I think that this sonnet is about a boy who grows up to be a man and that this sonnet was written by someone who was a close family member or friend that had a good relationship with him and was involved in his life. I think this because in the poem the person who wrote the sonnet knows a lot about his life and he seems to have kept up with him for his entire life. I think that this sonnet is like a tribute to Stephan to show all the good things he did in his life before he died because the line in the poem "Th boy, the youth, and the man are each now gone. Except that in my heart they linger on." Shows that Stephen died and the periods of his life still live on in his heart or memory that he will never forget.
In the first 4 lines of the sonnet it shows that Stephan is a young boy who makes the writter happy and it seems that they played together at a young age. He really seemed to like Stephan and it made it seem like they had a connection. I think that it shows that they connected at a young age and based on thge rest of the poem that they kept in touch and communicated throughout his life. Also with the next 4 lines it shows that he grew up to be a good person who was very smart and had a bright future. Also in the 9 to 12 lines it shows that he grew up to be very successful but it also makes it seem like he had a disease that he was fighting and that was what caused him to die.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sonnet #1
Swinging from tree to tree, flying so free.
Beautiful colors of fur all so bright.
Crying out with calls loud and full of glee.
Their limbs grappling from day to night.
It’s not right for you to have to cower.
It is you who they so demoralize.
You are beautiful and full of power.
It is them though who you truly despise.
It is you who they badly violate.
They tell you things but they are all bad lies.
The only thing you can do is to hate.
All we see is the sadness in your eyes.
It is you they still so callously slay.
They kill you for parts so petty, for pay
Monday, February 6, 2012
My poetry
Poetry is
Poetry is the bridge between creativity and your thoughts.
It allows you to mix your felings and interests with your fantisies and wishes.
What happens when summer turns into fall
When the wind breaks out and the leaves start to change we blow the dust off of our coats and put them on, but we continue with our daily lives.
But what about the other animals?
Do the animals hate the wind freezing the wind on their face?
Do they appreciate the beauty of the changing leaves? Or do they go on with their daily lives like us, walking past the beauty of fall?
Michelangelo and David
You both started out young your experience and age not a factor.
You both aspired to greatness early,you did your job well you were a master an expert at what you did you were praised by the highest and most respected. That is why you are together, it is because you are so alike so powerful yet so young.
Poetry is the bridge between creativity and your thoughts.
It allows you to mix your felings and interests with your fantisies and wishes.
What happens when summer turns into fall
When the wind breaks out and the leaves start to change we blow the dust off of our coats and put them on, but we continue with our daily lives.
But what about the other animals?
Do the animals hate the wind freezing the wind on their face?
Do they appreciate the beauty of the changing leaves? Or do they go on with their daily lives like us, walking past the beauty of fall?
Michelangelo and David
You both started out young your experience and age not a factor.
You both aspired to greatness early,you did your job well you were a master an expert at what you did you were praised by the highest and most respected. That is why you are together, it is because you are so alike so powerful yet so young.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Michelangelo
"By 13 he had decided that he wanted to be an artist." Famous artists: Michelangelo pg.6
At an early age Michelangelo decided that he wanted to be an artist and even though his father opposed him and beat him for wanting to do that at first he learned to accept it. I think that had a lot to do with why he chose to make a sculpture of David. Michelangelo started to work on art at a very young age and he was really good at it too. He was also an architect and a poet. He was also noticed by Lorenzo the magnificent who invited him to be educated in sculpting along with his son and his nephew. He was also given a purple cloak to wear which means that since purple is a color that represents royalty he was really good at his artwork and was appreciated by Lorenzo. Michelangelo was known for his attention to detail and his facial expressions in his sculptures. He made each and every detail like the fold of skin in someone's arm to the expressions of someone's face to show their emotions in a sculpture.
The work of art that I chose was David which was a sculpture started by Michelangelo in 1501 and finished in 1504. On page 11 of Famous artists: Michelangelo it says that the facial expressions that were put onto his face and the way he stood made him look relaxed yet ready for action. It took a lot of different carving tools to make the detail in his sculpture look so real and lifelike. Unlike the 1473 David by Verrocchio Michelangelo's sculpture is of a young man and not of the boy David.
My interpretation of David by Michelango is that the reason that he chose to make this piece of art was because he could relate to David. In the story David as a young person kills a giant called Goliath who is favored to destroy David in a fight, but instead David kills Goliath with his slingshot. I think that Michelangelo felt like he was David starting out so young and already doing great things and being put in such a high place that he didn't have anyone who was like him so he gravitated to David because he felt like they were really the same. I think that it shows that even if you are young you can do great things and there is no age limit to when you can be great.
