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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (21-23) in 1789, the Declaration of Rights was formed and shortly after it was formed, "it was soon translated into every major European language and so conveyed the universalizing ideals of the French Revolution well beyond France" (21) there are 17 rights listed the National Assembly recognizes and declares the following rights are of man and citizen: first right- men are born and remain free and equal in rights second right- liberty, property, security, and resistance to opression third right- no individual can exercise authority that does not proceed from it in plain terms fourth right- there are limits for the natural rights of each man so the power cannot injure others fifth right- the law can forbid injurious actions to society sixth right- general will, all citizens being equal in its eyes seventh right- no man can be accused, arrested, or detained, unless proven guilty eighth right- the law can establis...

Close Reading on Basho (616-628) Throughout the story, Basho is traveling the world and each place he comes across to, he writes a detailed poetic poem about his experience. His poems are like diary entries and there's one specific poem he wrote that stood out to me. The lines are: "for them, each day a journey, travel their home. Many, too, are the ancients who perished on the road. Some years ago, seized by wanderlust, I wandered among the shores of the sea" (617). Each day traveling is a new journey. Each journey he takes is home to him. He's constantly on the move and doesn't have a permanent residence to reside at. The act of traveling fulfills Basho's inner peace and makes home wherever he finds shelter along his journey. But to argue this statement, it sounded like Basho was sometimes complaining about his journey. For example, he did get very ill and sick due to the harsh weather conditions he went through when climbing mountains. Basho had ...

Matsuo Basho (p. 616-628) During mid and late sixteenth hundreds, Basho was only one of many haikai masters In 1684, he wrote poetic travel diaries and in 1689, he set out his travel on a five month journey to explore the Northeast Basho  gave the haikai movement a distinctive prose style (617) because developing a prose language of its own wasn't the norm, "but with the innovations of haikai prose, haikai poetry reached a new degree of freedom, where poetry, prose, painting, and lifestyle flowed seamlessly into one another" (617) Basho wanted to view places that he's never heard of and place his faith in an uncertain future (618) Sogoro helped Basho overcome the hardships of travel  Tokyu was a man they visited at the Sukagawa station Matsushima is the most beautiful place in Japan (621) it has gathered countless islands Basho coul not sleep at night, so Sogoro gave him a Chinese poem on Matsushima, and Hara Anteki had sent him a waka on Matsugaurashima (62...

Saikaku (591-602) Ihara Saikaku was born into a wealthy family He  inherited the family business but still continued his passion for writing haiku poems After his wife died, he left the family business in trustworthy clerk and devoted his full focus on writing In one year, 1687-1688, he published twelve books and became one of Japan's first professional writers "Life of a Sensuous Woman  is unique because [Saikaku] wrote it in the voice of an aging woman who tells the story of her life-lived in pursuit of love and lust-to two young men" (592) The two men had opposite attitudes toward life and death One sought as much sensual pleasure as he can get, even though he knew it would shorten his life The other one gave up love in order to live many more years (593) This story is focused on the themes of love, sex, gender roles, and sexism A woman tells her life story about her love life and what she's learned from it along the way The woman followed her desires ...

Project Action Plan My project will be on the character, Mariane, from Moliere. I will start off by describing her character, which she is the daughter of Orgon, and was about to have an arranged marriage that she did not agree to. Her character is about love and the power her father has over her love. She's in love with someone else and does not want to be with the man her father wants her to marry I will analyze her actions and fate and connect them with the author of the story so it is clearly understood what the author was trying to convey through this character. On page 161, one of the characters were trying to talk out Mariane from marrying Tartuffe but she does not refuse at first because she respected the power her father has over her.  Then, I will find two characters and what their views are on Mariane and use quotes to determine those facts. I think I will use Orgon, her father, because on pages 156-157, Orgon's views on Mariane is she must obey him and complet...

