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I found this to be sooooooo relevant right now. Please read and comment if you disagree! 

Poetry Remix

 To fit this world

And by the world

Are shaped again.

The visible 

And the invisible

Working together 

In common cause,

To produce

The miraculous.

I am thinking of the way

The intangible air

Passed at speed

Round a shaped wing

Easily

Holds our weight.

So may we, in this life

Trust

To those elements

We have yet to see

Or imagine, 

And look for the true

Shape of our own self, 

By forming it well

To the great

Intangible about us.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gbrbUfYSt0E

Poetry Notes

- medium and format matter

- poetry starts with motion (rhythm) 

- interpretation is essential 

- iambic is used to create rhythm and beat

 Ex: in Shakespeare only insignificant characters speak in prose 

    ~ quick conversations carry iambic pentameter between character 

- tone: the authors attitude towards the characters, the audience, or subject

- mood: the readers feeling as they read

- theme: the central message of the peice 

Hamlet Essay

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"

 Spoken by Polonius while talking to Hamlet about the wrong doings of King Claudius and the scheming with Gertrude, can describe the whole Hamlet play. 9 words, that's all it took. Through the extensive description and detail given by Shakespeare to set the scene of the play and so specifically his syntax and diction, all that anyone needs from this play is 9 words coming together in a simple line. And still this line can apply to every generation of people and will extend to so many more because of the silver lining. As a person and a character within this play, there are actions that are always done in which others may see as insane and crazy, yet to the person whom is performing those actions it is perfectly fine in its entirety. Shakespeare combined the simplicity of 9 words to form the complexity that would span centuries after his time.
 In many instances within the play, Hamlet is seen to be crazy and suspicious of wrong doings by other characters yet in all fairness, every character is acting the same way. From start to finish there are scenes that all major characters within the play have actions that can be seen as ridiculous or over the top and make the character seem 'mad' when Hamlet is simply the only one that is being focused on and ridiculed. I believe this to be so because of the fact that Hamlet is normally seen by his peers as noble and much more prominent in status than he is supposedly 'acting' to be. However, this does not seem to be stopping Hamlet at all. He continues to go through his daily tasks acting as if he was someone completely different not caring what others believe as do all the other characters.
 Each and every character within Hamlet have some action or saying that makes them seem as if they were 'mad' by another person. Yet in their own understanding of what they are doing, it is completely sane and because you accused them of doing something wrong, you were now labeled as the 'madman.' The theme within Hamlet is one of many in which can be inferred by the way that you seem to read and infer situations. In my personal style of reading, I have come up with the idea that everyone believes that their opinion and thought process are correct and have their own coping method in which to justify their head. Each character may or may not be crazy but because of their past and the history behind each persona they all have reasons to be or not to be [mad].

