3/1 Iliad Reading

Patroclus is going to fight for Achilles. Patroclus and the Myrmidons are all ready for battle and tired of sitting around. Patroclus thinks that if they see Achilles’ armor, even if it’s not him underneath it, everybody would have the courage to fight again and also might scare the Trojans if they see that Achilles has rejoined the fight. Achilles agrees to this.

I'm not to sure about this quote but i think he means that he is a coward. I don't believe Achilles is a coward but i think that is what Patroclus is trying to say. But i believe he is saying that because he might be cursed because of his courage.

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2/28 Iliad Assignment

1. Write a question you have about the text, either an interpretive question that you have an opinion on, or something that you don't understand. You don't need to write the answer.

Q: My question is if Achilles ever got Briseis? They go and apologize but never said if they gave her back.

2. What was your opinion of Achilles before reading Book 9? Does it change after reading Book 9? Explain why or why not.

Q: Well i think Achilles was this really amazing character and he is also very smart. He knows when to fight and when not to. Also he's very concerned about his Arete and his public esteem. Though i think he changes a little from book 1 to book 9 because now he is double crossing his own people and working with enemies. But i still think he is really smart because he does not want to help Agamemnon anymore. He wants to feel wanted and needed.

3. Same as yesterday - Make a list of the persuasive strategy used by these characters, following this format:

Q: This is also involving Phoenix which is on page 266 Phoenix shows how little he likes Achilles’ plan of leaving. He asks him if he can honestly be thinking of leaving. He tries so hard to get Achilles to come back and fight. More like pride her then anything else

One other good one is on page 269. A man who sat out of battle to try and make Achilles come back to the fight. He begs him too, and then it is too late for him to g the prizes other men offered in an attempt to bring him back. There seems to be a lot of emotion being used here.

First one is with Phoenix, on page 268. He talks about how that even the gods change and can be won over with bribes. He says that anybody could be bribed to do whatever somebody else wants them to do but Achilles is not. Uses more emotions.

2/27 – Iliad Assignment

1. Write a question. It can be an interpretive question that you have an opinion on or something about the text that you don't understand. You do not need to write the answer.

Q: One thing that is really confusing to me that a lot of people had as well was, during this paper Agamemnon is telling his army that they are not able to take over troy. Wasn't Agamemnon trying to take over Troy? Why all of a sudden does he not want to take over troy?

2. What was your opinion of Agamemnon before reading this section? Does your opinion of him change after reading it? Why or why not? A one paragraph reply is fine, minimum of 6 solid setneces, but you are encouraged to write more.

Q: Well first off Agamemnon seems extremely greedy and a very selfish king. He's the type of person you use to describe someone bad. Although he seems like he is a dedicated man and seems to follow in whatever he puts his mind into. For instance, taking over Troy. I believe that he knew it would be a hard task but he seem like he knew what he was doing. Still he seems to care nobody but himself.
Like when Helen's father asked to fight against Hector's brother for Helen. Agamemnon thought that was a joke and he doesn't care for his comrades daughter, only himself.

3. At various points in the text some characters attempt to persuade other characters to take a course of action. Examples of characters using persuasion include Nestor, Odysseus, and Ajax. Make a list of the persuasive strategy used by these characters, following this format:

Q:Odysseus is brought into the story is a messenger of Agamemnon that was brought to Achilles. Though he repeats the same thing he says that he should take pity for not helping anybody. That he is letting everybody down. Which is located on page 261. So this is also another good example of emotions being used.

One great example that i found was on page 252. Diomedes stands up to the counsel telling them to not abandon hope on taking over Troy. This seems to lead to emotions in it because he really wants to win over troy and be remembered.

Another great one was when Agamemnon tries to persuade Achilles join the war again and fight for him. This is a great reason because Agamemnon needs Achilles for Agamemnon's greedy needs. I don't think he uses his emotions or anything else, but just greed.

Iliad Reflection - Book One

If you were an ancient Greek, which of the following statements would you agree with?

A) Achilles’ rage is justified and I support his decision not to fight, even if it means the Greeks might lose lots of men, or even the war itself.

