The Pleasures of Earth

The pleasures of Earth

The green trees embellish the beautiful sight,
where the gleaming stream looks very bright.

The birds fly over the meadows with great jubilation in the air,
and among them, the wind whistles with joy and debonair.

From flower to flower the bees move in undulation,
and by the end of the day, they return to their hives for a congregation.

A butterfly with different colors flies so sweet and low.
So charming and so beautiful, above her she sees a rainbow.

The gentle and florid grass crunches beneath my feet.
It feels as if I am walking on a plain soft sheet.

The petals of the flowers fly in air and never are deleterious,
With so many beautiful colors they tend to be very ostentatious.

The sun rises in the morning making a bond with earth that is amicable.
The bright light reaches out to us with a feeling of warmth and cherishable.

The ants so busy making sand holes work so fast and are equable.
The swans are so calm in the lake, and to the ants are a complete reciprocal.

The waterfall falls in a hackneyed manner everyday,
like shiny tears falling of soft and benign joy.

Horses run freely in the wild spreading the joyness of magic
They express their joy and are very lethargic.

The eyes of the owl hidden in the tree branches became very dilated,
As if they have many things to say when they are first sited.

When the wolf howls every night,
Every animal gets a feeling of solemnity and fright.

Dolphins jump up, down and even splash in the sea,
And to describe in a delineate way they can sing and whistle and be anything they can be.

The wind whistles so loud and so softly,
that the leaves start to dance to the music with spontaneity.

So dark and so quiet as the leaves slowly sway,
It feels if I have lost all of the stamina for the day.

It seems as if the beauty of nature has solemnly departed,
and left me in solitude.

Do Now: May 6, 2008

Aim: How can we compare and contrast college essays to brainstorm on what we think are the key components of a good college essay?

Do Now: Based on the research you have done on the college essay, list three things that you have noticed about the requirements for writing a college essay.

Teacher’s Model: Brief Recall of Yesterday’s lesson with Hugh Gallagher’s college essay 5 mins
Teacher’s Model of the Use of Venn Diagram: show all of the possible mathematical or logical relationships between sets (groups of things). In this case, a venn diagram will be used to illustrate how (A) Hugh Gallagher’s is both alike and different to (B) your researched college Give only 3 entries per column.. Form Groups of 4 and select the best annotated college essay for B column 2 people will work on Venn Diagram.

* Class work group project*

Do Now: May 2-5, 2008

This Lesson will assist students in selecting a college admissions essay topic and in writing a thorough and descriptive college essay. The skills learned will provide students with the necessary foundation to write their college admissions essay and better prepare them for both their senior thesis and college careers.

Aim: What topic do you think would make a good personal essay for a college admissions essay?

Do Now (5mins): If you were writing your autobiography right now, what is the first memorable event that would have to be included?

Read-Aloud and Analysis of Hugh Gallagher’s personal essay: (10 mins)

1- What does it mean to be a dynamic person (character)?
By saying that he is an dynamic person, the author is trying to say that he is an active and self- motivated type of person. He describe's himself as if he can do anything and also tends to give examples such as "I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas." "I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie." "I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy."

2- Is this essay rich in imagery? Identify them.
Yes, this essay is very "rich" in imagery. It exagerates a lot of details into imagery. For example, Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants.

3- Do you notice any alliteration?
"I woo women with."
4- Is the vocabulary extensive, eloquent (well expressed)?
Yes, but it's too exaggerated.
5- What makes it memorable, fluent, or persuasive?
The author never stops saying "I" this or "I" that. He's very fluent with his meanings.

Do Now: April 30, 2008

This Lesson will assist students in writing a thorough and descriptive college essay. The skills learned will prepare students for both their senior thesis and college careers.

Do Now: What do you think is the objective(s) for College Essays? (write in your journals).
Volunteers will share their thoughts.

Topic selections for essay:
1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4. Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an
6. experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
Topic of your choice.

