Hymn

"How Great Thou Art" ~ Chris Rice

     "How Great Thou Art" is significant to me because, as the title says, it is about how great God is.  It tells about how He created everything in the world from the birds singing to the mountains and this just shows how powerful He is.  No one can come close to His awesome glory.  Everything that we are able to do is enpowered by Him alone.  The line, " Then sings my soul," reminds me that we should praise God with all that we have.    

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A Modest Proposal Response

Well, I started reading this assignment thinking that it was going to be one of those long, boring stories that in the end has someone dying and that I would have just wasted my time reading such a long story.  However, as I got into the story, it was really depressing reading about all those women and children living on the streets and having to beg.  It was rather interesting seeing how the author described the lives of them and I felt really sad.  But then reading the next part was just plain weird and creepy.  Eating children for food?! First thoughts that came to mind was Hannibal Lector and cannibalism.  That is just wrong and to make it worse, I was eating at the time I was reading this.  Then he goes on about how the meat would be “delicious” and that the skin could be used to clothes such as gloves and shoes.  That idea is totally insane.  It would be horrible to be a kid living a life like that and constantly having to look out because someone could just take you and make you part of a four course meal.  It is scary how such a crazy and inhumane idea could even be thought and actually written down in detail. But then at the very end, the author points out that he would never support this idea and that he would never think about doing something like this to his family.  I was so relieved that this was all fake but also upset on how real the proposal of doing such a thing was and how much thought seemed to be put in it. 

Modern Connection

Where Are You Now

by: Diana Fox

Just like a diamond from the sky
You were a star shinning bright for me
But now it's fading, fading
Carried my soul upon the wind
Soaring so high, oh you gave me wings
Now I'm left wandering

Where are you now
Cause I need to have you right here next to me
You're not around, feels like you took the air I breathe
I hear the sound, of my lonely heartbeat calling out to yours
You can't be found, oh where are you now.

Told me you'd never leave my side
But time passes by
Seemed so real to me
Was I just dreaming, dreaming

You poured your wine, I drank it up
Got drunk on your love
Now I thirst for you
But my cup is empty, empty

Where are you now
Cause I need to have you right here next to me
You’re not around, feels like you took the air I breathe
I hear the sound, of my lonely heartbeat calling out to yours
You can't be found, oh where are you now.

I thought we were in love
So meant to be together
That what we had was
Ever lasting, ending never
How could everything be gone
You're not with me tonight
When you should be here
Holding me tight
Holding me tight
Holding me, holding me, holding me tight

Where are you now
Cause I need to have you right here next to me
You're not around, feels like you took the air I breathe
I hear the sound, of my lonely heartbeat calling out to yours
You can't be found, oh where are you now.

I think that this song hold some similarity to Steele's "No. 1 Tuesday, April 12, 1709."  The lyrics constantly ask "Where are you now," which is similar to the man in the story searching for the lady he saw in the carriage.  The song expresses how the person is in love and is lonely because the person cannot be found. 

Steele, Richard. "No.1 Tuesday, April 12,1709." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville. SC: BJU Press. 2003. 396-308. Print.

Crusoe Illustration

An Illustration from Chapter II

The merchant ship Crusoe is on is chased by pirates along the coast of Sallee.

"SparkNotes: Robinson Crusoe: Preface & Chapters I-III." SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. .

Dryden's Satire

According to the first paragraph of "Of Satire," what is the purpose of satire? What does Dryden say in the second paragraph is the type of satire he admires most, and to what does he attribute one's ability to use this type of satire successfully? What words does he use to show his disapproval of harsher forms of satire?

Dryden believes that the purpose of satire is to make the wicked realize all the evil they have done. Satire is supposed to point out how foolish they are and “hinder” them from doing more sin (Horton, 382).

Dryden admires satire that is of gentle mockery and written with subtlety. He believes that a person is born with the ability to write well. However, people that are not born with this ability shouldn’t try to imitate a person that has the ability because they would not have the subtlety in their writing and would be unsuccessful.

