Chapter 12 Journal

I was a bit disappointed about the end of the novel due to the fact that the author spent every detail to describe Ralph's hiding from the savages and then all of a sudden the boys get rescued. I thought that Golding should have at least included in the end if the Jack, Roger and the other savaged boys ever captured or tortured Ralph.
I think that Ralph cried when at the end of the novel when they got rescued because he felt the relief. It's that feeling when you were little and you got lost in a big place with a lot of people like Disney Land, but you wanted to stay strong to find your parents and then when you find them you just burst into tears. I thought Ralph crying after they were found and rescued was a similar situation to my example because Ralph was the lost kid who wanted to stay strong and find rescue or "his parents" and when he was found he let a happy cry out.
I would actually recommend this book to a friend specifically my age because I would not want my younger siblings to read this book and act like one of the savages.

Ch. 11 Question Review

1. Ralph's group decided to go to Jack's campsite to retrieve Piggy's glasses and try to make them want to keep the fire going to be rescued.

2. The twins saw how Ralph can be when he wants something done. For example, before all of this situation happened Ralph was a calm, collective leader now he is determined and wants to get his point through.

3. The boys are bound to fail at getting Piggy's glasses and getting the other boys to maintain a signal fire is because the savages out number Ralph's group. Also, Jack is a very stubborn kid and will do what ever pleases him.

4. Roger pushes the rock off the cliff to break the conch.

5. The destruction of the conch symbolically significant because now that the conch is gone there is no more civilization.

6. The boys want a chief to lead them and so that they feel secure. The chief leads them and tells them what to do.

7. A) What made you want to turn against Ralph?
B) Why didn't you want Ralph to keep the signal fire going to be rescued? Don't you want to be rescued?

8. It has been hard living in this island, we barely have food, we don't have a signal fire because of Jack's group. Also, Jack's group is ruining everything by not allowing us to create the fire again to be rescued. I don't understand why he does not want to be rescued. Why is he being a savage and why are the other boys following him.
We decided to take back Piggy's glasses and convince the other boys to keep the fire on to find rescue. Sadly in this process Piggy has passed away due to the fact that Roger pushed a rock off the cliff and hit Piggy and broke the conch. Also, Samneric got captured and were tied up together by the savages.

LOTF Question Review Ch. 10

1. Ralph had told Piggy about last night, "that was murder" (Golding156). I feel like Ralph is ashamed to talk about what happened to Simon last night beacuase he had paused when he was talking to Samneric, he had said, "you got lost after the..." (Golding158). Piggy had conclude that, "it was an accident" (Golding 157). I felt like Piggy wanted to just forget about it and just to never discuss about it. Samneric claimed that they were, "just been in the forest-- to get wood for fire--" and that they, "got lost last night" (Golding158). Samneric acted very surprised when they saw Ralph, as if he too was suppose to be gone, but when they saw him they acted very normal as if nothing had happened last night.

2. The differences between Ralph's and Jack's feelings about Simon's death was that Ralph had some sense of humanity, that Ralph felt bad. On the other hand Jack just went on his merry way and went on as if nothing had happened. Also, that Ralph had felt it was murder. Jack did not have a care in the world, he also became the head chief of the savages and told the other boys that Simon was the beast.

3. Jack is now described as "The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red" (Golding 160). He was angry and wanted to beat up on someone, so they beat up on Wilfred.

4. Jack: *Invades Ralph's camp with Roger*
Roger! Get the conch from Piggy now!
Roger: Yes, Chief.
*Attacks Piggy for the conch*
Piggy: No! Get away you savage!
*Gets an asthma attack*
Roger: *Runs away with the conch* I've got it Chief!
Jack: Let's go!
Ralph: Samneric get the conch back!!
Sam: Eric you go get the conch back!
Eric: Okay and you go chase after Jack!

Editorial: Still wrong Ebola Rx

1.  What does Betsy McCaughey identify as a problem in her commentary?

Beyond more training and more protective gear for hospital staff, the CDC is also encouraging states to designate certain hospitals for Ebola preparation.

2.  What solutions does she offer?

A safer strategy would be to expand capacity at the nation’s four bio-containment hospitals, which have treated Ebola patients successfully without the virus spreading to a single health-care worker.

