Television

I think television is a good thing there are a lot of things on tv that you can watch that can educate you. Also there are many shows that are just for you to enjoy and watch as a family.

Oedipus Rex: Pause and Reflect

1. I think that Oedipus is a good leader. He doesn't want to leave anyone behind and he wants to keep everyone informed. He wants for himself and others to be cured of the plague.

2. The plague on the city is started because of a murder. The murder in which trigered this plague was the one of King Laius whom was once a leader. He was killed by a band of thevies.

3. The town of Thebes is full of terror. The words that are describing how they feel with the crying and the dread. They are dicussing birth and talking about the livliness of a voice. The talk of grief and and ruins also made me believe that the town of Thebes is a city of death.

4. The curse that Oedipus put on the killer of Laius is the he will be banished, never sheltered, never spoken to, and he will never be a partner in our prayers. The holy water will never touch his hands.

5. Tiresias named Oedipus as the murder of Laius.

6. Oedipus learned that his father had died from an illness not by him.

7. It came about that Oedipus was raised as Polybus' son because the messenger told him.

8. Oedipus discovered that at birth he was given up for someone else to care for him.

9. Oedipus blinded himself by stabbing himself in the eyes with a a large pin. He did this because he has found out the whole truth about his entire life. Now he is completly full of greif and is completly in shock and can't go on.


Thinking Through:
1. Oedipus sends for Tiresias because he is the master of mysteries of life.

2. I think the chours is upset with him because they just found out that he could possible be the murderer of Laius and instead of taking the blame he is trying to put the murder on someone else.

3. He is so determined because he wants to be able to place the blame on someone since others believe that he is the murderer.

4. The sheperd had given the baby to someone else.

5. Oedipus is regarded as a man of misery by the chorus.

6. Oedipus did everything that the oraclee said he would do. The profecies were true.

7. Oedipus will probably try and leave from where ever he is. He can't leave his girls which are his daughtes/sisters.

Analysis of Women's Role

Women lived as if they wern't equal to men. They were sometimes denied of an education and had no hope of being equal. Women and young girls were confined in the house and contact with men was very limited. Girls got married shortly after they hit puberty close to age 15, and most men were almost twice their age. They were seperated from their father and had to stay home and take care of the children. The young wife was to stay in the womens quater of the house was not even aloud to eat with her husband and his male friends. Though Spartan women were aloud more freedom, they got to take part in athleticsbe involved in business and could own land. They were also aloud to run their own households since their husbands were rarely home.

Writing Option # 2

I think my favorite teacher I have had so far is Mr. Holly, he taught math. His teaching methods were different from all the other teachers and he made learning fun. He always had new ideas and games that we learned to pick up math skills. He is the teacher that made me enjoy math. He actually made me enjoy and learning new things. He was always tring to get us to step out of the box.

He got along with all the kids and never put any of the students down like some teachers do. He was always there when you needed help and he would always out in that extra effort to help you understand. He wanted us all to do well he didn't judge us and he understood that eveyone goes at their own pace and he helped you keep up.

He was kind of like Drona because he always rewarded us when we did well. Another way he was similar is because he was always tring to teach a lesson even if it didn't have anything to do with math he just wanted his students to succeed in life. he taught me a lot of things and I will never forget my 7th grade year of math because I think thats the year I learned the most dealing with school and life.

Poems by Sappho

1. I think I understand He Is more Than A Hero To Me because it is broken up into little segments and uses a lot of feeling words and words that show the actions of what shes doing. Some of the words used are listens, laughter, drumming and trembling.

3. I think its saying that if you never express your true feelings then its like your abandoning what you truly feel. I think in the poem He Is More Than A Hero To Me She feels thats he is world her life and she wouldn't and couldn't live her life without him in it, he completes her. In To Aphrodite... it seems as if the writer is deacribing a place that is unreal a place she only goes whaen she feels a certian way.

4. He Is More Than A Hero and To Aphrodite Of The flowers, At Knossos, because it talked about a lot of emotion and Sappho talked about real life which is full of emotion.

6. I think that a good person to represent these poems in song would be Alicia Keys. The reason I think she would do the poems justice in song is because her voice and sound gives off a lot of emotion when she is singing.

Think Through Mahabarata

1. My reaction to the story Arjuna was it was full of strength and courge. The one crowned the bravest warrior should these two characteristics when he killed the alligator to save their leader.

• He makes them aim but they must shot at the taret when he tells them to so they must be ready at the time which is given.
• He is told by the leader whom was very pleased at the pace in which he attened the task of the rescue.
• He is given a great weapon and instructions on how to release and return it. It will never be used aganist humans for it could possibly burn up the world.

3. Determination, strength, courge, and loyalty to those who are above you and with you.

4. I think he is a good teacher he taught them rules, taught them how to follow instructions and rewarded them when they were successful.

