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Allegory of the cave sonnet

The cave, deep, dark and normal

The light, blinding, pain and truthful

Born in the dark, knowing no different

Own reality as real as my hand chained to the wall

Freedom, dragged from the abyss

To where I do not comprehend

Flash, bang, knowledge, enlightenment

Pupils contract on a fantastic dream

Must return home to enlighten others

New reality is so wonderful

Wait they can’t understand my gift to them

Just another shadow on the wall

Reality is cement,

Chaining us to our own perceptions

Brain with 4 legs

Maddie, Colter, Edmond and Myself are all in a group studying The Tale of Two Cities. We created a Google group to converse back and forth if need online. Also we divided our reading into a chapter and a half a day to finish the book by Thanksgiving.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave

1.     .      According to Socrates, the allegory of the cave represents the human condition of perception. How we as beings believe that our reality is the only reality, and when someone tries to tell us otherwise, when cannot understand them.
   2.       The three key elements of imagery of the allegory of the cave are one chains, because they represent how our thoughts bind us, two the deep dark cave, and the blinding light of the real world
   3.       The Allegory suggests that learning or enlightment is difficult, in the story when the prisoner first sees the light of the world it painfully blinding, which symbolizes the pain of change
   4.       Both the shackles and the cave have dank dark connotations which illicit to the audience that the prisoners lives are sad and meek.
   5.       In the present society, others perceptions and condescension shackle our minds from creating or being original.
   6.       The freed prisoner has been allowed to be among the enlightened but when he returns to tell his friends of the world he just shows up as another amorphous shadow on the wall.
   7.       Lack of clarity can happen when a person it taught to think and stay in the box which inevitably chains him in the preverbal cave.
   8.       In the stories the prisoner is freed by another soul which elicits that one can only be enlightened by those who are enlightened.
   9.       The line between perception and reality is a fine one. On one hand more times than not ones perception of realty is a variation and therefore not the whole reality, hence the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Although in rare cases some people can perceive exactly what is happening and all the facets of the current reality.
   10.   If Socrates is wrong in  his assumption then;
   a.       Reality is not a general term but a personal one
   b.      We cannot make and sort of society because every human lives in a different reality and therefore cannot be governed

Hamlet Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXacA4ympBY

This is my groups Hamlet Remix
Kylie Sagisi: http://ksagisirhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/
Ian Steller: http://istellerrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/ 
Dallas Burciaga

To be or not to be collaboration

Poetic Inquiry

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Sonnet CXXXVIII

When my love swears that she is made of truth,

I do believe her though I know she lies,

That she might think me some untutored youth,

Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.

Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,

Although she knows my days are past the best,

Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue:

On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed:

But wherefore says she not she is unjust? 

And wherefore say not I that I am old?

O! love's best habit is in seeming trust,

And age in love, loves not to have years told:

   Therefore I lie with her, and she with me,

   And in our faults by lies we flattered be.

Sonnet Analysis #1

• Sonnet comes from the Italian base sonneto
• written to be performed live
• 2 types of sonnets
• Petrarchan- Italian form
• Starts with a octet then transitions to a sesitet
• More Ryming

• Shakespearean
• 4 parts- 3 quatrains to a couplet
• All sonnets consists of 14 lines

Hamlet Essay

Per formative Utterance

Often one might find him/herself rationalizing an action, or deciding on a course of action aloud. In part we do this to act as the voice of reason for ourselves, we split our personalities into the rational and irrational. More times than not the irrational wins the day because in the heat of battle emotions are stronger then logic. This is per formative utterance, the moment when a person acknowledges their own thoughts and wishes in a sort of third party way. Hamlet was a victim of this throughout the play, he would constantly talk the talk, and rarely walk the walk. Which is not always a bad thing but when one utters their convictions out loud to their friends and then does not act, there develops a bad impression of one’s character.

The first real per formative utterance in public that we see from Hamlet is when he swears to kill Claudius in front of Horatio. This really sets a tone for the passion that this man feels, for in that day to make a vow of that magnitude was next to unbreakable. As a result we continue through the play waiting for the moment that the Melancholy Dane finally avenges his father’s murder, but the moment never comes. So now we are left to ponder why a son would invoke god in his swear and not carry out his deed. Which leads us to further question his character as a man and prince. In this case his provado in his utterance made this man seem like a talker and not a walker.

The best example of per formative utterance are Hamlet’s five soliloquies. These are the only time we see hamlet in his true skin, not acting mad for the king or guarded around his friends, but true raw emotion. This type of per formative utterance is different in that in this case he is using his own word as reasoning to rationalize his thoughts. In each speech he focuses on great self-reflection. In each he uses himself as an example to put under the microscope and examine. Besides the fact that this inevitable breaks down his mental psych, it also shows us how introspective he is.

Hamlet embodied all that per formative utterance was, one helping oneself through problems by acting as a third party, and thinking out loud to the audience and his peers. Both introspective and self over hearing are both very common traits in humans, and this is why Shakespeare gave hamlet these qualities, to make a connection with his audience.

