tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75050556977599978172023-11-16T08:21:45.196-08:00Beka Castillo's AP Lit Comp Blogbcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-3927457452233791742013-06-04T07:48:00.000-07:002013-06-04T07:48:15.283-07:00Page Stats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YAY! I'm stoked for summer, and for college, and graduation. LETS DO THIS.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-41464829187178751412013-04-27T22:40:00.002-07:002013-04-27T22:40:51.575-07:00Essay 1<br />
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Edgar Alan Poe and H.D. both chose Helen of Troy as a topic
for a poem. Helen was not native to either time period of the aforementioned
poet but she inspired so much lore that they drew upon stories of her for
inspiration. It is fascinating how such similar subject matter can project unto
such unique yet similar works. The style is very contrasting between the poems.</div>
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Poe’s “To Helen” takes a more personal approach to the
subject. Using words like “you” and “to me” makes it seem like Poe is directly
addressing the woman. H.D. on the other hand takes a third person stance by
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Poe also talks about her positive traits like she is a
Goddess. H.D, on the other hand, has a harsher tone that reflects on how when
she is feeling negatively all of Greece feels negatively to. H.D. focuses on
the darker aspects of her existence, while Poe is writing a love letter. H.D.
uses diction such as “reviled”, “hated” and “funeral”. Perhaps in his poem
Greece is jealous of her beauty.</div>
bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-1290181812892392112013-04-22T11:20:00.000-07:002013-04-22T11:20:30.234-07:00Slaughterhouse-Five, a literary analysis HACKMy absolute favorite part of junior year was reading "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. <div>
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Because really, what is Postmodernism without the underlying existential crisis, amirite?</div>
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Anyway, my teacher for 11th grade english was moving to a foreign country (We miss you, NyNy!) so she was getting rid of all the books that had taken residence in her classroom. I stumbled upon "Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons" by Vonnegut, which was a collection of short stories and essays by the man himself. </div>
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Since my book budget is very low recently (and I've been purchasing certain Shakespeare plays and Kafka on the Shore), I haven't had a chance to read other books by Vonnegut yet. But, i DID read Slaughterhouse over winter break and absolutely FELL IN LOVE with it.</div>
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It's more than just an anti-war novel. If anything, its more of a "war is a part of life and its ugly but since there's nothing we can change we have to accept it but you need to understand it first" novel. Vonnegut was an outspoken pacifist, and this comes out a lot in his writing. </div>
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One of the more interesting things about Slaughterhouse-Five is how Kurt Vonnegut basically lived it. He was captured in Dresden and held in the ACTUAL slaughterhouse. It's debatable whether or not he is writing as himself in the book, but the events he describes he was there to witness. There's a very personal, edgy tone that he takes with the Dresden bombing, because he was there.</div>
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You may have seen a picture of my "So it goes" tattoo. </div>
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Without giving a way too many spoilers, one of the pseudo-philosophies introduced into this book is that time is not chronological, but is one big picture. If one person dies, for example, they aren't really dead because all of the moments where they are alive still exist. "So it goes" is what they say when someone dies, because they cannot change it and they are still alive in those past moments. </div>
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bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-16572075552884756572013-04-18T23:09:00.000-07:002013-04-18T23:09:05.650-07:00Life of Pi, MacBeth and a rat.I found an AWESOME multiple choice cite for Life of Pi questions.<br />
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I read Life of Pi over spring break at a beach house, where I could see the vast Pacific right before me. God, it was magical, considering the amount of imagery in that book to begin with.<br />
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Speaking of magical...<br />
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If I'm ever lucky enough to be a part of a production of "MacBeth" I'm going to audition for the part of Hecate. Why? Because she's a bad ass. A witchy other-worldy feminist bad ass.<br />
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<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">"Have I not reason, beldams as you are,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Saucy and overbold? How did you dare</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">To trade and traffic with Macbeth</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">In riddles and affairs of death;</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">And I, the mistress of your charms,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">The close contriver of all harms,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Was never called to bear my part</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Or show the glory of our art?</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">And, which is worse, all you have done</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Hath been but for a wayward son,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Loves for his own ends, not for you.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">But make amends now: get you gone</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">And at the pit of Acheron</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Meet me i' th' morning. Thither he</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Will come to know his destiny.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Your vessels and your spells provide,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Your charms and everything beside.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">I am for th' air. This night I'll spend</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Unto a dismal and a fatal end.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Great business must be wrought ere noon.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Upon the corner of the moon</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">There hangs a vap'rous drop profound;</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">I'll catch it ere it come to ground:</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">And that, distilled by magic sleights,</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Shall raise such artificial sprites</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">As by the strength of their illusion</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Shall draw him on to his confusion.</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear:</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">And you all know security</dt>
