2/19/2018 76 Comments And for my next trick...At the end of this unit, your big narrative writing assignment will be to write your own allegory. Your allegory should explore a problem or conflict that you want to make a point about. The conflict could be anything you want it to be, but should have a moral, political, social, historical, technological, or religious focus.
For this blog post, discuss or propose an idea (or several) about what conflict you might want to explore for your allegory assignment. You could choose a real-world conflict from any era in history. For example, write an allegory mirroring the events that caused WWI, explore the water crisis and civil wars in Sudan, or write a piece that reflects the most recent United States presidential election. The conflict you explore might be something more personal. For instance, you might write a story that exposes the truth about bullying, cliques in school, school uniforms, or gang violence. Explain which conflict you’d like your allegory to explore. Do some research into the event or into a topic related to the conflict that might help you plan your allegory. For example, if you wanted to write an allegory exposing the truth about bullying, do some research into severe cases that might serve as models for parts of your story. Include a link to your research and reference it in your response.
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Mikyra Dale
2/20/2018 03:41:49 pm
A major conflict that I think it's a big problem is school shootings. I really think that they are really getting out of hand. So many innocent people have died due to these incidence. This is all I see on TV or the news, online and I really think it's sad what parents have to go through for the loss of their child. According to snoops.com there has been 18 school shooting since January 1st 2018. “Two were solely suicides, three involved the accidental firing of a weapon on school ground, eight resulted in no injuries, only seven were intentional shootings that occurred during normal school hours.” I really think that something should be done government wise or president wise. I really think something should be done because this is really getting out of hand and I really think they shouldn’t show it on the news because it seems like people are copycatting. It seems that once one do it others get an idea. I think they should put metal detectors in the door of the entrance of all schools to provide safety for the whole school campus.
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Annie Elburn
2/25/2018 04:23:47 pm
This is a very important issue we need to talk about especially now. Ever since the Parkland Massacare, since Sandy Hook, since Columbine, NOTHING has changed. We need to show people that change needs to happen and that this needs to happen before another school shooting happens. If we keep this up, more kids will be killed and lawmakers will continue to procrastinate. I feel if you write it well, it may convince others to try to change.
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Karon Teat
2/25/2018 07:52:50 pm
This is a topic that is very much relevant in today’s society. School shootings or just mass shootings in general are a much bigger problem than I thought. I have heard of maybe 4 shootings since the beginning of 2017 and to know that there has been 18 since the beginning of 2018 is very alarming. I too think that there should be something done about this by the president but what I don’t get is why he wants to arm teachers to help protect the students. We have teachers out here having sex with kids and cussing out their students, what makes him think that they won’t get so angry that they’ll pull out the gun HE gave them. Not only that but a fellow citizen disagreed with the president aswell and told him that teachers already have enough on their plates and adding guns to that plate is to much to carry. This is really just a terrible idea as a whole, even if teachers were supplied with firearms for protection what makes the president think that a student won’t somehow get into it. The school shooter who’s been the center of everyone’s conversation somehow got his rifle out of a locked gunsafe. If he can slip into a safe and shoot up a school, who says a student couldn’t do it. Who says that a troubled teen from Wicomico High School can’t do that. This is a problem that’s been hanging over my head for sometime now and it’s good that I’m not the only one. Another thing that I took from your blog post is when you made a comment on metal detectors put in schools. Honestly I think we should’ve been done this and the thing I don’t get is that there actually are detectors put in schools. But, they are only put in the “violent” schools or the schools in the ghettos. Why would you only put detectors in the “bad” schools when it’s the “good” schools getting shot up. I saw on the Dr.Phil show that wherever this shooting took place, it was known as the safest place in America(or someting like that). Well, a school in a so called “safe place”just suffered the lost of 17 lives(I think). That goes to show that the bad schools aren’t the ones people need to look out for, we need to look out for all of them. Another thing is that the FBI was notified about this child making threats but did nothing, but I’m not going to address that because I’ve done enough ranting on this blog post and your probably tired of reading by now. I would just like to say that I really enjoyed this blog post and it really did stir up something in me.
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Madison Palmer
2/26/2018 07:50:37 pm
I agree that school shootings are out of hand. This would be an interesting topic to write a literal meaning to. I think it would be a good idea to create a story around the idea. You could recreate a situation that happened, and replace it with inanimate objects. You could also create a possible story that could happen. Then, you could change people to animals or objects.
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Sephora Frejuste
2/27/2018 09:25:39 am
I feel like that is a really good topic for you to write about. This certain topic has been happening recently throughout 2018. Addressing it through an allegory point of view is a good idea to so that anyone won't become offended by it. I am really interested to see how you will approach the topic while writing.
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Karon Teat
2/20/2018 05:27:41 pm
I think I want my allegory to be based off the civil rights movement. I just watched this documentary about slavery and desegregation that is giving me a lot of inspiration. My allegory will specifically more than likely be about a specific person. It also might be about their affect on the civil rights movement. For example Rosa Parks or Malcolm X. If I don't do this than I will probably do it on the life of a slave. If I go this route than I will probably do my allegory on Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad. The following links actually taught me a lot about Mrs Tubman. for example, she had epilepsy from when a slave owner threw an object at her head. Also she led 70 slaves to freedom.
