aside

Nurse to Benvolio and Mercrutio

Oh! how rude of y'all to make fun of me
For I am not the most attractive or rich
You two think you men are so this and that
But you now what, you are not like Romeo,
whom is genenrous and sweet when in love
You two won't even get a women like I.

iambic pentameter

I'm the prince of this piece of peaceful land
But the peace is broken by two families
It's The Montagues and the Capulets
They bring chaos to the quiet old streets
I had to make a law to stop their fight
Why are they so rough and cannot calm down
I wish I was a prince of another town.

new face

I sometime wish i had a different face, because i want to try a new face to the world. I want to try not showing any emotions to the world, not caring and not being cared by the world. I want to observe the world with my straight face, showing no reaction to anything. I bet having a new face feels like being a bird.

But along with wishes I have for a new face, i think there is going to be som negative sides for having a new face. When I put on a new face, no one would realize that it's me just by looking, not even my family. Putting on a new face might mean a new world, but the new world might not be the perfect world imagined.

hope

hate poem reflection

i thought this poem was pretty easy compared to other things, because all i had to do was express my hate. i think it is easy to write this hate poem when a person is not in a good mood, thinking about bad things. but it was a bit tricky to express my hate in the most hating way

hate poem

i hate you

i hate the way you dress

i hate the way you look

i hate the way you smirk

i hate the way you stink

i hate the noise you make

i hate the mood you create

i hate your hairstyle

i hate how you way your tongue

i feel sorry for my eyes

that has to see you

i feel sorry for my nose

that has to breath the same air as you

i feel sorry for my ear

that has to hear your crap

i feel sorry for my nerves

that senses you

poem

i am from cross

from woods and nails

i am from blood,

from blood cells and veins

i am from tears,

from pain and wounds i never knew as a child

i am from the shepherd

as one of the lamb,

I am from the star

from sky and darkness,

I am from the fig tree,

from its berries and seeds

that have filled me long since.

I am from the farmer,

from the fields and seeds,

I am from the love,

from death and life,

from every droplets of love and care for each lamb in the herd.

pearl reflection

“If this story was a parable”.... This statement from the introduction got to me before I started the story. I was kind of looking through the book, and that statement in the beginning of the book pulled me in before the story. It had me going thinking. What would we learn from the story that makes this story a good parable? I’ve been thinking about that question as I’ve been reading the story.
The first part of the story was similar to the other common short stories. The main character and his family is poor, but they’re having a good life. They get mistreated, but there is always people somewhere to cheer him up. And one day, they discover something really good. I could relate myself to the story, because whenever I’m facing trouble, people are always there to help me cheer up and go through the hardships. And there follows something so good that I’ve never expected, which seems perfect for a while.
The huge pearl that Kino found can be reflected as a good happening in a person’s life. They seem so good and perfect the moment we discover and interact with it, but its side-affects comes rampaging towards you in a blink of an eye. When Kino found the pearl and the news became the hot issue of the town, it seemed like every goods were coming to him. The auction held didn’t satisfy him, because of his greed. If he let go of the pearl at that time, it wouldn’t have caused more bad things to him. But he kept holding on to the pearl, until he became attached to it that he said that the pearl is part of him. He couldn’t throw the pearl away when someone tried to steal it, when his house was burned down, and when his canoe was destroyed. And finally, the pearl causes his loved one’s death, ended up Coyotito being killed.
As people live throughout their life, they come across hardships often, and when they come across something really valuable, it seems like they’re trying to compensate all the hardships that they went through. They keep seeking for more values which seems impossible to satisfy, which finally causes failure. People could’ve been satisfied and be not greedy, but their greed ends up making them can’t stop and think they can get more than what they have, so they seek for more and more. It’s like how gamblers be addicted to gambling. They seek more money and more fortune, so they risk more money toward the pot, and they end up losing their money, not even able to get back what they started with.
We, as people should learn not to be too greedy, because a little greed might be a good motivation in my opinion, but too much of those can result in a destruction of their lives.

