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.