Masterpiece!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxQsonZWRE

Masterpiece Academy Reflection

When Steve Jobs mentioned the saying “stay hungry, stay foolish”, it left an impression on me. It goes back to all of the life advices and themes I learned as I grew up. I had a deep curiosity in technology as far back as I can remember. I wondered why VHS tapes got replaced by DVDs, or why the computer monitor got thinner as the years passed. My curiosity took me to follow what I thought was interesting, and to start delving into the tech world. The moment you know that something strikingly interests you is when you know that you are “hungry”. You want to keep “eating” or learning about what you love to do. That’s exactly what I did, but life is a bumpy road.

As a child, I was a shy person who didn’t open up too much. I tried to act like a normal kid who blended in with everyone. We all know that conforming to society creates no individuality from Brave New World. Stereotypically, I thought that it was bad to be geeky and like all the high tech stuff. As I entered high school, I came to slowly realize that it’s good to be unique and stand out in your own way. I began to open up more to others and share my passion. This is when “stay foolish” comes into play, in that you shouldn’t follow a dogmatic system. It’s okay to be different and not follow what people think to be the “smart choice”. “Stay foolish” and create your own path instead of following one already made. However, as an ambitious student preparing to get into college, it was not easy to focus just on your passion. Homework, sports, work, volunteer, etc all turned my focus away from my passion, but nevertheless I still made time to learn about technology.

When senior year came, my course into learning changed directions. As a student who likes to succeed in everything, having a high level of trust from a teacher was something that I deserved. Everybody deserves to do what they love (assuming it creates some form of value for others), so having this high level of trust was something we deserve as students. It felt very unusual to be given so much trust from a teacher who barely knew us in the beginning of the year. In the end, being given this trust was an important first step into our individual masterpieces.

The idea of presenting a unique masterpiece in class was something that allowed me to explore my learning in ways I could not do before. The open source structure allowed me to easily collaborate and produce works that I couldn’t have by myself. I planned the biggest project I had done in my life by going to a large museum. Following through and making a video from what I and Jared saw was no easy task, but we were successful. Before the trip to the Computer History Museum, all of my learning of tech was from online sources, devices at home, and strolling through Best Buy. It was a cool experience to see history’s most influential devices from the punch card computer to Intel’s 4004 in real life.

Before seeing everyone’s masterpieces, I didn’t expect to learn so much from others. I honestly thought that it would be boring presentations that the audience would have to sit through, but everyone’s masterpiece left a positive impression in me. A common theme that I found in all of the masterpieces were that each one was meaningful in its own way, and not just something put together for a grade. For example, I personally don’t have much interest into playing music, but I easily felt the meaning of playing your own music. As for the presenters, everyone had a lot of personal stories to tell and how it connects to their masterpiece. Also, the presentations felt very natural as if were trained to give a good presentation. Some people who usually don’t show much emotion or gives a rather boring presentation seemed a lot more interesting and enthusiastic.The specific hand gestures and facial expressions made were direct translations of their passion.

As a self reflection, I have espoused learning. I love that moment where two things you thought were unrelated connects. I especially love learning about computers because it is the foundation for much of the world’s daily tasks. It influences us so much in ways we won’t think because it’s a standard. However, I find computing fascinating because I can do so many different tasks with it and create almost anything virtual. I love using a computer, building it, and researching what’s coming next in tech. in that sense, I would like to say that I am still in the hero’s journey, because a journey shouldn’t end this quick. I have had a successful year with my masterpiece, but really I think that it’s part of a longer journey, with larger challenges to conquer.

Steve Jobs Commencement Speech

Romeo and Juliet Remix

I was reflecting back on my high school life as per the journal topic and I thought about the Romeo and Juliet project we did in English freshmen year. I had a lot of fun making this remix with Joey, Michael, Jacob, and Ephraim. It's definitely worth the watch.