My topic for College Essay: 1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

Do Now: April 28- 29

Objective: Students will submit their final resumes to include in their binders.
Students will proof-read each other’s speech.

Do Now: Submit Resumes and include in bindersUse proof reading style sheet to proof read each other’s speech.

Do Now: April 10, 2008

Do Now: Why write a resume?

Life on a Page," what is a Resume?
Developing Content
Organizing your sections
Guide to Resume Writing
How to Write your Resume?
Sample Student Resume
Sample Resume

Black Elk's Speech

Information Technology High School
Ms. Hyde
English 6
4-13-08
Marya Altaf




You have noticed that everything an Indian does is always done in a circle, and that is because the Power of the world always works in circles.

Everything the power of the world does is done in a circle. The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun rises and sets back down in a circle. The moon does the same. Even the seasons form a great circle.

The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain and the north with its wind gave strength and hope.

The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood. The nation's hoop is a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children, our loved ones.

Black Elk
Oglala Sioux 1863-1950

Abraham Lincoln gettysburg Address

State the issue and the writer’s position
- The main issue that the Abraham Lincoln is fighting for is equality and freedom for his people.
- The writers position is mailnly toward freedom and democracy.
- He wants us people to remeber what the brave soldiers have done for our country.

Give opinions and support them with facts or reasons
- We think that Abraham Lincoln is fighting for freedom for his people b/c he states, "That this nation under gods, shall have a new birth of freedom- and the government of the people, by all the people on Earth should have freedom."

Have a reasonable and respectful tone
- Abraham Lincoln's tone is very persuasive. He's trying to explain something to his people. For example he writes "But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground."

Who: Abraham Lincoln
where: President Lincoln went to the Battlefield to dedicate it as a national cemetery, to give his speech.
when: On November 19, 1863
Audience: for the People (La Raza)
Protesting: for freedom for slavery. (He's against slavery.) According to the text, " We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live." (If you think about it, Abraham Lincoln explains that after all of the struggles that "we" faced, "we" can finally now rest so would consider this speech Anti-war.)
Pro- He wants his people to not forget about the men that died in the Gettysburg battle field.
Con- Death of honorable people who fought for freedom.

Abraham Lincoln's Speech

Do Now: March 26,2008

Do Now: Read an excerpt from Chief Joseph’s speech.
Interpret the following quotes:

“The Earth is the mother of all people and all people should have equal rights upon it." (Chief Joseph).

The quote from Chief Joseph’s speech states that, “The Earth is the mother of all people and all people should have equal rights upon it." This quote states that everyone should be treated equal, on planet Earth. I agree with this quote because Earth is a place where everone was born in. Every human being should deserve equal rights because they were born on the same planet.

1- How is the art of rhetoric evident in Chief Joseph’s speech?
There is persuasion in Chief Joseph’s speech because he shows in his speech how he feels.

2- Who is he addressing in this speech?
Chief Joseph’s speech is addressing the Americans that want to take his land away from him.

3-Who is he indicting and why?
Chief Joseph is indicating his "fathers of the land", meaning that he indicates his speech to the older generation into the past.

4- Identify any heroic characteristics?
I would say that chief Chief Joseph would represent an heroic characteristics because he tried saving his land from the people who want to take it away from him and his people taht live there.

5-Why is this speech Protest Literature?
This speech would be a protest literature because the main characters protest against the fact that their land was taken away from them and that it really belonged to them.

Do Now: March 14, 2008

Do Now: A changing time: How Manifest Destiny, Cultural Imperialism, and Genocide destroyed Native American cultures and heritage.Examining Native American history and experience through literary genres.

1- Manifest Destiny- was the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean.

2- Cultural Imperialism- is the practice of promoting, distinguishing, separating, or artificially injecting the culture or language of one nation into another.

3- Genocide- Racial discrimination, destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group.