<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Is mortals' chiefest enemy."</dt>
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<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Or maybe I'm just interpreting her that way. Regardless, thats a part I could sink my teeth into. </dt>
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<dt style="background-color: #c8ffff;">Well, now my beloved rodent friend is getting into some trouble so I should nod off. Good night, bloggians.</dt>
bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-48912407158094091692013-04-11T08:58:00.001-07:002013-04-11T08:58:06.441-07:00Thursday noodles with JackieI've been out sick the past couple days.<br />
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Every Thursday I get a cup of noodles from school with my friend Jackie, and that made me think about how easily we settle into routines. there's nothing wrong with that...I like noodles, and I like Jackie. But routines always fall away, and after we graduate I'm probably going to miss these noodly mornings. New routines will take its place, and that's the way life is.<br />
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Everything's so cold, so clinical.<br />
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Every aspect of the human experience reduced to a science. And the vision of the typical family life? Forget about it, "Mother" and "Father" are reduced to smutty words that make the kids blush. And "good Christian morals" are undesirably portrayed and looked down upon. Psychology itself is deemed obsolete, because of the new philosophies taken its place in the hypnopeadia.<br />
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But you know that the part that stood out the most was the conditioning of the 8 month old babies, and why wouldn't it? We nurture babies, we cradle them, we protect them from harm. It's ghastly to imagine purposefully hurting babies.<br />
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I don't know about other people in my age group, but kids are conditioned like this all the time. How many children's parents do they witness reading? How many times do the smart kids get picked on in school? We're always subconsciously learning where we fall socially. In this Brave New World it's just more formulaic.<br />
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There's a part at the beginning of the chapter where the Director is talking about how strange it is that games used to be played with simple equipment and now they're all complicated...video games anyone? This was a prediction that came true.<br />
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What shocked me the most about this book when I first read it was how flippantly they spoke of little kids engaging in sexual activity. I mean sure, little kids always have and always will experiment but it for it to be encouraged and passed off as normal is so alien even in our culture today. I imagine in Huxley's time this was not well recieved at all.<br />
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"Our Ford" also spoke on the evils of family life which is particularly interesting to me. They live by the rules that everybody belongs to everybody else, so exclusiveness is unheardd of. This becomes important once the Savage is introduced.<br />
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Lenina is also looked down upon for only having one lover. Completely backwards.<br />
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They produce the question of before Ford, "how could anyone be stable?" Instability is the spice of life, we need it. It's what makes us, us.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-31047493825438101542013-02-21T22:40:00.001-08:002013-02-21T22:40:59.186-08:00First Quarter Review'Sup Bloggians?<br />
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I write this after the first of my last weekend of performances of Busybody, and I'm upset that I have school in the morning.<br />
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My two rats are currently scurrying about my bed and occaisonally jump on the keyboard to see what I'm doing. But they don't really care. They're rats, you see.<br />
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Anyway, I feel like I've done pretty good as far as assignments go. I've been reading and stuff, and stuff I've had trouble doing (such as vocab remix) I hacked to make it work for myself by using other blogs as resources. Yay opensource learning!<br />
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My smart goals are still moving towards being completed, and someone commented something psuedo intellectual on my big question. So I guess that stuff is going pretty okay.<br />
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Well, I'm off to catch as many "Zs" as possible before friday gooses me.<br />
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Also my rats are fighting. I REALLY have to go now.<br />
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Goodnight Blog world!bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-59019542361749248332013-02-18T20:28:00.000-08:002013-02-18T20:28:11.741-08:00I am here.This semester.<div>
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This semester I have gone through some interesting changes.</div>
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For one thing, I'm going to Europe after graduation because of a dear friend's love and generosity. And I'm more excited than I could possibly express without profanity and nudity in a combination not suitable for even MY school related blog.</div>
