtz are similar in many ways. To use comparisons between the Thames and Congo River to show that they are connected. The story is told over a year period. The inciting incident is when Marlow sees the horrible circumstances that the company’s employees are under. The good and questionable information he hears about Kurtz which make him suspicious to find out more.
2. The central message is there is evilness in all of us and the universal theme is racial prejudice.
 The authors purpose was not only to portray some of his personal experiences through his story but to make connections between good and evil, and parallels between white and blacks.

3. The title “Heart of Darkness” relates to the content because the whole book has a dark and eerie tone to it and is centered on this idea that the journey the characters go on through the heart of the Congo River, is like going into the darkness. The journey becomes about discovering what the darkness really is and if it’s the characters state of mind or the darkness filled in their hearts.

4. When the author described that there was free wood for Marlow and the crew to   take, that seemed strange to me and felt like it was foreshadowing danger. Something bad was going to happen to the crew or ship. The tone of the book had a weird feeling like something wasn’t right, and somebody was watching them. Conrad’s dark and suspenseful diction allow readers to be prepared for a new twist or discovery that comes along throughout the journey. Through Conrad’s uninformative        story he creates a lot of foreshadowing elements so the reader can try to figure out what is going to happen next. The author uses more description to help the reader try to comprehend and keep up       with understanding the book. It is very easy to misinterpret a part in the book so Conrad drags out the descriptions to make the reader more anxious to find out what is going to happen next. The tone of the book was fearfulness, and it made me feel anxious and worried. When Marlow and the crew were getting deep into the Congo River. I was worried something bad was going to happen to them or to Kurtz. There is some dialogue but mostly narrating by Marlow and he is the one telling his story so I get a sense of how he is feeling and thinking from him being the one describing his journey. The irony in the book is that Marlow is the one who has been anxiously waiting to meet. When he finally does Kurtz is not himself and soon after dies. So it was kind of bittersweet for Marlow.

"…seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.” The journey is sort of almost coming to a full circle again and it is saying that the adventure was only part of the darkness. The person themselves is what was captivated by darkness.“...that was exactly what I had been looking forward to—a talk with Kurtz.” After Marlow thinks Kurtz is dead he realizes that the whole reason he had gone on this journey to find Kurtz was so he can get to know him. He was devastated when he thought he was not going to. “I was within a hair’s-breadth of the last opportunity for pronouncement, and I found with humiliation that probably I would have nothing to say.” Marlow felt that his life would’ve been worthless because he would’ve died without having something left to say. Kurtz   died saying something so Marlow though Kurtz life was memorable.

Characterization:

1.Marlow is a man who sets out to find a job but really goes on a journey. He is an independent hardworking man who is skeptical of people around him that he doesn’t know. As the story progresses he learns to be a leader and stick up for who and what he believes in. He learns how to persevere through many obstacles that come into his path. He stays strong and fights through devastation and casualties, and grows intellectually through his journey. Indirect Characterization

2.  Kurtz is the chief of the Inner Station who has gone missing. He has many talents and people look up to him and adore him because of his wisdom. He has a powerful influence over all the people that are in his life because he is in a way a teacher who has so much knowledge about life. His intellect is part of why he gets into trouble with the African Americans. He is consumed by umbrage of darkness that is cast upon him and he can’t get out. Direct Characterization.

3.These aren’t people I’d like to know because Marlow and Kurtz resemble each other in many ways and agree on some of the same values. Both of them seem a little bit consumed by this imaginary meaning on life. Kurtz has been influenced by the tribal   group he was surrounded by and Marlow is very interested with what Kurtz has to offer.They both seem to be locked in a dark state of mind with each other.

4. Yes, both characters are realistic and do resemble people in real life. Many people have a role model or somebody they look up to. That is how Marlow thinks of Kurtz; he doesn’t at first because he is skeptical about Kurtz. Then when he finally realizes he wants to meet Kurtz. He finds that Kurtz is a wise and somewhat lost man that he can.

Working Together Poem Remix

Idea: 

As a group we started out by just throwing out ideas about how we can translate "Working Together" into a creative project that has some symbolism behind it. So we came up with creating a puzzle that sort of would resemble the world and we would each have an individual piece that we can make into whatever we want and later explain how it relates to working together and making the pieces all fit.

My Piece:

The piece of the puzzle that I received in a way sort of resembled a girl with her hair or long dress blowing in the wind and that reminded me of Pocahantas and "The Colors of the Wind" song. So I just went along with that idea and decided to be a little more abstract and take fashion magazines and cut out different shapes of colors from them and glue them onto my piece. 

My piece could be conveyed as combing all the different colors that were derived from yellow red and blue and with black and white to contrast them, to end up making an abundance of different colors that mixed together to make a new color. With the white and black to contradict each other and resemble the light and dark aspects of the poem.

Final Product:

When we all came back together in class we combined our pieces and they all fit together but were all different at the same time. Each piece contributed to a different view of working together in a unique and personalized way.

Poem Comparison Essay

We shape ourselves to fit into the world but by the world we are shaped as well. The world is full of contradictions light and dark, happiness and pain, and the list goes on. Out of all of these contradictions everything seems to form together to make sense. Just as a sea of colors are derived from yellow blue and red but just with those three bases, seem to make an array of colors with the help of white and black to make brighter and darker colors. All things are connected in some way shape or form its just a matter and sometimes a challenge to find the common link that connects one thing to another. By being able to have things and people work together, eventually everything will fall into place one way or another and life wont be as bad when we have an optimistic outlook.
Every person is born into the world not being able to choose our family but rather we are born into one. We may not be a movie stars daughter or son or we may not even be going from shelter to shelter, we may just be an average teen with an average family and lifestyle. It's kind of lucky though that we get to wake up everyday and breathe and live, even though for some it may be harder. There is always something we should be thankful for whether it's our hearing because someone can't see or theie arms and hands for someone who doesn't have legs or it be the education we are given the chance to receive to make a better life for ourselves. Things may not be perfect in the world or in our own personal lives but being able to connect through people or things makes living just a little better. Emotions can make us feel and react in crazy ways, such as love or hate. We are able to feel because of something or someone that made us feel and without that person or thing we wouldn't be considered humans. One trait that every person has is the ability to feel though our emotions and sometimes that can be a good thing or bad thing. By working together things can get a litter easier and turn out alright.
There are many different backgrounds and cultures that a single person came from, but somehow and someway at some point in life humans came to be either scientifically or religiously. We are all derived from a common ancestor which connects to many different life forms. Both poems "Working Together," and "Everything is Going to be Alright," can connect through many different viewpoints because of their optimistic and reflective tones. We as humans have to ability to connect and work together and just by being able to do this great things can come out of it or even great failures that let us learn from them. In the end everything is going to be alright and by working together it gives us just a little glimmer of hope for humanity. From the wise words of  Pocahontas "you can paint with all the colors of the wind."

