Animal Farm 4

Poetry out loud performances

Jackson Hille
Forgetfulness
by Billy Collins

Jackson Hill uses a very satirical tone and dry humor to tell this poem. He talks uses pauses to make it dramatic and give the audience time to think about what he just said. He also emphasizes on certain words to enhance the humor of them. He stands on the stage very confidently which makes him and the poem seem more powerful. He also uses movements to emphasize on the humor but not to much so it won't distract from what he is saying. One more thing that Jackson does is he stares at the audience and makes you feel like he is talking to you and makes it personal.

This poem shows that everyone can be forgetful at times. It goes through and explains in humor the things we all tend to forget. "As if one by one the memories you used to harbor decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain. To a remote fishing village, where there are no phones." This is a part that makes everyone laugh. It ties together what he is saying about how easily people forget. I can definately relate to the things he lists that people forget.

I didn't really get motif at first. But now that i have read this book and seen some really good motifs in it i understand. Motif is something that kind of connects all the themes. Like the motif in this book would be mockingbird. There are many mockingbirds in this book, One of the many is Tom Robinson. He is an innocent man who got shot and died. This shows injustice, which is a major them in this book.

Another motif would be how Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout. He did this out of his anger towards Atticus. The kids did not do anything they were just the mockingbirds in this situation. This represtents the major theme of Jem and Scout losing their innocents, because they aren't viewed as helpless , innocent children in this situation. Seeing the good examples of themes and motifs in this book is really gonna help me out in the future when i need to find motifs.

Life Lesson

When i was little and i had chores to do or homework to finish i would always wait till right before it had to be done, last minute. This worked sometimes, but other times i would have my stuff done late. My mom told never to wait till last minute. I used to think this rule was useless, I thought I cold get it all done last minute. I have always been very lazy and I procrastinate so much.

But, as I got older and especially now that I'm in high school I have learned that not waiting till the last minute is a very important life lesson. Having so much things to do and so much homework it is important that I get all my work done right away. This way I have times for sports and other activities. I am very glad my mom has taught me this lesson, it is definately something I will remember and use for the rest of my life,

Best friend

Ever since middle school Savvy Paeth has had my back. We fight and get annoyed with eachother, but i will always love her. she is very loud and always has something to say, but i am too so we fit together perfectly. She is a very enthusiastic and energetic girl filled with good intentions. She says random things and is almost always hyper. This is good because we always have an exciting time.

I don't remember how we met, but i am glad we did. She is the person I trust and go to for help. i will always have her back too. That is why we are best friends.

Earliest memory

One of my earliest memories i have was on the bus in first grade. My best friend mellisa and I always sat next to eachother. And every single day Kendra would come over to sit with us. We would get so annoyed that she sat with us, so we would crawl under the seats until she sat down. Then we would get up and sit in a different seat. And for some reason, if she ever sat with us we would lick her arm and she would get upset and run away. Then one day she called Melissa crying about how mean we were to her.

Back then Melissa and I were inseperable and i could not stand Kendra. Then Melissa and I begin to grow apart and now Kendra is my best friend. We fight, but i don't hide from her anymore, nor do i lick her arm. And i know we won't grow apart.

Metamorphasis: imagery

I think that imagery is definately the main literary element. I think the author used this literary element so heavily because, it is about a man who one day just wakes up as a cockroach. Because of the changes in his body, his whole life style changes, which is what the book is about. So the author needs to describe with lots of imagery how he looks now, as a cockroach, to help the reader understand. In the book he loses some of his abilities to do things that he could as a human. Like he can't use his surroundings in the same way because he has no fingers and he has to crawl so the surroundings are also described with imagery.

The author describes the differences from before with a lot of imagery because he wants to show why the family isn't as excepting of there son. He looks so different that the dad can't believe it is really his son. And everyone is completely shocked to see this change in Greggor.

Outside Reading

I am reading the book Metamorphasis by Franz Kafka. I am really enjoying this book! A lot of books are hard to get into for me, because they have slow, boring begginings. But this book is captivating from the very first words. It starts out saying he woke up as a monstrous cockroach. This made me wanna keep reading to find out why this happens.

the dominant literary element, i could tell righ tfrom the start was imagery. The author uses imagery a lot because it really describes how he looks now and how he sees things as a cockroach so he needs to decribe that all. I also the tone is a lot of curiousty as to why he is a cockroach, but i just started so i'm not sure if the tone will change later on in the book.

reading

When i find a book i like i really get into it and start reading fast. but when the book is just okay i tend to read slower. The books that i usually get more into are realistic fiction books because i can usually relate to the characters more which helps me understand how they are feeling. I don't really like to read big books, because i don't always have enough time to finish them but i am hoping this year i will be able to finish some larger books and become a better, faster reader, that is why i wanted to take this class.

My ideal reading spot is probably just in my own bed. I like to sit under my covers and read at night time. I prefer not reading during the day because there are too many distractions. I get distracted very easily. I don't like reading when there are other people in the room, i usually end up talking to them. And i hate when people come interrupted me while i am reading