"The Storm"

Journal Entry:
I believe the title may refer to the rigamarole of on coming events. Affairs within marriages is never a good thing. I'm sure we have learned that form the pieces we have already read this semester. Calixta and Alcee's desires seem very strong and i don't they are going to forget each other any time soon

"The Storm"

1. The storm is what causes Calixta and Alcee to have some alone time together because Alcee had to find some 'shelter' from the storm. I'm pretty sure he knew what he was doing. Bobinot and Bibi were at the store. Calixta prepared for the storm by bringing in the clothes and closing the windows. Alcee rides up and asks if he can take shelter in her home.

2. I think it is a little ironic because they are having affairs (which is unethical for Calixta). They are keeping it secret for now but it is eventually going to come out. The storm may have passed but there still may be future altercations.

3. She got a little bigger since her marriage but is still lively and very pretty. She has yellow hair and blue eyes. She also had red lips,  she is pale, and her boobs are a nice size.

Thoreau

1.       A government that commands my respect will listen to what I have to say and act on those opinions.

2.       Thoreau accepts that the less government the better.  The government butts out of the affairs of its citizens

3.       He doesn’t seem to think America will achieve this though due to the fact that that he said that “it will split”, but maybe without the violence it may happen I guess

4.       Speak out as a citizen and to make a better government than the existing one. It is kind of like if you voice your opinion that will be a step in the right direction and I think he does present a pretty good argument. He supports his arguments with strong statements

5.       Perhaps the catastrophe that could happen when the government gives some slack, some people will take it too for or the country will wreak havoc on itself from the inside out. The dangers of anarchy are possible. The chaos of non-regulations could cause hazards to the people, things like that

Make Up Work Emerson (

1. The innovativeness of the individuals that created things that link communities together with technologies (like facebook or blogging). The creation of these things that have never been thought of before through unconventional ideas
2. A joint stock company is what he called society once because we work together for a common share of everything. He also calls it minors and invalids. He said that even though you may not fit in or if your 'different' you have the potential to be an innovator. Unique and nonconformity are good things
3. They were misunderstood, innocent in their action but not quite accepted within the inner loop kind of thing. He said consistency leads to nothingness basically. "self reliance is its aversion"
4. The word foolish just emphasizes how strongly he feels about doing the same things as everyone else. He said that people that govern things love the status quo and may be uneasy if regulations stray from the norm. I think that Emerson would never condone consistency. He seems adamant about being different.The word choices are hard core in spots (like when he said foolish)
5. Divines say things that often contradicting themselves and their rules. They don't do anything with their lives apparently. I believe that Emerson would say that a person's reason for living is to create new ideas and stray away from the cliques in society.
6. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..." I like this quote because it says (to me) that being not-normal is a good thing. Shallow thinkers never really release the potential their minds have. Digging deeper and thinking outside the box has always made me think about unconventional thing that occasionally blow my mind like 'What if that coud actually happen' kind of thing. It also makes me think that no matter what people who says "thats a stupid idea" are just little minded people with regular, dull thoughts

Film "Goodnight & Goodluck"

I really enjoyed the movie. The music played in it is one of my most favorite genres.The dress and the furniture always looked good to me. It was pretty interesting how they mixed real footage within the movie. The people seemed so nervous on standing up to McCarthy but they said what needed to be said and what most people were terrified to say. In some times it seemed extremely serious but I think that it just showed how nerve racking their decisions were and how much was actually on the line. I want to see what is going to happen.

Crucible Analysis

I think the majority of the story is kinda jacked up. Innocent people were killed for no reason and poor Mr. Proctor just couldn't get his life together. The only woman that could have saved him kept silent because it was his desision. I hope that Abigail whore catches an STD from her new career path and i am soooo glad that they voted that crooked Parris out of his position. Lizzy was pretty hard core for letting her husband go, but im sure that she had a bunch of pent up anger from her cheating husband.

The play wasn't poorly writen though, it seemed kind of raw at time, but the text made these personalities that i have seen in regular people before. The fact that it is a huge metaphor for McCarthyism blows my mind. How could someone take an event and morph the thing into a play about something similar but totally different.? The human race seriously needs to stop repeating itself (it's getting old)

"Half-Hanged Mary"

Speaker: Mary (narration) 1st person She is obviously a woman accused of being a witch

Occasion: The author might have thought to show a point of view from a victum of a false accusation with high consequences in order to show the wrongness of the ridiculous finger pointing during this time period. The Salem witch trials is an event that the piece was based on.

Audience: It seems the audience was the people in her community (because she said "you were my friend too... I cured your baby" and asks questions like "Help me down"). Then around ten pm she seems to be talking to God, then at 3am it seems that she is talking to an outer audience.

