Lit Terms #2

circumlocution: the use of many words where fewer would do 
classicism: adherence to recognize standards or forms of craftsmanship
cliche: a well known phrase uses over generations
climax: the turning point in a story
colloquialism: a word or phrase that is not formal or literary
comedy: professional entertainment of jokes and statistical sketches
conflict: a serious disagreement or argument
connotation: an idea that a word invokes in addition to it's original meaning
contrast: the state if being strikingly different from someone else
denotation: the literal meaning of a word in contrast to the feelings a word suggests
denouement: final part in a play, movie or narrative in which everything ties together

dialect: a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a certain region
dialectics: the art of investigating the truth or opinions
dichotomy: a division between two things that are represented as being opposed
diction: the choice and use of words or phrases in writing
didactic: intended to teach about moral structure as a motive
dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles as true
elegy: a poem of serious reflection
epic: a long poem narrating the legendary and heroic figures of past
epigram: a short poem expressing an idea in a clever or witty way
epitaph: a phrase or statment coming from a person who has passed
epithet: descriptive phrase expressing quality characteristic of a person or thing
euphemism: indirect word or expression meant to be harsh
evocative: bring strong memories or images to the mind

HACKING MY EDUCATION

This semester I've come to realize my  focus has been on the wrong things. I know I can pass a class with a good grade but I was missing the big picture. During first semester I knew I would be attend Allan Hancock College and later transfer, but all the talk about big universities got me thinking about scholarships. Yes a junior college doesn't cost as much as a four year but it is still money I don't nessicarily have. Therefore my main goal is to yes pass this class. But also get scholarship money to help May off my future schooling. As I was in this thought process, I came to realize "woah, this is our last semester". Like every other senior. I had a plan to become a registered nurse but as I thought about it, I realized it wasn't something I really wanted to do. I pondered through careers and other places of work and couldn't decide. I'm currently looking into psychology. Is it a for sure thing? No. And I'm having trouble deciding what I want to do. And it worries me. So another goal I have is to ultimately have an idea of what career path I want to go down. Things I'm interested in I know I can't make a living off of. And my biggest thing is to have a love and passion for what I do. Culinary arts is another things im interested in. A dream I have is to open a bakery.

To accomplish these goals I plan to keep looking into scholarships and jobs. Hopefully,
,with the help of my teacher Dr.Preston, I'll figure all of these things out. I just need to keep my head up and look for open doors.

LITERATURE ANALYSIS #3

Analysis

1. The Book I chose to read is called 'The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. This book is mainly about a women named Edna Pontellier. She is married to a man named Leonce. The story opens up with the family staying at a holiday resort for the upperclass with their two sons. Leonce is working much and has his mind on his job more than the attention he needs to give to his wife. Edna through out the story, with many influences of friends and a doctor, grows internally resulting in finding happiness in herself apart from her husband. And she learns to cope. Along the way finding a man named Robert who listens to her. She does fall somewhat for him but in the end realizes he cant fulfill the emotional, sexual, and intellectual toll.

2. I believe the theme of this story is the discipline of being alone and learning how to cope with it as Edna had to learn to. Her husband wasnt exactly a "family" man let alone abusive in words. She had to find herself again. 

3. The tone of this story is rather sad in the beggining because your learning where the roots of Ednas sadness comes from and how much she yearns for the slightest touch and affection from her husband. When she decides to leave the island for her own good and confides in Mademoiselle Reisz, theres an overwhelming sense of hope. Later on in the story Edna meets a man named Robert who in a way gives her the attention shes been wanting. And you see that Edna starts painting again like she did when she was a child. This all represents the loss in hope and how it can be recreated but to do that you have to be courageous and brave. 

