Lit. Analysis Extra Credit / Persepolis

1) In the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marjane tells her story of when she was a little girl that grew up in the country of Iran. She wanted to become a prophet, she talked to god each night and she wanted to be justice, love and the wrath of god all in one. It goes back to the Islamic revolution when people would go out and protest and also with the shah which killed a lot of people during that time but when the shah was over throw things got happy for a moment. Their was also all this war with Iraq and Iran and the problem with the veil which many women refuse to wear it. Then Marjane leaves  from her parents and Iran and goes to Austria, Vienna to continue with her education at a young age without no one to guide her the right path. Their she started a new life, she meets new people, friends, boyfriends and new things. Then she goes back to Iran after four year and she sees how things had change a lot her friends then he marries this guy named Reza and then she gets divorce. Moves to France to keep studying and now their she lives.

2) Theme in the novel well it's has almost everything: sadness, war, death, to be your self.

3) I didn't choose this book as a class we had to read it. But I liked it a lot it was a new way of reading a book that had pictures I enjoyed the book.

4) Yes I did find this book realistic in the way she felt when she had to leave  her country and her parents.

5) The author's has different tones because she changes her feeling throughout the book.

6) " ring, ring "(119,7). Foreshadowing "Good lord again!"(119,9). "Ring...ring"(89,2).foreshadowing "Niloufar communist was spotted"(125,1). The veil is a symbol for oppression and loss of rights for women(3,1). Foreshadowing" no! I want to take a really long bath"(25,7).

Characterization:
1) Direct : "I want to be a prophet"(6,5). "I felt guilty towards god"(9,4).
Indirect: "I wanted to be justice, love, and the wrath of god all in one"(9,6).

2) Yes when she changes her feeling.

3) Dynamic because she changes from beening a kid to an adult as her life goes on.

4) Yes it's was like she was talking to me about her life instead of me reding the book to my self.

Enduring Memory:

I am going to remember her book because it made me think diferent of the country of Iran and it also showed me that Iranian person are not evil. Also it showed me the important thing that happen in Iran  like the wars and that kind of stuff.

Literature Analysis # 2

1) In the book The Sea Of Monsters by Rick Riordan is base on this boy named Percy Jackson that on his seventh grade year he hasn't seen a monster but on his last day of school bad things happen. A monster comes and attacks his school, his friend Annabeth brings him bad news about the camp. The magical borders that protect camp half-blood that come from a tree has been poisoned by some enemy. Their is only one cure that can stop the poisoning, so Percy, Annabeth and Tyson go on a journey to the sea of monsters to find the cure for the tree and also to rescue his friend Grover the goat who is trapped with a cyclops.

2) The theme is that you will risk anything to save a friend.

3) I choose this book because I wanted to continue with the series and also at the end of  book 1 it got interesting and I continue with book 2.

4) I did make connections to my life in the way it talk about friendship, by not just caring about yourself but also about other.

5) The author's tone would be again friendship in the way Percy did not leave his friends behind.

6) Their is lots of foreshadowing in the first chapters: " I sat bolt upright in my bed there was no storm, no monster"(3). "The shadow at the window disappeared"(3). " for the first time in my life I'd almost made it an entire year without getting expelled"(4). "No weird accidents, no fights in the classroom, no teachers turning into monsters and trying to kill me"(4). "Only one more day to go surely even I couldn't mess that up"(4). "He thinks it might not be safe for you to come to camp just yet"(6). "Argggh!"(184). "Reet,reet"(178)

Characterization:

1) direct: "Annabeth murmured", "Annabeth backed up, and Circe laughed!" The author uses these so we can see the their actions.
indirect: " the dreamy look melted off Annabeth's face", " she scanned the room and spotted the cuff of my jeans sticking out from under the loom."

2) it does not really change.

3) Dynamic and round : because he change in the way he was thinking about Tyson.

Enduring Memory:
One thing that I would remember of the book for a long time is that always help the ones that the love you or care about you the most. And they will demonstrate it back at you.