Sonnet notes

Macbeth Act IV questions

Act 4 questions 

Collaboration with Danielle Cadena

Act 4.1

1. How many witches appear in this scene?

The three weird sisters from the beginning and Hecate appear in this scene.

2. What messages does Macbeth get from the witches and their apparitions? Does he feel safe after the first three apparitions? Should he? How does he feel after the fourth, the line of kings?

The armed head tells Macbeth that Macduff has gone to England. The bloody child tells him that he will never be vanquished by a man. The child with a crown and a tree tells him that he will be vanquished when someone gets past this forest. Macbeth continually wants to know his future so he asks if Banquo’s prophecy will come true and the witches show him eight kings that rule with Banquo behind them. When i read this part i pictured Macbeth in the fetal position because he seems broken and if he were standing on a ledge well these visions would be his last inch. I think he should feel this way because his own greed, ambition, and corrupted self led him here and he knew  what was going to happen when the witches told him.

3. What does Macbeth learn from Lennox at line 158? What does he plan to do about it?

Macbeth learns that Macduff has fled to England which means he is becoming a serious problem so Macbeth plans to murder his wife and children. P.S. He thought of that all on his own, just to show how much his character has changed since the beginning of the play.

4.2 #3

Her son is killed by the murderer.Lady Macduff and her son didn’t run away, but instead kept firm of their position. After the son died, Lady Macduff fled while the murderer chased her. We don’t know if she was killed afterwards but it is safe to assume so.

Macbeth Act III Notes

Scene 1

• Macbeth meets with Banquo and talks about the witches' prophecies again
• Macbeth wants to get rid of Banquo by having other men do it

Scene 2

• Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about murdering Banquo

Scene 3

• The men Macbeth hired ambushed Banquo and killed him
• Fleance was able to escape

Scene 4

• at the dinner party, Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost in his chair
• he tells Lady Macbeth that he'll complete the entire deed, can't stop halfway by letting suspicious people live

Scene 5

•  Hecate appears with the witches

Scene 6

• Lennox and a lord discuss about Macbeth's dangerous influence and hopes to rid him

Lit techniques in Macbeth

Shakespeare uses aphorism. "Foul is fair and fair is foul" is a quote that portrays the main theme. This quote says a lot about Macbeth's actions and his consequences. It suggests that Macbeth took foul shortcuts to become king, and that this action will lead Macbeth to not be a good leader.

Macbeth Act II Notes

Scene 1

• Macbeth and Banquo talk about the witches in the castle
• After Banquo leaves, Macbeth hallucinates in seeing a floating dagger in the air
• He becomes doubtful, but makes his resolve
• Lady Macbeth rings the bell to mark the start of the murder

Scene 2

• Macbeth kills Duncan as planned
• he leaves the dagger in the room feeling very uneasy about the murder
• talks about cleansing his dirty hands symbolically
• he hears a knocking noise

Scene 3

• the knocking was Lennox and Macduff
• they went to go see the king and find out he's dead
• everyone is in chaos, people start to worry about themselves

Scene 4

• Ross talks about the abnormal actions going on lately
• Macbeth is made king

ACT I Study Questions

Act I Study Questions Collaboration

Collaboration: Jayce, Jared, Hikaru, Marcel,  Danielle, Erica

1.1-1.2.

1.1

1.  The effect of the witches at the beginning of the play gives off a gloomy, dark, wicked aura. Nothing beats a supernatural setting based on evil remarks and foreshadowing from the witches, yet they detest their true objective in meeting someone of value. From further reading of the play, the witches are going to meet Macbeth and Banquo when the air is unclear to see, just like fog.

1.2.

