Tolkien Quotes

1) "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."-J.R.R. Tolkien
I chose this quote first because it can be looked at from so many different perspectives and still speaks such a powerful message on faith. Faith plays such an enormous role on the lives of people, especially spiritually.


2) "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." -J.R.R. Tolkien
I decided to choose this quote since it portrays such an important and applicable message of time management. Time management is a big issue with people of all ages and can be applied to numerous segments of a person's individual life.

I found both of these quotes from a relatively famous quotations website called "The Quotations Page."

Here are a couple interesting links to some J.R.R. Tolkien websites:
Website #1: The Tolkien Society
Website #2: JRR Tolkien Online

Lord of the Flies

Golding Reading

ePortfolio Introduction

"Symptoms of Love" Discussion

"Symptoms of Love" Discussion
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"The Doll's House" Discussion

"The Doll's House" Discussion
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"Feuille d'Album" Discussion

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"A Haunted House" Discussion

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Response of Hope

Dear Virginia,
I'm sorry that you feel that way, but please don't feel like that. I know that what we have together is extremely special and one-of-a-kind, that's why I love you too. Our relationship together is so special, and nothing in this corrupt world should ever be able break us apart from each other. Please don't think that you spoil my life, because you actually make my life fun and enjoyable. 1 Corinthians 14:4 says, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud... Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." Our love for each other will protect us, which means that you should not worry. I really do love you, and I hope that you believe me and trust that my love for you is true. Be strong in the Lord, and make sure to ask Him for guidance! He will help you in these rough times! I hope to hear from you soon!
God Bless!

Lawrence and the Rocking Horse

Lawrence, D.H. "The Rocking Horse Winner." Print.

Joyce Recap

Joyce, James. "Eveline." Print.

An Araby Critique

Shayne Nakagawa and Brandon Kubo
"Araby" Critique

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AbhUJltxTlblZGQybXYydzlfMGN0ZHAydnJt&hl=en&authkey=CKbhzPkC

Yeats Tour

Kipling Short Story

1) Title: "Lispeth"

2) A key theme in this short-story is the fact that Christianity makes people strong and beautiful. Once a person drifts away from the religion, he/she will become frail and weak. Another important moral that is shown in the short-story is the importance to always tell the truth, even if the truth may hurt. Christians should never lie; therefore, the Chaplain's wife was wrong to lie about the Englishman returning to marry Lispeth.

3) This short-story was pretty good and engaging. Unlike many other short-stories, this story progressed very well and had interesting ideas that occurred throughout the whole story. The fact that this story spoke about "love at first sight" was probably another reason why this story was interesting, since it seems that many people have mixed opinions about it. To be able to notice that the author's views of "love at first sight" were similar to mine was pretty cool, mainly because the way that the events unwrapped after Lispeth's "love" to the Englishman was very similar to the way I would describe a "love at first sight" relationship.   

Kipling, Rudyard. "Lispeth." Read Book Online. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2478/>.

Hopkins

"God's Grandeur"

By: Gerard Manley Hopkins

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;

It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?

Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;

And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;

And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil

Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;

There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;

And though the last lights off the black West went

Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —

Because the Holy Ghost over the bent

World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

The last line, "World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings," clearly shows the literary characteristic of alliteration. There is a repetition of the sounds in both the letters "w" and "b" throughout the whole line, but mainly the letter "w."

Hopkins, Gerard. “Pied Beauty.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 675. Print.

Hopkins, Gerard. “God’s Grandeur.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 676. Print.

Answer to the White Queen's Riddle

The answer to "The White Queen's Riddle" seems to be some kind of shellfish, probably an oyster or a clam.


An ironic and unexpected twist that was shown in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" was the fact that all of the oysters end up getting eaten. We, as readers, were unaware of this fact until the very end of the story, when the Carpenter received no response.

Carroll, Lewis. “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 652-655. Print. 

Carroll, Lewis. “The White Queen's Riddle.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 652. Print. 
  

Have I Not Striven

"I Can Only Imagine"
by Mercy Me
____________________________

I can only imagine 
What it will be like 
When I walk 
By your side 

I can only imagine 
What my eyes will see 
When your face 
Is before me 
I can only imagine 

[Chorus:]
Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel 
Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still 
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall 
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all 
I can only imagine 

I can only imagine 
When that day comes 
And I find myself 
Standing in the Son 

I can only imagine 
When all I will do 
Is forever 
Forever worship You 
I can only imagine

[Chorus]

I can only imagine [x2]

I can only imagine
When all I will do 
Is forever, forever worship you 

Love Similes

Love is such a beautiful thing,
For it is much more than a new diamond ring.
It comes from somewhere deep inside,
First you must push aside all that conceit and pride.
But I myself have dug my way through,
To the other side full of something all so new;
A feeling that I have never felt before,
For my love for thee is growing more and more.

I love thee like a shining light,
For you have saved me through the darkest night.
I love thee like a freeing dart,
For you have punctured my loveless heart.
Watch it closely as it oozes,
All the hate from my internal cuts and bruises.
I love thee like a Happy Meal,
So good and yummy, let's seal the deal!

I love thee like a sunny day,
For we can go outside for fun and play.
I love thee like the rain and sun,
For I am a flower, and I depend on the special one.
Shower me with water and I will grow,
And the love for thee I will always show.
Shine the rays of love upon me,
So that I can blossom and will always love thee.

My Last Duchess

 

Browning, Robert. "My Last Duchess." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 14 Mar. 2011. <http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15701>.

Ulysses and Crossing the Bar

Tennyson, Lord Alfred. “Ulysses.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 633-634. Print.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred. “Crossing the Bar.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. 2nd ed. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 635. Print.