Literary Response: I don't believe that people can live their life to the fullest, but I do believe people can live their life to the best of their abilities. There is just too much to do in life, too much to do in life that I feel its impossible to live it all in one lifetime.
To me, living your life to the best of your abilities is finding a place for yourself that is special to you. This can mean having a spouse of kids and a spouse, coming home to them after a day of working somewhere you love. Just because you have a simple life does not mean your life incomplete. Infact, I think staying away from the drama and bad news of life and staying within a safe bubble is what can make your life full.
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Literary Response: I think we associate the natural world with peace, because it is devoid of the fast-paced chaos of the human world. There are no lies in nature, everything is for its own self and its families.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
essY
Death and the aftermath of it is the most mysterious and most feared subject of this world. So many questions can be asked concerning death and none truly answered because everyone who has experienced it is gone. Will our time on Earth be in vain or is it a test to whatever shall happen after it? Will death be painful? Will we ever really leave this world, or will we be reborn right back into it? Despite religion or scientific guesses, no one really knows what will happen and its frightening.
People like to be in control and like to know what is going to happen next its just to be more comfortable with it. When something as unknown as death is thrown in the mix people handle that fear in various ways.Some people dwell in this fear, stopping their lives just to study it or avoid it. Most people, however, try not to think about it, try to live life to the best of their abilities. In my opinion, this is the smartest option. Death can be right around the corner and it doesn't matter if you fear it or embrace it, it will come one day. To let the fear overcome you is the silliest choice. No matter how you handle it, death is unavoidable in the end and is like time, promising and unstopping.
So instead, I think the best option in handling death is to try to be the safest you can without letting it stop you from doing what you really want to do. Try your hardest to be the best at what you're passionate about, gather the most fruits you can. Don't dwell on small things or let mistakes and regrets sully your future. There is a deadline to said future and in the end, all those insignifigant feelings will not matter.
So, in conclusion, death is inevitable and inescapable. People fear it because there are no resources of when it happens and what going on when it does. The best way to handle this impending fate is to live your life around it and to the best of your abilities, because the only certain thing is the now and to not grasp it willbe the biggest regret.
People like to be in control and like to know what is going to happen next its just to be more comfortable with it. When something as unknown as death is thrown in the mix people handle that fear in various ways.Some people dwell in this fear, stopping their lives just to study it or avoid it. Most people, however, try not to think about it, try to live life to the best of their abilities. In my opinion, this is the smartest option. Death can be right around the corner and it doesn't matter if you fear it or embrace it, it will come one day. To let the fear overcome you is the silliest choice. No matter how you handle it, death is unavoidable in the end and is like time, promising and unstopping.
So instead, I think the best option in handling death is to try to be the safest you can without letting it stop you from doing what you really want to do. Try your hardest to be the best at what you're passionate about, gather the most fruits you can. Don't dwell on small things or let mistakes and regrets sully your future. There is a deadline to said future and in the end, all those insignifigant feelings will not matter.
So, in conclusion, death is inevitable and inescapable. People fear it because there are no resources of when it happens and what going on when it does. The best way to handle this impending fate is to live your life around it and to the best of your abilities, because the only certain thing is the now and to not grasp it willbe the biggest regret.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Literary response for 2nd page
Literary Response: My thoughts on money is that it's just paper, but the most important paper in all the land. The ones who try who try to pass money off as just paper are doomed to be left behind in the fast-paced race for it. The poor and the rich are all effect by money. The poor suffer for the lack of it and the rich revel in its contents.
People kill and are killed because of this thing called money. The race is brutal and doesn't stop for no one. Most people revolve their top dreams and desires based on money and wealth. Money can equal numerous things; shelter, food, and clothing. Alot of people believe money equals happiness, and frankly, I believe so too. Unless you are very, very ignorant, its almost impossible to reach happiness without money.
Literary Response: A familiar scene I've returned to over the years is this small, quiet little playground down the street of my house. I've been living at that house for over five years and so I've been going to that place for about the same amount of time. It has a rusted swing and slide set, a bench, and a few willow trees. It’s quaint and vague, but for me, it's like a second home. I go there everyday afterschool and revel in its peacefulness.
