Vocab Definition & Sentences #2

Faith : complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

Threshold: a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room.

Tarry: of, like, or covered with tar.

Resolve: settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter)

Discern: perceive or recognize (something).

Martyer: a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Mirth: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter

Catechism: a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians.

Pious: devoutly religious.

Frenzy: a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.

Sentences:

I have complete faith that you will pass your test.

The threshold is cracking by me pushing the couch through the door 

Back in the day, people would throw tarry all over there enemies when into battle.

I finally resolved my problem in math!

The person across street, i can barely discern him.

People would be martyered at the stake with cross.

I have not been in catechism since i was 7.

My dad is pious about god.

After eating to much sugar, the kid was on a frenzy.

YGB Questions

1. He was interested in evil and guilt because of his ancestor who was at the time during the Witch Salem Trials. Not only that but, the story maintains the concern of Young Goodman Brown if he is dreaming or, if its real.

2. The name actually fits well because his wife has not seen what Goodman Brown has seen. And she is being faithful about it.

3. The pink ribbons signify Happiness or joy.

4. I think his journey is irrelevant, such like brown we must take a "stroll into the woods". We must learn what is evil and what is good. Brown can not or he chooses not to deal with anything he learns.

5. I think the old man is the devil, since he was telling Goodman Brown he met his father and his grandfather. (no one could have lived that long to see Goodman grandfather, and his father. Then leading up to meeting Young Goodman Brown).

6. I think the staff represents the way the Devil lures people in the woods. But with that staff, he makes himself look casual with he staff, looking as if he is a fellow stranger wandering in the woods in the dark.  Yet again, why would a stranger just go in the woods at dark and appear out of no where?

7.  I believe so that Goodman Brown would have a better life. He would still have faith, and he would be the same person who trusted everyone.

Things I Have Encountered Today

I saw two post on this website called 9Gag, (by the way, the stuff they say and post are kind of nsfw. If you don't know what nsfw means, it mean not safe for work.) one showing a interesting topic about our how massive a black hole is in the phoenix cluster. In addition to that, the other post was about this family watching TV on the new curve TV  . (the pictures are on the bottom of this blog) But the one I really want to get into is how massive a black hole is. The video shows an illustration of how humongous a black hole is. And the video is comparing the black hole to suns. The Phoenix Cluster is the biggest black hole in our solar system. The black hole contain the mass of 20 million suns. Holy crap!!! That black hole can suck up anything it comes across it, if it were to reach the earth, bloop. We would be gone before we know it.Not only is the Phoenix Cluster tremendously huge, (even its millions of light years away) do not let black holes deceive you. There is a black hole it is small, and already a destroyer of worlds. Its called XTE J1650-500. It's the size of Manhattan ! Many black holes are almost the size of planets in our solar system or as Countries. The universe has many black holes, and they play an important role in our galaxy. I want you to imagine, if a you were to get sucked into a black hole. Would you see darkness? Would you be transported to another dimention? No one knows what we would see, the evidence scientist have said is we would be sucked in and stretched into a noodle. We would just be stretched beyond our bodies limit. We would be floating spaghetti. Because of black holes, our solar system is still here. There is about 4 million mass black holes in out solar system. If we didnt have black holes, we wouldn't even be here.

As for the other post on 9Gag, I just cracked me up on how the man sold all his stuff for a curve tv for his family. So it took all of his money, just to by the tv for his family. Now he's broke, and their living room is empty. It shows how much a man or woman would go to get something for there family, to make them happy.

Defining the Vocab Words

Theme: The central message of a story

Tone: The authors attitude towards the characters, the topic, and the audience

Mood: How the reader feels

Truth: If that which can be factorial verified in the world

Syllogism: Is the simplest and basic of a argument

Validity: A test of reason (does my conclusion follow my premise)

Diction: Is the words an author chooses to tell a story

Syntax: Arrangement of words

Transmitter: sends message

Stupid: Slow to learn

Adumbrate: To report or represent in outline

Apotheosis: The highest point in development of something

Ascetic: Someone who dedicates his or her life to pursuit an idea

Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration.

Beguile: charm or enchant

Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.

Contumacious: Rebellious 

Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person.

Didactic: Intended for Instruction

"The Conscience of a Hacker" Response

The short story was this man named mentor who was arrested, and shortly wrote this message of who he is. He is describing himself like a ghost. He is behind a computer screen, not like anyone else. He is not told what to do, he is his own teacher. People have the resources to do anything now, how he said, "i can out smart you"...  by him saying that, anybody can outsmart you. With this type of technology, we can do anything. We can be easily learn something quick, by our electronic devices. At any moment, when can just emerge into the virtual reality and express our opinion, and nobody would know, were just like a ghost behind a monitor.

