Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Looking Back
To anyone who still looks at my blog, I have came back to my high school I step onto the campus and immediately got the memories back into my mind so vividly, that it was almost as though I was stairing into the cliche fainting images of the memories. The fading faces of people I use to see everyday, spent my higher points of life with. It is amazing to me how much of a chill I get walking back into 608, 222, these classrooms that I spent my better part if my high school career in, and as I look book at my work, especially on this blog, I see points that I wish I would have done a better job on, or not half assed this or that. To you athlets out there, I'm positive you heard your coach say, "always give everything you have, because most of you, if not all of you, will never play this game after high school." I am writing to you all, as a first year college student, saying to you that YOU, will never play this game again. Freshman, softphmore, junior, senior, 1-8th grade, you will never be able to play this game again. I'm not even considering being held back because for most of us, that should'nt even be in question! So the point of this rant I guess, is to really tell all of you, to give it your all on every assignment, even if you get to the point where you only have 50%left of your human existence because you are so done with life! Your so tired! Trust me, I've been there! Give that 50% to that last essay, last sentence, last question, what have you, give it, you don't wanna look back and think, wow, I really wish I would have given more on this assignment to get that A. Give it your all, because when I am looking back, and I read something that I was like, hell yes u crushed that f****** assignment. Work on each assignment so when you look back on that assignment, you are proud that it cam from you.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
608
Walking up to this "classroom" every day I look right at this number as I approach the door. Although my thought isn't "here we go again" with a drag in my voice, it's more of "what lies with in? " as said by Forest Gump, "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get." Well 608 is the same way, you walk into a seemingly normal classroom and you are instantly struck with a journey. You have a proposed question that instantly brings you to thought. So many times for me I don't feel like I'm in room 608 at righetti high school, but more so in this room, 608, floating through out the sky, pin balling around in a never ending space. Just like the mental journey you go on, you have endless amounts of thought and you are literally just pin balling through what your mind comes up with. This is not a classroom, but more of a space, a space that hold endless possibilities, you could end up walking out with this space with a great idea that will define your life. Or you could walk out with an essay that you will either be very excited to write, or not so excited, but where you land once you walk out of the space is up to you. This space literally can be seen as the train of thought.... Train 608 now boarding, no tickets needed.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Project
Over the weekend I encountered a bad situation with my mechanics. My cars passenger side breaks were f****** shot. Full failure, and while working with my buddy to fix the breaks we found out that the threads to rebolt the breaks back on, well there weren't any, so we had to make threads using a helacoil. We thought the threads were 10 measurement, when it was actually and 11. In order to fix these breaks temporarily I would need to be able to find a way to keep my breaks on. I ended up now having a BMW bold in place of where the old on was. In the words of my friend, "If they make it, I can find it, if they don't, I can build it." :)
Question
Why? Why anything, why do you get up in the morning, why do you question the things you question? Why are you who you are, why did you choose to become who you are? Comment to this post of you have a response? Maybe we can have a conversation that is meaningful to other people that will make sense to them and help people really understand why they are who they are.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Open essay
In Macbeth we see a lot of conflicting Desires and wants from all characters. However the biggest conflict that I saw was in Macduff, his conflict of having to fight his fear of Macbeth's want to kill him and his family because they posed a threat to his throne, and revenge from Macbeth for taking his thrown and eventually, killing his family. With this conflict in Macduff it made stand out the central meaning of everyone's ambition and how ambition can change someone.
•With Macduff's fear of Macbeth it brought to stage the power of Macbeth's ambition. It was enough power that is made Macduff move from his home to get away from Macbeth, and hide to be in safety. Bringing the affects of Macbeth's ambition causes a reader to think back and realize how everyone else's ambition cause Macbeth to turn into this person driven by power, he wanted more power. Once he got power he didn't want anyone to stand in the way of him keeping that power. Macbeth's whole life became about ambition, so much so I scared off Macduff.
