Unit Four :Modernism

1. Create a new post on your blog called "Unit Four", and then explain which of the above standards you have had the most difficulty mastering. Make specific references to the work you have done in this class in your response.



~~~I have the most difficulty with ELAALRL5 because vocabulary is a big thing for me and i really don't adapt to new words that easily. In unit 3 i had to read The Raven and it was full of words that I didn't know





I choose the Jazz Age because music is a big thing for me so looking into this category will give me some more knowledge on music and where it came from. I think music was a big movement during this time because it was a time where a lot of people were dying and they could express their feelings and emotions through the songs.





3. Read the story that coresponds to the theme you chose. Chose a topic according to your interests, not the length of the story. Choosing a story because of its length is not the wisest way to approach this assignment.

"there are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion” was my favorite part because diamond are my best friend and people thought if you had diamonds that you were wealthy but for him to say that they are a disilliousion is like saying they are unimportant and meaning less and I agree with that because they are just simple possession.

~~~Richard Corey-people thought he was doing great in his life because he was rich but they didn’t realize that even though you’re rich you can still have problems."In fine, we thought that he was everything" they seemed to believe he was without flaws. but even the wealth people have problems "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head"so it shows that no matter how rich you are in money that your not always happy.

~~~Robert frost-well this didn’t make much sense to me but what i did understand was that his neighbor wanted to build a fence because i guess it was supposed to make them better neighbors but the only time they even talked is when they were repairing the fence after the hunters destroyed it.” He will not go behind his father’s saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.” so I think his dad once told him that and to remember his fathers words he does so by making a fence.

~~~Langston Hughes- "My soul has grown deep like the rivers" and that he is an old soul he’s been through and seen a lot of things” he bathed in the Euphrates river" that’s like saying they were the first people around and that he built a life in many ways before other had even noticed.

~~~Courtee Cullen-"And so I smiled, but he poked outHis tongue, and called me, "Nigger"was the first thing that caught my eye which i think is ridiculous and rude the little boy was just trying to be nice and smile friendly but the Baltimorean had to be a jerk and call him that. its sad that he was there for so many months but that one incident was all he remembered. it somewhat shows how people have changed from the to now.

Unit Three

ELAALRL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents.


~~~This standard is dealing with a lot of writing, i will have to write essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents to demonstrate what the question is asking.


Short review


*Original Sin - is sin that is past down from Adam and even....


**Transcendentalists did not believe in original sin they believed that everyone was completely pure and was a part of God.....


Which side of the divide do you fall? Are you closer to being a Transcendentalist or a Dark Romantic? Explain your answer with a short paragraph....


I fall closer to the Dark Romantic because I agree with them about the fact that everybody have insanity inside of them all they have to do is want to to bad and they would do. They don't need God to be there to make every decision for them they can use their own mind just like everybody else....

Write a 2-3 paragraph response to the story you read. You should explain what you thought of the story as well as how well it illustrates how the Dark Romantics disagreed with the Transcendentalists. You need to provide at least a line or two of direct textual evidence from the story you chose to prove your claim.

I like the story because I learned about the symbol of death and that you cant run from death or evil because it is going to always be there not matter what. Like in the story they lock their self in the castle to stay away from the red death which symbolized evil and death but even in the castle there was a room that was all black and at night it was red so even tho they ran from the red death the still didn't get a way from it...

The Dark Romantics disagreed with the Transcendentalists in a way that is very likely in these times. Dark Romantics believed that you cant not run from death and evil for ever you will reach them sooner or later. Dark Romantics used the Red Death to symbol evil and the red and black room for death so the prince (which represented the Transcendentalists) tried to run away from the Black death by locking their self in a castle but even then they wasn't rid of the the evil because later on in the story the red death got in the castle and killed the prince. So basically you can't run from evil or death you will have to in counter them both eventually.....

5) This poem was about a man who wife died named Lenore. He is visited by a raven named Nevermore that comes in his house and basically tells him that he will never get his mind off his wife and that they he will never get to hold her again. the raven is a symbol for death and sorrow. A line that stuck out to me was " And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, on the pallid of Pallas just above my chamber door;" because when the man died the raven was still there.

