Presentation Notes

Alexis "Shorty" Garcia
 -Healthy lifestyle
-Stay hydrated, no fast food
-worked on core, legs by running
-Mile was 6:40 to 4:38
Alex Hernandez
-Tribemates are accepted into manhood when they put their hand in a casing full of ants 20 times.
- The dancing they do distracts them from the pain
-Their hand are all numb
Edmundo
-Idealogy is to desperate people because they are different
-People seen as labels, when we should be seeing people for what they really are.
-Quotes Martin Luther King
Frank
-Loves America but doesn't agree with everything they do.
- Took Native American's land
-Took slaves from America
-Iraq is just for economic oil
-America is the bad guys
Ricky
- Bipolar weather
- Bipolar means opposites or extreme change in a short amount of time
- Florida can be sunny then all of a sudden be cloudy and have a thunder storm in short amount of time
- This can be dangerous
Mario
-Transform planet, protect animals
-Being used for profit, including us
- 56 billion farm animals killed, measured in tons
- The bad conditions lessen their age
- Pigs can be smart as a 3 year old
Jesus
- Humans make mistakes
- Robots can't feel emotions but might soon
- Animals are similar to humans
- Animals don't have a self-conciseness
- Humans can adapt to any situation
Uriel
- Business
- Time, dedication
- Risks; location, stocks, products
- being your own boss
- Lot of passion
- Be prepared for rejection
- Demand your success
Andrea
- Racism
-people hugging a white guy
-sign says, "do you trust me"
-Switches with a friend, that is African American
-No one hugs him
Amy
-How do the Cartel work?

May 2nd

As for now, I'm thinking about to make a video talking about videogames but I still don't know what to do. I want to be able to edit the video really well but I don't know how to do that. So for now that's all I have but later I'll keep updating this post when new ideas pop up.

Ignite talks

My big question was what separates the pro-gamers from other players that also play games. What I did to solve for this is that I went into streams on a site called Twitch where people steam themselves playing games and some of them are pro players playing the game that got them where they are at today. I learned that in order to become pro in a game is to play the game and be able to see what you did as a mistake and what you could've done to not make that mistake. The way that I see this as a connection is that it relates to how sometimes if you want to really do something then you should keep practicing it. As for what I'm doing next, I'll probably play games with my mind set to see what I am doing wrong and how to improve.

Topic for Big Questions

As of now, I don't have a specific specific topic but I know that it is going to be about videogames as of now I have two ideas:

How are some ways to improve yourself in playing games other than playing more often?

What are ways that pros play differently than the people who play the game regularly and how are they able to better themselves?

For this type of question, I went to streams found on Twitch.com where I would sometimes go for to watch people stream games. Sometimes even pro-players would stream at times and I would watch. The reason why I bring this up is that you are able to ask them questions.

I was able to ask them questions on how to become better at a game or how they went pro. Most answers were answered by people that I watch the most often. Answer were:

1.) Play the game often. The reason for this is because if you want to be good at a game you have to have experience with it so you can know how things work in the game and in order to improve yourself.

2.) See how to improve yourself. One of the streamers that I watch often on the site is called Scarra, who was a pro league of legend player, on the site and in my opinion the best streamer that is able to say his mistakes when he messes up and what he could've done to not make that mistake.

3.)  The last notable one was that if you want to get good at a game it should be one that you enjoy since if you want to be good at something it should be                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Essay for Fahrenheit Clarisse

     Ray Bradbury for the most part is able to put his tone on all of his characters, some easily distinguishable while others you have to stick together using the very few hints he leaves in order for the reader to piece together. The ones where Bradbury is able to put the most detail in a character are the ones that he can put the most of his ideas/beliefs and although the opposite he puts a lot of detail into beliefs that he doesn't agree with. This may not make sense in that a person puts a large amount of detail into something he doesn't believe in but this is important to Bradbury. He is able to learn why people think in these beliefs and can come up with counters when they bring it up. One person who is like this in the books is Beatty who is the ideas that Bradbury doesn't agree with. While the other person who has the beliefs that Bradbury agrees with is Clarisse, who isn't in the book for a long time but is able to be a big part for Montag.
     Clarisse is a character that at first would seem like a normal character seen in a lot of books, she is able to talk to Montag and strike up what is seen as normal conversation. Later on in the book though Bradbury is able to establish why she is in the book. Throughout the beginning of the book, the reader is able to see that the world in Fahrenheit 451 isn't like out world and instead people don't have a real connection to the people around them and to themselves. They instead have a "family" on wall sized TVs that they spend time with. Clarisse on the other is talks to everyone and says that everyone calls her crazy since she talks to people and socializes with them. The world in the books states that the schools consider her "anti-social" since she always wants to talk to people even thought she is actually the direct opposite of being anti-social but is deemed as this since kids in her school just stay quiet and do whatever they are told to do without asking questions. Clarisse on the other hand is always curious on how the world works and always asks questions in order to get a better understanding on why people do certain things like why Montag burns books and even he doesn't know why except that he is told to burn them. Bradbury puts this in the book because he wants people to be curios about the world and ask questions no matter how small or large they can be. At the end, Clarisse is a character that is the embodiment of Bradbury's beliefs.
     As for Beatty, he is the beliefs that Bradbury doesn't agree with inside a character. Beatty is Montag's boss who is against books and people like Clarisse and Montag who have their own thought and say whatever they want. Beatty through out the story is not talked about much but when he does show up he is described with a lot of detail. Bradbury makes Beatty not very likeable throughout the book. Beatty states that if someone doesn't like something then they should get rid of it, this seems good at first since it will make everyone happy it seems but the actual affects is that it makes people try to kill themselves since they don't have anything to really talk about to other people since they can't share their opinion to other people since they can't think by themselves and instead have people boss them around. Bradbury always wanted people to let their people to talk about anything they want to talk to each other and ask questions which is what Beatty is against and tries to stop. In summary, Beatty is the beliefs that Bradbury thinks is wrong to him.
     Overall throughout the entire book we see what Bradbury establishes is good and what is bad according to him by using character we see as good throughout the book and also the ones we see as bad in the book. Bradbury is able to use direct and indirect characterization in the book to get a better understanding of these characters, which helps the reader get a better understanding of these two characters. Clarisse is seen in the book as what someone should be according to Bradbury and also Beatty, who is someone that Bradbury sets up to be what people shouldn't be.
     