Young Goodman Brown

My impression on this short story was utter shock. He was weak on his religious faith, a stern and darkened man. When he went to the forest, that was a deep end for young Goodman brown. This story relates to a lot of things in reality, having a lot of confusion, depression, and in a dark world. People can relate to this, since the character was jumping into his past. People don't know what there gonna see what they left behind. And that's why people can relate to Goodman brown.

Impression on "My Biggest Question"

My impression on the story was very unique. Every question has an answer, no question is a dumb question. People think if we were to ask a question in class, it would slow down the class. And wait until the teacher answers the question. We keep restraining ourselves on questions we are interested in finding out. We have the power to learn, are we gonna not ask questions when we go to college? Are we just gonna let time pass by or savor time to ask questions?

Ancient Stories Q&A

Questions:

How is the language in this text similar to and/or different from the language you use in everyday conversation?

Answer: The language the text uses is quiet similar, but not so different in what I use on a conversation with my friends. The writer telling the story is using words such as ; expecting, grasping, budge, and sacred. Those words are used sometimes when I talk with relatives and friends. The writer has the a similar vocabulary structure like me. But the difference is he or she is describing the story they were told in a third person view, using he, she, etc. They are describing the story as if he or she is repeating word for word from a other story teller.

Because it began as an oral story, "Earth on the Turtles Back" can be found in multiple text versions. How important is it for a story to be repeated embellished, distorted, lost, or enhanced in the retelling?

Answer: It is important to repeat the story as it was told the first time. In addition, if one person were to say it differently, then their might a huge commotion of who's right. As for embellished, people can be creative and tell it in a different way,to make the story more interesting.

    

My Notes for Dr. Preston's Class

Response to "The Earth on the Turtles Back"

Response to "The Earth on the Turtles Back"

The reading is a representation on how the earth was created. It shows how one turtle had held up the earth on his back, and a woman planted seeds into the earth to have a better future. Now, this story is showing how the earth was created to a certain culture. There are many perspectives on how the earth was created; God said "let there be light" or, The Big Bang started out the earth. In other words, we started out as apes and grew into intelligent human beings. Many people have their own beliefs,  and according to this belief, this native tribe telling this story shows how each animal had a important role in their lives. In addition, these animals represent, perseverance, courage, and self sacrifice. In our beliefs, someone or something was sacrificed to make our future better. Whether it was, particles compressed together in space, and everything was in a tight spot to just explode in space. Or either when God said "let there be light" and every creation was created to make earth adaptable. Or maybe was it was this story, where a turtle held the earth on his back, and a woman planted seeds to make a better future. Everyone has their own perspective of things on how something was made, or introduced. But it's all a representation on what we were introduced in, and taught to believe in.

Richard Cory Poem

Response to "Richard Cory"

Response to "Richard Cory"

As I was reading "Richard Cory", I had an impression that the writer was giving a description of a person he met or an inspiration of a person. When he said "Good Morning" he was always happy, and joyful to meet people. When the poem said "and he glittered when he walked". People would have a impression on him that he was always a respected fellow. At the end he put a bullet through his head. It gave me a thought that he was depressed. He was rich, but that doesn't heal everything. When he would walk downtown, and say "good morning", he was wearing a mask over himself. He was disguising his emotions with happiness. The old saying goes "time heals all wounds". But his wounds were not completely healed.

Response to "The Right to your Own Opinion"

Response to "The Right to your Own Opinion"

As I was reading The Right to your Own Opinion, I came across a point where the writer gave an example of me, a friend, and a car. Where a friend and I were to cross the street, and I saw a car coming, but my friend does not see the car and starts to walk across the street. Both of us have a opinion, I say there is a car coming, and he or she says there is no car. We are both entitled to our opinion. But who's right? Do I let him or her keep walking? No, I must change his or her's  opinion that there is a car coming. Like it says I must draw his or her's attention. And now he or she will thank me on showing more precise evidence on my opinion. But the real question to me is what about religious people and atheists. They both have their right to their own opinion. But who's right? Religious people give evidence based on the bible, quotes and stories told by Jesus's disciples. Telling people Jesus healed people, he walked on water, etc. And then theirs the atheists, they think it's false. Jesus is a false and made up person. They may think going to mass and reading the bible is brain wash or joining a cult. Theirs always been articles and stories of people dying and coming back to life and telling what happen. People going to heaven and seeing God, seeing family members that had been deceased for a long time. Then other stories say all i saw was darkness. No sound, nothing in sight. Does it mean God doesn't want them to see heaven because an atheist does not believe in him. But when a believer in God, they see heaven, and their loved ones. They are both entitled to their opinion, and will stick with it. As it says in the last paragraph, some topics people are not interested in beliving the truth. But who is telling the truth? Which side has more evidence?

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