This statement is really true and i defiantly agree with it. The reason is is because Briseis is so important to two people, The Greeks and, of course, Achilles. Briseis is like Achilles war prize and if he were to give her back to the priest his public esteem would just go straight down and that's not what Achilles wants. This leads up to Apollo sending a horrible plague to all the Greeks and ends up killing lots of the Greeks. Though Achilles doesn't care he just wants everybody to remember his name for hundreds of years.

Disagreements and Fights...

One time when i had a fight was with my sister about a new phone. My sister was going to get a new phone from Verizon. And as usual i wanted a new one too but my sister didn't want me to have a new phone since i already had a lot of other stuff that were expensive. But i said that i earned my money and paid for more then half of my stuff. So we argued about that i worked for my money and she said that i had way too much stuff. Then it got sort of physical and she started to push me but i didn't do anything back. I just thought she sort of got over exagerated.

The Iliad Assignment Part. 2

As of right now in the reading i do not have any questions.

"My Rage-Cause"

I was angry when people get racist with other people. They seem like if your Mexican that your nothing but poor people trying to get jobs by crossing over borders illegally and that thats all Mexicans. Or if your black you steal stuff and that's all black people.

THAT is not true! Everybody is different and not all people are the same. Every person is unique and have their own personality and different ways of thinking. So whenever somebody is being racist to me or anybody else i know it just shows what kind of people they are. So really the thing that gets me really mad is when people are racist.

2/8 Descriptive Writing Assignment

For this Descriptive Writing Assignment that was given to us by our teacher Mr. Jana. We had to take one of the characters in the scene and rewrite it (or something similar) from that person’s perspective.

I chose to do re-write the lady in the house that stayed in the house, with her books, even when Montag and the other firemen said to get out. But she didn't listen and she lite her match and made a casket her size.

"Act 5, Juliet finds Romeo on the floor lifeless." It was a dark and cold night. Inside was quite the opposite. Warm and cozy as a cat and a too comfy couch you'd think your on a cloud. Nothing beats a Shakespeare book while having a cup of tea. Later during the night, has i was getting ready for bed, i heard a noise in the distance, fire truck sirens and engines roaring like an angry mob. As i feared for many years has come. Everything froze around me like a warp in time. Tires screech to a hault infront of my house and firemen jumping out. Door slams open and i run to my library hoping the firemen will not find it. I had yelled at the firemen as they rushed into the room. Firemen grab me by my arms and hauled away and all i hear is fire crackling like pop rocks in a soda can. They escorted me out and i just fell to the ground crying. Firemen come out and tell me to get out. I just sit there, on my knees, not moving at all. They yell at me 'get out'. I stand up and shake my head side to side. Lift my arm and show the firemen a match and scratch it on the front porch and blur was everywhere around me.

Descriptive Writing Assignment (Fahrenheit 451)

I know most people used this same scene but this really drew me into it. It was so intense and descriptive. The thing weird about this scene is that she didn't seem scared or frightened about her and the house burning.

Some words i thought were very interesting were:

Clumsily—pg. 38
Irritation-pg. 37
Accusing—pg. 37
Condemnation—pg. 39
Contempt—pg. 40
Weaving—pg. 36
Objectivity—pg. 36
Immense-pg. 37
Flaking-pg.35

2/6 - Hesiod Writing Assignment

1. What do you think this myth tells about the ancient Greeks? What values did they have? Why would a story like this develop?

Well i believe that, for one, they had a very creative and very big imagination going on. Also they seem very religious and took proud in there gods and respected them. They might have been very power and know what life was about.

Some values they had were man hood. Things that meant that you were a man and fully grown. The gods were very care taken of their power and tried to make them seem the top of everybody. So whenever they had children most of the gods would fear them because they were afraid that they would over throw them and take over.

This story will be passed down for...longer then we think. It might also be more famous and be spread throught the whole world.

Descriptive Writing Assignment

One of metaphors I really liked that i used was "like Ice cubes in a freezer..."
The reason why i chose this was because i thought it was very detailed in such small words. It was like you cold feel was it was trying to get out to you. Cold, lonely, nobody but the fog itself.


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Dylan, i thought this was a well thought out paragraph. I really liked the way you used the sound of the clock and when it goes off. As well as the sound in the back of your head was genuis. Nice paragraph.

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Nice, Kevin. This was a very good paragraph. I really liked the way you used sounds for senses in this paragraph. Helps the reader get a "sense" of what's going on. Keep it Up!