Huckleberry Finn Questions Chap 5-11 (Incomplete)

1. Parents should want whats best for their kids, but here Pap wants to be better than Huck, which is the opposite of the American dream.
2. It shows that family is very important to society, that families should stick together unless they absolutely have to get split up. At this point, it seems that Huck should be released to the Widow.
3. He likes the feelingly of being free. Although Pap beats him and locks him in the Shanty, he doesn't have to be civilized, wear nice clothes, and he can smoke and cuss. This plays intot he theme of freedom. 
4. Pap's rant was not so much about the government but to show the racism of that time. He is talking about a man who worked all his life to get where he was and earned everything he had, and all that Pap can think about was the fact that he was black. It is Twain's way of showing the readers the extreme racism of the time.
5. The theme of freedom. At that point, they were both free.
6. At the beginning of the novel, Huck didn't understand Tom's crazy imagination and now he wished he was there to help and put some fancy touches on the scene. With Tom there, his imagination would have gotten away from him and they plan would have become complicated and no longer successful.
7. The bread that people sent was supposed to find Huck's dead body, but instead found alive Huck. Also he thought about people praying for the bread to find Huck, and it did. So he thinks that prayer only worked for the good people.
8. Jim heard about Huck's murder so when he saw him there, he though Huck was a ghost. He was scared and didn't want to be haunted, so he told Huck to just go back in the water. 
9. Jim was the first person to know that Huck is alive. So until then, Huck was dead to society. And  now he isn't all alone. But now, they had to stick together because if Jim wanders off and starts telling people, then Huck will be figured out. 
10. In the North, most people were abolitionists, but because of where they were, you did not want to be against slavery. 
11. Some of the superstitions that Jim talks about are thinks that happen anyway, but he just puts a little spin on them. For example, he said that if a man who owns bees dies, you have to tell the bees that he died before the next sunup or else they will stop working and die. So this isn't the bees retaliating but because the bee keeper died, no one takes care of the bees and then they die. The superstitions are just how Jim interprets life and how he makes sense of it.
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Huckleberry Finn Chap. 1-4 Questions

1. She takes Huck in to live with her and she wants to civilize Huck. She is a good person and wants whats best for Huck. He doesn't take to the story much because he figures that Moses been dead for years so he doesn't matter much anymore.
2. It's Huck's way of trying to make sense of the world, but it falls under the romantic ideas. 
3. He has a loose idea of death, he doesn't really think much of dead people, he thinks that aren't important because they're dead. His idea of the good place and bad place is that he just wants to go where his friends will go. Huck has a violent childhood and he had to become familiar with death early in his life.
4. They boys probably wouldn't have thought about playing a trick on an older white man or woman. They probably would have played one on their friends, but because Jim is a slave they don't have the same respect for him. 
5. It means that Jim now stands out to the other slaves and he has been giving hope. Now he has a confidence that slave owners don't want because it gets in the slaves head and they act out. 
6. Tom left the money for the candles because he maybe felt bad about taking the candles and wanted the leave the owners something in return. Or perhaps the nickle was for Jim because of the trick they played on him. Huck wouldn't have left the money because he doesn't have a grasp on manners so he never would have really thought about it. 
7. Tom has a more romantic idea of life and games. He has a vivid imagination and hasn't really had to worry about life yet. Huck has had a tough life and has had to live life to survive. He doesn't have an imagination and takes everything very literally.
8. He thinks they are cooler. They are more about killing people are stopping people on the road and stealing their things. Burglars go and are sneaky and still cattle and things.
9. Huck doesn't understand prayer. He was told that if you pray,  then you'll get whatever you want. He doesn't this and he gets nothing. He thought about it for a long time and never understood, so he just gave up on it. 
10. Because Tom was trying to explain to Huck about the things that were in his imagination and because Huck doesn't have one, he just couldn't wrap his around the ideas that Tom was trying to explain.
11. Huck doesn't understand the imagination of Tom, so to his, its just a Sunday School lunch. 
12. He doesn't want his father to take his money and spend it on booze.

Lincoln Questions 1-5, 7

1. Because the battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the war and he needed to connect with the people and encourage them to keep moving toward victory. 
2. To preserve the union and to keep America alive with the idea that all men are created equal.
3. Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States.
4. The proclamation was more of a symbol of Lincolns power and ability to turn the tables of the war. 
5. In the North he had to make sense of all of the deaths and sacrifices that the men who fought made. 

8.  A sense of presidential authority-- Emancipation Proclamation because Lincoln was showing the Confederacy that he can make their lives hell by freeing all of the slaves and that he has the power to do so.

The urgency of the national crisis-- Gettysburg Address because it about how they need to fix their country to make them whole again before it is separated forever.

The value of Freedom -- The Emancipation Proclamation because Lincoln shows that importance of freedom and that freedom won the war for the North.

Lincoln's personal voice-- The Gettysburg Address because the E.P. is more of a formal document and here, Lincoln is reaching out to the people and reassuring them. 

Outline of Lincoln's second Inaugural Adress

• Paragraph 1
• This speech will be quick
• There isn't much new news 
• He holds high hopes for the future
• Paragraph 2
• The nation would have split if not for the war
• Half of the country wanted to avoid war and split while the other wanted war to save it, they went to war.
• Paragraph 3
• Slavery is what caused the war, but it was fought to keep the nation together
• No one anticipate the magnitude of the war and that the conflict was still there
• Everyone worships the same God and reads the same Bible
• God has a plan, and this is part of it.
• No one is to judge God for his plan
• Its over when God says it's over
• Paragraph 4
• His plan is to bind the country's wounds and come together a one stronger country 
•  Everyone should care for one another
• Do whatever it takes to keep peace among the nation. 

Regionals Homework

1. The speaker encounters death in a calm manner.
2. The speaker doesn't agree with the majority.
3. Everyone is calming down before the person actually dies. It's the calm before the storm. 
4. Dickinson thinks deaths is inevitable and also that no one know what come next after death. "Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell." She is saying that death is a mystery. 
5. She capitalizing words to emphasis her main ideas. For example, "Much Madness is divinest Sense" 
6. The tone of Dickinson's poems is very dark and somber. They make me want to throw myself of a bridge. 
7. Poems
1. Much Madness in divinest Sense
1. Society itself is crazy.
2. My Life had stood a Loaded Gun
1. NO idea
8. The stylistic features of Letter to Mr. T. W. Higginson that are consistent with her work are the short lines and the use of dashes.  

Song of Myself Questions 1-3

1. When people die they just go back into the earth and live on through Nature. 
2. He compares himself to a spotted hawk and dirt.
3. New life being recycled from old life.

DJs 51-55

DJ 51.
Pg 134. "'Wilt thou stand here with mother and mo, to-morrow noon-tide?' inquiered Pearl. 'Nay; not so my little Pearl!'"