•Even though Macduff was hiding in fear of Macbeth he did not want to move his family and love in fear. He wanted better and was upset with Macbeth. Once Macbeth found out where Macduff was, he came and killed his family and thought he killed Macduff. However Macduff was still alive, driven by revenge he came to kill Macbeth even over the fear of being killed himself. With the revenge being a conflicting trait it showed that when your life is driven by ambition, you have nothing, and are better off dead than with any power. When Macbeth dies in an attempt to protect his power, it reminds the reader how everyone else in the play had died and they were also driven by ambition. This helps press the central message of being driven by power leads to no power at all.
• With the conflicting sources it helps highlight the errors the other characters and their results. When you have character making the same mistake, and you have something to compare it to, it really brings it to the light. When the common mistake is understood, the message can be found.
•With Macduff's fear of Macbeth it brought to stage the power of Macbeth's ambition. It was enough power that is made Macduff move from his home to get away from Macbeth, and hide to be in safety. Bringing the affects of Macbeth's ambition causes a reader to think back and realize how everyone else's ambition cause Macbeth to turn into this person driven by power, he wanted more power. Once he got power he didn't want anyone to stand in the way of him keeping that power. Macbeth's whole life became about ambition, so much so I scared off Macduff.
•Even though Macduff was hiding in fear of Macbeth he did not want to move his family and love in fear. He wanted better and was upset with Macbeth. Once Macbeth found out where Macduff was, he came and killed his family and thought he killed Macduff. However Macduff was still alive, driven by revenge he came to kill Macbeth even over the fear of being killed himself. With the revenge being a conflicting trait it showed that when your life is driven by ambition, you have nothing, and are better off dead than with any power. When Macbeth dies in an attempt to protect his power, it reminds the reader how everyone else in the play had died and they were also driven by ambition. This helps press the central message of being driven by power leads to no power at all.
• With the conflicting sources it helps highlight the errors the other characters and their results. When you have character making the same mistake, and you have something to compare it to, it really brings it to the light. When the common mistake is understood, the message can be found.
Prose essay
•McCarthy writes of a boy losing a friend who was close to him. Losing this friend of his impacted this main character by having him remember the beauty and grace in the animal, which comes with pain. With McCarthy's use of imagery, his diction and syntax, it creates a tone that makes you really feel what the main character is feeling. The imagery helps you imagine what the main character is imagining, and soon you feel like you have lost a close friend of your own.
• His syntax and diction not only help describe what the main character is feeling, but without McCarthy's style with those techniques, the imagery would not have as big of an impact. Using words like "grace" and "starlight" create an understanding of the image the main character is seeing thought their own eyes. When you can see what the character is seeing, it takes you right out of the reader position and puts you right in the main characters shoes, there is no misunderstanding a single feeling when put in the same situation.
•McCarthy's imagery came to great use when he started using similes and trying to get the reader really feel and see the picture, beyond just understanding and seeing for your own eyes, but really feeling the situation as your own, taking one picture, and comparing it to the situation given, and really seeing it not only in your mind, but now it's almost like it's right in front of you. "What already ran amount the mountains with once terrible and of great beauty, like flowers that feed on flesh." What an image created. You see this beautiful graceful flower and is quickly turned to a beautiful mess, eating on flesh. It's that imagery with that simile that really pounds home the message that this kid is missing his friend, and he will always miss her with that pain.
•McCarthy really shows the affects on the main character through his use of syntax, diction and imagery. These techniques really brought home the feelings of the main character, and what he saw. Feeling the same thing and seeing the same thing as the main character Mack's the reader understand the impact on the main character because McCarthy puts you in the same situation and makes you feel it just as if you were the main character.
• His syntax and diction not only help describe what the main character is feeling, but without McCarthy's style with those techniques, the imagery would not have as big of an impact. Using words like "grace" and "starlight" create an understanding of the image the main character is seeing thought their own eyes. When you can see what the character is seeing, it takes you right out of the reader position and puts you right in the main characters shoes, there is no misunderstanding a single feeling when put in the same situation.
