Response to:"Immigrants in our own land"

Personally i like this poem a lot, it tells the truth about immigrants. I consider myself an immigrant and that doesn't make me feel embarrassed. Being an immigrant makes me feel really proud, we are the ones who do the toughest jobs in this country. The problem is that we don't even get basic things such as respect. Personally i can say that in our school there is a lot of racist people that think that just because they are popular they can make fun of us. They make fun of us and use word like "beaners, paisas and other offensive terms. This has caused my friends and i a lot of conflicts, but at the end all this popular people are cowards. When we face them they say "I'm sorry." That's when I ask myself aren't these guy's the ones who will beat up anyone who steps up and face them? I don't know if they really mean "I'm sorry" or they just say that because they see themselves in trouble. This problems used to happened to my friends and i years ago. Today they know that if they say something like that to us things will not end up good. I don't justify violence, but when someone talks bad things about your race, culture, traditions i stand up and defend what i believe in. I think this poem reflects what is going on in our society. Also it can make us think how much damage racism causes to victims it doesn't matter if we are Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, or Asians, at the end we are all humans that deserve to be treated with respect.

Poem

For once I don't want a steaming cup of coffee and hear the clomp clomp of my boss' high heels for once in my life I want to be taken away to the rivers and mountains on my four wheels where the birds chirp all day long and the whole place is carpeted with green where fresh milk and curd comes from the cows and no technology can be heard or seen just the clouds, the river, the mountains and the sun and at night beneath the countless stars I shall sleep in the morning the sun will kiss my face I will belong to a place where no one but silence speaks so take me away to the mountains today for inside these four walls I can no longer stay.

Source: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/take-me-away#ixzz3JZIS1gUV Family Friend Poems This poem is meaningful because as humans we are separating from nature. I would like to point out when the author says "no technology can be heard". Today technology is making us ignore nature. We forgot to value nature.

Thoughts on today's class

Today we learned that poetry is something special in american literature. Poetry is also used to express feelings and ideas humans have. In a few words poetry is an essential part of literature when it comes to express thoughts.

Fahrenheit 451 last 20 pages notes

Five old men helped Montag while he was esacaping from the mechanical hound. These men fave him a colorless fliud that would change the chemical index of his perspiration. In the TV the people in show pretended they captured Montag. Later Montag discovers that these man are former porfessors. Montag doesn't remembered the book of eclesiastes he memorized. The professors told Montag they burnt books because thry affraid someone could discover them. Professors believe they are model citizens. Montag seems to not care of what happens to his wife. Montag and some of the professors started talking of things they let behind. Montag remembers he met his wife in chicago. The war destroyed a lot of cities. At the end Montag sees hope of a better future.

Notes to page 140

-Montag tells Faber that captain Beatty is dead. -Faber tells Montag that he doesn't feel affraid no more. -In the news everyone talks about Montag. -Montag runs from the mechanical hound. -Montag made it to the river. -Montag started to listen to his hearth. -Montag thought that he would never burn again in his life.

Vocabulary: fall list 8

1. Ruinous: causing or likely to cause damage or destruction. The house has fallen into a ruinous state.
2. Quavered: to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous. Her voice quavered during the presentation.
3. Certitude:  the state of being or feeling certain. We believe with certitude that he is one of the best workers.
4. Notch: a narrow passage between mountains. The town is on the other side of the notch.
5. Perspired:  to emit matter through the skin. I was nervous and could feel myself start to perspire.
6. Manifested:  able to be seen.  Their sadness was manifested in their faces.
7. Latrine: an outdoor toilet that is usually a hole dug in the ground. Where's the nearest latrine soldier.
8. Uttered: carried to the utmost point or highest degree. The movie was utter garbage.
9. Parried: to defend yourself by turning or pushing aside (a punch, a weapon, etc.). He parried and then threw a punch.
10. Oracle: a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak. I met her long before she had become the oracle of pop culture.
11. Conscious:  awake and able to understand what is happening around you. Is the patient still conscious?
12. Feigning: to pretend to feel or be affected by something. I would never feign illness just to not go to school.
13. Leisurely:  without haste. The old hound dog leisurely sauntered over to his water.
14. Conjure: to create or imagine. A magician who conjures lives dogs from silk scarves.
15. Anesthetized:  to give drugs to (a patient) so that no pain can be felt. She was anesthetized before the operation.
16. Tyranny: cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others. The refugees were fleeing tyranny.
17. Folly: the lack of good sense or judgment. The folly of such an action should be apparent to everyone.
18. Dreary: causing unhappiness or sad feelings.   It was a gray, dreary morning.
19. Grotesque: one that is grotesque. A gallery of grotesque from some sicko horror movie.
20. Reckoning: the act of calculating the amount of something. I was more than $10 off in my reckoning.

Notes to page 130

-Beatty tell Montag that he looks sick -Beatty tells Montag thta fire is so lovely. -Beatty tells Montag where his books have taken him. -Beatty insults Montag. -Montag killed captain Beatty. -Montag turns to be a fugitive. -Montag wants to see Faber to regain hope. -Faber tells Montag that he thought he was dead.