So this guy goes for a walk

So this short story that Bradbury wrote was made from something that happened to him in real life. In the story this guy named Lenard Mead liked to go for a walk and a police officer came up to him and took him away. This happened to Bradbury to just because he was walking. This drove to the creation of "The Pedestrian" based on his life. This affected the tone because it made it seem more real because he lived it and know what it felt like.

The Value of My Time

I have been spending my time by doing my homework and talking to my councilor about college and how I can get college credit. I have also been looking for scholarships that I might be able to apply for. I have also been looking for universities that I could get into and afford to pay.

Hawthorne and Poe on Dreams

In Hawthorne's "Young Good Man Brown" he tells us that he goes for a walk but we don't know exactly. In Poe's "Dream Within a Dream" we are being told that everything that we think is real is not. They both use the literary technique of repetition. They both imply that everything is a dream but say it in different ways. They both use different diction to show their point of views. They both use tone to make the story or poem mysterious and strange. They also both use personification to make the story seem more realistic or engaging. Hawthorne uses unique characterization to make the character seem real. They both use different styles of writing and usage of literary techniques to imply that everything is a dream.

My new Vocabulary

Abjure: solemnly renounce
I refuse to abjure my faith.
Affirm: State a fact
I affirm that the third president of the United States was Thomas Jefferson.
Kudos: Praise and honor received for an achievement
I gave him Kudos for getting 1st place.
Schema: representation of a plan
He followed the schema they made.
Intuitively: Without conscious or reasoning
He intuitively picked the option to survive.
Uncanny: Strange or mysterious
The person in front of him was uncanny.
Myth: False believe or idea
He thought that big foot was a myth.
Connotation: invokes a different meaning than the original
He used connotation in his writing.
Allusion: to say something without explicitly saying. (Indirect)
The author used Allusion to Shakespeare play
Denotation: a primary meaning of a word
He used denotation to get his point across

How I Read

I just saw this essay and I thought it was good because it helps us understand how to love reading and how to keep on loving reading when you have everything else saying don't like reading. I personally don't like reading but sometimes I make an exception like my literary analysis book that I am reading.

Investing in Me

I will start working and start earning money for college. I hope I will be in college and working but I also am thinking of taking a year off and working the whole year. I could also borrow money from my parents and pay them back when I can. I was also thinking of working in school while continuing my studies. I think I going to work while I'm in high school and pay off the tuition that I have.

Learn to a Mentor Draft 1

Dear, Mentor

Hi my name is Ivan and I would like to ask you to be my mentor in Architecture. I would like you to train me to know the basics but if you can help me more than that I would gladly accept it. I am sending you this letter because I would like to know if you would train me whenever you have free time. The subject is Architecture and I would want to become one but I don't know where or when to start and on what to study. I hope you can help me and thank you for your time. I hope you accept and get back to me.

Sincerely,

Ivan