What Makes a Great Character ?

In my opinion,  a great character must have a unique characteristic of him. A legendary music composer like J.S. Bach had a unique characteristic of being determined and devout. He believed that the reason why he composed music was that it was for God. He, as a great character viewed by a historical point-of-view, has developed himself as a musician who dedicated to God, not like those people earlier who dedicated to the nobility. However, a character could also be a group of guys. A varsity team consists of well-developed chemistry between players could also be a character. Every team is supposed to have its own "personality." Hence, a competitive team such as the L.A. Lakers is reinforced by its collaboration from its players.

When are people most alone?

People are most alone when they are enjoying music from their headphones. Music can somehow create an invisibly personal bubble where a person can really be isolated from the setting surrounding him. However, being alone is not always a bad thing because personal space sometimes gives a person a chance to relax and feel released. For instance, after working in an urban area such as downtown NYC, a person like I would like to go back home and listen to music that gives a beautiful melody while big bright lights and traffic jams don't take place. The personal bubble gives me a space to "reconstruct" or "repair" myself after having a day in a cacophony working environment in the urban area. All in all, although I am alone in the "bubble," music gives me a mental spa or massage while I'm lying in the it.

How Do Dreams Inspire You?

In general, dreams inspire me in a way that changes my attitude in real life. There was once when I dreamed about that I accidentally jumped off a cliff and fell into the sea while the weather was a disaster. I kept swimming and swimming and tried to survive. I started to miss all those peaceful days before badly. I almost got drown until I somehow touchdown on an island and woke up. I realized that humans are so small and weak compared to the nature. Therefore, I started to think that haughtiness should always be prohibited because I, as a human being, am just an atom-sized creature that can do nothing mightier than what nature has given us today. Since then, I have always tried my best to be humble all day long.

How does evil manifest itself in Beowulf? / How does heroism manifest itself in Beowulf

          In the story of Beowulf, it's obvious that both evil and heroism coexist. As long as the protagonist, whose name is Beowulf, and antagonist, either Grendel or his mother or the Dragon, confront to each other, evil and heroism both take place.
          Each of the eight scenes in the story annotates the concept of heroism and evil. From scene 1 to scene 3, evil is defined by Grendel's sudden attack on Hêrot while heroism is defined by Beowulf's appearance to save the Danes; from scene 4 to scene 5, Grendel's mother's attempt to avenge for her dearest son is the principle of evil in these 2 scenes while Beowulf's appearance still remains as major impact of the heroism; from scene 6 to scene 8, the perspective of evil shifts to the appearance of the Dragon who later kills the glorious kind of the Geats, Beowulf, while a new hero, Wexstan's son Wiglaf, fearlessly shows up and reinforces Beowulf to defeat the Dragon at the end of the story.
          All in all, evil in the story of Beowulf has occurred whenever an antagonist shows up and heroism has manifested itself in Beowulf by giving the credits to the heros such as Beowulf and Wiglaf. Regardless of the appearances of other innocent people such as Hrothgar and his "prime minister" Unferth, those characters are basically just parts of the background setting.

Part II: QUICKWRITE - What does evil mean to you? Write your own definition of the word, and provide some examples of real-life monsters.

     In general, evil is an instinct from people that has been developed once they have consciousness. Evil make people want to hurt others in order to benefit themselves.
     To me, evil is just like a glass of poison. It can either make me get frightened or just simply kill me. However, it is really up to myself that if I want to drink it or not at the first point. Therefore, evil is actually avoidable. That is to say if I just ignore it, evil can just simply vanish. Simply, evil is just an evitable threat.
     In real life, monsters could be either abstract or concrete. For example, one of the most formidably abstract monster can be the economic crisis; on the other hand, a sneaky businessman such as George Soros can also be a big monster to us, both as normal citizens and mid-size company owners. All in all, evil is a threat that could be avoided.

QUICKWRITE - What does evil mean to you? Write your own definition of the word, and provide some examples of real-life monsters.

     To me, evil is just like a glass of poison. It can either make me get frightened or just simply kill me. However, it is really up to myself that if I want to drink it or not at the first point. Therefore, evil is actually avoidable. That is to say if I just ignore it, evil can just simply vanish. Simply, evil is just an evitable threat.
     In real life, monsters could be either abstract or concrete. For example, one of the most formidably abstract monster can be the economic crisis; on the other hand, a sneaky businessman such as George Soros can also be a big monster to us, both as normal citizens and mid-size company owners. All in all, evil is a threat that could be avoided.

What would be the effective late policy in this school? why?

In my opinion, I think that the most effective late policy in this school will probably be marking off some points, based on a school-wide system. The ones who have gotten marked off the most often or more than 3 times semester, will be suspended for 2 weeks. (which means those people will definitely get zeros for all their tests and assignment and eventually might make their fail the courses) Punishing this way, the school can threaten those students by holding on their diploma.

What is the #1 rule to you makes a classroom work? Why?

          My number one rule to make a classroom work is to not to be late for class. It's because dilatory habit will cause problem to my future life. Obviously my boss in the future will not be happy about that as if now my teacher is irritated. It is the most prior engagement that I, as being a responsible person, should follow. Getting rid of dilatory habit will give the instructor a better first impression about me, in general.