Liz’s Blog

Hercules was a hero in the ancient days and also in the Disney movie, which is what I am going to talk about. I think Hercules is a hero because he went on a heroic journey, and in the movie his goal was to become a hero and he even got a hero trainer. [...]

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Beowulf is a product of its time because of all the things it has in it that reflects the time period and helps us learn about that time period.  There are a lot of battles in this poem.  This is a reflection of how tribal and warlike these people were and how it wasn’t a [...]

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This next week and these next two weekends are going to be really good.  For the rest of this week, I have no more tests or quizes.  I also have no more homework for the week as soon as I finish reading Beowulf.  This weekend I have to cheer at a basketball game, which shouldnt [...]

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The whole  day today i thought it was Wednesday, but it is really Tuesday.  I hate that.  Today has been a really good day though.  I woke up and looked at my phone to see what the temperature was outside, and it was 33 degrees.  That started off my good day because i love when it [...]

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So far in Beowulf, I am pretty confused.  And i can say this honestly because i actually read it and i still dont understand it.  There are way too many names and for some reason they all start with an “h”.  Its hard for me to tell what is a place and what is a [...]

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The 17th century was the age of reason. It wasnt like Romanticism where people focused on emotion over reason: everything was focused on reason. William Shakespeare was a prominent author of the time and wrote many plays that are still famous today. Europe was going through the Baroque cultural movement. People [...]

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One night i was laying in my bed about to go to sleep when i saw a light shining into my room.  At first i thought it was just headlights from a car, but when it kept happening i realized it was a flashlight.  I cracked my blinds a little bit to see what it [...]

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Thrid quarter I’m going to try and do all of my homework every night and pay attention more in class. I need to have a better grade this quarter. First quarter i had a really high A or A+, so i know i am capable of it, but then 2nd quarter i had [...]

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