3.  How does infection expert Sean Kaufman view the CDC’s guidelines for protective gear in treating Ebola patients?

Sean Kaufman, an infection expert at the bio-containment facility that successfully treated Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol (both infected in Africa) and is now treating Vinson, called the guideline “absolutely irresponsible and dead wrong.”

4.  What point did Rep. Michael Burgess make about CDC head Thomas Frieden?

At a House committee hearing last Thursday, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) held up a photo of CDC chief Frieden in Africa wearing a protective suit that covered him head to toe. Burgess compared it to the flimsy guideline that the CDC had issued for nurses and doctors here.

5.  Ms. McCaughey concludes her commentary by recommending: “The best Ebola strategy is to protect our local hospitals, health-care workers and patients by relying on the nation’s bio-containment facilities. That’s what they were built for.”
a) Do you agree with her recommendation?

Yes, I do agree.

b) Ask a parent to read this commentary and answer this question.

My dad does agree, but also suggests that they also help other facilities and not just our local facilities.

Summary Homework: Pit Bull Discrimination Is Never OK -- Especially For A Superhero Therapy Dog

Aladdin is a rescued pit bull and is now a volunteer therapy dog for hospitals, schools, libraries, etc. In April 2013, he arrived at an animal shelter in New Jersey. He was skin and bones with broken legs, a broken tail and several bruises. "He loves dressing up. To him, that's a sign that he's going to work," says his owner, Michele Schaffer-Stevens, who has been caring for Aladdin for about a year and a half now. Michele was called in to look at Aladdin. She took him home to her three children and her three pit bulls. It took Aladdin time to trust and be comfortable around Michele and her children. Obviously Aladdin has been through a history of getting beaten and abuse. 

Michele Schaffer-Stevens recently encountered a disturbing situation at the Virtua due to the breed of the dog they didn't want to have it as a therapy dog. This led to other therapeutic dog owners to refuse to volunteer at the Virtua. For example, "Judy Hutnik, said in an email to other therapy dog owners -- shared with HuffPost -- that her German shepherd Desi will no longer visit the hospital because 'even though Desi and I love volunteering at Virtua, I have decided that doing what is right is more important than all the hard work we have gone through to be a part of Visiting Paws. If loving dogs like Aladdin are not given a fair chance at becoming therapy dogs at Virtua because of their BREED, then Desi and I wish to remove ourselves from the program.'" Another dog owner decided to stop volunteering at the Virtua, "Sometimes you just have to take a stand for what is right. And I have and will continue to share my decision with everyone I know in the therapy dog and rescue community as we cannot allow this to continue." Dogs should not be hated or dislike due to its breed. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/pit-bull-therapy-discrimination_n_5901888.html

My Definition of Knowledge

What does knowledge mean? Knowledge can mean a lot of things and can come from many things or from people. I believe knowledge means something you have learned from where ever that will make a difference in you or for others in a good or bad way. It can come from school, the teachers and other students, it can also some from people outside of school. For example, from the internet, any social media, church, if you go to church, or your parents most likely.

Opinion Editorial

Abortion:
I believe that abortion is not the answer due to many reasons. Also, because I am Catholic and I am pro life. One reason why I think abortion is bad is because for myself being Catholic, there are other ways of getting rid of a child that does not include killing a child. For example, if you are a young woman and not ready to take care of another human being, you may give it up for adoption. There is for sure someone out there that cannot conceive a child and wants children. Another reason why I think abortion is not the answer is because it is technically breaking the man slaughter law. Abortion could fall into the man slaughter law if people would see that baby is any other person that is shot or stabbed. Yes, the baby is not fully grown yet and that it is still a cell and not a human being, but we all were cells at a point. Also, that cell would someday grow into a beautiful human being, and that is if you let it live.  Some may say that they have the right to have an abortion, but are you really letting that soon to be a human being have the right to live? Third reason why I think abortion is not the right answer is because for women that have had abortion may cause them later on to not conceive child. Also, if that woman that had abortion would to have a child later on, that child may possibly have a birth defect. Some may say, "But what if they were rapped or forced to have sex?" I would not know how that would feel, but I know that once you see that precious child you would instantly fall in love with your child regardless. If not you can always give it up for adoption. As you can see there are other ways of solving your problem when it comes to not wanting to have a child.

