Home Is Where You Make It...

Well maybe that's a bit dramatic but honestly today is probably one of the biggest changes in most peoples lives (I know for me it is) and for some of us today was the last day we would ever see each other again except for possibly our high school reunion. As I walked up to the stage today to give a speech I couldn't help but stare at the faces that made my high school experience and think about how in only a few hours our time together would come to an end. In my speech, I talk about remembering the moments and the people who meant most to you and allowing those to remind you of your true value and as I followed my own advice and reviewed my past four years I was overwhelmed by the sense of home and peace. When I came to Righetti four years ago as a freshmen I knew absolutely no one and was convinced that I would never come to love the place and the experiences it would hold. I was convinced that it would never be my home. But four years later and a great group of friends later and I am so glad that I spent my four years with the Righetti Class of 2013. This group of people has given me the strength I needed to overcome my adversities and grow into the person I am today. This group has become my home and I'm proud to say I am a Righetti High School Warrior. I pray that everyone had a beautiful day and that every single one of you become the person you were destined to be. As for this blog, this is my last post and I will be beginning a new blog for my new adventures and experiences that await me in Hawaii and Washington, DC (I'll post a link to it in a comment soon). So until the new blog is up and unless you follow it, this will be my last goodbyes. So goodbye, farewell, and never forget that who you are can not be defined by paper and pencil.

Love Always,
Samantha Garrison

Talk About A Change In Course...

Well... It seems as though my Senior Project has taken on an ENTIRELY NEW direction. Rather than prattling on about graduation and self-actualization which, according to the grapevine, I manage to to do so eloquently, I've decided to give a speech about a cause that has shaped my life in more ways than one and ultimately has helped decided the path I want to proceed on. 

About a month or so ago, Dr. Preston asked me what I was passionate about and though I could feign passion in all the right areas at all the right times... I really didn't have an answer to his question. You see, after discovering my mother was ill and would have to undergo serious treatment and surgery, I put my life on pause in order to help her continue hers but by doing so I also lost pieces of who I was. I had essentially hollowed out and because of that I didn't know myself anymore. 

So after some intense thought and hours of work later I came up with a speech about an issue so severe that I get chills just thinking about it. I will be giving a speech on child abuse through the eyes of a victim. This issue has shaped my life in so many ways and was the original catalyst in my decision to become a lawyer. I hope this speech meets any and all expectations and if not..... Well TOUGH!

It Seems As Though The Dead Have Arisen..

Well would you look at that? I survived AP Exams! IT'S A MIRACLE! Hard to believe AP Exams are FINALLY over and done with! (Until midterms for university come around and then I'll be singing a completely different tune, but let's not dwell on my impending sleep deprivation shall we?) Yet with the deadline for Senior Projects looming and GRADUATION only a few very short weeks away, some of you (the ones who are actually interested and curious) must be wonder what I'm going to be doing for my Senior Project. Well, at first, it seemed as though I was only going to be doing a high school retrospective with my usual group that consisted of Feli, Isaih, Ashlie, Dulce, and Ming but after a long discussion filled with questions I couldn't give a meaningful answer to, I decided that I needed to rethink my course. So after hours of private deliberation, I finally found something that I felt a bit more emotionally compelled to do.

In addition to my high school retrospective, I will be giving a speech that will evaluate our time here as students, peers, and ultimately as students. This speech will in a sense be the second preview to my graduation speech which is rapidly approaching and for the select few who were able to hear me speak at the AVID Senior Celebration 2013, I think we can all agree that a speech like this will bring forth a lot of answers to some questions and will also bring up even more questions while you evaluate your own situation. As of today, I have written approximate 14 complete drafts of my speech and have an additional 6 incomplete drafts (yeah I think it is fair to say that I am on the brink of insanity because of this speech) and have yet to decide on the content of my finalized draft. The message I want to deliver isn't necessarily the question, it's just the way I deliver that has been so infuriating, but (believe it or not) I am actually thoroughly enjoying this process. In a way, writing this speech has helped me evaluate parts of my life that I had intentionally avoided and helped me find their purpose, so I hope that when I do deliver my speech you will enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed writing it!

PBC Essays

Seeing how we're supposed to be using these essays from the poetry boot camp to study for the AP Exam, I decided it would be a better use of my time if I wrote these essays in an AP test taking style. So each of my essays were hand written in the standard forty minutes, because my essays were hand written I will upload pictures of these essays with the feedback written on them at a later date. I figured they would be more helpful if I uploaded the pictures with the feedback on the paper rather than attempting to read my handwriting and then comment.

