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Friday, August 7, 2015
First, they came for the Jews
and i did not speak out
because i was not a Jew.
They came for the Communists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
and i did not speak out
because i was not a Jew.
They came for the Communists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and i did not speak out
because i was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
comeback and setback
turn a set back to a come back don't let it get you down.
you can use the come back to take away the frown
setback is the passed a phrase that you go through
comebacks they are better and is best for you
take away the setbacks and just soldier on
simply use your comeback till the setbacks are all gone
you can use the come back to take away the frown
setback is the passed a phrase that you go through
comebacks they are better and is best for you
take away the setbacks and just soldier on
simply use your comeback till the setbacks are all gone
A Life
Touch it: it won't shrink like an eyeball,
This egg-shaped bailiwick, clear as a tear.
Here's yesterday, last year ---
Palm-spear and lily distinct as flora in the vast
Windless thread work of a tapestry.
This egg-shaped bailiwick, clear as a tear.
Here's yesterday, last year ---
Palm-spear and lily distinct as flora in the vast
Windless thread work of a tapestry.
Flick the glass with your fingernail:
It will ping like a Chinese chime in the slightest air stir
Though nobody in there looks up or bothers to answer.
The inhabitants are light as cork,
Every one of them permanently busy.
It will ping like a Chinese chime in the slightest air stir
Though nobody in there looks up or bothers to answer.
The inhabitants are light as cork,
Every one of them permanently busy.
At their feet, the sea waves bow in single file.
Never trespassing in bad temper:
Stalling in midair,
Short-reined, pawing like parade ground horses.
Overhead, the clouds sit tasseled and fancy
Never trespassing in bad temper:
Stalling in midair,
Short-reined, pawing like parade ground horses.
Overhead, the clouds sit tasseled and fancy
As Victorian cushions. This family
Of valentine faces might please a collector:
They ring true, like good china.
Of valentine faces might please a collector:
They ring true, like good china.
Elsewhere the landscape is more frank.
The light falls without letup, blindingly.
The light falls without letup, blindingly.
A woman is dragging her shadow in a circle
About a bald hospital saucer.
It resembles the moon, or a sheet of blank paper
And appears to have suffered a sort of private blitzkrieg.
She lives quietly
About a bald hospital saucer.
It resembles the moon, or a sheet of blank paper
And appears to have suffered a sort of private blitzkrieg.
She lives quietly
With no attachments, like a fetus in a bottle,
The obsolete house, the sea, flattened to a picture
She has one too many dimensions to enter.
Grief and anger, exorcised,
Leave her alone now.
The obsolete house, the sea, flattened to a picture
She has one too many dimensions to enter.
Grief and anger, exorcised,
Leave her alone now.
The future is a grey seagull
Tattling in its cat-voice of departure.
Age and terror, like nurses, attend her,
And a drowned man, complaining of the great cold,
Crawls up out of the sea.
Tattling in its cat-voice of departure.
Age and terror, like nurses, attend her,
And a drowned man, complaining of the great cold,
Crawls up out of the sea.
Do not go gentle into that good night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Post Poem
The studio coming together
rhythm rhymes with fire
trapping beats with wire
pull it all together
with lasers, plastic, & pliers.
rhythm rhymes with fire
trapping beats with wire
pull it all together
with lasers, plastic, & pliers.
Love Within a Storm
We mad love within a storm
in the midst of passion and chaos
somewhere, somehow our true bond
of friendship was lost
somewhere, somehow our true bond
of friendship was lost
In the eye of the storm
The rain always falls harder
Those who prevail this trauma
will learn 2 bring their love farther
The rain always falls harder
Those who prevail this trauma
will learn 2 bring their love farther
But now the storm has passed
and the seas of our friendship R calm
But as long as I live I will remember
the love within the storm
and the seas of our friendship R calm
But as long as I live I will remember
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9/18
Place a new comment in here, responding to this question:
McMurphy, after he tried to pick up the water cabinet and failed, said, "At least I tried. At least I did that."
Was there a time when you really tried something and failed? What did you do after? Did you give up, or keep trying in a different way?
McMurphy, after he tried to pick up the water cabinet and failed, said, "At least I tried. At least I did that."
Was there a time when you really tried something and failed? What did you do after? Did you give up, or keep trying in a different way?