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Fernando Lopez
2/20/2018 05:45:07 pm
I don't know what I should make my allegory on but I have some ideas in mind. I probably might do one about ww2 and not to let someone manipulate you like that. Another possible idea is to do one about Pax Romana. If i do WW2 then I will include the significant events, most important battles and how it started/ended. What I will definitely include will be how the Germans got manipulated. Also the two atomic bombs which ended the war which cause the Nazi army to slowly fall apart and surrender also possibly two or three battles. The other option that I might do is Pax Romana and it was a time period where the Roman Empire was at peace and no one fought. The cause of this was the five leaders that made sure it stayed that way. I will include how the peace period started and ended. Also the leaders and what they did to make it that way. The period was very surprisingly long time period about 200 years of peace!
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Brendan Wilson
2/20/2018 10:50:26 pm
The thing i chose to right an allegory abkut i though i’d the civil war. The civil war was a major part of our country’s history. We could do something similar to animal farm. Or even a runoff, spinoff, or alternate ending to animal farm. We could have Snowball have the animals work until they can’t move and are treated as slaves. And Napoleon would support not having the animals be slaves. Napoleon and his side would battle against Snowballs side and they could fight. This would be similar to the civil war because the north and south disagreed on slavery. The north could be napoleons side and the south could be Snowballs side. Napoleon would be Ulysses S. Grant and Snowball would be Jefferson Davis or Robert E. Lee. It would be cool to see the animal farm to be at an all on battle.
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Will Schmidt
2/25/2018 06:01:51 pm
I like how you made a connection of your allegory to Animal Farm. Your allegory makes sense and seems like a great idea. However some problems would be like,"What would the animals fight with. Or where would one side be if the other is on Animal Farm. I'm not trying to shoot down your idea but it just has some thinking to do but still great idea overall.
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Fernando Lopez
2/26/2018 04:56:10 pm
I liked how well you got everything planned out. The Civil war seems like a different event that most people would probabaly not think of to do a allegory about but you seem to expand towards other events. But who would win the north or your going to make the south win? Would the animals be the same or you would add more animals? It depends on you as you will write it and these are a few questions to help you and interested to see your allegory soon.
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jadyn c
2/27/2018 09:29:43 am
I think it would be really cool if you did something that was like a sequel to Animal Farm. Like you were saying Napoleon would be like the North, and Snowball would be like the South, maybe you could have one of the other two farms be like France or England. Since the South almost got help from England, I think it was England at least it might have been France. But you could have that farm maybe try to get themselves involved.
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Bryanna DeRosa
2/21/2018 06:11:40 pm
I'm going to talk about cliques, and they can be good or bad. But i mainly think bad. Only because fitting in is the most important thing in school for some people. To be popular is like the only thing some people care about. If you stay to the same people forever, how are you gonna explore different ideas and people. Some groups bully people who are "below" them. It can cause lots of stress and is not healthy to try and to live up to other peoples expectations.
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Annie Elburn
2/25/2018 04:29:49 pm
This is very true, Bryanna! Many people believe that the movie Mean Girls was based of an allegory or how to stay out of cliques. To write your allegory, you could maybe use inspiration on this and go from there. People do need to worry about this issue because it can totally change ones personality for the worst. I really do think that yours will be great if it involves this topic!
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Sephora Frejuste
2/27/2018 09:30:09 am
I think that is a good idea for you to write about that topic. You have some really valid points that you address in class about the topic. So I am interested to see what your allegory would look like. Anyway I like that you choose to approach this situation. And I agree with everything that you said in your post.
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Annie Elburn
2/21/2018 08:27:58 pm
Friendship means everything to me. So, in my allegory, I might have a deeper meaning about friendship and how it is important to stick with the ones who really care about you. I have had a couple of people who I thought was my friend who it turned out that they weren’t so good. When I figured out the truth of those people, it really hurt since I thought they cared about me and I felt used. I want to show people that it is important to stick with those that mean the most to you. In my research, I found many hidden ways to show abandonment and figuring out who your true friends really are. People can find many ways of looking at how I write my story. Who knows? I can maybe help my own friends think of their lives and figure out the reality of the situation!
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John Rodriguez
2/24/2018 11:01:34 pm
Annie i think is really cool your writeng about friendship. I say this as its not a topic many would chooce soits original. Im not saying others are not original im just saying that your thinking outside the box. Which is really cool cause thats what we are suppost to do in this assignment. Well ithink is cool you are writing about friendship and i hope it finishes good.
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Kailey Moyers
2/26/2018 05:20:24 pm
I think this a great idea for your allergory. Friendship is a very important thing, especially during schooling years. It’s important to keep your real friends close to you and to treat them the same way you’d want to be treated in return. It’s also key to stay away from drama and toxic people that are just going to tear you down. I think it’s very important for people to realize that, and most people don’t until it’s happened to them.
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Bryanna DeRosa
2/26/2018 05:26:39 pm
Your so right. I've had so many people say they were my friend but turns out that they weren't because friends don't tell your secrets or talk about you. I like how you compared it to such a successful and inspiring true story.
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Kayla Thornton
2/26/2018 09:18:53 pm
I've decided to respond to your comment because I can relate to it. Friendship is also very important to me. I have also had a few people that pretended to be my friend, but then they did something that made me stop trusting them. When I found out what my friend did, I was very hurt, like you were when you were betrayed. I think that it would be good for you to show people that it is important to stay true to your friends, because I know quite a few people that need to learn about what it is to be a good friend.