Task two: know your zombies

In Angela Watercutter's article entitled The science of surviving the zombie apocalypse, she suggests that  we can survive the zombie apocalypse with science. The author supports her claim by base on the the zombie's brain that the UC neuroscientist Bradley voytek created. Like in walking dead suffered from a condition they called CDHD. The author next proceeds to show that humans can exploit many zombie deficiencies, take advantage of their amnesia by hiding until they forget about you or their slowness. Finally, the author argues that zombies have immunity to pain, zombies can't feel pain if you can kill the brain don't even try to fight it. They would not feel anything " if someone accidentally learns something about the brain along the way" Voytek said, " then I've achieved my goal."

Task one: survival basics

In Ali S. Khan's article entitled "Preparedness 101: zombie apocalypse", she suggests that be prepared for a zombie apocalypse or a real emergency. The author supports her claim by saying that you need a emergency kit with water, food, medications, tools, supplies, clothing, sanitation, bedding, important documents and first aid supplies. The author next proceeds to show that you have an emergency plan. Identify the types of emergencies in your area, pick a meeting place, have emergency contacts and plan your evacuation route. "When zombies are hungry they won't stop until they get food"(khan). Finally, the author states that the CDC is prepared to assist. It sends medical teams to affected areas and provides technical assistance.

Persepolis essay

                                                            Persepolis Eassy
The graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, is based on her life as a child and when she is growing up. She talks of Iran of how she lived her life back in the year 1980 to 1996. But the main reason it's to get a different picture of Iran. Base on the chief executive officer Johan Bennett, says that the book Persepolis is not appropriate for the 10th grade to read and they are banning this book from our District. The book Persepolis shouldn't be banned from the school.
     One reason that the book Persepolis shouldn't be banned is because it teaches life lessons. For example Satrapi shows how it feels to be away from family into another country all by your self. This is important because you need to stay strong and stand up for your self when you have to(196-197). Furthermore, she tells in the book that she went away from her family at age of fourteen(147.7). This is important because at that age you still need your parents so they can guide you the right way. It is clear that the book Persepolis it teaches life lessons.
     Another reason that the book shouldn't be banned is because she is not a bad role model. For example she went to Austria to keep up with her education while in Iran at that time it was at war. This is important because if she would stay at Iran the war will cause her education to stop. Additionally she feels patriotic to her country after all the things Satrapi has suffered from her country. This is important because some people wouldn't think that way if your country would limit most of your freedom(9.6). It has been proven that she is not a bad role model.
     It is true that Marjane Satrapi throughout the book she demonstrates her rebelliousness by going against her parents, teachers, and government. Nevertheless Marjane still loves her parents, she tells the truth about the realy world, and stands up for her self to the government at which her grandma is proud of. This is important because she don't want to be stepped on. Therefore, Satrapi is not bad role mole.
     The final reason that the book shouldn't be banned is because it shows reality. For example she tells of Iran back in the 1980 when people wanted to overthrow the shah. This is important because she tells how it was to live in Iran when the shah was ruling the country. Furthermore the shah was doing lots of killing and also the problem with the veil(40.1-2). This is important because it shows how things were, woman would refuse to wear the veil and many people would go out in the streets to protest(5.1)(38.6-7). It is clear that it shows reality.
     The graphic novel Persepolis must not be banned from our school district. It teaches life lessons, she is not a bad role mole and it shows reality. By not banning the book Persepolis, the students in the 10th grade would be able to read this book in a new way of learning.

Persepolis

                                                               Persepolis Essay

       On the graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi that is base on her life as a child and when she is growing up. She talks of Iran of how she lived her life back in the year 1980 to 1996. It also talks about all the stuff she has been through and has done in her life. But the main reason it’s to get a different picture of Iran. Base on what Johan Bennett says that they are banning this book from our schools with that being said I disagree with his statement.

