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This image represents how Pip's life is a winding road, but when Mr. Jaggers comes to tell Pip that he is finally going to be a gentleman, Pip's life has made one curve in a completely different direction. As the plot continues to move forward, his path becomes more winding and he leaves his apprenticeship behind.

Great Expectations: The 1st stage

I think Pip is referring to the days you live and the "iron or gold, of thorns or flowers..." represents the quality of the days and the formations of those days put together forming a "chain of events" so to speak. This day has altered him because he feels he can trust Joe in a whole new way and that Joe will love him no matter what he says even though he might get upset over the fact that Pip lies and gets him overexcited, he is still not mad at him. This day has altered him by changing his views of Joe and many other people who seem to believe him so well. His experience at Miss Havisham's was a once in a life time event for him. It's not everyday you get asked to play with someone. He seemed to have had one of those days that you feel you have refreshed yourself and can suddenly start over.

On one fourth of july night, my mother and i were sitting in this lawn chair in our front yard. My father and a few of his friends were lighting fireworks in the street because we lived on a culdasack kind of street. One of the fireworks wasn't working. It tipped over and was pointing right at the chair my mother and I were sitting in. She quickly picked me up right before it shot underneath the chair. Once my mother and I got inside, I started crying. From now on I hate fireworks and i cannot stand them and i always have to cover my ears. I think this has altered my life by making me more aware to my surroundings when things seem dangerous

Group Essay

I'm writing about dishonesty's significance to the play and the title. The three points I am making are the significance to the play, significance of small lies, and the significance of big lies. For the first point, my concrete detail is "....the vital Importance of Being Earnest." said by Jack on pg. 90. For the second point, my concrete detail is "...the same list of eligible men as Duchess of Bolton." said by Lady Bracknell on pg. 23. For the third point, my concrete detail is "My poor brother Earnest is carried off suddenly in Paris..." said by Jack on pg. 29. My commentary supports thesis by answering the main points of the prompt and supports the previous 5 part paragraphs. For each commentary, I describe why the concrete details show significance to the play.

Point 1 commentary: When Jack realizes all of his lying is resolved into a simple moral. It creates a moralistic tone to the play.

Point 2 commentary: Lady Bracknell's lying creates her character and tell the reader that she is very moralistic. A character's dishonesty in the play has a significance to the play because it helps develop their character.

Point 3 commentary: Jack's lying creates the whole plot of the play. This has a significance to the play because it creates even more of a moralistic tone about being someone you are not.

Animal Farm Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ocOZE3pUc

Poetry Out Loud Performances

Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins (performance by Carolyn Rose Garcia)

Her performance was done well. She did well on level of difficulty and evidence of understanding. She conveys the meaning of the poem by making inflections in her voice, changing the pace of delivery and tone which strongly communicates this poem to the audience. Her soft sweet voice made the poem very easy to understand and interpret.

In this poem, the author describes things that would not normally be called beautiful such as the hide of a cow or the coals of a fire. In the beginning of the poem he describes what things he thinks are dappled such as the blue and white sky, and the colors of a trout. He then goes on to explain that the wings of a finch multicolored as well as the lands of men whether they are planted and green or freshly plowed. Lastly it describes man and his rich diversity in materials and equipment. In the last part of the poem he attaches a moral meaning to them. It then becomes an apology to the abnormal things he described before. He then says that they are not all thought beautiful by all. He then explains that they are all creations of god which then points to unity.

Mockingbird Motif

The book To Kill a Mockingbird has enhance my understanding the meaning of the word "motif" by giving multiple meanings to one motif. Such as the mockingbird motif. There were many people you could say were associated to the mockingbird motif such as Boo Radley or Tom Robinson. The mockingbird motif is a repeating meaning that represents innocence throughout the book. Then came the idea of "If you kill a mockingbird, it's a sin." So to kill something innocent, it would be like killing a mockingbird.

It's level of meaning is layed thickly in the book. Such as when Boo Radley came out of his house in the last few chapters of the book. Boo Radley seemed more innocent than Jem and Scout would've thought. The motif also came through after Tom Robinson's death, Mr. Underwood wrote that it was like senseless killing a songbird. The mockingbird motif added a great deal of symbolic meaning giving the book literal meaning and a deep meaning.

Life Lessons

When me and my friend Mikaela were in this little quarrel, my mother told me: "Friends come and go, but family is forever."At first I really didn't consider it being a vital thing to resort to. When me and my friends fight got to the point where we were spreading nasty rumors about eachother, I decided to actually talk to my mother about it and how she could help me fix this relationship.

She listened very well to what I had to say. She said that she could sit me and Mikaela down and we could talk and reason out our problems. I said that was a very reasonable idea. It turns out we ended up talking to eachother before we were all supposed to sit down and talk to each other. We told eachother we were sorry and that we would never fight like this again. I find this life lesson to be very true and I feel that I have learned this the hard way.