Seventh Reading

Mackenzie Greeley and I have gone over three poems in the English Augustan Movement. "Epitaph on Sir Isaac Newton" by Alexander Pope, "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope, and "Marriage A-La-Mode" by John Dryden. After reading these poems seven times the only difference I've found is that I have a better understanding of what I belief is being said and have been able to take things like the meter and rhyming scheme being used into consideration. Apart from that... I'm still lost on the subject of poetry.

Micro AP Test Feedback...

Hmm... Best way to put it. Time management needs work. I'm satisfied with what I did write in my very VERY short essay because I'd rather write three near-perfect analytical paragraphs than five barely mediocre paragraphs. So in the grand scheme of things, I could have done A LOT worse.

Response To Lit Circles...

The deed is done.

AP Overachievers UNITE!

Prompt (Revised to refer to BNW rather than The Spectator by Joseph Addison)

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World:  Analyze how the language of the passage characterizes the Director and his society and how the characterization serves Huxley’s satiric purpose. Consider such elements as selection of detail, repetition, and tone.

“I had the same idea as you,” the Director was saying. “Wanted to have a look at the savages. Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having at the moment. She was a Beta- Minus, and I think” (he shut his eyes), “I think she had yellow hair. Anyhow she was pneumatic, particularly pneumatic; I remember that. Well, we went there, and we looked at the savages, and we rode about on horses and all that. And then-it was almost the last day of my leave-then. well, she got lost. We’d gone riding up one of those revolting mountains, and it was horribly hot and oppressive, and after lunch we went to sleep. Or at least I did. She must have gone for a walk, alone. At any rate, when I woke up, she wasn't there. And the most frightful thunderstorm I’ve ever seen was just bursting on us. And it poured and roared and flashed; and the horses broke loose and ran away; and I fell down, trying to catch them, and hurt my knee, so that I could hardly walk. Still, I searched and I shouted and I searched. But there was no sign of her. Then I thought she must have gone back to the rest-house by herself. So I crawled down into the valley by the way we had come. My knee was agonizingly painful, and I’d lost my soma. It took me hours. I didn’t get back to the rest-house till after midnight. And she wasn't there; she wasn't there,” the Director repeated. There was a silence. “Well,” he resumed at last, “the next day there was a search. But we couldn’t find her. She must have fallen into a gully somewhere; or been eaten by a mountain lion. Ford knows. Anyhow it was horrible. It upset me very much at the time. More than it ought to have done, I dare say. Because, after all, it’s the sort of accident that might have happened to any one; and, of course, the social body persists although the component cells may change.” But this sleep-taught consolation did not seem to be very effective. Shaking his head, “I actually dream about it sometimes,” the Director went on in a low voice. “Dream of being woken up by that peal of thunder and finding her gone; dream of searching and searching for her under the trees.” He lapsed into the silence of reminiscence. 

“You must have had a terrible shock,” said Bernard, almost enviously. 

At the sound of his voice the Director started into a guilty realization of where he was; shot a glance at Bernard, and averting his eyes, blushed darkly; looked at him again with sudden suspicion and, angrily on his dignity, “Don’t imagine,” he said, “that I’d had any indecorous relation with the girl. Nothing emotional, nothing long-drawn. It was all perfectly healthy and normal.” He handed Bernard the permit. “I really don’t know why I bored you with this trivial anecdote.” Furious with himself for having given away a discreditable secret, he vented his rage on Bernard. The look in his eyes was now frankly malignant.

Practice Test 1 MC Answers

1. E
2. A
3. E
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. E
13. E
14. D
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. E
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. B
23. B
24. B
25. C
26. D
27. A
28. C
29. E
30. C
31. D
32. A
33. B
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. E
38. C
39. D
40. C
41. B
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. C
46. D
47. B
48. D
49. A
50. D
51. B
52. A
53. C
54. E

Crime and Punishment MC Questions (Part 1)

These first nineteen questions are mostly comprehension and analysis based questions. I will follow up with more passage and literary technique based questions as soon as my group finishes the last of our novel. We are scheduled to have it done by the end of this week. Until then, I will update and add more questions as they come along. I also would like to thank the several other resources I used in helping me create these questions. 