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2/21/2018 09:58:53 pm
For my allegory I was thinking that it could explore the topic of sin or accepting vices because I was hoping to bring out more moral problems among not just within you and I personally but throughout our whole society. I read an article and it was titled “A Letter to My Vices” by Elizabeth Crisci. A paragraph she wrote that really caught my attention was when she says “We live in a constant fluctuation of habitual behavior. With conscious effort we can change our habits—but it’d be a lofty ambition to say we will ever be free of our ego and its base instinct. But is it wrong to say I can take comfort in my daily sadhana and also a glass of whiskey? Are my self-indulgent vices OK in small doses, if I’m conscious of the habit? At what age do I need to be accountable for my own happiness again? Can I just stay in the comfort of habit, hiding behind the cloud of smoke (sometimes literally), and still fulfill my higher purpose?” This pulls me in because she asks all these rhetorical questions that make you think then she hits you with facts that have an on the surface meaning and a hidden meaning. After reading what she had to say about her own personal vices I thought of one of the most common misconceptions which is “the root of all evil”, money. Every time I hear that I just keep adding to this tab in my notes on my phone… I guess you can call it spoken word even though the closest it’s gotten to spoken is in my mirror or matter fact mostly just in my head and it’ll probably stay that way.
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2/21/2018 10:31:24 pm
The allogory that I would like to talk about is slavery. One could show the revolution of slavery. I could also show slavery in a different point of view. I could show this by taking Orwell's idea and instead of using animals I could use vegetables. Slavery is not something that goes on till today. Not that I now of any ways. Slavery is mostly spoken in the "white" point of view. I have always wanted to see the opposite point of view. What better than to write one myself.
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Brendan Wilson
2/26/2018 08:20:27 pm
I could see slavery used in animal farm. Napoleon could make the animals work so much and so hard to the point it is unacceptable. We could see what the animals feel about Napoleon and we could see how they would escape it. Maybe Snowball could come back and help them escape.
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Kilee Taylor
2/26/2018 09:56:19 pm
I think it is really cool how you want to write about slavery, especially if you show the evolution of slavery over time. I think your idea of being sort of like Orwell, in his allegory using animals, but in yours using vegetables, it will put a completely new perspective of it into a story. As you said, slavery is often told in a white point of view, but not very many stories are told from the other side. Great idea and ways of spinning the story to make it unique and very creative. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
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Jadyn Carroll
2/22/2018 04:38:24 pm
I think my allegory is going to be about religion, and possibly death. Like an allegory on what happens after you die, since not everyone believes in the same thing. For my link, I put some different peoples beliefs about the afterlife. I can use this to be able to try and include as many different ideas as possible. Like, each character could represent a different idea, and the main conflict will be the big thing between religions that their belief is "correct."
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Karon Teat
2/25/2018 07:07:57 pm
I actually find this idea really interesting. When our class found out that we would have to write an allegory I immediately thought of religion. I ended up choosing something different. We just read an allegory on religion in our groups. My group read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This novel is an allegory on christianity. The most interesting part of your idea is the afterlife aspect. Whether you’ll go the route of reincarnation or a place of eternal peace is fascinating. Or maybe you’ll go with a more negative place of agony and pain. Whichever way you go I hope this post gave you some ideas on your allegory.
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Carli Jett
2/25/2018 08:47:59 pm
I like your idea because it is something that many can relate to. I like how the characters would each represent someone else's belief. This is one idea that is really unique and kind of easy to do. I only suggest that their deaths or explained before they die, so it makes sense. You were probably going to do that anyways.
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Bryanna DeRosa
2/26/2018 05:28:36 pm
I like how you said everyone has different beliefs because some people only believe in one thing and forget everyone else's beliefs. There's so many theories about the afterlife but what you believe could be true or not we don't know.
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Carmen Broadwater
2/26/2018 09:57:32 pm
I for one completely agree with that idea, that will be super cool to have all these different ideas of life after death combined in one allegory. It’s a good idea to have each character have a different idea of life after death, and it also was really cool for you to include some believes that you don’t necessarily practice and maybe include some that we haven’t really heard of before. If you do decide to write an allegory about death then may I read it? Maybe the characters could be animals! 😂
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dane Stone
2/22/2018 04:52:12 pm
i was thinking of two things. the first of which i call tiny hands. he is a trex that has tiny hands and thinks he is the most yugest dinosaur around. obviously he is going to be based off of Donald Trump. some things that i am thinking is that mike pence can be a spinosauras because it is just as dangerous as a t-rex. im not trying to affend anyone by saying that trump is bad. he isnt, i just wanted to do it. the second one that i was thinking of was going to be about the great depression and it was going to be about bugs. i was thinking i could kind take some ideas from bugs life. FDR was going to be a mystery bug that helps a lot.
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Alexis Hambleton
2/26/2018 08:28:20 pm
I like how you are using animals to go through with your allegory. It’s like animal farm. You are using animals that relate to the persons personality.
