What Is Poetry?

Poetry is being able to freely express your ideas without the rules of the typical English language.

Perfect Weapon

The rebel commanders have many different tactics to recruit the child soldiers. Jeffrey Gettleman says in his article “The Perfect Weapon,” “Children are often drawn into these movements, and kept there with magic and superstition” (Gettleman 2). The commanders taught them that their life revolved around spirits, and these were made by the commaders using oils and amulets (Gettleman 2). Once the child soldiers were recruited, they were given drugs to help brainwash them into believing that killing the opposing forces was right. An escaped soldier from Sierra Leone says that when he was only 13 years old, he was “drugged up and taught to kill” (Gettleman 1). “Today...there are some 300,000 child soldiers worldwide. Experts say the problem is deepening...especially in Africa” (Gettleman 1). Since children are in such abundance all over the world, they are being robbed of their childhood and easily manipulated into this horrible conflict.

IBM & PC

IBM:
In Upfront Magazine Jeffrey Gettleman states in his article "The Perfect Weapon,"...Children like Beah are being swept into armed conflict, robbed of their childhoods, and used to fight for greed and power" (1).

PC
"...Children like Beah are being swept into armed conlflict, robbed of their childhoods, and used to fight for greed and power" (Gettleman 1

Direct quote vs. Paraphrase

Paraphrase

The Darfur conflict can be considered the deadliest genocide. Since this year, it has advanced to the neighboring country of Chad which has caused many of its residents to become displaced within their own country (Polgreen 19).


Direct Quote
"The war in Darfur has led to what the U.N. has called the 'world's worst humanitarian crisis.' Over the past year, the conflict has spread nto Chad, and hundreds of thousands of Chadians have become refugees in their own county" (Polgreen 19).

Career Blog (Values)

What is a value?
Something that you believe to be important to your life
-Shape the choices you make
-Influence the direction of your life

Emotional Security
-Feeling good about yourself and relationships
-Support system

Physical Well-Being
-Enjoying good health and physical activities

Creative Outlets
-Being artistic (music, writing, designing, painting)

Beauty/Harmony
-Ability to create pleasing surroundings
-Living peacefully within your surroundings

Education/Learning
-Teaching others
-Discovering new things about yourself
-Discovering new things about the world

Economic Security
-Having enough money
-You don't have to worry about paying bills

Freedom/Independence
-Not having to answer with others
-Able to plan your own activities
-Doing what you want to do when you want to do it

Adventure/Risk-Taking
-Need for excitement
-Trying new places and things
-Sometimes taking chances

Achievement/Recognition
-Winning awards and prizes
-Being chosen for an office or role
-Receiving acclaim or fame

Leadership/Authority
-Helping to direct people
-Decision making
-Influencing others

Helping/Serving Others
-Taking care of others

Home/Family
-Having a spouse
-Having children
-Having strong family ties

Friends/Relationships
-Close bonds and friends

Social Justice/Political Equality
-Caring about fairness and equal treatment for all

Security/Predictability
-Having a safe life
-Controlled environment
-Able to make sound plans

Faith in God

ACT III

I believe that he just really wanted revenge so he made any argument possible. It's normal that he is so angry at the death of such a close friend. He uses reverse pyschology to get the crowd invovled, and it works very well because at the end they agree with him.

ACT II

I would tell Brutus that he should not join it yet. This is because we don't really know if Cassius is going to be loyal. Since Caesar doesn't trust Cassius, and Brutus is such good friends with Caesar, he should make sure that Cassius won't betray him later. Also, Brutus is just assuming that Caesar will be a bad leader too. He even says that Caesar hasn't given him a reason to be suspicious when he says, "I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason. But 'tis a common proof that lowliness is young ambition's ladder" (50). In this quote, Brutus is saying that he is not going to give Caesar a chance because of previous leaders. I would inform Brutus that he should wait before he joins until he has a real reason to join. Also, isn't killing someone immoral?