- Part One of WtDS is titled, "Obsessives, Pioneers, and Other Varieties of Minor Genius." Think about the folks Gladwell describes. Who would you consider to be the obsessive, the pioneer and the genius? You do not have to use the "main characters"; you can use the secondary ones too. There is no right answer...just be sure to explain your choices with specific examples from the book. You can use any of the six chapters in Part One.
- What is one word from "Blowing Up," "True Colors," "John Rock's Error," and "What the Dog Saw" that you did not know before? You will list a total of four words (one per chapter listed), as well as a succinct definition and two synonyms for each.
- What is ONE life lesson you learned from ONE of the four chapters (those listed in question 3)? Be sure to explain the lesson and how the book clarified it for you.
- What are two syntactical structures that you recognized from the four chapters? (Refer to your Words to Know for AP Language packet). Syntax refers to sentence structure, or the way words, phrases and sentences are organized (like parallelism or antithesis)...NOT figurative language (like metaphor or personification). Be sure to write the word, the definition, the example from the book, and the page number of where you found it. No duplicating answers. Check the posts before you to make sure someone else did not use the same example as you. Basically, the early bird will get the worm here!
YOU HAVE UNTIL 7/17 to post your answers...and be ready for a post on LoL sometime this week.
Hang in there; you are already half way through your readings!
SMILE :o) and have a good week.
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1) The one who I consider to be the pioneer is Shirley Polykoff from True Colors because her idea of advertising hair dye and making it acceptable in such a conservative time as the 50's must've been a dificult task. Her slogan, along with her product and advertising, is shown on Pg 79 to have increased the number of women dying their hair from a 7% to more than a 40%. The genius of part one, from my point of view, would be Nassim Taleb because unlike Niederhoffer, he wouldn't take the risks. Niederhoffer would make the big money by taking the big risks while Taleb decided that he could not pursue an investment strategy that had any chance of blowing up(pg 55) and as the author cleary explains, this way of thinking would secure him in not ending up in an apartment in athens. In the long run, it would make him rich.(pg 62) Last but not least,the obsessive character from part one would have to be Jim Wigon for trying to beat Heinz ketchup. On pg 39, Gladwell states "Cooking, on the industrial level, was consumed with the search for human universals. Once you start looking for the sources of human variability,though, the old orthodoxy goes out the window." In other words, Moskowitz(heinz) had and can't be surpassed because he had concluded that there are no universals(pg 39)because you can't please just one group, you have to please everyone. In addition, Gladwell also states in pg 49 that Wigon was paying a heavy price on amplitude due to his lack of sensory completion compared to Heinz. All in all, his efforts of trying to surpass Heinz are in vein until he can make it a much better 'umami'; therefore, making him seem obsessive.
2)blowing up
-rheumy:pertaining to,causing. Syn:to belong Ant:outcasted
True colors
-tableau: a scene, often painted. Syn: illustration Ant:Photography
John Rocke's error
-arcane: hidden, secret; Syn:occult Ant:Known
What the dog saw
-voluptuous: given to sensual pleasure Syn: appealing Ant: appauling
3) From the chapter what the dog saw, I learned that prescence is not versatile; its also reactive.(pg 140)Being a lesson I also found in Lincoln on Leadership, I find it to be highly important because it teaches us to work with difficult people. For example, giving the dog and Eric the illusion that they had a voice over what happened allowed them to grow a sense of order. This sense of order got Ceaser and Tortora the response they wanted.
4)On page 105, the author uses syntax by making an understatement saying "The pill was, to Rock, no more than an adjunct to nature." On page 105 he also uses prose from contraception by Judge John T. Noonan.
**e.c question:
-Check the blog frequently.
-Read as much as you can fit into your spare time. Don't leave things for last minute or you will fall behind. :)
Dayalin (and class),
Understatement is more of a literary device not syntactic structure. The words you should be looking for when it comes to syntactical structure include definitions with these words: "the use of a word," or "a structure structure," or "a sentence that." Terms that have something like the aforementioned in their definitions are syntax-type terms.
Other than that, great job!
Keep up the good work.
SMILE :o)
1. I personally see John Rock as the “Obsessive.” It’s a tad ironic-don’t you think: that he was a practicing Catholic who all of a sudden developed the “birth control pill.” In hope of the church’s approval, John tried everything to make the pill as “natural” as possible. But the church ended up disapproving it anyways. His bizarre way of thinking that he always had to stick to his conscience and allow no one to make him change his ideas, demonstrates a bit of an obsessive behavior. It was his obsessive ways who made him hustle all the way until he was 70 years old to have “The Pill,” finally approved.
∙Pioneer: She for strived to make the hair-dye products popular and well known among American women; Ilon Specht-in my personal opinion is an admirable character that gave her all to make the campaigns successful. Her hit line she introduced for L’Oréal, “Because I’m worth it” really struck a chord when it came out. And for the first time the message was about what the woman thought. It was about her self-confidence, her decision, her style. This famous message exposed in 1973 has been kept all the way till today and women continue to recognize and respond to this positive phrase and powerful sentiment.
∙Without a doubt it can be said that Nassim Taleb- was a genius of pure quality. Unlike Victor Niederhoffer who thought he’d outsmart the market, Taleb was the type who always believed the market would outsmart the people. Hence the very careful trading strategies he used. Taleb was a cautious man who knew that disaster in the markets was inevitable- and therefore went by his theory. And when disaster really struck Taleb was made a rich man, while on the other hand Niederhoffer lost all he ever owned. This shows how Nassim Talebs’ quick, intellectual, and prudent strategies helped him get to the top.
2. Blowing Up: Vexing- Make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters. Aggravate; Infuriate
∙True Colors: Coddled- Treat in an indulgent or overprotective way. Pamper; Caress
∙John Rock's Error: Congeal- Solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling. Indurate; Curdle
∙What the Dog Saw: Ornery- ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper. Quarrelsome; Irritable
3. A life lesson that I acquired comes from the article called “Blowing Up.” Nassim Taleb always liked to quote, “No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.” I think that’s a concept one ought to keep in ones minds constantly in order to be successful. We have to keep an open mind at all times, and be realistic of the possibility that a very random, unexpected event may occur at any time. Whether it be positive or not we have to be prepared for what may come. As Taleb did, he built his enduring hedging firm based on his philosophy that any black swan could present itself at anytime. This is the main lesson that I gained, that in life there’s a big chance that something spontaneous will strike and try to catch you by surprise but that’s why they say: “The Black Swan Event, depends all on the observer. What may be a Black Swan surprise for a turkey is not a Black Swan surprise to its butcher; hence the objective should be to “avoid being the turkey” by identifying areas of vulnerability in order to “turn the Black Swans white.”
4. Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Pg 54: Taleb remembered his childhood in Lebanon and watching his country turn, as he puts it, from “paradise to hell” in six months.
∙Loose sentence: A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses. Pg 73: The beaver builds a dam. [The river washes it away, so he tries to build a better foundation, and I think I have.]
