Molly

In the movie, Molly is the oldest of daughter in the family. She is 10 years old and very wise. When the three sisters are taken away to "camp", her two sisters didn't want to go because they were scared that the tracker was going to catch them. Molly in this movie is a hero because she is very brave, wise and helps her sisters get back home. One point in the movie, Molly shows her wisdom because when they were about to escape, there was a storm coming so that the rain would wash away their tracks, this made Molly sure that she and her sisters want to escape. At the moment in the movie, they successfully escaped and have a very long walk back home.

Julius Caesar Act one Scene 1

Marullus.

Why rejoice? What conquest does he bring home?
What captured prisoners follow him to Rome
Chained to the wheels of his chariot?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!
O you hard hearts, you cruel people of Rome!
Didn't you know Pompey? Many times
You climbed up to walls and battlements,
To towers and windows, yes, to chimney tops,
Your babies in your arms, and there you sat
All day, patiently waiting,
To see great Pompey pass through the streets of Rome.
And when you barely saw his chariot appear,
Didn't everyone shout,
So that the Tiber shook under her banks
To hear the echo of your sounds
Made in her concave shores?
And do you now put on your best clothes?
And do you now choose a holiday?
And do you now throw flowers in the path
Of the man who comes in triumph over Pompey's blood?
Be gone!
Run to your houses, fall on your knees,
Pray to the gods to hold back the deadly disease
That would be a fair punishment for your ingratitude.

Flavius.

Go, go, good countrymen, and for this weakness
Gather all the poor men like you;
Bring them to the banks of the Tiber, and weep your tears
Into the river, until the water overflows.

[Exit all the commoners]

We'll see if their poor characters are affected.
They feel so guilty that they leave without speaking.
You go down that way towards the Capitol;
I'll go this way. Strip the statues
Of any decorations you find on them.

Marullus.

Can we do that?
You know it is the feast of Lupercal.

Flavius.

It doesn't matter. Let no statues
Be decorated with Caesar's trophies.
I'll go around
And scatter the rest of the commoners.
Do the same yourself wherever they are forming a crowd.
These growing feathers that we pull from Caesar's wing
Will make him fly at an ordinary height,
When otherwise he would soar too high to be seen
and keep us all under him and afraid.

Context:

Marullus is saying that they should take down all the decorative that are in Rome that has something to do with Caesar coming back to Rome. They tell all the commoners to go home and don't come to the celebration. They will go and take off the decorations at Caesar's statue.

Significance:

This passage is significant because because it shows the first signs of the conspiracy and the plot to go against Caesar.

I learn best when....

I learn best when there are picture and audio material in front of me. I process analysis, verbalization and writing easily. I learn better with structured learning and I appreciate orderly sequencing of information. To me, language is very important for me to learn. It is also very easy to understand a step-by-step visual and auditory instructions. For me, I have difficulty learning when I'm under stress... sometimes.

Taking Risks

During the Renaissance, architect never completed a dome before. They were too afraid that the dome would collapse. Since the recipe for cement was lost, it was practically impossible to construct one. All the architects wouldn't make a dome, except for one who eventually created the "incredible dome", his name was Filippo Brunelleschi. Brunelleschi was known for taking risk, his biggest risk was to build the largest free standing dome in Florence at that time. Brunelleschi wasn't worried about failure, he was patron by the Medici's and when the people heard his way of making the dome, he lost peoples' support because they thought that it was impossible. After 13 years of construction and hard work, Brunelleschi's dome was complete and proved everyone in Florence who doubted him wrong. Without Brunelleschi taking risks, there would probably be no dome in Florence and just a regular roof and he Brunelleschi wouldn't be so famous like he is these days.

Where Do New Ideas Come From

New ideas come from all over the place. They come from peoples thoughts and imagination. Some peoples imaginations are not the smartest of all idea, but we can make that crazy idea turn into a good idea. A lot of people also get ideas from past experiences and trial and error. Past experiences help generate ideas because they help you think how to finds ways to get past your old problems. Some people think about new ideas when there is a war or big conflict going on, for example, US physicists, mathematician, and engineers created the atomic bomb because they needed a way for Japan to surrender. In the end after the bomb was dropped, Japan surrendered a month later.

My Favorite Story-What Makes A Good Story

My favorite story from the short story unit was 'Thank You Ma'm', which takes place in a runned down area in New York City area. It's about a boy who tries to steal a lady's purse to buy some blue suede shoes, unfotunatly, the lady is a very big and tough person. The boy slips and falls while attempting to steal her purse, when he does, the lady picks up the boy and takes him to her house to teach him right from wrong. She feeds him and at the end, he gets the diference between right from wrong. She lets the boy go and gives him $10 to get some blue suede shoes.

What makes a good story: What makes a good story is for the story to have a good plot so that the reader can't stop reading. Characters have to be described well, so that the reader can imgine them. The setting has to be interesting so that the reader can picture it too. Without these elements in a story, the reader might not be "into" your book.

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