You git me that money

I read the first five chapters of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and what stood out to me most was how he felt about his father. At the beginning of the book, he was told that his father was dead, although he doesn't believe it. When he speaks of his past, he says that he was afraid of this father, and that his father was always drunk. Although he has been adopted by the widow, he is still affected by what his father. His father made him give all his money up, walk around in rags, and would never let him go to school.

When Huck sees a footprint with a mark he recognizes, he immediately gets rid of his money. When he runs into his father, in his room, his fears come back to him for a moment and then we realise that he wasn't that shocked to see his father. The footprint belongs to his father. His father is mean, and he insults Huck. He is jealous that his son is getting a better education then him. He doesn't want his son to be better off, and he doesn't like the fact that Huck has better clothes, and most of all he doesn't like that he has money, since the money should be his (so he thinks). His father has no ambition in life, except to drink and get the money to drink wherever he can find it. He takes the only money his son has, a dollar. His son gave up all his money to the judge, so that he wouldn't be in danger, and so that his father wouldn't put himself in anymore danger.

It was rather sad that the new judge didn't see that Hucks father was a bad influence for his son, and that he could actually change a man like Hucks father.

sad.sad. sad.


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Child, Do Not Throw This Book About

Book nosing by *Tooshtoosh on deviantART

In the library looking for a book,
In the poetry section did I look.
Up and down and all around.
A good book of interest cound not I find.
A book for the holidays, keep in mind.
Took a book out of the shelf.
Then another book came out and dropped
Then when I opened it I was quite shocked.
On the page was a message:
"Child, do not throw this book about."
That was the book to check out without doubt.


This story is true. The poem I read is the foreword at the beginning of the book where they speak of the importance of children reading poems.

Words... Words!... Words? English. An opinion blog

Our english language is very strange. So to understand it, we have to read it. We have to realise that our pronounciation is diffrent from other languagues. It is a unique language developed from its latin roots and from the phonecians alphabet, who had 22 letters instead of the 26 we now see in our own alphabet. Offcourse its an alphabet shared by many other languages, but its one of the few that you can almost never tell how a word is spelt. English is a beautiful language, with each word producing an image or an idea. It could be ear sights of disgust or ear sights of beauty, but all the same an image arrives in our heads which is developed from our past memories of that word. Grammer in english is not as difficult as in other languages. Offcourse this is just an opinion, but I am sure that grammer in english is much easier than grammer used in languages such as German or French. The only real difficult thing about english is spelling, we don't spell things the way they sound.

I like the idea that I can take one sentence in english and transform it in many different ways to achieve diffrent ideas.
Lets take the sentence:

The girl and her dog.
The sentence is very simple, yet it explains it all. The sentence could be said differently.

The dog and the girl.

This changes the image silightly but we still have the same idea. If we separate the dog, from the girl, we get an entirely diffrent idea.

The dog. The girl.

You can almost paint pictures out of these three sentences, and although they all have the girl and the dog, each painting would show a diffrent meaning to each sentence.

Adding descriptions adds to the magic of language.

The well kept girl and her stylish dog.

The poor girl and her dirty dog.

The sad girl and her comforting dog.

The teenage girl and her unwanted dog.

The little girl and her toy stuffed dog.

Each sentence conveys a different image. Looking at language is so cool! Sometimes you don't need a novel to enjoy words. All you need is a sentence. You can play with the sentence. Try to understand it differently, or change the word order. Words are not just Words to be thrown about, but when they are really thought out, its art, its almost music. Its an way of expressing ideas that can not be seen anywhere else unless, offcourse, you read these words aloud, or if they are meant to be acted out.

Reading is an amazing thing, but at times we put it aside to do other things which appear to be, "more important." I know, I have been putting off actually enjoying what I read for a year and a bit more. Theres a joy you find in reading that you dont find anywhere else.

So this Christmas break I plan to enjoy reading. I don't want to be youtubing all day, or facebooking all day. I want to read. So I checked out a book called 'This Singing World.' Its a book of poems. It looks very good. Plus the book spoke to me. I was looking for a book in the library and I dropped this one accidentally. When I opened the book, the first thing I read was, "Child do not throw this book about" from one of the poems. More on that book later. I also checked out, "The Count of Monte Cristo." I am told its really good, so I wanted to read a classic. I have to check out one more book from the library, but finally for AP literature, I will be reading "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Dear reading.

I come.

Reader.

I love fairytales!!!!

I was watching the movie of 'Pride and Prejudice' and all I could think of was about watching one of those fairytale disney movies. What I didn't realise is that I was watching a Fairlytale. At least one for Jane Austens society. The marriage for romance and love does not really excist, that is back then. Romance is the base of all Disney Fairytale movies (except for tresure island), its the romance that creates the story. Romance did just that in "Pride and Prejudice' and thats when the movie became a Disney Fairytale for me.
Before women married to survive, to live. Thats exactly what Charlotte points out to Elizabeth. The one scene where she tells Elizabeth she married Mr.Collins really stuck out for me. She basically said that as long as she had a comfortable place to stay, and someone to support her, that was good enough for her. The whole book is for people who wanted to escape from that reality, just like children watch Disney movies to enter a world of magic. This was an idea that was part of the world of imagination, but had yet not been achieved by most women.

Elizabeth denys two men for marriage, because she does not love them. They have everything she needs for a women of Jane Austens world, except for love. Charlotte is a normal average woman, and Elizabeth is the fairytale which women wished to achieve. She does not marry for money, or for a comfortable home, she marrys for love.



Fairytales teach children how to make the world a better place when they grow up. But once they grow up, they forget, because they no longer have hope for the world.

MR. COLLINS NOOO000ooo...

(This blog is annoying like Mr.Collins. Please look at previous for something more interesting)

Mr.Collins is quite a different character compared to all the others. He is a ridiculous character, and his ridicule is shown in his manners, the way he speaks, the way he reacts to things, and the way he thinks. At the beginning of chapter 15 we learn why Mr.Collins character is so histerical. He was brought up in such a way, that his father seems to influenced him quite a bit, "The subjection in which his father had brought him up, had given him originally great humility of manner, but it was now a good deal of counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head."

