Class Today

Today in class, we went over "The Renegade". The author was born in Belgrade in 1938 and lived there for only fifteen years before moving to the United States permanently. The essay was overrall descriptive in every way. Although the essay was written in Europe, it was as though you got a perfect idea of the scenery. The author suggests that there is something wrong in all of the situations, which is why the title of the essay is "The Renegade". We split up into groups of three and picked out fifteen words or phrases that capture the language of what the author was trying to say. The dog represents Serbia and all of its faults. Their country tries to do whatever it takes to be the best. They want to have dominance which is positive and negative. The negativity is expressed thru violence. Nationalism and Patriotism are big concepts described in the essay. Patriotism has been shown in the United States burned down flags and people critiqued them when they were only trying to be patriotic. Nationalism has been shown not in the entire United States, but where people live such as the Confederates in the South and the Union in the North; this caused a lot of problems between the two parties. There is also innocence and mysteriousness. Hitler tried to conquer the world by raising up the Arian race. The idea of faults is very present in this essay. They are nothing but monsters because of what they have done even if they are a war hero because they still have to kill people. We covered context in words, and looked at main words and phrases that outline the essay and about the preview to the review paper that is due on November 2nd. I know that the topic of my review will cover the Greyhound Bus system.