1.  The “bloody sergeant” comes to meet the king and his attendants to describe the fierceness of Macbeth and the experiences he’s had with him on the battlefield. Macdonwald was a rebel fighting the king’s army and mercilessly slain many men. The one to kill him was Macbeth and so chopped his head and stuck it to a pike. This did not drop the moral of the enemy soldiers, so the king of Scotland regrouped with new troops and retaliated with another assault. None of the rebels faltered after such display of intimidation

1.3 #1, 2

1.3

1. In lines 1-27, the witches are talking about sinking the ship of Macbeth. The effect the witches create is one of disgust to hear them talking about sinking a ship as if it were a game. These specifics foreshadow that Macbeth will arrive by the sinking of his ship. The witches are here to create the plot while the other characters are merely dancers. Line 9 is talking about sailing in a typical sieve sailing to sink the ship. The witches prepare for Macbeth by literally casting a spell. Giving thee a wind means to help you out. But this spell could be seen as basically winding up the plot so that Macbeth will play the part the witches want him to.
2. Macbeth’s first line reminds me of the witches line fair is foul and foul is fair. Those that we see as evil see us as evil. The witches look really ugly and look almost demonic. They portray the typical image of a witch. The witches tell Macbeth that he will be king of Cawdor as well as Glamis. He becomes captivated in the witches visions of him as king. We know this because that’s how Banquo describes him as being. Banquo asks the witches to tell him what they see in his future and they tell him that he will be greater than Macbeth though he is lesser and he will be happier though not so happy. We know that Macbeth will kill the king and rise to his throne that way.

1.4.

1.4

1. Cawdor died honorably after confessing and repenting his own crimes. The basically replies that Cawdor was a chivalrous man who had completely trusted.
2. The king greets Banquo and Macbeth with guilt that he can never truly repay them for their heroic deeds. The king then announces that he is going to make his eldest son, Malcolm the heir to the throne. Duncan then declares that he intends to dine at Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth states he is happy for the new heir but then realizes that Malcolm is just another obstacle getting in his way of becoming king.

1.5 #4, 1.6

1.5

1. Lady Macbeth’s name is Gruoch, modeled after the name Gruoch ingen Boite.

1.6

1. Macbeth is not ready to kill the king. He expresses his doubts and troubles of killing Duncan. In lines 1-12, Macbeth is worried that the same assassination will happen to him once he replaces the current king. Just as he is eyeing the king’s throne, other people will also want it if Macbeth is to spill Duncan’s blood. Macbeth’s violates the code of friendship with Duncan. He is his “kinsmen and his subject” so he has some sympathy towards him. His “vaulting ambition” is his motivation.

 #1 and #2 for 1.7

1.7

    1.   Macbeth has everything set up to murder Duncan from the offer to come and stay at his abode to the poison to place in his cup. How ever he’s worried about what will become of him after doing so and if he actually should go through with it. As a host you're not suppose to kill your guest rather do everything in your power to make them comfortable. Macbeth’s ambition outweighs the sorrow of killing duncan and this is all the motivation he needs.

    2. Lady Macbeth complains for knowledge of the desolation of duncan after dinner. Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about how he doesn't want to go through with this heinous act any longer and she responds with calling him a coward in riveted language. Lady Macbeths sticks to her taunts and ambitious pulls to make him go through with it while Macbeth stand by what's morally right but in the end Lady Macbeth dominates this scene over her husband.

1.2 (#2) ; 1.3 (#3)

1.2  (#2)

Ross and Angus mention that the Norwegian lord “surveying vantage,” and ensuring new supplies, began a new assault. They specifically mention that the thane of Cawdor is the traitor, and shall be stripped of his title (given to Macbeth) and killed in accordance to his betrayal.

  

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WHAT ABOUT MY MASTERPIECE?

This week, I had to change the day i'm going to the Computer History Museum. I changed it to May 2nd from May 23, but other than that my plan is still the same. I still plan to take 2 other people and Go pro our entire trip and make a video at the end. As for time, Shakespeare had every day to write his plays. During the week, regular homework, work, and other small things make it hard for me to work on my masterpiece. However, I try to catch up on the weekends. For me, time is flying by too fast for me to do everything I need to get done. That being said, I will still go through with it on my plan and hope for the best outcomes.

