Lord of the Flies: Chapter 12 Journal

I didn't really like how the novel ended because it was all action and suspense and they get rescued and The End. I also don't like how we don't know what happens to the boys after they are discovered. I think that Ralph cries at the end because he is so overwhelmed by everything that happened and just lets it all out when he sees that they are finally getting rescued. The character that I despise the most is Jack because he was so caught up with competing with Ralph to get to be chief and once he achieved that, he was the violent kind of leader. The reason that I don't like him though is that once he turned into a total savage, he turned all the other boys savages and violent too. I would not recommend this novel to someone else unless they'd have someone that could explain it to them because there is a lot of symbolism and they could get lost and not get the meaning of the novel. However, if they did have someone to explain it, I would recommend it because it is a very fun and interesting book and we could all learn from it. 

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 11 Questions

1. Ralph's group decides they must go up to Jack and his tribe and demand that he give back Piggy's specs so they could make a fire so they could have a signal in order to get rescued.
2. The twins are "seeing Ralph for the first time" because they think that Ralph is forgetting what they want to do. He is becoming more like Jack in that he is more demanding and is a bit more viscous when talking to the other boys. He isn't the boy that they elected chief at the beginning of the book. 
3.  They boys' plan to retrieve Piggy's glasses is bound to fail because they didn't really think their plan through. They sort of just said we are going to go up them and tell them to give us the glasses so we could make our fire to signal and be rescued. They didn't think what they other boys could do or what they would do if they decided to attack when they tell them their plan.
4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff because he wants to be part of the action and wants to show what he can do and the power he has.
5. The destruction of the conch is symbolically significant because the conch represented order and was a sign of civilization. By destroying the conch, they are moving farther away from being civilized. They have now gotten rid of the only source they had to keep order among themselves and I think that they will all lose the side of themselves that is still attached to their civilization.
6. Most of the boys want a chief because they want someone to follow. A chief tells them what to do and what should be done. Many of the boys might not know what they would need to do because they don't feel comfortable making their own decisions on what they have to do in order to survive.
7. "Jack, why do you resort to violence all the time?"
"Do you not want to be with Ralph because you want to act like a madman and hunt and kill all day long?"
8. Diary Entry:
Life on the island is not the same as it was at the beginning like when everyone had first gotten there. The island is not the paradise place like it was at first. In fact, now it might be the worst place I've ever heard of. Jack keeps on telling Ralph that he has to stay on his 'side' of the island. The beach where we were settle at first is Ralph's and anyone who decided to stay on his side while Castle Rock is Jack and his tribes'.However, everyone is free to travel around the island as long as they don't attack one another like Jack did to Ralph at night because that creates trouble.
The relationships that everyone has with each other isn't that good either. There is always tension in the air. Jack is very aggressive now and is resorting to violence. His savage side is taking over his civilized side. He and his tribe are all savages, they even paint their faces and enjoy violence. Ralph is kind of losing it too. He isn't remembering what the top priorities are and seems to be into the activities that Jack and his tribe do. As of now, Simon and Piggy are dead. They were the ones that understood everything and sort of tried explaining how they should live and what they should do to keep sane while they were on the island. Overall, everything is chaos on the island.

Lord of the Flies: Chapter 10 Questions

1. Ralph knows that Simon was killed that night and that he was killed because the boys that went with Jack did it thinking it was "the beast". However, Piggy doesn't want him to say anything about it. "'That was murder.' ' You stop it!' said Piggy, shrilly. 'What good're you doing talking like that?'" (Golding 156). Piggy says "'that's what it was. An accident'"(Golding 157)Piggy is trying to convince himself and Ralph that they don't have any fault in the death of Simon and he wants to believe that the others did kill him but it was just an accident. Samneric don't want to mention or even remember what happened that night. All they kept saying was '"We were very tired so we left early"' (Golding 158).Although, they do mention the feast and the dance, but ignore it and try to change the subject.