Monday, July 26, 2010
Bowling for columbine
Moore's' idea of verbal criticism is honestly funny. When bringing true reality to real situations, he is able to get true questions that nobody wants to answer. The idea that even places like Kmart make public decisions that can have a bad impact on peoples lives. The bank is another example of incorrectly not making sense. They gave out guns for loans. When Moore makes comments on how this does not make sense, nobody can give him a correct public response. They know is does not sound correct, but they want you to think of it as being for the good of public, that what their doing is a good idea and it is the public that makes the bad choices. There are many different aspects of the way guns are controlled or not controlled and the vast violence of our own nation. This particular tragedy in Columbine was a very small part of problems that are getting to be more fluent in more areas. We as the United States perceive ourselves as being invincible. We can always account on the media to influence any situation at any given time. The control we have is created by our own direct nature to hear only what we want to hear and a good percentage is anything that creates notice. We tend to ignore the big picture of possible gun problems and look at what can make the news for the next day.
The gun issue can be blamed on many situations, but the bottom line comes down to how the guns are not controlled. When you have an open door policy on something that should have a little more control. The difference of being able to have slingshots compared to multi rapid fire weapons. When there is no limit on how much or what kind, then common sense leaves the door open for more violent acts. Blame can be said on the American view. We value the opinion of war and the effects on our own country. We look at being the strongest nation and are proud of having the rights of our country. When we bring a gun to a knife fight it is supposed to be overlooked because of our belief, but when somebody else does this, it is not right and we have to take action to change the situation. This is the action we have done for years.
Other countries have more strict laws and more control over media. Their media is more focused on things that will help the public and public interest rather then public fault or discouragement. When media is constantly broadcasting bad views, it tends to wear on the mind or warp it in a sense of believing what we do is right. An example in the movie was how it was not ok to shoot another person, but it was ok that we just bombed another country. It is like the old saying from your parents" Do what I say, not as I do."
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Response to Bowling for Columbine
There is so much controversy about violence and weapon control. Why do people insist on blaming things like movies and music? Every country has violence in media and more than half of them have less shootings and murders then America. If a child is able to get to any kind of weapon, a gun or a knife, then its an adults problem. Also, if the child knows how to use the gun properly then we wouldn't have so many issues. In the movie I remember the director saying that the Columbine shooting was blamed on Marilyn Manson. Manson did make a good point during his interview, Why wasn't the President blamed? While he sits around and starts a war and thinks he can bomb everyone, children are getting the wrong impression. Then everyone blames television and games. The movie even showed that Japan, the maker of most violent movies and games, has less than three times the murder rate of America. Is it culture? I don't personally think so. In my opinion, I think it is the Adrenaline and power rush. People feel empowered when they can do whatever they want, even though it is illegal. In the movie, Michael Moore (director) compares America with Canada. Canada isn't far away from America and even so, they aren't as violent. The news that they watch in Canada is educational and more focused on health care reforms and benefits rather than ours in America which shows the most brutal attacks. Maybe it is in our culture, maybe it isn't. Honestly, I don't think we will ever know what causes anyone to pick up a gun and shoot someone in the face with it.
DUCK SEASON,RABBIT SEASON ALWAYS HUMAN SEASON
the movie bowling for columbine covered a large area for discussion on the topic of gun abuse in America. the director/producer Michael Moore takes us on a very diverse tour Thur the cognitive and generational beliefs on guns of many different people around the world as well as in our own country. the shootings at columbine are just a small piece of the self destructive nature of the human pie. our species since as far back as documented has always been violent. the difference in our day and time is we have the advanced technology to have created guns to fight battles instead of lets say sticks and stones to break our bones, now its guns and knives to end our lives. the error in the creation of guns is shown Thur out this movie by the immature individuals who some how have obtained these guns. the interesting part of this movie to me is that children having guns was something i personally grew up with in new york city. i find it extremely covenant that children have possessed firearms in lower income neighborhoods for years and have brought these guns to school, and it was never shown or given the attention by the mass media, until a few incidents involving guns and children manifested in the suburbs of America. the problem of kids killing kids with firearms is now not just exclusive to living in a ghetto or being non-white but is apparently happening in the less assumed areas of America. the official wake up call to white suburbia has sounded and the media has been all over it with less than compassion for the victim's and their families. the firearms sold in America are sold with regulations and laws governing how and too who they can be sold to, and yet kids all over America in every state are capable of getting guns and ammunition whenever they want. i think a huge part of that is because the parents aren't regulating their children nor teaching them the necessary life skills needed to deal with situations that may arise Thur out their school experience. the other part of this problem is the lack responsibility show by gun owners. the adults leaving their firearms very attainable to anyone in the house which could possibly be a young child such as the little boy in the movie who brought a gun to school and shot a little girl in the face. their is also the illegal sale of guns to any and every one, and that has the united states government written all over it. the illegal selling of guns in America is outrageously high for a country with so many guns laws which makes me ask the question what are all these laws doing for the guns being sold on the streets illegally to kids?. the answer is nothing in case you are wondering. that in part gives somewhat of a view to the nature of violence in America opposed to Canada, Australia and Norway. the world is a violent place because we are a violent species with the ability to vaporize each other without a second thought as to solving whatever problem with discussion and agreement like mature intelligent beings that we are. we use to hunt for food as an evolving species and now we hunt for sport in order to show are dominate rain over all creatures big and small including ourselves, except we then call it war so its justified use of violence. this country starts wars or gets involved in wars under the disguise of freedom and justice for all when in truth its just a long history of divide and conquer. the show of violence by this country is leading its people by example thus creating an acceptance of violent acts and a justification of them. the sad part is this learned behavior gets passed down to the children who didn't ask to be born nor did they invent violence and more than likely would rather just watch bug's bunny while eating Trix cereal.
