Baseball Vortex

 

This is a rather late update, but I've decided to post all of my animated videos onto my blog for future references. Remember, I'm still learning so these will improve once I'm in college. :) Thanks to everyone who has viewed!

It's the end of high school... but it's the beginning of a future waiting to be discovered.

Three Reasons Why I'm Going to Kick Butt on this AP Exam

 

 

This is it. Tomorrow is a day where I'm going to be fully concentrated and I'm going to redeem myself from last year's total catastrophe. Here's to a fresh start! :) (Thanks to Kelli for convincing me to post this and to Preston with his helpful tips on those AP questions.)
Geez, I hope this video will show...

Gridlock

As I Walked  Out One Evening by WH Auden

Vendler Grid

Meaning	Time is everlasting and the nature of it is compared towards human conditions. It journeys through using three voices, which relates time through several metaphors.
Antecedent Scenario	The essence of time continues to change life and affects everyone in its grasp. (I'm not exactly sure about how to word this)
Structural Parts	Three narrators. First person narrative, clocks, and the lovers. Each one has stanzas explaining it's own connection with time and its attitude towards it.
Climax	"But all the clocks in the city Began to whirr and chime: 'O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time."
Other Parts	(What?)

Skeleton	It holds a strong emotional path and then curves into that of sadness. It becomes bitter and transforms into disappointment.
Content Genre- games	Love poem at first but then it becomes that of a nature poem.
Tone	The tone is rather grave, yet, bold.
Agency	Time is the main agent in this poem.
Roads Not Taken	I can imagine someone altering the message of the poem by changing the perspective of the narrator. They could definitely change who the speaker is.
Speech Acts	Author's speech at first is casual as if merely explaining a walk to the park. Then the speech is that of longing and of passion. It switches a warning towards the clocks of time and it's forever turning hand. It's almost like a plea towards the readers. (I'm not very good at identifying the speech so this is all I can explain)
Outer and Inner Structural Forms	There are fifteen stanzas and each have four lines. Rhyming every other sentence and in constant motion. The connected words found in the poem are all having to do with nature such as water and land.
Imagination	The author's use of metaphors made this piece very imaginative as he used words of naturalistic beauty to get his point across.

 

 

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas

Theme: (Chart is all wonky) Death is inevitable, but that doesn't mean to give up and give in when it comes to living.

TPCASTT:  Poem Analysis Method:   title, paraphrase, connotation, diction,  attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and  theme
Titleof poem means	Don't go willingly into whatever comes up (which could be anything). Fight for what's right.
Paraphraseparts of the Poem	Men live their lives all differently, even though they are categorized as wise, good, wild, grave, etc., but they all fight against death. Even his father must fight against it.
Connotationof some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values	Author telling us to try and resist death and hold out longer because life must be cherished and even though death is inevitable, keep on fighting.
AttitudeWhat is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself?	The attitude is full of hope, yet I found it to be filled with melancholy and of depression. The author holds a tone of desperation towards those he speaks to, which was poignant and upset.
ShiftAt first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift:  identify the shifts and explain them	The shift happened, in my opinion, at the last stanza. The author led his readers to believe that he was speaking in general towards those men who all must face death one day, but the shift suddenly takes a turn when the author mentions his father specifically, which alters the perspective of the readers.
Title revisitedAny new insights on meaning or significance of title?	Fight against your opponent, even if you know you cannot win. Show your strength and take charge in life. Live it to the fullest.
Theme

Seventh Reading

The poem I chose was a poem that my group and I discussed while in class. I read "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.

I usually read parts of a poem over and over again to try and understand its message. However, I read it straight through one time and tried to piece together what I could. The only thing I understood was that the author was telling others to fight death even though death is inevitable. The experience I felt when reading it the first time was that of having a vague understanding of the message as well as utter confusion with certain phrases in the poem. "Because their words had forked no lightning they do not go gentle into that good night" continued to trip me up as I read it a third and fourth time. Still, I was able to ascertain that each stanza is linked together with the same message. Each stanza describes different men-- wise men, good men, wild men, grave men-- and that their thoughts towards death are different, but all the same the author tells them to continue fighting against the cold grasp of death's fingers. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." The experience when reading it the seventh time was that of full comprehension with the connection the author has with the poem as well as who the author was writing this for. "And you, my father, there on the sad height..." Thomas wrote this for his father, who was probably dying of old age. I really became connected with the poem by the time I had read it a fifth time, so the experience overall went pretty well. The meaning and purpose of the poem is now sealed with hot wax in my mind and I'm glad that I can now identify what I need to know when it comes to that AP exam I'm so dreading.

I apologize for the late update. I'm stupid.

