Monday, September 30, 2013

The Monkey

*The Monkey’s Paw*
*   If you had three wishes, what would they be?  Why?  (No wishing for mor wishes.)  Explain each response. My first wish would be to end war around the world. I wiuld want to end wr because it is meaningless to fight for resources like oil. Instead of fighting over resources, we should trade for other resources. My second wish woukd be the ability to summon a giant bird to ride everywhere. I want this wish because I need another way to get to school and wherever I like to go. Another reason is because it would be pretty cool to ride a giant bird everywhere for fun and giving rides to my friends. My third and final wish would be like haveing my life be just one big awsome adventure that I can expkore with a wolf and anither person of my choosing. Routine life gets kind of boring and something interesting and thats amazing, challengeing, and exciting.
*    Is there anything that you are superstitious about?  Explain.  (If not, explain why not?) I superstitios about alot of things, but one thing I'm very superstitious about aliens. I believe aliens exist because there have been countless reports in recent years. Aliens are also believed to be seen throughout history helping man evolve in technology. That is want I am very superstitious about.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Antigone Essay

In "Antigone", by Sophocles, the play tries to explain the feud of following loyalty to family and breaking laws to remain loyal to family. The play will explain how the main character Antigone is similar to her uncle and king Creon. The play will explain how Antigone is loyal to family and the gods. It will also explain how Creon is loyal to the State and is not loyal to family. In the play "Antigone", the main characters Antigone and Creon have different beliefs in loyality to family. Antigone is very loyal to her family and wants them all to be treated the same. An example Antigone says is "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear To him as he to me" (prologue.57-60). Antigone is trying to explain that she is loyal to her dead brother Polyneics. She wants Polyneices to be buried along with her other brother Etoclese. Antigone is also very loyal to the gods. Antigone believes the gods get upset when someone is not buried. So she goes to bury Polyneices to please the gods. Creon on the other hand is different from Antigone. Creon is not loyal to family,.but is loyal to his state. An example that explains Creon's loyalty to the State is, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to imform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to habor at last" (I.8-10). Creonis is explaining that all soldiers from the battle with another kingdom have come back safely. Saying they had won the war to protect Thebes. Creon unlike Antigone is not loyal to family. In scene I, Creon,is saying how Polyneices is to be treated as a traitor. Creon thinks of Polyneices as a traitor because he went to another kingdom just to get the crown of Thebes. Although Antigone and Creon have their differences,.they are both very hubris. Antigone is very hubris and shiws it by defying Creon's law of not burying Polyneices. An example of Antigone being hubris is, "I do, I deny nothing" (II. 59). In scene II, Antigone is caught and arrested for burying Polyneices. When she is asked if she did bury Polyneices she said she wouldn'timie and said yes she did. Antigone tried explaining to Creon that she would not lie to protect herself for breaking the law. Creon like Antigone, is very hubris oc himself. An example Creon says is, "An enemy is an enemy, even dead" (II. 133). Creon thinks he is better than Polyneices. Creon still sees Polyeices as a traitor, even though he us dead. Creon throughout the play sees himself better than the gods and challenges them by not burying Polyneices. At the end, Antigone and Creon pay for being too hubris. Either with their life or the lives of loved ones. At the end of it all, Antigone's Creon's pride gets the best of them. Antigone's pride got the btstof hetrwhen she defied Creon's law andburied Polyneices. Creon's pride got the best if him thn her In "Antigone", by Sophocles, the play tries to explain the feud of following loyalty to family and breaking laws to remain loyal to family. The play will explain how the main character Antigone is similar to her uncle and king Creon. The play will explain how Antigone is loyal to family and the gods. It will also explain how Creon is loyal to the State and is not loyal to family. In the play "Antigone", the main charactersAntigone and Creon are bed to haifferent beliefs in loyality to family. Antigone is very loyal to her family and wants them all to be treated the same. An example Antigone says is "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear To him as he to me" (prologue.57-60). Antigone is trying to explain that she is loyal to her dead brother Polyneics. She wants Polyneices to be buried along with her other brother Etoclese. Antigone is also very loyal to the gods. Antigone believes the gods get upset when someone is not buried. So she goes to bury Polyneices to please the gods. Creon on the other hand is different from Antigone. Creon is not loyal to family,.but is loyal to his state. An example that explains Creon's loyalty to the State is, "Gentlemen: I have the honor to imform you that our Ship of State, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to habor at last" (I.8-10). Creonis is explaining that all soldiers from the battle with another kingdom have come back safely. Saying they had won the war to protect Thebes. Creon unlike Antigone is not loyal to family. In scene I, Creon,is saying how Polyneices is to be treated as a traitor. Creon thinks of Polyneices as a traitor because he went to another kingdom just to get the crown of Thebes. Although Antigone and Creon have their differences,.they are both very hubris. Antigone is very hubris and shiws it by defying Creon's law of not burying Polyneices. An example of Antigone being hubris is, "I do, I deny nothing" (II. 59). In scene II, Antigone is caught and arrested for burying Polyneices. When she is asked if she did bury Polyneices she said she wouldn'timie and said yes she did. Antigone tried explaining to Creon that she would not lie to protect herself for breaking the law. Creon like Antigone, is very hubris oc himself. An example Creon says is, "An enemy is an enemy, even dead" (II. 133). Creon thinks he is better than Polyneices. Creon still sees Polyeices as a traitor, even though he us dead. Creon throughout the play sees himself better than the gods and challenges them by not burying Polyneices. At the end, Antigone and Creon pay for being too hubris. Either with their life or the lives of loved ones. At the end of it all, Antigone's Creon's pride gets the best of them. Antigone's pride got the btstof het when she defied Creon's law andburied Polyneices. Creon's pride got the best if him thn he sentenced Antigone to death for doing something she thought was right. Also because he thought he was better than the gods. At the end they bith paid their lives and their loved obes lives for being hubrir sentenced Antigone to death for doing something she thought was right. Also because he thought he was better than the gods. At the end they bith paid their lives and their loved obes lives for being hubri

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Vocab Sentence #6

1. Getting old and ageing is "ineritable". 2. Many people have many have a "phobia" of spiders or clowns. 3. I'm the type of person who likes to "seclude" from people. 4. I hate it when people try to "rebuke" me in front of my friends. 5. Al Capone was a very "notorious" mobster when he was alive. 6. I like how California's weather "fluctuates" every now and again. 7. I am a very "candid" person you could have as a friend. 8. I think it's funny when adults act "sophomoric" for no reason at all. 1. Ineritable (A): going to happen no matter what 2. Phobia (n): strong fear 3. Seclude (v): to hide away from others 4. Rebuke (v): to criticize publicly 5. Notorious (A): famous for something bad 6. Fluctuate (v): to change often 7. Candid (A): honest/sincere 8. Sophomoric (A): immature

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Vocab sentences #5

1. I was very "plaintive" when I woke this morning, and had to go to school. 2. I don't like people who "flaunt" something they have or can do. 3. I was not "flaunt" when I had to go to school, but I felt like it. 4. While going to get lunch, I had to wait in a long "queue" before I ate. 5. While in highschool, I plan to "accrue" more knowledge for latet on in life. 6. Everyone knows time is always going to be "relentless" forever. 7. I am "leery" about people ask me if they can borrow money. 8. Some of my friends can be very "crass" sometimes, but you get used to it.