Final Essay

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Non-profits

When I was choosing my masterpiece subject I was  focused on helping people. I've always loved helping people, making them feel better about life and/or trying to make them happy. That is why non-profits came to mind for my masterpiece. I have researched about how to create one and the steps you take. It is hard to do, all because of the documents you have to fill out, the fundraising, and getting grants. Before you do anything though, you need to think about why you want to start one and what you want to get out of it, whats your goal. My goal for a non-profit is to help the homeless get back on their feet. I want to create a place where homeless people can go to get help for jobs. They will get applications to fill out and get help filling them out if they need, they can get cleaned up and a nice pair of clothes for interviews, and they will have resources to people who have given job interviews so they can prep for an interview. I interviewed a homeless man and asked him 3 questions:
                                         
His story:
I would love help to get me back on my feet.  A girl has offered to help me with my medical situation because I have COPD (a lung problem). I have been out here for 4 years and have to get 920$ to pay for the medications. No one else has tried to help like this girl though.

It isn't so much  helping them; there really isn't a right way to help them.  All of these people are facing different issues and there isn't one specific way to help them all. Each one needs a different type of help to get back on their feet and not all of them want to get back on their feet. You can only really motivate them and encourage them. Some homeless are just lost and need someone to point them in the right direction which is what I plan on doing. 

John was considered a savage not only for being semi violent but because he went against society. I don't think he was ever a savage. He may have killed Lenina and himself in the end but sometimes when we lose our direction we lose ourselves as well. That's what I belive was the real ending of this book.

" The right name captures the imagination and connects with the people you want to reach. " -Danny Altman

If you had a non-profit organization what would you call it?

Masterpiece Goals

I want to create a non-profit organization for here in Santa Maria; maybe expand but in the future not going to get ahead of myself. It will be all about people in need. Whether you're homeless and need a home or just not as fortunate and maybe need clothes. I want to create a content environment homeless can go to make them feel good and happy about their lives. I also want to plant trees to make the planet a little bit better. I also would like to kind of create my own brand for clothes and donate some of the proceeds to this mom-profit; also when a customer would buy, let's say a shirt, it donates a shirt to someone in need. My goal is to help people and make their lives better and happier that's all I want. Happiness.

11-12 questions

1. Why does John become popular, but not Linda?
John is misterious and unknown because he was born on a reservation. Linda is a mother mother who has grown fat, and ugly over the years. 
2. How does Bernard’s life change? How does he react? What does Helmholtz think?
Bernard finds himself of an importance that he was never experienced before. It is because he has connections with the Savage that he is suddenly so popular. He uses John's popularity to get girls and to make his fellow alpha plus' jealous. Helmholtz shows no interest and Bernard is insulted and doesnt want to be friends with him anymore.
3. How does Linda spend her time?
In a soma holiday. She takes as much as 20 grammes a day and is thought to only live another 2 months. 
4. How does Bernard talk in public?
With new-found confidence that he never used to have before he met the Savage. He owes all of his unknown fame to John. 
5. What does Mustapha Mond think of Bernard’s reports?
He is angry that Bernard is trying to lecture him, but then his emotion changes to mirth, because he realizes how clueless and idiotic Bernard really is, and decides to teach him a lesson.
6. What does John think of the caste system? Of the clones? How does he use The Tempest now?
John is disgusted with the ways of the World State and ends up "violently retching" because he finds this lifestyle so nausiating. 
7. What do we learn about the reservations at Eton? What does John think?
8. How do the children respond to dying? Why?Dying is seen as a positive and educational thing that holds no emotion at all. Children come to see a death as part of their conditioning to accept death as nonchalantly as if they were going to a feely.
9. How does Lenina feel about John?
Lenina thinks John is very attractive and senses he is uncomfrotable around her, but she catches him watching her sometimes too. 
10. What does John think about the feelies? Why?
He thinks the film is horrible and ignoble because of the violence and inhuman-ness. 

