Qtr1Vocab+Jason

http://www.techtipsblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/open-source-alternatives-to-popular-windows-apps/ This blog is pretty much about computers (as the title suggests). I commented on it as well.

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/08/lindsay-lohan-burglary-break-in/ Although this blog is not something that i like, it is a very popular blog. What makes it good is that it keeps up with recent celebrity news, which makes people become regulars. The blog stories are very concise as well which is good for gaining the attention of celebrity chasers.

http://jaclynwongyt.blogspot.com/2009/08/pepsi-challenge-game.html This blog could be used in a college essay because the stories are about business. The person learns about business through various ways and this aspect of learning can be written about, while the blog is used as an example. __Like the comment, you sound very smart. 5/5__

8/25/2009 gambit - any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.

//The Fly// is a sophisticated short story that someone like me rarely ever understands. The boss in //The Fly// appears to be a nice man in the beginning. He helps an old man out by giving him whiskey, and is happy while gloating. It seems that the boss, however, is completely unfulfilled once he rushes the old man out. As someone in his position would feel, he is distraught that his legacy was destroyed. The gambit he made by having his son work with him went down the gutter and he feels that business is meaningless with his son. Nevertheless, he keeps on going with his business, making his idea of his son succeeding him a simulacrum of his true intentions. As of now, I have no confidence in my understanding of the fly that the boss toys with. It is puzzling because he is so amazed by a fly, but at the same time, he continuously creates obstacles for it until it dies.

8/27/2009 inveterate - confirmed in a habit

8/31/2009 pinguid - fat; oily The pinguid goo can only be washed off with soap.

Point of View “Happy Endings” is a short story that has a message, which is made possible by the use of its specific points of view. Margaret Atwood used the third-person omniscient to narrate the actual story part of her work and also used the second-person to let the reader know the purpose of her short story. These two points of view allow information to be understood more easily by the reader in this particular story. The point of view is obvious as soon as the story begins. No character is saying anything, but an unnamed narrator is giving information regarding the story. The unnamed narrator doesn’t have to make any introductions of any sort, and this allows the story to be concise and succinct. As part B begins, the true benefit of using the third-person omniscient along with the second-person is revealed. Atwood gives John’s motive for using Mary as a tool, and that “you'll notice that he doesn't even consider her worth the price of a dinner out” (Atwood 1). By giving we, the readers factual information that is not bias, we are able to come to our own conclusion, but instead of giving the reader the opportunity to misunderstand her writing, she tells you the meaning directly. If Atwood had used the first person or the third-person limited point of view, it would be impossible for factual information to be given to a critical reader. Instead, Atwood used the combination of the third and second person omniscient, which doesn’t take pages upon pages to lay out information for the reader to digest without throwing up due to bad writing. The correctly named final part, part F, uses only the second person to convey Atwood’s opinion on the topic, and also to sum up what her entire story means. Her use of the second person in part F serves the same purpose as her use of the second person in the rest of her story, like tell you that “You'll have to face it” (Atwood 2). But the difference is that in the end, it is much more important because unlike the use of the second person in the parts before, it sums up the entire purpose into a nutshell, and not just a few sentences. Her previous use of the second person is not completely necessary as well, but it allows her to use the second person the way she did at the end. Had she not desensitized the reader to the second person, the story would have become strange and lacked flow. As point of view also does for other stories, Atwood’s point of view serves her purpose. Atwood wanted to have depth and conciseness in her story, so she chose to use the second and third person omniscient.

9/9/09 sophism - an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid The nine coins in //Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius// is an example of sophism. Borges writes the story as if it actually happened but in another way, he says that it is just a metaphor. His argument is meant to be true but with the way he explains his examples, he makes it an apocryphal statement.

In my hunger a few cheezitz had fallen from my bag, along with a few cheetos, the size of a Cambodian chicakeet. A chef could hardly call it a confectionary dessert. The sensation of a very chicakeet like object yet light produced an indignant expression of disbelief and fear. One of the local men suggested we throw it into the nacho dip; Phillip ate the rest. Here I bring the consumption of cheetos to a close. The rest is in the colon of myself and Phillip.

9/10/09 A common public area in downtown Boston is the main setting for the short story //The Patriot//, which is about a man who argues to such an extent that it becomes sophism.

9/14/09 endemic - belonging or native to a particular people or country -being endemic to the middle east after the 9/11 attack could have created conflict -having pinguid skin is not alike to having different skin tones -Kafka's past is reflected by Gregor

9/23/2009 castration - when seeing a female's genitalia, will falsely assume that the girl had her penis removed, probably as punishment for some misbehavior. The boy then becomes anxious that the same may happen to him

inculcate - to implant by repeated statement or admonition

Professional wrestling is the mixture of entertainment and athleticism. Men in spandex underwear throw each other around, while women kick these men in the genitals. Male viewers may feel a fear of castration because of the female's lack of a penis. The women wrestlers take advantage of the pain (in real life), they can cause men when hit in the testicles. This image is inculcated through watching WWE every week and is eventually translated into the lives of watchers. A spin-off of castration anxiety is created by inculcating the fear of being kicked in the genitals.