Literary Elements of Voltaire (352-373) Candide, the main character of the story, is a young man who is filled with optimism but was dependent and unable to think for himself. He tried to see the good in the world, even when it was bad. His character stood out to me because he's an innocent character and used optimism to justify all the misery that went on in his life. Candide went through a lot of suffering events and still managed to gain his faith back in Pangloss' theory when he says, "Master Pangloss was right indeed when he told me everything is for the best in this world," until the very end of the story when a farmer gives him another theory to believe (359). It seemed like Candide was an extremely naive man because of his misfortunes. He was kicked out from his adopted home and traveled the world but came across a variety of misfortunes. Because of his good-heart and honesty, he is very appealing to readers and has us feel sympathy for him. The theme of the ...

Voltaire (352-373) Voltaire was such an outspoken and no filter writer that his work landed him in prison and in exile more than once He spent 3 years in exile in England - he then met Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope Voltaire wasn't an atheist, but a Deism - "faith in a God who created the world and then stands back, allowing nature to follow its own laws and never intervening" (Voltaire 353) By the time Voltaire died, he was known as a national hero He wrote about genuine  social problems like: "military discipline, class hierarchy, greed, religious extremism, slavery, and even the publishing industry" (354) Voltaire demanded his readers to face these horrors when reading his work, he wanted confrontation to be done Chapter 1  Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of the Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh Candide listened to all of Pangloss's, the castles tutor, lectures with good faith and character He gets kicked out of the castle after get...

For my project, I have decided to pick a short story from a piece of fiction and choose a female character to focus on. I will do my best to answer the following questions behind the female character that I choose to focus on like what the author's attitude is towards this character and what my attitude is towards this character. I think the character I would like to focus on is Mariane from Moliere because she is the daughter of Orgon and was almost forced to marry a man she did not want to marry but did all the best she can to respect her father's orders. Her character stood out to me because as much as she didn't want to follow through with an arranged marriage, she did not want to disrespect her father's wishes even though she somewhat did when she told her father she did not want to marry this man. I will find at least two other character's views on Mariane and also how Mariane views herself. I will have to dig deeper into her character and truly find out how t...

Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback This article helps explain why giving "feedforward" advice is better than "feedback" because instead of dwelling on your past mistakes, you should have more focus on doing better in the future. Instead of focusing on what someone has done wrong, focus on the solution so that someone can do better next time. It helps achieve goals. Feedforward can be a useful tool for any group interaction like speaking to a boss, classmates, children, peers, and team members. People tend to listen better when being told on what to do better for the future rather than being scolded at for what they didn't do right. I know for me, this tool works because no one wants to hear that they're doing a bad job, but being told what you can do better for future tasks helps people listen more and take in the information. This tool is a good "feedback" strategy that can help for this class.

Close Reading on Moliere: Tartuffe (144-197) On page 187 in the reading, Orgon finally realizes that Tartuffe is a traitor and a treacherous man due to witnessing the lust Tartuffe has for Orgon's wife, Elmire. After everyone repetitively told Orgon that Tartuffe was no good, he refused to listen and continued to treat Tartuffe like a saint. But after witnessing Tartuffe confessing his love for Elmire, Orgon tells Tartuffe, "Ah! Ah! You are a traitor and a liar! Some holy man you are, to wreck my life, Marry my daughter? Lust after my wife?" (lines 7-9 p.187). With all the exclamation points and question marks after every other line, it's quite obvious that the author wanted to express Orgon's confusing and frustration. When I read the passage in my head, I read Orgon's voice in a yelling tone because he seems so angry due to the name calling and exclamation marks after the name calling. This specific part in the entire reading seems to be the climax of the...

