Think Creatively! Some of the creative things on my collage are a map of the country they travel to, blood to show how the war killed many that were an important part of the boy’s lives and fire to show how hellish it was when they attacked the boy’s village.

Reason Critically! I tried to use mages of war to show the hard time in their life and then use the images of Peter in high school to show that they refuse to give up and fight on until they finally found a peaceful place to continual their life. Their work pay off when a few were sent to the US to get education and come back to help the other.

Communicate Effectively! My collage shows the hard life they have. How they lost everything their home, friend, belonging and family. This will tell everyone their story and hopefully some will be kind enough to help them.

Live Ethically! I think that this would make people have empathy for the lost boys because they have to live a hard life, leaved their country, work for themselves and family, get use to the new couture and get education.

Ideas and Content

• In what ways does your writing demonstrate appropriate ideas and content? Provide examples.
• In what ways could you improve your writing to better express your ideas and enhance content? Be specific.

I think that in my Alchemist essay I show better ideas and understanding than in my Julius Caesar essay. I understand the story more and could explain what happen. For example I think I did a good job showing that Santiago destiny is the main idea of the story. I think that if I understand Julius Caesar better I will be able to show the hidden idea in it better.

Organization

• In what ways does your writing demonstrate appropriate organization? Provide examples.
• In what ways can you improve your writing to demonstrate superior organization? Be specific.

My writing show organization because it’s divided in to paragraph that fit the transition from the paragraph before it. This helps me because I know which paragraph is which. However there is still room for improvement. I will improve my organization by planning and drafting more. By doing this I can make writing an essay easy.

Personal Growth

• Do you note any improvement between your Alchemist essay and your Julius Caesar essay? Why or why not?

My Alchemist essay is better than my Julius Caesar essay therefore there is no improvement. The reason that there is no improvement is because for the Alchemist essay there are a lot more planning and draft than the Julius Caesar essay. I also think that the other reason there is no improvement is because Julius Caesar is harder to understand than Alchemist. I think that if the story is easy to understand than it will be easier to write about.

SLR Reflection

• Choose one SLR and discuss how you access this SLR when crafting an essay.

I think that when I write an essay the SLR I use most would be think creatively. This is because I have to think about everything we put into the writing. Thinking creatively will also help me make good judgment so I would know if I need to change something. I believe that thinking creatively will help me make good writing that keep on getting better and better.

Antony

Antony’s loyalty is the motivation that started the bloody war against the conspirators. His loyalty for Caesar never changes even after Caesars death. “When Caesar says, ‘do this,’ it is perform’d.” Act 1 scene 2 10. This indicates that Antony wills always serve under Caesar and only take orders from Caesar. After Caesar’s death Antony’s rage builds up inside him and he takes his revenge against the conspirators by building up an army, hoping to kill them. Antony is motivated to revenge Caesar because of his loyalty to him and his commitment to the Roman people.

Antony’s loyalty to Caesar comes from his love for Caesar and seen the conspirator kill Caesar so Antony avenge Caesar by leading an army against Brutus and Cassius who are the only conspirators who is alive. At first Antony befriend the conspirators so that they are unaware of his true intention, which is to find a way to take revenge for Caesar. “Pardon me, Julius! Here wast thou bay’d, brave hart; Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunter stand, sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe … Cassius: Mark Antony – Antony: Pardon me, Caius Cassius: the enemies of Caesar shall say this; then in a friend, it is cold modesty.” Act 3 scenes 1 204 – 214. Antony plan work because he got help from the roman people. By successfully convinces the people to kill the conspirators he has got an army that is ready to attack on command. With an army he is ready to make Caesar wish come true. “… Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge, with ate by his side come hot form hell, shill in these confines with a monarch’s voice cry havoc and let slip the dog of war.” Act 3 scenes 1 line 270-273. Antony believe that Caesar will come back to command the army to seek revenge for him.

Antony thirst for revenge comes from Caesar death. When Caesar die Antony feel like he lost direction, leadership and a good friend. This made him seek out the conspirator and kill off each person one by one. “A curse shall light upon the limb of man; domestic fury and fierce civil strife shall cumber all the part of Italy;” Act 3 scene 1 262 – 264. Antony love for Caesar is greater than his love for his country. He would get revenge for Caesar even if it cost were a peaceful Italy.

School of Athens

If I could be part of the painting The school of Athens I would like to be Diogenes because of his teachings about how to live life. He taught people how to use self-control and to pursue virtue though simple living. His teaching is similar to the Buddhist teaching which is my religion. We believe in taking the middle path in achieving self-control, virtuous lifestyle and simple living. The middle path is the way of living with enough worldly things but not too much and not too little. A good example of not living the middle path would be if you gave most of your money away to help others and suffered yourself as a result. This would be wrong and considered a sin in Buddhism. It would also be the same as buying everything you wanted and not content with what you had. This would also be a sin.

How Art Mirror Society

You can see many things in art. You can see architecture, important events, the artists, mood/feelings and society itself. All of this would be from the artist’s perspective. What he sees, thinks and feels. Artists from tribes use art to show us their culture and festivals. Artists from the Renaissance painted the architecture that they saw which was the Roman architecture being recreated again. In time of war the paintings reflect the artist feelings and thoughts about the event that is going on. Through the eyes of the artist their paintings show society as they interpreted it. The painting 'The School of Athens' shows us all the great thinkers from different time periods in one room. On the left there are the great thinkers that believe in the spiritual world represent by Plato who is pointing up. They are the mathematicians and church officials. There believe in the hereafter. What matters is how we live on earth so we can go back to our gods when we die. The other group, which is represented by Aristotle, believes in the secular or non-religious world. This included science and astronomy. They believe in the tangible world around us. What you can see. The afterlife was not important to them. Raphael also chose to show the Roman architecture in his painting, which also reflected both groups in the designs. We could tell it Roman architecture because it has rounded arch and the column has stature to decorate them. Raphael’s art was a mirror of the society at that time. It gives us a picture of what was important and valued in the higher Renaissance.

Leonardo da Vinci

Da Vinci was a true Renaissance because he was crafting new ideas for art, science, warfare ,etc. Leonardo was an accomplished philosopher, scientist, architect, engineer, painter, designer and physiologist. This was a time when most of these areas of study and areas of new ideas came about. He became accomplished at most of them. Since he was a young boy Da Vinci was interested in nature. He want answer to all of his questions. When Da Vinci grew up he secretly dissected bodies to see the inside and draw them in this note book. Da Vinci did not go to school and since he is left handed he wrote from right to left. This is the Da Vinci code. He wrote down his ideas in his note books and many of his ideas were not tested. Some worked and some didn't. Resurrecting old ideas and creating new ones. This is why Leonardo Da Vinci was a True Renaissance man.

We can make a Difference

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience. and inspiring his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream", he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated. By http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

Martin Luther King Jr. showed us that one person can make a difference. He believed that there can be peace and equal rights for all in this world. Everyone should be treated the same way. It did not matter what race you were, we are all the same. If you want to be treated nice you must start being nice and people will return the kindness. You must put yourself in others shoes to know how they feel. Empathy is important to understanding the world around us. Martin Luther King Jr. really believed that anyone can have a dream and make a dream come true.