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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A Tale of 2 Cities

A revolution of British colonists in America has ripped the colony from British hands, and in Paris, the masses of peasants are starving under the brutal oppression and tyranny of aristocratic rule. In both cities, cruel executions and police tortures are the order of the day. England is riddled with crime, and France with poverty. On the thrones of the respective countries sit kings and queens who rule the lands with what they believe are their divine rights as rulers.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Big Question

Big Question

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Great Expectations

The main character, Pip, ends up with Great Expectations thanks to the seeming patronage of the local eccentric rich old lady Miss Havisham.  He starts to get full of himself, but things do not turn out in his life the way he thinks. Pride goes before a fall, and he is humbled and his Great Expectations seem really foolish and shallow in retrospect once he goes through everything he endures in the course of the novel.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

A Somber Day For College Football


Even though your last few months on earth might have been controversial, you will always go down as the greatest college football coach in NCAA history. You will be missed Joe


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Friday, January 20, 2012

Poem of my choice

I chose this poem, because this is the first poem I had to memorize and it brings back many fond memories.

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Abstract: Big Question

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Ethics has been studied for many years by some of the worlds greatest minds. The need for studying this philosophy is so that you know how to form an opinion on tough questions. Through the study of ethics you find many answers about yourself and your relationships as well. The study of ethics is broken down into three major categories. The first being meta ethics, which is a field within ethics that seeks to understand the nature of normative ethics. The second is normative ethics or the study of what makes actions right or wrong. And the final being applied ethics or how you apply them in your everyday life. These three categories come together to form what think of as ethics. But, how do these three ethics influebce our everyday decisions

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Road

1. “The Road” is the story of a father and son, never named, on a journey towards the east coast, their last hope. The post-apocalyptic world that they are thrown into is harsh and unforgiving. They are left with limited supplies and a gun with only three bullets. The only other people in the world are savage, cannibalistic freaks so the father and son must always be on the watch. When they finally arrive it is nothing what they imagined. It’s just as destroyed as the rest of the world, and shortly after reaching their destination, the father dies. This leaves the boy with no hope, he sits by his father’s dead body for days until he is found by a man from a nomadic group.


2. The theme is about the struggle of keeping integrity in a world that takes it away and continuing to do good.  Everything around them has become scandalous and willing to do anything to survive. It is never an easy task, but they don’t give in and eat another person, or steal anything. They try remaining honest in the toughest times.


3. Throughout the novel there is a strong sense of hopelessness. The father at times even doubts that they will make it. The entire plot just feels empty and like no good would come for these characters. 


4.  “The Road” uses many literary elements and techniques to create the gloomy and hopeless world: syntax, setting, and imagery are just a few.