1. Based on the author’s description and elaboration of Raskolnikov’s thoughts and Alyona Ivanovna death, which word best describes Raskolnikov’s why killed Alyona Ivanovna?

a)      Entitlement

b)      Anger

c)       Apathy

d)      Resentment

e)      Somnolence

2. With what instrument does Raskolnikov commit the murders?

a) A knife

b) Poison

c) A gun

d) An axe

e) A sword

3. Which word best describes the symbolism of the axe in the murder of Alyona Ivanovna and her sister?

a) Resentment

b) Apathy

c) Entitlement

d) Both A and C

e) None of the above

4. Early in the novel, how does Raskolnikov describe himself?

a) As a student

b) As a teacher

c) As a laborer

d) As a pilgrim

e) All of the above

5. Raskolnikov has a horrifying dream in which an animal is brutally beaten to death by its owner with the assistance of a crowd. What does this dream represent?

a) Guilt

b) Shame

c) Terror

d) Both A and B

e) All of the above

6) Raskolnikov initially believes that he is among a special class of people who are superior to others and for whom any crime, even murder, is acceptable if it assists them in reaching an ultimate goal. At which point does Raskolnikov feel this sense of superiority?

a) Prior to the murder

b) During the murder

c) Immediately after the murder

d) Both B and C

e) Both A and B

7) With whom does Raskolnikov say he identifies?

a) Napoleon

b) Alexander the Great

c) Genghis Khan

d) Pontius Pilate

e) None of the above

8) When Raskolnikov receives his mother’s letter about his sister’s impending marriage, Raskolnikov

a) Rejoices that she is engaged

b) Fears she is in a dangerous marriage

c) Suspects she does it to save him from

poverty

d) Worries that his mother will be casted

out by the fiancé

e) Regrets that he has not yet met her

fiancé

9) Raskolnikov commits murder for several reason except

a) He is deeply frustrated by how

impoverished he is

b) He plans to use the stolen goods to

support his mother

c) He believes he’s being led towards

murder by a series of coincidences

d) He has formulated a theory that

some men have a right to kill

e) He wants to prove himself capable

of taking decisive action

10) In their investigation, the police first suspect _________ of the murder; they later believe the false confession of ___________.

a) The painters; a pawner

b) Raskolnikov; the painter

c) The painters; Raskolnikov

d) Men visiting the pawnbroker; the

painter

e) Raskolnikov; a pawner

The following five questions will be in regards to the passage below.

“Raskolnikov himself is in the scene himself, and his speech is not presented normally, attributed to his irritability. There are ellipses quite often between many of the words he says. Certainly, this is an indication of some type of inability to express thought clearly, whether Raskolnikov is unable to think clearly at this time, or he is hesitant to say them, or maybe is struggling to find a way to communicate the explicit message in the most subtle manner possible. For example, Raskolnikov’s dialogue has two ellipses in the following sentence: “Perhaps . . . I will come . . . if I can” (Dostoevsky 265). It really does not seem necessary to take those pauses. Nevertheless, no matter the real reason for such speech, it does hint at Raskolnikov’s unnatural mental state, and from information about Raskolnikov derived from other parts of the book, it would be accurate to conclude that he is bothered. Another aspect of the dialogue besides the overuse of ellipses in Raskolnikov’s speech is the abruptness of the manner in which he speaks as well. He says a few things to his dear friend Razumihkin, and ends with a simple “Good-bye!” (265). Raskolnikov attempts to cut this line simply in this simplified, undignified manner. As an extension of his abrupt speech, his actions are likewise. By singling a certain line out by creating it as an entire paragraph, the narration gives special emphasis to the fact that after declaring his goodbye, Raskolnikov neglects to even shake his friend’s hand. While the omittance of these traditional courtesies may contribute to Raskolnikov’s complicated character, the importance placed on this raises the possibility that Raskolnikov may have intentionally not offered his hand, as the narration’s style is assumed to reflect Raskolnikov. Thus, it can be further seen the extent of Raskolnikov’s attitude towards life.

After Razumihkin has made the realization of the dark secret that Raskolnikov was the murderer, their actual parting is hasty as well, emphasized once again to create Raskolnikov’s character. Raskolnikov repeats one last time “Go back, go to them [Raskolnikov’s family]” (265), after which he “turned away and hastily left the house” (265). It is emphasized that Raskolnikov forced the situation to be this way, to be concluded without rites. Once again, this speaks to his character, what he desires as far as isolation goes.”

