Roots and Derivatives
1. corp(or)
2. cred
3. cur(r), curs, course
4. dic(t)
Word List
1. benediction-the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service. Sentence: The priest offered a benediction at the end of service.
2. concourse-an assemblage; gathering. Sentence: Everyday at school I walk around many concourses in order fr me to get to class.
3. concurrent-occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side. Sentence: My uncles have concurrent birthdays because they are twins.
4. corporal-of or relating to the body; bodily. Sentence: Teachers are prohibited from using corporal punishment to discipline the students.
5. corpulent-large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat. Sentence: The corpulent cop was breathless after attempting to chase a kid from running away.
6. credibility-the quality of being believable or worthy of trust. Sentence: One of my biggest credibility is to always tell me the truth even though it may e hurtful. I rather live with truths than lies.
7. credulity- willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility. Sentence: When I was younger my credulity was a part of me especially when my brothers made up stories of monsters/unknown creatures.
8. cursory-going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial. Sentence: I make cursory glances on books whenever they're boring.
9. dictum-an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion;a saying; maxim. Sentence: My dictum to everyone out there is always be happy even when the world gets cruel because it also gets beautiful:D
10. incorporate-to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients. Sentence: The flour, eggs, and milk are incorporated in order to make delicious pancakes.
11. incredulous-not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. Sentence: Roger Federer's games are very incredulous because his hits are so beautifully hit.
12. indicative-showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive. Sentence: Smiling to everyone is an indicative of sharing happiness.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
This war novel, Catch-22, by Joseph Heller starts off by introducing the reader with the different aspects of each character and briefly describes the setting. Throughout this novel the protagonist, Yossarian, is going through many dilemmas of attempting to survive this war. Yossarian and his squadron face many obstacles in order to survive. Such as, the colonel increases the number of missions every time in order for them not to go back home. They also have to face Catch-22 which is a paradoxical law. Catch-22 applies to many different aspects of wartime life. This is pretty much a trap that is shown throughout the novel. The novel climaxes to the point of Yossarian having the option to return back home but with a catch or face prison. After one of his fellow squadron dies Yossarian clings onto his idea. The novel ends up with tying up all the loose ends with each character. Heller ends the novel with Yossarian making a decision of fleeing to Sweden and escaping the war.
The main theme of Catch-22 is death. Heller shows this by having Yossarian's main goal to stay alive or at least die trying. Yossarian is constantly worrying about death and imagining the ways he could possibly die. Throughout the novel Heller presents many deaths of the squadron. I believe Heller wrote about this theme mainly to either show the certainty of death or to show how precious life really is. I also believe Heller showed death a lot to present how war really is.
The protagonist is very dynamic and round. Yossarian is a complicated character to realize if he changed or not. But, throughout the novel Yossarian's main objective is to stay alive. He has changed his attitude and morals after the many obstacles such as the number of missions increasing, Catch-22, and the people in his squadron. His decision to escape wasn't at first his objective because he did not want to end up in the consequence of it. However, in the end he satisfied himself to escape in order to stay alive. Another main character is the chaplain. He is an easy person to point out to be dynamic and round. At first he was very fearful, a saint, friendly, and always going by God's words. At the end of the novel, the chaplain ends up lying, not being quite as fearful as before and not going a lot by God's word. Like he lied to the hospital to benefit for him to stay there and avoid the war.
There are many symbols, motifs, and metaphors that are significant to the novel. One would be the soldier in white. The soldier in white pretty much represents how the army treats soldiers as interchangeable/replaceable objects. This reveals the character's mindset of believing its the same person without realizing the army's work. The number of missions is another significance in the novel. Throughout the novel, the number of missions increases. It helps with the understatement of Catch-22. This is a primary trap from which soldiers in the squadron cannot escape. This allows soldiers like Orr and Yossarian to seek alternative ways to escape.
I chose this book because Mr. Ostini kept mentioning to the class this book is excellent and we should read it. I chose this book also because it had to deal with war and I always wanted to read a war book. It especially caught my attention when I read a summary about it online. Many things kept me to want continue reading. Such as, the many obstacles each character had to face, morals, sanity, staying alive, and especially Catch-22.
