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 * Story structure – plot line, every story has one
 * Beginning
 * Rising action (tension) – author pushes and pulls, good & bad things, back and forth
 * Climax
 * Falling action
 * Resolution
 * Archetype – reoccurring idea; pattern, common attribute, shared idea, (usually character patterns)
 * Character Archetypes:
 * Hero – be brave or find bravery, charismatic/likeable,
 * Antihero – does bad things but still the hero
 * Sage – old, wise, teacher/mentor
 * Villain (malign forces) – Opposed to the hero
 * Fool – Comic relief
 * Trickster – Does not care if hero succeeds or fails, gives riddles
 * Temptress – works against hero, lures/tempts hero
 * Rival
 * Love interest – pure emotion of love
 * Summary – abstract, main points/details, author/title
 * Summary statement (main idea) – Condensed summary in one sentence, author/title, no details
 * Literary Elements
 * Metaphor/Simile
 * Analogy – comparing something and a current situation
 * Personification – Give human qualities to something inhuman (waves carried him to shore)
 * Onomatopoeia – Word that sounds like their meaning (boom)
 * Symbols – Something that stands for itself and something else (American flag stands for freedom)
 * Theme – Repeated idea in a story
 * Irony - Unexpected happening (man wins lottery and dies next day)
 * Satire – Something that makes fun of society
 * Plot – Events that take place
 * Story plot line – Events that take place in a certain order

Huck Finn
 * 1886/1887
 * Took place 1850-1860
 * Social commentary (comment on society)
 * Superstition
 * Racism
 * Christianity/faith (twisted view of Christianity)
 * Remember dynamic – Huck and Jim going __south__ in Missouri to Cairo (plan to get on steamship and go up Ohio River), they miss Cairo because of fog
 * Freedom (river) vs. Civilization (river bank) – Twain goes back and forth, bad things happen on the river bank
 * Pap – Huck's dad, superstitious (cross in the bottom of his boot)
 * Jim – Paternal figure

Class Record Sheet 1/5/12 Bellwork a) After Huck and Jim miss Caieo, how does Twain “start over” the novel? What happens? b) Who or what does Buck Grangerford symbolize? He symbolizes what Huck would be unless he changes. c)What is the Royal Nonesuch? A play the duke and the king put on to scam people. Irony is shown in the name because it's actually a play about nothing put on by royalty.  d)At what point does the story climax? Duke and King sell Jim, Huck has to sit down and e)What archetype or archetypes does Tom Sawyer fit? What happens to him at the end? Hero- goes on adventures  Sage- convinces Tom not to run away  Rival-Huck rivals against Tom's crazy plan,  Fool/trickster  Static character- he never changes  Buck- young, ignorant, energetic, violent, spiteful  Duke and king- were funny up until they sold Jim, scam artists,  Tom- Static character,  Climax- Huck battles with theme of book “freedom vs. civilization.  “Alright then, I can go to hell.”- point when Huck decides friendship is more important, he reflects and sees that Jim is his true friend and he tore the paper up.  Twain uses a dumb 11 year old child as a narrator to comment on society's misleading views on right and wrong. He shows that if an 11 year old kid from the boonies can understand the view of slavery is wrong, then why can't the rest of society?  **How the Leopard Got His Claws** King Leopard- leader, strong, gentle, wise Dog- sharp teeth, claws common shelter- symbol for unity, of community -King vs. Dog(and duck) -after leopard came back and ruled as a tyrant, the dog ran to a hunter's house and begged for him to hide him, in exchange he'd be the hunter's slave Origin for how the leopard hot his claws and sharp teeth, how dog became man's best friend, and why the animals are now split up **How the World Was Made** underworld- parallel to the belief of hell (belief in a higher power) origin- land/sea, plants/animals, then people. Culture values plants and land more. The Summer of Black Widows
 * //1/6/12//**
 * 1) extended metaphor: comparison that runs throughout the entire story
 * 2) Stories= Spiders, webs, fear, nightmares, history/tradition, change
 * 3) elders knew that the stories were important and that they should learn to adapt

Homework: read //from the iroquois constitution// __allusion__- reference another work __tone-__ way narrator is speaking/ mood. the speaker/ author's attitude to the subjec matter -Narrative poem __format__- journal __corpusant__- holy body; electrical lightstorm
 * //January 11://**
 * __The Middle Passage:__**

gold, ivory, seed? - luxury, riches, tusks, exotic

In the Middle Passage blacks were kidnapped, packed on a ship, and transported.

__tutelary-__ guardian/ tutor __albatross__- goodluck

"Davy Jones"? - allusion

__Narrator:__ ask who is speaking? Narrator in The Middle Passage- slave trader


 * 19 January 2012**

__Frederick Douglass's autobiography Chapter 10__

The main idea of Frederick Douglass's autobiography Chapter 10 is to show how slaves are kept from freedom not only physically but within their minds.

__"My Bondage and My Freedom"__

- Love is the most natual emotion, it is not taught - the evil of slavery is taught - Slavery changes slave holders - You cannot hold two conflicting ideas and beliefs in the mind at the same time - Slaves were kept ignorant - Douglass calls slave holders __robbers__ Main Idea: The main idea of Frederick Douglass's "My Bondage and My Freedom" is that slavery changes not only the slave, but the slaveholder as well.


