Spring Post 1. Music as Literature

   Can we consider music to be literature? I say this is a definite yes. How do we define literature? Literature is writing or words that people read or hear that can evoke an emotion.  What is the difference between a novel, a poem, a rap, a song, an opera, and a symphony?  Their name. They all tell a story. They all use intricate syntax and dictation that could have many differnt meanings to many different people. The songs or writing might sound different or look different, but if you take away the syanza's or the way the song is sung and look just at it as words on paper, most songs will tell its own little short story. Which to me sounds like literature.

Lost, By the band avenged sevenfold.

Centuries pass and still the same. War in our blood, some things never change Fighting for land and personal gain Better your life, justify our pain The end is knocking, the end is knocking
We've all been lost for most of this life (Lost for most of this life) Everywhere we turn more hatred surrounds us And I know that most of us just ain’t right (Most of us just ain’t right) Following the wrong steps, being led by pride
How many lives will we take? How many hearts destined to break? Nowhere to run, can't escape Full of ourselves, tied to our fate The end is knocking, the end is knocking
We've all been lost for most of this life (Lost for most of this life) Everywhere we turn more hatred surrounds us And I know that most of us just ain’t right (Most of us just ain’t right) Following the wrong steps, being led by pride
With peace of mind so hard to find We're dwelling on the drastic signs Another way to numb our mind And as you close your eyes tonight and pray for a better life You’ll see it flying helplessly away

To me, this song talks about how human existance has always had blood on its hands either in war. Or just hatred through the streets and this song just really hits home to me because i can connect to it. I think this song has very strong meaning and should definitly be considered literature.

also..

Critical acclaim by Avenged Sevenfold

Shhh be quiet, you might piss somebody off
Like me motherf***r, you've been at it for too long
While you feed off others insecurities
You stand in front of me and bite the hand that feeds

Self-righteousness is wearing thin
(Lies inside your head your bestfriend)
Heart bleeds but not for fellow men
(Broken glass, your fake reflection)

I've had enough it's time for something real
Don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far, acclaim

So how does it feel to know that someones kid in the heart of america
Has blood on their hands, fighting to defend your rights
So you can maintain the lifestyle that insults this family's existance
Well, where I'm from we have a special salute we aim high in the air
Towards all those pompous assholes who spend their days pointing fingers

F**k you!

Shh be quiet, you might piss somebody off
Like the heartbeat of this country when antagonized too long
I'll be damned if you count me in as part of your generous hypocrisy
Collecting enemies

Tabloid gossip queen worthless man
(There's no need for us to bury you)
Selfish agenda once again
(Right this way, you've dug your own grave)

I've had enough it's time for something real
Don't respect the words you're speaking
Gone too far, acclaim

All the way from the east to the west
We've got this high society looking down on this very foundation
Constantly reminding us that our actions are the cause of all their problems
Pointing the fingers in every direction
Blaming their own nation for who wins elections
They've never contributed a f**king thing to the country they love to criticize

Excuse the obscene, ignore the untrue
Depictions we see, try and get through
Admitting mistakes can hurt
I'm not the last but I sure ain't the first

Shh be quiet, you might piss somebody off

(Self-righteousness is wearing thin)
Lies inside your head your bestfriend
(Heart bleeds but not for fellow man)
Broken glass, your fake reflection

I've had enough it's time for something real
I don't respect these words you speak
Gone too far, acclaim

 

Okay so this song was written when Bush was president wich might help under stand it. But this song talks about how people criticize the government for being in the war with Iraq and criticise the Bush administration. Yet the marines and people out there are defending the very rights that the people are using against them. and its kinda like a "Hey why don't you stop criticisng us because we're giving you freedom."

 

Literary analysis 3

The battle of the labyrinth 

   In the battle of the labyrinth Percy, annabeth, and Grover go into the labyrinth to find its creator before Luke's army does and attacks camp half blood from the inside. While they search the labyrinth  they come across the god Janus who makes them choose between two door one way will kill them the other will lead them to the creator. The god Hera comes to the rescue and makes Janus go away. Finally after days of searching the group finds the creator who agrees to let himself die and destroy his labyrinth, in the process half of Luke's army is destroyed but the evil Titan lord Kronos is finally brought back to the real world from Tartarus. 

I think the characters are a little static in this story and not really growing any. In my opinion this book was a little boring but it was just leading up to the big finale

Literary analysis 2

The Titans Curse

  In the titans curse Percy, Grover, annabeth, and Thalia find two new demigods named Bianca and nico de Anglo. The group gets a prophecy to save the goddess Artemis in San Francisco. While on their way to SF they end up running into Artemis's hunters also trying to save the goddess. On the way Bianca swears her alliance to the hunters and becomes immortal. In Hephaestus's junk yard Bianca is killed by a giant automaton. When in San fransisco the group finds that Luke's evil ship the princess andromeda is in San fransisco and has a whole army of monsters. The group led by Percy infiltrates the defenses and saves the goddess Artemis who then transports them to a near by airport to return home.

