Masterpiece Bildungsroman

Me and my classmates do deserve to be trusted. We will be trusted with much larger things in the future. This includes saving lives, building, constructing, managing, and owning. I worked as well as I could under honor, considering how often I was left alone trusted. I identify well with Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Album, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I feel that some qualities and friendships are worth a lifetime. There are important people and memories that can be held onto through college. People will try to manipulate me and control my thinking, however my eyes are very open. My thinking will not be conditioned especially after considering these works. I've connected with my GoPro better now that I have done my master piece. I can't wait to explore its possibilities and edit videos/pictures over the summer and in college as well. This year when Miles told the Jewish story about what food he brought to the major pot luck, I definitely laughed out loud. It was so relate able and I didn't understand his weird food choice either. A unifying theme throughout the presentations was to make someone else happy. This was present in Liz's masterpiece with the donating of hair. Victoria's masterpiece and Melissa's about what makes people happy. In addition, mine and Melanny's about photography and connectivity. They all uncovered truths about people and searched a deeper understanding of happiness. I'm not a hero. I'm a character in a story that will one day become so. I'll save lives and make an impact one day, but I am not yet finished with my schooling. The future is bright.

Macbeth Act 3.

The further we go into Macbeth, the more I am becoming confused. Is anyone else on this same boat? Well.. Regardless, I'll attempt to analyze what is going on.
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have been continued foils throughout the play. In the beginning, she wanted her husband to kill others to get himself to the throne. He doesn't seem convinced and strays from her plans. In act. 3, they completely switch roles on that perspective (or at least maybe that is a ploy for Lady Macbeth to seem innocent). Macbeth again visits the witches, who plan to portray false information to him (of some sort). The witches seem to symbolize a change of events or a catalyst. They also foreshadow death and betrayal. For example, Macbeth hires three people to kill Banquo and his son. (originally it was Lady Macbeth who wanted Macbeth to kill people). I also picked up from the play that maybe Macbeths attempt on Banquo's son's life is the event that seeds his revenge. Or possibly he will ironically be the man to kill Macbeth, but only because Macbeth 'started it'. In any event the theme of power hungriness is present in the play and it showcases how it can turn a person towards evil.

Act 1 Notes

Questions 1.5

1. Macbeth was honest with his wife when he informs her of his new title as "Thane of Cawdor." He refers to the witches as "weird sisters" probably because he doesn't want her know that he is associated with the "evil servants."

Lady Macbeth responds by saying that she thinks Macbeth is playng things off as if everything is fine. By saying "but be the serpent under't", she describes him as someone that lies to make everything appear under control. This doesn't really match the characterization of Macbeth so far in the story which implies that there is something the audience doesn't know about him. 

2. The wife was confident about the guests visit. She also seemed prepared and a little cocky about the way her and her husband would handle it.

3. Lady Macbeth. Yes she wants to kill Duncan. No, he isn't sure whether he wants to follow through with Lady Macbeths orders or not. She tells him not to let Duncan see tomorrow. 

4. The question appears to answer itself. 

Pictures

Masterpiece

Reasons behind my masterpiece

"I owned every second that this world could give. I saw so many places and things that I did. Yeah with every broken bone, I swear I lived." One Republic

I chose my topic which involves  photography and perspective, because I wanted to expand on something that I'm passionate about and normally don't have time to do. My masterpiece may just be more of a hobby, but it is a way for me to express myself. Also, I've decided I want to create a hard copy once I figure out how I can print and use these pictures!

Spring Break Work-Prose

The fear that everything you believe to be true is actually a lie encompasses the theme of Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He exploited this emotion, which is common and yet still provided an interesting perspective. The authors purpose was not to divulge in a detailed and novelist writing, but to advance on an idea to provide a moral truth. One of the truths that he infers to is that of inward questioning and outward conformity. With the use of the character Goodman Brown, the inter workings of the moral of the story is better understood. In the case of this writing, the characters questioning took control of his sanity.

One idea that is portrayed well through Goodman Brown is the power that emotions have and how quickly a character can change from flat to round. He has an underlying suspicion that those around him are evil, which also is ironic when putting into comparison that his name has 'good' in it. The walk in the forest symbolizes the turning point in which he looses himself within the vast forest of emotion inside his mind. He succumbs to a false reality and decides to live in the exclusiveness of himself. It seems as though his quality of character has easily shattered which took him off the straight path he was headed on. Although it adds more depth to his character, Goodman Brown becomes shackled by his fear.