Bowling for Columbine-
The question asked throughout the movie was why does America have such a high murder rate with guns? One possible answer was poverty. Things like desperation, violent surrounding influences, and absent parents could contribute to the problem. Other countries have the same number of guns, similar control issues, and population numbers. So why is there so much violence and death here? Maybe we do not have the correct education and controls. Government influence was looked at as a reason but many other countries have had similar historical wars, plus the US has had wars since it was founded. Why the recent increase in deaths over the past few decades? I personally think one reason is the right to bear arms should have greater restrictions. For example I do not think there is any reason someone should need a semi-automatic weapon. Hand guns for protection and rifles/shotguns for hunting. I also think the black market should be cracked down on by authorities. Too many illegal guns are on the market and those are the ones that usually end up being used for illegal purposes. Not to say some children don’t just take their parents. Violent movies, media coverage, fear, music, even bowling class were other reasons examined. These violent crimes occur in all income brackets, geographic locations, different cultures and races, even the age range is large. I do not think there is one clear answer but what I do think is true is that children have become used to hearing about it which I think desensitizes them to violence.
The question asked throughout the movie was why does America have such a high murder rate with guns? One possible answer was poverty. Things like desperation, violent surrounding influences, and absent parents could contribute to the problem. Other countries have the same number of guns, similar control issues, and population numbers. So why is there so much violence and death here? Maybe we do not have the correct education and controls. Government influence was looked at as a reason but many other countries have had similar historical wars, plus the US has had wars since it was founded. Why the recent increase in deaths over the past few decades? I personally think one reason is the right to bear arms should have greater restrictions. For example I do not think there is any reason someone should need a semi-automatic weapon. Hand guns for protection and rifles/shotguns for hunting. I also think the black market should be cracked down on by authorities. Too many illegal guns are on the market and those are the ones that usually end up being used for illegal purposes. Not to say some children don’t just take their parents. Violent movies, media coverage, fear, music, even bowling class were other reasons examined. These violent crimes occur in all income brackets, geographic locations, different cultures and races, even the age range is large. I do not think there is one clear answer but what I do think is true is that children have become used to hearing about it which I think desensitizes them to violence.
Bowling For Columbine
I am a little confused as to why the bank would even consider giving out a free gun when you open a new account. I would feel like this is an invitation to a more severe problem like, uhh, armed robbery. Come on people. Then you can go get a hair cut and get free ammunition for that free gun. What were they thinking? Leave that to the guns shops and the people who know what there are doing. GUNS DO NOT BELONG IN A BANK NOR DOES AMMUNITION BELONG AT A BARBER SHOP!!
I live in a house of hunters, my father and his father were hunters, and I myself am one, but i don't feel that this was a good choice. This has contributed to the children getting a hold of the guns. The childs mentallity is, "I can be like Dad. I am going to show my friends.", thats when they take the gun to school and show off what they got from home which in turn has killed innocent children. I feel they should make the parents accountable. For the six year old that was shot, they were living with mom's brother. If he knew that children were coming into his home, you would think he would make it as safe as possible. I feel he should be held accountable becuase the child was under his care while mom was working. In the Columbine shooting, I feel that every child involved in shooting the other children should be tried as adults. They knew what they were doing. They knew what could be the results. They knew that taking these guns to school was the wrong thing to do.
