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SOMETHING INTRESTING

Something  interesting to me is how big the galaxy is. Its crazy to think that we thing our galaxy is big but further into the deep darkness there are millions of planets and galaxy's. We only can explore so little but there so much more out there and what I want to know if there is anything out there actually like us. One day we will have the tech and knowledge too know what's out there in the deep big pitch dark place.

Immigrants in our own land

Partners:David, Jose, Uriel

First impression on the story is people want to change but later end up not trying to finish what they set.

Theme: The theme I believe is people make goals but never try to accomplish them.
Tone: Inspirational, Serious , Isolated
Mood: Sad, Depressing, Helpless
Devices: metaphor, oxymoron, Analogy 

Example of devices

Metaphor"-The old men who have lived here stared at us, from deep disturbed eyes, sulking, retreated."

Oxymoron- "Some will die and others will go on living .."

Analogy - "Some will make it out of here with hate in their eyes,

but so very few make it out of here as human ".

My mad dream of a essay

Remember that time you ate that spicy [burrito]just before you went to bed on the night before the big [basjetball game]?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the [retarted] details, but after            reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at a [zoo] waiting to be sent to Be in [The gorilla happitap].  Everywhere  you looked there were posters of president-elect [idiot trump], looking like a crazy [orange bam boo ass] who could eat a whole [piece of shit].   

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "[ Man is his own star ]."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [fart].  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy [hat] and [shoes] and then you had make a [beat drop] to go back in time to the [mall] so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and that [Trump is a idiot of a president].

But right there in the [mall] there was a giant [trump] and it started [scream] ing at everyone.  People started to [run].  You grabbed a [water gun] from a nearby [toy store] and yelled [fuk off trump].  Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

We all make mistakes in our life, but what we do in the present will effect what happens in the future. I've made mistakes that have affect my life, my sophomore I didn't give a crap about anything all I wanted to do was go home and lay down and from that I got bad grades and I wont be able to get into a really good college unless I work extra harder the rest of high school. A other example is in "Sound of thunder" When Eckels went to the past and stepped on a butterfly and came back to the present and changed everything. A other example is in "self-relicense" when Emerson was explaining that a simple understanding of who someone really was and would change there future from that explanation. All are thinking and our actions create our individual sense of self and the society we all share is caused by our actions because of what we do makes us who we are and makes a road for what we will be doing.

Inciting incident

"He turned back on a side street, circling around toward his home. He was within a block of his destination when the lone car turned a corner quite suddenly and flashed a fierce white cone of light upon him. He stood entranced, not unlike a night moth, stunned by the illumination, and then drawn toward it.
A metallic voice called to him:
'Stand still. Stay where you are! Don't move!'
He halted.
'Put up your hands!'
'But-' he said.
'Your hands up! Or we'll shoot!'"-The PedestrianBy Ray Bradbury
This the rising action of the story because some unknown car drove by where he was heading and made it seem like he was about to have a bad time. Also were he tries to recreate the scene of when he go arrested into a  more devious way.

President mistake

Well well....well Trump made a fool of himself in the debate Hilary didn't even try that hard to destroy him with his flaws. Especially during the first round which she pulled a 92% overall compared to Trump with his 8% percent. The fact that Trump used to much Ad Hominen to part from the main question.

An earth shattering fart

My honest review on this story was what the hell? So something so small may have a huge impact on your future. They did foreshadow that not to touch anything out of the ordinary and Eckels, changed the very future he wasn't intending to. HE was killed by Travis at the end of the story because of such a small mistake. But I believe the main message is not to mess with the past cause it will affect your future.

Young goodman brown questions

What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?
S:To talk about how the devil symbolizes everyday life? Or how we have to face reality in different perspective on how we face our daily lives with good and bad dreams.


Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her? 
S:The story revolves around her being a innocent person during the beginning but as you keep reading on talks about a lot of devil's and purification which means Faith Purity disappeared and he lost faith in faith. Weird

What do you think the pink ribbons signify?
S:It symbolizes faith and the faith of Goodman brown most likely because I got this context that lead me to this idea ,

Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.
S:I believe most of this was a dream cause is awaken or the text say's "Whether  Faith obeyed, he knew not. Hardly had he spoken, when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp, while a hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew." but this isn't fully supported because he staggered on a rock and then fell asleep but he was in a dark forest which are many shadow shape figures maybe he had some kinda religion phobia?

Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this?
S: quoted in Young Goodman Brown "The devil "  The traveler put forth his staff, and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail.
"The devil!" screamed the pious old lady."

What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?
S:"Accordingly, the young man turned aside, but took care to watch his companion, who advanced softly along the road, until he had come within a staff's length of the old dame. She, meanwhile, was making the best of her way, with singular speed for so aged a woman, and mumbling some indistinct words, a prayer, doubtless, as she went. The traveler put forth his staff, and touched her withered neck with what seemed the serpent's tail." It represents a serpent in a metaphor as  a staff. Brown's motivation would eventually lead him to being evil or accepting evil.

If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople 
S:Yes he would've trusted everybody because he believed dearly in his wife and her faith and he believed the puritan's were fully religious.

literature analysis #2

Story-Out of My Mine

Summary-Out of My Mind is a novel by Sharon M. Draper. In this novel, Melody Brooks is an eleven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. Melody's body is stiff and uncooperative, forcing her to use a wheelchair. Her mind works well, but she cannot speak. Melody hates her boring special education classes and the fact that she cannot make her thoughts and opinions known, even to her parents. Hence Melody has to fight to get what she wants. Eventually, Melody is given a computer that helps her speak and communicate in a regular fifth grade class. Melody even gets the opportunity to participate in a trivia competition. Unfortunately, even great success cannot change opinions of those who cannot see beyond the physical. This is a fact Melody is forced to face despite everything she accomplishes. Out of My Mind is a brilliant novel that takes the reader into the world of an amazing eleven year old girl who eventually realizes she is no different from the kids around her despite her body's disabilities.

Plot-the plot is about how she grew up with her disability and how she got like that 

About Author-The author is probably a nice calming person always thinking about life and thinking about others and how they live. She's probably known a person that has a disability like this I have struggled throughout their life and wanted to help them or at lease understand them.

Review on a sound of thunder

I read the whole story Sound of Thunder and it seemed pretty interesting to me and the title suits it, basically saying that the story is a Sound of Thunder.In the story a sound of thunder, eckels join a time-traveling team to hunt a dinosaur. During the hunt steps on and kills a butterfly. When he returns back to the present day, he finds that his actions have caused an alternate present. 

Emersons Child

LOL...I turned it in on paper

Day 3 presentations

From presentations:
Smile now cry later

Don't be ashamed of who you are, say what you want to say don't care what other people say

Quotes:
"traveling is a fools paradise"
"Nothing can bring you peace besides your principle"
"My life is for myself not a spectacle"

Day 2 presentations

Emerson said:
In the world there are genesis and there are morons

From a person that presented:
We all are artist, we create our life we add texture too it

Quotes:
"Nothing can bring u peace but yourself"
"Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron strings"

Day 1 presentation

What we learned from Emerson:
Emerson wanted us to have our own opinion

Be yourself don't be what other people want you to be

Quotes:
"these roses under my window don't make any reference or to better ones there are what they are"

EMERSON FOR THE YOUNG BUCK

Emerson's self-reliance essay, it basically saying to be yourself and to believe in yourself

Emerson said

• “Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self."
• “I appeal from your customs"
• “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” 
• “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”
• "Man is his own star

All of these quotes are basically simmilar. They all talk about how how you should be turst yourself and be yourself.