Joy Luck Club: Essay

         In the book The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is mainly about mothers and their daughters' misunderstandings and miscommunications. Some mothers and daughters may get a long, but some may not. There are sayings that, "When you're five, she's goddess. You smear your face with her lipstick and model her earrings and high heels, wanting to be just like mommy. That's the way it is until you' re about thirteen, when she suddenly becomes the most ignorant...out-of-touch creature on the planet, and you can't get far away from her. Your primary form of interaction for the next five years or so will be a single word, 'Mooooommm!' And then, somewhere between your twenties and your thirties, if you're lucky, she becomes your best friend again"(howstuffworks.com). Some may disagree due to others may have encountered different situations. For example, a mother and a daughter may just have a natural bond that is unbreakable. Another example, is mothers and daughters may not get a long as much due to either cultural or generational differences or the competition between girls. In The Joy Luck Club there are four Chinese mothers: Lindo Jong, Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, and Ying-ying St. Clair and four Chinese daughters: Waverly Jong, Jing-mei(June) Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, and Lena St. Clair each all have problems with each other.
Waverly Jong and Jing-mei(June) Woo both have Chinese mothers that pushed them to be something that they were not happy to be. For example, Waverly Jong's mother, Lindo Jong, pushed her to be in chess tournaments. Also, when Waverly was nine she won the national chess championship. Waverly's mother was so obsessed with her competing in chess to where her brothers had to do her chore for her so she can practice. Her mother also made her stop playing with the other children. Waverly did not mind playing chess for her mother, until her mother started to show her off to around town and so she decided to run away, but of coarse she came back to her mother. In Jing-mei(June) Woo's case it is similar to Waverly's problem, her mother, Suyuan Woo, too pushed her to be something that she was not pleased to be. Her mother wanted her to be a prodigy, a Chinese Shirley Temple, also just like Waverly, so her mother made her imitate videos of Shirley Temple and memorize impressive facts. Just like Waverly, Jing-mei grew tired of her mother due to of her mother bragging about her and how she was so talented. After Jing-mei's mother gave up on her being a Chinese Shirley Temple, she then pushed her to be a pianist. When it was Jing-mei's competition day at church she decided to not practice her piece, so that she would make her mother look bad in front of the Joy Luck members. When Jing-mei did this she felt bad because she knew she had let her mother down and the fact that her mother did not say anything to her. The reason why these two mothers and daughters disagree with each other was because of generational differences because their daughters where born in America they were surrounded by different cultures, people, places, etc from their mothers.
Rose Hsu Jordan had a mother that cared for her, but she did not notice it. Rose's mother, An-mei Hsu, feels that she is not handling her marriage because her marriage was going down hill. An-mei being a mother warned Rose that her husband, Ted Jordan, was cheating on her with someone else, but she did not believe her. Then Ted sends Rose a check for tem thousand dollars with the divorce papers, when she finally realized that her mother was right she was devastated and became depressed. Rose's mother told her that she was lacking "the element of wood" meaning she is not strong by herself and depends on other people's opinion. Her mother told her this to teach her the Chinese way and for Rose to have a Chinese attitude that is inherited along the maternal line. This shows that An-mei tried to help her daughter to be a strong woman, they had a small misunderstanding due to generational differences.
Lena St. Clair's mother, Ying-ying St. Clair, always had something bad to say about anything Lena did. For example, when her mother was trying to make her finish her rice at meals, Ying-ying would tell her that, "future husband have one pock mark for every rice you not finish"(Tan 151). Lena's mother also accepted her Americanness, she did not want to die without teaching her the Chinese way. Even though Ying-ying knows that Lena will not listen to her, but she will try her best because she loves her. This shows that even though Lena will resist her mother's suggestions, her mother will still try to teach her culture.
Although all four Chinese mothers and their daughters had their own different problems, but all of their problems resulted because of cultural or generational differences. In this book The Joy Luck Club shows how immigrants from China, that have immigrated here, have daughter problems due  to they were raised in a different environment than their mothers'. Other reasons why mothers and daughters do not get along that much because of mothers wanting their daughters to do better than what they could not have done. For this being the reason the daughter feels that she is being forced to do or to be that does not please herself. There are other ways in approaching situations like this for mothers.