 * 20 January 2012**

Sojourner Truth //"And Ain't I a Woman?"//
 * voice- repetition, key words (Ain't, borne) southern slang, Christianity, authoritive, strong, African-American, feminine

-The Bible- Adam and Eve, Birth of Christ -uses logical argument
 * allusion- reference to another work


 * argument- Logical/ Reason/Deduction

23 January 2012

//The Crucible//


 * crucible- heated debate; melting pot of anger; crucify
 * denotation- definition
 * connotation- background; definition inferral; implied meaning
 * breaking charity- distrust; disconnect; revenge; turning against
 * witch hunt- dig out dirt in your past

//The Crucible//
 * 24 January 2012**

Themes: light-goodness, clarity, hope, life, love, God, truth

Colonies are the only things that are considered good. The rest of the unfound U.S. considered satanic and scary. Paradox-seemingly true that turns out false theocracy- state/law + religion Theocracries either implode or make people too afraid to change it encouraged spying and telling dissembling-lies rumors of witchcraft Parris's concern is himself Good looking liars wreak havoc!

Goody Procter- Rumors/reputations Parris- Betty (when woken, she tries to fly, and accuses Abigail of drinking blood) Patnam- Ruth Putnam- -Christian -Temptation -Logic/Reason randy :D
 * 30 January 2012**

__**The Crucible Act 2**__
 * 31 January 2012**
 * Themes: Hot vs. Cold: COld as for the home its boring, dull**
 * Weight**
 * Name/reputaion**
 * Colors**
 * Power is bestowed (like feeling powerful)**
 * Judgment/Forgiveness: Self, and court**
 * Conversation: Stuffy,b****oring they talk about weather, have no emotion**
 * Marry Warren: Proctors maid(part of abigails group)**
 * Allusion: Red Sea**
 * Metaphor/Simile: Saint (Abigail)**
 * Proof and Evidence:** **When you were gulity you had to poof your innocence**
 * John: cannot fogive himself for what he had done with Abigail.**
 * Sarah Good: Confessed to writing her name in the "devils" book. Low life**
 * Sarah Osbourn:Small, low life**
 * Cannot hang a pregnant women**
 * Elizabeth knows Abigail wants her dead and wants to take her place in her family.****Wants John to talk to Abigail and call her a bad name, or to be mean to her to make her fall out of love with her.**
 * Nurse: Accused**


 * 01 February 2012**
 * I.** //The Crucible Act II//
 * A. Characters**
 * 1. Giles Corey- fool; comic relief**
 * 2. Martha Corey- GIles' wife**
 * 3. Rebecca Nurse- sweet old lady**
 * 4. Francis- Rebecca's husband**
 * B. Symbols**
 * 1.Lechery- adultery**
 * 2. "all our old pretense is ripped away...we are what we always were, but naked now,: means that the pretending of the citizens of Salem will stop and people's true identities being shown**

06 February 2012 -__AVL__ . Gale Virtual Reference Library . Literature Resources From Gale . EBSCO -__The Crucible__ "weighty" names Hale is telling people to lie to save themselves. John Proctor is "Christ-figure" (archetype); martyr; dies for others' sins
 * Rebecca Nurse
 * Martha Corey
 * John Proctor

07 February 2012 -__The Crucible__ .Absence of light .Tituba and Sarah Good have been in prison for more than three months; both are going insane. .Andover- had witch trials before Salem; Andover=Salem;Rebellion .Abigail knows the hysteria is going downhill; she runs away and steals Parris' money. .gibbet- gallows (where people will hang) .rising sun=executions .Reverend Hale is a dynamic character; he changes a lot during the play .Lies are damnable events. ."Cleave to no faith when faith brings blood" "God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride"- Hale on Christianity and Witch Trials .Marvel means amazement, miracle, miraculous .Giles Corey, Proctor were Crucibles; crucibles go through great pressure .Proctor hung church door/ built the church; if his confession is nailed, the church is not holy, not God-like.

08 February 2012 //be// **II. Crucible**
 * I. Grammer**
 * A.** Case Pronouns: Nominative, possessive, and Objective case
 * Nominatives- subjects (I,we, you,it, he, she, they, who, whoever)
 * Objective- object of the sentence, or receive action of verb (me, you, him, her, it, us, them, who, whomever)
 * Possesive- shows possession (my:mine, your:yours, his, her:hers, it:its, our:ours, their:theirs, whose)
 * B. Who vs Whom**

10 Februrary 2012 verbals- verbs that act as another part of speech. Three types of verbals: Gerunds- end in -ing and function as nouns. Can be subjects or direct objects Participles- end in -ing and -ed. Function only as adjectives Infinitives- verbs introduced by the preposition"to." Function as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
 * Grammer**-Verbals

christian people thirving on scandal, Hypocrisy The prison and the cemetary were the first buildings in Boston There was a rose bush on one side of the prison door Ann Hutchison- predestination She thought that people should not live a phony lifestyle and that people could talk to God Hawthorne's novels have morals people hid their sins Hester is dignified
 * The Scarlet Letter**