•McCarthy's imagery came to great use when he started using similes and trying to get the reader really feel and see the picture, beyond just understanding and seeing for your own eyes, but really feeling the situation as your own, taking one picture, and comparing it to the situation given, and really seeing it not only in your mind, but now it's almost like it's right in front of you. "What already ran amount the mountains with once terrible and of great beauty, like flowers that feed on flesh." What an image created. You see this beautiful graceful flower and is quickly turned to a beautiful mess, eating on flesh. It's that imagery with that simile that really pounds home the message that this kid is missing his friend, and he will always miss her with that pain.
•McCarthy really shows the affects on the main character through his use of syntax, diction and imagery. These techniques really brought home the feelings of the main character, and what he saw. Feeling the same thing and seeing the same thing as the main character Mack's the reader understand the impact on the main character because McCarthy puts you in the same situation and makes you feel it just as if you were the main character.
Poetry Essays
•Beauty and envy are both shown between the poems "Helen" and "To Helen." Through elements such as syntax, imagery and symbolism we can see that "To Helen" shows Helen to be a thing of beauty and admiration, while "Helen" makes her out to be a beauty that others envy.
•"To Helen" has a diction that
Makes Helen seem beautiful, gorgeous, even admirable. Even the title "To Helen" makes it seem like a gift or some type of letter starting with a soft introduction. The level of intimacy in these words, with a syntax that made it seem as though the author could be in love with Helen. The symbolism used made her imaginable as something graceful, like the Statue of Liberty. Something that is meaningful. Although given a single passage, which stated
"How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!" It seems as though he writes this as someone who loves Helen and admires her from afar.
•"Helen" takes and approach of someone who is explaining a crowds outlook on Helen, being based on envy and jealous admiration. The poem almost explains her as a repulsive thing in there eyes displayed in this excerpt, "All Greece reviles
the wan face when she smiles,
hating it deeper still
when it grows wan and white,
remembering past enchantments
and past ills." The imagery here shows an envy that is so hot against this "Helen" that the author writes "hating it deeper." A complete opposite reaction than "To Helen" had upon "Helen." Again looking at the titles even, "Helen," makes it seem more as a way of confronting someone or needing to talk to someone or write something to someone in a serious matter. From the passage you can see that the diction chosen was more of criticizing words than admiring, and the syntax created a well known and understanding if the hatred portrayed. However, it was told from a view of someone from afar, a third party if you just like in "To Helen." Both were told in the place if someone who was watching from a window if you will, or someone from beyond the shadows.
•Both essays used similar emphasized techniques to portray their view upon this character "Helen." Both essays had a syntax and diction that created a dealing of love and compassion like in "To Helen," or a feeling of hatred and despise as in "Helen." Also each poem set a tone right off just by how the titles were written. Although these poems had very different view upon a seemingly common character "Helen," they were the same in the techniques used to show their views.
•"The unknown citizen" explains the way a persons lives. The poem explains a certain persons impact on society and how positive it was. It shows that this citizen believes in unity and helping out everyone, a universal benefit is the best benefit of all. Although this sounds like someone who is a great person, he is still no different from an average citizen.
• In "The Unknown Citizen" it portrays a character that believes in serving his or her community. "For in everything he did he served the Greater Community." This line shows that this citizen believes in a community and believes that as a unit we must benefit from fellow citizens action. He served a purpose for others in his community. This displays a human who is giving, and cares about his life and the others around him.
• Even though this poem has already set up a character who seems like such a great addition to a community, it springs something on the reader, that doesn't come to mind right away.
"And that his reaction to advertisements were normal in every way." "And had everything necessary to the modern man." This shows that even though this character seems like a great citizen, he or she is no different from you or I. Anyone can make a difference rather it be big or small, even someone who feels their average can make a huge difference, because even this citizen, and still an average daily life guy. It even states, "That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint."
•Even though this person was a saint, the question was still asked "Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard." This shows that even though he was an average person, was a saint, and did everything of an average man, it does not mean that every citizen is happy. There are plenty of people who are unhappy, and no one hears about it even though we are a community, the things that are truly important, are often overlooked.
