Five Steps

Well over spring break I am going on a trip to Yosemite with Melissa and Whitney. So five steps I can take for my masterpiece on this trip is doing things out of the ordinary and filming them, try things I feel uncomfortable with, take risks, make the most of this trip and have nothing but fun on it, and no matter how tired I get to do everything Melissa wants to do haha.

Act V Notes

• Lady Macbeth goes insane and eventually commits suicide
• Macduff and Malcolm are coming towards Macbeth's kingdom.
• Siward attempts to kill Macbeth but Macbeth kills him.
• Madcuff finds Macbeth and the battle begins. Madcuff defeats Macbeth and brings back his head to show the others.
• Ross delivers the news that Siward is dead.
• Macduff is made king.

Act IV Notes

• Macbeth visits the witches and asks for them to reveal the prophecy to him.
• They reveal to him that no one born of a women will defeat him.
• Macduff flees to England.
• Lady Macduff wants to know where her husband is and seeks help from Ross.
• A messenger warns Lady Macduff to take her children and leave because they are in danger.
• Lady Macduff and her children are murdered.
• Ross tells Macduff that is children and wife have been murdered by Macbeth.
• Macduff is grief stricken.

Act III Notes

• Macbeth fears Banquo because of the witches prophecy.
• Macbeth plots to kill Banquo and Fleance
• Murderers kill Banquo and Fleance gets away.
• The murderers return to tell Macbeth what has happened and they take Banquo's body with them.
• Macbeth sees Banquos ghost in his chair but nobody else sees the ghost which makes Macbeth seem crazy.
• The witches meet and the head witch gets mad at the other witches for intervening in Macbeth's life.
• The head witch takes over and they work on making Macbeth crazy with visions.

Look at my Brain

    My Masterpiece that I have been working on with Whitney reflects what I enjoy doing. It took me awhile to figure out what I wanted my masterpiece to be centered around because there are so many things I like doing but nothing that seemed interesting enough to do a big project on. One day I was talking with Whitney and we were talking about this movie that we had both seen and a light bulb went off. We decided to collaborate and make a blog about how movies have changed throughout the centuries and how they reflect the societies they were created in. My masterpiece reflects my not so very creative mind, my ability  to collaborate, and my critical thinking while watching movies and comparing them.

What about my Masterpiece?

   To be completely honest I have not been working on my masterpiece this week. I have tried, believe me, but with all my other classes and sports I have been unable to do what I need to. Therefore I am a little bit behind on my masterpiece but I intend to make up that progress as soon as possible. Stay tuned more stuff to be posted on my masterpiece blog!

Love is Blind

The statement that love is blind is a very accurate description of someone who is in love. Macbeth loves his wife and sees her through rose colored glasses. However, unlike Macbeth we see her for who she truly is. The audience sees her plotting and scheming and although Macbeth knows her personality he refuses to see it because its not what he wants to see. Much like in our own lives we only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe because the idea that something doesn't fit into our perfect worlds would be unbearable. The difference between Macbeth and the audiences’ views of Lady Macbeth is that Macbeth is emotionally invested in her while the audience is just watching a play and coming to their own conclusions on things.

Literature Analysis

Resource of the Day #4

Today was a busy day but I was able to start creating the website! Its looking awesome!!

9 Questions

1. How has movies changed your life?

2. What made you want to pursue directing? 

3. How do you collaborate with others?

4. How has your values effected your movies?

5. What's your take on the impact of your movies in society?

6. How has the viewers of your movies responded to them?

7. Has your audience influenced how you direct your movies?

8. How has your life experiences effected your movies?

9. Do portray your life experiences in your movies?

Benchmark Project

Whitney and I have decided to team up on this project. We have decided to take movies from the 1900s and compare them to movies in the 2000s. We will show how these movies have changed based on the society and culture they were created in. We will also show how the have influenced the generation that watches them and the way they have changed the way we think about things.

We have begun watching movies and will be posting about them soon! We plan on making a website with different thought by using creative ways to show our findings.We will be asking our friends and family what they think of certain movies and add it to our research. Hopefully out website and thoughts about movies will influence people and how they think about what they watch on TV. Stay tuned for the link to the blog! 

Resource of the Day #3

Today consisted of watching more TV and taking notes...Spreading my wings and watching some older stuff!! The Brady Bunch!!! 