The world of Mr.Collins seems to revolve two things, pleasing aswell as complimenting on everyone, and honouring and pleasing Lady Catherine. He also seems to think highly of himself and that everything is going to go his way, "this was his plan for ammends" "and he thought an excellent one full of eligibility suitability, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part." The only reason why he wants to marry is because it is all part of his life plan. Mr.Collins does not nescessarly care who he marries, just so long as he marrys one of the Bennets to make amends to their family. When he finds out Jane might soon be engadged, "Mr.Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth," showing how desparate he is.

Mr.Collins appears to be very persistent. He followed Mr.Bennert ever since breakfast, and he "continued nominally engaged with the larges portafolios" which is why Mr.Bennet wanted to get rid of him so that he could have the library to himself.

Jane Austen is able to use Mr.Collins to create humour in the chapter. Mr.Collins very nature makes a reader want to smile yet cringe at the embarrasing scenes and moments Mr.Collins goes through. What is even more humourus is that Mr.Collins does not realise his own mistakes. His lack of education, his exagerated apologies and his never ending speeches show the lack of understanding from this one man, which creates a humorous atmosphere in the novel. Mr.Collins captures humour, ridiculousness, and mistakes which Jane Austen wants to show about some people in her society.

Rejection Stabs The Heart Like A Sword.

Diary Entry X7 Darcy:

I can not belive that I was just rejected by the lady I have loved for months. Her own eyes, that I so deeply looked into, changed when I declared how I admire and love her. She has hurt my pride, but she has not broken my love for her. All I feel is anger, dissapointment, disbelief, and love... so much love for her.

I expected more of a reply... I wanted her eyes to light and for her to accept my hand of marriage, but all I had in return was an offensive no with little or no civility. She gave me the truth of what her opinion is of me. She has made my faults appear heavier than they really are. These accusations are bitter, but they will not stop my love for her, because my feelings are natural and just.

I am astonished that she believes I am arrogant, conceited, and selfish. She see's me as a man with pride that is too great. Offcourse, I am sure she only said that because she is still upset about the Wickham incident. Well, she does not know the truth of the situation, and it is a shame that she did not allow me to explain myself.

How could she say such things about me? Am I truly the last man in the whole unfaire world she would want to marry? Is my character just as bad as she explained it? Her last accusations tear at my heart. When she said it, I could not bear to hear anymore of her insults. How could such a handsome women be like that? Yet, I still love her from the bottom of my heart. Humans are strange.

I suppose I should completely comprehend her feelings and be ashamed of my own. She should not marry a man who hurt her own sisters heart. I am not ashamed of the separation an I am glad that it was a success. I have been kinder to Mr.Bingley then I am to myself.

Inspite of all this, I have learned that it is almost impossible to conquer her, and for her to accept my hand in marriage. I was sure she was going to say yes. I must find another way of asking her... or maybe... maybe I should just get out of her life. I am probably just wasting her time, and my own. There must be another way, for my feelings will not be repressed and I will continue to admire and love her. I will always remember the charming look in her eyes. Even though my pride has been punctured.

Increase of Admiration

Darcy has a constantly changing view on Elizabeth Benneth throughout the entire Novel, "Pride and Prejudice." His view changes from finding her to be average, to realising she is the woman he does not want to live without. There are several points where Mr.Darcys opinion is stated. The most notable is his first one, where he tells Mr.Bingley that Elizabeth Bennet is, "tolerable" but is "not handsome enough to tempt" him. He does not want to agknowledge women who are, "slighted by other men" like Bingley does with the beautiful Jane Bennet.

In chapter six, Mr.Darcy's change in opinion about Elizabeth Bennet, has begun to take place. Elizabeth is now, "becoming an object of some interest in the eyes" of Mr.Darcy. At first he did not consider her pretty in the slightest, "he had looked at her without admiration." Now, Mr.Darcy is a little attracted the young lady saying she is, "uncommonly inteligent" and has a "beautiful expression of her dark eyes." He does not only look at her intelligence but also at her body form saying that it is "light and pleasing." Now Elizabeth isn't "tolerable" anymore, instead she is now has "a pair of fine eyes" and is considered a "pretty woman" by Mr.Darcy.


If in chapter 6 Mr.Darcy was just noticing Elizabeth, he really has his eyes fixed on her in chapter 10. Which makes Elizabeth feel uncomfortable, since she is unsure how to react to being "an object of admiration to so great a man." Especially since she did not like him, just like he did not like her. We as readers also begin to admire Mr.Darcy as he admires Elizabeth. We are now told that he has, "gallantry." Just like Elizabeth we are confused by this change. He use not not even look at her and now he is "bewitched" by her. Perhaps now his past opinion has been ,"lost forever."

In chapter 34, he is now nervous around her and is now entirely "bewitched" by her. He says nothing when he enters the room, and then he admits his love for her, "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Although Elizabeth already knew this, it still comes as a shock "Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression". Especially after a small misunderstanding they had.

Now that thier relationship begins to develop. We learn more as readers. Mr.Darcy actually liked Elizabeth based on his first aquaintance with her!"But that was only when I first knew her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance." It turns out he has liked her for some time, although when he first saw her, he was not very impressed.

As a reader, I have yet to complete the last chapters to discover how else Mr.Darcy's love changes for Elizabeth. Elizabeth mirrors Darcy's change in view of the opposite person. They have many similar opinions, and react to alot of the situations in the same way although they come from diffrent backrounds.

marriage, MARRIAGE, Marriage? MaRrIaGe

Chapter one Pride And Prejudice : Views on marriage

The first view on marriage is summed up within the first sentence of the novel, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possesion of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." The rest of the chapter shows the opposite view to the one stated at the start. It is instead, "A truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in want of a good fortune, must be in want of a husband". This is proven when Mrs.Bennet takes it as her job to get one of her daughters married off to a wealthy man who comes, while Mr.Bennet does not care as much. Other mothers and women behave in this way aswell, they consider the wealthy man, "as the rightful property of someone or other of thier daughters."

Mrs.Bennet portrays the mother of her time period, and replicates the opinions of the time. Women usually married men thier parents chose for them, it is now up to Mrs.Bennet to chosse a husband for one of her daughters. This is the reason why she is excited about the wealthy young man. When Mr.Bennet asks if the young man is single or married, Mrs.Bennet immediately replys, "Oh! Single, my dear to be sure." Although it is her job to marry off her daughters, she is very picky about what kind of man they are to be married to. The most important thing is how wealthy the man is, "A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls." But no matter how mard she tries to marry off one of her daughters, the final decision appears to be done by the man of the house. Which is why she insists that Mr.Beent, "must visit him as soon as he comes" so that he "may fall in love" with one of her daughters. Her family is to be married off to money.

