Political Leaders Can Be Pigs

The novel Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution in 1917. An allegory is a story in which characters or events are symbols expressing truths about human life. Animal Farm is an allegory because many of the characters portray an important person during the Revolution. I believe that the most effective element in this allegory is its characters (mainly the pigs). The pigs were the leaders during the time of the Rebellion and after the Rebellion. They showed their power by ordering the other animals to work, and they also  got special privileges that some other animals didn't get. Some things that the pigs did get that the others didn't were extra food rations, they didn't have to do manual labor, and they got to learn how to read and write. The other animals could learn to read and write, but they didn't have much time to because they were working such long hours in the fields. The pigs would change the original Seven Commandments to suit their own needs, and the animals just let it happen because they couldn't read what they wrote anyways. This element of this particular allegory is the most effective because the leaders during the  Russian Revolution used their power for their needs, and not the needs of the people.

Thanksgiving Traditions

Some of the Thanksgiving traditions my family has are eating Thanksgiving dinner and eating breakfast the day after Thanksgiving with my family. My grandmother does most of the cooking, and she starts at about lunchtime. some of the things she cooks are green beans, macaroni and cheese, turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. the best part is the macaroni and cheese because it is the creamiest macaroni I ever eat. For breakfast the day after Thanksgiving my grandfather and grandmother usually cook up a big breakfast, but this year we are going to a restaurant. We are going to Cracker Barrel, which is one of my favorite restaurants.

Career Day

Today was Career Day at  DCA. The four sessions I chose were Business, Medicine, Engineering, and Law. I learned that  it takes much more education to be a doctor or lawyer than an engineer or businessman. I enjoyed the Business session the most because I like math and working with numbers,  and it doesn't requrie extra years of education like doctors and lawyers have to have. Most of the careers require a 4-year college, and that is what I plan on going to after I graduate from high school. My dad graduated from UTK (University of Tennessee Knoxville) with a major in Business, I want to do  what he did because he is one of the role models in my life.

Julius Caesar English Project: Brutus

This past week, I drew a portrait of Brutus from the play Julius Caesar for a project in English class. First, I traced a protrait of him from the internet. Then, I pressed down really hard on the paper to put an impression of the face on a poster. After that, I drew the face with a pencil and started to color it. I used oil pastels to color my portrait of Brutus because I like to use them when coloring pictures. It took a couple of hours trying to get the right mixture of colors to get the perfect color for his skin and hair. While doing this project, I learned that Brutus was a very noble man for killing himself instead of being captured by Mark Antony.

The Refining Process of a Christian

This week is Spiritual Emphasis Week here at DCA. We have had a great speaker this week. Two days ago, he talked about how God 'sat down' as a gold and silver refiner. He thought it was strange that God sat down. He researched the steps of the refining process, and told them to us. I think he has been great so far because he told us that in the refining process, we are suppose to let the bad stuff in our lives boil up, and then scrape it off the top to get purer. Then, we repeat the process to boil up more bad stuff to scrape it off and become more pure through God.

Can Pride be Harmful?

Pride can be a good and bad characteristic to have as a person. In the play, Julius Caesar, Caesar's pride gets him into some trouble. An example of this is when he ignores the soothsayer when he tells him to "Beware the Ides of March". Caesar says to the soothsayer that nothing fears him, for he is the great Caesar.The Ides of March was when he was assassinated. In today's times, pride can get the better of you in many ways. When people have a lot of money, they can become confined to themselves, or they could let everybody know that they have a lot of money. Another word for having a lot of pride is being boastful. Boastfulness can make people think of you to be a snob, or just a really rude person. People need to be less prideful, and more considerate of others.

Honors Biology Topic 8

1. Kenya Leopard: Kenya Leopards are a medium-sized cat that grow to be about six feet long. These cats are able to adapt to almost any habitat but prefer rocky surroundings or areas around water. The Kenya Leopard is going extinct because of humans hunting them.


2. Puerto Rican Boa:The Puerto Rican Boa is a snake that can grow to be about 6 feet long. The snake is found in Puerto Rico and lives in moist, dark, and damp rain forests for a habitat. It is going extinct because of humans hunting them, although it is illegal to do so.


3. Columbian White Tailed Deer:The Columbian White Tailed Deer is a large type of deer that can be found at the lower parts of the Columbian River. These deer serve as a food source for many creatures, but their main predator is humans. Humans frequently hunt this deer.


4. Hawaiian Munk Seal:The Hawaiian Munk Seal is found in the uninhabited, northeaster islands of Hawaii. There are only about 1,200 of this species left, due to a great loss of the species many years ago. The population of this species is still declining because of a lack of food source, getting caught in fishing nets, and humans.


5. Red Wolf:The Red Wolf is the most endangered species in the world. Its population is only 200. The Red Wolf's habitat is a forest or any agricultural area. Due to deforestation, humans are causing the Red Wolf to go extinct. 


All of these endangered species are really important to our earth because they all play important roles in their environments. We should be taking action to help protect these animals. It is very important that these animals do not become extinct, and we should all do our part to try and help save them.