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Jocelyn Miltz
2/22/2018 05:36:14 pm
A couple topics I might possibly write my assignment on are the use of cell phones/social media and the disrespectful manner in which our generation lives. This issue is very relevant nowadays because technology is used more today than ever before and this can be beneficial; however, it can also be harmful. Social media exposes people, helps criminals commit and promote crimes, wastes time, and even causes stress and relationship issues due to little to no communication. Studies show that “32% reported using social media or texting during meals (47% of 18-34 year olds) instead of talking with family and friends” and this shows that now because of how advanced our technology is we can’t even communicate face to face without a screen in front of us. I find it very embarrassing that this generation revolves around Snapchat and where everyone is eating dinner and who they’re eating it with, and the next Kardashian/Jenner grandchild. In addition to this issue, it is rather pathetic also that our generation can’t have common courtesy and be polite and use manners. It isn’t that difficult to just say please and thank you sometimes, but or generation tends to talk balk, cuss, do drugs, smoke, and they believe that that’s alright. Just because it looks appealing doesn’t mean that it is. Hopefully I can portray my ideas correctly through this assignment.
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Paul Yang
2/26/2018 11:21:30 am
The topic on social media and phone usage is a good topic because nowadays almost everyone has a phone that they use every day. I find this topic interesting because there’s many statistics towards this one topic like the one that you stated. Cell phone and social media usage has been a big problem in today’s world because almost every has it and are using it constantly. This topic is somewhat diverse because there’s so many things and related topics connected to social media and cell phone usage, but generally I believe that this is a good topic to write about. When writing the allegory, you could possibly write it from the phone’s perspective which would be interesting because its usually from our perspective. Making the phone have feelings might be hard, but it would be interesting to read what the phone has to say about us humans that use them every day.
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Jadyn C
2/26/2018 11:40:56 am
I really like the cell phone idea. I think we’re just so used to that being around us that we don’t even really think about using it. I think an allegory would be a good way to really remind us of the world we live in and how it revolves around social media/technology.
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Fernando Lopez
2/26/2018 05:20:37 pm
You can't stop social media but it can also be use for good like spreading a awareness and also helping people grow charities. Technology will also become more advance and keep on growing but you can also out on restriction of what you can do with it. But I do believe that people should be respectful to anyone they are talking to. I like how you talk about things that are happening now instead of doing a event in which most people might do. People could also spread awareness faster with social media like stop smoking and the truth commercials about smoking.
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Kailey Moyers
2/26/2018 05:26:26 pm
This is such a good idea!! Our generation is honestly an embarrassment to the progress of society. Before technology, people were more social and more respectful. Since technology has advanced, people are face deep in their phones constantly, and have lost their sense of respect. While that’s not true for everyone, it’s true for the majority of our society. I’ll admit I am one of these people sometimes, but I wish I wasn’t. I can’t wait to see what you do with your allegory!!
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Kayla Thornton
2/26/2018 09:33:29 pm
I've decided to respond to your comment because I agree with what you said about the usage of technology. While technology can be useful, like you said, it can be very harmful to society. No one talks to each other as often as they would without technology, and when they do, it happens over the phone (a lot of the times it does). I personally can't even count the number of times I have seen people being on their phones at restaurants, not even paying attention to anything going on around them. Technology can distract people, and I have even seen people walking on the street while on their phones, almost running into things around them, or other people. I think that the amount of technology used should be lowered because it has many dangerous outcomes that can come of this usage.
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Kilee Taylor
2/26/2018 10:01:57 pm
I really love your idea of how our generation is so obsessed with social media and technology nowadays. I completely agree with all of the bad sides of technology and everything involved, especially with the side of bullying. I think it is crazy how so many teens would rather spend time "double-clicking" on a stranger's picture than spending quality time with their family. I know a few people that find it extremely hard to talk face to face, because they have relied so much on screens, but they find it almost effortless speaking to someone over text message. I really like your ideas and can't wait to see how it all comes out!
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Paul Yang
2/22/2018 07:47:35 pm
After thinking about what to write for a long time I’ve come to the decision that I would write my allegory most likely on the Xin Hai Revolution which was the revolution that I wrote in one of my blog posts. As I thought deeper into the setting and characters of my allegory I first thought about making the setting of the story at a zoo and the characters animals, like Animal Farm. This idea was just a random idea that had randomly came to me as I was thinking about what to do for my allegory. The Xin Hai Revolution of 1911 was mainly caused by the inefficiency of the government and the lack of food sources as stated in https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/chinese-rev, which is similar to the causes of the rebellion in Animal Farm. I was also thinking about writing an allegory on the gun violence that’s seen very often and too often today, but I didn’t know how to write it in a way where it wouldn’t be too violent. When I had thought of this I thought about it twice because I didn’t know how to write it in a way where the message would be sent while also not making it too violent, so I don’t think I'm going to do that. For right now I’m more towards writing an allegory about the Xin Hai Revolution because there’s more to talk about and easier to send the message across. If I do set my settings at a zoo with animals I would most likely give the people who wanted the imperial rule the animal who's stubborn and doesn’t acknowledge other’s opinions. In the Xin Hai Revolution the people rebelled against the imperial rule because of its inefficient government, but the government ignored and never really acknowledged what the people wanted. During the 1900s the Chinese government was somewhat corrupted with its officials not acknowledging anything that the people wanted, while being more focus into what would bring them prosperity. Right now, I really don’t have a plot or plan down because I still want to look into more conflicts, a conflict that’s interesting and easy to send the message across. I also had thought about doing the allegory on the American Revolution, but the problem with that is that I don’t know how I should represent the British.