It made me many connections with me especially the part of trying to stay alive and Catch-22. In my life such as Yossarian I had faced many obstacles that changed my perspective of morals and giving myself hope to stay alive. My life used to be another obstacle of trying to stay alive everyday. I gave myself hope and decided like Yossarian to escape this battlefield in order to survive. Catch-22 connects very much with life because there are traps in life which are paradoxical and very confusing/complicating.
One idea that I'll remember from this novel is the will to stay alive. This has related to me in different ways especially my past life. Yes people are going through different obstacles with different levels of pain. However, only you have the choice of will to stay alive and keep your importance/morals together in order to get through this. From my experience of my past life staying alive is one of the best choices you will choose in life and I guarantee you will not regret it.
The main theme of Catch-22 is death. Heller shows this by having Yossarian's main goal to stay alive or at least die trying. Yossarian is constantly worrying about death and imagining the ways he could possibly die. Throughout the novel Heller presents many deaths of the squadron. I believe Heller wrote about this theme mainly to either show the certainty of death or to show how precious life really is. I also believe Heller showed death a lot to present how war really is.
The protagonist is very dynamic and round. Yossarian is a complicated character to realize if he changed or not. But, throughout the novel Yossarian's main objective is to stay alive. He has changed his attitude and morals after the many obstacles such as the number of missions increasing, Catch-22, and the people in his squadron. His decision to escape wasn't at first his objective because he did not want to end up in the consequence of it. However, in the end he satisfied himself to escape in order to stay alive. Another main character is the chaplain. He is an easy person to point out to be dynamic and round. At first he was very fearful, a saint, friendly, and always going by God's words. At the end of the novel, the chaplain ends up lying, not being quite as fearful as before and not going a lot by God's word. Like he lied to the hospital to benefit for him to stay there and avoid the war.
There are many symbols, motifs, and metaphors that are significant to the novel. One would be the soldier in white. The soldier in white pretty much represents how the army treats soldiers as interchangeable/replaceable objects. This reveals the character's mindset of believing its the same person without realizing the army's work. The number of missions is another significance in the novel. Throughout the novel, the number of missions increases. It helps with the understatement of Catch-22. This is a primary trap from which soldiers in the squadron cannot escape. This allows soldiers like Orr and Yossarian to seek alternative ways to escape.
I chose this book because Mr. Ostini kept mentioning to the class this book is excellent and we should read it. I chose this book also because it had to deal with war and I always wanted to read a war book. It especially caught my attention when I read a summary about it online. Many things kept me to want continue reading. Such as, the many obstacles each character had to face, morals, sanity, staying alive, and especially Catch-22.
It made me many connections with me especially the part of trying to stay alive and Catch-22. In my life such as Yossarian I had faced many obstacles that changed my perspective of morals and giving myself hope to stay alive. My life used to be another obstacle of trying to stay alive everyday. I gave myself hope and decided like Yossarian to escape this battlefield in order to survive. Catch-22 connects very much with life because there are traps in life which are paradoxical and very confusing/complicating.
One idea that I'll remember from this novel is the will to stay alive. This has related to me in different ways especially my past life. Yes people are going through different obstacles with different levels of pain. However, only you have the choice of will to stay alive and keep your importance/morals together in order to get through this. From my experience of my past life staying alive is one of the best choices you will choose in life and I guarantee you will not regret it.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Greek Drama Questions
1. What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshipers?
As for the prizes given out for the dancing choruses of worshipers they will be given a bull or a goat.
2. How many spectators would gather in the open air theater of Dionysus?
In the open air theater of Dionysus they'll be as many as 14,000 spectators.
3. How does the mask affect the voices of actors?
In order to amplify the actor's voices they'll exaggerate n the mouthpieces.
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
the audience viewed Antigone as suspenseful because the audience had the knowledge of things the character on stage didn't know.
