The Literacy Timeline of David Ramon Ortiz by https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline 3 Parts Effort, 2 Parts Memory, and a Dash of Rhetoric en-us 2017-01-24 23:24:31 UTC 2017-01-30 02:57:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png George Orwell and Me daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196943
      I have read two books by George Orwell, his most famous works, "Animal Farm" and "1984." Now, both of these books are classics and have an incredible meaning in American culture, especially under President Trump. 
  Originally I thought that "Animal Farm" would be the closest of the two to reality, but now I see that "1984" has quickly become a reality. The mass media polarization and silencing of governmental organizations has quickly developed a parallel with Orwell's dystopian masterpiece. Now I won't go into politics ( as I could write a whole academic paper on politics and my involvement) but I will say that Orwell does a great job of allowing young readers to see the rise of communism and an authoritarian aristocracy by telling stories. I learned more from these two books than I did in entire classes of world history. 
]]> 2017-01-24 23:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196943 My Adventure Looking for Alaska daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196958     The most recent book that I've read was "Looking for Alaska" by John Green. It is not on this Wordpress post just because it's something that read, but I was impacted by this book heavily.
      John Green is an artist of the written word,  and it is apparent in his first book. I felt a personal connection to the characters that I hadn't experienced in a long time.  For example, the book is based around a kid who goes to boarding school. While I have attended public school my whole life, I felt some of his experiences mirrored in dorm life; such as learning who was who in the hall in the first week of school to learning the habits that you like and dislike about your roommate. 
    Green explores topics like teen relationships, death, coming of age, and drugs and alcohol. All of these topics are met by young adults at one point or another, which is why I feel that I connected to this book so much and that it is one of the best books that I've ever read.
]]> 2017-01-24 23:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196958 Classic Horror is much more Dangerous.. daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196988   Books that I read in high school proved to be much scarier than any CGI movie that Hollywood could come up with.  Books like " The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Dracula," and " Frankenstein."
  Not because they described a gruesome scene or had horrifying monsters, but because they explored the humanity behind the horror. J & H has a great story in Jekyll's struggle with addiction. In Frankenstein, the monster wants to have another of his kind. His struggle throughout the book is not because the monster is inherently evil, but because humanity makes him so.
]]> 2017-01-24 23:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149196988 Faulkner Makes my Life Difficult daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149197025   By far the most difficult piece of literature that I have ever encountered was William Faulkner's "The Sound and The Fury."
 The reason this book was so in-comprehensive was because that it switches speakers and tenses without informing the reader. It is up to the reader to decipher this cryptic speak and come out with the plot. When the reader finally unearths the plot from below the rubble of speaker and font changes, a story that was well before its time emerges. From a disabled adult that can not communicate well to an abusive caretaker and suicidal college student.
 While I appreciate the story that is "The Sound and the Fury", it is masked behind Faulkner's writing style and become incredibly clouded and ultimately turns many novice readers off of the book. It is one of the hardest and yet most fulfilling books that I have ever read.
]]> 2017-01-24 23:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/149197025 Works Cited for Pictures daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/150121017  Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Digital image. Galley Cat. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

Wedding Carriage. Digital image. Jim and Becky's Horse and Carriage Service. Web.com Group, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

Donald Trump Memes. Digital image. Google Images. Google.com, 25 Aug. 2016. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

AnimalsTime.com. DiamondBack Rattlesnake. Digital image. Animals Time. AnimalsTime.com, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.

Bygosh,com. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Digital image. Bygosh.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 29 Jan. 2017.
]]> 2017-01-29 21:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/150121017 RattleSnakes! daor1039 https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/150124731     The first major writing experience that I remember vividly was when I was in the third grade. We were writing a personal narrative. After careful proofreading, checking, and approval from the teacher, we were able to write our story on bright neon paper with gel pens. As an 8 year old class, we were ecstatic about being able to use the pens that the teacher kept on the top shelf!
     The story that I chose to write about was when my mother and I encountered a Diamondback in Southern Arizona while hiking. Now it was not a particularly interesting story, and was not punctuated very well, but it was my first landmark writing experience and one that I've kept in mind for all these years!
]]> 2017-01-29 22:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/daor1039/Literacy_Timeline/wish/150124731