Notes

Literature Analysis

A book I just read was the lottery and this story begins with a setting based on a beautiful and there are children out of school and the villagers begin assembling in the square to hold a lottery. We aren't sure of the price of the lottery is going to be, and the mystery goes through out the whole story. The story has a lot of foreshadowing and sets out for future revelations and that is exactly what the story is built upon.
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The Future

The way our choices affect the future is based upon us, I like to ask myself before I do something and I sit back and think wether this will help me later on in the future or will slow me down. Also the awareness  towards growth,  its important that we understand  our choices and also the value of the present. By focusing on our current actions, living in the moment, we develop a certain attitude and can apply ourselves to do the very best job, and that is just why maturity plays a large role in how you can make a change to the future. Our mind allows us to recognize the choices we make and how to handle with them in a positive manner. You can create the future that you desire and that's why diligence is the key to success in making your future to what you want. Just like in the sound of Thunder you have to be careful of what you do because the outcome may change your life. But Meridens words of wisdom also tell me to leave a path where no one has gone and yes that's true, shape your future as a way to help others see and come across the path you went to follow your same success. 

Mad Libs

Remember that time you ate that spicy salsa just before you went to bed on the night before the big thanksgiving dinner ?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the important 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 grocery store  waiting to be sent to prison. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect corn hair trump looking like a crazy porcupine  who could eat a whole plate full of snakes. 

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to give.  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy suit and tie and then you had make a errand to go back in time to the prison so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the global warming issue that Trump hasn't made a policy about.

But right there in the prison there was a giant dog and it started barking at everyone.  People started to stand.  You grabbed a gun from a nearby hit and yelled don't move or I will shoot. Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

Annihilate- destroy, utterly, obliterate
Expandable- able to expand or be expanded
Infinitesimally- extremely small
Primeval- resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world
Resilient- able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching or being compressed
Revoke- put an end to the validity or operation of a discussion
Sheathe- in a close fitting or protective cover
Subliminal- below the threshold of sensations of consciousness
Taint- a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance
Undulate- more with smooth wavelike motion

Foreshadowing- Bradbury describes a safari back to the time of dinosaurs. Eckels, a hunter is warned not to disturb the jungle, but his actions result in a future dictatorial government and his own death

ex. " so be careful, stay on the path. Never step off ! "

Simile ex : " time was a film backwards "
" the monster lay, a hill of solid flesh"

Metaphor ex: "Thunder" is the main metaphor in this story, used to describe the sheer physical awesomeness of the dinosaur. The Thunder refers to killing of anything, killing a butterfly an " Thunder" on and change the world

The protagonist is thunder
The antagonist is time

 Eckels visits the times safari mic. 

A stiff penalty of 10,000 and government action. 

Eckels was thankful that Keith was elected president of the U.S 

If Deutscher won they would want to go back to 1492 

Travis tells eckels that 6 safari leaders and 12 hunters were killed 

The safari lead is Mr. Travis 

There were 6 in total including, Eckels, Travis, Lesperance, Billings , & Kramer 

Travis tells eckels to shoot them in the eye to blind them, then shoot them in the brain 

Travis hasn't told them the good Christ, the pyramids, etc and the bad  Napoleon, Hitler of the world doesn't exist 

The men traveled 60,002,055 yrs 

The antigravity metal, path is used to walk on, son no one disturbs the past 

Travis makes Eckels dig out the billets with a knife as a punishment 

Eckels notices on the sign the the language was changed and is more positive 

Eckels finds a dead butterfly from the past under his boots 

Eckels learns that Deutsther won the election 

Travis shoots Eckels because he changed the future 

A Sound of Thunder Vocabulary

Correlate

to figure out or create a relationship between two items or events

Paradox

a statement or an event that sounds impossible but seems to be true

Infinitesimally

in amounts so small as to be barely measurable

Subliminally

below the level of consciousness

Malfunctioning

not working or operating properly

Undulate

to move in waves or in a smooth, wavelike motion

Table Discussion

For tomorrow's class we should speak about Travis death and why this occurred and why it only happened to Travis and not to any other member of the squad

