Avatar and bio final(updated Version)

Part 1: Biography

Hi, my name is Olando Alexis and i’m currently a freshman at City Tech. As a person I feel as if I have the potential to be great and succeed in life. To be honest I haven’t really figured out what i’m passionate about in life yet. The feeling of uncertainty is a huge mystery but in a way also stressful and unpredictable. I want to be productive in the future but not be working a 9-5 job. I like the feeling of having a social life. It’s true that a social life can be formulated through careers but there’s only so much you can talk or relate to people about at work. The social life I want is more of a work-life balance, and also being close to my friends and my loved ones. Knowing the type of person I am, I tend to heed others opinions but I also know what not do do. I feel as if I want to be successful I would have to take risk. I can’t be a regular person, it’s more than just a future for me. Whatever I end up doing, I hope that career pays well and that it makes me satisfied. Everyone knows that an unpredictable life is dangerous and scary, but I somewhat love it and hate it at the same time because the rush is amazing. I just want to be stable and be able to say I succeeded and keep on moving forward through the challenges that were in my way.

Part 2: Avatar and image description

For my avatar i chose a character form an anime known as “Naruto”.  So all in all the character that i picked goes by the name of Shikamaru. So in this anime, Shikamaru is this really intelligent guy that seems to think differently and out of the box from everybody else around him. Although very comprehensive and intelligent, He is most of the time depicted as Easygoing and lazy. He lacks work ethic and tends to find easy ways or does a lazy version of works given to him or works that are mandatory. In this particular anime, characters have great power abilities and and fighting arts. In shikamaru’s case, his powers are powerful but not as powerful as his peers but what really sets him apart and makes him superior to his peers is his ability to outsmart and make his opponents/does look silly. The image itself depicts a my avatar looking forward with his right hand behind his head and he looks very lazy. Also, in the picture the character looks as if he doesn’t really care what’s going on around him or what anybody has to say to him. Also you might notice that he had a ponytail as a hairstyle. That’s significant because that shows that he’s not very stylish and that he just keeps his hair simple and tidy.

The thing that me and my avatar have alike is that we both think things through before making a decision and we also don’t act on impulse most of the time. To be honest I have no type of idea what i’m passionate about but, then again it is what it is. For viewers looking at my avatar they might just see a guy that has a very boring face, but in my opinion his face expression says and means a lot to me. To me it means observant and neutral. People often misinterpret observant people as boring and in some cases quiet. In my head it’s more fictitious than obvious. As a person im more outspoken but i also feel as if my character is very outspoken when he wants his point heard and when he feels as if his voice has to be heard. Another thing that people might notice is my characters body language. While most People see his body language as shameful and shy, i look at im more as a disinterested, and that to me says that my avatar doesn’t do anything that has no interest to him.

 

Final Part: Conclusion

In short, I feel as if my profile has been completed and that the audience understands my point of view and also my personality. My profile conveys the fact that I’m an observant, Intelligent, and outspoken person but also more easy going and interesting. I expect my profile to give me more motivation into being more of an hard worker. Also I want this profile to allow me to accept myself as I am and try to change all the parts that i consider to be able to get more improved. Lastly, I hope that this character can help me understand that I do have defaults and that it can help me continue through college to get my degree in whatever I get interested in.

Sociology

Word: Melancholy (noun)

Definition: the science of society, social institutions, and social relationships. 

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociology

Encounter: “Here, poverty and privilege are neighbors; income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt’ (Paragraph 7), “A professor of sociology at queens college”.

Comprehension: I now understand that the specific teacher teaches his class About society, and society relationships, and social institutions.

Inadvertent

Word: Inadvertent (Adjective)

Definition: not focusing the mind on a matter.

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inadvertently

Encounter: “A literary visitor strolls in from the airport” (paragraph 1). “…Is about a London cabdriver who inadvertently founds a religion when ranting a diatribe he buries in the garden…”

Comprehension: This sentence helps me understand the depth of this word because its focusing on how the cabdriver founded this religion while not very much focusing on it.