The Song of Ch'un-Hyang (74-89) This passage is the most famous work of traditional Korea - a tale of romantic love, heroism, and fidelity (74) P'ansori was shaped by social changes that took place during the Chosun Dynasty (74) Chosun adoped Confucianism as the ideology for the state and people (society) - it emphasized "inheritance through the male lineage of descendants and daughters were often erased from the family registers when they got married" (74). Ch'un Hyang is the powerful daughter of a mudang in a Korean village A new governor arrives and takes control of her village He wants to see Ch'un Hyang immediately and once he does, he wants to marry her but she refuses The governor has the yamen guards and servants take Ch'un away for a beating The slaves knew what was coming and told her, "You stupid woman, if you talk to the officers like that, you'll never save your life" (83). They then pulled her down to the courtyar...

Moliere pgs. 144-197 Madame Pernelle, the mother of Orgon, is upset with her daughter-in-law, Elmire, for her actions "Daaughter-in-law, please take this well- Behavior such as yours leads straight to hell" (lines 28 & 29, p.145). Madame Pernelle believes her grandson, Damis, should listen to Tartuffe, who is a religious hypocrite. Damis doesn't want to listen to him because he believes Tartuffe is a trickster. Madame Pernelle thinks Tartuffe is the answer to saving them all from themselves and that they need his protection and advice (148). Cleante, brother-in-law- of Orgon, thinks Madame Pernelle is madly in love with Tartuffe (149) Dorine thinks Orgon is in love with Tartuffe too Orgon is back after 2 days and wants to know how his mother and Tartuffe are doing from Dorine and Cleante (150). Orgon and Cleante start to bicker about Tartuffe because Orgon wants Cleante to see how good of a man Tartuffe really is but Cleante continues to deny it (152). Clean...

Backing up my blogger site seems very useful so I gave this extra credit a try. So far I haven't completed every assignment this week because I'm in the process of doing so but the announcements let me know what I have and haven't completed yet. It's a good way to document my work and determine how well I'm doing in the class with the amount of assignments I have finished.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_In%C3%A9s_de_la_Cruz Under this article of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, I learned that Sor Juana had a true passion for education. She would hide in the chapel to read her grandfather's books because girls were forbidden to do such a thing. By adolescence, she mastered Greek logic and at the age of 13 she was teaching Latin to young children. She even asked her mother for permission if she can disguise herself as a male student so she could attend a university. That wasn't allowed so she continued her studies in private. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City The next article I was taken to was Mexico City. Mexico City is the capital and most populous city of Mexico and North America. In 2009, almost a decade ago, there was an estimated population of 8.84 million people. In 2013, Mexico City would be the 5th largest economy in Latin America meaning it would be 5 times as large as Costa Rica and about the same size as Peru. https://en....

As much as I (and probably most others) like positive feedback, the criticism is most effective in my opinion. It pushes me to be better than before and work harder on my newer work. The most productive feedback experiences I can remember was a few semesters ago. My professor taught us a way on how to give positive and effective feedback. You always start with a nice comment and talk about the good things about the work before the bad because if you start harsh right away, the student might feel attacked. Always start with a good comment then talk about what needs to be worked and improved on. Then always end on a positive note so you don't leave the student on a harsh comment. An example of all this would be, "Hey ___! I really liked ___ in your work, it really grabbed my attention. Although, I think you should work on ___ next time because it didn't make much sense to me. Overall, nice job! I appreciate your work and really looked forward to reading it." This kind o...

1. Literary Elements - Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz's poem, "Philosophical Satire," sets a strong tone in her writing and her tone will be the literary device I will discuss for this analysis. Sor Juana's tone had such a liberated and inspiring tonality that it almost seemed like she was trying to get her point across and make women feel outraged with the way men inferior women. In my understanding, it is as if Sor Juana wanted to make it alarming that the role assigned to women are difficult and showed her own perspective and view on society. She questions and exclaims the foolishness that goes on and I, for one, truly appreciate this poem and the tone she set because she wants to let women know that it is not okay to be inferior upon men and that something should be done about it.  2. Themes -   The theme in "Philosophical Satire" is symbolized by women needing to be better and stronger and not to be knocked down by a man's judgment call. The underlyin...