Latin Roots #7

Roots:
   ·duc(t), dice (to lead): conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive
　·fed(er), fid(e) (faith, trust): federal, confidence,  infidel, bona fide, confide
　·fin(e) (end, limit): finish, confine, infinitesimal, affinity, infinity
　·flect, flex (to blend): deflect, reflex, reflector, flexibility, genuflect, flexor

Words:
　·aqueduct: a large pipe or other conduit made to bring water from a great distance;  The aqueduct helps farmers to water their crops.
　·conducive: tending to lead, help, assist, or result in;  The conducive shepherd led his sheep into the barn.
　·definitive: completely accurate, reliable, and authoritative;  The judges definitive scores determined the winner.
　·fidelity: faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; When couples marry they must keep their fidelity towards each other.
　·fiduciary: an individual who holds something in today for another; Fiduciary cops will keep evidence for the trial.
　·finale: a "grand" conclusion, as of a performance; My team finally came to a finale team name and it was the crunks.
　·finite: limited or bordered by time or by any measurement; Their finite rule did not allow us to ask more than five questions.
　·flexuous: winding in and out;
　·inducement: anything used or given to persuade or motivate; Being a lawyer you must be a good inducement and talkative person.
　·inflection: a slight change in front or modulation of the voice, as in a point of emphasis; In Spanish yo must have an inflection when pronouncing the words with an accent.
　·perfidious: characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; Back then when you are perfidious to your king you are to be killed.
　·traduce: to speak falsely of; Some lawyers at time traduce about their case to prove their innocent.

Diction Handouts

Low or Informal Diction:
1.) Example of a Jargon: awash

Elevated Language or Formal Diction:
2.) a. Elongated: unusually long in relation to its width - "But at once I saw something long and pale floating very close to the ladder."
     b. Phosphorescent: is when something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch - "Before I can form a guess a faint flash of a glowing light,..."
     c. Elusive: difficult to find, catch or achieve - "... which seemed to issue suddenly from the naked body of man, flickered in the sleeping water with the silent play of summer lightning in a night sky."
     d. Cadaverous: resembling a corpse in being pale, thin, or bony - "... the long legs, the broad livid back immersed right up to that neck in the greenish pale glow."

3.) The use of an elevated language contributes to the tone by making the writing into formal writing and a higher reading level for readers. Paraphrasing the passage affects the tone by creating the writing to where all different levels of reading can understand the passage.

Abstract & Concrete Diction:
4.) Floating · Saw · Dropped · Climbed

5.)

Denotation & Connotation Diction:
6.) a. Denotation: resembling a corpse on being very pale, thin, bony
Connotation: negative feeling, sickness
     b. Denotation: of or relating to growing darkness
Connotation: negative feeling, doom
     c. Denotation: light in color
Connotation: a dead corpse
     d. Denotation: glowing with light
Connotation: bright
     e. Denotation: causing horror or fear
Connotation: scary doom
     f. Denotation: having no head
Connotation: mindless
     g. Denotation: like a fish
Connotation: cold, slimy

Latin Roots #6

Roots:
-corp(or) (body): corpse, corporation, corps, corpuscle, corporeal
-cred (to believe, to trust): credo, credit, discredit, credence
-cur(r), cuts, course (to run, to flow): current, excursion, discourse
-dic(t) (to speak, to say): diction, indication, edict, jurisdiction, dictionary

Words:
-benediction: the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or star of blessedness; The purpose of a benediction is to not bring destruction to your enemies.
-concourse: a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; A long concourse extended gin the main lobby of the airport check-in counters.
-concurrent: occurring at three same time; meeting or acting together; Things that occur concurrently happen at the and same time.
-corporal:  relates to the physical body; Corporal actions do not solve problems.
-corpulent: very stout; fleshy and obese; fat; Corpulent people are not slender.
-credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy; A person with absolute credibility can be easily believed.
-credulity: the(naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof; Simpleminded credulity can lead one to believe incredible tales.
-cursory: don't in a superficial or hasty manner; A cursory examination is not as thorough as it might have been.
-dictum: an authoritative or maxim; Every actor or actresses have their dictum.
-incorporate: to form into one body our functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole; To incorporate is not to take things apart.
-incredulous: not believing, skeptical, or doubting; An incredulous smile is unlikely to suggest skepticism.
-indicative: characteristic of or very much like, suggestive; Restless sleep and bad dream may be indicative of a troubled mind.