This was a example of anti-Transcendentalist because the whole story/video was about the man trying to get over his wife and wondering why the raven was in his house. A Transcendentalist would have left it up to god to make him feel better. but he asked questions and did thangs to try to get rid of his problems."Deep into that darkness peering, long i stood there wondering, fearing,....","tell me why thy lordly name in on the Night's Plutonium shore!".

Raven was a symbol it represented death and sorrow..." What this grim, ungainly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore".

I am using standards by

~~~Recognizing symbols and what they stand for "Raven was a symbol it represented death and sorrow"

~~~Using edvence to prove what i have wrote...

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Halloween II

Written by Chris Beaumunt, Halloween II is one of the best, if not the best horror movies to ever hit the movie theatre. It is about a killer named Michael Myers who kills to get what and who he wants. Of the reasons I think this is the best is because: it has reasons for what charters are doing; it has great graphics; and also it has a moral or theme, something most movies do not have.

Previous Halloween movies always seemed to start from a really random place that has no relation to the ending of the last movie. Chris Beaumunt takes viewers twenty years back to the beginning to show viewers how everything got to the point when the movie starts. For example; before I saw the movie I thought Michael Myers killed his mother, but really his sister killed their mother.

Halloween has had many movies that all have been pretty good with the exception of a few things that Michael Myers had the ability to do—for example when Michael Myers was trying to kill someone they would be running full speed for periods of time and Michael would be walking and he would just pop in front of them. This really made the movie unbelievable and hard to relate it to a real life situation. Halloween II has many scenes and situations that are all believable – the fact that everything that Michael Myers does can be done in real life is what made it really good.

Graphics in this movie are great. Viewers can see everything just as it is. Blood looks real and the injuries are realistic, unlike the other Halloween movies. For example, in the old Halloween, Michael Myers and this black guy were fighting on the roof, and Michael Myers hit the victim’s head right off his shoulders—now how many people can hit heads off of people’s shoulders. Now Halloween II has a scene where Michael Myers stomped a trash talking individual in the face. Viewers could see all the cuts and bruises caused from the stomp out.

A theme is what a lot of movies lack. Michael Myers was not killing for any reason; he was killing to get to his sister Angel Myers. He wasn’t trying to kill her, rather he was looking for her to let her know who she was. She was in an adopted family, and she did not know her family because she killed her mom when she was a child .They blamed it on her brother, Michael since he was already killing people. Michael Myers was getting to old so it was time to let Angel take it place in killing.

Having a moral, meaning and a strategy are all of the main factors of having a great movie. Chris Beaumont put all of these factors in this movie, therefore Halloween is one of the best movies to hit the movie theater. Having real life experiences that enable the audience to put themselves in Michael Myers’ place allows them to think and have a good guess about what he is going to do next. For example, a clip from the movie was behind a strip club where Michael beat up the bouncer and walked in and killed the workers. People can do this in real like because he did not have any powers, and he wasn’t doing anything outrageously complex.

Several horror movies do not really stand up to Halloween II in many ways. Other movies lack morals and meaning like Pulse. Pulse is based on a computer virus but it have no real meaning; like a virus kills a lot of people but it doesn’t tell the watchers why. Halloween II has everything that horror movies need to be on top. Suspense, moral, actuality, and graphics are the biggies that all good horror movies have.

The Transcendentalists

~Response to the story is that I don’t really agree whit him when he say the when you go out the house to somewhere else by yourself you feel better I thank when you go somewhere to get over some thing you should be around someone that can help you with things that you are feeling. I really think playing a sports or a fun activity that will make you feel better. I agree with him when he says that nature don’t always make you feel better. "To go into solitude, a man needs to retire much from his chamber [room] as from society.

This is a good piece of Transcendentalists because they talk to GOD and take a great joy in nature. They believe that GOD spoke to the through there body and work. They also believe that nature was a cheerer upper…lol. He was changing from one person to a being that what was part God. He says “I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God.”


~Response to Self-Reliance it is about a man being influenced in ways that are not good because GOD want you to do and be one thang but you are influenced into doing other things. I am not influence because i like being different and the way i act and dress is my main way of being the one and only Roc Swain. This was the main argument because people do get influenced easily because people worry about what others are going to say, so they change to look good in other people eyes.

