Act I Discussion

13. Give evidence from scene II explain why Cassius is plotting to overthrow Caesar.

       In Act I Cassius is trying to explain to Brutus and also Anthony how Caesar is seen in the eyes of Romans as a god. He tells Brutus how Caesar is far from being a god from all the things he has done for Caesar. " BRUTUS "What means this shouting? I do fear, the people Choose Caesar for their king." CASSIUS "Ay, do you fear it?Then must I think you would not have it so." Act I Scene II demonstrates how Cassius is afraid of Caesar having power over the people of Rome. Cassius tries to persuade Brutus of the power Caesar is gaining over the rest of them. Brutus doesn't listen to him and offered to think about his propositions. CASSIUS "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves." He explains how Caesar is using them as slaves and a=because of that all their powers over the people is going to him.

"The Arts" Fixers Of The World....

The arts are the surface of our brains used as inspiration, for the real time problems faced by the world and our generation. "The arts" are a simple passing time for us to think, imagine and dream. Most of the time not the fixers of the problems. The arts are seen as a waste of time because of how many people fail in their lives. The talented once spend their lives without any struggles, the dreamers stuck in the clouds  face the consequences of reality."Welcome to the real world", she said to me Condescendingly Take a seat Take your life" by John Mayer explains that life is not going forever to be a dream.   Life is not fair, people need to open their eyes and see that war, hate and life will never be changed by the art. They might be the inspiration but not the fixers of the world. We need inspiration to make them disappear, for the world to be perfect again. If

it ever was! The sound of the proclamation are screaming out loud from the minds of the young. 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" 

Nelson Mandela 

                                                     "Don't Forget To Remember Me"

18 years have come and gone
For momma they flew by
But for me they drug on and on
We were loading up that Chevy
Both tryin' not to cry
Momma kept on talking
Putting off good-bye
Then she took my hand and said
'Baby don't forget

Before you hit the highway
You better stop for gas
There's a 50 in the ashtray
In case you run short on cash
Here's a map and here's a Bible
If you ever lose your way

Just one more thing before you leave
Don't forget to remember me'

This downtown apartment sure makes me miss home
And those bills there on the counter
Keep telling me I'm on my own
And just like every Sunday I called momma up last night
And even when it's not, I tell her everything's alright
Before we hung up I said
'Hey momma, don't forget to tell my baby sister I'll see her in the fall
And tell Memaw that I miss her
Yeah, I should give her a call
And make sure you tell Daddy that I'm still his little girl
Yeah, I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be
Don't forget to remember me'

Tonight I find myself kneeling by the bed to pray
I haven't done this in a while
So I don't know what to say but
'Lord I feel so small sometimes in this big ol' place
Yeah, I know there are more important things,
But don't forget to remember me
But don't forget to remember me'

                                                                    "No Such Thing"

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly
Take a seat
Take your life
Plot it out in black and white
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding
Up my sleeve

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible
As long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

Slam Poetry Scavenger Hunt

Andrea Gibson  

      Andrea is from Colorado, a  award-winning poet and activist. By reading her poems most of them reflect on gender norms, politics, social reform and people's struggles. The real issues she talks about come from her emotions and perspectives on them. Everyone of her poems have a theme and a purpose, they also target someone or something. Her perspective in life and the events that surrounds them, open the eyes of the people to see the truth.

Molina Speaks  

   Molina is a  poet, performance artist and recording artist respected by many. Most of his poems speak of the troubles people face every day, mostly of his culture. He expresses the struggles his family has gone through being in a new world full of different ideas and cultures that made them feel like outsiders. When reading is poems you can tell he uses cultural aspects to demonstrate his ideas and get his opinions across. 

Eric Darby 

      Eric is most known for his poems and performances, that have taken him into performing in big stages with one of the biggest slam poets. He takes the most simple things and makes arguments for them. Thing no one would think could be so meaningful, for example a dream. He takes them and makes poems that reflect him self and others ideas and opinions. Eric makes points by using facts to state his emotions and feelings.   

Not a simple story, it's artwork.

Literature is not a simple way of expressing feeling, opinion or even standing facts. There is much more than a simple article or book, writers think before they write. They have to go through a process that shapes the story into art. In literature every one needs to take steps and learn every sentence structure, word possible and ways of organizing to make the story flow without any grammatical errors. A story should not be read with only one purpose of knowing what it is about, it needs to be seen with a different set of eyes that read between the lines. They story can explain many things as, in what type of style it was written and how the author used different type of literary devices to make different meanings to the story. The metaphor, imagery, motif, symbols and the plot are all components that authors use to make the story interesting and be art work.    