Macbeth Notes Act V

Scene I

- A doctor and a waiting gentlewoman watch Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, for she has been asleep while Macbeth has been out in the field.
- Lady Macbeth has been sleepwalking and writing letters in her sleep as well
- The gentlewoman doesn't want to tell the doctor what Lady Macbeth has been saying in her sleep for fear of getting in caught
- Lady Macbeth seemingly to look like she's in a trance for her eyes are open but she is sleepwalking
- A light is on Lady Macbeth at all times now (how queer) and she's washing her hands
- There seems to be an invisible blood stain that she is trying to rub out of her hands
- "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" Famous quote
- Lady Macbeth refers to the murders: "The thane of Fife had a wife" and it's a burden on her shoulders, even though she had nothing to do with the murder
- Doctor tells the gentlewoman to keep a lookout for Lady Macbeth and to make sure she does not harm herself

Scene II

- Siward is the father-in-law of Duncan and the grandfather of Malcolm
- Macbeth no longer has control over the nobles
- Lennox, Caithness, Angus, Menteith, and the other soldiers march on
- All I know is that they sound as thought they are ready to shed blood for their country (Meh)

Scene III

- "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose look?" "There is ten thousand--" "Geese, villain!" "Soldiers, sir" I laughed at this for not only is the insult very clever, but Macbeth is just such an overdramatic character that I find it humorous "lily- liver'd boy"
- Servant warns Macbeth that an army is headed towards him
- Macbeth comes to terms with this and vows to fight with all his might
- Seyton is introduced and brings Macbeth his armor
- The doctor informs Macbeth of his wife's mental illness and Macbeth simply tells him to fix it
- However, the doctor tells him that her solution lies within her and Macbeth is unhappy about this and scorns medical art
- Macbeth seems restless in this scene and the doctor wants nothing more than to ditch this neighborhood

Scene IV

- Meanwhile in a country near Burnam wood...
- English forces unite with Scottish lords near Burnam wood
- Malcolm orders for his men to cut down boughs in order to conceal the numbers of the army
- War is approaching

Scene V

- An overconfident Macbeth has trusted his castle to keep him safe
- There is a sudden noise, which was reported to be that of the cry of women
- Seyton brings the news that Lady Macbeth is dead
- Macbeth mourns over the loss of his wife and contemplates suicide before a servant brings him out of his soliloquy
- The servant tells Macbeth that he saw the forest begin to move (the soldiers are camouflaged)
- Macbeth doesn't believe him: "If thou speak'st false, upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive"
- Macbeth, in despair, saddles out to meet those who have betrayed him (he knows this must be a losing battle for him)

Scene VI

- A short scene of the soldiers preparing to attack
- There isn't really much to say about this scene so... quack

Scene VII

- A Young Siward confronts Macbeth and asks for his name for which Macbeth tells him
- "The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful more hateful to mine ear." "No, no more fearful."
- They fight and Macbeth kills Young Siward
- The others prepare to enter the castle

Scene VIII

- Macduff finally meets up with Macbeth, who has been avoiding Macduff because he knows that he is already guilty for murdering his family
- They begin to fight while exchanging harsh words at one another
- Macduff: "Painted on a pole and underwrit, 'Here may you see the tyrant.'
- Ross tells Siward that his son was found dead and Siward mourns, but is proud of his son's bravery
- Macduff enters with Macbeth's head in his hand (Whoa there)
- "Hail, King of Scotland!"
- Ross closes the play with his monologue aaaaand Fin.

Macbeth Notes Act IV

Scene I

- Witches brewing a potion
- "Double, double, toil and trouble." So that's where that came from!
- The lead witch, Hecate, arrives to watch the show unfold
- Macbeth enters the cave and confronts the witches
- Three apparitions appear (reference towards A Christmas Carol)
- First apparition: an armed head
- Second apparition: a bloody child
- Third apparition: a crowned child holding a tree
- Eight ghosts appear along with the ghost of Banquo
- Macbeth, in horror, flees to England before Lennox arrives at the cave and the witches vanish

Scene II

- Lady Macduff, Ross, and son discuss why Macduff would leave his family like he did
- Lady Macduff asks her son how he will continue on without his father around
- Because Macduff fled, Lady Macduff is suspicious that he committed a crime that he is guilty of
- Three murderers suddenly enter and call Macduff a traitor, which upsets the son
- "What, you egg!" "He has kill'd me, mother! Run away, I pray you!" (Monty Python just because)
- Son is killed by the murderers

Scene III

- Malcolm and Macduff begin talking to each other about Macbeth and the tyranny he's causing in Scotland
- Malcolm understands how bloodlust can be, but Macduff opposes to such a thing
- "Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top Macbeth"
- (Rather tedious scene) A doctor arrives
- Doctor refers to the disease that Macbeth has: EVIL
- Ross gives Macduff the sad news about his entire family and servants being killed at his castle
- This causes a wave of guilt to hit Macduff as he realizes that it was his fault they lost their lives
- They agree to push forward and move on to deal with Macbeth

Life of Pi Multiple Choice Questions and Open Essay Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Piscine was named after a ___.
A. Swimming pool
B. Relative
C. Indian actor

