Masterpiece Academy Question

Jayce Alegre
Dr. Preston
AP English Literature and Composition
8 June 2015
Masterpiece Academy: The Human Push
        Senior year was a rough year personally, but everything boils down to the last four years of high school altogether. I came to know many things I hadn’t known before. I justified the means of relationships, whether it would be family, friends, classmates, teachers, and other advocates who helped advance my way of thinking. The witty words of Montaigne from his last essay that specifically states something we must “espouse.” The things that are collectively espoused are my passions, my accomplishments, my progress, and my future goals. During the masterpiece academy that coincides with the whole course year, there are elements that build up the foundations of the academy itself. All of which many, including I, have developed growth in our own untold story.
        Being treated as one with authority, one with the teacher who understands his/her students is the best thing to obtain. Sometimes an authority figure can keep organization on a tight schedule, but so late in anyone’s high school year such as senior year, it can be hectic and stressful. So having the independence to enjoy a colleague only environment was well worth it. Honestly, I didn’t think that some of students in the group should have earned the high level of trust because the mindset was not set in because of the conditioning of grades and homework was just not there to support the ease. But many did honor the system as a break from anything else that flags adult growth into the independent world. I’ve learned to put my trust with those who are serious projects and getting things done. Those are the people I know deserved the kind of academy we were in.
        If I were to connect myself to a fiction character, I would choose Ishmael. As a romantic hero who decides to reject some of society’s wants and needs, conversely reflecting his own intuition. I feel like my intuition is righteous, not much as radical change, but self-inclination. That’s why Moby Dick marks characters like Ishmael. Pip is also a character I could also relate to because the expectations he perceives are the same as everyone else. He desires more, even though he’s being tricked, but still goes with how the world works. Like him, I don’t necessarily question doubts about others, though I make decisions to better my well-being in order to achieve the approval of others. It wouldn’t be Great Expectations without Pip’s path to expectations.
        In my masterpiece that I’ve spent my year of was based off of dance and medicine. I had other ideas that supported my masterpiece in some ways such as time travel and social ecology. I’ll continue my learning on the subjects by searching on the internet, reading books, extending mentors, etc. I want to also make more connections when over there at college starting with clubs, organizations, volunteering, internships, and events.
        I’ve learned from all the masterpiece presentations that we do the things we do because we love to do them. Whether it’d be with twinning connections, guitar, finding stories, breaking stereotypical/racial barriers, going beyond empirical science, drawing graphic designs technologically, or evolving technology, there’s always a place where we can share passions and concepts that will one day fulfill our goals and dreams. It was a straight masterpiece. Everything was in flow at one point when all of our compilations came in order. Everything started off because of something we had to change or developed an espousing for it.
        In my opinion, my growth does match the end of the hero’s journey. My journey has yet to be started. Initially, I’ll have more freedom to do more carefree. The restrictions I have now are something to hold me down, but that’s the whole ordeal of becoming a hero. I’ve started to think of ways to make changes for the greater good. The call to a hero’s journey followed through in the summer before senior year. That summer was when I found my mentor, a physician of family medicine. He encouraged me to take on everything straight on with the addition of life innuendos. 

Defining a Sonnet

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

My guess for this sonnet is that it belongs to Petrarchan. For some reason, I think it's more personal and less to a satire of Shakespeare's plays. I feel that the narrator of the sonnet is the one telling the story instead of an omniscient point of view like Shakespeare's sonnets. There's a shift in direct characterization and a more detailed approach in defining someone. The theme of this sonnet has to be that looks are deceiving, so anything to cover up is just a false image to another person's eyes. The tone is somewhat passionate yet at the end shows a condescending approach.

EDIT: I didn't interpret this sonnet correctly (hah, totes not a poem reader as you can tell). This is a Shakespearean Sonnet that consists of 4 quatrains and a couplet. Because Shakespeare was a modernist, so this sonnet was a response to the Petrarchan Sonnets. The rival sonnets were very classical ones that did depict the realism of people and the surroundings. Shakespeare Sonnets were real, not ideal. The sonnet is actually how one feels about the partner with all the negative features, but then detriments it all by saying he still loves her anyway.