Questions for pages 133-147

1.) The food left for Montag is the first time where Montag has ever shown care for since Mildred didn't really cared what he did except for when it has something involving with her.
2.) It was actually a dear that was just in the forest.
3.) He thought that fire's only purpose is to destroy things but with the fire he saw it was actually helping a group of people stay warm.
4.) Gragner is a writer who wrote a book. There is Fred Clement a professor from Cambridge, there is also Dr.Simmons who is from UCLA, professor West did ethnics for Columbia University. All these people that Montag meets all had to do with either books and/or would often tell people how something should be work.
5.) On the show, it shows the helicopter following the dog, who are both heading the opposite direction from where Montag was going. Gragner tells them that they knew that Montag got away but didn't want to admit it to the public, so they set up a man who wanders out to be the scapegoat, so they can end the chase.
6.) Gragner says that they made the right mistakes because he believes that even though they made mistakes they were able to learn from it. Another way to see what he says is that even though they were exiled from the city, they would say that it was worth it because it was right to them.

A step ahead of the hound

1.) At Blacks house he decides to leave the remaining books there in order for the firefighters to arrive at his house and burn it down. 

2.) Faber describes the war as funny because while is happening they don't notice since they have their own troubles to deal with. 

3.) Faber's TV is as small as a postal card and states that he always wanted a small one so he could hide it in the palm of his hands. 

4.) Montag saw that they were showing the the whereabouts of Montag and then they reveal another mechanical hound that will track him down. They state that this hound is able to remember the smell of thousands of people and easily track Montag. 

5.) He was heading toward the river in order to jump into it before everyone looked outside to see him. 

Run Montag Run

I think that the story would end with Montag realizes what he has wanted from the books which I think is to be able to talk to people about anything and see individuality. I think that he'll also find more books and meet new people and try to get them to read books.

The chase is on

1.) The hound attacked Montag probably because he heard the commotion caused from Beatty being burned and the other two fireman being knocked out by Montag.
2.) Montag defended himself by using the flamethrower on the hound when he put the needle in his leg.
3.) Montag realized that the reason why Beatty would joke and taunt him even though he had a flamethrower was because he wanted to die just like Mildred with the sleeping pills and so he got what he asked for.
4.) Montag went to one of the other fireman's house and put the remaining books there which he would later see a fire truck burn the house down.
5.) When Montag crossed the street, he saw kids in a car going really fast trying to run over people who are wondering around. From this Montag realizes that these can be the people who killed Clarisse.

Montag Kills

The reason why I think that Montag kills Beatty is because throughout the whole story he has been listening to Beatty and kills him since Beatty says to do it.

9 Questions

1.) Montag reads the book from some point in the book which wasn't the beginning which lead them to not understand what it meant; Mildred says that Beatty was right that it has no meaning, while Montag says that they have to start at the beginning.
2.) The bombers in the story to me are put in these two sections so you can see some problems that they are facing which is war against something and might be seen in the book later.
3.) Professor Faber is a English professor who went isn't needed anymore since books get burned 

12 Questions

1. Ray Bradbury started the book by saying this particular line because maybe Montag may have been told that the books being burned held false information and they had to be burned in order to stop spreading false information but maybe it had truth in them that the government didn't want the public to see.
2. The books are compared to birds because the flapping of the pages in the wind might sound like a bird taking flight or the books information flies away.
3. Montag and Clarisse's life are different from seeing Clarrisse's family talking to each other and being happy, meanwhile Montag's wife almost kills herself because she is lonely and unhappy.
4. Technology doesn't make Montag and Mildred happy because it separates them from talking to each other causing Mildred to feel unhappy while Montag says he's happy but in reality he isn't really happy.
5. The author introduces Montag to us during this time because he wants us to see the change he will go through when he realizes that he doesn't really know what to believe in and starts questioning how he sees the world.
6. The author introduces us to Clarrise first instead of Mildred because she might be setup to more important than Mildred who might not have a big impact on Montag.
7. The houses are all fireproof in this society because there are no books in this part of society or anything seen as bad.
8. Mildred required emergency services in order to get rid of the sleeping pills in her stomach by having a tube get rid of the pills in her stomach.
9. The Hounds purpose is to keep the firefighters entertained by releasing animals for the hound to kill them.
10. Society considers Clarrisse antisocial because she actually does want to talk to people in her school but everyone just keeps to themselves which is seen as normal
11. She lights the match because the line she says ";we shall this day light such a candle," and ignites the house in order to also burn with the books.
12. Montag and Mildred's relationship isn't actually a relationship since they don't even remember when they first met each other.

