Poem

A Girl
by Ezra Pound

The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast-
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.

Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

Ezra uses a central metaphor in her poem to compare the maturing of a girl into a women to the growth of nature. Just as the girl is maturing and growing, so is nature. In this poem, a girl/woman is depicted as the most beautiful thing in the world. Ezra wrote, "You are violets with wind above them" (8). This line tells us that Ezra believes that nothing is more beautiful in the world than a girl/woman. They are the utmost beautiful things in the world. Except women aren't treated that way. Ezra wrote, "And all this is folly to the world" (10). This line explains to us that Ezra believes the world is blinded to how beautiful and graceful girls and women are in the world. Also, that the world has a lack of understanding of how beautiful and special women and girls really are. By making this comparison, Ezra suggests that girls grow the same way trees and flowers do, that they are beautiful and nothing can top their beauty, but they're unnoticed by the world.

Debrief

I didn't do as well as I thought i would've, but i did decently. I was hoping to get scores higher than i had recieved. I learned alot about analyzing photographs and films. Normally, i don't look so deep into those two things, but when you do, you get alot more out of it. I also am getting better at coming up with a thesis and writing a paper on it. I could strengthen my learning community by participating more and helping my fellow classmates as well as recieving help. Some goals for quarter 2 would be first, I need to keep getting better at writing papers. Second, get more involved during class. Third and laslty, try not to focus so much on the specifics.

Stormbreaker 4

When i'd last left off, Alex had just arrived at Sayle Enterprises. Alex is a very clever boy. Sometimes i like to think i'm as clever as he because we share the same name, but i guess that's not the case. For example, Alex enters the room he will be staying in. In the room he notices a piece of paper hidded in the matress that his uncle had left. It had sort of a sguiggly line on it, two letters, and a number. Later we find that the sguiggly line is a trail on a map, and the two letters and a number are a label on a certain book. Another example of Alex's cleverness is when he is pulled a gun on and, realizing the gaurd had no idea who he was and that he was only 14, quickly acts innocent and scared. The guard slowly lowers the gun, and Alex strikes him cold with a karate kick. I find Alex to be the smartest and most skilled 14-year old i've ever read about. Right where i stop is when Alex is caught spying on Herod Sayle and is knocked out cold by a gaurd.

Stormbreaker 3

As i am reading this action pact book, i begin to ask myself, "What would i have done in Alex's position?" It's hard to tell because you have to remember Alex never asked or wanted to be a spy. He was basically black-mailed into it. If he didn't go along with MI6's request, his nanny, Jackie, would be sent back to America, and he would lose the house along with his inheritance. If i was in his position i probably would've done the same thing he did and give in. I'd rather not lose the things i love and go along with the mission as planned. Alex also says, "I don't want to be a spy. I want to be a normal kid, who plays soccer and goes to school" (65). Nonetheless being a spy would be pretty cool, but losing your life wouldn't.