Excellence

Today in class we continued our talk about A Message to Garcia. We learned more about the publication. A Message to Garcia was published in March of 1899. It was made into a book and sold over forty million copies. It was also made into a movie twice. The first movie was in 1916 and the second was in 1936. It was also translated into thirty seven languages. We also learned that "take a message to Garcia" became popular slang for taking initiative. Another thing that we learned was the the tallest mountain in North America was named after President McKinley, the president that was trying to find Garcia. In 2015 the name of the mountain was changed to Danali.

We also learned some of the vocabulary that is used in A Message to Garcia. Some of the words aren't used anymore. One of the words that I learned was perihelion. This is the point when a planet is closest to the sun and is at its brightest. Another word that we learned was slipshod. Slipshod means carelessness, slapdash or remiss. We also learned what a stenographer is. A stenographer is a person who takes dictation in shorthand. We also learned missive, a letter especially a long or official one. The last word that we learned is initiative. Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. Initiative is still used a lot today but understanding the word is very important while reading A Message to Garcia.