Women could not inhereht money and could only get small work positions, which is why they had to be married off to a man who could take care of them and was of thier status. Therefore Mrs.Bennets views are altered to Mr.Bennets views. His interes in having his daughters married off is not as drastic as Mrs. Bennets opinion. He is still wants his daughters to be married off, which is why he asked if the young man was married or single. He pays more attention to whom in specific the man will marry , "I will send a few lines by you to assure him hearty of my consent to his marrying which ever he cuses of the girls:though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzie...Lizzie has some thing more of quickness." He dislikes the fact that he always has to visit young rich men, but he does it because he cares about his daughters. Especially Elizabeth. He wants his daughters to marry well, but he wants them to marry because they wanted to, because of love.


Both marriage for love and money are expressed in the views of characters in chapter one. Parents are involved in the marriage of thier daughters so that they may improve thier family image. Mothers saw it as the buisness of thier life to get their daughters married. Fathers visited theses young men to talk with and throw in a good word for thier daughters. Everything they did when a wealthy young man came to visit, was to see if they could get him to marry thier daughter. The views of the young man are not stated in the first chapter, but the views of the surrounding families are obvious as sthey all try to make him fall in love and marry.

Elizabeths Thoughts After The Dance

I have just come back from quite a delightfull ball. The dances were perfect, the music alive, and the air cheerful. I have nver seen so many fine dresses in my life! The only fault in the ball was the lack of men. The young, wealthy Mr.Bingley came with two of his sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another handsome young man. I must say, Mr. Bingley is quite the gentleman. His sisters are fine women, and they came in the best dresses.

At first everyone was impressed by the presence of the young man Mr.Darcy. He was viewed as a fine figure of a man, but unfortunately to everyones disgust, it was found that he is proud, and unworthy to be compared to such a nice man as Mr.Bingley. What a rude man, you won't believe what he said about me.

I sat down most of the time, since there were few men to dance with, yet I am pleased to know that Cathernine and Lydia had a partner the entire time. As I minded my own buisness, I overheard a conversation bettween Mr.Darcy and Mr. Bingley. What rude words I heard come out of the mouth of Mr.Darcy! Mr.Bingley was in the company of his so called good friend, trying to persuade him to dance. I don't know how Mr.Bingley can stand such a man! They are nothing alike! Mr.Darcy said that Mr.Bingley was dancing with the only handsome woman in the room (my sister) and when Mr.Bingley suggested he dance with me he merely said,"she is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." Right then and there, all the money in his vast fortune could never let me forgive him for saying such a thing.

I am happy Jane was highly admired by Mr.Bingley and the Netherfield party in general. I suspected Mr.Bingley would ask her to dance twice. She offcourse didn't expect it, she rarely thinks highly of herself. I love how she always looks for the good in people, and never judges them based on appearance. Mr.Darcy could deffinitely learn alot from her!

.... Who does he think he is anyways?????

**Note: Must use Darcy story as a conversation starter with my friend Charlotte.

Your Danmed if You Commit Revenge, and Your Damned If You Don't

I found the documentary about Directing Shakespere very intersting. There were some quotes and different pharses which stood out to me. The first one being how the commentary described Hamlet as a play "about the torment of the human soul." This is true, every single soliloquy I have read has only shown how mentally Tormented Hamlet is.

"Hamlets soul searching is one of the most complex and philosofical journeys of all acting" which is why it has taken the greatest of male actors across the ages to play the part. The Director in this documentary, Jacabi, should know. He played the part himself. In the documentary you can see an actor trying to direct actors as he expresses the line "Where is Polonius" just the way he wants it to be said, word for word. He explains what its like to give away acting secrets to the then young man Kenneth Barrangh, who appears to be following the legendary elder mans footsteps.

The different actors have thier own views about how to interpret thier roles, but they most deffinitely appreciate everything the director has to say.Richard Eastan plays the part of Claudius. His Claudius views Hamlet as a loser, and he wants the audience not to realise he is the villain at firist. The director also changes how Ophelia is viewed. When her father dies, "Ophelia is reduced to the madness Hamlet pretends." She is also present in Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be solilouquy, when normally a solilouquy is only done with the actor who is saying it alone on the stage.

The documentary also described Shakesperes choice of words and how important they are, "language is the glory of shakespere, but can be difficult to a modern actor," which is why it takes a great actor to play any character in shakesperes plays. Sure highschoolers and amateurs have tried, but an actor really has to really understand the words Shakespere has given in the script. Its not just memorization of the lines and then saying them out lous like a robot, but really understanding the character the way Shakespere wanted it to be, the "whole natuer of a line is that in reveals the character."

Once the actors have captured the characters personality they can create moments, and really make the turnabout moments special, "each effective drama has at least one moment where everything hinges after which and because of which nothing can be the same for anyone.

I Have Never Seen You Before

Dreams? What do Dreams have to do with Hamlet? How about childhood? Does childhood explain to us what happens in Shakesperes play Hamlet? Thats what Freud seems to think.

Is Hamlet ever naked in his dream? Does he dream of the death of a loved one? I don't think he ever dreams of a loved one dying, but it does happen to him in real life. Freud describes the play as the following :
"The play is based upon Hamlet's hesitation in accomplishing the task of revenge assigned to him; the text does not give the cause or the motive of this hesitation, nor have the manifold attempts at interpretation succeeded in doing so."

I don't really understand what I read, and perhaps I need to read it a few times more. But several things interested me. Why are there strangers in our dreams?Why do they appear to have "stiff and solem espressions"? Do they react to our feelings? We are told that our dreams are reactions to our childhood, but could it also be a reaction to whats happening to us in the present? The dreams are the dreamer's feelings. The dreamer's feelings control "the strangers" depending on thier feelings the strangers can "look at him in astonishment," or "Laugh at him, or be outraged."

I do not know enough to entirely judge Freud. But perhpas our dreams really are just children pirate games.