At an early age Michelangelo decided that he wanted to be an artist and even though his father opposed him and beat him for wanting to do that at first he learned to accept it. I think that had a lot to do with why he chose to make a sculpture of David. Michelangelo started to work on art at a very young age and he was really good at it too. He was also an architect and a poet. He was also noticed by Lorenzo the magnificent who invited him to be educated in sculpting along with his son and his nephew. He was also given a purple cloak to wear which means that since purple is a color that represents royalty he was really good at his artwork and was appreciated by Lorenzo. Michelangelo was known for his attention to detail and his facial expressions in his sculptures. He made each and every detail like the fold of skin in someone's arm to the expressions of someone's face to show their emotions in a sculpture.
The work of art that I chose was David which was a sculpture started by Michelangelo in 1501 and finished in 1504. On page 11 of Famous artists: Michelangelo it says that the facial expressions that were put onto his face and the way he stood made him look relaxed yet ready for action. It took a lot of different carving tools to make the detail in his sculpture look so real and lifelike. Unlike the 1473 David by Verrocchio Michelangelo's sculpture is of a young man and not of the boy David.
My interpretation of David by Michelango is that the reason that he chose to make this piece of art was because he could relate to David. In the story David as a young person kills a giant called Goliath who is favored to destroy David in a fight, but instead David kills Goliath with his slingshot. I think that Michelangelo felt like he was David starting out so young and already doing great things and being put in such a high place that he didn't have anyone who was like him so he gravitated to David because he felt like they were really the same. I think that it shows that even if you are young you can do great things and there is no age limit to when you can be great.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Analyzing Quentin and Margo in Paper Towns
In the book Paper Towns by John Green I think that Quentin is an interesting character in the book. I think that Quentin has a want deep inside of him for adventure but is never able to express it because his parents are really smart and he was brought up in a really smart oriented family. I think that he is so in love with Margo because he knows how adventurous she is and he wants to experience the side of life that she lives in. I think that he wants to break away from the tight ropes and rigidness of his parents and be able to be free and be able to have an adventure. Even when Margo and Quentin were kids and they found a dead body Margo wanted to find out more and discover all about the dead man and even went on her own little investigation to find out why he died, whereas Quentin was afraid and wanted to run away from the body and tried to get it out of his mind.
I think that Quentin is that way because he was brought up that way but the more he grows up the more he wants to experiment with other things because he sees how bad he looks staying in his own little confined bubble. I think that when he was younger he felt that it was okay to be that way and his parents also contributed to that by always trying to make him smart and them being smart people influenced him to shy away from adventures. Even though it is okay to not be a huge adventurous person you shouldn't shy away from every adventure set before you. You have to step up and take a chance because it isn't a fun life to live if you are someone who just stays with the normal all the time.
Also on the other hand Margo who is willing to go on any adventure that comes her way that can be a problem too. In the book you find out that Margo has a habit of running away from her house and living on her own until she is found or comes back. That is dangerous and even though it is not okay to live a boring life Margo lives a dangerous life which is not a smart thing to do either. Sometimes you have to draw the line and say that this is not something smart to do and be smart to not do it. Margo though doesn't have that and she tends to run around doing crazy things that have no purpose. I think that her parents have some connection to that too. By the little i've seen of them they don't seem to care about her that much and they seem to want to fit into society so much that they don't want to have any fun and Margo being the complete opposite her parents put her down and make her feel out of place in the family. That is what makes her run away and do crazy things for attention from others she can't get attention at home so she decides that she wants it from other people.
Margo and Quentin are opposites and they both do things for different reasons so I think that they came together not just because the are neighbors but because they both want the same thing. But even though they want the same thing Margo does it for attention and compensation for her parents not respecting her. Quentin on the other hand does things because he is tired of living in his little bubble he wants to experience he world like Margo and I don't think that that is such a good thing because she tends to have some self destructive behavior. I think that both of them need to find a balance between their two extremes.
I think that Quentin is that way because he was brought up that way but the more he grows up the more he wants to experiment with other things because he sees how bad he looks staying in his own little confined bubble. I think that when he was younger he felt that it was okay to be that way and his parents also contributed to that by always trying to make him smart and them being smart people influenced him to shy away from adventures. Even though it is okay to not be a huge adventurous person you shouldn't shy away from every adventure set before you. You have to step up and take a chance because it isn't a fun life to live if you are someone who just stays with the normal all the time.
