Sunday, June 2, 2013

literature analysis

Fahrenhiet 451
General
1)This story was about a world where books didnt exsist anymore.  Having books was against the law and if you had them youd get your house burnt down, but some people wanted to stand up against this and stand up for what they believe in just like the old woman who burned with her house and her books.  Guy Montag was the main character and he was a fireman who took a book from the womans house and kept it and tried keeping it a secrete until his wife who he had no relationship with found it.  Captain beatty knew that he was hiding something when Montag called in sick and didnt go to work for a while so he went snooping around to see what he was hiding.  Montag got caught by Caotain Beatty and he ended up having a whole room of books and went on a run because beatty let him go.  the town ended up getting blown up and montag met a few proffesors on the woods.
2)The novel of the book was that you need to stand  up for what you believe in and never give up.  If you truley believe in something then you need to do whatever it takes to make a statement.
3)The tone of the story was very eager because montag wanted to stop the fact that books were being banned when they were a whole new world of wonder and people couldnt even own one.
4)Flashback- Montag has a flashback to how he first met Clarrise.
Irony- Firefighters are supposed to put out fires but in this story they start them and then they put them out.

Characterization
1)direct characterization- Faber was a direct character because he did change at all he was all about books and his point of view never change.  Clarrise was a also a direct character because she did like that montag was hiding books and she was just mean and ignorant.
indirect characterization- montag was an indirect character because at the begining of the book he was all about making sure that books werent in the city and that books need to be burnt. another indirect character was captain beatty because he was so strict and wouldnt let anything slide and in the end he let montag go when he founf out that he was hiding books.
2)The authors syntax does not change because thoughout the whole book its about breaking the rules and it doesnt change.
3)The protagonsist was montag and he was a dynamic character because he changed from being a fireman who was about making sure people were following the rules books were not present to being a person who was fighting for books and breaking all of the rules.
4)After reading this book i came out feeling like I knew montag because i felt his struggles and how much he was trying to fight for what he believes in.

Future me


literature analysis

The Great Gatsby
General
1)The Great Gatsby was about a man with the name of Jay Gatsby.  He lived all alone in this big house and he always had huge parties in hopes that hed be invited to someone elses party.  He  had a neighbor with the name of Nick.  Gatsby and Nick because friends and were always together.  Nick knew a guy named tom who had a wife with the name of Daisey.  Tom was cheating on Daisey with his mistress in New York.  Gatsby and Daisey met through  Nick and it turned out that Gatsby and Daisey knew each other and havent seen one another in 5 years.  They used to be lovers and Gatsby has been looking for her ever since they parted.  Daisey was put in the middle of a fight  between Tom and Gatsby because she loved both of them and wanted to be with both of them but she couldnt be.  Daisey went to a party with everbody and it just turned really bad because tom and Gatsby was fighting about Daisey and to see who would get her.  Tom left and took Gatcbys car while gatsby took his.  A lady was hit by a car and killed and it ended up being Daisey because she was with Gatsby and the womens husband thought it was Gatsby so he went to his house while he was swimming and killed him.  Nick Tried having a funneral for Gatsby but nobody wanted to go.
2)The theme of the book would have to be just to move on. Gatsby didnt move on and it resulted in hium dieing.  If he would have just forgot anout Daisey or just left her alone when he found out she was married everything would have been fine and he would have still been living.
3)I think that the author had a very determined tone.  He wouldnt stop at anything until Gatsby had Daisey.  He added so many conflicts to get her to be with him and showed how much love can take a person to take the most extremities.
4)Foreshadowing- In the begining of the story there was a foreshadow of the car accident that ended up happening toward the end of the story.
Climax- The climax of the story was when Tom and Gatsby had Daisey decide who she wanted to be with and they were fighting about who she loved and who she was going to choose.
Flashback- Tom was having flashbacks of all the happy times that he and Daisey had and how much he thought they were in love when in reality Daisey didnt love him.
Mood- The mood of the story was very tense because there was so much conflict between everybody because everyone had some type of secrete that everyone knew but they didnt want to admit it.