I think that no matter how plain or simple something is, once you've created a bond towards it, that thing becomes extraordinary and rare. I've been to all the parks in town, but they just aren't the same. They remind me of every other park, every other place. But for the one right down my street, it has a striking familiarity to it, like the feeling of returning home after a long day of school. I can sit on the little, old swing and let my worries fade into the background as I ease into daydreaming.
Literary Response: What comes to my mind when I hear the word depressed or downhearted is unstable and emotional. It’s when you let something eat away at you so much that it starts affecting aspects of your life. You lose focus on reality and the goals you’ve worked so hard on and start digressing. I think everyone goes through this sort of funk in their life, where something really gets you down and the wonders of the future is blurred.
Most people get out of this funk, from either the curing of time or reason. They come to their senses and realize whatever it was that upset them in the past, is in the past and the future is still staring right at them, ready to be taken in. I think the ones who skip this stage are actually denying themselves the chance to move on, whether on purpose or not. I believe these kind of people are the ones who end up regretting everything the most.
When I hear the word "hawk", I think of "bird of prey". Hawks seek their food from the skies, soaring down when they spot something to prey on. Hawks are animals that dominate whatever comes to him. Hawks are bold and daring and have no regard for anyone but themselves.
People kill and are killed because of this thing called money. The race is brutal and doesn't stop for no one. Most people revolve their top dreams and desires based on money and wealth. Money can equal numerous things; shelter, food, and clothing. Alot of people believe money equals happiness, and frankly, I believe so too. Unless you are very, very ignorant, its almost impossible to reach happiness without money.
Literary Response: A familiar scene I've returned to over the years is this small, quiet little playground down the street of my house. I've been living at that house for over five years and so I've been going to that place for about the same amount of time. It has a rusted swing and slide set, a bench, and a few willow trees. It’s quaint and vague, but for me, it's like a second home. I go there everyday afterschool and revel in its peacefulness.
I think that no matter how plain or simple something is, once you've created a bond towards it, that thing becomes extraordinary and rare. I've been to all the parks in town, but they just aren't the same. They remind me of every other park, every other place. But for the one right down my street, it has a striking familiarity to it, like the feeling of returning home after a long day of school. I can sit on the little, old swing and let my worries fade into the background as I ease into daydreaming.
Literary Response: What comes to my mind when I hear the word depressed or downhearted is unstable and emotional. It’s when you let something eat away at you so much that it starts affecting aspects of your life. You lose focus on reality and the goals you’ve worked so hard on and start digressing. I think everyone goes through this sort of funk in their life, where something really gets you down and the wonders of the future is blurred.
Most people get out of this funk, from either the curing of time or reason. They come to their senses and realize whatever it was that upset them in the past, is in the past and the future is still staring right at them, ready to be taken in. I think the ones who skip this stage are actually denying themselves the chance to move on, whether on purpose or not. I believe these kind of people are the ones who end up regretting everything the most.
When I hear the word "hawk", I think of "bird of prey". Hawks seek their food from the skies, soaring down when they spot something to prey on. Hawks are animals that dominate whatever comes to him. Hawks are bold and daring and have no regard for anyone but themselves.
Monday, December 6, 2010
35. essay moddern post
If you think of the word beauty in isolation then it can be defined in terms of looks – the celebrities you see on the television don’t look like that when they get out of bed in the morning, they require time, effort and money with make up and hair stylists in order to convey to the world their take on what ‘beauty’ is. Beauty may also be defined in terms of intelligence – although this is much rarer. The beauty and art of being able to understand the complexities of the world and using this gift to propel yourself in your life career. What else can beauty be define as? We may decide that Beauty isn’t about yourself solely, but with the people around you and that having those people in your life will help fulfil you. Is this beauty?
What I found about this quote is that the use of the word ‘truth’ can uncover all of these definitions that beauty might hold. I interpreted this quote as beauty is being true to yourself. Although it is easy to conceal the negative things in your life, and the things you don’t want other people to know about, to do this to yourself mean’s you lack strength in your own body. If you know who you are – if you really know – then I believe this constitutes as upholding the gift of beauty.