__themes__ plants colors: black, red, grey, gold, white light vs. dark secret sins three

13 Feb. 2012 introduction- purpose thesis- purpose/requirements
 * Research Paper**
 * overview of the __topic__
 * state the title and the author (identifiers)
 * hook the reader
 * contain points of paper; __focus__
 * topic points/supporting ideas

write your own graphic organizer of how thesis relates to the introduction, one example is the inverted pyramid

The Crucible contains figurative language, symbolism, and themes. (zoom out them zoom in all the way into the thesis at the very end)

14 Feb. 2012 __**The Scarlet Letter**__

__Monitor__ Colors, civilization vs. wilderness, plants, secret sin, hot vs. cold Pearl- deep black eyes, dark hair, lady-like, feminine The scarlet letter has magical properties Public humiliation as punishment for crime countenance; visage-facial expression

Officials talk down, figurtally and physically, to Hester Prynne. Black-> Sin. (Also in Crucible) Dimmesdale= father of the child, if found out they'll hang him-> if Hester Prynne's husband found, she'll hang. He want Hester Prynne to call him out. If so they'll remove the letter, but "branded" into soul (red) Doctor-> medicine, Native American-> Name: Roger **Chilling**worth-> Devil symbolically and also her real husband come back and sold his soul to the devil-> made him misshapen but full of knowledge Leech= Doctor -> parasite lives from others, also medical practice Agree that they shouldn't have married each other
 * __15 Feb. 2012__**

in writing state your thesis point, arguement, and support it with several specific examples. Three main points minimum. Three types- topic, phrase, and sentance outlines. Parallel structure is important. Each letter or number must have at least a second successive letter or number. If you can't find two then don't split it. set tabs to 5 spaces each successive tab should be one further than the last The order goes I and II to A and B to 1 and 2 to a and b to i and ii. __example__ I.Weight A.Hale 1.books(literal) 2.books(metaphor) B.Corey 1.stones(literal) 2.stones(metahor) II.Names etc. All the writing should be 3rd person. Don't retell the story. analyze instead of plot summary. Pearl is the daughter of dimmsdale and Hester. Sins of the parents are passed to the kids. You get worries, stress, anxiety, and fears from your parents. Dimmsdale and Hester can only meet in the forest. Chillingworth leeches off of Dimmsdale Chillingworth and Hester regret marrying each other and Chillingworth vows to find Hester's lover. paramore=lover they promise not to reveal they're husband and wife and this is symbolic of a deal with the devil. people bought Hester's clothes to be a part of the conflict without any of the shame. Hester wore very coarse clothes while pearl was dressed very well.
 * __16 Feb. 2012__**
 * Outlines**
 * Outline Format**
 * The Scarlet Letter**

__**21 Feb. 2012**__ __Pearl:__ Theme: Name and Reputation
 * Wild ||
 * Small features ||
 * Fierce temper ||
 * could not be made ambiable to rules (defiant) ||
 * Brilliant ||
 * Quick and mobile curiosity ||
 * Outcast ||
 * Incapable of human sorrow ||
 * Beautiful ||
 * Independent, heartless**

Cursed: certain things have to happen to break "curse" on Pearl, Hester, and Dimmesdale

"imbiding her soul" from her mother (drinking her soul); mom experiances bad things, such as depression and sorrow, feed into Pearl via Hester.

Pearl: Airy Sprite Hovering: not alive, not grounded, "not on the Earth" birdlike voice, outcast, imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, elvish, demon offspring

__Themes:__ Plants: weeds, pine trees Colors: white, black, red Mirror-image

22 Feb. 2012

__Feb. Sentence Outline__ 12 point font double-spaced typed mla heading (top left) Title FullIntroduction with Thesis Outline is parallel: each entry is a complete entry 1" margin

__Drafting__ Dont retell novel no I, WE, US, YOU, ... dont cite more than two sentences

Scarlet Letter The Governor's Hall gloves for the Gov. informal custody hearing pearl- beauty, brown/black eyes,, creepy mirror image is always the truth Hester sees a A in the reflection and a emp for Pearl eldritch- strange, uncanny, other wordly The Elf-Child and the Minister Pearl is three Hester pleads for Dimmsdale to keep Pearl Hester gets to keep Pearl

23 February 2012
 * The Scarlet Letter
 * Dimmesdale and Chillingworth's Relationship:
 * Dimmesdale is Chillingworth's spiritual adviser.
 * Chillingworth is Dimmesdale's physician that is trying to figure out what is wrong with Dimmesdale.
 * Dimmesdale and Chillingworth become friends over the 3 years. Chillingworth attaches himself like a leech to Dimmesdale.
 * Changes in Appearance:
 * Dimmesdale was "wasting away" because his secret was eating itself away at him. (Secret sin/ guilt)
 * Dimmesdale's health is failing: he is pale and he the studying and fasting is make him that way.
 * Chillingworth used to have a calm, meditative look, but he takes on an evil, dark look.
 * Chillingworth medical methods: herbs, holistic, naturalistic
 * Rumors about Chillingworth:
 * Chillingworth was seen in London with Dr. Forman at the time of Overbury's murder.
 * During his time with the Native Americans, he learned about more medical cures. The Native Americans created some miraculous cures by indulging in black arts.