Characterization
1)Gatsby was an indirect character because we thought that he was just a partier and was very stuck up but in the end we found out that he was very caring and all he wanted to do was find the woman that he loved.  Daisey was an indirect character because at first she was really quite and just really sweet but we were able to see the side of her that no one thought they would.  she cheated on Tom and loved Gatsby too.  She wasnt so quiet anymore she wanted everyone to know how she really felt.  Nick was a direct character he was just the guy who wasnt to talkative and was just there.  Tom was also a direct character because he was a jerk all the way all the time. 
2)The Authors syntax does change toward Gatsby because at first he was a normal rich guy but in the end he was sincere and loving
3)The protagonist was a dynamic character.  He went through a lot by losing the one he loves and having to go on a journrey to find her.
4)When i was done reading this book i really felt like I had met Gatsby he had so much going for him and all that he had been through just made me see how he felt.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

DERBY REPORTAGE

All of these articles I feel had different perspectives. They all had a different of who was racing and it showed that through different people eyes you see the different worlds like in these articles it was form the view of the outsiders and also from the view of the rider.  The rider shows the excitement of being able to ride and all that goes on.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Johnny cyberpunk

Johnny has a chip in his head that saves memory and he meets a girl named Molly.   Johnnys bank gets broken into and molley attacks Lewis.   I feel this stpry is xyber punk because it's so unusual and it doesn't really follow natural human acts like putting memory chips into our heads.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Postmodernism


My Slaughterhouse five

     Postmodernism is many things and can pretty much be whatever you desire.  It has no more particular order, breaks all of the rules, is very humorous, and breaks the fourth wall.  Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse five is very postmodernism because it breaks the rules as well as the sense of 123.  There is a bunch of time travel going back and forth in time.
     The book Slaughterhouse five is definatley not told in order.  It jumps from time period to time period which made it pretty confusing but it was something that isnt in most stories.  Slaughterhouse five is not in chronillogical order which is postmodernism and Kurt Vonnegut takes full advantage of that.  He has the main character Billy all over the place from Tralfamadorians to WW2 and too when he was a boy.  This is what postmodernism is about.  Breaking the rules and the sense of time.
     Kurt Vonnegut was very postmodern with his writing in slaughter house five.  He was very creative in the way he used the timeline of the story and how it jumped all over the place to how he put reality in the story with WW2 but also used aliens.  Using aliens definately broke the rules by adding a creature to the story thats not normal but also abducted Billy. 
     Many people dont know what pestmodernism is because they dont understand that it can almost be anything.  If you want to be postmodernism you can make it the way you want it all you have to do is make it you and break every rule that you can just like Kurt Vonnegut.  Slaughterhouse five is a great example of postmodernism because it has a fair share of broken rules and it has absolutly no chronilogcal order what so ever.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

SCHLACHTOF

Billy goes back into the war snd wakes up  next to lazzaro.  Lazzaro kills himself by shooting him in the head.  Billy was killed buy sent back in time.

Monday, April 29, 2013

SCHLACHTOF FUNF

Billy is kidnapped and keeps time traveling in time to when he was a baby and the war and when he goes to sleep nobody likes to be by him because he isn't a very good sleeper and doesn't atop moving and making noises.  The Tralfamadorians wont tell billy why they chose to kidnap him of all people

Sunday, April 28, 2013

SCHLACHTOF DREI & SCHLACHTOF VEIR 

Billy and weary were both taken by the germans and had to walk a long ways which hurt their feet which made them bleed in their shoes.  Billy kept going back in time over and over again from him being and optometrists to ww2 and back to the present.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Chapter 7

In this chapter everybody was hanging out from Gatsby to nick to daisey to jordan and mr. And mrs. Wilson.  They all went into town and itbwas very very hot but they went to a hotel.... I think there is a lot of tension because everybody knows everything about everyone but no one is willing to say anything.  Tom is a little sassy woth daisey and Gatsby stands up for her leading into the huge  fight between him and tom.  Tom tells Gatsby that he knows about him and daisey and it needs to stop but Gatsby tells him that daisey doesny love him and daisey agrees but ahe also says that she loves gatsby and tom the same.  Everybody leave and tom sends daisey home and he goes a little bit later with nick.  Mr wilson locked up myrtle and she runs out screaming at him and gets hit by a car and dies instantly.  Mr. Wilson is so devistated and everybody is aroynd to see it.  Tom and nick go back home and tom calls a cab fot nick and while nick is waiting he sees Gatsby in the bushes.  Gatsby tells him that it was he and daisey who killed myrtle.  Daisey was driving and hit her. But he would take the blame for it.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Chapter 6

