The FINAL!!!

     This is the final post for this school year! Thanks to all my viewers( 1) who have read this post each week.

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• Post consistantly 1 post weekly.......check
• Get 90% on the honors books (kinda).....check
• Stay on top of my English regulars class......check
• Post and honors book anayalsis with each book.....check

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     This week I am going to do a essay that I typed for english about Julius Caesar:

The Depth of the Madness

"To Be or Not to Be, that is the question"- William Shakespeare, that is what most people think of when they hear the name Shakespeare. Others think of "Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?" or other sappy love quotes that have no meaning other than to suffice the grieving ex girlfriend. While  the "To be or Not to Be" quote actually refers to living or not living which one would have the best outcome? In truth Shakespeare has many more quotes that have much more of a deeper meaning than a fancy way to speak of love. My most favorite quote ever spoken by Shakespeare is one from his play Hamlet "Through this be madness, there is method in it".  Shakespeare is referring to the craziness in life that actually has meaning and truth to it. That amazing quote came from a man born in the enlightenment period. A time period that changed views on freedom and government.  That quote also  is exactly what measures up the funeral speeches given by Brutus and Mark Antony in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar . It is my conjecture that after reading the accounts of both speeches, Brutus gave the most effective speech because he knew who his audience was;Brutus made a valid argument without arguing. However, both made good arguments that appealed to aporia, ethos and logos.

The rhetorical strategy of Aporia is defined as expression of doubt by which speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say or do. This often gains sympathy from the audience as if the speaker is torn on what to do. This strategy is flat out acting sad or hurt to get more support. While I am not at all a fan of this strategy being used I think that Anthony used it well. Antony said,  " Men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me."( Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 4) Antony thinks that Caesar was killed for no reason and he uses words like "Bear with me",  "My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar...I must pause till it come back to me"( Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 4) to gain sympathy from his audience. He uses Aporia to gain sympathy and in the process Antony is able to persuade his audience of his point. Brutus used Aporia in the quote "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him, as he was fortunate I rejoice at it: As he was valiant I honor him" (Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza  3) Brutus is gaining sympathy from the funeral attendees by expressing his sorrow and emphasizing the friendship he and Caesar had. Antony was more effective because he used aporia three times, he even paused so the audience could feel his emotion and sadness. Brutus touched on aporia twice and did not let emotion take over. Antony was better equipped to use the strategy of aporia.

Ethos is defined as building the speaker's credibility. In the process of building credibility the speaker is able to build trust with the audience. Brutus used his credibility in the quotes "Not that I have loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more...For him I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country?(Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 4)  Brutus is appealing to the credibility or loyalty of his audience. Brutus is saying that if he has offended anyone then they are not true Romans. Antony uses ethos when he says "For Brutus is an honorable man", latter in the speech he says  "And Brutus is an honorable man... I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong who you all know are honorable men".(Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 1 and 3) Antony is destroying the credibility of Brutus and Cassius by repeatedly saying that they are honorable men. Antony repeats that to the point where he is mocking Brutus without completely saying it. Antony is aware that Brutus is popular so Antony is mocking Brutus without saying bluntly. The winner of its usage is Brutus. Brutus gets his audience involved by appealing to the credibility of them. Brutus almost uses ethos as a scare tactic by saying they are not a true Roman unless they agree. Antony does not involve the audience and does not appeal to the good of Rome.

Logos is the final rhetorical device which is known as a logical approach to the argument. Antony uses logos when he says " The evil that men do live after them; the good is oft interred with their bones".(Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 1) Antony makes a point that people understand and that follows where the society's logic reaches. Brutus  makes his logos known when he says "Had you rather Caesar living  and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?"( Act 3, Scene 2, Stanza 3) Brutus considers the consequences of having Caesar as a king compared to Caesar’s death. Brutus makes the best argument because one of the natural ideas that all humans have is the concept of freedom. Freedom being so natural and human is thought of a lot and Brutus follows common logic to make a point that there would be no freedom with Caesar as the king.

