Final: It Started With A Seed

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Here is a link to what I talked about in class, please if you are still interested let me know if you would like to get involved to help our idea come back to life. The date for Music Arts Festival is still undecided but its going to happen!

Battle of the Bands/ Masterpiece

Our location that our masterpiece will be taking place at will be Waller Park. We originally started with the idea of it being a school event but we wanted to reach out more to the community. The proceeds from the event are going to my fellow classmate Jasmine's idea of making goodie bags for homeless people who are struggling and in need. We still need more artists for the line up so if you know anyone let me or Jasmine know. We are also looking for sponsors to get shirts made for the participants. If you'd like to help see me at school or email me.

Love is blind

When Lady Macbeth hears of the prophecy for told by the witches she becomes enthusiastic. She personally wants to kill the current king herself if she had too to get her husband into the thrown. If you're in the audience you see her as an evil, cruel woman who just cares about being powerful not being honorable. Macbeth though thinks she is just trying to do the best thing for him blinded by her love. He's convinced by her to then become the king of Scotland but she still worried that he couldn't kill the king himself. Macbeth doesn't have the courage to stand up to her either so it makes him look weak to her.   

Look at my brain

I think my masterpiece reflects the way my mind thinks in many ways. My idea for my final project is kind of split into two ideas that have one of my main passions involved in it; music. The battle of the bands idea to me is amazing and is the classic way to bring people who love music together. If I can get that started with my fellow classmate I think we can start an amazing non-profit fundraiser that goes towards her idea for homeless nessecity bags and maybe even money towards local music programs. My other half was my app website idea which like my mind is music oriented, I want and app where a local artist can promote himself and also promote the artists they love and figure when and where they will be performing. There is an existing sight but I feel it could be a little better for people who are unknown or are trying to make the next new genere of music. It will take me a while but I think an improvement will come to mind soon.

Literary Analysis #5: The Stranger

Literary Analysis #5: The Stranger

General: 

1. The novel begins with Meursalt's mother dying and this starts the plot of the book. The main plot though is when Meursalt kills another man and is sent to prison. I felt like this was really unfair for Meursalt because it was for his friend Raymond. Raymond's ex-girlfriend cheated on him which caused him to assault her. When he did this he didn't think about what her brother would do to him when he found out. Later in the book Raymond runs into the brother and they get in a fight. Because Meursalt was with Raymond the brother attacked him which caused Meursalt to shoot him because the brother had a knife and it led Meursalt to go to jail.
2. I think the theme of the novel is that life is in a way pointless if we all die in the end. He realizes this when he is in prison about to die and remembers his mom died so that there was no purpose in life.
3. The author's tone was kind of emotionless. The main character seems as if he has no feelings or emotions at all. He wasn't emotional about his mother's death and he wouldn't ever say that he loved his girlfriend. When his girlfriend asked if he wanted to marry her he told her that it didn't matter to him, but that they could if she wanted. Finally he had no emotion about killing a man when he should've at least felt sorry.
4. The actions of Meursalt  were done in a way that he knew what he did, but didn't exactly feel bad. For example when he killed the brother he thought it out again after it happened and was more concerned that he ruined his day instead of him taking someone's life. He also uses flashback when he rethinks of his mother's death and funeral. This only happens a couple times in the book when he explains why he put her in an old people home. Also the dialogue because this is how you feel Meursalt's sense that he doesn't care about anything by the way he talks to other people. I noticed this a lot when people told him sorry about his mother and he would reply like it was nothing to him. Another element is that the story is told through first person. Albert Camus tells his story through Meursalt and the whole story is focused on him as the main character. With him being the main character all of the point of views are through him. You can hear into his thoughts and what he thinks. For instance you can read his thoughts of why he doesn't want to go in Celeste's because he doesn't want to hear them ask about how he is dealing with his mother's death.