2. Ralph and Jack have different feelings and thoughts about the death of Simon. For one, Ralph feels guilty that the boys beat Simon to death and he keeps saying "'That was murder'" (Golding 156), while Jack tells his hunters "'He came-disguised'" (Golding 160). Jack doesn't even care that they murdered Simon, in fact, he thinks that it was the beast coming as Simon just to catch them of guard while Ralph is overreacting about the situation.

3. Jack is becoming more and more savage each day. He is now also becoming ruthless. Jack is probably losing control of his anger and letting it get to him. One of the boys says "'He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up.'" (Golding 159). I am starting to feel that whenever Jack gets mad from now on, he will resort to violence and become an abusive leader. In the book, it says," The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffling noisily in the background." (Golding 160) This shows that even though Jack and the others beat Wilfred up, they don't care that he's in pain and don't feel guilty. They think it's actually funny that Wilfred was tied up and beaten.

• Jack is the new chief because he is the one that the other boys listen to now. They even call him 'chief' instead of 'Jack'when referring to him.
Piggy: He tried to avoid everything due to his asthma.
Ralph: He was being attacked so he tried to fight to fight back with them.
Sam: He hid himself in a corner and avoided fighting.
Eric: He thinks he was fighting with someone but was actually fighting with Ralph.
Jack: Invades Ralph and leads the other boys away carrying Piggy's glasses.
Roger: Helps invade Ralph and marches away chanting and doing cartwheels.

Editorial Response

1.) Betsy McCaughey said that the problem is that there are so many sick ebola patients that the CDC now wants to treat them at our local hospitals and that isn't okay.
2.) McCaughey offers the solutions of making the 4 bio-containments already available bigger to treat the patients trying to be treated at our local hospitals. Also the solution of having the doctors themselves design the ebola suits instead of having others because no one really wants to have to deal with a disease that might end your life like ebola.
3.) Infection expert Sean Kautman said that the CDC's guidelines for protective gear for treating ebola is "absolutely irresponsible and dead wrong."
4.) The point that Report.  Michael Burgess made about CDC's chef Thomas Frieden is that the guidelines are stupid because in Africa, the suits are more covered and that's what it should be like here because the guidelines dont say them specifically.
5a.) I do agree with McCaughey's commentary that we should save our hospitals because why would we put in danger many people's lives by tearing ebola patients at our local hospitals when we have 4 bio-containment hospitals that are build especially for that.

5b.) When I read the article to my parnts, they also agreed with McCaughey's commentary that we shouldn't have to fit our hospitas and risk many people's lives when we could just mae the bio-containments bigger. 

Article Summary

Is a Tomato a Fruit? It Depends on How You Slice It

In the news article titled Is A Tomato A Fruit? It Depends On How You Slice It, Rebecca Rupp discusses straightforwardly the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. First, Rupp Explains what we, common people, would say the difference between a fruit and a vegetable would be. According to Rupp, we might define a fruit as "an entity that develops from the fertilized ovary of a flower", appealing and tempting, and a food we normally eat as a dessert. Similarly, we might describe a vegetable as "any edible part of a plant that doesn’t happen to be a fruit" or the stuff kids play around with and hide under their food so they won't have to eat them.
Next, she explains what the Supreme Court in 1886 said where John Nix argued with Edward Hedden that a tomato was a fruit. Hedden "demanded payment of a ten percent tax in accordance with the Tariff Act of 1883". However, Nix knew that this demand couldn't be accepted because a tomato was in fact not a vegetable, but a fruit. The case made it's way to the Supreme Court and Justice Horace Gray ruled in favor of the tomato being a vegetable in 1893. Gray argued that a tomato was a vegetable in the sense that a vegetable is eaten at dinner along with the appetizer (i.e. soup, fish, or meat). The court also found beans, onions and chestnuts to be vegetables. Whereas rhubarb, carrots and sweet potatoes to be fruits because they are used to make jellies and jams.
Rupp also says that states have altered what foods fall into what category. For example, Tennessee and Ohio have claimed tomato as their official state fruit. Some have claimed it both their official state fruit and vegetable. Louisiana on the other hand named it their official state's vegetable plant. But the state that has caused the most confusion is Oklahoma, which claimed in 2006 their state vegetable to be the watermelon.
Finally, Rupp concludes by saying that where you place certain foods depends on what you think and how you eat them. Many people go for extremes for fruits, in fact it is a sin to steal a fruit. But the vegetables aren't worth the trouble.


