Why I Write

1. Why does Orwell write?  He says that, "By nature -- taking your "nature" to be the state you have attained when you are first adult -- I am a person in whom the first three motives would outweigh the fourth" (Orwell). The first three motives would be sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, and historical impulse. But as he continued on in  his literary career, I think he started writing for political purposes. I think this is true because he makes it his goal to turn his political writings into art. He also said that he likes having a purpose to his works. He does not want them to just sound; he wanted them to have a meaning.

2. Why do you write? I usually write because I have to do it for homework. I have never  really written out a story or poem for fun, but I have had fun writing them and thinking of new things to add to them. I think I might fall under aesthetic enthusiasm for a motive when I write. I like perceiving the external world in different ways so I can make what I am writing about more entertaining to myself and others.

3. What did you learn about writing? A person's background will affect what they enjoy writing about and why they write. I also learned that some people actually like the sound of certain words or phrases. I do not read out loud too often, so this is probably why I have never thought that the actual sound of words can be entertaining for people. 

4. What did you find most interesting about the piece? I think it is interesting how Orwell's isolated childhood molded him to become a write. This isolated childhood made him exercise his mind by trying to compensate his loneliness. Being able to channel such a negative feeling and eventually making a successful output for it in writing is amazing.

5. What one sentence would be the best grounds for an argument? Why? When he says, "It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure," this seems like a debatable idea. I do not think that all books are failures. Many books are able to carry across their ideas to the readers and become commercially successful. Unless his view of failure pertains to some other goal he is trying to achieve, then I think that statement is false.

Work Cited

Orwell, George. "Why I Write." K-1.com. Web. 19 May 2011. http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/site/work/essays/write.html.

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis "trail"

Tolkien Quotes

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." 
- J.R.R. Tolkien
I like this quote a lot because it reminds me of how much I procrastinate in doing my work. I know that starting work is probably one of the hardest parts, but I still struggle making that first step sometimes. 


"I will not walk backward in life." 
-J.R.R. Tolkien
This is another simple quote from Tolkien that I like. I think it carries the ideas that we shouldn't fall into the same mistakes twice, and we shouldn't revert to bad habits we have. We should keep moving forward in life and try improve ourselves.


I have never read any of J.R.R. Tolkien's books before, so I didn't really know any quotes from him prior to today (except, "You shall not pass," which is a very epic line). I typed "J.R.R. Tolkien quotes" into Google and found a website with a lot of his quotes. 


Here is a link if you are interested in learning more about J.R.R. Tolkien's life.
Here is a another link to more information about J.R.R. Tolkien and his popular trilogy Lord of the Rings. 

Lord of the Flies

Video Response

Picture Credit

http://en.spongepedia.org/images/thumb/c/c2/DaConch.jpg/180px-DaConch.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/1241793099_e2d0b3b9ee.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/18/cb/da/china-mans-hat.jpg

http://ocw.openhighschool.org/file.php/4/TKAM/LordOfTheFliesBookCover.jpg

http://randalrauser.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Camp-fire.jpg

http://www.laughoutnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/woman-finds-pig-head-on-pole.jpg

 http://www2.baby99.co.uk/f-3/NERDGLASSES/Nerd-Glasses.jpg

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Sorry the ending seemed rushed. There was a five minute time limit on the program.

^ Since I wanted to clarify my opinion on the book, I made another video to try and explain my opinion of the book.

Golding Reading

"Miss Brill" Discussion

Link to the discussion.

"Feuille D'Album" Discussion

Link to the discussion.

"A Haunted House" Discussion

Link to the discussion.

Response of Hope

Dear Virginia,

Don't you dare do anything crazy; I assure you there is still hope. You say you can't win this battle with your own mind, but we have a God that is greater than any kind of disease or illness. We have a God that can heal and is greater than any degree of impossibility. So please don't give up! Think about your husband too. Do you want him alone in this world blaming himself for your death? Show him the same love he has shown you and continue living with him. Your life is his happiness. I believe you were given life to live out a great purpose; don't leave here defeated. Please write back to me A.S.A.P and get some rest.

