Prompt Numbah 3

   When in war you must have a way to see if the other members of your squad are at a level where they will not jeopardize your safety so by giving each other nicknames they could tell who was a reliable person who wouldn't take your safety for granted. Certain people in The Things They Carried have bonds that would be created at war such as Lemon and his friend who was shocked once he stepped on the land mine. Other people are very distant from others because they have nothing in common or have not been able to experience the same things. It seems like a pretty realistic set of friendships because certain people you would just not get along with while others would have your your back through the time your enlisted time.
   I like how O'Brien added a female character to the mix. With her being so fearless it shows that men are not the only ones who are suitable for combat. I believe he is trying to compare men and women and show that they are equal in many ways such as strength and bravery. Women were taking the roles of men during this time proving themselves such as members of the war and taking the jobs in factories since all of the men had enlisted.
    I see most of this book as being fiction but i know that these stories are being told based on personal experiences that he had and altered. The part where he told his personal experience was very interesting and I thought it was so weird how the soldiers were hearing the Asian music coming from the mountains and caused them to the go insane because they just couldn't handle it. I don't mind the fact that its fiction since most of the books that i read are of that genre. It also adds more action than may have actually happened in his time serving.

Questions:Why Didn't the Asian music stop during the post with the soldiers even after they had bombed the area?

Gatsby chap 4

Jordan’s story paints Gatsby as a lovesick, innocent young soldier, desperately trying to win the woman of his dreams. Now that Gatsby is a full-fledged character in the novel, the bizarre inner conflict that enables Nick to feel such contradicting like and dislike for him becomes fully apparent—whereas Gatsby the lovesick soldier is an attractive figure, representative of hope and authenticity, Gatsby the crooked businessman, representative of greed and corruption, is not. This scenario of Nick contemplating his true feelings for Gatsby may be representative of the fight between good and evil as he realizes his true personality.

Winter Break Plans

I plan on meeting some ladies at some parties since i am a free man now. Also ill have a bunch of chill sessions with my bros. Other than thought i don't know whats going down yet.

I HATE BLOGS

Part 1
1. Difference
2. A Birthday
3. Fire and Ice
4. Keeping things whole
5. Alone

Part 2
1. Keeping things whole
2. A birthday; i didn't understand it
3. Keeping things whole
4. I go out on walks and think to myself like this about why im here and the reasons for making all the actions that i do.

Part 3
1. Physical appearance and voice because i am confident and will be loud
2. Level of difficulty and understanding because this is a very short poem
3. The meaning of the poem will be powerfully and clearly conveyed to the audience. The student will display an interpretation that deepens and enlivens the poem. Meaning, messages, allusions, irony, tones of voice, and other nuances will be captured by the performance. A low score will be awarded if the interpretation obscures the meaning of the poem.


Part 4
1. Forgetfulness and Bilingual, they are both successful because they use emotion when they speak along with a clear pronunciation of the words

Part 5
1.Im going to be memorizing and reciting Keeping things whole because i find it interesting. I am not looking forward to the competition tho because i am not a very big fan of petry.