   I think the theme of the novel is too never give up. Like when Bianca dies the group wants to return home but they keep going to save the goddess. The tone of the story is happy and exciting, you cannot out down this book. There is a lot of metaphors and smilies in this story.

   After reading this story I believe that I definitely have met a person who is very dynamic not just changing from start to finish but from almost every other chapter he knows something new, acts a little older and more mature leading this group of kids

the big Q

so everyone is writing "What is the meaning of life?" and honesly, i could care less what the meaning is. It's my life and im giong to live it my way, now im not talking Yolo i mean i coulf care less the the meaning is. I have many questions but nothing that strikes me as 'The big One' yeah i wonder where will i be in life. How do i get the career i want with the classes im given at school. I also wonder about the books im reading or have red. Like Pirate Cinema by cory doctorow, i read the first couple chapters up to page like 55 and its pretty good actually definitly not the kind of book i would usually ready (harry potter, percyjackson, hungergames etc.) i wonder how many other books are out like that. idk i actually went home sick today and im really still not feeling good. so ima wrap it up with that. i really kinda improv'd on what i wrote from class today. idk i dont have any big Q's things change every hour so you never know :) ima go to bed. lol

vocab

1. bosom- heart; the center; an intimate part of the human anatomy
2. prudently- wise or judicious in practical affairs
3. inveterate- having a habit that isn't going to stop
4. propensity- likelihood
5. advert- promoting an idea; to refer
6. stripling- a youth
7. repose- to pose again
8. sequestered- kept separate
9. glen- a small, narrow valley
10. pervade- to become spread throughout all parts og
11. reverie- a trance or spell
12. gambols- to play; frolic
13. collating- to gather or arrange in their proper sequence
14. allege- to assert without proof
15. purport- to present
16- imbibed- to consume by drinking
17. laud- admiration
18. sojourned- a temporary stay
19. tarry- to linger
20. cognomen- a surname
21- potentates- dictators
22. onerous- burdensome

vocab fall list #7

1) ad infinitium- again and again, in the same way/ forever
when i try to memorize things i say it ad infinitium
2)apportion-assign
they did not apportion blame to anyone
3)bona fide- real or genuine.
the gold looked bona fide
4)buoyant- able to stay afloat
The life jacket is very buoyant
5)clique-small group of people with same shared interests and excludes other people
Righetti has a bunch of cliques
6)concede-admit (defeat) in a contest
he conceded the math of chess.
7)congenial-pleasant
i am very congenial (:
8)lofty-of a noble or exalted nature

9)migration- the movement of a preson from one country to another/animals from one place to another
whales migrate
10)perceive-to become aware or conscious of something
i perceive that i have no life because i have read 4 books in the past 8 days
11)perverse-Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice

12)prelude-An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important
9-11 was a prelude to the war in the middle east
13)rancid-Smelling or tasting unpleasant
old fish smells rancid
14)rustic-Having a simplicity and charm that is considered typical of the countryside
the cottage looked rustic
15)sever-Divide by cutting or slicing, esp. suddenly and forcibly
the head of the snake was severed from its body by the machette
16)sordid-Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt

17)untenable- not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
Obama was untenable during the denver debate
18)versatile-Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities: "a versatile saw
our military is versatile. land air and sea
19)vindicate-Show or prove to be right, reasonable
the man on prison was vindicated
20)wane-Have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated

Literary analysis questions

1) Plot:  1. exposition. New york city slowly traveling West to california then LA. then back to New York city. Percy jackson. Annabeth Chase. And grover Underwood. Percy finds out he is the son of the sea god Possidon. He is a half blood meaning his mother is mortal. Annabeth is the daughter of Athena and Grover is a Saytr.
2. conflict. Zues's master bolt is stolen and they believe Percy has it. If he doesnt return the master bolt world war three will break out so Percy takes on a quest to go West and find the god that has gone bad.
3. rising action. On their journy the three come across monsters who try to kill them. and lose all their money. As well staying in a magic hotel which tricks them into staying for a couple of days without them realizing it.
4. Climax. Percy finds out that Ares god of war got stole the bolt from the actual theif, Percy battles Ares and wins.
5. He then goes to mount olympus in new yourk city to return the bolt before the war between the gods begin

2) keep your friends close, but your enimes closer.

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Characterization

1) direct characterization: Percy is brave, he faced the minotaur without knowing how to fight. Percy is troubled kid, he was kicked out of 6 schools in 7 years.
Indirect: Percy is tough, he battles the god of war and wins even after he was wounded. Percy is smart, when he was stuck in the tunnel of love with annabeth he tried to use his powers to focus on the water and push them out of the tunnel.

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3) the protagonish is dynamic. he changes SO much from the story. At the begining if the story he is a nobody that isnt good at school and keeps getting kicked out. At the end he knows he is the son of a god and learns to use his powers.

4) I have read the whole series multiple times, i can say i met a person. Rick Riordan is so well at describing his charcter his words come alive and seem so real.