Macbeth Main Ideas- Last Post and reading times

At the beginning of Macbeth we talked a lot about ambition and loyalty (or loyalty that would be shattered), anyway I decided to do a mix between ambition and loyalty because both are extremely important throughout the play as a whole.

I chose ambition as one because Macbeth had a lot of ambition to kill others to get where he wanted to be, which was on the throne as King. He killed Duncan to become king, but soon realized that Banquo's kids would have the throne there after him, so his craziness decided to kill Banquo, his best friend, and Macduff's family. He had such a strong ambition to become king, he did the worst things that would come to anyone's mind. Soon after he killed Banquo, Banquo's ghost started stalking him around and freaking him out a lot, Macbeth becomes paranoid and when he starts talking about things like his killings he's unable to stop and Lady Macbeth tries to get him to calm down.

Secondly, I think loyalty is just as important as ambition because Macbeth put a lot of trust into people and they put it into him as well, as time went on people couldn't trust Macbeth as much. Macbeth has a lot to over come and I think Lady Macbeth is very loyal towards Macbeth through all his struggles he goes through. I feel like when Macbeth thought that people were finally understanding that it was Macbeth that was killing the people around him, they got a little worried and concerned, making them not trust him anymore.

Reading:

5/10- 60 minutes learning Hebrew
5/11- 70 minutes learning more Hewbrew

Quotation and Reading Times

At the very beginning of the play on the first page, the witches were all together and they were being super creepy and chanting "fair is foul, and foul is fair," I think this means that something always has something else to it, like there is always a second story to every story. I also think that the witches are foreshadowing that bad things happen to good people, like Banquo, a nice generous friend of Macbeth, but Macbeth finds him as a threat so he kills him. So when it says "fair is foul," I think it means that if something is fair to someone it could be the complete opposite than everyone else thinks.

Reading Times:

5/3- 60 Macbeth
5/5- 60 Macbeth

Free Post: Holocaust Memorial Service and Such.

I know I have a lot of blogs on my religion, World War II, and the Holocaust, but I think it is something everyone should know about and be aware of so that it never happens again.

April 27th and 28th, 2014, the days to remember everyone who perished during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an awful time for the Jewish people and population. Six million Jews were killed. If you really think about the number 6 million, it's a lot of people, a lot of innocent people that deserved to live. What Hitler did to all of those innocent people should be unspoken of, but people need to realize what he did and take charge to make sure this never ever happens again. It's very difficult for teens like me who are very invested in their religion to ponder every day what life would be like if there were more Jewish kids or people in the world. Would things be different? How different? It's a daily struggle to know that my ancestors had to go through so much hardship, yet the people sitting next to me have the struggle of not getting a signal on their new iPhone or smart phones. I think it is ridiculous how spoiled our generation is and they should be happy they have the life that they do.

Another problem I have with this is that some people are so ignorant that they don't even know what the Holocaust is. I personally think that schools in there Social Studies and World History classes should be a big part of their learning because it is a very important part of our worlds' history. It's a little scary when the Holocaust comes up, but someone that is in the same grade as you doesn't know what it is. Especially if someone doesn't know you're Jewish and they start talking about Jewish people and their opinions, who knows they'll start calling you names and make you feel uncomfortable like you are unwanted or start bullying you because of what you believe. Everyone needs to be educated on this matter, G-d forbid it happening ever again.

Never Again.

Spring Break and Reading Times

I have to say spring break went exceptionally well. The Thursday we got out I was picked up from school about an hour early by my parents and my best friend from camp, Sarah. I was so excited to see her because it had been awhile since I had seen her last because she lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The week before my family and I decided that we would go to Destin, Florida because we go there every year and the water is always really pretty. We finally get to the beach/condo around 9:30 and we went straight up to our rooms to get settled. The next day we couldn't go outside because it was raining and really gross outside, so Sarah and I just watched Scared Out of Your Mind, all day. 

The last day we were there was the only time we actually got to go to the beach. It was absolutely gorgeous. I was with the people I love on the beach. Life couldn't get better. We would play beach volleyball with a few guys we met; which made it so much more fun! So Sarah and I decided to go to the pool, for about 20 minutes to cool off. My family started walking back to the condo, but they had to pass us in the pool before they could get inside and yelled to us that they were going to get lunch and to start heading up if we wanted lunch, so of course we did. Turns out Sarah and I were burned to a crisp. It was awful walking around, but it was only on the front side of us so we were able to sit down, luckily. All in all, it was such an awesome trip and I can't wait until this summer with her!

Reading times:

4/17: read Schindler's List- one hour

4/20: read Schindler's List- another hour

two statements and reading and working times.

4/8- 30 reading the Schindler's List
4/9- 60 minutes working on Playlist
4/10- 30 minutes reading the Schindler's list
4/11- 5 minutes checking over and posting the playlist

"Some things are destined or fated to happen"
Personally I strongly agree because somethings happy for a reason whether you wanted them to or not. If you have a really good friend and one day he/she decides to not talk to you ever again then you need to realize that not everyone will be your friend and maybe you should try to hang out with new people that make you happy and make you feel wanted rather than crappy and unwanted. Everything has a reason to happen whether people like to hear that or not because not everything can go the way you want it to go. 

"Everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence, which are basic parts of human nature."
I really like this, therefore I strongly agree with it because it's beyond true. No matter how many times you tell someone that you won't do something, somehow it ends up happening and in some cases you can really help it because no one is perfect. Things happen for a reason if someone were to lie to you more than once I doubt anyone would believe them or at least I wouldn't. No matter how many times someone you love says they won't hurt you... the next thing you know they are stabbing you right in the back. Betrayal goes along with everything because if you lie to someone you're breaking your trust, which it all comes back to betraying someone. 

Reading and Working Details

Reading and Working Dates and Times:

Mon. Feb. 17th: read Perfect for 20 minutes
Tues. Feb. 18th: fixed MLA format on paper for 10 minutes
Wed. Feb. 19th: read Perfect for 45 minutes
Thurs. Feb. 20th: nothing
Fri. Feb. 21st: looked over things i need to fix for my research paper and read Perfect for about 20 minutes and studied for poetry test
Sat. Feb. 22nd: started to fix my paper and studied for poetry test for 45 minutes
Sun. Feb. 23rd: finalizing my paper and studied more 30 minutes

Poem and Reading Times

Poem: RE: This Is Just To Say

Why have you
Eaten icey
Plums in my
White icebox,

Now we
Won't have breakfast
The plums
Were the purest

I forgive
You for eating
Them, but
You are beating,

My emotions
To a pulp
Can't handle
The awful Insult.

Explanation: The rhyme skeam is A,B,C, B, D, E, F, E, G, H, I, H, J, K, L, K.
also there is simbliance, and I think there is a little personification because you can't technically up someone's feelings.

Reading and Work Times:

Mon. 10th,- Read Perfect for 20 minutes
Tues. 11th,- Worked on paper 20 minutes
Wed. 12th,- Read perfect 30 minutes
Thrus. 13th,-  studied vocab 10 minutes
Fri. 14th,- read Perfect for 30 minutes
Sat. 15th,- nothing
Sun. 16th,- prepared my poem so about 35 minutes.