Gatsby has changes his name and people are starting to wonder why so he had reporter's comi ng to hus house questioning him. Gatsby also has a party where he invited tom and daisey.  He wants to get to know tom to keep him close.  He and daisey aren't really hitting anything off but gatsby just wants it to be like the past and that's what he wants to do he wants to bring the past back

Monday, April 15, 2013

Chapter 5

Nick sees Gatsby house and thinks that he is having another party. They both talk about having daisey come over for tea and Gatsby wants everything to be perfect so here wants nick tp cut his grass because its not in tip top shape.   Daisey comes over and nick send her chauffeur far away so sge and Gatsby can talk without anyone knowing.  Gatsby and daisey dont really hit it off because their both really quiet and embarrased.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Chapter 4

Nick started to jot down all the names of every person he knew that went to gatsby's house and or parties. Gatsby went to his house to talk to him and told him that he needed to tell him something about him that he needs to know but couldn't tell him so that he would have Jordan tell him when they met up.  Jordan told him about daisey and her marriage and how daisw y goy super drunk the day before and didnt want to marry tom and wanted to give his pearls back.  Also that tom and daisey had a fling and that he really wants nick to invite her over for tea so she could see him. The reason he bought the mansion was because it was across from her. His family died so that's how he gotall of his money. Nick is also in love with jordan. 
I was really suprised when I found out that gatsby is still in live with daisey and how he bought his mansion in hope of seeing her again.

Chapter 3

Gatsby has a party at his house with all kinds of rich people It is a very high class party where the women where their best dresses. Nick is invited and goes and this is where he meets Jordan. They all talk about Gatsby and they all seem to believe that he once killed a man. That's why be acts the way he does. Gatsby asks to talk to jordan alone and hr teels her things thar she can't share with anyone else. Their is a car accident right outside Gatsby's house and nick decides to leave.  Nick like to look at women who attract himand follow them home.  He sees a girl and he thinks hes in love.

Chapter 2

Tom and nick went to new york to go visit toms mistress who also had a husband, George B. Wilson.  his wife was Mrs.  Wilson.  Tom, nick, and mrs wilson left to meet up somewhere. Mrs. Wilson got a dog. Mrs. Wilson had another apartment where they all met up her sister was there and her name is Catherine.  There they all talk and drink and smoke.  Mr. And Mrs.McKee were there as well.  Mrs. McKee talked to nick most of the night.  And tom and his mistress got into a bit of an argument where he hit his nose and broke it.  So he and nick left and were going to take the train.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Brave new world essay performance

I honestly think I did horrible.  I had no idea what to write and I didn't really follow the prompt because I didn't know how to tie a character to the prompt.  I could have done better on a lot of things one being having a better understanding of the prompt.  I also could have read the story a lot better because I pretty much just skimmed it and didn't comprehend it.  That would have definitely helped.  I do need bettee writing strategies because mine are not working.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

MAP PLAN

With my modernist project I am going to make a website that is about him and what he represents.  Its almost going to be like a biography but in a website and not a book.  I am going to use wix because its free and its the easiest to use.  Also I am going to be doing this with syerra amd we might be presenting in class

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Reflection on career center (was still saved in my drafts :/ and didnt get published)

Today I learned a lot about colleges and how many there are available to me.  I know I dont have too much money to go to college but Mrs.dircus talked about how much money there is in scholarships an d how they hwlp you pay for your tuition.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Introducing Langston Hughes

1)he was a modernist writer during the Harlem renaissance.
2)he introduced jazz literature.
3)he was raised by his grandmother because his parents sent him with her when they divorced.
4)he was a colllege drop out.
5)he was part of the black expatriate community