- Sean

Lawrence and the Rocking Horse

Picture Credit

http://www.casinoclubgambling.com/online-gambling.html

Video Credit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeNFthOzr7A

Joyce Recap

Link to the Recap.

An Araby Critque

Link to the presentation.

Yeats Tour

Link to the tour.

Java was giving me some problems that wouldn't allow me to use the other screen recording sites. And I am sorry the mic is messed up a little in the video.

Short Stories by Kipling

1. "How the Whale got his Throat"

2. I think a life application from this story would be to be clever or "a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity" like the Mariner. The Mariner was able to craft a brilliant device out of the few things he had while inside the Whale. The device worked and was able to prevent the Whale from eating any more humans and many other fish. The Stute Fish was also shown to be clever by setting up the whole event.

3. The story was pretty funny and enjoyable. I liked how it was easy to follow and how Kipling incorporated the list of rhyming words (I think it's called an asyndeton, but I'm not completely sure). It made it seem like I was reading a Dr. Seuss book again. I also liked how the narrator used recurring phrases; it added a nice mood to the story.

Work Cited

Kipling, Rudyard. "How the Whale Got His Throat." Readbookonline.net. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/913/.

A Poem Inspired by Kipling

If you're willing to do a daunting deed that must be done,

Even if it is winning a staring contest against the sun;

If you're willing to catch a nuke with your bare hands,

In order to save every person in every land,

If you can watch an Asian drama, and not shed a single tear;

If viewing such a thing is your greatest fear;

Then I must admit that you are braver than most people I know;

It seems like you're willing to do the impossible.

Dickens' Stories

Book-a-Minute

The poor Oliver asks for more food. Later, he accidentally gets involved in organized crime and has an evil half-brother. Surprise Oliver, you have more family; and you live happily with the guy you were suppose to pickpocket.

Work Cited

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist." Comp. Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 6 Apr. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist.

The Hound of Heaven

Work Cited

Thompson, Francis. "The Hound of Heaven." Bartleby.com. Web. 5 Apr. 2011.http://www.bartleby.com/236/239.html.

Housman

Housman by stkakigi

Comic Link

"When I was One-and-Twenty" By A.E. Housman

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue."
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

Work Cited

Housman, A. E. "When I Was One-and-Twenty." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print

Poet's Corner. "Explanation: "When I Was One-and-Twenty"" Gale and Cengage Learning. Web. 4 Apr.
2011.http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/poems/wheniwas_ex.htm.

Hopkins

Pied Beauty.egg on Aviary.

Alliteration- "It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil crushed" (Horton 676).

Work Cited

Hopkins, Gerard M. "God's Grandeur." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Hopkins, Gerard M. "Pied Beauty." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Answer to the White Queen's Riddle

"The White Queen's Riddle"
It is easier to "dishcover" the riddle is about an oyster.

"The Walrus and the Carpenter"
It is ironic that the oysters thought they would be getting food to eat, but the Walrus and Carpenter end up eating them.

Work Cited

Gardner, Martin. The Annotated Alice. Varatek.com. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. varatek.com/scott/carrol_fish_ans.html>.

Carrol, Lewis. "The Walrus and the Carpenter." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University, 1999. Print.

Carrol, Lewis. "The White Queen's Riddle." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.



Have I Not Striven

Love Simile

How do I love you? Do I really need to say?
My love for you is bright and obvious,
Like the shining sun in the day.
My love for you is constant, like water
During the pouring rain.
It is as pure and true as a diamond;
It is overflowing, like a waterfall.
But I'm sorry it's sometimes awkward,
Like a penguin trying to fly.
I really hope you know I mean well.
And never ask if my love for you would ever fade away?
Un-possible! That's how impossible it is, needless to say.

"My Last Duchess"

"Ulysses" and "Crossing the Bar"

Work Cited

Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University, 1999. Print.