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I've also made some great health decisions. I'm exercising daily, eating healthily, and living more purposefully. I've decided its time to grow up a little bit, maybe not all at once, but enough to say I've tried.</div>
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As for goals and things, Busybody at the Santa Maria Civic Theater is almost over. I've sent out scripts for my senior project (SNL Night! Woo!) TODAY actually. Clue the Musical is moving along quite smoothly. I'm taking acting classes with Peter Frisch, who's a pretty big deal. Google him. Seriously. To add a new development in my theatrical life, I'm going to attempt to direct a "Fairy Tale" at the Civic Theater if the board will accept me. Things are looking not bad.</div>
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I've been casually browsing Junior's blogs in first period because I'm trying to be an AWESOME T.A.. I even did my virtual T.A. assignments and I have to admit that it didn't suck. I could get used to this teaching thing. </div>
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Remember how I said I wanted to find direction this semester? </div>
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I'm still waiting for the dust to settle. But I'm feeling good as of this moment. It's like the calm after a storm, and next time a storm hits I plan on being more prepared.</div>
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I'm here. </div>
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But I won't be forever. </div>
bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-6279329390284113172013-02-04T18:30:00.000-08:002013-02-04T18:30:00.585-08:00I brought you some hack.I overheard Hayden talking about how he did an analysis on Tale of Two Cities on his blog last semester. After about 4 minutes of browsing...<br />
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Thank you Hayden, and <a href="http://hrobelrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens.html#comment-form">you're welcome.</a>bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-54201527726763277192013-01-29T17:49:00.001-08:002013-01-29T17:49:38.779-08:00A Quote, and Some Good Dickens<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"What is it that makes you want to write songs? In a way you want to stretch yourself into other people's hearts. You want to plant yourself there, or at least get a resonance, where other people become a bigger instrument than the one you're playing. It becomes almost an obsession to touch other people. To write a song that is remembered and taken to heart is a connection, a touching of bases. A thread that runs through all of us. A stab to the heart. Sometimes I think songwriting is about tightening the heartstrings as much as possible without bringing on a heart attack." -Keith Richards</span><br />
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Right now, I'm ACTUALLY reading <u>Great Expectations</u>, which I lied about reading last semester. Well, I didn't lie, but I didn't read it. So I guess that's lying by omission.<br />
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Anyway. Charles Dickens reminds me a bit of Mark Twain, mostly because of that "streaky bacon" dry humor in this book. It's a very loose comparison, but bear with me for a moment here.<br />
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Mark Twain's most well known works are Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, respectively. What do these have in common with Great Expectations, you may ask? THESE BOOKS ARE THE NARRATIVE OF A YOUNG BOY ENCOUNTERING PROBLEMS THAT ARE BIGGER THAN THEY ARE.<br />
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The child's perspective always offers this view of innocence and naivety because their opinion on the world is still developing. This offers a perfect canvas for a bildungsroman, because the character is literally and figuratively coming of age.<br />
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That said, I think Dickens wrote Great Expectations to offer his view on the human condition, both the good and bad, through a child's wide eyed wonderful perspective.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-11666742190453554612013-01-28T23:13:00.000-08:002013-01-28T23:13:33.452-08:00Dickens MapAAAAAAAH.<div>
Is how I feel right now.</div>
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So much is happening! It's the last semester! We're doing great things! The "BALL" is rolling! Not limited to, but including, this class.</div>
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So here's what I was thinking. I'm a T.A. for two classes in a row, so I'm just gonna have to read the crap out of this Dickens book whenever I get a chance. I'll have to read it back stage, too, since this is Tech Week for Busybody at the Santa Maria Civic Theater. (WE OPEN FRIDAY AND RUN ALL MONTH ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY STARTING AT 7) Finishing this book isn't what I'm scared of. </div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b> <i>Is Pip happy that he is given the opportunity to kiss the beautiful Estelle? Why or why not? </i>(<a href="http://jpdrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-expectations-study-questions.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://jpdrhsenglitcomp.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2012/02/great-<wbr></wbr>expectations-study-questions.<wbr></wbr>html</a>)</b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b> <i>How does Estelle behave towards Pip? What is her disposition, character motive towards the main protagonist? </i>(<a href="http://jpdrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-expectations-study-questions.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://jpdrhsenglitcomp.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2012/02/great-<wbr></wbr>expectations-study-questions.<wbr></wbr>html</a>)</b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b> <i>What does it mean that Pip has been raised "by hand"? </i>(<a href="http://hswrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-expectations-questions-and.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://hswrhsenglitcomp.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2012/02/great-<wbr></wbr>expectations-questions-and.<wbr></wbr>html</a>)</b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b><i> How does Estella criticize Pip, and what does his reaction to her criticism reveal about Pip? </i><br />(<a href="http://hswrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-expectations-questions-and.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://hswrhsenglitcomp.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2012/02/great-<wbr></wbr>expectations-questions-and.<wbr></wbr>html</a>)</b></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mrpipsgreatexpectations/home/ap-style-multiple-choice" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">This entire blog post :)</a> (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mrpipsgreatexpectations/home/ap-style-multiple-choice" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/<wbr></wbr>site/mrpipsgreatexpectations/<wbr></wbr>home/ap-style-multiple-choice</a>)</b></li>
