Literature analysis #5

My book "Breaking Buds" by Mark Owens is all about U.S. Navy SEAL training, which is called BUDS. The book mainly focuses on going into every little detail about BUDS and how to make it easier for someone who is considering on attending BUDS. The author talks about every phase of BUDS and what to expect, he talks about barracks inspections, hell week and even how to take better care of your equipment while in BUDS.

           I chose to write about it because I thought it was very well written and very detailed and informative and at times really funny.

           The author chose to write about BUDS because he was a Navy SEAL and he has a lot of knowledge of their training and he wanted to give people advice for graduating from BUDS.

Characters weren't really that important in this book. He mostly talked about the training, but he did mention people in his BUDS class and mistakes they made or things that they did good, but he never mentioned any of their names.

          I remember one guy he wrote about, he was one of the best runners in the entire class and also one of the first guys to drop out of the class. Another guy was one of the strongest men in the class he could bench, squat and deadlift way more than anyone in the class. But he was week mentally and he quit very early in the first phase of BUDS.

          The author only describes one place and the whole book takes place their, that is Naval Base Coranado in Coranado California. All of BUDS takes place their so that is really the only place he goes into detail about.

Hafta/Wanna

I think theirs a huge difference between life during and after high school. I think a lot of people slack off during high school and their isn't a lot of immediate effects. If you slack off after high school and don't get a job you'll probably end up staying at home with your parents. For most people myself included want to move out as soon as possible and without a job and no motivation that would be very hard.

Vocabulary #2

Accoutrements: additional items of dress or equipment.
Apogee: the point in the orbit of an object.
Apropos: used to state a speakers beliefs.
Bicker: argue about petty and trivial matter.
Coalesce: come together and form one mass or whole.
Contretemps: an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.
Convolution: a form or shape that is folded.
Cull: select from a large quantity.
Dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles.
Licentious: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
Mete: dispense or allot justice.
Noxious: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant.
Populous: containing many people or inhabitants.
Probity: the quality of having strong moral principles.
Supervene: occur later than a specified or implied event.
Unimpeachable: not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized.

Vocabulary #1 performance review

I did pretty terrible on the vocabulary quiz today. I only answered one question, but I did get it right.

Hacking your education

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, but I remember in class talking about getting scholarships for college and I think that's what you mean by hacking your education. So basically my plan is to use tuition assistance while I'm in the military and study business and criminal justice. If I don't get my degree while I'm in I will use my GI bill to finish school when I get out.