9/25/2009 epicurean - fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, esp. in eating and drinking. iniquity - gross injustice or wickedness.

10/6/2009 diaphanous - characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through rapacious - excessively grasping or covetous

or other (just not all plot) to the rest of the book. A. The climax of //Slaughterhouse Five// is the destruction of Dresden which the entire book is based around. A major conflict in the novel is Billy being captured by the Germans. The denoument is Billy becoming old and making a little more sense of his life. The novel has an episodic plot. B. The setting in //Slaughterhouse Five// varies completely. It includes Billy's optometry office, Tralfamadore which is a planet far away from earth, Dresden, and even New York. The setting is wherever significant events in Billy's life take place. C. One major symbol is Tralfamadore which symbolizes Billy's inability to cope with his experiences in the war. A minor symbol is the ring Billy gave to Valencia. The ring is the only thing Billy actually gained from war. D. Billy Pilgrim is a dynamic character. Near the beginning of the war, he is innocent and weak, but as he grows older and experiences his life tragedies, he becomes strange and distant from real life. Billy is neither archetypal or foil in the sense that no character is his opposite and he is not based on anyone else. Valencia, Billy's wife, is a flat character. She remains the same physically and mentally throughout the duration of the novel. Like billy, she is neither archetypal or foil for the same reasons. E. Pg 152. This page describes an event during Billy's time as a prisoner of war in Dresden. He is in a factory making syrup for pregnant women. Billy is desperate for food during this time and he is in heaven once he tastes the syrup. This page relates to the theme of war and its consequences. It is a depiction of what Billy endured through the war and although it doesn't directly state that war takes a toll on humanity, the situations Billy is placed in during the war serves that purpose. Billy suffers greatly to the point that from eating syrup alone, he feels great. **need a bit more more analysis here. 10/12**
 * 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,
 * f. Tell me one thing other that really only someone who has read the book will get.

10/7/2009 varnished - the smooth coating or gloss resulting from the application of this paint. sepulchre - a burial vault, tomb, or grave veneration - profound respect or reverence 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

Do a quick description of the four settings. Then write about a theme or motif you have seen so far. 1. The river is where our reading starts. It is a place that Marlow had dreamed of going to as a child. 2. The waiting room where the secretary gives a waiver for Marlow to sign. Two women outside the room are knitting. 3. The doctor's office which is the reason why Marlow was in the waiting room. Marlow feels comfortable here because the doctor seems so harmless to him. 4. On the steamer, Marlow travels with the Swede captain. On this steamer, Marlow sees a sort of town of black people.

Darkness is a theme that is apparent throughout the reading. Darkness is mentioned over and over again to possibly show the grave situation at hand. The natives of the are being enslaved by the Belgians, which is why Marlow states that the river "has been one of the dark places of the earth" (Conrad 67). This direct mention of darkness as well as Conrad using the word 'dark' and mentioning 'black' hints at this idea of evil that he is trying to make a point of.

10/13/2009 emissary - one designated as the agent of another cipher - one that has no weight, worth, or influence

Coconuts are ciphers in Hawaii. There are so many coconuts all over the island that they are practically worthless. Emissaries of other nations where coconuts are expensive must be surprised beyond belief. Too bad there aren't many coconuts here.

10/16/2009 jocund - marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness synonym - merry antonym - joyless abscond - to depart secretly and hide oneself synonym - bolt antonym - reveal

Mercutio is jocund during the beginning of the play.

10/26/2009 I am sympathetic to dogs, even more sympathetic to cats, but only slightly sympathetic to birds. If I have no money, if I have no courage, then I can't buy a trash can.

11/3/2009 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. Part a doesnt work. It lists only names after the semi colon.

2. Write your own original example. I hate him for his age; her for her face; Jack for his beauty.

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

11/5/2009 __Frankenstein__ is the first novel in many years that i have read the preface for. The preface removes the possibility of the book being true. No matter how absurd a book is, a person can be left with the hope of it being based on something true, but this novel is different: There is no hope. It is stated directly that the book is fiction. It was written for a ghost story competition between a couple.

12/1/2009 EXERCISE -- Copy and paste this entire exercise into your own page. Write your answers in a different color or font. We will chose two people's in class to go over. 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. 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"
 * This sentence doesn't work. It can be broken up before "nor" in the second line and also before "I have read somewhere."**

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.
 * The typical teenage user of snuff is white, active, athletic, and subjected to very heavy peer pressure.**

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

12/9/2009 Similarities between //Cat's Cradle// and //Slaughterhouse Five//: -Both are very strange -Gives the thought processes of the protagonists -Short chapters -Outline segments of the protagonists lives -Out of chronological order

1/8/2010 1. Starting a gasoline-fueled lawn mower takes three simple steps: Open the choke, pull the starter cord, and close the choke once the engine is running. 2. As a result of his first riding lesson at the Sage Ranch, Jason learned one thing about horses–when they are hungry they stop to eat.

1/11/2010 Jack broke the mizzen on his ship–but he didn't care.

1/13/2010 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: Loneliness, risks taken for the 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.