Insane, or Insane, That Is The Question

Act three, scene one of Hamlet, shows the character Hamlet contemplating between killing himself or fighting back against those who have harmed him. He appears to dread what might happen after death, but still considers suicide, even though death could lead to something worse that his current life. He is insane with different thoughts which are confusing him. He is constantly analyzing the things that happened in his life, and now holds his own life in his own hands, fearing hell, and fearing life.
Hamlet appears very philosophical, and perhaps he is, or maybe he is just using philosophy to disguise his fears, like a child who hides under the covers. Tennant seems to preform Hamlet with this state of mind. He is scared of what it’s to come, but still ponders about what is to be done.
David Tennants brilliant performance seemed to execute, one of the most famous monologues in history, exactly the way it should be. The monologue was contemplative, awing, haunting and simple. Tennant shows all these aspects of Hamlet and he shows us that Hamlet is really thinking, like the character should. He truly portrays the anguish Hamlet feels. Tennant places his whole body in the scene, for example when he says “to sleep” he sounds tired, which suggest that Hamlet hasn’t had a lot of sleep recently.
Tennant really showed us someone who is contemplating between suicide and life. He turns into Hamlet and makes us forget that he is just acting. When an actor really understands what they are talking about, a scene, such as this one, will be flawless.

Act 3 Scene 4 Now Mother, Whats the Matter?

Dear Fellow Students, Your Opinions Interest Me. Tell me about... Hamlet.

After watching the two different versions, of the character Hamlet, given to us by Mr. Tangen. One can see that both actors interpret the part very differently. People in the audience will also interpret what the actors do differently. It would be good of me to form my own opinion about this video, but I will not. Instead, it is time the opinions of other people are viewed. To be a good actor, you have to be a good audience. It’s always interesting to see how each person interprets things differently in life.

One fellow blogger, Daniel Paredes, wrote about the different interpretations. He explained how in "Branagh version, Hamlet is more noble" and a "statuesque figure." He then compared how Tennant's version "Hamlet is a more vulgar and blunt character." This comparison, tells us about the character itself, and how the character is transformed depending on which actor it has been absorbed by. I agree with the blogger it is "amazing to see how great the difference can be between two of the actors portraying the same role."

The change in the way is interpreted is not solely based on what the actor wants to do with his part, but also what the director wants. I am sure that both men had some direction to what they were doing from others. This may be why the blogger, Laura Duarte, tells us that "it's safe to say that numerous versions of the play can exist." A whole entire plays existence is based on what the actors do, but that’s not all. Scenery, the props, the outfit, the hair, the makeup, and especially: the rehearsals, all add up to create a plays success or failure. All these different ideas are placed together to form the idea which is trying to be made, "In one, Hamlet wears a black turtleneck suite. In the other, he wears a pair of jeans and an orange t-shirt. Both Hamlets are in luxurious castles and represent the rich boy of the time." The blogger has decided to look at what makes the character what we understand. Every character is interpreted differently, but in the end, they are both trying to say the same thing, "Although they differ in looks, they both transmit Hamlet's rage toward his uncle, his mother, and the situation overall."

The way an actor expresses their emotions is another key factor, as the blogger Trina Crochan tells us, “It is as if the actors are unleashing all the bottled-up emotion and opinion Hamlet experiences. Also, both actors captured the anger Hamlet seems to continuously feel, and expressed it (with much shouting), bringing the script to life with their fervent tone of voice and energy-filled execution.” Expression is very important, without it, there is no character.
All these opinions justify what the viewer thinks of the different actors. Some may concentrate on their acting skills, other on their surroundings, and some on their emotions. What is important is that the message gets across to the viewer, so that they can understand what is being shown to them. Each person understands what the actors are doing differently, just like the actors interpret it in other ways.

Box 3, Spooollllll 5. Talking To myself

I was hoping my blog would end up being a blog which analyses, Krapps Last Tape, but after watching the piece all I could do was form opinions and thoughts. The man kept his opinions and thoughts recorded throughout his life. This old man listening (to what I assume) to his younger self creates those emotions to rebuild inside him, he is once again living those memories. Much like I mentioned about memories for the Father from The Road, the character does not relive those memories physically, but instead mentally. Those emotions he had when he met various women are still seen on his wrinkle lines, and he cries for his past. He cries about his past stupidity’s, but even finds himself agreeing with things he used to say.

Although he now has wrinkles, and his hair has gone white, it appears that he still does much of the same things he used to do when he was younger. At the start of the piece, we see him eating bananas, he has trouble eating those bananas. The recording talks about eating four bananas every day, and that he just so happened to have trouble, like his older self, eating some of the bananas. His younger self calls his even younger self foolish, and that he doesn't know what he is talking about. His now older self records his "last tape" and he almost says the exact thing, "Just been listening to that stupid bastard I took myself for thirty years ago, hard to believe I was ever as bad as that. Thank God that's all done with anyway." Like his younger self he is still mesmerized by one specific woman’s eyes.

Younger self: “I asked her to look at me and after a few moments--(pause)--after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare. I bent over her to get them in the shadow and they opened."

Older self: "The eyes she had!"

His life is a constant reflection on his past and his past is constantly reflecting on both his past and his future. The old man talks about what he was like when he was young, and the young man talks about what he will be like when he is old, "Old Miss McGlome always sings at this hour. But not tonight. Songs of her girlhood, she says. Hard to think of her as a girl. Wonderful woman, though. Connaught, I fancy. (Pause.) Shall I sing when I am her age, if I ever am? No. (Pause.) Did I sing as a boy? No. (Pause.) Did I ever sing? No."

In reality, he is just talking to himself. Whether it be a future self or a past self, he is just analyzing his life and trying the comprehend different events. He still cries about the death of his mother, and still laughs at his old jokes, he even laughs in the same manner.

At the very end of the tape, he gives us a final reflection about his life ,"Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back." Now I have one question, does this mean he was satisfied with is life?

Box 3, Spool 5.

To Dream, Or Not To Dream?

Watching the Introduction to Hamlet, by Kenneth Branagh, was like my emotions taking a time machine back to the emotions I held each time I watched a trailer for a new Disney movie when I was smaller. I have never watched or really known the story of Hamlet, just like I never really knew who Mulan was untill I watched the Disney version(although most films tend to be only semi accurate).

The Introduction produced an excitement that most happy, up beat Disney Trailers created for me. It was colorful, there was adventure, there were great lines shot out at us, and there was romance.