1- protagonists? Tall Bear and Lone Wolf.
2- Antagonist? Bluecoats.
3-Setting? Sand Creek Colorado territory- 1864: time, fall.
4- Central Conflict: The Cheyenne people were being attacked brutally by the Bluecoats.
5- Select One character and characterize.- Lone Wolf because he never gives up.
6- What is the point of view?- 3 rd.
7- Any symbolism? American Flag, White Flag.


Critical thinking Questions:
1. How are Manifest Destiny, Cultural Imperialism, and Genocide evident in this excerpt?
Manifest Destiny relates to this excerpt because, in the "Cheyenne Revenge", the whites expanded throughout America and took over the Native American Indian tribe.
The Cultural imperailism relates because the Native americans were killed and their culture was separated. Genocide also relates because, the Blucoats tried to wipe out the whole Indian tribe.

2- How does the defeat of Lone Wolf and Tall Bear accurately characterize the Native American condition?
The Native Americans did not have that much of support. Only the warriors had some weapons such as arrows, but they were no mach for the machinary weapons the Bluescoats had.

3- What does Tall Bear’s vision quest reveal about the spiritual and natural beliefs of Native Americans as illustrated the folktales you’ve read?
They belive that dremas do come true and things such as what happened to them in the story do happen.

4- What does Silas Soule represent? Is his characterization real or embellished? Author’s responsibility.
Silas Soule represents the goodside of the story. His characteriztaion is real in this story.

5- How can this story be an example as both an allusion and historical analogy? Think about the documentary that we saw. Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee etc…

This story is history. It has accured in the past and is now par of the American history.

March 12-13, 2008

Do Now: How can you connect man and nature from your researched folklores?
Share with class.

From the folktale "the first Buffalo Stone", people are connected to animals and a stone. people atake buffalo skin and use it for clothers. they are connected to nature. They also eat the buffalos and other animals in nature, after hunting them. The peopel pray to the buffalo stone as adaily ritual. The people believe that the buffalo can call all of the buffalos back.

1-what is imperialism:
Imperialism is a term of so uniting the separate parts of an empire with separate gov'ts as to secure for curtain purposes a single state.

Now recall the documentary we viewed last week together with your notes and identify any system of imperialism as it pertains to Native Americans.

The documentary relates to imperialism byby when the Americas took the land from the Native Americans.

-Silent reading from Excerpt from Trafzar’s “Cheyenne’s Revenge” and make annotations in your books. Identify characters, point of view, conflicts, setting, and historical references.

Characters: Lone Wolf and Tall bear are the two main characters.
Conflict: the Bluecoats are killing the tribe and are also trying t wipe out the whole tribe.
Setting: Sand Creek in Colorado Territory.
Point of View is 3rd.

Do Now: March 10-11,2008

Do Now: compare your folktale to the documentary we saw last week on Native Americans: How is your folktale representative of Native Americans?Does it represent a specific Native American tribe?
My Folktale talks about a sacred buffalo stone called Iniskim. The Native Americans worship the stone as a daily ritual.

1-Does it represent a specific Native American tribe?
Yes, because the native Americans worsship the buffalo stone as a daily ritul for calling teh buffalos back.

2-What is mythological about your folktale?
The buffalo stone was worshiped to, by Mant Native Americans who acctually believed that it can really call all of the buffalos back.

3-What literary terms did you identify in your folktale?
Imagery, transition and irony.

-Cooperative Learning Day I
Teacher will have students tell the class about their folktales. Then students will read and discuss each other’s folktales. Compare and contrast folktales and take notes.

-Students will use a Venn Diagram to compare their folktales with their peers, and use Sense Chart for their own folktales.

Do Now: March 7, 2008

Do Now: What is a myth? Do you know of any?

What is a Folklore? Can you recall a Folklore?

Myth- a myth is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to be in their present form. The active beings in myths are generally gods and heroes. Myths often are said to take place before recorded history begins. In saying that a myth is a sacred narrative, what is meant is that a myth is believed to be true by people who attach religious or spiritual significance to it.