2. What is the most dangerous animal in a zoo according to Piscine's father?
A. Alligator
B. Elephant
C. Golden Agouti

3. What was the name of the ship that sank?
A. QEII
B. Titanic
C. Tsimtsum

4. How many religions did Piscine practice out of enjoyment?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3

5. How long did Piscine survive out in sea?
A. 305 days
B. 165 days
C. 227 days

6. What did Piscine ultimately decide to do with Richard Parker?
A. Train him and keep him alive
B. Wage a war of attrition
C. Drug and kill him

7. What animal is COMMONLY known as the most dangerous animal in the zoo according to the novel?
A. Rhinoceros
B. Man
C. Tiger

8. While on an abandoned island, what did Piscine survive off of during that time?
A. Fruit off of trees
B. Wild Boars
C. Algae

9. Who is Tomohiro Okamoto?
A. A Japanese reporter
B. Captain of the Tsimtsum
C. Female Bengal Tiger

10. What is the formed relationship between Piscine Patel and Richard Parker?
A. One of insecurities and bitterness
B. One of dominance and trust
C. One of loving and protection

Open Essay Questions

1. Religion plays a big role in Life of Pi. Discuss the part of religion in the novel and how it affected Piscine's journey.

2. A recurring motif in Life of Pi is territorial dominance and setting boundaries. How does Piscine's way of marking his territory in the lifeboat serve as a lifesaver and how does his survival guide contribute to creating daily routines?

3. Piscine tells two stories about what happened to him out on sea; one with animals and one without. What does this say about human understanding and believing what is real as well as those who are skeptical and only go off of hard facts?

Macbeth Notes Act II

SCENE I:

- Near after midnight, Macbeth meets up with Banquo and his son, Fleance.
- Banquo tells Macbeth that he cannot sleep because he had a dream about the witches and their temptations of evil. Macbeth informs he gave little thought about them. Lies.
- Macbeth gives a soliloquy once Banquo and Fleance leave. In his soliloquy, Macbeth hallucinates that there is a floating dagger before him, but quickly recovers and claims that this vision is unreal. The qualm he has towards the deed of murder had overwhelmed his senses as he plunges into a hypnotic reverie of gloomy disposition.
- "I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell. That summons thee to heaven or to hell." Man, what a line.
- The signal for the murder goes off and he quickly leaves for Duncan's chamber.

SCENE II:

- While the murder takes place, Lady Macbeth bides her time by drinking some wine to rid the thought of the whole ordeal. Her soliloquy talks about the passed out "grooms" (guards) having nearly been poisoned by her sleeping potion.
- "He is about it" meaning that Macbeth is in the process of murdering.
- Macbeth is so overwrought by his doings, he begins to hear imaginary noises.
- Shakespeare shows some human compassion in Lady Macbeth as she makes a reference to her father. (Very little womanly compassion)
- Macbeth rambles on in slight hysterics about the two guards talking in their sleep.
- Macbeth could no longer say "amen" after have committed such evil deeds.
- Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth not to consider about what they have done and she tries to calm down her half crazed husband.
- Macbeth knows he won't be getting much sleep anytime soon. They hear knocking. "Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes."
- Lady Macbeth tells her husband to go clean up and return to his chamber. "And show us to be watchers. Be not lost so poorly in your thoughts."

SCENE III:

- As knocking continues, a "sober" porter stumbles over to get the door. He gives a very humorous speech towards the knocking as if addressing it. (He seemed rather sarcastic)
- Enter Macduff and Lennox who have come to visit the king for some ungodly reason. I can't quite remember. Anyway, Macbeth leads them to the king's chamber.
- While Macduff goes into the chamber to see the king, Lennox updates to Macbeth that he had a terrible experience the night before with howling screams in the night and prophecies thrown out. No surprise. Macbeth: "Twas a rough night." (Insert inappropriate gag line based off of my immaturity)
- Macduff exits the chamber horrified because their king has been murdered! Oh woe!
- Macduff awakens everyone and tells them what has happened. Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
- Then... Macbeth, um, admits that he murdered the chamber men. Mmyep.
- When everyone gathers in the hall except for Malcom and Donalblain  (Duncan's two sons), they talk about Macbeth and their suspicions of him. They flee the scene of the crime.

SCENE IV:

- Outside the castle, Ross and an old man discuss the strange happenings that went on the night from when Duncan was murdered: an owl killed a hawk and Duncan's horses fled their stalls and ate each other. Hm.
- "The traveling lamp" meaning the sun.
- Macduff approaches them and tells them that the chamber men who Macbeth had killed in a display of revenge had murdered the king. *Face palm* Oh, lord. They fell for it.
- They also suspect that Malcom and Donalblain had something to do with the murder since they fled.
- Macbeth has already been named king and Duncan's body is being carried to Colmekill, the sacred storehouse of his predecessors.