It was especially Kenneths overall excitement of the play which has now interested me in Hamlet. He said he has been intrigued by this peice of work ever since he was 11, and has portrayed the character Hamlet himself, several times. It appears that Hamlet is a character who can be discovered time and time again.

What do I expect from Hamlet? Well, hopefull a new wonderful experience on the learning curve of Highschool. Hopefully this will be a more positive play. So far I have only read three of Shakesperes plays, and they all depressed me: Macbeth, Othello, and Romeo and Julliet. Supposedly, Hamlet is one of the most challenging and most exciting characters for a male actor to portray. That makes me wonder, what is the most exciting female part to portray?


And now for a little entertainment:




Rehersing our own version of Hamlet in class? Oh dear, I better start studying!

Barren, Silent, godless

Although the topic, about God, is not mentioned as often in the book The Road, like the relationship bettween the father and the son, or survival. It is still an interesting topic to look at, for how little it appears.

A reason why the appearance of God in the book is relevant is because the whole entire book is about the end of the world. Not quite the apocalypse described in the Bible, but all the same, pretty darn harsh. We have the classic confusion and the asking of God what is happening in ones life,"Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered. Oh God." It is human nature to ask why something is happening to us, but perhaps God isn't even taking part in the end of the world. He is no where to be found for the Father, his world is."Barren, silent, godless." The father is demanding, and he is silently in search for what god wants for him and his son, "He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke." This might also show that the father is uncertain if God actually excists. Never the less, he always mutters "God" when he is uncertain or frightened. He also calls to God when something miraculous happens to him, for example, when he finds the house with all the food he calls out , "Oh my God", in complete amazement.

God is not the only powerful being which is described, like in a previous stated, gods are also present in this world. But they are powerless, they no longer have a world which shows thier marvelous powers, "Tattered gods slouching in their rags across the waste" instead, they are now viewed as weak, and they can do nothing to change the worlds state but suffer in thier own creation, which is now falling apart.

Cormac McCarthy did not make the imprtance of God, or the gods, very grand in his book The Road, but God was still very much present in the lives of the Father and the son. Although the son may not know it, he does an action which has been done by many people before him: Pray.

"Dear people, thank you for all this food and stuff. We know that you saved it for yourself and if you were here we wouldnt eat it no matter how hungry we were and we're sorry that you didnt get to eat it and we hope that you're safe in heaven with God."

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."- Revelations 22:13

What if Fitzgerald Wrote The Road?

Original Line By McCarthy: "The mumied dead everywhere. The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wired."

Fitgeralizied: "The twig like figures sparsed out across the land like lifeless yellow leaves at the end of fall. Thier corpses the only remaining memory of thier long gone history and their forgotten dreams. Their frozen identities still screaming with the decayed faces of their bodies."

by Rachel, Daniella, and Annamaria

Is it The Real World? Or Is It The Eyes Of memory?

I have only read up to page 150, but only from that portion of the book, I can clearly see all the main memories that affect why the father does certain things. His memories are much like the ones we see in a superhero comic book, or tv show. The Flashback into the past, and they remember every detail, which than affects whatever they do next,plus the people surrounding them. This is what happens to the father in "The Road", and he may not realise it, but it also affects his son.


His memories are sparked by familiar objects, or by a dream. The first one we encounter is with a phone, an object which was used in the world he use to know, "Then he picked up the phone and dialed the number of his father's house in that long ago." It was almost natural for him to want to call his father, it was a memory which was vivid, and being replayed physically. Both in his mind and in his body, he was back in time, calling his father, until his son brought him back to reality, "what are you doing?"

We find him remembering the things he had, his past, "He pushed open the closet door half expecting to find his childhood things" he is still living in the past, even though he is needed at present. Different objects spark different memories, "Some money, credit cards. His driver's license. A picture of his wife." He holds on to them like a treasure of gold, because they are objects that hold what he once knew.

Although a lot of his memories deal with a distant past, it also deals with a more recent past. The one about his long gone wife, "In his dreams his pale bride came to him out of a green and leafy canopy. Her nipples pipecalyed and her rib bones painted white. She wore a dress of gauze and her dark hair was carried up in combs of ivory, combs of shell". It is only in memories that the writer, Cormac McCarthy, truly allows himself to be descriptive. He drops all the senses, the colors, the thoughts on the Father, and its where we can truly compare the world of before to the world he is in now. The memory of his wife, is one of the most important and repeated memories, "What is it? she said. What is happening? I don’t know." He even holds on to her every word. It’s her memory which kills him, but also keeps him alive since his son is part of her, "He coughed till he could taste the blood and said her name aloud." He disagrees with what his last moments of her tell him about life " Death is not a lover. Oh yes it is. Please don't do this." and its might be what keeps him alive. The promise to never do what she did, even though he keeps this promise to himself, he sometimes falls into her arguments and starts to believe her, "you will not face the truth. You will not."

The past is always with the father, but he is also forgetting it, "The color of it moved something in him long forgotten. Make a list. Recite a litany. Remember." This show that the life he knew is getting farther and farther away, and perhaps less important. He even begins to realize that the world, which is now gone, is also being destroyed in his mind, "The names of things slowly following those things into oblivion. Colors. The names of birds. Things to eat. Finally the names of things one believed to be true. More fragile than he would have thought. How much was gone already?"

Okay. I know.

The Road. Blogger: read up to page 150. *note, blog contains original text along with added phrases* No other way to describe thier feelings for one another, but through specific pharses, and then some.

Child: Father, you reached out and touched my hand one night. Why?

Father: Wanted to make sure you were safe. *No, I had a nightmare of a horrid creature, and was hoping you were not dead. I had to know you still excisted outside the dream world*

Child: Okay.

Child: I am alright. I am still here. *No need to look at me. I am alright, even though I want to stop, cry, and die*

Father: *Son, I hope you are alright. No need for you to see this terrible world I see through these binoculors, maybe your mom was right, she was always right*

Child: Can I See?

Father: * No! You should not be seeing these things, your only a child! Children are easily traumatized! There is no hope in this view!* Yes. Offcourse... What do you see?

Child: Nothing.

Father: (sighs) Yes, I know. *There is nothing, but a hope for no hope*

Child: Can I ask a question? * This time PLEASE answer it truthfully dad.*

Father: Yes Offcourse.

Child: Are we going to die?

