My Mad Dream of an Essay

Remember that time you ate that spicy [chile] just before you went to bed on the night before the big [Dance Competition?  Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election.  When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the [all the] details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you now.

The dream started badly.  You were in line with your family at Santa Maria Burgers] waiting to be sent to Mexico].  Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect [Donald Dumb], looking like a crazy [pig] who could eat a whole [noun].  

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you, "[Malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy ]."  You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to [go on board with the situation].  But it wasn't easy.  First you had to put on a fancy [clothes] and [name tag] and then you had make a [line] to go back in time to the [election day] so you could convince people to learn about the candidates and the [political issue you care about most].

But right there in the [public place] there was a giant [man and it started [looking at everyone.  People started to [go crazy].  You grabbed a [microphone] from a nearby [store] and yelled [we need to calm down and not make a mistake and vote say something , analyze the consequences and make sure that we wont regret not voting ].  Everyone stopped and listened, so you kept going.

The Speech

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today, to discuss the actions in our society and in life and what I say may help you or not help you understand the consequences that we commit as humans. I read, a story called the ''sound of thunder" where Eckles one of the characters from this story goes back in time and just kills one specific animal and this impacts him in life and his society because he goes,  back to the present time and realizes that the president that he thought got elected doesn't get elected, due to that one specific change; you all may be wondering why this story matters.  This story matters because we just when through an election where there was two candidates Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton. I don't know if you guys knew that but if you didn't I very disappointed because the first candidate is nuts and the second candidate well, is not as nuts as the other one. I'm saying this because those who had the opportunity to vote didn't vote because they were scare, or due to whatever reason you had. Well, I think your perspective is stupid on not voting because there's people in the world who would kill to vote, but they don't because they don't have the opportunity to vote, but those who do don't vote; Like Seriously!! Be Self- Reliant. Lets all make wise choses by just simply choosing to vote.  A wise man said, " malice & vanity wear the coat of philanthropy.'' Emerson, Self- Reliant. This is my favorite quote from this essay, it matters because it describe the quality of life and how its evil and also with great pride; the essay also describes to speck up and make our world a better place. Now let me tell you a little story about me, as a child I was bullied all through my elementary years. I will get kicked, other children will call me names, others made fun of me, and sometimes I will get beat up from them. I will get home and my mom would ask, "how was school today"and I responded same as yesterday with a sigh. Now I'm not saying this so you can feel sorry for me. I'm saying this because I could of stop myself from being bullied all my elementary years I could have been Self- Reliant and speak up, and have the chance to tell an adult as the same for speaking up to vote and making the decision to vote because we all want what's best for our country, children, family, and us.  As I mention before ," malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy" and it is true as I mention in my short story evil and pride is the clue to the qualities of life how being bullied can be shown as: evil, and speaking up can be shown as: pride. Overall making the choice for what is good for our country, ourselves, and those around us have to do with speaking up and never letting the silence of the world catch on to you because it can be tricky and instead of being a follower be a doer and next time when elections come I would like to see everyone who has the opportunity to vote. TO JUST VOTE!!!! So that our society and life can be less complicated by speaking up and making that change. 

Today I'm a Good Human

Today I'm a good human because I just took care of the most annoying children ever!!! Its funny because I love children , trust me they are so cute I love children but when it comes to my brothers and cousins well you can say OMG their so annoying they don't listen to you and then when it comes to other children they're obedient and so adorable I like playing with them but then when it comes to my brothers and cousins well lets say that is not as fun and then they get annoying, but even though they can be annoying at the end of the day I love them and I care for them is just the words I love children and that's what  gives me passion to become a Pediatrician so, today I'm  a good human for taking care of my family.

Literature Analysis

My literature analysis is going to be on a book of a 8th grader you may be asking why I'm going to do it on a book of an 8th grader well you see I saw my brother reading this book and it was a series. For my brother to read is weird he doesn't read so I been observing him everyday he shows up with a different book from the same series is I decided to read one of them and then I realize why it was so interesting for him so here it goes.......
Bluford Series


My literature Analysis
Book: Search for Safety

Author: John Langan (Bluford Series)

1. What the book, " Search for Safety " by Paul Langan is about a boy name Ben who lives with an abusive father and a mother who lets the father push them around and sometimes Ben goes to his room without eating. In the beginning Ben life was less complicated until his dad loses his job and starts drinking and then starts getting abuse he try's to work so he can provide himself food and suddenly his da realize that he has been working because he sees food on Bens room and then the abusive father takes away the money because he realize that he has been hiding it. Towards the end we realize that Bens Mom is tired with the abusement and her and Ben go to Their Grandma house and by the end of the chapter we see that Bens dad get arrested and Ben continues being responsible and a sweet boy.

