Immigrants in Our Own Land

My first impression on this poem was that the author sounds lonely and wondering how his life would have been different. When he talks about the immigrants that leave their countries because they have dreams and expectations but at the end those expectations and dreams are nothing anymore.
Theme- the night allows us to escape from reality to find peace in the harsh world.
expectations vs. reality
Tone- sad, depressed &lonely
Devices- metaphor: "Immigrants in Our Own Land", that the immigrants are actually the prisoners that are not free in their own country.
Free verse- the poem does not rhyme

Study Guide for "A Sound of Thunder"

I. VOCABULARY:

•  annihilate- destroy or defeat
• expendable- a little significance to an overall purpose
• infinitesimally- vessels in the circulatory system
• primeval- earliest age in the history of the world/an instinct of a felling or action
• resilient- to recover quickly or back into shape
• revoke- put an end to the validity or operation
• sheathed- encase something in a close fitting or protective covering
• subliminal- affecting someones mind without them being aware of it
• taint- a bad or undesirable quality or substance
• undulate- move with a smooth wavelike motion

II. LITERARY TERMS:

• foreshadowing- be a warning or indication of a future event

Describe what is foreshadowed in this story: 

When Eckels says that how different it would have been if Deutsher had won the election and when they get back to the future and Eckels finds out that Deutsher has actually won the election when at first it was the other person who won.

• simile- comparing two things using like or as

example: "There was a sound like a gigantic bonfire burning all of time."

• metaphor- a word is applied to an object or action 

example: "A Sound of Thunder"

• protagonist- the main character if the story the leading role and most important person

Who is the protagonist of this story?

The protagonist of the story is Eckels. His main goal is to get home safely and kill the dinosaur.

III. QUESTIONS:

 1. What company does Eckels visit? 

the safari that Eckels visit was Time Safari Inc.

2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?

the penalties for disobeying instructions was extra $10,000 + government action.

 3. About what is Eckels thankful? 

Eckel is thankful for that Keith was elected president of the US.

4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why? 

what some people wanted to do if Deutscher had won the election was that they wanted to go back to 1492 because they didn't wan't a man who was a dictatorship.

5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari? 

what happened last year was that 6 safaris leaders and 12 hunters were killed by dinosaurs.

6. Who is the Safari Leader? 

the safari leader is Mr. Travis.

7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them.

there were 4 other people on the trip who were Mr.Travis, Lesperance, Billings, and Kramer.

 8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur? 

Travis tells Eckels that the best way to kill is to shoot them first in the eye to blind them then shoot them in the brain.

9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? 

what has not happened yet in history was that Christ was not born yet, moses has not gone to the mountains to talk to God, pyramids are still on earth, and that Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler did not exists yet.

10. How many years did the men travel? 

they traveled 60,002,055 years ago.

11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it? 

it is were you walk on so no one disturbs the past.

12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey? 

they were sterilized.

13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets? 

they didn't want to bring back bacteria and to have extra oxygen.

14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot? 

Lesperance marked the dinosaurs with red paint and only killed those with no future ready to die.

15. What is a paradox? 

a situation, person or thing that combines features or qualities.

16. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do? 

he pretends to shoot in the air waving the gun around.

17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid? 

he knows because he says, "I'm shaking like a kid."

18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur? 

he said it could touch the moon.

19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot? 

they had red paint on their chest.

20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path? 

he was heading to the time machine.

21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead? 

they throw up

22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down? 

he offers them trophy picture

23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him? 

that they are going to leave him in the past.

24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them? 

he cuts the bullets out of the dinosaur.

25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return? 

the future was changed the letters on the sign were changed.

26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? 

a dead butterfly from the past

27. What does Eckels learn about the election? 

Deutscher won the election

28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels? 

Travis shoots him

Emerson's child

1. The way Emerson view the 2016 presidential election is that it would be important for him but to not worry too much. He would suggest us to move forward with our lives be believing in ourselves because we can make the world a better place for ourselves and for our community we should not let anyone tells us what to do or how we should act not even someobe that is racism like Donald Trump.
2. The way Emerson would suggest us to learn in school or elsewhere is that we should pursue our goals is that it does not matter where we learn as long as we learn something new. The way he would view our school and aspirations is that he would tell us to pursue your dreams and do not let anyone stop you from accomplishing anything in life. What Emerson would tell you to do after high school and how you should prepare is by having a goal and making everything possible to accomplish that goal no matter what happens because everything is possible in life.
3. What Emerson means by "yourself" is that he is trying to tell you to be yourself the person you are truly are when you are with parents or family members or when your in your safe zone. Many people are really different when others are not seeing because they are afraid to show their true self to the world because they might judge you because of your personality.
4. The way I would express Emerson's main idea to a 10 year old is that they should be who they really are like how they act when they are at home with their parents because their is nothing wrong with being yourself and you should not be afraid to be you to the world because every human is special in their own way nobody can be perfect. Every person is special and don't be afraid to be yourself because there is nothing wrong with that.

An Earth-Shattering Fart

What I thought about "A Sound of Thunder" is that the words of the author are very descriptive that you can pictured what the author is taking about. Another thing that I noticed was that "A Sound of Thunder" is easier to understand better than Emerson's Self Reliant. At the end of the story I learned that every action have consequences at the end and that if something was done differently then it was done before even if it was something of no importance it could have a big impact on the world. Like at the end of the story when I think it was Eckels that killed the butterfly and when they got back to the future everything was different because of the choice that he made he changed the world even thought it was something of not very importance bit actually it was very important in history.

Emerson Presentation Day 22 Notes

• all people that were consider crazy were actually the people that would make a change in the world

Emerson Presentation Day 1 Notes

• "trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string"

speak up trust your feelings and your mind

• "nothing can burn your peace but yourself"

now in days you ask others for advise but you need to ask yourself for advise, trust in yourself ask yourself first then ask someone else

My Emerson

Our project is that my group and I are making a poster with the body of Emerson and then we write some of his quotes in the figure it looks cool because all the quotes represent Emerson and the person he is.

Emerson said it

• "to believe in your own thought, to believe  that what is true for you in your private heart is true"

- there is nothing better than your original self don't be afraid to speak up because of  what others may say don't every care about what they think about everyone is special in they own way.

• "The secret of fortune is joy in our hands"

- taking joy in your working is to enjoy doing something because you love doing it don't let nobody stop you, if done something and you feel proud of it then you know you have done something great.

• "Nothing can burn your peace but yourself"

- when you see someone that didn't something the wrong way but were rewarded and you have done something the right way and you didn't get rewarded then you don't feel good because it's not fair, if you do something and feel proud of it you know you have done it right 

• "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last judgment"

- your first thought is important because it's our first choice of how believe in life to be whether you choose good or bad.

• "Just as a man who stands on his feet is stronger than a man who stands on his head"

- people that stand on their feets can be independent and see the world for what it really is and people who stand on their heads are more dependent on someone or something and they don't see the world for what really is they have another perspective of the world.