Vocabulary 9

Tools That Change the Way We Think

"Back in 2004, I asked [Google founders] Page and Brin what they saw as the future of Google search. 'It will be included in people's brains,' said Page. 'When you think about something and don't really know much about it, you will automatically get information.'

'That's true,' said Brin. 'Ultimately I view Google as a way to augment your brain with the knowledge of the world. Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what's going on around them and suggest useful information.'

'Somebody introduces themselves to you, and your watch goes to your web page,' said Page. 'Or if you met this person two years ago, this is what they said to you... Eventually you'll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer."

Q: How does use of the Internet, media, and/or technology change the way you think?

A: In the information age knowledge  ideas and thoughts are at our beckoning call. Anytime we need a summary of a book, or a translation for a phrase, or just a joke for your friends, the internet is there. we can assess thousands of years of trail and error with one click of a button. A great tool and resource the internet is and it has many charming qualities. But one thing that the computer age is doing for us, is making our generation more and more impatient  Just as Brin said having the internet in your mind to help your brain when every we reach a conundrum would be marvelous. Although why not just take to few minutes to slow down and look it up. This is just one of many examples of how in this age we never want to slow down. Faster, better more power, we all want to spend less time, this is how the internet is, in the end, changing the way we think.

Senior Cap and Gown Information

Thoughts of Hamlet (In Progress)

At the beginning of the play i considered Hamlet to be just a boys who had some terrible wounds inflicted upon him. As the play progressed that is I saw how a tortured soul became sadistic, and even murderous. He left his sanity when he embarked on his quest of revenge, and it only seems to be hurting himself. No longer is he just a focused killer, he has evolved into a psychopath who lashes out and kills people who are innocent in the matter.

What I think about when I think about Act III

Act three is a very bulky act filled with substance and mirth. Up until act three scene two we have come to think that Hamlet is putting on a front of madness. But in scene two we see how mad and crazy Hamlet has become when he addresses his other in such a violent tone. Then combined with the repentance of Claudius we see how the infection of the Kings Murder has permeated the kingdom of Denmark. Finally resulting in Hamlets restraint and being force to travel to England where I assume he will be killed by an associated of Claudius.

Dear Ophella

Dear O,

                My dear O I know it’s hard to love someone so much and not have the approval of your peers and family. The only thing you wish for is that they see the wonder that you see in your significant other. It is frustrating and infuriating, but you must not let it get to you. In relationships we must not let ourselves be blinded by love. For in that moment we lose what should be held dear, our minds. So love, love with all your heart but do not let your fathers and brothers warnings fall on deaf ears for they care for your well-being. But in that same light take others heeding’s with a grain of salt for your instinct are true as well. So in conclusion trust your love in your heart but do not let it blind you from the truth so that you become naive. 

Green eggs and Hamlet

1. I have no prior knowledge of Hamlet other than, that it was a Shakespearean story
2. Shakespeare wrote a medley of plays during the 17th century, for his acting troupe. All his plays were acted out at the Globe Theater in London, England. His favorite style of writing was the cryptic iambic pentameter. Considered to be one of the most influential play writes to have ever lived
3. Most students grimace at the word Shakespeare because from their experience the stories are cryptic and take a lot of mental concentration to follow the language.
4. We should for sure act it out, since the word were originally meant to be spoken, they only have the same effect if they are acted out.

What I meant to say was

Using each character's perspective and tale instead of weaving them into a grandiose story, Chaucer was able to exculpate the  character's true feelings and essence.

If I just had more time

To be honest, I felt that I prepared for the Midterm in a very etiquette fashion. I made vocab cards and memorized the definitions, I tried to use them in the real world. The one thing I forgot account for was the off chance that the words weren't given to you, and that's were I went wrong. I knew that if there was a normal Word-Definition test I would have done well, but since you also had to memorize the words it added another facet to the test. One which I was not prepared for, so if I did have more time I would have made more effort to use the words in the real world.

Comparison Tales

The Cook's Tale and The Lawyer's Tales are similar in that they both express the character with their flaws and attributes. The Cook for example is illustrated as a outgoing individual that has great people skills. on the other hand the Lawyer is bland and formal, hes gets his point across in a acceptable fashion, but not in a way that the audience wants to hear more of. For that reason the Tales of the Cook and the Lawyer are the same because they give us an understanding of their characters. Although it also shows us how both characters differ in characteristics.

Character Study (III)

"Look at these fools" the man in  seat 25 said to Shane. "Fighting over nothing, just yelling over things they don't know, on a plane, hahaha they are just bugs in life." he exclaimed. Shane gave him a look of confusion on why he chose to speak about the men in such fashion and why he decided to talk to him in the first place. The man then leaned over and held out his hand a common position, in order to introduce himself. "Dan Smith" he said with a sense of pomp. He was tall and slender, with dark hair, his face was stern from years of hardened life. Shane noticed a shinny gold band on his wrist that had the famous double RR, every diamond was expertly placed between the ticks of the arms. Dan was quite interested with this band for he spent the next ten minutes examine it and licking his thumb and wiping the smudges from its face to revealed the clear glint of gold.

