Latin Roots #7

Roots & Derivatives
1) Duc(t), Duce (to lead): Conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive, ductile, induction, deduce.
2) Fed(er), fide(e) (faith, trust): Federal, confidence, affidavit, infidel, bona fide, confide, confederate
3) Fine(e) (end, limit): Finish, confine, define, infinitesimal, affinity, infinity, finial
4) Flect, Flex (to bend): Deflect, reflex, reflector, flexibility, genuflect, flexor


Word List
1) Aqueduct: A large pipe or other conduit made to bring water from a great distance.
The Romans are responsible of the invention of aqueducts, which they used to transport water. 
2) Conductive: Tending to lead, help, assist, or result in.
In FFA, you must develop a conductive nature to organize a meeting by leading others. 
3) Definitive:  A completely accurate, reliable, and authoritative; decisive or conclusive.
His finger prints on the weapon used to murder the man was definitive proof that he was guilty.
4) Fidelity: A faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness, technological faithfulness.
Adultery can also be considered infidelity for it is unfaithful. 
5) Fiduciary: An individual who holds something in trust for another; a trustee.
I made my friend my fiduciary, as she held my phone during my race.
6) Finale: A "grand" conclusion, as of a performance; the last scene of a play.
After the finale all the actors came out and took a bow during a final applause.
7) Finite: A limited or bordered by time or by any measurement; measurable.
There is no finite amount of numbers. 
8) Flexuous: Winding in and out; bending or wavering.
The young tree was quite flexuous during the storm.
9) Inducement: Anything used or given to persuade or motivate; an incentive.
With the promise of food as an inducement, I had my friends helping with chores.
10) Inflection: A slight change in tone or modulation of the voice, as in a point of emphasis. 
In an attempt to foreshadow what would happen next I changed my inflection for certain words in the story. 
11) Perfidious: Characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous.
Because of his perfidious nature, he had no second thoughts about spreading the rumor.
12)Traduce: To speak falsely of; to slander or defame; to disgrace another's good name; to vilify.
Our department manager called a meeting because one of our colleagues has been spreading rumors and traducing the name of our other colleagues. 

Lit Analysis #3 : The Joy Luck Club

“I closed my eyes and pondered my next move.” (Tan 101) Life is a game that gets more and more complicated as the years go by. We learn the rules and how to play from our parents from an early age.  For many, their mothers teach them many life lessons, many that at first they don’t listen to. In The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, we can see the relationship between mother and daughter, in which both learn from each other. In each story, four mothers instruct their daughters, learn from them, and realize many things about themselves.

            “You must watch what everybody else throws away and keep that in your head as well.” (Tan 33) Throughout the novel, we learn of the different hardships that each of the Chinese-American families has experienced. From Lindo Jong’s arranged marriage, to Rose Hsu Jordan’s loss of her brother, there’s one recurring thing in each chapter. The Chinese mothers attempt to advise and provide support for their white-washed American-Chinese children. In many cases, the daughters seem to realize that their mothers were indeed right. The mothers draw from their own experiences with their mothers, in attempts to save their daughters from suffering. Many of the mothers have a fear that their daughters will not be “proper chinese women” and proceed to try and chance their offspring.  An example of this is Jing-mei’s mother, Suyuan Woo. Out of jealousy of her friend Lindo Jong, she attempts to “bring out Jing-mei’s inner genius.” She wasn’t doing it so that her daughter could become a better human being, but rather so she could boast to her friend. Regardless to their beliefs, each of the mothers learn new things from their daughters that ultimately influence them and their decisions later on.

            “A mother is best. A mother knows what is inside you.” All four mothers of The Joy Luck club, believe they know what is best for their daughter. They never consider however, that maybe they could learn a thing or two from them. Lindo recognizes through her daughter Waverly that she has been changed by American culture. Ying-ying realizes that Lena has unknowingly followed her passive nature in her marriage to Harold. An-mei realizes that Rose has not understood the lessons she taught her about faith and hope, which she herself has lost belief in.    

Leopard Man First Reading Questions

9. Tom Leppard is known as Leopard man, as he is completely covered in leopard spots, Tom has also altered his teeth to resemble those of a leopard.

10. The author considers people with tattoos and piercings as antisocial freaks. He has these opinions based on his experience/knowledge with other people with these

11. The Leopard Man is different from other tattooed and pierced individuals because he doesn't do it for attention but just because he chooses to live this lifestyle.

12. The Leopard Man lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness

13. According to Feys, society tends to fear people that are different because they're not like everyone else so people react in fear towards them

14. The world's most common but dangerous psychological order is conformity. Feys argues this by stating that the consequences of it are destroying one's individuality and just becoming like the majority of people which is horrible because you're doing this with your own consent

15. Leopard Man is happy because he has seceded from society, which has allowed him to break free of social pressures. He has created his own personal paradise by living the way he does.