11) Why does Razumihkin grow “as pale as a corpse”?

a) He realizes that Raskolnikov hates his

family

b) He realizes that Raskolnikov is the

murderer

c) He realizes that Raskolnikov is a

cheater

d) He realizes that Raskolnikov is in love

with his own sister

e) None of the above

12) What is the purpose of the many ellipses in Raskolnikov’s speech?

a) It emphasizes that Raskolnikov is in an

irritable state of mind

b) Because of his recent accident,

Raskolnikov experiences difficulties in

Speech

c) Raskolnikov is intoxicated, and thus is

speaking incoherently

d) It emphasizes that the narrator holds

little respect for Raskolnikov

e) It emphasizes the daunting appearance

for Razumihkin

13) What is meant by, “In a word, from that evening Razumihkin became a son and a brother to them?”

a) Razumihkin is able to assume a familiar

role in Raskolnikov’s family that wasn’t

being satisfied by the latter

b) Razumihkin had Raskolnikov

excommunicated from the family on

behalf of the mother

c) Raskolnikov has fallen deathly ill and

asks that his friend, Razumihkin, has a

watchful eye over his mother and sister

d) Raskolnikov, wracked with guilt and

paranoia, abandons his family and leaves

Razumihkin with the obligation of

taking care of his family

e) None of the above

14) What does Razumihkin realize in the corridor?

I. Raskolnikov has become

“extraordinary”

II. Raskolnikov is the murderer

III. Raskolnikov needs to go correct his

wrongdoing, thus leaving his family

a) I

b) I and II

c) II and III

d) I and III

e) None of the above

15) Raskolnikov insists that Razumihkin not “leave them”. What does them refer to?

a) Raskolnikov’s pets

b) Raskolnikov’s brothers

c) Raskolnikov’s sister and mother

d) Raskolnikov’s loyal servants

e) Raskolnikov himself

16) When comparing the method of murder of Alyona Ivanovna and her sister, there is a clear discrepancy in the murders themselves. Which words best describes the discrepancy in feelings that were exhibited in the murder?

a) Loathing; Panicked

b) Determined; Indifferent

c) Calculating; Surprised

d) Angered; Distressed

e) None of the above

17) Which of the following words best describes the symbolism of the axe in regards to Raskolnikov’s personality?

a) Brutality

b) Apathetic

c) Loathsome

d) Desperation

e) Both C and D

18) Fyodor Dostoevsky structured Crime and Punishment in a way that allows his protagonist, Raskolnikov, to intermittently and almost sporadically have internal thoughts that interrupt or distract the reader from Raskolnikov’s surroundings. Which word best describes this literary technique?

a) Stream of Consciousness

b) Anaphora

c) Simile

d) Shift

e) All of the above

19) If Raskolnikov were to be divided and then defined in its mother language, “raskol” being the first part and “nikov” as the second part, the name would mean split nickname. Which literary term best describes the definition of the name?

a) Anaphora

b) Metaphor

c) Voice

d) Allusion

e) Both C and D

Service With A Smile.

As we all know, life is nothing without its bumps and curve balls and naturally when things begin to go south for the winter our smiles and eyes lose their youthful happiness. It's very easy to dwell on all the things going wrong, but every once in a while it's great to just sit back and look at all the things that are going right. Don't get me wrong, I certainly have my days where I just can't seem to muster the energy to smile and find the bright side, but when I see people like Tim, I'm reminded of how lucky I am and how dreams don't always have to be left on the pillow. Tim is the owner of Tim's Place which serves "Breakfast, Lunch, and Hugs." I'll let Tim explain the rest.

Interview Tips

So as some of my followers may already know, I had an interview with an alumnus from Brown University that I believe went very well and that I will finally get a decision in these few upcoming weeks. With that in mind, I found that when it comes to interviews people (including myself) aren't as well prepared as they would hope they are. I had to spent the entire day before trying to mentally and emotionally prepare myself for one of the biggest interviews I've had to date and (with the help of some experience relatives) I was able to go into my interview feeling as if I had done all I could to prepare.

So, in light of this discovery, I decided to give you guys just a few basic tips. They may be small, but they'll go a LONG way.