Character Study (II)

"Get out..... Get out.... and never return" she said, "But mom I'm sorry, I could help it" Shane replied. "flight 413 no boarding, seats 20-30 please report to terminal" rang the over com, the announcement shattering through his memories. Shane looked down at the wad of paper in his has and read flight 413 to Costa Rica seat 24. He stood up, put on his back pack and silently walked to the gate, listening to the sounds of babies, mothers, fathers, lawyers, doctors, homeless, all coexisting yet not interfacing. The women at the desk stamped his ticket and gestured him to continue.

Character Study (I)

It was a cold fall evening, the taste of summer pollen was slowly drifting away into memory. Alone in a terminal no one to comfort him, Shane Hunter sat. Packed for his journey into a new life.  The one from whence he came, he could never return. This plane would usher him into his future. He didn't know where it would take him or how long the journey would be only that he had an anomalous ticket in his hand.

Vocabulary 6

Accolade- any award, honor, or laudatory notice

The play received accolades from the press.

 Acerbity- sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste
The apple had a certain Acerbity to it.

 Attrition- a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment

The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.  

 Bromide- a person who is platitudinous and boring.

Although brilliant in his intellect Dr. John. D. Stulenworth was quite bromide in his speeches.

 Chauvinist- a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.

Most of the southerners are chauvinist to the USA.

 Chronic- constant; habitual; inveterate

Jimmy was dying of a chronic illness.

 Expound- to set forth or state in detail

I had to expound my theories in my dissertation.

 Factionalism- self-interested; partisan

 Factional interests had obstructed justice.

 Immaculate- free from fault or flaw; free from errors:

He wrote an immaculate text.

 Imprecation- a curse; malediction.

Some feel that they are plagued by imprecation.

 Ineluctable- incapable of being evaded; inescapable

An ineluctable destiny.

 Mercurial- changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic

If you have mercurial nature you many have many friends.

 Palliate- to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.

Many try the palliate the load on the world.

 Protocol- the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.

In life we have to follow a certain protocol in all our actions.

 Resplendent- shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid:

Troops resplendent in white uniforms.

 Stigmatize- to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.

 Sub Rosa- confidentially; secretly; privately.

The worst thing you have ever heard is sub rosa.

 Vainglory- excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.

 Vestige- a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence:

A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.

 Volition- the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing

She left of her own volition.

Obsequious- characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning

After the butler had finished his tasks he gave an obsequious bow.

Beatitude- supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.

The beatitude that was bestowed upon jerry was above reproach.

Bete noire- a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads 

Homework is the bete noire of most student’s day.

Bode- to be an omen of; portend

The news bodes evil days for him.

Dank- unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly

We kept our wine in a dank cellar.

Ecumenical- general; universal.

I was giving my speech in an ecumenical fashion.

Fervid- heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.

Phil Pulaski was a fervid orator.

Fetid- having an offensive odor; stinking.

My dog has a horrible fetid to him.

Gargantuan- gigantic; enormous; colossal

A gargantuan task.

Heyday- the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime

The heyday of the vaudeville stars.

Incubus- something that weighs upon or oppresses one like a nightmare.

The incubus took its toll on my mental health.

Infrastructure- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.

The USA infrastructure is in desperate need of upgrades.

Inveigle- to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements

To inveigle a person into playing bridge.

Kudos- honor; glory; acclaim

He received kudos from everyone on his performance.

Lagniappe- an unexpected or indirect benefit.

His tip on the table was a lagniappe.

Prolix- extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.

The speech that was written needed to be edited because it was written in too much of a prolix fashion.

Protégé- a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.

Troy had become my protégé after years of staying silent.

Prototype- the original or model on which something is based or formed.

Before companies release a product they come up with a prototype.

Sycophant- a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.

He was very sycophant in order to draw a complement from the group.

Tautology- an instance of such repetition.

I, I, I.

Truckle- to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

What a character

Recently I read Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and book about adventure, isolation and the human need for companionship. The main character Robinson Crusoe, connected with me as more of an example of traits I would like to emulate and traits I would like to avoid. His traits like selflessness and self-reliance, which Daniel Defoe gave him through the use of irony and miracles, gave me an example of how to act under pressure. Although his traits of condescension were less then acceptable. Like all other characters in the world they possess traits that make them people we strive to be like and traits we would rather not have.

Vocabulary 5

Obsequious- characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning

After the butler had finished his tasks he gave an obsequious bow.

Beatitude- supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
The beatitude that was bestowed upon jerry was above reproach.

