On Wednesday, our class took a field trip to the Norton Simon Museum. The bus ride was long and boring until we got there. It is by the street where the rose parade goes by. When we got there it was before the museum opened but we had a private tour from a nice old lady. She led us through the 17th, 18th, and 19th, century paintings. We saw a portrait of a boy which was unfinished. We saw old church-like paintings about Jesus. And we saw a still life painting of oranges, lemons, and a rose. There was also a little cup on a plate next to the rose. I liked this painting because it was small and realistic. Many of the artists had there names in front of the places that they were from. One artist who did this was Rembrandt. I liked many of the Western Europe artwork because it was colorful and realistic. We ate lunch after crossing the street and ate on a patch of grass near some apartments. The patch of grass was dedicated to the mothers of troops. After we went back, we went with our groups and went back into the museum. Our group went to the bathroom first and then the gift shop. I bought a little music box with Van Gogh's Irises on the cover. I also got a Vincent van Gogh doll. We went into the museum and saw van Gogh's "the Bedroom". I knew this piece was famous. We saw works from Picasso and works from the 20th century. There was a room that only had paintings and statues of naked ladies. I liked that one. We looked at the Indian art which was pretty cool. Then we went outside and looked at the gardens.
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Even though this is the eighth time i have talked about Donald Trump, I would like to point out some things since he was first elected. There have been multiple riots because people are upset that he was elected. Even though he has no background in politics, I think that Trump will make a better president than Hillary. He has made many mistakes and caused many people to be offended, but Hillary is a liar and caused many deaths of US soldiers in the Middle East. Throughout the primaries and speeches, Trump sounded like he didn't care and was not taking anything seriously. But after winning the election, Donald Trump sounded like he would take his responsibility seriously. He thanked Hillary and cheered with his fans after his victory. This is why i do not understand why people are rioting in the first place. Allegedly, Russia has hacked the election and people are upset about that. Of course there is no evidence to support this, but people who supported disagree. Donald Trump feels smug about himself and I don't blame him because if I was president I would be so happy about myself. I would tell everyone that I am the president of the United States and brag about it. He might not be the most ideal president of the United States but we should wait for him to make decision. Everybody was afraid when Ronald Regan became president but he is now recognized as one of the greatest presidents of the United States. We have to be patient in order to find out what Donald Trump stands for.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ It s finally Christmas time. Christmas time is extremely fun and exciting, which is why Christmas is my favorite holiday. I have always enjoyed being curled up in my bed on Christmas Eve, waiting for the next day where I would wake up and run down the hall to see presents beautifully wrapped in colorful paper. Even though Christmas is focused on Santa Claus and presents, it should be focused on Jesus. Even though all he did to deserve the holiday was to be born. I actually think that it should be focused on St. Nicholas because he actually gave money and toys to young, poor children. Anyways, I think Christmas is a great time for peple to give gifts to each other and let others know that they care about them. It is also a good time for companies to suck money out of peoples' wallets just for cheap toys made in factories in China. This year, all I really want is the Vive which is a virtual reality headset and the game Subnautica which is a survival game where you have to survive on a water planet. Christmas is a special time where family members get together and have a good time. Every Christmas, I get up out of my bed and go over to my parents' room where the whole family meets before we see our presents. After waking up our parents, we go down the hallway and open our presents. After that, we eat breakfast and go to my grandma's house where my whole family gets together and opens even more presents. I play fun games with my cousins and brothers. It is very fun and one of the only times where I am not super deppressed. Overall, I enjoy Christmas and think it is one of the best times of the year.
www.christmas.com/fun/ The short story, “The Pie” by Gary Soto, takes place in the barrio during Gary’s childhood. It tells the story of Gary, a young boy at the time, who wants to steal a pie without being caught. He must fight against guilt, a terrible feeling, in order to achieve this goal. Because Gary is a Christian, he does not want to sin by stealing the pie. Gary must also fight against Cross-Eyed Johnny, another child, who wants the pie for himself. First, Gary contemplates stealing the pie from the bakery he is in. Since he is Christian it is hard for him to steal it. Gary hides the pie under his Frisbee and leaves the store. Then, Gary sits on the curb of the street and starts to eat the pie. He feels guilty when neighbors stare at him. After that, another kid named Cross-Eyed Johnny asks if he could have some of the pie. Gary refuses and Johnny walks away in despair. Next, Gary finishes the stolen pie and is filled with guilt when a driver honks his horn. Gary throws his Frisbee and retrieves it. He continues playing with the Frisbee until he is bored and thirsty. Finally, Gary picks up his Frisbee and heads home. He helps his sister with a school project and drinks some water. As the story ends, Gary crawls under the house and listens to the rumblings in the pipe. After a while, he crawls back out and stares at the glare of the pie tin. The story leaves off with an interesting message. “I knew sin was what you took and didn’t give back” Overall this short story was bland and did not contain a real conflict. However, the story did use figurative language which made the story a little interesting.