I am Langston Hughes

I am one of the very first creaters of jazz literature.
I am a writer for the time the negro was in vogue, also known as when harlem was in vogue.
I am a believer that people should live sanely and with the understanding that it is okay to live together.
I am ahard worker and strive fore what I believe in.
I am a college drop out but still was able to suceed in modernist writing.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Vocab

Chronic-constant; habitual; inveterate
Sentiment-an attitude toward something; regard; opinion
Morality-the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence
Remorse-deep and painful regret for doing wrong.
Defect- a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument
Acquaintance-a person known to be but not a friend.
Sanity-the state of being sane. Sound of mind
Implication-something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood
Alternative-a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility
Savage-fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed
Phenomenon-a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Modern writing

My writing in this morning of time is very different than it would have been 5 years ago.   I feel it would be different because of how much slang we have and how quick we are to say thing with no detail. We just get to the point and were done

Monday, February 25, 2013

My modernist

I am choosing Langston hughes because he was from am era of crisis and happiness and so much life that I feel he has so much to say and offer.  He seems like a one of a kind guy due to howuch he wrote and how many plays he wrote.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

BOB 1

Jarret anzalone-3 he has posta but he doesn't do most of them
Alyssa Barajas-5 has a good up to date blog
Joseph Beas-3 missing a lot of stuff but still has posts
Jacob Bigelow-1 he had almost nothing
Michaila Bohard- doesnt exsist
Amanda Cagle-5 she has all of her posts
Roman Davis: has a very wellposted blog
Jose Farias: 4 he has most posts
Syerra Fox:5 great blog
Danny George:5 pretty much perfect 
Derek Gonzalez:1. Has close to nothing
Cory Grant:1 barely any posts 
Shelby Hennick:5 very well up to date 
Trevor Henson:0 there's one post 
Melissa Hernandez:1 pretty much nothing
Shelby Kanakanui:0 nothing
Frank Limon:3 has poats but missing some
Jonah Maher:5 has about all off the posts Taylor Martinez: 2 not much but some
Rosario Mena Ortiz:0  nothing on blog Chance Miranda:5 has everything  
Miguel Moreno:5 perfect blog
Shelbi Nunes:0 nothing
Joe Ortiz: not here anymore
Karla Paredes:5 great blog
Nicholaus Paulus: 5 excellent posts
Alicia Ramirez:4 has a lot but a lot missing too.
Cameron Reese:5 great has everything
Matt Reynolds:4  needs more posts but almost there
Josh Salcido: 0 has nothing
Carlos Serrano:5 great blog
Teanna Silveira:4 almost has all posts
Kyle Stickler:2 not much needs more
Diego Tejeda-Mora:4 good blog juat miasing some stuff
Patricia Tuttle: 3 doesnt have much vanessa Vargas:5 great blog 
Jessica Wilkin:2 not updated to this month

The First Seven Years

I really liked this story.  It was really slow at first buy once I got into it, it was already over.  It was a very touching story to me because it shows that true love really is out there and some people will wait for what they want.  Sobel is willing to continue working for feld just to be able to talk to his daughter.  I really liked this story and I would definatly reccomend it to someone.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Vocab

1)brouhaha: A noisy and overexcited display of interest 
2)cloy: Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness 
3)demeanor: Outward behavior or bearing 
4)deference: Humble submission and respect 
5)enigmatic: Difficult to interpret or understand 
6)definitive: final,conclusive  
7)bumptious: cocky 
8)choleric: Bad-tempered or irritable.
9)bulwark: A defensive wall 
10)curtail: shorten,reduce  
11)adamant:  uncompromising
12)profligate: wasteful 
13)mawkish:Having a faint sickly flavor  
14)thwart: prevent 
15)onus: burden,responsibility  
16)requisite: necessary,required
17)mollify: soothe,pacify   
18)sartorial:  relating to tailoring, clothes 
19)presentiment: premonition,hunch  
20)impromptu: Done without being planned 
21)forbearance: patience,endurance, tolerance 
22)remit: Cancel or refrain

Friday, February 15, 2013

“be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.” ― Henry David Thoreau

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Essay postgame analysis

Today on the essay I think I did okay.  I didnt do as well as I should have but I relized that after I turned it in.  I should have added a lit more detail in my writing and not summarize to much.  I was jumping to far ahead wh ich made me finish faster.  I would give myself about a C. Next time I will take my time amd concentrate more on detail them summarizing

