To a Stranger

In my opinion the poem "To a Stranger" by Walt Whiteman is not about one person as well and there's reasons to that.

    It's not about one person because I have researched that Whitemans sexuality was described as a bisexual. I had made an assumption saying that he had lost someone very close to him but that is clearly wrong. When Walt Whiteman says "I can't talk to you, but to only think of you", I think that's an indirect message to his lover because it is the 1820's where it is unacceptable. I think that's it's written to his lover because it has been said that he    A few intimate relationships with men such as;Peter Doyle and Bill Duckett. Bill Duckett because he had actually moved in with him for several years. So there's this evidence but he also had relationships with women such as Ellen Gray. I wonder if that was just a coverup because he couldn't love the same sex openly.

 

In the line "I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you", to me that sounds that in a different life he could love a male openly. Basically being reincarnated.

Content

The person behind the words in the poem is saying being content is okay with him and I agree with this.

He's content with "drinking alcohol and living with whores" and waking up in cheap rooms. But he's okay with it because it's better than what he had before.He doesn't have good relationships with people but living with whores is probably the best for him.At least it is a relationship. waking up in cheap rooms and sleeping in park benches seems pretty bad. But for him it's better than home.

He wakes up looking gross but he still smiles.I think he does that because he knows that it's better than being cut up by his dad.His dad abused him as a teenager which lead to him drinking.

To make a personal connection with being content is like cleaning my room. Sure my mom doesn't like it but I'm satisfied with the way it is. It's just my style. It's like his habit of drinking, hard to stop. I can find clothes easy but my parents can't. So in a way people can't understand his drinking or living with prostitutes but he's satisfied

Interims

 Interims are going home today and we're not getting a grade so mom don't get mad. In this class we use our phones everyday so if you really want to see how I'm doing here's where I write all my assignments: http://armansahotaenglish10.blogspot.com/. But we hand in our assignments on edmodo. edmodo is a website where the students and the teacher can interact online. We can see other classmates' blogs and comment on them. I think I'm getting a good mark because I hand in assignments on time, I participate willingly as well. I think my assignments are fairly good so that could be another reason why. But I don't want to jump to any conclusions.

Tattoo assignment

 That tattoo that I drew and chose to represent me is a lion with two flowers and a punjabi saying which will be tattooed onto my shoulder/top of my arm.

 The lion is the centre of attraction. It shows my "roots" as well as my personality. It shows my "roots" because my middle name which is Singh means lion or sher in punjabi. It shows my personality because I'm bold, brave, intelligent and also loyal. It shows intelligence because the king of the jungle cannot be dumb, shows loyalty  because a lion has its obligations which it fulfills. The lions eyes are a lime green because it's my moms favourite colour.

 The two flowers are Lilies because that's the birth flower of my sister. It's the Lilly of the valley but I thought the Lilly would look nicer. There's only two because there's only my sister and I in our family of four. The colour of my flower is a darker green because that's my favourite colour.

 The saying which is at the top and bottom of my lion is from our holy book or as we call it the "Guru Granth Sahib Ji". The saying itself means "Without fear"  which is at the top of the lion and "Without hate" at the bottom of the lion. In punjabi we would say "Nirbhau,Nirvair". I chose this line because it's what I live by. Do anything without fear without hate. It's also a reason why I'm always happy because I don't like taking time out of my life to hate, just not worth it.

 The drawing isn't as good but if I get it in the future that's what my tattoo artist will be drawing that. It'll look way better!

Extended metaphor

Definition-refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph.

Example-In Imagine dragons' "demons". Dan Reynolds the lead singer compares people to darkness

-When you feel my heat

Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide(x2)
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide(x2)

- it has symbolism because of the dark times he talks about. It has a hyperbole because I don't think there's such things as demons.Also a figurative speech. He talks about how people have dark times and he says that even I look normal

On the outside, I'm still as bad as everyone else. When he says "don't get to close, it's dark inside " I think that means you're more innocent than I am.

Round Character

A round character is a character that develops throughout the story. For an example Simba is one because he is the main character, the director told us his background, and his personality.

Myers-Briggs personality test

So I took the personality test yesterday and the results were pretty interesting. I am a "ENFP", the advocate. It says that I'm enthusiastic, warm which I think is true. I also think life is a special gift so make the most of out. In the second paragraph it says that I get hyped when I'm with my friends rather than being alone. I think that's correct because I hate being alone and being around my friends is what makes me feel good. The paragraph also says that I get victimized by less caring individuals. That's happened to me before. Celebrities that have the same type of personality as me are;dr.Seuss,Bill Cosby, and robin Williams. I find that very cool. Famous characters that have the same personality are Will Smith and Ariel. I'm

Shocked that I have the same personality as Ariel! For career choices I have engineer, entrepreneur and a bunch of other exciting jobs which I'm happy with. Overall, this test was amusing.