MEET MACBETH

Collaborated with Jared Dube

Macbeth is introduced by direct characterization when Duncan states "No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, And with his former title greet Macbeth."  Macbeth was a hero for killing Macdonwald. He is indirectly introduced when he easily influenced by the witches knowledge of the future. He is easily persuaded by the chance at knowing his own future which ends up suggesting that he selfish when in search of the future. The witches depict his future thus foreshadowing the plot of Macbeth becoming king. So far the tone towards the Macbeth doesn't define the person he is in his own mind but the tone becomes eerie when the witches come out showing them as chaotic beings. Conscious is a theme that is evident in Macbeth, since he seems easily manipulated by conducting evil deeds for his own ambitions like when he wants the witches to tell him more about his future.

Spring Break Poetry Essay

Prompt:  Write an essay in which you describe the speaker's attitude toward the father's death. Using specific references from the text, show how the use of language reveals the speaker's attitude.

Why it fits: This prompt fits Dylan Thomas’s poem because the author’s attitude plays a significant role in defining the theme. Analyzing the tone is especially important in this poem because the assertive and desperate tone heavily implies the author’s message.

Essay:

In Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night, Dylan Thomas implies a desperate yet assertive attitude towards the dying father. His use of symbolism and repetition together reveals the tone by clearly stating his message through the use of symbols like “light” and “dark”.  

The line “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” is used several times by the dying father’s child.  The repetition of this line has a powerful effect in portraying a desperate tone. The words “rage, rage” suggests a strong attitude towards the coming of death, and even though the speaker knows that death is inevitable, the speaker still urges his father in despair to fight against the “good night”. The title of the poem itself is also repeated several times throughout the poem. The “good night” refers to death, and the author clearly states to not “go gentle” into it, meaning to not accept death peacefully. The repetition of the two lines grasp the theme of the poem, which is to fight with all of your might against the moment of death and not just merely accept it in calm. This literary technique in effect implies that the author’s attitude is assertive, and also desperate at the same time.

Symbolism is another literary technique that Thomas uses to convey his tone. He refers to “wise men, good men, wild men and grave men” representing the different types of people. He is saying that no matter who you are, you will eventually meet the “dark” and lose sight of the “bright”. The author even juxtaposes “blind eyes could blaze like meteors” in that blind eyes can be seen as dull, while meteors are often bright with blaze. This effect suggests the desperate tone in that the speaker wants to see even “grave men” to rage against death all while knowing that these men will pass away. The “fierce tears” that the child sees is a physical representation of the rage, and adds weight to creating the desperate attitude the author conveys.

In the poem by Dylan Thomas, literary techniques such as symbolism and repetition effectively reveals the the desperate and assertive tone. The words “rage”, “dark”, and “light” are frequently used to clearly imply the symbolic meaning it holds to suggest the theme. The two tones evident throughout helps the reader understand the idea of fighting against old age and death, rather than calmly waiting for it.

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Do not go gentle into that good night in Interstellar

When I first saw Interstellar, I didn't get the reference to Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night". Completely forgetting about this, I chose this poem to analyze for the homework and I watched the movie again. I got the meaning and the significance of it this time. It was one of those moments where you appreciate good poetry and know that the theme of the poem is visually represented by a movie.  

Literature Analysis #3

Literature Analysis: Medea  by Euripides

Collaborated with Jared Dube, Bailey Reasner, Marcel Dube

1.Euripedes' Medea begins and ends with conflict. Jason abandoned his wife, Medea, along with their two children. He hopes to advance his station by remarrying with Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, the Greek city.

Outside the royal palace, a nurse laments the events that have lead to the present issue. After a long series of trials and betrayals Jason and Medea to seek exile in Corinth. They had settled down and established their family, achieving a degree of fame and respectability. Jason's recent abandonment of that family has crushed Medea emotionally, to the degree that she curses her own existence, as well as that of her two children.

