Wednesday, March 28, 2012

History of Easter Day

          Do you ever wonder why we celebrate Easter or why we have to hide eggs during Easter? Easter is a religious holiday that resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death by some 2,000 years ago. During the holiday, for Christians has the day of religious service and the gathering of the family. In many churches Easter is preceded by a season of prayer, abstinence, and fasting called Lent. On ash Wednesday, its the first day of lent and  putting ashes on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them that "man is but dust." On palm Sunday before one week of Easter,celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.Holy Week begins on this day. Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, is in memory of the Last Supper of Christ with his disciple sand Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion. In many languages, the words for "Easter" and "Passover" are etymologically related or homonymous. When the early English Christians wanted others to accept Christianity, they decided to use the name Easter for this holiday so that it would match the name of the old spring celebration.But it is pointed out by some that the Easter festival, as celebrated today, is related with the Hebrew tradition, the Jewish Passover.This is being celebrated during Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew lunar year. The Jewish Passover under Moses commemorates Israel's deliverance from about 300 years of bondage in Egypt.It was in during this Passover in 30 AD Christ was crucified under the order of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate as the then Jewish high priests accused Jesus of "blasphemy".  Blasphemy is the act of insulting for a religius deity of the irrevence towards religious or holy persons or things. Christians originally celebrated every sunday with observances such as scripture reading, pslams, the Eucharist and a phohibitian against kneeling in prayer. Common elements found in most Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant religious Easter celebrations include baptisms, the Eucharist, feasting, and greetings.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Antigone Essay

   Many stories have tragic function as an instrument of the suffering of others. In Sophocles's play called " Antigone", it talks about how the character suffers by a king. Suffering can be cause by a death  of a relative, unfair laws of the government for other people. In " Antigone", many had suffered by a ruler of Thebes, Creon. This play is about a woman named Antigone who wants to bury her brother but she can't by the laws of Creon and she was punish by bury her brother that Creon find out by a guard. In line 20-23, " O fate of man, working both good and evil! when the laws are broken, what of his city stands! when the laws are kept, how proudly his city stands! when the laws are broken, what of his city then? never may the anarchic man find rest at my hearth", it means that everyone has to follow laws and if the laws are broken, the city  will be weak but it also in my opinion is if everyone is following laws, everyone is suffering that they can't do what the want. For example, Antigone is suffering that the laws can't bury her brother but the other brother can bury with a soldier tomb and everything else. But also she's suffering by her punishment of taking her in the tomb : alive or dead but Creon thinks she will learn by that punishment. Its not fair to not bury her brother, Polyneices because Creon said that he is weak and he died for nothing but  Eteocles did die by honor and gave him a tomb of a soldier, flowers and his honor. It also in the movie, I saw that Creon send soldiers to punish every man with a stab because according to the soldier, he said that he saw someone burying in the desert but he couldn't see by  sand wind

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Daedalus and Icarus Poem by Edward Field

 In the poem that makes use of the greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus by the author named Edward Field. This poem talks about Daedalus's son Icarus death but he survive by swimming to the city where he rented a house and dercribes how he fly with wings. In this poem, Mr. Field uses literary devices by adapting the Icarus myth to a comtemporary setting: imagery, personification, tone, pont of view. On line 11-14, " Never dreaming that the gray, respectable suit conclealed arms that had controlled huge wings nor, that those sad, defeated eyes had once compelled the sun". it uses personification by describing Icarus arms from the melted wax

