Walt whitham- to a stranger

Walt Whitham was born on May 31st, 1819.He was an American poet,essayist and journalist. His father was Walter Whitham and his mother was Louisa Van Velsor, and he was the 2nd of 9 siblings. Walt was generally assumed to be homosexual or biosexual. In 1833, Walt's family moved back to the West Hills leaving Walter alone at the age of 14, so he could learn how to set type under the Patriot's foreman printer William Hartshorne. Walt also had many different careers, he was a part of the printing trade, then he become a teacher, then in 1841, Walt quit teaching and started his own newspaper company called "The Long Islander", but an year later the company shut down because of his effortless work, and he returned back to being a teacher. 

His poem "To a Stranger", can be based on many things mentioned above. In one of the lines, it says "You grew up with me, were a boy with me, or a girl with me, I ate with you, and slept with you—your body has become not yours only, nor left my body mine only". Since Walt had many brothers and sister, this could be based on his relationship with them. Because it says you grew up w/me, were a boy or girl, this can mean it was either his siter or brother. Also it says I ate w/you, slept with you, because Walt lived in the same house and same roof as his siblings, it's obvious that they ate together and all slept together in one room. 

　

In another line "I am to wait—I do not doubt I am to meet you again" this could be based on his career as a teacher. Because since he was a teacher and then he quit and he became a teacher again, he might've made a friend who he got super tight with. But when he figured out he liked working with a newspaper company better, he probably retired and didnt want to work in a classrom as a teacher again. So this means that since he might not become a teacher again, he doubts he might meet his friend again.

　

Also in one line, where it says "I am not to speak to you—I am to think of you when I sit alone, or wake at night alone." I think this means that when Walt was 14, his parents left him in the city alone. And he might've written this based on that part of his life when he wasnt able to talk to his parents and he mightve thought about them when he was alone or awake at night alone.

I personally think that this poem is based on Walt's life and what he has been through. Because when I read about him online, I realized that there were many events in his life where he was separated from his loved ones. 

Bibliography:http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/whitman/bio.htm

Assignment 5

If I were in Charles Bukowski's place, I would not be satisfied with what I have. There are many reasons for this, but one of it is Charles did not live in a good environment, he got beaten up almost everyday by his dad. I would want to be living in a good and safe environment if I were in Charles place. Also he lived in a ghetto neighborhood, I would want to have a proper house and at least one car. I would also want to go to school and get a good education and make some friends, etc. I would also want mom and dad who love me and care for me, not getting beaten or cut by them.  People say money doesn't buy happiness but if I were in his place, it would. Cause if Charles had money, he would've lived in a nice house, gone to a good school and couldve gotten a good education and a nice job. 

Parent teacher interviews

If my parents ask about my grade in English i would say the reason why we didn't get a mark in English is because since its only been 3-4 weeks,we only did like 4-5 assignments. And I would show them my edmodo and the assignments that were assigned to me  and then I would show them my blog, and let them compare my assignments to atleast 3 other people. I would tell them what I think I should get for my work habits (G,S,N) and why I deserve this.

Edmodo code: 24qpst

Blog-jsangha1616.blogspot.com

Tattoo assignment

If I ever had to get a tattoo, I would get it on my wrist and it would say one God. The reason I would get this is because it has a very religious meaning behind it. In my religion, everyone believes that there is one God for every religion,and I respect that. I would get this on the top of my hand because that's the more clean part. It would be a small tattoo. When people see my tattoo, I want them to understand that I believe there is one God, and I am proud of my religion. My core values are represented in this tattoo. I think this tattoo would be good for me because I believe that there is one God, the creator of this universe, one God for all of us. 

Assignment 4-Extended metaphor

The term extended metaphor refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. 

An example of an extended metaphor I chose was from Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" 

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”

In the metaphor above, Shakespeare has compared the world to a stage.

Assignment 3-Myers Briggs personality test

Today I took the Myers-Briggs personality test and I got EIFJ. Personally,I think some of this is right but some of this is wrong.I got extraverted, and I agree on that because I'm open to everyone and share my feelings,because whenever I'm down or sad, I always need to talk to someone and share my feelings w/them. For the next one, I got intuition but personally I think that I gather information based on evidence. The next one I got was feeling, I think this one is right because I use my feelings most of the time because I usually speak what comes from my heart. And the last one I got was judgmental, and I think I can sometimes be like that, but in a nice way. I learnt that I can be sometimes open to other people and I use my feelings more then my mind. Before  this I had thought of myself as a person to keep my feelings to herself, but after taking this, I realized I am more open about my feelings. The person that was related to this was Johnny depp. Below is a screenshot of my test.