Emerson's Child

The way Emerson would've seen the election is that America made a choice and that was to elect Donald Trump as president, Emerson is a patriot and what all patriots need to do is too come together and be united as we always are. Just as Emerson said "What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say" and that is true so fuck all the protesting shit, get over the fact that we cannot change the elect president of the U.S. instead of protesting, you should've got out of bed and voted for your preferred candidate. Emerson said the youth had a voice and that is true, but what annoys me the most is how 2/3 of the youth do not use their privilege on voting and rather protest on who is elected. So what Emerson would say to this is that, these 4 years will be a ride, but maybe this election has taught you a thing or two. So what we need to do is too come together and end this racist shit that's been going around and grow together as a community.
 " Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm". Just as the quote says, pretty self explanatory if you ask me, but what Emerson would say is in order for you to pursue a dream you would have to find something that you are really interested in. Don't do it for the money, yet work for something that you are very passionate about. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" and Emerson this fucking genius is correct yes he something good in life but why not be something iconic and lead others to follow. Being different is the key that Emerson sees in everyone, being different is the beauty of humanity so why not be something other than what's usually seen around your community and be something else that no one expected you to be. Show the world what you are made of. 
 "Always do what you are afraid to do" & yes that comes in contact with me what if the courses on becoming a dentist seem difficult right now, why don't you just overcome your fear and lead no into tempatation but deliver yourself some success. As Emerson had said "our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail" and yes without failure comes success and failing is the key on becoming successful how do you want to get everything your way. You have to fail in order to get back up and think and realize what your problem is not only to solve it but too overcome this obstacle. Emerson would tell me fake it till you make it until I get to where I want to be. 
     Being yourself is tough at times because this is where doubt or faking comes in. In order for you to do things the way you want you must be yourself follow your own rhythm and find your own path and that is what will take you somewhere in life. Trying to be someone is a terrible waste of time, quit trying to be someone you are not and be someone you were destined to be. I am my own person I am dedicated to learning and as well as getting the paper, I was raised in a hard working family and man has it taught me so much, my uncle just spoke to me last night and he said when I worked with him in the fields I was his co worker and once job ended I was nephew and this is strong because he wanted me to understand what hard work is, he would talk too me like if i weren't related to him, he did this to see me mature and work as a man. Him not being fortunate enough to speak English is tough, what he said, " is to learn from a white man how things are runned over here cuz one day it'all be worth it. 
    Emerson is a wise man and what the purpose of self reliance is to be yourself and find who and what you are really made of. Being yourself is what being a human is all about, be that person you want yourself to be and overcome the fear and challenges life has upon you. Being yourself is happiness I'm a very happy person, I give more but expect less, expectations hurt and life is only so short that you wish you could'v ewnjoyed it if you were actually yourself. Some may say live fast and die young but who's willing to tell that story because I drive slow and pray I die old, life is precious. So before you quit, try, before you die, live and before you pray, forgive.
    
  

evil and squalor will disappear, beauty and nobility will reign.

Helps explain the way I feel about the election, wether people are saying things are going to get good or bad, I'm just figuring out how to get through with what just happened yesterday. Being an illegal immigrant is not easy, having a president going against you and many millions like you is a problem, only thing right now in my mind is too get far in life, my parents never brought me to the U.S to get deported back yet to build a future here and live it to the fullest. Let's just see how things get handled,  imma let God be the judge.

Presenatation Notes Mon-Wed

Speaking up plays a larg role, not speaking will on leave you in a situation that can stay or get worse
Emerson wants you to be yourself, avoid the negative energy that is around you
Every 1 minute of anger is 60 seconds of happiness and it's true time should be used wisely
Don't listen to anyone's opinion
Everyone is an artist, painting the picture in their minds and following those pictures
To believe your own thought
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself
Smile now cry later
You think of something good and someone says it before and you can relate, but Emerson wants you to speak up and get the job done
Speaking up will get things done for you
"Yet he dismisses without thought because it is his"
Don't be ashamed of who you are
Emerson is a wise man, he helps the mind and soul his thoughts of wisdom can make you come to a realization that therapists are not needed to help you out yet his words are the beauty of humans that helps you out individually

Emerson paragraph

Self-Realiance, a great story written by Emerson has many quotes by a wise man and not just any quotes, these quotes have taught me so much in the short time. Like when Emerson had said," nothing can bring you happiness besides yourself" and man is that accurate. Just hearing that brings chills to the spine on how accurate that is. Think about it, making yourself happy or achieving something that was in the long term can bring you the happinesss that you've been seeking for once the task was achieved. Self satisfaction is the best, get it from me I never came from a rich family, I seen the struggle that my parents faced in their early years and man seeing them achieve things was the best feeling, like getting a house and a new car is a big achievement. So for me I got inspired and I worked and I helped my parents out and I also became independent at a young age and man does it feel good achieving things and just feeling like you're a grown person and this comes into perspective when Emerson says that you bring your own happiness. Emerson has also taught me to speak up and that the youth has a voice and that no one should be considering themselves stupid yet smart, and yes he's very inspiring.

Emerson quotes

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. This can illustrate to us a guitar, it continues on even when you're not sure it will just to trust yourself then you can be happy with everything you do 

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. What this means to me is that everybody has there own meaning of peace.

What I must do, is all that concerns me not what people think. This means to me that who cares what people judge you on, you are unique person with a great mind that shouldn't be told negative things that can bring you down.

What we stand for. This means to me that our actions are aligned with our beliefs.

Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide. This means to me that 
he is saying that you have to be yourself, people have to obey their own consciences rather than listening to what society tells them to do. He is saying that it is dumb to want to be like other people He is saying that trying to imitate other people is like killing yourself.  

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. This means to me Too much consistency, which you usually find in people who are not creative thinkers and choose to stick to what is known and constantly done, cuts off the flow of progress through fresh ideas and differing viewpoints

Socratic seminar

The classes Socratic seminar was quite disappointing, really hate the fact that the same people speak and the side of the class is just quite and doesn't put the effort to speak up. I'm fed up with the class