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Kailey Moyers
2/22/2018 07:55:57 pm
I want to write an allegory about bullying. Bullying is a serious issue in the world that ruins self-esteem, confidence, and may lead to suicide. For example, I read about a girl, Brandy Vela, who shot herself because of the cyber bullying she received. (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberbullying-pushed-texas-teen-commit-suicide-family/) People made fun of her for her weight and used her identity on dating websites to make her look bad. Finally. after a while of this, she was set over the edge and she killed herself. Her dad and sister tried to stop her, but they were too late. This is only one of millions of suicides caused by bullying. People don’t realize what damage they can cause by bullying someone. You never know what’s somebody’s going through, maybe the tiniest little insult to you could cause their life. I’m strongly against bullying, as most people are, and that’s why I want my allegory to be about bullying.
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Mikyra Dale
2/26/2018 04:13:50 pm
Bullying is a serious problem. There has been many suicides caused by bullying. I hate when I see people getting bully because it ruins their self confidence and its really hard to redeem your confidence back after someone then put down. Some people don't realise that sometimes the words that may come out your mouth might be harsh or mean to them put you don't notice that you just brought down the self confidence. I know that I have done this before without noticing but without after I have notice that I have offended them I go back and apologize for what I said. Some people bully on purpose to make themselves look or feel good.
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Jocelyn Miltz
2/26/2018 07:04:16 pm
I think that it is so amazing that you want to change the different forms of bullying. Sometimes people bully others intentionally, but also unintentionally. It is important that we expose these issues in a way that everyone is able to understand. These issues are very serious and can change our society in the blink of an eye. Hopefully I can read your allegory! :)
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Gavin Wawrzeniak
2/22/2018 07:59:19 pm
The topic that I might want to write about is the issue with social media. Don't get the wrong idea; I'm all for social media. I think that it's a cool way to communicate what you're doing with your friends. However, I think that it social media has become such a big part of our society, that practically everything is now documented onto it. Whenever something someone considers bad happens, they take out their phones and record what is going on. It's everyone's way of saying, "I was there when it happened." Many people do this for their little time to be 'famous.' I believe that is an unrecognized issues with society all over the world. It's similar to how a child would tell on a classmate to a teacher to make themselves feel like the better person. (Don't deny it, you probably did it.) However, I believe that in both scenarios, that is not the best choice. We could not record the problem, but try to fix it if we can, and instead of telling on a classmate or friend, we could tell them that what they did is wrong. I think that the main issue is that nobody wants to fix the problems, but be recognized for them. I can't really find an article on this or anything, because it's an issue that isn't really acknowledged in the news today.
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Will Schmidt
2/25/2018 06:48:27 pm
You're right Gavin. This is a pretty unknown issue, I mean almost everyone knows that social media can be an issue but they don't know why or how and don't have like a lot of proof on why it's a problem. Sure people may use it too much and post too much on it but I don't think they notice how often they use it. But my only thing is how will you get that into a story. Or you can just go straight on and maybe write a story on true events.
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Madison Palmer
2/26/2018 07:58:24 pm
I think this is a good idea because many teenagers can relate to social media. Since most teenagers have more than one form of social media, it might open people's eyes to both good and bad effects of social media. Social media is the base of the standards of high school society. Popularity revolves around social media, and if you write about the dangerous effects social media has on teenagers self esteem, it could be a very relatable topic.
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Daisy Lynn
2/22/2018 07:59:20 pm
The topic that really shakes me and I’m super passionate about is suicide. It doesn’t matter if you are a child, a teen, an adult, or the elderly, suicide is the worst thing to deal with. How much suffering does one have to go through to get to the breaking point? Why can’t they get help? Why do they want to go?
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Carli Jett
2/25/2018 07:40:50 pm
This is a really great topic to write about in an allegorical way. I really like how you want to show people that suicide is a problem. The part in your comment that made me really interested and shook was the last part when you said, " It happens too often to be brushed off and seen as just another dead kid." If you use that part in your allegory, it might get lots of attention towards your message. It would make your message strong. I think this is just an awesome idea for this assignment.
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Gage Sabater
2/22/2018 08:34:09 pm
I am oblivious to this allegory assignment, I had no idea it was going to be assigned in the first place. Even that I do know now, I still don't have a certain topic or point to write about now. I don't see something that really grinds my gears to the point of excessive effort and efficiency to where my assignment could be achieved. So far this blog post is seeming to go no where, I don't talk a lot is the problem. I don't talk enough to express my opinion to others and gain information of how I could argue or see a point differently. If I had to have any thought it would be about labels and how they positively and negatively effect people. Instances in such as certain people needing to be labeled for them to realize how they effect other people, or confronting. I do believe that effort into this blog post could be a little more boosted but this is all to be said. A blog is to discuss certain points and opinions, or in my new case, to ask for help. If you have read this post I do ask you to reply with a possible topic that may benefit me in at least turning in an acceptable assignment. The only real excuse for this poor excuse of a paragraph is the random mountain of homework from every possible teacher this week/ last week.
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2/26/2018 09:50:49 pm
I do believe you were off to a very interesting start with the topic of labels. Nowadays, labels are all that matters and I think that I’ll be very intriguing to see you do some type of allegory involving labels and/or stereotypes. I feel as though that both labels and stereotypes go hand-in-hand. Maybe you could take the point of a bystander in a high school environment, or you could show how stereotypes and labels affect one another. Wayback, we talked about identity during unit one, that could possibly be a connection of your allegory.