CHAPTER 12
1. Why does John decide not to come to Bernard’s party? What does this mean for Bernard?
John was feeling used because Bernard was using John's fame to attract envy from his peers and to make himself feel special. This means that Bernard is made to look like a fool when he has to tell everyone that the Savage will not appear. 2. How does Lenina feel at the party? Why does she feel this way?
 She had a strange feeling of "anxious exultation". Like she was anticipating her next encounter with him. She feels this way because she may have real feelings for him. She felt lifeless when she found out that she wouldn't see him. 
3. How does John feel? Why is he reading Romeo and Juliet?
 John feels like he has requited love for Lenina, but she isn't capable of love in return. He reads R & J because he feels the same way as Romeo does for Juliet. 
4. What does it mean that Lenina likes looking at the moon now?
I dont think John has made such an impact on her that she has a different mindset, but atleast she has began to stop and take notice of the natural things in the world, things he believed in, like the moon. 
5. What role does Mustapha Mond play as a censor? Why des he do it? What does he censor? What does he really want?
Mustapha Mond is the Resident Controller for Western Europe and one of the Ten World Controllers. He alone makes the rules for society and decides what works to publish. Mustapha has read Shakespeare and other forbidden books, making him one of the most independent thinkers within the society. He censors anything that runs counter to mass production and the ideology of "ford" perpetuated by the state.
6. How does Bernard’s position change? How do John and Helmholtz respond to Bernard now?
he becomes a loser, as a other.
7. Why is Helmholtz in trouble with the authorities? What has he done that is dangerous, and why is it dangerous? Why did he do it? What does he want?
because he says a rhyme that he wrote about solitary, it is dangerous because they might think he is solitary or alone, which is considered a danger to the Comunity. He wanted to gage the reaction, he wants to see how they reacted to things that are different.
8. What does Helmholtz think of Shakespeare? Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks it is crazy but very smart.
9. What does Helmholtz think is necessary for good writing? 
To get to the community.

Masterpiece

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Modernist

2. THE AUTHOR’S CREDO 

1. 
   
2. He is saying that it is hard to tell between life and death. Who's to say when someone is dead or alive. You can't tell when the line begins and when it ends. He could also be talking about sleep because it is so close to death. Edgar Allan Poe seen as lot of death in his life and this quote is like his life, i feel. He seemed to like sleep a lot which he related it to death because they are so similar.
3. “You are not wrong, who deem
   That my days have been a dream...
   All that we see or seem“                            
4. A mystery, and a dream, should my early life seem.”
   Is but a dream within a dream.”        
5.        “Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.”    

Brave new world 6-10

Chapter 6

1. It leads to thinking and it can lead to sadness.
2.Bernard talks a lot about the ocean and how calming and peaceful he feels when gazing out into the waves. This makes Lenina feel very uncomfortable, to feel inspired about something to ordinary.
4. With Bernard giving in to Lenina's begging, taking a few grammes of soma, and sleeping with her.
6. He notices that Bernard is different, therefore must have to be monitored closely. He warns him not to question society and act the way he is expected to act, or else he will be exiled to Iceland. 
7. The story shows that the director has made mistakes in his past, in leaving with Linda somewhere in the reservation, that he is not necessarily proud of. 
8. Helmholtz is annoyed with Bernard's childish behavior and emotions.
9. There is no escape from a Savage Reservation, and children are born into it and will live there for their entire lives. 
10. Malpais is the town and rest house where Lenina and Bernard stay. This is where they watch the sacrifice and where John and Linda live.  

Chapter 7

1. "The mesa was like a ship beclaimed in a strait of lion-coloured dust." 
2. Lenina is afraid of the indian guide because he is associated with this unknown and queer place. Her feelings were reciprocated, with the guide being described as "hostile and sullenly contemptuous."
3. The streets were dirty and dusty, and villiagers walked by in feathers and wearing deerskin shoes, holding snakes. Lenina is shocked and scared at times, and Bernard is fascinated in many of the things he sees, but is shocked along with Lenina. 
4. They witness a sacrificial ceremony. This is considered to be an honor. Lenina sees the blood and what in her eyes is torture and cruelty. 
5. An eagle -- Pookong, and Jesus Christ. 
6. He is different because his mother Linda was born through a bottle but she was left at the reservation and gave birth to him at Malpais, and he has lighter skin and hair. He wants to fit in with the other indians, but clearly doesnt. He seems imbarissed, and shy when he notices Lenina watching him.
7. She travelled to the Reservation with the director a long time ago, but she got lost and he left without her. She accidently got pregnant and horrifyingly gave birth to her son John. He pities herself and her life in Malpais, is ashamed for having a baby. Lenina pities her for doing these awful things she has been conditioned to be disgusted with. 