Parlor poety

I think that montag chose dover beach because it was such a meaningful peom and had so much about life and love and all the wonderful things life has to offer that the women in the parlor knew nothing about.
I chose the poem :Passion Of Life.  I chose it because its ttelling you to strive for something that you should be passionate about.  You shouls always set ypur mind to something that is really important to you

To achieve something great in the world you need PassionTo fulfill vision, a great leader’s courage comes from PassionWhatever it may be, you must find your PassionIf passion drives you, let reason hold the reinsFollow your passion and success will follow you! Never underestimate the power of passionWithout passion religion is spiritlessWithout Passion history is meaninglessWithout Passion art is uselessFollow your passion and success will follow you! When you take up a mission with passionThere are no dreams too largeNo innovation unimaginableNo frontiers beyond reach Follow your passion and success will follow you! Our passions are the winds that propel our vesselOur reason is the pilot that steers herWithout winds the vessel would not move Without a pilot she would be lostFollow your passion and success will follow you! There is no end and there is no beginningThere is only the passion of lifePassion is universal humanityPassion is the genesis of geniusFollow your passion and success will follow you! 

Monday, February 11, 2013

My f451

In Fahrenheit 451 the main character was guy montag amd in his community reading was against tje law and of you read or had books the firemen of the town would come and burn down your house. They had mechanical dogs that hunted down people who had books and they were trained to kill.  Montag met a girl named clarrise and he really like her.  He felt she was normal because his wife wasn't.  He hated his wife and they didn't have a good relationship at all.  They didn't talk at all.  They resented one another.  An old woman was found guilty woth books so  the firemen went to her house to burn it down but she wasnt going to let someone else do it so she lit her and her house on fire.  Montag took a book and kept it for himself.  He took it home and he hid it under his pillow and started to pretend like he was sick.  captain beatty went to his house to see when hed be better and mildred was cleaning while montag was trying to hid the book. Clarrise and her family move with out amy word from anybody.  Montag talks to a guy named faber because he knows he can trust him and talk to him about reading and books.  He knew all about books and knew everything montag wanted to know.  Captain beatty knows montag has an I trest in books so he starts sending mechanical dogs around to see whats up.  Captain beatty and montaggo on a job to burn someones house down amd it ends up being montags.  Montag kills beatty and leads the police on a chase after him.  He runs to a river amd sail down it where je comes to some men who happen to be professors looking for a better living life style.  The town gets blown up and montag is the only one alive. 

Monday, February 4, 2013

To modern or postmodern

I feel like this quote was about people feeling lonely and how boring our world is.  Writers talk about the negative in the world and its being wrote about so much its who we are all becoming

Spring vocab #2

1) pg86. Praetorian- body guards used by Roman empire's.
2) pg 78. Sieve- an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom.
3) pg81. Veiled-partially covered or concealed.
4) pg81. saccharine-containing sugar
5) pg  .harlequin-a comic character in commedia.
6) pg79. Toil-hard or continuous work
7) pg89. Delinquents-failing in or neglectful
Of a duty
8) insidious-intended to entrap or beguile
9)gibbering- to speak inaccurately or meaningless.
10) harlequin-comical  character, usually masked
11) patronage- act of buying something
12) cadence-pace
13) suffused-to overspread with or as with a liquid
14) centrifuge-an apparatus that rotates at high speed
15) dentrifice-a paste or powder for cleaning teeth
16)leisure-freedom from demands of work
17) vessel-a craft for traveling on water
18) phonograph-any sound reproducing medicine
19)profusion- abundance; abundant quality

Sunday, February 3, 2013

The time of my life

Today I spent my time going over Fahrenheit 451 and getting a better understanding of what I was taking also I went ahead And started eating some more to get ahead inn my home work.  