Hamlet. The Madman

     Hamlet is a piece of writing that demonstrates a young man who goes through hardships that is always surrounding him from the sudden death of his father to the cruel marriage between his own uncle and mother. Hamlet is constantly conflicted throughout the play because he is confronted by his father's ghost who speaks about what really happened to him before he was killed by "King" Claudius. As he learns about the truth, he grows into a being that mainly focuses on getting revenge towards Claudius and Gertrude for the sake of his late father and when his plan finally starts he affects all those around him to the extent that they all think that he has become a "lunatic". In reality, the audience senses that Hamlet is not necessarily "crazy" throughout the play but a man who uses his intelligence and dedication to get into peoples' heads for revenge.
     Hamlet possesses this connection with the spirit of his father and how the ghost controls him on what is the best way to get revenge on Claudius, which is by directly killing him, and Gertrude, which is to let her live and rot with the the guilt the rest of her life. We notice that Hamlet doesn't really have his own voice or actions through the beginning of the play because he feels pressured and secured in a difficult position from his father's authoritative presence stuck within him. He resumes to complete his duties and is not confused on what to do by imagining of what he will do to his disrespectful uncle, but their was one thing holding him back --ability to actually killing someone, especially someone that is a part of his family.  As the story goes on, the characters especially Gertrude and Claudius notice that Hamlet has been gradually getting crazier and crazier, but they can't really tell anyone because no one would believe them since Hamlet is seen as an cautious, quiet individual by the public. Since Hamlet isn't a man to talk back to his elders, his thoughts on attacking Claudius and lashing out at others is kept within himself, which is obviously seen in his "to be or no to be" soliloquy because he finally explodes. He explodes about the confusion he got himself in on whether he is capable of doing the deed. Am I doing the right thing? or Is this morally wrong of me to do? Hamlet finally notices that he must make his own decisions and that he should have his own voice be heard and seen, so he takes on actions that Claudius and Gertrude can be warned. He also has a one-on-one conversation with his mother where he finally speaks about he is embarrassed of what she has done to just remain as Queen and gradually the conversation becomes more intense that Hamlet raises his voice with much passion of his own thoughts. He starts to get out of control because he was influenced so much from the past and motivated to do anything to just finish what he started --making sure Claudius and Gertrude suffer just like the "late" Hamlet.
   From DeBoer's paper, he addresses how Hamlet is just trapped under the perceptions of his surroundings that he can't even manage to create his own thoughts  and bring them into reality. Throughout the whole play, Hamlet has been trying to identify his "real self" and manage to converse about his own choices and how it could benefit others and destroy those who has slowed him down.We will also learn more about a character in Shakespeare on the syntax they demonstrate and how they deliver each and every word to the audience, this connects the performance of Hamlet with his true feelings. Most of Hamlet's speeches are soliloquies or one-on-one conversations because he just holds all his emotions inside and just talks all about his issues and thoughts when he is all alone. DeBoer also explains that Shakespeare makes his plays feel more realistic by addressing emotional relationships between the characters. One is the relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude on how they grew to actually find each other crazy and an embarrassment, but in reality they do care about each because they are still mother and son. Lastly, Hamlet is not mainly focusing on Hamlet to get back at Claudius and Gertrude for his father's sake but to just be recognized and fully respected by the most important person in his life --himself.
     Personally, I don't think Hamlet is "nuts" because he is a man who is simply tricking everyone to think he is a "lunatic" so he can have the last laugh and fulfill all his duties on getting revenge. He grows into an individual that has his own voice and takes on his own actions because  he gets to confront his mother for her horrible decisions and killing Polonius. He slowly gets into Claudius's radar in the play and once he is finally recognized by Claudius, that is the time for him to take action and finish what he has started. Hamlet is a being that is not "crazy" and "ballistic", but one who is acting "nuts" just to look vulnerable in everyone else's perspectives and finally prove that he is a man that is always on the side that is morally right.

Hamlet Soliloquy

Hamlet Rap

Ghost why you disruptin'? We didn't do nothin'

My dad just died, slice me up some revenge pie.

You come without a voice, but we ain't got no choice.

We need Hanlet here before you disappear. 

Gertrude is a hoe and everybody knows. 

Her new husband blows, and he ain't your average Joe caus he Rollin' in that dough

You'll never be my father so don't f*ck*n bother. 

You give Denmark a bad name, stop putting us to shame. 

I met up with a ghost in which my fathers soul was host. 

I was warned twice but the truth I had to entice

You ripped my family apart by stoping my fathers heart

So now I'll act insane even if it puts my name to shame. 

I know what I'm doing but you're just misconstruing. 

You think I want the throne, but I'm just in the love zone. 

She thinks my frame of mind is t so aligned, 

That's only cause he's blind to what I've been assigned. 

My parents wanna know the truth so they went back to my youth. 

The paid my two fiends to see what's wrong with my head. 

They think I'm senseless but soon they'll be defenseless.

I know this comes off tough but it's all just really fluff. 

I need more real emotion so his legacy receives notion.

Disgrace has put my thoughts to sleep but I know that talk is cheap

The one thing left to do is prove that he is liable with hard evidence that will be undeniable.

Hamlet Act II Scene I & Part of II Notes

 

Vocabulary #6 Definitions & Sentences

1. abase - verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Ex: When someone is cocky I like to abase them.
2. abdicate - verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Ex: With all of the commotion and chaos in the castle, the king abdicated his thrown.
3. 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: If you make fun of an individual that has a disability, you are an abomination. 
4. brusque - adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Ex: The teachers brusque shocked the kids and caused them to stay quiet the rest of the period.
5. 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: A drunk driver is considered a saboteur because of their impaired driving having the potential to hurt someone.
6. debauchery - noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Ex: In modern day society, an everyday party or get together is an debauchery.
7. proliferate - verb cause to grow or increase rapidly; grow rapidly
Ex: After my heart surgery, I began to proliferate. 
8. 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 fossil the biologists found acted as an anachronism of the earliest life forms on earth.
9. nomenclature - noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Ex: Tour guides are limited to what they say by a nomenclature. 
10. expurgate - verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Ex: After writing my personal statement and revising it a few times, I began to expurgate it.
11. bellicose - adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Ex: The heard headed woman my mother is causes her to be bellicose. 
12. gauche - adj. lacking social polish
Ex: My sister, shy and awkward, is very gauche. 
13. 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: I cannot stand students who do not share/express their work with others and are rapacious.
14. paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Ex: To add depth to writing, it is beneficial to utilize paradox to prove a point.
15. conundrum - noun a difficult problem
Ex: My family and I have encountered many conundrums throughout our lives spent together.
16. anomaly - noun  a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Ex: Commonly, individuals classify special students as anomalies; this I cannot stand one bit. 
17. 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 pain was ephemeral but very painful.
18. rancorous - adj. showing deep-seated resentment
Ex: If you continue to perform inadequate actions I will most likely begin to act rancorous towards you.
19. churlish - adj. having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish
Ex: The grumpy teacher was churlish to the innocent girl who only wanted to ask how the teacher's day was. 
20. precipitous - adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Ex: The improvement in the student's writing was precipitous, increasing at a very steep rate.