Characterization:

1. The author uses mainly indirect characterization in this story. I didn't really notice any direct characterization. He uses indirect characterization though in showing that Meursalt has no emotions. It is shown in him not caring about his mom's death and not caring if he married the girl he really liked. It's never stated that he doesn't care just shown. There's also indirect characterization when Meursalt realizes life is pointless. He thinks of how people just die in the end so whatever he did wouldn't even matter.
2. I didn't really notice a change in syntax or diction because the main character is so plain to me so the diction is just normal the whole time.
3. The main character seemed to be static because he never forms emotions for life. He just realizes his life is pointless, but he pretty much seemed to know that fact all along.
4. I felt like I'd met a person after this book because I truly felt for the guy. He seemed like he didn't fully enjoy life and it made me think from his point of view which caused me to also think what's the purpose of life. Hearing his thoughts is what brought me to think this because I felt as if he was trying to explain it directly to me.

Literature Analysis #4

1. The novel Brave New World begins in London in the hatchery where the Director is guiding students on a tour of the Bokanovskify process. As the Director proceeds to explain the process throughout the introduction of the novel hypnopaedia is introduced. This is the process of teaching the children in their sleep. The children are encouraged to get involved in erotic play. This erotic play is known as obstacle golf and Bernard is first introduced when he does not participate. Lenina is then introduced when she finds interest in Bernard even though she is discouraged by Fanny. Lenina pursues Bernard and yet Bernard continues to feel more hopeless than ever. As the novel continues, characters like Hemholtz are introduced, because of their differences from the others. Many of these differences are shown through the different social classes as well as events such as the alcohol that is said to have been in Bernard’s blood surrogate before he was born. Soma is also introduced as the drug that keeps them going. It is the boost to their system when in need. Bernard continues throughout the novel as curious as ever and takes a trip to the reservation with Lenina in order to humor his curiosity. There he meets Linda and John who wish to return to London with them to see the Director; John’s father. When the four of them return things begin to go south and the Director is humiliated with Linda’s return. As John carries on with life in the Brave New World he is disturbed by the assumptions accepted by the society he sees. It comes to a point where John is so ooberly in love with Lenina but yet is so confused and can no longer take it anymore that as a result he hangs himself.

2. For the theme of the novel I concluded that there is to be no happiness without truth. The people of the Brave New World are so dedicated to their willful delusion that they know no true happiness. They only know what they have been told to be true yet characters like Bernard see that there is more to life and there are truths to which they do not know than what they have been told.

3. Defining the tone of Brave New World is difficult. I would consider the tone to be informative as well as dramatic. The entire novel is about the telling of a Brave New World in which we do not know unless we continue to read the novel. Huxley repeatedly states things such as, “But every one belongs to every one else,” in order to emphasize the attitude of the society of the Brave New World. The extended metaphor used to describe the sexual affair between Lenina and Bernard support the dramatic tone of the novel. The introduction of the novel when the D.H.C. is giving the tour of the hatchery and declares, "We condition the masses to hate the country but simultaneously we condition them to love all country sports," Huxley's audience is informed of the alterations that take place while the embryos are developing.

4. Repetition is used throughout the novel quite often to emphasize the society of the BNW. "But every one belongs to every one else."

Puns are also used by Lenina when she is plotting to seduce Bernard.

Similes like, "Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly--they'll go through anything," help to not only emphasize but clarify what is going on in the minds of the characters of society.

Parallelism is also often used to parallel with past or upcoming events that are to take place. Also parallelism occurs as the novel has resulted in paralleling with present society.

Imagery is a constant attribute to the novel that Huxley projects through statements made by characters like, "But cleanliness is next to fordliness." Statements like this create an image in the readers head that helps in grasping an understanding of the BNW that could not be grasped as well without the imagery.

CHARACTERIZATION 

1. Two examples of direct characterization would be Bernard and John. Two examples of indirect characterization would be Lenina and the Director. Both Bernard and John are both directly characterized through their speech and actions. Lenina and the Director are characterized through the other characters. For example, Fanny as well as Bernard characterize Lenina by passing their own judgement about her actions. 

2.     Theme: “Hot tunnels alternated with cool tunnels. Coolness was wedded to discomfort in the form of hard X-rays. By the time they were decanted the embryos had a horror of cold. They were predestined to emigrate to the tropics, to be miner and acetate silk spinners and steel workers. Later on their minds would be made to endorse the judgment of their bodies. "We condition them to thrive on heat," concluded Mr. Foster. "Our colleagues upstairs will teach them to love it. “And that,"put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue – liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.” (pg. 11) This quote describes the pre-conditioning/controlled conception of humans via mechanical processes ultimately connoting one of the novel’s central ideas, theme: subjugation thru perfect content, apathy. I.E. Caste system according to the World State.

