FIRST IMPRESSION OF A DREAM

My first impression of the poem were of how its talks about how dreams can be very real and show emotion. While reading this problem, I could feel the words traveling through my body and understanding came to me into what I was reading. 

MY ESSAY ESSAY

Hawthorne communicates the theme by giving us a few different examples on how many people that surround us could be filled with evilness in their mind and hearts. Throughout the story, he uses different symbols like the pink ribbon that is in faith's hair. The way that he describes the characters paints images in the readers head whether in a good or bad way. 

MY THESIS STATEMENT

The main point of my essay is to help others to understand and be able to see who are the good an bad people in your life. Many of your "most trusted friends" could be the ones that wish you the worst. If you think about it, can you really trust a person 100% ? Even your own parents may wish you to live a life far worst than theirs. But, that is something for you to think about. I think that it is easier to reflect on the story "Young Goodman Brown" with a prompt because you will have something to base your writing off of and not just write something that you aren't sure is correct. 

READ TALK UNDERSTAND

- In writing essays, it should be a reward into students getting a diploma and a god job 
- essays are big paragraphs about a topic hoping to be understood
- getting any time of honesty back, is a form of trust 
- many students were traumatized due to the anxiety increasing in our culture
- rewards are just degrees and students loans
- french word for attempt is essay 
- use to writing essays to get it over with 
- transcend means to go beyond 
- we learn best when we love what we do 
- we must practice in order to become better 
- the essay is our attempt into participating into a human conversation 

Password Management

- Your password is as secure as the weakest site you are on 
- you'll want a password with upper and lowercase , symbols and numbers
- change passwords at least once a month 
-  use  a password manager 
- use a notebook where you can write down passwords 

Young Old Good Bad

I think Hawthorne wrote "Young Goodman Brown" to give us people that read it, an example of how many people in our lives can be seen as good, kind people, but actual are evil and not good for us to be close by. The power of the imagination is a strong one because if we think about something way too much, our minds start to imagine it and it can create really horrible images which might frighten us. 

Young Goodman Brown Questions

1) I think Hawthorne's purpose for writing this story was to show that even the nicest of people can have bad intentions. Many of the characters that were introduced in the story, at first were described as good Christians but then later the main character, young Goodman Brown, slowly started to discover the actual beliefs of many of the people he would consider "good Christians." 

2) I think that the name Faith does fit Brown's wife because throughout the story, he is always thinking about his good wife, and how she is his only hope left when something bad happens. 

3) I think the pink ribbons signify the sign of hope, just how during cancer awareness month, the pink ribbon signifies hope for all.

4) I think everything Brown witnessed was a dream because towards the end of the story it says,"had Goodman brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch meeting?" 

5) I think the old man was the devil tempting Goodman brown because he would for most of the story, be telling him lies about helping past family relatives. 

6) I think the staff means in a way that if he take hold of it, he has fallen into the hands of the devil, and is now on his side.

7) If he didn't venture into the forest, Goodman brown would still be naive about the townspeople and his wife. He wouldn't believe that the people that surround him everyday, are bad people.  

THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS

 

THE LAUGHING HEART

Literature Analysis Book #1 Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

1) What drew me to read this book was the title and the image on the front cover of the book. I saw it from a distance, and I wondered what it was. So I went close and read the description on the back, and I wanted to know all the details about how the character changed her mind and how she felt a connection with her grandmother. I expected to not be really interested in reading everything because in the beginning, it wasn't as interesting. After a few chapters in, the book became extremely interesting and I couldn't stop reading.

2) The thing that kept me reading past the first 10 pages, was that I must read at least 30 pages before I decide whether I want to keep reading it or not. I can't just decide if its interesting the first few pages because most authors don't start the rising climax until after a few pages of reading.

3) My reading habits are to read anywhere I can whether it is before class, in the car, or anywhere quiet. When the book is interesting enough, I will read until the end not caring of I have other things to do. 

FIRST 50 PAGES, Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate

1) The plot of the novel,"Tending Roses" by Lisa Wingate, is about a couple going to the family farm for a vacation, but their actual intentions is to get the wife's grandmother ready for when the rest of the family comes over for Christmas to tell her that they are thinking of putting her into a nursing home and selling the family farm. Meanwhile, the husband's job calls him to let him know that they have lost an important contract with business people and that he has to call them to try to get the contract back. The wife is busy trying to make ends meet with the money that they have so that they can pay their hospital bills. 

2) The theme of the novel is to live life everyday without needing to worry about problems and work. Cherish what you now have because you might end up regretting it later in your life.  

3) I think that the author's morning routine is a calm one. She probably gets up and looks out her window at the land and think about her days work. Later, she might do some meditation and have a healthy breakfast that has some scrambled eggs with hash brown along with bacon and fresh orange juice. Some excerpts that painted this imagine in my mind, are how she describes the morning and setting sun as well as describing in detail the warm breeze and the detailed description of roses lining the house in the story. 

4) A literary technique that helped me understand the theme was the way how the author was including the message in between the reading, instead of saying it towards the end of the book. 

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

A way that I would select the most appropriate channel for my communication, is to always remember who I am writing too. If I am to write to my friends, I wouldn't really worry about errors that much and just write/type and send. If I were to be sending a message to a person I love, I would make sure that I express what I am feeling and be kind. Always remember to still make some sense and be sure to get your thoughts through onto paper or text.

HACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

What is this class about?
-This class is about learning how to write and learn better English.

What is the easiest part of this class?
-The easiest part of this class could be the journals since for the most part, I know what to write and I have an idea of what is expected of me.

What is the hardest part of this class?
-The hardest part of this class is sometimes the posts since I tend to fall behind on them and not do them on time.