Father: *Ouch* I would have died if the boy didn't excist, he is all I have* He won't die,I can't let it happen* Sometime. Not Now.

Child: Okay *His voice quivered. Maybe dad doesn't know.*

Father: Okay What? *Son, don't losse hope. I might, but your the one item containing my hope*

Child: Nothing.* We are going to die! At least dad is confortimg* Just Okay.

Child: What would you do if I died?

Father: If you died I would want to die too. *For that would mean all hope would be lost in my life. If all hope is gone, than my life is meaningless*

Child: So you could be with me?

Father: Yes. So I could be with you. * God, I have to be with him*

Child: Okay.

Father: Here, Its a treat. For you.

Son: What is it, Papa?

Father: Go ahead, taste it. **you will never taste the world of before, but this is the closest I can get for you.**

Son: Its Bubbly.

Father: Yes, I know. * I know of a world you will never know of*

Son: You have some. * We must share memories that I do not know of*

Father: You drink it, I want you to have it.

Son: Its because I won't be able to drink one ever, isn't it?

Father: Ever is a long time. * darn, he read my mind*

Son: Okay.

Father: *He Whispered to the sleeping boy* I have you *showing he does not hold on to anything else. There is no later, this is later.*

Father: You mean you wish to be dead?

Son: Yes.

Father: Don't say that, its wrong to say that.

Son: How do I stop?

Father: I don't know. * I am in the same position. I can do nothing. I am worthless. Hopefully you have something to hold on, like I am holding on to you.

The Road By Cormac McCarthy: Review Based On First Reaction

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A Snow Flakes Story

The story begins when I was brand new,

My heart is cold, but the story is true.

Falling, falling, on a cold winter day

"Father, Father! Snow!," the boy did say.

He gave me a name, just like a mother.

"I know, go to sleep," said his dear father.

"Father?"the boy said, "are we going to die?"

A fire burned, and I began to fry.

The father turned and on me he stepped,

"Sometime, not now" he half sadly said.

The fires, red, soon turned to a gray hush,

the boys enlarged wonder still, did it crush,

and in the darkness words formed as he lay,

"What would you do, if I passed away?"

"If you died, I would want to die too."

And with that speech, we will have to make do.

In the dark I could sense the man was down,

his soul, slowly, beginning to drown.

Diving into his thoughts, all alone,

his mind thought, "if only my heart were stone."

For in the cold and the silence he prayed

Dear God, Oh God, why do you always fade?

Danm you eternally, have you a soul?

Oh God, he whispered why this danm hole?

You think you got all the Gold? Nah, Read It Again. You Left Half The Treasure Behind

Read a Blog, Analyze Blog, Blog about Blog.
The Great Gatsby Revisited!

1st read through: The writer, Sonya Chung writes an interesting blog on her experiences of re reading pieces of work like "The Great Gatsby." She lets readers know what she found most interesting, and how she learned something new each time she read the book. She analyzes certain facts about the book and lets us know why she thinks they are important.

2nd read through (but first, dinner, a nice break to refresh the mind)...

Reading the blog for a second time I was able to read it slower and appreciate more what the writer was saying. This is probably a reason why she admires people who reread books "over and over again" and finds it to be very important to teach to the common high school student like me, "there knowing something, and then there's knowing something."

She also analysis how rereading a book lets the reader understand it more and get more out of it. She herself experienced this transformation when she read "the Great Gatsby" at three different moments in her life: high school, college, and now as a teacher. She describes the book as a "literary treasure", which I suppose could be said about any great book, if we just get to know it.

From all the possible things she has discovered while rereading "The Great Gatsby", she has only given us four which amazed her, and analysis them. She tells us that the story is not just about the elite and wealthy but instead is about us (would have never interpreted it in that way, but then again, I have only read it once). She escapes from the story and tells us about the indescribable beauty of the flowing sentences Fitzgerald has created. Going back to the story she tells us about what haunted her and what excited her, and how the movie completely ruined parts of the book.

All in all, this is just a blog with another opinion on it, off course it has a valuable lesson: To understand, the story at hand: read read again! By doing this we learn to think for ourselves, and provide ourselves our own opinions without confusing it with other peoples opinions and not letting ourselves be amazed by the mysteries of the book in our hand... although I will still turn to those summary websites, just to make sure I understood what I missed, because I did not reread.

My Soul Shall Be Lifted- Nevermore

( PS: I DID NOT LOOK AT THE COMIC RELIEF LINK BEFORE TYPING THIS BLOG. THE VIDEO I POSTED IS A SIMPLE COINCIDENCE)


The Poem, "The Raven", by Edgar Allan is a poem of darkness and whispers of death, which may take the modern reader several read through and analysis to understand. The poem deals with several characters: the narrator, Lenore, and the raven. From the poem we can assume different things about each character.


Lenore: By reading the text, we can assume that she is the narrator’s lover. She is "lost" and is dead, which is perhaps why the author write, "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
The rest of the poem deals with the narrator and how frightened he is about what is happening around him, “And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor", this sets the mood for what is happening. He is afraid of the mysterious tapping and noises.
The poem reflects how most people would react to a frightening situation. We are frightened, and they we try to convince ourselves that it is not scary one bit, for example while watching horror movies, "So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door;— This it is and nothing more.” At this point we can predict what will happen: what the narrator dreaded most will occur and it will be his end. The narrator continues to push away how scared he is:
"Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you”
It is at this point where he hear a version of the repeated words, "I opened wide the door;—
Darkness there and nothing more. "
When the raven first appears, the narrator just views it as a normal bird and attempts to get rid of it. But it only mutters "nevermore". What does the raven mean by this? Perhaps the raven is a symbol and signifies death. Could the narrator be dying? Was death knocking than flying through the door? Perhaps it comes to remind him of the death of lenore and that he will never see her again "nevermore". The raven is a symbol for the end of his life, it can be physically or emotionally, "nevermore". The raven sits at the top of his chamber door and is described as "demon eyed", a creature that never stops staring.
The "perfume" the narrator smells is another sign for death. The perfume is actually incense, which is used when people die. The raven sits at the top of his chamber, and since the man cannot leave his chamber anymore (nevermore) it is as if he is sealed inside a tomb. He is dead, and he and his soul will live "nevermore."

"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

Shall be lifted - nevermore."

(My favorite reading)

Tale As Old As Time

“Wommen desiren to have sovereyntee
As wel over hir housbond as hir love,
And for to been in maistrie hym above.”