Oral Tradition- is a way for a society to transmit history, literature, law and other knowledges across generations without a writing system.

creation myth- is a supernatural mytho-religious story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe.

Do Now: March 6, 2008

Do Now: Watch a 22mins film on the history of Native Americans.
Students will take notes while watching the documentary on Native Americans.

Notes on the Video...

Do Now: March 3-5, 2008

Do Now: What kind of revolution would you like to fight for and why? Explain in your journals.

Comprehension check:
1-According to the speaker, what struggle have his fathers won and what struggle have they lost?
They won social struggle and have lost teh economic batt;e.

2- What does the speaker wish for his children?
He wants his children to know what he stood for.

3-Think critically:
What kind of revolution do you think the speaker is calling for? Explain.
He wants to end state discrimination.

4- Analyze the poem as an effort to persuade. Who do you believe is the intended audience, and what do you think the poet wants the audience to do, think, and feel?

The author of the poem is trying to persuade the reader about how he feels about the discrimination anong Spanish people.

Do Now: February 28-29, 2008

Do Now: can you recall a time when you were prejudged? Give details in your journal.
Yes, i have been Prejudged before about my true identy. Although I am a Pakistani American, My "History teacher" asked if i was an Egyptian.

-How are these poems a form of protest poetry? And what are they protesting?
Both poems protest about how they are prejudged about their true identies.

1- Comprehension Check:
How does the poet say she is viewed by Anglos, and by Mexicans?
The poem states, " viewed by Anglos as pherhaps exotic" meaing not native and by Mexicans as an alien or foriegn.

2-Think Critically:
How do you think the poet feels about being bilingual and bicultural?
- Her different or more than 1 identity is making her "crezy."

3-How do you interpret the title “Legal Alien?”
"Legal Alien' means an legal immigration being foreign.

4-What purpose does the hyphen serve in this poem?
Hyphen in this poem shows that she is an American but she's mixed with other identities, so she separated.

Do Now: February 27,2008

Do Now: Do you consider yourself as having a mixture of roots? Why or why not?

Yes, i think that everyone came from the same root. We are all mixed with different anestory. We belong to one family of ancestory in the past. i don't think there is one root per family, I think that we all have a mixture of roots.

1- What geographical regions can be identified in this poem?
Caribbean, Puerto Rican, america, new york, Manhattan, Bronx, california and Europe.

2- Describe the message within the following verses:
“History made me” and “I was born at the crossroads.”
Her background is form various places in the past and she came to be form many places.

3- Define Caribeña and Taíno.
A) Caribeña- A girl or a woman from teh Caribbean.
B) Taíno- Inhabitants.

4- How would you characterize the speaker’s racial and ethnic background?
The speakers racial and ethic background is that she is from many different areas. She describes herself as Caribbean, Puerto Rican, and an California Puerto Rican Jew.

Do Now: February 26,2008

Do Now: Students will volunteer their research findings on the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement and other historical elements of Hispanics in American during the 1960s.

Do Now: February 25, 2008

Do Now: What do you know, or have noticed, or heard to be stereotypes of Chicano/Hispanic/Latino culture?

Different Latino cultures speak different languages. Most also practice different religions. Teh Hispanic people have traditions that they celebrate all over the world. They will never give up their culture which is what makes an Hispanic person a Hispanic person.

Chicanos and Mexicans:

Difference: Chicanos
1-Hispanics that are all spanish speakers.
2-Latino's who are related to Latin america. They imported from Mexico to the U.S.
3- Spanish, Portuguese and French is the Native Language.

Similarities:
1- Both refer to Mexicans.

Difference: Mexicans.
1-Many Mexicans became citizens of teh United States.
2- U.S. citizens.

“I Am What I Am”

“I Am What I Am”
By: Marya Altaf

I am a child of the Asia’s.
I am an immigrant of the Americas.
I am a Pakistani Muslim and an American citizen.

Two different cultural groups
in my life make me feel like a diverse person.
There are 7 different continents of the world, and
I only belong to three of them.