Intro to Poetry

Significance: We as students and humans work with other people amd our surroundings to achieve our goals or get a certain task accomplished.
Tone: sincere
Mood: realization and reflection
Shift: There is a shift in the first line where is goes from us being shaped by the world to conforming and fitting into it
Theme: Life is full of contradictions, light and dark aspects that ulitimately come together for a common goal.
While reading this poem it made me understand the theme of it better by connecting each line to the different literary elements.

Hamlet Act 4 Notes

- Hamlet wants to send Claudius to hell

- not killing her and letting her sit and think is the punishment 

- Claudius is upset about his actions because Hamlet knows 

- before he can dismiss Hamlet and do what he wants with him

- Hamlet and polonius are somewhat foils

-  what is a man if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed?a beast, no more.

- he's going through the procrastination cycle

- trying to give himself a pep talk

- saying Ophelia is crazy 

- Clauduius now has another problem he though his only problem was gone

- Laertes is twice as bad as Hamlet for killing his father and and breaking his sisters heart 

- if claudius hadn't sent hamlet away then he could've gave him to polonius to destroy

Hamlet Act 3 Notes

- devotions visage

- the outward devotion of being dedicated sweeten over the devil himself 

- by doing the right thing it can show people that we aren't malicious 

- first time that we see that Claudius is guilty 

- just identified that he's guilty

- Claudius side people go to spy on Hamlet

- Hamlets talking to Ophelia but saying he doesn't trust her motives

- it's easy to be beautiful and being seduced by beauty

- it's not as easy to be honest and show honesty

- Hamlets saying that he's a sinner 

- he is still a normal person but everybody else Is so much worse

- he damns Polonius

- women corrupt men

- two faced literal face painting

- madness can connate insanity but just show that Hamlets angry

- Hamlets going I England

- Claudius reforming his impression

- doesn't want any danger to come to hamlet

- keep friends close Hamlet closer

- remove Hamlet

- Polonius never going to disagree with Claudius

- Claudius if he wants to send him to England send him

- Hamlet says to act naturally but don't underplay it either

- Hamlet gives a lot of instruction showing that he's not a madman

The Performative Utterance Notes

- He creates a negative feeling about himself 

- Hamlet might be responding to locutionary of illocutionary effects

- Hamlet is crating a sense of reality by talking 

- perlucitionary relating to an act performed by a speaker 

- words have the effect of force of action

- A self fulfilling prophecy is to act of things that we have learned 

- Hamlets self fulfilling prophecy e is remforcing his act of certainty 

- he is stuck in a stress cycle about his feelings about his feelings 

- going from a general state fbaffairs then into where he criticizes himself and is inside his own head

Hamlet Act 2 Notes

- what a piece of work is a man

- cliche like theme of the play 

- thesis statement to quote

- Hamlet quoting another play

- Hamlet is changing the play he is starting to hatch a plan

- the plays the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king

- he starts to beat himself up

- compares himself to the actor

- beats himself up for not speaking up and being private

- and starts saying aloud that he's a coward

- the only person that knows what he's supposed to do is a ghost 

- if he could speak talk is cheap action is worth something

- judging his lack of action

- play within the play

- he's trying to get the players/actor to reveal themselves 

- polonius wants the players to to comedy

- he doesn't want them to see him coming 

- he's playing the odds of having them reveal themselves instead of him revealing them

Hamlet Essay

"To be or not to be that is the question," but to be or not to be what exactly? I guess Hamlet doesn't really have a clear point of view of what he's trying to get out from this soliloquy, since he jumps to different places during this reflection. Whether he chooses to live or die is what he is saying from the "to be or not to be" part, but so many questions arise when he makes this bold statement. Hamlet makes a lot of religious innuendos about sins and heaven and hell but still debates ending his life because he cant handle what Claudius and his mother have done to his father and how they've coped with King Hamlet's passing. To be this person he should be or to not be at all are in a way equal at this point of the play. Hamlet has so much on his mind and has endured so much pain and emotions already that the easier choice for him might be to end his life rather than turn into somebody that everybody expects him to be. In this moment for Hamlet he has a very gloomy and questionable tone that leads to a bigger theme between doing what's right or doing what's wrong but no matter which one he chooses they will both have consequences.
Hamlet clearly analyzes taking his own life or staying in his own personal form of hell. He goes into more detail about ending his suffering by saying, "To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks." He is stating that if he chooses to end his life now he will be taken away from this place he once loved that has now taken away the one person he loved the most. His father's death has already cause him enough mentally and emotionally damaging pain, but now with finding out what Claudius is doing to the kingdom and how his mother has dealt with her husband dying has caused him to question the people closet to him. Directly after he says "to die" he says "to sleep" meaning when a person is dead it's like they are sleeping for the rest of their lives but they aren't living. Then he goes onto saying "no more" and "and by a sleep to say we end." By taking his life he would be in a dead sleep but not actually sleeping because a dead person can't sleep so he would end all connection he ever had to life to then end " the heartache and the thousand natural shocks." Hamlet is very emotional at this time because he is saying to end his life he would be gone and end his suffering, but still it wouldn't be morally right for him to commit suicide because of the religious injustice it would do to him.
Throughout the whole soliloquy Hamlet's tone and theme he is trying to get across is pain, suffering and life and death. he continues to restate what life would be like if he ended it. Which he really wouldn't have a life but the after life, and he questions whether killing himself is worth it." But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns." From this phrase in his soliloquy he sort of turns around what he was saying in the beginning about completely ending his life and now he is stating that whatever comes after death might be worse than the life he's living now. "But that the dread of something after death," can be seen in two ways as Hamlet saying that there might be something more after death and he just wants to be gone and done forever or that that whatever after death might not be worth dying for. " The undicover'd country from whose bourn no traveller returns," In this phrase "the undicover'd country" is wherever Hamlet would be heading after he kills himself and he says "no traveller returns," meaning that once he commits this sin there is no going back from it so he would have to face the consequences. Hamlet later on in his soliloquy begins to rethink the idea of taking himself out of the world and dealing with his demons on it rather than facing the horror of whatever would be waiting for him.
"Be all my sins remember'd," is the line that Hamlet ends with and it's strange in a way because he gets interrupted by Ophelia and is talking to her at the end. So he doesn't end his soliloquy when she walks in he continues it and includes her in it. He states this, I think because he knows he's a sinner and if he were to kill himself he needs to remembered for all the sins he has committed as well because if he wasn't he would be lying to himself and everybody would be lying to themselves as well. He would be continuing to sin even after he's gone and people would try to paint over the person Hamlet really was, if they didn't remember his sins. Even at the conclusion of his soliloquy he is still emotional and frustrated because he has to face reality and not take the easy way out and die.  Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy gives the audience a more insightful outlook and Hamlet an even more vengeful agenda since he doesn't choose to end his life yet.

