Romantic Period

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Gothic
This period was mainly just imagination. There was the Lure of Gothic. Horace Walpole buit a mansion as we see today called the "Little Gothick Castle". This was idelized back then as we in the U.S. idelize the White House. In 1764 Walpole built another Gothic Ruin and filled it with monsters. His novel "The Castle of Otranto" used ghosts and living statues in a forest to illistrate a royal family's fall. He was one of the best known Gothic writters of this time.

Tyranny of Laissez Faire
So....I guess this is when the Government started to become corrupt. Nice little villages had these townspeople to hand make all of there goods. Hand made wheels, baskets, pottery, etc. Life was all fine and dandy as you would say. Now the government pops up and makes all of these factories to make all the goods. Hince the Industrial Revolution. This put all of the working people out of jobs. Eventually they would go to the big rich guys to find a job that put them out of business. They didnt get paid good at all because all of their work was not valuble to them. They had all of the big equipment to do all of the major work.


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To me they seemed to have a hard life back then. The poet's had alot to write about, but despite it all, it just seemed tough. With the industrial revolution comming, it brought alot of markets in the city down. But everybody seemed busy bak then.

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The Tyger By: William Blake
This seemed to point out the danger and the discription of a tiger. As well as the atrinilen of the person that saw the tiger.
And what shoulder, & what art. Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? & what dread feet?

Composed upon Westminster Bridge By: William Wordsworth
A village that is dull and ordanary. But the ordanary is the highlight of the words used in the poem. I think he's pointing out that plain dull thigs are still beautiful, and it's so true when you think about this.

And Thou Art Dead, As Young and Fair By: George Gordon
This guy was in love with this girl. No matter any aspect of life, he still loved her til the end. And when she died, he still cared. Pretty much said love will never fade, no matter the circumstances.

Bloodless Revolution

1. The bloodless revolutions was pretty much an over through in a way...to me. England was pretty much thought as a dictatorship like Cuba is today. The rulers they had were not good to the people. They even had one of thier rulers beheaded (Wow!). After going through many rulers, the bottem line was what they called the Pope. As of today, England is still powered by a Pope.

I thought it was pretty interesting about the background they had. Even the acts they did were not shocking then, but now they would be herendous. I mean think about it, killing president Bush would be so shocking today. Then you've got all of these charges brought up. But back then they didnt have charges. The interesting thing to me is, after all of the rulers they went through and settled on a Pope in 1688, and is still present to this day.....just not the same one of course.


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Satire- Pretty much the use of sarcasm like imitating someone using sarcasm.
To me its kinda like making fun of or mocking a person.
Examples- Saturday Night Live. They make fun of celebs by dressing up and mocking them.


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The was an weird story. It talked about this English guy in his cure for Ireland's problems. His plan for hunger and high population was to kill the children for population, and eat them for hunger. Personally I wasnt impressed. It was sick and horrific to think someone would come up with this nonsence. They had crazy laws back then so I think he should have been beheaded or something of that nature.


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This was a very I guess cool piece of literature I read. It was the diary of Samuel Pepys. He wrote about his life in London for nine years, and recording everything in good detail. For the most part, he seemed to be happily married to a 20 year old, while he was 27. They had their arguments like many couples do of course. On Sep. 2, 1664 the great town of London cought fire and burned to the ground. The city was devistated. Everybody scattered to grab their things but the poor people stayed in their homes as long as possible.



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I liked all of the stories I read in this section. They were all true so it told alot about how times were way...back in the day. But the modest proposal was a pain to comprehend at times. For the most part I learned alot about the English past and got to compair the stories I read to what is going on today. As well as the differences.

Sonnet 89 By: Supra King

A day in school is likea piece of fruit,
sometime it turns out very sweet.
Too much work makes you wanna toot,
and my carful plans fall at my feet.
A day at work is like a cool drink,
a job well done satisfies my thurst.
One more beer and Im ready to think,
another turbo to install though its not my first.
A day driving is the best of all,
I hit the gas and watch the trees fly past.
I hit a drift without a fall,
with the blue lights behind me I knew I was too fast.
But no day has a sadder curse up on it,
than sitting here writting this stupid sonnet.

Renaissance Poems

1. In the Shakespeare poems, to me the rhyme scheme is less complicated and so is much easer to comprehend. The main difference has to do with the linking of the rhyme sounds between the quatrains of the Spenserian sonnets (A,B,A,B-B,C,B,C-C,D,C,D). In the the Shakespeare sonnets, the quatrains do not share any rhymes. There for, in the Shakespeare sonnet there is one more rhyme sound used (7 Sounds), where as in the Spenser sonnet the total rhyme sounds is only 5.


2. In the first quatrain, the question of compairing the lady to a summer's day has to do with "climate" (temperature, wind). The second quatrain focuses the question on whether the sun is out or behind a cloud. In the both of these quatrains the lady's beauty is preferred to the summer's day. But in the third quatrain the poet claims that the lady does not change as does every summer's day. In the final quatrain this claim is explained by the idea that the poem itself will ensure the lady's immortality.