Also on the other hand Margo who is willing to go on any adventure that comes her way that can be a problem too. In the book you find out that Margo has a habit of running away from her house and living on her own until she is found or comes back. That is dangerous and even though it is not okay to live a boring life Margo lives a dangerous life which is not a smart thing to do either. Sometimes you have to draw the line and say that this is not something smart to do and be smart to not do it. Margo though doesn't have that and she tends to run around doing crazy things that have no purpose. I think that her parents have some connection to that too. By the little i've seen of them they don't seem to care about her that much and they seem to want to fit into society so much that they don't want to have any fun and Margo being the complete opposite her parents put her down and make her feel out of place in the family. That is what makes her run away and do crazy things for attention from others she can't get attention at home so she decides that she wants it from other people.
Margo and Quentin are opposites and they both do things for different reasons so I think that they came together not just because the are neighbors but because they both want the same thing. But even though they want the same thing Margo does it for attention and compensation for her parents not respecting her. Quentin on the other hand does things because he is tired of living in his little bubble he wants to experience he world like Margo and I don't think that that is such a good thing because she tends to have some self destructive behavior. I think that both of them need to find a balance between their two extremes.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Character relationships in Looking for Alaska
I think that there are some interesting character relationships in Looking for Alaska. I think that the Colonel and Pudge have an interesting relationship because they are kind of like brothers. Also because of them helping Alaska drive off drunk and that lead to her death they feel connected and they are closer because of it. Even though they argue a lot because of their difference in opinion I think that they are still close because they have to be close to each other for support after the hard things that they have been through.
I think that Takumi is starting to play a bigger role because at first they stayed away from him because they were ashamed that they helped Alaska drive drunk and kill herself. I think that they need support and Takumi is their friend and he can help them get through the tough time that they are having. I think that this is going the hardest on Pudge because even though he knew her the least amount of time he loved her and he always had a fantasy of them being together even though he knew it would never happen. When Alaska was a live he had more control over himself in not wanting her and thinking that she would leave her boyfriend for him but after they made out he couldn't hold in his feelings and when he helped her kill herself before getting to express his feelings to her he was upset and horrified that he helped her.
I think that Pudge is going to eventually get over her because she will be a former memory but I don't think that his conscious will ever be clean because he will feel responsible for her death because no matter how many rituals he does in remembrance of her he will never get rid of that feeling that he is partially responsible for her death.
I think that Takumi is starting to play a bigger role because at first they stayed away from him because they were ashamed that they helped Alaska drive drunk and kill herself. I think that they need support and Takumi is their friend and he can help them get through the tough time that they are having. I think that this is going the hardest on Pudge because even though he knew her the least amount of time he loved her and he always had a fantasy of them being together even though he knew it would never happen. When Alaska was a live he had more control over himself in not wanting her and thinking that she would leave her boyfriend for him but after they made out he couldn't hold in his feelings and when he helped her kill herself before getting to express his feelings to her he was upset and horrified that he helped her.
I think that Pudge is going to eventually get over her because she will be a former memory but I don't think that his conscious will ever be clean because he will feel responsible for her death because no matter how many rituals he does in remembrance of her he will never get rid of that feeling that he is partially responsible for her death.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Looking for Alaska
In the book Looking for Alaska by John Green I think it shows that people can bring others together but they can also break them apart. I think that this is showed by how in the beginning Alaska held them together like a glue she was the life and stimulator of the group and she always made things exciting, and after she died Pudge and the Colonel were always fighting and they could never stop disagreeing. The problems she caused them to have a big fight and for Pudge to leave the Colonel and go on his way. Also with Alaska they went on adventures and were much happier now that she is dead they barely even get together anymore and they never talk.
It is not only that she died that is causing a stir it is the fact that they see her dying in a different perspective. Pudge is upset because he loved her and the day she died she made out with him and he hates her for leaving him and he wants to believe that she loved him and that she would leave her boyfriend for him. Everyone knew that she was random and impulsive and that her making out with Pudge meant absolutely nothing to her and he refuses to believe that even though he knows it. I think that if it meant something to her she wouldn't have risked riving drunk. The Colonel knows that that is what Pudge thinks but he knows that it meant nothing and he is more focused on finding out if it was a suicide or an accident.
I think that the tension between Pudge and the Colonel is not going to subside but I think that Pudge needs to let go of the notion he has that Alaska secretly loved him. I think that if he lets that go them him and the Colonel might be able to reconnect. I think that Pudge hates Alaska because he knows that she really didn't care about the kissing and he hates her for being strong enough to be able to leave him and get herself killed. I think he is afraid to find out the truth about if it was a suicide because it would devastate him.
I think that it is important that Pudge lets go of his fantasy in order for the relationship to get back to the way it was. The Colonel also needs to be more supportive of Pudge and not just mainly focus on solving a mystery. I think that this problem can be solved and it will get better but without Alaska it will never be the same.
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