Tennyson, Alfred. "Crossing the Bar." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University, 1999. Print.

"The Poet" and "Kapiolani"

"The Poet" and "Kapiolani".egg on Aviary.

Works Cited

Tennyson, Alfred. "Kapiolani." Poetry.com. Web. 8 Mar. 2011. http://www.public-%20domain-poetry.com/poetry.php?pdid=696.

Tennyson, Alfred. "The Poet." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Dover Beach Audio Response

Work Cited

Arnold, Matthew. "Dover Beach." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Newman Survey

What do you think must be made the element and principle of all education?

Participant #1 Jordan Shito- An easy answer would be real world experiences. That's a lame answer but it's the best I've got.

Participant #2 Mathew Esporas- Working hard.

Participant #3 Jonathan Neumann- A relationship with God.

Participant #4 Nathan Chun- Students must be willing to learn.

Participant #5 Crystal Soliven-  "The main principle of all education is probably reading and comprehension, because when a person reads something and understands it, it applies to life. And also learning something new would affect the way a person lives."

Work Cited

Newman, John Henry. "The Tamworth Reading Room." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Carlyle Hero

- HeroMachine

My hero has the ability to control and produce electricity. His country was hit by a earthquake, hurricane, and tornado all on the same day. But he lead search and rescue teams throughout the following days and nights by using his electricity to make light. He also powered all of the hospitals and shelters for 5 months. He used all his energy and died while blowing up the 97 trillion ton comet that was suppose to hit earth. Every nation would later name itself after this hero and agreed to live in peace for 3 years. His name was Kanuga Nobunaga.

"In all epochs of the world's history, we shall find the Great Man to have been the indispensible saviour of his epoch- the lightning, without which the fuel never would have burnt" (Horton 607).

Carlyle believed that a hero would be able to lead others, help them, and have them look up to him. My hero relates to this by the actions he has done to help save and inspire other people.

Work Cited

Carlyle, Thomas. "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.



Jane Eyre Twitter Corrections

I wasn't sure how I was suppose to fix the Twitter posts I had on Jane Eyre (I didn't know if I was suppose to delete and re-upload the posts). So I put the corrected sections here.

Ch. 7- Life at Lowood is rough, and Jane is scorned by Mr. Brocklehurst in front of everyone. Cue an awkward ten minute pause of silence.


Ch.8- A hopeful future can be seen, but people have to move forward to obtain it.

Ch. 11- Jane begins her new career at Thornfield Hall. She meets Mrs. Fairfax and Adele, and she also makes sure there are no ghosts there.

Ch. 22- Jane leaves Gateshead and returns to Thornfield. Everyone is happy that she's back, especially Mr. Rochester.

Ch. 26- The remnants of Mr. Rochester's regrets all live in his house. I can see why he never liked living there before Jane came.

Work Cited

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: New American Library, 2008. Print.

Timeless Themes

Connections between Jane Eyre and “The Reason”
            The first way that Jane Eyre relates to "The Reason" can be seen in the opening lines, "I'm not a perfect person, there's many things I wish I didn't do." This can relate to the regrets that Mr. Rochester has regarding his past. Before he met Jane, he was in love with a French opera-dancer. She was cheating on him. He had to end the relationship and shot the man she was with the next day. Mr. Rochester seems to greatly regret the tragic events that he went through as he says, "Remorse is the poison of life" (Bronte 138).
            The second way they relate is by how Jane is able to connect with Mr. Rochester. The line, "I've found a reason for me to change who I used to be," relates to how Mr. Rochester's relationship with Jane changes. They were not extremely close when they first met, and Jane did not really understand Mr. Rochester too well. But the more they kept being in each others company, the more they grew to understand and like one another.