I want to take this chance to say thank you to Kelli Griffith, who informed us with: shakespeare-online.com. It helped me out a lot to understand what I was having trouble with. Thanks, bruddah! :)

Macbeth Notes (Act 1: Scene V, VI, VII)

SCENE V:

- Lady Macbeth enters reading a letter from Macbeth about the witches' prophecies.
- Reminder: Lady Macbeth is the queen of all bitches.
-  Lady Macbeth won't let remorse or guilt get in her way for she will do all she can to murder Duncan.
- She plans to kill Duncan with Macbeth so as to gain her title alongside Macbeth.
- Duncan visits the castle and plans to reside there for some time.

SCENE VI:

- When Duncan and his small party come to stay at Inverness, Lady Macbeth greets them and shows them inside.
- Wow, that was a REALLY short scene.
- Duncan and the party have trust in Macbeth and show no hostility towards the two lovers with a scheme.

SCENE VII:

- Macbeth tells himself that Duncan very much trusts him as his kinsman and host.
- Lady Macbeth and Macbeth device a way to kill Duncan.
- Lady Macbeth states that when Duncan falls asleep, she will make sure the guards enter a drunken haze that makes them unaware of their surroundings. That way it'll be easier to kill Duncan.
- Then they discuss using the guards' daggers to kill Duncan so as to frame them for the murder.
- "If we should fail?" Macbeth seems nervous for the outcome of the murder and the consequences that my follow. Lady Macbeth answers contemptuously.
- "Screw" is misinterpreted in Lady Macbeth's snappy answer to Macbeth's anxiety. It might mean something else. Huh...
- "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." I like this line.

Senior Project Test 2: Motion

Again, it's not much. I wasn't exactly going for qaulity when I was making this. I was just testing movement. I'm very curious as to how it works. I'll look at animated movies such as Disney and Dreamworks and say to myself, "How on Earth do they make those characters move so fluently?" Even in Wreck it Ralph the game characters move as they would in their game. It boggles the mind. This took me several days only becuase I wasn't working on it the entire time and I would have finished it earlier, but I got caught up in other school work. Anyway, I'm sorry if it looks like crap, but the next thing I'll work on will look better than this. I think the next thing I'll move onto next will be movement AND audio. I'll spice it up somehow. Okay, until next time! :)

Brave New World (Ch. 7-10)

Chapter 7:

- Lenina comments that the channel over Malpais is queer. She immediately has distaste for the reservation.
- Lenina complains practically the entire time they are walking through. "I don't like it." Repeated many times by her.
- Indians walk around carrying snakes. Bernard points out to Lenina that they aren't as civilized as they are.
- Lenina sees a scraggly old Indian and is convinced there is something wrong with him by his appearance. Their civilization stay young and healthy, not letting them look as old as the Indian.
- Lenina has no soma and is rather upset about it all.
- Lenina is comforted by the sound of the drums. It reminded her of the "Orgy-porgy" back at home.
- They witness a young adult (18) being whipped harshly while walking around a writhing heap of snakes. Lenina is horrified by the sight. Boy drops dead after walking around six times.
- Pale boy is introduced who lives on the reservation. He is upset that they didn't pick him to be a sacrifice. They dislike him for his complexion.
- Bernard is shocked that a white person lives here. The boy is amazed at the sight of Lenina.
- Boy takes them to his mom's house. The woman looks hideous and very bloated.
- The woman (Linda) is excited to see others from the outside. She hugs Lenina, who is disgusted.
- Linda turns out to be the girl that the Director was with on the reservation all those years ago.
- The boy (John) is her and the Director's son.

Chapter 8:

- While Lenina and Linda talk inside, Bernard and John discuss John's childhood outside.
- Childhood is rather traumatic. Linda was hit on by many men in the reservation. One of them broke her hand and she took something that's similar to soma called mescal.
- Linda was whipped by woman who were furious that Linda were having their men, which is very different than her culture. John tried to protect her and they whipped him as well.
- Linda then begins to blame John for everything that has happened to her. Then she apologizes.
- The other children will not play with John because they know that his mom is a disgrace.
- Linda eventually teaches John how to read. He's smart and catches on quick. He starts reading Shakespeare, but his unfamiliar with the wording.
- Indian named Pope keeps on giving Linda mescal or "drugs" as John likes to put it. He HATES Pope and all the other men who see her.
- His hate rises and one night John stabs Pope, which wakes up Linda and she starts screaming at the sight of all the blood. Pope stops John by twisting his arm.
- At fifteen, Mitsima teaches John how to work clay and mold/shape it.
- John was in love with Kiakime, but she married Kothlu and it upset John who was sixteen.
- Boys would go down to the kiva (Antelope Kiva) and come out as men.
-John wanted to go with them, but they shunned him for his complexion and his ungrateful mother. They threw stones at him and he fled.
- Bernard tells John that he, too, is always alone. They share similarities.
- John told Bernard he once spread out like Christ did on the cross to know what it felt like being crucified.
- Bernard suggested that John go to London with them. John is exstatic and Linda will join them too.
- Bernard mentions a Miranda. Who is Miranda? Note to self to keep an eye out for a Miranda...