24 Febuary 2012
 * The Scarlet Letter
 * Chillingworth
 * Sexton/Church Groundss keeper/grave robber
 * Miner/// ore vein= body vein
 * Theif

March 1, 2012 Scarlet Letter March 7 2012 go to for resarch paper format help: owl.english.purdue.edu
 * Chillingworth gets closer to Dimsdale and doesnt let on that he is angry
 * DImsdale is oblivious to Chillingsworth's motifs
 * Ch. twleve is the scafold chapter, second scafold scene in book
 * Dimsdale forms an electric circut with Hester and Pearl and trys to break dark spell

sorry, most of the notes were shown in class... not really something i can type down

March 8, 2012 Scarlet Letter Ch. 13 Ch 14 Ch 15-16
 * A= adultery (never mentioned in book), angel, or able
 * Hester earns her name back but becomes more austere and boring in looks
 * to fit into society, you must live by society's rules and change
 * Hester and Pearl meet Chillingworth in the forest
 * Chillingworth has become more and more evil. transforms into the devil
 * Dimmesdale is still clueless on who Chillingworth is. Hester wants to tell Dimmesdale who he really is
 * Chillingworth moves closer to the ground (further away from heaven)
 * Pearl asks about the Scarlet Letter and what it means
 * light- reflects off of Hester (leaves her) because of her sin

March 20, 2012 randy is awesome,

ELECTION DAY
 * 3rd scaffold scene
 * dimmesdale takes scaffold with hester and pearl,
 * God judges your life
 * Chilling worth is the devil, he lies and tempts.
 * Dimmesdale dies on scaffold, soon after Chillingworth dies because the leech loses his host.
 * Chillingworth gives his money to pearl
 * towards end of book hester comes back to house with no creepy girl and no scarlet letter.

March 21, 2012 Randy is not awesome. Stephany is though. (:

**Colon** -use to introduce material that illustrates, explains, or restates the preceding material. EXAMPLE: Marvin had mixed feelings about the event: sad and happy at the same time. -Introduce a long or formal quotation -Between time, chapter versus, and after salutations in letters

YYYAAAAAYYYYYYYY COLONS
**Semicolons** -seperate main clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjuction (FANBOYS) -Make sure both sides have a complete sentence, no fragments with semicolons -to seperate main clauses joined by a conjuctive adverb -to seperate a series EXAMPLE: I partied in Las Vegas, Nevada; Madison, Alabama; and Atlantic City, New Jersey. **Romanticism** ** Transcendentalism **- thinking outside the box -different than expected -Applying one belief to everything -mind ** transcends ** or goes beyond what you expected Transcend- spiritualism; a half conscious state EXAMPLES: The Matrix, Avatar, Inception, Alice in Wonderland, Fight Club "Mind over matter" **Emerson** -optimism -Self-reliance -Individuality -Nature+mankind= (: -Sublime- peace, euphoria, excellent, awesome -nature= a poetic sense of mind, the impression of natural objects -returns us to who we are -gives us a free sense of mind -Who can see nature? poets and children

parallel structure: The repitition of words, phrases, and prepositions. EX: On saturday morning I plan to study, eat, and churn butter

Romanticism (continued): transcendentalism- not bound by the physical word -churches had issues with the idea that you don't need a church to talk to god

"From Nature" -Children and poets are the only ones who can see nature as it should be. -self-reliance: rely on yourself for physical needs as well as your thoughts -what is wrong or right for you should be wrong or rightb for everyone else -envy=ignorance -imitation=suicide -no goodness can come to you except through work -trust thyself (selfish) VS. Trust others (give) -Society feeds on idiots -Don't go outside the box or else society will treat you like a meth dealer! -the hardest thing is to live in society, but keep your individuality.

Where I Lived Thoreau wisjes je could escape from the complicated world that he is in and return to seeing the world as he did as a child.
 * experience life and dont take it for granted
 * Live life with simplicity
 * dont rush life
 * time matters
 * news about an event only needs to be heard one time

Brute Neighbors Take time to pay attention to the world and your neighbors around you because it might surprise you.
 * Animals live in the world with out human notice.
 * If you sit still enough, animals will include and come to you.
 * Compares and battles to the Greek battle
 * Notes ants devotion to fighting and how different human wars are.

Conclusion If one is to believe and to put all of their effort towards something it can always be achieved.
 * He wants to experience nature and to live simply
 * The earth = the mind both are impressive foor prints
 * It is important to be an individual.

Writting tips
 * outline
 * Bring bullets
 * Topic sentence
 * details (be vivid)
 * vocab
 * in-text citaion

Walden- Henry David Thoreau
 * 3/28/12 **
 * Paradox-To live with nature and to confront life
 * Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify your life.
 * Intellect is a cleaver that discerns/hacks away your childhood instinct
 * People follow the ruts of conformity because society makes these paths easier

Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience gives you support and sympathy __ Injustice __ By any means necessary Our ideas
 * Government is best when it governs less or not at all
 * All people can do is come after you physically, they can't take your ideas.
 * Non-Violence
 * Strength
 * Religion
 * Morality
 * Passive aggressive
 * Gather people
 * committed and willing to be arrested
 * violence
 * protest
 * show of force
 * attack and defend
 * civil disobedience
 * leadership
 * persistance
 * steps
 * force/violence

Romanticism
 * 29 March 2012 **


 * Emerson and Thoreau were two of the biggest Transcendenalism writers of that time period.
 * Writers of Romanticism focused on good and evil and conflict within the mind.
 * Gothic novels and stories have supernatural themes.
 * Edgar Allen Poe- father was an actor and an alcoholic, mother an actress who died on tour, orphaned at three years old, enlisted in the army as a last resort career, moved in with his aunt and married her 13 year old daughter Virginia when he was 26, considering the forefather of the detective story, mystery story, and horror story, battle alcoholism and drug use throughout his life, wife Virginia died from tuberculosis

Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil": Evil is everywhere.