Mockingbird by Rob Thomas
Here we stand

Somewhere in between this moment and the end
Will we bend
Or will we open up and take this whole thing in
Everybody else is smiling
Man, their smiles don’t fade
You don’t even wonder why
You just don’t think that way

[Chorus]
Maybe you and me got lost somewhere
We can’t move on and we can’t stay here
Maybe we’ve just had enough
Well, maybe we ain’t meant for this love
You and me tried everything
But still that mockingbird won’t sing
Man this life seems hard enough
Well, maybe we ain’t meant for this love

Take my hand
I will lead you through the broken promise land
Yes I can, oh, yes I can
I can be there when you need it
I’ll give it all ’til you can’t feel it anymore

I don’t wanna love you now
If you’ll just leave some day
I don’t wanna turn around
If you’ll just walk away

[Chorus x2]

Maybe we ain't made for this love
Maybe we ain't made for this love

Connections between Jane Eyre and "Mockingbird

            Jane Eyre can be related to the song "Mockingbird" in a couple of different areas. The lines, "I don’t wanna love you now if you’ll just leave some day. I don’t wanna turn around if you’ll just walk away," are similar to how Jane feels and the nature of Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester is usually away from his home in Thornton attending to other matters. Over a period of time, Jane develops feelings for Mr. Rochester. But she chooses to cast off those feelings as foolishness because she thinks he will go and be better off with someone more suitable for him.
            The second area where they relate to each other is in the last line, "Maybe we ain't made for this love." This is basically the same thought that Jane has at the end of chapter 16. She begins to believe Mr. Rochester would never want to marry her since there is a such a difference in their standings. Maybe they really aren't meant to be together...or are they?

Work Cited

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: New American Library, 2008. Print.

Keats' Song

Sean's poem response

Lyrics

I know that I will see
This dream again.
I just want to stay in it,
I truly hope that I can.

The dream used to haunt me,
Until I found out what it meant.
Now I'm compelled by this dream
To have this life fully spent.

Not to have it wasted away
On worthless doubt and regret.
But to have it used for something,
Something that I can respect.

I see it more clearly,
That purpose which I looked past.
But I'm anxious for this new future,
How will I know if this purpose will last

So for now I'll try to sleep
And see if I can increase its span.
That's all I really care about right now,
That tempting dream again.

It's similar to "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" in being able to understand something that could not be understood earlier. But its different from what Keats wrote in the sense that the character does not completely embrace his revelation. He does not truly become inspired by the dream to live out his life, he instead wastes it on going back to an easier and happier "dream."

Work Cited

Keats, John. "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999.

Percy Bysshe Shelley Resume

Name: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Born: August 4, 1792

Died: July 8, 1822 (drowned)

Education:
-Sion House Academy, 1802-1804
-Eton College, 1804-1810
-Former Oxford student, 1810-1811

Previous occupation: Romantic Poet

Noticeable works:
-"Ozymandias"
-"Ode to the West Wind"
-"Queen Mab"
- Prometheus Unbound

Associates:
-Lord Byron
-Thomas Jefferson Hog
-Robert Browning

Medical history: Previous cases of nervous anxiety

Personal beliefs:
-A non-conformist with revolutionary and radical ideas.
-Atheism
-Vegetarianism
-Anitauthoritarian

Personal life:
-Married Harriet Westbrook (first wife) and had two children with her.
-After Harriet died, Shelley married Mary Godwin (second wife) and had three children with her.

Works Cited

Everett, Glenn. "Shelley Biography." The Victorian Web. July 2000. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <victorianweb.org/previctorian/shelley/bio.html&gt>.

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.
 
"Percy Bysshe Shelley." Mahalo. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <mahalo.com/stub/percy-bysshe-shelley&gt>.







Byron Poem

These thoughts are bursting from me;
I still hear the warning echo.
I'm confused as to why you can't see.
I will tell you what everyone has to know.

This world is at risk, it will surely fall.
Everyone's life could be at stake,
But I know I answered the call.
Now the truth I know has been deemed fake.

The echo that I once had,
The they chose not to hear,
It has shown me a world gone mad,
And now I've been locked up out of fear.

Look at what has happened. Don't ask "why" or "how."
Do you remember the message long ago?
My friend, do you notice it now?
The calm is over; it is no longer the same echo.


