Vocab #2

accouterments: personal clothing, accessories, etc.

apogee: the highest or most distant point; climax.

Poetry #2

An inch
To some, it's not much
But to me, it's everything
It determines the difference between defeat or victory
Success or failure
For me, an inch is a sin
Giving an inch shows weakness of the heart
The pain of giving in to the oppressor lasts forever
There are times where strength is not on your side
But inside is where true strength lies
Moral battles always erupt inside
Weakness, submission, devastation
Determination, the drive to always prevail
Give an inch, sacrifice a mile
Take a mile, receive an inch
Never give up, never stop fighting
Be relentless
You are the victor
You are a fighter

Vocab #1

adumbrate: to outline; give a faint indication of, to foreshadow, to overshadow; obscure.

apotheosis: the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence.

Driving me (part 1)

Driving ME

The morning was cold and dark. The street lights were on but flickered. The fog came in the night and made visibility as low as 2 feet. Dan awoke to the sound of a telephone ringing in another room in his home. Looking up at the clock, he notices it was five a.m. “Great, four hours of sleep.” Dan said struggling to keep

Poetry #1

One half of a story

Two face

Means two things

You are either a backstabbing low life

Or you hide a secret side of you

A side you wish to keep caged

A side that begs to be released

A side you are starting to loose control of

Every day it wants to be free

The doors of the cage becoming looser with each push 

A demon inside

A monster inside

Everyone has two sides

Some can control it

Others can't

As bright as day

As dark as night

No one is a perfect angel

I fight the monster inside

Your life is your life

 1. The poem is the laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski.

2. Because the corporation represents darkness in the poem.

3.Yes because the authors back story has him coming to america and at first not doing well and went into a ten year heavy drinking phase. But he did publish his first book at the age of 24 then poetry at 35. He never gave up.

4. At first poem from go forth commercial then I type in the title of the video and just put poem at the in and led me to the laughing heart, and I went to poets.org to get the back story of the author.          

       

Essay #1

Change sometimes means devastation, but can also mean liberation. Freeing one of oppression but at the cost of companionship. In the novel by S.E. Hinton, Hawkes Harbor takes a the character orphan bastard Jamie and takes from him both his closest friend and the ability of a cherished activity. But in the end the losses were compensated by the gains. Jamie is separated from his life long friend and then became a slave to a mysterious man with an irresistible influence on Jamie now.

 Jamie, once the slave of the mysterious man, began to lose both himself and his mental health. Throughout this suspense filled story, everything Jamie does seems to hurt him a lot. The man commands him to do his bidding and forces him to bring him the woman he secretly loves to be sacrifice to reincarnate the evils man departed loved one. Even after freeing his loved one, he is blamed for the kidnapping and was barrage bullets by the woman's husband seriously injuring Jamie. Which is the reason for later taking his beloved ability.

The gains brought by the exile of a only friend and being under the influence of a man who he would later respect. Jamie has been an orphan traveling with a mentor robbing, smuggling, etc. He was consider a bastard by many. But eventually as the time being the slave of the man. Jamie became the slave to the friend of him forming a closer bond between him becoming like a butler to the man future family, Jamie experience luxury with him throughout the years. By the end Jamie died with something he would never had if he never went to the Hawkes Harbor and stick with his friend, Jamie would never have a family or prob;y a roof over his head.

The disruption in ones life may cause damage or generate new opportunities. Jamie went through hell before the gates were open to him. But in the end he died with no regrets still seeing him once capture as a respectful master, like a  butler to a man. Building a friendship with all connected to him. The path for Jamie was both covered with shadows and holes but in the end. The exile or change to his life made him a better man and made him someone who would be missed when he left.   

never know what lurks under the surface