MY PARAGRAPH

However, dishonesty, no matter how small or how big it is still hidden deep inside the dark side of everyone's hearts. During the play all of the characters each had their little secrets that they lied to others only for their personal gain or for the reasons that they thought fit, the lies were small, so small it didn't seem of much importance, for instance, Algernon was able to deceive not only Jack but Lady Bracknell as well when he told Jack "Please don't touch the cucumber sandwiches. They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta" (30) only to keep the sandwiches for himself, and when Lady Bracknell arrived Algernon was able to shift the cucumber sandwiches to Lane saying "There were no cucumbers in the market" (38)when all along the sandwiches were eaten by him alone. But Algernon isn't the only one having fun lying, instead all the characters each have their own little black book. Jack for one, he despised the idea of Algernon having interest in Cecily and his response was "Well if you want to know, Cecily happens to be my Aunt" (32) and he continues "Yes. Charming old lady she is too. lives at Tunbridge Wells" (32) it seems like a tiny lie, which it is, but he only told that because he thought it was better off with Algernon not knowing Cecily. And how can we forget little Cecily, I mean she is only 18 right? Well that is her age at home, and at clubs she is 21, she has everyone fooled only to seem more mature for her own gains of fitting in with others that are older, but that is not all, she even uses fake letters from Earnest to fake their love ever since she found out about Earnest.
Though the lies are simple, they still hold a much larger role in the play, as all the characters each lie and deceive each other.


That might be my paragraph, im gonna edit it abit at home tonight

For my transition sent i am going to say " However, dishonesty, no matter how big or small it is still hidden within the dark sides of everyone"
i am going to use more than three concrete details in my paragraph, but these three i am certain i will include, the first one is when Lady Bracknell was going over to see Algernon he told Jack he couldn't eat any of the sandwiches because they were made for Lady Bracknell, but instead he ate them all.
The second transition is when Jack tries to trick Algernon to think that Cecily was his aunt so that he wouldn't be interested.
and finally the third transition will be when Algernon uses the "Bunbury" excuse to try to get out of going out with Lady Bracknell with her friends

Do you think I should change the Transition sentence, i am not sure yet still cause im still trying to make a new one

Importance of Being Earnest

Researching about the Victorian Era helped me understand the play a lot, I knew more about the classes during that time, and marriage. I learned that the rich didn't do any work to earn what they got because it was passed down to them from their parents, just like Jack and Algernon in the play. Algernon even said it was " awfully hard work doing nothing" which was ironic because doing nothing isn't work, and lower class families that have opportunities to not work were happy unlike most of the richer classes that smoked and drank as something to do.
With marriage being really different from today, the women had little choice of their husbands because if a rich male that they hated wanted to marry them, their mother/father had the choice of engaging them, marriage at that time was basically an investment, and that is true because Lady Bracknell didn't want Gwendolen to marry Jack, but she will love him even though she will marry many times, she is going to marry many times to old guys that die, and she will get the money. Marriage was satirized many times in the play, marriage was thought to be of a demeaning commitment to a mans life when Lane said " I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first rate brand" basically meaning that once you get married your life will just go downhill

new years resolution

2009 is finally over and I feel really good because I achieved my goals from last year, this year its highschool and grades are actually really going to count, last year all subjects were basically a breeze and I hardly ever really TRIED to do a good job and my parents would be mad because they think I am slacking off and not paying attention at school, this year I want things to be different, I want to have a perfect GPA again, study and finish algebra 2 over the summer so I could skip it and go to calc in sophomore year. I have this huge goal of going to any of the IVY League colleges and becoming a surgeon when I grow up, if I can ever finish calc in sophomore year I don't have to waste more time with math when I take biology and chemistry while taking running start. It is a really far-fetched goal but I already have things planned out, I will pay attention at school and take my time of doing projects so I don't make stupid mistakes that I usually do.

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BY RANDY L.
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Poetry Out Loud Performances

I watched Branden Emanuel Wellington perform Facing It by Yusef Komunyakaa, his performance was one of a kind, his stage presence was perfect, his voice was clear and powerful, even though the poem is extremely difficult his drama and voice tone reflect what the poem really meant. The way he expressed his feelings and emotions with both the tone of his voice and the simple little pauses not only shows his deep understanding of the poem but also his feelings towards it.
The poem is sad, and every deep breath he drew in with the pauses and facial expressions enhanced the poems true meaning. His performance is the only one that proved he actually understood messages inside.

Mockingbird Motif

Reading TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD really enhanced my knowledge of "MOTIF" because in the beginning I had absolutely no clue what it meant and didn't really want to find out, reading Novel gave me a clear understanding of what it means and why some authors choose to put motif in their stories.
The Mockingbird motif is basically a meaning that its a sin to convict the innocent and blame your mistakes on them, just like its a sin to kill a mockingbird because they don't do anything bad, just good. This Motif really brings a symbolic meaning to other themes like prejudice and racism or justice vs injustice in this story because Tom Robinson, the main mockingbird in this story was convicted and sentenced to death, Tom was just like a Mockingbird, he was the only that actually treated Mayella like somebody but in turn she testified against him. It's a sin to kill a mockingbird, and Mayella killed the only Mockingbird had and ever will have.