Music

Music flowing through the ears,
Eyes filling with forbidden tears.
Around and around it will travel,
Some memories begin to unravel.
Feelings and emotions start to burst,
Yet to come is the absolute worst.
For when the song comes to a halt,
There will soon be a terrible fault.

The two sides of Wemmick

Although it is known throughout the world that treating people with respect and kindness is the most important rule of mankind, some choose to turn against it. Wemmick, a man with two completely different lives, is one of them and needs to get his personal ethics and morals in line. At home, he is a honest man, one who abides by the Golden Rule and doesn’t turn against it; at work, though, he is like a flipped coin, deceiving others here, there and everywhere. This behavior is due to the fact that he is a selfish and conceited man, too afraid that taking a different path in his work life will afflict his personal life. With fear conning him into a different personality, Wemmick is becoming a changed man with different morals than before, he needs to take the reins of his life and start changing the course that he is on.

The Battle Against Mrs. Joe

Rather than a father-figure, Joe is more of an equal or a brother to Pip. Together, they face the wrath of Mrs. Joe; always standing up for one another. When she starts to attack Pip for asking too many questions, Joe steps in to save the day. If she gets on Joe's case for saying something wrong, Pip never leaves his side. Their small army is marching to war and will stop at nothing to defeat their enemy, Mrs. Joe.

Veterans Essay

My veterans essay is posted on my essay blog. I have the link on the side.

A Corner of the Universe Responses

Movies
A way to document time, always having those special moments with you, no matter how old you get.
Film
A keepsake, allowing you to rewind and go back in time as much as you please.
Projector
Spitting out images of your past, brightly reminding you of the future.
Screen
A place that stops those images from going anywhere else, a stop in time.
Movies
A time capsule that keeps memories, and sometimes more.

Fog

Walking into a world unknown; fog thickening, disappearing into the blanket of mist. No one; no person, animal, any living thing there to give comfort. Talking, yelling, barking, these sounds swarm my ears, reminding me who was there, but is not here. Tripping over nothing, falling to the cold, harsh ground. Falling into blackness, a black hole. Nothing to give me warmth, reminding me of what was there, but is not here. Thinking of things to come, of the future; thinking of things before, of the past. Thinking of escape, but not succeeding. Thinking of changes, accommodating. I am not there, I am here.


Walking into worlds unknown
Fog thickening
Disappearing
From the earth

Good Earth Summative Essay

My main point in the Good Earth essay was how paradox affected the change in Wang Lung's life. Anyone who has feedback about what I could do better is welcome to post on it. I would like to know if I need to fix anything or work on any one part of my writing. Thanks.
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Wang Lung's Change "No Fear" Chapters 18-19

There is a change of direction in Wang Lung's life, and not necessarily a positive one. Before, Wang Lung had very good life ethics, but now all of those seemed to be flushed down the toilet. Everything that was once important to him, now has no meaning, this even includes his family and mostly his wife. O-lan was a very strong woman and was able to control her emotions easily; this all stopped when Wang Lung changed his life and his ethics.

"When tears dropped slowly and heavily from her eyes she did not put up her hand to wipe them away; only she beat the more steadily with her wooden stick upon the clothes spread over the stone."(pg. 188) Changes in his daily routine, changes in his life and changes in his family have caused Wang Lung to become evil. When O-lan cries, it symbolizes her slowly breaking down -- being killed little by little by her husband -- every day. Eventually, this will cause her to die, since she will not be able to control the pain her husband thrusts upon her every single day from this day forward.

Explanation of Mountain

The whole point of this piece I wrote is to show that life has many obstacles, but you must keep going along. The mountain is supposed to symbolize life, and how you might fail, but you should keep trying. I hope anyone who reads my poem is able to see that.

Mountain

The mountain is steep
Never stopping
Climbing through wind,
Climbing
Scaling many rocks,
Scaling
Trying as it might
To hold me back
Trudging through obstacles,
Trudging
Failing many a time,
Failing
But never, ever stopping
Reaching new heights
Reaching
Keep pushing forward
Keep moving along
Keep climbing my mountain
Though it never stops
Keep climbing through