Knowledge

I think knowledge is the foundation to almost everything, from meeting new friends to trying to figure out how things work. Knowledge is one of the most important things you can possess, because when you know something, you are not ignorant towards it. You know background or what is going on that not everyone sees. Outside of school, I gain knowledge by talking to others, social media, or simply reading books when you aren't obligated to read them. You gain knowledge through almost everything you do, even through your mistakes. I think that is the best way to gain knowledge, by learning from your mistakes because you personally figure it out and can know for a fact what to do and what not to do. You need to be gaining knowledge all the time because you might know something about a specific thing but they always keep changing as time passes by. Things evolve and get more complicated than they were when you gained that knowledge so you have to keep up-to-date to know the new things you didn't know before.

Editorial

Should Schools Be Allowed to Use Corporal Punishment?

    Sometimes kids just want to protect their dignity or reputation and they talk back to their teachers. When they are told to do something, they try to be funny or act tough and they may say something that may offend or threaten their teacher in a way. When that happens, the teacher may or may not be able to use corporal punishment. In some states, it is legal but in others, they aren't. I am on the side of the states where corporal punishments is illegal. To me, teachers being able to physically hurt their students is not something that should be allowed  in any school.

    Giving teachers the ability to hurt their students is giving them too much freedom in school. I agree that it is a good way to make students listen and learn that if they don't there will be consequences. Although, sometimes, it can get out of hand. Teachers may do it a lot just to show authority and scare the students into thinking that if they don't do what they tell them, they will get punished by getting beaten. It is scary to think that if you don't listen to what someone is telling you to do, they will hurt you and not get in trouble for doing so.

    Teachers being able to give corporal punishment is a bad idea because they may want to take advantage of being able to do. They would think that they can do whatever they want to do in class and they wouldn't get into trouble for it. They can do something and threaten their kids. Also, if they don't like a student or have a history with a family member they may hit them even if they didn't do anything.

    Corporal punishment in schools is a bad idea and should not be allowed in them. I gives the teachers too much freedom and authority. Kids may get scared of them and it can affect their ability to learn efficiently. Students are in the process of growing and maturing and they shouldn't get punished over the smallest mistakes.

Vocabulary #7

1. duc(t), duce: to lead
2. fed(er), fid(e): faith, trust
3. fin(e): end, limit
4. flec, flex : to bend

1. Aqueduct: a large pipe or other conduit made to bring water from a great distance
•A lot of people use aqueducts to get water.
2. Conducive: tending to lead, help, assist, or result in
•I am conducive when my grandpa needs help.
3. Definitive: completely accurate, reliable, and authoritative; decisive or conclusive
•My best friend gave me a definitive description of me.
4. Fidelity: faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness
•I show everyone that I have fidelity no matter what they tell me.
5. Fiduciary: an individual who holds something in trust for another; a trustee
•People can always count on me to be their fiduciary.
6. Finale: a grand conclusion, as of performance; the last scene of a play
•I always wait for the finale of a show because that's where I find out everything.
7. Finite: limited or bordered by time or by any measurement; measurable
•We only have a finite amount of time to finish a test.
8. Flexuous: winding in and out; bending or wavering
•The gymnast did a lot of flexious moves.
9. Inducement: anything used or given to persuade or motivate; an incentive
•My parents always give me inducements to keep me motivated.
10. Inflection: a slight change in tone or modulation of the voice, as in a point of emphasis
•My mom uses inflection when she exaggerates
11. Perfidious: characteristics of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous
•I think of my brother as being perfidious.
12. Traduce: to speak falsely of; to slander or defame; to disgrace another's good name; to vilify
•I always here my family traduce about one another.

