Technology

Thoreau views technology as a necessary evil, or in some cases purely for the sake of being lazy. He believes that technology is wasteful to the world. I have to disagree with him though, some of our technology saves lives and prolongs their lives as well. Technology also provides great entertainment. I probably would go throughout a whole day without technology, but i wold probably sleep for the whole day since my alarm clock would not exist lol.

thoreau podcast questions

1. The host views Thoreau as being a true American, and being a free-thinker.

2, Kathryn's view on Thoreau are based on his founding documents of America, saying that Thoreau set the example for modern day americans.

3. You get to enjoy a simple life, with a fulfilling happiness, and a universal view on self reliance.

4. The disadvantages of that lifestyle are lack of community, almost a selfish way of life, kind of an antisocial behavior, large protest against conformity, even good traits.

Cicil Disobedience

Im against the actions the government had made in the war in Iraq, even before the 9-11 event, America was exploiting the middle east for their oil. This leads me to believe that the government isn't in the Middle east to protect us, but more to secure their supply of oil from being cut off. I believe the best way to change these actions is to bring our soldiers back home since all they are doing there is securing the area, they would do much more with their lives at home. Maybe giving a speech to the people like MLK jr. did for the rights of blacks, might persuade them to take them out quicker..

Renegades of Funk

Some of the people mentioned in the song are Chief Sitting bull, Tom Paine, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. The singer admired these people because they were renegades of their age, like rebels. The whole band's purpose is to go against the system.

Science Fiction

Science fiction is a story in which can possibly be real in scientific terms, such as robots, Interstellar flight, aliens etc. William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Verno Vinge are a few examples of Science Fiction authors. Science fiction setting are the following but not limited to: Outer Space, Alternate timeline, Time traveling, The future, etc.

Banned Books

These books were banned for mainly the use of profanity, the reference to drugs, the explicit descriptions of sexual encounters, and the use of words like "whore" and "nigger". This shows that our country want to try and hide their "dark" history from the public eye. I have personally read Catch 22, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The catcher in the rye. I believe if I hadn't read these books, iI would be rather naive about these occurrences in history.

The last meow, Act. 9

Word:

-Bilger uses words like "queen", "sleek", and "ermine" to compare Lady to a celebrity because Lady is the most important character (or animal) in this story, the story revolves around her.

-Bilger describes Shawn Levering as having "the specific gravity of a man who knows exactly where to reach for his tools", he also describes Shawn as a strong man, so it makes the situation more intense.

-The medical terminology is described as "Chronic Renal Failure", in other words: her kidneys weren't working. Bilger uses this terminology to greatly enhance the situation that Lady was experiencing.

-Lady represents the life that is on the line, Shawn represents the inner conflict between saving Lady at the cost of being in debt, or to let Lady die and save money. The issue that is represented in the first three paragraphs is in order to save Lady, they need $15000, which they don't have.

Sentence:

-In ending the paragraph with “The ferrets are called Larry, Mo, and Curly”, it seems that the author might get back to the ferrets at a later time.

-The purpose of having parentheses in the third sentence is to clarify where the AMC have gotten their cats from.

-Bilger gives us a long list of exotic animals to give an example of how experienced and skillful the vets are at AMC.

Paragraphs:

- These paragraphs differ from a newspaper's paragraphs in the way the paragraphs describe the evidence provided, these paragraphs will give a somewhat biased view, while the newspaper would be more unbiased.