3. Sonnet 29
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, (A)

I all alone beweep my outcast state (B)

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries (A)

And look upon myself and curse my fate, (B)
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Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, (C)

Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd, (D)

Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, (C)

With what I most enjoy contented least; (D)
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Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, (E)

Haply I think on thee, and then my state, (F)

Like to the lark at break of day arising (E)

From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; (F)
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For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings (G)

That then I scorn to change my state with kings. (G)

The first quatrain, it discribes the poet's mood of discontent and lack of success or aproval with other people. The second quratrain leads out from this to express his envy of those who are more fortuante or better off than he is. Then the third quatrain the poet expresses how the thought of his friend changes his mood to one of happiness and gratitude. The final quatrain claims that the poet's love or friendship makes his life on a par with any king himself.

Sonnet 75
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, (A)

But came the waves and washed it away: (B)

Again I wrote it with a second hand, (A)

But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.(B)
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Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay (B)

A mortal thing so to immortalize, (C)

For I myself shall like to this decay, (B)

And eek my name be wiped out likewise. (C)
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Not so (quoth I), let baser things devise (C)

To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: (D)

My verse your virtues rare shall eternize, (C)

And in the heavens write your glorious name. (D)
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Where whenas Death shall all the world subdue, (E)

Out love shall live, and later life renew. (E)


In the first quatrain, he repeatedly write his lady's name in the sand on the sea shore. Each time the tide comes and washes her name away.
In the second quatrain the lady reminds him that it is as pointless to praise her in verse as it is to hope that her name on the sand will resist the tide. In the third quatrain the poet denies her claim and argues that her beauty will live on forever in his poetry as it diserves to do. The final quatrain emphasizes that though death conquers everything else their love will live on and inspire the future.

Renaissance Summery

One of the things that happined back then, was a plague that killed 1/3 of Europe's population. A few years later the printing press was invented. This made it alot easer for books to be made. It made the prices go down on books and the Monks didnt have to copy books any more. King Henry VIII had one wife but wanted a divorse. The Pope didnt allow it though. He started his own church and had 6 wives. All but one dies or were killed. The one that lived, lived longer than King Henry.

Capone (155-378)

As I read more into this book, it got really interesting. He was the original "Scarface" from the movie made in 1939. Then there was the remake with Al Pachino...but I dont think it was pointed at Al Capone. The book went into complete detail on his life and the murders. He had two main hit men on his side. These are the two from the shocking St. Valeltines Day Massacer, where he lined up the whole bank staff and had them all shot to death with the imfumous fully automatic Tommy Machine Gun. This was the most memreble part in Capones life. He had his hands in few drugs, mainly more of hits and random murders. In the end, Capone eventually dies from syphilis. But other than all of the horrible crimes he did, it was a great book to read and the marked a time of history in U.S.

Capone (1-155)

This is a very interesting book I got form a buddy of mine. It tells about the life of Al Copone and how times were back then. We all see how he was a bad figure, a thug, and an outlaw. But in the story, there is much more to that. He would actually help people that were in debt. He would give them money an say "Im going to rent your spare room" but would never use it. It was more of a cover up for the poor people. I'm sure as I read more into it, it will go to more detail of all of his crimes.

Mentor Log- April 10, 2007 (8.5hrs.)

April 6, 2007
Went to hang out with Danny and helped him with his new bike.

I met again with my buddy/mentor Danny this past weekend. He just purchased a new bike, so we played with it a little. It's a late model Honda Shadow. We went and did a complete tune up on it. This was time consuming because of it being a tight area to work in. It was educational and pretty interesting as well. I'd say we probaly spent about 2.5 hrs. on this. So we poped open some drinks, and went to work. We started on the spark plugs first. Replaced them with Denso Tri Prong plugs. This makes a more hotter fire for the block, as aposed to the single prong plugs. I run Denso Quad Prongs in my 89 Toyota Supra. Next we replaced the spark plug wires. Since he really dosn't listen to his radio on the bike, we went ahead and ran all copper wires. This will deliver more horse power and quicker response to the wheels. The oil filter was next. Danny showed me a trick to this. Once you drain all of the old oil out of the system, grab your new filter, put some new oil on your finger tip and run it along the filter rim. This will give your oil filter a better seal.
The next three hours we worked on his 1994 ford Branco 4x4. He got some new toys to put on it and was eager to put them on. There was a new brush guard and KC high beam fog lights. He had a old bruch guard on it that was in horrible shape. We tryed taking it off the normal way with the nuts and bolts. This was not easy. The brush guard was welded on to the frame as well as the bolts. So we did as much as we could, then we got the cutting tourch out. Mmm...much fun! Ones it was off we started cleaning up the front end. Then we put the new chrome brush guard on. Pretty easy, but took a little bit of time. Then we drilled hole in the brush guard to mount the fog lights. This took like 2 seconds. He gave me the fun part. I had to run the wires to the ditribution box under the dash. After all of this hard work, it was time to play. We went out that night to a new subdivision and ran stuff over and spot light animals.

How I Found The Strong (1-103)

This was a pretty interesting book when i started it, and i dont even like history books. It's about this little kid and his dads slave named Buck. His dad and his uncle went to war with the North for the Civil War. And it was pretty much about how they spent there time back in those days. It also went into alot of detail about how the slavery days were as well.