•"To Helen" has a diction that
Makes Helen seem beautiful, gorgeous, even admirable. Even the title "To Helen" makes it seem like a gift or some type of letter starting with a soft introduction. The level of intimacy in these words, with a syntax that made it seem as though the author could be in love with Helen. The symbolism used made her imaginable as something graceful, like the Statue of Liberty. Something that is meaningful. Although given a single passage, which stated
"How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!" It seems as though he writes this as someone who loves Helen and admires her from afar.
•"Helen" takes and approach of someone who is explaining a crowds outlook on Helen, being based on envy and jealous admiration. The poem almost explains her as a repulsive thing in there eyes displayed in this excerpt, "All Greece reviles
the wan face when she smiles,
hating it deeper still
when it grows wan and white,
remembering past enchantments
and past ills." The imagery here shows an envy that is so hot against this "Helen" that the author writes "hating it deeper." A complete opposite reaction than "To Helen" had upon "Helen." Again looking at the titles even, "Helen," makes it seem more as a way of confronting someone or needing to talk to someone or write something to someone in a serious matter. From the passage you can see that the diction chosen was more of criticizing words than admiring, and the syntax created a well known and understanding if the hatred portrayed. However, it was told from a view of someone from afar, a third party if you just like in "To Helen." Both were told in the place if someone who was watching from a window if you will, or someone from beyond the shadows.
•Both essays used similar emphasized techniques to portray their view upon this character "Helen." Both essays had a syntax and diction that created a dealing of love and compassion like in "To Helen," or a feeling of hatred and despise as in "Helen." Also each poem set a tone right off just by how the titles were written. Although these poems had very different view upon a seemingly common character "Helen," they were the same in the techniques used to show their views.
•"The unknown citizen" explains the way a persons lives. The poem explains a certain persons impact on society and how positive it was. It shows that this citizen believes in unity and helping out everyone, a universal benefit is the best benefit of all. Although this sounds like someone who is a great person, he is still no different from an average citizen.
• In "The Unknown Citizen" it portrays a character that believes in serving his or her community. "For in everything he did he served the Greater Community." This line shows that this citizen believes in a community and believes that as a unit we must benefit from fellow citizens action. He served a purpose for others in his community. This displays a human who is giving, and cares about his life and the others around him.
• Even though this poem has already set up a character who seems like such a great addition to a community, it springs something on the reader, that doesn't come to mind right away.
"And that his reaction to advertisements were normal in every way." "And had everything necessary to the modern man." This shows that even though this character seems like a great citizen, he or she is no different from you or I. Anyone can make a difference rather it be big or small, even someone who feels their average can make a huge difference, because even this citizen, and still an average daily life guy. It even states, "That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint."
•Even though this person was a saint, the question was still asked "Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard." This shows that even though he was an average person, was a saint, and did everything of an average man, it does not mean that every citizen is happy. There are plenty of people who are unhappy, and no one hears about it even though we are a community, the things that are truly important, are often overlooked.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Gridlock
Meaning- The meaning is to not fight for what makes your life, but fight for your ability to accept your life for what you have.
Antecedent Scenario- He is trying to make sense out of fighting for things in life that will change your life and what it is, he doesn't seem to make sense of it so he says just fight for your ability to accept your life as it is.
Structural Parts- He takes every part of life that most people would say they would fight for, and dissects it in a way that brings the sense of fighting for it too perspective, and shows that to him it isn't worth fighting for. He shows that men will only fight for things that are valuable to them, and that what is valuable to him is his ability to love his life no matter what he is given.
Climax- "Nor my children, nor my country, nor my fellow-men.
It all deprnds whether I found them worth fighting for."
Other Parts- The author addresses the idea of men only fighting for money and says that he basically doesn't have much, and would fight to hard for it.
Skeleton- The poet gets ready to describe his values.
Tone- Questioning
Agency- The poet is conclusive.
Roads Not Taken- The poet should have taken another stanza to help the addition of the men usually only fighting for his money instead of it being so random.
Outer and Inner structural forms- He starts by calling all the stereotypical things in life to fight for and shooting them down, then he goes into people's moral values and then into his own.
