JC essay

Brutus

“God knows I value my honor more than I fear death” . Brutus comes from a family of the most honorable people of Rome so its up to him to follow the same path his ancestors took. Brutus will only do things in a honorable way and only if they are honorable, what really drives Brutus is Rome and the Republic and he will do anything to keep Rome, even kill . Caesar threatened the Republic by wanting to be king he was told to be ambitious, then the conspirators that wanted to safe Rome from another cruel leader killed Caesar, one of the conspirators was Brutus, . Brutus killed Caesar in order to keep the republic and everyone free but was the killing of Caesar done in a honorable way, well that’s what Brutus thinks.

Brutus loves Rome and the freedom there is in it and he wants to keep it that way, “Freedom” is was pushes Brutus forward he wants freedom for Rome and the people . Brutus is motivated by this because Rome had a king before and the people fought to throw him away and they did after that the people of Rome didn’t want anymore kings and that’s how Rome became a republic , Brutus as the people doesn’t want Rome to be ruled by another king and throughout the story he fights to keep the republic together . Brutus killed Caesar because he was ambitious and they thought he would become a tyrant “Let’s all cry peace , freedom and liberty” Brutus said this when he killed Caesar as if Caesar would take those things away form them, they thought that if they killed Caesar they would protect their freedom. This quote shows that Brutus will do anything to keep their freedom. Brutus tells the people about Caesars ambition and how he was threatening the republic “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves” This means that Brutus was certain that Caesar wanted to be a tyrant or that’s what he thought so he wants the people to understand that he did it for them and their freedom. This shows how Brutus cares about the people being free. Brutus loves freedom and that’s what he wants for the people no matter what is in his way he will fight for it and do anything it takes .

Caesar was told to be ambitious and he threatened the republic of Rome , Brutus didn’t take any chances and killed him. Freedom and Honor were Brutus main motivations in this story that keep him pushing forward. Brutus would fight anyone that threatened the republic in order to keep freedom and only if it was honorable and for the good of Rome. Brutus did not reach his goal he killed Caesar but cause of that there was war in all the parts of Italy separating the country and destroying Rome. He did achieve his goal because he thought about the outcome of one thing

But not of the whole act he didn’t expect the things that happened to happen. I thing the act was worthy because Brutus did kill Caesar but he created a war that separated Rome and destroyed it to pieces.

collage reflection

Think Creatively!
The creative aspects my collage has is its letters I took from the news paper to make my six word memoir . other creative aspect my collage has is the words that are in the collage are taken from the news paper or magazines in order to create my six word memoir

Reason Critically!

I used pictures of boys to represent the age the lost boys had when this happened and blood to represent the massacre that occurred in sudan . In my collage I used strong words to represent the things the lost boys passed through and the hard times they had in Sudan. My pictures are all kind of dark I mean by all the guns and pictures of people killing, I did this to show the things that happened in Sudan and the mood the lost boys felt in Sudan

Communicate Effectively!
My collage creates awareness mostly because of the pictures because my pictures are very strong it tells you what the lost boys had to overcome and it makes you feel empathy for them.

Live Ethically!
My collage has very strong pictures and words that might cause the person who is seeing it to feel sorry and empathy for the lost boys because after seeing the pictures they see what the lost boys had to overcome. My collage makes you want to help after all the bad things you saw that happened to the lost boys.

Peter the lost boy of Sudan

At the beginning peter was very excited about him moving to America he thought that America would be heaven not knowing about the difficulties he would face once he gets there. Peter had friends in the refugee camp in Kenya but he left them behind when he moved to America to start a new life. After long hours of flying they were finally in Houston(America) they were all excited and curious about what their new life was going to be like , they were taken to their new house were they were going to life in , they were told that the company was only going to pay the rent for 1 month so that they could get a job and later pay by them self . some of the refugees started working in factories or supermarkets while others were still looking for something to do , the refugees that did work had to pay the rent of the place they were living in . Peter didn't find any opportunities in Houston so he decided to move to Kansas to see what opportunities he would find there . Peter decides to finish high school . The first problem Peter faced was time , he had to manage school time and working time because he needed the money to send to his friends back home and for him . The other problem was that he had to deal with stereotypes, like when he was working and he was told to work outside because he was African and he is used to the heat , this were the kind of stereotypes Peter had to deal with and other problem Peter had to deal with was fitting in a community that is not really used to people like him. In Sudan is very common that men would grab their hands and thing like that and there is normal but in America if you do that you would be called "strange" Peter and his friends stopped grabbing hands and things like that so they could fit in . The culture in Sudan is very different to the one in US and people like Peter have to deal with changes like this only to fit in into the community.

Peter

Julius caesar

My passage is about Cassius trying to convince Brutus to join his conspiracy agains caesar . Cassius tells Brutus stories about caesar that made him look weak and not worthy of the position. This passage is important because it shows that cassius hates caesar and he wants to start a conspiracy.

Act one , scene 2
pag32 lines 89-129

I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,
As well as I do know your outward favour.
Well, honour is the subject of my story.
I cannot tell what you and other men
Think of this life; but, for my single self,
I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.
I was born free as Caesar; so were you:
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter's cold as well as he:
For once, upon a raw and gusty day,
The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores,
Caesar said to me 'Darest thou, Cassius, now
Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point?' Upon the word,
Accoutred as I was, I plunged in
And bade him follow; so indeed he did.
The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it
With lusty sinews, throwing it aside
And stemming it with hearts of controversy;
But ere we could arrive the point proposed,
Caesar cried 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!'
I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,
Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder
The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber
Did I the tired Caesar. And this man
Is now become a god, and Cassius is
A wretched creature and must bend his body,
If Caesar carelessly but nod on him.
He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake: 'tis true, this god did shake;
His coward lips did from their colour fly,
And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world
Did lose his lustre: I did hear him groan:
Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans
Mark him and write his speeches in their books,
Alas, it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,'
As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me
A man of such a feeble temper should
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.