Caged Bird :Song/ poem essay

My song I chose by Alicia Keys is called Caged Bird. I believe that this is a great song because of the way it sounds. It can relate to some peoole,and it has a lot of imagery. It also may can soothe people minds when they had a really bad day. Besides that there is a lot more things that shows this is a really great song.

In the song Alicia Keys is comparing people to birds. In the song she says, "Right now I feel like a bird." In taht case this sentence would be reffered to as an simile. Futher more the sing has a lot of imagery in it. The song really paints a picture in my mind, because of the words she chose to create the song. For instance when she said, "Everyone comes to stare at me." That gives me a sense that she is talking about people staring at her,and that is why it gives me a image of what she is talking about.

Caged bird has a lot of repetition in the song. Alcia Keys repeats the word "fly" in the song. She says just let her fly,fly,fly. This is repeated at the very end of the song because the bird is set free and she just wants it to fly. I think that was a good idea for her to do because she finally expresses her feelings about how the bird feels.

Alicia Keys uses many metaphors in the song. She says metaphors like,"They don't know what there doing to me." Also she says,"Her only joy comes from song." I thought her metaphors were very strong and she really broke the song down in a way you can understand it, but relate to it in your own perspective.

In conclusion this song can connect to people because she isw comparing people to birds and how they should be free. Also I like the way the poem sounded as far as the way it sounded because she just didn't write like she was talking to a person,it was sort of like personification in a way. That is why caged bird is a really great song to listen to.

Mini Research

In class I asked my classmates about physical education, and I varities of answers. My question was would you rather do gym or yoga at school? Many of my classmates would want to do yoga at school. For instance a student,Charnique Johnson stated,"It soothes me." Another student repiled about yoga,"Because it's more relaxing." Only the one of the students had would want to do gym in school. A student Myles says that,"Because you can get more physical activity." That is how the students agreed and disagreed about yoga and gym.

Annotation #5

The website I got told me about when Marian Anderson had did the most wonderful event. Marian Anderson had sung for Eleanor Roosevelt at the Lincoln Memorial. At first she was not allowed to because she was black,but Eleanor wanted to sing .

Final Draft

In the story Animal Farm the many of the charcters are very gulliable. The character are like that,but most of them are.In the story Animal farm Squealer uses several rhetorical stratagies to convince the animals to submit to Napolean's rule. A lot of Napolean's rules ar not fair to most of the animals.

One of the chracters Squealer is very persuasive. Squealer is good at persuading people because he doesn't really give the animals an option. Squealer tells animals that they had to decide to go to with the humans or follow the other pigs. Squealer tell the animals,"He (Napolean) would be only too happy to let you make your own decisons for yourselves. "But sometimes you might make the wrong decisons comrades,and then we're should we be?" Also when Squealer blamed Snowball for breaking the window.In reality this relates to when President George Bushgives the Americans two options. The options were that they either agree with,Good vs.Evil or Action vs. Inaction.

Something in Animal Farm that Squealer always does is think that there is no doubt that the pigs are wrong ever. The pigs believe that they are never wrong because they are more literate than the other animals. In the story it says that most of the animals couldn't get pass the letter "A." In reality one time President Bush thought he knew every thing about Iraq, but that was untrue.In conclusion you know what Squealer did to make the animals believe his lies. Also how these parts of the alegory relates to the story.

What I thought about the election

I thought that the election was a great experience. It showed me that if you really want something you have to work extremely hard for it. When Barack Obama won the election it made me feel proud. It made me proud because I feel I was apart of history. Barack Obama being the first African American made me happy because now that means that anyone can be president no what race you are. I believe that a change will come as Barack Obama as president.

Rough Draft

A woman named Marian Anderson was born February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child Marian Anderson had found a wonderful talent. Her talent was that she could sing really well. At the age of six Marian joined the junior church choir. When Marian Anderson was thirteen she then joined the senior church. At Marian’s young age she became very popular because of her voice. People in Marian’s community used to ask her to come perform for them. Some nights Marian would perform multiple nights, and she would sometimes request five dollars for each performance she did. When Marian Anderson started to get older and she graduated from high school she started to become really serious about her singing career. Marian applied to an all white school for musicians. Marian Anderson was unable to get into the school because of her being African American. From her not getting into the school did not stop her from singing. In 1919, she was twenty-two years old and she still for her church, and she had sung at The National Church Convention. Marian’s singing was so beautiful that she was discovered by a man named, William “Billy” King. William King had become Marian’s manager. Also she had gone on tour at different churches and black colleges. She began making a hundred dollars per concert.

Annotation #3

Annotation#3

On Wikipedia it talks about Marian Anderson and her struggles. It also talks about her jouneys as a young child.

Annotation #2 Marian Anderson

Book Title : A Singer's Journey
Author:Allan Keiler

The book is about Marian Anderson's life as a child. In the book it says how Marian used to be like a mom in her home because she had to take care of her younger siblings because she was the oldest. Marian grew up extremely fast because she used to take care of them.

Marian Anderson :Introduction

Marian Anderson was born February 27, 1897. She was born in Philadelphia Pennslyvainia. Marian had found a talent that she was very good at. Marian could sing very well,and she began singing at her church choir at the age of six. Marian proceeded to use her talent,and by the age of thirteen she began to sing for people at different places,and she requested that they pay her five dollars for each show she did.

Animal Farm Essay

In the story Animal Farm the many of the charcters are very gulliable. The character are like that,but most of them are.In the story Animal farm Squealer uses several rhetorical stratagies to convince the animals to submit to Napolean's rule.

