Davis+McCormack

Davis McCormack Assignment 1-My Hero My hero is the American hero Chris Kyle. For those who do not know Chris was an American sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills in American history. This man is my hero because of two main reasons. The first is that Chris started off as a cowboy who rode bulls for a living, but became one of the most famous and praised American heroes today. This is very inspirational to me because he went from a nobody to famous and loved by the American people. And it is not just because he became famous that's inspirational it how he became famous that really inspires me. My second reason is Chris sacrificed his life literally and figuratively. Chris was married and had two kids with his wife Taya. Chris barely got to see his family because he was overseas so much fighting in the Middle East which led to lots of family turmoil. Chris barely knew his first child and his wife was having lots of trouble by herself which was probably very hard on Chris. Although through all this he kept fighting because he could not stand not being there to help his fellow soldiers. These are the reasons Chris Kyle is my hero. Assignment 2- My Golden Age/Perfect World In my perfect world I would live somewhere on a private island down in the Caribbean. On this island would be a classy old timey house that's not to flashy sitting right on the beachfront so every morning I could just walk outside and be on the beach. Every morning breakfast would be already ready for me made by my private chef. Other butlers or maids would do all the chores while I just relaxed on the beach and after they were done could do whatever they wanted. In the house there would be a pool table, a ping pong table, and huge flatscreen TV to make sure I never get bored. Along with all this I would have a private plane that could fly all my friends down so we can have parties and hang whenever we want. The island would also be equipped with a dock with really fancy fishing boats docked there with professional fishers ready to take me or my friends fishing any time. Finally I would have a private army not very large but highly equipped in case my friends or I were in any possible danger. This would be my perfect world.



Assignment 3-God Teacher
====My double edged sword would be my phone or just any electronics at all. Sure I enjoy technology and it Is awesome and super entertaining but sometimes it can be a little too awesome and I can just get carried away. An example is i could be doing homework or a chore than I get a text or a snap chat or maybe new episodes for a TV show just came out and I tell myself look at it or watch it later but sometimes it is just to tempting and I lose a lot of time that should have been doing something productive. On the other hand though when it is a rainy day and you have absolutely nothing to do you can just binge watch Netflix or facetime a friend or anything over the internet and a rainy day does not have to suck. This is why technology is my double edged sword.====



Assignment 4-End of Childhood

My end of childhood or lost of innocence ocurred when I was 8. I had a dog who was just amazing. He was a good hunting dog and he was just as great at home and in the house. One day he just could bot stand and he got sick and we had to put him down. I was absolutely devastated because this was just so out of the blue and unexpected. This really was an eye opener for how precious life can be and how quickly it can be taken away. From there on I have been a little bit more appreciative of my pets and family. Now looking back on it it was not for very long but for like a week or two I was really cautious about everything I did because I was a bit scared of what could happen. Assignment 5-The Flood

As I stand upon this hill I think about humanity's ill will. Looking over this endless sea I wonder if if the only person left is me.

No, I refuse to believe that the end of mankind will end with me. I will find other survivors, and together we will build a world that starts with me.

Assignment 6- Changes

Atalanta's Race is a story about a young woman who is prophecies to have bad things done to her if she is to marry, but is very beautiful. So she holds a race for every young man who wishes to marry her and of they win they get to marry her and if lose they die, and of course Atalanta is extremely fast and has never lost. Then Hippomenes gets help from a goddess and wins the race and they get married. Getting carried away With his new wife, Hippomenes forgets to thank the goddes who helped him and he and Atalanta are punished by being turned into lions.



Assignment 7 Changes in Our World

Today in our world, there is metamorphosis all around us. An example of metamophosis in the real world would be taking some kid who gets in a lot of trouble and is bad and sending him to a military academy. The metamophosis by the end would hopefully be that he he has become a good kid who will be able to grow up and find a job. What you would wish for in this situa is that you saved some kid from a life of crime and turned his life into something good and worth living for. The kid who hopefully is now a respected young man could have so much more in his life with the possibility of building a family and sending his kids to good schools. And although this kid would see the military academy or boarding school as a punishment at first he would probably look back on it and be glad he was sent there.

Assignment 8 My Favorite Season of the Year

My favorite season of the year is summer. I have many many reason of why I love summer but for starters school is out. I can sleep in until 1:00 in the afternoon and go to sleep whenever I want without worrying about being exhausted in the morning. Also the pools reopen in the summer so I can go and swim with my friends and just hang out all day there. Summer is also when 4th of July takes place, one of my favorite holidays. I always enjoy firing off fireworks and starting fires on the beach with all the firework trash. But I would have to say my favorite thing about summer of all time is just the ability to just sit on your butt all day and do nothing with now worries. Summer is my golden age of the year because eveythign is good and there is peace and tranquility in my life for those short 2 months. But it all ends once school starts back up again and everything is ruined. Well at least I get to enjoy summer for a little bit even though it always has to come to an end.

Assignment 9 Evaluation

After reading about all the archetypes in Man the Mythmaker, and then looking at the real world it really seems to bring sort of realization and knowledge about the things around us. Now whenever I am watching a movie or reading a story in a different class my brain is always pointing out all these archetypes whether I want it too or not. It isn't just TV and books that I see it but also sometimes just looking at the news like in Syria all of those kids have lost their innocence and they have all had an end Of childhood experience much earlier and worst than ours. These archetypes make me think different and see things I usually wouldn't notice at all. Man the Mythmaker has also helped me see the pattern of these archetypes in societ y around and will probably do so for a very long time.

The thing that was most significant to me in this unit was probably the Golden Age section. After reading this section I really noticed hwo it shoes up in our lives all the time even we when do not notice it. Whenever you start something there is almost always a golden age then it slowly gets worst and worst and you just get tired off it and want to be done. Throughout this book I learned things about myself that I hadn't really noticed until then. It also. Has thought me much about how I must find my place in the world and that even though sometimes the world can be cruel it can get better if you keep preserving.

Final Assessment of Archetypes

My lower school through middle school years can be described by the archetypes very well from the golden age to the god teachers. If any year would be my golden age it would be my 5th and 6th grade year. These were definitely the glory days when I could do absolutely nothing and still make all A's. Along with making all A's they were also super fun and relaxing. Then came 7th grade, the silver age. To be honest 7th grade wasn't all that bad except I didn't really like most of my teahcers. But I did have two God-Teachers, Mrs. Crawford and Dr. Davis. I absolutely loved both of their classes and just them in general. Dr. Davis' class was energ and was a great way to start the morning or end the day(I had her 1st period). Then Mrs. Crawford's class was super interesting and very chill. I also felt like I could always share my opinion with them. Then came 8th grade which no doubt skipped bronze and went to iron. 8th grade has definitely been the worse of the 4th-8th Grades. But I must admit that both of your classes Mrs. Scott have helped me keep my sanity. You are definitely the God teacher of my 8th grade year because of how fun your classes are and (not trying to be a teachers pet or anything) your great personality. I mean you are just so chill and funny and it is always a pick-me-upper whenever I arrive at your class. I also feel like the reason I disliked this year so much is that I had such a lack of incentive. Well I hope I can get that back before Freshman year, but I think I am gonna need a wish of good luck.