Andy


 * My favorite poetic device in literature is the tone in "Death be Not Proud"."Death, thou shalt die." this shows how the speaker has a superior tone, calling out the personification of death, along with challenging it, which I really like.


 * My favorite characterization in literature is in //The Kite Runner,// the scene where one of the guards says that the only way they wil be able to get across is if he can have the woman for half an hour, and Baba defends her, even though the guard has a gun. This is my favorite characterization because it truly shows what kind of man Baba is, when he is willing to risk his life to defend the honor of a woman he doesn't even know.


 * My favorite quote in literature is from //Macbeth//: "Come, you spirits /That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, /And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full /Of direst cruelty."(Lady Macbeth). I like this quote because Lady Macbeth is basically asking to become a man so she can live with killing Duncan, even though it is the man, Macbeth, that doesn't really want to kill Duncan.


 * My favorite dialogue in literature is...


 * My favorite theme in literature is in the novel //The Bluest Eye//, "Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe," shows the theme of freedom being a dangerous thing. I like this theme because most stories focus on someone stuggling to get their freedom, while this one shows someone who has freedom, and how bad that can be for other people.


 * A favorite line of my own writing is “You see, he had an addiction, but not just an addiction. This addiction put him in harm’s way countless times. On the surface and in his mind it seemed like it wasn’t a problem, but it was. Johnny is an adrenaline junkie.


 * My favorite characterization of my own is “Johnny was a young man that got along nicely with just about everybody. Despite living a clean cut life Johnny was always the life of the party. Looks, grades, money, and a loving girlfriend, Johnny had just about everything you could want. Always willing to help even the most random person, Johnny was the ideal role model. Nobody ever had a problem with Johnny; but Johnny had a problem of his own, not with a person however. Johnny had an addiction.”- I wanted to set up the perfect person, and then give him a big dark side.


 * A setting I would write about is the average modern day suburbia. There are so many different directions you can go from that point. Exploring each of the different flaws behind what everybody else perceives as the generic family provides you with endless opportunities. You can easily write about how a seemingly perfect "Hallmark Card" family is secretly dysfunctional.


 * A conflict I would write about is an addiction, but not to drugs or anything like that. An addiction to a feeling or an activity, or being adrenaline junkie to the point that it puts you in harm’s way would be something I would enjoy writing about, because I don’t really know any stories that do that.


 * A theme I would like to address is the success of perseverance. Hard work and determination have gotten me very far in life, and it is just something that interests me. That being said I would like to use that theme in an unexpected way, like the determination for somebody to do something bad.

Gluttony and greed Go hand in hand To deceive the masses That is the plan The divine right to rule Is no longer the monarch’s stand But the corruption of the business man While the world is rotting What should I do? Get some money And be a businessman too

Roses are red Violets are blue My grades are bad My parents are mad In a way this could help you This is my offer No one else has made I’ll slip you a twenty That should be plenty To give me a respectable grade

Everywhere you look It’s always going on Hidden in the open It doesn’t feel wrong Everybody knows it Paving the way For future generations The secret profit Where everybody wins Hidden in the open

Take the bribe Just look away Does he really deserve, All this grief anyways? No one will know The luxuries will flow At the end does it matter? If it’s not you He will find someone else Who will take his bribe another day

Success is evil Yet failure is foolish Be good with your heart Or great with your brain Which choice you choose Will see which one you gain Fairy tales aren’t true Now make your move Someone will lose Will it be you?