Animal farm project

The Farm
By Michael Fairchild

Animals, toiling in a field,
tortured by pigs that they once
suffered next to under a different
power.

The animals, poor, starved, and dumb,
do not see what this horror
of an animal is doing to them.

He is powerful, merciless, and tyrranical.
His qualities are clear and distinguished, yet
they still don't see them.

They work in the fields while he is sleeping,
under rules like: all animals are equal,
and yet they still odn't see it.

After seeing their friends slaughtered,
torn from their grasp, they still
don't understand it.

After rebelling against an old enemy,
after making solid commandments,
after being free, they haven't
remembered it.

If they knew what he was doing,
they would feel such a
deep hatred
thet not even the most convincing speaker
could reason with them.

An yet they don't feel it.

These animals were made dumb by a friend,
starved by a comrade,
and made poor by a leader.

If they knew what was
happening they might think of taking
down
the growing, corrupting power
that is consuming them.

They would do it if they weren't blind to it.

Poetry Out Loud performances

"Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward," by Anne Sexton was recited by Amanda Fernandez. I was impressed by Amanda's dramatization, volume, and articulation during the poem. She emphasized each piece to it's fullest and raised her voice during the climaxes of the piece. She would wave her arms and her body would move and shake when she tried to convey anger. It was intersting to watch. Overall it was a great performance.

What I thought the poem meant is that sex at a young age is a very wrong thing. It is shunned by everybody, and nobody treats you like you should be treated. An example of this in the poem is the way the doctors treat her in the hospital and the way the father of the baby left her. "Go child, who is my sin and nothing more," writes Anne Sexton. Anne is saying that this baby wasn't meant to happen. This is what I analyzed from the poem.



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Mockingbird Motif

The mockingbird motif in To Kill a Mockingbird was that you shouldn't kill or hurt someone that is innocent of the crime. For example: Boo Radley saving the children and Tom Robinson not raping Mayella Ewell but still being convicted, even though everybody knew it was wrong. This adds meaning to ther themes in the novel, like loss of innocence/ growing up. The kids learned about all the evil that goes on in the world and the world isn't as safe as they thought it would be.

This motif helped me get a better insight of what a motif means by making it clear to me what the motif was, what it did, and why. It showed me how it supports major themes and why motifs are so important to writing. If motifs weren't in writing, writing wouldn't come up to it's full potential. This is the first time I have recognized a motif in writing so clearly.


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Influential Proverbs

When I was embarking onto my middle school years I was always told that I was changing. Many things were forced upon me and many things I didn't want to show. One of those things was my hobbies as a child. I would play with my army guys, Star Wars action figures and I would collect them. I was afraid to let anyone know that I did this. I told my dad this one day and he said, "enjoy your childhood because it only comes once." So, I played with them but with a little more ease. I think one of the reasons I didn't want to show them to people was because I wanted to look like a "grownup," looking back, I was wrong.

Looking back on this I wish I was back in my childhood years. Clear heart, light work load, enjoyed almost anything, played sports with anybody and everybody, and life is so simple. Life wasn't polluted then, now you have to worry about protection, money, future, and so many other factors that entwine your life. So much knowledge comes with so much responsibility. You have to enjoy every step in life to enjoy the life that you have. That's what this quote taught me. Enjoy and be contempt with what you have and enjoy your life, it could be so much harder. Also, be yourself.

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My Best Friend's Character Traits

My friend. When I see my friend each day it fills me with good spirits. He has the uncanny ability to light up any room he walks in. T0 make a friends with anybody he meets, no matter the race, color, or religion. He plays any sport and gets the hang of it almost automatically. He has a tremendous heart for God and he is a great man. I am proud to call him my friend.

