I Hear America Singing

I Hear America Singing is a very interesting short passage.  Throughout it there are jobs listed such as carpenter, hatter and mechanic etc.  In the short passage each man or woman working these jobs is singing their own song.  The mechanics song is blithe and strong while the singing of the girl that is sewing is described as delicious.  This reading is saying that in America everyone plays their own part in helping the world go round and round everyday. There is a particular quote, “Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else.”  This quote basically proves that the author thinks that each person has his or her job to do.  When the passage says that the night belongs to the night and the day to the day it is just another reference to doing your job and not worrying about anyone else doing theirs.  This whole passage is saying that there is a place for everyone and once you find it you will be happy and fit into that role.

Music Review

The song that I reviewed is Scissors by Liars.  It is a very unique piece of work that I believe is from a unique band.  The song starts out slow and goes for a while very softly and then out of the blue the music gets really loud and frantic and the singer starts screaming.  The song lulls you to sleep in a way and then startles you with a loud outburst.  I personally liked the song.  I found it hard to follow what the song was about as much of the words were mumbled.  I did not think that the mumbling was necessarily bad it added another effect to the madness.  The song was very soft and instrumental for half the time and the other half it was very heavy metal-ish.  I would recommend this song for anyone that would like to try something new out. I had not heard of the Liars until i found their song on theneedledrop.com so I think that they are a relatively unpopular band.
Here is the link to the video of the song.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04domJ7F0oY

Snowflake Battle

I will win this snowflake
No matter what it will take
I will win this snowflake

The snowflake is mine
Try to take it from me
And you will pay a heavy fine

The golden snowflake is warming
Like sitting by the fire
Toasting marshmallows like a rich squire

If you don't have the snowflake
Don't feel down, just know that
Someone else is better than you in this town.

Nick and Jay

Nick and Gatsby.  What are they? Friends, enemies, or merely acquaintances?  One could argue that they are any one of those.  Personally I think that they are genuine friends but do not fully understand that they are yet.  Gatsby at first views Nick merely as a gear in a giant machine of a plan that involves him meeting Daisy again.  Nick's first impression of Gatsby is a rich man who blows all of his money on parties and people.  After reading through chapter five in the book I think that even though they may not have thought they were true friends at first, I believe that through all of the difficulties and controversy that they will go through together they will bond and they will  become genuine friends.
Gatsby does not think that Nick is equal with him in society seeing as he is not nearly as rich and known to the world as Gatsby is.  Nick thinks that Gatsby is mysterious at first but once he gets to know him he starts to get a better understanding of what Jay Gatsby does.  Nick still finds Gatsby mysterious but he gets used to it in a way.  All in all I think Nick and Gatsby are genuine friemds but they just haven't figured itt out yet.

I am a Plow

I am a plow.  This blog is easily the most confusing that I have written about this year in american lit.  If I were a plow I would be pulled by a horse.  I would go through the toughest earth and turn it very soft.  I would be one of the more effective plows even though I am pulled by a horse not a stronger animal.  I would have been crafted as the best plow ever not a cheap plow that you would by from target.  You bought me at macy's.  I would have been feared by the ground that was to be plowed by me.  The horse that pulled me would not have to work hard pulling me because I was so light.  I would not have brute strength on my side but I would have been manufactured so precisely that I would not need to be strong because I was used wisely.  The horse that pulled me knew how to use me and was not like a mule that would just pull me, the horse had some skill.  Yes, if I were a plow I would be envied by all who saw what I could do.  Some would try to steal me but I would not work with the animals that they used to pull me.  My horse was the only one that knew how to pull me.  Without that horse I would be useless.

classroom improvements

Mr. McCarthy there is not a whole lot I do not like about your class (suck up alert)  but there are a few improvements that I feel will make everyone’s learning experience better.  For one you should get a bigger classroom.  I know you don’t have control over this but sometimes I feel smushed in classes.  All of my classes have small rooms so it is not necessarily just your class.  Another thing that should not be happening in your class are notes on every chapter of the book that we are reading.  I understand why we take them and I get your logic but it is just so time consuming that sometimes I forget what I am even taking notes on. Not really, but they are boring, most of the time.  One more thing, you should put Noah back on paper clips.  Haha just kidding, or am I.  That’s really all I have a grudge against in your class.  I like the cat pictures on the daily journals.  They are definetly a plus.

modern day slavery

Comparing today’s life and society compared to back when there was slavery in America is very hard.  There still is slavery in some parts of the world today, which is horrible.  But there is not the kind of slavery we think about in present day America.  Or is there?  No.  In my opinion it is impossible to have slavery like there was less than two hundred years ago in America or any other civilized country in present time.  But there are some situations that feel and look like slavery to me.  The main one is when an immigrant from a different country is looking for a job and gets one but their employer makes them do extra work and whatever they say or they will tell the government that they have done something illegal. Being an immigrant that barely speaks english and does not understand Americas’s laws that person would have to obey and essentially be their employers slave.  In America this seems to be one of the closest things to slavery I can think of.