Merchant Of Venus Anticipation

"Don’t rely on outward appearances when making judgments." I agree with his statement. This is normal fact to not do this to another human being, since if you were to judge them, you would barely be scratching the surface instead of truly knowing whats their inner thoughts, or feelings. It's always a message well portrayed on poplar media and books. Some stories show a character on the outside, but seem to be a completely different person on the inside, like Curely's wife in the book of mice and men. She seems she just wants to flirt with everyone and find an excuse to, but she actually feels lonely and she wants someone to talk to, since she doesn't like Curely as much.

"Justice is always blind" I agree with this statement. Justice to me is just an understatement of ensuring someone pays for their crimes, because most justice isn't even fair at all. In fact, there is a family that got sued by a burglar getting injured trying to steal from the home, and he won. Justice doesn't realize the pain of the innocent, and only sees the surface of whats really going on. Whenever laws exist that let them do whatever they want, they'll do it regardless of the fact that its making the person going through it suffer.

"A brotherly love between two friends can be just as strong as an intimate love between a man and a woman" I agree with this. Friendship is important in this world, and its not a good thing to be lonely. For example, the friendship between George and Lennie is very strong. George does everything in his power to protect Lennie regardless the fact that he is a little on the unintelligent side, he does everything he can to take care of Lennie. And especially around that time, not many people travel together, they most likely will just travel on their own.

"You can break a promise as long as you have a good excuse" I disagree with this statement. A promise is something to never meant to be broken, regardless what you have to come up with, its never good to break someone's trust like that. I have broken promises in the past enough times to lose a trust between someone, and it wasn't a good feeling. If it's a promise you'll stick with, you should do so or you'll regret it later.

"Love is blind" I agree with this statement. Most relationships nowadays are just an excuse really. I rarely see a lasting relationship in school, only lasting for perhaps a month or even just a week. Love is a complicated thing, but it isn't something to take for granted. If you love someone, you will stay dedicated to your loved one, if it ends just like that, then why are you in a relationship in the first place? And well, there are also stories of how people end up in relationships, then realize they are completely different people than they expected.

"Stereotypes are often right" I disagree with this statement. The only reason why stereotypes exists is is herd mentality, or how groups of people are easily influenced by something and even change personality. The only reason why  stereotypes exists is that majority people assumes something about certain types of people, and see it often enough to a point where majority people assumes what it means or what it is.

"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a good motto to live by" I agree with this statement. If the person doesn't get a punishment equal to what they did, it isn't very "equal". It's important to be fair nowadays anyways, I mean if you injure someone, and you just walk away it isn't very justifiable. Most courts nowadays don't hang the person, or cut their arms in the past, but they charge, and even jail time for the equivalent amount of what they did wrong, which sound pretty fair to me.

The Great Depression Chunky Paragraphs

The great depression was the longest, and strongest economic depression in America. In the first paragraph, the article talks about early effects of the stock market crash, "In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. " The economic crash affected many who were unsuspecting of the economic crash. Many lost their jobs, others are in deep debt, not many couldn't even recover of the terrible effects of the depression. After affects of the stock market crash, many companies were affected as well, "Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers." Even if some companies were still there, they too were affected by the effects of the depression, forcing companies to fire workers, which a lot of them were left to become unemployed. Even banks started going for the worst, regarding the fact that america's economy went downhill as well.

During the 10 years of suffering in the United States, President Herbert Hoover tried his hardest to keep the nation in check and return everything to its proper state up to the end when President Franklin Roosevelt rose up. "Since the crash, Hoover had worked ceaselessly trying to fix the economy. He founded government agencies, encouraged labor harmony, supported local aid for public work,s, fostered cooperation between government and business in order to stabilize prices, and struggled to balance the budget," (Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression and New Deal, pg. 1). Hoover was working incredibly hard to keep the country from falling in the depression with the rest of the world. With his work, the United States may have risen up a bit and restored some of its businesses until Hoover lost to Franklin Roosevelt. "Roosevelt promised Americans a 'New Deal' when he took office, and during his first 'Hundred Days' as president, he signed a number of groundbreaking news laws," (Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression and New Deal, pg. 2). Franklin Roosevelt's news laws changed the U.S., as he was still president when the Great Depression ended. With the end of he 10 long years, 6 million drafted soldiers and 6 million defense workers recruited to fight in World War II and the federal government imposed to rationing.

Of Mice and Men Vocab Words

Words: Mollify and Graybacks

Quotes: 

Mollify: "Damn right he don't," Said George, slightly mollified, "not if he wants to stay workin' long." But he was reassured by the swamper's defense."

Graybacks: "Then how come he got graybacks?" George was working up a slow anger. Lennie put his bundle on the neighboring bunk and sat down. He watched George open his mouth."

Self definitions: 

Mollify: To calm down someoene's anger, or anxiety

Graybacks: Graybacks was a term used to describe bedbugs, bugs that tends to suck blood from someone while they're asleep.

Sentences: 

Mollify: If I didn't mollify the two friends, they would have still been bickering.

Graybacks: Be careful when going to sleep tonight, heard Graybacks been biting people in their sleep recently.

Ocean Poem Final Draft

The shoreline is brimmed with salt water
The tranquil waves cannot move violently when I am at peace,
But when aggravated, I can be a violent,
vicious storm affecting others around me
And even then if I stop lashing out,
I will still be rough and difficult to swim over

The ecosystem around me is lively and can prosper,
but even that community can be dangerous sometimes
The blue waters go on over the horizon, never ending
And if in the midst of the neverending waters with no other living creature, will make me powerless
Go down deep into the abyss, and the atmosphere will get darker, and darker,
until the pressure crushes you

Whenever there is is something that opens up, I will fill it in
Deep down holds many treasures beyond imagination
if you go deep enough to find it
Though these waters never tend to stop moving
Getting bored of moving back and forth on the same shore,
it will eventually depart

I usually carelessly drift away, sometimes letting trash to drift with me as I go
Requiring another person to cleanse the waters I cannot clean myself
The waters can be cold at times, but just play around in it, and I will become warmer,
perhaps making you feel cold again for your departure
I shine bright with a passion of what I like on the surface
Even if it is weird on the inside

Ocean Metaphor poem

I am like the ocean.
The tranquil waves cannot move violently when I am at peace,
But when aggravated, I can be a violent,
vicious storm affecting others around me
And even then if I stop lashing out,
I will still be rough and difficult to swim over

Though the community surrounding me is lively and able to prosper,
but even that community can be dangerous sometimes
The blue waters go on over the horizon, never ending
And if I were to be in the middle of nothingness other than water, will make me powerless
Go down deep into the abyss, and the atmosphere will get darker, and darker,
until the pressure crushes you

Whenever there is is something that opens up, I will fill it in
Deep down holds many treasures beyond imagination
if you go deep enough to find it
Though these waters never tend to stop moving
Getting bored of moving back and forth on the same shore,
it will eventually depart

Though I usually carelessly drift away, sometimes letting trash to drift with me as I go
Requiring another person to cleanse the waters I cannot clean myself
The waters can be cold at times, but just play around in it, and I will become warmer,
perhaps making you feel cold again for your departure
I shine bright with a passion of what I like on the surface
Even if it is weird on the inside

Portfolio Questions

1. What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why? 
The blog discussing the homeless situation in Oahu. 

2. What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on? 
Writing from the heart is a valuable trait and I can see that in Kael's writing. 
As a media arts student, I think Kael needs to work on presentation and correcting grammar. 

3. Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice) do you feel was most successful for me? 
Voice 

4. Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester? Organization.