Not my thing

Poetry is not my thing

Give me a poem to read 

And I will swing 

It's a reading strategy I do not need

Well maybe in school

But I'm too cool

What's the point of snapping at the end

If it's not even a trend 

Why say and scream

If it's just a theme 

Just calm down 

And stop looking like a clown 

Because it's in the end 

It's pretend 

How I love thee? & Fire and Ice poem comparison

"How do I love thee?" By Elizabeth Browning has a soothing feelings towards the poem. What makes this poem more graceful is the diction chosen for the poem, such as, "grace", and "praise" because these are mostly known as positive word. The poem also includes rhyme scheme, which makes the poem even more significant because the rhyming makes the poem have a rythim to the poem. Unlike "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost, his poem has a more fierce tone to his because of the topic of his poem. The fact that his is about how the world will end makes his poem really foreshadowing. Also at the end of each line it incorporates the words fire or ice which creates a action feeling to the poem.

How can the past, present and future help us to find the truth?

Finding the truth straight away isn't something that will come right away, there's always a challenge in this world. For example a maze, mazes is a challenging obstacle that can sometimes be confusing because you never know which way is the correct way to go because every single stop looks the same. It's impossible just ending up at the end of the maze in a second, the trick of it is trying every which way to finally find the truth behind the end of the maze. That's how the past and present and future helps us find out the truth. In the past you start from the beginning and move forward, through knowledge you know where you've stranded in the first place so you know already that ending up at the beginning is not right. In the present you know where you are standing and when you are caught in the middle of three lanes that's when you take risks and by finding out the dead ends of two lanes then you know to go back and try the very last part. The key is using background knowledge and present knowledge and using them together to create a clue on the path that it's being taken to get to the truth.

Oedipus Rex

There was a mix of reactions that came through me while reading Oedipus Rex.At the beginning I found it quite funny that Oedipus was saying that whoever was the killer of the king he would rather band him from the land or kill him. It's funny because since he doesn't know that he is the killer, he's basically putting a punishment on his own. As the story went along Oedipus slowly went understanding that he could be the killer. Although I kept on getting irritated when  Oedipus was talking to Teiresius because when Teiresius was telling Oedipus the truth. Oedipus would not believe him and continue on asking questions and kept on denying what Teiresius was saying. It was annoying for Oedipus to keep on questioning Teiresius. things started to get more interesting when Jocasta was telling her story. I can't imagine if i was in Oedipus place, just imagining that i could be the killer of my own father, or in this case I could be the killer of my own mother and find out that I married my dad...eww. Other than the reactions said, it seemed a little boring when there was too much talking about the same topic. I mean it's great to go in detail but it also tends to loose readers attentions, well especially for me. I actually zoned out for a little bit, until Teiresius came to the point of telling Oedipus that he was the one who killed his father. Hopefully it get's even more interesting. What's killing to know is a lot of things. How will Oedipus and Jocasta react when they realize that they are related? Will Oedipus die for killing the king, most importantly his own father? Can't wait to what's in store.

Fitzgerald and the "American Dream"

    It's pretty clear that Fitzgerald uses the American dream as a negative outcome. Within The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses symbolism to better explain his purpose of the American dream. This also helps them see what Fitzgerald is actually targeting at, so then that way when the readers follow along the book they can start getting a clear image of Fitzgerald's purpose of the book. There were 3 main symbols in the book that stood out to Fitzgerald's thoughts about the American dream. These 3 symbols were, the green light, the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg, and the landscape of of the setting that took place in The Great Gatsby.

    The green light is placed at the end of Daisy's dock, also her mansion is right across the bay from Gatsby's mansion as well. During the book/movie the light seems to mean something to Gatsby. As Gatsby's true story starts making sense on the green light things start coming together on what the green light at the end of Daisy's dock means to him. This green light represents the hope that Gatsby has for Daisy and how he will go through anything to just reach Daisy. For example Gatsby sold alcohol to many people who wanted to buy it from him, although during that time the use of alcohol was illegal. This didn't matter to Gastby because at the end it made him rich and he threw a lot of parties, in hope that Daisy will show up. To make more sense of things, Daisy was the representation of Gatsby's American dream.