       Bennett also says that the graphic novel contains crass language, graphic violence, torture, sexual content, lewd humor, an instance of suicide and other images inappropriate that not general use in the 10 th. grade level. I think at that level we are mature enough to read that type of books even if it has all that. I understand that some parents wouldn’t like it but still it shouldn’t get removed for school libraries. And in fact the whole book is not base on that is base on her life on what she has been through those things. In some parts of the book it's funny, sad and interesting. But is also so people don't think  as Iranians as malevolent persons, base on what we heard about the country of Iran. In the book it tells that they had been in a revolution, in a war with one of their neighbors for example Iraq. In Iran the book has been banned maybe because they don't like the way she talks about her country or for another reason, but why should it be banned here.

        Bennett also talks about marjane satrapi is not a good role mole for us because throughout the book he says that she demonstrates her rebelliousness of several ideas. But he only points out the negative things of the book but, that's not how the book goes. She also does some positive things for example goes to another country to keep up with her education because at that time Iran was in war and her parents wanted what's the best for her so she went to Austria.

        With that I think Persepolis shouldn't be banned from schools. The book is just to give ideas to other people of Iran of what it's like to be or live there. I also think it's not a good book but a great book for the 10th grade to read. I really like the book and I hope for people to read it to before it's banned.  

Vocabulary# 11

1) perturb: to upset
2) ludicrous: ridiculous
3) cordial: polite/friendly
4) predicament: a tough situation
5) descend: to move downward
6) demure: shy
7) repugnant: awful/sickening
8) ponder: to think about something

1) He was pondering how repugnant he did on the test.
2) My brother was perturb when he saw that their was no more ice cream.
3) They were in a predicament when they saw their grade descend to a D.
4) The demurely men was so cordially to us.
5) It was ludicrous to be ready for school when the time was 7:50am.

Vocab. #10

1) bemoan: complain about
2) pensive: deep in thought
3) devoid: entirely without
4) melancholy: sad/ emo
5) mollify: to calm someone
6) memento: a keepsake or souvenir
7) illicit: illegal
8) ascend: to climb/ to go up

1) My friend always bemoan of his shoes so I mollified him.
2) The boy was melancholy, because his only memento of his friend was a bird who went ascended to the sky.
3) The car crash of his parents left him in pensively.
4) In Iran it's illicit to go outside and even more devoid of a veil.

Vocab. # 9

1) savory: delicious
2) entice: to tempt
3) tactless: insensitive
4) integrity: self-worth/ self-respect
5) compensate: to pay for services
6) aloof: disinterested/ spaced-out
7) goad: to taunt
8) cohort: friend

1) My best cohort's mom made some savory dinner.
2) I always entice to not try to drink soda every week.
3) The tactless brother asked my aunt that if she had cut her hair.
4) America shows integrity in the soldiers who fought for their country.
5) If the men fixing the sink gets aloof he must not expect to be compensate.
6) If you goad the beehive the bees will sting you.

Vocab. # 8

1) Malignant: harmful
2) Ornery: irritable/ cranky
3) Indolent: lazy
4) Belittle: to insult or put down
5) Jeopardize: to put in danger
6) Demise: downfall or death
7) Awry: not according to plan
8) Frugal: cheap

1) Acid is a very malignant substance.
2) My ornery cousin would not let us touch his new I pad.
3) He was to indolent to take out the trash.
4) We had to belittle our backpacks when we toke the test.
5) When someone is driving drunk they jeopardize their life.

6) Playing with fire can sometimes  lead you to demise.

7) I had to sleep early so that I can wake up in the morning but instead I was watching tv. that was awry. 

8) That pen is frugal in doesn't paint.

Literature Analysis #1

            The Lightning Thief  by: Rick Riordan

1)When the lightning bolt got stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His crippled best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy meets the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother. Grover and Annabeth join him. The way to enter the underworld is getting to L.A. When they bypass the safeguards surrounding the Underworld, they are taken to Hades, where they confront him and demand Percy’s mother back. When Percy get out s the under world he finds out that Ares has the Helm of Darkness and is angry because Percy ruined his plan for war between the gods. Ares and Percy fight, and as consequence of Percy winning, Ares gives Hades his Helm back. Hades then returns Percy’s mom. Then Percy has to go Zeus to give him the lightning bolt. Then he returns back to camp.