Basically, you can laugh at my first paragraph...go ahead I dare you...I need to practice more on literature :(

How to write an easy essay

I know what you're thinking. An essay is an essay. No...an essay is your essay. By that I mean, you fill the score sheet of the grader with all the points, yet it's still not your essay. You're essay should be based on your reading, experiences, context, motivations, prompt, and justification. All of those combinations make up your ideal essay that fit's everyone's perspective. If they don't agree with it entirely, they either are a narcissist or is well-known to writing one.

Whatever the question the prompt asks for, it is most likely do-able. If it's one tricky son-of-bitch of a prompt to get through, I believe you can put your best work into it. I know that an essay has to be understandable the first time around, but the second time around, it'd be better make clarifications and proofreads that gives the reader the opportunity to acknowledge your personal mindset. We all work differently with how our brain works, so make the adjustments necessary. If only the AP exam gave us the time to do so.

I'm not an expert, but don't fret over a question that may not make sense. Read it bit by bit and break it down to it's core literary components. An essay is only good when you think it's good.

The Otherside of Macbeth

Blood and tears is the what I think is the main plot for Macbeth. If there were a new theme, plot, and tone in Macbeth, then the story would take toll in another route in a goody-too-shoes route for a warrior of one's country. I mean the same situation would still happen when King Duncan is bound to be assassinated by another person other than Macbeth. The title of the Thane of Cawdor would be something that Macbeth would live for by doing good deeds and not being manipulated by Lady Macbeth.

You're Always a Woman To Me

Macbeth sees Lady Macbeth as a constituent who implores the same ideas as him, but in a manner of finding a momentum do things without regrets. He's ambitious as is her's. They see eye to eye, sometimes. But to not follow up on a plan is like losing trust in the individual you're suppose to love. Macbeth wants to see that with Lady Macbeth, to feel content with his success to her tasks. Lady Macbeth is like an employer who gives no benefits except being one who gives strength to Macbeth. Someone like a drill sergeant with a contract to keeping a straight, honest marriage. The audience recognizes Lady Macbeth as a fierce, ambitious character who intends to want the joy of winning all. She's seen as no human with no conscience, no guilt whatsoever. We still yet to see more of Lady Macbeth, but a lot is said by the way of her witty words.

Macbeth Act 1 Discussion Questions (Raw)

Act I Study Questions Collaboration
FIrst come first serve - choose 2 questions each
Collaboration: Jayce, Jared, Hikaru, Marcel,  Danielle

Jayce - My first picks are the first two study questions 1.1-1.2.
1.1
  The effect of the witches at the beginning of the play gives off a gloomy, dark, wicked aura. Nothing beats a supernatural setting based on evil remarks and foreshadowing from the witches, yet they detest their true objective in meeting someone of value. From further reading of the play, the witches are going to meet Macbeth and Banquo when the air is unclear to see, just like fog.
1.2.
  The “bloody sergeant” comes to meet the king and his attendants to describe the fierceness of Macbeth and the experiences he’s had with him on the battlefield. Macdonwald was a rebel fighting the king’s army and mercilessly slain many men. The one to kill him was Macbeth and so chopped his head and stuck it to a pike. This did not drop the moral of the enemy soldiers, so the king of Scotland regrouped with new troops and retaliated with another assault. None of the rebels faltered after such display of intimidation
Danielle- my picks are 1.3 #1, 2
1.3
In lines 1-27, the witches are talking about sinking the ship of Macbeth. The effect the witches create is one of disgust to hear them talking about sinking a ship as if it were a game. These specifics foreshadow that Macbeth will arrive by the sinking of his ship. The witches are here to create the plot while the other characters are merely dancers. Line 9 is talking about sailing in a typical sieve sailing to sink the ship. The witches prepare for Macbeth by literally casting a spell. Giving thee a wind means to help you out. But this spell could be seen as basically winding up the plot so that Macbeth will play the part the witches want him to.
 Macbeth’s first line reminds me of the witches line fair is foul and foul is fair. Those that we see as evil see us as evil. The witches look really ugly and look almost demonic. They portray the typical image of a witch. The witches tell Macbeth that he will be king of Cawdor as well as Glamis. He becomes captivated in the witches visions of him as king. We know this because that’s how Banquo describes him as being. Banquo asks the witches to tell him what they see in his future and they tell him that he will be greater than Macbeth though he is lesser and he will be happier though not so happy. We know that Macbeth will kill the king and rise to his throne that way.