This poem is follows the same rhyme scheme as "On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year." It is suppose to illustrate individual over group perceptions. The man in the poem has a warning for others, but they choose to not believe him. They imprisoned him because of his views. Towards the end, the chaotic events he told them start to come true. So he had been right all along.

Work Cited

Gordon, George. "On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.

Old China Voicemail

Work Cited

Lamb, Charles. "Old China." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.



Circular, Solitary Journeys

When he had gained consciousness, he was in a great deal of confusion. From what he could tell he was in some kind of desert with sand around him and the sun glaring down on him. There were several strange caves and rock structures all around him. He was unable to remember his name or how he got there. He sat there pondering his situation until out from the ground shot out a giant tentacle. It nearly slammed down on him, but some one had pushed him out of the way as it came down. When he looked up he saw that a dog was staring back down at him. "We have to leave now," said the dog. The young man was speechless. He did not know if it was the dog talking or the calamari trying to attack him that left him shocked, but he decided to follow the dog. "Keep moving or it will catch us soon," barked the dog. "I must be going crazy!" yelled the man as he looked back to see more tentacles shoot out from the sand. The young man let out a feminine scream and asked the dog, "Where am I? Who am I? How'd I get here? How can you tal-" The dog interrupted the man and sarcastically said, "I'll tell you when you're older, but right now we need to get you back home. You don't belong here. I was sent to retrieve you and guide you back to your true home. The man asked, "How do I get back?" The dog replied, "We need to head north. There will be a large ca-" before he could finish the tentacle reappeared and got a hold of the dog. The man rushed to help, but the dog exclaimed, "Get back! I knew this was to happen; you must keep going. You will find a cave. There should be the figure of a fish etched in above the opening. It will be dark there, but there should be a light towards the end that will return you to your home. Go boy!" Then in an instant the dog was pulled into the sand. The man sprinted away and headed north with gratefulness to the dog. He continued to travel for another three days alone. The journey was hard and he was dehydrated, but he finally found the cave. He was hesitant to enter since he could not see the light nor his home. With doubt and fear he decided to not enter the cave.

Immediately after his decision, he began looking elsewhere to find water. He was completely exhausted from searching for water. But as he turned to look back towards the cave, an oasis had appeared behind him. In a sense of relief he went to drink the water, but only tasted sand. Instantly, a tentacle grabbed him and he was pulled into the water. He was being pulled further down, as if he was in the ocean, and was eventually pulled down to the very bottom. With his face in the sand, he saw the colossal , angry octopus that had him clenched. He also saw the dog, who looked perfectly fine dog-paddling in the water. He tried to ask the dog for help and began apologizing for not listening to the dog. The only sounds he could make were getting garbled by the water. But the dog had heard him and had forgiven him. The waters began to recede into the earth along with the colossal octopus. The man blacked out.

When he had gained consciousness, he was in a great deal of confusion. From what he could tell he was in some kind of desert with sand around him and the sun glaring down on him. There were several strange caves and rock structures all around him. He was unable to remember his name or how he got there. He sat there trying to remember what happened. He seemed to recall a very distant memory.

Common Things in an Uncommon Light

I used Fotosketcher to create this picture. It is a picture of a pigeon with its wings spread. I flipped the picture upside down and changed the lighting and color intensity of the original picture. I decided to do a bird picture since I see them everyday at study hall.

I think that Wordsworth lived a life that had a lot of emotional struggle (Horton 523). He had an obvious love for nature, which many people in this time period do not have. I liked how he was able to incoporate the things he liked as main themes in his poetry.

Works Cited

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones UP, 1999. Print.

W.P.A. Pigeon Flight. Digital image. World Pigeon Association. WordPress. Web. 10 Jan. 2011. .

Blake Video Response



Work Cited

Blake, William. "The Clod and the Pebble." Ed. Ronald A. Horton. British Literature. Greenville: Bob Jones University Press, 1999. Print.