5. How is the Shepard to leave the infant on the mountainside?
The Shepard was ordered o leave the infant to die in a mountainside with his ankles pinned together.
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
The Sphinx's riddle to Oedipus is, "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three leg in the evening."
7. Who are Oedipus' kids?
Polyneices, Eteocles, Atigone, and Ismene are Oedipus's children.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
After Oedipus is exiled Creon, Jocasta's brother, takes over Thebes.
9. What did the family do to the dead body?
-Creon gave Etoecles a proper burial whereas he let Polyneices rot at a dump.
-They closed the dead person's eyes and mouth, and then began to prepare the body for the prothesis, the wake.
As for the prizes given out for the dancing choruses of worshipers they will be given a bull or a goat.
2. How many spectators would gather in the open air theater of Dionysus?
In the open air theater of Dionysus they'll be as many as 14,000 spectators.
3. How does the mask affect the voices of actors?
In order to amplify the actor's voices they'll exaggerate n the mouthpieces.
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
the audience viewed Antigone as suspenseful because the audience had the knowledge of things the character on stage didn't know.
5. How is the Shepard to leave the infant on the mountainside?
The Shepard was ordered o leave the infant to die in a mountainside with his ankles pinned together.
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
The Sphinx's riddle to Oedipus is, "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, three leg in the evening."
7. Who are Oedipus' kids?
Polyneices, Eteocles, Atigone, and Ismene are Oedipus's children.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
After Oedipus is exiled Creon, Jocasta's brother, takes over Thebes.
9. What did the family do to the dead body?
-Creon gave Etoecles a proper burial whereas he let Polyneices rot at a dump.
-They closed the dead person's eyes and mouth, and then began to prepare the body for the prothesis, the wake.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Antigone Quick Write Up
First of all I'm going to definitely plan to have a proper burial one way or another. I don't care if its against the law and 'll be executed if caught. My favorite brother deserves to have a proper burial and not rot in a dump. Since the king has already made an order of execution for those who try to bury my brother I'm not going to endanger other's life. II'll take actions into my own hands. It doesn't matter if I'm alone in this plan because I I know I'm capable to do it in order to set moral values right. I won't even try to persuade my only sister who I have now and is too afraid to go against the law. This also pretty much reveals her real face behind the mask of the how much family is not very important. If she really cared about family she would do anything for our family. With that being said I'm on my own so I'll get my brother's body from the dump and do mybest to bury him as properly as possible. I know I'm going to use all my strength and bravery to accomplish this task. If I do end up getting caught I know I did my very best to have proper burial for my brother and persued on it even if was going against the law. I'll feel very pleased if I get caught or I do end up buryiny brother.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignmet
1. The webinar and the excerpt both are informative, persuasive, and inspiring. On October 28-29, 2014, the Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar was the presented by Jonathan Safran Foer himself.
50 Word Summary
The main content of the webinar was about Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, Eating Animals, and his excerpt, A Case of Eating Dogs. The whole topic was to get into deeper meaning in what food we eat and get us to think of the mockery of the food we eat everyday. We discussed the benefits and disadvantages of being a vegetarian with Safran Foer. For example, he talked something about a vegetarian's diet may be more or less expensive to the majority of an American diet. In A Case for Eating Dogs it gave deep mockery of dogs and livestock we eat. This excerpt also gave dark humor of how much people(especially in the United States) actually do not pay attention of what kind of nourishment enter their body. My overall reaction was pure fascination because it got me thinking and questioning thoroughly.
Description of three stand-out moments
This whole webinar and excerpt can relate a lot to my life by letting me know how my food is processed and consider food into more depths. I mean food is my everyday life because food is life. By getting deeper knowledge of what I'm eating inspires me to question food more and search more information. This two day experience moved me to actually read the novel first hand. I agree to pretty much everything but I would just like to point out that erasing meat from your daily life will be a hard process. There are a lot of people with different circumstances. Some may be easy to adapt to but others such as myself will be very hard. I see this as something learn lots from but getting rid of something may be impossible. Overall it was a new experience to learn from and I enjoyed every single bit.