Literature Analysis

Lizet Lara
Period 2
Lit. Analysis
                                   The Joy Luck Club
    In the book "The Joy Luck Club," by Amy Tan, a group of women play mah jong. It was a tradition that Suyuan Woo had started when she was in China. She got a group of women and they all played mah jong together feeling very lucky. Suyuan Woo had died a few months ago and the other members of the club wanted Jing-mei Woo, Suyuan’s daughter, to take her place. Along the book, the members started to tell stories of what their childhood was like and different situations they had to face. In one story, a woman named Lindo Jong tells her story and she explains that one sacrifices a part of oneself by putting on one’s "American face" or one’s "Chinese face." It is true because when you put on one face, you lose the characteristics of the other.
    When putting one the "American face" I think that you start doing what you see other Americans doing.You want to be like them. This causes the mothers and their daughters to start fighting, to grow farther apart, and the daughters basically not respecting where they come from and the traditions they grew up in. The "Chinese face" however is when they do obey their parents, do the traditions and don’t want to change. They want to do what their parents think is best for them. They follow their traditions and beliefs. They are opposites.
    You put on one face but take of the other. That’s the bad part of having to wear one face and taking off the other. When you switch faces, the person wearing it can become another person. They lose the character they were when they had the other face. It is impossible to be wearing both faces at a time. You either act all american or all chinese. Most of the daughters wear their "American Face" while the mothers wear the "Chinese face".
    It all depends on which face you are wearing. When choosing, though, you have to be very careful because you have to wear different faces with different people. For example when they're with their friends, they might want to put on their american face. Their chinese face would be what they wear with their parents. They each want different things so they put on different faces.

Leopard Man Questions

9. Tom Leppard is called "Leopard Man because he is tattooed from head to toe with leopard spots.

10. The author thinks that people with tattoos and piercings only do it to seek attention. He feels that since they have failed to attract people's attention positively, they try to do it with shocking decisions.

11. Leopard Man is different from other tattooed and pierced people because he does it to get away from society and everyone. He decided to live in solitude.

12. Leopard Man lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness.

13. According to Feys, society fears loners and 'those mysterious creatures who pursue their own values. They are feared because society doesn't understand them.

14. The world's most common but dangerous psychological disorder is conformity. It is just like suppressing and destroying one's self. We are pressured to surrender our individuality and be like everyone else.

15. Leopard Man is happy because he is now free from social pressures. He feels like he is in a paradise doing what he does and being where he is.

Diction Handout

1. An example of a jargon: plop

2. Opaque- Not transparent
     Elongated- Unusually long
     Phosphorescent- Glowing with light without becoming hot
    Elusive- difficult to find, catch, or achieve
    Cadaverous- Resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
    Awash- covered or flooded with water
   
   ~The shadow the ship cast on the sea made the water dark. But instantly, I saw something elongated and pale floating by the ship close to the ladder. Before I guessed what it could be, a naked body of a man flashed a light. It seemed that the body glowed. I gasped at the sight of a pair of long legs and feet. Then the back revealed itself, but only to the neck. One hand reached out and grasped the bottom rung of the ladder. The man was complete except for the head. It was a headless man. I gapped dropping my cigar, which formed a pop and hiss before forming complete silence. I guessed he lifted his head at this. I climbed on the spar, reaching out to see what the mystery beside the ship could be. He was holding onto the ladder like a swimmer. He seemed ghastly, silvery, fishlike.

3. The elevated language makes the story seem more mysterious. It gives you more chills to read it with big words. Paraphrasing it made it less scary.

4. Saw, gasp, clutched, climbed, gaping

5. The author leaves the captain, ship, and crew nameless to produce a mysterious tone. to make your imagination working trying to picture them and their names.

6. The denotative meaning of the title The Secret Sharer is that the person shares secrets or that the person shares thing secretly.