Imagination- What comes to mind is a man sitting upon his sofa, huddled in the corner, sulking. Questioning his well being, boarder line suicidal, and starts of by questioning his existence, and complaining about his life. I wouldn't fight for my wife because they arnt always loyal and making this list of things that would be meaningful, and tearing them apart to further his feeling of pointlessness in life. Then a shift happens, he looks up from his crossed arms, faced cut by years, and says to himself what he thinks men usually only fight for, and says, well I wouldn't fight for that because I don't have much of that, but what I would fight for, is my ability to do what I am doing right now, and this learning to accept what I have been given and life, and learn to be happy no matter what.
Antecedent Scenario- He is trying to make sense out of fighting for things in life that will change your life and what it is, he doesn't seem to make sense of it so he says just fight for your ability to accept your life as it is.
Structural Parts- He takes every part of life that most people would say they would fight for, and dissects it in a way that brings the sense of fighting for it too perspective, and shows that to him it isn't worth fighting for. He shows that men will only fight for things that are valuable to them, and that what is valuable to him is his ability to love his life no matter what he is given.
Climax- "Nor my children, nor my country, nor my fellow-men.
It all deprnds whether I found them worth fighting for."
Other Parts- The author addresses the idea of men only fighting for money and says that he basically doesn't have much, and would fight to hard for it.
Skeleton- The poet gets ready to describe his values.
Tone- Questioning
Agency- The poet is conclusive.
Roads Not Taken- The poet should have taken another stanza to help the addition of the men usually only fighting for his money instead of it being so random.
Outer and Inner structural forms- He starts by calling all the stereotypical things in life to fight for and shooting them down, then he goes into people's moral values and then into his own.
Imagination- What comes to mind is a man sitting upon his sofa, huddled in the corner, sulking. Questioning his well being, boarder line suicidal, and starts of by questioning his existence, and complaining about his life. I wouldn't fight for my wife because they arnt always loyal and making this list of things that would be meaningful, and tearing them apart to further his feeling of pointlessness in life. Then a shift happens, he looks up from his crossed arms, faced cut by years, and says to himself what he thinks men usually only fight for, and says, well I wouldn't fight for that because I don't have much of that, but what I would fight for, is my ability to do what I am doing right now, and this learning to accept what I have been given and life, and learn to be happy no matter what.
Seventh Readng
After reading my poem "What Would You Fight Fir" by D.H Lawrence seven times I still came away with the idea that he makes it sound like the only thing he would fight for, even out of his family and wife, the only thing he would fight for is his freedom to think freely. After I talked to Dr. Preston I realized the only thing he would fight for is his way to see his life and accept his life for what it is.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Jane questions
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. E
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. B
17. B
18. E
19. D
20. B
21. E
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. Couldn't see document
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. C
33. C
34. E
35. A
36. B
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. E
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. B
17. B
18. E
19. D
20. B
21. E
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. Couldn't see document
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. C
33. C
34. E
35. A
36. B
Friday, April 12, 2013
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is an evil vile woman. With these witches running around telling Macbeth his destiny, it sends lady Macbeth on a loop because he doesn't accomplish what the witches say.
Why is lady Macbeth so vile?
Why are these witches seeming to help Macbeth?
Why is lady Macbeth so vile?
Why are these witches seeming to help Macbeth?
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Lit. Analysis: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
1) Mr. McMurphy is admitted into an insane asylum where he rebels against the nurses and security. His influence affects the rest of the patients to act out in the way that he does. He leads the rest of the patients to rebel against Mrs. Ratchet causing them to be monitored and put under higher security. He leads an attempt to escape from the asylum in which he is the only one to try because the rest of the patients are too fearful. He gets caught and is forced to have an apesiotame. A patient by the name of chief then leads the lifeless Mr. McMurphy out of the asylum and escape together.
2) The theme of the novel seems to be ones dream is achievable by having people around you who support you.
3) The authors tone is desperateness. Mr. McMurphy meets chief and seems desperate to get chief to say something. Through rebelling against Mrs. Ratchet, he shows desperateness to have a form of power, and by trying to escape he shows desperateness for freedom.
