Qtr1Vocab+Alex

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1. Simulacrum: Distorted reality, false representation of an object 2. Apocryphal: Dubious authenticity - may question authorship-who started something? relates to politics or larger things -hence apocalypse not something like cheating in ordinary life 3. Venal: Corrupt, open to bribery -comes from Venus, goddess of love. venereal disease: STD -venial: small(forgivable) sin 4. Canonical: Pertaining to canon, recognized, accepted - This work of literature is canonical in the genre of mystery. 5. Gambit: Any maneuver to gain advantage 6. inveterate: habitual, chronic 7. pinguid: fat, oily These french fries are too pinguid. Would you fry a new one again? 8. teleological: study of design and purpose. We are all going towards the one truth. 9. sophism: argument used to deceive 10. Endemic: native to, belong to 11. Castration: Losing Testicles -> Psychoanalysis: It is when male feels anxious due to his imagination of losing his masculine power, whether through competition with other male or from female. 12. Inculcate: To implant on someone's thought about repeated statement 13. epicurean: fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking. 14. iniquity:Gross immorality or wickedness 15. diaphanous: characterized by extreme delicacy 16. rapacious: greedy, excessively covetous 17. sepulchre: of tombs, burials, gloomy 18. varnished: painted with smooth. Deceptive appearance. glossy. 19. veneration: honor 20. mizzen: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy 21. emissary: messenger 22. cipher: to encode the message 23. jocund: merry, gay, happy antonym: somber, gloomy 24. abscond: to depart in secret. antonym: reappear. arrive.

In __Frankenstein__, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story: it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator. The book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters–for example, loneliness, risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc. it seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book. -- Try for 3 sentences. There is a possibility of a colon AND a dash.

The rapacious child ate much.

Second Book by Ernest Hemingway

1. __A Farewell to Arms__, like the previous book I read, has man vs. nature conflict present: (Santiago vs. Marlin/Shark, and Frederick Henry vs. War itself) 2. It is strongly focused on men and provides little room in describing female character as individual entity, just like Santiago's story where there are no important female characters. Although Henry does have a lover, she is dependent on Henry and doesn't seem to exert strong independence over herself. 3. Both have tragic ending: Henry having his wife dead giving childbirth, and Santiago failing to bring caught marlin home. 4. Author's stylistic short sentence is seen in both works. 5. The theme present is the "isolation from the world" because Henry wants to escape from the WWI surrounding him, and Santiago, although he doesn't directly want to escape from Cuba, goes out into open sea where he is the only human, drifting lonely on a boat. 6. The loss Henry experiences is the baby. The loss Santiago experiences is the marlin. Both two have similarities, with connection to the setting. The baby is the product of the war, which made Catherine and Henry married. The marlin is the product of the sea, which Santiago loves. If we go deep inside, the symbolic loss Henry experiences is the past notion of the glory held in relation to war. In the war, according to the past definition, it was glorious for people to die for their cause. However, in the book, there is no direct glory for Henry as he almost gets killed in the bombshell and he lost his wife. Similarly, in the __Old Man and the Sea,__ Santiago's symbolic loss is when he loses his marlin and the knife because it means the loss of the "career" since he can no longer bring fish successfully to home. He feels lost.

Parallelism As he was riding the bus down the road, he saw a tree, a puppy, and a lady that seemed to be combined into a blurred image. Repetition People, please, I want to emphasize the importance of using emphasis on writing speeches against indiscriminate imports because it is really important that we communicate our points to the other side.

Paragraph from Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness is a novella about Marlow, a guy who travels up the river to meet Kurtz. He receives the message from the Belgian colonial station that he should serve as an emissary, trying to call Kurtz down to the station. However, in reality, the true message ciphered in this innocuous saying is that Belgian government wants to get rid of Kurtz, who made profit through ivory trading and killing African tribes. As a result, Heart of Darkness has its mysterious and tense mood as readers are anxious about what's going to happen.

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1. Which of the following doesn't work? Why. a. Bill played a musical number by Bach; Joan, Beethoven. b. Lou Williams was in for adultery; John Jones for gambling. c. His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcases.

I believe c doesn't work because his sister, in this sentence, doesn't come across clearly to the audience (whether it's a subject or a direct object). Only if this was subject, it would be correct.

2. Write your own original example.

Kurtz chose to stay in Inner Station; Marlow, to return to Europe.

3. Find one from something you have read (this may take a couple of weeks).

Sentence Work

Exercise

Write a short 4-5 sentence paragraph concerning your reading about Frankenstein. Include a colon.

