The conclusion

        Just to start off this blog, I have written 28 blogs this year! How crazy(: So many thoughts and ideas typed on my computer and saved for other people to read... which many didn't but thats okay! Writing these blogs were actually really fun and I enjoyed some of the topics a lot. Anyway back to the assignment....

        I learned that my writing style changes depending on my mood and what time of day that I type it. Like if I'm having a bad day and it's night time, I tend to write shorter... plain blogs but when I'm happy than everything changes. I have written a lot on the topics that I liked and could really express in my writing. My blogs are really all about the topics and me.. I used myself in the blogs a lot and I noticed that every blog had a different feeling to them. Some would be really long and well written while others were short and not so complex.It was fun to look back and read everything that I typed. At some points I'm like... "Oh why in the world did I say it that way" or stuff like that. I also realized that towards the beginning I tried to write long blogs at times, I can't remember why but it looked kind of strange. Writing these blogs kinda reminds me back to 6th grade. In my block class everyday we would have to write a journal. Sometimes we had topics that we had to write about and others we could just write about anything. I loved that and I think that's part of the reason why I like writing these blogs, because I get that feelings of being able to say whatever I felt and no body would judge me (because they were private) and I could speak whatever was on my mind. On here I write about my own thoughts and opinions of the topics and I don't have to worry about sounding stupidif I were to say it in the class.
        I loved doing the blog assignment for animal farm. That was so much fun to me, I liked looking at the videos and looking at other people's work and seeing their ideas! I really liked how mine turned out. I thought that my pyramid idea was pretty cool and fit with the image that I wanted to portray. It may look messy but hey, I did it on the computer and it took my a while to get the animals in the position I wanted them. An assignment that I really liked was when we had to write about our poem for poetry out loud. I chose  Follow thy fair sun and when I was reading over what I wrote I found this, "I think that the meaning of the poem is to not let bad things in your day/life (the shadow) ruin your “sunshine” so to speak. Don’t let it bring you down even when things look their worst and nothing is going to get better. There is always something to shine down on you to brighten everything up. Don’t give up, its always worth trying and getting up stronger than before and keep going." This is something that I need to remind myself. Not to let these bumps in my road affect my whole like and futurewith the people that matter the most to me. I actually forgot that I wrote that until I reread it.
        "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." -Will Smith. I find that quote is totally true. So many people spend a lot of time trying to find out what they want in life and who they want to become. And in their frantic search they flew right by it. This relates to the end of my blog because my blogs, being typed this year has been the year that I started thinking about my life. Now that I'm in high school I need to start thinking about my future and what I want to be. I don't know what I want to do after college, I don't know what I want to major in, I don't know what classes I want to take later on in life. My blogs have all been typed through this time period so that idea has been on my mind this whole year and sometimes has come out in my writing.
        Overall this year, I'd have to say has had it's ups and downs. Good memories and bad, laughs and cries but coming out of my freshman year, I have grown stronger and know the kind of person that I am. That's all that matters (: Goodbye FRESHMAN year, hello SUMMER (:

Memorable assignment

        Gosh there are so many to choose from. I honestly... I can't even think of my favorite one. One that I will remember is my Great Expectations Essay. In the past I had trouble writing essays but I worked so hard on this one and got help from people. Even though my grade on it was a B, it felt better than a C or an F. I spent long countless hours on my paper trying to make it sound just right and make it so I had everything in order. The book wasn't all that spectacular to me, or wasn't my favorite book but knowing that the essay we were going to have to write at the end was real nerve racking for me. I didn't want to fail this assignment because my writing was crappy or because I had too many mistakes. This was one paper that I really wanted to do well on. I wanted to challenge myself and see how well I could do.
        By writing that essay and having the papers from my rough drafts, it was really helpful to me to look at them when we wrote our "Romeo and Juliet" essay. I had a tough time with this assignment. I wanted everything to be perfect. Everything to fit and flow smoothly. I wanted my paragraphs to be really really good and for my ideas in my head to explode out onto the paper. Some of those things happened and some of them didn't but overall knowing that my paper was a B grade made me feel so good inside and a lot of stress on my shoulders was lifted because I could tell my parents that I got a good grade instead of a C or lower. It made me proud and happy to know that hard work does pay off and that I can accomplish hard things (:

