Writing Reflection

This year I think that I have improved a lot with my writing. Before I have very good ideas but I had problems writing them on paper and getting the message a cross. But now I am getting better at it. I also use a wider variety of vocabulary which also helped me with writing down my ideas clearer. I have improved a lot but I still need to work on organizing my writing and working on making my introductions and conclusions better. From the Alchemist essay to the J.C essay I did improve but during the J.C essay I got nevus because I got my organization wrong the first time so I needed to restart and I was under pressure and I did not do so well. But over all the writing was better there was more vocab, I had better organization and I was not as repetitive with my evidence. I have Grown as a writer but still need to work on a lot.

Julius Caesar Essay (Brutus)

Brutus had to fight the moral battle of killing Caesar along with the other characters. They all had different motivators but Brutus. Fought it with a strong love for Rome and its people and a high regard for honour and with this he honorably sleighed the mighty Caesar for the good of Rome.

Honour on of Brutus main values that he puts above everything. This motivates Brutus because he is a son of Rome that sees him self-high and like a hero. When Cassius was trying to convince Brutus to join the conspirators he said he would think about it and he said “ Brutus had rather be a villager than to repute himself a son of Rome under these hard conditions as this time is like to lay upon us. This quote means that he would rather be a poor villager than to say he is a roman and live in fear and oppression. This quote shows very well how honorable he is had how his honour leads him and motivates him. He uses his own name and this also shows his honour. He would rather be a poor man with honor than a noble roman with know honour and that clearly shows how honour motivates him. When brutus is telling the conspirators how to kill Caesar he said “ Lets carve him as a dish fit for the gods not hew him has a carcass fit for hounds” This quote means that he wants to kill him with honor and respect and not like shame full violent killers. This proves very well how honour motivates him because he it shows that he wants to kill him in a honorable also because this will make him seem honorable in the peoples eyes. In the end what lead to him killing Caesar was his patriotism.

Patriotism was what the honorable Brutus to kill Creaser. After he killed Caesar when he was trying to convince the people of Rome that what he did was honorable he said” Not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more. This quote means that he did not kill Caesar because he did not like him but that he loved Rome more. So he did it for Rome. This proves he is motivated by patriotism because it means love for your country and that is exactly what he said he was doing it for. The other quote that shows his patriotism was. When he was talking about how they should kill Caesar he said “ We shall be called purgers not murderers “ Quote means that they will be called saviors of Rome and not evil killers. This quote shows that he is driven my patriotism because he believes it is for the best of Rome and that is why he is doing it. So Brutus has a strong love for hi country and that is the only reason he killed Caesar.

Brutus fights the conflict of killing Caesar and what happened after that and the moral conflict of going to kill him. He fought the conflict with his honour that kept him keeping he was doing it with honor and his patriotism that kept him fighting for the good of Rome. The motivators caused him to behave honorably and he did not have any conflict with him self because he was doing it for the right reasons he thought. In the end he did not achieve his goal because that was for the better of Rome a freedom. But it caused more trouble and in the end he killed him self. So it did not justify the means because Brutus did not know he was begin cheated and Rome did not want him to kill Caesar. So it was not a worth goal and not for the reasons he thought he was doing it.

There is no Heaven on Earth

Sudan a place of never ending war and terror between the north and south has affected many villages and groups of people. One of the most badly impacted where the Dinka. Their tribe was attacked with bombs and guns. They captured the girls but thousands of young men and boys escaped. The boys that escaped where lost with nothing no parents anything they where called the lost boys. They went on a long journey and thousands of them died of starvation and natural predators. After being rejected by Ethiopia they went to Kenya into a refugee camp. One of the many boys that survived was peter. He was chosen to go to America and become something more and help Sudan.

He and many other boys thought that it would be like heaven on earth. But America came with many problems. When they got there they where over whelmed with everything that was there. America was so much more high tech. When they got there where helped by some people that had empathy for them. They boys had to work and go to school at the same time. Peter faced problems with assimilating to America because of all the stereotypes. There in America the black people where seen as the bad guys and that is why peter found it hard because he was not like all the other black people. Peter also had problems with money it was all so new and he had to pay rent. Some of the customs like holding hands where not acceptable in America so they had to stop and try to pick up on their customs.

After a while of living in America he decided that he wanted to get and education so he moved away from all his friends and brother and he moved to Kansas. There he went to a high school and he made a couple of friends of different cultures and he was doing well. But he did have his own problems. He had to make money and go to school at the same school at the same time. But because he made friends it helped him assimilateProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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uch better. Peter also had to help Sudan back home so he also had to send back money so that was hard to for him. One of the biggest problems he had to face was he has a lone he had to go to school, work, cook his own food, and do his homework. He was under a lot of pressure and stress. But in the end after a year of hard work he managed to make it and he could take a test and study. But peter needed a lot of time to adjust to America.

What i Hope To Gain

This Malaysia week I would like to gain. More knowledge about the Malaysian jungle because when I grow up I would like to do something with nature and the environment. I would also like to get to know a few more people from the other grades. But most of all I would like to learn more about saving the environment because often I just don't care or forget to do it. But I hope that this Malaysia week will change my attitude to wards saving the environment.

MY Three Adjectives

Active

creative

constructive


1. Look at the itinerary - what specific event are you least excited about? Why?
I am least exited about the bus ride and the refection at the end of the day because i think it is boring and i get sick on the bus.

2. Why did you choose Palau Tioman as your Malaysia Week site?
I did not choose this site but when I heard what we are going to do i did not want to change and all my friends went here.


3. What is one thing you think everyone should know about you as a person?
that i like to challenge my self to the limit.



4. What types of people do you work well with?
I work well with people that are of my age and physical level but I enjoy working with all different people of all ages.

5. What types of people are a challenge for you to work with?
People that just fool around are hard for me to work with and people with not sense of humor.