1. When meeting your interviewer say "Hello" not "Hi" or "Hey". You want to seem professional and prepared and a nice, clear "Hello" will start you on the right foot.
2. Give a firm handshake. I had particular trouble with this one, but the best way to think about it is to grab your interviewers hand as firmly as you would grasp a slightly heavy textbook. Not too firm that you'll break their hand, but not so light that they'll think you have no self-confidence.
3. SIT UP STRAIGHT! That means shoulders back, for girls you should have your feet tucked in behind each other (DON'T CROSS YOUR LEGS OVER THE KNEE), and for both girls and guys try your best not to fidget. Which means don't shake your leg, incessantly touch your hair or face, and don't shift in your seat too much.
4. Eye Contact!! Eye Contact!! Eye Contact!! You don't want your interviewer to think that you are easily distracted and don't have the common courtesy to look them in the eye when you speak to them, so even when they aren't looking at you keep your eyes on them! 
5. Ask questions!! Try to come prepared with a set of go-to-questions (I try to go with at least five..) that way when they ask you the infamous, "Do you have any questions for me?" You can say, yes and then just go from there.
6. Last, but certainly not least, when you say your goodbyes be sure to give yet another firm handshake and tell the THANK YOU! You want to be respectful and it's a good indicator of good manners if you thank them for taking the time to consider you for a position, scholarship, college, etc. So show them your gratitude and tell them you appreciate them letting you speak. 

Though these aren't all the do's and don'ts of interviewing, if you go in with at least these six guidelines in mind you'll have a fighting chance at achieving whatever it is you hope to achieve! If you have any further questions or comments feel free to comment on this post.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

When originally signed to read the first chapter of this novel, I had the typical and almost natural reaction that all teenagers have when asked to read something for class (you know? that guttural groan of distaste and slight misery? yeah, that one!). Yet like all good student I did as I was asked and read both the foreword and chapter one and what I found shocked me quite genuinely. It's not very often that I get to say this when it comes to books that are assigned to me, in fact the last time I said this was when I read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, but I'll come right out and say it: I thoroughly enjoyed what I read. Now, I must admit that it was late in the night when I read and that I read along with an audio book to make sure I wasn't absentmindedly skipping over parts but in spite of all of that I actually found the first chapter to be very interesting and it held my attention. So I admit with humbleness that I was wrong to feel that this book was going to be a burden and that I look forward to more.

I Am Here...

So how far have I come along since my last post that put me on the SMART Goal map? And how have I used this course in order to further myself towards my goals? Well... Let me think...

If I were to look at things the way they stand now I'd say I'm doing pretty well for myself. I've been accepted into a total of seven different universities and am waiting to hear back from several more. This course has been a great way for me to explore several different avenues of my thinking and I've been able to utilize the tools given to help me gain a familiarity with the AP Exam, but in all actuality what does that all really mean is my question.

What I've found out throughout my life, in the short amount of time I've been on this earth, is that success isn't really relative to whether or not you accomplish your goal. I used to have this misconception where you had to reach an end game in order to feel accomplished and happy, and to some degree this is true, but in reality if your happiness can only be measured by the success of reaching your goal then I'd rather be utterly unhappy. Success, rather than being measured by accomplishment, should be measured by personal satisfaction not in what you've done but with who you've become. So with this in mind I must ask myself, where am I? And I can reply with a sense of content that I don't exactly know where I am, and that's what makes everything so interesting. Just because I've done so well so far doesn't mean that things will work out the way I planned or want and I'm okay with that because even SMART Goals can be something you want but not something you need.

How Would You React?

I would probably react the same way John Krasinski and Emily Blunt did, depending on how nervous I was. How would you react? Hopefully not like Beckett...

There's No Better Moment Than...

Need I say more?

This Could Really Be A Good Life...

One of the things I really love about YouTube is that sometimes you stumble upon something that can really open your eyes. As some of you may know I am half black, so for years I've been researching as much as I could about my heritage. So when I came across this video by Alex Boye, let's just say I was really...REALLY...happy. So why don't I stop talking and let you watch the video for yourself. Alex Boye does and African rendition of OneRepublic's Good Life with the help of several other people as you will soon see. :)

Spring Semester Plan 1

When a high school student is essentially given the reigns to their education, I think it's safe to say that many of them don't know what in the Sam Hill they're supposed to do! Is this a trap? Am I going to be graded on my plan? Is there a wrong answer? Will the teacher think my plan is ridiculous? Believe me when I say, one of the most confusing and irritating questions I've ever come across in the course and in my life are, "Who (not what) do you want to be?" and "What are your goals? Your real goals, not the ones you think you should have because you've been told to have them." Imagine my surprise when these questions quickly became the center of my learning experience with Dr. Preston. So, with a bitter scowl on my face, I had to ask myself a question I had spent years trying to ignore and figure out how I could make this course help me answer those questions. Easier said then done. Yet after hours, and I mean HOURS, of thinking I finally came up with a semi-acceptable answer, at least for now. So, without further ado, I came up with two plans that I believe complement each other and can help me in the long run.