qw

This was a total chaos. Coming to this party was a mistake, Jim thought. He didn't know what to do. He came to the party to see his crush, but after he saw him he did not know what to do. "What should I do? What if he thinks I'm weird? OOO! I shouldn't have come here!" he thought. Then a girl from a upper grade came to Jim and asked his phone number with asking him to dance with her. Jim said no flat out. He never had any interest in girls. Only guys attracted him. He wanted to ask his crush to dance with him, but he didn't know how to get that guy to dance with him.

qw

It was a gloomy, wet day when Frodo and the Felloship was journeying through the Moria. The Fellowship were all tired, hoping to get a rest. They were stuck in the Moria, lost until Gandalf remembered the way out. When they were having a short break along the way, Frodo saw something far off distance. It's shape was like a small man, like a hobbit, except that it was so thin and looked desperate to catch up to the Fellowship. When Aragorn and Legolas were disturbed and went down to hunt it down, they saw its nasty appearence. It had huge eyes that didn't fit its face, and its hair was almot gone. It smelled foul, as in no shower for decades or even centuries. Its fingernails were full of rottene skin and its body was overall filled with wrinkles

quick work

You just won 259,000,000 dollars.

how do you feel?
I feel like a feather-I think I'll just blow away with a slightest blow of wind

whats going through your mind?
How will I spend all this thing

what will you do with the money?
I dont know what I'll do specifically, but I think I'll satisfy my wants enough and then maybe donate some money for charity

Do you think you'll change? How?
I dont think I'll change unless there is a big influence externally. I think I'll still donate some money after satisfying my wants first, Iguess.

warm up

I think my parents have affected me in my life the most. They teach me new things everyday without even breathing. My parents are generally quiet even when they are disciplining me since they have a calm personality, but when I do something real bad, they get angry like a grumpy old man. I have never beaten them in arguements, escpecially my father because he uses words that creates chaos and makes my head explode. Arguing with him just makes me go angry, so I now know better than to create fire between him. But he is always nice and generous to me and he talks me into thinking I'm the incorrect one.

clue 5

1a. What is the theme of "About Effie"?
How Neil's opinion toward Effie changed over time(How time can affect a person's mind).

1b. Who is Effie waiting for?
Jesus

2a. Find a verse from the Bible that relates to the theme of "About Effie" and include it in your written response.
Exodus 14:31 tells how the Israelites changed their attitude toward God and Moses after they saw the Red Sea split in two, creating a path for them away from Egyptians.

2b. This story contains a lot of Christ imagery. Write down three separate sentences from the story that might symbolize Jesus and explain why Timothy Findley might have written into his story.
a. "She just called him "him," and sometimes it was even "they," as if there were a thousand of them or something."
b. "There has to be thunder, or he won't come."
c. "If there was ever thunder and lightning and music, then he'd come.
Maybe Findley was trying to tell the readers about Jesus and how Christians can affect nonbelievers. But he might've also wrote that to criticize Christians by showing how vain their waiting is.

3. How can non-Christian authors reveal truth about God's world?
I don't think non-Christian writers would ever try to reveal any stuff about God's world.
Instead, they would try to make them look ridiculous and not right since they disagree with believing in God. If they reveal truth about God, it would be out of mistake, or it could be because readers comprehended it in a wrong way. If they do reveal something about the truth of God, they might be a non-Christian, but they do think Bible says the right things.

clue 4

1a. Who is a "character in your life you admire? Why do you admire this person?
I don't actually "admire" this person, which is my father. I have more respect toward him than I admire him. I like how he is so calm usually, believing that he has nothing to be afraid of, since he believe in God. He often said good things to us even when I do bad things, like saying everyone makes mistakes. But he is very serious and sincere when he is disciplining me. He talks to me into making me think I did the wrong thing in a way so I won't be so hurt.

1b. What specific clues can setting reveal about the theme of a short story?
Since the setting is introduced at the beginning of the story, I think the setting has a big affect to the theme of the story next to the title. The setting creates the mood for the story, depending on the words the author use to form a specific atmosphere. And the setting also gives hints toward the plot of the story that's going to happen in the story.

2. How does an author drop clues about characters and how their actions lead you to the theme of a story?
The author gives clues about the theme through the story in some ways that the reader can easily catch. The writer gives information about the character's personality by dialogues and the scenes the character goes through. These passages help the reader to determine the personality of a character, and relate the personality to the setting and evaluate the theme that reader expects.