Bete noire- a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads 

Homework is the bete noire of most student’s day.

Bode- to be an omen of; portend

The news bodes evil days for him.

Dank- unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly

We kept our wine in a dank cellar.

Ecumenical- general; universal.

I was giving my speech in an ecumenical fashion.

Fervid- heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.

Phil Pulaski was a fervid orator.

Fetid- having an offensive odor; stinking.

My dog has a horrible fetid to him.

Gargantuan- gigantic; enormous; colossal

A gargantuan task.

Heyday- the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime

The heyday of the vaudeville stars.

Incubus- something that weighs upon or oppresses one like a nightmare.

The incubus took its toll on my mental health.

Infrastructure- the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.

The USA infrastructure is in desperate need of upgrades.

Inveigle- to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements

To inveigle a person into playing bridge.

Kudos- honor; glory; acclaim

He received kudos from everyone on his performance.

Lagniappe- an unexpected or indirect benefit.

His tip on the table was a lagniappe.

Prolix- extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.

The speech that was written needed to be edited because it was written in too much of a prolix fashion.

Protégé- a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.

Troy had become my protégé after years of staying silent.

Prototype- the original or model on which something is based or formed.

Before companies release a product they come up with a prototype.

Sycophant- a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.

He was very sycophant in order to draw a complement from the group.

Tautology- an instance of such repetition.

I, I, I.

Truckle- to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

Declaration of learning independence

In the course of human events, when a education system does not reflect the tools or demands of the present day, it become necessary to determine ones own learning experience. I Shane Hunter then hereby declare that I will develop my own learning and curriculum separate from the institution of the present day educational system. I will build my learning on the bases of personal advancement in both my mental life and academic life. I will use to the full capacity the tools that Dr.Preston has set forth and utilize his knowledge. lastly I will develop my ability to learn without the "hand" of formal education in order to have the skills necessary to increase my abilities after I finish my formal education

Literary Analysis #1: Robinson Crusoe

1.      Robinson Crusoe, an Englishmen, begins his life live in a middle class home in England. He is a man who yearns for the sea and as a result becomes a seamen, living aboard a ship for years and in fact being captured by the Islamic moors of Spain. As his life progresses he decides to move to Brazil and become and tobacco plantation owner, and achieves just that. In his endeavor he becomes very wealthy, and lives a life of leisure.

After about 6 year of living in Brazil, Robinson desired he must return to England to be with his ailing father. He puts another well-known plantation owner and personal friend in charge of his estate, and he instructs his to send his share to England. After a few years and several voyages back and forth Robinson finds himself in a sea storm. This storm wreaks his ship on a deserted island alone. He remains on the island for 7 seven all the while building a fort, hunting and herding systems and meeting and training a cannibal native (Friday). After year of being on the island Robinson and his then friend Friday are rescued and return to England where they live the rest of their lives in piece.

2.      The theme of this novel to me is two folded on one hand u have the overall theme of loneliness, apparent in Robinson’s quest for companionship off and on the island. On the other u have the lingering feeling of discrimination. Even after training and living with Friday for years he still regarded him and a sense of distaste for his savage ways.

3.      Seeing as the book is written in first person point of view the tone of the book flows just a the human consciousness flows. There is a sense of curiosity throughout the story, from the moment he decided to leave England for Brazil till the moment he found Friday on page 311. Also the book is riddle with tragedy; while on the island he is hit with storm after storm after storm with make him bitter against nature in the beginning of his stay.

All of the Above

when I went to review my test from the 1987 AP test I found that I missed ten, which was surprising to me, in a pleasant way. This gave me some confidence in my ability to preform in the AP style tests.

Beowulf Essay

Why do humans feel the need to create beings who possess qualities that are larger than life or apogee? Beowulf is the quintessential version of this rule, he was created to show the generations what a proper man should strive to be like. He was everything a Viking only dreamed to be in that day and age, just as Steve jobs is portrayed to our age. Both are presented as the pinnacle of success, they have achieved all that they can from the culture and are now “heroes” of their time. Although Steve jobs is no high flying, brawny Viking, and Beowulf is no literary genius, they both represent exactly what their cultures expect of their kind.

Now of course Steve jobs is not literary character, but I thing we are all characters in the eyes of the world. We can all be portrayed in a good light or bad and for that reason Steve’s accomplishments can be sked to be more grandiose then in reality. Furthermore who’s to say Beowulf wasn’t a really person, we have no proof to say otherwise. But I think we can all agree that some of his story was blown out of proportions. Both men were subject to that pressure of living in lies where as a normal man might never have to experience the lies of others. More over these men almost didn’t have a choice, no doubt they had great achievements, but once an individual does something great they very often become myths

In the case of Beowulf he was created to show men how to act and how to be men. Steve on the other hand was a symbol that no matter the circumstances anyone can achieve high and make millions. In that sense the Vikings glory in battle and honor is our present day money, both were revered and both are coveted. See we need goal to strive toward, it is rare that people can head into the unknown and achieve success without a goal. Beowulf and Steve Jobs are the goals for our culture, we all want to head to success like them and so they represent everything we want and need in our life to feel complete.

