Response to Literature - The Wise Old Woman

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Vocab!

Mesmerized

      - He was mesmerized, by the beauty of the Goddess, he could not believe it anymore. He loved her, his Goddess.

Impeccably

      
         - Her test was impeccable, her wording were perfect, her paragraphs were descriptive, even her name was written in the perfectly creative way.


Petrified

        - She was petrified before him. His soothing eyes, his soft looking lips, his messy blonde hair. She felt it as if she was in love.

Stoically

         - He stared stoically into the beige-colored wall. His face showed no emotion, no smile, nor tear. Maybe his mum's death was happening too fast.

Dissuade

         - She tried to dissuade him, but no use. He just kept on going toward the glowing emerald door, as if he was hypnotized by it. The growling sound coming from it made her let go.

Chaotic

          - The shopping sale was a success! Emma collected her money while strolling through the chaotic crowd of women.

Negotiated

       - Tom negotiated with her mum by hacking onto his dad's computer, in return, he wouldn't have to eat broccoli again!

Acquisition

       - He felt the money going through his hand. He was dead, while picking up money in the middle of the street. He looked left and right, he found his body under the bus. He was lying there, frozen.

Corps

        - Terry looked at the corps with his eyes, he was mesmerized. He finally got to see the marine corps, which he admired for so long.

Commemorate

        - He opened this memorial date for everyone to commemorate his father, who was dead in the Afghanistan war. They all felt sad, but they believed that he was still alive, in their hearts and mind.

Mimicking

      - He squirmed at the sight of the mime. He had always been scared of them, those black and white make up, those mimicking actions. "Mimes are Clown with no color." He said.

Resembles

        - Since Ashley and Olivia resembled each other so much. Their families and friends were having a hard time recognizing them.

Vocabulary for GOEM and STS

Commotion

    - The time when the monkey confessed to the princess that he liked her made such a big commotion. It's so big, the people in the kingdom had their tears on their cheeks.

Foundered

    - He foundered his P.E exam because he wasn't prepared the day before. He should practice more.

Ruin

    - My little sister ruined my L.A project by spilling water on it. I had to yell at her and forced her to do it again with me.

Inert

     - After the car crash at the corner of the street, she had to stay at home for months because her body was inert. 

Negotiation

      - She negotiated with her boss to get a promotion. By March, she will be the Manager Assistant.

Inummerable

      - The thoughts in my head from when I was small until I'm 13 is innumerable. 

Boundaries

      - After Vietnam was released from the French, the boundaries changed.  

Descendants

      - His grandfather decided to leave all the fortunes to his descendants.

Literary Focus : Gentleman of Rio en Medio

# 8: Refer to the theme statement I made. What other poem, story or novel do I know that has a similar theme? Explain the similarities.

My theme statement: "What you offer is what you get." This theme statement is talking about the American's deal on Don Anselmo's house, they want a cheap house. So they got a cheap house, and the kids were taking over the tree in their back house.

I read a story with a similar theme, I read it online, so I forgot the name of it. It was about a man with very mean personality, and he has a brother with a very nice personality. One day, the older brother decided to sell his old house to his new one. He offered the price very expensive! So no one wants to buy it.

The younger brother decided to sell his, too. Unluckily, his house was very small, narrow and dirty. So no one wants to buy it. One day, an old man wanted to trade his house to the younger brother, because the younger brother's land was very fertile. The old man turned out to be a very rich man, and the younger brother got a big mansion in return.

The older brother saw this and decided to do the same thing. Another old man also came to the bigger brother's house and trade. He agreed and got a small house, worse, it is by a pig house.

The theme in this story I just told is "Don't be selfish and rush things. Just slow down and offer what you have for the can't." The last part was the similar part. Because the older brother is just like the Americans. Americans wanted big house, and cheap price, and they got the kids in the backyard. The older brother expected a big house when trade, so he rushed things and got a small house. So both of the parties were selfish and wanted everything for themselves.

So, both of them got what they want (or not). They are both selfish, both are scheming and both don't think about others.

Literary Focus question!!

I chose question number 8, which is evaluate:

The theme that I think states the insight about life in this story is:

. It is hard to walk in another person's shoes

Well, as I understand this in my own words. It seems like it's trying to say that being in another person's problem is hard. If you are a stranger, it would be consider hard to understand another person's problem, but in this case, it's all about family. So even though it is hard to try to figure out another person's problem, it'll be best if you study them or ask them questions. Rather than trying to break the question right away and go into the subject, that would cause harm for you and the opposite person. This is my opinion, but I think Terry should slowly moving onto his questions about the Vietnam syndrome and his father. This should work, because it would create a harmony atmosphere or feeling to his father when Terry try to approach it, slowly.

Describing a person you know!

I have a little sister, her name is Star. Star is a tedious 8-year-old girl. She always tell lame jokes that she thinks of. Talking off-topic, which doesn't really make anyone happy, or feeling like they want to laugh. Not only that she loves to talk, whenever she met a new person, like Mom's friend. She will stand there and fidget, playing with her fingers and not being normal; she acts like a kid, as always. She likes to wear flower clothes or clothes with design on them, she said they make her looks like a rainbow! I think she's just archaic. I mean, who wears clothes with peace signs on them anymore? Especially with flowers and incenses? She also expecting a bit too much! Once, she wished her birthday present is a robot dog that can talk! She's my, Aeris, little sister, Star.

Hadami vocabulary!

Tedious - repetitive, boring

My little sister is so tedious. She always talks about things that don't relate to the subject I'm talking about.

Archaic - out of day, old-fashioned

Sometimes I wanted to be archaic, since I loved the 70's sense of fashion and thinking, but I just can't be, since it's very embarrassing to be like that.

Vaguely - unclearly

I'm sometimes shy to the person I just met, I did not do anything but vaguely mumble a small hello.

Inquiring - looking for answers, asking

My mom is very inquiring about other people. She always cares for them and treats them like they're a part of my family.

Vocabulary Sentence!

Amiably
My sister is amiably when she watches TV.

Presumptuous
Sometimes, I went presumptuous about my Birthday presents!

Credulity
My friends said that I am very credulity! I believe too much!

Lemon Browns Vocabulary

My vocabs for Lemon Browns!

Impromptu - unplanned
    My little sister had an impromptu quiz in her Vietnamese class today

Tentatively - uncertain or in a hesitant way
    I walked tentatively to my mom.

Intently - certain
    I listened intently to my friend, Olia.

Probing - searching
    My little sister probing her locker, did not find any of her clips inside.

Ominous - threatening
    From my house, I could always see that there will be an ominous rain.

Flowers for Algernon

I chose question number 9 for my answer.

I think the people who dislikes the people who are different from them are rude and not considerate. I used to be hated because I was different from others long ago, and it didn't feel too good, that means I've felt what being hated and isolated like, and I think that is very not right. Since we are all humans, in the same community, why are there people who hated others? Just because they're not the same as them? I think that makes no sense at all. Like Charlie, he used to be stupid and he doesn't understand anything at all, especially when his co-workers make fun of him in the factory. Just because he's stupid, people would take advantage on him? Why? It sure helps them for entertainment, but did they ever think that: "Will something like this happen to me?" I'm pretty sure not. So why don't they get smarter instead of Charlie?

My own opinion is that, why don't we just all get along? It obviously helps a lot! And nothing will go wrong if we do that. I hate people who are arrogant and hate the people who are different from them. We're all humans, there's nothing wrong about it!