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.