4) The author sets a mood of loneliness which helped me understand the authors use of desperateness because of how lonely the patients were even in each others company. By setting his tone the author was ale to have the mood and tone connect to bring a connection between the reader and the characters.
5) The author uses indirect characterization to describe the relationship between chief and Mr. McMurphy. He also uses indirect characterization to describe McMurphys power over the rest of the patients. The author uses direct characterization to describe chiefs personality by showing his way of silence. He also uses direct characterization to describe each patient and there disabilities.
6) The authors syntax doesn't change when talking about a character, but the diction changes to a characterization use if words.
7) The protagonist is static and flat. McMurphy doesn't change his attempt to escape or change his way of rebellion.
8) After reading this book I felt like I had actually met someone because the way the author wrote the characters interaction and drive for freedom. I could actually understand their wants and their drives for power and freedom.
Prose Essay Prompts On: "Life Of Pi"
1) P.39 "But what can you do when you love your father? Life goes on and you don't touch tigers. Except that now, for having accused Ravi of an unspecified crime he hadn't committed, I was as good as dead. In years subsequent, when he was in the mood to terrorize me, he would whisper to me, :Just wait till we're alone. You're the next goat!"
The references made, such as "You don't touch tigers" and "You're the next goat!", bring in a lot of different thoughts, what do you think these references are trying to say? Why is it that the use of animals through this novel is so critical for the author to use? Why do you think the author chose to describe these references in this way?
2) After reading The Life Of Pi, you came away with an idea of what the authors central message and purpose was. Write an essay in which you show how the authors style and use of literary elements helped you come to your conclusion of his purpose and central message.
3) In a well structured essay explain how the author used symbolism to help convey his purpose in a meaningful way. How did the author use symbolism to create His message?
The references made, such as "You don't touch tigers" and "You're the next goat!", bring in a lot of different thoughts, what do you think these references are trying to say? Why is it that the use of animals through this novel is so critical for the author to use? Why do you think the author chose to describe these references in this way?
2) After reading The Life Of Pi, you came away with an idea of what the authors central message and purpose was. Write an essay in which you show how the authors style and use of literary elements helped you come to your conclusion of his purpose and central message.
3) In a well structured essay explain how the author used symbolism to help convey his purpose in a meaningful way. How did the author use symbolism to create His message?
Open Question Prompts On: "Life Of PIe"
1) What could Pi's adventure out at sea represent for the reader? Why do you think the author chose to describe Pi's adventure in the way he did? What does it describe for the author and what type of person, or views he may have?
2) When looking at the animals chosen by the author, why do you think he chose a zebra, Orangutan, hyena and a Bengal Tiger to be apart of Pi's journey? What about these animals allow a connection to the novel, Pi, and the message you believe the author was trying to present?
3 Pi being descried as an intelligent person, going through high school and becoming a college student, having a broad understanding of religion, what is the author trying to to tell us by putting an intelligent individual through such a journey that made it seem as though his intelligence didn't matter in the least? Why do you think the author chose a character like Pi, and what does this mean for the authors message?
4) P.128 "Movement was confined to a tremor in the rear leg and an occasional blinking of the eyes. I was horrified. I had no idea a living being could sustain so much injury and go on living."
How does this sentence describe the authors message, and the point of putting Pi through such a journey? What does this tell us about the authors view on human determination, and how does it link to the the authors central message?
2) When looking at the animals chosen by the author, why do you think he chose a zebra, Orangutan, hyena and a Bengal Tiger to be apart of Pi's journey? What about these animals allow a connection to the novel, Pi, and the message you believe the author was trying to present?
3 Pi being descried as an intelligent person, going through high school and becoming a college student, having a broad understanding of religion, what is the author trying to to tell us by putting an intelligent individual through such a journey that made it seem as though his intelligence didn't matter in the least? Why do you think the author chose a character like Pi, and what does this mean for the authors message?
4) P.128 "Movement was confined to a tremor in the rear leg and an occasional blinking of the eyes. I was horrified. I had no idea a living being could sustain so much injury and go on living."
