TPCASST

TPCASTT:  Poem Analysis Method:   title, paraphrase, connotation, diction,  attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and  theme
Titleof poem means	'Out, Out' is literal to the poem, of the boy dying by cutting his hand off.
Paraphraseparts of the Poem	A boy is outside cutting things on his hand saw when his sister comes out to tell him it is time for supper, he gets way too excited and the saw slips, cutting his hand. The doctor comes and puts him under with ether, and the boy dies. Since everybody else lived, they all returned to what they had been doing.
Connotationof some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values	When the boy looks at his hand it is said "The life from spilling" where the life in this is referring to the blood gushing out of his hand.
AttitudeWhat is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself?	In the beginning the attitude was calm, almost a callous sense. Once the boy cuts his hand it turns to a gloomy kind of feel and ends with a feeling of hate.
ShiftAt first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift:  identify the shifts and explain them	The Shift would be towards the very end after the boy dies when it starts to say that "No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs." because it is when the poem starts to change in its tone where the other people do not care for the boy anymore and go on with their lives.
Title revisitedAny new insights on meaning or significance of title?	The title is an allusion to Macbeth.
Theme	Life is short, you can lose it in the blink of an eye. Or in the meantime of being excited for supper and having a hand saw in your grasp.

tobermory explained

The last sentence is a bit of comedic relief, with Appin having already taught his cat how to speak and now that it is dead he may have the opportunity to teach the elephant the same. But instead mentions that it will use German irregular verbs which are hard to learn. So thus being hard to reteach an animal to speak.

Laptop repair

After long tedious hours of pulling apart my laptop, I have successfully gotten the whole thing opened up so I could take a look into what was wrong with it:

 and so I finally found what the problem was, and it was this huge dust bunny in the fan causing it to keep overheating

and let me tell you; in most laptops, the fan is often the VERY LAST thing you will get to. I had to take nearly every inch of it apart, pulling the keyboard out, taking ram, hdd, wifi card, and even the whole motherboard out just to simply get to the fan(luckily I didn't have to take off the screen).

p.s. if anyone ever needs computer help(cleaning, repair, any troubles, etc.) I can be that guy and help with whatever it may be.

seeking mentor

Mentors are a great thing to have. They are there to show you the right path to take and guide you through things that you need help with, which they should have from their own experience. Mentors could be someone you know, or may not know, but will keep looking up to as they show you into the path of greatness. Regarding a mentor to my masterpiece, I can look towards my brother who has been there to help me with teaching me all that I know about computers. Although he does computer work for people on his own, he isn't at the professional level. Possibly a mentor that has graduated with a degree in computer engineering/computer science would be good to have also. Someone that has been in the business of coding/programming for awhile and has a little more knowledge.

masterpiece update:

After changing the idea of my masterpiece multiple times, after either getting stuck or not wanting to go forward with an idea, I think I have decided on the one I would like to do. With my intentions on going into computer engineering in college, I thought why not get a head start on stuff that I will most likely be going over or doing then. So I decided that I want to code something(that part not entirely sure yet) possibly an app, or game in that sense. Basics will be to learn html, so starting with that is where I am at. So far this seems like the masterpiece I will most likely be going full force into accomplishing, it highly interests me and will also be beneficial so I feel that it is just a win win situation.

Brave New World essay intro(up to criticism)

Technology has advanced to a point where one has to morally question himself everyday. In Brave New World, Huxley writes about a world taken over by technology and ran in a sense that no one thought imaginable. With the drug "soma" to incite happiness in its users and the process of making identical children through laboratory processes on the conveyor belt shows the new aspects of technology in his book. Huxley uses techniques such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and allusion to Shakespeare to write about this "Brave New World" in an entirely technology driven era.

Misc. BNW notes

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Huxley uses techniques such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and allusion to Shakespeare to write about this "Brave New World" in an entirely technology driven era.