" I Give Voice "

I give voice to power
and I'm as loud as a trumpet and a drum
on a Monday and Sunday

The kind that goes to the mind,
 awarded with madness and ignorances.
The true power, control.

Controlling the voice,
the one to save the world.
From the once going mad.

The people who have no control,
of what they say.. The so call "stupid".
Soon to ruin the world.

I can control I have the true power.
The one awarded to the goddesses,
of world peace.



 

 

Green Light Project

• What country are you originally from? 

I am from Mexico 

• Why did you leave this country?

I left my country because I wanted to visit my sister that lived in Arlington Tx.

• When did you leave? How old were at that time?

I left in 1994 when I was 27 years old.

•  What were the conditions in the country when you left? 

Many people didn't have jobs and were poor. I was one of those lucky people in my family that had a college education and a good job. 

•  How did you prepare for your trip here? 

I went to get a VISA in Monterrey Mexico. 

• Who came with you when you immigrated? Who did you leave behind? What did you leave behind? 

Nobody, I came by myself. I left most of my family; sister, brothers and parents.

• How did you get here? Did you stay somewhere else before arriving here?

I traveled by bus. 

•   Why did you choose the United States? Why not some other country? 

My sister had a house in Arlington and I also wanted to shop and visit.

• Who decided you would come here? Did you want to leave?

My parents decided for me to come here because my sister needed a family member. 

• How did others in your home country treat you when they knew you were leaving?

People didn't treat me differently because they knew that I had a family member that could look after me. 

•  What changes in lifestyle did you make when you came here? 

I had to learn the language and the culture of the United States. 

•  What was your first impression of the United States? Has this initial impression changed over time? 

My first impression of the UNited States was all the nature and different animals. Also the different social classes that interacted with one another. 

• What are some of the differences/similarities you've noticed in the cultures here and in your home country? 

 The lifestyle of each person, how they based their lives on money and work. 

• What were your hopes for yourself (and/or your family) when you came here? Have you realized these hopes? 

I wanted to learn a new culture and the way that Americans worked to get money. I wanted to learn how to become independent of my parents.  

• How were you treated when you first arrived in the United States? How are you treated now? 

Everything was normal because my sister was with me at all times. 

• Were your expectations of America met? Was your idea of America the same as the reality?

Everything was beautiful but people had to work a lot to have the so call American Dream.

           My mother came from Durango Mexico when she was 27 years old. She had a college educations and a job that was well respected by her family. She came by bus to visit her sister. Everything was so different from Mexico, she explained that in Durango the state she is from is it was all desert their was no plant or animal life. She said that one thing she noticed the most from the United States was that people had to work for everything. All that surrounded the lives of Americans was work and money. Her intentions from coming to the United States were to spend some time with her sister and shop, but then she saw how hard working everyone was that she decided to stay. At first she thought that every thing would be easier because she had a college education but over time she knew she needed to learn a new language and culture.    

What is to want?

Many people have things in life that are not appreciated. It's always better to want more, this takes life to another level. There are many things that people want as love, money, friendship or everything. This can never happen if people don't set goals for themselves, they can make people work as hard to achieve their dreams. 

Is better to want because like in The Great Gatsby many of the character wanted something so bad that they did everything in their power to make them happen. The characters that demonstrated this need were Gatsby, Nick, Tom and Daisy probably most of the main characters of the book. Gatsby the only thing that wanted the most was the love of Daisy. He knew he needed to do everything in his power to make the past come back to reality. The love of Daisy meant everything to him. when he came back from war and knew that she was about to get married made him do the impossible to regain Daisy's love. He wanted love, but all Daisy wanted as the money.

The 20's  were years that made people want more especially the poor because the wanted the American Dream that was all a lie. The rich had it all, the only things they wanted were things but not the ones that made you a better person. The corruption in this time was big, making the things that people want irrelevant. The Great Gatsby is a novel that reveals that the American Dream is not true making it an idea not reality. This was the idea that people had in the 20s the need to want a better life.

This illustrates how want is much better than have. The idea of having something make everything less needed as a goal. Goals make life more exciting because you would need to work and experience much more things if you want. The Great Gatsby was a great example to show what many peoples ideas of want are and how are they more important then to have..