Friday, December 2, 2016

Poem Discussion

Theme: In the very beginning I thought the theme would be freedom. However continuing reading, the theme changes. I feel as though the theme is just Change.
Tone: The tone of  the beginning is hopeful/curious. Towards the end it is devastation/ monotone.
Mood: Discontent.

I skimmed through Jessica's post, it was very easy to understand. I agree with her on this being a poem on people coming to a new country in hopes of better things. I liked her main image on comparing people coming to a new world to prison. Re-reading the poem it does feel like prison then a new country. 

Stanza 1: 
  • Description of their travel to a new land i.e. doctor, papers, court, jobs
  • Jobs in different country (what they're meant for) they won't be able to do in this new country
  • The tests they take remind me of history where immigrants from Italy going to New York would need to have a painful eye exam  
  • Baca states "...counselors orient us to the new land we will now live in." I feel like it sounds like school where counselors show you the new school. From the stories I've heard of my people migrating here from Mexico, the officers don't show you around. It's a double meaning of some sort.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Emerson's Child

                            It has been almost 2 weeks since the presidential election. In this election there were two candidates who you could say not a lot of people were very pleased about. But we still had to pick a new president for our country and for our future. The two candidates were Hillary Clinton (democrat) and Donald Trump (republican). To many peoples' shock, Donald Trump won the election. He will be our next president starting in January.
                        I believe that Emerson's thought on the election would almost be a positive one. He probably wouldn't of liked what the presidential candidates were saying. But Emerson would've liked that they were being themselves. He was a big believer on people being themselves and not straying from it. Emerson wanted people to be their true selves and show the whole world that.             

Sorry

      dog animals cute no sorry            
 *first I would like to say sorry for not updating in such a LONG time, but that is about to change*

                  

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Vocab. #5

Venomous: full of hatred or anger
Stolid: does not react to situations or seem excited by them when most people would react
Hypnotized: to produce a sleep-like state in someone so that you can influence their thoughts and actions
Suspended: bring enforce or affect
Transformed: make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of
Accuse: a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime
Anticipate: regard as probable; expect or predict
Fringe: an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material
Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Earnestly: fervent, intent, purposeful, determined, industrious, ambitious
Dissolve: become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution
Aggravate: make a problem, injury, or offense worse or more serious
Illuminate: light up
Capillary: a tube that has an internal diameter of hairline thinness
Proboscis: an elongated sucking mouthpart that is typically tubular and flexible

Thursday, September 29, 2016

A Hug is nearly a Gun spelled Backwards

A hug is simply a show of affection. It's almost like telling someone "I love you" without technically saying those words. To me I feel very uncomfortable with hugs. It just makes me feel all awkward when someone hugs me. For many people (excluding me), a hug is a comforting thing. It makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
       I do agree with E.M. Forster. Patriotism is basically someone love for their country. I like our country because we are "free". But with everything that has been going on has deflated my love for this country. Now before people start getting mad let me just say I was born here. So I have the right to express my right to freedom speech. I'm not very patriotic. I feel that personal relations are more important.
        Personal relations is more to me for many reasons.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Satire Project

      *listen to "Bittersweet* by P!ATD*
In my English class we had to do a satire project. I have to be completely honest. I had no idea what satire was or how to even come up with a project idea for it. All of my friends have had just fabulous ideas from getting rid of drugs by smoking it or for people to get their chest and down removed so that we'll all be equal. For my satire, I have come up the idea of how many people (specifically Donald Trump) keep getting mad that 'immigrants' are taking their jobs.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Vocab. #2

intercede: intervene on behalf of another
hackneyed: lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
approbation: approval or praise
innuendo: an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one
coalition: an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
elicit: evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions

Friday, August 26, 2016

Vocab. #1

theme: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition
tone: the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
mood: a temporary state of mind or feeling.
diction: the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
syntax: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
syllogism: an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises)

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Welcome

 Hi guys! This is Ale Llamas. I would like to welcome you personally to my blog. To all of my Mexican viewers Hola. Now, this is my very first blog. So mistakes are bound to happen. I think that's enough for today, so peace out.