What I found about this quote is that the use of the word ‘truth’ can uncover all of these definitions that beauty might hold. I interpreted this quote as beauty is being true to yourself. Although it is easy to conceal the negative things in your life, and the things you don’t want other people to know about, to do this to yourself mean’s you lack strength in your own body. If you know who you are – if you really know – then I believe this constitutes as upholding the gift of beauty.
MOST UPDATED VERSION OF VICTORIAN PERIOD
The Victorian Period
1. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…” – Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities
2. 1833-1901
3. Two works published in Victoria’s reign proved as powerful as any of the machinery assembled for The Great Exposition. In 1848, as England watched while revolutions convulsed Europe, Karl Marx published The Communist manifesto. This pamphlet warned that there was “a spectre haunting Europe”. That “spectre” was communism, with its prophecy of political revolution. The other book, the work of a gentleman scientist who had seen evidence for biological evolution during his long sea voyage on HMS. Beagle, was On the Origin of Species. Supporters and attackers alike knew that after Charles Darwin’s work, our sense of ourselves and our place in the world would never be the same.
4. Key Historical Theme: Imperial Britain
5. – Under Victoria, Britain’s empire expanded, and Britain celebrated progress, prosperity, and peace.
- Darker stories linked to Britain’s empire included the Irish Potato Famine, widespread poverty at home, and the rise of Germany as a competing imperial power.
6. * An Elegy with Up-to-Dates Themes: Tennyson’s In Memoriam, A.H.H., his elegy for his friend Arthur Hallam, speaks to the problem of belief and doubt that was central to the age. In this poem, Tennyson’s struggles to come to terms with Hallam’s death at the age of twenty-two, asking whether a benevolent God or an indifferent nature directs the universe. About ten years before Darwin, he writes of “nature red in tooth and claw”. One of the most impressive aspects of this elegy is its engagement with the latest scientific discoveries. Be the end of the poem, however, Tennyson has regained his belief and declares his faith in a divine plan for the universe.
• The Sonnet: In Sonnet 43, Elizabeth Barrett Browning states her belief in the power of love, more positively than Matthew Arnold. She adds a distinctively Victorian note of piety, reverence, and religious belief to her love poem. Victorian poets were committed to the sonnet as were the Romantics and none more so than Gerard Manley Hopkins. A Catholic convert and Jesuit priest, he experimented with meter, he proclaims his faith in a divine presence in the world.
• The Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett’s husband, perfected the dramatic monologue. In this poetic form, a character is speaking to a silent listener and in the process revealing more about himself than he realizes. Browning’s strange and chilling speakers are the British cousins of Edgar Allan Poe’s mad narrators in stories like “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.
• The Novel: The dramatic monologue takes readers into the mind of a character, as does the popular Victorian genre, the novel. This genre was as central to the Victorian period as the drama was to the Elizabethan. Usually published serially in magazines, each new installment of a novel was eagerly awaited by all levels of society. The novel’s social commentary and realistic descriptions presented the Victorians to themselves.
The great theme of these novels is education: the depiction of a hero or heroine learning how to secure a proper place in society.
7. Vocabulary: chrysalis- noun. Third stage of development of a moth or butterfly
Diffusive- adj. tending to spread out
Prosper- verb. Thrive
Waning- verb. Gradually dimming or weakening
Prudence- noun. Careful management of resources; economy
Furrows- noun. Grooves, such as those made by a plow
8.
9. ok
10. Reading Check: When Lady Shalott sees Sir Lancelot in the mirror, she looks out the window, even though it is forbidden.
11. Reading Summary: In Part I, the speaker sets the scene and introduces the plot: The Lady, on her remote island, is under a curse. She must keep to her weaving and ignore Camelot. However, she is attracted by the reflections of the active world that she sees in her mirror. At the sight of two lovers, she declares that she is “half sick of shadows”. In Part II, the shining figure of Sir Lancelot pierces the island gloom, and the lonely lady chooses to leave her retreat and follow him. The mirror cracks. She then places her name upon the prow of a boat and flows toward Camelot, singing. By the time she reaches the first house, she is dead. Moved, the lords and ladies stare at her lifeless form, while Lancelot utters a prayer.