Hamlet (The Madman?) Essay

Angry, upset, reckless, foolish, uncontrolled, are just a few words that coincide with the word mad, and then there's the word, man. It's a simple word with a simple definition, a male human being. On one end of the spectrum there's a word with multiple meanings and on the other there's one that can be a one word definition. Just by hearing the word man or mad people can automatically give close to the same explanation of what both words mean. By going more in depth, and thinking about each word and either the emotion or person they are connected too makes a simple meaning turn into a complex one. Then the tables are turned a man is no longer just a male human being, he is a person with thoughts, emotions, actions, and words. Then the word mad is just a word that can be used as an adjective for describing a man. Combining two separate words that when said are the complete opposite of what their true meanings resemble, goes to show that a madman is not just a simple word to describe a crazy person. A madman is a person that is extremely reckless and has an intensity that can't be explained without going more in depth and knowing the story leading up to how that person became one. Hamlet in many ways can be seen as a madman for his thoughts, emotions, actions, and words that he uses in the play, but there are many outside factors that have contributed to him being a man that's mad. Searching and going beyond the bounds of Hamlet, is necessary to uncover the truth about the person Hamlet really is.
A lot of people believe Hamlet to be a madman because of his irrational behavior and that he tends to be impulsive, and nobody can quite figure him out or what he's going to do next. We as readers just know the background story and as we read can only place our judgments and opinions from the context we are given. Hamlet is portrayed through his soliloquies, dialogue, and actions, but that is all. A reader can never truly get into a character's head because the reader isn't the character. A viewer can act and become the character in the way that they see fits. Nobody can ever fully know the way Hamlet felt in certain scenes or the way he carries out certain actions, besides the writer who makes the character up. Nobody can never truly know Hamlets though process because Shakespeare is dead and all we have to go off of are the words and reenactments that have been captured throughout the years.
It's not very valid to call Hamlet a "madman" it is all based off of opinions and whether the reader takes a side of Hamlet thinking and acting rationally or irrationally with everything that he has gone through. Although I may not agree with the way Hamlet is dealing with his father's death because my morals are different from his. I wont ever know how Hamlet feels until I am put in his situation. For Hamlet to seek revenge upon Claudius and his mother in a way seems pretty rational to me. Even though some of his actions such as killing Polonius because he mistakes him for Claudius and how he talks in a very provocative and demoralizing way toward and to Ophelia, seem to be wrong, Hamlet is mad, confused, rebellious, and those are all normal feelings for the pain he has endured. He contemplated suicide and has many questions about life after death, which is a pretty low point. For all the information he has gained about the people he loved the most, it's hard to be able to think straight and try to understand their thoughts and actions, when he is trying to control his own. He seeks answers to try to fulfill his fathers wishes, which may or may not be Hamlet's subconscious trying to talk to him and have him do what he truly believes will bring justice and pride to his father. He tries to avenge his father's death while trying to keep himself from completely giving up.
A madman can be interpreted in many different meanings, from a person that is mentally ill to a person who is foolish and reckless and to a person who does something very fast and intensely. As a readers all we can do is characterize Hamlet as either a madman or just a man whose mad because both use the same words but take on two totally opposite meanings. Everybody has a little bit of madness in their life and everyone gets mad once in a while. Then there is this idea of a madman who acts recklessly and uncontrollably and cant be helped and who is spinning out of control. I believe Hamlet to be someone who is trying to seek justice through what he believes is right based on the knowledge of the one person he truly loved, his father. Love makes a person to do crazy things and obviously Hamlet has gone off the road a bit. In a way Hamlets sane for acting out is this subtle yet flamboyant way because wouldn't it be even stranger if he was calm and didn't have this intense revenge seeking attitude about him. Hamlet is a very round character who is unexpected and mysterious. He himself doesn't even know what he is going to do next but yet it seems like he has a plan but then he acts irrational. Hamlet's  a mystery that everyone is trying to figure out and he might not even know it, but Hamlet knows who he is and what he is meant to do aside from every distraction and obstacle that's thrown at him. Hamlet may be portrayed as mysterious and uncontrollable, yet the real mystery is that Hamlet is the only sane one and everybody else is isn't. Only a rational and sane person would be able to act the way Hamlet does. So in the end can Hamlet actually be seen as the craziest person but be the sanest out of them all.

Hamlet Soliloquy Remix of a Remix

Hamlet Presentation Act 1 and 2

Literary Fiction and Empathy

By reading  a work of fiction, it allows a person's mind to wander and come up with their own thoughts along the way. Fiction is obviously a piece of work that has been made up, but most of the time contains elements that are intertwined in a person's daily life or something that they've gone through. Fiction can help a person understand somebody else by interpreting the story they've read and inputting it into a specific scenario. In a way it seems easier to understand somebody else by having examples of other peoples work to go off of. Rather than non fiction pieces where the answers are already lying in the book, and there's no way to think around it or make up your own ending because what you are already reading is true. Fiction gives us the freedom to explore our emotions on our own and allows us to deal with our social skills in real world situations better than we think we can. In Hamlet, Hamlet goes through a lot of internal struggles that makes me question what kind of person he is. If he is going to follow through with some of the actions he is wanting to do. Hamlet shows different emotions when he's put into different situations that show me he is lost but knows what he's supposed to do.