3. What is the strongest setting you have ever encountered in your own life? Describe this place and ponder if God revealed anything about Himself or His truth in this place.
I think the place that had impact in my life so far was USA. The US was a whole new thing for me, especially the culture difference. It taught me about how cultures differ so much from one another. I thought what I learned from Korea and its tradition was common to all other countries. In my opinion, I think God revealed to me how wrong my view was by giving me new experiences with new people and place.

two kinds reader response

1. At top of p. 90, the mother encourages her son. My parents often do that if they think I'm depressed.

2. In the last paragraph of p. 90 the narrator states her mother brought up issues in the magazines about remarkable children. My mother used to compare my brothers and I to some of child prodigies and said that we can be like them if we try like them.

3. At top of p. 93, the main character's mother kind of forces her daughter to take piano lessons even though the character doesn't want to. I was once "forced" to take violin lessons when I was young, but I finally gave up violin in 3 years.

4. On page 95, the character's mother brags to her friend about Jing-mei's talent that she really doesn't have. I've never seen my parents ever do that, but I once overheard one of my parent's friend saying stuff like that about their child.

5. The main character is disappointed in herself after messing up her performence. I messed up once on a talent show performence once, and now I have stage fright.

6. In page 98, Jing-mei yells at her mother for making her what she is not. I remember being mad at my parents because of their high expectations.




I think similar events like this happen in almost every family at least once. Every parents have imaginations to make their children into prodigies even though they have other talents other than one specific thing. I guess this type of thing is typical because parents have high expectations on their children.

clue 3

1a. Literary theme is what the story’s subject is talking about.
1) You’ll ruin your life if you think like a frog in a well.
2) Showing how tiny causes can mean enormous outcomes.
3) Giving up the final hope that’s just around the corner.

1b. In order to figure out the theme in a story, there could be various ways. But what I think the best way is starting out with the title. The title is usually related to the text in a way, which can be ironic or literal. I think the title is the best choice to build a structure for starting out to figure out the theme of the story, because it sometimes summarizes the whole story in a word or a phrase. Then the next step is to read the story. The theme of the story usually doesn’t come to me by reading the text once. After reading the story few times to know exactly what’s happening, I concentrate on the first paragraph to look for the theme. This is the similar reason why I looked into the title. The first paragraph plays the similar role, but it gives more clues to what the theme is than the title has.

2a. The theme of “Utterly Perfect Murder” is how Doug’s plan of revenge basically became unworthy for him right before he was about to make his final step towards the payback. This kind of thing usually doesn’t happen to me often. But occasionally there are cases where I set up plans with effort, and the perfectly seemed plan turns out to be a vain by an event that I would’ve never expected.

2b. What I think is the theme of my life is like a whole process of learning. I bet at least few people will agree with me if they are a student, because learning and being taught is what students’ main part of the job. But I guess this is too early to decide what my life’s theme is, because I’m just getting started with my life. So I guess I can’t really state firmly what my life’s theme is as I see it now, because I still have a vast range of knowledge to reach for.

3a. Moral and theme can be similar in a way, but it can also differ from one another. Both are obviously related to the story, and they need to be thought out in order to be figured out. But these two words have a different notion. The moral is like a lesson the writer is trying to teach to the readers, but a theme is like a combination of main idea and moral. So the moral can be defined as only one or two things, but a theme can be concluded in a totally different way based on how the reader comprehends the text.

3b. As a Christian, I can’t even dare to think what God’s plan for this world is, but I do know that God has a plan for this world because he loves each and every single one of us. So I can come up with only one conclusion. Maybe the theme for God’s plan is to have as many of our spirits in his kingdom to be beside him. God is beyond everything, so I have no idea of what and how God’s plan can be for this world. Nobody knows for sure what his plan is and how he’s going to make it happen, except God himself.

4. Every Christian would know that John 3:16 summarizes the whole bible in a single verse. It states that anyone who believes Jesus as their savior will gain eternal life. Statement like this lets me know that there is a cause and effect for every affair. The cause part of this verse is where it says for anyone who accepts Jesus as their personal Christ and the effect is where it says that person will gain the eternal life. It can sound more like a hypothesis if you look in a different view, but as for the text, it relates more as a cause and effect. I concluded like this because I know for a fact that God plans every single event that happens in our life, and he knows every result of it. In a same way, the truth that I might find in the literature will be based on the moral of the story, which is taught by a cause made by the character and the effect they intake.