One of the chracters Squealer is very persuasive. Squealer is good at persuading people because he doesn't really give the animals an option. Squealer tells animals that they had to decide to go to with the humans or follow the other pigs. Squealer tell the animals,"He (Napolean) would be only too happy to let you make your own decisons for yourselves. "But sometimes you might make the wrong decisons comrades,and then we're should we be?" In reality this relates to when President George Bush
gives the Americans two options. The options were that they either agree with,Good vs.Evil or Action vs. Inaction.

Secondly another thing that Squealer did was spin a story about the character Snowball ruining the windmill that the animals had worked very hard on. The reason that Squealer told the animals that lie is because he wanted the animals to go against snowball. A quote from the story is that "He had seem to oposse the windmill..." Something that relates to the United States problems one time in reality is that when 9/11 had happened President Bush had blamed other countries for this devastating tragic.

Something in Animal Farm that Squealer always does is think that there is no doubt that the pigs are wrong ever. The pigs believe that they are never wrong because they are more literate than the other animals. In the story it says that most of the animals couldn't get pass the letter "A." In reality one time President Bush thought he knew every thing about Iraq, but that was untrue.

In conclusion you know what Squealer did to make the animals believe his lies. Also how these parts of the alegory relates to the story.

Anotation#4

Marian Anderson was the oldest out of her other three sisters. Marain Sung at many churches, and that is how her music career had began. Marian started requesting people to pay her five dollars for her to sing in cerain places.

Annotation #1 New:Marian Anderson

A woman b y the name of Marian Anderson was born Februarary 27,1887. Marian Anderson was born in Philadlephia,Pennslyvaina. She was in church choir at the age of six.While she grew older she graduated from highschool she applyed to an all white school and was rejected because the color of her skin.

Animal Farm

The animals accepts Napolean's lies because most of the animals are not as literate as the pigs. One of the horse, Boxer has a slogan he always says," Napolean's always right." Most of the animals in the story can not get pass the letter "d,"but the pigs are literate. The pigs are smarter than the other animals in the farm. The animals are not literate and that is why the pigs take contorl of them.

My Introdution

Cecil B. Moore was born in Virginia 1915. There isn't much information about Cecil B. Moore's childhood. While he got older he moved to Philadlephia, and studied law at Temple University.He became a lawyer. Moore joined the NAACP when he wanted to be apart of the Civil rights. It inspire d him alot because he prosted to stop segration with Girad College.

IRB #3

In the story Halley finds out some shockin news from Scarlett. Halley finds out that Scarlett is pregnant by Michael. This shocks the both of them very much. Scarlett is afraid to tell her mother because she does not know how she is going to react. The one thing that is really bothering her is what she is going to do with her baby. Scarelett isn't sure if she wants to keep it or not.



Title: Someone Like You
Author: Sarah Hassen
Pages:76-85
Rating:8.5

IRB Log #2

When Scarlett and Halley go back to school they begin talking to Michael's bestfriend. Michael's bestfrind name is Macon Falkner, him and Halley start talking a lot. They talk about how Michael's death affected them in their own ways. Scarlett on the other hand has been thinking about all the times she shared with Michael and how they met.







Title: Someone Like You Author: Sarah Hassen Pages: 56-76 Rating: 8.5

2nd Annotation

There is a book aboyt Cecil B. Moore's life as a lawyer.

IRB Log

The story is about two best friends named Halley and Scarlet. Both of the girls summers are turning out great,until Halley gets a call from Scarlett while she is at camp. Scarlett calls Halley and tells her that her boyfriend Michael has died in a motorcycle accident. Scarlett is very sad and she does not know what to do without her boyfriend Michael. Halley tries to help her the best way she can. When they both attend Michael's funeral it turns out to be a diaster because Michael's exgirlfriends are acting like fools. It embarrasses Scarlett, Halley and of course Michael's family. When Halley and Scarlett attend school they see how everyone is not acting the same when they fo back to school because of Michael's death.

Title of the book: Someone Like You

Author: Sarah Dessen

Pages: 22-56

Rating: 8.5

Cecil B. Moore : 1st annotation

Cecil B. Moore was born in West Virginia in 1915. Whille Cecil B. Moore grew older he had moved to North Philadelphia to study in law. Moore studied law at Temple University. He became a lawyer and a Activist during the Cival War. As a lawyer Moore fought for African Americans with low income. Cecil B. Moore was also apart of the NAACP and wasw a member of the City Council in Philadelphia. Cecil B. Moore was a very strong activist, he was apart of the picket for Girad College. To honor Cecil B. Moore there is now a street in North Philadelphia named after him.

The Greatest Game Ever Played: Essay

In the story I think the character Zaroff values liberty the most. There are many reasons that I think that Zaroff values liberty the most because he loves to hunt more than anything. I know that Zaroff loves to hunt more than anything because as a child he used to hunt with his father. In the story Zaroff says,"When I was five years old he gave me a little gun." The second example that shows me Zaroff enjoys hunting is when he tells us as a reader that he enjoys hunting for humans also. Zaroff says, My whole life has been prolonged hunt." That tells us how much he loves to hunt a lot. Lastly you know that Zaroff is for liberty because he believes he much stronger than everyone else, and that he should control the whole universe. I know that Zaroff believes this because when he is hunting for Rainsford he gives him very little to protect himself. While Zaroff uses his pack of dogs to hunt for Rainsford. In conclusion these are many ways that Zaroff is for liberty.