EC Question:
-Keep a schedule of your own pace that you can follow.
-Do little by little, and it will mount up.
-Don’t stress it out, like Mrs. Rodriguez mentioned, we’re already half way through our readings. (:
Great point, Jasmine!
1. I would consider the obsessive to be Ron Popeil because he is constantly thinking about new inventions for the kitchen and easier ways of cutting vegetables or other things. "He dreamed up something new in his kitchen and went out and pitched it himself" (page 9). I find it crazy that someone would dream about a kitchen! A kitchen where every five minutes there is a spot of dirt on the floor. Ron Popeil had his mind running at all times for new inventions for the kitchen and in the chapter it shows how he does not stop. "Here is a man who constructed his life in the image of his father--who went into the same business, who applied the same relentless attention to the workings of the kitchen, who got his start by selling his father's own products--and where was his father?" (page 27). Basically, Ron did everything he could to keep this business going and even as a pitchman. He followed his father's footsteps and, in my opinion, i think it was to get to know his father better since he did not grow up with him. Obsession can make people do things they would never imagine they could do.
The pioneer, in my opinion, would be Shirley Polykoff because it was based on women from the sixties. "So the question "Does she or doesn't she?" wasn't just about how no one could ever really know what you were doing. It was about how no one could ever really know who you were." (page 84). Shirley made those women beautiful, even if it meant for them to fake themselves. Hair dying was made for it not to be noticeable for others and to make the average women beautiful. "But the motivational researchers were concerned with why: Why do people buy what they do? What motivates them when they shop?" (page 92). Since, this dates back to the fifties until present time, Shirley pioneered us to how women would do everything to get married. Ilon Specht showed us how, later on, that women should do it for their own pleasure and satisfaction with the slogan "Because I'm worth it." Women started realizing then that you do not have to look better by dying your hair for men, but for yourself as well.
I would categorize the genius to be Cesar Millan because he could calm any dog down, even when many other trainers have tried to and failed to do so. Cesar actually knew what to do and he did not fail with any dog. "What we really mean is that both of them had that indefinable thing called presence--and if you are going to teach a classroom full of headstrong ten-year-olds, or run a company, or command an army, or walk into a trailer home in Mission Hills where a beagle named Sugar is terrorizing its owners, you have to have presence or you're lost" (page 131). If you are going to do something you need to know what you are doing, but Cesar was born with this talent and he was born as a genius. In his hometown, he was called the dog boy because he never learned how to do what he does, but he simply walks in the room fluidly full of body language that dogs respond to and he makes the dogs follow his demand. “he’s beautifully organized intraphysically,” Karen Bradley, who heads the graduate dance program at the University of Maryland, said when she first saw tapes of Cesar in action” (page 136). Cesar is a genius and everyone can just tell with just one look at him, but it is incredible how someone can just have the all package without even working for it.
2. Blowing Up
-vehemently: zealous; ardent; impassioned; characterized by anger or rancor; strongly emotional; intense or passionate. Synonym: earnest. Antonym: dispassionate.
True Colors
-evasive: tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion; to escape from trickery. Synonym: misleading. Antonym: direct.
John Rock’s Error
-vocation: a particular occupation, or business, or profession; calling. Synonym: employment. Antonym: entertainment.
What the Dog Saw
-adept: very skilled; proficient; expert. Synonym: accomplished. Antonym: awkward.
3. One life lesson that I have learned is from John Rock’s Error. I learned that the passion of learning to understand can destroy you in other ways. “John Rock always stuck to his conscience , and in the end his conscience forced him away from the thing he loved most. This was not John Rock’s error. Nor was it his Church’s. It was fault of the haphazard nature of science, which all too often produces progress in advance of understanding” (page 125). We seem to want things our way so badly that we forget that not everyone thinks the same thing we do or that everyone will agree with what we believe is correct. We can not force anybody to agree with us, but if we want to do something we have to know that there will be people against us and wanting us to disappear because they do not want others to follow us. It is a battle between following your passion and loosing it all or following the footsteps of everyone else and not loose anything. In the end, we must choose what our hearts tell us to choose. What is worth the risk and what is not?
4. Parallelism: the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect. Example: “She had a particularly destructive relationship with newspapers, television remotes, and plastic cups” page 127.
Antithesis: a figure of speech in which irreconcilable opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained tension. Example: “do not mediate their feelings” page 89.
Extra Credit Question
-DO NOT leave things for the last minute.
-set goals everyday for the amount of reading you want to complete for the day or set yourself a deadline.
-do not distract yourself and make excuses why you should not read today, but just do it.
1.What is it that we all consider our pets? Family, correct? We imagine that our pets emotions and thoughts are more complex than they really are, but that’s because we love them so much, because they’re so darn cute. Cesar Millan seems to be the pioneer in the world of dog training. Millan is the so called Dog Whisperer. No one ever seems to point out that your dog is a pet, not a child, but when Millan comes to the rescue, he reminds you that if your dog bites you, and then licks you it’s because “Dogs lick each other’s wounds to heal the pack…” not because they’re sorry. “If she was sorry, she wouldn’t do it in the first place.” In the piece of What the Dog saw, you only would have to read to the third page to realize that Millan is the kind of person that will tell you the truth, like it or not. That kind of honesty is what makes Cesar Millan the pioneer.
The definition of obsession is:” An idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s mind and life seemed to be ruled by an obsession that Wall Street was “sheer dumb luck.” So he was to win, he started a hedge fund name Empirca where he “decided that he could not pursue an investment strategy that had any chance of blowing up.” Even though Taleb is a well educated man he “is certain that, at root, he knows nothing...” and that is why he buys options .Even after having billions in management he still believes he knows nothing, it all happened by chance and luck.
Before Cesar Millan came along Sugar V. Forman was the genius, the dog. Sugar had the power to control minds, and he got away with whatever he wanted. Sugar was like a rebellious teenager, with pushover parents. Sugar would tear whatever she wanted, clothes, carpets, owners, but got away with it “I don’t know how to discipline” says Lynda, sugars owner, who repeatedly shows that she loves Sugar unconditionally. Sugar got away with the crime for a very long time before Millan came along, sugar is the true genius.
2. -Blowing up: Vehemently; Strong emotion, intense. Ardent, passionate.
-True colors: Artifice; A clever trick. Hoax, stratagem.
-John Rock’s error: Equanimity: Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain. Equilibrium, composure.
-What the dog saw: Taut; Tensed, not relaxed. Tight, rigid.
3. Tough love, WtDS is the piece that taught me to be reasonable, not to tolerate things just because of the emotional feelings. Lynda Forman tolerated and loved her dog Sugar because it was cute, its appearance was deceiving, but Lynda just let Sugar trample all over her. Cesar Millan told Lynda that she was lacking the discipline in the equation of exercise, discipline, and affection. Friends sometime come to me with their problems, and what is a friend to do? Give the friend affection, and let your friend babble on and on about their problem, exercise. But how am I supposed to help them without discipline? If I truly care about this friend I’ll remind them of what they have been doing wrong, but if I don’t, they can keep living their reckless life.
