Romanticism Study

1. On my walk by myself, I thought about a lot of things. I thought about how the bids can fly and we can't. Also, I thought about all the homework I have to do this weekend and how long it is going to take. I started thinking about who I need to talk to this weekend and plan things with and what I was going to say to start things off.

2. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html , http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

3. What I wrote previously is exactly what Romantic literature is all about. I used my own thoughts, using myself and I. I also used nature when I talked about the birds and how we arent able to fly but they are. It was all about things I thought and I needed to do.

A Dream Within a Dream

The poem "A Dream within a Dream" has Romanticism all over it. They way the poem is always using me as in first person, is a huge give away. The use of nature is so potent and also reflects Romanticism. For example, "And I hold within my hand, Grains of the golden sand-, How few! yet how they creep, Through my fingers to the deep," vividly paints you a picture including nature. The I's have it and Romanticism is all over this poem.

Essay Revisions

My essay will be more clear the next time I write one. I hope to gather all of my thoughts and express then starkly. I don't want to confuse the people reading it and I hope that people will enjoy reading it. I also want to write more on certain subjects and not necessarily jump from one thing to the next and go down a rabbit hole. My revisions are few, but will make a big difference when I change them.

Vocabulary #6

1. Adroit: Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.
My dad is very adroit and can fix anything.
2. Amicable: Having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement.
Jessica is a very amicable person who makes everyone feel good.
3. Averse: Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.
I am very averse about joining the military.
4. Belligerent: Hostile and aggresive.
Don't be so belligerent and give me the card.
5. Benevolent: Well meaning and kindly. Charitable.
She gave a benevolent gift to everyone she saw.
6. Cursory: Hastily, therefore not thorough or detailed.
He made a cursory look through the boxes.
7. Duplicity: Deceitfulness; double dealing.
He talked with a sense of duplicity.
8. Extol: Praise enthusiastically.
Janet gave a scream of extol when she won the lotery.
9. Feasible: Possible to do easily or conveniently.
Writing your name is a very feasible thing to do.
10. Grimace: A twisted expression on a person's face; disgust or pain.
He grimaced after a prank was made on his sister.
11. Holocaust: Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale.
There was a holocaust in Germany when Hitler took over.
12. Impervious: Not allowing something to pass through.
The guards were impervious and wouldn't let people in the barn.
13. Impetus: The force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.
The hammer was impetus in putting the nail in the wood.
14. Jeopardy: Danger of loss, harm or failure.
You could be in jeopardy swimming in the toxic water.
15. Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
 My teacher was very meticulous when we were cleaning our desks.
16. Nostalgia: A sentimental longing of the past.
My sister was in a state of nostalgia and depression.
17. Quintessence: The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
That is the absolute quintessence of professionalism.
18. Retrogress: Go back to an earlier state; typically a worse one.
Travis sadly started to retrogress and lose everything.
19. Scrutinize: Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
My mom will scrutinize my room after I clean it.
20. Tepid: Lukewarm; Showing little enthusiasm.
The crowd clapped with tepid hands when the boring speaker stopped talking.

American Novel

The book I have decided to read is called "Peak", by Roland Smith. It is about a kid who climbed skyscrapers his whole life and wanted to go even higher. When his father showed up out of the blue and offered him the chance to climb Mt. Everest, he couldn't resist. The journey of the climb, is life threatening and will keep you on the edge of your seat for what happens next.

