The AmeriCAN Dream

What is the American Dream?

The American dream is the ability to seize America's opportunities and become whatever you want to become. As long as you put in effort and strive to reach your goals you can do anything. Unlike other cultures or countries, you are not bound by class or race. You attend school with people from all walks of life and are free to become what you wish. The American Dream is for AmeriCANS not AmeriCAN'TS

You see some people define wealth as being surrounded by a caring family and nice friends, but my definition of wealth only needs one word: Money. (and some homies to chill with on your private Yacht)

Right now in America people give a bad undertone to the poor and the rich. Poor because they are seen as useless members of society and the rich because they are associated with greed. In my opinion you can't judge poor people because you don't know their story but at the same time if they are not doing anything to better their life why should they be respected? Wealthy people are often seen as greedy. This may be true but they worked hard to get to where they are in life so they should be respected. I mean money doesn't just fall from the sky. (unless you're making it rain at the club) (but you would have to be rich to do that) (rich people:1 poor people:0)

In the booming (roaring) 1920's the weather was perfect for AmeriCANs. If I had lived then i would of Started my own medical practice and would of gotten rich because i know so much more about medicine now than anyone else did back then. (I would of also averted the holocaust probably). Then i would throw some baller parties with the most fire Jazz music the world has ever seen.

LOL NOPE

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IOC Macbeth

...Enjoy

Criterion A
5-6 range because i knew the passage and the author. i stated the exact scene and act thus showing knowledge of the context and story line.

Criterion B
3-4 i feel as though i was missing some key points or devices in the text.

Criterion C
2  The only truly organized pieces were the beginning and end.

Criterion D
3 i feel as though my language was adequate

*P.S. i wasnt high when i made this i was just really tired/ sick

Ideas That Spread, Win

How to get your ideas to spread
Seth Godin https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread


Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and blogger who thinks
about the marketing of ideas in the digital age. He studies how ideas are spread and how to spread them. In his ted talk he uses pathos, ethos and logos to convey his message.

Pathos: He makes the audience laugh constantly to keep their attention.

Ethos: He establishes himself as an expert in the Field of marketing. He also has testimony from Business Weekly.

Logos: Godin uses logic and reasoning to explain his statements and help you understand them.


              In How to get your ideas to spread, Seth Godin talks about how businesses become successful and how people become successful by spreading their ideas. He uses the phrase "Ideas that Spread, Win". this means that if you want a product or belief to be successful, then the idea of that product or belief has to spread. How does an idea spread?
             
               Seth said that an idea spreads if it is "remarkable". You might think that remarkable is a cliche word that holds little meaning nowadays, but Seth told the audience something completely different. He said that remarkable means anything worth making a remark about. this is important because for an idea to spread someone has to say "wow that's a good idea". Someone has to make a remark about that product to his friends and so on and so on.

                In today's world in regards to products people have a copious amount of options and a minuscule amount of time. because of this Seth says that we should stop marketing to the general public and only market to the 1% of consumers who have an interest in your type of product and are always on the lookout for new ideas. marketing to them will cause them to make remarks about the product to their friends and co-workers thus getting the ball rolling.

 I found this Ted Talk really interesting because in life you will always have situations in which you will hae to convince someone else to accept your point of view or ideas about something. It also gave me a lot of insight on the culture that we are currently a part of. A culture of thousands of products and new ideas everywhere while we barely have any time to explore them all.

Hecate

 

1. Supernatural (obviously)

Ambition? Masculinity? Blood? Prophecies?
Did you mean: Supernatural

Supernatural is a show about two brothers named Sam and Dean that travel around the country curing towns of supernatural illnesses such as ghosts, demons, ghouls, witches and a whole assortment of evil entities. occasionally they get help from an angel named Cas who wears a trench coat. All other angels are dicks. I would further explain the plot of this show, but it doesn't have one.

Hecate is probably Supernatural's biggest fan considering the fact that the show has witches, prophecies, potions, and a whole array of dark stuff, he'd fit right in. Hecate was recomended this show because of his interests in Prophecies, Magic, Witches, and Evil.



2. The X-Files

The X-Files is about two detectives that try to uncover government
conspiracies and extraterrestrial activities.

Hecate would love this because of how he is one of the few people who are involved in supernatural events.


3. Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of movies about a boy named Harry Potter. He, and a lot of other people, have magical powers and have to fight bad guy(s) that also have magical powers. The series is centered around the trio Harry, Ron, and the main protagonist, Emma Watson.


Hecate would love this show because it has Witches and magic. . The fact that this was recommended for Hecate shows his inclination for the supernatural.








4. Hellboy

Hellboy is a series of movies about a demon child who was summoned by Nazi scientist during WW2 who, after a while starts working with the side of good to fight evil monsters. ( not making this up)

Hecate would love this because it incorporates mysterious evil entities, such as himself

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton To what extent would Shakespeare agree with this statement? Use the play and your own experience as your support.

            "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." I feel as if though Shakespeare would agree with the quote "power corrupts" but less so with "absolute power corrupts absolutely."
In the play Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, the theme of power corrupting is shown through lady Macbeth. When she hears about Macbeth becoming the Thane of Cawdor she gets taken over by the thought of having even more power and pressures Macbeth to kill king Duncan. Macbeth becomes overrun with corruption and falls from grace and honor in order to become the next king. The reason that I don't think that Shakespeare won't agree that absolute power corrupts absolutely is because even though Macbeth killed Duncan he still felt bad for his actions after they were completed.

A reason for which i would agree with this quote is that I've noticed that when people acquire leadership positions they become oblivious to the needs of the people which they are leading and often leads with a personal agenda in mind.

This guy was trippin' some major balls.....

          While touring the wonderful CAM art exhibit in Raleigh, North Carolina, I was introduced to the marvelous work of art, Blind self portrait listening to the beetles while scratching a notched stick so to invoke, the universal magic of the power of destruction, by Abraham Cruzvillegas. The piece (left) is composed of 169 pieces of paper painted over with acrylic paint, each one containing a random item (i.e. a sugar packet, a lid, a picture of a tree, you get the idea)







Now, one might ask: Why? Why make such a random piece of art and what does it mean? I have no idea. But art is up to interpretation so it can have several meanings. Good Ole Abraham Cruzillegas might interpret Blind self portrait listening to the beetles while scratching a notched stick so to invoke, the universal magic of the power of destruction differently than i, or any other person, might. Another question, Why name it that? I asked this question to the tour guide who assembled this piece and she told me that he was probably trippin' balls when he named it (her words not mine). I agree.

[insert sketch here]..... my computer's being lame I'll give it to you Monday

The reason that I chose this work to examine is that this is one of the only works of art that I found meaning in. In my opinion, the reason that the artist made such a weird name for the work is to give you more freedom to create your own meaning for this work, If the work had a set title then you would perceive the work in relation to what it was named, but since you cant do that for this piece you are free to create your own meaning.

When i look at this piece of work it kind of reminds me of manila envelopes, each one containing a random item. If you are working in an office and you receive a manila envelope you don't know what to expect until you open it. Just like in life you may not know whats behind the door until you open it. There are other abstract ways to think about this. You could think of it as "wow there could be anything covered up in this sheet of paper!" only let down by the fact it was only a sugar packet. It could symbolize how you can expect a lot out of life, only to be let down in the end... OK that was dark. Ima just go with my first interpretation of the piece.