4.
Invective: Denunciatory or abusive language; discourse that casts blame on somebody or
something. “I don’t understand why you’re not putting two and two together.” Page 148
Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive
clauses or verses. “People saying ‘I love you’ with a touch that didn’t mean ‘I love you.’ People saying ‘There, there’ with gestures that did not soothe. People saying ‘I’m your mother’ while reaching out to a Chihuahua instead of their own flesh and blood.” Page 148
EC Question:
-Read instead of watching TV!
- Try to have a specific time of the day set for doing your H.W.
- Keep yourself busy throughout the day, that way you don’t make yourself think that you have forever to finish your work.
1. The person who I consider to exemplify being obsessive, a pioneer, and a genius the most is Cesar Millan. Millan epitomizes being obsessed with dog. His own wife Illusion said “ Cesar related to dogs because he didn’t feel connected to people”. Millan felt most at home with dogs almost as if her were one in another life. Even with the mean, aggressive dogs Millan worked wonders. With these dogs he pioneered the notion of dog whispering and dog psychology. Even the rowdiest dogs could be cured by Millan. Moreover, Millan is a dog genius. Through his teaching to dog owners about presence, posture, and discipline he can get any dog to comply. In the case of JonBee, Millan shows how a symmetrical, low center of gravity conveys a sense of calm and therefore calming JonBee to a nervous investigation. Millan then uses rhythmic light pulls to chastise JonBee until he finally complies. Genius! He always knows what to do!
2. “Blowing Up”: Banality- conventional or dull ordinariness [ trite, predictability]
“True Colors”: Dogmatic- expressing rigid opinions [ inflexible, assertive]
“John Rock’s Error”: Anomalous- deviating from the norm [irregular, uncharacteristic]
“What the Dog Saw”: Adept- highly proficient or expert at something [skillful, adroit]
3. In the chapter “What the Dog Saw” Cesar Millan clarifies the life lesson that when you love someone you must fulfill everything about them. Millan uses this life lesson to teach Lynda where she was lacking in loving her dog. In this case it was discipline but in other cases it could be anything. Often I believe we as human beings overlook important parts of loving someone. For instance, your husband refuses to go to the doctor’s office for the past ten years. For the past ten years you’ve put up with this instead of forcing them to go to the doctor out of love. The next thing you know they come home with some illness. As a spouse it is your job to care for your person in all aspects. Just as a friend it is important to care for them even if it’s against what they think. For me this aphorism by Millan just refocused me on this notion of love.
4. Syntactical Structures:
- Juxtaposition: Placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side especially for comparison or contrast [Example PG. 97 : “In the list of sixties social heroes, there are musicians and poets and civil rights activists and sports figures. Herzog’s implication is that such a high-minded list is incomplete. What say of Vidal Sassoon?”
- Predicate: One of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verbs, objects, or phrases governed by the verb, [Example PG. 67: “ Because we’re more willing to gamble when it comes to losses, but are risk averse when it comes to our gains.”
5. EC: What has helped me is focusing on one book at a time. I found it overwhelming to try and read all of my summer reading books at the same time including those from other classes. By focusing on WTDS I’ve been able to get more done and have already finished the whole book. I have read the chapters that we’ve had questions for LoL but now have the chance to focus on LoL better now that I’m finished with the other book.
1. The genius by far has got to be Nassim Nicholas Taleb. As a kid his dream was to live in a mansion with thousands of book in it. And Victor Niederhoffer had it all. Taleb was a smart guy because "despite his envy and admiration, he did not want to be Victor Niederhoffer-not then, not now, and not even for a moment in between." In the end, Niederhooffer bet in a favor and lost it all and Taleb had a right mind of not pursuing an investment strategy that had any chance of "blowing up." Now you know for sure that Nierderhoffer's fortune was a result of sheer dumb luck. This is the reason Taleb didn't want to be Niederhoffer. Taleb could see clearly where it all might end up.
Cesar Millian also known as The Dog Whisperer to me is considered the pioneer. Cesar understands dogs and the actions that they do. Cesar is very honest with you about the way dogs act and that's what you have to understand. "To a dog, you are a giant walking tennis ball." Dogs were his way of feeling he belonged in this world. he knew that dogs are the students of human movement.
The obsessive is better known as John Rock. He tried so hard to make his method of birth control seem natural as possible but that's where he went wrong. what he thought was natural wasn't so natural after all. He wanted for his church to accepted the birtrh control pill but in the end the church ended up dissappointing him. The pill was his crowning acheivement. His obsessive ways is is what made him, after so many years finally get the pill approved.
2. Blowing Up
-Esoteric: understood by ormeant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interrest
private; profound
True Colors
-Fruition: attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment
fulfillment; success
John Rock's Error
-Ardent: having, expressive of, or chacterized by intense feeling
fierce; blazing
What The Dog Saw
-Imperceptibly: very slight, or subtle
gradually, hardly
3. "You never knew whether one day your luck would turn and it would all be washed away." One life lesson I learned from Blowing Up is that you have to be humble but also successful. You can't just think you're invincible because there's always something that goes wrong, like what happened to Niederhoffer. You have to learn how to think before you make a decision and it also has to be realistic. Life brings unexpected surprises you just have to be ready to face them.
4. -Antithesis: the juxtapositom of contrastingideas in balanced phrases. Pg 67 " We cannot blow up, we can only bleed to death."
-Loose sentence: a sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses. Pg. 79 "Today, when women go from brown to blond to red to black and back again without blinking, we think of hair color products the way we think of lipstick."
Extra credit!
-Check the blog on a daily basis
-Don't procastinate
-Have a plan on how you are going to work everything into your day
1. I would consider obsessive is John Rock because he was obsessed trying to make the Pill natural. “In John Rock’s mind the dictates of religion and the principles of science got mixed up.” You see, it was not only the obsession of making the pill natural but rather kind of forcing religion to approve of it. In that way he wandered away from the path of manufacturing a birth control Pill into mixing both different things.
I would consider Cesar Millan a genius and a pioneer. Because he understands dogs better than people do. The way he communicates with them is extraordinary; he uses gestures like if it’s another language that he and dogs can understand. In the case of Jonbee Cesar Millan says, “I am standing above him, looking directly at him. I am very symmetrical. So I’m saying to him, ‘I’m stable. I’m here. I’m calm.’ I’m holding him at the knees and giving him sensory input. It’s firm and clear. Touch is an incredible tool. It’s another way to speak.”
2.Blowing up
Esoteric- hidden or deeper knowledge that is understood by a few syn-Occult, secret
True Colors
Fallacies-mistaken belief; based on a unsound argument syn-fault, mistake
John Rock’s error
Divulge- make known of something private or sensitive information syn- expose, reveal
What the Dog Saw
Gesticulates- using gestures instead of words syn- gestures signal
3. “You could never get what you wanted by faking it, but then you would never know whether it was you or the bit of fakery that made the difference. You ran the risk of losing sight of who you really were.” What I learned in those quote by True Colors was, you can pretend or be yourself but in the end you won’t know if it was the pretending or the real you who won the success. You can pretend to be somebody else your whole life, but the reality can knock on the door one day and you’ll ask yourself Who am I? What I’m trying to say is always stay true to yourself. It’s better to be different than to blend in with the crowd.
