Kayla's Corner

Satire is defined as,  “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.” However, satire isn't just used to poke fun at people. The artist,  Banksy, uses satire in his street art to voice critiques of social and political injustices. One of Banksy's works titled, Napalm girl, uses satire to expose the many facets of America. Banksy doesn't really use humor in this particular art piece, rather he uses ridicule. His work criticizes America. In the image, Banksy uses a pre-existing image of a girl fleeing from a napalm attack on her village in Vietnam and shows her holding hands with Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald. In the image, the two well known characters are smiling, while the girl is screaming and crying, which gives the piece a twisted and messed up tone. Banksy successfully uses satire to get his point across because he places two characters that represent the fun and carefree side of American culture with a ...

The Cafeteria, the best place in the school, is full of friendly faces and gourmet food. Before you even enter the Cafeteria the experience starts. Food droppings lead the way, making it impossible to get lost, and provide a sneak peak of what's on the menu for the day. The menu has many fantastic choices like nachos made with vegan cheese and lab grown beef, specially picked out by the one and only Michelle Obama, who, if you weren't aware, replaced all the bad cafeteria food like soft pretzels, ice pops, and pepperoni Bosco sticks with way better options such as salad, whole grain bread with tomatoes and cheese, broccoli, and my favorite, flavorless apples. The line to get food is one of the best parts. Not only is the wait long, but you get to spend the time squished between people, what more could you want. After you finally get your food, most of lunch has already passed, but who cares about that when you get to chose from a variety of places to eat, including the toilet, ...

    Binary opposition is defined as a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. In literature, authors use binary opposites to explore the differences between groups, and often the boundaries between them. Binary opposition creates conflict because there are some people who don't fit into either group and fall into what is called the “grey area”. Authors such as J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series, and Anthony Doerr In All the Light We Cannot See, use binary opposition to show that dividing individuals into groups and categorizing them within society can cause problems. The issues that arise are not just seen in literature, but also in society today.       The magic community and non-magic community in Harry Potter would be considered binary opposites. Conflict is created because some individuals don't fall into either category, and instead fall into the “grey area”. Those of which are the muggle born and the h...

If you think about it, we are all complex characters because in reality there is not much that needs to be accomplished to qualify as a complex character. To be a co mplex character you have to und ergo an impo rtant change as the plot unfolds, and the change that you expe rience has to occur because of the a ctio ns and experiences in your story. We all have a " story", which is our life and the plot unfolds throughout it. During a persons life, they experience multiple changes. These changes are due to experience they have or actions they take. And because we all make decisions and experience things that change us or allow us to grow as individuals, we are all complex characters. It doesn't have to be as life changing as the experiences Oedipus had when he killed his father and married his mother without knowing. It could simply be deciding to sit with the new person  at lunch, joining a new sport, or even failing a test. In life, we make decisions and exp erience new t...

I am a big picture followed by the details type of person. If someone starts with the tiny details first without telling the main point of the story, they’ll lose me. I know they do it to build suspense, but I just can’t do it. Almost immediately my mind wanders, and I start thinking about anything else. I may appear to be listening as my eyes are normally focused on theirs or relatively close to them, but really, I have found something more interesting to focus on like the people just behind their head or the way the freckles on their face form shapes. The same goes for books. I can’t stand novels that don’t provide important information about what is happening until the end. For example, I read Oryx and Crake for summer reading, and I disliked that book more than 1984 and that’s saying a lot. The whole novel I had no idea what happened to half the characters and why certain events took place. It wasn’t until probably the last five chapters that I finally had some sense of what was...

I don't know how it is in other countries, but in America, greetings are a part of life just like flushing the toilet or saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. They require little effort and are the polite thing to do. Polite speech is not only what we are taught from a young age to interact with others but it also eliminates the uncomfortable interactions that Americans have become weary of. Imagine checking out at a grocery store and the cashier saying absolutely nothing. You stand there in awkward silence and when you finally grab your bags to walk out, you don't even get a "have a nice day". It's hard to picture, if you ask me because I've never experienced it and I'm guessing you haven't either. Polite speech is second nature and even though there is an underlying understanding that neither of us care how the other person is actually doing because we will probably never see each other again, we still spit out the "how are...

     I began my school career at Bemis, a well designed school where the classrooms surrounded the large and extensive library that was packed with thousands of books that we could read at are liking. There was a gym that we visited every tuesday and thursday where we played games. There was a large art room which was by far my favorite. We went every wednesday and got to make bowls out of clay and masks with feathers and beads. We put on plays and musicals on the stage which is way smaller then I remember. We had three recesses a day on our recently remodeled playgrounds that featured swings, slides, twisty chairs, jungle gyms, and much more that made school seem like one big playdate with all my friends. At the time, my mother had recently got a teaching degree and began working at a school in southfield. And one day she brought me with her. When I pictured the school I imagined one almost identical to Bemis with large playgrounds and TVs that displayed the students and...