Fearing a possible plot of revenge, Creon banishes Medea and her children from the city. After pleading for mercy, Medea is granted one day before she must leave, during which she plans to complete her quest for "justice." Jason accuses Medea of overreacting. By voicing her grievances so publicly, she has endangered her life and that of their children. He claims that his decision to remarry was in everyone's best interest.

Appearing by chance in Corinth, Aegeus, King of Athens, offers Medea sanctuary in his home city in exchange for her knowledge of certain drugs that can cure his sterility. Now guaranteed an eventual haven in Athens, Medea has cleared all obstacles to completing her revenge, a plan which grows to include the murder of her own children. The pain their loss will cause her does not outweigh the satisfaction she will feel in making Jason suffer.

Medea then pretends to sympathize with Jason  and offers his wife "gifts," a coronet and dress. Ostensibly, the gifts are meant to convince Glauce to ask her father to allow the children to stay in Corinth. The coronet and dress are actually poisoned and their delivery causes Glauce's painful death. Seeing his daughter ravaged by the poison, Creon chooses to die by her side by dramatically embracing her and absorbing the poison himself.

A messenger recounts the gruesome details of these deaths, which Medea absorbs with cool attentiveness. Her earlier state of anxiety, which intensified as she struggled with the decision to commit murder has now given way to an assured determination to fulfill her plans. Against the protests of the chorus, Medea murders her children and flees the scene in a dragon-pulled chariot provided by her grandfather, the Sun-God. Jason is left with his hope of advancing his station by abandoning Medea and marrying Glauce and everything he values has been lost through death and tragedy.

2. In Media the two main themes demonstrated include betrayal and revenge. Betrayal can easily be seen as a theme in the play due to where all the anger and despair that follows when Jason betrays his wife Medea causing her to act out which leads to the second theme of revenge. Her hatred fuels her to do inconceivable acts in the pursuit of revenge which forces her to use manipulation and this ties the two themes together since manipulation is just another form of betrayal.

3. The tone seemingly appears cynical most of the time with Medea constant plotting for her ex husbands suffering yet sometimes sympathetic which relies heavily on the chorus who expressed their sympathy for Medea fates and Jasons slain children in their words.   

4.  

• Symbolism - the murder of Medea’s own children symbolizes her wrath and past love with her husband.
• Symbolism - Deities like Apollo are an obvious symbolic element in Medea.
• Tone - Euripedes sets a bitter and dark overall tone as the murder of her children is a significant influence on the play
• Imagery - Imagery is heavily used throughout the play for Medea, as she is often described to be in a angry and raged state.
• Direct Characterization - The author frequently uses direct characterization for Medea to draw out her personality. It is effective because it clearly implies her rage and fluster through the direct characterization.

Characterization:

1.Direct Characterization:

• her heart passionately in love with Jason.
• Their fine love's grown sick, diseased, for Jason,

  Indirect Characterization:

• Don't fear me, Creon. It's not in me to commit crimes against the men in charge.
• I'm not that clever, but still you fear me.

2.The authors diction does change when Medea talks, the author shifts the diction to be more aggressive compared to the other neutral characters of the play. I feel the reason behind changing the diction is to make Medea stand out as a character who can no longer fit in her society due to efforts in seeking revenge. Although the author changes diction, he doesn’t change the syntax of the play at any point. So all in all, the syntax between Medea and other characters doesn’t cause an obvious difference.

3.Medea is dynamic because she is forced into a problematic situation where her husband leaves her to enhance his position which then make her drastically change into a vindictive character who would resort to killing her children to get revenge. Medea is a flat character because her goals never change and are never impeded on even when feeling sympathetic for the killing of her children which she does just for revenge.
4. After reading this play, I felt that I met a real character because the emotions and thoughts that Medea experiences are somewhat realistic. Although Medea is mostly violent, and she shed the blood of her two sons, the complex emotions that she undergoes is parallel and relatable to anyone. That being said, I would not want to actually meet Medea in real life.