Poetry

       I have always been into poetry. I used to write it all the time that also got me into writing songs. Poetry is one was that I can express how I'm feeling, it is honestly really hard to come up with something that sounds good but every once in a while I can write something that I like to share. I can't really say that I have had a positive experience with poetry. Besides writing it.. other than that... I don't really like to read poetry, I'm more up to being the author and having people read mine. When I write poetry or words on paper, I always know what I want to say but when I put it down on paper it just turns out all wrong and doesn't really make sense. When I do get something I like, it feels really good.
       I can't explain the way I feel when I write poetry because every time it is different. It all depends on my mood and what is on my mind. I know that I tend to write kinda sappy or romantic poems but every once in a blue moon I get a funny one. One time in 7th grade I was eating lunch and it was during the WASL. I had a pencil with me for some reason and I wrote one about the WASL right on my brown paper bag. People thought it was super good. I was gonna show my teacher but I forgot it was on there and I threw it away :/ But I did later on come up with a similar one. I can't really remember what got me into poetry, I have always liked Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein but not to the point where I looked up to them or they were my inspiration.
       When I think about the word poetry, I think about people. I think about sadness and fun and life and reality and dreams and wishes and love and everything. I think about personalities, I don't know... Poetry has a bazillion definitions and can never have a bad or stupid one.
       

Conflict in Romeo and Juliet ---l======> <======l--- [those are swords fighting (: ]

        After Tybalt kills Mercutio, that is the last straw for Romeo. Romeo can't going on being nice and refusing to fight. So he gets back at Tybalt by taking his life as Tybalt took his friends life.When the Capulets find out that Tybalt has been killed, Lady Capulet is devastated and she wants Romeo to die as soon as they can find him. She didn't care that Tybalt took a life, all she cared was that she wanted Romeo dead and she wanted him dead then and there. Now Romeo and Juliet's love is really forbidden, there is no way that now they can be together in peace because of what Romeo did. In the paraphrased section above, there are a couple types of the same conflict, person vs. person. The first conflict is Romeo vs. Tybalt, the two are fighting against each other because of the conflict of Tybalt and Mercutio that ended a life. The second conflict is Romeo vs. The Capulets.The Capulets now have total anger towards Romeo because he killed their nephew and now they want his life in return for their loss. This is important because now the chase is on, now the forbidden lovers sneak and try to find ways to meet one another without being seen. This is a big part to the romantic theme, people will do a lot for true love, and it's better to make friends not enemies (:
          In life we all have our problems and conflicts, whether it be a loss of a loved one, a bad grade, parents divorced, moving away, getting in a fight with your gf or bf, losing your best friend, losing your house, and so many more that could be listed off. Everyone and i mean everyone has problems, some just might be smaller or less effective than others. Romeo and Juliet's problem is their love, how it is forbidden and how Romeo is now wanted for death while Juliet is being forced into a marriage. In my life I have had person vs. person conflict so many times. With friends, family members, siblings you name it. My conflicts have never involved death and swords or anything like that but some have ended in fun ways. One time I was sitting in a chair wearing one of my younger sister's socks on. She was freaking out about it, telling me to take it off. I told her to relax and to calm down and that it was fine. That it was just a sock and it wasn't like she needed it for anything special. She kept pestering me and I just laughed and ignored her. She started provoking me and saying that she would take it off if I didn't take it off she would. I asked her playfully if she wanted to go and she said yes. So I stood up and so did she. She came forward (through out all of this, my mom is laughing) and i took her arms, wrapped them around her so she couldn't move, took her legs out from under her and sat on her(: She was laughing so hard because she couldn't move but overall I won.
Everyday I have conflict in my life, if it is big or small it doesn't matter, it is there. In my life, conflict just means another bump in my road that I have to over come and push my way through. People deal with conflict in all different ways. Some people deal with it in violence, some in fun ways (like I did), some in hurting themselves, and some don't deal with it at all. they just ignore them and try to work around the conflict.