Hamlet Act I Scene V Notes

Hamlet Act I Scene III & IV Notes

Literature Analysis #2

1. Exposition: The story begins with the entirety of Boston awaiting the exit of Hester Pryne, a woman who is in prison for committing adultery and conceiving a child. Once she steps out of the prison and set on display with her child in arms, she is questioned, as to who the father may be. Hester Pryne refuses to reveal the man's name and bears the sin on her own shoulders, the scarlet A already on her bossom. While she stands on display, bearing the stares and the many insults, she spots a man she recognizes. Once in her cell again, the man introduces himself as Dr. Roger Chillingworth, although he quickly reveals that he is Hester Pryne's presumed to be dead husband, and Chillingworth vows to take revenge on the man she had this child with, although he doesn't know the name of the father.
Inciting Incident: Dimmesdale begins to lose his health, his sin and guilt are killing him (literally!). Roger Chillingworth becomes his confident, as well as his doctor. Chillingworth begins to notice oddities between Dimmesdale and the child Pearl, Dimmesdale shows the child affection when in contact with her, and defends Pearl staying with Hester when they attempt to relocate her. 
Rising Action: Chillingworth begins to take his revenge, tormenting the soul of Dimmesdale, and worsening his health. 
Conflict: Hester Pryne plans on telling Dimmesdale that Chillingworth was her husband, that he is seeking his revenge on him, that he is living with evil under his home. Hester meets Dimmesdale one day out in the woods with Pearl, and allowing Pearl to play, recounts the entirety of Chillingworth's plan to Dimmesdale. Hester pleads that the Reverend abandon the land and be safe and healthy somewhere else, but he claims that he cannot go alone. Dimmesdale is asking, without saying, that all three of them leave together to Europe. The plan is to leave on a Spanish ship that Hester can manage to get them on. Hester attempts to tell Pearl what will happen, and once again Pearl wonders if this man, her father, will hold hands with them on top of the scaffold. The answer is once again no, not this time.
Climax: Before the couple and child are able to flee to Europe, Reverend Dimmesdale must give his Election Sermon. A sermon he worked on vigorously after having made plans with Hester to leave. In this speech he admits to the sin that has weighed him down for so long, he openly admits to the crowd that he is the father of little Pearl. After having done so, Dimmesdale passes away. 
Resolution: Hester Pryne eventually returns to Boston, having waited for Pearl to grow up. Hester lives for some years and is then buried next to the father of her child. 

2. Isolation and the effects of society seem to be the two largest themes in this novel. The first theme actually being caused by the second theme, isolation is something that occurs with all three of our sinful characters. Hester Pryne is pushed out of society with a small child, Dimmesdale is pushed into becoming an introvert in order to keep the secret within, and Pearl is punished with her mother. Hester is forced to live in a cabin out on the end of the town, never having companionship, never having a friend, but Pearl. Pearl experiences isolation in the worst years, being taunted by kids when they go to town, having to create her own friends out of stick and such, and being a bit cynical sometimes. All of this isolation is caused by society and its way of function. If Reverend Dimmesdale would have confessed to his sin and stood on the scaffold with Hester, she wouldn't have been punished alone (isolation), but his position in society wouldn't let it be. He was afraid of losing his stance and reputation, and instead pushed himself into an unhealthy life. 

3. The tone is not only ironic, but hopeful. The ironic portion comes from society and the way they perceive Hester Pryne. They have the audacity to brand her with the scarlet letter and then call her 'able.' It is ironic that this symbol of sin causes so much good within the community, being bragged about to visitors for her many good deeds, and being recognized as one of the most giving people. It is also ironic in the end, when Dimmesdale finally admits the sin, and asks for help from Hester to be put on display on the scaffold. The tone is also hopeful, because through adultery, Hester was able to maintain a good reputation and be seen as good, giving her hope, for her daughter and herself, that one day the secret may be out, or they be freed of the town and the ignominy. 

