Latin Roots #6

Roots and Derivatives 
1. Corp(or): body
2. Cred: To believe
3. Cur(r), Curs, Course: To run, to flow
4. dic(t): To speak, to say

Word List
1. Benediction: the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religion service; a blessing or state of blessedness
   After every Sunday Mass, the priest offers a benediction.

2. Concourse: a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng
   The securities job was to monitor the concrete concourse area of the football stadium.

3. Concurrent: occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together
   Hannah Montana lived a concurrent life; her ordinary life and her famous life.

4. Corporal: related to the physical body
   There would definitely be less troubled students and better behavior if schools used corporal punishments.

5. Corpulent: very stout; fleshly and obese; fat
   After the guy from super size me experimented from overeating McDonalds, he became rather corpulent in size.

6. Credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy
   Once somebody has lied to me once, their credibility has gone out the window.

7. Credulity: the willingness to believe too easily without proof.
   The con artist was able to sell was able to easily sell his products to credulous buyers.

8. Cursory: done is a superficial or hasty manner
   Before my test, I cursory looked over my notes instead of studying the night before.

9. Dictum: an authoritative saying or maxim
   My mom always tells me cheesy dictums that her mom once told her.

10. Incorporate: to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole
   Artist like to incorporate their own personality in their paintings.

11. Incredulous: not believing, skeptical, or doubting
   It was obvious the jury did not believe the defendants incredulous alibi. 

12. Indicative: characteristic of or very much like; suggestive
   My brothers wedding ring is an indicative of his wives love.  

Lit. Analysis #2 response: The Giver

1. The Giver by Lois Lowery is in a futuristic community wheres theres no color, no feelings, and everyone is pretty much the same. The main character, Jonas, however has always felt like he's different from everyone else, but doesn't quite know how to describe it. At the age of twelve, every twelve year old in the community gets placed in a career that the government assigns them for the rest of their life. Jonas was the last one called, and finally he was called up to be the new Memory of receiver because he's "different" from everybody else. On his first day, the receiver gives Jonas a happy memory, and Jonas wonders why the government took this away from everybody. Throughout the book, The Giver shares sad, happy, exciting nervous, traumatizing, and horrid memories of the past. Jonas isn't aloud to share these memories of the past with anybody because it causes pain and indifference. He didn't think this was right and wanted to create a plan to cross the border of his community and release all memory back to the people. Jonas and the Giver plotted a scheme for Jonas to escape and risk his life. After almost getting caught, and escaping a near death experience, he lived a memory that the Giver gave to him to give him strength. Jonas crossed the border, and finally all the memory was released.

2. The theme in this book is, memories and individuality is what makes the world unique. I believe Lowery chose to write about this because so many people want to be like each other or copy one another such as celebrities. However, if everybody was the same the world would be so boring. Also, I think Lowery wants us to cherish and share our memories especially the happy one, so that they will never be forgotten.

3.The protagonist is a dynamic and round character because he changes throughout the course of the story. For example, in the beginning of the book, Jonas had no problem with his community, however by the end he though it was wrong and awful, which made him set a plan to change the community. This sparked after the Giver had shared with him all the past memories of the world that nobody knows about.

4. The major symbols in the story include the senses such as hearing, seeing, and feeling. No one could see color or feel feelings such as frightfulness and happiness except for Jonas. Another huge symbol was Jonas's first memory of him sledding down a hill in the snow because by living this pacific memory, is how Jonas escaped his society.

5. I chose this book because my friend had read it and told me good things about it. Also, it had recently came out in theaters and the previews had appealed to me. However, I wanted to read the book first, so that I'm able to compare the book to the movie. When I began the book, it made me want to keep reading because it started as a sort of suspense of why Jonas was different from everybody else and I wanted to find out why.

6. It's hard to personally relate myself to this book because I and most everyone around me can see color as well as have our own feelings. However, everybody is different in looks and personality kinda how Jonas felt toward everybody else.

7. A part I expect to remember was when Jonas took Gabriel, the baby who has the same "ability" as him, with him when he escaped. Jonas could have gotten away a lot easier and faster, but instead he saved from dying and took him with him. "For Gabriel there would have been no life at all. So there had not really been a choice."

Greek Drama Questions

1. Dancing choruses of worshipers began competing for prizes such as a bull or goat.
2. As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysos.
3. The mask affected the voices of the actors because they had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the actors' voices.
4. Antigone was suspenseful to viewing audiences because since they already knew the story, the suspense came from their knowledge of things the characters on stage did not know. The audience pitied them and wanted to warn them of their impending doom.
5. The Shepard is ordered to leave the infant to die on a lonely mountainside with his ankles pinned together.
6. The riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus was, "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
7. Oedipus had four kids: two sons, Polyneices and Eteocles; and two daughters, Antigone and Ismene.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, Creon takes over Thebes.
9. After death, the family closed the dead person's eyes and mouth and began to prepare the body for the prothesis (the wake). The women of the house washed the body and dressed it in white or in wedding clothes. Then they places the body on a portable framework, making sure that the feet pointed toward the door, and sprinkled it with herbs which were believed to keep evil spirits away. Women waited near the body, and men entered with their right arms raised high in the air. When the closest relative held the dead persons head with both hands, the other mourners wailed and sang accompanied by the reed pipe.

Antigone Quickwrite

If I were to wake up on vacation and find myself surrounded by people who say parents have lost their minds and my two brothers killed each other in a fight, I'd definitely put that down in the books for worst vacation. Then later finding out that my uncle has declared himself king, left my favorite brother for the maggots and birds to dine on, while my jerk brother got buried with honor, I would be absolutely furious. First I would go around the town advocating what my uncle has done and find a way to stop him. If my sister was all I had and she didn't want to help me, then I would go and find brave strong willed people who would help me burry my brother. I mean it wasn't even my favorite brother's fault because he didn't even start the fight! It was my jerk brother who started it and now somehow he gets buried with honor. How does this happen? I would get all the people I could find to help me put my uncle through the Anti-gone machine, as he did to my parents. If I gathered lots of people then my uncle would have no chance, no one would be executed, and my brother can be buried peacefully with honor. Everybody is happy, and we can precede to our family vacation.

Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar

Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar

On October 28^th, 2014, our class was lucky enough to view a live video chat with presenter, Jonathan Safran about his book, “Eating Animals.” I thought the category of his webinar was rather informative with a little bit of persuasiveness. Safran informed us with some interesting facts and views that I had never quite thought about. Although not trying to completely change our views on weather eating animals is right or not, he purposed questions that made my perspectives differentiate about its ethical purposes. For example, When he mentioned how the animals are locked in tiny cages where they barley fit, just to die for our own consumption.

Three stand out moments

1.      Something I found interesting was when he mentioned that mostly everyone knows the cruelty and torture animals go through, however they don’t like to hear it, and continue eating meat. Also he says people are ignorant to the fact and they won’t fix the problem because Americans are known as “selfish” and will only care if it applies to them. This I find is quite sad because as being an animal lover, I find animal torture no different than humans being tortured.

2.      The second stand out moment was when Safran said that, “You can eat meat your whole life without being able to read or watch about the animals affected and the issues that come along with it.” I found this bizarre because who would not want to know what is being put into their own body? The first concern people have is just the taste, but they don’t even bother to know what’s inside, it could be a rat for all they care.

3.      Lastly I found it interesting when he said that children don’t make decisions for themselves like this when they’re young. I agree with this because a person’s eating habit when they are young determines how they will eat the rest of their lives and it’s all up to the parents. A parent can feed their child only meat, cupcakes, and donuts, and that’s usually how they will eat all their life. Or, a parent can feed their child healthy with plenty of fruits and vegetables, and that will guide them throughout their life as well. I believe it all starts with the parent’s lifestyle to pass on to their kids.

This presentation can relate to my life because it makes me consider now what I am putting into my body. Previously, I have attempted to become vegetarian, only to later give up because my mom cooks a delicious meal containing meat. However, I do watch what meat I’m consuming, and have cut certain meats out of my diet. Nonetheless, I think it would be hard for me to cut meat out of my diet completely. This webinar made me especially think about animals and the cruelty they go through because I am a giant animal lover.         

Latin Roots #5

Roots and Derivatives
1. Cent(i): hundred
2. cid(e): kill, cut
3. clam, claim: cry out, declare
4. cord, cour: heart

Word list
1. Bicentennial: a celebration of a two hundredth anniversary
      ex: The bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989 was celebrated with a parade.

2. Centenarian: a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
      ex: My great grandfather was a centenarian before he died at age 102

3. Centurion: a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems
    ex: The soldier is likely to see the world from a centurion perspective

4. Clamorous: characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent
    ex: There was a jostling, clamorous mob on strike for better pay.

5. Concise: covering much in few words; brief and to the point
    ex: I like when people tell a concise story because is a lot easier to understand rather than someone who blabs about unnecessary detail.

6. Concordance: a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writers works
    ex: The entire basketball team was in concordance.

7. Cordial: of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable
    ex: There was a new kid to the school, and everyone was cordial towards him to make sure he feels welcome.

8. Discordant: (sounding) harsh or inharmonious: clashing
    ex: I have sensitive hears, therefore the discordant sounds of Fireworks on 4th of July hurt my ears.

9. Genocide: the systematic extermination of an ethnic group
    ex: Hitler used Genocide towards the Jews because he thought Germans were better.

10. Incisive: keenly penetrating; cutting into
    ex: The boys arguments was marked as incisive humor.

11. Proclamation: an official statement or announcement that informs or honors.
    ex: The entire kingdom planned to attend the proclamation ceremony of the new Queen and King.

12. Reclaim: To claim again; to restore a former importance or usefulness
    ex: After loosing his home to foreclosure, The man finally got his home back.

Latin Roots #4

Roots and Derivatives

bon, boun: good

caput, capt: head, chief, leader.

carn(i): flesh

ced(e), ceed, cess: go, yield, surrender.

1. accession: the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined.
ex: The artist was interested in the accession of high quality paintings.

2. bona fide: in good faith; genuine.
ex: The girl who excelled in math made a bona fide deal to help her friend, who struggled.

3. bonanza: a sudden and unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall.
ex: The women had won a great bonanza when she won 100,00 on a slot machine in vegas.

4. bounteous: inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant.
ex: The flower shop had bounteous amounts of newly stocked daises and roses. 

5. capitulation: a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up.
ex: After seeing himself on the news, the escaped convict decided to capitulate to avoid being shot by a police officer. 

6. carnage: a great slaughter, as in battle.
ex: The carnage of the battle left thousands of dead bodies in the street. 

7. carnivorous: flesh- eating, as an animal.

ex: Lions are carnivorous because they hunt and eat gazelle.

8. incarnate: literally, in the flesh, in bodily form; personified; flesh- colored.

ex: People say the girl is an angel incarnate because she is always so good and loves to help others. 

9. intercede: to act on another’s behalf; to meditate.

ex: The teacher will have to intercede in the dispute between the two girls, and soon enough they will be friends again. 

10. precedent: a previous act or decision taken as a valid model.

ex: Pre-school is a recommended precedent before kindergarden.

11. recapitulation: a brief repetition; a summary, as of what has already been said.

ex: I like to recapitulate my notes before taking a test so I will do well.

12. reincarnation: a thing that is reborn, or comes back into being.

ex: Buddhist believed in reincarnation and that every time they die, they'll be reborn.