Irving- The Devil and Tom Walker
 * treasure- ill-gotten (illegal means)
 * miser-a person obsessed with money
 * Tom Walker and his wife were both misers and did not share money with each other; unhealthy relationship that is not based on trust and love
 * swamp short cut-bad idea
 * Indian fort-bad idea
 * sits to take a break and uncovers a skull with his walking stick
 * a black man appears (devil)
 * swamp is devil's "trophy room"
 * trees represent different people who sold their souls to the devil
 * devil offers Tom a deal, but he does not take it, just to anger his wife
 * his wife goes to take the deal from the devil herself, offering him their household's most valued possessions
 * she then goes missing for three days and Tom goes to look for her
 * after realizing his wife is dead, he is somewhat relieved
 * devil offers deal again
 * wants Tom to take the money and use it to be a slavetrader or a usurer (loan shark)
 * he agrees and they shake hands and make a deal
 * Tom gets a tree and the devil starts hacking at it the very next day


 * 30 March 2012 **

The Devil and Tom Walker (continued)


 * **speculation**: risky business ventures, investment
 * loan = must have a collateral
 * Tom's wealth vanishes at the end of the story; this is a common component of this story archetype
 * purpose of the story: to put a contemporary twist on an old story to make people see that it is still pertinent
 * moral of the story: don't make deals with the devil; if a deal seems too good to be true, it is

Edgar Allan Poe

Elements of a mystery/detective story: ^ randy lopez likes this
 * brilliant/eccentric detective (unorthodox, quirky, awkward, etc.)
 * less-gifted partner (foil, allows for natural explanations to reader)
 * inept police force
 * impossible crime
 * The Fall of the House of Usher- by Edgar Allan Poe **
 * Extended Metaphor- stringed instruments, mirrors/duality
 * Tone Words- dreary, melancholoy, insufferable, soundless, gloomy, dull, dark
 * Doctor=death
 * Tarn- Swamp
 * Impresssionism
 * Contrast of Dark and Light
 * Usher and the House are being compared. Usher= House
 * ^ What happens to the House must happen to Usher
 * Constitutional Family Evil-Incest:Brother and Sister Special Hug...
 * 03 April 2012 **

The Fall of the House of Usher
 * According to Usher, how is he going to die? -by fear
 * What is the tone of the story? -dark/ scary
 * What kind of art does Usher practice? -weird, random things. painting.



THE END!!!
 * Poe is creating the first haunted house
 * No hope
 * house= people
 * people who were mentally ill had peculiar needs
 * ^usher can only do certain things= mentally ill
 * usher feels he is going to die from fear, scared to death.
 * Usher is the last Usher when his sister dies.
 * Madeline: emaciated, hunched, creepy, pale white, drapy, gollum, floating/gliding
 * Madeline has an unknown condition, doctors do not care
 * usher is a dilletante, weird, painted a coffin
 * Coffin= Usher's study
 * Poem: once apon a time- life is good, turn- when evil things attack
 * discordant- out of tune
 * Palace is a metaphor for Usher
 * ^when mind in tune things are good. when clouded things are ill.
 * *narrator- question sanity*
 * Usher and Madeline are twins.
 * ^what happens to her must happen to him. She died= he is going to die
 * 7/8 days after Madeline has died: smoke and fog around the house, electrical storm, completely dark outside
 * ^evil radiating the mansion
 * Noises in the story are noises in the house.
 * Madeline, bloody, by the door, scared Usher to death.
 * Both dead, now narrator flees.
 * House dies, because the twins are dead.

**Blog #3**

__** April 4, 2012 **__ // The Minister's Black Veil by Hawethorne // *Mr. Powell comes out in a mask and asks "What was your reaction to this?"* - Creepy - Embarassed - Weird - Shocked - Surprise

"What types of physical masks do we wear?" - Smiles/ Frowns - Poker Face/ Stoic Response - Clothes - Hair - Make-Up - On-Line identity

"Why do we wear these masks?" - Protection - Acceptance - Get you what you want - Self-esteem - Attention

__The Minister's Black Veil__ by: Nathaniel Hawthorne Mr. Powell is... **P-SWAG** What is Hawthorne's parable?
 * April 5**
 * more desirable/powerful pastor (Hester/Dimm)
 * saddest of all prisms - heart
 * Compares body to veil
 * wear veil cause he says he is a sinner
 * we need to know our sins and live with them
 * we all sin and we all have something to hide