PLAN #1:
We spend the rest of this course practically worshiping the AP grading rubric. I want to eat, sleep, and drink AP literary terms. Most athletes want to eat lightening and crap thunder, well I want to eat Shakespearean sonnets and crap a five paragraph analysis that has a rockin' thesis statement (pardon the imagery)! In order for me to feel that I maximized the total utility of this course, I need to be able to walk into the AP exam and feel that what I've done in class was five times harder and much more time consuming. As strict and "unfun" as it may sound, I think this course should become an AP boot camp up until the exam. This means working on time management, breaking down texts, understanding complex concepts, understanding AP questions and most importantly WORKING ON TIME MANAGEMENT!!

By now, you must be wonder how in the world this answers either of the two questions above and if you weren't you are now. Well PLAN #1 helps the success of my goals because one of my many goals is to go to a four year university, so naturally it would only help to pass the AP exam. As for how this answers the "who do I want to be?" question, you'll have to read plan number two.

PLAN #2:
Now, during our AP boot camp I would also like for us to find out how each piece of literature we study relates to us and the world around us. As residents of the small, quiet town of Santa Maria, we have the luxury of being able to forget and block out the world around us because it rarely interferes with our daily routine. As a result, a lot of us are sheltered and have several misconceptions of the world around us, I am no exception. So I would like us to use the text we study to discover what's beyond the county lines and learn concepts/ideals that never occurred to us before. In no uncertain terms, I want us to use the texts we read and our research to discover who we want to be or at least put us on the path of discovering that.

AP Prep Post 1: SIDDHARTHA

Question 1-5:
http://www.greatbooks.org/resources/guides/novels/siddhartha/

1) What does Siddhartha mean when he refers to the "path of paths" that must be found? (p. 17) Why is he so certain that neither the Brahmans nor the samanas have found it?
ANS: Though I can't answer the question in the intended context, when you think about the passage we just read and the "path of paths" we can make the assumption that these Brahmans and samanas have not found their true path because they haven't explored all the paths. Siddhartha left his societal expectations in order to find his own path by exploring all paths that were available to him. In doing so he was able to transform and create the person he needed to become.

2) Does Gautama adequately answer Siddhartha's contention that "no one is granted deliverance through a teaching"? (p. 32) Why doesn't Siddhartha become one of Gautama's followers?
ANS: In order to answer this question I need to learn who Gautama is and read the conversation that took place between the two. Yet the reason why I chose this question is because I believe that this conversation plays a vital role in the passage that is soon to come.

3) What is the connection between Siddhartha losing his friend Govinda to Gautama and Siddhartha's "awakening"? What does it mean that "the awakening man was on the way to himself"? (p. 37)
ANS: When Siddhartha lost his only friend, Govinda, he lost the last connection he had to his former life and with that loss he was forced to face what he became hence the quote, "the awakening man was on the way to himself" because you can only embrace who you are if you accept who you are.

4) After waking up by the river, why does Siddhartha say, "I have nothing, I know nothing, I can do nothing, I have learned nothing. How wondrous this is!"? (p. 84)
ANS: Because he has abandoned all he has and all he has known to explore a world outside of his own and what he soon realizes is that we all live in vast metaphysical world in which unanswered questions, new experiences, and mysteries are infinite. Which in some ways can seem daunting because you are venturing into a world that is hard to prepare for but is also liberating in the sense that somewhere in that world is a place just for you.

5) How can we know who is the right teacher for us? Can wisdom be taught?
What is the relation of words to wisdom? Do words tend to enhance or limit wisdom?
ANS: These questions would be more suited as an essay question you would answer after reading the passage, but I'd you we're to answer them I believe the key points to address are individuality, self-discovery, and performative utterances.

NOTES: After going through all these questions it showed that I definitely need to have a strong understanding of themes, symbolism, and abstract thoughts within the text.

A Must See...

Normally I would offer some form of commentary prior to the video, but in all honesty... This speaks for itself, quite literally. ENJOY!

Literary Analysis #4: No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

http://garrisons95.wix.com/noexit