In this story, Dimmesdale is looked at as the good guy in this book, and when compared to Chillingworth he is, but wouldn't the good guy do anything he can to support his child? This is an example of how Dimmesdale's fear and guilt make him very cowardly. Pearl wants nothing more than to be a family, but Dimmesdale is to afraid of what other people will think to do anything about it. He definitely doesn't follow transcendentalism like Hester and Pearl. He would rather please other people than himself, even though it is not what he wants.

DJ 52.
Pg 134. "'At the great judgement day!' whispered the minister..."

Here Dimmesdale is telling Pearl that he will only stand with her at the end of the world. Never will he ever stand with his family until he is about to die. This is another example of his guilty conscience making him cowardly and dis-likeable. But, Pearl is not a child of the Lord, she is that of nature. Therefor, there is no judgement day for Pearl, so for her, its like he'll never stand with them. He does end of confessing, but then drops dead.

DJ 53.
Pg 137. "'Who is this man Hester?' gasped Mr. Dimmesdale, overcome with terror, 'I shiver at him! Doust thou know the man? I hate him, Hester!'"

Chillingworth shows up at the scene when Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are having their moment. At this point in the novel even just Chillingworth's presence is evil. So mush so that Dimmesdale says he hates him, when he doesn't when know who's there. It's ironic that Dimmesdale says he hates him because he is a man of god and Chillingworth is now a man of the Devil. There is an interesting contrast between the character, but they both can be characterized and bad. 

DJ 54.
Pg 139. "Little accustomed, in her long seclusion from society, to measure her ideas of right and wrong by any standard external herself."

At this point in the book Hester has become to at peace with herself that she no longer cares or is familiar with how other people think or care what other people think. This connects to the Book Walden because Thoreau goes out into the wilderness to reconnect with himself and go to the beat of his own drum. This is exactly what Hester learns to do and find inner peace. She learns to forgive herself and live life to the fullest, which directly relates to transcendentalism.

DJ 55.
Pg 140. "It is to the credit of human nature, that except where its selfishness is brought into play, it love more readily than it hates. Hatred, by gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility."

Here, Hawthorne talks about how human nature is programmed to love. This plays into the idea that Pearl loves her mother more than anything, no matter what the other people say. Even Hester learns to love herself even after the sin she commits. However, if one dwells on the negative, it will change them for the worse. This is what happened to Chillingworth. He say Pearl and Hester everyday and was reminded of how his wife betrayed him. This is was turns him into a Devil like figure.

DJs 46-50

DJ 46.
Pg 103. "Even thus early had the child saved her from Satan's snare."

The is an example of how Pearl saved Hester from Chillingworth and evil in general. This was one of the first times that Chillingworth looks to torture Hester by suggesting that Pearl should be taken from her. Pearl is the reason that Hester lives and she also saved her from evil in general.

DJ 47.
The Leech

The title of this chapter is interesting because it is all about Chillingworth and leeches were used in medical practice, but also leeches are blood sucker. This related to Chillingworth because he devotes his life to torturing the people who hurt him and sucking the happiness out of them.

DJ 48.
Pg 121. "Had a man seen old Roger Chillingworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have no need to ask how Satan comports himself, when a precious human soul is lost to heaven, and won into his kingdom."

This is the moment that Chillingworth finds out that Dimmesdale the Hester's baby daddy. In this moment, Chillingworth truly devotes his life to evil and give his soul over to the devil. Chillingworth's jealousy and guilt have turned him into an evil guy. He is jealous that his wife cheated on him but he also feel guilty because he left his wife alone for two year which drove her to cheat. At this point, there is no turning back for Chillingworth.

DJ 49.
Pg 125. "...when poor Mr. Dimmesdale was thinking about his grave, he questioned with himself whether the grass would ever grow on it, because an accursed thing must there be buried."

This is an example of Dimmesdale's private guilt and the fact that he can't forgive himself. He can't sleep at night because of his guilt and often thinks of his sins. Because of the guilt and self loathing that he feels, Dimmesdale can never forgive himself and in destroys him from the inside. For this reason private guilt is more harmful then public because Dimmesdale has to keep this struggle to himself which later leads him to his death.

DJ 50.
Pg 130. "And thus, while standing on the scaffold, in this vain show of expiation, Mr. Dimmesdale was overcome with a great horror of mind, as if the universe were gazing at a scarlet token on his naked breast, right over his heart."

This is where Dimmesdale really starts to loose it. He is so filled with guilt that he as wondered down to the scaffold, where Hester and Pearl were first subjected to public humiliation, and is really feeling the guilt. This fact that he has gone down to the scaffold is interesting because it is the first public place that Hester and Pearl are punished. He feels that he needs to join them, but he can't because he is afraid of the public reaction. He is such a respected community member and he is scared of the back lash he would receive from his peers. That is the main reason he won't confess.

DJs 41-45

DJ 41.
Pg 98. "'this badge hath taught me, -- it daily teaches me, -- it is teaching me at this moment, -- lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to myself.'"

This is an example of how Hester uses the letter as a lesson to Pearl and how she learns from it everyday. Hester uses the letter as a constructive tool for Pearl, but first she needed to forgive herself. After Hester forgives herself, she then can turn the letter into a good thing for herself and Pearl.

DJ 42.
Pg 99. "...the child finally announced that she has not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door."

This relates to the idea that Pearl is the only thing that Hester has to live for. There is also the fact that the roses symbolize forgiveness, and Pearl never looked at Hester as a sinner and thinks that the letter is just part of who her mom is. Hester never had to seek forgiveness from Pearl, but she also pushes Hester to live her life with pride. It is interesting that Hawthorne makes sure to mention the prison because that symbolizes society's punishment for Hester, and instead succumbing  to self pity, she picked the rose that is Pearl and lives life to its fullest, like the transcendentalists.

DJ 43.
Pg 99. "--how much uglier they were, -- how his dark complexion seemed to had grown duskier, and hid figure more misshapen, -- since the days when she had familiarly known him."

This is a description of how Chillingworth has changed already from before he made it his duty to torture Dimmesdale. Chillingworth, like Dimmesdale, can't forgive himself, and it destroys him, not to the point of death, but his soul becomes evil. He makes his life revolve around finding and torturing the man who is the father of Pearl. This turns his into a Devil like feature and this is the first time that he really starts turning evil.

DJ 44.
Pg 100. "'He gave her, in requital of all things else, which ye had taken from me. She is my happiness! -- she is my torture, none the less!..."

This is an example of how Pearl is what Hester lives for. Pearl is a daily reminder of Hester's sin, but Hester learns to forgive herself, and lives life changing the meaning of the letter. If not for Pearl, Hester wouldn't be the same woman, and she would definitely not grown as a person as much as Pearl inspired her.

DJ 45.
Pg 101. "'... a deed of sin, and made of no account the distinction between unhallowed lust and holy love? This child of its father's  guilt and its mother's shame hath come from the hand of God, to work in many ways upon her heart..'"

Here, Dimmesdale talks about Hester's argument for keeping Pearl. This is very ironic because he talks about the fathers guilt and God making the calls here. Because he is the father, he is guilty and doesn't want Hester to go through anymore pain. This is also a foreshadow because Dimmesdale is punished by God and himself until he falls apart.