    Dr. Eckleburg (modern day Bill Gates) is a representation of wealth. This means that the eyes of Dr. Eckelburg was a big deal back then because money is all that everyone cared about. There's a special place where the sign of the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg is placed and that is in the Valley of Ashes. The Valley of Ashes is a place where the lower class (poor people) live also where Myrtle lives and her husband. This large advertisement sign of Dr. Eckleburg's eyes see over the Valley of Ashes, also known as the place where every bad plot scene seems to take place. Such as Tom's affair with Myrtle, and Myrtle's death. The eyes Dr. Eckleburg or better known as the eyes of God is a representation of the truth behind every single bad scenario that has taken place there. 

    The geography in The Great Gastby is better known as a path that Gastby has taken to being rich, it's also a clear understanding of Fitzgerald's view on a guide to being wealthy. The starting point of being wealthy is the place where the main characters live, East egg and West egg. As obvious as it gets New York City is the end point of the guide to being wealthy because it's where all the Wealthy rich people live. Although to get to NYC you have to go through The Valley of Ashes, as said before this is the place where all the bad scenarios happen. The Valley of Ashes is most known as a city of immorality or in better words it is a place of ruin. This ties back to Fitzgerald's view of being wealthy, to be wealthy is by going through immorality.
    Fitzgerald uses all 3 symbols to give a better understanding of what he is targeting for. Out of the outcome of the symbols, Fitzgerald's purpose to The Great Gatsby is giving off a negative view of the American dream. This is basically saying that the American dream can't always be achieved or go the way a person wants it to go. The only way of reaching the American dream is by changing your way of life and getting out of the mess that your previously on. The American dream is not an easy task to achieve but you can always try although it's like what Fitzgerald's purpose is trying to give off "the American dream can't always turn out the way you want it to go and it may never be finished" 

    

    

The Great Gatby movie reflection

Gatsby and the American dream are similar to each other, Gatsby wanted to achieve a goal and that goal was winning the heart of Daisy. Just like the American dream, it’s something/goal that’s wants to be achieved but can’t always be accomplished. Gatsby was nowhere close to win the heart of Daisy in real life Daisy only cared about the money of a man, and that is something that Gatsby had in him. Although Gatsby was all in for the money but only to lead Daisy towards him.

The American dream is a person’s dream, but it can’t always lead you to good endings, it can potentially kill you rather it’s emotionally or physically. Unfortunately Gatsby didn’t have much luck and it killed him, even though Gatsby was not the fault for anything, it was Daisies. Although his love for Daisy was so big that he took the blame for Daisy. Not only Gatsby’s love was Daisy but Daisy was the American dream for Gatsby, which basically lead to Gatsby ending up to being killed.

The American dream can be something that always may lead to a success but if you actually think about it can lead to problems if you take matters into your own hands. Just like Gatsby, Gatsby had no fault in running over Mertle, it was really Daisy's fault. Although Gatsby took mattered into his own plans and decided to not tell anyone about who was behind the wheel during the car accident, he cared too much about Daisy that he decided to take all the blame on him. This didn't seem to be a much worry for him because he supposedly thought that Daisy and him would run away together without anyone knowing of them. Unfortunately Daisy never calls Gastby that she is ready to leave with him. Gatsby still having hope dies with a never finished American dream goal  

Daisy is what represented Gatspy's dream, it's what he was shooting for. Although this ended up stabbing Gatsby in the back, the American dream, which is Daisy ended up killing gatby in the end...basically. Not all American dreams end to a success, it just all depends on the hope, and intelligence that’s in you to achieve them. People go through many challenges that lead to their dream but at the end it's all worth it, but not all the time. This came the complete opposite for Gasby which was a fail. 

Story image 📷

There was a party taking place in a club and in that club everybody was drinking alcohol, dancing, and interacting with each other. During the party a handsome guy with his group of friends and a pretty girl with her group of friends attended the party. During the party they unexpectedly bumped into each other and instantly fell in love, they talked and danced all night.