Shakespeare is known to come up with the overtold love quotes that single women fantasize over. However, Shakespeare also has a side of him that goes a lot deeper. Shakespeare was born in the time period that is known as the enlightenment. The enlightenment age is when ideas of freedom were spoken of more verbally and new ideas  of government were born. That birth of new government and actual freedom are what motivated the American Revolutionary War. Shakespeare contributed to the American Revolution. Even through in his plays, Shakespeare wrote his characters to  contribute to that. I believe that Brutus contributed the most to the idea of freedom and overthrowing the government all in the name of freedom. Brutus was the most aware of his audience, made the most justice in his argument, followed ethos better then Antony ever did and Brutus followed logic by using freedom to persuade his audience. Antony was good at receiving feelings of sympathy from his audience. Brutus, overall, made the best funeral speech because he followed passionate feelings of freedom. There is “method in this madness”, and it is called the inspiration of a nation.

     This week I am going to do a short story. Bear with me because I found this cute one that I wrote when I was 6. Growing up I loved (and still love) writting so I thought that I would share that love from one of the earliest stories. This story is in a 3"*5" off blue color spiral bound with black wire. The front has my full name in sharpie with my old phone number and the word Thanks beneath the phone number. This story is called Alax the Bat man. This was written in 2007.

   Once upon a time there was a boy named Alax. One day before bed, he was listining to the radio and had heard that a cat-robber had went into a house and took valueable stuff from the house then he secretly transformed  into Bat Boy. He started to cry cause he did not know what was happening.


My computer will not let me post the pictures of the short story so here is a picture of bat boy !

Well.... yeah this post is late.... this always is the thing that i forget about. So  I appoligize for the well.... lazyness. This week for my blog post I am going to do a imitation of Shakespear about going to the store.

But once once hault my car did do. At legnth The walk met me. The glass met me with much suprise. The palace was overwelmingly grand for there were everything we imagine'd. Everything that be -th there was also stringy and overwelmingly written. The car for the palace to the lockerroom it belongs. The circles rotate and spin around- to haul the artifacts we found. We took those precious nessities and to the out we went. We had to go to buy the palace. For our money was gone and aweful quick. we left no moneys in our pit.-

see you guys next week
kalea

Sorry I thought I already posted this for last week... In english we are talking about the Shakespear's Julius Caesar. While personally I do not mind reading Shakespear as long as I can break the story down line by line. Breaking it down is more fun for me. This week I will be breaking down  a poem from Shakespear called Shall I compare Thee to A Summers day Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)

William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616

1.Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?     Self explanitory
2.Thou art more lovely and more temperate.-You are more lovely and calm(temperate- less changing)       
3.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,- When the rough winds come and shake you(like darling buds on plants in may)
4.And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. -And summers contract (the contract being the time summer is in season) is here such a short time(a date means of the year)
5. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,- When it is to hot the sun shines(heaven shines)
6.And often is his gold complexion dimmed; - there are a lot of times when the sun gets hidden 
7. And every fair from fair sometime declines,- (fair to Shakespear meant pretty, gorgious, exelent and fun.) and every pretty face from fun ends
8. By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;- by fate or just nature being nature ending(untrimmed meaning not sugar coated)
9. But thy eternal summer shall not fade,- The summer in you will not fade(comparrison of nature to you, lines 8 and 9)
10. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,- and you will not loose the beauty you have
11. Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,-No death or devil will bring you down (his being the devil)
12. When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.- You will never end and you flourish in eternity
  13.   So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,- as long as man are alive to witness your beauty
   14.  So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.- this poem is for you.

basically this is comparing everything in summer to you. Except you live longer then summer, and are better then summer.

To make up for this weeks post I am doing a ryhming poem that talks about Julius Caesar.(pattern is A, B, A,)

That be him that is so powerful and mighty,

He who manipulates for a kindgom,

While his people consider him unsightly,

Loved, Revierd and fear,

He was a man of much power;

T'was they who dislike and they killed with many a spear.

He was one who they would die for;

While they were one he would kill for...

That this caused a civil war.

While his people would wail and cry-

"Julius Caesar why leavest thou me?"

