...it's Fall! *gasp gasp*Yeah, you've been enlightened. No need to thank me, it's just what I do. Halloween is the day after tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love Halloween. You get free candy AND get to dress up without people thinking you're totally insane/weird. It's like the best idea ever!**I'm hungry. I bet you so wanted to know that. Again, there's no need to thank me.If you read this blog, could you please either follow or comment? It'd be nice to know if people actually see/read this.Today I went to buy a bagel and one of the librarians from my library was there! She was buying a bagel too. It was a very exciting experience. I think I'm gonna write a book about it. Earlier, my little sister spilt hot tea down her front. Now she has a burn down her chest. Can you say "OW"? Hellooooo! I didn't hear you say it!*grumbles about the weird people in this world*I'm currently writing a paper where I have to give examples on some Homeric Similes in The Iliad. This is what I have so far:Homer often used similes in his books. A simile is “a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”” Homer’s use of similes in his storytelling give a vivid image of what’s happening. He most often used similes when describing a battle.
Homer also used a lot of similes that use animals as an example. Such as this one:
"As ravenous wolves come swooping down on lambs…so the
Achaeans mauled the Trojans." (p. 424, 415).
This simile gives a clear image of what is happening. It means the Greeks are viciously fighting the Trojans, who really have no chance of surviving.
There is also many similes that use the elements as examples.
“As a heavy surf assaults some roaring coast,
piling breakers on breaker whipped by the West Wind,
and out on the open sea a crest first rears its head
then pounds down on the shore with hoarse, rumbling thunder
against some rocky spit, exploding salt foam to the skies-
so wave on wave they came, Achaean battalions ceaseless,
surging on to war.” (p. 159, 489-495) This simile shows how powerful and never-ceasing the Greek army is. It calls to mind a vivid image of the Greeks charging the Trojans.
Blech. I hate how when you copy&paste something the spacing gets messed up :(And blogger is stupid so the spacing on my paper is gonna be all weird in this post. THE END**with the exception of inter-library loans. Those are awesome. So yeah, Halloween & inter-library loans are great ideas. A not so great idea is making toast and drying your hair while you're in the shower.