Clue #6

1a. Define a metaphor and a simile.

Metaphor - comparison of two unlike things without using like/as.

Simile - comparison of two unlike things using like/as.



1b. Why do authors use figurative language?

Authors use figurative language for basically one reason. They use figurative language to elaborate and make their text more interesting. It could make the reader understand the text better, but it can also make them more confused by using a figurative language that the reader has no idea about. Without using figurative language, the text can turn boring. Using vague and plain words in a writing can make the paper turn into a piece of paper with ink. But with the use of figurative language, the writing turns into more interesting and figurative. Figurative language makes the text seem more energetic or serious depending on the usage of them. I bet no authors would want their readers to be bored on what they wrote, so they use figurative language to help them pull the readers into their writings.

2. List 3 metaphors that you think are really beautiful or interesting.
-Life is a maze
-Time is a thief
-Race against time

3. Find a metaphor for Jesus in the Bible and list the Bible verse.
John 1:14 - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

4. What does this metaphor reveal about God's world and your understanding of it?
In this phrase, Word is a metaphor for Jesus Christ. The Word means the prophecies that have been written by the prophets in the Old Testement. This means that the Word, which is Jesus, had finally been incarnated and came to us. Jesus came to us like the Old Testement had told us so by the prophets, and we witnessed his glorious presence. He was unlike any other people, because he is the only Son of God, who is the Lord of all. This tells us that God never lets down his promises toward man, for he is the truth. When I first read it I had no idea what it was saying but when I thought about what could the 'Word' be, I only came up with Jesus. For he was in the Old Testement in a written form, he came to the people as the prophecies had promised us.

personal ad

I am a fire that ignites in everyones' hearts.
I have a personality like a warm sunshine that provides warmth that melts away every frozen hearts.
I'm as fit as the actor of Terminator and good looking like Brad Pitt.
I'm not ugly as Jim

Clue #2

1. Please label a picture of a plot graph, using a mountain as your central image. Label all parts and get creative.





① The flat surface that rises up to a mountain is the exposition of the story, where the reader can have a basic idea where the story is leading up to, like a mountain climber would choose a route to conquer the mountain.
② The rising hill in the mountain represents the rising action of the story. The text mystifies the reader, making the reader wonder what would be the climax be. This is like where the mountain climber faces hardships and problems hiking up the hill.
③ The peak of the mountain is the climax of the text. The reader begins to understand the whole story within a second and figure out what was the problem, similar to the mountain climber who finishes his hardships and look back to see which route was the most challenging.
④ The falling slope of the mountain is the falling action in a story. While in this step, the reader is able to unravel the problem and head to the end, like a hiker would have a bit strenuos time going down the mountain but not as much as hiking up the mountain.
⑤Where the mountain ends, it's the conclusion part of the text. The reader finishes up his connections and responses, as the hiker would look back the mountain he reached.





2. Why do stories need to be structured?


Stories better be structured if the writer is planning to give clarity to the readers. For this question, I would say that a story is represented as a building. The reason for that is the building won't start getting build without the design and plan made out by a good architect, as in like a story won't get started well if there isn't a fine and interesting base. We, as humans, need things like evidence to believe a state, like how we would understand a story only with a good structure. We need to construct an understanding so that the second person can learn from our understandings and maybe even sum up more clarity to it. If we don't have an understanding about a specific thing, at least some of us will go after the unanswered question to figure out the knowledge found and share with others.



3. After you lookes at the plot graph and structure of "Marigolds," what new things did you see in the story that you didn't see before?

I had perfectly no idea what the story was trying to say when I read it for the first time, as well as the second time. After I read it for the third time and drew the plot graph to see the plots for the story, it helped me undertand the story better than just reading it. Before I made the plot graph, I couldn't figure out what was the climax and the rising actions of the story, but when I drew out the graph and saw the different parts of the plot I was sure of which was which. I couldn't decide which action was the climax, more likely I couldn't find any actions that seemed like a climax. But when I saw the plot diagram, I figured out that the part where Lizabeth destroys the garden is the turning point of the story, and that she realized that her innocence has ran out for her entire life.