2.  The theme of this book is giving up and towards the end is about giving a fresh start to your life in the beginning we see giving up the reason for this is because Ben would always get put down by his father he would try his best to avoid him and Ben at a point was just tired of life so he would tend to be another type of person instead of being the sweet , caring , and hard working person. At the end Ben becomes a person who moves on and he starts wit a fresh start. The reason why because his father ends up in jail and he and his mom started a new life with a new home and Ben became happy.

3. The authors tone was intense because he wrote in such in a passionate way the way he uses dyntax to make us feel the way the character feels and the detail way he explains stuff and the fiction on how he uses it and then impact in with reality that there's people who suffer everyday abusement.

     How do I imagine the author I imagine him as a person who is sitting on table writing without stopping due to a article they read in other words imagining what Bens life could've been.

5. Literature Techniques (Devices)

    1. Dyntax

        The author uses dyntax throughout the book when he explains the sound affect he makes us imagine what the author is saying and also the way the character feels

    2. Personification

       " And if he doesn't act soon, it could swallow him and his mother forever "

       The reason why is personification is because acting cant swallow their mother or Ben and its giving acting a human quality.

 

well................ now I know why these books are interesting for my brother.

Socratic Seminar Discussions

The last Socratic seminar that I remember was the discussion about the big questions I remember that we had five different questions from five different people and we talked about perfection in life, how would the world do if we were more critical, why do we invest etc. and then we got into small groups and talk about ideas on how to answer our question .

Ideas For Project

My Ideas for my project at first was to cook something and interpret that with Emerson Essay was saying I also had the idea of creating a poster that which will help me understand the quotes and find the main ideas of what Emerson is talking about. Another idea was to do a PowerPoint and then talk about Emerson and my last idea was to create a video and create what Emerson is saying in play.

My Project

My ideas for my project was to do a poster in which I did I did two posters I did a poster on quotes and opinion and I did my poster because it help me understand what Emerson was saying

I chose this picture for my project because Emerson is saying that he wants everyone to be self- Reliant that the world would be a better place.

The reason why I put these elements( pictures) because Emerson's talks about love, time, nature, and religion are his main ideas.

Ideas For A Classroom

1. quote wall
2. art designs wall
3. another idea can be something that each of us like and put on the wall anything that you would like to see in a wall
4. silly wall

My Opinion

Well in my opinion I'm tired!!

ok that's just an excuse how do I know because even though I'm tired I know that I have to do all my posts that I have to do it either way. I'm glad that I only need about twenty five posts and I'm hating it because all the post that I have to do are the ones that I didn't do in August and the reason for this is because I procrastinated and I still wasn't getting the hang of having other AP classes and other things that was going on so I didn't do those posts but when I stopped procrastinating and got the hang I got my posts done so (yay!!!)

I honestly don't see the whole point of doing all those posts but in my opinion what's the whole point of doing it if many of us are probably going to catch up to all the posts to get the grade but we are not going to learn anything and the whole point of doing it is to learn something from the post and then others are just going to post whatever to get the post that they need to because their grade matters

So...............................

I honestly think what's the whole point and for example I'm posting a post about my opinion so that's my opinion

VIGENETTE IN TIME

 I think to myself more often as a young adult, compare to when I was a child. I do this a lot more often I think that it is just the impact of life when your a child they tend to do everything for you, feed you, provide you food on the table, but once you become a young adult (adolescent) you have that impact where you have to think for yourself when you make mistakes you learn from them and we tend to not make the same mistakes. In my opinion being a child is being great you don't have responsibilities, you don't have to care for no one. For example when I was two I remember that my mom left a big jar of peanut butter open and I got up with my little feet up the table and I dip my hand in their and covered my self with it. ( It was funny!!). When my mom got back she was just laughing at me, but if your a young adult you have to take care of your little brothers be the example for them. For example I remember when I was 14,I was suppose to clean the house and make breakfast before my mom came home and instead of doing what she asked me to do she came home and well, lets say that she was mad and then from there she gave me multiples lectures that I'm becoming a young adult and that I have to learn how to be independent and understand that I'm not child. I guess my vignette in time is always thinking to myself gosh I wish I was a child and stay as a child, but then throughout the day we learn that it is just the beauty of life all those stages of life when your born you are a baby, then a child , adolescent , and then crap you realize your an adult!!!

