TIOBE: Group Essay

The three topics i will be discussing in my paragraph show how women are expected to do certain things in order to become proper and lady like, unlike today where women have the choice of the life they live. Some examples are how Cecily is Mrs. Prism's pupil. I have specific quotes to enhance the understanding of Mrs. Prism's place in society as well as Cecily's.

Cecily knows she cannot live an independent life on her own so she pursues a relationship with Algernon. Commentary will include conversations between her and Mrs. Prism and Gwendolen.

The Last concrete detail is how Lady Bracknell is a fine example of a well versed women of the victorian age. She is ranked high in society and has a proper social life. These are the concrete details and commentary examples i will base my paragraph off of.

Victorian Age? I Think Yes.

The Victorian Age research really helped me understand the "Importance of Being Earnest" better because we got to have a preview of the setting before we started reading the book. Understanding the way people interact differently with one another really impacted my understanding of the play in a positive way.

I learned how people went about living in their social class and what society fit in with them. I learned that you are born into social class of your future. your born into a rich family... BOOM your gonna be rich. Your born into a poor family... you guessed it, BOOM your poor. Yet, women could change their social class by marriage. Also, when ladies had friends in higher class the too could be exposed to rich and wealthy people high in social status. I really believe the Victorian Age research was helpful in expanding my knowledge and understanding about "Importance of Being Earnest".

MMX, Another Year.

As a very little boy i was never really enthusiastic about reading. I never had a problem learning to read but, satisfaction was hard to find in a book. Many teachers over the years have gotten me excited about reading, but i have seemed to loose the time. This year my goal is to read more books. I know it will enhance my ability to spell, comprehend text, and understand meaning. I am sure that i can accomplish my goal, it is realistic as well. If you have read an exciting book, that has a interesting plot then let me know, please!

Animal Farm Epic Poem

On Manor Farm, all animals thrived

horses, hens, goats and pigs, all dreamed of the day

Mr. Jones would die. A prize winning Boar, so old and wise

by the name of old major developed a plan to drive Jones

off the farm. Animalism took its course and the animals finally ruled,

but those pigs wanted to most.

Napoleon and Snowball the two smartest pigs

set out and told the animals they would be their leaders

and never quit. Yet

Snowball and Napoleon were always fighting, they disagreed on

almost anything.

"What to do, what to do..." Napoleon thought, and so he sent out

those vicious dogs who were only loyal to him, to go out and find snowball

and put an end to him. They chased him away in a flash,

and Snowball was never seen again.

Napoleon, Napoleon, oh greedy Napoleon told all the animals

that Snowball was the traitor, and he caused the trouble.

So the naive animals continued their well being never questioning the

poor missing pig. Until the day of rebellion, Napoleon would

have corrupted all the land, and animalism would never be seen again.

Poetry Out Loud

I watched Amanda Fernandez preform, Unknown Girl In The Maternity Ward by Anne Sexton. Her performance was jaw dropping and i could not believe how well she relayed an important story through poetry. While Amanda recited Anne Sexton's poem, it was as if she had gone through the experience her self. Her understanding of the poem was obvious and her dramatization was perfectly necessary. She appeared very comfortable on stage while she recited and had a loud strong voice to make the poem even stronger.

I believe the poem is about a mom, who puts her baby up for adoption. She doesn't know much about the father because he had left them. The woman cries because she really cares about her baby and she wants the best for it. When Amanda had a happy voice, suddenly she could change it to a sad crying voice.

Motif of the Mockingbird

After reading To Kill a Mockingbird, i realize that motif was a very strong literary element used in the novel. At the beginning of the year i was unsure what motif was and i really was not sure how to find it and use it. I am confident now that i know what motif is because the mocking bird motif really pops out at you once you go through the motif epiphany.

In the novel, several themes occur such as racial prejudice, justice verses injustice, and southern womanhood. These themes all point to the mocking bird motif in some way, "Do not harm someone or something that cannot harm you." The motif is easy to understand because we can all relate to the problems the characters face in the novel except on a different level. Just think about how they go through rough times because of there gender or color in the 1930's, yet today we may feel like we do not fit in because of our personalities or our social classes.

Life Lesson, My Young Padawan

I have learned many important things about life through out my childhood, but the most important one is that telling lies is not the same as joking around. When i was first grade i would tell stupid lies about people because i thought it was funny. People always got very annoyed with stupid made up stories about them passed around at recess. After a while i realized stories about my self were coming back t me.

Some were very hurtful and i was very mad, so i told my mom the story. She had asked me if i had been passing around lies about people as well. I said yes and she was very upset. She told me thst lying was bad and to never tell untruthful things about others. So, i think this was an important lesson because i finally realized the effect of the gossip cycle.