Leopard Man

Questions 9-15:

9. Tom Leppard is called "Leopard Man" because of the tattoos he has on his body and becuase of where he lives and chooses to live like a leopard.

10. The author thinks that people with tattoos and piercings are unimpressive. He has this opinon because he finds that they are desperate for society's attention in a "negative way.

11. Leopard man is different from other tattooed and piecred people becuase he doesn't want to attract attention and only does it for himself and for a chance to potray what he wants to be. Another reason why he is different becuase he went to a great extent by getting tattooed all over his body.

12. Leopard Man lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness. Far from where society can judge him.

13. The people that society fears is the ones they don't understand and those really consists of the one we call freaks.

14. The "world's most common and dangerous psychological disorder" according to Feys is conformity. He says this because the causes of being a conformist is just the suppresion and destruction of ones's self. He's saying that you are practically destroying your own self because you are under the pressure of everyone else.

15. Leopard man is so happy because he's living how he wants to and doesn't care what others think about it. He's reached his true happiness in life and doesn't really seem to care what other people think of him. All that matters to him is that he is happy and is where he wants to be.

Diction Handout

Low or informal diction:

1.jargon- I only climbed on the spare spar. 

Elevated language or formal diction:

2. opaque: not able to be seen through; not transparent.

    enlogated: unusually long in relation to its width.

    phosphorescent: when something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch

    elusive: difficult to remember or recall

    livid:having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by abruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation,etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.

The side of the ship made an opaque belt of shadow on the darkling glassy

shimmer of the sea. But I saw at once something elongated and pale

floating very close to the ladder. Before I could form a guess a faint flash of

phosphorescent light, which seemed to issue suddenly from the naked body of

a man, flickered in the sleeping water with the elusive, silent play of summer

lightning in a night sky.With a gasp I saw revealed to my stare a pair of feet,

the long legs, a broad livid back immersed right up to the neck in a greenish

cadaverous glow. One hand, awash, clutched the bottom rung of the ladder.

He was complete but for the head. A headless corpse! The cigar dropped out of

my gaping mouth with a tiny plop and a short hiss quite audible in the absolute

stillness of all things under heaven. At that I suppose he raised up his face, a

dimly pale oval in the shadow of the ship’s side…I only climbed on the spare

spar and leaned over the rail as far as I could, to bring my eyes nearer to that

mystery floating alongside. As he hung by the ladder, like a resting swimmer, the

sea lightning played about his limbs at every stir, and he appeared in it ghastly,

silvery, fishlike.

The sideof the ship made a nontransparent shadow along the dark, shiny sea. But I saw something very long and light colored flosting very close to the ladder. Before I could think of a guess an unclear flash of glowing light, which seemed to come from the naked body of a man, flashed in the calm  water with the subtle, silent play of summer lightening in a night sky. With a gasp, revealed a pair of feet, the long legs, and a broad discolored back immersed right up to the neck in a greenish, corpse glow. One had, awash, clutched the bottom rung of the ladder. He was complete but for the head. A headless corpse! The cigar dropped out of my gaping mouth with a tiny plop and a short hiss quite hearable in the absolute stillness of all things under heaven. At that I suppose he raised up his fave, a dimly light colored oval in the shadow of the ship's side... I only climbed on the spare spar and leaned ober the fail as far as I could, to bring my eyes nearer to that mystery floating alongside. As he hung by the ladder, like a resting swimmer, the sea lightning played about his limbs at every stir, and he appeared in it ghastly silvery, fishlike.

3. The use of elevated language gave the passage a more serious tone and more sophisticated tone to it. With my paraphrasing it, to me gave it more of a calm tone and more something that readers would more understand what they are reading. Rather than struggle with trying to understand it.

Abstract and Concrete Diction:

4. a).saw

b).climbed

c).clutched

d).stare

5. I think that he chose to do this to make the reader wonder and create a certain tone. The readers could also think about names for the captain, ship and crew and see what they can relate to it based on the story.

Denotation and Connotation:

6. What is the denotative meaning of the title The Secret

Sharer?

It would have to be that the denotation of the title would have to be that a stranger is sharing something with the main character of the story.

A close reading of the story reveals the connotative

meaning of the “secret sharer.” Not only does the hidden

guest, Leggatt, share the captain’s cabin, but he shares his

very soul as well. Leggatt seems to represent the captain’s

other self, the dark side of his soul that remains hidden

from view.

Complete the chart below:

Word	Denotation	Connotation
Cadaverous	resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony	Corpse
Darkling	of or relating to growing darkness.	Darkness
Pale	light in color or having little color.	Being light have hardly any color
Phosphorescence	light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat.	Glowing, bright
Ghastly	causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre.	Frightful, scary, terrible
Headless	without a head having the head cut off; beheaded.	Having no head, being thoughtless
Fishlike	To be or act like a fish	Squirmy, active

Literature Analysis #2

I am the Messenger

By: Markus Zusak

1. in the story I am the Messanger it tells the story of Ed Kennedy who has to deliver messages and complete missions in order to help other people/families in need. It all starts when he prevents a bank robbery by putting the robber in jail. Later that day he recieces his first ace (as in cards). A series of tasks/messages are written on the card and Ed needs to figure out what they need help with or what they need to overcome. After the three tasks are completed Ed recieves three other aces and finally a Joker. Once he recieves the Joker it's himslef he needs to deliver the message  to. 

