Affront

As an older sister, I enjoy picking on my little sister. I might push her around a bit, tease her, or affront her. I could affront her by telling everyone embarrassing stories about her. I could affront her by insulting her and trying to pick a fight. Or I could even affront her by saying things that I know she does not like just to get under her skin.

Confront

Every person runs into a rough patch in their lives. They have the choice of either running from their problems or confronting them. Those who run from their problems, often times run into their problems again, however the problem has gotten worse by that time. However, those who confront their problems often times fix the problem before it gets too out of hand, and they can go about their business.

If someone is saying something to you that you do not like, you can either ignore them, hoping that they stop on their own, or you can confront them. If you confront them, hopefully they will respect your wishes and stop saying offensive things to you.

Deface

Defacing something means to vandalize or destroy something in appearance. Defacing something could be anything from carving something into desks belonging to a school or spray painting the side of a building. If you change something's appearance that does not belong to you without permission, it is considered defacing. You can get into lots of trouble for defacing something. If you spray painted the side of the white house, you would get into lots and lots of trouble. And if you carved a smiley face into a school desk, you would get in trouble but just not as much trouble.

Decapitate

Decapitation was a common method of execution back in the middle ages. King Henry VIII had several wives and decapitated two of them. This was because they could not give him a son to be the heir of his throne. Decapitation means beheading or cutting of someone's head. When King Henry VIII decapitated someone, he would make them get on their knees, put their head under a guillotine, tie them down, and let the blade drop, cutting off their head in front of thousands of Londoners.

Capitalist

America is officially a capitalistic society, however it is basically a socialistic society. In a Capitalist market, every person has the opportunity to create their own business and make wealth off of it without government interference. Capitalists can create their own private small business and whether it succeeds or fails is based on luck, skill, and the state of the market and economy. Capitalism gives people the opportunity to make it big but if they fail, they have no safety net. It is all up to them and they are independent.

Allude

Please replace this my previous "Allude" post with this one. This one is edited because I made some mistakes on the last one. Thank you!


Edgar Allan Poe would often allude to different characters, usually deep emotions or death, by portraying them as either human or personified beings who are symbolically significant of these values. In his famous poem, "The Raven", he alludes to his expressions and feelings of depression and darkness by having a raven represent these inanimate objects. He meticulously describes the sequence of events of depression. First the raven enters a room boldly and strongly where the narrator is seated. This alludes to the feelings that are experienced when depression first comes on, such as after a traumatic event when depression can flare up. Poe is saying that the feelings of darkness and depression of overwhelmingly strong at this point. Then the narrator starts to feel hopeless in the presence of this morbid creature. The narrator becomes timid and upset, as if all feelings of light and happiness are far out of reach and can never again be attained. Then the bird recites the famous line, "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore". And he repeats it numerous times, each time deteriorating and depleting the narrator's mental stability and courage. This turns the narrator into a nervous wreck, unable of being saved. "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore" translates into today's vocabulary as depression and darkness will follow you for all your days and will keep whispering in your ear: frightening you, tearing your courage and hope to bits, consuming your soul until there is none. Then Poe alludes to the narrator's complete and utter breakdown. He does this by describing a sleeping demon with fiery, burning eyes. This leads the narrator to a satanic breakdown and he succumbs to the raven and its evil. This is the end of the narrator's journey. Depression has taken its course and left an empty shell behind.

Allude

Edgar Allan Poe would often allude different characters, usually deep emotions or death, by portraying them as either human or personified beings who are symbolically significant of these values. In his famous poem, "The Raven", he alludes his expressions and feelings of depression and darkness by having a raven represent these inanimate objects. He meticulously describes the sequence of events of depression. First the raven enters a room boldly and strongly where the narrator is seated. This alludes the feelings that are experienced when depression first comes on, such as after a traumatic event when depression can flare up. Poe is saying that the feelings of darkness and depression of overwhelmingly strong at this point. Then the narrator starts to feel hopeless in the presence of this morbid creature. The narrator becomes timid and upset, as if all feelings of light and happiness are far out of reach and can never again be attained. Then the bird recites the famous line, "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore". And he repeats it numerous times, each time deteriorating and depleting the narrator's mental stability and courage. This turns the narrator into a nervous wreck, unable of being saved. "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore" translates into today's vocabulary as depression and darkness will follow you for all your days and will keep whispering in your ear: frightening you, tearing your courage and hope to bits, consuming your soul until there is none. Then Poe alludes the narrator's complete and utter breakdown. He does this by describing a sleeping demon with fiery, burning eyes. This leads the narrator to a satanic breakdown and he succumbs to the raven and its evil. This is the end of the narrator's journey. Depression has taken its course and left and empty shell behind.