"Come, Hester, come! Support me up yonder scaffold!" (Dimmesdale)
"None so ready as she to give of her little substance to every demand of poverty..."
"Such helpfulness was found in her- so much power to do and power to sympathize- that many people refused to interpret the scarlet 'A' by its original signification. They said that it meant 'Able'; so strong was Hester Pryne, with a woman's strength."

4.

1. Characterization: "He was a soldier, legislator, judge; he was a ruler in the Church; he had all the Puritanic traits, both good and evil. He was likewise a better persecutor; as witness the Quakers, who have remembered him in their histories, and relate an incident of his hard severity toward a woman of their sect, which will last longer, it is to be feared, than any record of his better deeds, although these were many." Pg. 21
2. Metaphor: "Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted for too long a series of generations in the same worn-out soil." Pg. 23
3. Personification: "...where the Actual and the Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the other." Pg. 45 
4. Symbolism: "It(the rose) may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human fragility and sorrow." Pg. 56
5. Puritanical/Religious/Biblical Allusion: "Tomorrow would bring it's own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next.." Pg. 82-83
6. Simile: "All other scenes of earth- even that village of rural England, where happy infancy and stainless maidenhood seemed yet to be in her mother's keeping, like garments put off long ago- were foreign to her in comparison." Pg. 84
7. Foreshadowing (Dimmesdale the father of Pearl):  "...the minister looked round, laid his hand on the child's head, hesitated an instant, and then kissed her brow." Pg. 115 & " A man (Dimmesdale) burdened with a secret should especially avoid the intimacy of his physician (Chillingworth-Hester's presumed to be dead husband)." Pg. 123
8. Flashback (on what Chillingworth used to be): "'Dost thou remember me? Was I not, though you might deem me cold, nevertheless a man thoughtful for others, craving little for himself- kind, true, just, and of constant if not warm affections? Was I not all this?' 'All this and more,' said Hester. 'And what am I now?' demanded he, looking into her face, and permitting the whole evil within him to be written on his features."
9. Hyperbole: "There was no peril of discovery. The minister might stand there, if it so pleased him, until morning should redden in the east, without other risk than that the dank and chill night air would creep into his frame and stiffen his joints with rheumatism and clog his throat with catarrh and cough, thereby defrauding the expectant audience of tomorrow's prayer and sermon." 
10. Imagery: "And thus, while standing on the scaffold, in this vain show of expiation, Mr. Dimmesdale was overcome with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gaping at a scarlet token on his naked breast, right over his heart. On that spot, in very truth, there was, and there had long been, the gnawing and poisonous tooth of bodily pain."

CHARACTERIZATION: 
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization.  Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?

INDIRECT: 
"'Speak, woman!' said another voice, coldly and sternly, proceeding from the crowd about the scaffold. "Speak; and give your child a father!" "I will not speak!" answered Hester, turning pale as death, but responding to this voice, which she too surely recognized. "And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!" "She will not speak!" murmured Mr. Dimmesdale.."

"..Hester bestowed all her superfluous means in charity, on wretches less miserable than herself, and who not unfrequently insulted the hand that fed them. Much of the time which she might have readily have applied to the better efforts of her art, she employed in making coarse garments for the poor."

DIRECT:

"The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes. She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days; characterized by a certain state and dignity, rather than by the delicate, evanescent, and indescribable grace, which is now recognized as its indication. And never had Hester Prynne appeared more ladylike..."

"- at the deformed figure of the old physician. His gestures, his gait, his grizzled beard, his slightest and most indifferent acts, the very fashion of his garments, were odious.."

The author uses both indirect and direct characterization because it allows the character to build its own persona. Hester Pryne is characterized as beautiful through direct characterization, but her true character is shown through indirect characterization, by spoken word, and by her actions. On the other hand, Roger Chillingworth's direct characterization opens up his true identity, a crooked old man, wanting to cause nothing but trouble.

2. Syntax differs when focused on characters and when focused on location or experiences. The characters are characterized by their actions, as well as by direct characterization. When focusing on a location, the descriptions are lengthy, and very detailed, going into such detail as mentioning the color of leaves, the way a branch blocks the sunlight, the way a creek flows.
3. Hester Pryne is a dynamic character transforming herself and her ignominy into a positive by the end of the book. Hester seems to remain the same throughout the book, but her personality does go through some change. With little Pearl by her side, Hester becomes more patient, more giving, and more kind. Hester has a point of rebellion when she removes the scarlet letter, relieving herself of the weight of sin, but she soon returns to normality by request of her sweet Pearl.
4. After reading the book I felt like I had read a character. My brain couldn't imagine such a woman, such a courageous and self-disciplined woman, I couldn't imagine someone who wouldn't crumble under so much pressure. My brain could not form the image of a woman that could handle this situation so gracefully, accepting what she had been branded as and turning it around into a positive. The idea that people later pointed her out as a good representation of the town or of women was astounding and simply quite impossible.