Literature Analysis- The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Part I: The book The Memory Keeper's Daughter written by Kim Edwards is about a married couple who had fraternal twins, but the girl had down syndrome and so the father, David, gave orders to the nurse, Caroline, to take the baby girl away. David had told his wife, Norah, their baby boy, Paul, was the only one to survive. Caroline bring such a kind hearted person did not want to leave the baby girl at a care place, so she kept the baby as het own and named her Pheobe. As Pheobe grew up she finally found out about her real parents and her fraternal twin brother. Caroline brought her to Norah, and she was shocked, but after David died of heart attack them three, Norah, Paul, and Pheobe lived together to catch up.

Part II: The main theme of this novel was think before you act because it will affect your future. I believe that the author chose this topic due to the possibility she was a child with sickness and was declined from the family of she might have been a mother of a special needs kid. I also believe that Edwards chose the father to decline the cold because maybe her father declined her or maybe because a newly father might have gotten scared.

Part III: I think the protagonist is dynamic braid she changes when she found out about her real parents. The protagonist is also round because she is always happy. David is another main character of the story because he is the father of Pheobe, the main character.

Part IV: The nurse symbolized the child's savior because Caroline basically rescues Pheobe from living in the care house and not ever knowing her real parents. I believe it reveals that that family of Pheobe did not know she exists except for the father.

Part V: I chose this book because I was suppose to read this book for my first assignment, but I got lazy and read The Giver that is how I came to read this book, The Memory Keeper's Daughter. What made me keep reading was when I found out that father gave away a special needs child.

Part VI: I can connect when David and Norah had babies to my cousin just had her baby. I can also connect my dad taking on a struggling kid to Caroline taking in a Pheobe with be in.

Part VII: The thing I will always remember is to take in a special needs kid when I get older.

Greek Drama: Out of Ritual Questions

1) The dancing choruses of worshippers began to competing for prizes like a bull or a goat.

2) As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysos to watch playwrights chosen by the city magistrates competed for prizes in tragedy and comedy.

3) These masks had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the actor's voices-an ancient solution to the problem resolved by microphones.

4) For Greek audiences watching Antigone, dispenser did not come from their anxiety admit what would harken next, because they already knew the story. Suspense came from their knowledge of things the characters on stage did not know.

5) Horrified by this prediction, they gave their baby to a shepherd with orders to leave the infant to die on a lonely mountainside with his ankles pinned together.

6) "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

7) Oedipus' children were Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.

8) Jocasta's brother, Creon, took over Thebes.

9) Crown considered Eteocles an ally and gave him a hero's burial, he considered Polyneices a traitor, so he decreed that his body be left unburied, to rot in the sun outside the city gates.

Antigone Quick Write

If I somehow time traveled to an island with my two dead brothers and an alive sister and my uncle declared himself as king. Also, my uncle only buried the least favorite brother of mine, but not my other brother because they fought and killed each other. I would do everything in my power to bury my other loving brother. First, I would try to convince my uncle to bury both of them by begging him. For example, I would probably bribe him with money and treasures that I will search for. Of that does not happen I will ask my sister to help me bury our brother and if she refuses I will try to manipulate her by saying that she is a disgrace to our family. Also, I would try to make her help me by telling her that I will protect her from harm and from being killed. Finally, if nothing works I will do it myself even if it kills me.

Jonathan Safran Foer Reaction Webinar

1). I think why people do not think through about the things that we eat is mainly because the food we eat was delicious. Another reason is probably because you have an empty stomach and you could technically easy anything that will satisfy your stomach. From my point of view I watch everything I eat whether it's junk food to healthy food. For example, two years ago I was at my friend house and I ate tacos and I thought it was delicious, but I didn't know it was cow tongue. After I found or about that I will never eat cow tongue.

2). I think it is good and bad that we have more food choices due to some food choices could be fake and unhealthy, for example chicken nuggets from McDonald's. It is also good that we have different food choices because we can substitute the unhealthy food for healthy food.

3). The thing that shocked me the most from "A Case of Eating dogs" is that forty-four state allows people eat dogs. I do think Foer makes a valid argument.