The Wife of Baths story asks us and then gives us the answer of what women want most. To be able to understand what point she is trying to make with her story, we first have to understand who the wife of Bath is.

Who is the Wife of Bath, we ask? She is a woman who is probably close to the age of 50. A fifty year old woman, who tells tales about her past husbands. She had three rich husbands and 2 bad husbands, but she especially loved her last husband, who was younger than her. She tells us why women marry and why men marry, and she questions the many marriages in the bible. Then she tells us a love story of her own. The knight (yes another knight) and his quest to find what women really want.

In truth, her story resembles the story "Beauty and the Beast", in terms of learning to love another for who they are inside, instead of the outside. Her story tells us about a Knight who commits a terrible crime and is told by the queen that the only way to save his life is if he finds out what a woman wants (the beast commits a crime of judgment, and must learn to love another or have his life ruined forever). The knight finds an old woman who promises to help him (the beast meets Belle, who helps him). He then must keep a promise to the old woman in exchange for his life (Belle has to remain with the beast forever in exchange for her father). He has his life but then he must learn to love the old woman, since they marry (Belle and the beast must learn to love people for who they are.)

The knight learns that women desire to be in charge of their husbands or lovers, but he learns so much more than this, in the following scene.

"Choose now," she said, "one of these two things:
To have me ugly and old until I die,
And be to you a true, humble wife,
And never displease you in all my life,
Or else you will have me young and fair,
And take your chances of the crowd
That shall be at your house because of me,
Or in some other place, as it may well be.
Now choose yourself, whichever you please."
At this point the Knight is being tested to see if he learned from his year long experience. He has the choice between young and foolish, or old and true, sweet wife. It is a choice he has to make, or so the reader thinks at first glance.

This knight deliberates and painfully sighs,
But at the last he said in this manner:
"My lady and my love, and wife so dear,
I put me in your wise governance;
Choose yourself which may be most pleasure
And most honor to you and me also.
I do not care which of the two,
For as it pleases you, is enough for me."

"Then have I gotten mastery of you," she said,
"Since I may choose and govern as I please?"


"Yes, certainly, wife," he said, "I consider it best."
He has learned his lesson, and allows his wife to choose! This shows that the wife of bath believes that bad men can become good if they are directed in the correct direction.

"Kiss me," she said, "we are no longer angry,
For, by my troth, I will be to you both --
This is to say, yes, both fair and good.
I pray to God that I may die insane
Unless I to you be as good and true
As ever was wife, since the world was new.
And unless I am tomorrow morning as fair to be seen
As any lady, empress, or queen,
That is between the east and also the west,
Do with my life and death right as you please.
Cast up the curtain, look how it is."

And when the knight saw truly all this,
That she so was beautiful, and so young moreover,
For joy he clasped her in his two arms. .
His heart bathed in a bath of bliss.
A thousand time in a row he did her kiss,
And she obeyed him in every thing
That might do him pleasure or enjoyment.

The old lady becoming beautiful and true to her husband shows that there is a reward for all good that we do. It also shows that the wife of bath believes that women should have a choice (just like in beauty and the beast, Belle has a choice in who she will give her heart to)
"What makes a beast, and what makes a man?"- The Hunchback of Notredam

A Story Teller Telling A Tale Of A Story Teller Telling a Tale of a Tale

The Millers Tale

In the Millers Tale, we are first introduced to the miller in the prologue. We have not met any narrators in the previous story of "The Knights Tale." In this tale, the Miller is our narrator, or so we are told by the narrator. We have a narrator (Geofrey Chaucer) introducing the previous narrator (the host), and then tries to introduce the Monk as the next narrator, but is then interrupted by the drunk Miller. The Miller becomes our new narrator and begins to tell us a tale about a carpenter and his wife.

3137 But first I make a protestacioun
But first I make a protestation
3138 That I am dronke; I knowe it by my soun.
That I am drunk; I know it by my sound.
3139 And therfore if that I mysspeke or seye,
And therefore if that I misspeak or say (amiss),
3140 Wyte it the ale of Southwerk, I you preye.
Blame it on ale of Southwerk, I you pray.
3141 For I wol telle a legende and a lyf
For I will tell a legend and a life
3142 Bothe of a carpenter and of his wyf,
Both of a carpenter and of his wife,
3143 How that a clerk hath set the wrightes cappe."
How a clerk has set the carpenter's cap (fooled him)."

We supposedly have one narrator, the Miller, throughout the whole story. But Chaucer continuously interrupts Miller adding in his own comments. He basically says sorry to the reader for such a terrible tale, because it does not compare to the greatness of "The Knights Tale".

We can attempt to compare "The Knights Tale" and "the Millers Tale", but there is not that much to compare. There is no godly intervention in "The Millers Tale." There are two men that are fighting for the love of the woman, and there is a competition in both. But either than those two things, they are not identical in the slightest way. The Millers Tale is just a crazy romance, and "The Knights Tale" is a fight of Love VS Victory. "The Knights Tale" is more romantic than "the Miller" which is brusquer.

Chaucer presents the story of the carpenter and his young wife, as a second best story to the story of Arcite and Palamoun. Nick and Absoloun are fools just like Arcite and Palamoun, but are chasing after an already married woman. This story is not a proper one, instead it parody’s the one told by the host.


Vocabulary in the Millers Tale:
Talisman:


Primrose:



Paternoster:

All Is Fair In Love And War

The Knights Tale Part 3 and 4.

Here we see three different parts of humanity: love, war, and sex. Palamoun prays to Venus so that he may live his life with Emeyle, Arcite prays to Mars for victory, and Emeyle prays to Diane for her virginity. Emeyle ends up asking for the man who loves her most will end up marrying her.

This part of the tale is the passion of love versus the want for victory, and both appear at the end. In a way the gods appear imperfect. They twist the prayers around so that they can please both sides. The temples, of Mars and Venus, also show that imperfection. The temple of Venus is supposed to represent all the perfections of love, but instead it shows all the pain, jealousy and lust that is found in the twisted confused ways of lovers. We also see a twisted idea in the temple built for Mars. When we think of war, at least in history, we usually think of the glories of battle, and all the brave heroes. But instead we are presented with traitors, wimps, and hypocrites. We are shown that the imperfect world reflects its masters; the gods.

