Showing Xenia

Xenia means showing hospitality. The hospitality is shown to show off the wealth and power of the person showing the hospitality. You can see xenia in the forms of giving protection, shelter, favors, bathing, and feasting. Two times we see xenia in the Odyssey are when Odysseus receives clothes in a polished sea-chest, richly wrought gold, many cauldrons, and the other gifts he receives from Alcinous and his people. (Odyssey pg. 192) Another time we see xenia is after Circe promises Odysseus that she will not harm him or his men she baths and feeds them a great feast. (Odyssey pg. 151) Even though for my second example Circe didn't start out with xenia because she poisoned and turned the men into pigs she does later on show the xenia.

My passion

I have a huge interest in musical theatre. I always knew I liked preforming ever since I was a little kid. When I am on stage or performing I get this certain type of thrill. Its an amazing feeling I feel like I am on top of the world. I love being other people, I especially enjoy playing evil characters. It is just fun to play something that you are not. Dancing, singing, and acting are what I love to do, and I hope I get to do it for as long as possible.

Analyze Maus

I think that there were many conflicts in this story. There are many big conflicting events. I think that the Holocaust was the biggest conflict issue in this story. Throughout the story we see people facing tragedy, death, and suffering because of the Holocaust. From the Holocaust we also people showing greed, anger, violence, luck, and the will to fight and live. Since we see all of those things in the story I see the Holocaust as the biggest conflict.

Art's father meeting a stereotyoe

Throughlt the book we see Art's father being greedy with his money. He never wants to buy his wife Mala anything, and he refuses to pay a professional handyman. I think his father became like this because of his experience with the Holocaust. In the story it shows that his father had to constantly give so much of the very little he had left. I think now he has learned that he only has to pay to survive and get by. Even though he knows he is safe now he is stubborn to go back to things were. 

Do you think the use of illustration as opposed to just written text is an effective way of delivering this story? Why or why not?

I do think that the illustration are an effective way of delivering the story. This story of this book is a very sad topic. I think the pictures are still showing the sadness and delivering the story. With words you read and think about the way things were. With the pictures you can visualize the suffering and the way things were, while also enjoying the comics. The comics for me make it somewhat easier to read the story.

Review of The Alchemist

In my ELA (English Language Arts) class we just finished reading the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. My rating for this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out five. My favorite thigs about this book where the learning about Personal Legends, the love interest between the main character Santiago and Fatima, and also how when I was reading it sometimes a Harry Potter refrence would pop into my head. While the book was talking about Personal Legends it got me thinking "Is everyone on the planet for a reason?" I do think people are here for reason. I love to read two characters falling in love so Santiago and Fatima were cute. Their ship name is Satima. The Harry Potter refrences that came into my head were the Philosophers Stone, and the Elixir of Life. I would recommend this book.

How I ship Fatima and Santiago

I find Santiago and Fatima's relationship really adorable. I found it very romantic when she let him leave her to complete his Personal Journey. She knew he would come back for her. I also enjoyed how even when he found his treasure the thing that is mainly on his mind is getting back to his love. I know that they will stay together forever. I knew when he thought he was in love with the merchants daughter that it wasn't real love. He just found it nice that a girl actually spoke to him. Fatima and him have real love. They have real love ❤️❤️❤️