Macbeth

In the begining of Macbeth we talked about Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's relationship, the characters in Macbeth, the witches, how we were going to figure out what they were saying because of the Shakspear language, and of course that there is a lot of blood in this play. I know that blood is gory but it makes several appearances in Macbeth. We see this throughout the play because Macbeth kills a lot of people and there are several times when they talk about blood. It all starts when he kills Duncan because after he killed him he had to keep killing people, including his best friend, to get what he wanted, which was to be king.Throughout this book, there is several murders and a battle at the end against Macbeth. Also towards the end Lady Macbeth starts sleep walking to try to get rid of the blood so the blood also comes back to haunt them.

Reading Log:
5/6/14- The Fault in our Stars: 60mins
5/8/14- The fault in our Stars:60 mins

Quotes from Macbeth

A quote that I found important in the three Acts we have read so far is "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success;" This is a quote from Act 1 and it is Macbeth's sililoque about whether or not he should kill Duncan. He is saying to himself that if he were to kill Duncan it would have to be quick because if he gets caught doing it, it would be okay for the next to be king to kill him. It matters to this play because in this play he ends up killing Duncan that leads to many other deaths.

When he kills Duncan it leads to more deaths like the death of his best friend, Banquo. A quote I found important in the killing of Banquo is " O treachery! Fly, good Florence. fly, fly, fly! Thou mayst revenge- O slave!" This was what Banquo said before he died to his son Florence. This shows that Florence is still alive and the profecy that the witches gave him about his son being kings still can come true.

Spring Break

This Spring Break was by far the best break I have had this year. For the first part of it I went with my family to our lake house in Mississippi and celebrated Easter there. While we were there we had a fishing tournament between my family. The teams were Clark and I against my sister Rachel and my dad. Rachel and my dad ended up winning but it was still fun. We also went tubing even though the water was way to cold. While we were there we got to hang out with our friends, the Smiths, and our family. We had a lot of fun!

For the other part of my spring break I went with Estelle to Seaside. The water was so pretty and the weather was perfect! One night we biked to the red bar in Grayton Beach and biked all around water color the next day. We hung out a lot at the beach and we saw lots of people we knew. It was so much fun!

Reading log:

4/21/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/25/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 1 hour 

4/26/14- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: 30 mins

Statements

3) Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature.
I agree with this statement because I believe that everyone is capable of lying and betraying someone. I also believe that people have a mean side to them it just depends on who they show it to.

4) Who we are-- our essential character and temperament-- is fixed and unchangeable. I strongly disagree with this because I believe that a person could change if they wanted to and tried hard enough.


Reading Log:
4/7/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas:  45 mins
4/9/14: the Boy in the Stripped pajamas: 45 mins
4/10/14: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas: 30 mins

Reading Log

2/17/14- That Fault in our Stars- 30mins
2/18/14-The Fault in our stars-40mins
2/19/14-The Fault in our Stars-20mins
2/20/14-The fault in our stars- 30mins

Analyzing a Song

For this post I decided to analyze the song Smile by Uncle Kracker. Uncle Kracker uses several great techniques in his song. His song is a very happy, light song because he uses sibilance. You can tell he uses sibiliance because he says " You make me smile like the sun." He also has the happy and light effect because he uses euphony. He uses this when he says "I'm lucky just to linger in your light." He also uses onomatopoeia when he says words like "buzz". His purpose in this song was to be a happy song and tell us about how his loved one makes him feel.

Link to lyrics:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/unclekracker/smile.html

Reading times:
1/10/14- 10 mins- "Split"
1/11/14-10 mins- "Perks of being a wildflower"
1/12/14- 10 mins- "The fault in our stars"
11/12/14- 50 mins- "the fault in our stars"
11/13/14- 30 mins - "the fault in our stars"
11/14/14- 40 mins- "the fault in our stars

Winter Wonderland Poem

As I wanderously walked outside

I could feel the crisp cold wind

touch my chilled cheeks.

Crushing the icy snow with my feet,

I watching my frozen but joyful puppies

dash in the crunchy white ice.

As i looked up at the brilliant sky,

delivering this chilling day,

I saw small snowflakes falling,

sending excitement through my body

that there would be no school tomorrow.

In the back of my mind I wanted to go inside

and drink my warm hot chocolate 

with mini marshmallows,

but I didn't want to leave this winter wonderland.

techniques:

I used consonance

I used cacophony

I used enjambment