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poems

the first of the teo poems i watched was "Unknown Girl in the Maturnity Ward" by Anne Sexton. Amanda fernandez uses drama to make this poem special and attention grabing, she uses the shifts and puts emphasis on certain lines. everyword is articulated to the syllable and is perfectly heard by all, she expresses the emotions of the poem through her face. She really seams to understand the poem, (no wonder she was in the best preformances) even though is really difficult and long. The second, also in the best preformances, "Forgetfulness" by Billy Collins. Jackson Hille uses the humor of the poem to his advantage. It is much shorter and uses more common words the difficulty of this poem rivals the first through ---->"so what?"<----. The satire in the poem making fun of everything about losing your memory is witty and amusing and he increased this through his understanding and phrasing when reciting it.
The first poems meaning is pretty obvious a new mother in a hospital, not only being celebrated but judged by the people that see her only as the single mom with the bastard(in its literal meaning) child. They don't see the light eminating from her face, they only notice the empty place where the father should be, adding the melancholy element to the poem. The second poem is more of the humor in getting old and all the disuseful knowlage you aquire over the years that just seams to slip away with every new piece. The frustration that you experience through once being able to remember something then one day having no idea it exsists. through it's humor you can see the real emotion and meaning, the longing for youth.

motif

Prior to the summer assignment if someone asked me what a motif was i would have been unable to respond correctly, now after reading To Kill a Mockingbird i understand the meaning more. A reaccuring thing that captures the theme of the book.
In the story, the title is the phrase in which the motif is based. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because the are innocent. There are two main examples, Boo Radley, and Tom robinson. Tom's innocence is easily recognised because he is in a trial. He was convicted of a crime that he obviously didn't commit. Boo's innocence is just a little deeper. The town sees him as a lost cause that should be shut up in his house, while he just wants to help people. The children are interested in boo because of his exile from society, he connects with them because they don't judge him as harshly as the adults of Maycomb do.

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i thought cracked glasses were a very accurate symbol of Atticus Finch, because he is an intellegent man. But society looks at him through cracked glasses seeing only the person defending a black man and not the kind hearted man who cares for all mankind.

lesson

I am a younger sibling my sister who is a senior this year had always been my age once, so I learned most of my lessons from her triumphs and failures. But one lesson was important enough that I learn it from her and have my mother tell me it multiple times. When my sister was a freshman and going into her sophomore year she got good grades but not quite what my family wanted, and the reason was because she didn't turn some things in. But she got over it, last year, her junior year; she had a 4.0 for both semesters. So the lesson my mother told me was, "Don't wait to be serious in school, because it might come back to haunt you." it hasn't come back to haunt my sister yet but she worries about it sometimes.

Until recently I didn't really take school all that seriously. I went to Lincoln which doesn't help, but my attitude was very similar to this years so far, I would generally get good grades on the stuff I would turn in but I would not turn some things in. now I’m realizing that in my weaknesses, such as this class it isn't just good enough to turn things in. You have to have put some time and effort in to it. And also I’ve learned that extra credit is your friend, always do it.

best friend

my best friend is a very physically fit person, he works out three days a week and on all the other days he has some sort of training for baseball. He is not a tall person, but he isn't short. he is asian and italian creating a unique facial structure. He wears clothes according to the styles of the "Jocks." He always says,"dude, come on!" whenever I say no to working out with him. His thoughts are focused mostly on athletics and fitness. But, he is a great person to hang out with because we share opinions on most topics.



my best friend might appear to be an egoist, his what's in it for me personality is that of a teenage boy, but underneath, at least to me his is an introvert, he isn't always thinking about intellegent things but he is always worried about his appearence, hense the compulsive physical activity.

Catch-22: tone

The author uses tone not to descibe the thoughts of the narrator or the characters. Satire is heavy in the tone, the entire book is making fun of a group of soldiers and what they have to face in day to day life. The book skips around a lot and is multiple characters stories, from the one all knowing narrator. It is mainly the story of a man and the hysterics of war and what a joke it is to everyone, an example, he gets premoted because he gets people killed. Please if you want to read this book do it over a time period that allows you to actually understand it. or you will hate it with a burning passion of 100,000 white hot suns.

#2.

The book i'm reading outside of class is Catch-22 it is a very confusing book at the begining but is slowly (and boy, do i mean slowly) turning onto a book i might like or recommend. It's very hard to actually start reading this book the first 80 pages made me want to vomit everywhere in confusion, i had no clue who anyone was or what was happening besides World War II. The Dominant literary element is imagery he creates vivid pictures in my mind, I just have no clue how they fit together. I think he uses imagery because creating pictures through writing is easy. (I am in fact saying i think the dominant literary element was formed of pure laziness, AKA: I really dislike his style) The tone of the novel so far is dramatically cynical, he wants to kill everyone he sees.

#1.

When I feel the need to get lost in a good book I tend to gravitate towards a pillow fort during a the weekend. It is just a small soft comfortable space where my music ois playing and I can feel relaxed, because I am away from the stressors of normal life. On the week days I normally just sit in a chair and go for it, which sadly, doesn't work 100% of the time. Outside is the worst possible place for me to read becasue I always end up being more interested int eh bug crawling across my book than the words printed on its pages.

When a book starts out slow I tend to get bored. I'll continue to read it until about halfway through and if the action hasn't picked up by then the book will end up under my bed squished between the hotwheels and a water glass. But when I find a book that can interest me within the first pages it won't last three days.