Matrix Blog-#2

1. I think Cypher decided to go back because he didn't want to face reality. I think that his reasoning is kind of valid but you have to face it sometime, everything can't be perfect. I don't think ignorance is bliss because something will come up and you can't deny reality.
2. No, he doesn't accept his role right away. Beowulf was put in charge by others but Beowulf is confident about it.
3. If everyone was perfect and logical then no one would make mistakes and you wouldn't learn through those mistakes. In IRobot the robots turn evil against the people and in the end the robots try to take over the world to make it better.

The Matrix Blog-#1

1. It parallels the allegory of the cave because Neo switches "realities" just like the prisoner in the cave.
2. Real can be defined as a fact to you. You know what is real because that's what your mind is telling you, real can change because you can gain more knowledge and come to a different conclusion.
3. I think that technology is controlling our world today because everyone is using technology and believing what we see on the internet as well so we don't think for ourselves. Technology has in some ways lessened the quality of life by lessening skills that people once possessed. Writing skills have probably decreased because everyone relies on keyboards.

"The Cave"

The Cave is an allegory about the reality of the truth is based on what you see. Socrates is trying to get across that the reality may be different than the truth based on what you experience and gain knowledge from. The opportunity to learn things then you have many possibilities to explore and create knowledge that is your own. If you go along with what everyone else is saying then you may not have as many opportunities as people that make learning their own. With the technology today, we as students, don't really have to think for ourselves because if we need help with something we can look on Wikipedia or on Google.

Sentence Composing #7-practice 2

Practice 2:
-Model: delayed adverb-visibly
-When she told him, she tried to excuse herself a bit, lamely.
-When he saw her, he smiled widely, excitedly.

Practice 3:
-Model: delayed adverbs-slowly and evenly
-She crossed Washington Avenue, purposefully and confidently.
-The bikers biked on Hynes Avenue, quickly and efficiently.

Practice 4:
1.-Model: delayed adverb-slowly
-Sample: delayed adverb-triumphantly
-Completely done, Sally raised her hand confidently.
2.-Model: delayed adverb-quietly
-Sample: delayed adverb-dreamily
-We hiked in the forest, nervously, where the trees swayed in the wind and made noises through the jet black sky.
3.-Model: delayed adverb-heavily
-Sample: delayed adverb-desperately
-The man was talking, quickly, with the two men, after a loud booming sound, his try was no use, it was already to late.

Argumentative Paragraph-Seven Deadly Sins

There are seven deadly sins that are in our world today. The venal sins include: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. Not all sins are shown in the Canterbury Tales. In the Miller's Tale, 3 men were coveting a very ostentatious woman, known as greed. The men were fighting for her attention and trying to get her to notice them. In the Wife of Bath's Tale, a knight is sent on pertinent journey. Searching for a what women want, the knight, finds an old hag who says that she will tell him what women really want. The old hag makes him promise that he will marry her. "That you will do, whatever it may be; The thing I ask if it lie in your might; And I'll give you your answer ere the night." The knight is a little shocked at first, because she is old and ugly. The knight is full of greed so the old hag says that she can be either beautiful, but she may cheat on him, or she can be ugly and stay true to him. He says that it's up to her, she decided to be beautiful and stay true to him.
The seven deadly sins may have consequences.

Sentence composing #5 practice 4 and 5

Practice 4

1. often surprisingly pleasant
-Leaf raking is outdoor work, actually quiet entertaining.
2. solemn face
-The baby's shoes were shaped like walnuts, very colorful and fitting very tightly against her small, tiny feet.
3.into the back of the truck
-I laughed as the guy tripped over the folded rug, as folded as a scroll, onto the floor.

Practice 5

1. then fell to the ground
2. four and four
3. tall, blonde, funny, and smart

Sentence Composing #5-Delayed Adjectives

1. Milk, sticky and sour on her dress, attracted every small flying thing from gnats to grasshoppers.
2. It seemed dreadful to see the great beat lying there in agonly, powerless to move and yet powerless to die.
3. The water in this pool has a dark clarity, like smoked glass, transparent but obscure.
4. Picture poor old Alfy coming home from football practice every evening, bruised and aching agonizingly tired, scarcely able to shovel the mashed potatoes into his mouth.
5. I am an enthusiastic laudress, capable of sorting a hamper full of clothes into five subtly differentiated piles.

Practice 2
1. They sang like angels, pure and sweet.
-They swam like fish, intent and quick.

Practice 3
1. We knew what her sister was feeling, happy to help.
-We knew we were going fishing, excited to go.