Theme of my life so far...

The theme of my life so far would probably be to get to my goals as fat as I can. This goes for all of my goals not just my academic one. I try to escape my own reality by trying to crate my own. I do this by coming to college and do what I am supposed to, to make sure that I am good in the future. My theme really inspirational or something that is "outside the box", for some reason I feel as though it is a bit cliche, but at the same time it is my theme, and I wouldn't want to change it. I also believe that I have another theme in my life which is to, get married. So I make sure that my relationship is good at all times, and hope for the best for the our future. I also feel as if I am doing my best best to live right spiritually. I know that I am not perfect, but I am trying to live right, and even when that takes turns sometimes, I still keep going and try to do better each day, even when I do, I still try. So my themes would be goals, my relationship, and getting closer to God as close as I can each and every day.

the theme of my favorite movie

My favorite movie, The Losers has plenty of themes, but I'll talk about three of them. The first theme that I'd like to introduce is, courage. Clay's team, Aisha, Jensen, Pooch, Cougar, and Roque, had to go on a "suicide mission", in order to capture the protagonist, Max, from buying and using nuclear weapons. The entire movie is based off of courage that Clay's team had during their mission. Unity, is also a major them in The Losers. As you watch the movie you will begin to notice how, no matter what, the team always sticks together and that they live by a code, "if one of us fall, we all fall". Only one member of the group, Roque, died because he betrayed the group and was in it for money, however, that made the group stronger. At the end of the movie, you will see how they completed the mission and all together they go to the hospital to congratulate Pooch for his new born son and how they all go to Jensen's niece's soccer game, and those scenes represented togetherness. Last but not least, trust. Trust was on and off throughout the movie, because Clay was unable to determine if he can trust Aisha because her father was behind the massacre of the children who blew up in the helicopter, when her father's intensions, were blow up clays team. Towards the end Clay was able to trust her, since they got on the same side, which was trying to capture Max

Post about two colleagues' symbols

Marlon looks at his batman chain as a sign of hope and confidence, he said, "When I notice it on  my keys, I think to myself even someone average with the right skills can achieve remarkable things". I think that is very inspirational thing to say. I would have never guessed that someone would find a form of confidence from a chain. I believe that everyone should have something that they wear or carry, that will give them a form of confidence to get them by in life.
Monica's necklace is also very inspirational, she said, "the object I wear that symbolizes something for me is the necklace my husband got me on Christmas this year". That is another thing that gives people hope and joy and I am sure her symbol is very important for her especially coming from someone who she loves.

Something that I often wear and what it symbolizes

Some of my friends call me Tokyo because I always wear this purple Tokyo hoodie, almost everywhere I go. I only wear it often because its my only hoodie that I have with pockets. It is also a symbol of where my Boyfriend, Trevaughn was raised. I wear it because it reminds me of him and all the stories he had when he was in Japan. We are currently in a long distance relationship, so I guess it gives me a little bit of "hope" and keeps the faith going.
When I first saw the hoodie in the store I knew that I wanted the Tokyo instead of the Chicago and New York hoodie. I thought that having the Tokyo hoodie, would be more suitable for me because it reminds me of all the good times that we had and like stated before all of his stories that he had while he was there.

Post response to 2 colleague's view of setting

After reading Jahai's post about setting, she mentioned, "Before Krebs went to the war, he attend a Methodist college in Kansas", the story does not take us down the road of his college life, however, the big question is, did his life in college effect who he is now or did the war?  I believe that Krebs college life isn't that important, which is probably why the author didn't go in detail with it. The story is mainly apart how a war can change a man and not how college can change a man.
Monicia said, "Krebs loves to read books at the local library. The rest of the story explains how Krebs just wants to relax during WWI." This statement is true and it also describes how the war changed Krebs. Wanting to be alone and live an excitement free life, from a man who was regular, shows how much the war dramatized Krebs.
http://eng1100canty12.blogspot.com/2016/02/1-post-response-to-2-colleagues-view-of.html
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http://monicias.blogspot.com/2016/02/post-about-setting-in-hemingways.html

Post about the setting in Hemingway's "Soldier's Home".

The setting in Hemingway's "Soldier's Home", is in Oklahoma. It takes place in the summer of 1919. Most of the story takes place in the protagonist, Krebs's home, who was returned home from France and Germany from fighting in WWI. Krebs father is a relates business man for mostly farms and his mother is a house wife. The story allows its readers to know that Krebs doesn't want drama or excitement and that he spends time in the house a lot. Krebs loves to read books at the local library and he also likes shooting pool. His town is very small and not a lot of things happen there. The rest of the story explains how Krebs just wants to relax and be to himself because he has had too much excitement during WWI.

Response to two colleagues' posts.

In Jahai's post, she believed that, "In the story "A rose for Emily"  by William Faulkner, Miss Emily had a negro slave named Tobe. It may be possible that William Faulkner himself and his family owned slaves because William Faulkner grew up in the southern state of Mississippi", but I believe that there is something about the author more complex then that. I think Jahai should have done a bit more research of the author to really get into the root of why he wrote "A rose for Emily". It would be nice to know why, from his background, his own experience, or just anything that sparked in his mine to think of this story?
On the other hand, Monica actually did some research on her other but I really didn't see the actual connection linked to the story she choose, nor did she mention the story she choose, but she mentioned it in another blog. Monica said, "I understand now that she always wanted to be a writer and the story she wrote about has a lot to do with her life". I wonder what apart of her life had to deal with "A Sorrowful Women". Was it that she did all the actions that the main character did in the story, was it a friend that did it, or was it just something she thought about randomly? These are questions that could have been incorporated to merge both the author and the story together.

How the author's life of my Doc1 story/poem affects the story or poem

After researching Karen van der Zee's life, I noticed that she has always wanted to write, she said, "I was a dreamer, reading books and making up my own stories". To me she seems like a dreamer and a sap after reading "A Secret Sorrow".  She mentioned that she wanted to see the world and "wanted to write adventurous stories set in these exotic places". I confirmed that she was a sap because she said "I got lucky and fell in love with a globetrotting American. I met him in Amsterdam, he asked me to marry him in Rome, and we tied the knot in a ten-minute ceremony in Kenya, East Africa, where he was a Peace Corps Volunteer". I understand now, why she is so in love with writing romantic fiction stories. Her life, as far as her love life, itself is romantic. She c"ontinued writing romances and loved the creativity of it, although it was, and is, never easy". Her view point of love is that it conquers all and regardless of a struggle or a permanent damage, she is still able to see love as something beautiful. Van der Zee also motioned that she "loved the challenge of living in a foreign country where the food is different, the people interesting and life gives me endless inspiration for my writing ". A Secret Sorrow", as we all know is a romantic novel that demonstrates how love is stronger than anything, and now I know exactly why she wrote it.

Reflection of classmates post

After reading Jay's post, she learned, "“The Story of an Hour” is Kate Chopin’s short story about the thoughts of a woman after she is told that her husband has died in an accident. This story is creepy because of the role of Louise Mallard" I wanted to know what the creepy part about it was and why everyone decided to choose this story. My opinion of the story is similar because it is a story about a women who celebrates her husband’s death, so she can be free from him. Jay didn't write much about what she learned but I think her main point is that a women who celebrates her husband’s death is sort of psychotic. Also, I actually learned something from Keyshuna’s post, when she mentioned that she learned, how “a dynamic character is someone who changes a lot during a story” .To be honest I didn’t know what that meant, but after reading her response I understand that a dynamic character is a developing character, in “A Sorrowful Women”, the mother developed into a character who did not want to fulfill her role as a housewife