4). Yes I do agree with Foer that, "some animals are more equal than others." For example, pigs, cows, and cattles are slaughtered more than cats and dogs. Yes those animals are farm animals, but horses are not slaughtered.

5). I think that some cultures eat doc for good luck or because of their belief. Also, maybe because they like the taste of it.

Latin Roots #5

Roots:

- cent(i) (hundred): century, centipede, centennial, centigrade, centimeter
- cid(e), cist(e) (cut, kill): homocide, incision, suicide, scissors, circumcise
- clam, claim (cry out, declare): clamor, exclaim, proclaim, disclaim
- cord, cour (heart): accord, courage, encouraged, cordiform, cordate

Words:

- bicentennial: (related to) a celebration of a 200th anniversary; The school's bicentennial party is going to be tomorrow for the reopening.
- centenarian: a person who has lived to be 100 years old; My grandmother is a centenarian old lady.
- centurion: a Roman officer commanding 100 men; The centurion of the navy army was my cousin due to his hard work made him leader.
- clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; There was a very irritating clamorous chatter in the conference room where they discussed about the student's schedule.
- concise: covering much in few words; The student was very concise with his words.
- concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; People in the court room came to a concordance.
- cordial: of the heart, warm or friendly; The cordial old lady gave the poor boy a piece of candy.
- discordant: (sounding) harsh or inharmonious; A discordant person never gets their way because they are very rude and harsh.
- genocide: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group; The genocides eliminated the full of girls.
- incisive: keenly penetrating;
- proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors; The proclamation taught all of us kids to do good.
- reclaim: to claim again or to restore to former importance or usefulness; When the boy came to reclaim his skateboard, they had lost it so they had bought him a new skateboard.

Latin Roots #4

Roots:
- bon/boun: good
- capu/capt: head, chief, leader
- carn(i): flesh
- ced(e)/ceed/cress: go, yield, surrender and Cadice.

Words:
- accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity;
- bona fide: in good faith, genuine; The old lady rewarded the boy for doing a bona fide act.
- bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or richness; Singers bonanza by their music.
- bounteous: inclined to be generous; The bounteous girl accepted no reward for her good deeds.
- capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; The capitulation happened due to the safety of the people.
- carnage: a great slaughter, as in a battle; The great carnage between Russia and Japan was stopped by the Americans.
- carnivorous: flesh-eating, as an animal; Lions are carnivorous animals there for they are at the top of the food chain.
- incarnate: a literally, in the flesh; The incarnate was disgusting.
- intercede: to act on another's behalf; The criminal's lawyer intercede for him on trial day.
- precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model; The team used the same play every time because it was reliable and precedent.
- recapitulation: a brief repetition; After the teacher read the story a student told a capitulation of the story.
- reincarnation: a thing that is reborn; The Greeks believed in reincarnation.

Literature Analysis- The Giver

1.) A boy finding out his true self that is different from this peers. While figuring out his self he is introduced to baby Gabriel from his father's work. When he turned twelve he was chosen to be a Receiver. After a few trainings with the Giver things have suddenly changed.

2.) The Giver is about an eleven year old boy that lives in a utopia place. People there rode only bicycles and were not allowed to notice or say the differences between people, meaning you are suppose to be kind and caring. Jonas was different from his peers and so was the baby boy named Gabriel. As soon as Jonas was going to be a twelve and was chosen by the Giver to be a Reciever-in-training things have changed.

3.) I chose tis book without thinking about it, but as I got more into the book I realized that I have read this book already. I am actually glad that I chose this book because then it refreshed my memories about this book. No book is appealing to me, but I am learning to like to read by reading books that interests me the most. I kept reading this book, one because I wanted to know the events that I have forgotten when I read it and two is because it was actually a very interesting book to read.

4.) No, I did not find the book realistic because there is no such place as a utopia. There is no place where there are no worries. I connected Lily, Jonas' little sister, to my little brother, Cyril, because they are both a chatterbox. Also, they do not watch what they say.

5.) Lois Lowry uses very little figures of speech and her audience between ages 12-15 could understand. Her tone is a way where when Jonas discovers new things about himself.