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

julius caesar essay

   Have  you ever betrayed someone or has a person ever betrayed you? In William Shakespeare's play," The tragedy of Julius Caesar", it shows how Brutus and Cassius betray Julius Caesar to kill him. In line 10-34," Brutus: it must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crowned. How that might change his nature, there's the question". This lines talks about Brutus thinking out loud in the orchard  about the problem of Caesar and he fears that Caesar will become too powerful. It also he fears about Caesar will rule by his hearts but not on his head. Brutus was a closest friend  to Caesar but then he turn against him with Cassius. In line 55-63, Cassius  says," that you have no such mirrors as will turn your hidden worthiness into your eye, that might see your shadow. I have heard where many of the best respect Rome,( Except immortal Caesar), speaking of Brutus and groaning underneath this age's yoke, have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes". it talks about many respect citizens suffering under Caesar's rule and haved wished Brutus could see how much better he is than Caesar. I think Cassius worries the citizens of Rome because maybe Brutus can be king with the citizens help than Caesar. While Brutus  is on the orchard, he is talking to himself about his plan to Caesar. He said " it can only be solved by Caesar's death. on his case, Caesar is weak and their argument against him. Brutus knows the kind of person he is now. so he want to treat him as a serpent's egg and kill him before he hatches.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

End of Iraq:How American imcompletence creating a war without end

Do you ever Wonder if there's an end of Iraq? Or it ever stop? In a nonfiction story,"End of Iraq: How American incompetence creating a war without end" by an author named Peter W. Galbraith talks about how began the war and it end. Peter W. Galdaith served as the first U.S ambassador to Croatia and the senior diplomatic fellow at the center for arms control and Non- Proliferation.In "the end of Iraq" an tough mined describes America's failed strategy toward Iraq and what must be done now.In united states of America invaded Iraq with grand ambitions to bring democracy and transform the middle east. Instead, Iraq had disintegrated into 3 constituent components.For example, pro western Kurdistan in the north, an Iraq-dominated Shiite in the south, and chaotic Sunni Arab region in the center.Iraq had been plagued insurgency and catastrophic civil war. The president of U.S, George W. Bush had been ordered to invade in 2003. They are not the only ones to  removed Saddam Hussein and the institutions by which Iraq's Sunni Arab ruled the country.The three Institutions are the army, security services and Ba'ath party. It also describes the administration's strategic behind the war as blunders of the american occupation. There was failure of ethic and religious divisions in Iraq. It was followed by strategies for governing, failures to spend money for reconstruction, misguided effort to create a national army or police, and the country's management to republican political loyalists. The Kurds of Iraq are no less entitled to independence than are Lithuanians, Croatians, or palestinians. The U.S must focus but not on preserving or forging a unified Iraq, but avoiding a spreading, dangerous  civil war. It must be accept to break Iraq and work with Iraq's Shiites, Kurds, and Sunni Arabs to strenght independence regions. Its not easy to exit Iraq from America. The leaders of Iraq are bombing their own people and alot of children got burn skin. Even alot of people lost their homes by bombs from the army. They are trying to bulid national institutions when there is a fact no nation. It will only leave the united states with open ended commitment in circumstances of uncontrollable turmoil. During the attacks from 9/11 , George W. Bush consistenly called the pakistani leader as one of the americas most important allies in the war against terrorism. And this pakistani leader brought chaos to his people by making his first nuclear bomb. Mr. Galbaith has been in Irag many times over last twenty-one years during historic turning points for the country like the Iran-Iraq war, The Kurdish Genocide, The 1991 Uprising, The immediante war of 2003 and writing of Iraq's constitutions.He offers many observations of the men who are now Iraq's leaders. Peter draws onhis nearly two decades of involvement in Iraq working for U.S goverment to appraise what has occured and what will happen.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Academic Autobiography

My mom wants me to have good life than working at Mc Donalds(where she works).She wants to go to an university and have a career.If I didnt have her as a mom, I would'nt be in school or droping out. My mom tell me to do my HW and study for the tests or if i get good grades, she give me prizes like money. when I was 5 years old, I went to Magnolia Elementry school and its close to west adams prep high school. Ms. Pech, my kindergarden teacher is a great teacher and my mom likes her because she teach me how to write. In kindergarden, it was a worst year because i never make projects and especially when they didn't tell me anything about it.In 5th grade, my teacher, Ms Macneil, we were the worst class ever because everybody talks while the teacher is talking. She make us write standards alot, staying aferschool and staying during lunch. But the best part was that we made a play called "the wizard of Oz" with the director named miguel an good friend of Ms. Macneil. He show us a huge script about the play and its really hard because we have to memorized the lines of the characters we had choosen.