My identity is like my only true identity,
that I am a Pakistani Muslim American Citizen.
I am North America and I am South America,
I am 100% Pakistani and I am part of Asia.

I grew in the states, the cities, the towns, the
homes, the soil, the trees, the lakes, the rivers, the clear sky
where the stars accompany me at night, and the fresh smell
of the flowers blooming in the beautiful meadows of my
native country.

Now I see not the meadows, the lakes and
the rivers, but instead I see buildings, bridges and tunnels,
and it seems as if the stars have solemnly departed and left
me alone in solitude.

Letter To Tim O' Brien about "Ambush"

Marya Altaf 103-02
Cupcake Avenue Maspeth N.Y. 11378
February 14, 2008

Dear Speaker, I have read about your experience in the short story “Ambush.” This story is incredibly captivating. You use many literary elements to inspire the reader. The imagery that you use in your writing is also very attractive. In this short story you are mainly trying to tell the reader that you still live with regret about killing the soldier unexpectedly.

In “Ambush” you speak about how difficult it was to tell your daughter about why you write war stories. Will you ever tell your daughter the truth? In “Ambush” you mention about how “there was no real peril” at the moment between you and the soldier. If you figured that there was no real danger, then why were you so afraid of the soldier when you first glanced at him? The way you use vision imagery is very imaginative, for example when you write “he wore black clothing and rubber sandals and a gray ammunition belt.” The reader can visualize the soldier as exactly how he’s being described.

In our society today soldiers are considered as our hero’s. My main question to you is that after this experience in the Vietnam War, do you still feel like a hero to the society, or even to your daughter? In “Ambush” you write of about how you hope your daughter will ask again of about “why you write war stories.” Why do you hope so? The true reason of why you always write war stories is that you have faced war experience in life. Do you ever wish to go back in time and change everything so that you don’t have to feel guilty about killing the soldier all your life?

It is very creative how you can describe how you exactly felt that day. I really like the fact that you used simile by writing “which tasted like lemonade, something fruity and sour.” The reader is able to visualize how you really felt at that moment of your lifetime. After this lifetime experience during a war, you seem to not forget about the exact things that happened to you on that day. If you know that the experience you faced was an accident than why do you still feel the guilt inside you about killing the soldier? I would definitely recommend your literature to other readers because it has inspired me in many ways.



Sincerely,

Marya Altaf

February 15,2008 Do Now

Aim: What is rhetoric and how important is it in protest?

Do Now: Select one of the literary works discussed and analyzed in class and give reasons why this work can be considered the best work that represents protest literature.

Equaino's narrative is a protest literature because it protests against slavery. He talks about slaves and ho their slavery punished and not fed food. He writes about his opposition on slavery.

February 14,2008 Do Now

Do Now: Review the handout (10 mins). Then students will exchange their first drafts with another student. Each student must proof read and peer edit two letters

February 12, 2008 Do Now

Aim on Thematic focus: How can we compare protest literature?

Do Now Vocabulary (Recall and Language Learning):

Febreuary 11,2008 Do Now

Aim: How can we use a Graphic Organizer to better identify and compare Equiano’s similarities and differences to Harper’s and Whitfield’s poems?

Do Now: Compare One of the poems to Equiano’s narrative.

When I was reading I noticed in the poem "Bury me in a free land" paragraph 3 line 3, "and the mother's shriek." This line also compares with Equaino's narrative, because according to the text it say's "the shrieks of the woman." This compare to "bury me in a free land" because they talk about the same thing.

February, 8,2008 Do Now

Do Now: insert three columns in your journal (KWL Chart).

February 7, 2008 Donow

Literary focus: Slave Narrative
Aim: What is a slave Narrative?

Do Now: Explain in one paragraph what you’ve been taught about Slavery in Social Studies.

Slavery was mainly held in South America. Colored People were forced to work for the whites. Slaves were treated bad by the slave owners.