But the gods do grant one person's desire (in its own twisted way), although Emeyle is not permitted to remain single for the rest of her life, they grant her last request: to have the man who loves her most passionately, have her. In reality, the gods complete the tasks requested by each person. Palamoun acquires Emeyle as his wife, Arcite receives "victorie" and Emeyle has the man who loves her most.

All is fair in love and war (especially with the added gods).

Who May Be A Fool, But If He Love?- The Hunter

In part 2 of "The Knights Tale".

Arcite and Palamon, do their best effort to get closer to Emeyle. Arcite gives himself a different identity, dressing up as a poor servant of Emeyle, and eventually earns praise from Theseuse for his good work.

Palamon is still in jail, so with the help of a friend he breaks out of jail. He wants to have a war againsts Theseus so that Emeyle may be his wife.

In this part of the story, Palamon and Arcite are described as two different creatures. Arcite is the 'cruel tiger', and Palamon is viewed as the 'mad lion.' When we are introduced to Theseus for the second time, we are told he is a hunter. Therefore we can view Palamon and Arcite as a game for Theseus. He is very wise, and so this game is no ordinary sport of love, of which Palamon and Arcitee are fighting for. Since he is wise he tells them that they can't both have her, and from this conclusion he says that they should both fight with a hundred men on each side. Whoever wins will have Emelye as his wife, and the other will be killed. This appears to be fair, and slightly crazy, but Arcite and Palamon are eager to start this war and they, “thanked him with all their heart and might." One might see them as fools; like Theseus calls them earlier "Who may be a fool but if he love?" he is the hunter, Arcite and Palamon the game, and Emeyle the prize.

Who Hath The Worse, Arcite or Palamoun?

"Knights Tale" Part 1.

Last Stanza of "Knights Tale" part 1

"1347 Yow loveres axe I now this questioun:
"Yow lovers now I ask this
question:
1348 Who hath the worse, Arcite or Palamoun?
Who has the
worse, Arcite or Palamon?
1349 That oon may seen his lady day by day,
That one may see his lady every day,
1350 But in prison he moot dwelle
alway;
But in prison he must always dwell;
1351 That oother wher hym
list may ride or go,
That other where he pleases may ride or walk,
1352
But seen his lady shal he nevere mo.
But he shall see his lady nevermore.
1353 Now demeth as yow liste, ye that kan,
Now judge as it pleases you,
you who know (of such things),
1354 For I wol telle forth as I bigan. "
For I will tell forth as I began. "

At the end of part one of "The Knights Tale" we are asked who has it worse, Arcite or Palamon? They both are in love with a beautiful woman called Emeyle, and both want to be with her. They were both locked in the prisons of Athens, and could see her everyday walking in the garden outside their jail.
Now Arcite has been release, but if he meets with Theseus he shall be killed. He is free, but with a price on his head. He is jealous of Palamon, because Palamon can still see Emelye walking in the gardens every day, he is safe within a jail, and he is a knight. He can never go close to the jail, because that’s where Theseus is, and he may end up dead, "That other where he pleases may ride or walk, But he shall see his lady nevermore."

Palamon (who Arcite considers to be the more fortunate one) is locked away in prison, and may never get out. He has to die in prison and may never do anything with his life. Although he can see Emeyle all the time, he finds that Arcite is more fortunate. Arcite is a lord, and he can gather the rest of their family to have a war against Theseuse and his army. Arcite can walk freely, and if he wins the war he can have Emeyle as his wife, his queen. Palamon feels that he is locked away forever, and that he may never meet Emeyle, or have her as his wife, “That one may see his lady every day, But in prison he must always dwell ."

They both see the possibilities that the other man has, but are blind to their own situation. They are cousins and love each other, but now hate each other because they both love the same woman. One sees her as a holy godess, while the other sees her as a beautiful creature. They are blind in love and they are blind to what they can do in each situation. What is better? To be locked away and still see your love? or to be free with a price on your head, and never see your love?

What is a blog?

I believe a blog is a place where a person can express his or her thoughts. This place is expresses a persons view on a subject in the form of writing and is meant to be seen by others on the free floating database we call the internet.Blogs can be formal or informal, but most tend to be informal. Blogs are opinions on ones life or on other events happening out side of our personal box in life. Basically a blog is where ideas on a topic are expressed, read, commented on, and discussed.The blog world is huge. One can spend hours jumping from one blog to the next, reading up on one topic, but a thousand opinions. Blogs are part of a large ocean of opinions and information, its up to the reader to chose where to dive and what fish to catch.

Movement In Veins:The Blood, The Blood, The Blood

Movement. The movement throughout the whole entire reading of "Migration" was fascinating. The movement in the voice of the reader Dorain Marina, combined with the music and the smooth changing color animation create, areal experience for a person to feel.

The whole entire video was moving, like all animations , but it was not just visual, you could also hear the movement. The change of object also moves, as one explanation moves into another one. Each description explains where its been, why its there, and how it looks like. "On the boats come the goods that cross the waters. Like veins and blood, rushing, the goods cross the waters" is one line that is said and changed several times throughout the whole video. If we think of blood like a good, it travels through veins to arrive to various destinations to leave or pick up whatever it needs, just like the boat with the goods. The goods are dropped off or picked up from different areas.

You can see the silk, you can see the nuts and the different colors described because of the movement in the music, the voice and the video. This constant change allows the reader to view the vast amount of culture and variety that can be seen on a normal shipping boat.

Vocabulary in Context

"Context clues are words and phrases in a sentence which help you reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Oftentimes you can figure out the meanings of new or unfamiliar vocabulary by paying attention to the surrounding language."
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~steuben/vocabularycontext.htm

Essay: "Why We Travel"

Questions:

1) What does teh word "crucble" mean?

A. Destruction of the innocent.
B. A dramatized event.
C. A hunting tool.
D. A container.

2) How would the meaning of this sentence change, if another word was used either than the word "cracking"
"Languages facilitates this cracking open, for when we go to France, we often migrate to French, and the more chidlikeself simple and polite, that speaking a forgein language educes."

3) What does the word "educe" from the sentence above, mean?

A. To create.
B. To bring out.
C. To adjust.
D. To aquaint with.

There are several meanings to the "caste". What do you think it means in the following sentence?

A)Caste
B) Culture
C) Political Power
D) To cut off