Caesar was the noble one
As honourable as they come
They were jealous of him,
For he was the one
Caesar was Like a lamb to slaughter,
He hadn't know what his friends lack
Not knowing of there intentions
He was stabbed in the back!
O' Caesar, Marvelous Caesar
Who never went along for the ride
lived for the roman people
And stabbed with a sense of pride
O' Cassius, thinks of inventions
Walk with a swagger
Acts with intentions
Stabs like a dagger
O' great Caesar
Look what thee have done
Given all the commands
And left with none
Monday, December 7, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Diary of a Commoner
Tis' day we have all come to rejoice in the crowning of great Caesar! In all my many years of life, nor did I ever think I would live to see something such as this! A noble man, Marc Antony, had came to offer proud, honourable ! However, that is not what has happened for Caesar refuse the crown which was shaped like a coronet, the silence of the public was of nothing I have ever experienced before, then came the cheers of the crowd when they had all realised that Marc Antony had offered it a second time, but yet again he has declines, and lastly a third, with each decline becoming more and more painful for the Romans and Caesar himself. However, in my mind I knew what this was, it was an act of modesty! O' Caesar honourable, modest Caesar I cheered! What a leader you have become o' noble Caesar.
Tis' been ten minutes since Caesar has spoken and the streets of Rome are still congested and crowded! Cobblers are taking the day of because of Caesar and are roaming the streets drunk, fights are breaking out because of political beliefs and children have stopped there play to come watch the phenomenon that is Julius Caesar! But where thy are the senators Brutus, Cassius, Marullus, nor Flavius were nowhere in sight, where have they gone? They out of all people shan't have missed today. But no matter today was a great day with unexpected twist and turns and even though Caesar was not crowned today it will happen when the time comes!
- a commoner
Tis' been ten minutes since Caesar has spoken and the streets of Rome are still congested and crowded! Cobblers are taking the day of because of Caesar and are roaming the streets drunk, fights are breaking out because of political beliefs and children have stopped there play to come watch the phenomenon that is Julius Caesar! But where thy are the senators Brutus, Cassius, Marullus, nor Flavius were nowhere in sight, where have they gone? They out of all people shan't have missed today. But no matter today was a great day with unexpected twist and turns and even though Caesar was not crowned today it will happen when the time comes!
- a commoner
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Most Danderous Game By Richard Connel
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connel, was a riveting story about a sailor named Sangor Rainsford, who had washed up on the shore of a mysterious island after being thrown off his boat by a gaint wave! On this mysterious island he meets 2 men, General Zaroff and his Russian servant Ivan. After Zaroff feed and tends to Rainsfords every need, he implies that the next day he and his new found friend would hunt together in the forest that rests upon the island, after Rainsford asks what the island has to hunt, Zaroff tells him that he supplies his own hunt. At this point Rainsford begins to realize that Zaroff is implying that the hunt on the island is human life, therefor asking to leave the island immedaitely. After his request was denied Rainsford suddenly becomes the hunt. After Rainsford struggles to escape the keen eye of General Zaroff, Rainsford manages to kill Ivan and one of his prize hunting hounds. In a final attempt to escape death Rainsford finds himself jumping off a Cliff and into the rocky waters. Afterwards, thinking Rainsford is dead, Zaroff goes back to his house, eats his dinner, and prepares for bed however, as soon as he locked his bedroom door, he finds Rainsford standing right behind him! The two honourable men decide that only one can sleep in the master bed, while the other must be fed to the dogs. In a last statement Rainsford claims he had never slept in a better bed.
The author of 'The Most Dangerous Game,' Richard Connel began writing at an early age. While his dad was occupied with writing for the New York Times, Connel would wright stories of his own, earning 10 cents a story. This inspired him to wright for newspapers such as the Harvard Lampoon and The Harvard Crimson in his college years. After his college years he began to take on more serious jobs such as working for a newspaper in the city of new york, which ironically was the same paper who sued him for libel back when he worked for the Harvard Crimson! Connel later died of a heart-attack in his home at the age of 56.