... The Scarlet Letter in a nutshell! 

Hamlet Act I Scene II Notes

 

Hamlet Act I Scene I Notes

Phonar Assignment

Paying attention to our surroundings and embracing the smells, the sound of the wind passig through my hair and whistling in my ears, and the sudden change between my calm heart beat instantly changing to pounding chest pains in a moments time. It's amazing how by simply trying to take in all of life, life can be taken. 

Canterbury Tales (II) : What a Character

Collaborated with: Haley Stowe, Tia Jones, Taylor Williams, Megan Stevens, Haley Kestler

Character Analysis: The Knight 

- The author uses direct characterizationg but the narrator relys on indirect characterizing to reveal key aspects about the knights personality 

   Ex: Indirect: the author shows that the knight is a leader when he takes on the roll to tell the first story. Direct: the narrator states that in line 86 "...with agility and strength." 

- Chaucer displays a large and diverse range of attitude towards life. The tales are satirical and comical. Another tone is also very admiring towards the knight. 

- Humor: As the plot continues to follow the plan, the irony between the good knight and his death after achieving the goal of his dream girl. The knight was given the chance to become free and leave his life behind yet he returns to battle in order to win over the love of another girl. The knight ultimately lead himself into his own death which was ironic because he was originally freed by the other knight. 

Chaucer & Phonar Nation Notes

- The way you speak and how you speak define who you are in English culture. 

- Chaucer is telling the story about Canterbury because it is supposed to be a spiritual journey. 

- Characters are promised a feast. 

- This is a satire: using some humor or anger to direct attention to a topic that needs to be improved. 

- Chaucer is considered The father of English literature. 

- If you want to change the world learn a new way to describe it 

- Habits define who we are. They are intentional. 

     Ex: Success is a habit 

- A photo is bound by experience and the image is bound by evidence. The term is the same. The user is composing something! 

- Business models change how we see a photo. 

- We are no longer telling the stories of our pictures, our pictures are telling the story of us. 

- Describe new media in terms of the old. 

- Old picture: Multi color or black and white. At a moment in time. Unchanged. Bound in a frame. 

- New picture: Changed. Various arrays of color. Describing instances that happen over a certain period of time. 

- The essential point: stories will not be told in the same way! 

- We now have the power to talk back to our literature. 

- The hypocrisy of a society that poses as one thing and functions as another. 

- Phonar matter in 3 ways! 

   1. We all learn differently. 

   2. Telling the stories differently gives us          a chance to make something. 

   3. Connects us to a community that is           doing likewise all around the world. 

Vocabulary List #4: Definitions & Sentences

1. obsequious - adj. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

 Ex: The obsequious girl tried to get an A on her test by bringing the teacher brownies. 

2. beatitude - noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); a state of supreme happiness

 Ex: When he won the lottery, the man became beatitude. 
3. bete noire - noun a person or thing that one particularly dislikes 

 Ex: The girl who always talked was the teachers bête noire. 
4. bode - verb indicate by signs

 Ex: A traffic light bodes when to go and when to stop. 
5. dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid

 Ex: There is almost always dank weather on the East coast. 
6. ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions

 Ex: The church held a ecumenical event in hopes to gain more members. 
7. fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion

 Ex: The valedictorian gave a fervid speech at graduation. 
8. fetid - adj. offensively malodorous

 Ex: The fetid water in Africa makes Americans sick. 

9. gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky

 Ex: The gargantuous crowd made her claustrophobic. 

10. heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

 Ex: Rain season is considered heyday for farmers. 
11. 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: Debt is an incubus to many families. 
12. 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 building was strategically built. 
13. inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

 Ex: We cannot inveigle her to tell the truth of her actions. 
14. kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation

 Ex: We face we kudos when she received the scholarship. 
15. lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

 Ex: She gave her best friend a lagniappe after surgery. 
16. prolix - adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

 Ex: She thought the epic was prolixed. 
17. protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

 Ex: He was a protege to the musical world. 
18. prototype - noun a standard or typical example

 Ex: The computer generated program was a prototype for hospitals. 
19. sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

 Ex: The teacher was very disappointed when she heard her student was a sycophant. 
20. tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true

 Ex: The professor wanted his students to avoid tautology in their literature. 
21. 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 bully made her truckle. 