50 Word Summary
The main content of the webinar was about Jonathan Safran Foer's novel, Eating Animals, and his excerpt, A Case of Eating Dogs. The whole topic was to get into deeper meaning in what food we eat and get us to think of the mockery of the food we eat everyday. We discussed the benefits and disadvantages of being a vegetarian with Safran Foer. For example, he talked something about a vegetarian's diet may be more or less expensive to the majority of an American diet. In A Case for Eating Dogs it gave deep mockery of dogs and livestock we eat. This excerpt also gave dark humor of how much people(especially in the United States) actually do not pay attention of what kind of nourishment enter their body. My overall reaction was pure fascination because it got me thinking and questioning thoroughly.
Description of three stand-out moments
- One major moment throughout the whole two day discussion of the novel was the excerpt A Case of Eating. I found this somewhat inspiring and important. Safran Foer gave an excellent example of comparing dogs to the livestock we eat. I found it important because it revealed how people do not and would not pay attention of the food they eat. Also, he gave a strong case to question oneself of what is wrong and what is right. This inspired me to learn much more what I eat.
- Another moment I thought stood out was the dark humor Safran Foer used in the excerpt. It is important for him to use dark humor in order t get his point out towards the reader. I actually liked how emphasized it because it presented humorously how dogs is just the same meat as any other meat we eat, It also showed a darker way of how people will not notice any difference. I like the last two paragraphs of the excerpt especially. It made me think more into deeper meaning than before.
- A lot has fascinated and stood out to me this whole time. However, in the webinar Safran Foer said his goal is not to turn us to vegetarians but to inform us how our food is processed. This stood out the most because I expected him to give us this long lecture of why we should go vegetarian. All he cared about was to give us a deeper background of how our food is processed and let us consider it.
This whole webinar and excerpt can relate a lot to my life by letting me know how my food is processed and consider food into more depths. I mean food is my everyday life because food is life. By getting deeper knowledge of what I'm eating inspires me to question food more and search more information. This two day experience moved me to actually read the novel first hand. I agree to pretty much everything but I would just like to point out that erasing meat from your daily life will be a hard process. There are a lot of people with different circumstances. Some may be easy to adapt to but others such as myself will be very hard. I see this as something learn lots from but getting rid of something may be impossible. Overall it was a new experience to learn from and I enjoyed every single bit.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Latin Roots #5
Roots and Derivatives
1. cent(i)
2. cid (e)
3. clam, claim
4. cord, cour
Word List
1. bicentennial- a 200th anniversary; pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary; consisting of or lasting 200 years. Sentence: We celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of our country with big events and parties.
2. centenarian- a person who has reached the age of 100. Sentence: There are starting to be many centenarians around the world than before.
3. centurion- (in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century. Sentence: A group of 100 men were commanded by a centurion.
4. clamorous- vigorous in demands or complaints. Sentence: Kindergarten classes are filled with clamorous children.
5. concise-expressing much in few words; brief and to the point. Sentence: There a few teachers that don't give a clear and concise answer to my questions.
6. concordance-agreement; harmony; an alphabetical index of the principal words of a book. Sentence: With the full concordance you can find any word you need.
7. cordial- courteous and gracious; friendly; warm. Sentence: There are many cordial people in the world that may change your perspective differently.
8. discordant- disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh. Sentence: First timers with instruments play many discordant notes.
9. genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Sentence: There have been many genocide acts in the past history such as Adolf Hitler with the Jews.
10. incisive- penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant. Sentence: With Timmy's incisive speech he got an A+.
11. proclamation- something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement. Sentence: On October 31st Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring Nevada a state.
12. reclaim- to claim again; the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc. Sentence: I finally reclaimed my DS in order to play the new Super Smash Bros.
1. cent(i)
2. cid (e)
3. clam, claim
4. cord, cour
Word List
1. bicentennial- a 200th anniversary; pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary; consisting of or lasting 200 years. Sentence: We celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of our country with big events and parties.