Dryden uses word such as “fool”, “blockhead”, and “knave” as examples of what a harsher form of satire would be (Horton, 382). With a well written satire, there would be subtlety thus being less insulting and possibly reach the person better. Dryden believes that it takes a lot of skills to be able to write like this and not use harsh words.

Dryden, John. "Of Satire." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 382-383. Print

Pilgrim's Progress

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SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Pilgrim’s Progress.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2006. Web. 12 Nov. 2010.

A One Day Diary

November 10, 2010 (The day before Veteran’s day)

            Today, I woke up at 5:30 A.M.  I left for school at 6:20 and fell back asleep till 6:50.  I really didn’t want to be at school since there was a Japanese quiz and History test.  But I got through with those and had a more relaxing afternoon.  Although during lunchtime, Cody kept touching my hair and that was really awkward.  But after that, classes continued on normally and school ended.  After school, I helped deliver some gifts for Mrs. Baniaga to Mrs. Robinson to deliver to Mrs. Baniaga.  After that, went home, ate dinner, and now finishing up with homework.  Now I’m hungry and wondering what kind of snacks we have in the kitchen. 

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Works Cited

Milton, John. "Sonnet 7." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 320. Print

Milton, John. "Sonnet 19." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 321. Print

Milton, John. "Paradise Lost." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 322-339. Print

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Music
Linkin Park -Numb (Piano Version)

Baxter and Rutherford Letter

Dear Friend,

            Though the school year has just started, it may seem like it has been forever and difficult.  I understand how difficult it is to continue on knowing that there is still a long way till the end.  Also to have the knowledge that it would grow more difficult and challenging with every day passing makes it worse to even try.  However, we both have lost sight of the reason to continue on.  The main reason to continue on is because God is there to give us strength.  School may seem to be pointless and a waste of time to us and is meant to torture and ruin our lives.  However, school is meant to help us succeed in the future and also to help us grow spiritually in God.  Don’t lose sight of God and feel like you are alone to endure through life.  God is always with you to help you.   Trust in Him and stay focus on Him always and He would guide you.  Give praise to Him always in everything that you do.  I cannot say that you would feel more energized and like you can conquer everything, but I can say that there would be a greater feeling of hope knowing that there would always be someone with you all the time.

Your friend in Christ
Jonathan Neumann

Carmen Figuration

On My First Son

In this poem, Jonson writes about the death of his seven-year-old son. It was a great loss to Jonson since his son, Benjamin, was still young. Also since he was the first son, he had the responsibility to carry on the family name and with his death, this hope was crushed. This poem also speaks about how Jonson felt and reacted to his son's death.  Jonson felt miserable about the loss of his son and even vows to never love anything else too much. 


This poem has a lot of literary worth because it talks about a topic not many poems are written about. Many poems are usually written about joy, love, beauty, etc. However, this poem speaks of the death of a love one. It brings a feeling of sadness to the reader.


This poem was very sad and hard to read. To read about losing a love one is not the most enjoyable thing. It shows how much pain Jonson went through at the lost of his son. Not many poems that I read speak of death. When I first read the three poems, "On My First Son" was the one that stuck out the most and was actually the clearest one to understand. Like Jonson and everyone else, I have experience the loss of a loved one. Although I wasn't as close to them, the feeling of sadness and remorse was overwhelming. There was very little time spent with them like Jonson only spent seven years with his son and the sudden lost was shocking and painful. The last two lines, "For whose sake...never like too much." shows that he doesn't want to love anything too much because he wouldn't want to go through the pain again. However, death is unavoidable, so it is better to love instead of avoiding the truth. As Christians, we should also try to witness to the unsave and showing love would help with this.

Jonson, Ben. "On My First Son." British Literature. Ed. Ronald H. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press, 2003. 303. Print