Romeo And Juliet: Shiver

Romeo and Juliet, as we all know, has been the base of so many books, songs, movies and more. One of the references I found was a book called Shiver by Maggi Stiefvater. This is a book about a wolf and a girl who are in love but can't be together. He is human during the warm seasons and is a wolf during the cold. He has been watching her since she was a little girl but without her knowing. They can't be together and it's like Romeo and Juliet. Their love is pretty much forbidden by some force of law. In Romeo and Juliet it is their parents and their family feud but in Shiver the couple can't be together because of who and what they are. When Sam, the wolf, is human he and Grace, the girl, are always together. In their town, they have the best connection and it was defiantly love at first sight like our little lovers ( Romeo and Juliet). Both of these novels have main character deaths in the end, and they are both in the tragic category. Overall, these too books are similar in their romance but very different at the same time and they make a nice contrast. 

Romeo And Juliet

          Honestly I absolutely love reading the book in class. I get way way way more out of it and understand everything better. I don't know why but that's how I am with all books. Even the discussions from Great Expectations where better than not talking about the book at all.
          I can connect with the whole parent thing. I would rather have my friends come ask me whats wrong compared to my parents because it is so much easier telling them things that are going on, hard things and etc. There are also just some stuff that you don't tell your parents. You friends are there to support you and your parents as well but it is more difficult to let your parents know whats bothering you. Its nice to have your parents wonder if your okay but if they are on your case all the time about everything it is wonderful to get a break from all their nagging or reminders or "helpful" advice on everything that you do. My parents are mostly always wanting to know whats going on with me, how my day goes, what goes on, to fix something if I mess up and more! Its nice to know that they care but sometimes I just feel overwhelmed by their caring. This kinda relates to the fact that their parents do care about them but not enough to talk to them face to face. I think that they want their parents to show their concern more than through someone else. I love that my parents care for me but they care in uneven areas. I wish that they would care about the things that are important to me rather in some areas where I wish that they could cool off.
          Reading on my own... I'm okay with it. The words on the side help but when we read it aloud in class and when you point out things, I get it almost 100%. It helps me out so much. I do read at home and I can decipher the material but when we do it in class, it helps me catch important or funny concepts that I didn't on my own. I'd say that yes it is getting easier but that is because of the class work.That goal is defiantly being met for me, I mean it helps me out so much and I can't say it any simpler than that. I am not getting any other outside help besides the information on the left pages. Sometimes I will read out loud and that just makes it enjoyable for me because it's like my own little play and I can make voices and etc, and I am a dork in that way where I would read the lines as if I was acting it out. I also will read to my little sister but they don't get it so they end up walking away :/ but oh well (:

Wrapping up Great Expectations

This novel had many little inside things on life that have to do with happiness, money, love, shame/ guilt, mystery and family. This story is really about how you don't need the best things in life to be happy. You don't need a rich girlfriend or money flowing out of your pants or a new car (or carriage). All you need is family, love, support and happiness. Sure it would be nice to have the latest and best things but we don't need that in our lives. Surviving on the basics is good enough, people in the past did it so we should be able to too. Dickens expresses through his words that love is a powerful thing. Some people will do anything to look their best, that includes marring someone that they might not actually love. They just want to get with them because of their class status or wealthiness. He shows that some people do go through all the trouble to get what they want, when in the end, it hurts themselves and other people around them that cared for that person. I think the overall message is: "this is life, we make mistakes and wrong choices. We are humans and no ones perfect but you must make wise decisions. If you think your in love with someone, you can't just listen to your heart, you also have to listen to your mind." This book is relevant to people in general because in everyone's lives there is shame/guilt, love, happiness. We all have done something "bad" or "wrong" at one section in our life time, some might not like to admit it but it's true. From a little white lie to lets say.... stealing a car, the consequences might be different but the feelings inside are similar. Love impacts almost everyone at point in time. When your young there are little crushes on the cute boys and girls and the "dating" where their friends would ask you out for them and all that cute stuff. As you grow older the crushes and dating are still there but they go out to greater levels. Not everyone finds someone that they want to spend the rest of their life with and that's okay. They are happy where they are and that matters a lot. Happiness is another aspect that we all have. It is so important because if your not happy, then your not healthy. If your not happy then you don't enjoy like and start wishes for all the things that you don't have. Overall this book might be long and sometimes boring, it si full of little life lessons and messages.