2)Theme : the lightning thief is all about identity and about discovering identity. 

3) The authors tone was action and some mystery as you read more the he talks about who is the father of Percy.  Ex:  "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood", son of the sea god.

4) Literary elements/techniques: 

Zeus has a master bolt, and this bolt is used as symbol by symbolizing Zeus’ power.

 When Percy has his mysterious dreams they show foreshadowing, each in its own way. 

Also when Percy is with Luke in the Cabin of Hermes, and Luke looks somewhat peculiar, and tells Percy that he has a disliking feeling towards the gods. At the end of the book Luke appears to be the person who many didn’t expect him to be, the lightning thief. 

Percy is also described as a dynamic character in the way change at the end of the story from being the boy getting kick out of schools and then the one who saved his father. 

Vocab. #7

1) inhibit: to slow or stop something from happening.
2) aberrant: unusual / unexpected
3) loathe: to hate
4) prowess: exceptional skill or ability
5) incoherent: unable to be understood
6) epitaph: a headstone or what's written there
7) elaborate: having many details or steps
8) countenance: face / facial expression

1) He hit him self the door so he put some ice to inhibit his finger from being purple.
2) My cousins came to visit me aberrantly with out me knowing.
3) I loathe waking up on a monday.
4) My brother has the prowess to do some good art.
5) When he talks to low I was incoherent of what he was saying.
6) The epitaph was really big and fancy.
7) Some instructions have many elaborate to follow.
8) When you had tasted something sour you make a funny countenance.

The monkey

1.  If you had three wishes, what would they be?  Why?  (No wishing for more wishes.)  Explain each response.   First wish would be to go back in time. Why because I want to change some of my choices that I did that I didn't want them to happen.   Second wish would be to be rich why because I want to see how my life would change and how it feels.  My last wish would be to have the power to fly. Why because I think I would be cool and also I can get to places that I want faster instead of driving.

     2. Is there anything that you are superstitious about?  Explain.  (If not, explain why not.)

       First of all I don't believe I those things but that would be awesome if they exist.  

Antigone compare and contrast

In Antigone, by Sophocles Antigone and Creon they are two different persons who think differently, are different, but they both share similarities in this several ways.

 Antigone doesn't care about creon's law she only cares about the god's law he cares about his own law. Antigone is loyal to her family by burying his brother polyneices. For example antigone says,” who fought as bravely and died as miserably"(I,18). She wants the help of ismene to bury him, but ismene refuses to give it to her. Ismene is afraid of what creon will do. Antigone is loyal to the gods because in scene I antigone tells ismene that she is going to break creon's law; in order to bury polyneices. Creon buried her brother eteocles because they won the battle and creon says, "eteocles who died as a man should die, fighting for his country, is to be buried with full military honors with all the ceremony"(I,34). Creon is not loyal to his family by the way he is not burying polyneices that he is part of his family to, instead he left polyneices as bird food. In scene 5 when teiresias tells him he has to bury polyneices and free antigone or he would pay "flesh of your own flesh" but creon doesn't listen. Antigone is more loyal to the god's and loyal to her family by this ways. As creon is not loyal to his family but he is to his state.

 Antigone and creon they both are similar in the way they show their pride. Antigone was showing pride when she says,"creon is not strong enough to stand in my way"(I,36). She is showing pride to ismene by telling her that what ever creon does she is not going to stop. She also has pride when she says, "I do" "I deny nothing"(II,69). She goes to creon and she says I did it and I am proud of what I did. Also when the servants got her she didn't try to run away, is like she was saying take me. Creon is showing pride by the way he says,” As long as I am king no traitor is going to be honored with the loyal man"(I,50-51). He showed pride by saying because I am the king no traitor is going to have my respect. Another example that he also showed pride by saying to antigone you broke my laws and now you must pay with death. They both show similarities of pride by the way antigone went up to creon and creon by showing his power of what he can do.