This is a good example because GOD speak to people through their mind and work. God tells you how to act and how not to act but people can get easily disturbed and go another way by acting the way others want you to."a man is relieved and gay when he has put heart into his work and done his best, otherwise shall give him no peace.


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"the request is most request is conformity. self-reliance is its aversion."
this is true statement because Dick do not try to fit in by doing what others are doing he relie on his self.
In the movie the old man went by his self to the middle of nowhere and spent about 35 years of his life. Where he learned to depend on his self by having to build his own house and have to catch and cook his own food.

ELAALRL2

1) ELAALRL2--Student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding

~This says that you will have to break the subject down and learn about it, you will also have to apply knowledge in your work using evidence to go with what you have already.

~Theme is basically the moral or the meaning of the story.


2) What about the story did you find particularly Romantic?

~That fact that Rip Van Winkle is a regular person and he acheives greats things....."I
have observed that he was a simple good-natured man; he was, moreover,
a kind neighbor, and an obedient hen-pecked husband."

~And when Rip slept for 20 years straight...."One taste provoked
another; and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his
senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually
declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.--On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen."

3) Does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism?





Focus on Imagination
~ Imagining that your beard can kill you

• “Bryant died in 1878 when his beard swallowed him while he was sleeping”

Celebration on Nature
~ Saying how beautiful nature really is

• “The golden sun,
  The planets, all the infinite host of heaven,
  Are shinning on the sad abodes of death
  Through the still lapse ages.”

Promotion on common people
~they are all real people they get sick and die





4)Take a moment to review the Georgia Performance Standards we have studied so far:



ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.

• I had to comprehend/ understand the videos to get evidence to prove the theme of it.

ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding.

• breaking the
  

ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods

Unit Two Standards

Analytical Writing

Cell phones have come a long way from being regular basic phones since they were invented in 1947. Cell phones are communication devices that know days do so much more with technology they did in the past. They can be used to browse the web, talk to people, and play games, text, and use applications such as music players and calendars to keep your schedule organized. You can also run your business from your cell. The four features that I think are the most valuable are the talking, texting, web browsing, and calendar.

Mobile Web Browsing is a unique feature that cell phones have. It’s like you have your own computer in your pocket but It all depends on what kind of phone you have such as smart phones are the names of them. You can surf the web and use MySpace and Facebook or any other messaging websites to talk and connect with people. Some people even apply for jobs and houses on the mobile web. Two phones that are really good at browsing the web are the I-phone and the Blackberry Storm -- both are fully touch screen and they have a one of in kind keyboard that’s switches to what they call qwerty witch is a full keyboard when you turn it.

Texting is a unique feature that 99% of all phones have. You can keep in touch with all your friends and family. Most phone services have unlimited text for a reasonable price, this feature let u talk to people without talking to them directly voice to voice. For most people texting is more convenient because you don’t have to spend that much time and all you have to do is text what you want to say and that’s all. It’s good in meetings so you can still say what you have to say without saying it interrupting the meeting. Phones that are good at texting are the phones that have the full keyboard they are especially made for texting.

Calendar is a less used feature I am pretty sure that all phone have. This feature is used to keep up with your schedule. This comes in handy with people that can’t remember thing and also it is use to keep individuals organized. You can keep records of when things happened like Anniversaries very special meeting and up coming events. Phones that are good with this feature is all phones but especially the phones with keyboards so you can write it fasted and they would keep your entrance so you would use it on the regularly.

Finally, talking this is the one feature that is most used by most of the cell phone users. This feature lets you talk to any one in where in the world. There are restrictions and they are your service provider T-Mobile, Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon uses the minutes witch are not free until 9 o’clock. Other phone carriers like Metro and Boost Mobile are unlimited talk without extra money out your pocket. All phones have this feature the phone that I recommend is a phone that have speaker and one that is comfortable after holding after a while of talking.
Well those are all the features that people use on the regular bases. From my opinion I think either the talk or the text is the best feature because it is easier to keep up with others. The phone that I recommend is the blackberry Storm because it has good use in all the features above and many more.