Task	Findings	Line Numbers
Search for COMPARISONS your character uses. Choose several that particularly chime with your character’s personality. Summarize them or quote them.	Orsino says to Viola “Women are as roses” because their “fair flower, being once display’d, doth fall that very hour.” This quote means that women’s beauty disappears fast.	930-935
Find a passage that is thick with words that suggest a certain CATEGORY. Name the category and list the words that fit in it.	Orsino’s dialog suggests love, Orsino says many things about love, one of them being,”if ever though shalt love” and “For such as I am all true lovers are.”	900-910
Look for lines with a strong sense of DRAMATIC IRONY, lines where the audience knows more than one of the characters.	The audience knows more than the characters when Cesario (Viola) is telling Orsino about who she loves, this is shown when Orsino asks Cesario, “what kind of women is’t,” to which Cesario replies,”of your complexion.” This dialog means that Viola is saying that the person she loves is like him, which the audience finds funny because she loves him, he just doesn’t know it.	912-92
Consider how your character refers to himself. What style of SELF CHARACHTERIZATION is it?	Orsino characterizes himself as a lover and thinks he is the true example of one, this is shown when he says,” Come hither, boy: if ever thou shalt love, in the sweet pangs of it remember me; for such as I am all true lovers are, unstaid and skittish in all motions else, save in the constant image of the creature that is beloved.”	904-909

1. I think that men and women feel love in the same way. I think that men and women love each other equally, not that one loves one more than the other just because of their gender. I do not think that if men talk more they love the women any less.

In the beginning of the play, we are introduced to Orsino and it is obvious that he is in love with someone that doesn't love him. It also seems like he is drunk by the way he responds to Curio. When Valentine enters, she brings Orsino the news that the woman he loves will not be ready to love him for at least 7 years, because of her brother's recent death.

In scene two, Viola is introduced to the audience and it is shown that she has been shipwrecked in Illyria with the rest of the crew. Viola then asks who governs Illyria, which is Orsino, who she falls in love with while pretending to be his young messenger boy, but Orsino loves Olivia not her.       

This play takes place in Illyria, a fantasy world. In the Twelfth Night, there is a love triangle involving Viola, Olivia, and the Orsino. Orsino is in love with Olivia, Olivia loves Viola who is dressed as a man as a disguise, and Viola loves Orsino, but is disguised as his messenger boy. The name Twelfth Night is a reference to christmas and the twelve days that follow. When Viola talks about Olivia falling in love with her, she is stating how easy it is for a woman to fall in love and become attached even though she isn't really a man. I think it is true that the wrong people can "set their forms" in the hearts of both men and women. Olivia's confused attraction shows that both characters are having a rough time and are confused about life. In closing I think this play will be interesting and i look forward to reading it.         

Maze Runner

            In the book Maze Runner, the Glade is a society that is inhabited and run by teenage boys. In this society the boys create their own justice system and divide the tasks amongst themselves in order to function as a whole. Alby is the main leader of the society with Newt being second in command; these two boys are similar to the President and Vice President of the society, whatever they say happens. There are also more leaders that oversee the different groups of workers; Minho is the leader of the runners, Winston is the leader of the Butchers, Gally is the leader of the builders, Zart is the leader of the gardeners, and Frypan is the leader of the cooks. The boys make decisions in their society by holding a meeting with all of the leaders; this is called the council. The council talks about the situation at hand and comes up with a decision that pleases all the leaders. When each person is dropped off, they are evaluated on what skills they have, and the keepers pick which job they would be suited for best. All the leaders oversee their different workers to insure that everything gets worked out smoothly. One of the rules of the Glade is that no one is allowed into the maze after dark, because it is too dangerous. Another rule is that there is no fighting amongst them and that everything must be resolved with the leaders. They enforce these rules by holding a meeting and agreeing on a punishment whenever anyone breaks them. I do not believe that a group of teenage boys would be as successful as the Gladers were in their position. One reason I believe this is because the boys would not have been able to come up with as advanced of a system, and if they did some would oppose this system and others would abuse their power. The boys would also act more chaotically and primitive because they do not know anything about themselves or their environment. The Glade is a confusing place and in reality, the boys would not be able to handle the stress of living there.

              

introductory blog post

Hello, Class of 2013 and other viewers.

This is my first and last year here at North Broward. I am here because my cousins go here, and the school is nice. I hope to work hard for the remander of the year so I can get into college in the coming months. I like the campus and students at this school. I hope to improve my writing skills this year in English. I think the most important skills to develop this year are writing and grammar skills. I like to surf and do other beach related activities. This year in english, i hope to better myself by learning more about writing and reading more.

Over the summer, I moved from Pennsylvania to Florida. Also, I went on a cruise to the eastern Caribbean with my family.

   I took this picture last week at my house.