Who I would be?

In the painting, School of Athens i would represent myself as Aristotle because I acquire the same interests as he does in poetry, music and theater. I also contribute and participate in many activities as he did. In order to achieve happiness you must live ethically. This is also applicable in one of the schools SLR's, to live ethically. I think this SLR applies to me in achieving my goals in and out of school. I continue to show my friendship toward people like Aristotle did and respect them in every way. Aristotle was a great achiever in life and i hope to be in the future.

How can art mirror society?

Art can be a mirror in a society by the way the artist sees it. It will be only his interpretation of society that he is familiar with or his perceptions of it. Raphael saw the School of Athens, as a place for thought. The painting gave us his interpretation of the two views that were dominant in his time. The two men Plato and Aristotle represent the different view points of the school, but also represent how society was split between these two views of thought during the high renaissance. Plato's viewpoints say that the world transcends there is something higher, more perfect and greater. Raphael used red and grey on Plato's clothing, red representing fire and gray representing air. These represent the view of a spiritual world, that there is something higher more perfect. The architecture shows two separate thoughts of the time. Aristotle represents the non-secular views of the time. This way of thinking was more concerned with the world around us. What is tangible, what can we observe, and how can we make sense of the world around us. Raphael uses the colours blue and brown which represent water and earth to show this view point. Raphael showed an accurate representation of that time period as he saw it.

Lady Diana Frances Spencer was just 20 when she married Prince Charles, heir to the throne of Britain, on 29 July 1981. Her beauty and youthful charisma quickly earned Diana the nickname of "the people's princess." She and Charles had two sons, William (b. 1982) and Harry (b. 1984). However, the marriage was troubled almost from the start, and its breakdown was daily fodder for tabloids during the 1990s. Diana and Charles were divorced in 1996 and Diana devoted her life to her two sons and to worldwide charities. She and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were killed in 1997 in a high-speed car crash while being followed by paparazzi in Paris, France. A French investigation showed that their driver, Henri Paul, was intoxicated. There followed years of allegations, led in part by Fayed's father Mohamed Al Fayed, that the pair had been victims of a conspiracy. A three-year British investigation concluded in 2006 that "there was no conspiracy to murder any occupants of that car. This was a tragic accident." - Answers.com

Princess Diana cared about the world around her. She was an ambassador for world peace, eliminating land mines, helping those less fortunate and just making the world a better place. Her status as Princess enabled her to impact problems of the world. She showed everyone can have an impact but because she had influence it helped her make a bigger impact in the world. All people could make an impact but everyone had to participate and contribute into making the world a better place. We need to get involved, volunteer to help out somewhere and get active in the world around us. She showed us that through kindness and caring we can maProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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a difference. It doesn't matter who you are, you can still make the world a better place.

Happieness creates joy around sorrow,

Spreads like sparkling dusts,
It gathers in despair.

Happiness is a big part of people's lives, being happy is moving on with live and don't look back at the bad times in their lives. They move forward whithout knowing what has to come in the future. Being happy is when you are yourself, and you don't try to be other people or try meet their expections, and if they don't like you that way, well move on. I wrote this poem about happiness because in the alchemist, Santiago only does what he wants to do, and what makes him a happy person. He is always himself and never looking back to the bad things that happened in the past. If he did look at the bad past things that occured, he learnt from them, which helped him during the journey.

Follow your dreams, and who knows what will happen.

“I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure,” (Coelho 40). In the Alchemist a shepherd boy named Santiago is on a journey to seek his true destiny. His journey begins in Andalusia, Spain and later leads to Egypt in search of treasure. Unknown to Santiago the treasure is where he began his journey. During the novel, Santiago meets new people who help him through the challenges and tasks that he faces, they help him with his true love, Fatima. They give him guidance throughout his journey. These tasks and challenges help him understand the Soul of the World and Language of the World. The above quote is taken from the part when an old man gave him two rocks called Urim and Thummim, these two rocks made him feel more confident in finding his treasure. Santiago the protagonist in the Alchemist shows qualities such as bravery, determination and loyalty to achieve his destiny.

As his journey continues Santiago shows bravery by leaving his home to travel and find his treasure. Santiago’s father always wanted him to be a priest when he was older but this was never Santiago’s dream. He always wanted to travel, the only way he could accomplish this was to shepherd sheep. Santiago told his father that he wanted to be a shepherd and no matter what his father said he was going to be one. Travel needed a lot of money that Santiago didn’t have, but if he were a shepherd he would be traveling with his sheep, selling wool and making money. This is how his journey began. One evening Santiago was walking back to his tent. “Who dares to read the meaning of the flight of the hawks?” (104). When the stranger, the Alchemist asked him, he wasn’t afraid to say that he was the one who read the meaning of the flight of the hawks. The Alchemist to him was a complete stranger to him, at this point, holding a sword to his head. Santiago showed his braveness and proved to the alchemist he wasn’t afraid. Santiago wasn’t afraid to take a risk that is what he needs in his journey, he couldn’t be afraid of what was going to happen. “I’m not afraid of failing.” (135). The alchemist is telling Santiago that dreams are impossible if you fear of failure. Santiago said that he is not afraid of failure; he doesn’t know how to turn himself into the wind. This proves that Santiago isn’t afraid he just doesn’t know how to accomplish the task or challenge that he faces. By letting go of his familiar ways of life it allowed Santiago to face the challenges that lay ahead in the future. Santiago has shown that bravery can take you along way on a journey that is difficult to accomplish, determination will also take you along way on your journey.