The setting of the book 'The Most Dangerous Game,' Is taken in my opinion in the early 1900's seeing as the language there using, not full old English but very close. I also might think that because Rainsford and Whitney (Rainsford shipmate) are going out to hunt big-game like jaguars which is very illegal because of there endangerment, and to be honest I don't think that there would be too many jaguars in the 1960's due to poaching becoming more popular. It also might be from the early 1900's because in the story Rainsford and General Zaroff had a duel, which is an event that hasn't been popular for the last 100 years. The place in which this story took place is in an unpopular island which lost sailors tend to shipwreck on or wash up on shore. The atmosphere of this story is I find very uncomfortable. I believe this because when Rainsford gets to the island he is greeted with many nice things and gestures all to find out that such a kind man was actually insane and killing humans for his sown sport! This makes it uncomfortable because by knowing what hideous crimes this man is committing, your in his hospitality on a strange foreign island which you have no transportation or way of getting off of it!
I believe the main character, Sanagor Rainsford is a determined man because in the whole part of the novel where General Zaroff is out trying to kill him, he keeps telling himself to not loose his nerve no matter what the circumstance was, whether he had to stay up in a tree so the dogs wouldn't find him or create traps to try to outwit his opponent he kept his nerve the whole time. I also believe Rainsford is a very honourable man considering he excepted the challenge of the game and stayed true to the rules the whole time, after he won instead of trying to kill him from surprise he challenged him to a fair duel, which in my opinion shows true honour!
In my opinion I felt this book was a thrilling read which I would recommend to all! It had adventure, thrill, insanity, and surprise! Most definitely a book I could not put down. The only thing I found wrong with this book is it's ending, where Rainsford jumped into the water and swam away. I felt this could have been improved by Rainsford doing something heroic, sending General Zaroff and his dogs running back to his mansion in fear and agony, indeed that would have been a better ending! The Mad Max rating 9.5/10! Excellent story!
The author of 'The Most Dangerous Game,' Richard Connel began writing at an early age. While his dad was occupied with writing for the New York Times, Connel would wright stories of his own, earning 10 cents a story. This inspired him to wright for newspapers such as the Harvard Lampoon and The Harvard Crimson in his college years. After his college years he began to take on more serious jobs such as working for a newspaper in the city of new york, which ironically was the same paper who sued him for libel back when he worked for the Harvard Crimson! Connel later died of a heart-attack in his home at the age of 56.
The setting of the book 'The Most Dangerous Game,' Is taken in my opinion in the early 1900's seeing as the language there using, not full old English but very close. I also might think that because Rainsford and Whitney (Rainsford shipmate) are going out to hunt big-game like jaguars which is very illegal because of there endangerment, and to be honest I don't think that there would be too many jaguars in the 1960's due to poaching becoming more popular. It also might be from the early 1900's because in the story Rainsford and General Zaroff had a duel, which is an event that hasn't been popular for the last 100 years. The place in which this story took place is in an unpopular island which lost sailors tend to shipwreck on or wash up on shore. The atmosphere of this story is I find very uncomfortable. I believe this because when Rainsford gets to the island he is greeted with many nice things and gestures all to find out that such a kind man was actually insane and killing humans for his sown sport! This makes it uncomfortable because by knowing what hideous crimes this man is committing, your in his hospitality on a strange foreign island which you have no transportation or way of getting off of it!
I believe the main character, Sanagor Rainsford is a determined man because in the whole part of the novel where General Zaroff is out trying to kill him, he keeps telling himself to not loose his nerve no matter what the circumstance was, whether he had to stay up in a tree so the dogs wouldn't find him or create traps to try to outwit his opponent he kept his nerve the whole time. I also believe Rainsford is a very honourable man considering he excepted the challenge of the game and stayed true to the rules the whole time, after he won instead of trying to kill him from surprise he challenged him to a fair duel, which in my opinion shows true honour!
In my opinion I felt this book was a thrilling read which I would recommend to all! It had adventure, thrill, insanity, and surprise! Most definitely a book I could not put down. The only thing I found wrong with this book is it's ending, where Rainsford jumped into the water and swam away. I felt this could have been improved by Rainsford doing something heroic, sending General Zaroff and his dogs running back to his mansion in fear and agony, indeed that would have been a better ending! The Mad Max rating 9.5/10! Excellent story!
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