Authority

Authority figures are great such as teachers and police men, those two can change our futures and protect us from danger. They are great people who deserve a lot of credibility because not only do they teach us the ways of life and the ways of understanding and getting to where we want. Teachers especially, they focus on students to get them further in their future. However, teachers can be terrible as well, some may choose favorites and can just criticize you. This is bad because to the "good there is always bad". As well as cops some may protect us or they can kill black unarmed people because of their skin tone.

Exciting Incident

The exciting incident was when the cop car showed up.

The Pedestrian first impression

My first impression I the way this story uses metaphors and similes to describe death, very interesting.

Vocab list #4

Intermittent -  not steady
•Intermittent rain

Ebb -  the movement of the tide out to sea
•he listened intently to the ebb and flow of these sounds

Regress - return to a former or less developed state
• rather than regress, you should always strive to move forward

Tendency - an impulse towards a particular characteristic or type of behavior
• still the general tendency of the waves would be to level

Antiseptic -  substances that prevent the growth of disease causing virus
• its principal action is an antiseptic and disinfectant

Big Question

Why is it easy to start a dream, but hard to finish ?

Aeries

The grade I got was an A minus, not surprised but not quite satisfied. I received this grade because I followed directions and did what was asked in order to receive my A. I've earned A's and one D and all this was earned on my blog and exams. I truly think I have an A in this class, I know the work I do and how much time I use towards this class. The A is my grade. I don't need Aeries

Perspective

So I as I watched this Netflix series called "Narcos" which involves a drug lord named Pablo Escobar I happened to watch a scene where everything in life is collapsing for Pablo. He then goes to his fathers ranch where his father is isolated yet Pablo is not handling the labor his father does to maintain his ranch. Pablo asks his father how he would feel if he would buy some property near him for his family and kids and his father doesn't not speak and just says "let's get back on putting the Bob wire". The drug lord gets a sense of his father not liking him, so this angers Pablo Escobar and he goes to his father and speaks to him what his father considers him as a son. His father calls him a disssapointment and a murdered. So Pablo Escobar feels so bad that he just leaves the place where he was with his father. I came to a sense and just really noticed that getting spanked or hit by your father is not that bad to where you become a disappointment. Disssapointment towards your father is the worst thing you can ever do in life, that's my point of view and I just wanted to share that.

Vocabulary #3

Coherent -

(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.

Belabor - argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail.
Eschew - deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
Acquisitive - excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
Emulate - match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
Banal - so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Excoriation - a harsh criticism.
Congeal - solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling.
Carping - difficult to please; critical.
Substantiate - provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
Temporize -

avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.

Largesse - money or gifts given generously.
Tenable -

able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

Insatiable - (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.
Reconnaissance - preliminary surveying or research.
Germane - relevant to a subject under consideration.
Ramify - form branches or offshoots; spread or branch out.
Intransigent - unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
Taciturn - (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Literature Analysis 1

A book that I have read is called 'Things Fall Apart" so, this story is about a wealthy man that is wealthy and respected as a warrior. This story takes place in Africa. Okonkwo the protagonist hates his father Unoka, Unoka was known to be a coward and also a person who never kept his promises when people gave him money.However, Okonkwo was a much different man and this was shown with his characteristics. Okonkow is a father and has three wives, but his oldest son Nwoye is seen as a lazy boy and Okonkwo fears that his son will end up being like his father. So there is a week known as  "Peace Week" so there is a rule towards this week and that is that no violence is prohibited during this week. Okonkwo gets himself into a situation where he is accusing his youngest wife and he beats her. The community finds out and that is where the community soon looses the respect they once had for this fierce fighter. Okonkwo is then kicked out of the town and can come back in 7 years. He moves with his parents in a near by village. So going towards the end some, European settlers end up on this tribes area and then this leads to them turning some of these tribesmen into Christianity. So Okonkwo returns and he is angered that these men are making a change. Okonkwo isn't looked as the fierce warrior he was once known as. Okonkwo leads an angry mob to burn down the church and this leads to Okonkwo being starved in a cell until his daughter bails him out. Okonkwo kills the leader of these European settlers and Okonkwo is all left by himself because he thought his fellow warriors were going to fight amongst him but they end up not doing so. So at the end Okonkwo ends hanging himself before he is captured.

The theme in this story is that you wont always be the bigger person. Just like how Okonkwo was once seen as the "greatest" he had lost all his power.

I feel like the author of "Things Fall Apart" gets up in the morning and just sees the problems in the world. The author is probably a serious man who eats French toast drinks his orange juice and just looks at the newspaper too see what else the world has come too. Yet the author goes to sleep not feeling complete because he sees society as a joke.

Some literary techniques that I used while finding the theme were context clues. Context clues are great because this helps you find anything out just by reading the passage. Another strategy that I used was imagery as in where I pictured everything that I read onto my head. Allegory played a big part as well because the plot of the story reminded me of history on how European settlers would dominate Africa and then would make millions worth of profit due to the crops they planted over at Africa