Dialectical journal (End of book 1 GOF)

Chapter four phrase:  I will append the observation only, from the horror-benumbed apprehension of a boy shorn at one blow of mother and father, family, clan, tribe and city, that this was the first time my eyes had beheld those sights which experiences teaches are common to all battles and all slaughters

Response:  This just reminded me of the fact that even though he was born a Spartan and admitted into thier ranks at birth, this makes me think he is experincing some of the mental and spiritual conditining that the rest of the spartans have to go through.  Even though the training is a little different I personally think that this is not the same thing but again I feel this is kind of the gist of it.   

Chapter 5 phrase: I had made myself an infantryman's spear, stout ash and fire hardened, no longer a boy's toy but a weapon meant to kill.  Visions of revenge fed my heart.  I would live among the spartans.  I would slay Argives one day.  

Response:  Just like I have stated in the previous response he can almost feel himself reverting to primal instinct.  When having to live out in the wild (just like the spartans) the only thing he can think of at that moment is the thought of vengance.  This at the same time brought up the question of "How long has it been since his home was razed?" and somthing earlier in the chapter which might seem irrelevant but what does "agrotera" mean?

Chapter 6 phrase:  I blinked and tried with all my failing power to focus .(irrelevant entry for about a paragrph).  His eyes met mine with a gentle, amused kindness.  "  I have always found the spear to be," he spoke with a quiet majesty that could be nothing other than the voice of a god "a rather inelegant weapon"  

Response:  The part I wanted to respond too was about a page long and I will try to make due without it.

Text like this part always sparks my interest.  When he knows he can't use a spear it basically crushes his dream of ever being in a spartan phalanx.  But during this supposed dream he has a dream in which he is told to use a bow.  I have read this part before so there is not much to say 

but it always catches my attention.  

The question this brought up was:

I know this is Historical fiction but what could make you see like that besides a dream?

Election 2008 blog

Well politics so far have been not what they used to be. They have become insulting and harsh towards people's opponents. This year's presidential election has not been about what candidates are going to do. But instead focus on what the other candidate might not do. It is all attacks on the other person (as was pointed out in the latest debate).

As far as I can tell this year's election will be a close one. There is no obvious winner. Not only have the meaning of "politics" changed over the years but some people have voted but the people that vote are not always paying close attention. All people can agree we want a good president that actually keeps thier promises to the people. But what some people look for is a different president and just hope to get a good president elected. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/presidentialdebates/3091056/Presidential-debate-verdict-No-clear-winner-between-John-McCain-and-Barack-Obama.html

Overall elections have changed completly since this system of goverment was established in the United States. For the most part, not in a good way. Pointing out that the downsides of your opponent does not make you a good president but only make you look better than the other person.

Blog 2/2

The man on the left is my father. He is the hero I wrote about. Right here is an example of how even when we do something wrong he always manages to teach a life lesson for a positive reason. All it ends up taking is a little understanding on his part.

Blog Post 1/2 (Picture veiwing)

I really like this photo becuase it Antonio Gates is my favorite player (the one catching the ball).  I think this says a lot about him.  First of all when you have that much room to catch the ball most people to show off will for somthing fancy like jump and try and reel it in with one out streched arm.  But showing how he went for a simple catch shows that he is a very modest person.  Secondly you can see this was not an easy catch since it came from a diagnol angle from his body.  Every football player has a little celbration after every touchdown, but this man right here has very few.  So point is he is not big on showing of what masssive talent he has.  Also he is using his hands in a very tucked in position and not making the play look huge by stretching them out and making the play look big.  

P.P.C The secret life of bees

Part 3 code
1. How accurate where your predictions?
2. Which predictions were very accurate
3. Which predictions were less accurate? What were the differences between what you predicted and what actually happened?

Very few of my predictions where even close to being accurate. When I first looked at the book I thought that the book would actually center around bees (like bee movie) so I guess I was wrong about that. After looking through some parts in the book I thought she would end up living with her real mother (Debohra) but I was wrong about that because I thought that would be the happy ending in this story. But evedently I had it wrong becasue she stays with August at the end. One of the ones that was accurate was that I had predicted that T-Ray would die and would hold August at gun point becuase he is extremly cruel and needs Lily at the house in sense of that she is treated almost like a slave and would go to the upmost extremes to get her back. But this was only after reading the back and the first few pages. So I thought of this once I read enough to get an idea of T-Ray's personality. So all in all most of my predictions where pretty off.

In my predictions I thought there my might be a little more action (since it was turned into a movie) but I guess becuase of thinking like that my predictions where off. So I guess I was of pretty badly.

Alliteratopn, Assonance, and alliterations

Saturday morning I woke up waiting for my legs to regain feeling in them while watching T.V. It took a bit of time but I finally felt awake enough to start walking again. While making my bed I look down at the floor at the mess there was there.  So before breakfast it seemed like it would benefit everyone.  My parents went to buy some groceries which at that time left me kind of with nothing to do.  After lunch I also did nothing just sleep and check out what I had for home work.  But then I thought "I have a whole Sunday to do it" so I decided to put off until then, how hard could it be? When I found there was nothing to do I went on the On-Demand channel.  That ate up most of my day.  While I watched the movie I thought about the game on the following day.  All together it was not a pretty thought.  Sure the Dolphins where not the best but they beat a team that went 16-0.  A few minutes later my brother's and I got together and just played video games the rest of the day.  The only unfortunate part of going to sleep was the horrible medicnce I had to hold in my hand and drink, however the going to sleep afterwards is nice.  

Sunday morning I woke up not wanting to wake up.  My little brother turns on the T.V "Hey turn it off im tired" I told my brother.  All he did was lower the volume but at least he met me half way.  After I ate breakfast I went to take a bath.  After I got out I went to the couch and heard the NFL theme on CBS which meant the game was on.  Chargers vs Dolphins,  I do not know the outcome becuase I wrote this blog on half time.   

Key

Assonce = Green

Alliteration = Blue 

Consance = Red (even though I did not undertand this one)