2. centenarian- a person who has reached the age of 100. Sentence: There are starting to be many centenarians around the world than before.
3. centurion- (in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century. Sentence: A group of 100 men were commanded by a centurion.
4. clamorous- vigorous in demands or complaints. Sentence: Kindergarten classes are filled with clamorous children.
5. concise-expressing much in few words; brief and to the point. Sentence: There a few teachers that don't give a clear and concise answer to my questions.
6. concordance-agreement; harmony; an alphabetical index of the principal words of a book. Sentence: With the full concordance you can find any word you need.
7. cordial- courteous and gracious; friendly; warm. Sentence: There are many cordial people in the world that may change your perspective differently.
8. discordant- disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh. Sentence: First timers with instruments play many discordant notes.
9. genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Sentence: There have been many genocide acts in the past history such as Adolf Hitler with the Jews.
10. incisive- penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant. Sentence: With Timmy's incisive speech he got an A+.
11. proclamation- something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement. Sentence: On October 31st Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring Nevada a state.
12. reclaim- to claim again; the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc. Sentence: I finally reclaimed my DS in order to play the new Super Smash Bros.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Latin Roots #4
Roots and Derivatives
1. bon, boun
2. capit, capt
3. carn(i)
4. ced(e), ceed, cess
Word List
1. accession- the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.; an increase by something added. Sentence: After being grounded for a month my accession was freedom.
2. bona fide- made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud. Sentence: I made a bona fide offer to my mommy so I may sleep over at my friend's house.
3. bonanza- a source of great and sudden wealth or luck; a spectacular windfall. Sentence: I got a bonanza for cleaning my one month dirty closet when I found a total of $50 in many pockets of my pants.
7. carnivorous- flesh-eating. Sentence: Carnivorous animals are meat-eaters.
8. incarnate- embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; flesh-colored or crimson. Sentence: Due to the leader's wicked actions many believed he's the devil incarnate.
9. intercede- to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition. Sentence: The majority of the time I intercede in my friends' arguments in order fr them to get along again.
10. precedent- any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations; going or coming before. Sentence: When my brothers and I can't agree about something there will always be some type of ridiculous precedent such as rock, paper, scissor.
11. recapitulation- a brief review or summary, as of a speech. Sentence: The recapitulation of the hour-long lecture was hard to remember
12. reincarnation- the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form. Sentence: Many Egyptian pharaohs believed in reincarnation and prepared for life in the next world.
1. bon, boun
2. capit, capt
3. carn(i)
4. ced(e), ceed, cess
Word List
1. accession- the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.; an increase by something added. Sentence: After being grounded for a month my accession was freedom.
2. bona fide- made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud. Sentence: I made a bona fide offer to my mommy so I may sleep over at my friend's house.
3. bonanza- a source of great and sudden wealth or luck; a spectacular windfall. Sentence: I got a bonanza for cleaning my one month dirty closet when I found a total of $50 in many pockets of my pants.
4. bounteous- giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal; freely bestowed; plentiful; abundant. Sentence: The most bounteous affection a mother can give to a child is love and care.
5. capitulation- the document containing the terms of a surrender. Sentence: There have been many wars and battles with capitulations.
6. carnage- the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre. Sentence: After the war ended, the carnage that was left behind by the Holocaust was discovered.7. carnivorous- flesh-eating. Sentence: Carnivorous animals are meat-eaters.
8. incarnate- embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; flesh-colored or crimson. Sentence: Due to the leader's wicked actions many believed he's the devil incarnate.
9. intercede- to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition. Sentence: The majority of the time I intercede in my friends' arguments in order fr them to get along again.
10. precedent- any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations; going or coming before. Sentence: When my brothers and I can't agree about something there will always be some type of ridiculous precedent such as rock, paper, scissor.
11. recapitulation- a brief review or summary, as of a speech. Sentence: The recapitulation of the hour-long lecture was hard to remember
12. reincarnation- the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form. Sentence: Many Egyptian pharaohs believed in reincarnation and prepared for life in the next world.
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