__Moby Dick__ Melville made money with adventure stories Had background knowledge about sailing to write about it Ishmael is narrator Ishmael and Queequeq became close friends even though they are from different backgrounds Ahab becomes crazy and starts to scare crew as he becomes obsessed with the whale Pequod- Native American tribe sailed on Christmas morning for 3 years Mates- Starbuck, Stubb, Flask Each boat consists of four people: two oarsmen, one mate, and a harpooner Ahab has a cracked personna and has a scar from head to toe He gives them a pep talk and shows the crew their reward Moby Dick is magical and omnicient __**April 12 2012**__ __Moby Dick__ If starbuck opposes Ahab the crew will ignore because the crew is on Ahabs side Ahab is putting everyones lives on the boat in danger __Images__ Swirling round wheel/axis The scene on pg. 289 resembles something dark, twisted, like some sort of a ritual, also like a twisted version of the last supper. __Owl Creek Bridge__ 1st Person (I, me, my, we, us) 2nd Person (you, your) 3rd Person (limiter) inside, mind of character Surreal (details- sencory details)
 * April 11 2012**
 * Background:** Taken place during the Civil War, in Alabama
 * Point of View:**
 * Surreal Elements:** watch ticking is loud, slow motion, time minipulation, super human senses, drum roll.

An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge- 3rd person omnicient Peyton looks like a gentleman, well respected When you are about to die time slows down, and you aprreciate things more, superhuman senses Peyton's occupation- a farmer, plantationa and slave owner Civil War- South=Gray, North=Blue Bruises on his neck foreshadows his deaths The whole story is a fantacy
 * 4/13/12**

4/16/12 Walt Whitman -He observed the local dialects and styles and used them in his poetry -Wrote at a time of influx of immigrants, and used them in his distinct flavor -Wrote in freeverse-unrymed, unpatterened, in a style that follows the patterns of speech -His peotry was inviting due to cataloging and his use of dialect RHCP -State Names, Personalities, -Styles=Grunge, Hairmetal, Glam, Rock n Roll, Punk, Funk

Called cataloging Grabbs the most amount of people-Something for everyone Professions in America Singing-Work sounds. Everyone has a song, whether it be an actual song or not. Each has their own part that belongs to them --The sound of Professions -Engineers -Teachers -Iron Workers -Police -Fast Food

17 Apr 2012 GRAMMAR -__Commonly Misused Words__ except: other than (prep); Example: I've read all the books in the series, __except__ the last one. effect: a result (n); to cause (v); Example: The side __effects__ of the drug include drowsiness, heart attack, and stroke. aide: a person who assists (n); Example: The teacher's __aide__ passed out handouts during the lecture.
 * accept: to take in (v); Example: I __accepted__ the award for my good grades.
 * affect: to influence (v); Example: My grandfather's death __affected__ me emotionally.
 * aid: to give assistance (v); Example: The country __aided__ New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

POETRY (Walt Whitman) - __When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer__ -__Beat! Beat! Drums!__ -__Song of Myself__
 * listening to professor, feels sick, leaves and sees sky
 * he has to experience to appreciate
 * experience/live; listen
 * study takes away amazement
 * about war
 * uses onomatopea: words sound like their meaning
 * drum, beat, blow, buzz, pow, (ex)plosive
 * war will find you; it is loud, disrupts, infests.
 * war stops everything; invades
 * alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds
 * b, s, p, m, t... engine sound (machines in infancy)
 * paradox
 * epic: hero and journey
 * uses catalogues
 * includes all people, places, thing, and ideas
 * "And I am" = everyone; beginning of Whitman's universal narrator; main character

24 Apr 2012 __Epic Poems__ hero journey challenges hero changes at the end of the journey

__Passage 1:__ Point of departure celebrating kinship with the reader setting the rules/no rules no limitations adjective- comitted

__Passage 6:__ ponder/wonder death isn't cycle adjective- infinite

__Passage 16:__ catalogues- professions, locations, people, regions paradox diversity adjective- all-encompassing

__Passage 17:__ no thought is original adjective- mundane

__Passage 46:__ adjective- puerile

25 April 2012
 * Song of Myself by Walt Whitman continued...

__Passage 51:__ always ask questions! adjective: all enquizative

__Passage 52:__ "the conclusion" barbaric yawp- cry of the interbeing (this is what he is letting go) the sage must leave for the student to become the master adjective: recyclable

I. Emily Dickinson A. "Much Madness is divinest Sense" 1. Madness = Sense 2. Reality is flexible a. Truth b. Minority B. "Success is counted sweetest" 1. Who knows success best?- losers 2. War a. unfair b. loud C. "I heard a Fly buzz when I died" 1. Death of the narrator has taken place (past tense) 2. Old lady 3. Stream of emotion- heaving 4. King- God; death D. "The Bustle ina House" 1. After death E. "Because I could not stop for Death" 1. Death a. mundane b. painful c. kindly d. civil 2. What they pass: a. school- youth b. grain- maturity c. setting sun- old age
 * 26 April 2012**

__Richard Cory__ earned money through inheritance. didnt work hard. bred as a gentlemen: royalty (trust fund baby), richer than a king has all the goods and people are jealous, but the people desire him Richard Cory kills himself... he's been depressed for a long time. people just don't kill themselves randomly. rich people can have problems too
 * __30 April 2012__**

__Miniver Cheevy__ nostalgia: memories, childhood, reverance for the past miniver loved the medieval time period and wished he lived there can't acsept reality. drinking was his solution.