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Kayla Thornton
2/22/2018 08:44:04 pm
I've decided to write about the controversy surrounding school uniforms. A lot of students do not like the fact that they have to dress like everyone else. They feel as though they should be able to wear what they want they want, as they see this as their way of expressing themselves. However, I actually like school uniforms. Even though I have never had to wear a school uniform, I think they are a good thing to add to the school system. I've seen students getting teased by others because of the clothing they wear, and uniforms help resolve this issue. Another reason why I think students should wear uniforms is because of the dress code. If everyone has to wear specific uniforms, there would not be a problem of anyone breaking the dress code.
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Will Schmidt
2/22/2018 08:56:19 pm
I'd like to maybe do my allegory on the poverty of the world. Many people live in poverty and some people you know are in poverty or struggling financially. If you are in my period 6 class you know that I was homeless for a little bit when I was younger as I did the beginning of the year speech on it. So I know what it feels like to be struggling financially so that's why I believe I would be able to tell this allegory more emotionally wise. Or be able to connect with the reader and make the reader feel the mood and one more effectively. I did some research and found the website https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-guidelines-chart-3305843. It is a website that shows the levels of poverty, a chart of the poverty in the last year, and what your finance must be. So I was shocked by how in the US so much money goes into each person in a household and how much money you need to make to stay out of poverty. So I want to write an allegory on people being financially unstable but not too obvious like an allegory should be. So I hope to make the reader feel the story as much as how I felt when I was in poverty.
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Jocelyn Miltz
2/26/2018 07:40:36 pm
I think that it's great that you are writing about an issue that you can relate to with such ease. Poverty is a very tough subject to be able to talk about. I find it very fascinating that you have such a desire to show our generation how serious of an issue this really is. Not everyone realizes how much money needs to be made in order to stay out of poverty and this chart helps me realize how lucky I am to be financially stable. Can't wait to read the amazing story you're going to put together!
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Gavin Wawrzeniak
2/26/2018 08:50:56 pm
That is a great idea! I like how you're connecting your allegory idea to your own personal experience, even though it must be a little hard to write. I think that by using what you know, you'll be able to make an even stronger emotional impact on your audience! I'm already eager to know how it will turn out.
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Kilee Taylor
2/22/2018 09:07:22 pm
I actually had a really hard time trying to come up with a topic, so when I looked them up, there were so many I wanted to chose, but overall, I saw a common theme of peer pressure. It is obvious that people our age all over the country make horribly wrong decisions everyday, and most of them are due to pressure. The most common reasons that people between the ages 12 and 17 begin drinking and smoking are because their friends did it, so it was seen as cool. One out of three males and about one out of five females feel pressured by those around them to have sex. These decisions that teens make within their years of middle school and high school, can ultimately ruin their life, even though it has barely even begun. The influence that those around us have on us, is pretty crazy, and if you hang out with the wrong crowd or if you make that one wrong friend, your entire life can go down the drain. Ever since technology has become such a big deal to teens, the types of peer pressure have increased, as well as the amount. Bullying others on social media, for they way the dress, their race, religion, who their friends are, their family, etc... has become such a big issue, that 34 percent of teens admit to have been cyberbullied, and 15 percent admit to have cyberbullied. In 2017, suicide was the second highest cause of death of people ages 15-24, and one of the major reasons for suicide and suicide attempts was that the individual was bullied in some form. Believe it or not, bullying rubs off on people you are close to, so if one person bullies someone, in no time, almost everyone will have done the same. I want to address this issue, because personally I have been bullied both in real life, and over social media, but I have also seen some of my closest friends throw away their life because of something they were told was cool.
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2/22/2018 09:32:33 pm
For my allegory I want to discuss the problem with government, social media, and TV programs. I would like to bring light to how the government is able to control the people by censoring the things that they see and hear. I will also share my thoughts on the radio and how it can control the music the people like. The last point I'm going to discuss in my allegory is the peoples lack of awareness.
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Sanai Brown
2/25/2018 07:58:15 pm
Knowing you this would be a really good topic for you because even with our class discussions you make them so interesting by giving the class a new way to look at a situation, picture or writing. You always provide like an allegorical answer with everything so hearing what you would come up with about the government especially now with everyone making jokes about the FBI watching them through their technology would be awesome. We might not realize it but the government does control what it wants us to hear because they don't want people to be able to think for themselves because if people start to get their mindset it could cause the government to panic because they no longer have control. Like you said at the end it shouldn't be made to confuse or scare anyone, it's just that people have the right to know.
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Gavin Wawrzeniak
2/26/2018 08:41:54 pm
I really like your idea on the allegory. Today, that is an issue that is larger than it has ever been. However, isn't this just the allegory to 1984. The government is watching. (Big Brother is watching...) I'm not trying to put the idea down, but I think that it could be a little different from '1984.' I was about to use this idea myself, but I think with a lot of creativity, your idea could have a lot of potential.
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Madison Palmer
2/22/2018 09:37:15 pm
I want to write my allegory on the dangers of bullying. I want to represent the boy, Josh's, story. I plan to do this by telling a story of inanimate objects being different from each other, and using personification to give them human characteristics. For example, a broken pencil being bullied by the sharpened pencils. A seemingly simple story about bullying will be an allegory for Josh's experience with bullying. Since every detail is not shown in the article, I will have to creatively fill in pieces of the story that bring other stories into it.
