Spring literature analysis #1

General:
1: The plot of "The Shadowland" by Alison Noel is that Ever(leading girl in the story) had to make a decision to save her "soul mate", Damen, or let him die . If she saves him they can never touch because the cure is her DNA. So she does it and after he is cured they try tho find an antidote to fix the spell. Damen finds out if him and Ever ever die they are sent to the shadow land which is a trap for your soul for eternity because they are immortals so Damien breaks up with Ever to let her think if she wants to be with a guy that has been her lover in her past lives she falls for the other guy until her best friend is dying from poison and a bad guy Roman did it and he give her the option to either save her friend or get the antidote to Damens spell she choose her friend.
2: The theme of the book is that love conquers any obstacles.
3: I'm not sure about the tone.
4: the author used foreshadowing when Roman started to hang out with Ever's best friend, she used allusion; Noel knew how to connect to her readers through allusion, the author used a lot of flashback in the story relating the story to the previous story before it, she does a great job of imagery; you can read the story like a movie,
Characterization:
1: In the book there was times where Ever was in summerland (which is a fictional place made out of energy) where she brought out who she really is as a character. She can be herself when Damens around, because he knows her secret about being immortal. Damens character is based on how he looks. Like for example damen wears expensive clothes, has the bad boy look, and drives a 100 thousand car. The author shows the characters personality by what he looks like.
2. The syntax of the story is more of slang and makes teenage readers understand by using informal language.
3.  I think the protagonist(Roman) is a round character, because he's almost an open book except he hides his intentions and motives.
4. I came out of the book like i met the character. The author makes the character feel like your friends with the character and you've known them a long time.

The Peeved Pedestrian

I can't tell you what made Ray Bradbury write F 451 but I have a good idea. I think Bradbury was thinking about his future one day, like the rest of the people, and it turned into what is the future for the nation. I'm not sure why Bradbury thought up the future without books. In a way he hit the futue right on the nail with foreshadowing, though not all the details he mentioned were true, but he was close. Everything In the present time is relied on Facebook, the internet. There's a commercial that state everything online is true. Which most people know is false. Everything, now, relies on a device that pretty much tells you what to do. Its such a necessity to have a phone, computer, tv, iPods, ect. That we forget that before all this technology kids played outside and read books and enjoyed it. Its so hard to find kids today that do all of that stuff.

Spring Vocabulary #1

Proboscis- nose of an animal
Pantomime- gesture without speech
Proclivities- natural tensity
Centrifuge- high speed machine seperarating substances
Odious- hateful
Jargoun- land, of a particular group or trade
Ravenous- very hungry or greedy
Parlor- room for receiving guests
Stagnit- not flowing
Cacophony- harsh discordant of sound
Tamped- to force in or down by repeated
Plateau- flat land, often cut, deep canyons
Flourish- to thrive
Rollick- to move or act in a carefree manner
Asylum- place of refudge

I'm A Poet And I Know It!

What did you mean
When you came to me
Only in a dream
The thought of you buzzes like a bee.
I can't make it go away,
Nor do I want to.
I thought of you today.
I feel you.
I know when your with me,
I feel my heart swell and grow warm.
I can't see.
The emotion of your absence is a storm.
I wonder why,
I remember the good, but I remember the bad.
I think of you and sigh,
Every time I feel sad.
Because your not home,
Where I need you.
You were as sweet as a honey comb.
I miss you, I do.
Come wake me up,
From this long and lonely dream.
I just want to jump,
Out of this nightmare it seems.
What did you mean
When you came to me
Only in a dream.

Fahrenheit 451

1. The government doesn't like citizens reading books
2. You can get arrested for reading
3. People are opinion less without a good source of education 
4.  Books can be full of adventure
5.  The books future is meaningless and government has all power.

Theme for English 3

• Yes and no. I'm usually always respectable but then there's the moment s with friends.
• Of course I can be my real self while pursuing my future because if I wasn't myself I would be lying and I hate lying.
• I don't really have to check myself unless I'm in a bitchy attitude then I tone it down and not say anything.
• I love being in plays if that counts but I mostly like to be out in the country and ride horses and listen to music.
• I'm not really sure, I can't think of any at the time.
• The only thing I like to keep private would be crushes I guess is the only thing I'm an open book except for that
• I guess its possible for me to be in charge of my learning I've never done it so I don't know how it would go.

Spring Semester Plan 1.

I plan to stop procrastinating and do my homework and study more on vocabulary.

Spring Post 1. Music as Literature

I think music is literature, its pretty much poetry just singing it. I define literature as an English class, I read a lot but I haven't thought it was literature unless I was forced to read.  A novel is a long story made into a book a poem is a short stanzas that rhyme. Music and poetry is very similar but music its being sang or expressed by the rhythm of the instruments. Teanna Silveira's song that spoke to he was "second chance" by Shine Down Faith and Hope. I asked Teanna "what are your feelings towards the song and she said "that I rely on my own Independence, and saying goodbye will give me that chance, Faith and Hope." I'm sorry Dr. Preston this isn't that well thought out I'm not feeling very well.

Fall Semester Reflection

 1. Yes I do see my colleagues blog. I don't look at  their blogs every time I'm blogging but I do look at my colleagues blogs at least 3-4 times a month. By having access to their work I get ideas that help my project better than if I did it without any help.
2. I would die if the course blog disappeared this way of learning is so much more interesting than the original way of learning.
3. If we didn't publish everything online and instead turned everything in I would probably not be doing so well in the class because if I forget to do an assignment I can always do it the next day. I really like the class.
4.my learning happens in the classroom and online. It definitely has changed learning aspects by giving us a new way of learning online and teaching us the right way to use the internet.
5.I do not know how to answer the question I don't get what you are asking.
6.my family probably could care less about what I do in class as long as I get a good grade.
7.  It would be nice for my family to care and ask about what I do in my classes but I'm used to it.