Some notes on Beowulf :).

The story was pretty typical. Wild monster comes and kills defenseless people while all of a sudden a hero comes and saves the day. Sound familiar? Indeed. 
Then after he fights the monster and thinks hes done with the job... All of a sudden the monsters mom comes to avenge the death of her son. Then when he finishes her off he comes faced with a dragon. yep. But before he fights the dragon he gets kinda scared to fight it, so he kinda just i guess you could say remissness about the battles he had before. cutting this short, he fights the dragon, get wounded and wins, but its a double whammy, Beowulf dies. and yeah he gets a nice funeral. The End. To me, that was just a typical "Superman" movie, it didn't really have an influence on me in any sort of way, but hey! It had its moments (:

My Literature Analysis book #1 Facts about J.R.R. Tolkien :D

So if you haven't watched The Lord Of The Rings... You Suck. Seriously. Btw. My opinions are in This Cool Blue(:

                                     (This is a joke, Don't kill yourselves & Welcome to 2013!)
J.R.R. Tolkien was just awesome. so i thought i would share a few AWESOME things about him.:) 

1.) At age 16, Tolkien fell in love with Edith Bratt, three years his senior. His guardian, a Catholic priest, was horrified that his ward was seeing a Protestant and ordered the boy to have no contact with Edith until he turned 21. Tolkien obeyed, pining after Edith for years until that fateful birthday, when he met with her under a railroad viaduct. She broke off her engagement to another man, converted to Catholicism, and the two were married for the rest of their lives. At Tolkien's instructions, their shared gravestone has the names "Beren" and "Luthien" engraved on it, a reference to a famous pair of star-crossed lovers from the fictional world he created.
(My face when i read that)

 

2. In 1999 Amazon.com customers voted Lord of the Rings as the most popular book of the Millenium. 
They know whats up. 

 

 3. When Tolkien's six children were young, he told them numerous original bedtime stories. The most famous of those stories was later published by Tolkien as "The Hobbit."
 Those lucky kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ps. yes... i am getting a little carried away with the meme faces but shut up.)

  

4.  When Tolkien was only four years old, his father passed away. He moved to England, where his mother died four years later. He was raised by a Spanish--Welsh Franciscan priest named Pio Nono, and by his early teens Tolkien had already mastered Latin, Greek, Gothic and Finnish languages. He created his own language at that time and started a club called the Tea Club Barrovian Society, or T.C.B.S., with friends and ran it until 1916, when he married longtime love, Edith Bratt.

Told you the guy was brilliant. 

 5. He Thought his friend C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia was silly and immature.

HAHAHAHAHA that was sad XD.

 

6.  Converted Lewis back to Christianity. 

Seriously was not expecting that.. Wow.

7. Was a skilled artist--his own drawings were published in The Hobbit, and his calligraphy was always elegant and adorned.

asdfghjkl!!!!!!!!

 

8.  In 2003, 25th March was announced as Tolkien Reading Day in schools.

Why wasn't i informed about this?! We should start doing this at school!

 

As you can see i'm a huge nerd when it comes to this kind of crap and i get really into my work....But i never really got into starwars.. go figure.

 

 

Vocabulary #2

accoutrements: additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.

apogee: the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination.

apropos: used to state a speaker's belief that someone's comments or acts are unrelated to any previous discussion or situation.

bicker: argue about petty and trivial matters.

coalesce: come together and form one mass or whole.

contretemps: an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.

convolution: a coil or twist, esp. one of many.

cull: select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

disparate: essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

 licentious: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

mete: dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.

noxious: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

polemic: a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

populous: having a large population; densely populated.

probity: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

repartee: conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

supervene: occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation.

truncate: shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end.

unimpeachable: not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized; entirely trustworthy.

Literature An. Book

for my Literature Analyses book is going to be "The Lord Of The Rings" J.R.R Tolkien. :D

Socrastiuc Seminar Notes

The right to your own opinion. 

           

• Society makes us think we have rights, but we do not. 
• Many of "our" ideas get influenced once someone else states theirs.
• I like where it says we have human rights to be healthy.. yet everyone dies... cute. 
• I am entitled to my own opinion but...It might contradict yours. 
• Some peoples truth might just be the icing on the cake, but the truth is not important. 
• To make this clear for everyone...We have no rights. We may think we do BUT we do not..either the Government takes away our rights or sugar codes it with something similar to what we think is freedom but isn't. For example
• Oh and also when people argue it's only to get the last word. Seriously. People just like to be "right".

Vocabulary #1

adumbrate:
Report or represent in outline.
apotheosis: The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. 
ascetic: Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
bauble: A small, showy trinket or decoration.
beguile: Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way: "every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine"; "a beguiling smile".
burgeon: Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand". Put forth young shoots; bud
complement: A thing that completes or brings to perfection.
contumacious: (esp. of a defendant's behavior) Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
curmudgeon: A bad-tempered or surly person.
didactic: Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
disingenuous: Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.  
exculpate: Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
faux pas:  An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.
fulminate: Express vehement protest
fustian: Thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors.  
hauteur: Haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
inhibit: Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
jeremiad: A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
opportunist: A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by principles or plans.
unconscionable:  Not right or reasonable: "the unconscionable conduct of his son".

Big Question

Why is is that as students, we let other students influence our dreams? and sometime we don't even peruse them because we're scared of what others have to say...It's sad.