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5

- the ghost finally speaks with Hamlet

- when the ghost's hour is up he has to go back to purgatory

- the ghost wants Hamlet to seek revenge

- the ghost wants Hamlet to kill his murderer

- Hamlet doesn't think he can be able to kill a person when he has love in his heart and mind

- the serpent is Hamlets uncle, Claudius

- Hamlets uncle which is Gertrude's new husband is the person who killed Hamlets father

- Hamlet tells him to kill Claudius but leave Getrude to deal with her own sins

- Hamlets doenst want to tell Horatio an Marcellus what his father wants him to do

- Hamlet tells them to not well anyone about what they've seen

- Thy swear not to tell anyone what they've seen

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 4

- Hamlet Horatio and Marcellus are waiting to see the ghost of the King

- Hamlet wants to speak to his father badly

- the ghost gestures Hamlet to follow him 

- Horatio and Marcellus don't want Hamlet to go away with the ghost 

- Marcellus wants to follow Hamlet

- Horatio and Marcellus both forcefully try to stop Hamlet from going with the ghost

- Hamlet is persistent in wanting to talk with his father, so he goes

- They both follow after him 

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3

-Something is rotten in the state of Denmark 

-Claudius  seduced Gertrude 

-She abandoned her feelings for Hamlet before he died

-Claudius killed the king, he came and put poison in his ear

-Queen knew Claudius killed her husband  

- Hamlets in purgatory cuz he was in a state of sin couldn't go to confession

- He only knows what he knows because he was a ghost

- Vow during marriage til death do us part

- Hamlet tells Hamlet that revenge is his for Claudius 

- Hamlet says not to do anything to the mother let her die with sin and guilt

- I have sworn't, Hamlet is resolved 

- Hamlet has a lot of pressures on him and it weighs on him heavily

- Conflict in Hamlet 

- He has validation

- There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio,than are dreamt of in your philosophy

- The time is out of joint:I cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!

Vocabulary #6

abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Ex: The man abased the boy
abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Ex: The king abdicated himself from the throne
abomination - noun an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; a person who is loathsome or disgusting; hate coupled with disgust
Ex: Kirk was an abomination to the family
brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Ex: The brusque ref gave the player a yellow card
saboteur - noun someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Ex: The saboteur ruined the wedding
debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Ex: The debauchery of the group led to a night in jail
proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Ex: The surgery proliferated the guys growth
anachronism - noun an artifact that belongs to another time; a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Ex: The anachronism were from the 1400s
nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Ex: The nomenclature helped lay out the punishment for the kids
expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Ex: the writer expurgated words from his story
bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Ex: the bellicose girl was all heated after being yelled at
gauche - adj. lacking social polish
Ex: Mark had gauche talking skills
rapacious - adj. excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities; living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Ex: The rapacious toddler was put in time out
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Ex: A paradox was used in the conversation I had the other day
conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Ex: This math problem is a conundrum
anomaly - noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Ex: The plant Jupiter's anomaly has yet to be looked at
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Ex: The morphine was ephemeral
rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Ex: The rancorous teenager wanted revenge on her boyfriend
churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Ex: The churlish man had no friends
precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Ex: The hill was precipitous

Vocabulary #5

shenanigans. mischief, deceit, trickery
Ex: Rick was full of mischief
ricochet - noun a glancing rebound; verb spring back; spring away from an impact
Ex: The ball ricocheted off the backboard
schism - noun division of a group into opposing factions; the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
Ex: The Religious congregation made a schism
eschew - verb avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Ex: The mouse eschewed the cat
plethora - noun extreme excess
Ex: There was a plethora of fries left over after dinner
ebullient - adj. joyously unrestrained
Ex: The ebullient girl went to tell her mom she was engaged
garrulous - adj. full of trivial conversation
Ex: The man was garrulous over the topic at hand
harangue - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; verb deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
Ex: Paul harangued a speech for his football team before a game
interdependence - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
Ex: The interdependence of a charger to a phone is a perfect combination
capricious - adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; changeable
Ex: The capricious panther jumped on its prey
loquacious - adj. full of trivial conversation
ephemeral - adj. lasting a very short time; noun anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Ex: The ephemeral funeral was sad
inchoate - adj. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Ex: The inchoate star will die in 1,000
juxtapose - verb place side by side
Ex: The story had very juxtaposed meanings
perspicacious - adj. acutely insightful and wise; mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
Ex: The perspicacious girl was trying to fight with the doctor about her health
codswallop - noun nonsensical talk or writing
Ex: The codswallop story didn't make sense
mungo - a cheap felted fabric made from wool
Ex: The mungo was very warm
 sesquipedalian - tending to use very long words
Ex: The game required sesquipedalian words
wonky - adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; turned or twisted toward one side
Ex: Patty had a wonky feeling after drinking 10 energy drinks
diphthong - noun a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
Ex: The diphthong was very hard to pronounce

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2

- aside a little more than kin,and less than kind

- dramatic/situational irony

- Hamlet savvy decision maker 

- hours of grief are just visuals

-visage not showing that he's grieving

- calling out people that they are acting like they are grieving for hamlets father 

- hiding his emotions an implications people more showing but not with integrity

- trying to make hamlet seem unstable

- friends close enemies closer

- see through the mind of the protagonist 

- wishes that suicide wasn't a sin

- kill himself because he was so angry he didn't want to see it

- bashing on his mom

- she should've gone more into a mourning period

- he was seeming like an investigative detective 

- Hamlet is start putting facts together

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1

- setting Denmark

- 2 guards Beenardo and Francisco

- Berbarrdo takes place of Francisco

- Marcellus, Horatio, and Bernardo are together when ghost enters 

- the ghost is an allusion of the dead king

- Horatio demands the ghost to speak

- Fortinbras wants to start another was with Hamlets kingdom 

- Fortinbras doesn't believe he should've lost the war 

- Horatio alludes to Julius Caesar

- Horatio demands the ghost to speak but then the cock crows

- they debate on whether to tell young Hamlet what they saw 

- they decide to go tell him

Canterbury Tales Essay

There are always moments in time, that are meant to challenge our beliefs. Without a little hiccup in a constant plan, we as humans wouldn't learn to work around our obstacles. Being able to honor something is one thing, but trying to find a voice to question something is a little more challenging to do. Within Canterbury Tales, Chaucer tries to make a balance for both honoring and questioning traditions in the literary and social world. Chaucer surrounds himself in a world that is realistic but at the same time different in the use of images and symbols that he uses to portray a scene, character, or a message. Chaucer goes onto narrate the story in a questioning and ironic way to characterize and set up diction and syntax that would get his story through an aura of the struggle between doing something that is expected or straying away from the norm.
Illustrating a scene that's meant to say one thing but it might come off in a hundred different viewpoints, can be either a scary or exciting task to take on. Chaucer, during his time wrote Canterbury Tales as a book combining several different elements and types of people into a common theme that had never been done before. Life was very structured and formal during his time. For him to try to challenge the literary and social traditions of his time was a bold move. He did this using characterization, both indirect and direct to selectively separate different social classes and standards. He imported symbols into certain  aspects of the story to relay a subtle but strong moral message to make the reader question and think. Then he combined his literary techniques together with his personal insight to create tales that could've been separate stories. Instead, were combined to truly capture the essence of irony and disorder but at the same time was real and structured that embodied elements that were interchangeable to make the story come together as one piece.