Although I did not finish the book yet and cannot give a summary based on the book as a whole, Frankenstein, to me, is a book about the conflict between the creator and the created being. The creator Victor Frankenstein was involved in creating a monster in spite of a harsh observation from M. Krempe: Frankenstein needs to escape from a false reality of works from older chemists such as Cornelius Agrippa. After creating a monster, however, Frankenstein is afraid of seeing his monster and cannot face the truth that he is the creator. As a result, Frankenstein violently despises the monster while the monster desperately tries to be accepted by his creator.

Book Report

The book I read is a novella, called "The Old Man And the Sea", by Ernest Hemingway. In this book, an old man named Santiago sets off in a journey to catch fishes he hadn't caught for more than 80 days straight, and encounters the biggest marlin he had ever seen. However, in the end, sharks come to eat marlin away and Santiago returns to Havana without anything to offer besides the bones. In this book, the climax of the book was when Santiago shoots the harpoon at marlin, killing it. It is because he was after chasing his dream-fish, and finally decided to kill his fish for the prize, instead of leaving it alone. Also, by this act, Santiago also breaks off the mysterious bond between him and the marlin because Santiago had been talking to the fish for three days, due to the fact that he felt common bond in terms of sharing pain. Major conflict in this book is into two parts: One between Santiago and the fish, and the other between Santiago and the sharks. Since the conflict between Santiago and the marlin is described above, the other conflict should be discussed. Sharks in this case, is a minor symbol, symbolizing the hardships Santiago has to face, and the sense of bitterness that Santiago can't get any big prize from killing the sharks. The other major symbol, on the other hand, is a marlin because it symbolizes Santiago's effort and strength. Although Santiago is old and weary now, he once used to be the strongest seaman. And this pride did not wear away as time passed, making Santiago very arduous in catching fish. In this novella, there are two characters that are foils: Marlins and Sharks. Marlins are flat characters, who doesn't talk or show any major change in behaviors. It just tries its best to reduce the pain from the hook. Also, the sharks are flat characters since they are portrayed as evil creatures same throughout the story. However, these characters are foils because marlin is the symbol of Santiago's good will and determination while shark is the symbol of evil power that's trying to consume Santiago's prize. **Interesting to think of the sharks and marlins as characters.** Finally, page 81 is the important part of the novella. In this page, Santiago, after hooking the marlin with a hook, is trying to balance himself and ride the "rhythm". However, since he is tired, he falls asleep. Then, he dreams of porpoises jumping around and lions sleeping on the beach. This particularly scene of extremely important in portraying the biblical imagery in Santiago. Thematically, Santiago, Jesus, is fighting against the sea, the wild nature. And, through struggling, he is compared to Jesus, who overcame dangers. Symbolically, lion in the beach sleeping symbolizes the biblical image of peace. It is important in the novella because it is what Santiago, Jesus, is dreaming as he fights against the danger. As a result, it may be his goal, a dream, or something of a manifesto. And since this symbol ties up the point of the novella neatly, it is the important section.

P.S. Manolin is the name of the boy who fishes with Santiago.


 * Could take the analysis just a step further. 11/12**

or other (just not all plot) to the rest of the book.
 * a. identify climax, major conflict, resolution or denoument, what type of plot (see page of literary terms)
 * b. comment about setting
 * c. identify one major symbol and one minor.
 * d. discuss two characters. Label as round or flat, dynamic or static. Are they archetypal or foils?
 * e. Open to the exact middle. What page? Write one paragraph about how this one page relates thematically, symbolically,

Journal Entry #1

When I first started reading about __The Fly__, I thought it was going to be about Mr. Woodifield, who takes up the first two paragraphs of this short story. Then, this short story suddenly focuses on the boss, who was drinking whisky with Mr. Woodifield. Then, Woodifield left the house, and it clearly left an impression on me: This author used a gambit to sacrifice two paragraphs in order to keep the readers standing onto the edge. Then, as the boss was enjoying his "sadistic" torture of the fly, I was shocked. Why is he doing this all of a sudden? Is he showing his true color, his venal nature, while mourning about his son who died in World War I? Although the short story does not directly explain why the boss chooses to do so, it seemed that the boss had mixed emotions of mourning and torturing.

Journal Entry #2

In the //Metamorphosis// Essay, the author Breen focuses on the connection between 9/11 terror in the U.S. and the character, Gregor Samsa because it shows how society tries to outcast those that are not considered endemic. Also, Breen points out that this inveterate phenomenon that always occurs whenever there's a threat should be criticized.

Cafe was a place right by the main street. A lot of cars, people, buses, and taxis went by, bringing the cold, cacophonous wind along. That place was dimly lighted inside. No one seemed ready to take the order, as it was far past the lunchtime. It seemed desolate, and not even a single fly would dare to fly across the table. The chair and the table were all neatly arranged in an order, and it seemed to loom over people who would try to escape from this cafe.