My friend Kyle is kindhearted, friendly, and open as could be. He is a talented athlete, disgarding his skinny but strong frame. He is religious, like me, and has a tremendous heart for God. He is an altruist and extrovert. He is awsome and I love seeing him each day and getting together with him over the weekends. I am proud to call him my friend.

memory writing

Rockets. It was a very sunny day in the summer and I was about three years old. My older cousin was shooting off a rocket that he made and all of the family was going to go watch the spectacle. It was time. The rocket went straight up through the air with a light cloud wafting behind it. It was cool and fascinated me, until i saw the playground. so, i ran off to the playgroun with my older sister. The playgroun was about 50-60 yards away and next to a school. I jumped on the monkey bars, my fortress, and started playing star wars. I was a storm trooper and i was hit by an imaginary bullet. I hung my self on a bar, the bar at my waist. Then I slipped.

When i woke up my uncle was over me, making sure i was all right. His old, gruff face more composed than my wet, crying mess. I found my family for refuge. I there is anything i want you to learn from my story is that don't hang on monkey bars no matter what the urge.


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A Farewell to Arms: Imagery

Have you ever thought what it would be like to watch a movie that was basically a long presenation of endless words, or to play a video game that is black and white? Well, think about it this way, what would it be like if a war story had no imagery in it? It would be terrible wouldn't it! That is one of the reasons why I think the author used it to such effect in this book, which happens to be a war novel.
Another reason why he used it so much is because the point of view is first person, meaning you are seeing the story through, usually, the main characters eyes. You are seeing and feeling what it is feeling. Also, Frederico is often by himself, so he has to explain the things he sees. I am almost positive that this is the most dominant element in this book.

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Outside Reading Assignment

My book, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway has been all right for me. It hasn't been drop dead boring, but it has been kind of slow and hard to get into. The book didn't really grab my attention until he was hit by a bomb, then things started to pick up a little but. It is a romance story, so it has to explain alot in the beginning, that I understand. I just want it to become a little bit more interesting right now, it hasn't grabbbed me yet. There isn't as much action as I expected.

There isn't one dominant literary element from the list yet. The two that stick out the most though are imagery and irony, which makes sense because there is a lot of imagery and irony in war. The author is using these literarty elements to show us in a word picture what is happening during the war, and what is happening during his time in the hospital. Imagery gives us the best pictures of what is happening. He uses irony to put a whimsical twist to the book, so it is kind of a funny romance.

The tone of the book is whimsically dramatically informative. the tone does not shift from chapter to chapter because I think that the author is trying to make a point out of the constant tone. This is unsure, but it is what I have observed so far.

If anyone that has read this book has had the same feelings I do toward the book, tell so in a comment about it. It would be appreciated.

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Reading

Starting a new book is like stepping off aboat onto the sands of adventure. Sometimes it is rough, and other times it is your map, always with you. But like most explorers, when I step into a book, just like they step onto a new land, I don't give up by the look of the first few steps. I keep going. If the book doesn't get better in a few chapters and I don't have to read it, it usually ends up in a lonely corner, or back on the library bookshelf. Whatever the case, I try to keep my mind open about the book and keep reading.

When my life is on the hectic side and I can't find a spot to read, I tell myself to deal with it. This is to my dismay though, because I will go to the page I had left off at and it will look like a foreign country to me. Why do I do this? I have an assignment to finish or I am dug deep in a book. Either that or I am too stubborn, or lazy, to ask if the noisemaker could keep it down a little. The truth is that I read the best when it is quiet and I can keep my thoughts to myself.

I have different reading styles, it depends on the mood I am in. The most common reading styles I read are ones that make me motivated, like an amazing war story or great sports comeback. The style is flowing, because it is hard for me to read a book that is in bits and peices. I like really serious writing or really comical writing, but like I said, it depends on the day.

I read fiction because I like to be suprised, astonished, and questioned in a book. What is the fun of reading if you don't care about it? I thoroughly enjoy fiction and nothings better than a book on the couch with a snack. Fiction is the outlook through a window to a whole nother world, it is very exciting. That is why I read fiction, to stimulate my imagination.

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Honors English

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