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I'm a poet and I know it

I walk to the store
With a growling stomach
And nothing to eat. 
I see some sushi
So I go to Mikados
With my evil wife.
Its a very quiet evening
With nothing to say.
All I hear is others chatting
And the sound of forks.
Why cant I just be happy?
Is there something wrong?
Shes sitting there staring
With the black holes in her head.
Yet no emotion.
Just the look of the devil
With evil thoughts.
I sit here looking at her
With the thought of why?
We do not love each other,
We are filled with hate.
We want to rip each others neck.
Why not just end it.
I feel my fists clenching tight
But I can not stop.
I see her grabbing a knife
With the look of kill.
I fear for my life, but no
It will not happen.
She wont get the best of me.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Fahrenheit 451

1) It is a dystopian story.
2) destroys all books and there not allowed.
3) The television kills thr literature world.
4) firemen will burn down houses of people who hoard books.
5) There's a mechanical dog?

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Theme for english 3

I dont think that I am the person that my teacher thinks I am because they all know me as very quiet and smiley when I'm not really that quiet and I'm not always smiley.  I think that I can be myself when I am trying to find my place in this world because I think I have a very all around personality that can satisfy any person. The elements that I have to check is my attitude because I have a bad attitude as well as my reaction to fight.  I love fighting so thats one of my second natures.  Some interests that I have are baking and fighting.  Fighting can help enrich our learning experience by teaching us grrat values.  When you are fighting you have to not give up no matter what is thrown at you.  Just like the poem we just had to memorize.  It was a very hard poem to memorize but there was a handful of students who didn't give up and memorized as much as they could and they didn't give up.  I dont feel like I have many elements that are valued by the school but to my peers I feel like my drive is very valued.  I am a bit slow and dont always do the best work but I try my hardest.  I think that it is possible to take ownership in our learning process.  We all have our thought pattern in every assignment we do and its possible to show people.  Like when I memorized my poem you can see all the stuff that I did to memorize it because there is so much writing and colors that its hard not to be able to tell what I was doing.  

Theme for english 3

I dont think that I am the person that my teacher thinks I am because they all know me as very quiet and smiley when I'm not really that quiet and I'm not always smiley.  I think that I can be myself when I am trying to find my place in this world because I think I have a very all around personality that can satisfy any person. The elements that I have to check is my attitude because I have a bad attitude as well as my reaction to fight.  I love fighting so thats one of my second natures.  Some interests that I have are baking and fighting.  Fighting can help enrich our learning experience by teaching us grrat values.  When you are fighting you have to not give up no matter what is thrown at you.  Just like the poem we just had to memorize.  It was a very hard poem to memorize but there was a handful of students who didn't give up and memorized as much as they could and they didn't give up.  I dont feel like I have many elements that are valued by the school but to my peers I feel like my drive is very valued.  I am a bit slow and dont always do the best work but I try my hardest.  I think that it is possible to take ownership in our learning process.  We all have our thought pattern in every assignment we do and its possible to show people.  Like when I memorized my poem you can see all the stuff that I did to memorize it because there is so much writing and colors that its hard not to be able to tell what I was doing.  

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Spring semester plan 1

My plan for this semester is to be able to be more academically smart with the way I right as well as a personal goal to go to Abu Dhabi which is a world wide known jiu-jitsu tournament and is one of the best out there.  The way this coarse can help me is by challenging my brain.  I need to training my mind because that is the most important thing in BJJ, its a thinking game. It is all mental because you have to be smarter than your oppenent.  You need to be able to manipulate what they do and do something better.  So I hope that during this semester I can have a more smoother and faster thinking mind and i think that working more with higher levels of thinking like with our memorizing stuff and vocab will really help.  I should be able to have a more intelligent and quick train of thought.  I also want to be able to take in knowledge more because that helps so much.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Spring post 1: Music as literature

1)I think that we can definitely consider music as literature, its writing just with beats and sound.  It all has a story behind it as well as other elements lilr mood/tone, theme, and genre just like a poem or a book. 
2)We define literature on how it is written and what form its in.  We have many different views on literature.  Some is boring and has very boring information while some is extraordinary and get our mind thinking.  So this can make us like literature or dred it.
3)The difference between a novel, poem, rap, opera, etc. Is that that they all have a different appearance.  A poem can be short where as a novel is long but a rap can be short or long and an opera can be long.  They all vary in lengths but they all draw in the attention of a different audience.