CHAPTER 8

1.He had a tough time finding acceptance in the native boys, so much of his time was spent by himself. He has a close relationship with Linda, and feels protective of her around other men. 
2. Because she has been conditioned to think family is wrong and even though she has love and appreciation for John, she is disgusted with herself for having a baby.
3. Neither of them are treated with kindness or acceptance. Linda is shown no respect by men, and John is clearly an outsider. 
5. Linda would talk very highly about the Other Place, how you could go flying anytime of day, that there was no such thing as sadness, and how everything was beautiful and happy.
6.John connects with Shakespeare because it speaks to him and he is able to make connections to his own life. He relates Linda to the women sleeping on a bed in Hamlet, and Pope with Hamlet's uncle. John also sees Bernard as Prospero from the Tempest.
8. They are both outsiders in their own community and are continuously striving for acknowledgement. They gravitate towards each other because they see the similarities between them. 
9. Bernard sees fame and recognition through the Savage, and becomes corrupt and greedy and uses him. 

CHAPTER 9
1. Mustapha Mond sees the "sufficient scientific interest" in bringing the Savage to London. 
2. John connects Lenina with Juliet and himself as Romeo. He believes she is above him and that he is not worthy of her.

CHAPTER 10
1.The DHC told Bernard to meet him in the Fertilizing Room because "it contains more high caste workers than any other." The director wants to do this because Bernard is very smart, and with that comes moral responsibilities. The director is afraid that Bernard will corrupt people with his ludicrous beliefs. 
2.Because "unorthodoxy threatens more than life of a mere individual, it strikes at Society itself."
3. Linda acts warmly to the director as she is reacquainted with him. She tries to convince him that it is the same Linda from years ago. He is disgusted with her appearance and acts as if he has never known her. The spectators laughed at the humiliating joke. 

Modernist artist : Edgar Allan Poe

“I Am…” statements for your author (minimum 5)

I am considered to be part of the American Romantic Movement.

I am known for my tales of mystery and the macabre.

I am University of Virginia drop out.

I am A private in the United States Army.

I am a child of two actors.

I am a orphan since my mom died and my dad left when i was three years old.

Paragraph explaining how “I Am…” statements influence author’s worldview

In Edgar's life he experienced a lot of death and his writing and views on life became pretty dark because of it. He knew what it was like to get left so he probably thought that the world was super cruel and that no one stays. He was very unstable in the sense of his mental health. He had a lot of trauma from all his loved ones dying around him. He was used to death and so in his writings you can feel and tell. He probably did not like the world all that much since it was so cruel tohim. All he saw was crue and horrible things in the world. 

Brief descriptions of 5-7 events in the author’s life that YOU (not some website from which you cut/paste) believed influenced his/her sense of self and writing style

When he was only three years old his mom died. His father also abandoned him when he was three. His foster father John Allan would abuse him continuously. His foster father died in 1834 it hit him hard on his mental stability. His wife also died of sickness in 1847. 

3 quotes from the author’s work that show how the author’s identity is evident in his/her writing

• Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
• Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
• Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

chapter 5

Bernard goes to his Solidarity service day and he has to sit next to a girl he does not particularly like. They have to sit boy girl boy girl and they end up having an orgy. Bernard is afraid that he had sex with many people but he doesn't remember. They took a lot of soma and it was like ecstasy.

chapter 4 notes

Bernard and Watson started to question the society.
They fear their own individuality which is what the society wants so that they are all the same. The society doesn't want them to be anything but happy and know that they are only supposed to think certain things. They are questioning their creativity and reasoning. There was a conflict between the children that follows orders and the others that question.

