9/28-9/30 homework

1)A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

2) when I was on the walk I shut my phone off so I wouldn't have any distractions. I looked around and tried to focus and realize why would Dr.Preston have us do this?? So I kept walking and walking until I found myself enjoying the silence and the comfort of walking around and being worry free. So I'm not sure what we were suppose to get out of it but I learned that walking calms me down.

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

Essay revision

The next time we write an essay I will do a quick prewrite to help organize my thoughts and try not to summarize the story but focus on getting my point across.

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allen Poe

"Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?"
This part of the poem made me think and romanticism has you asking question to make us think.

Vocabulary: Fall list #6

ADROIT- Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.
AMICABLE- Having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.
AVERSE- Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.
BELLIGERENT- Hostile and aggressive.
BENEVOLENT- characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
CURSORY- Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

DUPLICITY- deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.

EXTOL- to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.

FEASIBLE- capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
GRIMACE- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
HOLOCAUST- a great or complete devastation or destruction of something.
IMPERVIOUS- not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable
IMPETUS- a moving force; impulse; stimulus
JEOPARDY- hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury
METICULOUS- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise
NOSTALGIA- a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends
QUINTESSENCE- the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
RETROGRESS- to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition.
SCRUTINIZE- to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
TEIPD-  moderately warm

I found an american literature book!

I googled american literature classics and I found the story The Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane. I was interested because of this summary of the book. It just sounds awesome and worth reading!
. Follow the trials and tribulations of Henry Fleming, a recruit in the American Civil War in this impressionistic novel by American writer Stephen Crane. Although Stephen Crane was born after the war and never participated in battle The Red Badge of Courage is one of the most influential war stories every written. The Red Badge of Courage treats with the meaning of courage as the young protagonist Henry Fleming is cast into circumstances that take the full measure of his. Another classic that deserves its place in the library of American Literature.

This is on http://www.americanliterature.com/Crane/TheRedBadgeofCourage/TheRedBadgeofCourage.html

This life is your life

1)This commercial quotes the poem, The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski.

2) I thought that the use of the poem by the corporation is ironic because we usually take the corporations ideas and use them. This time it's the other way around.

3) The poem makes a whole lot of sense when you learn about his background. He was abused by his dad and felt like an outsider due to his severe acne that cause his face to be disfigured. His poem talks about getting out of the darkness and into the light. My interpretation of that is the dark being the period of time he was alone and abused and the light being now, the upside of his life.

4)http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001977/bio is where I found answers 1 and 3.

5)your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

Vocabulary Terms list #5

Allude- to refer to something the author thinks you should know.
Clairvoyant- to be able to read mind
Conclusive- final or decisive
Disreputable- to have a poor reputation
Endemic- natural to an environment
Exemplary- serving as a desirable model
Fathom- Noun: unit of length equal to 6 feet
              Verb: to understand
Guile- to trick
Integrity- integrating thought, speech, and action
Itinerary- a trip schedule
Misconstrue- to misunderstand or misinterpret
Obnoxious- rude, loud (something that bothers you)
Placate- to calm down or satisfy
Placid- calm
Plagiarism- taking someone
Potent- powerful
Pretext- a reason for doing something
Protrude- to stick out
Stark- obvious
Superficial- shallow

Vocabulary: Fall list #4

EXEMPLARY-worth of imitation. Commendable.

PECULIAR-out of the ordinary.

DREAD- to greatly fear.

BOUGH-a branch of a tree

PIOUS- hypocritical 

COMMUNION-interchange or sharing of thougha and emotions.

AUDITOR-someone who looks something over and makes it better.

MULTITUDE-a lot of something.

ELOQUENCE-a practice of art using language with fluency and aptness.

DESPAIR- loss of hope.

HOARY- gray or white with age.
MELANCHOLY- gloomy state of mind.

September 6th notes

The color of the notebook is a property of our perception. 

The smoothness of the paper is also a property of our perception. 

DISPLACEMENT  happens when you take a person from their natural habitat and put them somewhere they don't belong. 

AHA!

Today when we were discussing meanings, signs, and symbols I read it over and the one sentence that stood out to me was,"The fight will be won not by physical strength but by superior language and definitions". This sentence made everything connect for me. So I guess this is my AHA moment :). 

 

Vocabulary list #3

1. Ecomium-A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
    Lots of people are writing ecomiumist speeches for the presidential candidates.
2. Cohort-A group of people banded together or treated as a group.
    Sports teams are a an example or a cohort.
3. Belabor-To argue or elaborate in excessive detail.
    There is lots of belaboring in congress.
4. Eschew-Deliberately avoid.
    Sometimes I eschew my homework to watch my favorite tv show.
5. Acquisitive-Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
    When it comes to money I am very acquisitive.
6. Emulate-Match or surpass (a person or achievement) typically by imitation.
    I want to emulate my favorite athlete whenever I play a sport.
7. Arrogate-Take or claim something for oneself without justification.
                 
8. Banal-So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
    Dr.Prestons class is completely the opposite of banal.
9. Excoriation-Where the skin is torn or worn off.
    I had many excoriations after football practice.
10. Congeal-Solidify or coagulate especially by cooling.

11. Carping-Difficult to please.
      My mother is quite carping
12. Substantiate-Provide evidence to support or prove the truth.
      The evidence substantiated my theory.
13. Temporize-Avoid making a decision or commiting oneself in order to gain time.
       I usually Temporize myself so I can focus on one thing.
14. Largesse-Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.
      My grandpa is a very largesse person.
15. Tenable-Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
       I am tenable!
16. Reconnaissance-Preliminary surveying or research.
      The enemy sent a reconnaissance team to bring back information.
17. Germane-Relevant to a subject under consideration.
       I enjoy talking about things German to sports.
18. Ramify-Cause to branch or spread out.
      My brothers fart caused us to Ramify away from him.
19. Intransigent-Unwilling or refusing to change one's views.
      My dad is intransigent and stubborn.
20. Taciturn-Reserved or uncommunicative in speech.
      There are lots of taciturn people in my English class.
21. Invidious-Unfairly discriminating;unjust
      Sadly there are some invidious people in the world.

Young goodman brown symbols

1) The name Young Goodman Brown
    - stands for youth and goodness of the man. Makes me view him as a kind young man (protagonist).
2) Faith
    - stands for all the good in the world. He means everything to young goodman brown.
3) Faith's pink ribbon
    - represents Faith's purity. I viewed her as a loyal and devoted wide to young goodman brown.
4) The forest
    - represent an evil area. Brown leaves the city of Salem and his wife faith and enters a gloomy and   evil area.
5) The old man of the forest
     -  represents the devil. Evil man who is the main antagonist of the story.