How can slave narratives be a form of protest literature?

Slave narratives show protests against slavery. They show their own based opinions about slavery and why they are agiant it.

February 5-6- 2008 Donow

Aim: How can we integrate technology in this English course?

Do Now: Write a paragraph on how you think technology should be integrated in an English class. What things would you like to do using technology?

In our class technology should be integrated for us students by taking better notes. Laptops are a great advantage for us students. We can research information more efficiently. By using technology I would work on my blog and update it. I could get things done faster in class.

February 4- 2008 Donow

Aim: How prepared are you for college?

I think that I am not that well of prepared for College. That's because in my junior year I am now beginning to take the steps toward college. My teachers are well preparing me for college level classes. I also took college classes at other colleges.

February 1, 2008 Do Now

Aim: Introduction to Course, Classroom policy, Attendance, Contact/Index Cards (name, address, parent(s)/guardian, phone, email). This will be done electronically.

Donow: Quotes.

Wik-elements- Equiano’s narrative

1- Genre- of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type.

- Autobiographical Text is the genre for Equiano’s narrative.



2- Symbolism- An object or an idea that represents somrthing larger than itself.

- According to Equiano’s narrative, "slaves" symbolize segregation and no freedom.



3- Imagery- figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.

- One imagery from the text I can describe is when the slaves are begging for food and being whipped.



4- Plot: sequence of events- storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.

- The plot is that the slaves are not treated well and are suffering on the ship.



5- Characters- A description of a person's attributes, traits, or abilities.

- The main character is Equiano, than it's the slaves and the slave owners.



6- Setting- the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place

- The setting of this story is mainly held on a ship.



7- Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.

- The internal conflict of Equiano’s narrative is when the slaves jump out of the ship because they'ed rather die than suffering from hunger. The external conflict is when the slaves aren't being fed food even if they beg and that certain diseases are being spread among them because they are not being taken care of from the slave owners.

8- Point of View- an opinion, attitude, or judgment.
- The point of view from Equiano’s narrative is that the slaves are suffering from the horrible treatment of the slave owners.

Wiki-cabulary- Olaudah Equiano

1- pestilential- producing or tending to produce pestilence.

2- avarice- insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain
and hoard wealth.

3- inhabitants- One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.

4- apprehension- a view, opinion, or idea on any subject.

5- clamour- a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people.

Olaudah Equiano

Comprehension Check Questions:

1- For what crimes were slaves punished? And what was the punishment?
The slaves were mainly punished because they took the opportunity to steel fish when the slave owners weren't looking. Once the slaves were discovered they were severely whipped.

Critical Thinking Questions:Interpret:
1- Why does Equiano blame the illness aboard the ship on the “improvident avarice” of the traders?
Equaino blames the illness aboard the ship on the "improvident avacrice" because many slaves were dying of disease and the slave owners didn't take care of them.
Support from the text:
1- How can you tell that Equiano has a great zest for life despite his assertion that he wanted to die?
Equiano really liked horses. When he saw the white men riding them he was shocked.

Infer: What does this passage reveal about the author?
This passage reveals that the author is talking about himself. this passage is an autobiographical text. The author probably faces slavery in his lifetime.


Draw conclusion: Explain what a variety of languages indicates about the slave trade.

The slave trade is described as segregation corruption and no freedom.

Emily Dickinson and D.H. Lawrence's quote

" I am nobody Who are you?"
by Emily Dickinson

I am a young girl with big dreams. I look ahead of me so I can controll my future. I want to be something in life, maybe a doctor. College is my next step. I want to be capable of doing many things in life. I am someone who want's to do good in school so that my future can be easy. I am a young girl with big dreams.


“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead from a bough. Without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
by D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence's quote states that “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead from a bough. Without ever having felt sorry for itself.” This quote means that wild things are free. They can do anything with this freedom. Wild things will never feel sorry for themselves because they have nothing to worry about. I disagree with this quote because wild things also have emotions.