2. The main theme of the novel is to self discover or like find out what you are capable of doing rather that just giving up without even trying. I think that the author chose to write about this topic because it's something  that all teens nees to discover how to do. most teens now a days really don't take a chance to get to know what they can and can't do. They just give up right away. Just like Ed, he;s just a typical guy who doesn't really go outside the box. Then he is callled to this journey and takes on the various messafes and takes on dangerous risks just fulfull helping others and in the end to help himself. 

3. The protagonist is Ed; he is a dynamic character because he changes throughout the story with his personality and the way he goes about himself changes. In the beginning Ed a quiet, timid person. He really doesn't do things outside of the box and is best described as doing things inside of the box. Once he recieves his messages Ed starts to learn how to take risks in order to help people in need. In the end you can see that he's more easy going, free, and takes greater risks than he did before.

4. A significant symbol would have to be the playing cards that Ed recieves. The symbol fucntiins in the novel by how Ed recieves his messages and the "relationship" he has with the cards. Three to four times our of the week and his friends constantly play cards.  To Ed it's apart of hime and somehat so are the messages he's recieving. The symbol contributes to the work as a whole by realting the messages to his life and how in the end all the messages are going to lead up to his own self/ well being. 

5. I chose this book just out of nowhere. I really didn't  pay much mind to ehat I was chooing, but just took a risk and chose it. When it first came to my attention what appealed to me was the cover and the last sentence on the last page. They both seemed really interesting and mysterious. I would have to say the first message Ed recieved is what kept me reading. 

6. One event I could relate to my life form the story was when Ed was always so hesintent to go and do his next task. I could relate this to my own life because I feel like I'm more or less like Ed. He's really just quite and really doesn't say or so much. I feel like I'm exactly the same way. 

7. One idea from the book that I'll remember is when Ed said " I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message." I chose this message because is shoes how Ed realized how him delivering all these messages proved that he couls do greater things  than he imagined. He leatned to have faith in himself and to believe that he could do great things. "If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyojne can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. And that's when I realize I'm not the messener at all. I'm the message."

Latin Roots #6

 Roots and Derivatives:

1. corp(or): body
2. cred: to believe, to trust
3. cur(r),curs, course: to run, to flow
4. dic(t): to speak, to say

Word List:

1. benediction (n): the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness

• The priest declared benediction as soon as  the mass had ended. 

2. concourse (n): a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

• There was a large concourse outside of Best Buy during the Black Friday holiday.  

3. concurrent (a): occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together

• My dentist appointment is concurrent to my interview, they're both at four p.m.

4.  corporal (a): related to the physical body 

• Stress can have emotional and corporal health effects on the body.

5. corpulent (a): very stout; fleshy and obese; fat

• Over two-thirds of the american population is corpulent or overweight. 

6. credibility (n): the quality of being believable or trustworthy

• A person's claim on an issue has low credibility without any evidence or support. 

7. credulity(n): the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof. 

• My younger cousin has a high credulity since she believed me when I told her its raining cats and dogs. 

8. cursory (a): a done in a superficial or hasty manner

• My quesadilla  was prepared very cursory as I had woken up late that morning. 

9. dictum (n): an authoritative saying or maxim

• During World War II, a famous dictum was, " You can do it!".

10. incorporate (v): to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole

• A successful children's book should be easy to read, funny and incorporate a variety of colorful pictures. 

11. incredulous (a): not believing, skeptical, or doubting

• Atheists are incredulous about if God really exsists. 

12. indicative (a): characteristic of or very much like; suggestive

• The constant nausea and fatigue was indicative of the pain killer that was given.  

Antigone Questions

1.What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?

The dancing choruses of worshipers began competing for a bull or a goat.

2.How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos?

As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air theatre of Dionysos.

3.How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?

The masks were used to amplify the actor's voices.

4.Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?

It was suspenseful because the audience knew things the characters didn't know.

5.How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountains?

The shepherd is ordered to leave the infant to die on a mountainside with his ankles pinned together.

6.What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?

The Sphinx's riddle stated," What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"

7.Who are Oedipus' kids?

Oedipus' kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.

8.After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?

After Oedipus is exiled, Creon took over as a regent.

9.What did the family do to the dead body?

The family closed the dead person's eyes and mouth and began to prepare the body for the prosthesis, the wake. Then they placed the body on the bier, a portable framework, making sure that the feet pointed toward the door, and sprinkled it with wild marjoram and other herbs, which were believed to keep the evil spirits away. At the prosthesis, women waited near the body and men entered in a formal procession with their right arms raised high in the air. The closest relative reached out and held the dead person's head with both hands, the other mourners began to beat their faces and tear their hair. They also wailed and sang.