Vocabulary #5

1. Allude: To refer to something the author thinks you should know.
Young Goodman Brown is an allusion to Adam and Eve.
2. Clairvoyant: Able to preceive things beyond the senses.
A clairvoyant person told me my future for twenty dollars.
3. Conclusive: Final; being decisive.
I have made a conclusive decision about what to eat.
4. Disreputable: Of poor reputation.
My dog has a disreputable life of peeing on the carpet.
5. Endemic: Widespread in a particular place.
There is an endemic flock of flamingos in Santa Barbara.
6. Exemplary: Of noteworthy importance; example; model.
My class has two exemplary students who always do their work.
7. Fathom: Understand; measure of notical depth.
I was not able to fathom what my mom was trying to tell me.
8. Guile: Trickiness; cleverness.
She is full of guile ideas.
9. Integrity: Integrate thought, word or deed.
My mom has a lot of integrity.
10. Itinerary: A trip schedule.
The itinerary for Mexico is full of adventures.
11. Misconstrue: Misunderstood; misrepresent.
My dad misconstrued what I was trying to tell him.
12. Obnoxious: Rude; loud.
The girl on her phone in the theater is very obnoxious.
13. Placate: Calm down or satisfy.
We tried to placate my dog for his shot.
14. Placid: Calm or peaceful.
There is a sense of a placid aroma in my house.
15. Plagiarism: Taking someones work and representing it as your own.
I overslept, so I used plagiarism to write my essay.
16. Potent: Powerful.
There is a potent smell in my kitchen from all the food.
17. Pretext: Rational; reason for doing something.
I have a pretext for stealing the cup.
18. Protrude: Stick out.
Her tounge was protruding from her mouth.
19. Stark: Obvious or clear.
It is very stark that I have blue eyes.
20. Superficial: Shallow or surface level.
My skin is superficial to my bones.

Your Life is Your Life

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1. From what poem/author does this commercial borrow (without credit)?
2. Why might the use of this poem by a corporation be considered ironic?
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
5. MEMORIZE the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand.

1. The author of this poem is by Charles Bukowski.
2.The use of this poem by a corporation is condsidered ironic. The peom used in this commercial is a way of expressing freedom and rebellion, while society tells us to live by rules and society.
3. The poem reflects the author perfectly. Bukowski's childhood was marred by a violent father, who regularly beat him with a razor strop until his teen years, and then by the Great Depression. When Bukowski went through adolescence, he developed an awful case of acne vulgaris which disfigured his face and made him feel like an outsider. His father frequently was out of work during the Depression, and he took out his pain and anxiety on his son. The younger Bukowski took to drink at a young age, and became a rather listless underachiever as a means of rebellion against not only his father, but against society in general, the society his father wanted him to become a productive member of. The young Bukowski could care less.
4. I found the answer to number one from using the first line of your life is your life and I typed it into google. I also saw the comments on the video on youtube and saw them use the authors name and typed up his biography on google as well. Little hints can go a long way, you just have to open your eyes and find them.

Vocabulary #4

1. Melancholy: A deep, pensive, long lasting sadness.
For two years she was in a state of melancholy when her husband died.

2. Exemplary: Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
Kelley is an exemplary student because she always does her homework.

3. Peculiar: Strange or odd; unusual.
There is a peculiar kid in my backyard that sings a song every hour.

4. Dread: Anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
I am dreading having to take my history test.

5. Bough: A main branch of a tree.
On the bough sat a swing tied tightly.

6. Pious: Devoutly religious.
A very pious women told me to repent or die.

7. Communion: The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings.
After our fight, we had a communion and worked everything out.

8. Auditor: A person who conducts an examination.
My job needs an auditor to look over everything.

9. Multitude: A large number.
Then the multitude began to riot and take down the fence in their way.

10. Eloquence: Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
My dad spoke with eloquence even though he was nervous.

11. Despair: The complete loss or absence of hope.
He felt utter despair when he saw his most prized cow fall off the cliff.

12. Hoary: Grayish-white.
An old man with hoary hair threw his cain at me.

Hack to School Night

1. The purpose of this class is to teach kids something that they will be able to remember and take away from when the school year ends.

2. I have learned a lot of interesting things in this class. I have learned about online security and how viruses are everywere and your computer is not safe.

3. The hardest thing is trying to blog every night on different things. Sometimes I don't have internet access and it is very hard to get my work done. It gets overwhelming and takes a lot of time out of my day and from my other subjects at school.

4. My goal is to pass this class with an A for every grading period, semster, and the entire year. I don't want to get a bad grade.

5. A socratic seminar is where everyone discusses about something and puts their input in on how they feel. A blog is what I am writing on right now. Where people can write about anything they want and have other people see what they write about and even comment if they want.

Aha Moment

Today while we were reviewing meaning, signs and symbols, I came accross a lot of things that I did not know. I learned that symbols are made from words that are used as a special type of sign and they are designed for a purpose. Symbols are human made and all in writing. I also learned how signs are literal and make you think of something else. Signs also occur naturally. Lastly, I learned that fear is what dominates human advertismement.