12.
13. countenance- noun. Face
Officious- adj. meddlesome
Munificence- noun. Lavish generosity
Eludes- verb. Avoids or escapes
Dowry- noun. Property a woman brings to her husband upon marriage
Sullen- adj. brooding; morose; sulky
14. Ok.
15. Reading Check: The duke and his listener are viewing a painting of his first wife who died after three years of marriage.
16.
17. Ok.
18.
19.Reading Journey: This dramatic monologue opens with a description of the setting; a violently windy and rainy night. Such an opening creates a sense of foreboding and foreshadows an evil deed. The speaker waits for Porphyria; he describes her entrance and her loving embrace. Still, he complains that although she worships him, she is too weak to commit herself to him totally. He then strangles Porphyria with her own hair to make her his forever, imaging that Porphyria welcomes her death as a release from unwanted bonds. At the end of the poem, the speaker notices that God has not reacted to his deed.
20.
21. Ok.
22.
23. A novel is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/novel
24. monotonous- adj. without variation
Obstinate- adj. stubborn; dogged
Deficient- adj. lacking an essential quality
Adversary- noun. Opponent; enemy
Indignant- adj. outraged; filled with righteous anger
Approbation- noun. Official approval
Etymology- noun. The study of word origins
Syntax- noun the study of sentence structure
25.
26. Ok.
27.
28.
29. Vocabulary- obscure- adj. not easily seen; not generally known
Sundry- adj. various; miscellaneous
Tumult- noun. Noise caused by a crowd
Truculent- adj. cruel, fierce
Comprised- verb. Consisted of; included
30. Ok.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35. Vocabulary:
tranquil- adj. calm; serene; peaceful
Turbid- adj. muddy or cloudy; not clear
Cadence- noun. Measured movement
Dominion- noun. Rule; control
Awe- mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder
Contrite- adj. willing to repent or atone
36. Ok
37. Reading Journal: The speaker watches the calm waters of the English Channel and compares the tides to the ebb and flow of human misery. In despair, he listens to the melancholy roar of the world’s pain. He asks his sweetheart to stand with him; he is pessimistic about humanity but believes in love and fidelity between individuals. He asks his love to be true, for all they have is each other.
38.
39. Ok
40. Reading Check: The speaker is a woman wondering who is digging on her grave. Is it her loved one, her family, or an enemy? She discovers that it is none of them, that each has forgotten her.
41.
42.
43.
1. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…” – Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities
2. 1833-1901
3. Two works published in Victoria’s reign proved as powerful as any of the machinery assembled for The Great Exposition. In 1848, as England watched while revolutions convulsed Europe, Karl Marx published The Communist manifesto. This pamphlet warned that there was “a spectre haunting Europe”. That “spectre” was communism, with its prophecy of political revolution. The other book, the work of a gentleman scientist who had seen evidence for biological evolution during his long sea voyage on HMS. Beagle, was On the Origin of Species. Supporters and attackers alike knew that after Charles Darwin’s work, our sense of ourselves and our place in the world would never be the same.
4. Key Historical Theme: Imperial Britain
5. – Under Victoria, Britain’s empire expanded, and Britain celebrated progress, prosperity, and peace.
- Darker stories linked to Britain’s empire included the Irish Potato Famine, widespread poverty at home, and the rise of Germany as a competing imperial power.
6. * An Elegy with Up-to-Dates Themes: Tennyson’s In Memoriam, A.H.H., his elegy for his friend Arthur Hallam, speaks to the problem of belief and doubt that was central to the age. In this poem, Tennyson’s struggles to come to terms with Hallam’s death at the age of twenty-two, asking whether a benevolent God or an indifferent nature directs the universe. About ten years before Darwin, he writes of “nature red in tooth and claw”. One of the most impressive aspects of this elegy is its engagement with the latest scientific discoveries. Be the end of the poem, however, Tennyson has regained his belief and declares his faith in a divine plan for the universe.