Character Study 2

As I enter my first class, I sit down in the middle somewhere in that huge lecture hall, where class is about to begin, Fashion Design. Right as my professor walks in a smile crosses my face, because it's finally sinking in that I'm in college studying what I want to do for the rest of my life. Professor. Whitmore starts to speak right away and has a pretty exciting announcement to tell the class. She tells us that one of us is going to get the chance to fly to Europe and be a part of the infamous Fashion Week. It sounded to good to be true, but the catch was, whoever got picked had to leave class right away, get on a plane, and once there find their way around Paris to their designer they were going to be paired up with. Oh and the person chosen for this once in a lifetime adventure had to style that designers whole collection for the show without any help, and if the designer doesn't like it or there collection gets bad reviews, that person would fail the class. So I was thinking to myself, how cool it would be to go to Paris for this once in a lifetime opportunity to possibly get my foot in the door with all these famous designers and have a shot at proving that this is what I was meant to do. There was no way though, that I out of 200 students would be picked, there was just no way. Little did I know the chances were in my favor, I didn't know if it was luck or fate that I ended up being picked. I tried so hard to contain my excitement so as I left the room with my plane ticket and backpack, I was headed to the airport. In a matter of minutes my idea of what college was going to be like changed. I knew I wanted to study abroad in Paris for my major, but I didn't expect it to be on my first day of Freshman year. I didn't have time to call my friends or family, so they next time they heard from me they wouldn't even know I was in France. I would spend a whole school year away from them, doing what I love but while missing the ones I love. As I got to the airport I was all flustered and in a rush because my plane was about to take off in 15 minutes and I've never been in an airport by myself. As I was jogging to my terminal I bump into this woman and fall down. I was slightly angry at first because I didn't need this extra delay. Then I got up and saw that it was Hannah, my best friend from high school. She was on her way to somewhere for one of her college assignments as well, but I didn't get all the details because I was in  a rush and so was she. So I picked up my bag and ran to the terminal. I got there just as they were about to shut the door and for the next 15 hours I would be on a constant roller coaster ride, not because of the plane but because of all the ideas, emotions, questions, and possible scenarios I was going to be put in, that would be rushing through my mind. That did happen for  a good 10 hours of the trip, but I did actually manage to sleep for a solid 5. When I landed I didn't know where to go or what to do because I was tired, hungry, smelly, and lost. All I had was my dead phone, wallet, laptop, water, a jacket, 500 American dollars and an address. It was no use using my laptop without internet connection, so I had to find directions the old fashioned way, by asking people, who a majority didn't speak English. Finally after a few hours of going from place to place, person to person I ended up standing in front of a building that read Versace. Now from my perspective I have heard of the designer I knew he was really famous and so are his clothes and I was just in awe at where I was. I walked in and from that moment on just like the moment after hitting the "send" button on my college applications everything was in fast forward. I met the main style coordinator from Versace and right away she put me to work I was sitting in on meetings, shadowing what seemed like a new stylist everyday, but it wasn't all fun and games. Yeah I was in this beautiful place around all these beautiful faces and clothes. I was on the outskirts because people didn't know me and believe me I tried giving my input, but I always got shut down because I was young,unknown, and someone with no hands on experience in the fashion business, yet. I needed to do something though because I didn't want to go in blind when it came to Fashion Week and I didn't know the collection or my surroundings. So I took matters into my own hands and I made my presence loud and clear. Everyday I got up 2 hours earlier to go  into the design studio and I would stay 2 hours after everyone left to review the collection and each piece. I would study every article of clothing, sketch out my ideas, and build virtual replications on my laptop of my own vision for the show. During the day I wouldn't ask to help or ask to give my input, I would just do it. At first whoever was in charge at the task at hand was taken back, but I think it was refreshing for someone young and new to take control. No matter how much they tried to push me aside or shut me down, I wasn't going to give up and there was no way I was going to fail my first college course. Nothing really changed in the way people saw me and I didn't gain more respect or any at all. They still saw me as an adolescent who was annoying and getting in their way. Still that didn't stop me from making my presence seen. In a matter of no time, the day had come where I would either fail or succeed and it didn't seem like anybody cared if I failed. On that very first day of fashion week I was in control because I had to be. I was the one who finally got to boss people around, and style things my own way. It was liberating in a way to have them listen to me for the first time since I got there but at the same time it was scary not being given input or ordered around. I had no direction it was all on me if this collection would be a hit or not. It was minutes until the first model would walk out on stage I was stressed anxious, and my mind and heart were racing at a million miles per hour but I was proud of what I had accomplished with the obstacles I had overcome. Finally the time I had come the lights dim, the music started, and the cameras started flashing. I didn't know what people thought of it, I was just praying and hoping for the best. That night was the longest 6 hours of my life and I was exhausted, but the show was finally over and I wouldn't know until I got back to the States the next day, to see if I passed or not. This time I was too exhausted to think, so I slept the whole plane ride home and it sucked because an hour after I landed I had to be in class. So I didn't even bother stopping by my dorm I brushed my teeth in a public bathroom, washed my face, threw up my hair and there I was, this time sitting in the front of the class. It felt like the first day all over again, and technically it was only my second day. Professor Whitmore walked in without a sign of emotion on her face and the room was quiet. But as soon as I heard the claps surround me like a cloud of thunder, I knew I did something right. I guess one could say I not only passed my class with an A, I was offered by the head of Versace to come back to Europe anytime free of charge to Fashion Week and when I got my degree there would be a spot waiting for me in Paris.