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Literature Analysis #2

Invisible Man

Part 1:

In Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man, the main character starts by talking about his life as an 'invisible man.' Then he goes on talking about his past. He starts out as a trustee's driver. He drives him outside of the college campus, where he gets sick by sitting outside in the sun for too long. He takes the trustee to the Golden Day, a bar, and there he becomes unconscious and even sicker. Because of his irresponsibilities, he is kicked out of the college and has to go move to New York. There he doesn't know what to do or where to go. He meets a lot of new people and gets caught up in a riot in Harlem. Slowly, though, he realizes and learns how to live a good life invisibly. Without many people noticing him, living quietly and to him it was an awsome life. In fact, he said it was even better to live like this than to live where evryone notices you all the time.

 

Part 2:

The main theme of this book is gow to be responsible and take consequences when you deserve them. I think Ellison wanted to write about this character, 'the invisible,' becaise his story and way of living invisibly is vey interesting and different.

Part 3:

The protagonist is dynamic because he starts out living life and feeling it as one way, like putting yourself out there, standing out, and let your voice be heard. By the end, he thinks of life differently, like keeping it simple and living silently and still be having a good life.

Part 4: 

A symbol in this book is the locket with the trustee's daughter's picture. It changed the main character's point of view of the trustee and white people in general. He used to think that they were just selfish people who only thought about themselves and ignored what others felt. He realized that the trustee cares about everybody since he said that everyone's life was his destiny. It all depended on them. 

Part 5:

I chose this book because the title and the preview if the book were interesting. The title Invisible Man left me thinking about who he was, what did he do, how did he live. I read how he was invisible beacuse people refused to see him and it caught my attention.
 

Part 6:

One part of the book that I can relate to is the part of the bar and the fight inside.This made he think of a party my family had about 5 years ago. Towards the end of the party at night, there were drunken men who got into a big fight. In the book, they all jumped on the biggest man who was the one who kept everything in order. Hey didn't want him to boss them around and take away their privilege of drinking and being loud. In the party, my dad was the one that was sort of being the 'boss' and took thier beer away because they were too drunk. They all attacked him to try to get their beer back.Also, I can realate to the main character. Sometimes I feel that I am invisible among everyone else. I feel ignored at times like I'm there, yet they don't see me.

 

Part 7:

One idea from this book that I'll remember for a long time is that you are invisible because others refuse to see you. I will remember this when I'm taking any kind of risk. If I take a risk, I'll stand out and people will see me. If I don't and just live life safely, then I will also be invisble. People only see what they want to see and what they want to see is daring, excitement, and things that stand out. Only then will I be visible. The main character lives invisibly where no one notices him. He lives invisibly so that's how others see him.

Vocabulary #6

1. corp(or): body
2. cred: to believe, to trust
3.cur(r), curs, course: to run, to flow
4.dic(t): to speak, to speak

1. Benediction: a blessing or state of blessedness 
2. Concourse: flowing together
3. Concurrent: ocurring at the same time
4. Corporal: related to the physical body
5. Corpulent: fat, obese, stout
6. Credibility: quality of being believable 
7. Credulity: believing in people easily
8. Cursory: done in a superficial or hasty manner
9. Dictum: authortative sating
10. Incorporate: to form into one
11. Incredulous: not believing, doubting
12. Indicative: suggestive

Greek Drama Handout Questions

1. Q: What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?
     A: Dancing choruses of worshippers would compete for prizes like a bull or a goat.
2. Q: How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysus?
     A: Fourteen thousand spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysus. 
3. Q: How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?
     A: The masks had exaggerated mouth pieces that amplified the actors' voices.
4. Q: Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
     A: Antigone was suspenseful to viewing audiences because they already knew things that the characters on stage didn't.
5. Q: How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountainside?
     A: The shepherd was to leave the infant with his ankles pinned together to die on the mountainside.
6. Q: What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
     A: The riddle The Sphinx gave Oedipus was " What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
7. Q: Who are Oedipus' kids?
     A: Oedipus' kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.
8. Q: After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
     A: After Oedipus was exiled, Creon took over Thebes.
9. Q: What did the family do to the dead body? 
    A: The family put the dead body on a portable framework with the feet pointed towards the door and sprinkled it with herbs to keep the evil spirits away.