Resource of the Day #2

I am looking into platforms for the website we will be creating....not sure which is the best...I think I might just stick with what I know works! Blogspot! Haha

Resource of the Day #1

So since i'm not really sure what i'm supposed to write I am just going to tell you what I did today. Today, Whitney and I started our TV watching with Gossip Girl! The hit from the early 2000s! I'd say the first day was pretty successful!

Literature Analysis #2

1. The book begins with the Director giving a tour of the World State and showing how people are conditioned. There are five classes: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. Mustapha Mond talks about how they teach young kids sexual activities at a young age so they won't feel any emotional desires for human relationship. Fanny and Lenina talk about Lenina's sex life with a top Alpha, Henry Foster, but Lenina then admits she likes an awkward Alpha named Bernard Marx. Lenina and Henry are going on a date to play obstacle golf, while most of the other guys talk about how Lenina is fun to have sex with. Then as Lenina and Henry are on their date Bernard goes to visit Helmholtz Watson the other "outsider" like him, and they talk about their problems and how Helmholtz wants to do more with his words, but doesn't know exactly what. Lenina and Henry head home where they see where old people are cremated. Then they stop at a club where they play some 'erotic' music and have a bunch of soma. Bernard arrives late to the ford ceremony where they drop soma, eat ice cream and say chants. Bernard pretends to be into it but it makes him a loner. Next, Lenina goes on a date with Bernard who is weird, and doesn’t take soma with her and doesn't seem to want to have fun with her. They end up watching wrestling and then he takes her to look at the ocean which she doesn’t find interesting. After all that they still go back home and have sex. Bernard goes to the directors office and asks if he can go to the New Mexico Reservation with Lenina. While there the director tells the story of Linda and how he went with her there and she got lost and that he dreams about it. However upon realizing he is showing emotion he states that he didn’t care for her so it didn’t matter. After arriving at the hotel they leave and go to the reservation. Lenina is high on soma and they listen to the tour guide talk about the savages. Lenina and Bernard witness a ceremony and the whole time Lenina thinks its horrible. Bernard seemed to be okay with it. They, then, meet a young white boy who tell them his mother is from off the reservation and that his mother, Linda, was saved by some villagers. Bernard connects the dots and figures that the woman was the girl that the Director was talking about. They meet Linda who is a lot like Lenina except fat and ugly and tells them she is the village whore now. Her son John doesn't like that and doesn't understand thats the way she was conditioned. To avoid getting sent to Iceland, Bernard brings John and Linda with him to London to show off. When the director is about to exile Bernard, Bernard tell them that he found Linda and the Director had a natural born son. Immediately, the Director resigns and Bernard became very popular and finally starts acting like the normal people. John does not like the World State and doesn't like all the attention. One day he refuses to go to a party and Bernard loses his popularity and ends of having Helmholtz meet John. Lenina soon becomes obsessed with John and tries to sleep with him and he curses at her and basically calls her a whore. John visits Linda in the hospital where he witnesses her die. He gets upset when twin Deltas come to witness her death to condition them for death. He then becomes enraged and dumps all the soma out and tells people to be free. John and Mustapha Mond talk about Shakespeare and God and how there views differ. Helmholtz and Bernard are exiled to Iceland and John exiles himself. He lives alone in peace until low caste people discover him whipping himself and draws a lot of attention. He doesn't like this but finally breaks and takes soma and sleeps with women. He finally gave into their society and because of this he decides to hang himself to end his suffering.

2.The theme of this novel is that there is no such thing as a perfect society and that there will always people who question what life is really about. Another theme that I got from this book is the idea of dehumanization. The idea of creating a perfect society involves making people less human so that everyone can work together without problems.

3.The tone of the book is almost dark and twisted. There isn't much emotion in the writing and that allows the reader to draw their own conclusions.

Characterization:

1. -Direct characterization- Bernard is described as short and mentally superior, but at the same time we do not get a complete feel of his character.

    -Indirect characterization- Bernard is shown as a rebel because he doesn't want to participate in what the World State does.

2. Huxley's diction changes based on the character that is talking. This occurs because Huxley uses a lot of dialogue.

3. John is a dynamic character because he is introduced as a savage that doesn't know about the world outside his world and is intrigued by it at first. Once in London he becomes angered at how everyone acts but he finally gives into it. 