EC: Check the blog everyday.
Don’t procrastinate in reading the books.
Try not to listen to music or watch TV while reading because it distracts you.
1. If there was anyone in the first part of What the Dog saw who i would consider obsessive would be Beverly Strassmann. She is a minor character in John Rock's Error. There were lots of clue that came to be whilst reading the book that she was obsessive because she would traveled to Africa just to understand the female biology. She was only supposed to stay in Mali for eighteen months but instead she stayed there for two and a half months. Why would she stay there? Either the view was amazing or just she was just so into her study that she lost track of time. She even mentions "I just couldn't tear myself away." And while she was there she found some interesting things like these women wouldn't menstruate every month. She pointed out this key information that caught my attention "It's a pity that gynecologists think that women have to menstruate every month." What was normal were these women in Africa and just everyone else who would have their period every month would just be considered abnormal. With this kind of information it just intrigues you to continue your study and find out more. I could just say she picked a really good topic that turned out to be more interesting than ever expected. When someone thinks of a pioneer you think of someone exploring an area well in this case i think of Jim Wigon he is a character in the Ketchup Conundrum. Wigon wanted to do something risky and that was putting different varieties of ketchup just like Grey Poupon on mustard. No one had ever tried to put different kind of flavors in ketchup because in all our lifetime we only know one ketchup and one ketchup only. Wigon like every other salesman has his brand "World's Best Ketchup" he has been going into stores and have customers sample his ketchup he has six flavors : regular, sweet, dill, garlic, caramelized onion, and basil. Or like how there's also so many varieties to tomato sauce, he saw all these varieties and wanted to try for himself i got the idea he though that everyone must not have enjoyed this just one ketchup because everyone has different flavors they enjoy but like .Moskowitz said " I guess ketchup is ketchup." Genius is someone who knows something that the majority of people don't know. Genius for me is Cesar Millan. He had the power well for the intellect to turn the most aggressive dog to a dog that follows commands. Where he would live dogs were like children not animals. So that there you can already know he knows a lot about dogs because a parent knows their child. He knows that dogs study humans and that's an advantage that other people didn't. For example, he know that forward to animals is threatening but leaning backwards isn't. This made him the best of the best and that's why i consider him a genius.
2. Blowing up:
Succumb - to give way to superior force.
Syn : submit & surrender.
True Colors:
Unobtrusively - not noticeable
Syn : inconspicuous & modest
John Rock's Error:
Arcane - known or understood by very few
Syn: secret & enigmatic
What The Dog Saw:
Rambunctious - difficult to control or handle
Syn: Wild & rowdy
- Dalyn V.
3. A life lesson i have learned in one of these 4 chapters are in Blowing up. Niederhoffer had everything he had, he was filthy rich but lost it all to the market. Although he lost it most people would just give up then and people wouldn't trust him but not him he builded his ram like a beaver once again. He lost it all again when when 9/11 happened. Now you would really think he would give up by now. But he didn't at the end of the chapter gladwell says that "has lost and made and lost a number of other fortunes in the intervening years". What i understand by this quote is he doesn't care about how many times he falls but he actually is going to stand up once again and will keep standing up. This teaches me nobody how many times i keep failing just keep going at it again and again because if you keep going and going at it again well that's success.
4. Conjunction - the part of speech (or word class) that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences. "But taleb was young, and he barely smoked at all." Page 70-71
Asyndeton - the omission of conjuctions between words, phrases, or clauses (opposite of polysyndeton). "Danny, in the corner, occasionally types things into the computer." Page 65-66
Extra Credit: Well what i recommend on how to keep track on these assignments is checking the blog every monday to see if you have posted something new. If you are the kind of person who forgets then put it as your homepage. I also recommend you don't have distractions while doing the assignments since these questions are meant to be answered insightfully.
- Dalyn V. (continued)
I finished the work, was about to publish it and my browser closed. Here goes again..
1. The pioneer is Nathan Morris. He moved to New Jersey to start a new business. He set up N.K manufacturing, becoming a pioneer even though the effects of the great depression still loomed. Even the rest of his family joined in his business.
The genius is Ron Popeil. He made 1 million dollars on the first hour of an infomercial. He is a genius because he realized that TV advertising was a great way to make the product the star because it allowed him to focus the crowds attention on the product. He also invented many appliances that save time in the kitchen and was able to present his devices in ways which captivated his viewers. His genius is further exemplified by the fact that he knew when and how to move in for the sale. He talked about his GLH to a customer, and was persistent enough just to the right point where by using it on him as a demonstration, he made money. The Obsessive is Victor Niederhoffer. He was a very bright man who was a multimillionaire for managing people's money, He was obsessive in that virtually every square inch of his mansion was covered in eighteenth and nineteenth century folk art. He had an obsession over knowledge as evidenced by his huge personal library. Moreover, when he attended his first squash practice at Harvard, he declared that one day he would be the best at the sport. Eventually, he did. It seems apparent that to be successful one must be obsessive to a certain point, even though too much of anything is bad.
2. aggregating: form a group into a class or cluster.
Whole, total
Dogmatic: Laying down principles as incontrovertibly true.
closed minded, passionate.
rambunctious: uncontrollably exuberant.
boisterous, excited
arcane: understood by few
secret, hidden
3. Always stick to your conscience. Never let anyone else keep it for you. And i mean anyone. It means to stick to your values no matter what. even when facing criticism and people calling him a moral rapist, as well as saying that he should be afraid to meet his creator, he stuck to his beliefs and became extremely successful at what he loved. He stuck to his conscience and developed the pill, which was, at the time, a great success. Even though it was not seen that way after a few years.
4. Conjunction: Part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Let's go for a walk pg 129
antecedent: the noun or noun phrase referred to by a pronoun.
PIKE gave the sense that he had made this little speech many times before.
EC:
- Do not wait until the last minute to start or it will seem like to much.
- separate the work into sections.
- COPY AND PASTE COMPLETED ANSWER TO WORD DOCUMENT JUST IN CASE. This is my second time writing all of this and it kills your motivation. blogspot said it could not process the request and I lost all my work.
4.4. Some examples of periodic sentences (some of the easiest to find in the book) are:
- Page 114, "The obvious answer- that Japanese women were somehow genetically protected against breast cancer- didn't make sense, because once Japanese women moved to the United States they began to get breast cancer almost as often as American women did."
- Page 112, " But for most women, Coutinho and Segal say, incessant ovulation serves no purpose except to increase the occurrence of abdominal pain, mood shifts, migraines, endometrosis, fibroids, and amenia- the last of which, they point out, is "one of the most serious health problems in the world.""
