Music

MUSIC, I love it.
I listen to all types of music.
Music takes you places. Music has certain tones and moods.
That is what I like about. Music is awesome can't live without it.
Music to me is freedom of speech. You can release your self and say what you feel.

Women in Africa

African Women are very strong. They have had very difficult lives. Most women in Africa till this day have no rights. A majority of Women in Africa are the informal labour force. Women are to provide food, nutrition, water, health and education to their children. These women have to have consent from their husband to do certain things, for instance to open a bank account.

It is assumed that educating a women makes them to independent. A women in Africa
main goal is to provide for children, cater to husbands every need and to care for house.
Girls are increasingly getting limited education. Women are not allowed to complete their education if pregnant. Half of the girls who drop out do so because of poverty and increase of school fees.


In Concluion for the Women in Africa it will be ruff for them.
The women will not give up. They have a purpose in life and the women in Africa are finding their purpose and will not giving up until they do.

URL: Google.com- African Women

Thinking Through pg 462

1) The poem that had the most vivid image in my head was "Jade fower palace". The details were so empowering. The colors and the objects were described so well.

2) Refering to "Land of Plauge and Fever" means not pleasent, dreadful full of death. "Wings to fly with", how do you escape their is no escape. "Waters" refering to neverending and "Horned Dragons", enemies the bad ones.

3) The theme was about a palace that was destroyed.

4) This talks about embracing an infant to muffle her screaming. It's not personal so that is why it wouldn't appear in a history book.

6) Talks about statues Monuments . The Jade Flower was about the distruction and "Ozymandia was about the building of a statue.

Thinking Through Literature pg 507

1) The part of the pillow book that was most interesting to me was "The cat who lived in the palace". I liked when the dog was banished and how he came back. I would have love to see the expression on the faces of those people. The dog has strength and is such an important figure.

2)Shonagon does not believe that Okinamaro is back.

3)The author has different moods and feelings toward different things. The author seems like a very honest person with all sort of feelings.

4)I think she means that the people were not impressed. She did not expect that from them.
She probably thought their expressions or fellings toward that would have been different.

5)Yes, I agree Shonagon is her own person. She has a mind of her own.

6)No matter how far into the future mother nature will always be here.

Family

Family is everything to me.
My family will always be with me.
They will stand by me in whatever I do.
Sometimes my family does things I don't like but that tells me that they love me.
So be good to your family and cherish what they do.

Homosexuality

I am not against Homosexuality. If two people like each other let them be.
Does it have to matter if they are gay or not? Im not gay but I dont care if people are, Im not gonna be with the person. Homosexuals are human beings and should be able to marry and adopt. If they are responsible and ready to have a children. If gay people adopt to me they are brave and not scared of the fact that people will critize and judge.

Chinese Poetry

1) The poem that appealed the most to me is "Still night thoughts" even though it was the shorter one. It was easy to understand.
2) The relationship between the speaker and her husband in "The River..."is a very distant one.
3) The speakers feelings in "Still night thoughts"is that he likes watching the moonlight. Admires it. Takes him home, to that special place.
4) The effect on seeing the waterfall in "Gazing at..." is that the speaker can imagine. When he sees the waterfall he goes places in his mind.
6) The poem Mulberry...the speaker sounds joyful and pleasent. on the other hand in "The River..."the speaker sounds sad and depressed. Awaiting for something. The poems are talking about a male. The are both talking about love.
7) In today's world nature is viewed everyday in songs, the new, on the job and at school.

Writing Option #2

pg 127
My best teacher was Mrs. Fairchild in world history. I didn't like world history at the time. She made me like it and it was intresting. The thing I liked about her teaching was that she would let us draw and color it sounds childish now. One of the favorite projects I've ever done was in her class we got to make up our own country. We made our own map and thought of what types of people lived their and what type of food they ate. It was lots of Fun. We also had lots of parties something we do not do in high school. Mrs. fairchild is like Drona you can say focused on the kids.

Think Through Literature pg: 397

1) My reaction to the advice is that they it was really good advice. It tells the truth. The poems are honest and very straight forward.
2) The speaker advise Leuconoe to live for today because tomorrow might Never come.
3) "Golden moderation": Be thankful for what you have. Don't take it for granted.
4) "Seize the day" was much easy to understand it tell you right away what it is trying to tell.
5) In "Seize the day" it teaches you cherish the day don't wait for a certain day to come because it might never come. In"Better to live..." teaches you to cherish what you have.
6) An image from the poems that painted a picture in my head is Be sensible, drink... from "Seize the day"
7) "Seize the day"
8) Yes I agree. You have to set your limits dont just say something you know your not gonna do.

My school

Booker High school is the best. We have all kinds of cool people here. The teacher are cool too. The style and different cultures are mind blowing. BHS is a VPA school and successful in sports. GO BOOKER NATION!!!

Sarasota, Florida

Oedipus the King

Pause and reflect:
pg 266: Oedipus seems brave. He is honorable he killed the Sphinx. Has potential to be a great king.
Pg 269: The cause of the plauge in Thebes is because the king has died.
Pg 272: I visualize people dying. Day and night. Everywhere is a funeral.
pg 275: Oedipus put a curse on the killers the curse was to "let the man or men die in agony, step by painful step".
Pg 281: Tiresias names Oedipus the murder of Laius. Tiresias tells Oedipus you are the murder you haunt.

Thinking Through the Literature: pg 283
1) Oedipus send for Tiresias because he is the only one who knows about the death of Laius.
2)The chourus feels that Oedipus is a great leader.
3)Oedipus is so determined to find the murder to make peace. Fearful that it will happen to him.

Pg 291: Oedipus turns on Creon because he thinks he is lying and trying to kill him.
Pg 299: He became fearful because he knows he is the man who killed laius at a place where the three roads met.

Thinking Through the Literature: pg 300
1) Oedipus killed Laius king of Thebes were the three roads met.
2) An oracle told him he would kill his father and marry his mother, so he ran away to prevent it from happening.
3) Jocostas view of prophecies is that she dosent't believe in them.


Pg 303: He learns that his father is dead.
pg 307: He was left on a hill with his feet pinned together. Found and given to Polybus.
Pg 313: He is the son of Laius.
Pg 322: He blinds himself from agony and pain. Goughes his eyes out with mothers pinn from dress.
Thinking Through the literature Pg 314:
1)Shepard gave baby to Polybus.
2)They think hes is a bad leader .
3)Made th eprophecy come true by running away to another towm.
4) Predict that he will kill himself or runaway.