4. I felt like I met each of the characters because of the in-depth dialogue and how all of the characters interacted with one another.

Super 5

5 Potential Experts/Role Models to Endorse My Work:

- I am going to try and contact directors of movies and see if I can talk to someone.
- Fellow movie watchers.
- My parents
- Other adults of different ages
- Friends

My Team

Whitney and I are going to work together to unmask the similarities between movies and the societies that they were created in!

Launch

• What am I passionate about?  What do I want to do?

I am passionate about many things. I like softball, television, hanging out with my friends, helping others and roller blading. For my project I will be working with Whitney and we will be taking our love of television and watching movies and seeing how they show the type of society that they were created in. We will be comparing how they change over time from us coming to our own conclusions about the movie to now where they tell us what they want us to think.

• How can I use the tools from last semester (and the Internet in general)?

Whitney and I will create either a website or a blog of some sort with different videos, post and pictures.

• What will I need to do in order to "feel the awesomeness with no regrets" by June?

I will need to stay on top of this project. Whitney and I can't procrastinate and wait until last minute to do this.

• What will impress/convince others (both in my life and in my field)?

The way we are able to present our project in a unique and amusing way while showing the creative ideas we have.

• How will I move beyond 'What If' and take this from idea --> reality?

Whitney and I will work on it each day.

• Who will be the peers, public, and experts in my personal learning network?

 Our classmates will be able to give us feedback and anyone else who would like to comment to it.

Brave New Essay Topic

Choose a work of recognized literary merit in which a specific inanimate object (e.g., a seashell, a handkerchief, a painting) is important, and write an essay in which you show how two

or three of the purposes the object serves are related to one another.

I would answer this by addressing soma and how the people use it to avoid things that may make them unhappy. Things such as curiosity, things outside of their comfort zones, and things that they didnt know about.

Lit Terms #6

Simile:a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Soliloquy:an extended speech, given by a character alone on stage.

Spiritual: a folk song, usually on a religious theme. 

Speaker: a narrator, the one speaking. 

Stereotype: cliché; a simplified, standardized conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group; a formula story.

Stream of Consciousness: the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences them

Structure: the planned framework of a literary selection; its apparent organization.

Style: the manner of putting thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or speaking.

Subordination: the couching of less important ideas in less important structures of language.

Surrealism: a style in literature and painting that stresses the subconscious or the irrational aspects of man's existence characterized by the juxtaposition of the bizarre and the banal.

Suspension of Disbelief: suspend disbelief in order to enjoy something.

Symbol: something which stands for something else, yet has a meaning of its own.

Synesthesia: the use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense. 

Synecdoche:   another form of name changing, in which a part stands for the whole.

Syntax: the arrangement and grammatical relations of words in a sentence.

Theme: main idea of the story; its message(s).

Thesis: a proposition for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or disproved; the main idea

Tone:  the devices used to create the mood and atmosphere of a literary work; the author's perceived point of view. 

Tongue in Cheek: a type of humor in which the speaker feigns seriousness; also called "dry" or "dead pan"

Tragedy: in literature: any composition with a somber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion; a fatal event; protagonist usually is heroic but tragically (fatally) flawed

Understatement: opposite of hyperbole; saying less than you mean for emphasis

Vernacular: everyday speech

Voice: The textual features, such as diction and sentence structures, that convey a writer's or speaker's pesona.

Zeitgeist:the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

Welcome to Interdisciplinary

Well I am not sure what I want to do for this project. I have thought about it a lot and I can't seem to make up my mind but as soon as I do I will rewrite this post!

Hafta/Wanna

Similarities:

My outlook on life

My work ethic

My personality

Differences:

Time Management

I won’t have the distractions that I have now 

Living on my own

Responsible for myself

-I feel like after graduation many people will stay exactly the same as they were in high school. At first they may try to be different but we all have habits and we all usually fall back into the same patterns of living that we've had our whole lives.

-I feel like the things I want to do and the things I have to do are one in the same. If I want to do something it needs to be a priority and therefore something I have to do. My outlook on things must remain positive and I must maintain my determination because if i want something bad enough I can do anything.

-As I move on with my life I expect myself to remain true to who I am and the values I hold dear. I expect to never conform to the pressures of this world and not compromise who I am for anybody. 