And then this is a juxtaposition on page 80:
- "Between the fifties and the seventies, women entered the workplace, fought for social emancipation, got the Pill, and changed what they did with their hair."
5. Extra Credit saying what to do in order to keep up with the posts:
- Pay attention to Flavia's text messages saying when things are due.
- Bring your books when you go on vacation.
- Communicate with your peers; if you don't know something, chances are one of your friends do.
- Stay on schedule.
1. The character who I must consider obsessive would have got to be John rock. A catholic man who becomes completely and utterly preoccupied with creating and getting others to approve and accept the creation and idea of the birth pill. Whether it was making the pill seem as natural and as normal as possible; so it can be seen as rather instead of a unnormal change, to an acceptable new beginning. Even if it took him 70 years, he obsessed and conquered.
2. The character who was a pioneer had to be Ron Popeil, he truly achieved the kitchen world empire, by pure struggle and effortless charm. By being a denavour and smart man, Ron created the best kitchen products
known to man.
3. The character who was pure genius was Cesar Millan. He had knowledge to his advantage, which common
men won't know. He truly was a type of 'dog whisperer' He knew what threatened, hurt, and pleased dogs. Rather than treating them like simple animals, he treated them like actual living things, like a child's effortless lOved self by a parent. He treated dogs like what they actually were, a man's Bestfriend, today and always.
2. Words I did not know:
Blowing up:
Word: fluctuations
Definition: cause to fluctuate or move in a wave like manner.
Synonyms: variation, inconsistency.
True colors:
Word: brazen
Definition: bold and without shame.
Synonyms: audacious, bald faced.
John rock's error:
Word:Fibrous
Definition:Characterized by fibers.
Synonyms: coarse, wood.
What the dog saw:
Word: machoistic
Definition: deriving pleasure Or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated.
Synonyms: sadistic,
3. Life lesson:
From true colors, I learned that you should always stick to who you are, and change no matter what or who. You and only will lead to success, no one else. And if you change or become a fake, you won't know if the real you or the person you appeared to be , is in charge for your success or your well being.
Additionally:
Life lesson as well. 3. Life lesson:
"They say that if someone doesn't want you at your worst, then they don't deserve you at your best and that is exactly what Millan's ex-wife, Illusion, proved when she said knew the "relationship wasn't working out" when she got sick and Cesar visited her only once at the hospital over the span of three weeks (page 145). How would you stay with someone who, as a newlywed, wouldn't even visit his own wife in the hospital? And, although this is an extreme case, it did provide a real-world example of an old cliche, one which I never really considered until this moment."
1)In WtDS I would consider S.J. Popeil to be the obsessive one. S.J. would wake up in the middle of the night to frantically make sketches of an idea he most likely dreamt of. Also, "he loved standing behind his machinists, peering over his shoulders while they were assembling one of his prototypes." One morning S.J came up with a machine idea that couldcut grapefruit better. There was a grocery store quite close by to him "so S.J. sends the chauffeur out for grapefruit. How many? Six. Well, over the period of a couple of weeks, six turns to twelve and twelve turns to twenty until we were cutting twenty to forty grapefruits a day." As for the genius I would consider Howard Moskowiz to be him. Howard thought up a way to find out what people favor in taste and what they are looking for. " He came up with forty-five varieties of spaghetti sauce. These were designed to differ in every conceivable way: spiciness, sweetness, tartness, saltiness, thickness, aroma, mouth feel,cost of ingredients and so forth." Howard took the prototypes on the road to New York, Chicago, Los angeles, and Jacksonville. He asked people in groups of twenty-fie to eat them and rate them from a scale of one to a hundred. It resulted in him discovering a new category that wasn't out there yet and it proved to be worth hundreds of millions to Prego. Lastly, I would consider the pioneer to be Shirley Polykoff. Shirley stepped into new territory by dyeing her hair blonde. It wasn't usual for any woman to dye their hair unless they were chorus girls or hookers. Shirley inovated dyes for women and pursued what she wanted. "Miss clairol gave American women the ability, for the first time, to color their hair quickly and easily at home."
2)"Blowing Up": Vehemently-Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
Synonyms:1. Angry. 2. Concentrated.
"True Colors":Gentile:A person who is not Jewish.
Synonyms:1. Goy. 2.Non-Jew.
"John Rock's Error":Vocation- A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
Synonyms:1.Career. 2.Duty.
"What the Dog Saw":Simultaneously-At the same time.
Synonyms:1.In concert. 2. As one.
3) One life lesson I learned is to follow your dreams no matter what people say or think. Shirley from "True Colors" did what she really wanted to do, she even dyed her hair no matter how her husband's mother disapproved and she opened a new world for the women of that era.
4)Claim- An arguable statement, which may be a claim of fact, value, or policy.
"The key is not having the ideas but having the recipe to deal with your ideas." Pg.69
Conjunction- The part of speech (or word class) that serves to connect words, phrases,clauses, or sentences.
"He was consumed by the idea of the natural." Pg.107
EC:Know what your schedule will be for the whole week and make time to check the blog in between or to finish assignments posted. Never forget to read the books. Also, if you need help with something ask your friends that might have the same class and it's always nice to remind them of work due on the blog and they could do the same for you.
1. I would say that the obsessive is Ron Popeil. Everywhere he looked, he saw opportunity for innovation. He would be in the middle of one unprecedented invention, and then just abruptly drop it and begin a new one as soon as his light bulb went off, as was the case with the Showtime Rotisserie. He becomes highly excited when he talks about his inventions and exhibits great pride and energy in his pitches.
I would consider the pioneer to be Ilon Specht, because she helped initiate the revolution that women were not objects and did not have to be the shadows of a patriarchal society. Her “Because I’m worth it” campaign exhibited a degree of self-worth and importance to women, which at that time was not favored.
I believe that all the characters in the book are geniuses, but if I had to pick one, it would be Nassim Taleb. He defied the great ritual that is the stock exchange by challenging the human impulse to take great risks and “hope” for the best. He showed the great Neiderhoffer, and the rest of the population with that attitude, that being careful and winning inch by inch, eventually beats taking a gamble and risking everything for one shining moment.
2. New words:
-laconic: expressing much in few words; brief, concise (Blowing Up)
-idyll: idealized and carefree happiness; charm, idealization (True Colors)
-anomalous: deviating from the norm; atypical, abnormal (John Rock’s Error)
-idly: lazily; indolently, casually (What the Dog Saw)
3. Ilon Specht in “True Colors” showed me that conformity is not the cardinal rule of life. One can fight for what he/she wants. She didn’t stand by and heed to the orders barked at her by the men dominating her workplace. She fought against it with a grand air of girl-power, and helped launch an extremely successful campaign based on the self-worth of women. She was part of a revolution, and she taught me that I don’t have to sit around and watch an injustice take place; I can fight for what I believe in.