Connecting the dots (life of pi)

Storytelling can give you a perspective of things like the news. Everyone knows that when a story is a fact everyone will believe it. Religion can give you choices on rather if you know something good or bad or also give you a chance to know that something is true but into others people's perspective it's not true. I didn't quite understand about the 3.14 point but if I would have to make a guess I would say that 3.14 has an infinite meaning. Pi (3.14) can mean a lot of things when spoken of. Usually when you say Pi out loud, maybe there's gonna be a lot of hungry people wanting some actual pie, but if you say it possibly to a math nerd then maybe they will be interested in learning that topic. Life of Pi had a meaning to 3.14 like the thought of 3 meaning three religions and 1 meaning one person and 4 meaning four animals in a boat. 3.14 (Pi) can mean infinite things to different people. There came a point where we were suppose to question if the story was magical realism. The majority was a yes because everything that Pi was seeing out of the ordinary could of potentially just be fake but take place in the real world. That's what magical realism is, taking an illusion and putting it in a real setting. Then we asked is Richard Parker real? This is the part where things started to come together. Pi stands for fish and Richard Parker stands for thirsty. The moment life was at the shipwreck and stranded he had to adapt to new things that he doesn't usually do. That's where he entered the wild side, and that's where Richard Parker appeared in pi's life, he appeared when Pi mostly needed survival. Although once Pi got rescued Richard Parker vanished, that's because Pi was no longer in his wild mode, he was back to returning his original life. This means, Richard Parker was only in Pi's mind, Richard Parker was Pi's wild side. Life of Pi has a purpose for Martels writing in this story. The purpose for this story is that everybody has something to believe in but it's up to you on what you want to believe. 

Was Life of Pi a work of magical realism?

Judging by the scenes that has happened about the fishes flying out of the water, to help Pi and Richard Parker survive without hunger. Also when Pi was in the carnivorous island the pond or lake he saw was glowing and I think it was expanding too. Based on these scenes you could tell that the story of Life of Pi is a magical realism. Although magical realism saids that it can be true and then not true, this makes things a little confusing. However Pi claims that his story is a true story but the world thinks its a fake story. This makes it  magical realism because even though it can possibly be a true story it really may seem fake to others perspective. 

Reader autobiography

    People read because reading takes them into another world. It makes them feel like they are in the characters shoes, rather its a romance, horror, or even a fairytale.  Usually people say that reading is like TV in your head but really its the imagery that comes in mind. Kind of like the teenagers who read the "Fault in our stars" all along I heard comments on how the book was better than the movie, I would know because I read the book too. Some people actually cried becuase reading the book makes you feel what the character is feeling. Maybe thats why people read
    A person to become a reader would have to have a passion for reading, spend there free time reading, basically use it as entertainment.  Trust me I've seen people who love to read and its beautiful though because you get to enter another world and get out of reality. To earn a title, it would have to take a lot of vocabulary knowing and maybe understanding what the text is really talking about. In order to be a good reader would be to really know a long list of vocabulary becuase reading includes a lot of words that you may not know, depending on the book of course.
    I dont really read much, which means I dont really have a long variety of authors but I would have to pick Dr. Seuss, Mark Brown and John Green. The reason I chose Dr. Seuss and Mark Brown is because there books were my favorite books to read as a child and I would never forget my 1st books I read as a child. Recently I read the book "The Fault in our stars" and its a lovely book. The reason for this choice is because John Green got a good idea of bringing a  idea of a love story/ a couple who is trying to survive their cancer sickness. Although John Green hit a really good twist in the book but enough of me spoiling the book.
    I dont consider myself a reader. Mostly because I hate the fact of beginning the book with such boredness and having to wait till the end for all the action to happen. Sometimes I just go to the very last page and read it or sometimes I tend to judge the book by its cover, I know not the best thing to do. As a "good" reader I would consider myself because if I wasn't I wouldn't be here by now although I do think that my friends are even better at it because I see that they can read a whole book on like 3 or 4 days, unlike me I take about a week or 2 just to finish one, although it depends how interesting the book is.
    Usually parents are the ones who help you read but my story is a little different yet sweet. My friend is the one who teached me how to read. It 1st started with me just looking at the picture and just making up a story out of the book. Although I started to notice that my friend could read a little so I asked her if she could teach me and she told me that the trick to beginning is sounding out the words by using the sounds of the alphabet. At 1st I always thought the ABC's was just a song for fun but then it turned out to be useful. I wasn't the best listener in class, so I probably missed the part of the ABC's being useful for reading and writing.
    I'm guessing that "blocked" means being very closed in what you read, meaning very picky on what I read.  Well I would say that I am a blocked reader because,  like I said I judge books by its cover. If I dont like what the title saids or what the cover looks like I won't read it! I would like to improve on my vocabulary, mostly because I can also use it on my soeaking and make me sound more of an adult. Also understanding the point of a text in a book. I'm usially really bad at digging deeper in analyzing a text although its not sething I really want to improve in, its just mayne an extra.
    I love romance books because it gives me that fantasy that may only exist in the world of books and movoes but for me once you read a romance book you feel like your in the characters shoes. Kind of like your in a movoe with your non existing dream guy. Believe it or not romance books actually makes me get butterflies in my stomach! Usually in school im required to read "classic" books and everyone knows that classics are OLD there out of date, who wants to read those! This is why I barely finish my reading assignments because there so boring and I cant take it but to fall asleep while reading. Although the only thing that I do care about are my grades and future. I fear of textbook like books because I take forever to finish a book. By the time I finish a book like those would be never.
    This homework actually made me figure out who I am as a reader and find out what I like also helps me reflect on what I need to improve on to catch up on my friends. I wouldn't say it was fun,  because its homework, and everyone knows that no one likes homework but I would have to say that it was a good exercise into finding my position in reading and what I want to accomplish in it.