DJs 36-40

DJ 36.
The Governor's mansion

The governor's mansion is very luxurious. The house itself is very extravagant and the things that are in it are even more so. He has art and armor all around even has a seven year slave to answer the door. He also has cups that have the remnants of ale in them. All of the items are luxury and there for sinful. But because he is a man of high power, it not a big deal. This plays into hypocrisy which raises the questions, what is sin? When is sin punishable?

DJ 37.
Pg 94. "Hester looked, by way of humoring the child; and she saw that, owing to the peculiar effect of this convex mirror, the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, so as to be greatly the most prominent feature of her appearance. In truth, she seemed absolutely hidden behind it."

Mirror are thought to reflect people's true personalities and their sins. In this scene, when Hester looks into the reflection and all that she sees is the scarlet letter, it represents how society views her and her sin. The fact that it's size is larger in the reflection represents the idea that society has blown her situation out of proportion. Although if Hester forgives herself, it won't matter what society thinks, which toes into transcendentalism

DJ 38.
Pg 95. "Pearl, seeing the rose-bush, began to cry for a red rose, and would not be pacified."

In the beginning of the story, there was a rose bush described in from of the jail door. One of the symbols that the rose represented was forgiveness. This scene describing Pearl begging for the rose also is Pearl begging for forgiveness. Pearl's actions are a reflection of the letter and how Hester acts, so Pearl asking for forgiveness is probably a reflection of Hester want to self forgiveness.

DJ 39.
Pg 97. "It was understood that this learned man was the physician as well as friend of the young minister, whose health had severely suffered, of late..."

The failure of the minister's health is from a mixture of two things. His inability to forgive himself, and because of the guilt that he feels for making Hester raise their child alone. Because Dimmsedale can't confess or relieve his conscience of his sin, he isn't able to forgive himself, and that destroys him. He also has to deal with his private guilt by himself because he can't talk to anyone about his sin. The combination of these two emotions kill Dimmesdale.

DJ 40.
Pg 97. "'I am mother's child.' answered the scarlet vision, 'and my name is Pearl!'"

This plays into the theme that Pearl is a child of nature. The wording here can be taken as she is perhaps a child of mother nature. And of course, pearls come from nature. This reinforces the idea that Pearl is not a child from a Puritan society, but from nature instead.

DJs 31-35

DJ 31
Pg 88. "... she put up her small forefinger, and touched the scarlet letter. 'He did not send me!' she cried, positively. 'I have no Heavenly Father!'"

This is a conversation that Hester and Pearl are having about where Pearl came from. When Hester told that her Heavenly Father sent Pearl, he instantly knew that she shouldn't have said that. Because Pearl is born of sin, she has no Heavenly Father. Pearl catches Hester in her lie and calls her out on it. Again, Pearl is keeping Hester in reality.This also reinforces the idea that Pearl is a child of nature.

DJ 32
Pg 90. "We have spoken of Pearl's rich and luxuriant beauty; a beauty that shone with deep and vivid tints; a bright complexion, eyes possessing intensity both of depth and glow..."

Hawthorne's description of Pearl is here resembles light. This relates to the light vs dark theme because she was the light that was shed on Hester's situation. Pearl is the only reason that Hester has to live and she also makes Hester face her sin in order to forgive herself. Though most people wouldn't live the way Hester and Pearl do, they live their life how they see fit regardless. This connects to transcendentalism because they are staying true to their personal law. 

DJ 33
Pg 90. "But it was a remarkable attribute of this garb, and indeed, of the child's whole appearance, that it irresistibly and inevitably reminded the beholder of the token which Hester Prynne was doomed to wear upon her bosom. It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet endowed with life!" 

Here, Hawthorne is talking about how Pearls clothing and appearance resembles the scarlet letter. But it doesn't only pertain to her clothes. Pearl actions and emotions also reflect the letter and how Hester acts in relation to her situation. In the beginning of the story, Pearl is out of control and more free spirited. This is when Hester still is trying to come to terms with the letter and her situation. As the book continues, as Hester changes the meaning of the letter and she forgives herself, Pearl becomes more well mannered, but still has her nature spirit.

DJ 34
Pg 90. "The mother herself -- as if the red ignominy were so deeply scorched into her brain, that all her conceptions assumed its form -- had carefully wrought out the similitude; lavishing many hours of morbid ingenuity, to create an analogy between the object of her affection, and the emblem of her guilt and torture."

This is talking about the torture and the pain that Hester still feels about her situation.  Although Pearl keeps her loving life, Hester gets caught up in the pain and still hasn't fully forgiven herself. It is important for Hester to forgive herself because she won't be able to move on with her life happily. This connects to transcendentalism because she needs to accept herself for who she is, no matter what anyone else thinks. The word scorched also connects to her sin because the letter burns with flames from hell.

DJ 35
Pg 92. "'No, my little Pearl!' said her mother. 'Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!'"

This connects to the idea that Pearl is the only thing that Hester has left to live for. The sunshine here is happiness. Hester has none left to give, so Pearl must go out and find her own. Sunshine makes things grow, just like happiness. With Pearl being happy, Hester then can also feel satisfaction with life. When Pearl is happy, it reflects onto Hester. 

DJs 26-30

DJ 26.
Pg 82. "They were now illuminated by the morning radiance of a young child's disposition, but later in the day of earthly existence, might be prolific of the storm and whirlwind."

This is an example of the theme light vs dark. Pearl has brought her dark situation into the light. Pearl is the one thing that Hester is proud of and she made it through her tough situation because of Pearl. Everything in Hester's life was much lighter when Pearl was born. But this is also a foreshadow that one day Pearl might create the perfect storm.

DJ 27.
Pg 82. " Hester Prynne, nevertheless, the lonely mother of this child, ran little risk of erring in the side of undue severity."

The language that Hawthorne uses is interesting because although Hester is alone in raising the child, she was not the only one who sinned to create the baby.  This plays into Dimmesdales private guilt because he has left this woman and child all alone to fend for themselves and Hester to take the punishment all alone as well.

DJ 28.
Pg 83. "Beholding it, Hester was constrained to rush towards the child, -- to pursure the little elf in the flight which she invariably began, -- to snatch her to her bosom... as to assure herself that Pearl was flech and blood, and not utterly delusive."

This is an example of Hester still having to come to terms with her situation and that she now has a chilld, who she is some times scared of or how she'll turn out to be. There are times when Hester needs to ensure herself that everything is real and Pearl brings her back to reality. Also the use the of the word elf to describe Pearl reinforces the idea that she is a child that was born outside of Puritan society and that she is a child of nature.

DJ 29
Pg 84. "Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world. An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, had no right among christened infants."

This reinforces the theme exile. When Hester was release from prison she moved into a cabin that was on the edge of the forest. This made them outcasts from society which means that Pearl was accepted into society from the very beginning. Pearls personality also make her stick out like a sore thumb because her sprint it that of nature, not that of a Puritan society. Again, they way that Hawthorne describes Pearl reminds the audience that she was born outside of the Puritan society which adds to the exile theme.