Poetry Analysis using TPCASST

Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Title of poem means	Don't pass away like you gave up on life
Paraphrase parts of the Poem	"And you, my father...." - My dear father on the brink of death, I pray that you fought death with everything you have
Connotation of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values	"good night" implies death "Rage, rage against the dying of the light" implies the person's strong wish to not die
Attitude What is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself?	The attitude is angry (in the sense that the son doesn't want to lose his father)
Shift At first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift:  identify the shifts and explain them	Has one shift between the 2nd and 3rd stanza (Good men.....Wild men)
Title revisited Any new insights on meaning or significance of title?	The title means that one should not die peacefully, but rather fight against death and try to cling on to your life
Theme	Don't just let death knock on your door when the time comes, but fight it off as much as you can and stay longer to be with your loved ones

Collaboration between Jared Dube and Hikaru Kasai

Masterpiece update

As part of my masterpiece I will be going to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. I will be taking 3 other people and spend the day at the museum. I chose the memorial 4 day weekend in may after the AP tests. One of my friend who is going with me said he has a GoPro that we can hook on to our selves and film the entire experience at the museum. After we come back, we are going to put together a video summing up our day and showing what we learned. I also know a sushi restaurant nearby that we can go eat at. It's not on par with Jiro's sushi, but it's still really authentic and mouth watering.

TOBERMORY EXPLAINED

"If he was trying German irregular verbs on the poor beast," said Clovis, "he deserved all he got."

• Gossip can instantly break social relationships and cause disorder (especially among upper class)
• Some people will do anything to keep their social status intact
• story is satire of upper classes
• ironic because Tobermory the cat is in one sense more intelligent than the people at the party
• the tone is negative and bitter

USB-C: "One Size Fits All"

We all have many devices - laptops, phones, tablets, iPods, etc. As a result, we have a lot of different cables for each device, which is really annoying. Worse yet, the different cables end up in a tangle and frustrates the user. To solve this problem, USB Type-C is the new universal cable that will replace much of the standard ports we see today. It is speculated that in the next few years this new port will replace most of the ports in your phones, laptops, tablets of today. This means that you only need one charger to charger all of your devices. No more tangles, no more frustration. Also, USB Type-C is reversible so you won't have to worry about which side the port will fit. In addition, it is tiny, and can do everything what our modern ports can do but with greater power and speed.

Brave New World Ch. 6 Analysis

• Bernard shows some assertion towards Lenina 
• "I'd rather be myself...myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly" - reaction towards Lenina offering soma
• When Bernard and Lenina are hovering above the sea, Bernard says he doesn't feel as if he is "just a cell in the social body"
• Contrary to Lenina, Bernard has natural feelings for himself (matches with the natural environment vs. being at obstacle golf or other artificial places where he couldn't really express himself)
• "the most frightful thunderstorm I've ever seen was just bursting on us" - sets the tone for a bad event (Director's anecdote)
• "The director's threats had actually elated him, made him feel larger than life." (when Bernard talked to the Director)

Literature Analysis #2

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Collaboration: Hikaru Kasai, Bailey Reasner, Jared Dube, Marcel Dube.

TOPIC(S) and/or EVENT(S)

1. The essay I read was Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. The essay focuses on the peoples right to overthrow an unfair government.  Basically if an unjust law is passed you don’t have to follow this law if you believe it isn’t right. Thoreau for example believes that America is an unjust government at the time he wrote the essay due to slavery and wars. The best way to overthrow a government is to play no part in it since no one is obligated to participate the evils of an unjust government. All in all, he believes most governments are all bad and their only job should be to meet the wants and needs of the people.
2. I believe David Thoreau chose to write this essay on his dislike for governments after protesting the government by not paying taxes. Another reason could be that he wanted to spread his form of protest to the masses in order to incite a change in government.
3. The reason I decided to read this essay is because I really think Thoreau’s view on government is very interesting and gives a lot of insight from the past. I also picked his essay to read due to the rational thought process he uses to back up his ideals.
4. I found this book very realistic due to the way it brings in current events from the time period. When Thoreau mentions how the people should protest unjust laws it is similar to us today in that people dislike some aspects of our government but do nothing about it.