I'M SELF-RELIANT

Monday in 5th period
So I've already read half of the story through out last week and from my perspective I don't understand anything he's saying but I will read the rest of it...lol:/

Monday at night
I still don't understand shit from self-reliance, I read all of it last night and I'm not really a type of guy to enjoy reading so when I was reading I was trying my best to understand but with my mindset I still didn't understand...sorry dr Preston:(

AUTHOR IN PROGRESS

Well Emerson writing was a little to advance for me. I kinda did well on understanding his quotes and the theme of his book. What I need to work on more is understanding his vocabulary and understand the way he speaks

Literature Analysis #1

The book I'm reading is The long walk to water

Summary-"A Long Walk to Water" is a novel by Linda Sue Park. Published in 2010, the novel is written for older children and young adults and tells two separate stories which are brought together in the final chapter. The first story is about Nya, an eleven-year-old girl living in Southern Sudan who must make two long walks to fetch water for her family each day. The second - and main - story is based on the true life experiences of Salva Dut, who is forced to flee the war in Southern Sudan when he is eleven years old, and spends many years as a refugee before returning to Southern Sudan to drill wells which bring water to remote villages.

Theme-Nya walks a very long way every day to bring water that is impure to her family. Second, Salva’s whole adolescent and young adult life are really a walk toward the water that he will bring his people through building wells.

About the author- I think the author is calm guy that enjoys the beach. He's a guy that enjoys long walks and likes to think about life. He prabaly likes to drink tea and write too.

Me reviewing the story- the story was pretty interesting I kinda got the the and understood the meaning of the whole story. I didn't really understand it at first but then I understood about how he was using the charter in the story.

Vocab list #6

Meme-a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

Virus-a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.

Viral-of the nature of, caused by, or relating to a virus or viruses.

Blog-a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.

Wiki-a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

URL-Uniform Resource Locator: aprotocol for specifying addresseson the Internet.

Website-a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.

Www-The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP. The term refers to all the interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the Internet.

Internet- The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information. Some of the early impetus for such a network came from the U.S. government network Arpanet, starting in the 1960s.

2.0-used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc.

Open source-denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

My American Voice

There is never a place or time u should never speak up. Everyone has a voice, It is important for people to speak up for there welds and others.

letter to mentor

Dear Dr Preston, is god real? How can u provide me with this information to understand my big question. Should I go see a someone that is religious? Should I go see some short of a proffeser that knows about our world? What should I do Dr Preston? Can u provide me with all this information for me?

Vocabulary list #5

1. venomous-(of a person or their behavior) full of malice or spite.
2. stolid-(of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
3. hypnotized-capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate.
4. suspended-temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.
5. transformed-make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.
6. accuse-claim that (someone) has done something wrong.
7. anticipate-guess or be aware of (what will happen) and take action in order to be prepared.
8. fringe-an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material.
9. melancholy-a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
10. earnestly-serious in intention, purpose, oreffort; sincerely zealous
11. dissolve-(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.
12. aggravate-
    make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
13. illuminate-light up.
14. capillary-any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules.
15. proboscis-the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long and mobile, such as the trunk of an elephant or the snout of a tapir.

RESPECT MY AUTHORITY!!!

Authority figures support me by keeping me safe and keeping from doing dumb shit. Authority figures don't really threaten me willingness I don't really have a problem.

The inciting incident in the "The Pedestrain"

The incident in The Pedestrian was when the car shows up

my first impression of the pedestrian

first of all I don't like to read and the story is pretty long so I already don't like the story. In the story at I was very confused with what the charter was saying.

vocab #4

intermittent-not continuous or steady
I wasn't intermittent when I was writing my essay.

ebb-the movement of the tide out to sea
When I was at the beach the ebb were loud.

regress-action of returning to a less or former developed state
When I hurt my leg I went to the hospital and came out regress.

tendency-an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior
I love the tendency of the charter Rick from the Walking Dead.

antiseptic-relating to or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease causing microorganism 
when I was at the doctor my doctor gave me medicine to antiseptic my flu.

vocab list #3

coherent-logical and consistent
we coherent over where we should eat

belabor-argue or elaborate
I had a belabor with my teacher about grades.

eschew-deliberately avoid using
I need to eschew my finger nails.

acquisitive-excessively interested in acquiring money or martial things
I had a acquisitive with school.

emulate-match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation
I emulate my friend in basketball.

