Saul's Blog

The theme of the poem "Immigrants In Our Own Land", in my opinion, is that the author is showing us throughout the whole poem an example of 'Expectations versus Reality'.

         Emerson's title and thesis were Self-Reliance. This was his title and thesis because the whole essay basically talks about how we should rely on ourselves, and not on others for answers. His tone, diction, and syntax used in his writing is relevant but different than many others. His main idea of self-reliance was supported by many ways with his tone , diction, and syntax.          His tone was very straight forward, serious, and bold. It's also a persuasive essay; his tone is really convincing to the reader. He also shows a little foolishness in his tone by first saying, " Who so would be a man...", and then he shows the foolishness by saying ,"...so you shall be misunderstood."          Emerson's diction is a very unique one. He says things such as "imitation is suicide" and to "trust thyself." Now a days, being yourself is difficult because someone or something is always trying to interfere. However...

So far in the story, I'm really enjoying it. I watch the TV show of "The Flash" and this story reminds me of it because they both have to do with time and how everything could go wrong if you change something from the past. I like the story because it keeps me on my toes and I always want to know what is next.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO LITERATURE ANALYSIS! (Well at least I dont, who agrees?)

What did I do well? My paragraphs and organization overall is what I did well. What do I need to work on? I need to work on putting a little bit more effort in the small details in each explanation.

Hello Dr. Preston, you said you were gonna check if people had done their quiz so I'm sure that you're reading this.... I did not get to make my video because I got really SICK this weekend and I didn't want to make a video where I sound really bad. I will do the quiz once I am WELL if that's OK with you...

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