Chapter 9:

- They went back to the rest house where Lenina immediately takes soma and drifts off.
- Lenina has gone to a soma- holiday, which left Bernard to go speak to Mustapha Mond about bringing John and Linda.
- Mustapha agrees as he finds it of sufficient scientific interest. He sends Bernard to the Warden.
- Once everything was settled and agreed upon, Bernard rushes back to where the rest house was.
- Meanwhile, John calls for them outside the rest house and realizes that they had left without him.
- Devastated, he cries, but then checks the window and sees that they hadn't left. He breaks in and begins to familiarize himself with Lenina's clothing, breathing in her scent.
- He finds her resting on a bed in her room and sees how beautiful she is.
- When fantasizing about her, he notices a plane arriving as he looks out the window and happily went to go see Bernard stepping out of the helicopter.

Chapter 10:

- Within the bowels of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, the Director waits in the playroom of children for someone.
- Bernard enters the room to go see the Director.
- The Director Hesse's like a snake at the word "yes", which is hilarious and portrays a malicious side.
- The Director then announces to the entire room that Bernard has betrayed his society by not contributing to traditional activities, drinking soma, refusal to obey the teaching of Ford, etc.
- Director makes the sign of "T". Once again this comes up. Interesting.
- Director believes Bernard should be banished to Iceland and he asks for Bernard to give him a reason why he shouldn't be given his punishment.
- Bernard, the sly dog, brings in Linda. Crowd gasps and screams at the sight of her.
- Linda starts to try and get the Director to remember her and she hugs him.
- The Director is appalled and keeps saying, "What is the meaning of this monstrous joke?"
- Linda calls John in and John collapses in front of the Director shouting out, "My father!"
- During this entire ordeal, the crowd laughs uncontrollably at this show of affection.
- "Pale, wild-eyed, the Director glared about him in an agony of bewildered humiliation." The Director covers his ears and runs out of the room to get away from it all.

Brave New World (Ch. 4-6)

Chapter 4: (Part 1)

- Lenina speaks with Bernard about their trip to New Mexico.
- Bernard is flushed and automatically appears different than the others when speaking openly about private topics.
- Pg 59 Restatement: "Roof!" Emphasizing the freedom an Epsilon felt when on the roof.
-Voice telling the Epsilon to "go down, go down"...
- Gathered that Lenina has been owned by nearly every alpha male.
- Benito Hoover introduced and notices Bernard's gloomy disposition. Offers the drug: soma to which Bernard refuses.
-  Oh my. Sexual innuendos. Lenina plays Obstacle Golf with Henry Foster.

(Part 2)

- Benito Hoover (as well as others) have made Bernard feel more miserable and much like an outcast.
- The feeling has made him bitter. He is also does not physically look like an alpha. Shorter and slender in proportion.
- Rumor going around that the alcohol in his blood-surrogate is of truth.
- Bernard visits his friend Mr. Helmholtz Watson.
- Helmholtz also has similar defective traits like Bernard. He is quite the ladies man, though.
- Helmholtz has a knowledge of individuality and wishes Bernard would show more pride as he opens himself up to Bernard as Bernard does to him.

Chapter 5: (Part 1)

- When Lenina and Henry go to golf, Henry indulges Lenina with information on chemicals and whatnot.
-Lenina remembers waking up as a little girl and becoming aware of the whispers that haunted her.
- Many of the characters (especially Lenina) quote what is often repeated in their heads. "Every one works for every one else."
- Dead bodies are used to make plants grow. (Fun fact!)
-  They go to Henry's apartment and take soma.
- They go out dancing. Four hundred couples. Damn.

(Part 2)

- Flying cars. Figures. Advanced technology for the win.
- Repeating word "Ford" on Ford's Day.
- Bernard goes to a meeting for those with similar problems. (Like an AA meeting)
- Sign of the T referring to that of the T-Model? Connections with Ford.
- Soma known as "loving cup". Group takes it and begins a hymn.
- Everyone in a sort of dazed stupor, but instead of hearing for "Him" like the others, Bernard only notices the small details of Morgana's eyebrows.
- "Orgy Porgy" is a chant they say.
- Bernard felt even more isolated and miserable for having faked his feeling of "His" arrival.

Chapter 6: (Part 1)

- Lenina's word for Bernard "odd". She contemplates whether to go with Bernard to New Mexico or to the North Pole with Benito Hoover.
- She remembered the time when her and Bernard went out for the first time.
- Bernard is completely out of the norm when conversing with Lenina. He would rather take refuge away from the crowd to get closer to her rather than mingle.
- Bernard watching the sea very calmly while Lenina thinks it's horrible.
- Bernard talks to Lenina about being free and Lenina is all, "You're acting crazy."
- Lenina persuades Bernard to take four somas.
- Bernard is just dead inside after they part from spending time together.