Antigone Quickwrite

If I were the person in the story and I had to take action, then I would act right away. Since my favorite brother is not to be buried with honor like my jerk-ish brother, which I hate, then I would take it upon myself to give my brother a proper burial. My sister would be to afraid of the consequences that there is if someone is to try to bury my brother, which is that whoever tries to bury him will be executed. Even though I would be angry at my sister for being too scared to help me because she is afraid at the law my uncle has put if anyone is to disobey his orders,  would still go on to device a plan to give my brother a proper burial no matter what the consequences will be.

Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar

In Jonathan Safran Foer's book, "Eating Animals", he writes an excerpt called "A Case for Eating Dogs". In the excerpt, he talks about how even though some people think that eating dogs is a wrong thing to do, there are some countries that allow it. I personally think it is not a wrong thing to do. Foer says that people will eat other animals, but when it comes to dogs, they say that it's wrong because they are animals that have feelings and keep human beings company. If that applies to dogs, then it should also apply to other animals that we eat regularly like pork, fish, cows, and chickens. Those animals also have feelings and to some people may think they are better company than a dog will ever be. In the excerpt, Foer says "Three to four million dogs and cats are euthanized annually. This amounts to millions of pounds of meat now being thrown away every year." If humans would accept the fact that dogs or cats are edible and look away from what they are putting in their mouths, like they sometimes do, we would get millions of meat from the many cats and dogs that are killed. If it's alright to eat other innocent animals then why is it so bad to eat dogs. In some countries, it is legal to eat dogs. Many people use dogs and eat them and don't care what others think about it. They do it because that's what they like and believe. We don't care what we eat or put into our bodies, so why do we care if someone eats dog. It surly is a lot healthier than what some people eat like a lot of fat and sugar, which unlike dog meat, doesn't pose a threat to humans and our health. I wouldn't eat dog but I don't think it's that bad to eat it. If we are able to eat other animals, then we should be able to eat dogs. They are just like any other animals, so they should all be treated the same. 

Vocabulary # 4

1. bon, boun: good
2. capit, capt: head, chief, leader
3. carn(i): flesh
4. ced(e), ceed, cess: go, yield, surrender

1.  accession: the act of becoming joined

• The accession of the salad ingredients were the great part of preparing for lunch. 

2.  bona fide: in good faith; genuine

• The remark was made in a bona fide way that it was taken into account. 
3.  bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches

• The bonanza was an up point in their lives. 
4.  bounteous: plentiful and abundant

• We had a bounteous amount of food for the party. 
5.  capitulation: a final giving up

• After trying and trying, the group of students decided to capitulate.
6.  carnage: a great slaughter

• Many died in the carnage of the battle. 
7.  carnivorous: flesh-eating

• The cat was like a mini carnivorous lion. 
8.  incarnate: in flesh; bodily form personified

• The lady looked like an incarnate of her mother and it confused everyone. 
9.  intercede: to act on another's behalf; to meditate

• After deciding to be more religious, she started interceding more too. 
10. precedent: having gone before

• The precedent was used as a model for future generations.
11. recapitulation: a brief repetition

• The test became easier when I went through recapitulation.
12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn

• The reincarnation of the god was praised very much.

Literature Analysis

The Sun Also Rises
By: Ernest Hemingway

 

1. Jake and Robert met up with some friends. Jake and his lady-friend, Brett, took a taxi ride where they expressed how they had felt about each other over the past. They explained to each other how much they loved each other, but couldn't be together. Jake went to fish in a town with his friend Bill.  They were to meet Robert, Michael and Brett to go see the bull-fights in Pamplona. When they were there,  they met a bull-fighter named Pedro Remero and found out that Robert likes Brett.Unfortunately, Brett fell in love with Pedro.
2. The theme of this story is Independence. Robert has to learn how to live on his own and Brett is a very independent woman who has an effect on everybody.
3. I chose this book because the title seemed interesting. To me,  it was going to be of how someone falls but stands right back up no matter what. After the first few pages,  I had to keep on reading because it I just had to know what happened to all the characters.
4. This book was very realistic. I could picture the characters in my head acting and doing the things said in the book.
5. This books tone was very excited. At times it was calm and sometimes romantic but but there was a lot of drinking so there was also a lot of drama.
6.~Personification: You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity

   ~Personification: It's an honest face.