Modernism

Walking around the city, I noticed that I'm not the only one in this city. I see the lights of the apartments illuminating the rooms with the shadows of the people going over the wall. Shadows that  have a person with each their own succeses and struggles and not only people in the street but people all over the city, the world where each person is vastly different than another person who they might never see in their entire life or just sees them across the street but doesn't really think aboot that person, we all see these people like everyone else, an extra or as a background to our lives with not much thought but they might see us as an extra in their tough or easy life.


Modernism is the idea of changing into a different era where new types of art are formed, and not just like painting but also books, people's thoughts, way they see other people's life and much more.

What I See in Literature

The first imagery that I see in the love song story is when it says, "Time to turn back and descend The stairs. For me I see this part of the story as him wanting to try something but he ends up leaving probably out of his comfort zone. Another quote is, "And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat and snicker," He has been close to the footman, also known as death, which means that he is very close to death probalbly from old age or he's been close to death lots of times leaving him to be careful around his surroundings. For the last quote he states," Advise the prince; No doubt; An easy tool," for this quote I see two hidden meanings, the first is that he is using people for his purposes that  can either be bad or good. The second is that he is seen as someone that no one seems to notice.

For my opinion on the theme of the story I would say that it's about a guy who misses a bunch of opportunities that he could've taken but probably thought they would come baack or he felt sacred or uncomfortable about them.

Love Song First Impressions

The tone of the book is set to match the feeling of the person growing older which is him feeling unsure on what to do since he never got around to do stuff and realizes that death will be knocking at his door. He is also overthinking when it comes to doing basic activities like if he should eat peaches and what he should wear. He has been living a comfortable life where he never dared to leave his comfort zone causing him not to do anything that he felt uncomfortable doing until he realizes that when he realizes he doesn't have a lot of time left.

Gatsby Chapter 8

In this chapter, we find that Wilson starts putting the pieces together and realized that the owner of the car is Gatsby's and thought he meant to kill her. That's why Nickfelt that says goodbye to him felt different because it would be the last time he would say goodbye to Gatsby.

Gatsby Chapter 5 Notes

I didn't have a chance to start reading Chapter 5 of the story because I had to catch up on work from an other class but I will assume that the chapter will be about how Gatsby will meet Daisy in some way and get to know Gatsby more.

Gatsby Test Chapters 1-4

Q #1: What is the narrator' name?

Q #2: How is Tom described?

Q #3: Where does Wilson think his wife goes to when she leaves?

Q #4: What did Tom do to Mrs.Wilson?

Q #5: Why did Jordan leave the west side party?

 Q #6: How did he think that Gatsby will look?

Q #7: What does Jordan want Nick to do with Daisy?

Q #8: Where was Gatsby educated at?

Gatsby Chapter 4

Gatsby tells Nick that he became rich from him acquiring money from his parents after they died and was also in the army.

The truth that Jordan tell Nick is that Gatsby moved to New York because he wants to meet Daisy.

Gatsby Chapter 3 Remix

The chapter 3 for The Great Gatsby is for how people act toward Gatsby. For Nick's view on how Gatsby would look, he thought he would be old and very fat. When he meets him first hand, he realizes that  Gatsby actually cares for his guests when he smiles at Nick instead of people just pretending to like each other. We also learn as to why Jordan Baker hang out with Nick which was that she hates careless people, which Nick is the opposite of. WE also learn that Miss Baker is a dishonest person and Nick remembers the incident that happened at where he first saw her.

The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Remix

In the story called The Great Gatsby is a being told by a man called Nick, who ends up in New York to work and ends up living in a house, which he has to pay for since his friend didn't show up there. While there he decides to go to dinner at his cousins house and truly sees how his cousin and husband act. Nick described the husband, Tom, as to having intimidating features since he pushes Nick around his house in order to show him what he owns. He also see his cousin, Daisy, who had a daughter and I don't really know her character yet.

The Great Gatsby Ch.1 Notes

Nick - The person we are seeing the story from
Is in New York and live in the west wing in a cheap house campared to his neighbor, who is called Gatsby.
Knows friends that he doesn't really know and only met a couple times
One of them is called Tom who is a is described as intimidating person
Divan- Couch
Lots of sarcastic comments between them
People tell Nick secrets to him
Daisy never satisfied with her days
Tom- racist
Rotagruve- orange brown tint pictures

Music as Literature

I believe that music does count as literature since there are various types of music each from a different culture.