(Part 2)

- Bernard goes to the Director so as to get a paper signed to go see the New Mexico Reservation.
- Director suddenly talks about how a while ago he went to the reservation with a girl he was with and she was lost for good at the reservation.
- Bernard seemed almost jealous that the Director went on an adventure at the reservation.
- The Director suddenly becomes angry that he was caught explaining his awful experience and threatens to send Bernard to Iceland.
- Bernard's spirits are lifted and goes off to tell Helmholtz, who awkwardly says nothing back. Yeah.

(Part 3)

- Bernard and Lenina arrive at the reservation.
- Warden is introduced. He is loud, moon faced, and talks a LOT.
- He talks about the savages and the fence of death. Etc. Lenina, "You don't say!" Entire time.
- Bernard freaks out when he realizes that he's going to be sent to Iceland.
- Bernard ends up taking some soma, which calms him down and he starts to laugh at dumb jokes.
- "Savages won't do you any harm. They've got enough experience of gas bombs to know they mustn't play any tricks." What does Bernard mean by that? Huh...

Brave New World Notes ( Ch. 1-3)

Chapter 1:

- Setting takes place in a building labeled: CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE.
- pg 3: Metaphor: "Some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh."
- pg 3: Simile: "Lying along the polished tubes like butter."
- pg 3: Personification: "The light was frozen, dead, a ghost."
- pg 4: Colloquialism: "Straight from the horse's mouth."
- Year: A.F. 632
- Usage of italics to emphasize the importance of the text whenever a student writes it down.
- They describe Bokanovsky's Process (bokanovskification)
- "Community, Identity, Stability."
- pg 8: Mr. Foster is introduced. The Director uses him to teach about the embryo and stages for producing identical twins.
- pg 9: Onomatopoeia: Whizz, click!
-"Embryos are like photograph film. They can only stand red light." -Simile
-They cut short oxygen to an embryo who are in lower classes.
- pg 16: Lenina is introduced. She knows Mr. Foster (Henry) very well.
- Predetermining behavior using temperature conditioning (rotation)

Chapter 2:

- In a different section of the building now. INFANT NURSERIES. NEO-PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING ROOMS.
- Nurses put out bowls roses and books on the floor.
- pg 19: metaphors/similies: Describing the roses to that of cherubs, etc.
- Delta-caste babies put down in front of roses and books. They begin to play with the items but then after a minute, a blaring noise sounded and the floor becomes electrified, traumatizing the babies.
- This trains them to hate nature as well as despise books. Productivity in factories are in favor.
- The Director and the students talk about parenting as well as family qualities. They are all negative aspects towards the subject.
- Hypnopaedia: sleep teaching method. First used in A.F 214. Teaches children to learn through repetitive talk,  only knowing what was spoken softly in their ears repeatedly.
- There is a high respect for Alphas and shun the lower castes.
- Henry Ford is a very important idol. Allusions towards the car company Ford. T-Model was said.
- Teachings from Elementary Sex to Elementary Class Consciousness. Keep note of that.

Chapter 3:

-Young and happy children playing in a garden naked. Game is called Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy.
-Director very much likes to repeat the word "charming". Interesting.
-The children engage in an erotic form of play, which is of the norm.
-Introduction to Controller  Mustapha Mond, head honcho.
-Controller commenting that "history is bunk". Their Fordship.
-Talk about families and the fact that they can't even imagine what it would be like to have a family.
-Three conversations go on near the end of the chapter, skipping around in a montage of dialect.
-Conversations: Lenina/Fanny, Bernard/his thoughts, Controller and students.
-Bernard in his own little conflict with himself and Lenina. Their feelings are jumbled.
-The structure has changed from lengthy paragraphs to short and choppy sentences throughout dialect.
-"Suffer little children." Allusion towards Jesus(?). Has different meanings.

Senior Project Test 1: Lip Sync

Ta-Daaaa!! Alright, so it's not the most incredible thing you've ever seen. In fact, it doesn't look like much. This took me about three hours to make. A five second video took THREE HOURS. So imagine a three to five minute video. Must take a long time. Getting to know my CS6 program is like trying to deactivate a bomb. It's complex and takes a lot of time trying to learn all the key components. This would have taken less time if I had known everything I needed to know. This is my first test run. For now on, I'm going to create short videos demonstrating movement, sound, lip sync, background, combinations of all of them, etc. Remember, animating something takes a long time, so don't expect me to come up with a full episode of Spongebob or something like that. I'm going to do my best, though. Also, sorry if the audio sounds like crap. I realize now that I'm not the best voice actor. That's why I'm collaborating with those who want to voice act, suggest ideas for a cartoon, and script writing. I also want to apologize for not posting anything in a long time. I'm very behind. I'm gunna try and catch up. :) Hope you enjoyed this!