 Antigone and creon they both have the blame for the tragic outcome. Because antigone only wanted to bury his brother polyneices but it was against creon's law. Creon believes polyneices should be left out. Antigone told creon to kill her which he wanted, but instead he locked her in vault. Then when antigone got killed, creon pay her death by having his son haimon killed and also his wife eurydice. And now creon has to live with that curse forever.

Vocab.#6

Inevitable: going to happen no matter what.
Phobia: a strong fear
Seclude: to hide away from others
Rebuke: to criticize publically
Notorious: famous for something bad
Fluctuate: to change often
Candid: honest/sincere
Sophomoric: immature (soph-knowledge/more-idiot)

1) The cat's death is inevitable any time.
2) When something bad is going to happen I have this phobia.
3) When I used to play hide and go seek I needed to seclude myself.
4) When the hole family is watching tv someone always rebukes something.
5) People sometimes are notorious when they new that it shouldn't had happen.
6) The gasoline prices always fluctuate.
7) The boy was beening candid with his parents when he told them that he didn't  when to school.
8)  The sophomoric boy talked back to his parent.

My Autobiography

Hello this is my first time doing this but here it goes. My name is salvador and I am 15 years old I am going to be 16 on the month of September, i like to travel to get to now new places that i haven't been , i like to play with animals like my cousins dog since i don't have one because my mom doesn't let me have a pet. I also like to take pictures of the places I go or of my family. My life before high school change a lot. I have learned,  I had suffer and had happy moments. Time goes by fast and the next thing you now your life has changed. My summer was not that interesting the the fun things that I did were I went to visit my family in sacramento it was like only one day visit and came back the next day. It was very hot and I only went to the fair. And the rest of my summer it was at home with my brothers and my grandma. Who came from Mexico in April for her first time also my grandpa. But they only stayed here for about two weeks because starting the second week my grandma got sick very bad. I think she got sick because she ate chinese food. It took her almost a week to get better but when she got better they returned to mexico, and then they came back by the end of May. I also did some things my house like some painting , cleaning, gardening and some moving things around.High school has been great and also the teachers that I had. I had learned from them besides what they teach me. My future is to become an architect or maybe a chef one of those choses I would like to do in the future. I hope you enjoyed reading my post and that is all i have to say.

Vocabulary words #1-5

Vocab.#1

Debunk: Prove something false

Imminent: about to happen

Affluent: wealthy

Routine: ordinary, normal

Benign: harmless

Enlighten: to teach something new

Malevolent: evil

Inquire: to ask

Vocab.#2

Perplexing: confusing

Resilient: tough/determined

Amend : to fix/to change

Fickle: indecisive

Benevolent: good

Desist: stop doing something

Listless: tired/lazy

Lackluster: not impressive

Vocab.#3

Dwindle: to reduce in number or amount

Subtle: not obvious

Gullible: willing to believe anything

Erratic: unpredictable

Condescending: conceited/talking down to someone

Aspire: to seek to become or achieve

Pristine: untouched/in perfect condition

Nettle: to annoy or bother

Vocab.#4

Hapless: unlucky

Scrutinize: To look closely

Domicile: home

Clarify: to explain more clearly

Asinine: stupid/idiotic

Infer: to figure out without being told

Eloquent: well-spoken

Strife: conflict

Vocab.#5

Plaintive: very sad

Flaunt: to show something off

Distraught: emotionally upset

Queue: a line of people or things

Accrue: to gather over time

Relentless: never stopping

Leery: untrusting

Crass: rude/vulgar/having bad manners

Vocab. sentences #5

1. The boy was plaintire after he lost hes dog that ran away.

2.The man was flaunting his new car of the year.

3.After going in to the car i was distraughtly when i forgot my money.

4. We got late to the movies, but the queue was still big.

5. After a year of saving money i accrued $300 dollars.

6. The time is releutlessly you can stop it.

7. He never lives his stuff with some one leerily.

8. You are crassly to your brother.