DJ 30
Pg 86. "Week, it is  true, would sometimes elapse. during which Pearl's gaze might never once be fixed upon the scarlet letter; but then, again, it would come at unawares, like a stroke of sudden death. and always with that peculiar smile, and odd expression of the eye."

This is an example of how Pearl would give Hester a reality check. The only way Hester is able to forgive herself for her sin is to come to terms with it, but forget about it. So just as Hester would start to push her sin out of mind, Pearl would remind her of it by asking questions and playing games with it. The letter is a reflection of both their personalities and Pearl never let Hester forget it. 





  

DJs 21-25

DJ 21.
Pearl

Pearl is Hester's daughter who is born out of sin. Because religion if a big part of society, Pearl was really born from nature because that is where she grew up and society didn't accept her. Pearls, in nature, start of a grain of sand and after a long time and a lot of pressure, they are turned into the beautiful gem. This relates to the book because Pearl did not come from a typical family. She was looked at from society like a little speck of dirt. But she turns out to be a nice little child. Pearls are also very precious and are a treasure. In the book, Pearl is Hester's only treasure in life.

DJ 22.
Pg 80. "We have as yet hardly spoken of the infant; that little creature, whose innocent life has sprung... of a guilty passion."

The language that Hawthorne uses in this statement alludes to the face that she is a child of nature. He uses the word sprung to indicant that she sprung up like a flower. It is also ironic that he chose to use the word innocent to describe her life because she was born out of sin and because sins are transferred from mother to daughter, she would already not be innocent. Also, the phrase 'guilty passion' it the description of Hester and Dimmesdale's relationship. They both felt guilty for sinning, but they are in love and passionate for each other.

DJ 23.
Pg 80. "Day after day, she looked fearfully into the child's expanding nature; ever dreading to detect some dark and wild peculiarity, that should correspond with the guiltiness to which she owed her being"

This is talking about how everyday Hester would look at Pearl and see her individuality peaking through. Her nature is different than most at that time because she was not raised with the normal society. She has her own personal laws that she followed. This relates to transcendentalism because also though Pearl may be fit in with the rest of the little kids, she is staying  true to who she is. This sentence also relates to Hester's guilt and how she feels that because Pearl was born out of sin, she should reflect her mother actions in her personality. This guilt Hester feels more privately than publicly.

DJ 24.
Pg 81. "The child could not be made amendable to rules."

This is a foreshadow of how Pearl is going to grow up. She was born outside of the human laws and follows the laws of nature. During her childhood, she does things that aren't exactly 'normal', but she acts on what she wants to do rather than what people think is right. This also ties into transcendentalism.

DJ 25.
Pg 81. "The mother's impassioned state had been the medium through which were transmitted to the unborn infant... however white and clear originally, they had taken the deep stains of crimson and gold... the black shadow, the untempered light of the intervening substance."

This talking about how the scarlet letter has changed Pearl from a normal child to one that has been 'stained' with the red and gold from the letter. When something is described as stained that usually indicates that it is then ruined. At first, when Hester was still ashamed of herself and the letter, Pearl was more wild and strange. But as Hester and the letter change, so does Pearl. So people may have thought Pearl reflecting the letter would be a bad thing, but as Hester and the letter develop, so does Pearl.

DJs 16-20

DJ 16
"Hester at Her Needle"

The title of this chapter represents the first change of the letter on her chest. She uses her needle to made beautiful embroideries. This is when the A stands for art. She also uses her needle to make clothing for the homeless and also make extravagant clothes for the men of high power  in the society. The entire chapter is a symbol of her growth and how she adapts to her situation. Much like animals adapt to their surroundings when in nature, Hester had to change the meaning of the A in order for people to change they way people treat her, which she did in nature.

DJ 17
Pg 74. "Deep ruffs, painfully wrought bands, and gorgeously embroidered gloves..."

This is a description of the very luxurious items that Hester would make for the people in the society that were all demanded when there was a ceremony for any man reining high power. This is an example of the theme of hypocrisy. These items that the people of society are having her make are all considered luxurious, thus sinful. Even though Hester was ostracized for her being sinful by the same people who were requesting these items. 

DJ 18
Pg 75. "But it is not recorded that, in a single instance, her skill was called in aid to embroider the white veil which was to cover the pure blushes of a bride."

Although many people hired Hester to make extravagant clothes for some occasions, making the veil for a bride wasn't one of them. The veils of a bride is meant to be a symbol of their purity and virginity. Because of the sin that Hester committed it would be inappropriate for her to make veils for bride, even though she aided in vanity. So it raises the question, what qualifies as sin? Only things that have to do with a woman's sexuality?

DJ 19
Pg 76. "It was not an age of delicacy... like a new anguish, by the rudest touch upon the tenderest spot."

This is a reinforcement of what the young gossip said earlier in the book. She stated that no matter what the public can see, Hester will always feel the pang of her sin. This shows the development of her self forgiveness. At this point in the story, she has not yet fully forgiven herself, but has made her situation better by doing better for society. So she is making due with her situation, but won't be fully happy until she forgives herself.

DJ 20
 Pg 77. "Hester Prynne had always this dreadful agony in feeling a human eye upon the token; the spot never grew callous; it seemed, in the contrary, to grow more sensitive with daily torture."

This is an example of the daily struggle that Hester Prynne had with her public humiliation and guilt. Although she had to deal with it everyday, and some people would get used to the constant scrutiny, Hester never got used to the public struggle. But she, at least, didn't have the pressure of keeping a secret. Dimmesdale was under the pressure of keeping his secret everyday and it took a tole on his health, both mental and physical.

DJs 11-15

DJ 11.
Pg 67. "I know not Lethe nor Nepenthe... but I have learned many new secrets in the wilderness..."

Lethe was a drug that the dead was supposed to drink before being reincarnated in order for them to forget about their past life. This is symbolic of Hester's situation because she would probably like to forget her life at this point. Nepenthe is thought to be a drug used by the ancient Greeks to banish pain and sorrow ans make productive thought. This is also symbolic of Hester's situation because she is going to have a difficult time doing those things on her own. The drug are also things that aren't normal in a Puritan society, but like Chillingsworth. The represent the alchemy that he practiced, which also are not accepted in a Puritan society. The fact that Chillingsworth found his secrets in the woods also reinforces the theme the importance of nature.

DJ 12.
Pg 67. "As he spoke, he laid his forefinger seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red-hot."

As Chillingsworth touches Hester, it is described as red-hot. This represents that fact that Chillingsworth is evil and the flames from hell go through him to burn Hester. The reason for his turning evil is from jealousy, rage, and guilt. He is jealous of the fact that his wife was sleeping around with someone who wasn't him, angry that Hester would betray him in a way like that, and is felt guilty that he wasn't around for two years and left Hester to be lonely.