__Julius Caesarr__ Drama: a play or story told through words and actions of characters. Tradegy: A play in which the main character suffers a downfall. The hero of a tradegy is called a "tragic hero" Tragic heroes usually fall because of a fatal flaw The most common fatal flaw is Hubris. A tragic hero evokes both pity and fear. the audience is aware if the hero's fatal flaw. shakespear is the most widely read author other than the bible. shakespear is refered to as a bard. a bard is a traveling musician. Married Anne Hathaway, had twins, and joined Lord Chamberlain's men. They built the theater "the globe" triumvirate- rule of 3. can't have 3 kings. In 60 BC there were 3 kings, Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. they were the first triumvirate of rome Pompey leads a faction of the roman senate against Caesar. This led Rome to a cival war. Pompey is assasinated. Play starts now. Caesar centralized government. That changes Rome from a republic to empire. senators assasinated caesar.

__Julius Caesar__ Cassius plans to write false letters to Brutus
 * 3 May 2012**
 * Caesar is a bragger
 * Caesar almost drowned while racing
 * Caesar repined while he was sick
 * the fault is within us
 * why is one name better than another
 * cassius plays on Brutus noblitly
 * the quiet people snap not the life of the party
 * caesar's left ear is deaf
 * caesar had a epilectic seizure when offered crown third time
 * Murellus adn Flavius were put to silence for speaking badly of Caesar

7 May 2012 Julius Caesar Act II persuasive writing
 * Monologue- long speech by one character
 * Soliloquy- monologue delivered while character is alone onstage
 * Aside- a comment that a character makes to the audience which other characters don't hear
 * Scene 1
 * Caesar will become tyrannical if he reaches the highest power.
 * Caesar is now a snake's egg, but when it hatches, he will be dangerous. There will be no time then.
 * His power and qualities will be augmented.
 * Lucius (12-15) is a foil to Brutus (40-50).
 * Lucius has no real worries or stress.
 * Brutus has the weight of Rome on his shoulders.
 * The Letter
 * Brutus is asleep (figuratively).
 * He needs to fix a wrong. (Caesar)
 * Brutus needs to help Rome.
 * The effect: he makes the committment of helping Rome.
 * Theme of masking: can't have a cabal with your true intentions showing.
 * The conspiracy arrives to visit Brutus with their faces covered.
 * You can't carry out this scheme walking freely in the street.
 * Decius and Casca are disagreeing about which way the sun is rising.
 * Cassius suggests making an oath between them.
 * Brutus thinks that they are men and shouldn't have to make an oath.
 * It is something they have to do, so they must do it without an oath. (honorable)
 * Cassius suggests to bring along Cicero because he will not stand for a tyranny.
 * Brutus says no- he will not follow what others say. They all agree.
 * Decius asks if they should kill anyone else- Mark Antony?
 * Brutus says no. He doesn't want to kill more than he has to.
 * Brutus was already fighting between himself whether or not to kill Caesar, so he says if they kill Antony they will be butchers.
 * Sacrificers not butchers.
 * He would rather kill his spirit and leave Caesar alive.
 * BIG MISTAKE: SHOULD'VE KILLED ANTONY
 * Caesar is superstitious (he might not go to the Capitol because of omens), so Decius says he will convinve Caesar to go to the Capitol.
 * WEAR MASK OUTSIDE.
 * Portia wants to know what is going on with Brutus. Brutus can't tell her.
 * Scene 2
 * Caesar says Calphurnia tossed and turned 3 times- having a nightmare about Caesar's murder.
 * Augurers fortell the future: sacrifice animal (more rare=better)
 * Calphurnia doesn't want Caesar to go.
 * Caesar speaks in 3rd person=he will die.
 * Caesar says it's strange that people fear death because it is going to happen anyway.
 * No heart in the animal= bad sign
 * Caesar keeps danger in check.
 * Caesar says he will stay at home to make Calphurnia happy. Antony will say he is not well.
 * Decius will say Caesar will not go.
 * Decius convinces Caesar to go through manipulation.
 * Caesar has to give Decius a reason: Calphurnia had a dream of his statue spouting blood.
 * Decius says that it doesn't mean anything bad. It is reviving blood that is good for Rome.
 * Decius says they were going to crown Caesar at the Senate. If he doesn't go, they might change their minds.
 * Decius plays on his pride.
 * Conspirators come over: Brutus, Ligarius, Metellus Cimber, Casca, Trebonius, Cinna, Publius- drink before they go to the Capitol.
 * Scene 3
 * Artemidous has a letter that he gives to Caesar before he goes to the Capitol.
 * It talks about all the conspirators- someone blabbed about the plan.
 * Now Caesar will know if he reads the letter.
 * Adds tension and suspension.
 * Security gives way to conspiracy- overconfidence opens the way for enemy plots.
 * Scene 4
 * Portia (Brutus's wife), Lucius (Brutus's servant), and Soothsayer
 * Portia wants Lucius to go to the Capitol to check on Brutus and bring him home.
 * She has a bad feeling- women's intuition.
 * Afraid some harm is intended for Caesar.
 * Act 3
 * Scene 1
 * Friends plan to take Caesar to capital building to kill him
 * Caesar puts throne in the capital building
 * Caesar calls Brutus a traitor
 * Cassis believes what he hears
 * cassis doesnt want antony to talk
 * Antony will talk second at the funeral
 * foolish on brutus part
 * Antony will seek revenge for caesar
 * Scene 2
 * Two days after assassination there is funeral
 * brutus persuades crowd to like him