PEOPLE

1. Since this piece of literature is more of an essay, Thoreau does not present characters, but rather his entire essay is a deeper reflection of his thought. His thought process is extremely rational and mindful of history. The author is very questioning and reflective of himself.
2. Henry David Thoreau  strongly believes in individualism and questioning of the government (or self aware in general). He is very subjective and critical towards the American government, and also the American citizens.  He argues that citizens are not using intellect, and their voting in general reflects their own interests. His argument goes back to the core of the American people. Overall, Thoreau is more of a liberal thinker.
3. Thoreau is interesting to write about because his arguments and thoughts are very constructive and well thought out. Much of his explanation is clear and practical, but some of it can be seen as too radical or liberal. He is very self aware of his surroundings and very keen of outside influence.

STYLE

1. Thoreau did not use any notable literary techniques from fiction, he used a more journalistic style with a persuasive tone. Multiple time in his essay he would give his opinion on most things as well as supporting his opinion with references in history and quotes from which he strongly believed in. An example of this would be how he describes on how to counter an unfair law.
2. Thoreau uses mainly dialogue and action to to promotes his argument and uses example of people and history to strengthen its bonds, overall making the entire essay stronger to the reader giving out thoreau’s style of rebellion to the audience.
3. He uses examples of injustices acted out by the government ,society  and the use of his own personal opinion in order to create a mood of defiance and a tone of accumulating frustration.
4. Thoreau was annoyed by the government and went to reach out to the reader to take action against slavery and the escalating war between mexico and The United States of America.
5. Thoreau doesn't offer many outside sources but he does have a very appealing opinion and way of using it to its full effects. However there are a few quotes he used to get his point across .

ENDURING MEMORY

The idea of questioning and analyzing your surroundings is a huge concept. Many citizens of the United States are not familiar with how the government works, and yet complains. Citizens have just as an important role in being educated as the government officials are. The main idea in this piece of work is that you should always assess your knowledge and come to your own conclusions through intellect and rational thought.

Brave New World Ch. 4 Analysis

• Lenina is cold unlike Bernard
• imagery "It was warm and bright on the roof. The summer afternoon was drowsy with..."
• direct characterization "He was a powerfully built man, deep chested, broad shouldered, massive..."
• Helmholtz and Bernard are compared - both are conscious of their surroundings and themselves (how they fit with the rest)
• Bernard and Helmholtz go against the norm in the story - they have their own thoughts and feelings

How to Remotely Access your Computer

Tech: Connected Living

There is a neat program and app called Teamviewer that lets you remotely control your computer with your smartphone. For example, if you need your essay saved on your computer, but you are at school, you can use Teamviewer to navigate your pc and send that file to yourself. Your smartphone screen acts as the mouse, giving you complete control as if you were at home. You can use this feature anywhere as long as you have internet, and your computer is on with the teamviewer program open. It's handy whenever you need it, and it's also free. The program uses a password and pin to identify your computer, so security isn't a problem. It is available for both Mac, iOS and Windows, android. You can download it here.