4. Syntactical structures:
a. Anaphora: a rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: “Dogs basking in the sun. Dogs splashing in a pool. Dogs lying on picnic tables.”(pgs. 129-130)
b. Parallelism: similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
Example: “She wanted to look and feel like Doris Day without having to be Doris Day” (pg. 83)
**Extra Credit: Make a schedule that balances out each summer work assignment, and spreads the amount dedicated to each equally. Leaving everything for the last minute will be overwhelming. Take many notes in the books, and have sticky notes at hand to jot down literary devices, important ideas, etc. The will be a big help when C-Rod asks us to go back and identify specifics in our reading.
1.The one person whom I consider to be the pioneer in what I have read would be Shirley Polykoff from “True Colors” because her idea of advertising hair dye and making it acceptable in a conservative time as the 50's had to be a very difficult task. Her slogan, along with her product and advertising, that is shown on (Pg 79) to have increased the number of women dying their hair from a 7% to more than a 40%. She in every way was a pioneer indeed. Then there is another character that I in a way truly liked but must say I consider him to be quit obsessive is John rock. John Rock was a catholic man who becomes preoccupied with creating and getting others to approve and accept the creation and idea of the birth pill. Whether it was making the pill seem as natural or as normal as possible; he wanted it to be seen as an acceptable new beginning. He did not care how long this would take him is was obsessed and was able to concur it as well. The person that would without a doubt be the genius is Ron Popeil; He made 1 million dollars on the first hour of an infomercial commercial. He is indeed a genius because he realized that TV advertising was a great way to make the product the star because it allowed him to focus the crowd’s attention on the product. In the other hand he also invented many appliances that are time saving in the kitchen. A part which I found amazing and knew he was a genius is the fact that he knew when and how to move in for the sale.
2.
•Blowing up
-Rheumy: pertaining to causing.
Synonyms: to belong; rheumatic
Antonym: out casted
•True colors
-Brazen: bold and without shame.
Synonyms: audacious, bald faced
Antonym: respectful
•John Rock's error
-arcane: obscured
Synonyms: occult; murky
Antonym: Known
•What the dog saw
- rambunctious: difficult to control or handle
Synonyms: noisy, raucous
Antonym: quiet
3.
A life lesson learned:
I can sit down and list many things I’ve learned from this book and its chapters but I won’t. I will tell you a life lessons I did capture and enjoy.
•From true colors I learned that you should always stick to who you are no matter what and never change the person that you are. It taught me that you are the only key to your happiness and successes no one else can do that for you. And if you end up changing or become a fake individual you will always be lost and never know who you truly are.
4. Here are some easy ones.
•Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase.
“People saying ‘I love you’ with a touch that didn’t mean ‘I love you.’ People saying there, there with gestures that did not soothe. People saying ‘I’m your mother’ while reaching out to a Chihuahua instead of their own flesh and blood.” Found on (Pg148)
•Conjunction: Part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
“Let's go for a walk” found on (pg129)
Extra credit:
Things I do to help myself out
- Do not wait until the last minute to start take it out of the was asap,
- separate the work into sections.
-Be an active reader
-Check the blog frequently
-Answer questions as you go
-Write or highlight words you do not know
-When you’re bored read
this will help you alot.
1. In the very first part of WtDS I must insist that John Rock must be the obsessive. In John Rock’s Error as stated in pg.107, “He was consumed by the idea of natural.” which is very correct taking into consideration the evidence. Rock appeared everywhere he could: CBS, Time, Life, etc… Rock even went as far as to translate his birth control book into three languages: French, German, and Dutch. He was so glued to onto the idea of “natural” that he misused the consistency of science and religion like a true genius shouldn’t. Not only that but Rock took the quote in pg.101, “John, always stick to your conscience. Never let anyone else keep it for you. And I mean anyone else.” when honestly people sometimes need to know when to call it quits. In part one of WtDS I must insist that Ron Popeil was the real true pioneer. Ron Popeil is a pioneer because as quoted in pg.5 of WtDS, “He was a pioneer in taking the secrets of boardwalk pitchmen to the television screen.” Even then I believe it was far more than that. Pon Popeil was exiled from his family; literally an outcast, he went out there to come back with even greater aspiration, and he solved problem after problem while dedicating himself to his field; the kitchen. A pionner is someone who invented a method of doing something and Popeil did not only broadcast in the kitchen but he did it foremost as a pitchmen. In WtDS I would credit the genius role to Henry J. Heinz. As written in pg.44 of part one, “There are five known fundamental tastes in the human palate: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami.” Heinz with his ripe tomatoes, made plenty of umami in the product by increasing tomato solid’s percentage. Heinz then added its sour content by increasing vinegar intake. Furthermore, Heinz included double the sugar originally intended which also made his ketchup good. As stated in pg. 45, he also made his product assessable to children by creating EZ Squirt bottles. Heinz is a genius by contributing such a magnificently unique quality of ketchup that made World’s Best seem as a simple sauce. A genius must have both intellect and originality and Heinz product was the outcome of his capacity to both; knowing the product and perfect it.
2. Blowing up:
Laconic- Using few words. Syn: brief, compact
True Colors:
Accouterments- Personal clothing owned, carried, or worn but not always part of a persons main clothing. Syn: accessory, equipment
John Rock’s Error:
Obstetrics- a branch of Medical science concerning knowledge childbirth and care of the mother. Syn: tocology, midwifery
What the Dog Saw:
Hodgepodge- A jumbled mixture; stew. Syn: mess, combination
1.In what the dog saw I would consider John Rock to be the obsessive one. He was in love with his church and he also keeps his faith and his vocation intertwine. Because he obsessively tried to make his pill so natural that is what cause him to do an error in the pill.
The pioneer would be Nathan Morris because he started a new business with his family in New Jersey.Last but certainly not least I would say the genius is Cesar Millan because he can communicate with dogs better than anyone I know. With his ways with dogs he can make any housebroken dog into an obident good dog.
2. Words i did not know??
"Blowing Up":dissident:disagreeing or dissenting, as in opinion or attitude.
Synoynms:nonconformist, schismatic,
"True Colors":articulate:uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Synonyms:silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
"John Rock's Error":menarche:the beginning of the menstrual function.
Synonyms: period,the time of the month.
"What the Dog Saw":
narcissistic:inordinate
fascination with oneself.
Synonyms:full of hot air,arrogant
3.One lesson that I've learned from the chapter Blowing Up is making my goals into reality. When Victor Niederhoffer first started to play squash he wanted one day to be the best in that sport. By defeating legendary Shariff Khan he became the US Open squash champion. From now on I will be setting out my goals and one by one achived them one day.
4.Conjunction: Part of speech that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.
"Because I'm worth it" and "Does she or doesn't she?" (pg.97)
Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive
"I think they are looking at our eyes and where our eyes are looking,and what our eyes look like.
Extra credit***
.Don't leave everything at the last minute.
.Ask your peers for questions when you dont understand an assignment.
.Read at a good pace not all at once.
.write side notes to understand what you read.