Brave New World Chapter 3 Study Questions

1. How do the children play together? What is childhood like?
The kids are taught to do sexual things with each other at a young age.
2. How is our world depicted? How do we get from here to there?
We are always looking for the next best thing whether its technology or not.
3. Why must games be so complex in this society?
It is about consumers and getting more into things and getting more humans.
4. Why are strong emotions dangerous? Family relationships? Romance? Religion? Art? Culture?
They want them to always be happy and these things dont necessarily add up to happiness.
5. How is sexuality used in this novel? Do you see any problems with it?
It is used as play time and for fun for the kids. Kids should not be learning this let alone doing it until way later on in their lives.
6. What does Mustapha Mond do? What is his relationship to history?
He is the leader of London and he decides the history facts to tell and not tell.
7. Is there anything unusual about Lenina Crowne? Bernard Marx? What? Why?
She is different than most because she has been with one guy for longer than a month. They are told to share. Bernard is weird because he is small and alphas are not normally small and have low confidence.
8. How does Huxley use the cinematic technique toward the end of this chapter?
He uses short sentences.
9. What is soma? What are its uses?
A substance that takes the stress away from/of being unhappy.
10. How do people age in this society?  
They die young while looking young.

Chapter 1- Brave New World

Why are they creating so many twins? Is it a good thing? Would it help? Nowadays we are overly populated so this would not do us very much good. Creating all kinds of twins is like creating robots almost. They could create many embryos at one time with using incubators and other machines. Is that human? It is mass production of humans practically.

my modernist

I chose T.S. Eliot because he talks of psychology and of love and those to things interest me.

To be human

         What's your idea of human? What makes you human? Humans are the only extant members of the hominin clade, a branch of great apes characterized by react posture and bipedal locomotion, Manuel dexterity and increased tool use. (Human-Wikipedia) I know I am human because I lie and have feelings. Animals in a way can get called human as well, but they were not from ape ancestors. Robots can not breath, can not feel and can not love. Humans have a huge thing about love to where we believe in soulmate a and the one and only.
        We all love someone whether it's your parents or family or it's a significant other. Robots can not love they do not have the feelings or emotion to love. They are simply made to be smarter and not make mistakes. Humans, all we do is make mistakes and do not think all that much most of the time. " You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, nor saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person forever....connections are made with the heart." C. Joybell C
          Robots can not feel for they do not have a heart. They have a mind and that's all; to solve math problems and make things faster. To be human is to be breathing, loving, and feeling unlike a robot. If I was a robot I would not be able to say that I have been in love or that I care. Whether I'm descended from apes, or how ever you want to put it, I am human. Are you?

book comment

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick 
• This books seems kind of like today in the sense that we focus a lot more of our time and lives to technology. The society in this book is relatively corrupt in a way in the sense that a lot of things are unimportant.

Fallacies

Abortion

I believe that we all should have choices. Now i'm not saying  necessary that abortion is right or good because it is not. Abortion should only be used if it is absolutely necessary; there are multiple ways to not get pregnant and be protected. Now obviously if you want a baby this clearly isn't necessary, but if you are too young and should not even be having sex you should at least use protection. If you did not use protection, a condom nor birth control, then their is the morning after pill. Abortion should be limited, like you should only be able to get an abortion no more than two times. Also, if a woman happens to unfortunately gets raped she should not be forced to conceive the child if she does not please to. Abortion is still bad though and their is another choice which would be adoption. The woman would conceive the baby and then give the baby to another family. Their are many choices here that you can make; abortion should be one of them even though it isn't the best choice.

Money rules the world how tragic is that...

I seriously love helping people. Like if I had the money I would build houses for whoever needed it. I would build homeless shelters and create a way to get them back on their feet. I would create a clothing line that donated to people who needs clothes. I would walk around and give any and every homeless person money. I would also donate food and money to those who needed it. I would also plant more trees to make the world just a lil bit prettier. If only I had that much money.

Fallacies

1. Argumentum ad antiguitatem
2. Argumentum ad ignorantiam
3. Argumentum ad misericordian
4. Argumentum ad logican
5. Dicto simpliciter

All these fallies I have either used myself or know another person like a friends or what not that have also used at least one of these. I also think these are main fallacies people tend to you and it is interesting. I mean why these?

Jiro

     There are a very few amount of people in this world that go after their dreams, especially exceed them. Jiro just wanted to make the perfect sushi and what he did was way better. He made the perfect sushi restaurant with perfect sushi created in it. I may not know exactly what I want to do, not even remotely, but I do know that I want to be like Jiro. In the sense that he followed his dreams, kind of  literally. I mean, I don't want to make the perfect sushi of course, but I do want to make the perfect career for myself. It's not even a career, you can't really call it that, it is more of a hobby, a love.
     We all need passion and to infuse it into our work; that's what makes the results that much more enhanced and perfected. Jiro said that yo neede pasion for your work and he is completely true. Honestly, you should have passion in everything you do, but you know what I mean. I intensely want a career that doesn't make me worry about time or when it's gonna be over. I want to have that passion for my job like Jiro and I would like to view my career like him as well.
       Jiro is definitely a man I would look up to and be friends with to learn about his passion of sushi and his job. I mean wouldn't you?