• The Sonnet: In Sonnet 43, Elizabeth Barrett Browning states her belief in the power of love, more positively than Matthew Arnold. She adds a distinctively Victorian note of piety, reverence, and religious belief to her love poem. Victorian poets were committed to the sonnet as were the Romantics and none more so than Gerard Manley Hopkins. A Catholic convert and Jesuit priest, he experimented with meter, he proclaims his faith in a divine presence in the world.
• The Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett’s husband, perfected the dramatic monologue. In this poetic form, a character is speaking to a silent listener and in the process revealing more about himself than he realizes. Browning’s strange and chilling speakers are the British cousins of Edgar Allan Poe’s mad narrators in stories like “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.
• The Novel: The dramatic monologue takes readers into the mind of a character, as does the popular Victorian genre, the novel. This genre was as central to the Victorian period as the drama was to the Elizabethan. Usually published serially in magazines, each new installment of a novel was eagerly awaited by all levels of society. The novel’s social commentary and realistic descriptions presented the Victorians to themselves.
The great theme of these novels is education: the depiction of a hero or heroine learning how to secure a proper place in society.
7. Vocabulary: chrysalis- noun. Third stage of development of a moth or butterfly
Diffusive- adj. tending to spread out
Prosper- verb. Thrive
Waning- verb. Gradually dimming or weakening
Prudence- noun. Careful management of resources; economy
Furrows- noun. Grooves, such as those made by a plow
8.
9. ok
10. Reading Check: When Lady Shalott sees Sir Lancelot in the mirror, she looks out the window, even though it is forbidden.
11. Reading Summary: In Part I, the speaker sets the scene and introduces the plot: The Lady, on her remote island, is under a curse. She must keep to her weaving and ignore Camelot. However, she is attracted by the reflections of the active world that she sees in her mirror. At the sight of two lovers, she declares that she is “half sick of shadows”. In Part II, the shining figure of Sir Lancelot pierces the island gloom, and the lonely lady chooses to leave her retreat and follow him. The mirror cracks. She then places her name upon the prow of a boat and flows toward Camelot, singing. By the time she reaches the first house, she is dead. Moved, the lords and ladies stare at her lifeless form, while Lancelot utters a prayer.
12.
13. countenance- noun. Face
Officious- adj. meddlesome
Munificence- noun. Lavish generosity
Eludes- verb. Avoids or escapes
Dowry- noun. Property a woman brings to her husband upon marriage
Sullen- adj. brooding; morose; sulky
14. Ok.
15. Reading Check: The duke and his listener are viewing a painting of his first wife who died after three years of marriage.
16.
17. Ok.
18.
19.Reading Journey: This dramatic monologue opens with a description of the setting; a violently windy and rainy night. Such an opening creates a sense of foreboding and foreshadows an evil deed. The speaker waits for Porphyria; he describes her entrance and her loving embrace. Still, he complains that although she worships him, she is too weak to commit herself to him totally. He then strangles Porphyria with her own hair to make her his forever, imaging that Porphyria welcomes her death as a release from unwanted bonds. At the end of the poem, the speaker notices that God has not reacted to his deed.
20.
21. Ok.
22.
23. A novel is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/novel
24. monotonous- adj. without variation
Obstinate- adj. stubborn; dogged
Deficient- adj. lacking an essential quality
Adversary- noun. Opponent; enemy
Indignant- adj. outraged; filled with righteous anger
Approbation- noun. Official approval
Etymology- noun. The study of word origins
Syntax- noun the study of sentence structure
25.
26. Ok.
27.
28.
29. Vocabulary- obscure- adj. not easily seen; not generally known
Sundry- adj. various; miscellaneous
Tumult- noun. Noise caused by a crowd
Truculent- adj. cruel, fierce
Comprised- verb. Consisted of; included
30. Ok.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35. Vocabulary:
tranquil- adj. calm; serene; peaceful
Turbid- adj. muddy or cloudy; not clear
Cadence- noun. Measured movement
Dominion- noun. Rule; control
Awe- mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder
Contrite- adj. willing to repent or atone
36. Ok
37. Reading Journal: The speaker watches the calm waters of the English Channel and compares the tides to the ebb and flow of human misery. In despair, he listens to the melancholy roar of the world’s pain. He asks his sweetheart to stand with him; he is pessimistic about humanity but believes in love and fidelity between individuals. He asks his love to be true, for all they have is each other.
