Words of the day 9-21-10

Obtuse - anna's obtuse understanding that Jayce is better then her is one of her big faults
Adroit - Jayce is much more adroit in english class then anna
Deleterious - Anna's Deleterious behavior got her kicked out of school

Scarlet Letter 4

“And never had Hester Prynne appeared more lady-like, in the antique interpretation of the term, then as she issued from the prison.”

When Hester comes out for all the people to see, Hawthorne describes her as the most beautiful and the most elegant she has ever been and I think he is implying that because she has to pull out every ounce of dignity she has left to walk out and face all her fellow people. And the amount of pride and dignity she pulls out makes her look the way she did, under the circumstances she was facing.

Scarlet Letter 3

“Let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.”

She can hold the baby as tight as she wants to her bosom to try and hide that “A” but everyone already knows what she has done so hiding it or not she is still going to be ridiculed. Its is also implying the fact no matter how much she doesn’t want it to be true deep down she will always know it is because she is now a mother, and as much pain as the baby has brought her, she will always love it and it will always be in her heart.

Questions

What colony is the setting for the novel?

Boston Massachusetts

Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?

By the Jail

For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land?

Burial ground and Prison house

Who is Anne Hutchinson? How does Hawthorne feel about her?

A woman who was put on trial for speaking false ideas, she said that god spoke to her directly but all puritans believe he only speaks through the bible. Hawthorne thinks that she is like the rose bush and she is pure (she fights for what she believes in dispite the consequences.

What 2 possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?

The rose bush is a symbol of a few things. One being hope, there is this lone, beautiful rose bush out side of an old and decrepit jail and people who are in the jail see it and it makes them think of all the beautiful and possible things outside of the jail. It makes hem think of all things right in the world. Another example that this rose symbolizes is the fact that through all the demolition and destruction of all nature by the people, this one, pure and beautiful rose bush survived. Note here that by calling the rose bush “wild” it ties back into my earlier statement about how the people in the jail look at this bush as hope, but also in envy because all things in nature are pure and the fact that they are in jail means that they aren’t pure anymore according to the puritans.

Scarlet Letter 2

The wild rose bush

The rose bush is a symbol of a few things. One being hope, there is this lone, beautiful rose bush out side of an old and decrepit jail and people who are in the jail see it and it makes them think of all the beautiful and possible things outside of the jail. It makes hem think of all things right in the world. Another example that this rose symbolizes is the fact that through all the demolition and destruction of all nature by the people, this one, pure and beautiful rose bush survived. Note here that by calling the rose bush “wild” it ties back into my earlier statement about how the people in the jail look at this bush as hope, but also in envy because all things in nature are pure and the fact that they are in jail means that they aren’t pure anymore according to the puritans.

Scarlet Letter 1

“A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods…”

This sentence is describing the puritan people. Hawthorne is not just giving you an idea of what these people are like, he is giving you his ideas about them. He describes these people as plain and all similar, all the men were bearded and wore gray and colorless clothing. He does a good job of negatively describing these people without noticeably saying that he doesn’t like them.

Words of the day

Jayce’s had alacrity that brought happiness to the school.

Anna had a timorous attitude about me beating her in English

Words of the Day

Reticent - Anna's Reticent behavior really annoyed Jayce, so she killed her.
Rigor - Anna's lack of rigor made her fail the 11th grade, as Jayce went on to graduate on time.

Mayflower Compact

The date is November 10, 1620. After 66 days at sea crammed into a space about the size of a basketball court, the Pilgrims--as the 101 surviving passengers of the "Mayflower" became known--arrived on America's shores. They were an ocean away from their home country and hundreds of miles from where they were supposed to settle in the Virginia Colony. To survive in the wilderness of this strange, new land, they would need some rules for governing themselves and their community. The document they wrote is known as the Mayflower Compact. In fewer than 200 words, it laid the groundwork for democracy in America. So what is the Mayflower compact? What are some facts that correspond with it and how it has shaped America and our government today?

Invaders and explorers of the Americas had many flawed aspects, one of which being a lack in self-governing. With out having rules to abide by everyone will want to rule and run things they think things should be run. And with a bunch of foreign settlers this didn’t make it easy. They all tried to set up different types of government within the same colony/group. The Mayflower’s passengers knew that the New World’s earlier settlers struggled due to a lack of government; ergo the Mayflower compact. The Mayflower Compact is a written agreement composed by a consensus of the new Settlers arriving at New Plymouth in November of 1620. They had traveled across the ocean on the ship Mayflower, which was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Mayflower Compact was drawn up with fair and equal laws, for the general good of the settlement. They settlers off the mayflower knew that they needed to work together in order to build up their colony by working, trading and training for war.

Forty-one people signed the Mayflower compact (all males of course), some more familiar then others such as: John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, Isaac Allerton, Myles Standish, and John Alden. When creating the Mayflower Compact, the signers believed that covenants were not only to be honored between God and man, but also between each other. They had always honored covenants as part of their righteous integrity and agreed to be bound by this same principle with the Compact. John Adams and many historians have referred to the Mayflower Compact as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution.

The Constitution and the Mayflower Compact were formed on the same bases. The bases of equality and the fact that everyone was created equal. It also indirectly states back to the Constitution that we all have unalienable rights. "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit Of Happiness”

Luckily we are made aware of its relevance to their 21st century lives. This book/story is essential for any school, public, or home library. "The Mayflower Compact" acts as a valuable reminder of the time when America was merely an idea being shaped in the minds of our forefathers, eager to escape oppression and create a better world.

Vocabulary 2

Reticent – (Adj) not revealing ones thoughts or feelings readily
Rigor – (N) the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive or accurate
Alacrity – (N) brisk or cheerful readiness
Timorous – (Adj) showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence
Obtuse – (Adj) annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; stupid
Adroit – (Adj) clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
Deleterious – (Adj) causing harm or damage
Brevity – (N) concise and exact use of words in writing or speech
Adulation – (N) Obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
Histrionic – (Adj) overly theatrical or melodramatic
Hypochondriac – (N) a person who is abnormally anxious about their health.

Words of the day

The people had to Capitulate to the city counsel.

the Celestial body was beautiful