Mentor Log- April 2, 2007 (3hrs.)

Feb. 10, 2007
I stayed at Danny Branson’s house to try and plan out some drift spots.

5:00-8:00p.m.
About 5:00p.m. we got board and took his 1989 Nissan 240sx out drifting in Occonee. At this point we went around town trying to find some spots to shoot a drift video.
We then came back to his house around 7ish and our other drift buddy C-Lowe came over in his 1992 Nissan 240sx Hatchback. Danny is planning (already sold) to sell his car so we were deciding on what car to use. We still can use Danny’s, C-Lowe’s or a few choices from Street Stuff in Athens. This went on for another hour. We havn't set up another time to meet yet, but will prob be pretty soon.

Middle Ages

Miller- A very strong fellow. Build broad and big boned.
(He was stoutly built, broad and heavy.)

Knight- A true gentleman with honor. His attire was good, but not too fancy.
(His steeds were good, but he was not gaily dressed.)

Squire- Very active with great strength. Short with a gown with sleeves long and wide. (Wondrously active, agile, and great of strength.)

Yeoman- Seems to be a worrier in a sense. Wearing a green hooded coat.
(And he was clothed in coat and hood of green.)

Monk- An outrider who liked to hunt. He wore a fur attire.
(An outrider; hunting was his sport.)

Cook- Prepares stew and a tasty dissert. He had an open sore on his shin.
(That on his shin an open sore had he.)

Merchant- The man to buy and sell. He had a forked beard and a beaver hat.
(Upon his head a Flemish beaver hat.)

Wife of Bath- Somewhat deaf. Her face was bold.
(Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.)

Plowman- He was a true hard worker. Wearing a tabard robe.
(A true worker was he.)

Shipman- Believe it or not, he was a sailor. He wore a gown.
(There was a sailor, living far out west.)

Reeve- A slender man who shaved his beard as close as he could. He was head of the town.
(The reeve was a slender choleric man, who shaved his beard as close as ever he can.)

Parson- A good man of religion. Looked like a pastor.
(A good man was there of religion.)

Franklin- This guy had a white beard. Loved to dip his bread in wine.
(White was his beard as is the white daisy.)


The Miller Story
I thought it was an okay story. It just seems to me too much like a soap opra, with all if the drama. The relationship was okay at first. then they started cheating. And we all know thats all that happins in soap opras these days. So it wasnt all that bad too me, and I'm assuming she was pretty hot if she had some dude build stuff her and get busy with the other guy.

Relating this to real mid evil times is easy. It was said that women were highly idealized in mid evil culture. The main girl in this story was Alison. As the main girl she was also the main person in the story. All of the drama came back to her. "The women where highly idealized in Medieval culture". If you ask me, it's seems pretty relavent as to today being with all of the drama.

The Last Juror (305-526)

These last few chapters were pretty predictable because of the title of the book. The murderer went to trial. This went on and off as to convict him or not. We all know how these kind of books and movies tend to drag on. But in the end, he was convicted of rape and murder. This got him life without paroll.

The Last Juror (205- 305)

Willie and some of his redneck buddies go to thier house for some fun. They go to a goat cookout at one of the guys houses. Willie trys many new things. Such as chitlins, moonshine, and some other exotic southern treats. They give him a gun for protection and take it to the woods for some target practice.

The Last Juror (120-205)

This chapter pretty much talked about this girl named Rhonda. She was a widow with to young kids. A boy and a girl. She started hiring babysitters so she could go out for a good time. Going out to eat a hittin' the clubs. She was then stalked by a man named Danny Pagitt. He followed her home one night, waited til she put her kids to sleep, and then broke in. He then raped her. Her kids came in to see what was going on and saw it all. She was so loud that her slit her throut, killing her.

The Last Juror (60-120)

Willie's mom died when he was 13. She was suffering from anorexia. He never had a hot meal prepared for him in his childhood. As a teenager and a student, he relied on beer and pizza. He loved riding around town in his Triumph Spritfire with the top down. When he came to the south, he then learned that eating had nothing to do with hunger.

The Last Juror (1-60)

I'm reading The Last Juror by John Grisham. This is a very interesting book. It's about this guy named Will aka Willie. He took over a news paper business in a small county called Ford. The towns paper was failing bad until Will come to town. The old editer for the paper died and they were in need of a new guy to fill the job. Will got has degree from Syracuse

This Is The Deal

Yo whats up? It's Casey "Supra King" Garrison, or just Supra. I'm a senior to Classic City in Athens Ga. I love and life for cars. I have a 89 Toyota Supra and a 94 Mustang GT 5.0
I hope to open my own auto customization shop in Tampa one day. Im always workin' on my cars, fixin' them up and makin' them sound better. So hit me up if you need anything. I like muzik and working on audio systems. I had the loudest system in Jackson Co. when I went to Jefferson High the past 3 yrs. I have the best girlfriend in the world and absolutly love spending as much time with her as I can. But other than that, Im just tryin' to graduate and get my late model Supra.