Literature Analysis: Why it will be Late...

It's amazing how much people you love so much can get in the middle of you and your school work. As I sit here and try to finish my literature analysis I slowly but surely realize that my efforts in my writing are getting smaller and smaller. Because I took today to spend with family and go to a family BBQ I now have to spend my night writing my literature analysis for the class. But instead of trying to just answer the questions so it is done by tomorrow, I'm going to wait until tomorrow to finish my post. Knowing that my peers may read this and use it as a study tool for future reference I cannot simply write to check the assignment off my to do list and I need to write for a purpose. Therefore, I will be putting my post up for my literature analysis as of tomorrow and although it may be a day late, it is going to be accurate and I would much rather have my grade knocked down then give everyone else who may read my work false information. 

Literature Analysis #1

1. The plot- 

 Exposition: The story starts off with the description of a very rustic and shabby town in which Kino and his wife Juana are raising their very young son Coyotito. The family is living on the beach side in a very rough community full of poor Native American families. As an opening scene, the reader familiarizes himself with the daily routine and learns that as Coyotito was put down for a nap, he was stung by a scorpion in the shoulder. As his father kills the scorpion and his mother frantically tries to remove the venom from her baby, the surrounding villagers all gather to try and help if at all possible. As Kino and Juana rush Coyotito to the doctor, they arrive but are refused service because they cannot pay for the medical treatment. The reader also learns of Native American culture when Kino refers to his 'songs' in which represent the emotion and inner conflicts through out the extent of the novella. 

 Inciting Incident: Following their daily routine, the family gets up as if it were another normal morning and after eating breakfast, head out to the oyster bed just off the shore line. Kino dives down Ito the water and spotted a huge oyster that he believes he saw a pearl in. Carrying his oyster up to the surface along with all his others, he opens his oyster very last out of them all. As he opens the oyster, he sees that he had discovered a huge pearl within. When the family heads home, the town is all in awe and Kino soon becomes the topic of discussion for every conversation. As the couple describe what they are to do with the money they will receive, some of the villagers are hesitant to what the future hold for the family and others are awe struck with such beauty. 

 Climax: As things between Kino and Juana start to heat up over the pearl, Juana is starting to see that the pearl isn't bringing any luck and is actually causing more problems than fortune. In hopes to get rid of the pearl, Juana takes the pearl to the beach and as she starts to throw it into the ocean, Kino stops her and end up beating her because of it. As the family starts to walk back to the hut, they get attacked and Kino ends up killing one if the attackers. In hopes to leave their past behind them, the family attempts to flee and as they are running away, Coyotitio gets shot by a coyote hunter and ends up dying. 

 Falling Action: Kino and Juana carry their beloved son back to the village in hopes to help their mourning process. 

 Resolution: Kino throws the pearl into the ocean as Juana wanted to before anything had happened at all. 

2. The theme of the novel is very evident in my case as I read the novel. As it relates to the modern world, Steinbeck depicts the common theme that wealth does not always bring fortune and power corrupts. Although the pearl was considered very valuable and was seen by all the villagers as an item on huge profits, in the end Kino was the one whom had to learn the hard way that it was not a good find at all. Because of the Pearl, and the power that Kino believed he know obtained because the pearl was to make him a rich man, he lost the life of his beloved son; an event in which he would never be able to undo. 

3. Steinbecks tone thought the extent of the novel was very constant. Describing his surrounding and each moment in such detail that the reader could feel the passion and the pain beneath the words written on the pages of the paper. It was obvious that Steinbeck put a lot into his writings and it was seen crystal clear as a reader. 

 - (p. 9) "She could stand fatigue and hunger almost better than Kino himself. In the canoe she was like a strong man. And now she did the most surprising thing." 

 - (p. 49) "And there was terror in her voice. Then coldness came over him as quickly as the rage had, and he said, 'I am all right. The thing has gone.'" 

- (p. 111) "And Kino crept silently as a shadow down the smooth mountain face." 

4. Use of Figurative Language-

Simile: (p. 9) "In the canoe, she was like a strong man." 

Allusion: Although it is not clearly shown through one specific sentence of the novel, God was commonly referred to as the almighty and a reflection of the choices the family was making. 

Foreshadowing: (p. 8) " ... And the Coyotito might die if enough if the poison had gone in." 

Personification: (p. 10) "And the yellow sun threw their black shadows ahead of them so that they walked on their own shadows." 

Symbolism: (p. 118) "And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared." 

Imagery: (p. 13) "He had on his dressing gown of red watered silk that had come from Paris, a little tight over the chest now if it was buttoned." 