Great Expectations: Thoughts on Reading

To be honest I actually didn't start liking the book until about chapter 40. I don't know why but it just didn't appeal to me. It was boring and slow going and there were a lot of big and confusing words. After a while it's really tiring looking up all the words you don't know or asking people if they know what it means. The characters were alright... my favorites were Pip, Miss Havisham and Estella. I likes Pip because he was the main character that this novel focused on and Dickens really created a good image in my head with his words. Miss Havisham is just a crazy rich old lady who is fun to read about. The main portion of her life is just dreaming what she wanted her life to be like. After her husband she recreated that pain and sadness everyday and reminded herself how much she was hurt. I also like Estella because she is a brat, she was brought up to be a brat and a turd. There is also something about her that makes me feel sorry for her. Miss Havisham brought her up that way. She didn't know her parents, she was created to destroy men and never to love them but only to lead them off and tear them up. As for the settings, sometimes it got very confusing and I would have to reread a lot of the paragraphs just to understand where the characters were and what was happening. The writing was... okay. It had a lot of big, confusing words. Some of them like larks and low were interesting. It's weird to think that people did used to say "larks" and talk about being low. As an author Dickens was okay. I didn't find his book amazing or outstanding but it also wasn't one of the worst books I have read. Pip and Miss Havisham had some similar characteristics. They both fell in love and had their hearts broken bad. But instead of dwelling for Estella, Pip keeps his life going and doesn't let that one bad bump in his road stop him like it did for Miss Havisham. The book was my only source of mystery solving, oh yea and also the discussions on class. Those helped a lot, there were things that I didn't realize, or catch, or understand until the class talked about it.

Eventually yes I did read the whole book, all 59 chapters. There was one point where I was a lot of chapters behind and I knew i needed to catch up. I did it though! My problem was that every time I opened the book I ended up falling asleep within 5 minutes of reading. I read at night, it is my favorite time of the day to read. But if I read in my head, then I got sleepy and fell asleep. But when I started reading aloud and using different voices for the different characters, (yes I did do that), it helped me so much. To understand it better, have fun reading it and it kept me awake. But if I'm not in a reading mood then I'll try my best but I wont really pay attention. By the time I got all my other homework done it was dark and I was tired so when it was time to read I was sleepy. If I'm not into a book then I wont pay much attention to it. I don't like being forced to read things I don't enjoy. I know that is a part of school and etc. but it makes it no fun for the readers if they don't enjoy it. Or let alone understand it.

Okay well my reading happened in the locker room before school, on the bus, in a car on my way to school, in my room laying on my floor or bed, the floor by our french doors, the computer chair with my feet on the computer desk and my parents rooms. I get so distracted easily so I have to be alone in a quiet place or I will never finish the reading assignment. Definitely reading out-loud helped me understand so much better than just in my head. I actually preferred to read out loud than in my head, it just sounds better to me and... it gives me more of a reason to enjoy the book. I like drama and it is one of my classes. This book was a good opportunity to practice my voice skills and showing emotions in my voice by reading aloud. I had fun doing it to, it was a one man show (: The times I was reading about 10 o'clockish. It wasn't too late but late enough that I was bored of school work and didn't want to do it anymore. When I hit about chapter 40, i knew I had better catch up so I sat all day Sunday reading. That is all I pretty much did, was read read read. That is also about the time I started getting into the book and liking it. I don't like reading in front of people or in an hearing distance. I like it to just be me and my book and voice. Overall this wasn't one of my favorite books but I did, in the end, end up enjoying it.

Making connections

I think that mystery is a big concept in this novel. In the first two stages you have so many questions and it feels as if they are never going to be answered. Mystery plays a role in this novel because it's like the little things that keeps some people going, keeps them interested. They want to find out all the answers to the mysteries so they keep reading. They have something to look forward onto every page because they don't know when the mystery will revel itself. This picture relates because he also has a mystery on his hands. That he has to look around and find clues to lead him to his answer. In the book you have to read it, read and look carefully for "clues" that might help you uncover a mystery in the novel. This character relates the us, the readers. As he goes along looking for clues with his magnifying glass, we are looking for clues ourselves with class discussions, group work, and when our teacher talks to us about the book in class. All the mysteries end up getting resolved in the end of the novel.