Antigone Quickwrite

Antigone Quickwrite

What I would plan to do would to get my favorite brother’s body and bury him properly. I wouldn’t care if I had any help at all I would still go against what the King or my uncle would say because I know it is morally right. First off I would find the body and take it to a safe place where no one would find it and leave it there till I figure out what I’m going to do. Once I have the body safely secure the next thing I would need to do would be to find some people I can trust with burying my brother. I obviously can’t do all of this by myself so someway I would either have to bribe or try to convince people to help me with the burying of my brother. I would also need people who would get me all the things for a proper burial just like my other brother got, because my favorite one deserves it. At some point I would try to convince my sister to help me because this is our brother we are talking about and he at least deserves some type of burial. When I finally get someone to help me I would have the King distracted and some other guards distracted in order for me to fulfill my task.. I would chose to try to convince my sister because she is my only family left and we are talking about our brother and his proper burial. I wouldn’t fear her telling on me and me getting in trouble because I know what is the right thing to do. Once I have the king and the guards distracted somehow I will bring in the proper things for a proper burial. Things would include a stone, casket, and maybe even a priest of some sort. When the hole/ the spot for the burial is in place and ready to go I will have people put my brother in the casket and then him to be buried. Again I would have to somewhat trust these people because I’m doing this all alone, if my sister didn’t end up helping me. I also have to keep in mind that these helpers can tell the King anytime they wanted to because it is against the law that he made. For now I just have to put my trust into them for when it comes to giving my brother a proper burial. When he is finally in the casket and in the ground as I should say, I would bring in the priest and ask him to say a couple words and prayers for his soul to finally be at rest and for him to know that I did everything in my power to help get him this proper burial that he might have never gotten. After all words are said and the proper and final goodbyes are said I would tell whoever was there or my helpers to bury him and put his stone or some type of remembrance on top of the ground and then leave him at rest.  After everything was finally done I would tell my sister of my accomplishment and tell her of my success. I would also pay my helpers for helping me for the burying of my brother. I would also pay them extra for them not telling anyone what happened. I know that I am also risking them telling on me even though I paid them, but after it was already done I wouldn’t care because the burial already took place. Even if I got put to death and got in trouble I wouldn’t care because my task was fulfilled and I know I did the right thing and I wouldn’t care for the consequences that where in store for me if I were to get in trouble. If this all did happen to my family/brother I would do this in order to give my brother what he deserved. 

Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignment

I think that the excerpt and the video chat with Foer was fascinating and persuasive at times. The name of the author that was being discussed is Jonathan Foer and we are discussing his book Eating Animals. The video chat was accessed on October 28, 2014 and the excerpt was read on October 29, 2014.

 50 Word Summary
 Basically all the video chat and the excerpt that we read was telling me that it was all about being a vegetarian and what are the benefits of it and hoe us “meat-eaters” are with our food. In the “Case of Eating Dogs” it really got me thinking that’s its true that we really don’t pay attention to what we eat. If someone was to put a plate of dog and prepared it normally like how we do with any of our meat dishes, and we just ate it and thought it tasted really good we wouldn’t know it would be dog just like how we don’t even know what we are consuming half the time when we do eat animals. What I was trying to explain there was that it’s not like we can’t tell the differences between meat and that we are killing animals souls just like if we were killing cows wouldn’t it be that same if we were killing a dog too? My ideas here are somewhat mixed up but overall I think that my point was more or less stated here. Overall impression I had here was that I can see how he wants to convey what we do and think of certain animals but then again I somewhat thought that he was making fun of the fact that dogs and other animals such as horses, cows, and pigs are the same, but yet we eat them and not dogs.

 Descriptions of three STAND-OUT moments from the video/reading

 • One thing form the video that stood out to me was that he said the vegetarian diet is more or less cheaper than a regular diet most Americans have. I found this comment very biased because most of the diets are pretty expensive (depending what you buy) and hard for people with different backgrounds. For example if I were to go vegetarian it would be very hard for me to find nutritious food and if I did I know that it would cost a good amount of money. All my family eats their dishes/meals with at least one to two meat items on them.

 • Another point that stood out was from the book. The point that stood out to me was that I felt he was making fun of the fact that we animals like cows and pigs, but how come we don’t eat dogs even if they act and that they have even better nutritional value than cows or pigs. I just felt that he was emphasizing that we should eat dogs because they are just another piece of meat that we should eat. For some reason I just felt like it was some type of “dark humor” that was being used like how we talked about in class today.

 • One last thing that I found was that he really didn’t care if half of the world went vegetarian (even though it might not happen), is that all he cared about is us knowing where our food is coming from. I found that very inspiring and moving. Like he said in the video chat is that his goal isn’t to turn the world to be plant eating beasts, but to make our food healthier and know where it is coming from.


How can this relate to my life?
This interview can relate to my life by what I eat and how the process came about in it getting to my plate. In the interview I noticed a lot of him talking about the vegetarian lifestyle and how it can benefit ourselves and the world in general. For example it's obviously good for your health and he claimed it is easy on the wallet too. When he said it was an easy process to follow I had to disagree with him because for some it's hard to adapt to considering that their own families find it extremely odd. He also talked about how he would like the world not to become all vegetarian, but for us to be cautious on what we are eating and he also said that his goal would be to make plat based food. For example like food products that are soy based and don't have meat in them.