Reading Quiz

1. What does Ivan Yakovlevich do for a living? 

-He is a barber.

2. What does Ivan find in a loaf of bread?

-He finds a nose in his loaf of bread. 

3. How does his wife respond to Ivan's discovery? 

-She is enraged and threatens to call the police.

4. What does Ivan set out to accomplish? 

-He sets out to get rid of the nose. He finally decides to throw it off a bridge.

5. When Ivan tosses the "package" in the river, for a brief moment he is happy; then he is arrested. What does this scene suggest about the role of happiness in Ivan's life/community/society? 

-It suggests about his life and society that they don't care about what’s right and wrong. They just care about themselves. Also, it shows that happiness can be taken away as fast as it comes.

6. Where does the title object belong, and how does it finally get there?

-It belongs on the face of Collegiate Assessor Kovalev.

Lit Terms #5

Parallelism: the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist. 

Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness. 

Pedantry:  excessive concern with minor details and rules

Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. 

Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.  

Poignant:  evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing. 

Postmodemism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple  meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary 

Prose: written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist 

Pun:  play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications. 

Purpose: the intended result wished by an author. 

Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightforward manner to reflect life as it actually is.

Refrain:stop oneself from doing something

Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead. 

Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.

Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis.

Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.

Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.

Rising Action: plot build up, caused by conflict and complications, advancement towards climax.

Romanticism: movement in western culture beginning in the eighteenth and peaking in the nineteenth century as a revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and fact.

Satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Scansion: the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.

Setting:  the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur.

Lit Terms #4

Interior Monologue: a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts.

Inversion: the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted

Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings.

Magic(al) Realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with the marvelous or magical. 

Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Extended: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it.

            -Controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work.

            -Mixed: a metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies.

Metonymy: the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition.

Modernism: a style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms.

Monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem

Mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece.

Motif: a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature. 

Myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world. 

Narrative: a story or description of events. 

Narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story. 

Naturalism: extreme form of realism; a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.

Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical. 

Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person. 

Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Pacing: consistent and continuous speed in walking, running, or moving

Parable:a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.

Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.

Literature Analysis #4

The Invisible Man:

1.Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read according to the elements of plot you've learned in past courses (exposition, inciting incident, etc.).  Explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).

-This story is about an African American man and the challenges that made him who he is and brought him to where he is now. The story is in “the South” during the 1920s. The man was really good at writing and public speaking and was given the chance at a young age to give a speech that helps him win a scholarship for college. While at college he became in charge of driving Mr. Norton, a wealthy white trustee at the college, around. One day Mr. Norton happens to overhear word on Jim Trueblood, an uneducated African American man who impregnated his own daughter and retreats to the Golden day. Word of this incident spreads to the college president who then expels the narrator. The narrator then moves to Harlem where he gets a job, until he gets hurt on the job and looses consciousness. He, then, recovers and joins a group called the Brotherhood, headed by Brother Jack. Once again bad things happen to him when the brotherhood begins to question the narrator’s motives for being  a part of the organization. Afraid, he hides from the Brotherhood. When he returns home, there is a riot and he falls in a hole. The police try to kill him and surround the hole where he fell. This last accident causes the narrator to look back on things and it gives him the motivation to do what he whatever he wants and tell his life story. By telling his story the narrator finally finds the strength within himself to come out of the hole because he stayed true to himself.          

2.Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.

-The main theme of the novel is to stay true to who you are. In the narrators case he was an African American man living in the south in the 1920’s. The conditions were bad and accepting the poor treatment towards blacks would have been easier for him but he never gave in. It was harder to speak out about the cruelty and make a change. It was a struggle he had to overcome in order to face himself and others.
-Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).

-The narrator's tone sad but thoughtful, because of his constant reflection on the racism at the time and his many struggles.

- “What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?” 

-“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.”

CHARACTERIZATION 

3. 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)

-The narrator uses direct characterization because throughout the whole story he is describing his thoughts and actions.

4. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?  How?  Example(s)?

-The author did not change his town when he talked about other characters because the author is the main character and he is describing how he felt about things.
5. Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.

-The main character is dynamic because he faces problems with not conforming to racism. He is also a round character because he has so many qualities.
6. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character?  Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction. 