Making Connections and Posting a Picture

        To me, Great Expectations is similar to the series The House of Night. In the series Zoey, an ordinary high school girl, is chosen by the tracker to become a vampire. She is unaware but she is more than just an ordinary fledgling. She has been Marked specially by their Goddess Nyx. Now the fate of her new school and the world rest in her hands. A motif/ theme that both these books use is Mystery. In Great Expectations, there are many small mysteries that help tie in major pieces of information. In the first stage, Miss Havisham, the Satis House and Estella were some mysteries. The reader doesn't know much about why Miss Havisham's clocks stop, why is wearing a wedding dress, has one shoe on, puts things right back when she is done, why she tells Estella to break Pip's heart. You don't really know who Estella is, how she/ if he is related to Miss Havisham, why she is so mean to Pip. The house is just a mystery in its self. The place is like a maze, there is a big garden and a brewery behind it. In The House of Night, the whole book is based on mystery. Zoey is at this new school where she knows no one, is scared and confused and is now considered a loser and a freak at her old school. She finds out that she has control of all five elements, most students there are lucky to even have one. Only the Goddess has all five and now Zoey has all five. The elements are Air, Fire Water, Earth and Spirit. There is mystery to why she has all the elements, what she is supposed to do, the priestess in training Neferet, this hot guy Eric and her real family background. 
        

        Zoey experiences are similar to Pip's because she too wants more than what she has. When she gets to The House of Night, she runs into two very important characters. One of them is this hot guy, his name is Eric. She wants to impress him but doesn't know how. After she meets her friends, she asks them how she can get his attention and they say that he is untouchable and this girl, the leader of the Dark Sisters, has control over him. Zoey and Eric meet and they start to fall for each other. Pip wants to become a gentlemen. He wanted so much more than what he already had after meeting Estella. He wanted to impress her and for her to like him. He liked her so much that he started to get ashamed of Joe, what he taught Pip, what his clothes looked like, that he was apprenticed to Joe. Pip was so scared that one day while he was in the forge, Estella would be looking in the window and see Pip with his face and hands all dirty and black and she would see his working conditions and the place where he lived.   

Great Expectations, Second Stage.

       In the Second Stage, Pip comes to London. Pip is so excited. He is ready to be amazed and ready to see jaw dropping sights. He can't wait to see why people who live there brag about how great it is and how lucky they are to live in London. His first thoughts on the place were "ugly, crooked, narrow, and dirty." Disappointment swept across his face like a twister running across a field. He was not ready for what he was seeing. The place was dirty and he couldn't believe that people thought this was the best. He is coming far from home and he high these high expectation and all of a sudden your feelings turn from happy and excited to confused and disappointed.
        In class we discussed the motif becoming a gentlemen. That is what Pip is exactly trying to do. Become someone of higher "class" to impress Estella and win her heart. He was super embarrassed when she was mocking his clothing and his background. After he lost the game at Miss Havisham's house, he started to feel ashamed of Joe. Joe taught him to call the knaves jacks and when he called that card during the game of Begger my Neighbor, that really embarrassed Pip. The main reason Pip is going is because he wants to win Estella's heart. He wants her to like him, like he likes her. In the first stage Pip finds Estella really pretty but also kinda snobby and he feels that she thinks she is soo much better than himself. One time Estella says it is alright if he kisses her on the cheek, but after that one time she goes back to treating Pip like he is just a lower class animal. He wants so bad to become a gentleman for her, to prove to her that he is good enough.

Pip's quote

I'm not 100% sure what Pip is referring to? I guess he could be referring to relationships. Thorns are on flowers. Two different things but they relate. Iron or gold has the same idea. They are two different metals but are both strong and popular. I was sorta confused on this sentence, I am not positive on what it totally means. What do the long chair of iron or gold signify? That day has altered him because he found out that after he lied to Joe and Mrs. Joe and uncle Pumblechook, Joe wasn't mad at Pip. He didn't hate him, and that surprised Pip. He thought that Joe was going to be mad and upset at Pip for lying. From then on, Pip realized that he and Joe had a stronger relationship than he thought. That Joe was more of his friend than Pip realized. Pip is starting to get more independent and kinda distant from Joe. He is ashamed of Joe, of knowing him and having him teach him things the way he did. For example, Pip was embarrassed that Joe had taught Pip to call knaves jacks. When playing cards with Estella and Mrs. Havisham, Pip was very embarrassed and ashamed of Joe for what he told Pip. He is growing up and now people's opinions on him matter a lot, especially since he likes Estella. I guess these are "negative" changes because they aren't great changes but they are normal in a growing boy's life. My perception on these changes is pretty calm/ I'm right with them. It makes me sad that he is now getting embarrassed and ashamed of Joe. Joe is so sweet and nice and protected of Joe. Joe treated Pip like his son, like his best friend. 