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Last, to demonstrate what we have learned, I think an AP style essay would be be best. My class mates might hate me for that....but come on. It will help us practice for the AP test, provide in class discussion, and more post opportunities on the blog. That way the blogging world can SEE our work. Oh, and peer editing. That's always a good thing.</div>
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bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-88251514839293231852013-01-22T23:35:00.000-08:002013-01-22T23:35:09.722-08:00Remixing the remix of a remixI love that we can all see each other's work because I know that if I'm lost or whatever, I can totally look on someone else's page to catch up. Some people REALLY get into this remixing thing, so I thought for my remix I'd post links and descriptions of people with unique habits to help ME study and hopefully help others to.<br />
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My rat, Codex, is currently running amuck all over my work area pleading for my attention. It will be hard to focus on homework with that temptation. However, I press on.<br />
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1) Christa Weston. This girl goes ALL OUT on her remixes. She deserves some props. I've never seen such dedication to an assignment like this. It's been a major help using her page to study off of.<br />
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http://cwestrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/<br />
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2) Sarah Gutierrez. Sarah's blog is good for more than just videos on Shakespeare. A combination of word pictures, images, and videos. Very well done.<br />
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http://sgrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/<br />
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3) E'Ana Bordon. DISNEY THEMED REMIX ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME THAT'S AWESOME.<br />
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http://ebordonrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/<br />
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4) Lizbeth Estrada. If you've a visual learner, this is the site for you.<br />
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http://lerhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/<br />
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5) Kathryn Greenup. Kathryn is just an awesome allie to have in this class. She's always on top of everything.<br />
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http://kgreenuprhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/<br />
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I think that's it for now. Codex is getting antsy, and so am I. Good night Bloggians. I love some of you.<br />
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<br />bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-60996950067107528262013-01-20T19:57:00.001-08:002013-01-20T19:57:35.208-08:00Poetry AnalysisWe Real Cool<br />
by Gwendolyn Brooks<br />
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Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
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The sea is calm tonight.</div>
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The tide is full, the moon lies fair</div>
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Upon the straits; on the French coast the light</div>
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Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,</div>
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Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.</div>
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Only, from the long line of spray</div>
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Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,</div>
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Listen! you hear the grating roar</div>
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Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,</div>
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At their return, up the high strand,</div>
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Begin, and cease, and then again begin,</div>
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Hearing it by this distant northern sea.</div>
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The Sea of Faith</div>
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Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore</div>
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Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.</div>
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But now I only hear</div>
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Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,</div>
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Retreating, to the breath</div>
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Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear</div>
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And naked shingles of the world.</div>
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Ah, love, let us be true</div>
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To one another! for the world, which seems</div>
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To lie before us like a land of dreams,</div>
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So various, so beautiful, so new,</div>
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Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,</div>
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Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;</div>
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And we are here as on a darkling plain</div>
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Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,</div>
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To His Coy Mistress</h1>
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This coyness, Lady, were no crime.
