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I feel that I have gotten significantly better at analyzing literature and writing argumentative essays over the year.

Here are the answers to your questions.

1. On the AP test I found the rhetorical the most difficult, since I learned it so long ago.

2. Argumentative, I'm just good at BSing connections and data.

3. I enjoyed in cold Blood the most because it was suspenseful and easy to read.

4. I didn't like the crucible, it felt silly and didn't convey any of the fear of the actual Red Scare.

5. I guess i enjoyed the class a bit.

Stuffs

Well heres a list if stuff i carry, tangible or not.

1. Physical Stuffs
I have a ring that my grandfather gave me, engraved with arete, witch is accent greek for excellence, virtue, and courage, three values that I pretend to have. I started wearing it because, well I didn't want him to see me not wearing it, and now it feels weird when I take it off.

2. Goal Stuffs
Well, its probably unrealistic, but I've always wanted to work with animals when I grew up. i saw Blackfish on a screen at some restaurant, and it seemed amazing to work with such huge animals. I know the movie was trying to discourage that notion, but theres always going to be danger working with something that smart and that big and that strong.

3. Relationship Stuffs
I guess its impossible to right this part without a little bit of awkwardness, but i find that person to be my mom. I don't always seek recognition or inspiration but when I do its usually from her.

4. Personality Stuffs
Well lets see; stubborn, frank, ummmmm, maybe adaptable. I don't even know if you could call that personality trait. I'd actually like to be a bit more stubborn, so that I'd make myself do stuff and not make myself put stuff off. I have no idea of what others think of me, I just know my ego, and not the whole super ego part.

5. Memory Stuffs
I think I would take memories from my summer job, up at a nature camp, because the sum off those could probably provide somewhat of a moral foundation even if I didn't have my others. The End

The Devil is a Pretty Cool Guy

No time for intros. America is probably the country with the biggest fascination with the biggest fascination with the devil, ghosts, and paranormal activity. (An argument can be made for Japan being the most ghost-interested, but thats not the assignment) So its not surprising that hollywood has been able to churn out Paranormal Activity sequels to the future and beyond. (Disclaimer: I haven't seen any of these movies so this is based of trailers and what I've heard my friends say)

Anyways, the reason movies about ghosts and devils have been around for ever is that, well, stories about ghosts and devils have been around forever. from Dante's Inferno to The Exorcist. (Which is surprisingly not about exercising) But what makes Paranormal Activity such a success? This is probably because the horrors in that series happen to everyday American families, and it creates the feeling that it could happen to the viewer. I'm not scared if, say, i watch Alien, because I'm not on some mining rig lightyears away from earth. but the idea that the Devil could blight anyone and everyone is what makes the Devil a celebrity in america.

Oh and heres a picture of this proposed public statue in Oklahoma. The Devil is a pretty cool guy, I mean just look how happy that kid is.

The Modern Heroin Addict

Ichabod Crane, the protagonist of Sleepy Hollow, Americas first fable. he was a coward, a gold digging, manipulative, scheming coward, in a story where the antagonist is exponentially more likable than the Protagonist. Possessing only negative traits and being scared out of his wits by a head-lacking, vegetable -smashing cavalier, Ichabod Crane was the first character to be shamefully inducted into the anti-hero hall of fame.

Anywas, because  don't want to put thought into transitioning between paragraphs, I'm here to talk about the similarities between Crane and a modern anti hero. So let me introduce Mark Renton, from the scotish film Trainspotting. A heroin addict who's only hope in life is to get his next fix, Renton manages to make bad decision after bad decision. heres just an example of the shithole he's in.

So, spoiler warning from here on out, although I don't know why anyone would be reading this besides Mr. T. back to the assignment. The three major faults that put Renton in the same catagory as Crane?  He's greedy. He's lazy. And he's a coward too.

So the big spoiler here, towards the end of the film, he and his, well not friends, more of moochers, make a huge drug deal, and promise to split the money. He walks away with all of it in the middle of the night. Yes his friends might have been scumbags, but he steals 4,000 pounds from each one of them, lets just assume this is a lot, cause I'm to lazy to convert.

Also, his laziness. While he's staying in his distributors flat, his friend and fellow addict's baby dies from neglect. The entire flat was so consumed by their addiction that they didn't even notice that a baby was DEAD.

And finally the trait that makes him most like Ichabod. He's a coward, he ditches his best friend when being chased by bobbies (or whatever british police are called). He doesn't stop his psychopathic friend anytime he violently assaults some one. Yea its not as bad as being chased by a ghost, but there aren't many phantoms in downtown Glasgow.

So thats it, its not great, probably best described as adequate, but its better than a zero.