I can honestly say that I don't know of the day in my life that started my chain. There are several days that have changed and impacted my life at the same levels. One of the days that are on the top of my list is the day that my best friend and I met. I had been having a rough couple years with friends. Trying to be someone I wasn't to fit in the "popular" group. So I finally gave up and was a loner. Sure I talked to people but didn't really have a close friendship. 8th grade basketball that all changed. We met and started talking one day during practice (neither of us remember how it happened) and after that one day we clicked so to speak. She listened to me and we talked more and more and more. We started talking in the hall ways and before school and walking home from school with each other. Her name is Blair and without her I don't know where I would be today. She has helped me through so much in my life and defiantly has inspired me. She has helped me realize so much and become a better person, that one day that we met was one of the best days of my life.

Great Expectations.

Okay, so in chapter 5, pages 34-36 the sargent discovered the two convicts. The book said that one convict was yelling murder and that the other convict was trying to kill him. My question is why would the convict try to kill him? When the soldiers were holding them hostage, "Pip's" convict was exclaiming how he helped the other guy and so why would he try to murder him. He is saying how the other guy is evil and he didn't do anything. Why would "Pip's" convict try to kill him... I don't know wether it was just so he could keep hiding and he wouldn't have to worry about bein caught if the other guy was found or because Pip ran into him or something song those lines.
From the several pages:
"Tried to murder him?" said my convict disdainfully. "Try, and not do it? I took him, and giv' him up; that's what I done. I not only prevented him getting off the marches, but I dragged him here-dragged him this far on his way back. He's a gentlemen, if you please, this villain. Now, the Hulks has got its gentleman again, through me. Murder him? Worth my while, too, to murder him, when I could do worse and drag him back!"
When Pip was first telling the convict how he had run into another man who he thought he was, the convict seemed really confused and kinda iffy on hearing about how there was another guy around the marches. Now he is stating how he helped his guy all the way through their escape and how he is a villain and a liar... I'm jus so confused. Help would be nice(: Thanks!

Group Essay: D'Andra and Sarah

1. To my body paragraph I added to my last commentary. I added that three volume novels are considered to be fake and fiction. Along with diaries and sermons, the writting pieces don't always tell the truth and they arn't always accurate. I am also changing my first transition, I don't know what it'll be yet but I don't think it flows and sounds right. I don't know wither to use a transition like "first" or "for example". I am also going to try to cut down on the words: three volumn novels, novels and manuscripts.

2. I feel like my commmentary isn't good, like it needs to be changed but I'm not sure how to word it. I'm not sure if I'm just repeating what the quotes say or if  I'm heading on the right track. If you could read it and give me critism that would be great. Hahaha don't worry about being mean (: It's alright, I'm a big girl(: I can handle it. But in all seriousness that would be super helpful to me if you guys could suggest some changes or if anything should be added.