http://dante.udallas.edu/schofield/05-06_Courses/III-AP/1/Soto_The-Pie_DQ.htm I was sitting on my couch in my living room, watching the election. At first, Donald Trump was winning, then Hillary. It was extremely close, but Donald Trump won the election. He will be our president for the next four years. Trump has no political or millitary background but still made it so far. Even though he has no background in politics, I think that Trump will make a better president than Hillary. He has made many mistakes and caused many people to be offended, but Hillary is a liar and caused many deaths of US soldiers in the Middle East. Throughout the primaries and speeches, Trump sounded like he didn't care and was not taking anything seriously. But after winning the election, Donald Trump sounded like he would take his responsibility seriously. He thanked Hillary and cheered with his fans after his victory. I was sitting with my parents and grandparents while watching the Election. While I was eating dinner, I saw that it was neck and neck. But over time, more and more states became red. Even after winning California, Hillary was losing. I was laughing because I knew that a reality TV show host was going to be our president. After he won, the Democrats at Hillary's convention were crying and the Republicans at Trump's convention were cheering. Riots broke out over time and more people got upset. I just hope that Trump will be a good president.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=election&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=election&sc=8-8&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=C4372EFD21224FF6B437E2056C139A77 The Masque of the Red Death is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. It takes place in a kingdom sometime in the Middle Ages. A fictitious plague is destroying the town and killing the villagers in gruesome ways, in a matter of hours. The prince, Prospero, is not frightened and uses a fortress to house many nobles and dukes from the plague. While the plague is destroying the town, Prospero and his friends live peacefully in the castle. After seven months, Prospero decides to host a masquerade, a party which involves people wearing masks. There are seven rooms in the castle where the people party in, except for the black and scarlet colored room. Inside the red and scarlet room is a clock which makes a large noise each hour. When the clock strikes each hour, the dancers stop dancing, the musicians stop playing, and the nobles stop eating. This is because they admire and embrace the loud sound, each time it rings. Towards midnight, a man in a plague doctor cloak and bloody mask is noticed. The nobles are frightened by this, so Prospero orders his men to catch him. While they look into the man's eyes, they stop in their tracks. Prospero is angered and takes matters into his own hands. He takes a dagger and chases the man down the seven rooms until they reach the black and scarlet room. That is when the man turns around. Prospero drops the dagger and dies. When the others reveal the identity of the man, there appears to be no one there. This is because the man is the red death itself. It slowly kills everybody else. The clock stops and the Red Death rules over the castle.
http://www.online-literature.com/poe/36/ St. Jerome was born to a rich, pagan family in 347 at Strido, Dalmatia. He studied in Rome, Italy and became a lawyer. He was baptized after converting to Christianity. He became a monk, then lived for years in the Syrian deserts in order to have isolation for his study of Scripture. While in the desert, St. Jerome came across a lion who had a thorn in its paw. After pulling it out, the lion became loyal to St. Jerome and stayed by his side for many years. He was a priest and a student of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen. Saint Jerome was the secretary to Pope Damasus I. Pope Damasus ordered Jerome to review and correct the Latin text of the bible. It took thirty years for St. Jerome to make the Vulgate translation of the bible, which is still in use today. He taught St. Paula, St. Marcella, and St. Eustochium. But, due to much gossip, Jerome left Rome and returned to solitude in the desert. He lived his last 34 years in the desert, where he wrote and translated many works of literature. He is the patron saint of translators, librarians, and students. St. Jerome’s feast day is on September 30th. St. Jerome’s follower, Eusebius, was instructed to take the saint’s cloak and lay it upon three dead men. When he did this, the three men were revived and praised God. The archbishop of Nazareth was accused of preaching a false doctrine by a man named Sabinianus. The archbishop produced a book, which was written by St. Jerome, that supported his argument. Sabinianus claimed that it was forged and ordered the archbishop to be executed. Right before the blade struck, St. Jerome appeared and stopped the sword. Sabinianus fell to the ground and died, mysteriously, with his head severed.