6.) ·Alliteration- "Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed"(Lowry1).
·Imagery- "He only saw the abandoned bikes here and there on their sides ; an unturned wheel on one was still revolving slowly"Lowry2).
·Imagery- "Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple.
·Sensory Detail- "He passed the Childcare Center where Lily stayed after school, and the play areas surrounding it"(Lowry27).
·Hyperbole- "Pedaling rapidly down the path, Jonas felt oddly proud to have joined those who took the pills"(Lowry39).
·Hyperbole- "The audience howled with laughter"(Lowry54).
·Imagery- "He couldn't seem to stop, though for each lapse the discipline wand came again, escalating to a series of painful lashes that left marks on Asher's legs"(Lowry55).
·Symbolism- "...flattened, nearing the bottom, the sled's forward motion slowed"(Lowry82).
·Diction- "Dumbfounded, he stared at it"(Lowry93).
·Imagery- "He stared at the flat, colorful sky, bringing blue from it, and remembered sunshine until finally, for an instant, he could feel warmth"(Lowry106).

1.) -Indirect Characterization:
·"'I'm feeling apprehensive,' he confessed..."(Lowry).
·"'I enjoy the Naming,' Jonas said"(Lowry11).
-Direct Characterization
·"Jonas had been thinking already about teaching Lily"(Lowry13).
·"Jonas basically picked up an apple from the basket where the snacks were kept..."Lowry23).

2.) Yes the author's syntax and diction change when she focuses on the characters because Jonas was changing due to him becoming the Receiver.

3.) The protagonist is a static because he adapts to how different he is from his peers and changes because he has left his usual environment.

4.) Yes I did feel like my friend relates to this character. How my friend is always curious and would change to fit in.

Demeter & Persephone- Myth Cluster with the Bruthers

Characters:

~ Demeter:
· Goddess of the Harvest; can control that growth of the corps/plants
· Symbolized by the cornucopia/stalk of wheat
· Persephone's mother
· Zeus' wife
· Zeus' and Hades' sister

~ Persephone:
· Goddess of Vegetation
· A.K.A Queen of the Underworld
· Symbolized by Pomegranates

~ Hades:

· Good of the Underworld
· Zeus' and Demeter's brother
· Persephone's uncle/husband
· Owns a three-headed dog named Ceberus

Settings:

~ Grassy grills in the Nysian Mountains

Main Plot:

~ Hades claims Persephone as his wife in result Demeter gets upset that she stopped the crops that the humans grew, leading to Zeus becoming upset because he does not get his offers from the humans. As Hades reforms Persephone back to Demeter he feeds her six pomegranates seeds meaning Persephone would have to go back to the Underworld half off the year.

Main Conflict:

~ Demeter gets upset due to she wants Persephone back from Hades therefore she stopped the crops from growing leading to many dead humans and Zeus not getting his offers.

This Myth Attempts to Explain:

~ How tell seasons came to be. For example, Autumn and winter are the times when Persephone is with Hades. Summer and spring are the time when Persephone is with Demeter.

Yasss👉 Bruthers: Candice Joy Corpuz & Analiese Ramirez

Latin Words #3

Roots:
-aud(it) (hear): audience, auditorium, audition
-avi (bird): aviation, aviculture, aviatrix
-bell(i) (war): rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum
-ben(e) (good, well): benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison

Vocab:
-antebellum: before, especially the American Civil War, typical of how things were before any war; The antebellum of the world has completely changed.
-audit: to check or examine a company's financial records; The man very closely audit the man's company due to he was very suspicious.
-auditory: related to the sense or hearing; My cousins auditory had lots of wonderful comments on the performances.
-avian: characteristic of or pertaining to birds;
-aviary: an elaborate structure for housing birds; The bird house that my neighbor built was such a beautiful aviary.
-avionics: the technology of using electronic equipment in aviation, missilery, and space flight; The soldiers attacked the Germans with avionics and won the battle.
-bellicose: eager to fight or quarrel; hostile; The bellicose thief gave the cop a black eye.
-belligerency: the condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action; The student took a belligerency action towards the bully.
-benefactor: a person who gives another financial help; a patron; The benefactor was very helpful for the poor man who had financial problems.
-beneficiary: one who receives a benefit (of payment), as from an insurance policy; The beneficiary man received $100 every month due to he was laid off.
-benign: not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured; The nice benign woman was very proper when she drank her coffee.
-inaudible: unable to be heard; The movie became inaudible on my favorite part because my friend sat on the remote.