38.
39. Ok
40. Reading Check: The speaker is a woman wondering who is digging on her grave. Is it her loved one, her family, or an enemy? She discovers that it is none of them, that each has forgotten her.
41.
42.
43.
last essay of page 1
Essay:
The most important qualities that women were to look for in a husband in the early 1800s were mainly based on achieving a sense of security, protection, and reassurance. Women in those times didn't think to be independent and hardworking the way alot of women think these days. No, women in the 1800s knew they were living in a patriarchical world and wanted to have a man in front of them that was at the top of his game.
A way a women knew a man was top class was by how much money he earned. In my opinion, wealth is important no matter what time period it is. Women in the 1800s only believed they could achieve wealth by marrying someone well off, so finding someone who was well off was extremely important. Jane Austen is all for love, so I think she trumps love over wealth and therefore doesn't believe a woman should marry simply based on that.
Another quality women looked for in men was sensibility. He should be rational, fair, and perspecutive to others. During that time, all times really, there were many selfish people who were ignorant to the desires and distresses of others. Women during that time wanted husband that cared about her opinion and feelings, and didn't pass them away because who society made women up to be: weak and mindless.
Ultimately, the women of the 1800s and the women of now aren't too different in what they search for in husbands. Independent or dependent, women want someone to take care of them and get them through the hard times. Someone to love and who is not afraid to love back. Someone who is someone.
The most important qualities that women were to look for in a husband in the early 1800s were mainly based on achieving a sense of security, protection, and reassurance. Women in those times didn't think to be independent and hardworking the way alot of women think these days. No, women in the 1800s knew they were living in a patriarchical world and wanted to have a man in front of them that was at the top of his game.
A way a women knew a man was top class was by how much money he earned. In my opinion, wealth is important no matter what time period it is. Women in the 1800s only believed they could achieve wealth by marrying someone well off, so finding someone who was well off was extremely important. Jane Austen is all for love, so I think she trumps love over wealth and therefore doesn't believe a woman should marry simply based on that.
Another quality women looked for in men was sensibility. He should be rational, fair, and perspecutive to others. During that time, all times really, there were many selfish people who were ignorant to the desires and distresses of others. Women during that time wanted husband that cared about her opinion and feelings, and didn't pass them away because who society made women up to be: weak and mindless.
Ultimately, the women of the 1800s and the women of now aren't too different in what they search for in husbands. Independent or dependent, women want someone to take care of them and get them through the hard times. Someone to love and who is not afraid to love back. Someone who is someone.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Essay page 1 # 38
Essay "oN making an agreeable marriage"
The most important qualities that women were to look for in a husband in the early 1800s were mainly based on achieving a sense of security, protection, and reassurance. Women in those times didn't think to be independent and hardworking the way alot of women think these days. No, women in the 1800s knew they were living in a patriachrical world and wanted to have a man in front of them that was at the top of his game.
A way a women knew a man was top class was by how much money he earned. In my opinion, wealth is important no matter what time period it is, but women in the 1800s only believed they could achieve wealth by marrying someone well off. Jane Austen is all for love, so I think she trumps love over wealth and therefore doesn't believe a woman should marrry simply based on that.
The most important qualities that women were to look for in a husband in the early 1800s were mainly based on achieving a sense of security, protection, and reassurance. Women in those times didn't think to be independent and hardworking the way alot of women think these days. No, women in the 1800s knew they were living in a patriachrical world and wanted to have a man in front of them that was at the top of his game.
A way a women knew a man was top class was by how much money he earned. In my opinion, wealth is important no matter what time period it is, but women in the 1800s only believed they could achieve wealth by marrying someone well off. Jane Austen is all for love, so I think she trumps love over wealth and therefore doesn't believe a woman should marrry simply based on that.
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