9 Lit Elements: A Nauseous Nocturne by Bill Waterson

1. Structure: It is a little confusing at first if you are simply looking for the rhyme scheme, but the structure is AABAAB (with the two A's being separate sets of rhymes)
2. Theme: The theme of the poem is Calvin not being able to sleep because there are monsters under his bed. All night he hears them moan and growl hungry for child! But in the end his good ol' buddy Hobbes scares away the monsters and he can sleep.
3. Grammer/Meaning: Bill Waterson enjoys finding clever intricate ways to rhyme words. Often times he will displace the sound of a word to correspond with another.
4. Images: Waterson paints very lengthy, descriptive, nasty images of the monsters sounds and movement. This helps set the tone and create an atmosphere that any young child would be scared in. He does it in a way that is humorous and entertaining to read
5. Important Words: All of them
6. Theme: The fears every child goes through when their imagination runs wild.
7. Important Images: The images of the monsters and his fear of them are basically the ENTIRE basis of the poem. Like I said before, his lengthy, well thought out images of these monsters highlight the thoughts and wildly detailed fantasies children can create for themselves.
8: Literary devices: ......
9. Flow: With any poem you have no choice but to read it with a certain rhythm and pace. Only more so with this one. It's structure allows for the rhymes to easily be noticed and for the texture of the piece to be consistent.

''AP Essay Questions'' Questions

Well, what was expected you ask? I expected to be writing an essay. That was the main one. From my experience the first question in an AP question is the easiest to address. It is basically a small description of an occurrence in the book. The second is usually more in depth. Such as ''Describe how this furthered the plot of the novel and how the author addresses.....blah blah blah.'' Something of that nature. Which is often the time where I stare blankly at the wall for a few minutes trying to gather my thoughts. I can write a solid essay given time. When it comes to the ''crunch time'' style it takes me a while. I constantly rethink my thoughts (I know thats slightly redundant but its what happens...) For the actual test, a pre-write will probably save my hide. It'll help me better organize my thoughts.

Pain is temporary....

Ignore the video itself. But listen to the words. Listen to the message. Then take it, and apply it to YOU. However that means to you. It could be a job, school, family, hell even life itself. 

Lit Analysis ''Lord Of the Flies''

Lit Analysis ?'s. Lord of the Flies
1. During the beginning of WWI a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of school children. At first the children are over joyed by their separation from civilization and order. They build a small society, (or a 7th and 8th graders equivalent of one). As their time on the island rolls on they begin to speculate of a ''monster'' that lurks in the surrounding woods. Their paranoia soon engulfs the clan and the turn on each other. Just as all hell is about to break loose, they are rescued by a passing navy vessel.
2. The theme of Lord of the Flies tackles the all to present human emotion of fear and paranoia. Both play an extreme roll in someone's ability to survive. In times of extreme isolation any little bump in the night can send a person into a downward spiral. Its about not letting your fear swallow and consume what makes you human to begin with. Your sense of reason, ability to discern reality from the imagination, and problem solving.
3. William Golding wrote in a dark underlying tone. On the surface it might seem like just another adventure/cast away story. But if you read deeper into it there is a very present sense of darkness. They boys on the island begin to worship a pigs head on a spear. They call it ''lord of the flies'' because of all the flies the severed head attracted. However ''lord of the flies'' translated into latin (Beelzebub) means Satan or Prince of demons. If that right there isn't a red flag, I'm not sure what is. The boys also speak of a monster they believe exists in the surrounding forrest. Their fear of this monster leads them to kill one of their own because they mistook him for it.
4. There were a lot of metaphors and similes in the story. I already mentioned the pigs head on the spear as a metaphor for the devil. The island itself was a representation of hell. Last but not least, the sailor who rescues them in the final chapter was described dressed in all white and standing on the beach as the morning sun finally brought light to the island. That could be symbolic of a salvation of sorts. With the sailor being God or an angle. The characterization of the characters (that sounds a little redundant) was fairly cryptic at times. One character was described as fat and wore glasses. His real name was never said. The rest of the children called him Piggy. This lends credence the tone being very dark and uncaring at times.

Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities

Already, Dickens begins the book with a quote that I've heard time and time again "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." Which fits his m.o. of being the most quoted author in the English language next to Shakespeare. The first few pages don't reveal to must about the central plot but if i had to hazard a guess Dickens will use conflict to bring to light the human condition