Looking Back on Freshman Year

My best memory from my freshman year was playing basketball, going on all of the road trips, staying in the hotels, and waking up the next morning to go play basketball. I think that the most important thing that i have learned from my freshman year is that your friends that you used to be friends with back in middle school will change, and you will make new friends for the better. Some advice that I would give to the upcoming freshman is to not come into high school with a big ego, get your homework done when you get the chance in school, and try as many sports or extra curricular activities that you can. 



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A lesson that The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman taught me was that no one can hold you back from achieving what you want. Miss Jane started off as a slave and soon became a free woman. Even though Jane was free she had to fight through multiple difficulties to get money and where she wanted to go. Jane going through all of her difficulties and finishing through them is the lesson that no one can hold you back from getting to where you want.



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False Stereotyping

Slaves were stereotyped a lot when they were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation. One example of a stereotype is when the “God-fearing Christian”, said that she hated all the black people because they were the ones who stole from her. Her stereotype was wrong because not all of the slaves stole from white people. Jane and Ned were basically getting accused of stealing just because of their race. Jane and Ned decided to work so that they could earn money and food instead of deciding to steal.

Childrens Book Classic

The book that I remember from my childhood is Green Eggs and Ham. The reason that I think I remember that book is because it was funny. If the book wasn't funny I wouldn't have had interest in it therefore I would remember it. Another reason that I think other people remember it, is because they liked the book because it rhymed. But the best reason people I think people remember it is because the book was a Dr. Seuss book and everybody read his book.

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Animal Farm

The important lesson in Animal Farm is to sometimes question authority. The animals on Animal Farm always thought since the pigs have always been in charge and since they were smarter that everything the pigs say should go. The most effective element of allegory in Animal Farm, is when the animals said that they wouldn't become like humans, and later on did.






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Thanksgiving

The things that I am most thankful for are, my family, friends, and God. The reason that I am most thankful for them is because God put me on this Earth and lets me live, my family loves and cares for me and my friends give me things to do and people to talk to! My favorite Thanksgiving traditions are going to my Grandma's house and watching football then going outside and playing football. The reason that that is my favorite tradition is because we all come together as a family and have fun. The best Thanksgiving I have ever had was last years. The reason that that was the best was because my grandma made chess pie.
















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Casting a Movie

If I were to cast a modern film of Julius Caesar who would my actors be? For Cassius I would chose Jonny Depp. The reason that I would chose Jonny Depp to be my actor for Cassius is because in the play Cassius is daring and sly. I think the Jonny Depp in his past movies have portrayed those characteristics.

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For Antony I would choose Willem Dafoe. I chose Willem Dafoe to be the actor of Antony because I saw. Antony with kind of an edge, and Willem Dafoe was "The Goblin" in Spider-Man and he was the "villain" so I think that Willem Dafoe would have the edge.
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I saw Julius Caesar being a young, and dramatic man. That is why I chose Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo was in Romeo and Juliet. Caesar was portrayed as a noble and strong man. So I think that from the past movies that he did would make him a good pick for Julius Caesar.

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 Brutus was known as an honorable and strong man in Julius Caesar. That is why I chose Al Pacino. Al Pacino is known as a strong, and straight forward man. Photo By: Peter Martorano