DJ 13.
Private Guilt vs. Public Guilt

The theme private guilt vs public guilt is represented mainly between Dimmesdale and Hester. Hester's guilt was made public when she was standing on the scaffold for the premiere of her scarlet letter.  She learns how to cope with her guilt and turn it good. Dimmesdale's guilt is private. Hester and him are the only ones who know of his sin and he doesn't know how to deal with it. He is afraid that if he confesses, then the people the look up to him will no longer respect him. His guilt eventually leads to his death.

DJ 14.
Pg 72. "Thus the young and pure be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast,..."

This is a connection with the idea that the scarlet letter is connected with hell. Hester is forced to wear the scarlet letter on her chest because of her sin. The letter is described as flaming not only because it is the color red but also because it burns with the flames from hell, which is people go after death to pay for their sins.

DJ 15.
Pg 72. "... where the wildness of her nature might assimilate itself with a people whose customs and life were alien from the law that has condemned her..."

This is a foreshadow to what Pearl is going to be like. She has a wild nature that is not socially acceptable. Her internal law is one that nature and the wilderness has put in her. This can also be connected to Emerson because although not people wouldn't approve of what she believes in, she doesn't what she wants anyway.
 

DJs 6-10

DJ 6.
 Pg 55. "She clutched the child so fiercely to her breast, that it sent forth a cry... Yes! -these were her realities, --all else had vanished."

When Hester is standing before the town, being harshly judged and ridiculed, she was having a hard time realizing the severe reality of her situation. The crying of the baby and the feeling of the scarlet letter on her clothes made her situation seem very real. The cry of the baby symbolizes Hester's realization of how difficult her life was about to become. Everything else in the world seemed to vanish as Hester took into account how torturous the rest of her life would be while everyone judged her for her sin. Above all she was ashamed of her actions that led Hester to conviction and in order to accept the challenges before her, she would need to seek forgiving from herself.

DJ 7.
Pg 56. "Very soon, however, his look became keen and penetrative. A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them..."

This talks about the look of the stranger in the crowd that Hester sees when she is standing before the towns people. This is a foreshadow for the person the stranger, Chillingsworth, turns into when he gets caught up in trying to find out who the baby daddy is. A snake a common symbol for evil, and later in the novel, he is compared to be like the devil. Even in the very beginning, he had an evil presence about him that becomes more and more prominent as the novel continues.

DJ 8.
Pg 62. "What can thy silence do for him, except  in temo him -- yea, compel him, as it were -- to add hypocrisy to sin?"

This is part of the speech the Reverend Mr. Dimmsdale gives Hester trying to convince her to release the name of her fellow sinner. The whole conversation is ironic because he is the fellow sinner and one who preaches about being faithful to God. Anyone is his situation would be a hypocrite, but especially him because he encourages other to be good Christians. As the novel develops Reverend Dimmsdale become for pale and ill, probably from the guilt of not only sinning, but allowing Hester to take full blame for this sin. Also for leaving her with full responsibility of the child. Dimmsdale also craves forgiveness, but not personal forgiving, but from God. His guilt is more private then Hester's, but he seems to suffer more then her.

DJ 9.
Hester Prynne

The name that Hawthorne gives the protagonist of this story is very symbolic, as is most of the names in this story. Her first name, Hester, is a Greek word meaning star. Stars are known for illuminating the sky or darkness. This fits into the theme light vs. dark. She has the ability to turn a punishment and a dark situation and bring it into the light to make it good. She took the representation of the letter A, which originally stood for adultery, and turned it into positive things that she later represented, like art or angle. The first part of her last name, Prynne, is Pry. She was the pry of a predatory society that pried into her personal life and made it a public humiliation. In the Puritan society, nothing was private and she was one of manly who suffered from it.

DJ 10.
Pg 66.
"Foolish Woman!... The medicine is potent for good; and were it my child, -- yea, mine own, as well as thine! -- I could do no better for it."

This is part of the conversation that Chillingsworth, Hester's husband that has been missing for two years, has with Hester about medicine for her, although he is talking about more than medicine. He is angry about the situation the Hester has put herself in and is disguising himself as a doctor, while he tries to find out who the baby daddy it. His tone in this conversation is very angry. He is mad that he never had the chance to be a good father for his and Hester child that they never had. He is jealous and angry which drives him to be a dark person that resembles the devil.

Vocab 4

• Anathema
•  N
• a person or thing detested or loathed
• The basketball games were an anathema to George because he enjoys a good chess match instead.
• Emolument
• N
• profit, salary, or fees from office or employment
•   The babysitter made a large emolument because she charged excessive amount for her services.
• Mountebank
• N
• any charlatan or quack. 
  The king in Huck Fin is a mountebank.
• Deleterious 
• Adj
• injurious to health
• Some people thought that basketball was deleterious because of the other players playing to rough.  
• Misanthropy 
• N
• hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind. 
   Frank was the towns misanthropy after his wide died in a tragic drunk driving incident. 
• Indefatigable
• Adj.
•  incapable of being tired out
• The indefatigable toddler ran circles around her exhausted parents. 
• Constrained 
• Verb
• to repress or restrain
• The baby was constrained when her mother swaddled the child to soothe her.
• Amenable 
• Adj
• ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield
• The amenable high school student only want to fit in and be cool.   
• Averred 
• Verd
• state or assert to be the case.
• The jury averred that they blood thrust murder was guilty.  
• Heterodox
• Adj
• Holding unorthodox doctrines or opinion 
• The resolution submitted to AASG by Kong was heterodox because their facts were missleading and incorrect. 

DJs 1-5

DJ 1. Pg 45. "But, on one side of the portal, the rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose bush... in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him."

This is the first example of the themes the importance of nature and forgiveness. The rose bush here is described in a way that is pure and beautiful, like nature itself. The prison door that is behind the rose bush is ugly and cruel, which was put there by society. So while nature is beautiful, society can be ugly and harsh. It also talks about how forgiving Nature is. No matter how bad a person was, before they were sentience to prison, they got a glimpse of the beauty that Nature had, and felt a little forgiveness and a little hope. This connects to Hesters situation where she needs forgiveness, and then moves close to the woods where she finds the means to move on and live a happy life.

DJ 2. Pg 46. "This rose-bush, by stange chance, has been kept alive in history... it had sprung up under the footsteps of the sainted Ann Hutchinson."

When Ann Hutchinson is mentioned, she symbolizes what Hester becomes when she comes to terms with her sin. Hutchinson created a religious discussion group the advocated 'covenant of grace'. Not only does  Hester walk out of the jail for the first time with extreme grace, but she learns how to deal with her sins with grace.

DJ 3. Pg 47. "It might be that a sluggish bond-servant, or an undutiful child, whom his parents had given over civil authority, was to be corrected at the whipping post."

This is an example of how rigid and cruel that Puritan society was. They would take something that was the business of no one other than the family and make it a public event. It also sets up the mood for the story and for the society itself. This also is a foreshadow for the severity of Hesters punishment. 