Jobs and Beowulf might not be literary characters but they have both become literary legends because their culture shaped them into the god of that time. Humans need heroes because we are goal oriented creatures and those heroes and their actions are what we strive to emulate.

Vocabulary 4

Accolade- any award, honor, or laudatory notice

The play received accolades from the press.

 Acerbity- sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste

The apple had a certain Acerbity to it.

 Attrition- a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment

The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.   

 Bromide- a person who is platitudinous and boring.

Although brilliant in his intellect Dr. John. D. Stulenworth was quite bromide in his speeches.

 Chauvinist- a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.

Most of the southerners are chauvinist to the USA.

 Chronic- constant; habitual; inveterate

Jimmy was dying of a chronic illness.

 Expound- to set forth or state in detail

I had to expound my theories in my dissertation.

 Factionalism- self-interested; partisan

 Factional interests had obstructed justice.

 Immaculate- free from fault or flaw; free from errors:

He wrote an immaculate text.

 Imprecation- a curse; malediction.

Some feel that they are plagued by imprecation.

 Ineluctable- incapable of being evaded; inescapable

An ineluctable destiny.

 Mercurial- changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic

If you have mercurial nature you many have many friends.

 Palliate- to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.

Many try the palliate the load on the world.

 Protocol- the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.

In life we have to follow a certain protocol in all our actions.

 Resplendent- shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid:

 Troops resplendent in white uniforms.

 Stigmatize- to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon

The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.

 Sub Rosa- confidentially; secretly; privately.

The worst thing you have ever heard is sub rosa.

 Vainglory- excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.

 Vestige- a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence:

A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.

 Volition- the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing

She left of her own volition.

Vocabulary 3

Apostate-a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

Every apostate is a sinner.

 Effusive- unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve

 Effusive greetings; an effusive person.

 Impasse- a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

We have come to an impasse in our argument

 Euphoria- a state of intense happiness and self-confidence

She was flooded with euphoria as she went to the podium to receive her Student Research Award.

 Lugubrious- mournful, dismal, or gloomy                              

Lugubrious songs of lost love.

 Bravado- a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

The freak had a lot of pompous bravado.

 Consensus- general agreement or concord; harmony.

The consensus of the group was that they should meet twice a month.

 Dichotomy- division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups

A dichotomy between thought and action.

 Constrict- to slow or stop the natural course or development of

Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life.

 Gothic- noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.

She fell in love with the gothic style churched, when we visited Europe.

 Punctilio- a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

I made it a punctilio to explain the thesis of my essay.

 Metamorphosis- any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

The caterpillar went through a metamorphosis to become a butterfly.

 Raconteur- a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

Daniel Rucker can be referred to as a Raconteur.

 sine qua non- an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential

Her presence was the sine qua non of every social event.

 Quixotic- extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

He was sweet but to the point of Quixotic ness.

 Vendetta- a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives.

The Capulet’s had a vendetta against the Montague’s after the death of Tibult.

 non sequitur- An inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.

 Mystique- a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning.

The mystique of Poe.

 Quagmire- an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.

A quagmire of financial indebtedness.

 Parlous- perilous; dangerous.

We embarked on a parlous journey.

Will study for food

In order to narrow down the huge search that is scholarship searching I first when to Dr. Preston's blog: College/ Scholarship info (http://drprestonsrhsenglitcomp13.blogspot.com/). From there I found a comment Posted by Madison Hill, suggesting that we go the college board big future section. Upon getting there I enter my information on where I was interested and boom... I found 105 results of awesome scholarships. I found one in particular called The Best Buy Scholarship Program. I would intend to ask for there maximum scholarship of $1000, to put toward my payment for college.

The poem about Nothing

Nothing can't be summed

For the sum is the answer

And answer nothing is nothing

 

Nothing knows no ocean

Or cool cow fed pastures

For the sum nothing is nothing

 

Nothing holds or minds

Where nothing, who nothing

What nothing, Why nothing

Why nothing cannot be summed

 

For the answer nothing is nothing

Nothing can be right, noting can be wrong

For nothing cannot be summed

The Daze

Two lives, two people

Closer to each other than any other

Further apart than the great seas.