Jared Dube- My first picks are the 2 questions of 1.4.
1.4
Cawdor died honorably after confessing and repenting his own crimes. The basically replies that Cawdor was a chivalrous man who had completely trusted.
The king greets Banquo and Macbeth with guilt that he can never truly repay them for their heroic deeds. The king then announces that he is going to make his eldest son, Malcolm the heir to the throne. Duncan then declares that he intends to dine at Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth states he is happy for the new heir but then realizes that Malcolm is just another obstacle getting in his way of becoming king.
Hikaru - my first two picks are 1.5 #4, 1.6
1.5
Lady Macbeth’s name is Gruoch, modeled after the name Gruoch ingen Boite.

1.6
Macbeth is not ready to kill the king. He expresses his doubts and troubles of killing Duncan. In lines 1-12, Macbeth is worried that the same assassination will happen to him once he replaces the current king. Just as he is eyeing the king’s throne, other people will also want it if Macbeth is to spill Duncan’s blood. Macbeth’s violates the code of friendship with Duncan. He is his “kinsmen and his subject” so he has some sympathy towards him. His “vaulting ambition” is his motivation.
Marcel-  #1 and #2 for 1.7
1.7
     1.   Macbeth has everything set up to murder Duncan from the offer to come and stay at his abode to the poison to place in his cup. How ever he’s worried about what will become of him after doing so and if he actually should go through with it. As a host you're not suppose to kill your guest rather do everything in your power to make them comfortable. Macbeth’s ambition outweighs the sorrow of killing duncan and this is all the motivation he needs.
     2. Lady Macbeth complains for knowledge of the desolation of duncan after dinner. Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth about how he doesn't want to go through with this heinous act any longer and she responds with calling him a coward in riveted language. Lady Macbeths sticks to her taunts and ambitious pulls to make him go through with it while Macbeth stand by what's morally right but in the end Lady Macbeth dominates this scene over her husband.

My Macbeth Resources

• http://www.pathguy.com/macbeth.htm
• http://www.shmoop.com/macbeth/questions.html
• http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/macbeth/macbeth-at-a-glance
• http://cummingsstudyguides.net/xMacbeth.html
• http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/summaries/macbeth/macbeth_summary.htm

Meet Macbeth

Macbeth can be described as a certain war hero to his fellow countrymen, but to others, he can be a warmonger. He's a warrior who would fight to the last bloody death. This man is ambitious in his own way of thinking highly, since he conscientiously thinks of himself as a future king. The witches provide a certain thrust of foreshadowing elements of Macbeth claiming the throne. The exposition of the witches' scene gives a dark, yet pompous setting in which the character's emphasize the phrase "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." The quote is an ambiguous precedent for the outcome and decisions of the play. Macbeth's characterization reflect's the tone of Macbeth because there's no telling how Macbeth will play by the rules and the forthright idea of being pushed around by his spouse. Some themes might consist of "internal conscious behavior will affect those who have a sense of being good" or "change in a man doesn't end with one close other guiding the way."