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=10 In the Pacific Ocean lies a big patch of trash that just sits around and harms the enviornment. It is called the great garbage patch and is a huge problem. The garbage patch is the size of Texas. That is huge. Seriously. There is so much trash in the ocean that it has been piled up by ocean currents. It is very sad that this is occurring today. It not only hurts the fish and animals but it hurts us too. When the fish eat the trash, we eat the fish and indirectly eat the trash. This happens to all the other fish in the ocean too. It is really sad because we rely on the ocean and the ocean relies on us to help keep it clean. This big garbage patch is ruining everything. It is so dense with trash that a human being can walk on it. This affects the enviornment greatly with destruction to the ocean and harming all creatures that result to the ocean for foods. That includes, fish, birds, sharks, dolphins, and just about every sea creature you can think off, besides those weird things in the deep sea. Scientists confirm that the garbage patch will double the size in the next few years and triple its size in the next twenty years. This is all because of the terrible habits of human beings. Thats right, it is our fault that this giant abbomination exists. We throw away tons and tons of trash each year which is sent to landfills. The trash in the landfills fly away due to heavy winds and land in the ocean. The ocean currents move the trash to the middle of the pacific ocean which collects and makes the great garbage patch.
http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by Ernest Hemmingway. This book was very popular in world war two. The story depicts an old man who os very poor because he has not caught a fish in a very long time. He has a young boy as a friend who used to fish with him. After his fater demanded otherwise he was no longer able to fish with the old man. So the old man fished alone and hasn't caught a fish in eighty four days. He goes out to sea on his little boat where he hopes to catch a large fish so he can have money and food. He sees the Portuguese man of war which is extremely deadly. The old man refers to the ocean as a woman and never disrespects her. The old man only speaks when it is neccesary when he goes fishing because it is a good virtue according to him. He catches some sardines and uses them as bait. He also catches some flying fish which happen to be swimming next to his skiff. The bait is eaten by a large marlin, which the old man predicts. The marlin drags the small boat away from the mainland. While all of this is going on the old man tells the readers stories of him and the young boy. He tells the story of when him and the boy caught a marlin, whose lover stayed with it until they clubbed it to death. While waiting for the marlin to jump out of the water, the old man catches a dolphin. The old man eats some of the dolphin because he is very hungry. The old man complains how bland and terrible the dolphin tastes when it is raw and has now salts or spices. The marlin finally jumps and shows how big he truly is. The old man is shocked. He has never seen a fish as big as he was. The old man spears him directly in the heart and ties him up in ropes. The old man throws the marlin overboard with a rope attached tothe boat and marlin. The old man was dragging him back to Havannah. Sharks picked up the smell of the blood, coming from th marlin. He realized this, so the old man tied a dagger to the end of his oar. He stabs and kills any shark that comes close to his marlin. Unfortunately some sharks eat half of the marlin.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/64363/11-facts-about-hemingways-old-man-and-sea On Monday, the two candidates had a debate. Well, more of a rambling and criticizing the other candidate, because that is what they did. The candidates rambled on about how bad the other one is when in fact they are equally bad. We are finally faced with the most doomed presidential election that we have ever had. The two candidates are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately they are both terrible, terrible people. Hillary Clinton is a liar, cheater, and overall a bad human being. Donald Trump is a greedy, selfish individual who is probably the most racist person ever. He uses his wealth to aid him and to achieve the role as republican candidate for this year. There are a lot of things wrong with him. At the beginning of his campaign, he stated that he wanted to build a wall, bordering Mexico and the US to stop immigrants coming into America from Mexico. He wants the Mexican government to pay for it, which it is highly unlikely they will. Although they are unwilling to pay for the wall, Trump can still build the wall. Since he is a billionaire and a crazy rich entrepreneur, he can build the wall. He also stated early in his campaign that his father , who was also rich like him, gave him a "small" loan of a million dollars. That of course was not small. Hillary is no better. She is the democratic candidate. She uses the fact that she is a woman to slowly work her way up to presidency and gain feminist followers. She manipulates others to get what she wants. Honestly, even Bernie is better. But, I digress. She is the wife of Bill Clinton who was also a bad president. That means she will be the second bad president in her bloodline. America is doomed. I would like to see the look on George Washington's face when he finds out who are next president will be.
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