   ~Simile: It all seemed like a bad play.

   ~Metaphor: You're not a moron, you're just a case of arrested development.

   ~Symbolism: Excessive drinking means getting away fromlife's stress.

   ~Symbolism: Bull-fighting is strength and courage.

   ~Imagery: "Brett wad damned good-looking. She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's."

   ~Simile: She was built with curves like the hull of a racing yacht.

 

1. 2 direct characterizations were of Count Mippipopolous and Robert Cohn. 2 indirect characterization were on Brett and Michael.
2. When the author talks about everybody, he talks about how much he likes or dislikes them because of how they act.
3. The protagonist, Jake, is static because he doesn't really change at all. He just lives and meets new people.
4. After reading this book I feel that I have read about someone just like Robert Cohn because he doesn't get hints others give him about how they feel about him.

 

After reading The Sun Also Rises, I now remember that when people drink a lot there will always be a lot of drama and fighting. Also, I will remember that when you really love someone you shouldn't let them go because they'll eventually meet someone better than you treated them even if you still remain friends. In this book everyone drank all the time and they often ended up drunk and fighting. That's how a lot of the fights in this story were started. Also, Jake loved Brett, but didn't take it anywhere. Eventually, Robert started to get feelings for her and she started to get feelings for Pedro Romero.

Vocabulary #3

1. aud(it): hear
2. avi: bird
3. bell(i): war
4. ben(e): good

1. antebellum: before war

•The antebellum town was peaceful.
2. audit: to attend class only as a listener, not for credit
•In an audit course, you only listen and learn.
3. auditory: related with the sense of hearing
•My granddad's auditory senses aren't functioning properly.
4. avian: characteristics of or pertaining to birds
•I sometimes wish I had avian characteristics like birds to fly.
5. aviary: an elaborate structure used for housing birds
•I made an aviary to give birds a place to stay.
6. avionics: technology in electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight
•Avionics is what the pilots rely on to
7. bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel
•My brothers are bellicose at time and always wrestle.
8. belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility
•My mom says we are full of belligerency because we fight all the time.
9. benefactor: a person who gives another person financial help
•My grandparents receive benefactors from my aunts and uncles.
10. beneficiary: one who receives a benefit, as from an insurance policy
•My dad got beneficiary when he got hurt on the job.
11. benign: good-natured
•A lot of people call me benign.
12. inaudible: unable to be heard
•When I am listening to music, everything else become inaudible.

Artemis, Orion and the 7 Sisters

Main Characters

Artemis: The goddess of hunting, caring.
Orion: Human skilled at hunting, in love with Artemis.
Apollo: Artemis' twin brother,  jealous.
7 sisters: Nymphs, wore white tunics. 

 

Setting

This myth takes place in the forest of Arcady where Artemis and Orin hunted together and on the beach where Apollo tricked her sister to kill Orion.
 

 

Main Plot

Artemis is a hunting goddess and loves to hunt while her admirer, Orion, watches her in wonder from afar. One day while Orion, a human very skilled at hunting, was out in the woods he heard a noise and it so just happened that Artemis' 7 nymphs were out. He chased them and just when he was about to reach them, the goddess herself appeared and saved her nymphs by turning them into doves. They later became the stars and constellations we know now as the 7 sisters. After that Artemis became rather fond of Orion and they started to hang out together. Apollo though wasn't to fond of him and became jealous of how much time his sister spent with him. He was so jealous that he waited for just the right time to make his move. He found Artemis by the shore and challenged her to see who could hit a target in the water first. Without hesitating, Artemis took out her bow and arrow and shot at the target. Only after did she realize that the target was Orion. She turned his image into stars so his name could be remembered immortally.

Main Conflict

The problem in this myth is that Apollo is so jealous of how much time his sister, Artemis, spends with Orion.

Attempts to Explain
It tries to explain how the stars and the constellations were formed.