Immigrants in our own land pt2

The theme for ''Immigrants in our own land'' is that it's trying to tell a story about what he thinks and feels. It's also a way for him to describe the life he's living in.

Immigrants in our own land

The poem of immigrants in our own land by Jimmy Santiago Baca is that I thought the mood was pessimistic and a bit dark, the same for the tone also a bit dark and moody. 

Thanksgiving Break Plans

So over the thanksgiving break that's coming up which we are looking forward to, so my plans for next week is to try to get my most outrageous masterpieces finished so I can start new ones and they are going to be AWESOMESAUCE because ART is very, very VERY, VERY important to me. Another thing that I want to do is make more stickers because stickers are amazing and are very creative. Also being with my family which is very important.

Emerson Essay

            In Self-Reliance written by Emerson talks about title and thesis, what that means is
 the title says ''self-reliance'' and that means is to have self confidence because it's important to have confidence in yourself. The thesis also means an argument to what Emerson is trying to tell you.
          Emerson's main idea was supported by tone because the author explains his emotions
in the essay, he does this by telling us how he said this on his first stanza on the poem of the beginning '' he says man is his own star, and that can render an honest and perfect man,'' which means  that a man has his own star and is honest to be a perfect man.

         The diction is another supporting detail because he uses that to describe his feelings for example, he uses '' To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men-- that is genius''.

         The syntax is another supporting detail because the author puts the sentence together ''To believe your own thought, is to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius, because he's describing his life and other people's opinions whether their wrong or right. I agree with him, because he says things that are true and are related to everyone's life.

       A quote that Emerson uses is that ''being yourself is the greatest thing you could do to
 yourself because being who you are is the most important thing you could do''. That quote is so true because were living in a world where being yourself isn't good enough for other people and you change who you are just so people can like you. I love who I am and I don't need anyone's opinion to not be myself, because being yourself is the greatest thing you could do, all you have to do is be happy with yourself.

     Emerson ideas can help me in my own life because I can express myself the way I want to
and I don't have to rely on anyone to change my ways, because if someone tells me to change my ways, then their the ones who need to change.

Vignette

When I was 13 years old I went to Colorado with my mom. The reason we went over there is because I found out that my cousin ( who I have not seen for 8 years) was going to get married. I was really happy because of two things: the first one was I always wanted to see Colorado and how it is over there, and the other is I finally got to see my cousin who I haven't seen for so long.

Emerson for the young buck

What I learned in On Self-Reliance is to be yourself and try not to imitate other people because that makes you a copycat and be open minded and not being afraid of judging because your giving an honest opinion. I would explain On Self-Reliance to any ten year old by telling them to be true to themselves and follow their passion and focus on the beauty of life and not to let anybody drag them down because of other peoples opinions and be happy for who they are and not letting people change them.

Author in Progress

1. On the Emerson writing, I did well in writing what needed to be written. I need to work on organizing my paragraphs and explaining myself more, that way someone reading it doesn't get confused.