3.     Allusion: “Bernard Marx,Lenina, Henry Foster etc.” (pg. throughout the novel) Huxley brilliantly incorporates the names of famous historical figures directly into that of his Brave New World characters often to further characterize the themes of the novel. EX. Communist proponent Karl Marx is the derivation of Bernard Marx, Russian ruler Lenin is feminized for Lenina, Henry Ford’s first and last name is similar to Jesus in stature/naming frequency in characters like Henry Foster.

4.     Personification: “The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees. The air was drowsy with the murmur of bees and helicopters.” (pg. 37) Huxley at times engages in beautiful bouts of imagery laden figurative language to juxtapose the otherwise cruel and grey atmosphere of the novel. I personally liked the use of personification in this passage with the soliquizing flowers and drowsy air, creates a mood contrasting with the overall foreboding feeling of oppression prevalent in the book.

5.     Tone: “The overalls of the workers were white, their hands gloved with a pale corpse-coloured rubber.The light was frozen, dead, a ghost. Only from the yellow barrels of the microscopes did it borrow a certain rich and living substance, lying along the polished tubes like butter, streak after luscious streak in long recession down the work tables.” (pg. 12) Cold, clinical the tone of Brave New World is sterile in it’s diction, even the similes/figurative language (in bold above) are Huxley’s tool to crafting a tone fitting of a society automated by a hive of machines and identical automatons—I mean humans.

Master Piece

1. What am I passionate about?  What do I want to do?
   -I am passionate about many things in my life but I'd have to say music is my favorite thing. I want to start my life in the winery business until I can establish myself well enough to have a vineyard slash music venue that helps promote local talents and also have big shows.

2. How can I use the tools from last semester (and the Internet in general)?
   -I can use collaboration by talking to people who are in this type of business already and ask them how they got there and many other questions. I can use the Internet to reach out to these people also if I can't reach them in person, any conversation can help you connect dots.

3.   What will I need to do in order to "feel the awesomeness with no regrets" by June?
   - To me honestly not a lot, I just wanna know I did alright on the AP test and that I'm graduating. Also I wanna make sure I keep exploring options of how I can get to where I want to be.

4.  What will impress/convince others (both in my life and in my field)?
   I think the thing that will impress the people in my industry most is GREAT wine, GREAT music, and GREAT food. It can be very hard and expensive to get all these things going and it takes many connections so I think I need to start reaching out and making more connections.

5.  How will I move beyond 'What If' and take this from idea --> reality?
   -I wish I could say it would be as easy as getting a degree and my job is already established but I have to work from the bottom to the top. I'm gonna have to earn money and get loans before I can even start my business but I'm sure after a lot of hard I can get it running.

6. Who will be the peers, public, and experts in my personal learning network?
   - What I love more then anything is I'm not in this alone. I have friends going into viticulture that would love to help me start a business like I want and it will make it a lot easier with their help. This is one of the things that makes me excited for the future.

Lit. Terms #5

1. parallelism-When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length. For instance, "King Alfred tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable." The previous sentence has parallel structure in use of adjectives. However, the following sentence does not use parallelism: "King Alfred tried to make clear laws that had precision and were equitable."
2. parody-A parody imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular literary work in order to make fun of those same features.
3. pathos-In its rhetorical sense, pathos is a writer or speaker's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience--usually a deep feeling of suffering, but sometimes joy, pride, anger, humor, patriotism, or any of a dozen other emotions.
4. pedantry- an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish
5. personification- a figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animasl, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions
6. plot- The structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction. In order for a plot to begin, some sort of catalyst is necessary.
7. poignant-evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
8. point of view- The way a story gets told and who tells it. It is the method of narration that determines the position, or angle of vision, from which the story unfolds.
9. postmodernism-A general (and often hotly debated) label referring to the philosophical, artistic, and literary changes and tendencies after the 1940s and 1950s up to the present day. We can speak of postmodern art, music, architecture, literature, and poetry using the same generic label.
10. prose-Any material that is not written in a regular meter like poetry.
11. protagonist-The main character in a work, on whom the author focuses most of the narrative attention.
12. pun-A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning.
13. purpose-the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
14. realism-the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
15. refrain-stop oneself from doing something.
16. requiem-a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead.
17. resolution-A French word meaning "unknotting" or "unwinding," denouement refers to the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot.
18. restatement-A revised statement
19. rhetoric-he art of persuasive argument through writing or speech--the art of eloquence and charismatic language.
20. rhetorical question-a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"
21. rising action-The rising action of a story is the series of events that begin immediately after the exposition (introduction) of the story and builds up to the climax.
22. romanticism-a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
23. satire-the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
24. scansion-the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.
25. setting- the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