We would sit down and think which way
To walk and pass our long love's day.
Thou by the Indian Ganges' side
Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide
Of Humber would complain. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast;
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart;
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song: then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.
Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapt power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Thorough the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run</pre>
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This poem is saying that if the narrator had time, he would spend an eternity admiring his mistress but time will slip away and they should enjoy one another while they are still young. This poem is written in iambic pentameter.</pre>
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bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-71378894272388682642013-01-10T18:13:00.003-08:002013-01-10T18:13:54.127-08:00SiddharthaI searched through maybe 4 different websites and found NOTHING useful when I decided to give Cliffnotes a try. I thought they'd all be easy, but turns out I didn't give the site enough credit.<br />
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http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/siddhartha/study-help/essay-questions.html<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Examine the process of synthesis as it relates to Hesse's contact with Jungianism and relate its thematic influence in a selected novel.</span><br />
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I thought this question was interesting, because it was not read and assess and asked a deeper question on the subject of theme.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">7. </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">What is the function of Kamala in the novel?</span><br />
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This question also speaks to the symbolism of a character in a novel, which I can see as more of an AP question than the others on the website.<br />
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Also, Sparknotes had some interesting essay topic suggestions.<br />
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<span class="small-caps" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><i style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Siddhartha</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> concerns the quest for spiritual enlightenment, and by the end of it four characters have achieved this goal: Govinda, Gotama, Vasudeva, and Siddhartha. Is the enlightenment achieved by each of these characters the same? Why or why not? What distinctions and similarities exist between the paths these characters use to reach their final goal?</span><br />
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<span class="small-caps" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">. Discuss the role of the mystic utterance</span><i style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Om in </span><i style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Siddhartha</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">. In what ways does it foreshadow Siddhartha’s spiritual progression? Is his relationship with it proactive, or reactive?</span>bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-19255348720286143722013-01-10T18:00:00.000-08:002013-01-10T18:00:46.381-08:00Re: Semester Endgame<br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Do you read your colleagues’ work online? How often? What is it like to read their work? How does being able to see everyone’s work online at any given time change the way you do your work?<br /><br />Depending on the assignment I know there are a few other students I can blog-check for guidance. It's nice to be able to see their work and individual style as well as compare my own thoughts and processes to theirs.<br /><br /></span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">How has the publicly and always visible course blog made this course different from one without a blog? How would the course change if the course blog disappeared tomorrow?<br /><br />I'm not sure the public has had that big of an affect on me personally YET, but if the blog disappeared tomorrow I would die. HOW WOULD I KNOW WHAT HOMEWORK TO DO?<br /><br /></span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Has publishing your work for the public to see changed your approach to completing an assignment? How so? How would your feelings about the course change if you couldn’t publish your work that way?<br /><br />It definitely holds me accountable. I tend to slack off sometimes but the blog is like a living timeline of my work ethic.<br /></span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Has your experience of the physical classroom changed because of the open & online aspects? Where does your learning actually happen? <br /><br />It happens everywhere. I like that I can use my phone to access the internet in class. It's better to use those kinds of instant references, since they are available. I can only hope more teachers allow this in the future.<br /><br /> </span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">You were described in the Macarthur Foundation/DML interview as “a pioneer”-- how do you describe the experience on the edge to people who haven’t been there (friends and family)?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I kind of tell them it's common sense to use the technology we're all attached to anyway for educational purposes.</span></span><br /></span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">How do they respond when you describe the brave new world in which you’re working?<br /><br />Well, my worst case was them telling me that my generation is going to be screwed because we "can't talk to people", but most people just nod and say, "cool."<br /></span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">What do their responses mean to you? What effect(s) (if any) do they have on you?<br /><br />The aforementioned worst case just made me sad for the ignorance of the generation before me. We're gonna have a much more productive time on this earth, I'll tell you that.</span></li>
bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-52849221730036072622013-01-02T21:36:00.001-08:002013-01-02T21:36:25.422-08:00"Whats in this for me?" (I hate it when I have to use your titles, Dr. Preston. I'm probably going to stop doing that.)Hello again, bloggians.<br />