banal-so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
my teacher is banal

excoriation-a harsh criticism
I heard a excoriation about African Americans

congeal-solidify or coagulate
I had to congeal my cloths

carping-difficult to please
my teacher was carping my project

substantiate-provide evidence to support or prove the truth of
I was in court and a man was substantiate his trial

temporize-avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time
I was temporize doing drugs

largesse-generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others
every year on Christmas we largesse

tenable-able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
I was playing a game on my phone and it was all about tenable

insatiable-impossible to satisfy
I was insatiable my girl

reconnaissance-military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features
I was reconnaissance on a video game

germane-relevant to a subject under consideration
I was germane to math

ramify-form branches or offshoot
I saw a ramify of my family

intransigent-unwilling or refusing to change one views or to agree about something
I was trying to intransigent about Donald trump

taciturn-reserved or uncommunicative
I had a taciturn at a restaurant.

my Aeries

My grade I got on my essay was a B+ I wasn't really surprise I am a genius.in class I think I at least have a B in my English class just cause I don't have all my blogs. I've done most of the work in class but it doesn't really seem like a lot and its not hard.

i hate school

This blog of mine is going to be about what think of school. Everyday I have to wake up at 6:30 to get to school and I HATE IT. Everyday I have to do homework I HATE IT. Everyday I have to sit In six classes  for 50 minutes I HATE IT.I just hate school and after we graduate from school we go to collage that is basically school but longer and harder...I HATE SCHOOL!!!

vocabulary list #1

theme-the subject of a talk, a piece of writing , a person's thoughts, or exhibition
I had to write an essay and couldn't thing of a good theme.

tone-a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength
When someone sings the tone of there voice changes.

mood-a temporary state of mind or feeling
When I wake up on Mondays and have to go to school my mood is always grumpy.

diction-the choice and use of words and phrases in speech of writing
When people write novels they always make them diction.

syntax-the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
In my speech in class I had lots of syntax.

stupid-lacking intelligence or common sense
I feel really stupid when I misspell a word.

adumbrate-report or represent in outline
In a essay you always have to adumbrate.

apotheosis-the highest point in the development of something
The skyscraper was apotheosis.

ascetic-characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all from of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
In many churches they have ascetic groups.

bauble-a small, showy trinket or decoration
I made a bauble in art class and hung it up on my wall.

beguile-charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive
A lot of people carry a beguile.

burgeon-begin to grow or increase rapidly
I saw a tree burgeon over a few months.

complement-a thing that completes or bring to perfection
I gave my brother a complement on his hair cut.

contumacious-stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
I saw on TV that not all inmates in jail are contumacious.

curmudgeon-a bad-tempered or surly person
I saw a old man walking around the park being curmudgeon.

vocabulary list #2

faith-complete trust or confidence in someone or something
I had faith in my brother at his soccer game, that hell win

threshold-a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room
there is a threshold in my house.

tarry-of, like, or covered with tar
a street is filled with tarry

resolve-settle or find a solution to a problem dispute, or contentious matter
me and my brother had to resolve our argument

discern-perceive or recognize something
I discern a girl I saw at the store.

martyr-a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
I read in a book that long ago people got martyr.

mirth-amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
I mirth at my brother because he fell.

catechism-a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers
at church kids have to take catechism.

pious-devoutly religious
at church people are pious.

frenzy-a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.
my dog was frenzy when I saw her when I got back home.

young goodman brown

I read half of the story then I got board and I noticed I didn't even really even understand the story. I remembered from the story that it was like a dream that the character was in a dream it was a illusion.

my big question

why do we age?

Earth on Turtles back

I read the Earth on Turtles back it was a pretty interesting story and most parts I was confused but at the same time I was able to understand.

Ancient Stories

The text in the title is similar to a everyday conversation because everyday some person tells someone something and it turns into story. It is important to repeat a story actually the same way every time because its better for the listeners.

Hello my name is Ricky bailey. This blog is for my English and I will be blogging every week so I hope u enjoy.