Lit. Terms #4

1. Interior monologue: A piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts.

2. Inversion: Reversal of the normal order of words typically for rhetorical effect.

3. Juxtaposition: The fact of two things being seen our place close together with contrasting effect.

4. Lyric: Expressing the riders emotions usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.

5. Magical realism: A literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.

6. Extended Metaphor: Can go on first sentences or even a paragraph.

Controlling: A symbolic story used in a poem.

Mixed: A combination of two or more incompatible metaphors; produces a ridiculous effect.

7. Metonymy: The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjuct for that of the thing meant.

8. Modernism: modern character or quality of thought, expression or technique.

9. Monologue: A long speech by want to actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

10. Mood: A temporary stay of mind or feeling.

11. Motif: A decorated designer pattern.

12. Myth: A traditional story one concerning the early history of the people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

13. Narrative: A spoken or written account of connected events.

14. Narrator: A person who narrates something; a character who recounts the events of a novel.

15. Naturalism: A style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.

16. Novelette/novella: A short novel or long short story.

17. Omniscient point of view: One who can see and report everything. Has awareness.

18. Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

19. Oxymoron : A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

20. Pacing: A single step taken when walking or running.

21. Parable: A simple story used to illustrate amoral of spiritual lesson.

22. Paradox: A statement or proposition that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.

Lit Terms #2

1. 1.circumlocution- a roundabout speech or writing in which many words are used but a few would have served.
   Ex.  I would have been to school on time but time just moves so quickly and it's so difficult to keep track of; time just never stops and keeps moving and moving.
    
2. classicism- art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of Ancient Greece amd Rome tradition. Ex. Shakespeare, Dante, and Dickens.
    
3. cliche- a phrase or situation overused within society. Ex. Opposites attract!
    
4. climax- the decisive point in a narrative or drama. Ex. The climax in Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo challenges Tybalt to a duel.
    
5.  colloquialism- folksy speech, slang words. Ex. Y'all wana mosey on over for a gander?
    
6. comedy- originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed to provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter.
   Ex.  Mid Summer Nights Dream
    
7. conflict-  struggle or problem in a story causing tension.
   Ex.  Hamlet has the internal conflict of how to avenge his father's death.
    
8. connotation-  implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition.
   Ex.  Pushy refers to someone loud-mouthed and irritating.
    
9.  contrast-  a rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity.
   Ex.   Black and white.
    
10. denotation-  plain dictionary definition.
    Ex.  Definition: statement of the exact meaning of a word.
     
11. denouement-  loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion.
    Ex.  The denouement in Great Expectations is Pip and Estella's marriage.
     
12. dialect-  the language of a particular district.
    Ex.  Mark Twain uses dialect in a lot of his stories.
     
13. dialectics-  formal debates usually over e nature of truth.
     
14. dichotomy-  split or break between two opposing things.
    Ex.  Nature versus nurture.
     
15. diction-  the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words.
    Ex.  The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn and Hamlet have very distinct diction choices. didactic-  having to do with the transmission of information.
    Ex.  Teachers have a very didactic profession.
     
16. dogmatic-  rigid in beliefs and principles.
    Ex.  Perhaps we are all being a bit to dogmatic.
     