DJ 4. Pg 49.  "'Let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.'"

When the town gossips were talking about Hester's punishment most of the women were saying that is wasn't harsh enough, but the youngest woman in the crowd says that no matter the punishment society places upon her, she will be punishing herself more. This woman in the crowd shows forgiveness and compassion that most Puritans didn't show. She symbolizes Nature forgiveness.

DJ 5. Pg 49. "The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into the sunshine..."

When Hester first emerges from the prison, Hawthorne describes the scene as something coming into the light. This is symbolic in the way the Hester sin is coming into the light. This also allows Hester to make a dark situation, like the humiliation of her sin, and make something light out of it, like her beautiful daughter Pearl. In short it means that you can find ways to make a dark situation bright. But in order for Hester to full come to terms with her sun she will needs to forgive herself.

The Scarlet Letter Chapter One

The rose bush that grows in front of the prison symbolizes beauty, kindness, and forgiveness. Hawthorne wrote, "...which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to this doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and he kind him." This is saying that as a prisoner is walking into prison, he/she gets a last glimpse of forgiveness and kindness before they go to what some describe as hell. This also sets up the theme of forgiveness for the rest of the story.

The Fall of the House of Usher Questions

1. The narrator went to the House of Usher because he received a letter from his old friend, Roderick, saying that he wasn't doing well and that Roderick wanted to see him.
2. Her illness increased which later lead to death. 
3. He can to the decision by the consideration of the unusual character of the malady of the deceased, of certain obtrusive and eager inquiries on the part of her medical men, and of the remote and exposed situation of the burial-ground of the family.
4. No, because his diction add an aerie and  dramatic touch to his writing that is needed for the piece.

6. Setting --In lines 115-125, poe describes the room in which he find his old friend. The way he tells the audience makes the room feel very sad and gloomy. This mood is maintained throughout the piece.
Character Traits -- This decsciiption of Roderick make him seem very disturbed. He is mentally unstable which leads to the question, why is he in this state of mind?
Plot Development -- Here, Poe is telling his audience that the state of Madeline's health is rapidly decreasing and that she will soon die. This is kind of a foreshadow that something bad is about to happen.
Imagery -- Poe goes into great detail to describe the storm that is outside. The mood that a storm gives off is very creepy and most likely something bad is going to happen.

7. I think that Poe only using on mood in this story is successful. Although there isn't much variation, it works very well because that spookiness of his story is always there.

8. I think that this story isn't totally meaningless, but at the same time I don't think it has a major impact on the world of writing. It shows that stories can be good with only one mood, but not much other than that.

Metlakatla HW -- Woman in the 19th Century Questions

1.     Miranda father had no sentimental reverence for women, but believed strongly in equality of the sexes.

2.     When they describe a woman as above her sex that mean that she is better or more manly then other women.

3.      “…And I feel so sure that persistence and courage are the most womanly no less than most manly qualities…” when Fuller writes this she means that persistence and courage are important qualities of both men and women.

4.     When fuller describes Margret, some of the characteristics that she possessed were self-reliant, out-spoken, and independent. She was raised to believe in herself and have self confidence, instead of be raised on the idea that she had to find a man to provide for her and that he needs to rely on someone else to be a successful woman.

Thoreau Questions #1-4 and 7

1. Your personal beliefs.
2. Non-violently protest it by no taking part in whatever the law says. 
3. People either serve with their bodies, their head, or their conscience. He believed in serving with their conscience. 
4. It wouldn't be easier to be a nonconformist because the government is more thorough with their punishment and you can't get away with as much.  

7. I think he is a patriot, not a traitor, because he is only trying to tell the government what he thinks it right, and it's the government's job to make sure that most people are happy, and they can't do that unless citizens tell them, in a nonviolent manner. Thoreau believes government is a necessity, but he just wanted to see unjust laws changed. 

Walden Questions

1. He wanted to find himself through nature.
2. Simplify your life, don't get caught up in so many obligations. 
3. He thinks that once you've herd it once, you don't need to hear it again because it doesn't help you grow as a person. He also believes that we shouldn't get caught up in other peoples business.

     6. Thoreau thinks poor people are in the best position to live life purely and truly. He doesn't look down on them.

Nature

In "Nature" the theme is that man and nature have a bond and because of that bond, they reflect each other. He talks about how man and nature can reflect emotions off of each other. For example, "The delight which the fields and woods minister,is the suggestion of occult relation between man and the vegetable." he is saying there is nothing better then the relationship between man and nature. 

1. Those that are true to his nature. 

2. In nature, aging doesn't faze man, that man in perpetually young, and that man returns to reason and faith in the woods. 

3. The relationship between man and vegetable. 

6. The connection that Self Reliance has with transcendentalism is that happiness can be simple as long you stay true to you. The connection with Nature is that you can find yourself in nature. 

Self- Reliance Theme Development

The theme in Emerson's poem "Self-- Reliance" is that he wants people to trust their intuition and not conform to what society deems hip. He starts this piece by writing about how people need to listen to their inner child that knows what it truly wants and isn't afraid to speak out. He also states that people won't find true happiness unless they do what. He then goes on to talk about how the only laws he holds sacred are the ones that come from his nature. For example, he states, "'...but if I can the devils child, I will live then from the Devil.'"
He finishes by stating that people should not worry about what other people think, as long as they are happy with what they are doing.
All of these point support the idea that people should stay truth to their instinct, despite what others may think.

A Psalm of Life: Stanza Structure and Rhyme Scheme and Questions

The way Longfelllow organized his poem put emphasis on the important parts of the poems. For example,
"Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait."
The ABAB rhyme scheme in this stanza makes the important phrases stand out. By emphasizing the important parts of the poem it is easier for the reader to interpret what Longfellow meant. In "A Psalm of Life", Longfellow tells his audience how he believes life should be lived. He thinks life should be lived to its fullest and there is no time to wait for adventure to come to you. Rhyming words not only adds nice flare to a poem but also makes it easier to remember for reciting it.

2. Is that people should live to find happiness or sorrow, but to grow from the lessons that life gives us everyday.

3. He says that great people inspire other to live a wonderful life, but their footprints don't last long.

4. I think that the words that Longfellow rhymed with are the ones that he wanted the audience to remember most. They are the ones that are closely knit with the theme and the meaning of the poem.

5. That people are only temporary and they need to make their time on earth worth living, not just go through the motions that most people do.

Grammar 2.