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Brayden Luers
2/26/2018 10:21:46 pm
This sounds like such an amazing subject. You picked a topic easy to discuss and write about. It is also very relevant in today’s world. I like your idea on how to incorporate it into an allegory. I also look forward to reading yours and seeing how it comes out!
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Mikayla Somers
2/22/2018 09:55:04 pm
I decided that I wanted to do a project revolving around gun violence particularly in a school setting, so yes.....school shootings. I figured out how real this is to me on Wednesday when one of my teachers required me to research and write about my feelings towards the shooting that took place in Florida. I researched and ended up one the New York Times websites where I saw a link to another article, the article had to do with the statistics of gun violence in the US. Me not being as scared about gun violence didn’t think to much about the possibility of a possible attack, until I saw the statics. They were mind boggling to see how many people lost there lives due to gun violence, I’m all for the second amendment myself, I like to go with my dad when he hunts, it’s easier to kill animals with a gun rather then a bow and arrow, but do you know what else is easier to kill with a gun? Humans. And that’s why the statistic is mind boggling. Like people use weapons originally used as protection against harm, to harm people who are innocent. I just don’t get it. I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to execute this but it will happen.
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Paul Yang
2/26/2018 05:35:13 pm
This is a good topic since gun violence has been a huge problem in the past few years, especially this year. This could be a sensitive topic, but it would be a good one that connects to today’s world and how people are using it for violence. It would also be interesting if you wrote the allegory from the guns perspective when its used for violence in any situation. This would be interesting to read because it’s unrealistic and never seen or heard before. This topic also has many related topics to it, so it might be difficult to specify which topic it’s relating to when someone reads the allegory, but the topic is still good since it’s a big problem currently. This would also be hard to write because it’s from a gun’s perspective, but it would also be easy to write because in reality guns don’t have feeling so it can be made up.
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Sephora Frejuste
2/22/2018 10:03:07 pm
I am so confused and undecided. For the Allegory assignment i decided that the two ideas or topics that interest me the most to write about would be the Attack on Pearl Harbor or sexual orientation discrimination. The case I want to look into is Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins. The courts found that it was unjust for the employers to expect women to act a certain way. It is sexual stereotyping. If i were to right an allegory about this topic i feel as if it would best be portrayed using wild animals. In my head it would possibly also lead into acceptance. Just like Orwell had used animals on a farm as an allegory for the Russian Rebellion. For Pearl Harbor, i could use nature as the form of the allegory. Here are 2 of the websites i had looked at.
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Breanna Moir
2/22/2018 10:03:36 pm
My argumentive allegory would have to be on a serious problem we have and that is gun control. I honestly get the whole point of guns. They make you feel safe and Incase of an emergency you can have a gun to fend for yourself. However guns aren’t being used this way by many people. They are being used to harm or kill innocent people who are not causing any trouble. In my house my Step Dad has a couple of guns that stay locked away. They have never been used on anyone, and there has never been a dangerous situation where it needs to be used. Having a gun in my house makes me feel safe because I know we can defend ourselves if anything like a home invasion were to happen. However the main point is these guns are killing thousands a year, and something needs to be done. Not long ago I had read something about how teachers in Texas are actually being armed with guns. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-school-armed-20180222-story.html?outputType=amp This is one of the many dumb things our President Trump has done. How are we suppose to fix this problem with more guns? What if a student could get a hold of this gun? Even better what if the teacher gets out of hand and shoots a kid? We go to school everyday stressed from homework and drama and now, we are worried if we’ll even be able to make it out of school. I wake up every morning wondering if that one kid some people worry about will shoot up the school. We have had that scare in November, but thankfully the school got the boy suspended before he could possibly do anything. My last state is something I’ve said before, and will say many more times. Japan has the lowest shootings for any country in the world. Japan makes anyone who is purchasing a gun take a drug test and another test to make sure you have no mental disabilities or issues. I really think we should look up to country’s like them. https://amp.businessinsider.com/gun-control-how-japan-has-almost-completely-eliminated-gun-deaths-2017-10
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Mikyra Dale
2/26/2018 03:47:05 pm
I really like what you choose because this is a real problem that have been coming to surface lately. I also choose to write about the same as you so I see where you are coming from. I also want to say that I agree with you that gun violence is get out of control. That there need to be something done with owning or having a possession of a firearm. I thinks is a good idea to to run back ground checks and see if you have any mental illness. That should cut down gun violence.
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mikayla somers
2/26/2018 10:50:08 pm
I think it’s quite strange how many people want to write about school shootings, but yes it’s a topic that should be hit on. I personally don’t belive it should be in the allegory form though. It’s such a controversial and serious topic that needs to be talked about and has been needed to be talked about sincere first school shooting. But I want to read this when you finding to see how you did yours considering I’m doing mine on a simian topic. I wish you the best of luck
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Paige Faulkner
2/22/2018 10:06:00 pm
I feel an allegory on global warming, the gilded age, technologies acquisition and captivation of the world, or the French Revolution would be unique and interesting.