Brave New World Ch. 3 Analysis

• juxtaposition - "The air was drowsy with the murmur of bees and helicopters."
• simile - "brooded over them like a cat over its kittens..."
• allusion to Sigmund Freud (father of psychoanalysis)
• fallacy - "the world was full of fathers-was therefore full of misery"
• direct characterization - "Fanny's kind, rather moon-like face"
• Bernard Marx - symbolizes social experiments? (Karl Marx)

Brave New World Ch 2 Analysis

Chapter 2

• 3rd paragraph is full of imagery (when director opens the door)
• viviparous - bringing forth live young that have developed inside the body of the parent: referring to how people used to be naturally born and delivered, contrary to the factory production of babies 
• allusion to Henry Ford
• "you can't learn science unless you know what it is about" - seems obvious but still applies to today: students just memorizing scientific terms and getting it all right on a matching quiz won't really help unless he or she understands the relation and meaning behind each term
• Elementary class consciousness - propaganda on steroids 

Brave New World Ch. 1 Notes

• metaphor "the light was frozen, dead, a ghost"
•  "Hinted at the gravity of the so-called..."
• related to theme: "Out of the realm of mere slavish imitation of nature and into the much more interesting world of human invention."
• related to theme: "That is the secret of happiness and virtue-liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny."

Reflection on Asimov's Interview

The love of learning is the framework to the vision of the future. When people study and do things related to something they have so much curiosity for, those people naturally leave legacies that other take for granted. Asimov's passion in astronomy led him to write many books on it, and he hopes that people will still read them after his death. Just as Asimov mentioned, the path to self learning out of pure love is not easily made in today's society. When people think of "learning", they only think of the one where you go to school and listen to lectures and do homework. In most cases, people believe that this type of forced learning is the only kind of learning out there. But the real truth is that learning can happen anywhere, anytime, for any subject. It is when people find that passion when their curiosity, creativeness, and thinking all start to come together like a strong gravitational pull and create a new level of learning that can only be experienced by that person's ability. The value of having this experience, and continuing to fuel your own learning transcends above the mass oriented curriculum that hopes to be a "one size fits all", and therefore should be of value to the vision of the future. There is a chinese proverb that says "the journey is the reward", and I think that is what the love of learning is. Sure, reaching the end is important, but the process of learning about your passion is far more valuable.

A thermostat that learns

Tech: Connected Living

Nest is a "smart" thermostat that replaces conventional ones. Many conventional thermostats waste a lot of energy, and rack up your energy bill. I can personally save up to $51 a year in my home if I switched to Nest. It's also a lot user friendly. The neat thing about Nest is that it learns how you use it every day so that it will start to automatically follow that pattern. Waking up with the heater already going, and having it automatically shut off when you leave your home can come in handy. Better yet, it does it so efficiently that you won't be wasting energy. You can also control it via smartphone. Although teenagers won't really need this, Nest can be a great present for your parents.

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was a writer, who mostly wrote novels, essays, and some poetry.. He came from a family of scientists and authors, who are well known. He was born in England, and lost most of his sight. He chose to write after that and even got an English degree. Huxley  is most famous for Brave New World which he wrote in 1931. The book is about cloning and genetics, something that his family members were researching.

Lit Terms 5

1. parallelism - Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter
2. parody - imitation of a writer, artist, or a genre for a comical effect
3. pathos - stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow
4. pedantry - describes words, phrases, or tone that is overly scholarly or academic
5. personification - figure of speech in which the author presents/describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human qualities
6. plot - the sequence of events in a story
7. poignant - arousing deep emotion, touching
8. point of view - the perspective at which a story is told
9. postmodernism - a late 20th-century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism;
10. prose - a form of language that has no formal metrical structure
11. protagonist - the main or of the main characters in a story
12. pun - a play on words
13. purpose - the reason an author creates a piece of work, intends to persuade/inform/entertain/explain his or her ides
14. realism - attempts to represent familiar things as they are
15. refrain - a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections
16. requiem - chant, hymn, dirge or musical service for the dead
17. resolution - the part of a story where the problem or climax is resolved
18. restatement - to state again in a new form for emphasis
19. rhetoric - the art of using language effectively
20. rhetorical question - asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected
21. rising action - the part of the story leading up to the climax
22. romanticism - emphasized emotion over reason
23. satire - exposes and criticizes foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule; it is meant
24. scansion -  is the act of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of a line of verse.
25. setting - the place and time the story takes place in