logical
 * makes sense

emotional
 * appeals to emotion

moral
 * morality and ethics

tactics: sensory laguage hyperbole retorical questions parallel connotation Caesar funeral scene
 * appeals to senses
 * exageration
 * no answer
 * answer not expected
 * answer implied
 * adds emphasis
 * DONT OVERUSE!!!
 * dont overuse any tactic!*
 * lets the audience know where you are no going
 * words with implied meaning
 * ties into emotional emotional and moral
 * examples from commercial for 'irenew' braclet**
 * 1) testimonial 'these are not actors'
 * 2) connotation
 * 3) free stuff
 * 4) endorsments
 * 5) "19.99" < just under 20 dollars!
 * 6) INSTANTLY
 * 7) promises
 * 8) natural, psuedo science
 * 9) medical testimony
 * 10) high value
 * 11) garuntee> if you dont like it, send it back
 * 12) demonstrations, illutions
 * 13) spokesperson whos too good to be true
 * 14) monitors in the backround
 * 15) demografic
 * 16) ease
 * 17) tenagers
 * 18) computer grafics
 * 19) popularity
 * 20) guy who is 'super strong'
 * 21) fine print
 * examples from commercial for ASPCA**
 * 1) emotional apeal
 * 2) eyes
 * 3) pain
 * 4) celebrity
 * 5) music
 * 6) logic
 * 7) retorical questions
 * Brutus
 * parallelism
 * retorical questions
 * pause for reply
 * did it for country
 * willing to give life
 * emotion
 * patriotism
 * mistakes
 * antony speaks last
 * leaves
 * commands croud to stay
 * antony lives
 * Antony
 * repetition
 * blameing conspirators through sarcasm
 * decontructs argument
 * emotional break
 * acting greif
 * pause for sympathy
 * listening croud
 * 'im not going to do what im actually doing'
 * will of caesar
 * shows how much he loves rome
 * exciting them and yanking them back

__11 May 2012__ Caesar Act 3
 * the crowd easily is swayed by Antony
 * Antony wriles them up, then pulls them back
 * Antony does theatrics about Caesar's robe and says he died of a broken heart from Brutus betraying him
 * mob- dumbs down mentality
 * every mob needs fire to watch things burn. why?
 * Antony is fulfilling his earlier soliloquy
 * a mob can't be stopped. killed Cinna the poet because of mob mentality

14 May 2012 Ceaser Act 4
 * At the begging of act four, the second tri-umverant are planing on killing family members and senators in order to mantain power.
 * Brutus and Cassius are banished to outer greece.
 * Cassius is mad at Brutus for not giving a a desired rank to a friend of Cassius
 * Cassius is too practical
 * Brutus is too honorable
 * Brutus's wife swallows a burning caol to kill herself
 * News is givin that Antony and Octavius killed oposing Senators and that they are matching to the plane of the phillipi

Julius Ceasar -Octavius is a thug and won't let people push him around. Ceasar stabbed 33 times -Birthday= omen -Brutus does not want to go out like Cato, he thinks suicide is cowardly __**Cato Sr.**__ -killed himself -his fam. makes statements with their death -Portia is his daughter -Antony vs. Cassius. -After Brutus won, his looted (stole things from dead bodies) instead of helping his homeboy Cassius -Pandarins is like oommggg when he sees Titanius getting beat up and runs to tell Cassius -But Cassius is all like dude, chill. -Pandarins goes all gangsta on Cassius and kills him with the same sword that killed Ceasar kiled him -Brutus comes over like a boss with the victory garland to bring Cassius, but homeboy's dead. -Titanius kills himself with the sword. -Lucius tries to be a decoy and lead them away from Brutus. -Brutus and what's left of his squad retreat -Brutus starts asking his buddies to kill him -All his goons said no, so he asked Strato, who actually did it. -Strato holds the sword at an angle, Brutus climbs some steps, then just kinda falls on it..
 * May 15, 2012**
 * BATTLE STARTS! **

May 16, 2012 Twain: colored fiction/ local color -there are different colors, temperatures, foods, and dialects in different places -it is hard to write humor, and there are many types of humor -story told after the events occur -old people talk for a really long time respectful people sit and listen -the narrator is a respectful person and sits and listens -simon wheeler has a different dialect. -simon talks about jim smiley who is a gambler -the whole story was a joke and this gives it diversity. -This story was a waste of time and that is the point

May 17, 2012 Chopin
 * Mr. Brently Mallard
 * Mrs. Brently Mallard (Louise)
 * Richards- husbands friend
 * Josephine- Louise's sister
 * The Gun is Louises trouble (heart trouble)
 * She starts crying and goes upstairs to be alone.
 * open window and hears spring life.
 * Springs represents a new life.
 * Mrs Mallard has a feeling that is creeping over her. She has a suspended intelligent thought and she fights it away. she uses words like they or something.
 * She feels joy or freedom when her husband died. that says she is a terrible person.
 * She was never treated good. Her husband never treated her like a individual.
 * When her husband was controlling her life she wished for life to be short. Know that it is her life, she prays it to be long.
 * she finds that her husband is actually alive, her heart couldnt take it and she died.