Well, if you ask me I think that it is just the beauty of life and we have to learn that life keeps on going and that we have to figure things out.

 

Vocabulary #3

Catharsis

Def: the process of releasing and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Syn: relief, release

Sentence: Dr. Preston talked about catharsis and how we use our sense to words to tend to give up and get frustrated.

Taboo

Def: a social religious custom prohibiting or forbidding  discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association particular person place or a thing  

Syn: prohibition, veto

Sentence: Using taboo in language is very powerful it identifies the problem

EMERSONS CHILD

               In life we have many different opinions that lead us to believe the people who we are, we want to be, and how do we stand up for ourselves at least that's what I believed. In school what do they tell us believe in yourself, you can be whatever you want or who you want to be if you commit and BELIEVE. I personally think that we hear this all over school and people like Emerson, I think is great that they do have that perspective believing in yourself or just the fact that you can be successful in life and it is true; you may be wondering who is Emerson and what he has to do with this well Emerson is an author who wrote a letter on Self- Reliance 2 which we might know what the letter might be about "yourself." In the letter we see that Emerson is a man with good perspectives a person who wants society to be good by every single person believing in themselves. A great place where he might pursue the quality of Self- Reliance is in school with children and teenagers where Emerson can prepare them during career aspirations, goals, after High School and how would Emerson view that specific High School.

                 If Emerson owned a high school it will be about Self - Reliance. I know this because he mentions to live with qualities of life, Philanthropy, and he also mentions God a lot. In addition, if Emerson would go off to a High school where there is hundreds of students and sees the different type of people that are in a High school he would be loss to hear all the career aspirations. The reason for this is because many teenagers have different perspectives and opinions that may not be on what Emerson agrees on. Emerson might  be that type of guy that might change your perspective on what you think in your career, but if he does wouldn't it be funny for him to try to change perspectives if he personally says in his essay that you should be free to express on what you believe in and what your opinions are and to not follow no one to be a doer and not a follower. Due to this in his essay he expresses the fact of love, time, and God, which help us understand his point of you about his essay and how he might give us advice to prepare us for career aspirations. Moreover he might advice us to step up and ask questions, be a role model, believe in yourself that everything is possible, and never be afraid to be wrong. Emerson might give you advice to prepare you for the real world that is full of crap and how it can bring you down. Overall Emerson will prepare you for career aspirations by giving you advice and preparing you for the real world.

                The way that Emerson will view goals is the way we learn and what are children or teens main goals. Emerson world is more view with God, nature, and the quality of life. Emerson in my opinion would want to know why you want to make those goals and what would happen if you don't. First, of all Emerson would want to teach you that life is great and that you have to take chances and take that risk, and stand up for yourself that if everyone does that your whole life is going to be a whole lot easier due to the circumstance that people will make the right choice and be Self- Reliant; but in a further note Emerson says all these wonderful thing but then yet people in the world do not apply all those great things that Emerson says. This explains a lot; so Emerson perspectives on goals and how education can help you by being that person that can make a change for the world and how you can help people know that anything is possible.
           
                 

              In addition the great question is that how would Emerson want us to learn or how to pursue? The way that Emerson would use his essay to teach us the power of his essay and diction is to be Self- Reliant and by this he would want us to be philanthropy, virtues, self- existence, self- trust, the word of Jesus, and the law of nature. In my opinion I think that he will teach these perspectives because these great concepts mention above stop you from being tempted they make you think twice before doing it and I think it is very important because it shows you how life can be rough through very difficult times or anytime at all. I specifically think that Emerson will teach us how to understand life and what we need to do for a great life.

               Overall  Emerson on Self- Reliance to make us understand the point of views of life and how life is short and makes you believe that anything is possible as long as you commit to it.

