Expressing Sadness

BYT & FB

By: Elias Dorsey

In the song ''Big Yellow Taxi'' by Joni Mitchell explaining how “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Also how she didn’t really acknowledge how beautiful nature was and she didn’t know until they paved it over. I would probably say the tone is regretful because she didn’t care about paradise until it was gone. I also think the mood is sympathetic because she sounds sad and depressed. The song ''Field Below'' by Christina Perri, talks about no one lives in the city and everyone lives in the country and how the day is really slow because no one lives there. I would say the tone is mood is sad and melancholy because she sounds like she crying the whole song. I would say the mood is sympathetic. For ''Big Yellow Taxi'' the tone and mood of the song don’t match at all to the poem. For ''Field Below'' I would say the tone and mood match the song perfectly because of the way she takes advantage of using her voice to express her sadness.

Parody 2

I have eaten| I haven’t found you,

the plums| in the house,

that were in| or in the rubble of what was our house.

the icebox| where are you?

and which| you could be dead,

you were probably| or captured by the natives.

saving| hoping,

for breakfast| for me to come help.

Forgive me| you can trust me,

they were delicious| I will find you,

so sweet| and bring you,

and so cold| to a new home, maybe.

This parody is related to the novel because  it is Samuel writing to his parent after

they've been captured by the Native Americans/British Army. The speaker is Samuel 

himself,he's writing about how he wants to find his family and liberate them then bring 

them into a new, safe home. I would assume the audience is himself considering 

he is writing in a journal rather than writing a letter. I think the tone is 

hopeful and the mood is worried.

Parody

Well, son, I'll tell you:| Well mom, I have no idea
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.| But so far with you gone life hasn’t been well
It's had tacks in it,| its had its ups and downs
And splinters,| and broken bones
And boards torn up,| and hearts ripped out
And places with no carpet on the floor --| and places where I don’t know where I am
Bare.| alone
But all the time| but I always
I'se been a-climbin' on,| will find a way to you
And reachin' landin's,| keep runnin’
And turnin' corners,| and fallin’ down
And sometimes goin' in the dark| and somethings gonna get lost
Where there ain't been no light.| there aint been nothing to lose
So boy, don't you turn back.| so mom, I hope you’re tryin’ to find me too
Don't you set down on the steps| don’t you fall down this dirt road
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.| cause if I find you
Don't you fall now --| you’ll find me
For I'se still goin', honey,| so lets not stop
I'se still climbin',| keep runnin’
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.| life aint been no paved road.

This parody relates to the story because its from Samuel's point of view and he's writing to his family. The speaker is Samuel, and he is writing to his family. The audience is his Family because that is the people he is writing to. I would say that the tone of this poem is scared or worried because he cant find his parents. The mood I set for this poem is really kind of understating the danger he's in.

MTS

Mother to Son

By: Elias Dorsey

In the poem Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, a mother is telling her son not to give up and to persevere during these hard times. He uses metaphors and symbolism in this poem with examples such as life ain’t no crystal stair. She says this to her son because she wants to remind him that anything is possible and she doesn’t want him to give up. Because she’s been through a lot and she knows that if you take the road less traveled by, it pays off in the end. Even though it’s the harder path down the road. When you get to the end it’ll pay off in the long run. Also that it will be worth it going into the dark. There’s always light at the end of the tunnel. I think the mood that the author was trying to set was a hopeful kind of mood. My dad always told me to not complain, because there is always someone out there in the world who has it way worse than I do. Things could be worse, and things will get better.

Percy Versus

Percy Versus

By: Elias Dorsey

            Authors Note: This writing piece is about how the book The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, displays how it falls into the category of conflict resolution.

             Well, Percy Jackson was just an average teenager. Until one day his life was turned upside down by a teacher who wanted him dead, a Greek god who blamed him of stealing his most prized possession. All in one day. This book has a ton of different conflict, from person vs. person to person vs. society. This makes me wonder. What would you do if you were accused of being a thief by a god?

            If some were ever in that situation what would you think they would do? Probably avoid it for as long as possible. Not Percy though, even though he knows he wouldn’t dare commit such a heinous crime such as stealing from Zeus. That’s one conflict and its person vs. person. Percy knows that he didn’t steal it but Zeus insists that he did. This happened because the big three gods (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) had sworn not to have kids with mortals more than 1000 years before. So when they found out Poseidon had a kid with a mortal 14 years ago, they knew he had broken the rule. So who better to blame the child who shouldn’t have been born?

            This is also the main conflict. There are several events that led up to this such as, the Greek camp has an oracle, and the oracle gives you a poem about what will happen in the future. She gave a prophecy that a young son of Poseidon would come to their camp. The thought it would never happen. Then it did. This resulted in the camp leader explaining to Percy that he was being blamed for stealing the master bolt.

            Little did they know, Hermes cabin leader (Luke) was working with an opposing force of the gods, the titans, and stole the master bolt then framed Percy for it. In the end, the conflict was resolved by Percy finding and returning the master bolt to Zeus and explaining that it wasn’t him. Zeus then offers Percy a position on Mt. Olympus. As a god.

            So just as a recap, Percy was born and his dad is Poseidon. That’s the first step. Percy comes to a camp where he is given a prophecy that he needs to go steal back the master bolt (which is thought to be held by Hades) and bring it to Zeus. So he did, and all the previous conflicts were resolved thus stopping a war between the gods. One questions remains. What would you do?