-After reading this novel I have come away feeling like a have met the man not just read a story. 

Lit Terms #3

Exposition:a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

Expressionism:movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling(s).

Fable:a short, simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth.

Fallacy:a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument

Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax.

Farce: a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

Figurative Language: apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech.

Flashback:a narrative device that flashes back to prior events.

Foil:a person or thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent.

Folk Tale: story passed on by word of mouth.

Foreshadowing: in fiction and drama, a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not to give it away.

Free Verse:verse without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme.

Genre:a category or class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, or content.

Gothic Tale:a style in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence.

Hyperbole:exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Imagery:figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses.

Implication:a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author.

Incongruity: the state of being incongruous or out of keeping

Inference:a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Irony:a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening.

Lit Terms #2

Circumlocution: the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive

Classicism: the following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art and literature, generally associated with harmony, restraint, and adherence to recognized standards of form and craftsmanship, esp. from the Renaissance to the 18th century

Cliché: a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

Climax: the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the pint of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or resolved .

Colloquialism: a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

Comedy: originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter.

Conflict: struggle or problem in a story causing tension.

Connotation: implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition.

Contrast: a rhetorical device by which one element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity.

Denotation: plain dictionary definition .

Denouement: loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion.

Dialect: the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people distinguished from others.

Dialectics: the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions.

Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

Diction: the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words. 

Didactic:having to do with the transmission of information; education.

Dogmatic:inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

Elegy:a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Epic:a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects the customs, mores, and aspirations of his nation or race as he makes his way through legendary and historic exploits, usually over a long period of time· (definition bordering on circumlocution). 

Epigram:a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

Epitaph:a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, esp. as an inscription on a tombstone.

Epithet:an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

Euphemism:the use of an indirect, mild or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt. 

Evocative (evocation):bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

AP Prep Post 1: Siddartha

1. Choose a specific archetype and demonstrate its function in the novel. How does it contribute to theme or character development? Determine whether the archetype is being used traditionally or is being manipulated by Hesse. 

2. Choose a passage that uses stream of consciousness. Analyze how the technique contributes to characterization.

3. Choose one of the formal characteristics of Modernism and explain its use in Siddhartha.

4. Analyze Hesse’s use of figurative language in a specific passage.  How does its use develop theme, character, or setting?

5. Analyze a character other than Siddhartha and explain this character’s role in the novel; don’t forget to use terminology (flat, round, static, dynamic, etc.).

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-It's hard to really answer these questions without know the whole story. I read this book the summer before sophomore year so I can barely remember what this story was completely about. 

-What this tells me about the AP Exam is that I need to think more analytically when reading these stories. I need to do more than just read the words, I need to understand what they are truly implying.

Hacking My Education

1. What do you want to know by the end of this course that you don’t know already?

-Not to sound “Hallmark-y,” but I really want to learn more about myself. I want to learn about what things interest me and most importantly how to allow myself to learn. 

2. What skills do you want to be able to demonstrate on your blog?

-I want to be able to demonstrate my ability to perceive things from a different perspective that is unique to me, I want to show improvement as this course continues, and I want to show my ability to become an expert on things we learn in class.

3.What experiences do you want to get under your belt before you graduate?

-I want to experience having that light bulb moment when I completely understand something and I am able to converse with someone about that topic. 

What's In This For Me

My goal for this semester is to learn better time management. I find myself putting other things before school work and not putting enough time into the things that I need to get done. Last semester I tried hard and did what I was supposed to but I didn't take advantage of the opportunities to learn something new and I really want to do that this semester.

Lit Terms #1

allegory:a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

alliteration:the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

allusion:an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

ambiguity:uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.

anachronism:a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

analogy:a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification

analysis:a method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts, and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny

anaphora:a device or repetition in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences

anecdote: a very short story used to illustrate a point

antagonist:a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative

antithesis:a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth

apologia:a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct

apostrophe:a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly

argument:the process of convincing a reader by proving either the truth or the falsity of an idea or proposition; also, the thesis or proposition itself

assumption:the act of supposing, or taking for granted that a thing is true

audience:the intended listener or listeners

characterization:the means by which a writer reveals a character's personality

chiasmus:a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form