Purpose: The speaker's purpose is to give people a glance into the feelings of someone who went through a hanging for an absurd conviction (being a witch) and show them how dumb it was that due to hysteria, the public actually bought into that bologna. It showed that Mary was innocent, friendly woman in the community was so quick to be hanged for the fear of her being a witch.

Subject: Mary getting hanged and living for witchery (what Mary was going through)

Tone: Mary seems sarcastic to me. Its kind of depressing that everyone turned her back on her, and even though she lived her mental scarring changed her for the worse. The author seems to be dealing with the hanging and willing enough to hold on for dear life but her views and attitude will never be the same agian

Description Journal thingy

The mural is just something plastered on a wall. It may symbolize something that needs to be recognized or remembered but if i were just walking by it i would be like "Hm, that is an interesting mural" and i might recollect the day it happened. In my opinion, the photo itself was more inspirational because the girls make the mural come to life. It makes it more personal. The girls' disposition seems a little joyous for them to be in front of a mural that portrays a tragic event. It seems more like instead of mourning we are proud of the heroism shown during the tragity or something

"Are You Now or Were You ever?"

1. I think his attempt to make life real again through "The Crucible" was to show the public how ridiculous McCarthy's accusations were. He used a historic event and made it a metaphor for the mass hysteria of McCarthy's era. He attempted to make the craziness of it clear basically

2. It was one of the few to state that he liked the idea of socialism and thought of it in a positive manor dispite all the harsh critisism it was taking in. It drew attention towards different ideas and maybe shed some light on the one-sidedness of McCarthy

3. Individual freedoms are always endanger of being violated when conformity prevolant. Based on the rumors, people were either forced to confess or killed. Therefore, the accused gave up their reputations in order to stay alive. The courts conformed to the ideas of witchery, embrased it, and were ready to procecute anyone suspecting to have possesion of evil magic.

4. I think he means that the most important things that you need to remember in order to think clearly are often forgotten due to the words and views of others. People need to remember their common sense and instinct. All those accusations during the Salem witch trials and the McCarthy era were completly biased. They could make up silly stories in order to bring down the people that they didn't like or opposed them. They used a sensitive, easily believed subject and turned it against their enimies for personal gain and the people's blind, bended opinions were easily manipulated due to fear that already existed. The people had forgotten how to take the lies and separate them from what was obviously the truth.

more make up wurk "Patterns"

The characters are Spider Man (my favorite super hero) and the Vulture. The Vulture must have trapped Peter in some kind of water tank. The comic illustrates that Spider Man was being slow and forgot to refill his web shooter (which is stupid since it was a spider that gave him his power, not a gadget). The adhesive on his palms and feet were ineffective because of the water/slippery tank walls. Then Spider Man relizes he can figure out how to escape by using his logic.

Make Up Work "Finishing School"

I haven't really had any preparations for adulthood. I taught myself how to cook most things. The other stuff seems like common since. When I was real little I attended this 'etiquette' day at someones house where a bunch of girls had dressed up in frilly dresses and were told that they ate the 'wrong way'. I hated it, where would I use the knowledge of the difference between a salad fork from a  regular one? I don't think I'm going to grow up to be anyone too significantly important so that I would need all those extra mannors.

Writing Workshop Elephant #3

Headline: "Orwell Shoots Tame Elephant"

Yesterday, George Orwell shot a man's elephant who was in 'must'. The elephant's owner was out of town and could not repremand the animal. This is when Mr. Orwell stepped in and took care of the problem. The pachyderm caused the casualty of one native and was last alive eating grass peacefully. Many people gathered to see the life of the majestic animal cease. It took several shots for it to fall to the ground and it did not die swiftly enough for it to be a humane kill. The Burmans had taken all the things they could use from the dead elephant, by the afternoon there was nothing left but the skeleton. The debate between wether Orwell's actions were ethical or not are arised. It was decided to be legal concidering the death of the 'coolie'

"Shooting an Elephant"

I believe in ways Orwell is a coward because dispite his beliefs he conforms with the British. He is afraid of the consequences and views of his peers. Even when he was faced with killing the peaceful, nondeserving elephant he was afraid of what the natives think (and they were suppose to be inferior to him). I don't think he is a racist either. The text said he favored the Indians. I think he was only putting on a frunt that he disliked them to not be shunned by his other British people.

Scarlet Letter Reaction

Personally I think "The Scarlet Letter" was a pretty ok book. It was a little predictable and super wordy but the story was interesting. In some parts it was really corny (like the whole sunshine thing). "The Scarlet Letter" was written in a 'back in the day' kind of way because of the way it portrays the good guy versus the ugly bad guy. I'm kind of glad Dimmesdale died because if he didn't die. On the other hand, it's sad that the three (Pearl, Hester, and Dimmesdale) didn't get to bond.