5. I think they still tell this staory to teach their kids many important lessons. It teaches kids qualities that are important to have and use. It also teaches that when you do well you will be rewarded and that when you do something great you will et something much more in return.

7. Yes do for others as you would want them to do for you and lifes lessons and rewards come when you least expect them to.

Music/Songs/Poems

I think music can relate to everyone. There is a type of music or writing for everybody. There seems to be songs that eveyone can relate to and understand because it goes along with something your going through. Music and writing are a great release of feelings, and somrthing that can help you get through a tough situation when youfeel there is no one you can talk to or if you dont know what you shoul do.

Ancient Literature and People

1. Some similarities between cultures are that they all had a language and writings included in their culture. They all also had kings ansd slaves. The differences are that they came around and established differnet things at different times. They also had their own rules and laws. They also had their own religious beliefs.

2. A major priciple point is the status of women. They were treated differently then the males. The sons were favored over the daughters and the women had to follow more strict rules and morals. Though the men had many wives the women usually get to choose the man she would marry. But the girls were aloud to go to school. Brides could be as young as eight and the warriors were aloud to murder her family and abduct the girl. Women wern't aloud to own property or displease their husbands even after deaf.

Greek Culture

1. The Greek religion is different because it has no sacred writings, which the other religions listed do such as the Bible.

2. They are like humans because they show emotions such as love, hate, and jealousy, but they are different because they live forever and humans don't.

3. In this democracy about one-fifth of the population can be involved in the government. They have a law making body that put together laws that have been passed. Any citizen can be a part of it and cansubmit a law for debate. Many positions were paid so even the poor people could hold office.

4. The three greatest thinkers were Socrates, Plato, and Aristle.

5. Some of the events were in the Olympics and are still presented in todays games are boxing, wrestling, the javelin, discus throwa, and races of all kinds.

6. They used the letters to represent all the sounds in the Greek language

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Egyptian Literature

2. He sounds serious and worried. He wants to make sure he has his blessing for his future when he enters his next life.

3. Because Ra is the one who begins the day. He starts the day off since he is the sun god.

4. She is ready to be with her love and she wants to be with him forever. She will be there no matter what.

6. In the poem Whenever I Leave You, I Go Out Of Breath is the one that made me have the most feelings. You could truely feel waht she was saying. She felt as that her life was just not the same without her love in it.

7. In "I'm Going Down Stream on Kings Water Canal" the writer wants to be married to her love and in "Whenever I Leave You, I Go Out Of Breath" is willing to be with her love no matter what.

8. In todays society we don't plan for death or really what will happen after. There are few arrangmanets but I believe we just take it as it comes because death is usually unexpected.

Think Through Gligamesh

1. My reaction to Gligamesh's immorality is the question how could he become this way if he is already 2/3 god and 1/3 human.

• He wants to find Utnapishtim so he can find out the secreat of eternal life.
• Utnapishtim tells Gligamesh the story of the gods.
• The gods bless him and his wife and send them to live in the distance at the mouth of the river.

3. I don't think he can except the fact that humans die because he was part human and he was afraid of death.

4. I think that he is proud to show the city of Uruk because that is the city in which he is the king.

5. I think the event that had the strongest effect on Gilgamesh is that he watched his friend as he was sick and watched him die.

6. I think that he will be a totally different person. I think that he will become a better person and be more understanding. I also think that he will become non self absorbed and no longer be selfish.

7. When people die we now think that they have entered a better place and can finally live in peace. Services and respects ers paid to the person who has died.

Why family is important to me.

Family is important to me because they are always there for you. They support you no matter what. My family is everything to me they are more then just family but some are like friends. I can always depend on them and talk to them about anything that is important to me. They always try to understand what I'm going through and never judge me.

Family are the people that you don't get to chose but I'm happy with mine. I wouldn't change any person in my family they all have a special place with me. I will always be happy with my family because we all get long well and care about eachother. These are the reasons that family is important to me.

Quest Story

The story that I chose is Freedom Writers. The hero in this sory was the teacher,
Ms. Gurell. she is on journey to help her students that no one thought had a chance. She was the only one that believed in them. This was the first time she had every taught and the first time she had every had a class.

What she was trying to do is educate her class and get them to understand that they do matter and people do believe in them. Everyone is against them and all he students are aganist eachother because they are a different race or have different upbringings. She wanted them to learn that they could all get along despite their differences or what other people thoght.

In the end she taught them that there were people that were there to help them and that they could get along with people in the class even though they were very different. They learned that change started on the inside and getting an education would help them get where they wanted to go. The power that she has and gave to her students is knowledge. The special people that helped her on the way were her students and her dad who didn't always understand her but he was always there for her.