What is the DNA of Survival?

The DNA of survival is a piece of DNA in your body that allows you to adapt to emergency situations or unusual habitats. This is my own opinion of the term "DNA of survival"; I think that this relates to the book "Lord of the Flies" because all of the boys that were stranded on the Island must of had the "DNA of survival".

Why did Shakespeare’s plays appeal to “groundlings, royals, and everyone in between? What elements assisted him in doing that?

Shakespeare's plays appeal to these type of people because all of his plays relate to their time and setting. Shakespeare's plays shows the relationship of the royalty times life and culture. Some elements that might assisted Shakespeare in making these plays could be love, emotion, dictatorship, death, sacrifice, and many more. However, with Shakespear I believe that his main elements are sacrifice, love, emotion, and death. For example; Romeo and Juliet have all of these elements in their tale and many other plays. Most of his ideas come from royalty or mideval times but are put together in one setting and act, in which the outcome is a novel or award winning event.

Queen Elizabeth I was the unwanted child of Henry VIII.. Why?

Queen Elizabeth was an unwanted child of Henry Vlll because he wanted a boy instead of a girl. Henry Vlll wanted a boy because after his death he needed someone to take his place which would have been his son if he would have had one.

How can forward thinking help me make better decisions?

Making good decisions are the key to being successful in school, your job, college, and life period. In-order to make good decisions you must think before you which is thinking forward. Forward thinking helps you make your mind up, and puts you in the mind set of what you want to do instead of thinking at the moment and making the wrong decision. For example; In debate I use to run around and look for a case to run at the last minute, then think about different strategies during the debate. However, when I started to figure out my case and think of all my strategies before hand I noticed I made more progress in my debates. Thinking forward always help you finalize your decision in any situaation or scenario, it provides you with a conclusion and understanding of what your final decision is going to be. Thinking forward also helps you save the time that you would spend on trying to figure out evrything that needs to be focused on, and if you have time left over then you have another advantage based on your situation or scenario.

When is loyalty to myself more important than loyalty to a friend?

Loyalty is more important to yourself other than your friends because in-order to have loyalty for someone else you must stay commited to be loyal for yourself first. I think that most people try to take more care in somebody else to much rather than caring for themselves which can be a problem because if your to busy focused on somebody else you can't show the "loyalty" and care you need for you yourself as an individual. However, the vibe I am not trying to release is that people just shouldnt be loyal to anybody, what I'm trying to say is that you should want to treat yourself first before you choose to treat somebody else wioth an enourmous amount of loyalty. Also when you show loyalty to yourself then it shows that you can be loyal to anybody. In my mind you must be able to be commited to yourself to show commitment towards another person, so with all of this said I believe these are the following reasons why you must be loyal to yourself before you are loyal to another person.

How do I demonstrate that I am open-minded enough to learn from my experiences?

I think I demonstrate that I learn from my experience by dis-continuing every mistake that I have made. I fell that every mistake that I have made in life hasn't been made anymore, however I do think that I will make more mistakes in life as I go along but it doesn't mean I won't learn from them. For example, just yesterday I was late to class and the day before that, and my consequences were me losing credit and not being able to get into class. My lesson learned from that is that I need to make it to class on time and then I will be able to learn. Most students will still continue to be late because they have no care for school, but I do care about my education and the mistakes I make; which shows that I am open-minded enough to learn from my mistakes!

ACT Reading Test

I think that the reading test may be the easiest thing about the ACT. As I stated in my previous reflection I tend to lose focus when I take the test. Focus is the only issue I see that I have when taking the ACT. After taking so many practice test I found out that the material is really easy, but put in a difficult way. I also need to move quicker when I'm taking my test. I noticed I take all day answering question when the answer is right in my face. So basically I need to learn how to speed up the process when I'm taking the ACT and stay focused.

ACT English Test Reflection

I feel that it was helpful that Ms.Fuller alllowed us to take the ACT English portion. I now have an understanding on what is needed to pass the english portion of the test. However, I fee that I didn't get enough focus while taking the test. I understand that durig the real ACT that it will be silent, but I still feel as if we are taking a practice test that we should treat i like a real ACT test. I would like to know were I'm at on my ACT level but I can't figure it out if I'm not getting my complete focus. So with this being said I think that my strengths are that I understand the material and strategies in the english portion, and I now know my goal that I need to complete to pass the English portion. My weakness would be my focus level. I think if I stayd focused more then I can get more done. I tend to get easily destracted so I plan to work on staying focused.