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I secretly hope we improve our blogging communities, because I like reading what other people write almost as much as I enjoy WRITING SOMETHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BROADCASTED.<br />
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I've been dabbling with spoken word poetry for almost a year now, and I *finally* read one of my poems out loud to an audience the other day.<br />
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Well, you know me and audiences. I'm fucking hooked.<br />
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(Pardon the crassness)<br />
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((don't really, I hate censorship))<br />
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So I guess what I'm saying is that I'm developing an insatiable thirst for attention and being heard.<br />
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And, who knows, I might just learn something from the other kids. I mean, students.<br />
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ANYWAY<br />
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What's in this for me? Well, there are a number of paths showing themselves as possibilities for my future given my strengths and weaknesses and interests and talents.<br />
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I want to explore every possibility, but I don't even know the next step.<br />
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Seriously.<br />
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And honestly, no ones really helping me out.<br />
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SO I'm hoping to gain a little momentum in this class to hopefully set me on a successful road.<br />
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I might just want to be an English teacher. Who knows? I'm thinking being in this class for two consecutive periods might just give me an idea of what that will be like and if it's for me.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-30816021282002487572012-12-09T22:37:00.001-08:002012-12-09T22:37:26.545-08:00Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonGENERAL <br />
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This novel is about a black woman after the emancipation's relationships with three different men, each of which treated her differently, and how she grew as a person because of them. <br />
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2. The theme of the novel is about how men and women, although different creatures, are made to exist in harmony. <br />
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3. The tone is one that is repressed. Janie, the protagonist, oftentimes yearns to be free but stays quiet inside her own mind instead of speaking against the men repressing her.<br /><br />
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CHARACTERIZATION <br />1. Every time the author uses characterization it is through Janie's point of view. In which case, most of the male characters are idealized. The first husband treats her like a worker, the second treats her like a statue, and the third finally treats her like a person. The flaws are outlined in the first two while the third one is portrayed as the perfect man. <br />
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2. When Janie is being described the voice becomes a lot softer. Not unsimilar to when you look in the mirror you make yourself see the better parts of you. <br />
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3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.<br />
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Janie is a dynamic character. Through her different relationships she goes from innocent little girl to jaded woman to someone who has freed themselves. She changes her entire persona at least three times. bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-644469902291764692012-12-09T17:14:00.001-08:002012-12-09T17:14:00.916-08:00A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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GENERAL <br />
1. Brave New World by Huxley is about a dystopian society where there are no
parents, no morals, and a very strict cast system. The alphas keep the lesser
castes in check by drugging them with a hallucinagin called “Soma.” The book
also illustrates a society that exists outside of this world, and then
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2. One of the themes of this novel is that humanity is frail
and subject to fall. It can also be said that the government can control the
masses through a combination of drugging and brainwashing. Also, it displays
how beautiful chaos is and how if we try to control every aspect of our
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3. The tone of the novel tends to be trying for shock value.
Huxley describes second grade aged children experimenting sexually, and then
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in fact, expected. Also, many things, including the title of the book are
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CHARACTERIZATION <br />
1. Whilst getting to know the different caste systems, Huxley will use
flashback to show why the character is the way it is. An example of this is
Lenina, and when Huxley describes her inner thoughts and her remembering things
that have happened in her life. Another direct example is when they talk about
how the factory workers are taught that books are bad from a young age so they
are never educated. Once the savage is introduced, his character is mostly
expressed through small quotes he says throughout visiting the “Brave new world”
such as “I want to be myself. Myself and nasty.”</div>
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2. When focusing on setting Huxley focuses more on inner
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3. The savage is a dynamic character in the sense that once
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4. After reading this book I felt very similarly to when I had
finished reading Animal Farm. These characters represent a real problem, but at
the same time they are so separated from our reality that it is hard to find
them feasible.</div>
bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-56729914743404680342012-11-29T18:33:00.000-08:002012-11-29T18:33:44.706-08:00I'm not naming this "Thinking Outside the Box" because that's too inside the boxI recently set my Facebook status to "<span class="userContent">If I had three rats, I'd name them Inez, Estelle and Joseph Garcin. And then I'd laugh and say 'Welcome to hell.'"</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">This amused me.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">It also evidently warranted a marriage proposal...to which my mother accepted for me.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">So it goes.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I had heard of "No Exit" before I actually read it. The idea intrigued me, mostly because of the completely character driven staging. The set is simple, and no one enters or exits during the entire show. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">There's an episode of Family Guy where they use this concept and set it entirely in a bank vault where Brian and Stewie's dialogue carries the entire episode. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Oddly enough, this episode's back and forth could be argued to even reflect the idea that hell is other people.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Which reminds me, there was supposed to be a point to this blog post right?</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Something about Plato and Satre and how they relate.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">The way I see it, in Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the idea of "hell" is ignorance and being shut out from the world. Hell is not being able to see what is real and tangible, much like the prisoners can not see or touch the things they see silhouetted on the wall.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">By contrast, in "No Exit", hell is being forced to see reality. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">There's a scene between Inez and Estelle where Estelle is looking desperately for a mirror because there is none. Before she got to hell, she comments that mirrors became her reality and how she saw the world was through her reflection. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Inez then tells her that she will be her mirror, which is a blatant metaphor for the three of them being put together to have to face the reality of what they really are. The reflections are similar to the prisoner's shadows, they are not real. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">In "The Cave" when the prisoner steps into the sun, it is uncomfortable and burns. Not unlike when the three characters in "No Exit" are with each other. In both of these stories, having to face reality is uncomfortable, but in the end necessary. And there is no going back once it is established. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">This can relate to life because sometimes you need to take off your rose colored glasses (or whatever that adage is) and see things how they really are before you can "find the exit" and deal with reality. It might not be pretty, but the gods will offer you chances and all that.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Know them, take them...the gods wait to delight in you.</span>bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-34233876775415121192012-11-24T11:21:00.002-08:002012-11-24T11:21:18.634-08:00Sonnet about the cave.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-47058966713054350862012-11-19T17:11:00.001-08:002012-11-19T17:11:28.583-08:00The Big Question. ((Rated PG-13))My big question in life is, why aren't people more pissed off about this?<br />
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My big question right now in life is why we constantly allow ourselves to be patronized and objectified as human beings.<br />
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A woman is worth more than a body to sell a burger.<br />
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Or a frame to hang clothes on in hopes that preteen girls will beg their parents to buy the overpriced objects.<br />
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A gaggle of attractive women will not rip your clothes off if you purchase and then shortly after bathe with Axe body spray.<br />
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Seriously, have you seen these commercials?<br />
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Are you FREAKING kidding me??<br />
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I'm not just talking about women being objectified. Oh, no.<br />
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Oh heavens no.<br />
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What really gets me about these is the fact that these men are hardly wearing the clothes they're trying to sell.<br />
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What my big question really is...<br />
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<b>Why do we, in our advanced society, use sex in such a demeaning and dehumanizing way to sell useless products?</b><br />
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Sexuality is a beautiful thing. Not when I'm sitting down to watch TV with a little kid and have to explain why so many women are chasing that man. Not when I'm with my family and see almost pornographic images flash across the screen. These are PEOPLE. Not BODIES.<br />
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I guess what I'm saying is, don't sell sex, unless you're ACTUALLY selling sex. But thats another problem.bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-34195243022441396612012-11-13T23:49:00.003-08:002012-11-13T23:49:30.730-08:00Girls love sonnets. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-37929498603295334852012-11-08T19:52:00.000-08:002012-11-08T19:52:10.072-08:00((Spoilers)) Wreck-It Ralph themed vocabulary studying.This week, I chose to do sentences inspired by Disney's newest animated feature.<br />
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Affinity- relationship by marriage<br />
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<br /><b>Jane Lynch's character</b> <b>and Fix-It Felix develope an affinity for one another.</b><br />
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Bilious- of or indicative of a peevish ill nature disposition<br />
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<b>Ralph went to a support group for other bilious characters.</b> <br />
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<br />Cognate- of the same nature<br />
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<b>All of the characters living in the Penthouse were cognate in appearance and attitude.</b> <br />
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<br />Corollary- A proposition inferred Immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof<br />
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<b>Ralph received a corollary from the people in the penthouse that he would be accepted if only he won a medal.</b><br />