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AN EARTH SHATTERING FART

Emerson Presentations Day

 Lesley Presentation:
- she related the Emerson essay with music
- she also stated her point of view

Katrina Presentation:
- she cut up different words and pictures and tape them to a poster
- it help her express what Emerson wanted to say

Caesar  Presentation :
- his presentation was on how to be a genius
- ex: Kayne West
- not letting society influence you
- it is to live in the worlds opinion

Jacquie's Presentation:
- Quotes that stood out to her ex: quotes of life from the essay
- Reminded her of a quote from Instagram

Ale & Rosie's Presentation:
- Jar & an egg?
- Their was a quote that stood out to them and gave them the idea of an egg
- two eggs one egg represents falling apart & Just the pealing off of the egg
- what you chose to be crushed or peeled

Lily Presentation:
-rustle sprouts
- believing in yourself
- rustle sprouts believe in themselves
- Judgement
- nobody likes them
- song:" believing in themselves"

Paloma Presentation
Paloma had her presentation about a poster about a human and she had different quotes about why she drew the pictures and what symbol she use to represent her quote and how that interprets with the quality of life
Cast of violence on the rocks and many other quotes how the essay from Emerson made him think and how to be yourself

Abby & Peter Presentation
- music
-interacted with Emerson by the way he explains to change the world

Bridget Presentation
- explain her most 5 important quotes
- related it with her own life & perspective

Cerenity, Adriana, & Clemente Presentation
- Boxes had quotes that interpret the quotes
- refer them as cake
- The view of how we see things
- and the reason why we tend to go at the one that looks better

Stephania Presentation
- had her poster fill of quotes that she found interesting
-try to be different
- let society see who you are
- don't be afraid to be yourself
- style will not matter but who you are
- quote by: Eric Hanson stood out

Jordan & Fatima
- Did a collage of quotes by CD's and what they found important
-society does only people do what they want to hear

Leydi's Presentation
- made a video that explain the quotes
- What I must do is al that... "ex; Donald Trump ( wrong )
-"envy is ignorance.." ex : Kayne West
- " every heart vibrates to iron string," ex: Michelle Obama
- " what we love we..." ex: Adele
- " love  yourz " J- Cole " the good news & the bad news"
Alexis Presentation
- BE YOURSELF
- OWN BELIEF
-NO DRUGS
-SLUGISH, STUPID OR UNCONCERN

Angel Presentation
- The honest truth: to be yourself ( complex)
- Don"t follow society
- Be confident  ( that we are scare to believe in yourself)
- Be who you want to be

Cayla's Presentation
- YouTube video
- do not seek outside yourself ex: storm( society) & inside ( yourself)
- Trust thyself
- liked Paloma analogy

"Emerson for the Young Buck"

            What I learn about the essay, " Self Reliance, " during the Socratic seminar the first day was that the essay has the perspective of motivation that when people read something they seem to change and when we hear motivation quotes, ideas or people that have different perspectives is that 8they are going to change and our world is going to be a better place. In addition two this we were talking about quotes that got our attention or that had to do with the main idea of self- reliance. Well the perspective of Emerson is that practically that the world is made up of beautiful colors all we have to do is make a change that everyone will do but we have to be real with ourselves that is not going to happen. Well my favorite quote is the one that, " vanity and malice wear the quote of philanthropy." This quote just gave the main idea of the essay explains the significant human quality which creates what Emerson wants to say on self- reliance.

Emerson Said It

5  Quotes (Self- Reliance)

1. Quote: "malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy"

• This is a significant quote because it explains the "love and humanity" in which Emerson explains the significant role of his essay that he creates the sense of caring which explains nourishing, developing, and enhancing. This develops how Emerson focuses on the quality of life in the way he interprets on self- reliance. In addition in his essay he is very motivational and instructive but yet he explains that everyone one can change the world as long as they create a good life the law of consciousness but then yet some people don't apply to themselves. 

    2.  Quote: "Men had look at themselves and are not from who they are"        

• This quote stood out to me because it applies to the present and the past on what Emerson identifies the men of the past and the difference between the men in the present. Back in the past men tend to be more themselves and now men care what other people think about themselves. Men now tend to pretend someone that they are not and they do it to fit in. However Emerson explains them to be more smart intelligent and be who they are.

    3.  Quote: "The worlds been instructed by kings"

• This quote was mention in the Socratic in which they mention that this is interesting because its like a leadership or popularity in a way. What the quote means is that their are people in the world who tend to take a lead on anything such as being captain for soccer etc. or like a president trying to make America better. This shows once we have followers in which in the quote they are comparing it as kings they have followers and they always answer or try to do something about the situation they are usually in demand. Like you have to do this.

   4.  quote: " Go love thy wood- chopper: be good nature and modest ; have that grace and never varnish"

   5.  quote: " light, nature, time, souls from the center of the present thought more than a cheerful apologue or parable being and becoming.