Friday, August 30, 2013

Creation


                                                                                                                        Zack

Herald decided to create something with the extra planet, which was barren yet, perfect. He first placed a few trees and quickly decided that these few trees were not enough. His greed for the creativity of what we call Earth forced his thoughts to become true. Herald filled the land with trees and flooded the ground so that it became saturated with water. Earth rained for two rotations before all of the water had been soaked into the dirt. He even moved the sun closer so that it would be a little hotter and force the water to leave the ground. Randall was jealous of Herald’s work and became angered. Seeing Herald’s selfish acts he rippled the land so that extremely deep bodies of water formed along with shallow pools. The Earth tilted from the tremors and fell into a perpetual spin, which created the seasons. Randall gazed at what he had made. A tear fell from his eye, salting the deepest waters forever. He then filled the ripples by making Earth turn another two rotations under an intense rain. Half of Herald’s trees had been submerged, but it didn’t matter because Herald admired Randall’s work.

Randall then placed an entirety of scrap parts under the oceans’ surface to deter Herald’s appreciation. I refer to scrap parts as in bones and flesh. These two people have no affiliation; they’ve just always been there together.

Herald began to scribble upon his hand one day out of boredom. Whilst drawing he began to think about how lonely earth looked with just trees so he drew man. He decided that even though Randall had control over the oceans’ contents he would borrow some of the spare parts from the scraps and create what he had drawn.

Man stumbled onto shore from the depths of the ocean. Herald noticed that the being was dying out of the water, and realized that he needed to better adapt him to the life above and out of water. Herald thought to himself watching the human flounder about on the banks of the ocean how he could help. Then Herald inhaled deeply and closed his eyes. Exhaling he breathed two pouches inside of man. The man’s eyes grew large and he breathed in the briny sea breeze. Herald then left the man on the shore and drew the inner systems of the man onto the back of his hand and exhaled them into the motionless figure.

Man was finally at full functioning perfection. Randall had noticed his brother’s work and his missing property. He agreed with Herald that Earth had been lonely but thought that a man alone would look even lonelier. He then created a woman. Randall loved to irk Herald with his compliments, which were quite generous and copious. Herald was not annoyed. He welcomed Randall’s input upon Earth since he still felt sorry for creating Earth first.

Randall of course decided to take advantage of Herald’s humbleness and created every animal from aardvarks to zebras. There was no order, just action. Herald used all of the scrap parts from the ocean for the sake of man being able to prepare himself for what was to come.

Herald saw Randall’s work and was insulted. These creations to him were a mockery of his constructs, but he didn’t confront Randall, because he knew that the humans were happy with his work. So Herald avoided Randall, walked to the other side of the spinning world they had created together, and became the moon.

Randall grew lonely while watching the humans flourish. He made it to the turn of the century and decided to make his home inside of the sun. Occasionally Herald and Randall will pass by each other and speak for a brief moment before returning to their slumbers.   

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Comparison

4.)
Genesis shows slight similarities to The World on the Turtle's Back.

Both females fall from their heavenly places (Eve from the garden and the woman from the Skyworld) to a place where things are not quite as easy (A.K.A. Earth).

The male roles in both stories are caring, but it is debatable that the man from The World on the Turtle's Back is tired of the females commands and pushes her from Skyworld. Adam doesn't influence Eve to eat the apple.

Both of these stories have a sacred tree which no one is supposed to interact with. Yet in both stories both lead female roles do just that.

Both stories explain the creation of the seas, skies, moon, sun, plants, and animals.

5.)
right hand:Very realistic, means what he says, did what seemed right and reasonable
left hand: never meant what he said, always lied, did things backward, always made it look like he was doing the opposite.

They honor both because they both created the animals and plants. They honor the right handed twin less because he killed his brother and grandmother. The honor the left handed twin less because he was devious and looked at as the evil twin.

Creation of animals, creation of plants, creation of land masses, sun and moon origin. How humans came to earth.

6.)
Very respectful and gracious about all aspects of nature.
They see them as equals that have been honored enough to have a story.
They give rituals to honor both left and right handed twins.
They see good and evil as merely a couple of brothers that have their quarrels.

7.)
Yes. The world created in this story is a perfect habitat for all creatures. The people can be easily reminded of why their here because of the polar opposite brothers with their creations and characteristics.

American Literature Outline.