17. elegy-  a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a fimeral song or lament for the dead.
    Ex. “With the farming of a verse/Make a vineyard of the curse,/Sing of human unsuccess/In a rapture of distress;/In the deserts of the heart/Let the healing fountain start,/In the prison of his days/Teach the free man how to praise.” - "In Memory of W. B. Yeats" by W. H. Auden 
     
18. epic-  a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects the customs, morals, and aspirations of his nation or race as he makes his way through legendary and historic exploits.
    Ex.  Beowulf 
     
19. epigram-  witty aphorism
    Ex.  "Little strokes/Fell great oaks." - Benjamin Franklin
     
20. epitaph-  any brief inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone.
21.  
22. Epithet-  a short, descriptive name or phrase that insults someone's character.
    Ex.  You have pushed me in a delicate corner.
     
23. euphemism-  the use of an indirect, mild or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt.
    Ex.  Seed away instead of dieded.
     
24. evocative-  a calling forth of memories and sensations.
    Ex.  Evocative of the period was very stylish.

Lit Terms #3

 1. Exposition: A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

2. Expressionism: The style of painting music or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the in the external world.

3. Fable: A short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

4. Fallacy: A mistaken belief especially one based on unsound argument.

5. Falling action: The events of a drama after the climax but before the denouement.

6. Farce: A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. 

7. Figurative language: Expressing ideas indirectly.

8. Flashback: A scene in a movie novel etc. set anytime earlier than the main story.

9. Foil: Prebend something considered Brownmoore undesirable from succeed.

10. Folk tale: A story originating in popular culture typically passed on by word-of-mouth.

11. Foreshadowing: A warning or indication of a future event.

12. Free verse: Poetry that does not Rymer have a regular meter.

13. Genre: A category of artistic composition as a music or literature characterized by similarities and form, style.

14. Gothic tale: A genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and Romance. 

15. Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

16. Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work.

17. Implication: The conclusion that can be drawn from something although not explicitly stated.

18. Incongruity: The state of being incongruous or out of keeping.

19. Inference: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reason.

20. Irony: Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies opposite, typically for humorous effect.

Literary Terms:1

1. allegory-a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
2. alliteration-the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
3. allusion-
   an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
   "an allusion to Shakespeare"
4. ambiguity-
   uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
   "we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act"
5. anachronism-a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
   "everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane"
6. analogy-a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
   "an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"
7. analysis-
   detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation.
   "statistical analysis"
8. anaphora-the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
9. anecdote-
   a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
   "told anecdotes about his job"
10. antagonist-
    a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
    "he turned to confront his antagonist"
11. antithesis-
    a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
    "love is the antithesis of selfishness"
12. aphorism-a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”.
13. apologia-
    a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct.
    "an apologia for book banning"
14. apostrophe- apostrophe is the act of addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present: For instance, John Donne commands, "Oh, Death, be not proud." King Lear proclaims, "Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, / More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child / Than the sea-monster."
15. argument-: A statement of a poem's major point--usually appearing in the introduction of the poem. Spenser presents such an argument in the introduction to his eclogues, Coleridge presents such in his marginalia to The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, and Milton most famously presents such in Book One of Paradise Lost, where he proclaims he will "assert eternal providence / And justify the ways of God to man." Cf. thesis.
16. assumption
17. audience-The person(s) reading a text, listening to a speaker, or observing a performance.
18. characterization-An author or poet's use of description, dialogue, dialect, and action to create in the reader an emotional or intellectual reaction to a character or to make the character more vivid and realistic. Careful readers note each character's attitude and thoughts, actions and reaction, as well as any language that reveals geographic, social, or cultural background.
19. chiasmus-
    (from Greek, "cross" or "x"): A literary scheme in which the author introduces words or concepts in a particular order, then later repeats those terms or similar ones in reversed or backwards order. It involves taking parallelism and deliberately turning it inside out, creating a "crisscross" pattern. For example, consider the chiasmus that follows: "By day the frolic, and the dance by night." If we draw the words as a chart, the words form an "x" (hence the word's Greek etymology, from chi meaning "x"):
    
    The sequence is typically a b b a or a b c c b a. "I lead the life I love; I love the life I lead." "Naked I rose from the earth; to the grave I fall clothed." Biblical examples in the Greek can be found in Philippians 1:15-17 and Colossians 3:11, though the artistry is often lost in English translation. Chiasmus often overlaps with antimetabole.