Character Study 1

I step onto the campus for the first time as an official Bruin. I look all around me and I'm surrounded by a sea of  baby blue and yellow. I'm anxious and excited as I pass by the John Wooden Memorial building to my first class. To rewind back to a year ago when it was the start of my Senior year and I was overwhelmed and stressed practically everyday of my first semester. I remember not feeling like a "Senior," not looking like a, "Senior," or acting like a Senior. Then again, who am I to judge who I look like, feel like, or act like. I guess I'm allowed to feel the way I feel or act the way I act, but how other people see me and characterize me is different from what I think my reputation is and what people see it as. I was trying to hold my life together between school, volleyball, college stuff, friends, and family, sometimes I felt like shutting out the world and wishing I could freeze time to make everything stop or at least slow down. Even though the beginning of Senior year was stressful, I didn't want high school to go by so fast. I remember going to every home football game, dancing in the Decades Day rally, and feeling a slight moment or relief when I finally pressed the send button on my college applications. I applied to 5 colleges, CSULB, SFSU, Point Loma, Cal Poly, and UCLA. Directly following that very moment as I submitted my applications, I felt as if the rest of the school year zoomed by. There went volleyball and football season, basketball season came and gone, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Then before I knew it I was in 2015 and I was 18 years old. Then came around college acceptance letters season. It was pretty exciting to get accepted to 4 out of the 5 colleges I applied to thus far, but I was still waiting on that one, my dream school. I remember waiting by my door every day at 4 o'clock to see the mailman put the mail into my mailbox and every day that passed I felt like it was a day longer that I didn't get in. Then the letter that would determine my future came into the mail on a Friday, I was planning on going to the Drive-In later with Hannah, Haley, and Juidth. When I finally held that letter in my hands, I wasn't excited, nervous, anxious, overwhelmed, or sad, I was completely numb. I sat down and stared at that envelope for a solid 60 minutes. I just looked at it thinking over and over again in my mind, how I would feel or react if I didn't get in. Then finally I found the courage to rip open that envelope and read the words, "Congratulations Sierra you have been accepted." I'm not an emotional person, I don't cry at sad movies, when I get hurt, or even at funerals. At that very moment I was so relieved, proud, excited, and happy, that tears of joy came gushing out and I couldn't believe what I just read. I called my mom, sisters, and told my best friends when I saw them later that I got in, and they all were happy but a little shocked at the same time. Then it was graduation time, the one part of high school that in a way I was dreading and sad about. Hannah Hurd, my best friend, said her Valedictorian speech and that's when it really got me, the realization that high school was over and everything that was a part of me at Righetti was going to be somewhere else now. I cried like a little baby that night, knowing that, that day was the last time I would ever see some of the faces I grew so used to passing in the hallways or the "friends" I made that I only spoke to at school. High school flew by like everyone told me it would and now I was onto a new adventure. The Summer as always seemed to go by even faster as it did before, even though I had an extra month. I spent it hanging out with my closet friends, going on spontaneous adventures, going to Italy, and making memories. Now the time was here to get back to reality and face what lies ahead. I chose UCLA, obviously, and every moment leading up to this exact time and place, where I'm officially recognized as a Bruin, has been only a small pebble in an everlasting road, that is my future.

Canterbury Tales 2

Collaborated with Courtney Reyburn, Hannah Hurd, and Judith Lee

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Canterbury Tales 1

Bede Notes

Vocabulary #4

obsequious - adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Ex- The obsequious worker bought Starbucks for his boss to move up the ladder 
beatitude - a state of supreme happiness

Ex- The beatitude of  June was shown through the love in her eyes

bete noire - somebody or something that is particularly disliked

Ex- Spider-mans bête noire is the Green Goblin
bode - verb indicate by signs

Ex- The green light boded to go
dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid

Ex- "don't let it be clubbed into dank submission."
ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions

Ex- The youth ministers ecumenically brought the Christian students to the mission.
fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion

Ex- 50 Shades of Gray has fervid scenes
fetid - adj. offensively malodorous

Ex- The fetid football player ran off the field 
gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky

Ex- The gargantuan oger stomped down the forest.
heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Ex- Some people say that the 80's were the heyday of their lifetime 
incubus - noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others; a situation resembling a terrifying dream

Ex- The incubus man had to go to therapy.
infrastructure - noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the basic structure or features of a system or organization

Ex- The infrastructure of the club made it easier for members to stay involved.
inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Ex- The inveigle wife asked her husband to guy her a new car.
kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation

Ex- The teacher gave kudos to the student for speaking to the class.
lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

Ex- the store owner gave a lagniappe to the customer for a cheap price.
prolix - adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

Ex- The prolixed teacher gave speech on drug abuse
protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

Ex- Sierra's volleyball protege is now an All-American at UCLA.
prototype - noun a standard or typical example

Ex- The car prototype was reconstructed after consumer input.
sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Ex- The sycophant driver have their instructor compliments throughout the test in order to pass.
tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

Ex- Some speakers use tautology to emphasize their purpose.
truckle - noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; verb yield to out of weakness; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Ex- The truckle dog was obeying his owner to get a treat.

