section 1.2

1. The bloody seargent indirectly characterizes Macbeth by glorifying his actions towards Macdonwald. Macdonwald is a rebel who was executed. He tried to attack them. Macbeth executed macdonwald with his sword. This did not end the fight with the rebels, the Norwegians are still attacking.

2. The traitor was the Thane of Cawdor, as we learn from Ross. Duncan says that its a relief the thane of cawdor was executed and that Macbeth now owns his previous title.

Human

     In my opinion, what makes us human are the many emotions that ends in mistakes, ends in heart-break, ends in jubilation, and ultimately makes every minuscule decision on a daily basis that guides us through life. Emotions like love may end with a life partner, emotions like courage may end in moving out of your parents house and forcing you to be independent, emotions like fear may cause you to stay in the same small town and never color outside the lines. Humanity is not about what makes up the physical body, it is an abstract idea. This abstract idea is primarily composed of emotions; the beautiful thing about this idea is that only humans possess this quality, I possess this quality.

     I've gone through so many phases throughout my teenage career trying to figure out who I really was. I've had blue, pink, and purple hair; I've raised two steer, one heifer, and rode horses; I've taken dance classes for seven years; all an attempt to find my niche in society. When I was a little girl I tried out a new laugh every day trying to find the perfect one, what I didn't realize was that you're born with a laugh, as you are born with a personality. (Even as I'm typing this confession my cheeks are turning red from embarrassment!) This emotion of feeling lost and not knowing how to be yourself leads to mistakes like mine. Although all of these different scenes were mistakes, everyone goes through them trying to find themselves; it's just another component that makes us human.

     When I was a freshman, I met my first and only boyfriend; although we didn't start dating until sophomore year. We were together, with a few breaks in between, until senior year. I had thought we were growing up together, but I was wrong. I should have never gone back after our first break up but I eventually would feel lonely and go back to who I was comfortable with. I finally grew out of it and am loving being independent. Although this was hard to admit, it makes for a perfect example of my previous proof of humanity: love and moving on.

     I haven't had a curfew since I was sixteen, I would come home whenever I was ready and my parents would be fast asleep. After I turned eighteen, though, I received a text from my mom while I was in Washington telling me that her and my dad decided that I didn't have to come home when they tell me to and they won't ask any questions about where I was or who I was with. She also told me I can move into the bigger bedroom in our house and they will buy me a full-size bed ( I've been sleeping on the same twin-sized mattress since I grew out of my crib). I knew this was compensation for the fact that although I had been accepted to three colleges with generous scholarships, my parents were not going to support me and I simply could not handle the load of going to a four-year university alone; I'm now going to Hancock Community College for two years. I finally came around and I agree with my parents, it is a smart decision to go to a junior college first so that I'm not burdened with huge loans. I did want my independence, though. I'm now very proud to say that I am paying for my own gas, groceries, insurance, and I officially bought my truck off of my parents. I love being independent, but it took a huge amount of courage to get me this far. Courage to do something different than everyone in my AP classes, courage to work twenty-seven hours a week while attending high school, and courage to use my money and time to go grocery shopping instead of going to beach parties a lot of the time.

     There's only one more thing I'd like to add, this whole statement was extremely difficult for me to write and publish, it being so personal, But I know that it is enough to convince you all that I am in fact human in every form, physical and abstract. I've made mistakes and demonstrated very strong emotions. Honestly, this is the most human-minded assignment I have ever written in my high school life. I hope that you all see it that way also.


                                                                                                                             With love and emotion,
                                                                                                                             Annie

Brave New World

In the novel, Brave New World, Bernard Marx was the first character introduced by name; this was a major relief to the reader and a great technique for characterization and symbolism in use by the author, Aldous Huxley. The mere introduction of a character with an actual name instead of a title caused the reader to infer there was something different about Bernard. The difference was that although Bernard conformed to society outwardly, he was battling everything he'd been taught inwardly. This complex conflict creates the tone for the theme of the novel, a lesson for generations ruling over Earth now to not push towards perfection so heavily that humanity is dissolved.

Huxley illustrates a world in which everything that makes us human is taken away to make room for a utopia, but is this utopia really what we strive for? To accomplish this contrast Huxley introduces Bernard Marx early on in the novel to give the reader a picture of what society has become and how the average citizen has adjusted to it, and a view into the thoughts of how wrong it can be in the mind of a more dynamic character. Creating a connection between Bernard and the reader, the reader feels how very wrong it would seem to live in a synthetic world made to exempt any imperfection, anything that makes us human.

Happiness

As we were discussing the use of soma in A Brave New World, it came to my mind that happiness is only temporary as is anger. I believe you can take one of two paths: you could either use soma or the equivalent of soma in our world and be content with life all the time, or you could be passionate and have highs and lows; be insanely joyful and later be amped up or furious. The citizens in the book chose the content path, that's how they were brought into this world. Most of us, I'd like to think, would choose the passionate path and be filled with all different emotions and all different calibers of emotion. 

Chapter 3 brave new world

Chapter three was mostly composed of this dialogue and thoughts from Bernard. It was a roundabout of information and feelings from Lenina and Fanny, from the director and controller and Henry, and the thoughts of Bernard Marx. 

In the end of the chapter all three scenes that were rotating with each other seemed to morph into present time. 

Everything Bernard was thinking was paradoxical to what the controller was explaining to the students. 

Class discussion chapters 1-4

The restatement gives the reader the same sense of conditioning like the characters in the book are experiencing.

Alpha 

Beta

Gamma

Delta

Epsilon 

Lit Terms 6

subordination
The act of placing in a lower rank or position.

suspicion of disbelief
Sacrifice of realism for sake of enjoyment.

synesthesia
The use of one thing to trigger the sense of another; conditioning.

synecdoche
A figure of speech in which the part is used for the whole or the whole for a part.

syntax
The rules and patterns in sentences and language.

Tongue in cheek
saying something in a mocking tone.