How does this sentence describe the authors message, and the point of putting Pi through such a journey? What does this tell us about the authors view on human determination, and how does it link to the the authors central message?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Take home essay on Brave New World
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”(― Oscar Wilde) People often live life, do the bare minimum, just enough to get by. The novel "Brave New World" serves the idea that where you live affects who you are, and who you are, defines what you know, and what you don't know.
The world you live in can cause you to have a type of mood toward your life. In Brave New World, John was a character that was just highlighted to me with this point. This man was in a dark place from the very start. He seemed to want to die, wasn't an extremely happy person. To add to the sense of distress in his life, he begins to be alienated by the savage, and the "civilized" world. This affects John in such a way that it pulls him further into his distress.
In the beginning of the book we begin seeing Bernard as the main character. Knowing that Brave New World was written as a prediction, or warning of what Aldux Huxley saw the world leading to, it was semi difficult to see where exactly Huxley was going with the setting of this human created world, surrounded around scientists idea of a European society. However when Bernard fades behind the, and John becomes the light, it shows exactly where Huxley was going with this.
Huxley shows that we may have the idea that we have this society we live in is as good as it is going to get with where we are, but that's not the reality. The reality is, is that people are being slowly isolated away from what the truth is. With our isolation from what the truth is, we are alienated from the world just as John was. The novel ends with John committing suicide. With isolation from the reality of the world, people end up dead without purpose. He died because he didn't have the needed attention from other humans sending him into such a state that caused him to commit suicide.
Huxley's point with writing this novel was to show his prediction or warning of where he saw the world heading. Through alienation from the world, can lead to death. Maybe not physical death, but even mental death. A mental death that make you feel not only alone, but unaware of the reality of what's going on in the world around you. Hopefully it doesn't end in a demise such as John's, but who's choice is that?
The world you live in can cause you to have a type of mood toward your life. In Brave New World, John was a character that was just highlighted to me with this point. This man was in a dark place from the very start. He seemed to want to die, wasn't an extremely happy person. To add to the sense of distress in his life, he begins to be alienated by the savage, and the "civilized" world. This affects John in such a way that it pulls him further into his distress.
In the beginning of the book we begin seeing Bernard as the main character. Knowing that Brave New World was written as a prediction, or warning of what Aldux Huxley saw the world leading to, it was semi difficult to see where exactly Huxley was going with the setting of this human created world, surrounded around scientists idea of a European society. However when Bernard fades behind the, and John becomes the light, it shows exactly where Huxley was going with this.
Huxley shows that we may have the idea that we have this society we live in is as good as it is going to get with where we are, but that's not the reality. The reality is, is that people are being slowly isolated away from what the truth is. With our isolation from what the truth is, we are alienated from the world just as John was. The novel ends with John committing suicide. With isolation from the reality of the world, people end up dead without purpose. He died because he didn't have the needed attention from other humans sending him into such a state that caused him to commit suicide.
Huxley's point with writing this novel was to show his prediction or warning of where he saw the world heading. Through alienation from the world, can lead to death. Maybe not physical death, but even mental death. A mental death that make you feel not only alone, but unaware of the reality of what's going on in the world around you. Hopefully it doesn't end in a demise such as John's, but who's choice is that?
Monday, March 18, 2013
Sparking BNW
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=raqVySPrDUE
Here is a link to the YouTube video that has the video summary of BNW. I'm not posting this as a quick way out, but I'm posting this as a way to compare the discussions we have online, and in the classroom. This summary tells you exactly what they think is said or implied and even what the purpose of each thing is. After watching Aldux Huxley's interview, it makes you realize how full of s**t that spark notes is. Reading the book, and watching this, one message: READ THE BOOK INSTEAD!!
Here is a link to the YouTube video that has the video summary of BNW. I'm not posting this as a quick way out, but I'm posting this as a way to compare the discussions we have online, and in the classroom. This summary tells you exactly what they think is said or implied and even what the purpose of each thing is. After watching Aldux Huxley's interview, it makes you realize how full of s**t that spark notes is. Reading the book, and watching this, one message: READ THE BOOK INSTEAD!!
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