Courage Shown by Characters in "The Illiad"

In “The Illiad” I noticed that all the characters showed courage which is their similarity, but their difference is that they all showed it in different ways. Some gods were courageous in good ways and bad ways; and I even think it sounds crazy but it’s true. It takes courage for someone to look after, defend, hunt, and try to steal or kill knowing that they have obstacles to go through before defeating their opponents. The gods with this type of courage doesn’t impress me at all but it entertains me while I’m reading. It also open up much more thought while I’m reading. As for the positive courage, I can appreciate their courage shown by them battling their enemy knowing it’s a matter of life and death. I was actually influenced by some of these gods due to their heroic actions. I might take their actions a little to serious but one thing I know the gods do whenever I read or watch anything about them it is that you should face your fears and defend what you honor or have very close to you. They also inspire me to make smart sacrifices in life due to their leadership shown. When I read about them I always try to relate what I do everyday to what the gods do during their time. I ask myself: Do I make smart sacrifices, am I brave enough to go on a journey and face my fears, can I achieve a goal that many tried to complete and has failed, can I be the ruler or king of success, etc. As I read or watch anything with the gods I always ask myself a large amount of question that compares my life with theirs. This is actually how their courage makes me react; it makes me think of what I’m doing right in my life. Even the negative courage helps me realize what I’m doing wrong. As I said earlier in my response the negative courage that some gods show open up much more thoughts. When I see a god like Atrides I try to ask myself do I show some of the attitude he shows. Atrides is selfish, arrogant, and he even tends to lead his people in a reckless way. I sometimes catch myself acting like this and I will immediately stop. I don’t want to be selfish nor arrogant, and I really don’t want to lead my peers in a reckless attitude because I will just be continuing what is already being done today by many. So with this said I think that the courage of all the gods mentioned in “The Illiad” has a bigger impact on me than others would think. Reading about the gods is something that helps me think outside the box much more than other pieces of reading. And I think the reason for this is that I find the gods much more interesting than anything in Greek times. I actually enjoy what they do and what they represent. I find their duties and courage interesting to read about. The god’s jus catches my attention and keeps me engaged into their every move. And I hope to read more about the gods and not just the gods in “The Illiad”.

WHAT INSPIRES COURAGE ?

I think that it shouldn’t take a lot for courage but it does takes a lot for someone to perform this task. First off let me start by saying that courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables someone to face a difficult challenge or task without fear, and I believe that the three most things that enables courage is family, money, and fear. Yea I said fear because I have noticed even in my own personal experience that when you get so scared you just face your fears and like Nike JUST DO IT! I remember my first time doing presentations of learning; I was so nervous that it took courage for me to even stand in front of people I didn’t even know and present to them. So now I hope you understand why I say even fear can give you courage. However, in my mind when it comes to money and family there is NO FEAR! No matter what predicament or situation you’re in the act of courage just comes out of everybody. Just about everybody I know shows a lot of courage when there family member is in harms way. I also know just about anybody shows a lot of courage when their money is in jeopardy. I have seen people fight, argue, debate, etc. over nothing but five to twenty dollars.

Chapter 17 Quotes

"A great deal of the old crowd were back. But there were lots of new ones too."

Throughout the whole book there has been doubt about Tea Cake and Janie relationship. When Janie states the quote above she is talking about all the people that comments on their relationship, but now there is more than it already was in the begginning. Janie notices that the comments about their relationship are going to continue, but yet she ignores it.




"Uh person can see every place you hit her. Ah bet she never raised her hand tuh hit yuh back, neither."

One of the men thinks that Tea Cake beats on Janie. The reason I choose this quote is because it made think that if someone thinks that you beat your woman just to get her to listen, then most men did that back in the day. Also the man stated that he has to beat most of his woman as well.

Chapter 16 Quotes

"Naw, mah husband didn't had nothin' but hisself.He's easy tuh love if you mess round 'im. Ah
loves 'im."


Everyone seems to think that Tea Cake is such a bad man and Janie steadies takes up for him. Janie knows her husband well and says that he is easy to love. I think the reason she says this is because he doesn't give her any demands or complains about anything. I also think she says it's easy for her to love Tea Cake because Tea Cake is what Janie been looking for all her life, so she easily in love.

"Shucks! If dat's her notion she's barkin' up de wrong tree. Mah hands id full already."

Janie friend thinks that she is after nothing but land and money. Everyone believes that there is no way Janie relationship is love, they believe that either Janie is out after Tea Cake or Tea Cake is out after Janie. I even noticed that she recommended a certain man to go after for land which brought to my attention that if she trying to tell Janie to go after him just for land then she must look for men with lots of land, not for love.

Chapter 15 Quotes

"Don't keer how big uh lie get told, somebody kin b'lieve it!"

I believe in this quote myself because a lie can go on and on if you keep up with your lie. Most people believe anything they hear. This quote relates to the real world because a lot of people believe that lien can get you through life, and like i just said most people will believe anything that sounds good.

"Mis' Woods, Ah have often said to mah husband, Ah don't see how uh lady like Mis' Woods can stand all them common niggers round her place all de time."

In this quote Janie is basically being acknowledged for putting up with all the men that comes over after work. It's obvious that she can't deal with it but Janie can't, and also Janie actually enjoys the company because she see Tea Cake having a good time.

Chapter 14 Quotes

"Dis ain't no game fuh pennies. Po' man ain't got no buisness at de show."