While he ruled up in the sky.

   First off I want to apoligize for the non post last week and since this is my spring break I am making up for last weeks blog post. We were doing black out poems. Black out poems are where you take a piece of text and block out some of the words leaving a message, It is similar to a message inside a message, or reading in between the lines. Here are some examples

 SO for this week's blog post I am going a black out poem using the Decleration of Independance as my base for the poem.

The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,  When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one peopleto dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizine its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.         The poem reads: Uninimus people band to secure rights and to organize powers, effect saftey and happiness. But when persuing security patient sufferance is the necessity of tyrany.   Thanks guys see you next week!

Subjectivity of a subject

     The steryotypes bug me. When a person gets up to speak and is very narrow on their point of view to the point where it is almost steryotyping or supporting a common steryotpe. Like for instance in English today we watched a women talk about inequality within our own neighboorhoods and giving this idea of what a 'happy' neighborhood was. While some will say she set her definiton for a happy neighborhood, who is to say that a 'happy' neighborhood can still be happy without her definition, or that a 'happy' neighborhood means something to someone else? The defintion of the word to describe this is called Subjective from the Free Dictionary is existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).  Basically it means that different things can be different things to different people(we get this in debate alot!). I get you want to voice your opinion in words and things that are truely you. However, people in general don't know you, they dont know why you say the thngs you do or what those words mean to you. Here's my problem with it though: When you speak back your words up as with as much evidance as you possibly can, the more evidance you have(this is for speaking in general and debating) the more people are cnvinced to believe your defintion, idea, theory, or point, and the less subjective it becomes. Your speech becomes less subjective because the evidance proves your idea is commonly thought of, used and accepted, therefore making less generalization. 

So what's my point of this spill? Evidance, dont create or encourage steryotypes, and go through your speech and solve things that mean different things for different people because that WILL  make points fall.
Until next time, Kalea 

For this week's blog post I am going to do something a bit different. In my English class we have been reading Of Mice and Men . In the last chapter something dramatic happens and they way it was written was interesting to me. The way the passage was written(will not post b/c spoilers) was the hard truth, yet sugar coated, it was harsh, yet kind. I am going to minic this sytle of writting by an expierience that I had last night. I was ice skating.

"I get out on the ice and the chill from the surface bites my fingers. My feet shift and slide under the shiny surface. I am confident. I am nervous. My friends grab the shiny wall and hold on for dear life. When my feet gain consiousness I slowley start my way I feel another cold chill as I break the unbroken solid wind. Now my legs gain consiousness. I hear noices of skates coming to a skretching stop. My eyes fill with terror. People are falling with a loud thud. Later on I gain confidence. I welcome the cold chills, and the icy thrills. I spin in circles. I go around the rink and myself spinning in tight circles. I want to show everything that the ice rink means to me. I want them to see the falls, the icy chills, the accidents with the plexi glass, the sharp blade on my skates, the blisters on my feet, the stress knots forming on my neck before each preformance, the yells from my coach, the mess ups, the victories, I want to show them everything the ice rink stands for".

This is harsh, sweet, happy, horrible and sad, it is the emotions.

"It's Great!"

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 Since the end of he term is nigh here is my honors book project. I read The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love At First sight.  In accordance with this project I will be posting my essential questions. To give you a bit of info on this book it is written by Jennifer E. Smith. This book will be a movie called First Sight coming in an unannounced time here's the link for more info

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hailee-steinfeld-star-statistical-probability-744642

There also is a 30 second video clip that sets the stage for this loveable book and here is the link for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLsejBOqomk        You will have to copy and paste the link into your browser. Now on to the essential questions, I will be doing them in 3 sentances or less.

1-What does the novel teach you about being human?

A- This book teaches us that love is a crazy, irrational, irlogical, unexplainable feeling. When you go against human nature and you care about someone more then yourself it can create wonderful chaos. The Statistical Probability illustrates just that, the crazy unexplainable world of love.

