ELEMENT 1: You have been treated as colleagues and you have been given a great deal of choice in this course; this represents a high level of trust. Did you and the others deserve it? Earn it? Honor it?
Me and other the students in this course have been treated as colleagues and we deserve to be treated this way. All of the students should earn and honor this opportunity because all of us have to make Dr. Preston believe how we manage our time in class from the way we do our work. In this course, I have read many stories, and the characters in those stories are part of my journey.
ELEMENT 2: Fiction has been called "the lie that tells the truth." Which works, authors, or characters did you read this year that rang true enough to make you feel like they described parts of you and/or your journey? (Please mention at least three. It makes them sad when we forget them.)
The first character that was part of my journey course Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” because he was stress with love just like me. I have learn that he tried so hard to get the girl of his dreams to be with him and wanted a second chance to be together that he loved the most, but love doesn’t always end up that way. The Mentor from “Conscience of Hacker” is part of my journey because I question the world everyday from why we do something that can treat every person differently. The Mentor gets treated in a negative way because they are a hacker, but they have a reason why they became a hacker in the first place. John from “Brave New World” is a part of my journey because he wants “their” world to change just like the Mentor, but suicide isn’t the best answer for me in this course. I feel like it’s best to go through the pain and build up from your mistakes that you did, but killing yourself is never the best thing to do.
ELEMENT 3: Have you re/connected with a passion that drives you? If so, how will you continue your learning? If not, how will you proceed?
As I reconnecting with my own passion, it has driven me towards art. I am still at the process at reconnecting with art by finding my own style of art and having fun by learning my mistakes.
ELEMENT 4: [Something about literature or this course that made you laugh out loud.]
I am saying this truthfully in this course because nothing made me laugh out loud about literature.
ELEMENT 5: [A unifying theme that runs through a minimum of five (5) presentations; a quality of the content, or the speakers, or their communication techniques that strikes you as something important that we have in common.] Please illustrate/support your point with specific examples from the presentations.
Cynthia, Andrea, Kevin, Misael, and Gladyz communication techniques have strike me with a very common topic thats is very important is way we all behave in this world. For Cynthia, her topic is about how abuse can change someone, and the process from changing someone by abusing them is making them feel annoy towards the people you loved to be around with. For Andrea, her topic is about the way people are, and our brain, we have “anterior cingulate cortex” that is the use of our empathy, decision-making, and the impulse of control and emotions. For Kevin, his topic is about a person committing suicide, and that person has their main reason why they want to commit suicide is depression, crying out for help, and having a feeling that they have the desire to die. For Misael, his topic is about someone killing another person, and one of the main reasons is intoxicated because people drink alcohol and use drugs a lot, but during the process of doing that, they will eventually can’t control themselves. For Gladyz, her topic is about people using drugs. As she was finding opinions for people from they are using drugs because they want to forget about stuff that is happening, peers pressure, and searching for pleasure.
ELEMENT 6: Evaluate whether you completed the hero's journey. Are you a hero? To what extent did you respond to the call of adventure? Did you find a mentor, conquer a challenge, and return enlightened?
I am a hero in the hero’s journey. I would respond to the call of this adventure by the process by surviving through my junior year so far and having family problems at home. I think I’m a mentor because I’m the one controlling myself from what I’m doing. Also, I believe my mentors are my family, friends, and teachers because they will always be the ones guiding from what I’m doing. My process to conquer a challenge is finishing my hardest class which is physics. For myself by having a return of enlightened is learning different ways how each teachers teach here at Santa Maria High School.
ELEMENT 7: For old time's sake, sneak in a literary technique. Don't make a big deal out of it. I'll know it's there.
Dynamic Character: changes throughout the story
Falling Action: the part of the plot where questions are answer
Flashback: the past from the timeline
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