I Am Here

Man, it seems as though all of my posts have just been towards literary terms. Well, time to mix it up a little. (I apologize for this late post) My SMART goal focuses on having confidence in myself for when I head down south to go to college. I'm also going to work on an animation that is probably going to take a long time. I just want to make it short and simple, but I'm not sure if it will turn out how I want it to turn out. The worst part is that I haven't even started on it, so I have a lot of catching up to do on my senior project AND all of the posts I was supposed to have already posted on my blog but haven't. I chalk it up to being lazy and being the biggest procrastinator the world has ever seen. How I've survived this far boggles my mind because I don't feel as though I've accomplished much this semester. I honestly hate that feeling of being behind on my work. It sucks. However, I'm going to do my best to redeem myself and try to get things done. Lord knows how many Happy Days episodes I've seen by now...

Literary Terms 109-136 Remix

Rising Action: Plot build up, caused by conflict and complications, advancements towards climax.

  Does this really need to be explained?

Romanticism: Movement beginning into the eighteenth and peeking into the nineteenth century as a revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and fact.

  I love this painting. It has plenty of imagination in it.

Satire: Ridicules or condemns the weakness or wrongdoings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general.

One of my favorite videos of all time. They also do other great satire videos and songs.

Scansion: The analysis of verse in terms of meter.

Behold! An example of scansion.

Setting: The time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur.

  Futurama setting for nearly every episode.

Simile: Figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word or comparison.

  This is the best book to read if you want examples of simile.

Soliloquy: An extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone on stage.

David Tennant is inspiring as the character of Hamlet and this speech gives me chills.

Spiritual: A folk song, usually on a religious theme.

Song called Down by the River to Pray in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? I love this song.

Speaker: The narrator, the one speaking.

  <--- Speaker reading a book.

Stereotype: Cliche; a simplified, standardized conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group.

  I can't cook... Just saying.

Stream of Consciousness: Style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images as the character experiences them.

  Some information that we are able to gather from her mind.

Structure: The planned framework of a literary selection; its apparent organization.

 A really lazy representation of structure.

Style: The manner of putting thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or speaking.

  In case you can't read the bottom part: UNINTENTIONALLY START TO MIMIC AUTHOR'S WRITING STYLE.

Subordination: Couching of less important ideas in less important structures of language.

  For real, man...

Surrealism: A style of literature/painting that stresses the subconscious or the non rational aspects of a man's existence characterized by the juxtaposition of the bizarre and banal.

  Surrealism is my favorite art style.

Suspension of Disbelief: Suspend not believing in order to enjoy it.

  This movie was hilarious.

Symbol: Something that stands for something else, yet has meaning of its own.

  The Scarlet Ibis is a very depressing story that uses many symbols between the bird and the mentally handicapped brother.

Synesthesia: The use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense.

  Music and colors blended together.

Synecdoche: Another form of name changing, in which a part stands for a whole.

  I honestly had nothing better to use as an example, but it shall suffice.

Syntax: The arrangements and grammatical relations of words in a sentence.

  This is rather self explanatory.

Theme: Main idea of the story; it's message(s)

 I've read a lot of books with these themes.

Thesis: A proposition for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or disproved; the main idea.

  I wish I had that coffee cup...

Tone: The devices used to create the mood and atmosphere of a literary work; the author's perceived point of view.

A video that put together scenes from an episode of Spongebob Squarepants and made it look like a horror film trailer, which I find hilarious. The tone is daunting.

Tongue in Cheek: A type of humor in which the speaker feigns seriousness.

Example: (After wife cleans the house) Husband: Oh, hun! Did you even clean today? Look at this house! (Laughs) I'm only kidding with you! You did a great job!

I could not find an example I liked so I decided to write up one just for the hell of it.

Tragedy: In literature, any composition with a somber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion; a fatal event.

  Rather tragic, wouldn't you say?

Understatement: Opposite of hyperbole; saying less than you mean for emphasis.

 HA! I get it.

Vernacular: Everyday speech.

  The worst example yet but the easiest term to remember.

Voice: The textual features, such as diction and sentence structures, that convey a writer's or speaker's persona.

  Calvin and Hobbs is my jam.

Zeitgeist: The feeling of a particular era in history.

Happy Days has been consuming me lately so I thought I might make a tribute to it. This takes us back to the 50's, which is an era I wouldn't mind living in.

Literary Term 83-108 Remix

Omniscient Point of View: Knowing all things, usually the third person.

 From a point of view other than first person.

Onomatopoeia: Use of a word whose sound on some degree imitates or suggests its meaning.

 I quite enjoy this. I've always enjoyed onomatopoeia's.

Oxymoron: Figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.

 You can figure this one out...

Pacing: Rate of movement; tempo.

Pretty much the same thing.

Parable: A story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth.

  Story in the Bible called "Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors".

Paradox: A statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.

  This is somewhat of a paradox.

Parallelism: The principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form.

The example would've been better but I like representing things through music so here we are.

Parody: An imitation or mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well known artist.

One of my favorite movies of all time: Spaceballs. The whole movies is a parody on Star Wars.

Pathos: The ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.