1. When the shipment arrives we will collect the money.   Adverb

            2. The club, which welcomes visitors, meets on Tuesdays. _Adjective

            3. Diving is a skill that requires concentration. _________Adjective

            4. Experts predicted that the election would be close. ___________Adjective____________

            5. Do you know where the Greek restaurant is? ___________Adjective_____________

            6. Is that the flute that you carved? ______________Adverb___________________

            7. Terry didn’t hear what the score was. _________Adverb______________________

            8. The trees that David planted are elms. __________Adjective___________________

            9. Homework was collected before class started._______Adverb__________________

            10. Peg phoned the store when her order was not delivered. ________Noun_________

Vocab 3

• Supinely
•  Adverb 
• Inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference.
  The old cat supinely spent his days sleeping in from of the burning wood stove and occasionally getting up to eat.  
• Inviolate
•  Adj
• Undisturbed or untouched
• The inviolate sunflower grew to be 7 feet tall! 
• Martial
•  Adj
• Suitable for, or associated with war or the armed forces
• The boy stood as though he was a martial soldier.
• Despotism
• N
• absolute power or control; tyranny 
  The corrupt ruler of the universe practiced despotism.
• Prudent
•  Adj
• Careful in providing for the future
• The prudent father created a college fund for his daughter the day after she was born. 
• Abrogate
•  Verb
• To abolish by formal or official means
  The supreme court made the decision to abrogate laws not allowing same sex marriage.
• Buttress
•  N
• Any prop or support.
• Concomitant
•  Adj
• Existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way
• Diaphanous
•  Adj
• Very sheer and light
• Impinge
•  Verb
• Have an effect or impact 

The Crisis Appeals

• Emotional Appeals
• The line, "Let them call me a rebel, and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one, whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man." In this line Paine lets his emotions get a away from him but in a good way because it gets the audience to feel his rage as well. Rages against the British and that might be enough to convince some people that fighting a war will solve all their problems.
• "By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils -- a ravaged country -- a depopulated city -- habitations without safety, and slavery without hope..." Paine is putting fear into his audience in hopes that people step up and fight for their freedom and a safe and happy country.
• Ethical Appeals 
• When Paine speaks of the conversation he overheard between a father and his son, the father was being selfish and he uses that story to convince parents that in order for your child to have a safe and peaceful future, fighting this war will ensure that. 
• Appeals to association 
• "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in a crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Paine is saying that all men who take his side and fight, will become heroes and this might persuade people to fight.
• Appeals to authority 
• When Paine talks about how God will be there to protect them, this reinforces the idea that id God will protect them, they will be safe and that God believes it is the right thing to do, thus persuading all of the religious folk to do God works. 

Declaration of Independence Outline

1. Preamble
1. American Colonies are separating themselves from Great Britain 
2. They feel their rights are being violated
3. When the main government becomes destructive, the people have the right to abolish the government and make a new one
2. Complaints
1.  The colonists weren't allowed any representation in Britain
2. It took to long for laws to either be approved to denied
3. He sent troops over to the colonies even thought they were at peace
4. Troops were being punished for the crimes they committed 
5. Cutting off trade to the rest of the world
6. Imposing unfair taxes
7. No fair trials by jury
8.  Preamble
3. Conclusion
1. The states will no longer be associated with Britain
2.  They have the right to start war, create peace, create alliances, establish commerce and can do anything an independent country can do
3. They pledge their lives, fortune, and sacred honor to each other

Patrick Henry Questions 1-6

1. Patrick Henry would like the colonists to fight in a war against the British!
2. They signed a petition.
3. The British ignored the colonists. 
4. Henry's audience is his fellow politicians so he has some background knowledge about how they feel about going to war. They all don't want to become slaves, but some may not feel that war. This makes Henry's tone more persuasive and passionate. For example, "Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery." When he says this, he is talking about how the war is inevitable and the only outcome if they don't fight is that they with become slaves. 
5. Allusions
1. Line 18-19
1. What he means by this is that someone would have to either be blind or def to not know that the war was happening.
1. Line 74-75
1. He is saying that God will be there to help fight the battles and they will need Him to win.
6. Henry uses both his emotions and logic. An emotional part of the speech would be the famous word, "...give me liberty or give me death!" while the more logical parts would be when he speaks of how there are 3 million people there to fight the war, and if they all fight they stand a chance against the British. 

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Ethos, Logos, and Pothos

Edward uses pathos throughout the entire piece but the most effective way he uses it is first making his audience fear God and then giving them hope. Hope that they can still be saved and born again. Hope and fear are thought to be two of the most powerful emotions when trying to persuade an audience. Because Edward is a minister he automatically has ethos, but when he alludes to the bible it further supports his position. He uses logos by the obvious logic that if you are a sinner, then you are going to hell. His allusions to the bible also help his case when using logos. I think his strongest argument is that God sees humans as insignificant little bugs and he can toss anyone into hell at any moment. Edward's use of all three logos, pathos, and ethos successfully is what make this piece triumphantly persuasive.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Questions 1-3 and 5

1. The constant threat is that at any moment, God can cast you to hell for an enterinty of pain and misery.
2. According to Edwards veiws, people need to be "Born again" into their religion. 
3. Edward keep using the image of God holding a person over the burning pits of hell as a person would do to a insignificant spider.

    5. Edward using pathos to scare his listeners into being born again. He threatens that if people don't listen to him, then God can throw them into hell with no problem. He also uses the bible as a reference to further convince people that God has the power to send you to an eternity of hell. 

Of Plythom Plantaion Questions 1-3 and 6-7

1. Half of their company died do to infections, scurvy, and other diseases brought on by the long journey and their harsh living conditions.
2. Sqoanto was a native who had been to England and new the language who showed the pilgrims how to plant corn, where to catch fish and other tricks about the land to help them survive. 
3. Without the natives the pilgrims would have all died from starvation or they would have eaten each other until there was no one left. The natives showed them many ways to survive the winters and the plant and harvest foods. 

    6. When Bradford talks about the starvation period, we wouldn't have learned of the seven men who did all of the chores when everyone was sick because Bradford would have been telling his story, not everyone's story.  Other details would have been lost as well because he would be telling only what he had done apposed to the whole company.

7. The only part of this treaty that is fair to both side is condition number three. All of the other ones require the natives to aid the white men and to notify the other native tribes of the treaty, even though the Massasoit Indians had no business with the pilgrims and other tribes.

The Interesting Narritive of the life of Olaudah Equiano Questions

1. The African Slave overseers.
2. He thinks that he is going to be eaten.
3. He means people who call themselves Christians but do not act like it.

     7. I think that whether or not it is an authentic autobiography it is still valuable. The purpose of the piece is too raise awareness of the evils of slavery. If he has gotten his information from other slaves, then this story is still being told by people who have suffered through the same hardships. Although if he didn't have a reliable resource then it would lose value.

Vocab 2.

