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Young Goodman Brown

QUESTIONS: 1.What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story? To show that what you believe isn't always what it seems. 2.Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her? Yes, faith does fit her personality. Brown does have faith in her, well he did until the end where he started questioning her. 3.What do you think the pink ribbons signify? I think signify a young girl. 4.Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text. It was a dream. "Be it so, if you will. But, alas! it was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become, from the night of that fearful dream." 5.Who do you think the old man really is?  What textua

THE MEANING OF A NATIVE AMERICAN STORY

 I think the meaning of the story was that when something is gone something new will appear. which in this case a new world was created. 

Meanings Signs & Symbols

QUESTIONS: 1. Please describe three examples of symbols you encounter in your life. • traffic symbols • Cross • Flags 2. Please describe two possible meanings of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock in  The Great Gatsby . • The green light at the end of Daisy's dock could possibly be a warning sign. • It can also mean that its a reflection of what one feels. 3. What are some ways people are similar to animals? We both are living organisms and we both need food and water to survive. 4. What is the one major way people are different from every other animal, including other hominid  species? We are much more intelligent, which is what brought us to where we are now. 5. How does telling stories -- and inventing symbols -- empower people to organize in large numbers? A symbol empower people to organize in large numbers, because the symbol could be representation of what they believe and they want to stand for it, but they cant as one but together they can. And it is the symbol

I HAVE THE ANSWERS

1. What has been the hardest part of starting school during the pandemic? The hardest thing for me is being productive and completing my assignments on time.  2. What have you enjoyed the most about starting school during the pandemic? What I've enjoyed is the fact that we only have school twice a week. 3. What are your goals in this course this year? What do you want to learn or get better at? In this course my goal is to get better at reading and to pass this class. 4. What's one habit you can start, stop, or improve to support your success? One habit that i need to start doing is become more productive and be more motivated. 5. What grade do you expect to earn on the semester report card? Currently the grade I  expect is a D, but now that I'm  putting in the work at least a C, B- tops.

Pandemic pedagogy

       What I've learned this week, was that I learned how to create a blog and how to operate it. Which I've never have done so before. I've also learned that I'm going to have to be more productive as school is online now. And it's up to me to do what is suppose to do to pass this class or any class of that matter. Which is a lot more different that being physically there at school, because in my opinion being physically at school is much easier than online. As online relies more on you, because online is much more of an independent work and requires a lot more effort. It's especially much more difficult to learn if you're a visual learner.

THE RIGHT TO YOUR OPINION

 After reading The Right To Your Opinion I was enlightened. What was said is true we aren't as entitled to our opinion as we think we are.  We are deceived, lied to into thinking we are to be pleased. Even after we still believe in our opinion we are told that we are simple minded, because we believe in what believe no matter what. 

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to my blog, my name is Jesus Rodriguez. I hope you enjoy my blogs.