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Seeking Mentor

I seek a mentor who knows how to run things on their own. They needn't follow other people's examples or procedures, simply put in perspective of the mentor's pathway. One shouldn't give a f**k about what other people think because that way it shows how strong they are to put up with others who don't abide by expressing one's ideas. Independence is one thing and putting trust in that mentor's hands is best to ask for. One should not be perfect, therefore have a weakness to confirm in order to retaliate it with a strength. There should be similar interests, which in turn have conflicting interests so things won't get too boring.

Questions for the Mentor:

What background do you come from and how do you expect to use that to your advantage as a mentor?

What are your exceptions of the future?

How organized are you?

Define what it means to live by the motto.

If you had to give a speech, what would it be comprised of?

What goal do you seek as being a mentor?

The mentor is the one whose leading and is experienced. I have to learn on the way to begin the process.

Dulce Et Decorum Est (1) by Wilfred Owen - Vendler Grid Poetry Analysis

Meaning: The title of the poem and the last lines of in itself means that soldiers die for their country even in the most fateful and horrid situation, yet still fight. Men in war die for what is right, which in turn becomes an outrageous experience of weapons that cause terrific suffering imaging.

Antecedent Scenario: War never changes. Consequences in battle led to the explanation of the whole scene as men battling for one's country fight in trenches. This is what is occurring before the poem even starts, therefore initiating the status quo.

A Division into Structural Parts: The scenes go bit by bit as soldiers align themselves in the trench. When an attack is imminent, another scene describes the struggles of war. The last part is determined by how ironic one fights for the purpose of country "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country" as the Latin phrase says.

The Climax: Watching a fellow comrade go down in history is where the climax begins because the rising action leads up to the enemy crossing "no man's land" into enemy territory and following through the assault. As the main character watches his man at arm's suffer, his thoughts rattle of an overbearing sight that changed his overview into the account of all the possible ways to die.

The Other Parts: The tense action has begun since the beginning and then ended into a chill submission of thoughtfulness after thinking about the purpose for war.

Tobermory Explained

The tone of the story was meant to create a bland, plainful gray setting with the introduction of a character such as Cornelius Appin to flare the party. Nothing is so special about one man to make a day interesting. The suggestive theme could be expect nothing less from one person and expect more from what we do to make the day go on.

Brave New World Essay

There is a big difference between humanity and individualism. The individual finds oneself in a world of struggle and overcomes that conflict as a whole. Humanity on the other hand is recognizing people's interest and preserving the fate of being a human. Two concepts clash in segments within the context of Brave New World. The importance of both is how much one can about how life as a person living both ideas should accept perfection among all. Even when perfection is ideal, it contradicts the beliefs of what it is to become a person who feels differently. Humans are definite in the structure of conditioning, hence the conflicts that arise in our inner self to act against perfection and outright societal demands. In the notion of outward conformity and inward questioning, literary techniques follow the deeper meaning of Brave New World in respect to the parts of understanding life through conscious determinants.

Consciousness lies between the fundamental human morals and individual thought process. Civilized people think of happiness as a luxury, such as Lenina and Bernard from Brave New World. Nothing sticks out more when soma is involved or a hypnopaedic person whose life goal is to achieve it. Because society asserts their wants for such emotions, not having someone in an example of Romeo and Juliet juxtaposes the conformist idea of having anyone they want in the suspected Brave New London. But the moral about happiness does't relate to content or rejoice, since the motif of a "blushing" or "flushed" face resembles nonchalant emotions than a reflective countenance. This internal conflict is affected by society as an outrageous practice, therefore it supports the book's deeper meaning of individual discovery. There's also a contrast in the internal feelings that Bernard suspects of transformation, but clings to ideas of a neutral state. The struggle within man himself defines the overarching solution of society fixing unruly statuses around conflicting peoples.