What have you learned so far?
-So far I have learned how to think beyond my thinking box. I have to be more open minded to see what other options there.

What is your big question ?
- My big question is how does school expect us to be able to finish all the work assigned in one night? We students have a busy life besides school, and because of school work, many students have to stop doing outside of school activities and wait until our long breaks come around to relax. 

BIG BROTHER'S FIRST IMPRESSION

When I started reading this, I had to go back and reread the first paragraph because I wasn't understanding it very well. Afterwards, I started to comprehend that it was about people making the English Language very difficult to understand and to communicate. If people don't make the English language as hard, many adults would be able to learn and communicate better with ease than needing to look or have someone to interpret for them. 

HOW I READ

I prefer to read in a quiet place but outside not inside a building. I like to read that way because nature is much quieter than being inside a building with the AC running and people talking and things printing. I like to picture myself reading in an open land and view where I only see trees and grass and the only other noises would be the wind blowing against the leaves on trees, and the birds chirping in the distance. To me , that is how I prefer to be when reading a book. Now, since that is not really possible where I live, I like to plug in my earbuds to my phone, and put some relaxing music on with no words and changing rhythms. I’ll listen to sounds of nature, water running down a creek, maybe even the sounds of raindrops falling from the sky. This helps me concentrate. How do you prefer to read?

SO THIS GUY GOES FOR A WALK

My first impressions from the reading was that the story was similar to many fiction stories and of the story of Adam and Eve. The snake in both this story and Adam and Eve, was quiet mean and evil. Both stories were also very interesting in their own unique way.  The old man is telling Goodman brown all lot of good things about what he has done in the past and how nothing will go wrong just how the snake in Adam and Eve told Eve that nothing will go wrong and everything will be fine.

FOR THE WIN

Something that I feel that I have done well in this course is keeping up with the journals. If I start to see that I am falling behind, I'll go home and catch up on what I am missing so that I can turn it in on Friday completed. Also, I've been reading my book and I am surprised because usually I won't read what I'm assigned when they are assigned. I would wait and then read everything together and answer any questions that need to be answered. 

I Ain't Got Time For This

My habits in time support my goals because in doing my homework and studying, it takes up most of my free time. By the time I finish everything, it would be very late and I need to sleep and let my body rest. Also, with memorizing things for most of my classes my brain would start to hurt. School just expects us students to be able to do all our work in one night and be able to turn in everything the next day. Yet, if we want to have a good job in life, sacrifices must be made.  

The Earth on Turtle's Back

This story is a myth because it explains things that we don't understand. A Moral is a lesson that is being taught in the story. The moral of this story is about determination to keep trying and not give up even if its really hard and seems impossible. Techniques in the story are suspense, personification. 

Today I was Thinking

While in class today, I was thinking about how life is very short and how us humans take advantage of everything that we have in the world. We are given everything and we don''t use our sources wisely. I was also thinking about how to answer the journal topic since I didn't really know how to answer it during class. What were you thinking today? 

I Care About Your Understanding

Sometimes, I'll be walking to class and I will see a couple arguing. Yes, arguing in a relationship is normal. But when one walks away during the argument, it just makes matters worse. One person in the relationship has to be the mature one and let their partner cool down. If its meant to be, nothing will separate them. Being in a relationship means that you must TRUST EACH OTHER all the time. If you hear something about your partner, don't confront them with yelling instead, ask to talk just the two of you and let them know what you heard and LISTEN to what they have to say. I hope I was understood and I made my point clear. 

The Making Of An Essay

When I am writing an essay, I don't really know how to start it for about 30 mins. Through out the day, I will start to get ideas and by the time I get home, I usually at least have an idea for the introduction paragraph and a body paragraph. Sometimes writing an essay can be frustrating because you have to provide evidence and explain your point. Having to write something under pressure can be frighting for many especially slow thinkers like me. At the end of it, you get this satisfying feeling that you were able to finish in the time that was given to you and now you get to relax. 

Communication Strategies Of A Hacker

"The Mentors" tone effectively conveys his message by giving us the perspective of a teenager and how they feel when adults refer to us as all being "alike." When a teenager acts different, we are criticized for being different yet if we all act the "same", that is also wrong. Many teenagers don't know how to act because of this which is why most don't share their ideas and keep to themselves. 

Getting to Know You

The importance of getting to know the people around you is so that you'll be able to form a team that you can work with to make something happen. Today's class experience was very fun. I didn't really know many people but conversations were pretty easy to start due to all of us trying to finish our scavenger hunt first. There were jokes being made and we all learned at least one thing about our class mates. 

My Big Question

I have always wanted to know why do humans not care and take for granted what is given to us? Many people are becoming very ignorant towards the subject of Climate Change. If people started to care more, the world would be better and we wouldn't have to worry about huge fires and animals going extinct so quickly. I would like to solve the problem of global warming by starting with making a difference myself. Perhaps if others see a change, they will want to do it also and little by little the world will start to become a better place. 

CONSCIENCE OF A HACKER

When I started to read the hacker, I wasn't really understanding what was being said. After a few lines in , I began to notice that the reading was talking about how all teenagers are " the same". Adults want teenagers to start to act like young adults, yet they are being treated like children and that confuses many teens. When a teenager figures out something big, older people don't really take many serious because they are still "kids" which means that they probably got the idea from someone else. Do you think you are a hacker?

Everything is a remix

Remix: taking something that already exists and editing it to make it into something new
-by combining, copying, transforming 
- 3 basic elements:
   -domain knowledge(learning by speaking) 
   - copying ( mimicking others exact moves )
    -transformation ( taking something and making it better, might take time)