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Matthew Waggoner
2/22/2018 10:16:35 pm
My allegory will probably be about the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, who was one of the greatest military leaders of history, and later dictator of the Roman Republic. (http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6b.asp) Caesar was a member of the wealthy class of Rome during the era of the late Roman Republic, and started off as a lowly member of the Roman Senate. He eventually worked his way up to a provincial pro-praetor (think of a state governor), and was granted an army. He used this army to conquer foreign lands and expand Rome, and for this he was very popular. At the age of 41, he became a consul, which is comparable to president. After a bit of drama between himself and the Roman Senate, he decided democracy was stupid and started a civil war (massive oversimplification, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Civil_War). After winning the war and kicking all of his opponents out of Rome, Caesar declared himself Dictator for Life, and established a new puppet Senate that followed his will. Shortly afterwards, members of the old Senate and new Senate assassinated Caesar. This event triggered the Final War of the Roman Republic, which led to its downfall in 27 BCE (17 years after Caesar's assassination) and the beginning of the Roman Empire (27 BCE-476 CE)
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Alexis Hambleton
2/22/2018 10:18:55 pm
So I really don’t know what to right about. Not a lot stands out to. I did some research on morals and I liked on about truth. Most people don’t know when things are true or not cause lies are spread all the time. Other things like stereotyping came up. Nothing rang in my head while searching so I still don’t know what to write about.
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Sanai Brown
2/25/2018 07:48:09 pm
I think doing an allegory on deciphering the truth or one just about the truth of anything would be really cool because it would be kind of like a philosophy topic which is designed on making people think. So, writing about something to bring to the light and give insight to the people that are ignorant to the situation. For example in my English class one of my classmates brought up a statement that there has been exactly eight school shooting incidents this year, when really there is no specification of the firearm. Because Ms. Wright pointed out that this isn't entirely true because a paintball gun could be put the category of a firearm which my classmate and I never knew. But I'm sure you still have enough time to think of a topic that you're truly passionate about.
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Brayden Luers
2/26/2018 10:18:35 pm
I had trouble deciding on a topic as well. It is very difficult to write a story with an underlying message. I really hope you find a subject that you enjoy. I know that my topic will be a good one to write about after doing some research. I look forward to reading yours!
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Brayden Luers
2/22/2018 10:28:10 pm
I think my allegory piece is going to Focus more on modern day problems such as racism or police brutality or gun control. I think this is going to be easy to write about. I am surrounded by these things everyday. I just have to put what I see into a story that represents it. I think the topic of racism might be the easiest to write about. There are so many ways to write or express racism in a story. This is a real issue and it needs to be addressed so making an allegory about it might give others on the outside a look in. Recently there has been some controversy over a new hit movie which is a racial allegory. The movie is Will Smith’s “Bright”. I personally enjoyed the movie and will use it as inspiration for my allegory.
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Jadyn C
2/26/2018 11:45:08 am
I think if you wrote an allegory on police brutality, that would be interesting. It is something that our generation, I feel like, tries to stay aware of and fix but we’re not sure how. I think if you could do an allegory that showed it and maybe showed ways people are fighting back against it, it could help us understand how we can help as well.
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Brendan Wilson
2/26/2018 08:26:07 pm
Racial problems are very important. We need to spread more awareness about it and the dangers of it. In the allegory you may not talk about african americans but we could subtly put it in there. We could talk about police brutality and the everyday struggle of an afican american person.
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Alexis Hambleton
2/26/2018 10:21:40 pm
The movie “Bright” is good. It has a really good message. The gun control topic has been brought up because of recent events. It’s pretty sad that it’s going to be easy to right about because we see it everyday, we shouldn’t.
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Mikayla somers
2/26/2018 10:53:45 pm
It would be you to do such a serious topic. The sad part about it is that your going to get your point acrossed too. I feel like you writing about something so real could change a lot of people’s point of views. Brayden, I’ve read what your write and it’s very compelling and surreal. Please do continue on a serious topic that affects us as teenagers because you out of all of us is going to use this assignment to get your point across is the loudest way.
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John Rodriguez
2/22/2018 10:30:44 pm
Im gone wright a stpry about WWII. Yes, i know i write alot about it, but its mainly to challenge myself. This is as when you wright about WW2 is hard to not get of point as their so much to talk about. This kind of helps me as ilike to talk and talk and talk about anything. For example did you know that in ww2 their was a nickname for mainpy anything you can think of. Like a biscuit was a jawbreaker like thats cool. Just imagen you walkinto a store and your like "Can i get a jawbreaker my dude" like yousound cool. Another thing is that their somany things that we can relate to todays world. Like racism, sterotypes, immigrants anything you can really things off. So yea thatswhatim gone wright about.
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Carli Jett
2/22/2018 10:36:43 pm
My conflict is a social/moral one. I chose to do an allegory about the Rosa Parks situation on the bus. This is a social/moral conflict because she decided to do what's "wrong" and stood up to the racial barrier. If you don't know who Rosa Parks is, she was an African-American woman who believed in equal rights between racial differences. On a bus in 1955, there were places for whites and places for "colored" people. The front seats were for whites and the back seats were for blacks. One day, Rosa Parks sat in the assigned seats and was supposed to give up her seat for a white man because there wasn't enough room. She wanted to stay sitting, so she refused to move for the white man. Back then, it was necessary for blacks to give up their seats to whites, if needed. If the blacks disobeyed that rule, the bus driver could call the police. She obviously didn't move and ended up getting arrested for it. For more information about Rosa Park's history visit the link below:
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