Merchant Of Venice

          Love is one of the most powerful words known to man. Greed is one of the biggest sins known to man. These two words can make someone who they really are and bring out their true personalitys. And we learned this from the book "Merchant Of Venice" The two main characters Antonio and Shylock are two prime examples of Love and Greed and also how it shows who you really are. Shylock is ends up losing everything and is really greedy and Antonio loses all of his money but is still very happy and loved more people then being greedy.
         Shylock is the face of greedy he is cruel and mean man that will not be satisfied untill he gets the things that he wants. For example "if every ducat in your six thousand ducats had six parts and every part were a ducat, I would not take the money. I want my bond!"pg. 159. He would not take Bassanios money even though he doubled the monet that Shylock was supposed to get from Antonio. That just shows how he wouldnt stop for anything less than a pound of antonios flesh. Another example is when when the judge said that shylock was not allowed to make a drop of blood or else all of his things would be confiscated. And thats when  he finally gave up. It took being threatened of taking away all of his posesions to stop him.
          Although Shylock is the face of greed Antonio is a matter of fact the face of love. No matter what happened to Antonio he just accepted it and did not complain at all. For example "very little. Ihave braced my self and i'm well prepared."this is an example of how he has never complained even when shylock so desperatly wanted a peice of his very flesh. Another example is " you know all my wealth is tied up in  cargoes. I haven't the ready cash, or things money now so go and see for what my credit is worth." Bassanio didnt haveany money to go and see the girl of his dreams that he would later marry. so he went to go and see Antonio for money which Antonio so generously gave him by negotiating a deal with the devil.
         " The Merchant of  Venice " book is all about love and greed and how greed never wins. And there is both a face for greed and in this case it is Antonio for Love and Shylock for Greed, and this book also goes on about how if you choose Love how you will be treated and how if you choose Greed how you will be treated. and pretty much its saying what goes around comes around. But also Love is the passageway to happiness and with Greed you will never succeed.

Merchant of Venice questions #2

Choosing a man sutible for Portia is out of her hands because she doesn't not have a say in who she wants to marry and it is rather up to get father the king.

Shylock is the guys that Antonio gets money from with his credit. The importance that Shylock had right now is that he had to get money from him so that bass snip can go and see that girl.

The agreement that shylock and Antonio come to terms with is that Antonio has to pay Shylock back with in a month and if he dosent then Shylock is going to get a pound of flesh from Antonio.

Shylock is hesitant to make this deal because they do not have the best terms together and they don't really get a long that well because Shylock is a Jew and Antonio is another religion so they automatically have racial tension with eachother and Shylock is also very racist.

By the way that Antonio comes off to me yes I would trust Antonio because I know that he has money and he also comes off as very like able. But if I were put into shy locks shoes then I dont think that I would trust him as much because we have tension between us.

Merchant of Venice questions

The setting of this story is in the 16th century. The people and the culture seem to be very sophisticated and well developed. They also have a large vocabulary so the way that they speak is also very sophisticated.

Antonio is the merchant of Venice the gong that worrys him early on is that he is very sad and depressed and he has to no clue why he is sad.

Bassanio ask Antonio for some money so that he can go and see this girl and impress her too. And Antonio has money but dosent have any money on him so he tells bassanio to see how much money he can get with his credit and e can have that money.

The thing that portia decides to do to solve her problem is she ask one of her maids to go over all of the men in the kingdom and ask her waht the maid thinks of them.

Metaphor Photoshop Final

Mice & Men Paragraphs

Character Analysis

Lennie certainly isn’t the brightest character in this book but he makes up for in size and strength. For example we all know that Lennie is a slow but George is always on him most of the time because George has dealt with Lennie for most of his life and he gets really irritated with Lennie when he is being dumb but Lennie can’t help himself because it is not his fault that he is slower than the average person. And just how he is slower that has a big factor on how different he is from the rest of the characters in this book because the rest of the characters in this book are small and a lot smarter than Lennie and so far it seems that Lennie is the only slower character in this book.

But Lennie is not only tall as a tree strong as an ox and about as smart as a rock but hes actually really sweet like candy. For example in the book when Lennie and George were on their way walking to the farm and they were talking about how lennie likes to pet soft animals like mice and rabbits, that is an example of how nice and sweet lennie really is even if he seems to be a big and bad man. But because Lennie is so caring and a gentle giant that is what makes him so unique and such a special character in this book, because most of the other characters in this book are small yet feisty. So from that you can already tell that Lennie is different from the characters.

Research Connections

The research that we have conducted does have a big influence on what we have read so far in the book. Like one of the research topics was Mental Retardation and that has to do with Lennie because Lennie is not bright at all and is a lot slower than everyone else in the book and even the way that he acts and the way that he does things you can tell right away that something is wrong with him. And one other of the research topics was the great depression and that has to do with everyone in the book because it seems like that time that they were in, in the book it was hard to keep a job and to make money because as you can see in the book Lennie and George were moving from job to job they had just gotten fired from one job and were on their way to another job. And another topic in the book was migrant workers and that really what George and Lennie were they were working at ranches and move to different ranches that has crops that are in that season.

A Coney Island Life Final Draft

         

       In life you may never know exactly when your time will be up. You just know that eventually it will run out. So with that little time that you have you should make the best of it, and keep striving for more and never settle. "A Coney Island life" by James Weil is a poem that's about a man that has lived on the coney island his whole life and is telling us about his life and how little time he has left. But this poem teaches people to appreciate everything that life has given us but to always strive for more. So that when your time does run out you know that you will have achieved that brass ring.
      One of the main things that James Weil is preaching in this poem is that everyone should be thankful for what they receive and achieve, because no one ever knows when they wont be able to do those things anymore. For example in the poem when James Weil says "how many more times round I have left."  hes saying that he personally doesn't have that much time left in his life and he wasn't really thankful for what he has received and achieved in his life and he has only realized now that he should have been more thankful for those things. And when James weil says"Before the game is up." He is saying that when their time is up its UP and they don't have any second chances so they should me the most of what they have left and not live with any regrets.
      The main things that James Weil is preaching in this poem is that people should always want more and never settle or give up. Because if they do they won't achieve anything in life and we won't be happy. And what James Weil is saying when he says "Now arms filled with dolls I threw so much for." Is that he never gave up or even settled and for doing so he has recieved many awards and prizes. So that's what he wants everyone to do also. So that we can live a more happy and fun life. In the poem when James Weil says "On roller coaster ups and downs."  Hes saying that in life there are going to be times where you are going to be over joyed with happiness and also times of struggle and sadness but to always remember to enjoy the good times and work threw the bad and make the most of your life.
        Therefore, we should work hard dream big and never give up. And we should also appreciate everything that life offers us and take it because we never know when we will get that chance again. But most importantly we should make the most of our life and keep on moving forward to reach the brass ring.
       

Final Draft Of Metaphor Poem

I can show you the world
and help you see things differently
at times I can seem far or I can be very close
but I always come up to help you
I help you when life starts to get a little blurry
and I can always be there for you

But if you mishandle me I will break

And crack and bend

Because I am fragile

I can only be put back together if you fix me 

But to avoid all of that just handle me with care

 

I can also come in different variations depending on my mood

I can be big and circular and dorky

but only if im comfortable with my surroundings

and I can be small, petite and have skinny frames

if I feel insecure or nervous

 

The things that I'm capable to help you with

You wouldn't be able to live without me

I may be skinny a fragile

But I am as good as you need me to be

Because I come in different prescriptions

I am a helper 

But most importantly I am your glasses