4. What is the theme of Marigolds and how does the structure of the story make that theme evident?

I think the theme of this story is that a small action made by you can impact a whole lot to another person. Lizabeth was so confused and frustrated because she saw her father cry so she destroyed the marigolds that Ms. Lottie had put time and effort to. After Lizabeth was back to her mind, she realized that she had done, she regretted and tried to convince Ms. Lottie to grow those back, Ms. Lottie didn't even bother. Ms. Lottie's final hope and will to live was just crushed by Lizabeth's small action. Lizabeth had destroyed another person's life completely, and she had lost her own innocence forever. This showed how a person's action can destroy another person's life in a second without notice. Lizabeth's destruction shocked herself, but it didn't have a horrible impact like it did to Ms. Lottie. You see, without the plot diagram to help figure out the structure of the story, I couldn't have recognized the theme hidden in the text easily.

Clue #1

1. In your own words, please summarize what Reader Response analysis, and what steps are involved.


I think a Reader Response analysis is somewhat like a personal connection. It's your own response toward the text from what you feel while reading it. I think there can be two ways to start making a Reader Response. The first way of, you read the whole text and understand the sentence well enough . Then you skim through the text again looking for whatever connection you can make out of it. The second way can be that you carefully read the passage patiently, making the response as you read on. And if you were to do it with another person, share it with another. Compare the responses that you and the other person have made, and discuss how each responded to the text. Suggest each other if there is a misunderstood connection made. I think this could help both to make a more precise connection.





2. How can Reader Response open our eyes to more truths as we read?


Responding to the text throughout while reading it can help the reader know the text better. If there is more response made to the text, there is also a better understanding. This can let you realize the small meanings hidden in the text that's not easily visible. Also as the reader gets to know the text more, the reader can comprehend beyond what he or she is looking for, and sometimes they might solve the text more than what the writer had intended for the readers to realize.





3. Why is it important for you to interact/connect with the literature?


I think interacting with the text is a really crucial part in understanding the literature. That's because making a connection with the text actually lets you become part of the literature and think about yourself one more time. Also the past experiences similar to the plot of the story, which helps you know how differently a character acted in the similar situation and got results that varied from your action and the outcome. From my perspective, this question is really similat to the question #2, but somewhat differnt. Such as in a way that making connection with the text lets you understand the text better in a personal way that reader response could not.



4. Reflect on a book or story you have read recently and what new truth about the world you learned from that narrative.

Only stories that comes to my mind right now is the "Marigolds" and "The Utterly Perfect Murder." Both of those stories taught me something new that I wasn't perfectly aware of. While reading the "Marigolds", I knew Ms. Lottie had almost given up her life, but she was attatched to the flowers in a way that wasn't convincing Lizabeth. Reading the part where Lizabeth destroyed the garden of marigolds, I wondered how she could be so crude to the old lady that she knew almost had no purpose for living. I also realized that after Ms. Lottie's long-term hobby was so easily destroyed by a mere child, and how shortly Ms. Lottie wasn't able to continue with her life. From this story, I learned that one single action can totally destroy one's plan. In "The Utterly Perfect Murder", I learned how a person's emotion can change so suddenly from what the person sees, like how Doug's rage that seemed like it can anyone calmed down after seeing how ruined and deserted.





If I put beauty in my own words, it would be something "pure" maybe, since beauty can mean an object without any flaw. It's basically the outer view of a person. I think this is very similar to what most people would say and agree, but God sees diffently. He said that in 1 Peter 3:3–5 that "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight", meaning that the God sees everyone's outside as same, but what he really cares is that the heart and the pureness of their spirit that worships God. And in Ecclesiastes 3:11-14, God says he made everything beautiful as same when starting, so he sees everything that he made beautiful, especially the inside of a person. This conflicts with Lizabeth's action against Ms. Lottie, becuase she thought she and her life wasn't beautiful. But I'm sure that if they were real people, God saw Ms. Lottie's inside purer than Lizabeth's, because considering the pureness of the spirits, I thought Ms. Lottie's spirits was obviously purer than Lizabeth's.