Boot Soles

From my point of view, “If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.” simply means the person has been under strenuous criticism and endless complaints. So, it is like a female A telling male B, if I ever leave, its because you throw my dignity on the floor, step on it, and throw it out the window (its like gum so some must stick on his shoe!!!). LOOK AT YOUR SHOE FOR WHY I LEAVE!!!! That's basically everything. Well, there are of course more ideas and interpretion, but, psshh, they are just not as cool as mine. One may be husband murdered wife from stepping?? (ahh...last sentence of the wife...). Mr. McCool said it might be some guy is leaving and might just die somewhere else, returning to Earth and got step on. He makes people feel like he is honest and sincere (probably not, all literature guys are sly and evil and.......(shhhh....)). When I see it, I am angry!!! This guy is so pessimistic with Mr.McCool's interpretation.  This is an act of war against optimistic guys like ME!!! This guy also pisses me off because in my definition, he is a really getting bullied without using swear words and make himself sound so smart. It is really annoying.

Sound effects in The Raven

Poe used many sound effects, including but not limited to, onomatopoeia, alliteration and rhyme. He used a very obvious rhyme, the -ore rhyme. Lenore, Nevermore, more, shore, etc. Just about every sentence ends with ore. He also uses other rhymes like tapping, rapping, or December, ember. Also, he used alliteration in his poem, such as weak and weary, flirt and flutter, stopped or stayed, etc. Finally, he used onomatopoeia, such as tapping, muttered, fluttered, etc. to express the actual sound in the scene.  The unique combination of those makes the Raven sound more like a song than like a poem. There are a even distribution of internal rhymes and the most frequent end rhyme ore. When read aloud, this make the reader want to continue as it is pretty interesting to do so. It makes reading a rhyme as interesting as singing a song (Disclaimer: This statement does not involve any personal preference or more exactly, I don't feel this way).  The sounds also contribute to the reader's mind projection of the scene. Unlike movies, books/poems does not give rigid detail to everything. Thus, the scene is up to the readers to elaborate, and the sound effects, especially onomatopoeia, suggests a more complete scene for the readers to imagine.

Symbol of the Raven

Talking about raven, we should make sure everyone knows what kind of weird animal it is.  It is a huge black bird resembling a crow, but much much much larger in size. Raven can have many meanings over a huge range. In some culture, it is highly praised as the messenger of God. In others, they are feared as embodiment of evil. Of course, "metropolitist"(a name I made up, definitely no  need to look it up) like me, despise them as a good-for-nothing pest bird. Poe uses the raven in a really cool way. So the guy in the story go with the holy definition while the overall atmosphere contributes to the evil bird image. Part of this entry question is why do you think Poe used raven instead of a chicken, owl or parrot. Simply for the coolness I would say. If a chicken flies in, I'll just roast it and start eating, not talking for sure. Owl is too cute to give the cool evil look (just look at that super cute Harry Potter's owl~~ white and fluffy!!!) Parrot, hmm, it is pretty distracting to have such a colorful bird for a cool dark story like this. If its a parrot, the nevermore seems weak(parrot KNOWS how to talk). Furthermore, petting him is cooler than talking to him.

Ugly Reality

Well, I feel like everyone have the right to know things. I do not see how this can hurt the kids. I can not and will not state if this can apply to other kids of the same age, but both Jem and Scout are mature enough to realize the reality. The cruel reality of racism should be explained to the kids before the wrong side implant a deep image that ruins the rest of the kid's life up. I believe that kids can realize those stuff at a rather small age. As long as they can communicate and think at the level of that of Jem or Scout, then they can no matter how old they are. In fact, I believe they should participate as soon as possible. There is this problem about the gap of harsh reality and cheerful wonderland in modern education. Once a kid realize the truth of the world, darkness and evilness, the wonderland no longer exist. This causes excess stress on kids. It should be said that everyone should understand the truth from the start, not giving them shock of the truth all of the sudden.

Licked

We were licked a hundred years before we start. I believe he meant that the case is bound to lose. The long rooted racist idea in the community already predestined the conclusion of the trial. However, he also believe it is his duty to protect justice impartially and morally right to help Tom in his case. He believe he would regret if he doesn't stand up. If I were a lawyer...hmm...maybe provide some sort of proof of some white blood in Tom (assuming he does) and kind of reduce the racist atmosphere(I know I am a terrible lawyer, I am definitely going to fail this case). Also, I will also provide analysis of Bob Ewell and Mayella Ewell's past deeds. If deemed necessary, the collection of sexual harassment evidence must be presented and provide contradiction if I can find any. I believe with that kind of biased jury, the only evidence that will decide that Tom's guilt is the testimony of Mayella and Bob Ewell. I believe that would be the only thing that the jury will entertain.

I DARE YOU

Oh, I have been dared to do a lot of stupid stuff. Absolutely not surprising to anyone who knows me as I am pretty easy to pick on and a great target of fun.  The most recent and funniest one was that I was dared to dance belly dance in front of the girls (OMG... that is terrible...I mean it...). Well, I did it really only for the purpose of entertainment. And since I played the truth or dare game, it is only fair that I do my part.  If I say that I did it to impress the girls, (*shrug) ...it failed. For entertainment, everyone had fun. I kind of laugh at myself as well but it was no big deal. The result is simple, everyone laughed, my name got worse (never got any better anyways). Sigh* There is really not much to say about it. However, the point is the fun. Like Mr. McCool said, dare is really for the fun and is a really good hook to taunt others later on. This is really cool and fun and interesting.  We trade our pride to enjoy of free comedy that our friends play. Together, everyone gives up a bit of that self dignity and we all get a really good laughter. 

Welcome back!!!

During the break, I did not do anything exceptional. However, unlike how I live through my holiday before, I actively play ball with others, and pretty frequently. As usual, I watched a movie, MEGAMIND with my friends. The whole movie was awesome. That minion is adorable. A drama fish queen is absolutely original and fun. Not to mention the coolness of the watch, shape shifter!! The big blue baldy is certainly interesting. Absolutely fabulous storyline. Also, unlike the normal me, I went to KTV to celebrate someone's birthday! It is kind of depressing though as I really can't sing. Otherwise, I stick to my nerdy routine, wake up , eat, work , math-ing, american lit- ing, and SAT - ing.  Standard procedures and absolutely true! I really find this topic much less to discuss as I really fail to do a lot of things during the break. Oh wait, we also went to this indoor arcade place and we had fun. As an anime freak, it is only normal that I play the anime karoke. It was cool.  I was feeling really good about the christmas dance that I decide to challenge the dancing machine. However, with my really slow reaction,  I pretty much failed the whole song. Later we get into this car driving + shooting game and spent A LOT OF MONEY on it. It was very interesting as well. Now that's really the end.