 

Disparate

Word: Disparate (adjective)

Definition: markedly distinct in quality or character

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disparate

encounter: “here, poverty and privilege are neighbors, income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt” (paragraph 4). “A defining characteristic New York city its is economic diversity, The juxtaposition of people of disparate circumstances in limited spaces.

Comprehension: This sentence is basically discussing the distinct quality of the view of the authors view of New York city.

Affluent

Word: Affluent (Adjective)

Definition: Having an abundance of goods or riches

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affluent

Encounter: “Here, poverty, and privilege neighbor; income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt” (page 2, paragraph 7). “The affluent have their own protection.”

Comprehension: I understand the meaning of this word because this sentence is basically emphasizing the protection of those whom are considered wealthy or privileged.

Carousing

Word: Carousing (noun)

Definition: a large draft of liquor

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carousing

Encounter: ” A literary visitor strolls in from the airport”, (Page 2, Paragraph 1). “But mr. self has been clean for 8 years or so, and some of the energy he used to expand o carousing now goes into epic hikes…”

Comprehension: I now comprehend this words meaning because this sentence has explained a characters cleanliness from liquor for 8 years and it has allowed me to better understand the concept.

Encompasses

Word: Encompasses (verb)

Definition: To bring about or accomplish.

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encompasses

Encounter: “Here, poverty and privilege are neighbors; income gaps are a source of resentment and guilt” (page 1, last paragraph). “Where one tract encompasses everything from new luxury apartment houses and dull-floor condominium lofts to small, decaying apartment buildings.”

Comprehension: Through this specific sentence I now understand that those fancy things were bought and accomplished by people that were wealthy.

Diatribe

Word: Diatribe (noun)

Definition: A bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diatribe

Encounter: “A literary visitor strolls in from the Airport” (1st Paragraph). “is about a London cabdriver who inadvertently founds a religion when a ranting diatribe he buries in the garden of his ex wife is dug up five centuries later”

Comprehension: I now understand because in the reading the word diatribe discusses the abusive speech within the writting while also an extra character is mentioned.

Juxtaposition

I took a picture of an enter and exit sign. I walked about two blocks and I saw a parking lot that included two different things within the same space. One sign says renter and be the other sign says exit. I find that to be juxtaposition because you could do two things exactly opposite things within one space.

Avatar and bio final

For my avatar i chose a character form an anime known as naruto.  So basically the character that i picked goes by the name of shikamaru. So in this anime, Shikamaru is this really intelligent guy that seems to think differently in an out of the box way from everybody else. Although very comprehensive and intelligent, He lacks work ethic and tends to find easy ways or does a lazy version of works given to him or works that are mandatory. In this particular anime, characters have great power abilities and and fighting arts. In shikamaru’s case, his powers are powerful but not as powerful as his peers but what really sets him apart and makes him superior to his peers is his ability to outsmart and make his opponents/does look silly.

I chose shikamaru because i felt as if me and him have great relation in terms of mindset and habits. I wouldn’t really consider myself to be a lazy guy but, i try to put myself in situations that have an rewarding outcome but that also requires less effort than most things to achieve the goals i have. When it comes to mindset, i consider myself to be more creative with a hint of intelligence. The thing that me and my avatar have alike is that we both think things through before making a decision and we also don’t act on impulse most of the time. To be honest i have no type of idea what i’m passionate about but, then again it is what it is.

As a person I feel as if I have the potential to be great. The feeling of uncertainty is a huge mystery but in a way also stressful and unpredictable. I want to be productive in the future but not be working a 9-5 job. I like the feeling of having a social life. It’s true that a social life can be formulated through careers but there’s only so much you can talk about at work. The social life I want is more of a work-life balance, and also being close to my friends and my loved ones. Knowing the type of person i am, I tend to heed others opinions but I also know what not do do. I feel as if I want to be successful I would have to take risk. I can’t be a regular person, it’s more than just a future for me. Whatever I end up doing I hope that career pays well and that it makes me satisfied. Everyone knows that an unpredictable life is dangerous, but I somewhat love it and hate it at the same time because the rush is amazing. I just want to be stable and be able to say I succeeded and keep on moving forward.