One body

Hate the thought of each other

Without the union both die

Symbiotic hatred for unity

One body

Two lives, two people

The decision between love and lust

To have pride and passion or love and heart unbroken

One mind

Constant war, constant unity

One takes what it wants, one cares of others

One loves the edge, one loves journey

One mind

Linked in love, linked in hatred

No more war, have one and the other

In smoke the war, life slowly slips into black

No more

Life shall not slip

Two people come down to embrace then other

For with one there is always the other

One mind, one body, one soul

She's the one

See you from a cross the smoke

Filling my lungs deep in and out

World's amorphous, lights right and left

Bright eyes pierce through

Love is the enemy

Take cover heart under fire

Build walls thick will fear

Feel fiery pain projected through the palisades

Eyes become clear, lust falls away

Slain by one glance

Years of doubt

Melt in instant

Time forever paused

Yet fly’s at speed of light

She’s the one

We are Greed

He lived in a world of maggots

They infested the world, consumed it

These weren’t regular maggots,

They were smart

He lived to work, like his fathers and mothers before him.

He was taught to love the drink of poison.

Money ran through his veins.

Like a torrent that the flooded everything in its path

Greed was his mistress, cruel, jealous, and bloodthirsty

Slowly strangling his life

Greed lingered like an ember that slowly burnt his soul alive.

His once vibrant, health veins became dry to the touch.

The world around him moved as it always had.

But he could no longer taste the sweet nectar of life.

Alone on his couch, he found no delight in his thoughts

His life was devoured by his beloved mistress

And so with no one looking he felt the cold, familiar pinch of metal on his temple.

And with a quick flick of his mind every thing black

All his world, his mom and dad, his greed

Was gone forever

Blackness consumed him

And the maggot infested world, spun, spun, spun

All Poetry that follows is my original works and i have no idea why this is relevant i just thought i would share.

Literary analysis 1 choice

Literary analysis 1 book choice

For my first book of the year I choose Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. when i was little my dad and granddad always used to tell me stories of pirate adventures, high sea adventures and men being stranded to himself on a desolate island. As a result the jump to a book like Robinson Crusoe was just a natural fit, and the stories just plain intreages me.

Vocabulary 2

Accoutrements- personal clothing, accessories, etc.

My friend’s accoutrements are fresh.

Apogee- the highest or most distant point; climax.

The apogee I felt after I finished my essay was fantastic.

Apropos- fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.

When staring at someone and they stare back, and a staring contest ensues, you might think that is apropos.

Bicker- to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle

The two were always bickering.

Coalesce- to grow together or into one body

The two lakes coalesced into one.

Contretemps- an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance

He caused a minor contretemps by knocking over his drink.

Convolution- a rolled up or coiled condition.

That hedgehog convolution. ?

Cull- to choose; select; pick.

He had to cull between apples or oranges

Disparate- distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

Bill and John had disparaging ideas.

Dogmatic- asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.

His speech was long and dogmatic.

Licentious- sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.

Her actions were very licentious in nature.

Mete- to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole

To mete out punishment.

Noxious- morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious

A noxious plan to spread dissension.

Polemic- a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

Populous- jammed or crowded with people

There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Probity- integrity and uprightness; honesty.

Probity is one of the best qualities to have.

Repartee- a quick, witty reply.

Sara was just chalk full of repartee.

Supervene- to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous.

We had to supervene even though we were angry.

Truncate- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short

Truncate detailed explanations.

Unimpeachable- above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable

He had unimpeachable motives.

Beowulf Comprehension Questions

Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation:

1.       The way Shield became ruler of the Danes was unusual because he was an orphan. Although he came from rags, his funeral was one to be admired. It was on a ship at sea with his most loved companions and filled with treasures. Shield is Hrothgar's grandfather.

Heorot is Attacked:

1.       The magnificent work that Hrothgar undertook was the construction of the spectacular mead hall, Herot. The monster Grendel attacked Herot, killing thirty warriors; unable to fend for themselves. The attacks lasted twelve years. The Danes did nothing and continued to suffer.

The Hero Comes to Heorot:

1.       When Beowulf hears of Hrothgar's problems with Grendel, he sails out with 14 of his bravest warriors to Herot.

2.       When the Geats arrive in Denmark they first meet a Danish watcher. The watchman asks what business they have in this specific area. Beowulf explains their intentions are not to harm the Danes, but to bring peace by slaying Grendel.

3.       The name of Hrothgar's herald is Wulgar, a messenger. He asks the Geats their business, impressed with their appearances and manners, relays the message to Hrothgar who realizes he had known Beowulf prior to this meeting. I am not surprised Hrothgar knew Beowulf so well because he was well-known across many people for his bravery and nobility.

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4.       When Beowulf enters, he tells Hrothgar that he is ready to fight and kill Grendel to protect the kingdom. Hrothgar settled the dispute Beowulf started with the Wulfing’s by paying with old treasure.

Feast at Heorot:

1.       Unferth accuses Beowulf of being too proud, and that Beowulf cannot handle battling against Grendel. Beowulf replied back by describing his perspective of the story Unferth told. He also told about how he killed the sea beast that pulled him down to the bottom of the sea. This episode is relevant to the poem as a whole because the whole poem is about Beowulf battling in different situations. Beowulf accuse Unferth of not participating in any battle.

