My Modernist

Elizabeth Bishop

One of the youngest writers from the Modernist Era. This caught my attention and separated her from most Modernist writers that were usually born in the late 1880's.

Spring Vocab #5

1. brouhaha- uproar
2. cloy- overly sweet
3. demeanor- behavior
4. deference- respect
5. enigmatic- mysterious

I Am Here.

     By the end of this week, the first grading period will be over and progress reports will come in. I am trying a lot more this semester than I did the last, especially in this class. My progress in this class is better than last semester's.
Last semester, my blog received 255 page views.
So far in this semester, in just one month, I have received 179 page views.
-If I continue to do what I am doing I will transcend last semester's work in just two months.

But we can't just express my progress with page views:
Last semester I published 23 posts.
So far I have published 12 posts this semester, that's including this one.
-At this rate, I will have surpassed the amount of posts from last semester in just two months.

My SMART goal: To be more involved in the class than I was last semester.
-I believe I am doing a pretty good job with this goal.

     Though I am doing better progress this semester, I am still behind. I still have to complete the LAQ's. I still have the "I Can Read" assignment to do; I just haven't had the right time to do it, but I plan on doing it tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then surely by this week.
                            

Essay Postgame Analysis

     Well, today's in-class essay exam went alright. It's just that I can't do an outstanding job with such limited time. Other than that, I believe that I did a good job in analyzing the themes. I'll admit it, I did rush the conclusion but I feel pretty confident in the body of my essay.
     The grade I believe I deserve is a C+.

Parlor Poetry

 What I believe makes a good substitute for "Dover Beach":
         
          It's little I care what path i take,
          And where it leads it's little i care;
          But out of this house, lest my heart break,
          I must go, and off somewhere.

          It's little I know what's in my heart,
          What's in my mind it's little I know,
          But there's that in memust up and start,
          And it's little i care where my feet go.

          I wish i could walk for a day and a night,
          And find me at dawn in a desolate place
          With never the rut of a road in sight,
          Nor the roof of a house, nor the eyes of a face.

          I wish I could walk till my blood should spout,
          And drop me, never to stir again,
          On a shore that is wide, for the tide is out,
          And the weedy rocks are bare to the rain.

          But dump or dock, where the path I take
          Brings up, it's little enough I care:
          And it's little I'd mind the fuss they'll make,
          Huddled dead in a ditch somewhere.

  - Edna St. Vincent Millay

My F451

Summary:

     This novel is set in the future, in an un-named American city. In that time, firemen start fires instead of starting them. They burn books and the houses containing them. The protagonist of the story, Guy Montag, starts off as a fireman. He was happily burning books, until he met Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse's philosophy on books cause Montag to question his work.
     After meeting Clarisse, Montag goes through a few unsettling events. His wife attempted to commit suicide by swallowing a bottle of pills. Then, while burning a house that contained books, the woman who owned the house and books decided to burn with them. To make matters worse, Clarisse goes missing and Montag heard that she was ran over and killed by a speeding car. Clarisse dies early in the story, she wasn't there to change the world but to spark the mind that would.

Spring Vocab #2

1. patronage- the financial support provided to a company or someone
2. centrifuge- rotating something at high speeds to seperate substances
3. leisure- freedom of the demands of work or duty
4. vessel- a ship or a boat
5. sieve- a person who cannot keep a secret