Sentence

The Boston Common, a public area in downtown Boston, is the main setting for the short story, which is about a patriot who argues to such an extent that it became canonical.

Sophism Paragraph

In Tion, sophism is extensively used when the intellectuals are trying to create a language. It is best described in the following passage where an 11th century scholar proposes a paradox about nine coins because according to the language, it is clever to describe nine coins are same as the nine lost coins, and it is false in the logic. Furthermore, the encyclopedia itself is a sophism because it seems to talk logically about the fake world, but it is not real, anyway.

http://liftingfogblog.com/ -> this blog covers various topics, and I like it because the blog is easy to read and fun.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/ -> This blog is about science, which I am interested in choosing it as my college major. I left my comment on this post.

http://addhumorandfaith.wordpress.com/-> This is a very personal blog, and I love photography. (It's my hobby). I believe I can incorporate this into my college essay because the essay should be about who I am.

Here I bring my part about the breakfast to a close. The rest is in the Goober (if not in the hopes or speculations) of all my readers. Let it satisfy the readers' desire to learn more facts, with its brevity. In 7:00, Goober was taken out. The jam knife was turned 45 degrees towards the inside of Goober. It slowly gave a twist and peanut butter, combined with jelly, was coming out. Even today, no one really knows if people should use jam knife or spoon to scoop peanut butter as much as possible. However, some of the incredible aspects of Goober-taking have been eliminated or cut down in the official encyclopedia. It is reasonable to imagine that these omissions present us a simulacrum, helping us to understand the nature of Goober better. Sometimes, people think this encyclopedia is apocryphal, created by amateurs who can't agree on world standards. But, encyclopedia is supposed to be holistic and cover every aspects of the world around us. Why not include this? Surely, Goober is a labyrinth, but it is a mystery made by men, and a mystery destined to become mystery because it is supposed to be deciphered by men writing encyclopedia.

Tone Paragraph

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In the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas", Ursula K. Le Guin presents us with what is like in Omelas, a ideal, utopian city. In describing about the city, she uses a very happy and positive tone because from words such as "joyous bells", "gold", and "bright-towered", the readers can feel how delightful this city is. Then, she becomes very frank and outspoken in describing kings and people living in the city through sentence structure, such as putting sharp parallel between "only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting." She does so because she wants to portray a more neutral point of view about the city. She doesn't stop from here, and she becomes more negative and dark when she describes about the child locked away in the room. She describes the room with words with negative connotations, such as "cobwebbed", "seep", and "crack". Furthermore, she turns sarcastic when describing about people coming in to see the child because she juxtaposes two seemingly mismatched clauses together-"Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships, the health of their children, the wisdom of their scholars, the skill of their makers, even the abundance of their harvest and the kindly weathers of their skies, depend wholly on this child’s abominable misery." Then, she describes in a set, grim tone when some people choose to escape from Omelas with words & phrases such as "go on", "walking straight". Thus, throughout the story, the tone changes from very merry and positive tone to more realistic, sarcastic tone.======

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Televised wrestling is one of the popular sports throughout the world. In wrestling, there are many sight-seeing specifically designed for male audience, due to the fact that the primary consumer of this sports is male. For example, there are sexy women in sexy outfit, and there are a lot of noises and animal-like shouts, which drives male into a feeling of excitement for the game. However, even in this sports, there is a sense of anxiety present, due to castration. When female comes out half-naked, rather than feeling sexual, male audience instead sees a fear in themselves because of two things: First of all, they discover how female lacks the genitalia they have. This leads to the speculation that they, like female, might lose their supposedly precious thing. As a result, they feel more defensive and responsive to the wrestling game. The second thing is that male audience assumes themselves that to be masculine is to look, and to be feminine is to be looked at. As a result, they feel they have assumed themselves against women on the stage.======

1. Look carefully at the following sentence. Does it work? If so, why? If not, where can the sentence be broken into two or shorter ones that are not overwhelming. -**No. It's way too long with too much information that are distracting. After "no doubt" in the sentence, a period should go. After that, In 1883, Cesare was born as the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhre, to be able to sign his name.**

Robert Mondavi's father, Cesare, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches -- not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now, nor, except for Verdicchio, much of a wine-growing region, and a good deal less so, no doubt, in 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhere, to be able to sign his name. -- by Cyril Ray "Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley"

2. Does this sentence work? If so, why? If not, please correct. The typical teenage user of snuff is white, active, and athletic, and subjected to very heavy peer pressure.


 * Yes. It works because it's not that long, and gives a staccato feeling when we say AND.**

3. Same instructions -- The children gathered around the clown wishing for a balloon, angling for a smile, bowing before the childhood consumerism.


 * There should be a comma after the clown to make it work better.**