Vocabulary #3

1. Encomium: A formal Expression of high praise.
You could hear the encomium sound in his voice when he talked of his son.
 
2. Coherent: Logically connected; Consistent.
When Brad got hit in the head with a soccor ball, he was no longer coherent.

3. Belabor: To explain, worry about or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary.
Why do you always belabor that point over and over?

4. Eschew: To abstain or stay away from; shun; avoid.
We all agreed to eschew from bad words and eating chocolate.

5. Acquisitive: Tending or seeking to aquire and own; often greedily.
She was acquisitive in her endevours of finding a house.

6. Emulate: To try to equal or excel.
Any large computer these days can emulate a computer of some other design.

7. Arrogate: To claim unwarrantably or presumptuously.
Tom wanted to arrogate his sisters markers.

8. Banal: Devoid of freshness or originality. 
My mom uses a banal tone in her voice when she talks to me.
 

9. Excoriation: To strip the skin from a human or animal.
While hunting my father is a fan of the excoriation of rabbits.
 

10. Congeal: To change from a soft or fluid state to a ridged and solid state.
The blood has congealed into blobs.
 

11. Carping: Characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding.
She has silenced the carping critics with a successful debut.
 

12. Substantiate: To establish by proof or competent evidence.
They have found nothing to substantiate the allegations.

13. Temporize: To be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
The opportunity was missed because the mayor still temporized.

14. Largesse: Generous bestowal of gifts.
Dispending his money with such largesse.

15. Tenable: Capable of being held, maintained or defended.
Such a simplistic approach in no longer tenable.

16. Insatiable: Incapible of beng satisfied or appeased.
An insatiable hunger for success.

17. Reconnaissance: A search used for useful military information in the field.
An excellent aircaft for low-level reconnaissance.

18. Germane: Closely or significantly related.
That is not germane to our theme.
19. Ramify: To divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts.
An eleborate system of canals was built, ramifying throughout Britain.
20. Intransigent: Refusing to agree or compromise.
It was like I was talking to an intransigent person.
21. Taciturn: Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
His speech was very taciturned when he read it.
22. Invidious: Calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hatefull.
She'd put herself in an invidious position.

Goodman Brown Symbolism Response

I think the symbolism in Hawthorne's story is somewhat the most important thing I will ever learn. The moral of the story about good and evil is a very important lesson to everyone, that to be good is best and better for the soul. Using symbols in the story truly told the story just by the use of them. Without these symbols, the story wouldn't have been what it is. Symbol are a very important thing to learn and I agree that this story was a great use of symbols for people to better understand how they make a difference in life. So in a sense, the symbolism in this story is almost the most important thing I will ever learn.

Young Goodman Brown Symbols

1. The staff: In the story, the staff is a symbol of a serpent and a serpent back in biblical times was of the devil and would lead people down bad paths such as Adam and Eve.

2. Pink Ribbons: Mr. Goodman's wife's pink ribbons were a symbol of innocence and purity. When they talked about them, it made you think she could do no harm to anyone.

3. The old man: He symbolizes the devil and trying to lead Goodman to hell with him. How he carries his staff and tries to discourage him in his thoughts.

4. The trees: They symbolized darkness, destruction and blindness. They blind Goodman Brown from what is really right in front of him and add darkness into his thoughts and decisions.

5. The Pious Woman: At first I thought she was just a distraction from the devil, but then I realized how she explains that the devil is in her midst and he tries to distract her as well.

6. Sound of horses: When Goodman Brown started to hear the sound of horses, he felt safe that he could hide behind them and get through the rest of the forest without feeling guily and bad inside.

7. Cloud: The cloud in this story symbolizes doubt and hopelessness. When Mr. Brown looked up to pray to the heavens, a cloud blocked his view and filled his heart with doubt and no hope.

8. Forest Voices: Symbolize depressing and antagonizing words. Mr. Brown started hearing pious and ungodly voices talking in the forest that made his wife doubt God and go toward the devil.

9. The Rock that Arose: Is like a pulpit or alter that is conflicting Brown to either go towards the alter or keep walking and ignore it and the people that were there and then dissapeared.

10. Unhallowed Alter: Symbols unholiness and wickedness. When Goodman Brown and his wife were in front of it, they became faint and unsure of whether to choose heaven or hell.