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<br />Cul-de-sac - a pouch<br />
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<b>The medal's room was a cul-de-sac of evil bug robot eggs ready to hatch.</b> <br />
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<br />Derring-do- a daring action<br />
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<b>Ralph's choice to enter Hero's Duty was his greatest derring-do to date.</b> <br />
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The art or practice that seeks to foretell future events or discover
hidden knowledge due to the interpretation of omens<br />
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<b>No divination could have predicted Vanillope's role in her game.</b> <br />
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<br />Elixir- A substance capable of prolonging life indefinitely<br />
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<b>In video games, sometimes there is an elixir available to extend your abilities.</b> <br />
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<br />Folderol- a useless accessory<br />
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<b>Ralph's medal was a folderol and it was not what made him happy in the end.</b> <br />
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<br />Gamut- an entire range or series<br />
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<b>Disney had been failing in the animation gamut until they unearthed this gem. </b> <br />
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<br />Hoi polloi- the General populace<br />
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<b>The hoi polloi of Sugar Rush were entirely edible.</b> <br />
<br />Ineffable- incapable of being expressed in words<br />
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<b>Ralph and Vanillope's affection was ineffable, as the two were inseparable. </b> <br />
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<br />Lucubration- to study by night<br />
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<b>Through a montage of lucubration, Vanillope learned to drive so she could race.</b> <br />
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<br />Mnemonic- intended to assist memory<br />
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<b>The king used hacking to change the mnemonic ability of the people in Sugar Rush.</b> <br />
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<br />Obloquy- abusive language<br />
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<b>The racers spat obloquy at the assumed glitch.</b> <br />
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<br />Parameter- an independent variable used to express the coordinates of variable point and functions of them<br />
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<b>They used Vanillope as the parameter of the race.</b> <br />
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<br />Pundit- a learned man<br />
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<b>King Candy was one of the only pundits in Sugar Rush.</b> <br />
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<br />Risible- provoking laughter<br />
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<b>There were many risible moments for the audience in this movie.</b> <br />
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<br />Symptomatic- having the characteristics of a certain disease but arising of a different cause<br />
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<b>She was symptomatic of being a glitch, but was not.</b> <br />
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<br />Volte-face- a reversal in policy<br />
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<b>Sugar Rush had a volte-face when their memory was returned.</b> bcastillorhsenglitcomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16148224009793615661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7505055697759997817.post-22852814305815631522012-11-08T18:42:00.000-08:002012-11-08T18:42:06.189-08:00In Case You Missed It.<br />
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The guy from the assembly started off by saying these were his goals for the meeting:<br />
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1. prepare us for graduation<br />
2. measure us for cap and gown<br />
3. show us all of our options<br />
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<b>IF YOU WERE NOT AT THE ASSEMBLY YOU CAN PICK UP ORDER FORMS IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE. </b>He said he would leave extras there. I'm not sure if he followed through, someone will have to let us know.<br />
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Thursday the 15th in the Career Center is grad order day. We will be going during our English class, and he will be there until lunch. Rescheduling for sizing is available if you go in to talk to this guy on Thursday.<br />
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He said to bring the total amount you are willing to pay or $60.00. He also mentioned being able to make payments and use different ways to pay such as credit, check, etc.<br />
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For measuring gowns, he need your exact <b>height</b>, <b>weight</b> and <b>whether you want a male or female gown</b>.<br />
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The senior package consists of the top 10 purchased items. It contains graduation announcements (those things you send out to get nice things in return), class of 2013 paraphernalia such as your choice of hoodie and t-shirt. There's a catalog of things you can get. The only thing you CAN'T get is sweat pants, but you can order those separately. This deal is what they're attempting to sell to us, but it actually costs close to $200.<br />
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Here are some other "deals" available.<br />
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If you buy the senior package (the nearly $200 one), cap and gown is free.<br />
If you do not, to order individually is $33.41 which actually is more like $44 dollars when shipping and stuff is added. It's cheaper if you don't buy the gown, but you should totes buy the gown.<br />
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I'm pretty sure that's the gist of what we needed to know. I hope so, because that's literally all that I know. Comment if I missed anything or if you have questions. I don't think I'll be able to answer, but maybe someone else will. K bye!<br />
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