1. I feel as though the obsessive and the genius for me is Niederhoffer. I
choose him because he was obsessive about getting a lot of money in a short but
in doing so he was a little stupid if you think cause he lost everything. In a
way he was a genius though in my book because he was able to get so much money.
Shirley polykoff is a pioneer because of her hair dye theory and the fact that
she came up with women's rights. These are my theories.
2. Blowing up
Dissident: a person who hold different beliefs
Synonyms: disagreeing, differing
True color
Tableau: a picture
Synonym: view, illustration
John rocks error
Embolden: encourage
Synonym: inspire, cheer
What the dog saw
Submissive: compliant
Synonym: abject, accommodating
3. The lesson that I feel is for me is the blowing up lesson. Which is " there
is more courage and heroism in defying the human Impulse, in taking the
purposeful and painful steps to prepare for the unimaginable." and I loved this
lesson cause it is so true and I feel in this chapter that taleb is the one
taking the right action and Niederhoffer is making wrong decisions in try to
take the easy route.
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION:
I think you MUST put yourself on a schedule and focus on what your doing and try
no to get side tracked. Another thing is try and read in a comfortable
environment now that doesn't mean you should read in your bed but some where
were you wont be easily distracted and you will be on track.
Thank you and I hope everyone is having a good summer!
1. I would consider Ron Popeil the obsessive character. He would always be thinking of a better way to cook. Every little inconvenience he had a solution to. Not only that, he would not rest until his product was perfect in making a great tasting AND looking example. Plus he would not stop pitching and keep baiting you until you bought his product; even if he did not know how to properly work the product he was showing you. The pioneers would have to be Shirley Polykoff and Ilon Specht. They turned hair coloring from a taboo to an everyday appliance that could make you happy, to a symbol of feminism and independence. The genius of the group would have to be Nassim Taleb. He was able to fight the common human urge to stop long term pain in order to have big gains for the future without the risk of losing it all like Victor Niederhoffer had to go through again and again. His strategy led him to make quite a gain due to the financial crisis of 2008.
2. empiricist: depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory; quack, mountebank
dogmatic: asserting opinions in an arrogant manner; opinionated, imperious
equanimity: mental or emotional stability or composure; equilibrium, serenity
voluptuous: full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment; sensual, sensuous
3. The chapter Blowing Up taught me that it is better to prepare for the worst even if it hurts than to hope for the best. Taleb’s company would continuously lose shorts amounts of money that would keep adding up. Month after month he was losing money. Yet when the 2008 crisis happened and many lost everything he was rich because he had prepared for such an occurrence. Neiderhoffer on the other hand was all over the place. He would make a fortune and then lose it all because of his recklessness and his hope that he understood how the market worked and that he could predict what would happen. I would rather go through the pain to win it all permanently than to constantly win and lose it all like Neiderhoffer.
4. Repetition: An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage--dwelling on a point.
Onomatopoeia: The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
……that the pack had turned into a yelping, howling, leaping, charging frenzy. Woof. Woof, woof, woof. Woof. (p. 132)
E.C.: Do your reading whenever possible. My books arrived late and I have been able to catch up to my reading by taking every opportunity a can whether it be in between my two practices (if I can stay awake), in the car while traveling, or right after you wake up and before you go to bed (As I did before beginning to post these answers which have taken me a good 40 minutes). As for your entries, do not make the mistake I have just made and put the book down. It won’t kill you to put the book down for an hour to answer these questions earlier that midnight :P
1. There are some very unique and interesting people in part one of “What the Dog Saw.” As far as the obsessive person, I would have to go with Jim Wigon. He basically made his whole entire life about revolutionizing the world of ketchup and made it is his life goal to create a ketchup that trumped “Heinz.” He wanted to make ketchup that dominated the ketchup world the same way that Grey Poupon had dominated the mustard world. Tweaking his ingredients and making the best of it was what we he devoted his time to. For the pioneer, I would have to say that it would be Nathan Morris. He basically started his whole entire family’s career. He created the “Ronco Show time Rotisserie and barbecue” and pioneered something that was completely new to the world and in the food business. His family followed after his footsteps in creating new devices that people could use in the kitchen. For minor genius I would have to say that it is Cesar Millan because the way that he is able to be a dog whisperer and tame dogs that are out of control takes a minor genius. Most people are not able to handle that or cannot even comprehend the way a dogs mind works.
2. Banality- devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed. Syn: boiler, buzzword
Iconic- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an icon. Syn: idol, ikon, likeness,
Encyclical- a letter addressed by the pope to all the bishops of the church.
Gesticulates- to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech. Syn: gesture, motion
3. A life lesson that l learned from one of the chapter would have to be that nothing is impossible. I learned this from the chapter “what the dog saw” because if someone can be a dog whisperer than anything is possible once you set your mind to it.
Extra Credit **
Something that could be done in order to stay on track is, lay off the cell phones while you’re doing your work or reading. Texting can be very distracting & hinders someone from reading as efficiently as possible. Another thing would be no facebook while you’re reading. That tends to get some people off track as well.
3. I learned a life lesson from the article titled “True Colors”. In pg.78 Alix Frick mentions, “Her idea was that you should be whatever you want to be, including being a blonde.” It seemed to carry the idea to not judge a book by its cover by portraying the lesson that you shouldn’t let others judgment get in the way of what you want no matter what it is because life is after all too short to let the little things rule your life. The article presented the views that blondes can be anyone from housewives to individual women; its just a color choice. The article seem to tell me: Do what you want to do and don’t let anyone else overrule your choices. As written in pg. 77, “…she thought that the decision about whether she could be a blonde was rightfully hers, and not God’s.” It teaches people to be an individual and to make your own decisions after all you’ll be your worst judge so, why not make it easier on yourself and change what you dislike?
4. Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balances phrases. In pg. 129 Lynda mentions how unbelievable it is to see Cesar turn her dog Sugar from a “monster” to an “angel.”
Anaphora: The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. In pg. 30 the author demonstrates anaphora by repeating HE in front of each action in the beginning of each consecutive sentence, “He sliced open a leg of lamb. He played with the dial of the new digital Showtime. He admired the crispy, succulent skin of the duck. He discussed the virtues of the new food-warming features…”
EXTRA CREDIT:
Since following I’ve taken a few measures to keep in mind when new work is added, what required reading is necessary, and the deadline by:
- book marking the blog as a favorite on my phone.
- checking the blog each day.
- completing parts of each assignment daily to not overwork last minute.
- arranging reading schedules in order to meet the due dates.
I personally would consider Ron popeil to be the obssesive due to his love for the kitchen and the vital need for inventing useful products for cooks around the world. The pionner would be Ilon Specht for her creation of (still today) the worldy famous slogan for L´Oreal Prefrence slogan that satrted off giving women the value they indeed have of being worth it. Having the right to be worth something. The minor genius is without a doukbt Nassim Nicholas Taleb in not wanting to be like Niederhoffer who thought he was invincible. HE didnt go through borrowing money fron his children or selling off his silver or letting down his friends. He took cautiion in making decisions, something Niederhoffer never did. In page 71 Malcolm Gladwell says " There is more courage and heroism in defying the human impulse , in taking th e purposeful and the painful steps to prepare for the unimaginable.