Something new

I've learned that even your best friends will lie to you so just leave them and do you. 

Study Questions

Chapter 1

1. He's a sellout.
2. On a hill near the football game at Pencey School.
3. Pencey Prep is a school for rich kids.
4. He forgot the equipment on the train and they had to forfeit.
5. He was failing 2 or more of his classes.
6. Bad.

Chapter 2

1. It's Holden's history teacher and he got a note from him to meet him before he leaves.

Chapter 4

1. Holden's roommate. He is secretly messy. 

Chapter 5

1. He is Holden's brother who died of a tumor and the mitt was Allie's.
2. He broke every window in his house when his brother died.

Chapter 6

1. Jane.
2. Not a fighter  and yeah he is.

Chapter 7

1. He fought Stradlater and wanted to sleep somewhere else.
2. Walk through the halls.
3. He trips on something and he just walks out.
4. He wants somewhere to call home.

Chapter 8

1. Mothers tend to go overboard for their kids.
2. That his son is modest and that he likes her son.

Chapter 9

1. He contradicts his judgments of others and himself.

Chapter 10

1. She is his little sister and he thinks highly of her. She is very smart and he loves her.

 Chapter 11

1. They have been best friends for the longest time and they both like eachother.

Chapter 13

1. He is definitely a pacifist maybe with some built up anger.

Chapter 16

1. Sally because he is lonely and he wants to talk with someone.

Chapter 17

1. He likes more women than men maybe because he is a man.
2. He doesn't like actors they're phony's. He thinks its okay.

Chapter 26

1. when you tell people things they might leave you and then you miss them.

Holden Caufeild

Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.

Catcher in the Rye

If you were Holden Caufeild would you live life like him? Would you be as judgmental? Would you hate everyone or would you change everything? Did you like this book?

Catcher in the Rye Questions

1. Why does Holden like his younger siblings more than other people?
2. Why does Holden speak so highly of Jane?
3. Why does Holden talk to "Allie"?
4. How is Holden like Legion from the bible?
5. Why do you think Holden loses and spends his money like its nothing? Is he just careless?
6. What do you think is authentic to Holden?
7. In Holden's world good things wouldn't ever die; why?
8. Do you think Holden likes Jane because he is familiar with her and he just doesn't like change?
9. Why does Holden like innocence?
10. Do you think Holden just needs someone to talk to about his problems, someone he trusts?
11. Do you think Holden really just wants a home and to not always leave?
12. When the time comes to say good-bye, does Holden really care?
13. What's the theme of this book?
14. Do you think Holden is truly crazy?Why or why not?
15. Why do you think Holden is the way he is? Is it his past? Or is it something different? Or is it all of the above?

Chapter 8

Holden gets on the train and he meets a mother of a kid that goes to Pencey. He really likes her and he thinks she's nice and attractive. He lied about who he was to her though. He didn't want to tell his long story so he lied and she got off the train later on.

Chapter 7

Holden went to Ackley's room to see if he could sleep there and Ackley just wanted to know why Holden was bleeding. Holden couldn't stop thinking about Jane especially Jane and Stradlater in Bankey's car. Holden left Ackley's room and walked through the halls of Pencey. He had the idea to leave and stay in a hotel until Wednesday. So, he packed up his stuff and got a little emotional. He was walking out and he started crying almost tripping on peanut shells.

Chapter 7

Do you think it was a good idea that Holden left Pencey? Would you do the same if it were you?

Do you have a bucket list ??

Chapter 7

Holden went into zack let's room and woke hkm up. He wanted to stay in his room but he decided not to. He left and started walking around the corridor when he figured it out. He was gonna stay in a hotel till Wednesday so he will go home rested and fresh. 

Chapter 6

Stradlater gets back from his date with Jane and Holden notices he is a little late. Holden keeps asking him about jane and if he mentioned Holden or not. Stradlater made Holden mad and thy started fighting. Holden kept calling Stradlater a moron which pissed him off even more.