Literature Analysis #1

1. Celie is the protagonist of the Color Purple, she is uneducated, poor and has gone through many traumatizing events in her life. As the story proceeds she finds her voice and her sense of worth in her life. The story takes place in the early to almost mid 1900's in rural Georgia where racism and abuse are key aspects in the plot. The major conflict within the story is primarily focused on Celie and all the abuse she endured throughout her life leading her to believe that she's worthless and weak, because of what she's been put though and told by the people who have hurt her. The rising action occurs when Celie starts have sexual sensations towards Shug an Celie and Shug start spending more time with each other and both start to have feelings for one another. Shug helps Celie open up about some of her past experiences that have made her feel undesired. When Shug starts to talk to Celie about love and sex, Celie comes to find out what real passion is supposed to be like. During this time with the help of Shug, Celie finds Nettie's letters that have been kept from her by Mr.___. By opening up with the help of Shug, Celie starts to find her voice. The Climax of the story is when Celie lashes out at Mr.___ for keeping the letters from Nettie from her, while she believed her sister to be dead. After Shug and Celie announce that they are moving to Memphis, Tennessee where Celie opens up her own business, "Folkspants Unlimited," Celie was able to speak out about the hidden letters and say that she was moving away to Mr.___. Celie was able to do this because she has grown more confident with herself with the help of Shug. Celie stops writing to God and loses faith because of everything she's gone through, that makes her believe writing letters is pointless. Shug helps Celie view god as a symbol and not as a person.. The falling action occurs when Celie is able to endure the heartache she goes through with Shug having sexual relations with a younger man and she gets over it by her being able to be dependent on herself financially and emotionally. After some time  Celie returns to Georgia to find that Alphonso has died and Mr.___ has gone through a personal transformation. The story's resolution happens when Nettie and Samuel return to Georgia with Adam, Olivia, and Tashi and Celie inherits her family's home and lives the rest of her life there. The story helps reveal that a person can undergo many breaking points but still find the strength through God, faith, and hope to come out of any tragedy stronger than before. The author primarily focuses on Celie's personal transformation that she goes through with the help of all the other characters that are connected in her life, Each other supporting character helps Celie become the strong, confident, independent woman she grows into, because whether the character  abused her or guided her, each struggle or enlightenment she encountered made her the woman she was meant to be.
2. The major theme of the story is the strength of a woman's voice. Throughout the story many woman characters undergo social, emotional, and mental transformations that help them find their voice. at the beginning of the story Celie is seen as less superior than all the men that have inflicted pain in her life. She was believed to be weak and worthless because that's what she was told. As the story progresses Celie along with Shug, Sophia, Squeak, and Nettie all go through obstacles that make them stand up for themselves. Even though there  might of been consequences for their actions because they were supposed to act inferior to the men who abused them, they found the strength within themselves with the help of each other to rise above the standards of the time period and show that they could be confident and strong without a man. They showed that each one of them had a voice that was not anybody else's and with the strength of God and each other could surpass any obstacle that was thrown their way.
3. The tone of the story is serious and honest. There are many aspects of the story that are seen and described in a more vulgar way but seem so sincere and truthful because of the seriousness behind the honest truth of them. For most of the story the tone is portrayed as serious and honest because every word that is said is meant to felt in an emotional way. In some way it either caused pain, confusion or happiness upon the characters. "I lay there quiet. listening to Shug breathe. It hurt me you know, I say. I was just going on fourteen. I never even though bout men having nothing down there so big. It scare me just to see it. And the way it poke itself and grow." This excerpt reveals the pain behind the rape Celie endured with her stepdad. As she speaks she talks in an innocent way because she didn't know any better at the time and she didn't understand what was happening and why she felt pain." Well I started to fight him, and with God's help, I hurt him bad enough to make him let me alone. But he was some mad. He said because of what I'd done I'd never hear from you again, and you would never hear from me." Hearing somebody say that you'll never hear from somebody yo love so much ever again has to be one of the biggest and most heartbreaking threats. Mr.___ for a long time made sure Nettie and Celie never had contact with one another. It was harsh and cruel to make Celie think her sister was dead and Nettie being so helpless to not do anything about it. "No ma'am say Sofia. I do not love Reynolds Stanley Earl. Now. That's what you been trying to find out ever since he was born. And now you know." Sofia remarked in this way because she was hurt by the pain she was forced into for eleven years if being a maid. She felt that she could never love anybody in the Mayor's family because of what they did to her. The Mayor's daughter was only trying to make things right and show that she wasn't like her parents. Sofia was stubborn and said how she felt and dint feel remorse about it.
4.- "Dear God, I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me." Celie starts off the story by writing her first letter to God with this introduction. It uses ethos to express the innocence of a young girl who is asking for help, because she doesn't understand what is gong on in her life.
- "...you could have knocked me over with a feather." A hyperbole is used here to exxagerate the shock and overwhelming sensation as she gave birth to her first child. (Page 2)
 - " I look at women tho, cause I'm not scared of them." There is foreshadowing displayed here when Celie states that she looks at women. Celie felt that could be more close and intimate with a woman because she didn't feel safe with men. (Page 5)
- "Shug Avery as black as my shoe." A simile is used to describe how dark Shug Avery is, when Mr.___ sisters and Celie are talking about her. They are trying to figure out why he is so infatuated with her. (page 21)
- " You sure is ugly.." Shug says this to Celie when she first meets her, which is ironic because Shug and Celie end up loving each other.
- Symbolism is used when referencing to the color purple. When Celie realizes the color purple as she has a religious awakening. She finds such beauty in the color that she never knew existed.
- Foils is used throughout the story when Sofia foils Celie because Sofia is strong and independent while Celie is innocent and doesn't understand her rights.
- Style is used throughout the structure of the book, the book is made up of short chapters and letters to God. The letters express Celie's struggles and questions that she has at the time.
- Motif is a reoccurring structure in the book, and God is used to display the confessional tone Celie uses to write her letters to him and confide in him about all that's she's going through.
- Imagery is used when Kate takes Celie out to buy a new dress and all the colors are drab symbolizing her beginning of her life. Also when Alphonso paints his house white, representing his new beginning.
Characterization
1. Celie is an example of direct characterization because she is molded into a person that was very highly influenced by what other people told and taught her. She was told she was ugly so that's what she thought she was. When she started to understand certain aspects of her life she started growing into a woman who could defend herself
Shug is an example of direct characterization because people labeled her as a whore. She was a singer who was very pretty and glamorous. Even though she would always seemed to be judged by other people, Celie opened up to her and Shug helped her overcome mental and emotional barriers. She was still very popular and sultry as described by Celie.
Alphonso is also an example of indirect characterization because he was shaped by the actions he did that hurt other people. By raping and abusing Celie he was seen as an evil man, which he was. By him selling Celie's kids and having her marry at such a young age, he wasn't a father figure he was a man who caused pain in people's lives for unnecessary reasons. He stayed this way throughout the majority of the story, until he told the truth about not being Nettie and Celie's biological father.
Nettie is an example of indirect characterization because she was seen as the smart one of the two sisters and that was always something that came up throughout the story that differentiated her and Celie. Nettie was seen as the more desired and better sister because she had a future. Nettie would always show that she was smart and could understand situations she was in. When she wrote letters to Celie and knew she wouldn't get them and when she figured out that Adam and Olivia were Celies's children.
2."I don't have nothing to offer and I feels poor. She look up and don the street. He ain't here. He ain't here. She say like she gon cry. Who ain't I ast." Celie's diction shows that she's uneducated and doesn't know how to speak properly. Her syntax is very choppy and just by reading this excerpt, it is confusing to understand. Throughput the story Celie's diction always has some grammatically incorrect words and her syntax doesn't flow into a complete sentence structure
"Oh Celie! Will I ever be able to tell you all? I dare not ask, I know. But leave it all to God. Your everloving sister, Nettie." Nettie's syntax is clear and understandable she knows how to structure her sentences better than Celie and even though her sentences are short they are easier to understand than Celie's. Her diction shows that she has had more education and that she's smarter than Celie.
3. The protagonist, which is Celie, is a dynamic and round character. Celie shows growth as the story progresses. In the beginning she was seen as young, innocent, and abused. She doesn't understand certain things that are happening to her and she's very confused. When she meets Shug that all changes because Shug helps Celie find her voice. Shug has Celie open up to her about her life and all the painful events she's gone through to help her learn from what has happened to her. Celie grows more comfortable with herself and her body and reflects that through her actions when she speaks up for herself aginst Mr.___. Being able to have someone that truly cares for her and someone to guide her, really influences the strong and independent woman she turns into. Later on in the story Celie is all together less dependent on Shug and can do things on her own that she would of never been able to do before. Celie turns into a woman that has her own business her own home and her own family and in the end seems to finally be getting her life together.
4. The story as a whole had a lot of shocking moments that I couldn't ever believe to actually happen. Even though the story is a work of fiction, a lot of these events happened during slavery or when racism was very high. The author was very descriptive when she talked about the abuse that the characters endured, which made me stop reading for a moment to really take what was just said all in. I would have to say that the character I sympathized and grew to admire the most would be, Celie. Not only was Celie the main character which made her stand out, it was her narration of the story that spoke to me. She spoke in an illiterate way but showed that growing up in what might seem like an evil world, might not be so bad with the belief in God and love. Celie said the quote, "By now my heart is in my mouth and I can't move." This quote was said by Celie when she was about to see her sister and kids for the first time, which was a very emotional moment for them all. I thought this was a pretty good quote to pick for my reaction to not only the story as a whole but more importantly Celie as a character. Celie underwent some pretty life changing experiences throughout her life to being abused and raped, to having her children taken away from her, to losing her mother and being kept from her sister, to finding love with a woman, to being independent, to having a family again. It was a bit of a roller coaster ride for her which caused me to feel as if I couldn't believe what I just heard at certain moments. "My heart is in my mouth," is a statement I've never heard before but to me it means to have a feeling of numbness that for s few seconds it feels as if the world has stooped spinning because you can't feel see or hear anything that is happening around you. Some of the scenes that were illustrated in the story were very vivid which made that part of the story come to life and really connect to me on an emotional level. I could never even imagine going through all the hardships and obstacles that seemed like it should've broke Celie, but didn't. She is characterized as an inspiration to all the woman who have ever gone through anything terrible in their lives and has found the strength to overcome their past.