The world wasn't made to be perfect. Otherwise, people conceive perfection. In the novel, "universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't." The dichotomy from the text suggests that everyone should believe in true happiness while letting go of the important prospects that may tarnish the meaning of perfection. Its an ultimatum that follows no righteous morals and so divides happiness apart from truth and beauty. Humanity could be lost without acknowledging the things that built over it. "The huge table-topped buildings were no more...a bed of geometrical mushrooms sprouting from the green of a park and garden" is seen to be a metaphor to how the infrastructure people builds on comes from a source of nature. There's history to the origin of human when nature is involved and with that being taken away in Brave New World, it symbolizes a thoughtful response of consciousness toward the environment and technological progress. Its also clear to think of the closeness of people to abstract things. The simile: "Like the vague torsos of fabulous athletes, huge fleshy clouds filled the blue air..." is determined by perfect images of people that carry on a popular support for humanity.

Individualism and humanity hinders a thin line, which in turn is blurred. Civilized individuals try to figure out the world with what they think or what they hear. That's where they choose to become content with how the world perceives. One things for sure, one can't live without both present because too many problems arise when one overcomes the other. There's a balance of working things out, whether shunned by one or can't find one's purpose in life, people look for other sources. Brave New World takes the readers to the context of simple inward questioning and outward conformity so that there's a general understanding of how the current world functions. An individual thrives to questioning all sorts of things, but the main focus to solving our problems is looking back at how it all started.

Ask Me No Question, I'll Write You A Thesis

Prewrite

There is a big difference between humanity and individualism. The individual finds oneself in a world of struggle and overcomes that conflict as a whole. Humanity on the other hand is recognizing people's interest and preserving the fate of being a human. Two concepts clash in segments within the context of Brave New World. The importance of both is how much one can about how life as a person living both ideas should accept perfection among all. Even when perfection is ideal, it contradicts the beliefs of what it is to become a person who feels differently. Humans are definite in the structure of conditioning, hence the conflicts that arise in our inner self to act against perfection and outright societal demands. In the notion of outward conformity and inward questioning, literary techniques follow the deeper meaning of Brave New World in respect to the parts of understanding life through conscious determinants.

Lit Terms #3

Epitaph: Any brief inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone; a short formal poem of commemoration often a credo written by the person who wishes it to be on their tombstone

Epithet: a short, descriptive name or phrase that may insult someone's character, characteristics

Euphemism: the use of an indirect, mild or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt

Evocation (Evocative): A calling forth of memories and sensations; the suggestion or production through artistry and imagination of a sense of reality

Exposition: beginning of a story that sets forth facts, ideas, and/or characters, in a detailed explanation

Expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling(s)

Fable: a short, simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth

Fallacy: from Latin word " to deceive", a false or misleading notion, belief, or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound

Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax

Farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue

Figurative Language: apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech (such as metaphor and simile)

Flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events

Foil: a person or thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent

Folk Tale: story passed down by word of mouth

Foreshadowing: in fiction and drama, a device to prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not to give it away

Free Verse: verse without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme

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

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

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

Imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses

Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but is not fully explicitly stated by the author

Incongruity: the deliberate joining of elements that are not appropriate to each other

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

Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening.

What's the Story?

Why did Charles Dickens write the novel (Great Expectations) you're reading/reviewing?

Great Expectations is somewhat like an epitome to people's hopes and expectations. We've been there and realized it's not going to happen. This happens to Pip many times before the thought of loneliness and justification penetrates his mindset. Dickens sets forth with how one character such as Estella treats Pip, with every encounter calling him 'boy.' Repetition throughout the story with the word 'boy' evenly reminds Pip how small the world can think and how one character can shutdown those expectations at the sight of speech than true appearance. You could say that physical appearance, their phenotype, is a fallacy within itself. Dickens wants the reader to reveal the true inner person of every individual you might encounter, so the same goes with Pip's experiences. Aside from people's looks, colloquialism is also a big thing. There's so much to learn and distinguish from folksy speech. Local language, depending on the place Pip visits, is the thing that gets Pip to realize that the world he lives in isn't secluded as much as thinks so. Great Expectations as a whole can be seen as ambiguous for certain events of life. As innocent as we may be, we can't abandon a request with strangers and there's a certain urge to know more. Even though it may be forceful, the presence of learning one's lives makes the readers want to interpret the character's lives and their's as well.