Santiago is very determined to achieve his destiny: his search for treasure fuels his determination. “If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work toward getting it,’’(23) Santiago was determined to get the treasure he was promising people that he owed, like the gypsy, that they would get a part of it. This determination helps him go far and stay focused on his journey; it helps him want to seek his destiny. Santiago, the whole journey shows his determination by facing challenges and tasks, learning from his mistakes when he trusted the Arab man with his money and later on got robbed by him, listening to his friends by following his destiny and trusting their opinion and believing that he can find his treasure, he doesn’t let anything get in the way of that, when he got all that money from working with the crystal merchant, he could have gone home and get more flock but decided to keep on going with his destiny. By facing these tasks and challenges he is establishing what his destiny is and how to reach it. At the begging he just wanted to travel, then he wanted to go and search for treasure and now he wants to find true love and his treasure. Achieving his destiny is not easy for him he has to be determined and not get distracted. He is determined he will go back to the oasis and take Fatima and his treasure home with him. Bravery and determination have helped Santiago in his journey but loyalty has also been an important part of that journey.

Throughout the novel Santiago shows loyalty by remaining true to Fatima and wanting to stay with her and be part of her life. At this point he didn’t want to leave and follow his dream. He wanted to stay and forget about his treasure, until the Alchemist told him that if he didn’t go after his destiny, God would not help him. ’’I want to stay at the oasis,’’ ‘’I’ve found Fatima, and, as far as I’m concerned, she’s worth more than treasure,’’ (113). This shows the treasure is important but not as important as Fatima. They are both apart of his destiny. He doesn’t want to leave Fatima alone because he loves her. Since she is a woman of the desert and is willing to wait for his return. That is why he is being so loyal to her; he doesn’t want to lose her or he will have lost his true love and never find that same love again. When Santiago met Fatima, it was love at first sight. He said to himself that he would never leave her. Santiago showed his loyalty by trusting Fatima to stay there alone and not marry another man, no matter what happens. Loyalty means the world to Santiago; it helps him stay focused throughout his journey.

Santiago’s dream was to travel. Ever since Santiago was a young boy he had always desired to travel and his dream led him to be an adventurer seeking for his treasure. Bravery assisted Santiago throughout the challenges and obstacles he faces in his journey, especially when he met the alchemist in the middle of the oasis and was facing a life or death situation. Santiago shows determination by willing to go find his treasure and showing his loyalty to Fatima, the women he loves. This all help Santiago conspires his destiny and the meaning of life.

As a student I have learnt that confidence is a strong and important trait to carry in order to participate in my destiny, be it now or my future. Santiago shows in the Alchemist, that confidence is the key to success on his journey. Confidence helped him by facing the tasks and challenges, making decisions which showed him that he can really follow his destiny. Hopefully confidence will help me make wise decisions to lead me into a successful future and be a good participant in my destiny. In the present my goal is to be a confident student to guide me in learning and achieving good grades in whatever tasks I'm given. Confidence in myself that I myself am willing to face any obstacles that may come as I journey towards my destiny.

“If I were a boyI think I could understandHow it feels to love a girlI swear I'd be a better man” It seems like a lot of women are not treated well by men. When I listen to this song on the radio or at home I realize that often women are not being treated the right way by men. Sometimes in a teen’s adolescence guys treat girls like they are just toy. If she were a guy she'd do all the same things as a guy and then learn from it (unlike some guys who just keep doing it). I feel sympathy for girls that get treated like that. In my adolescence this has never happened to me but I have heard it many times from others. Often girls are upset that because the guys give no emotional attachment. They just think it’s cool to hang out and take what they want and don’t really seem to care. They hang on for a short time, when they see something new they split and go after it. It is important to see that the guy is nice, sincere, thoughtful and honest. Then you are less likely to be hurt. The decision to go out with the right guy is important and making that decision is a lot harder than people think. I hope I make the right one.


If I Were A Boy: by Beyonce Knolwles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnJcByu8ViM

If I were a boy even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted
And go drink beer with the guys

And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
'Cause they stick up for me

If I were a boyI think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man

I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone

I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come home

If I were a boyI think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man

I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy
You don't understand
And you don't understand, oh
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man

You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
'Cause you're taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you're just a boy

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The picture I have chosen represents me because it shows two entirely different animals (cat and dog) who care about each other even though they are different. I am like this in a way because I don't judge anyone by the way they look or where they come from. I am very friendly and love to be around friends. Another reason I choose this picture is because to me my friends are family, caring and fun. We make each other laugh and we take care of each other. It doesn't matter if we argue or get mad at each other because we get over it the next day. That's what friendships are all about, that's what family is all about.