tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35153443720347378932024-02-20T07:50:09.106-08:00Miyah Velazquez's American Lit Comp BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-66224753890770293032013-06-02T18:25:00.001-07:002013-06-02T18:25:20.001-07:00literature analysis<div align="center">
Fahrenhiet 451</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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. </div>
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4)Flashback- Montag has a flashback to how he first met Clarrise.<br />
Irony- Firefighters are supposed to put out fires but in this story they start them and then they put them out.<br />
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Characterization<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
2)The authors syntax does not change because thoughout the whole book its about breaking the rules and it doesnt change.<br />
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.<br />
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. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-9202262349871379362013-06-02T13:50:00.001-07:002013-06-02T13:50:40.306-07:00Future me<div><br/><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JOa8zSuWiuI/UauwHuW22OI/AAAAAAAAACw/RVXwfXfRROw/Screenshot_2013-06-02-13-49-45.png' /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-53949909107618956582013-06-02T13:17:00.001-07:002013-06-02T13:17:13.089-07:00literature analysis<div style="text-align: center;">
The Great Gatsby</div>
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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.</div>
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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. </div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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Characterization</div>
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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. </div>
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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</div>
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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.<br />
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.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-38990348291714253762013-05-30T18:10:00.002-07:002013-05-30T18:10:30.502-07:00The final projectMiyah Velazquez and Syerra Fox's final project <br />
<a href="http://miyahdabeee.wix.com/final-english-project">http://miyahdabeee.wix.com/final-english-project</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-34274790562092168412013-05-16T22:19:00.001-07:002013-05-16T22:19:26.072-07:00DERBY REPORTAGE<div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-32517214612782652082013-05-15T22:42:00.001-07:002013-05-15T22:42:39.816-07:00Johnny cyberpunk<div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-27106621901750933982013-05-07T21:52:00.001-07:002013-05-07T21:52:27.210-07:00Postmodernism<div><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZd8xVJDpVNfzlVTUJ-JTME3sduU6N5vMuX5t1sFWov10wuPxJPEgVx_l02BFPjblvhG0fe_zKAG2nMsvhyphenhyphengrzxrAUBekukt3X59I7HweSlKKasetMGFAUtrWuwkp8R2ORu1PMq32WQ6I/' /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-64672303960841120372013-05-07T21:49:00.001-07:002013-05-07T21:49:38.854-07:00My 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.<br />
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.<br />
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. <br />
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. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-89684260874759388762013-04-30T21:50:00.001-07:002013-04-30T21:50:23.769-07:00SCHLACHTOF<div><p dir=ltr>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.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-38315270473853139352013-04-29T21:43:00.001-07:002013-04-29T21:43:55.873-07:00SCHLACHTOF FUNF<div><p dir=ltr>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 <u>people</u></p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-14783453487355674902013-04-28T21:53:00.001-07:002013-04-28T21:53:15.596-07:00SCHLACHTOF DREI & SCHLACHTOF VEIR <div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-11491233550064278042013-04-18T09:52:00.001-07:002013-04-18T09:52:47.476-07:00Chapter 7<div><p dir=ltr>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.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-28189783266760896132013-04-17T06:31:00.001-07:002013-04-17T06:31:50.087-07:00Chapter 6<div><p dir=ltr>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 <u>back</u></p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-3965383303119299892013-04-15T21:38:00.001-07:002013-04-15T21:38:28.220-07:00Chapter 5 <div><p dir=ltr>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.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-84299542927425579152013-04-14T21:24:00.001-07:002013-04-14T21:29:30.763-07:00Chapter 4<div><p dir=ltr>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. <br>
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.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-18012383921076182552013-04-14T13:32:00.001-07:002013-04-14T13:35:20.700-07:00Chapter 3 <div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-47401721645845969552013-04-14T08:52:00.001-07:002013-04-14T08:52:10.570-07:00Chapter 2<div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-75425520260491225672013-04-08T09:09:00.001-07:002013-04-08T09:09:54.557-07:00Brave new world essay performance<div><p dir=ltr>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.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-30388731533845694852013-03-24T21:04:00.001-07:002013-03-24T21:04:46.653-07:00Modernist author project<a href="http://miyahdabeee.wix.com/langston-hughes">http://miyahdabeee.wix.com/langston-hughes</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-82789641809987709982013-03-20T20:34:00.001-07:002013-03-20T20:34:00.536-07:00MAP PLAN<div><p dir=ltr>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 <u>class</u></p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-43298959944332673522013-03-06T09:40:00.001-08:002013-03-20T20:35:07.457-07:00Reflection on career center (was still saved in my drafts :/ and didnt get published)<div><p dir=ltr>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. </p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-91430670099391937632013-03-05T20:36:00.001-08:002013-03-05T20:36:36.490-08:00Introducing Langston Hughes<div><p dir=ltr>1)he was a modernist writer during the Harlem renaissance.<br>
2)he introduced jazz literature.<br>
3)he was raised by his grandmother because his parents sent him with her when they divorced.<br>
4)he was a colllege drop out.<br>
5)he was part of the black expatriate community</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-59820124591857685452013-03-05T20:28:00.001-08:002013-03-05T20:28:40.429-08:00I am Langston Hughes<div><p dir=ltr>I am one of the very first creaters of jazz literature. <br>
I am a writer for the time the negro was in vogue, also known as when harlem was in vogue.<br>
I am a believer that people should live sanely and with the understanding that it is okay to live together.<br>
I am ahard worker and strive fore what I believe in.<br>
I am a college drop out but still was able to suceed in modernist writing.</p>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-78430057797724646612013-03-04T09:03:00.001-08:002013-03-04T09:03:08.727-08:00Vocab<div><p dir=ltr>Chronic-constant; habitual; inveterate<br>
Sentiment-an attitude toward something; regard; opinion <br>
Morality-the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence <br>
Remorse-deep and painful regret for doing wrong. <br>
Defect- a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument<br>
Acquaintance-a person known to be but not a friend.<br>
Sanity-the state of being sane. Sound of mind<br>
Implication-something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood<br>
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<br>
Savage-fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed<br>
Phenomenon-a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable<br>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09983739127209221528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515344372034737893.post-48762836265906900982013-02-26T21:11:00.001-08:002013-02-26T21:11:14.945-08:00Modern writing<div><p dir=ltr>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 <u>done</u></p>
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