2.       During the feast, Queen Wealhtheow attended to everyone in the banquet hall and welcomed the Geats.

The Fight with Grendel:

1.       Beowulf prepares for his fight with Grendel by disarming himself which is different because heroes are usually described to have prepared themselves to fight by arming themselves.

2.       When Grendel enters Heorot, Beowulf watches Grendel attack the vulnerable. Beowulf fights Grendel by gripping Grendel’s hand first. When Grendel tries to leave, Beowulf’s men tried to slash Grendel with their swords, but their swords didn’t do much. Grendel escapes to his lair, critically wounded. He left his shoulder and arm behind.

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Celebration at Heorot:

1.       Like Sigemund Beowulf experiences a very strong sense of valor and love of the kill and war, yet he lack the wisdom to be a general or command because he doesn’t take the time to think a plan out

2.       Hrothgar responds with joy, gratitude, and generosity. He says that Beowulf is like a son to him and gives him treasure. Unferth was proven wrong in his attempts to discredit Beowulf.

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3.       The story is about a Danes battle against Finn, who was the king of the Frisians. The poem is quite confusing, but basically it was based on the battle of Finnsburgh, which was an absolute bloodbath between the Frisians and the Danes. The battle came to an end when Hnaef, the Danish leader, was killed during battle. The Danes called a truce and promised to live with them separately but they would follow the same rules of equality in order in sure peace among the people. Now, the Danish princess named Hildeburh married Finn, but she was still depressed due to the death of her brother, Hnaef, and her son.  After months of hardship, the Danes revolt against the Frisians and kill Finn while his wife, Hildeburh, goes back to Denmark. The wisdom of using a bride as a way to heal enmity between tribes was to show that they were connected and must keep peace within their society. There are thousands of books, poems, and movies that show arranged marriages in order to restore peace or to connect with the other culture. Family shouldn’t attack family. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they won’t, but they may be less inclined to attack and more inclined to make amends.  

4.       When the feasting resumes, Wealhtheow asks Hrothgar to not give Beowulf the throne.

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5.       Beowulf later gives the golden torque to Hygelac, in which he wears it on his death. Wealhtheow asked Beowulf to act as a friend to Hrethric and Hrothmund (Wealhtheow's daughters), to offer them protection from the darkness, to be a guidance, and to treat them kindly.

6.       So many men remained in the beer hall to sleep because the other sleeping halls were full. The men who slept in the beer hall made a mistake because Grendel's mother descended on Heorot to seek vengeance for her son’s death where Grendel's arm was located on the wall of Heorot and Aeschere (Hrothgar’s trusted adviser) was captured by her.

Another Attack:

1.       Grendel's mother came to Heorot to seek vengeance for her son's death. Grendel's reason to come to Heorot wasn't the same as his mother's reason because he only wanted to cause destruction.

2.       Hrothgar's response to Grendel's mother killing Aeschere (Hrothgar’s trusted adviser) is for Beowulf to seek out and kill Grendel’s mother.

3.       The mere is a magical swampy wood  lake in which it seems endlessly deep and it is where Grendel's mother lair is located at

Beowulf fights with Grendel’s mother:

1.       Beowulf tells Hrothgar to respond by taking care of the Geats and returning his property to Hygelac if he dies in the battle to kill Grendel's mother

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2.       Before Beowulf can get to the mere he and his men find the many bloodied and dead men that were killed by Grendel and his mother, including the head of Aeschere. His men and Beowulf must fight off reptiles and sea dragons that live in the mere’s water. Also he gives a speech and names Hrothgar is successor should he die, and says that Hrothgar must take all the riches to Hygelac.

3.       Beowulf prepares for the battle by putting on his chain mail and metal helmet and took Unferth’s sword for Hrunting.

4.       When Beowulf enters the lake it takes him a long time to find the Grendel cave, but the Grendel mom knew that he was in the lake and tried to attack him. However the chain mail held and the Grendel mom was thwarted, so she just pulled his body into the cave. When Beowulf gets to the cave he is attacked by sea monsters. (Some more.) What was curious about the cave is that there was no water in it, and a fire going. That makes sense….

5.       The sword Beowulf borrowed proves useless and the steel doesn’t pierce Grendel’s mother at all. The magical sword’s spell in broken.

6.       Beowulf’s “net-of-chain” or chain mail saved him from dying because it deflected Grendel’s knife. And then he notices a pile of swords and stuff in the cave and pops up and grabs and sword to fight with.

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7.       Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother by cutting her throat with the sword of Eotens. Her blood melts the sword, so only the hilt is left. Beowulf takes Grendel’s head with him from her house.

8.       All of his men are gone because they didn’t believe he could kill Grendel’s mother.

Further celebration at Heorot:

1.       The hilt of the sword and Grendel’s head

2.       Hrothgar tells Beowulf a story about a horrible king names Heremod who was banished, exiled, and eventually killed. Hrothgar tells this story to teach Beowulf not to be a bad king too

3.       His sword, Hrunting.

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Beowulf Returns Home:

1.       Hrothgar predicts Beowulf will rule his people with a bloody fist. Very forcefully that is. But also he insinuates he has earned it and Hrothgar supports him fully.

