In Gogol's, The Overcoat, the key thing being criticized is materialistic items do not make up who a person truly is. This is shown when the main character, Akakiy, feels the need to go and get a new overcoat to stop the harassment from other employees in his place of business. Just because you look good, doesn't mean your good. Just because you look smart doesn't mean you are smart and just because you have a nice overcoat doesn't mean you automatically are a better person. The satire in this is just that. The fact that materialistic items show more value than the emotional and physical character of the person itself. The haunting is due to wanting the coat back, and with the excessive use of overcoats in the cold, its easier to steal them.

Through out my time under Mr. Rowe's English 11 wing, it is obvious that with every piece of text we came across, there was a deeper meaning than what the average human eye can catch. With the works from amazing writers and role models such as Steinbeck, Poe, Jackson, Sartre, Crane, Bradberry and Greaves, Singer, Kafka, and many more, we find the true meaning in what these artists portray in their work. It shows us that we need to live on both a more emotional level, and social level. Become more active thinkers, speakers and problem solvers through EQ. The main idea is using your rebel sprit and love of life to guide you through situation to situation. When the situations get sticky, you resort to your high EQ test grades (hopefully we have all grown this year) and power though emotionally and socially. You don't have to always go with your gut or follow the rules, like in Of Mice and Men and The Cask of Amotillado. In those cases their gut lead to MURDER! Look up the the brave young men who stand out and do outstanding acts of bravery due to what they believe in, like in A&P and Gimple. You must always remember, use EQ daily and work it out, follow that rebel spirit, don't focus on the exact amount of jellybeans left but, the fact that you could wake up as a cockroach the next day and realize that you did not prioritize your jellybeans appropriately, and "there aint nothing like a slice of mommas pie."

The teenage brain, Ze Frank portrays the bitter truth about your teen years. There is a part in your brain that needs developing in order to understand and deal with emotions, impulsive tendencies (speaking/acting before thinking) and general long term (big deal) decision making. This is evident in your teen years when weather it is a breakup, rumor around school, failing a test, (ect...) it seems as if though your life is just about over. Every emotion is blown up as if its under a magnified glass, to make your teenage years, well, your teenage years. In emotional intelligence 2.0, the subject in target is not only the emotional roller coasting teens, but adults of all shapes, sizes, ethnic backgrounds and occupations. EQ is a daily aspect of our life that we can manage and like a muscle, work out to grow. Personally, I feel that EQ for teens is a head start, and a steeping stone into getting a better job with higher power. For teens to acquire the knowledge through the journey of reading Emotional intelligence 2.0, is ground breaking for high school and college which will set them up perfectly for the years perusing a career in what ever field they choose. Adults! It is not to late! EQ is something you will always be able to gage and build through out your life. Its never too late to start.

my favorite work was the 40 short stories book. they reminded me of my grandfather telling me stories before he died. he was a huge fan of Edgar Allen Poe, so The Cask Of Amontillado, was a stand out short story in my mind.

The most meaningful assignment would be the where i am from poem because its my roots, from adoption to new york city, it walks through my life. its truly meaningful.

What i learned the most is that you can express what ever it is you are feeling through your work and others. dramatic expression is key to fully portray who you are and your understanding of the text. i also learned im not half bad at writing poetry.

when it comes to 5 paragraph essays, its simple to show your argument. whatever it is, school related, work field related, it does not matter. it always works when comparing 2 subjects. personally i can see myself using them down the line in my life.

i feel as if though i broke out of my year(s) long writers blog and for the first time saw a mature writer in myself. speaker could use some work, but i think that thanks to the help i had with class speaking, it gave me the heart to get up and speak in the pa show for family weekend. Problem solvers are key and i see growth with that on a daily basis and i truly hope i keep expanding my problem solving skills in positive ways like english 11 has done for me.

i will always have a problem with reading, but its something im working on, i also need to continue working on writing and portraying my emotions. being more open to reading new things, and always have couiosity when it comes to reading , writing and speaking. not to mention being more orgonized in class, being more of a leader in the class room and finishing all assignments given to us.

AMAZING

cory smit is my lennie. our dream is to play football next year and actuly win. i have his back on everything but there are times when he is so out of control and cought up in the moment, that i can not help him out. i do advicate for him and try to get him involved.

I am from the world's urban playground,
From bleacher creatures and curtain calls
And kick-boxers influencing the night life.

I am from the city that never sleeps,
From the tubulent rush for everything,
as Lady Liberty composedly shepherds the fun.

It smells like fresh sewage
with the cloud of fried food, cigarettes and reefer.

About 48 hours ago, on a ship being commanded by a small crew of 3 went a wall and crash landed on a strange planet. They were on a 5 day trip orbiting the earth, taking pictures for scientific experiments. The 3 man crew included me, my copilot and his dog. The ship went off course, using up the rest of its fuel. There were some smaller damages to the exterior of the ship when landing in center field of what seems to be AT&T Park in San Francisco.

in "No Exit" it is apperent that the people around you, are what make everything "hell" there is no control of what the people do, and it is there actions or personalities that set you off. the only torture in the play seems to be the surroundings, which are not chains and nooses but something smaller with a longer affect such as no eyelids, backs to seats or mirrors/ windows. the thought of having to live like that personaly sounds worse than being traditionally tortured.

The coat of arms represents that when the Montressor family is crossed in a negitave way and whom ever crossed them will pay for it with their life. The fangs in the foot show that the littlest type of pain brought to the family will be followed up with extraordinary force.

I think that sammy did what he did for attention and wanted to have the girls feel sympathetic for his "loss." He wanted them to feel bad and talk to him so he could try to make his move. now did he regret it? not at all. he took a chance and it did not work, but thats what teenage life is. when it comes to girls, guys try really hard but never give up. so i think he was ok with the inpulsive decision because he tryed. thats all that matters.

The boy is heart broken because mangen's sister stood him up in the bazzaar, araby, where he had a planed date with her. she broke his heart and i think this is going to end his love for her. he is over it.

My first crush was on a girl that i've known for about 16 years named esther. We met at the playground in my building and we learned how to do everything together. I remember playing dress up a lot and pretending that we were married and I liked that. We ended up going to the same elementary school. the feelings stayed around but weekend when she became a popular girl. she was just mean and stuff until about 5th grade but that was our last year together and i would never have the jewels to confront her and open my "heart" to her. in reality i liked what who she was, but i did not like her. We kissed a few times but it was so meaningless i have no real emotions towards it today. She is like my Older sister now and we laugh about the old days.