2. What character, event, or theme speaks to you? 

For me there is an event and how it effects the character that spoke to me the most in this book. Hadley's(the main character) parents divorced, her dad remarries and the emotions that go with a remarriage. My uncle remarried and the emotions that I had just as his niece about the remarriage to an extent I got her feelings. Any remarriage involves feelings of concern, love, worry, anxiousness, happiness, anger, and frusteration. Remarriage is a paradox, you have people who are worried about you and the new marriage, feelings from the injured party involved in the first marriage, excitement that two people are in love, the start of a new day, and there is the undecided.

3. Why is this novel considered a classic?

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is considered a classic becuase it is in the works for a movie, and this book is pretty popular.

4. Is this text still relevent today?

Absolutely, this book is not even 5 years old yet. The book is relevent today because it has been written in a time relevent to us. This book also relevent because the love story in this book is socially and physically legitimate today.

5. What does this novel reveal about our world?

This novel reveals a love story that is legitimate in our world today. The Statistical Probality of Love at First Sight (abbreviated as TSPOLAFS) reveals legitimate feelings on divorce, remarriage, and funerals .(funny how you get that out of a love story) TSOPLAFS also can be a crutch for people who have been through divorces, funerals, remarriage, and love at first sight.

6.What social inequalities are present in the text and how does it compare to your world?

The social inequalities that are present in this book are:  The parents (since they are the boss),  When Hadley finds Oliver the first time it seems like the ball is in Olivers court(giving him the upper hand), Hadley and the rest of the wedding entourge because they are from England and have the advantage of the wedding at their country.

7. How does this relate to your honors reading? 

well based on my previous honors text Dracula: they both involve a love story, feelings of courage, both need the characters to be bold, there is struggle with the characters, there is something creapishly wonderful about both.

8.What if this novel was re-written for today's audiences? What would it look like?

If TSPOLAFS was re-written for today's audience there would be more social media and smart phones involved. Because this book is pretty relevent but to be 'in the day' relevence would involve more technoligy, the main character had a flip phone.

9. In what ways does your life or personality resemble the main character within the text? Compare and contrast.

Hadley and me are alike because we both know the feelings of remarriage, airplane apprehensiveness, the pressure of being on time for a flight, Hadley and I do not have a sense of direction, Our dad's mean a big deal to us.

Hadley and I are different because: I have not been to London, I am not the type to fall in love at first sight, I have never had a parent divorce, Hadley has looser parents(like less strict), Hadley only wanted to spend a 2 days in England but I would want to spend more time there. 

10.Joseph Campbell identified a formula for literiture known as the "Hero's Journey".  How does this text follow the story line?

Based on this :

Call to adventure: Hadley's invitation to the wedding

Threshold: missing her flight

Helper: Oliver (her man!!!)

Challenges and temptations: skipping customs to go wherever Oliver is going, show up late to the wedding, and miss the wedding entirely

Abyss: Meeting Charolette, hearing Charolette talk about a baby

transformation: the mad hunt for Paddington to find Oliver, it is then she realizes it is not that bad

Atonement: Dancing with her dad and telling him she is ok with whatever, finially accepting Charlotte

Return: seeing the pictures of the house and pictures of her in her dad's old office. 

Known:Oliver finding her and realizing she loves him.

Unknown: What her stepmother looks like.

11. Every piece of writing calls the reader to make a change. What change is this author attempting inspire and how is this agenda manifest in the text?

The change is acceptaning the change in her dad's life, also encourageing her mom to say yes when she knows her mom back home will get purposed to. The manifestation is the whole process of falling for Oliver and finding him, it humbles Hadley and makes her realize her life is good and she can accept.

12..How does the protagonist/antagonist change throughout the course of the story?

The antagonist is Hadley's dad, manifested through the divorce, cheating, and remarrying. Hadley realizes that her dad was never the antagonist. The change is more within the protanonist(Hadley) going through a realization process. The protagnist changes by falling in love, realizing her dad is not a bad guy, she realizes her mom was right in saying she would regret it if she did not go, and acceptance.

The overall theme of this book is acceptance, and self realization, and Love! 

Until next time,

Gabrielle Kalea Pauole