2.       Queen Hygd was the opposite of Modthryth. While Modthryth was a violent queen, Hygd was virtuous and kind to her people.

3.       Beowulf plans to marry out his daughter to a conflicting neighbor as it were to create a temporary peace at least. He expects it to be settled until prosperity can be re-established, then fighting will break out. This shows Beowulf to be a cunning and almost pessimistic leader despite his inhuman strength.

4.       Beowulf played off the fact he killed Grendel as if it were nothing, He reports accurately, but diplomatically enough not to seem like he was boasting of his feats.

5.       To appease old tradition, He gave the treasure to his leader, and in return, Hygelac gave Beowulf his "boar standard, a suit of armor, and a sword belonging to Hrothgar's brother." My personal interpretation of this is Hygelac gave Beowulf his deepest honor and loyalty.

The Dragon Wakes:

1.       Heardred and Hygelac both fell in the 50 years after Beowulf's conference with Hrothgar.

2.       The Dragon was angry that his pillaged treasure was re-pillaged by a tribe. The lone man stealing the cup to make amends with his lord led the tribe to the barrow where an ancient tribe held their considerable wealth.

3.       In the first day, the dragon killed and burnt down the countryside of the Geats.

4.       Beowulf heard of the burnt countryside and ordered a new iron shield to be made to withstand the flames, he believes he will fight the dragon the same way he fought Grendel, but his age gave him weakness and will die.

5.       Hygelac died from neighboring tribe invasions, Beowulf seeks revenge on them, but declines the honor of ruling his people. When he is home he finds out how the dragon got angry and sought to find him.

6.       Heardred was killed by the dragon (?) and Beowulf sought revenge by blood by killing the dragon.

7.       Thirteen men, including one who knew the whereabouts of the barrow, accompanied him.

8.       Heardred gets killed by the Swedish king's men over a century old feud. As retaliation, Beowulf kills Onela, a Swedish noble responsible for his death. SO MUCH DEATH. Beowulf killed everyone who killed his kinsman. The Swedes and the Geats were in a state of feud after the kill-fest.

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Beowulf Attacks the Dragon:

1.       Beowulf tells his companions to wait on top of the dragon’s den, and observe the battle instead of fighting in it.

2.       On his first battle with the dragon, Beowulf just counters the dragon’s attacks, until Beowulf strikes the dragon, barely wounding the dragon while the dragon burns Beowulf.  All of his companions flee to a nearby forest, but one, which is his kinsman Wiglaf.  Wiglaf tells of how Beowulf helped his family as Wiglaf grew up.  Wiglaf goes down to help Beowulf, by means of encouragement and help in the battle.

3.       The second time Beowulf meets the dragon, Beowulf’s sword fails again, and the dragon attacks twice, the second time, fatally biting Beowulf.  Wiglaf kills the dragon with the rage left from the attack on his king.

4.       Beowulf asks Wiglaf to bring him the dragon’s treasure.  When Beowulf sees the gold, He thanks God for letting him die rich, and tells Wiglaf to be king.  Beowulf wants to be buried in a tall tower so that he can be remembered by everybody who sees “Beowulf’s Tower.”

Beowulf's Funeral:

1.       When the companions return, they see Wiglaf trying to revive Beowulf.  Wiglaf scolds the company for not standing by the great Beowulf in his last battle, and he predicts that the Geats will be terrorized by rival clans once again.

2.       The messenger tells the city of Beowulf’s death, and begins to predict things that will happen due to the death of their king.  Overnight, Ongentheow’s army verbally terrorized the Geats, and the next morning, Hygelac returns with a Geat army.  Ongentheow killed a man named Wulf, whose brother, Eofor, ended up killing Ongentheow to avenge his brother’s death.  The messenger tells the Geats to put the gold on Beowulf’s funeral pyre as to melt with his burning body.  The final image of the messengers’ speech is the freshly slain dragon, from Beowulf’s last stand.

3.       Wiglaf tell the crowd that comes to see the dragon and Beowulf? Wiglaf tells the crowd that it is bad to sacrifice yourself on your own will, and warns that doing this will hurt many.

4.       The dragon is left alone, but its hoard is taken by the Geats to use in Beowulf’s funeral pyre.

5.       While Beowulf and all of the treasure from the burrow burn on the pyre, a woman sings a song about the fall of the Geats, and the Geats build a tower over Beowulf’s pyre over the next ten days.

6.       “Said he was kindest of kings under heaven,

Gentlest of men, most winning of manner,

Friendliest to folk-troops and fondest of honor.”

In these lines, the Geats talk of Beowulf’s kindness, friendliness and gentleness.  These are odd words to describe military heroes, at least by today’s standards, because today, military men are portrayed as manly men who do not show much emotion, just stoically save people

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