2. BLOWING UP word:
eccentricities = deviating from the recognized or customary character, synonyms(bizarre,strange.)
TRUE COLORS word:
conceptual= pertaining to concepts
synonyms( theoretic,imaginary)
JOHN ROCK´s ERROR word: Obstetrics-
the branch of Medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth.
synonyms( not found)
3. A life lesson I learned had to do with chapter "Blowing up."
In life there are many fastings in which we costanly have to be hurrying. Its a roller coaster out there, there may be times where we´re at a slow point enjoying the moment but at a sudden point we´re unexpectedly speeding towards a new direction. We might pass by a life changing decision or event which might cause gain or loss. We have to take our time in thinking each situation through balancing the pros and cons. we have to constantly prepare for any sudden unexpected outcome, try to not end up like Niederhoffer.
*EXTRA CREDIT= Dont depend on your own understanding, dont get something... Not sure about something get together with peers and discuss your insecurerities.
1. Part one of WtDS has to do with obsession, pioneers, and geniuses. I believe Niederhoffer, was the obsessive one because he became obsessed with money; being able to obtain it the fastest way and being able to receive a high amount. The pioneer I would have to say it would be Shirley Polykoff from "True Colors" because given the time period she was in she didn't let society control her. She decided woman needed change and they needed a way to break free from the chains holding us back. The genius in part one I would have to say is Ron Popeil, it seemed everything he touched turned to gold. He was a little obsessive indeed, but he strives for perfection and if he got a hold of something he thought he could make better he would. He could sell you whatever you didn't want and make you believe you needed it and that's very cunning.
2.Blowing up:
Veneration- respect inspired by the dignity of a person (Admiration, Leader)
True Colors:
Dogmatic- given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly help opinions (Opinionated, Stubborn)
John Rock's Error:
Prevalence- fact or state of happening often (Frequent, Common)
What the Dog Saw:
Repertoire- number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time (Budget, Ration)
3. One life lesson I learned was if you want to make something of yourself you have to go after it yourself. No one is going to come from behind and give you a little push or show you the way. If anything they are going to try and knock you down. This is strongly shown in "True Colors" and "What the Dog Saw". In "True Colors especially, Shirley didnt let the words of society determine her outcome. She made a name for herself and recreated woman all together. In "What the Dog Saw" Cesar shared his love for dogs with everyone. Although what he does for a living some might call strange, odd, or not talented he didnt let the words of other keep him from seeing his goal.
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION**** = What I do to keep up with the reading and blog questions, entries and essays is first make time. Its summer so many people want to enjoy it and "live it to the fullest" but I bet not everyday you are doing something, so make one day dedicated to just reading and working on summer activity. Second, try getting together with friends who have this class and having a book club of some sort. Also, try to check the blog as frequent as possible and if you're going on vacation try emailing Mrs. C Rod to see if she can give you any upcoming assignments. Lastly, remember reading shouldn't be something you bother to do, it should be something look forward to doing. Just like Gladwell mentioned at the beginning of the Novel we can trick our mind into believing we want something, so if you trick your mind you can achieve anything you set forward to accomplish.
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1. I would consider John Rock from John Rock’s Error to be obsessive because he truly believed that the pill was a natural method of birth control. He wanted the church to approve it since it was natural but was not approved since it was considered by the church to be an oral contraceptive and artificial methods of birth control. He really became obsessed with the pill and getting it approved that he forgot about going to church everyday.
I would consider Shirley Polykoff from True Colors to be the pioneer because she advertises hair dye in such a manner that it made a women do it because she wanted to feel beautiful. She got alot of people to change their hair color with her product. There was a time when the slogan Because I am worth it was as important as Things go better with Coke. She had changed the industry of women and giving them more choices. She was a pioneer.
I would consider Cesar Millan from What the Dog Saw to be the genius since no matter how many people before him could not control dogs he was able to control any dog you gave him. Cesar was truly born with a special talent and for this he got his own TV series called Dog Whisper. He treated dogs like kids and knew that any movement, gesture, or any look can trigger a dog to be calm or to be aggressive.
2. Blowing up
proverbial- pertaining to synonym: acknowledged, accepted
True Colors
Neurosis- a relatively mild personality disorder synonym: phobia, mental illness
John Rock’s Error
Antiquity- the quality of being ancient synonym: antique, ruin
What the Dog Saw
Habituated - to accustom synonym: addict, tolerate
3. What really stuck to me was what John Lived by which in it self is a life lesson. Always stick to your conscience. Never let anyone else keep it from you. And I mean anyone else. Him doing what is conscience said was right and not letting anyone put him down his pill made it a long way.
4. Antithesis- the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Example from the book The teacher and pupil have become predator and prey in page 64.
conjunction- the part of speech that serve that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Example from the book He was our baby in page 147.
extra credit
If you go on vacation ready on your way there and back. Also before you go to sleep try to read a chapter. Check the blog every other day. When you have nothing to do read and when you are bored also read it will help you out and get your reading done faster.
1. In my opinion Henry J. Heinz is the most obsessed, pioneer, and genius in the entire book. During the time of Ketchup world in the 19th century many people started to believe that benzoate was harmful but it was the one ingredient that made ketchup. Ketchup during the 19th century was thin and watery because they were made from unripe tomatoes. Heinz made ketchup from vinegar to protect the tomatoes from pickling. Heinz made safer and purer ketchup which he guarantee money back if anything was wrong with the ketchup. Heinz would specialty on tomatoes, and find other ingredients all over the world. He would spend time and make sure everything was perfect with the new product. In pg. 43 it says that Heinz would say “It’s fresh Ketchup. You can taste the tomato.” Heinz changed the way ketchup taste and made it universal.
2. Blowing Up:
Anomalies- strange condition (syn. Departure)
True Colors:
Flamboyant- striking bold or brilliant (syn. Glamorous)
John Rock’s Error:
Encyclical- a letter from the pope for all the Bishops (syn. A letter)
What The Dog Saw:
Egocentric- having little or no interest (syn. Self-center)
3. The life lesson I learned in reading John Rock’s error was that Pike was telling people that there are changes in this world. Women for example are becoming lawyers, doctors, even CEO of a company while men are looking this in the wrong way. The Catholic Church for example they don’t accept birth controls but in reality birth controls are good for young girls. The life lesson I learn is that you have to be open minded in the world because everything is changing like Today there’s a African American as a president many people believe you had to be white to become president. We have to accept the changes around me like most grandparents have to accept not everyone is so secret about their family and how I have to accept that in the future there might have different types of transportation or government.
4. Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase in the sentence. Example pg 80“Chocolate Cherry and Champagne Cocktail colors “.
Mood: the emotion evoked by the text. Example pg. 105 it’s a letter of what the Catholic Church on what they think about birth control.
MariaM.
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