October 29, 2010

This weekend we covered articles about tragedy from different peoples point of view. We discussed each reading and reflected on them on a google doc. On the google doc's we had to Retell, Respond, and Relate to the stories. This was an interesting weekend. :D

October 22, 2010

This week in English class we covered the genre of tragedy. As a class we look at one Greek story called "Odepus The King". This story is about Odepus the king who falls in the end and finds his true identity. The story starts out with the city of Thebes with a disease and a priest believes that Odepus can fix this problem because he is the king. That is one view of tragedy. Later on the story Odepus real father comes to him to let him know the truth of his identity. Odepus falls when he finds this information because he is not really a king because he was adopted by a servant of Lacius. When Jocasta finds out this new she kills herself and Odepus stabs his eyes out. Later on Odepus is sad and not happy when he finds this news and he decides to leave to an unknown place to die. I think this story is some what tragic but not exactly. This story is not exactly tragic because I knew that he was going to fall.

Also in class we are going to do a project on how we view tragedy by theater, drama, acting, art, and music. I believe that art and music is the best way to show tragic moments because you get a visual of a sad picture and a song that is slow and also that is played in a minor key. I am very excited to see what other students interpret tragedy. :D

October 15, 2010

This week in English class we learned about tragic stories. One story we read was "Oedipus The King". This story is about a man named Oedipus a stranger of Thebes who became a king of the city. He became the king because the previous king Laius was murdered. The story starts  out with the city of Thebes infected by the plague (YUK!). He was put to the throne because he knew how to save the city of Thebes. That is the main point of the story. There is more I could talk about but I think this is enough.

For my book of choice I finished reading my book "The Final Warning" by James Patterson. THAT WAS A GOOD BOOK! This book made me be on the edge of my seat and so stressed about. The ending was so epic. Where I left off was where the mutant teenage kids where in Antarctica studying Global Warming patterns around the word. While they were on their mission a guy named Gozen who is a spy for a special team is trying to capture them. The mutant kids don't know they are being watched by a special force team. While they were out on their mission they got caught in a bad snow storm where they had to wait and out. Basically they had to survive out in the harsh cold. When the storm was over they where caught by Gozens men and brought to Miami, Florida to be auctioned off to the public. On the day of the auction there was a hurricane warning. Though out the auction the hurricane hit the building letting the mutant kids having a chance to escape. While that happened Gozen was killed by the full force of mother nature.

This book "The Final Warning" that I finished was so good. If you like science fiction, adventure, and suspense this is the book for you. I hope to get the next book of the Maximum Ride series and start reading it so i can see what happens. Thats about it what I want to blog about. :D

First Blog Post For English October 8, 2010

Here is my first blog for my English class. For this week in English we read two stories about Socrates. The first one was about where he was taken into trial. He was taken to trial because he was disturbing the young youth of the Athenians. Also he did not believe in the gods which made people not happy. The second reading of Socrates is about where his friend Crito comes to save him from his death. Socrates does not want to escape because he say's he's breaking the law and he thinks there is a reason why he is put to death. He does not escape witch leads to his death.

For my book of choice that I'm suppose to read is "The Final Warning" by James Patterson. The genre of the book is adventure and sci-fi. The book is about 4 mutant teen age kids who are part bird and human. They are always on the run from scientists, military, secret agencies, and the paparazzi. They are on the run because they do not want to be taken in and experimented on. The story is about where the mutant kids are put on a mission to study Global Warming in Antarctica. Paleontologists hire to help them to study climate change. Through out the story they get betrayed from them because the Paleontologists are part of a secret agency. That is where I am in my reading. Hope to read more to find out what happens. I really recommend this book to people who love to seek adventure, suspense,  and sci-fi.