Vocabulary #3

accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
Lewis accolade Denise when she finished singing her solo in the school play
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner
War heads have an acerbity to them when first eaten
attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction
The attrition of the car tires after a long period of time make them go bald
bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark
Bromide was used in an experiment for our chemistry lab
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Martha is a chauvinist for her native country of India
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Linda has had chronic back pains for the past five years.
expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state
The English teacher expounded on Beowulf in a group discussion
factionalism - self-interested
In dictatorships factionalism is seen as the a way of life for the ruler.
immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
My bedroom looked immaculate, after I spent 4 hours cleaning it
imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation
An imprecation was yelled onto the man by a witch
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
the ineluctable death of the prince brought sadness upon the kingdom
mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change
The mercurial gazelle danced across the lake
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
The Advil palliated her headache
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
The mission protocol was observed by the CIA
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor
The sound of the violin had an resplendent tune
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
The audition Julie stigmatized Amanda for her horrible singing
sub - noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb be a substitute
The sub went underwater to surprise attack the enemy ships
rosa - noun large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
The rosa was difficult to pass on the way to the top of the hill
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit
The vainglory of the quarterback was displeasing to everyone who was around him
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present
The vestige of the note left Lucy questioning her faith
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
The volition between going to the party and staying home was a tough call for Penny

Beowulf Essay

Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, and Iron Man all have one thing in common. Besides from all of  their titles ending in "man" they are all stories told about superheroes. As in Beowulf, he was seen as the superhero of that time. He was the original hero. Although many heroic tales aren't all the same and some coalesce different aspects of heroic qualities together. All heroic tales have one thing in common, they are all a monomyth. The story of a certain hero has evolved over time along with the etymology of words, but certain qualities seen in heroes have been stagnant such as bravery, confidence, and honor, strongly displayed in Beowulf.


Today, if a piece such as Beowulf was displayed as a tale of our time, it might seem a little out of  place. What was seen as a heroic epic back then, isn't exactly portrayed in the same type of way as today. Epics are unique in that way because each heroic story told may be summed up as the same but when analyzed very closely they are all extremely different. Beowulf was an artifact of its time, where it wouldn't be able to exist in a different setting. Beowulf embodied his character with confidence, he knew he could beat Grendel without a doubt in his mind. He talked big when it came to his blunt, direct, fierce, and confident style. By being seen as an unimpeachable man he was able to show all those heroic traits, such as honor, strength, and bravery along with revealing the chaos that was attached to his demeanor. Which might at first glance be seen as arrogance, wouldn't be correct to say because everything Beowulf said he would do, he did. When heroes are talked about today a majority of people's minds go directly to superheroes. All heroes don't have to have an elaborate costume or special powers, a hero has to be a person who embodies a persona that people admire and aspire to be like. With time people have grown to see heroes in a different light and have come to recognize an average person who has the qualities of honor, strength, and bravery, as a hero. For example Katniss in the Hunger Games is one of the most recognized heroes in our present time. Plus she is a woman, which goes to show how far literature of the past has come, to being seen in a feminist point of view. Katniss comes from being culled out in her society to someone who supervenes in an affair where she shows bravery, honor, and strength, all the qualities that represent a true hero. All heroes are made to be seen as different from a populous group because they have many probities, which they stand by throughout their journey.


Life is blown at us like a gust of wind, fast and all at once. We each only have one life to live and it comparison to how long the earth has lived we are only given a second of that time scale. People choose their own fate because everyone has a choice in life, it's just a matter of whether or not somebody makes the right one. Heroes no matter if they existed a hundred years ago or a few years ago, they all are people who choose to lead a certain lifestyle. They choose to purse in being someone with the courage, bravery, and strength that each regular person wishes to possess. Those are all qualities that have stranded the test of time in heroic epics. Beowulf will continue to be admired for all his heroic traits not only because he's the original hero, but because he is the hero who was a leading example for all other heroes to come.