Writer self-study

    People write because there could be some passion into writing and their mind generates so much ideas and vocabulary that they have to write it on paper. Unlike the people who are not passionate on writing, they are usually just obligated to write because of school purposes. I personally don't see a passion between me and writing. Mostly because I don't have a way of expressing myself on a blank piece of paper, and when I am obligated to do that I have to use some kind of vocabulary which makes it even a little more challenging. It's pretty clear that when you start school (pre-K) your given a workbook used only in class. Inside the book there are letters dotted out and they expect us to trace in the dotted letters, well that's how I started to learn how to write. As years past I was given small prompts to answer and yes I was not the best speller when I was smaller. As the teachers graded my grammar and spelling I always saw the mistakes I made and made sure that in the future I won't make the same mistake. That's  basically how I started to learn how to write.
    A person can have many qualities to be a writer, they need to know their proper grammar, proper spelling, structure, know how to get the reader engaged, mind full of ideas, and lastly a wild creativity. As always to be a great writer, you need to start at the bottom and work your way to the top and that's by practice, practice makes perfect. Like I said I don't really see myself engaged in writing mostly because I don't really have the qualities of being a writer. I may have a creativity, but I mostly intend to use my creativity into something more beautiful and happy, not on a piece of paper. If I had to choose one kind of writing it would rather be telling a story or writing in a persuasive kind of writing. The reason for a persuasive kind of writing is because I mostly see persuasive writing more as if your saying your own opinions meaning you can use your own kind of vocabulary, understandable vocabulary of course. Story kind of writing, I see more of an opportunity of letting you're creativity break free on paper.
    The kind of required writing in essays that school gives me is basically any kind of writing, the bad thing is that they add more into the essay. Meaning you need to add the correct format, even give us a big list of vocabulary words and expect us to add those vocabulary words in our essay, analytical essay, or even a report on a lesson we went through over a unit. Basically any kinds of writing scares me because it's just who I am. I hate the fact that I am obligated to write something that I don't want to talk about, rather it's an analytical essay or an informative essay, I don't like writing. Sometimes I feel like the essay threats me into doing it, and it uses the thought of getting a bad grade against me. Although the only thing that pushes me and motivates me to writing the essay is my grades and my future because without the good grade I end up not passing my grade level and not finishing high school leads to me not having a future.

snake or hat?

I personally think its a snake eating a elephant,  because my way of seeing it, is that this picture looks more cartoon like, and cartoons are meant to be fake, not real. Another reason its a snake eating a elephant is because this picture could be an x-ray of the elephant inside the snake and an outside perspective of the snake without the x-ray. It's obvious that a snake eating an elephant would be the most interesting, imagine hearing that story in the news, it would be mind blowing! Although depending on the writers creativity, a story about a hat can also be a bit interesting. Overall the snake eating a elephant would be a better choice to read. Although the picture with the most "lifeless factuality" would be the picture of the snake eating the elephant because its most likely impossible for a snake to eat an adult elephant or maybe even a baby elephant, because their still pretty big for a thin snake.