Irony: A pearl is known to bring fortune to a family yet when Kino found the Pearl it was only unfortunate events that followed the discovery eventually leading the the death of his son. 

Metaphor: (p. 27) "A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no towns alike." 

Hyperbole: (p. 118) "And the pearl settled into the lovely green water and dropped toward the bottom. The waving branches of the algae called to it and beckoned to it." 

Idiom: (p. 108) "There is a way." 

Characterization: 

1. Both the doctor that helps Coyotito and the hunters that kill Coyotito are described with direct characterization. Showing that the doctor was lazy and the  hunters weren't empathetic for what they did gave the reader a very straight forward insight on how the characters were to be perceived. The villagers as well as Kino himself were described though an indirect characterization. Kinos  true self was shown through the appearance of the pearl and how he truly cared about social image and wealth over the power of family and love. The villagers were characterized through tinge death of Coyotito in that as they found out he had passed, they all came together to support Juana and Kino but also to remember his life and show the true meaning of a communal family. Steinbeck uses both approaches to show the contrast between the importance of each character. As the more evident characters were pin pointed, the more prominent or more complex characters were given more adversity to interpretation. 

2. Steinbecks diction as he would describe one character to another or a specific scene versus another was very dynamic. Changing on what he was trying to say or how he wanted the message to come across depended on the language he used to display his wants. However, through out his novella, his syntax remained the same as descriptive sentences were lengthy yet action scenes were described with short and choppy phrases. 

3. The protagonist of the novel is very much so a dynamic one. Playing the role of both a family oriented dad yet also being the businessman trying to negotiate a price for the pearl in which he discovered, Kino was constantly changing viewpoints as his character continued to develop through out the story line.  

4. After reading this novel, I feel like I have met another person dealing with everyday struggles of high school. Of course in the novel the stories based upon finding the pearl and the pearl being the modern representation of an A grade in high school. As you try your hardest to earn it or in this case find the pearl, once you achieve your goal, your passion to achieve more and exceed that point diminishes. Whether being in a novel or in your life becoming someone else because you achieve something isn't an uncommon characteristic, and as hard as we try to remain true to who we are and what we believe in, life is constantly changing and therefore we have to continually change with it. 

Vocabulary List #3: Definitions & Sentences

1. accolade - noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

 Ex: My mom gave me an accolade to go to the beach with friends. 
2. acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner

 Ex: A lemon is known to be very acerbic. 
3. 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

 Ex: Attrition causes an exothermic reaction. 
4. 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

 Ex: Bromide is a very common element in Chemistry. 
5. chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

 Ex: An arrogant person is also known to be a chauvinist person. 
6. chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

 Ex: Cancer causes chronic pain and depression. 
7. expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state

 Ex: In literature, vocabulary expounds the meaning behind symbols in a novel. 
8. factionalism- noun the existence of or conflict between groups within a larger group 

 Ex: Sports can cause factionalism between team mates. 
9. immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean;free from stain or blemish; without fault or error

 Ex: Her room was always immaculate looking. 
10. imprecation - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a slanderous accusation

 Ex: The bully was in detention because of his imprecations 
11. ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

 Ex: Life is full of ineluctable obstacles. 
12. 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

 Ex: Chemistry is full of scales that contain mercurial content.
13. palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

 Ex: A chiropractor has a goal to palliate his patient. 
14. 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

 Ex: There is a different protocol for a fire and an earthquake. 
15. resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor

 Ex: A queen is known to have a very resplendent figure. 
16. stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful

 Ex: The teacher stigmatized the student for cheating. 
17. 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

 Ex: When teachers are absent, a sub fills there space for the day. 
18. rosa - noun large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

 Ex: The baby got hurt for playing in the rosas. 
19. vainglory - noun outspoken conceit

 Ex: A leader is usually vainglory. 
20. vestige - noun an indication that something has been present

 Ex: The cops believed that there was a robber because of the vestige left behind. 
21. volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention

 Ex: Volitions are made on a daily basis in everyone's life. 