Dishonesty in The Importance of Being Earnest

           In the novel, The Importance of Being Earnest, dishonesty is pictured and is the main topic throughout the play. There is dishonest humor because most of the jokes, rants on marriage and woman have to do with the fact that Jack and Algy were dishonest and lying about having a brother names Ernest and a friend named Mr. Bunbury. For satire of social institutions, Lady Bracknell is being dishonest when she said that Cecily was attractive, she honestly didn’t care about all of her background except that she was wealthy. As soon as Jack announced that she was rich, Lady Bracknell was complementing her and giving her consent as quick as the words would come out of her mouth. Cecily admitted to be exaggerating her age “only” when she goes to dinner parties. In the play, there was the “pun” of the main character who pretends to be Ernest and throughout time, he discovers what it really means to be earnest. Algernon also decided he wants to change his name to Ernest too along with Jack because Cecily will only marry a man whose name is Ernest and Algernon likes her too much to let that stop him. Changing names to Ernest is being dishonest to yourself, to the name you were christened with. Changing it just wouldn’t be right to everyone else. In the end of the play, Jack realized that all the lies he made up, having a brother, were true. The pursuit of pleasures are more important than duties in the play. It seems to be that telling the truth is just for pleasure and that pleasure comes over duties of a gentle men. Dishonesty is streaked in and out of the play, it is used in many forms like epigrams, satire, references and pleasure. This whole piece is really all about dishonesty and how one little lie and came a huge commotion and problem but then again, this time, Jack found out his background thanks to that little lie.
          Wilde seems to be saying that dishonesty carries through every person, including the rich, the poor, the slaves and more. Jack and Algernon pretend to be people that they aren’t, Ernest and Bunbury. Lady Bracknell lies to Cecily just so that she’ll like her more and keep being interested in Algernon while Lady Bracknell tries to get her hands on some of her money. Lane lied for Algernon after Lady Bracknell asked for her cucumber sandwiches and Algernon ate them all. Jack never told Gwendolen that he was guardian of a beautiful 18 year old girl. He is saying that almost most of the time, no matter what lie you tell, how long you keep it up, or how big it is, it’s going to be discovered and you’ll be stuck in an awkward situation. Through some of the speeches the characters had, I realized that when Wilde wrote this, dishonesty must have been popular and the “cool” thing to do. Wilde really showed personalities, social classes and some lives of a few different people in the Victorian age, including how being dishonest could effect a lot of things.

Extra Credit New Years.

For New years I really want to pass my tests in math. The grades that I'm getting are not to my pleasing. So this year I am going to do everything that I can to help my grade in math go up. I hate asking for help in anything, i absolutely hate it. If i never had to ask for help, I wouldn't. So that's where I'm going to start. If i don't understand something I wont just wing it, 'm going to ask for help. Then I'm going to study really hard and make sure that I understand all the concepts that the test is going to cover. For the rest of this year I am going to try to get better and not let my test grades go in the hole, I am going to get better scores and understand math better with getting over my "fear" of asking questions

Animal Farm Evaluation

1. Donna Wilson
2. Video
3. Donna did a really good job portraying all the aspects of the novel. I could follow her video and all the important parts of the novel were in her video. I also liked how she put the song the beasts of England in her project.

1. Reagan
2. Poem
3. I really really really like Reagan's poem. It was very creative and original, she put a twist in her poem. Instead of just writing down words she bolded and underlined one letter and in the end of her poem she asks "what is this? tyranny" and thats what those letters spell out.

1. Sherwin, Ketl, Chase and Zack
2. Video
3. I liked how they sang/ recited both versions of Beats of England. The one that Major sang and the one that Napoleon replaced. I was kinda confused what the beating was but it worked with the song. I liked how they all had a speaking part and you could hear individual voices like you would in a group.

1. Leah
2. Comic
3. I like how Leah put a quote from the book that Squealer spoke in one column but in the other she put what he was really saying. She showed the main meaning of the book and how words twisted can be translated into something totally different.

1. Will
2. Time line
3. Will had an interesting time line. It was kinda hard to follow because there wasn't much information but it did show that the pigs on the farm took over. It showed that as the pigs gained more power, they changed the rules, they went from being naked and standing on four legs to wearing clothing and standing on two legs.

1. Melanie
2. Video
3. She showed some of the main characters, their traits to the novel and some main parts of the book, like the seven commandments. She did a good job explaining what she put in her slide show too.

1. Katie
2. Picture
3. She showed an important part in the novel. The part where Frederick is giving the pigs fake money, it's a good drawing and you can tell what's going on.

1. Olivia
2. Haiku
3. Her haiku was good. I like who even a few words in a couple lines can intend a greater meaning. It's kinda like read in between the lines. There's more to the story than what is just on the screen.

1. Grace, Molly, Sarah and Katie
2. Video
3. I really liked it. This, I think, was the best project, they really captured my attention. They went to a real farm, with real farm animals. It was cool. I really enjoyed watching it.

1. Sara E.
2. Picture
3. Her picture showed the farm and how the pigs were above everyone. It was a really good picture and fun to look at.

I think that I did a good job on my project. Sure there was projects that were better than mine but I think mine was up there in that rang. I think mine could have been more neater and easier to read but other wise I can't think of anything else.