 4. Literary Elements: 

• Allusion: The way Robert makes Edna feel free. She begins painting again like she did as a child.
• Allusion: Roberts sense of making Edna feel like a women again gives her the courage to learn how to swim like she never did rowing up. And while in the water she realizes her independence as a women. 
• Irony: Realizing how serious Edna and Robert himself have become. He leaves Grand Isle to avoid consummating his love for her. He is married. 
• Irony: Edna swimming, the water representing life and her husband, herself learning to swim represents her independence. 
• Imagery: "Robert and Ednas relationship is growing, and Roberts affections and attention toward Edna are inspiring her."
• Symbolism: The parrot in the cage at the beginning of the book represent Ednas unspoken feelings toward her husband. 
• Simile:  "the bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings."
• Personification: Before stepping foot into the water to learn how to swim, Edna sees a bird with a broken wing struggling to survive. This bird represents Edna failure to find freedom in her marriage and herself. 
• Symbolism: The cigars are a symbol of masculinity and traditional manhood which represents Leonce, Ednas Husband. 
• Symbolism: The sea around the secluded island represents an empowerment Edna yearns for. 

Characterization

1. Robert would be an example of direct characterization. Before he comes into the story, you see that edna somewhat leads on to him to try and better herself. An example of indirect characterization would be Mademoiselle Reisz, she is friends with Edna and teachers her about independence of a women. She is brought into the story through speech and before they meet Edna kind of watched and admired her being able to be alone with no husband or children. 

2. I think the authors focus changes a lot when it comes to character. Heres Edna who is depressed and unhappy with her marriage and husband. Then you have these people around her like her "love" Robert, close aquaintence Mademoiselle who helps her become independent, and her therapist who makes her believe she just needs to stick it out. Every character around Edna influences her future decisions. 

3. I think the protagonist is dynamic simply because she goes from to depressed to happy to realizing she cant really change her marriage or herself. But also finds herself through all the hurt.   

4. I felt like i knew the character personally because she related to my family on many levels. The women in my family have been in situations like here. Maybe not exactly but similar and watching Edna grow in herself reminded me of my elder aunts who have come along way when it comes to relationships with men. The only difference between women and Edna is that edna gave up to an extent. 

Allegory of the Cave (Sonnet)

Plates allegory of the cave,
We are a people who only know what we see.
A society who doesn't see the reality that save,
Those who only shadows plea.

The prisoners represent ignorance, unable to accept reality,
The sun represents the truth we long for but don't know.
But learn to accept yourself as a principality,
We are still learning how to live your life to flow.

Intellect confusion is unseen by most,
These shackles in these prisoners are things that hold us back from true reality.
If the many we boast,
In a word full of mentality and brutality.

It's up to you to decide if you want to follow the shadows.
But know, just know, that those shadows can be shallow.

Plates Allegory of the Cave

1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent?

-It means that we only know what we see and will only know that unless we are shown the true reality. 

2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?

-The prisoners represents our ignorance, the sun represents the truth that we don’t know, the shackles represent the things that hold us back.

3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?

-It suggests that when opportunity is thrusted upon you, you must take it.

4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners?

-The shackles and the cave suggest that prisoners have no idea about life and what its really about. There are shackles on the prisoner’s mind.

5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?

- I feel like almost everything in our society puts shackles on our minds even my parents. They only tell me what they want me to know and won’t answer questions and they have done that since I was little. As we recently learned, the Internet search browsers put shackles on our minds they don’t give us all the facts they only show you what they think you should know. The government doesn’t reveal all the facts the public but maybe thats a good thing. The thing is that we will never know the whole picture so how can we truly know what we believe in.

6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?

- The perspective of the freed prisoner is that he has seen and therefore knows, but the cave prisoner only sees shadows therefore his only reality is the shadows.

7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?

-The freed prisoner is confused when he is released from the shackles because all he’s ever known is shadows so that is his reality. So when he enters the real world he must question what is reality.

9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?

-Their is a distinction between appearances and reality because the shadows were just the appearance of something but not the true reality of what it actually is.

10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?

-An alternative assumption would be that because all the prisoner’s had come to know were the shadows and because of that the shadows are their reality.

My Big Question and a Sonnet

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red; 

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; 

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 

I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 

But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 

And in some perfumes is there more delight 

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. 

I love to hear her speak, 

yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go; 

My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. 

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
     As any she belied with false compare.

Sonnet Analysis #1

SONNETS:

Little sound, little song

Petrarch-style 

Sonnet-14 lines 

8 lines

3 sections of four lines