 This pretty much describes what the word means, but more complex.

Pedantry: A display of learning for its own sake.

  Oh boy. Here comes the grammar police. AKA: Kelli G.

Personification: A figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

 I just love this book. A perfect example of personification.

Plot: A plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.

It's poorly represented, but represented nonetheless.

Poignant: Eliciting sorrow or sentiment.

I cry nearly every time. :( Dear lord, why must Disney write such a sad scene??

Point of View: The attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.

 This, too, is self-explanatory.

Postmodernism: Literature characterized by experimentation, irony, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.

Their videos are awesome. It's so new and inviting by how they convey messages.

Prose: The ordinary form of spoken and written language, language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern.

 Another crappy example, but it's simple and it's the truth.

Protagonist: The center character in a work of fiction, opposes antagonist.

Everyone loves Mario. He's my main protagonist.

Pun: Play on words, the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications.

That's... aha, that's well played.

Purpose: The intended result wished by an author.

  I'm starting to grow lazy with these examples; not gunna lie.

Realism: Writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightforward manner to reflect life as it actually is.

 I'm not sure if this is such a good example, but it's how I interpreted it.

Refrain: A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or song; chorus.

I should know. I sing religious songs all the time.

Requiem: Any chant, hymn, or musical service for the dead.

I took this from the movie Requiem for a Dream because it reminded me of the literary term and the music produced for the movie will help me remember the symbol of death in the movie.

Resolution: Point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.

Actually, the problem continues to grow, but the complication with the stone is solved at least.

Restatement: Idea repeated for emphasis.

 I wonder what it would be like if our school did this...

Rhetoric: Use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.

A great speech from Mikey in The Goonies. He was able to persuade the gang into continuing the journey.

Rhetorical Question: Question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.

 I very much like this. :)

Literary Term 57-82 Remix

Genre: A category or class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique, and content.

Genre, ladies and gentlemen. You can't get any better than that.

Gothic Tale: Style in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent, or grotesque action, and a mood of decay degeneration, and decadence.

   Gris Grimly is an amazing artist, but that's not the point. Edgar Allan Poe is known for his gothic tales.

Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point.

We all knew where this was going once we heard Rolly say "I'm hungry"... A great movie.

Imagery: Figures of speech or vivid description, conveying messages through any of the senses.

 There you are. All five senses that correspond with imagery.

Implication: A meaning or understanding that is to be arrived at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author.

 Implication: A subtle way of making something blatantly obvious.

Incongruity: The deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other.

  That's just... that's just not right.

Inference: A judgement or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available.

  What can you infer from this picture? She's calling in sick, duh.

Irony: Contrast between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, and what expects to be happening and what is actually happening.

There you have it, folks. Irony by Bender Rodriguez in Futurama.

Interior Monologue: Form of writing which performs the inner thoughts of a character.

There we go. We gotta have some Steve Martin in there somewhere.

Inversion: Words out of order for emphasis.

And, really, nearly every line Yoda says in the Star Wars movies are words out of order, but it fits.

Juxtaposition: The intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences, or paragraph to contrast with another nearby.

 A bit extreme, but it fits the context very well. Tanks and toddler tricycles don't mix well.

Lyric: Poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's inner most thoughts and feelings.

 The lyrics are awesome (for most Beatles songs)

Magic(al) Realism: Genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with the marvelous or magical.

 The only story I can recall that has magical realism in it. I remember it well.

Metaphor: An analogy that compares to different things imaginatively.
-Extended: Metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it.
-Controlling: A metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work.
-Mixed: Metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies.

The music is relaxing. Here's a few metaphors as an example.

Metonymy: Literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing.

   It's not the greatest example, but the meaning is the same.

Mode of Discourse: Argument, narration, description, and exposition.

   Man, not very creative on the remix part here, am I? Nonetheless, this will help me remember the term.

Modernism: Literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology.

 That chair is awesome. It's a type of modernism, but probably not the type that's asked for.

Monologue: An extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem.

A great scene from Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and a great monologue. (Excuse the cursing, it's a great movie)

Mood: The predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece.

The mood is haunting in this ghost story that Fonzie tells in Happy Days and despite the laughter, he was able to create the mood and scare the children. A classic scene.

Motif: A recurring feature in a piece of literature.

 I chose this book because Tim O'Brien uses motif in nearly all of his books.

Myth: A story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world.

 He's a myth. A very terrifying myth that haunts your dreams, but he most definitely is a mysterious... monster... man... thing.

Narrative: A story or description of events.

 Creative, no? The events in a story here are listed briefly.

Narrator: One who narrates, or tells, a story.

Peter Falk in Princess Bride is the narrator of the story.

Naturalism: Extreme form of realism.

   I was a bit confused as to how to show this, but I think this example will suffice... I think.

Novelette/Novella: Short story; short prose narrative, often satirical.

I adore this one man animated film that took eight years to make. Plus, it's hilarious.