Martin Luther King Jr.

   Martin Luther King Jr. fought and died to make the changes that we have today and we are treating them as if it were just a doormat. "...And I've seen the promised land... But I want you to know that we as a people will get to the promised land." Dr. King dreamed of what the promised land was, he knew what his idea of it was. He felt in his heart confidence that we will get to where we are now, even without him. If Dr. King walked into this school tomorrow, he would be proud of the diversity, but not the way we behave.
   First, our school is very diverse. There are many different races in one class alone, so the hallway is just booming with diversity. For the most part, we all get along just fine and if we don't race is most likely not the reason why. We all fit in just fine, no matter if we are black, white, or brown. There are people here that are black, white, Jamaican, Spanish, and so on and so forth. The same with the teachers. He would be awed.
   Aside from our school's diversity, the students here behave as if they were wild animals.Running around the hallways and yelling profanities. In Plainfield High School, you can not go one hour without hearing at least one or two profanities. Dr. King was not only a peaceful man, but he was a heavy duty pacifist. There are a plethora of hitting and fighting going on in the halls every single day. I am more than sure that he would not like that at all, in fact he would be ashamed.
   All together, he would probably be happy about the diversity in this school but not the way we behave. Dr. King would be so upset at the way we act, its ridiculous. He did not even like for the people who were following him and who believed in him to be violent in any way, shape or form. he believed that you must be nice to your enemies no matter what they do to you. Do not retaliate. his dream was to not only be diverse, but to be well behaved.
 

Hyperbole in Literacy

A hyperbole is an exaggeration of something to prove a point to someone or about something.
It is an important part of writing because it creates a better understanding of what it is that the aurthor is talking about. 

Appetite

In a house the size of postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.

The tone of this aurthor is playful, funny.
My mood about this poem is that I feel as if I can imagine all of the things that he is describing and talking about. I think it is funny.

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
I have died everyday
Waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
and I'll love you for a thousand more