Reading Reflections so far about Great Expectations

I'm reading along within the text along with keeping in check with the characters based on lecture notes. The novel seems to go somewhere, but I haven't to the point where Pip officially says why he hangs out with Magwitch. From the context of Pip's sister, the attitude she gives off suggests that she has given up on him; loss of trust and degrading relationship maybe. Also from the lecture notes, there are connections to Pip and Pip's sister being the mother and infant that Joe drew from wedlock. I have yet to meet Ms. Haversham and Estella and their presence of Pip's fantasy.

What to Expect from Great Expectation Notes

What to Expect

• bilundungsroman: from adolescent to an adult growth
• information of the culture in which it was produced
• pschology

Pip Characteristics

• childhood fantasy: Pip expects something of his life of fantasy/ideals
• Pip is orphaned and strong sense of unwanted
• -trait to that of intelligence, grander goals
• -looks at the world of apprenticeship
• -aware of being persecuted/taken advantage of
• -no sense of normality/regularity
• -vulnerable to male adults as father figures
• -takes in those guy's personalities

Antagonist (sort of)

• Magwich - boogeyman in form of stranger
• implies selfishness, wickedness lack of manners
• a threat of abandonment
• association with one guy and not sticking to what he is; he might this guy
• Ms. Havisham - witch
• dual identity, having shame, ruse
• one side shining promise, other side gloomy
• sacrificed life for memorialized wedding
• at a loss

Pip's love and guidance to life/adulthood

• Pip meets Estella
• plays "Beggar your neighbor" game
• Havisham uses Estella to avenge the wedding ceremony
• Pip learns about her adulthood
• -not truthful/nondisclosure
• -insecure about what is going in his life
• -archetypical character mindset

Arrival at London

• Pip meets father characters: Joe and Jaggers
• in continuum

Masterpiece and Network Talks

Guadalupe: Reading, Literacy, Communication, Animal Cruelty

• explain how reading affecting her life
• How Reading Defines Life by Oscar Wilde
• Local library - book club for kids
• Asking students at RHS, middle schools about what they think about reading
• document entire literacy path
• -show that kids are still reading
• “Meet the Author”

Erica: cultural enrichment and diversity through transmedia

• Danielle and her are doing different parts of the “quill”, but are the same in some ways
• unique in a way
• 21st century - social media (Twitter)
• #hastag, showing participants creations, crafts of pictures with pictures
• #SpreadTheLove - to show our humanity and love, and how we’re all the same
• cut out the heart (photo)
• incorporate videos and pictures, Laura from the UK is going to make a track
• Danielle and Erica are making a video with the original soundtrack

Yesenia: Language, History, Community Involvement

• translate book from early Guadalupe history
• Dunes Center - events, hikes
• opportunities - outreach, personal setup hikes, Erica as photographer

"All That David Copperfield Kind of Crap"

The quote in the title of the post is from J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.

What J.D. Salinger means by the quote is that there are always diverse personalities among people. Every human being has their own way of living life and facing the events they tread along. Basically, all characters in their respective book and setting are original. Thus saying, Salinger implies that Holden in Catcher in the Rye is a long ways distant to the protagonist of David Copperfield. Dickens' style of distinguishing a person motives of the standard of living. If you think about how one lives, David Copperfield lives without a father figure and a broken family. Holden on the other hand suffers at his own hand to recognize that his snottiness toward his family's fortune is taken for granted.

Both characters are different in ways of how they deal with money and family relations. The protagonists' opinions of the situations they are in are shortcomings and unforgivable in most instances. Just the thought of dealing with the unfair life leads them to believe in their own matters. Charles Dickens apprehends Pip's motives of seeking family, but always gets caught in his own fantasy, simply losing sight of his goals.