I.               Historical Context
a.     The meeting of two worlds
                                               i.     Early Writers describe land and people
                                              ii.     Native Americans had well established civilizations when Europeans arrived
                                            iii.     Native Americans and Europeans both assumed wrongly about each other.
1.     Native Americans: Viewed ship as a walking island
2.     Europeans viewed land as a barren and desolate wilderness
b.     From colony to country
                                               i.     Colonists increasingly practiced local self rule
                                              ii.     Britain in turn provided protection for the new colonies
                                            iii.     When taxed the remarkable minds of our colonial thinkers were put into action to write protest documents.
1.     Declaration of Independence
2.     Constitution of the united states
II.             Cultural Influences
a.     Puritan beliefs
                                               i.     Puritans were English Protestants seeking simpler ways of worship.
                                              ii.     Puritans are also inflexible to other religious views
1.     This rule for puritans was a direct explanation for the Salem witch trials
III.           Ideas of the Age
a.     The Enlightenment
                                               i.     The enlightenment pointed people into the direction of being governed by the people for the people.
b.     The Great Awakening
                                               i.     Colonists rededicated themselves and join together with a belief that a higher power was helping them become settled in America.
IV.            Early American Literature
a.     The Native American Experience
                                               i.     There were 300 different Native American cultures and all of them had their ways of storytelling.
                                              ii.     Creation stories, the migration of people, great deeds, fairy tales, lyrics, and chants were some examples of what you might’ve heard in your tribe.
                                            iii.     Sadly Native Americans were killed off in mass numbers by European disease.
b.     Exploration and the Early Settlers
                                               i.     From the Europeans there was descriptive literature about the land.
                                              ii.     These pieces of writing then influenced people back in Britain to come to America.
                                            iii.     Captain John Smith was notorious for writing documents and journals to convince people to come to the colonies.
c.      The Puritan Tradition
                                               i.     The puritans wrote to bring clarity to their religion and viewed writing as a tool.
                                              ii.     Puritans, while they did occasionally write for pleasure, they mostly wrote sermons or journaled their lives.
                                            iii.     Most Puritan literature uses vivid images from nature and everyday life.
d.     Writers of the Revolution
                                               i.     Revolutionary writers chose to write about matters concerning government rather than religion.
                                              ii.     Between 1763 and 1783 inexpensive books called pamphlets were published to inform colonists on British rule.
                                            iii.     Thomas Jefferson wrote pamphlets and also helped write and edit the Declaration of Independence.
                                            iv.     Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington also wrote perhaps the countries most important piece of writing: The Constitution of the United States of America
                                              v.      

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

First VOcab.

Colloquial-Adj. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing.
The man was very colloquial when he talked about politics.

Dotard-N. a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties
"You dotard!" Paul yelled at grandpa.

Furrow-N. a narrow groove in the ground
The farmers took advantage of the multiple furrows, and planted their spring crops.

Misnomer-N. A wrong name or designation
The police confirmed that the ticket indeed had a misnomer and was faulty.

Vilification-N. to speak ill of someone
"I have reasons for my accusations", but everyone knew his reason of vilification were not applicable.

Atrophy-N. the wasting away of a body or organ
He had lost interest in  participating and could feel atrophy moving through his body.

Misogynist-N. A person who hates women
The man had realized he was a misogynist at the age of 14, but was not vocal about it until his late twenties.

Vindicate-Vb. to clear from suspicion
The lawyer had the ability to vindicate all his clients, but for a hefty fee.

Attenuate-Vb. to weaken or reduce in force
Andre the Giant had the ability to attenuate anyone, but morally he was a gentle person.

Drivel-N. Saliva flowing from the mouth
The large dog was followed closely by his own drivel.

Virulent-Adj. actively poisonous
 The senator was known to have a sneaky and virulent air about him.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Sweet picture and paragraph

 How do you feel about this man and woman?  How do you feel about the situation they are involved in?


I feel like the man is more of a tourist than a husband to the woman. The woman is pregnant and drinking so I feel that the woman is a little irresponsible since she seems to want to keep the baby while the man does not. I feel like the man wants to stay in Spain with the woman but not the baby. The woman seems to not like the man with the same intensity and wants to keep the baby. She may also seek a way out of Spain.


Friday, August 16, 2013

YUp..

-I enjoyed his enthusiasm. He seems to have a unique passion for English.
-Not so much enlightenment, but his statements concerning the importance of the text opposed to the author were eye opening.
- How reading can improve your ability to write just because your "studying" someone's style of writing.