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MY FAVORITE THING TO READ

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ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE THINGS TO READ IS POETRY. ESPECIALLY EDGAR ALLAN POE. HE IS A GREAT WRITER AND I REALLY LIKE AND ENJOY HIS STYLE OF WRITING. SOME PEOPLE HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE BORING, BUT THE THINGS IS THAT HIS WRITING ISNT BORING IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE TO LONG. HE IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE READ SOME OF HIS MATERIAL.

ENGLISH IV REFLECTION

THIS IS ENGLISH CLASS SO THE MAIN  OBJECTIVES OF THIS CLASS ARE  WRITTING THINGS AND AND LEARNING HOW WRITING CAME TO BE AND WE ALSO READ MANY BOOKS OR SHORT STORIES FROM AUTHORS THAS HAVE PASSED AWAY OR ARE STILL ALIVE.

5 COMMONALITIES OF LATIN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS

NATIVE AMERICAN: 1) FULL OF TRICKERY.
2) THEY HAVE MORAL
3) CULTURE
4) BELIEFS
5) TRADITION

LATIN AMERICAN: 1) MORAL
2) ANIMAL SYMBOLISM
3) TRADITIONAL
4) HAS SOMETHING TO WITH THE WORLD
5)CULTURE

RAMAYANA

RAMAYANA IS AN ANCIENT SANSKIRT EPIC. IT ATTRIBUTSE TO THE HINDU SAGE VALMIKI AND FORMS AN IMP[ORTANT PART OF THE HINDU CANON. RAMAYANA IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EPICS OF INDIA. IT PORTRAYS IDEAL CHARACTERS SUCH AS THE IDEAL SERVANT, THE IDEAL BROTHER, THE IDEAL WIFE, AND THE IDEAL KING. THE WORD RAMAYANA IS THE COMPOUND OF THE WORDS GOING AND ADVANCING. THE RAMAYANA CONSISTS OF 24,000 VERSES IN SEVEN BOOKS AND TELLS THE STORY OF RAMA AND HOW HIS WIFE SITA WAS ABDUCTED BY THE DEMON KING LANKA, RAVANA.

THE EPIC WAS AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON LATER SANSKIRT POETRY AND INDIAN LIFE AND CULTURE. MAINLY THROUGH ITS ESTABLISMENT OF THE SHLOKA METER. THE RAMAYANA IS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY STORY. IT CONTAINS TEACHINGS OF THE ANCIENT HINDU SAGES AND PRESENTS THEM IN NARRATIVE ALLEGORY WITH PHILOSOPHICAL AND THE DEVOTIONAL ELEMENTS INTERSPERSED. THERE ARE OTHER VERSIONS OF THE RAMAYANA SUCH AS BUDDHIST AND JAIN IN INDIA AND ALSO THIA, LAO, BURMESE, AND MALAY.

THE RAMAYANA HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ART AND CULTURE IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINANT AND SOUTH EAST ASIA.

BEAT POETS!!!

WHAT EX

GARY SOTO

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BORN APRIL 12, 1952 HE WAS RAISED IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF ELEVEN ADULT POETRY COLLECTIONS. HIS POEMS HAVE APPEARED IN MANY LITERARY MAGAZINES. HE HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE BESS HOKIN PRIZE. HE ADMIRES PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE GREAT SERVICES FOR OTHERS. HE LIKES TO PLAY TENNIS ON FREE TIME, TEND TO HIS GARDEN, ATTEND TO MUSICAL CONCERTS AND TRAVEL. HE HAS ALSO RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT HE ENJOYS BAKING COOKIES.

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