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Spring break is by far the best break. Comes at a great time, when many are sick of school, ready to bake in the sun. Whether you are beach bound or bed bound, you are guaranteed to have a great time. Anything better than feeling drowned in school work.

Purple Hibiscus Response

So far, I am enjoying reading Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie . Right away the timeline of events in the book is in a different order which I find interesting. The novel is separated into sections titled "Palm Sunday", "Before Palm Sunday", "After Palm Sunday", and "Present". This creates a sense of mystery as to what happens on Palm Sunday and why the novel is based off of this one day. Also with the sections, they are titled relating to the religious Palm Sunday. This shows the novel has a religious aspect which determines much of how the family lives. Another aspect of the book I find interesting is how much Papa controls his children's lives. He creates strict weekly schedules for his entire family. He also administers his children's participation in school and their grades. He holds Kambili and Jaja to extremely high expectations and does not accept anything lower than the best. An example of this is how disappointed he...

Umbrella by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z

I chose to analyze the song Umbrella by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z. I focused my analysis on the chorus of the song. Immediately in the first line of the chorus, I notice a repetition of 's' and 'sh' sounds–sibilance–in "sun shine, we shine". In the next line I notice a euphony or repetition of smooth consonants such as l, r, and m. With these two sound patterns, especially used together, they make the song flow easily and create a smooth, pleasing image. Throughout the entire song, vivid imagery is used to describe how much the guy she is singing about means to her. The writer also uses enjambement and caesura to create significant pauses and focus on certain words or phrases. This stands out to the reader and causes the reader to think about the reason to significance of this technique used. Finally, I noticed a slant rhyme scheme, which is common in many songs.

Poem

Waking up at six, feeling like a ton of bricks. Not wanting to move, still not getting into the new groove. Reminiscing about summer, thinking about school being such a bummer. Made it to the car feeling like nothing near a star. Texting friends, happy we made amends. Arriving at school, makes me want to drool. Tools/techniques used: rhyme scheme (AABBCCDDEEFF), enjambment, hyperbole, cacophony