In this quote Tea Cake was explaining to Janie that the dice game is not a game for poor men. You can lose all your money playing the dice game, you don't play with pennies either. I think Janie thought about playing but Tea Cake told her not to, and she didn't

"Sometimes Janie would think of the old days in the big white house and the store and laugh to herself."

Janie was thinking back to EatonVille and how she Think they would react to her new lifestyle. If they could see the clothes she is wearing and the her surroundings they would really have something to gossip about. Janie also compared her new lifestyle to EatonVill, like all the arguments on the porch and all the arguments while playing the dice game.

Chapter 13 Quotes

"Looka here, folks, Sister Woods is 'bout tuh quit her husband!"

Tea Cake shows a since of humor after Janie thinks he ran off with another woman. Tea Cake was simply going to work picking beans. The reason I choose this quote was because even though Janie thought Tea Cake was cheating he still had a since of humor even though he was being accused of cheating.

"Tea Cake, if you don't hurry up and tell me, Ah'll take and beat yo' head flat as uh dime."

I found this statement funny, which is the reason I choose it. Humor isn't really strong in this book and when I read this statement it made me laugh so it was good to see a little humor. However, Janie said this to Tea Cake because he refused to tell Janie something.

Chapter 12 Quotes

"It a shame. Done took to high heel slippers and a ten dollar hat! Looking like some young girls, always in blue because Tea Cake told her to wear it. Poor Joe Starks. Bet he turns over in his grave everyday."

I find this quote rather funny because Janie peers are jealous in my mind. Everyone thinks that when younger guys date older woman they are out for there money. Janie is be treated with fancy colored clothes and hats from Tea Cake. Most townspeople believe that the same thing that happen to Ms.Tyler.

"Ah sho hope you ain't lak uh possum-de older you gits, de less sense yuh got."

Someone thinks that Janie is making a mistake about marrying Tea Cake. She thinks that since Janie is getting older she loses sense of what is really happening, and makes stupid decisions. Nobody supports Janie in her choice to marry Tea Cake, they all think she is going to come walking down the big road with her heart broken.

Chapter 11 Quotes

"Tea Cake looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom - a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."

In this quote Janie is expressing her feelings about Tea Cake. As I read I noticed that Janie has deep feelings for Tea Cake. The part in the quote that caught me was when she said,"He was a glance from God". When Janie mentioned that I knew she would soon try to be permanent with Tea Cake.

"Ah never have done it so fur. But as de old folks always say,Ah'm born but Ah ain't dead. No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet"

Janie confronts Tea Cake about gambling. At this time in the book Tea Cake has not did it so far, but when he says."Ah'm born but not dead" he is saying that he has not did it but he can't say he is not going to, he doesn't know if he will gamble or not until he is dead.

Chapter 10 Quotes

"Tea Cake wasn't strange. Seemed as if she had known him all her life"

In my own mind Janie is saying that Tea Cake is a good man. Tea Cake is everything Janie ever thought or wanted in a man, which is why she feels that she known him all her life. She has been hoping and wishing for a man like Tea Cake since her first marriage. This is a strong feeling she has for Tea Cake.

"Janie Found herself Glowing inside. Somebody wanted her to play. Somebody though it was natural for her play"

Janie felt good when Tea Cake offered to teach her how to fish and hunt. No man has ever offered to do anything or teach anything to Janie. After Janie was asked she felt good inside but shocked at the same time because nobody ever asked her would she like to do something.

Chapter 9 Quotes

"Joe's funeral was the finest thing Orange County had ever seen with negro eyes."
It is Joe's funeral, and everybody has attended to pay there respects to Mayor Joe Starks. Janie is stating in the quote that Joe's funeral had to be one of the most beautiful event that Orange County Negro's had ever seen, from the Cadillac and Buick carriages to the motor hearse. They planned Joe funeral to be a great event, but at the same time it was sad to see the mayor leave.

"You wants to be keerful 'bout who you marry, Mis' Starks. Dese strange men runnin' heah tryin' tuh take advantage of yo condition."
Most of the towns woman believe that all the men are after Janie. Janie's friend try to tell her that She needs to be careful of thinking about re-marrying because every man know that Janie is having a hard time going through Joe's death, so they take advantage of her in that situation. At the moment Janie does not think about getting married again, but later on that will change.

Chapter 8 Quotes

"Why must Joe be so mad with her for making him look small when he did it to her all the time?"
This quote is saying how Joe would make Janie look as if she has no control over their relationship or anything that has to do with each other, and when Janie makes Joe look weak he gets angry. It kinda relates to tthe old saying, "here is a taste of your own medicine." You never know how what whatever your doing affects someone until you get the same treatment.

"You aint' de Jody ah ran off town wid. You'se whuts' left after he died."
Janie states once again that Joe is not the Joe she met twenty years ago. In the quote she is saying that Joe is nothing now, long time ago Joe actually meant something to Janie but now He is nothing due to his change and now his death.