Beowulf Essay

     "Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed."~ Bob Riley. The evolution between what was and what now is, is a huge transformation making many question how it has come to change. In the past, a hero was someone who gave their life in order to fight a battle or someone who was bound to be a hero because of the family line that he came from. On the other had, in modern times a hero isn't someone who was made into a hero but someone who simply did an extraordinary deed saving the life of someone else or stopping a horrific event from taking place. A hero in the 21st century is someone who simply does something out of the goodness of their heart whether that person me a male of female whereas in the past, a hero was forced to go out into battle or to do something and were solely men. As time elapses and society changes, so do the people whom live within that society. As the past epic of Beowulf explains the hero of the past and the journey that must be taken, the common citizen discovers what it truly is to be courageous and put others before him/herself.
     Within the epic story of Beowulf, he was called to adventure in order to 'answer the call' as discussed in class. Beowulf was seen as the hero within the novel as he travelled his journey in order to beat the creature that was giving the kind as well as the whom town grief. He shows his heroic characteristics through the choices in which he made in order to defeat the creature causing terror within Heorot. Choosing to fight Grendel 'naked' or without weapons of shield showed Beowulf's sense of courage and how confident he was in himself in order to defeat the monster. The honor that Beowulf showed the King was common in older versions of a heroic story as the hero soon becomes the favorite. Although Beowulf had died within the plot line in the midst of fighting off the dragon, his story was still shared though Wiglaf and he was known as the hero whom saved Heorot. Beowulf was seen as the hero whom put all his strength toward conquering Grendel and lost his life for the sake of everyone elses.
     More modern day heroes aren't the typical looking nor acting heroes that were depicted in the past. a hero in the present is someone who simply acts upon their heart and puts all others in front of themselves. A common example is the accident that happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School. As a normal day, Ms. Victoria Soto went to work thinking that she would enjoy teaching the young minds to become great people. What she didn't know was that she would save the life of each student in her classroom. Standing in between the gun man and the students, Soto was able to look at the gunman knowing what was bound to happen without flinching a muscle. Showing that she wasn't going to back down and let her student lose their life so tragically, Soto herself had lost her life. Having the courage to stand in front of the enemy and save the life of 15 children, Soto was nationally recognized as a hero. Not because she had won a drastic battle nor fought off a huge enemy, but simply because she was true to her heart and saved the lives of her children. Modern heroes are specific people you can pick out in a crowd nor are they always recognized. Simple actions make someone a hero to different people and each person a hero for a different reason.
     A hero is a hero no matter how they earned that title. In the past, they must've completed a huge goal or triumphed where no one else had, but in the modern era, a hero is simply a hero because someone looks up to him/her or they stayed true to their heart. Although in both cases, they are recognized as a 'hero', they way in which they earned that was completely opposite. The image of a hero has changed so much from then to now, yet the person has remained constant. "A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." ~ Bob Dylan.

Will Study for Food

 

The scholarship that I have found is the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards. This scholarship applies to those who are of a Hispanic background. I have been on top of my scholarships because of how much money I really need in order to get to college. I have high hopes for myself and hope to fund for my schooling through scholarships and financial aid seeing that I do not have a lot of money to pay out of pocket. It's really scary for me to think of how much it really costs to go to college and it's starting to set in that even if I am accepted into the schools I want, I cannot attend unless I can financially get myself there. 

Vocabulary List #2: Definitions & Sentences

1. accoutrements-  additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity
 Ex: A purse is a common accoutrement to a girls daily outfit.
2. apogee - noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage
 Ex: Senior year is seen as the apogee of high school.
3. apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
 Ex: It is apropos for a writer to use statisctics as evidence.
4. bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
 Ex: It is common for siblings to bicker all the time.
5. coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
 Ex: The more and more time people spend together, the more they coalesce.
6. contretemps - noun an awkward clash
 Ex: Its contretemps when two people say the same thing at the same time.
7. convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together; a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain; the shape of something rotating rapidly
 Ex: The complexity of the Sistine Chapel brought about convolutions of color.
8. cull - noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; verb remove something that has been rejected; look for and gather
 Ex: The popular kids cull the nerds from their party.
9. disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements;fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
 Ex: A dog and a seal are considered disparate from one another.
10. dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
 Ex: He voiced his opinion without being dogmatic.
11. licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
 Ex: A rude child probably grew up in a licentious environment. 
12. mete - noun to distribute equally
 Ex: Candy is meted among children in school.
13. noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
 Ex: Drugs are noxious to anyone whom uses them.
14. polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy; noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
 Ex: In society, abortion is very polemic.
15. populous - adj. densely populated
 Ex: During the summer, Hawaii is very populous. 
16. probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
 Ex: Most teenagers lack probity. 
17. repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
 Ex: Political figures usually have a well developed repartee. 
18. supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
 Ex: Plans made in advance have a high chance to be ruined by supervening occurences.
19. truncate - adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; verb make shorter as if by cutting off; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; replace a corner by a plane
 Ex: Because she got a perfect score on the test, the chance for a curve was truncated.
20. unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
 Ex: The judge believed the unimpeachable withness just like everyone else did.