Ms. Rogan

Myths and Monsters

Shakespeare

Proficiency English 1-4 & 5-8

"To thine own self be true." William Shakespeare

"I was born in San Francisco in 1876. Almost the first thing I realized were responsibilities. I have no recollection of being taught to read or write, though I could do both at the age of five. As a ranch boy, I worked hard from my eighth year...In my nineteenth year I returned to Oakland and started at high school. I remained a year, doing janitor work as a means of a livelihood. After leaving the high school, in three months of 'cramming' by myself, I took the three years' work for that time and entered the University of California [at Berkeley]. I worked in a laundry, and with my pen to help me, kept on. The task was too much; when halfway through my freshman year, I had to quit. Three months later, having decided that I was a failure as a writer, I gave it up and left for the Klondike to prospect for gold. It was in the Klondike that I found myself. There nobody talks. Everybody thinks. You get your true perspective. I got mine." Jack London

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds." Bob Marley

"If you're gonna help, man, just reach out your hand;
If you're gettin' up, you better take a stand.
You've got to fight, fight, fight, for your mind,
While you've got the time,
You've got to fight, fight, fight for your mind." Ben Harper