Running After Antelope, story 1994

1. What is the significance of the deer?
2. Why are they trying to help the Takuhaka people?
3. Why did you choose this story? What impact did it make to your life?
4. Why are the people struggling and need help?
5.How are they being helped? What is being done to better their situation?
6. What literary devices can you find that help create this short story?
7. Is the author trying to present a way for you to help people you know are struggling? How does he do this?
8. What literary devices and what examples does he give to his reader to show the importance of offering help to those in need?
9. What do the deer symbolize in this section? And are they seen anywhere else in the book?
10. Is there progression in the people they are helping? Are they flat or dynamic characters? Explain.

Big Bold Moon

As I lay outside next to my pool, looking up at the stars, I am distracted by this gorgeous full moon.  My dogs were curious as to what I was doing outside so late, and wanted to know if I got the sudden urge to play catch or tug-a-war with them so they followed me out to the pool. One dog (the little mut from the pound) is named Gus, while the other, who we favorite more, is our gorgeous lab Maxwell Smart. I love them both, but Gus gets on my nerves most of the time. Meanwhile, looking out at the moon both my dogs kept licking me and grabbing my attention. I don't mind, I like the love and attention they give. The beauty of the bright, bold and eye catching moon along with the love and playfulness of my dogs just brought a joy to my heart that can't be taken away. Realizing something as simple a the beauty of the moon in the sky gives us the ability to realize the beauty of something as precious as a dogs loyalty and love and even our families love. Staring out into the sky brings a calmness, an escape from reality, just for a split second, lets you put things into perspective as you find the Big Dipper and Little Dipper. Something as broad as the sky, filled with stars and the big bold moon, can make you think about the smallest aspects of your life.

"A Winter Walk"

A long day filled with cold white fluffy snow, and a young man with a limp carrying an old torn up brief case. Today was the thirds anniversary of the day she died, a day just like this. The trees standing still, crying and feeling his pain inside as he walks by them, one by one. The walk he is taking home was a long the river where he and her would go lay by in the summer time and make romantic memories. Even in this wretched cold day he can still feel the warmth of her smile and the feeling of her touch as they laid by the river. His heart was torn into pieces like the million pieces of frozen water that made the pure white snow.

Song with Poetry

The song I chose for this assignment is She's Everything by Brad Paisley. The obvious literary device that makes this a work of poetry is alliteration. Brad Paisley continually repeats the word "she's".  Also, Metaphors are seen throughout the song, for example, "she's a Saturday out on the town." The way he uses these metaphors are very important and useful in proving how it can also be a work of poetry, these metaphors can be seen as a use of characterization and amplification. Brad Paisley embellishes who and what this girl is and can do to show how special she is to him. He writes this song in a way where it melts every girls heart and has them wishing they were that "she" for some man some day.

"She's Everything"

She's a yellow pair of running shoes
A holey pair of jeans
She looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's I want a piece of chocolate
Take me to a movie
She's I can't find a thing to wear
Now and then she's moody

She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving

[Chorus]
And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
I talk about her, I go on and on and on
'Cause she's everything to me

She's a Saturday out on the town
And a church girl on Sunday
She's a cross around her neck
And a cuss word 'cause its Monday
She's a bubble bath and candles
Baby come and kiss me
She's a one glass of wine
And she's feeling kinda tipsy

She's the giver I wish I could be
And the stealer of the covers
She's a picture in my wallet
and my unborn children's mother
She's the hand that I'm holding
When I'm on my knees and praying
She's the answer to my prayer
And she's the song that I'm playing

[Repeat chorus]

She's the voice I love to hear
Someday when I'm ninety
She's that wooden rocking chair
I want rocking right beside me
Everyday that passes
I only love her more
Yeah, she's the one
That I'd lay down my own life for

And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
She's everything to me
Yeah she's everything to me

Everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
She's everything to me

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bradpaisley/sheseverything.html

poem for anthology

The poem i would like to use is, "I Love You" by Sara Teasdale. This poem symbolizes a love that is kept a secret. My theme for my anthology is selfless love but i am debating on changing it to love or rethinking a theme and making it more general. The poem is short but tells a story about a death and love. The death is symbolized as a deep sleep and takes place during the beginning of Spring.

metaphors & rhinoceros response

Metaphor of a thing that scares me:
Death is a deep sleep.


Metaphor of a dream/goal:

Marriage is a sentence.



Rhinoceros:

I have been like Berenger when I stand up for my beliefs and religion. I have grown up in a Christian home and have attended private christian schooling my whole life until this past year because I now attend CSUB. I have always been involved in outside sports such as soccer and dance but only recently when I have gotten a job and met more diverse people in college have I seen the different views people have on different subjects. I have been very sheltered and not known how offended people get when they find out I am a Christian and do not believe or choose to allow certain aspects of peoples lives to influence me. Personally, I like to live to the saying "hate the sin, love the sinner." This stance to me seems very reasonable. I try not to judge or view people differently based on a variety of different things, I just don't prefer certain actions to be in my lifestyle. by discussing certain issues with people at work I have noticed people constantly try to shake my beliefs or standards by questioning me and trying to get me to slip up on my stance or argument. These are the times I feel like I am Berenger, that I will stick to my original beliefs and what I believe is right for me.

six words about my life

family, perseverance and smile through everything.