• Anachronistic
•  Adj
• Chronologically misplaced
• The anachronistic  order of Sally's story confused the class and the teacher. 
• Circuitous
•  Adj
• (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
• Tod always took a circuitous route to avoid class time. 
• Deleterious
•  Adj
• Causing harm or damage to health. 
• When the deleterious tornado touched down in Kansas, all of the near by towns were saddened.
• Ephemeral
•  Adj
• lasting for a very short time. 
• The night before regional was a ephemeral night for sleep. 
• Evanescent
•  Adj 
• Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. 
•  The memory of the old man's first girlfriend was an evanescent one.
• Fortuitous
•  Adj
• Happening by chance rather than design. 
•  People winning the slot machine is fortuitous.
• Intrepid
• Adj.
• Fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect). 
• The captain and her intrepid team took on all of the bad guys in battle and won!  
• Precocious
•  Adj
• (of a child) having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual. 
• The precocious pianist was wanted by all of the top music schools in the nation. 
• Sagacity
•  N
• The quality of  good judgment
•  The straight A student had good sagacity.
• Tenacious
• Adj
• Characterized by keeping a firm hold. 
•  The tenacious table was of high quality

The Super John Smith Questions 1-4 and 8

1. Ratcliff was the new leader because Gosnald died.
2. He tried changing the course of the voyage without John Smith's concent 
3.  John Smith was looking for the head of the river and he encounter "200" savages who captured him.
4. He was fed food, then was about to be executed when Pocahontas saved him. After, he did chores around he village, they became friends. Then John Smith gave the natives guns. 

8. I don't think John Smith is a credible narrator because he leaves out gaps in his stories and he makes obvious over exaggerations as well. If John Smith were to write a story about the daily life in Jamestown that would be one he would be a reliable narrator for because he couldn't manipulate the story that much. He would also be a good narrator for Native Culture because that is more of an observation rather than telling a story.  As for his actions and conflicts in Jamestown I feel that he would influence the story to sound like he was a local hero and everything he did was an amazing deed.

The Noble John Smith

John Smith's purpose for writing The General History of Virginia was to share his experiences in the New World and to shed some light on himself. John Smith wrote, "...who finding he was beset with 200 savages, two of which he slew, still defending himself with the aid of the savage guide, whom he bound to his arm with his garters and used him as a buckler..." Only a man who thought very highly of himself would over exaggerate a story this way. He got away with it by writing the story in third person, this way it made is seem as though someone else what writing of his noble deeds. If he wrote this story in first person he would only seem like a conceded ass.

He also wanted to share stories of what life was like in the new World. If he made the stories exciting and adventurous then the would encourage others to come to the colony. If other travelers came to the colonies, this would make them more successful. 

Grammar 1.

Dash
 As Sarah and Joe were driving down the street, she said, "You look lovely this evening Joe -- LOOK OUT FOR THAT TREE!!"

Comma
Mary enjoys indulging in dark chocolates, fresh strawberries, and a hot cup pf tea after a long day of work.

Semi-Colon
After the storm settled down; the Sampson family played board games late into the night.

Colon
In Mr. Filedings English class, he tortures his student with the following: Grammar exercises, memorization projects, and dialectical journals.

Coyote and the Buffalo

What I found most appealing about Coyote is he always found his way out of trouble. He knew how to get himself out of the situation he had gotten himself into. You could argue that the old woman was like the coyote in many ways. Like the coyote, the old woman was alone and was looking for a way to survive. When the coyote was unsure if he was going to survive Buffalo Bull's attack, he tricked him into letting him free. When the old woman needed food, she tricked the coyote into letting her cook the bones, and then stole them. Although what they do is wrong, they do what they have to in order to survive.

My Creation Myth

            In the land of Mariposa dwelled a magical colony of fairies. These fairies had special powers that they called impetus. Some used the impetus for creation, while others used it for destruction. A man and his fairy wife, were flying threw a meadow, contemplating resolutions to stop the destruction fairies from tormenting all of the creation fairies. The wife was with child and needed a safe place to raise her baby.

As they were passing a river, the man fairy had an idea. He thought that they should create a world with no evil and keep it secret from the destruction fairies. The woman picked up a rock from the riverbed, dunked it in the water, and then rolled it around in the dirt. Then, she focused all the impetus she had into the little rock to give it the power to grow. Then, the man set the rock on top of a sunflower so the new world could grow on a soft, safe surface.

The man and wife went back every day to check on the new little world until the day the wife went into labor. When the little baby was born, the man informed all of the creation fairies of the new world they had created and that now was the time to escape from the destruction fairies. All of the fairies met at by the river and then the all joined their powers and the little rock grew 100,000 time its size. In the new world, there were large animals that only ate the vegetation, and berries sweeter than any of them ever had tasted before.

As the little fairy boy grew, he found joy in making berries that made the other ferries fall ill, and animals that killed the other animals for food. His most destructive creation was man. Man eventually took all the berries and hunted must of the animals, leaving the fairies to starve. Where the fairies were buried is where the crops grew. The only fairy that remained was the boy who created them, although none of the humans saw him. He flew high into the sky and survived on the sacrifices that the humans made to him. And if the humans ever failed to make a sacrifice, the fairy would punish by drying out all of their crops until they made the sacrifice.

The World on the Turtle's Back. Questions 4-7

4. In both The World on the Turtle's Back and Genesis, the story starts with two people and one commits a forbidden deed. The difference being in Genesis man is thought to be above all other life forms, and in this story, nature and animals sometimes trump man.

5. The difference between the right-handed twin and the left-handed twin is the right-handed was thought the be the boy that does good and what's right. He makes the useful animals and berries and he always tell the truth. LHT is the one who is crooked. He was always deceiving people and he made the animals that kill the helpful ones and the berries that will kill people.These qualities are seen in people everyday. Some people feel it is their duty to do good and some people feel the need to do bad. Without one, the other would now exists.

6. The Iroquois attitude toward nature is that everything needs balance. For example, if it weren't for the meat eating animals, the deer would eat all of berries, leaving none for the people. They respect their gods, but they are see them as equals. In the first paragraph it say, "Far above the unpeopled world, there was a Sky-World. Here lived gods who were like people -- like Iroquois." And also in the story the twins were also gods and they lived on earth with the people. They're thought on good and evil is that all evil isn't completely evil and all good isn't always good. For example when the brothers went to their final duel, the LHT chose a weapon that he new wouldn't harm his brother while the RHT chose a weapon that he knew would destroy his brother once and for all. And after the fight, the RHT went home and chopped his grandmothers head off.

7. These functions are fulfilled in this story because it reminds people were they came from, the twins, it explains how the earth came about, and also how they continue to live there, by planting corn, beans, and squash, and to also keep tobacco close to their hearts.

Vocab. 1

Colloquial- Adj.

characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

"The diction in the story is colloquial." 

Dotard- N. A weak-minded or foolish old person.
The dotard at the park was always there feeding the ducks.

Furrow N. A narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
The bike crash was caused from the furrow in the road because it was too deep and no one had fixed it. 

Misnomer N. A  misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.
One rapper will use misnomer to punk a fellow rapper. 

Vilification V. To speak ill of; defame; slander. 
The vilification of a celebrities happens everyday. 

Atrophy N. A wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
The atrophy of the little rat released an awful stench in the air.  

Misogynist N. A person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.
After George went on his rant about how he thinks women are disgusting, he was accused of being a misogynist.  

Vindicate V. To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion.
 The dog was vindicate for 'going' on the floor when the baby was found running around without a dipper on.

Attenuate V. To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value

Drivel V. Meaningless talk

Virulent Adj. Actively poisonous