Chapter 5

Holden went to get food and see a movie with Mal Brossard because the food wasn't that great. Holden invited Ackley to tag along with. It took Ackley 5 hours to get ready to go with them. Holden wrote Stradlaters composition assignment and he didn't know what to write about so oh wrote about his brothers baseball glove. His name was Allie and he was left handed. He wrote all kinds of poems on his glove to read between hitters. Allie past away when Holden was 13 and Holden went crazy an broke all the windows in his house. 

Holden Caulfield

How do you think he would describe someone in a bad way if they are not bad at all ?

We all break at one point, what matters is how we pick up the pieces and put hem back together.

Chapter 4

Holden talks to Stradlater while he gets ready for his date. Holden finds out that Stradlaters date is his old friend, Jane. Holden is really nervous and excited about it yet he won't even say hi to her. Holden goes back into the dorm and talks with Ackley for a little after that. He couldn't get Jane of his mind te entire time after he heard her name. Also,  Stradlater happens to be a secret messy person unlike Ackley who is all around messy. 

Catcher in the Rye notes Ch.1-3? Holden's Personality

- Not giving the people what they think they want.

- He's Troubled, defiant, isolated(loner)

- He's okay with leaving he is like a wondering nomad.

- D.B. (His brother) he thinks is a sellout and is corrupt.

- He seems lost like he maybe ignoring something and he complains a lot.

- It's cold maybe like the people?

- Assumptions

- He likes real/ integrity

- He seems to have a low self esteem because he always puts himself down.

- Pushes people away

- Sad

- He doesn't like elders much

- He likes to say bad thigs about himself before someone else does. 

- He deep down cares about things and people 

- He gotten hurt before ??

Chapter 3

Holden went back to his dorm room and started reading a book. Does what he likes to read say something about him? His neighbor "Ackley" used the shower and bugged Holden while he was reading . He had to stop reading because he couldn't consentrate. Stradlater, Holden's roommate, came in later on and asked to borrow his jacket. Then stradlater left the room for his date.

All that David Copperfield crap

He got kicked out of his school, Pencey High. He was failing four out of five of his classes and he wanted to say a goodbye to the school at the football game. It made him feel like it was real that he was leaving. Nothing left unsaid, I guess. He went to his history teachers house, Mr. Spencer. He talked to his student about trying his best and to do better for his future. He left Mr. Spencer's house while his teacher yelled to him, "Good-luck!" 

Next Steps Questions

Psychology -  is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors.

•  I want to learn more about how people think and I also want to help people figure things out and how to make their lives better. I want to know the psychology of: emotions, consciousness, and attraction.
•  I really Like to help people and make them feel better about themselves and about their lives. I love to see people smiling and content or even better about their decisions. I have always loved to make people happy and make them feel better. I always want to see smiles.
•  This subject will help me in my life to know how people think so I can know how to react to certain things. Also, I will understand my own life and understand my thoughts a little better, maybe. Others can get a better understanding also to the way we think and feel .
•  I would have to have an understanding of human emotions, behavior, and personality.
• I don't really know exactly, I guess by reading some books for starters. Get some knowledge on it and go on from there.
•  I would need books and an open mind. I don't know who I would want to meet maybe someone who is in this field.
•  I feel that Tumblr would probably be a good site for this subject to describe and help people to understand it.  I can use pictures as well as text. Maybe it will help people, at least I hope that it will.

catcher in the rye

It seems like a pretty good book to me. It seems like it could be semi realistic and relate able. The character/narrator seems like a cool person. I kind of am looking forward to reading this book.

Music as literature

Can we consider music to be literature? 

Music is definitely literature They both have meaning. Literature is spoken or sung texts or written text.

What is the difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera, and a symphony?

Novels and poems are written work and the others have melodies and sound. A song is also written but has a melody and a symphony has many people and instruments.

What are your interests ?

Career topic

Honestly, I have given this a lot of thought and I have researched this. In class I said that I wanted to know more about art and drawing; well I don't. Art/drawing is just a hobby that I do, rarely in that case. I want to have a career that I enjoy doing and I actually want to do it. I have went back and forth on certain careers and I'm still lost. I have no idea what I want to do for a career because nothing sounds fun or  intriguing to me...yet.