My husband and I have protected our children from getting guns and ammunition for years. We have purchased gun locks for the guns and a safe to put them in. There is no possible way that our children can get them. That is what the gun handlers should inplement. They should be required under law to have the guns locked up unless you are using them. Why didn't the bank put a trigger lock on the gun? Maybe back then they did have them. I can under stand that but like I said if they were handing out guns they should have gone one step further to protect the children in some way or form. May be not even given out a gun. They could have easily given out an appliance or something to that effect. Instead of a book of guns, have them pick out an appliance that could have used. It could have been just as effective getting people to open account. And thats all it was about. They just wanted people to open an account with them. What they don't realize is that yeah they opened an account but after they get there gun , they won't close the account?
This Charlston Heston thing really bothered me a bit as well. He said in his interview with Michael that he didn't know about the shooting when he did his NRA speech. I disagree. Why would he be at two towns that both had killings there 1 day later? I feel he knew it was wrong but because he was a celebrity he didn't care. Dick Clark is another clebrity that was thrown in this movie. I feel Michael shouldn't have even brought him in the picture. He didn't care nor did he want to talk about this childs mother who was working for him. He didn't care that they got shot and killed. I mean It really wasn't his fault. She was just a worker but my goodness show a little compassion for your emploees. Her child just got accidentally killed. again like I said what did he have to do with anything?
Guns have been around for hundreds of years. The NRA had to go in there because they had to show that it wasn't the gun that was the problem it was the people behind the guns that kill. The anti gun people were there right beside the NRA and was rallying to get it so guns were wiped out. Look at what they did at Kmart? It was an anti gun movement that Michael did. Taking those 2 Columbine victims to Kmart to have then talk to upper management and get the Ammunition removed from the stores.
I live in a house of hunters, my father and his father were hunters, and I myself am one, but i don't feel that this was a good choice. This has contributed to the children getting a hold of the guns. The childs mentallity is, "I can be like Dad. I am going to show my friends.", thats when they take the gun to school and show off what they got from home which in turn has killed innocent children. I feel they should make the parents accountable. For the six year old that was shot, they were living with mom's brother. If he knew that children were coming into his home, you would think he would make it as safe as possible. I feel he should be held accountable becuase the child was under his care while mom was working. In the Columbine shooting, I feel that every child involved in shooting the other children should be tried as adults. They knew what they were doing. They knew what could be the results. They knew that taking these guns to school was the wrong thing to do.
My husband and I have protected our children from getting guns and ammunition for years. We have purchased gun locks for the guns and a safe to put them in. There is no possible way that our children can get them. That is what the gun handlers should inplement. They should be required under law to have the guns locked up unless you are using them. Why didn't the bank put a trigger lock on the gun? Maybe back then they did have them. I can under stand that but like I said if they were handing out guns they should have gone one step further to protect the children in some way or form. May be not even given out a gun. They could have easily given out an appliance or something to that effect. Instead of a book of guns, have them pick out an appliance that could have used. It could have been just as effective getting people to open account. And thats all it was about. They just wanted people to open an account with them. What they don't realize is that yeah they opened an account but after they get there gun , they won't close the account?
This Charlston Heston thing really bothered me a bit as well. He said in his interview with Michael that he didn't know about the shooting when he did his NRA speech. I disagree. Why would he be at two towns that both had killings there 1 day later? I feel he knew it was wrong but because he was a celebrity he didn't care. Dick Clark is another clebrity that was thrown in this movie. I feel Michael shouldn't have even brought him in the picture. He didn't care nor did he want to talk about this childs mother who was working for him. He didn't care that they got shot and killed. I mean It really wasn't his fault. She was just a worker but my goodness show a little compassion for your emploees. Her child just got accidentally killed. again like I said what did he have to do with anything?
Guns have been around for hundreds of years. The NRA had to go in there because they had to show that it wasn't the gun that was the problem it was the people behind the guns that kill. The anti gun people were there right beside the NRA and was rallying to get it so guns were wiped out. Look at what they did at Kmart? It was an anti gun movement that Michael did. Taking those 2 Columbine victims to Kmart to have then talk to upper management and get the Ammunition removed from the stores.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Bowlig for Columbine
Bowling For Columbine does not take a vehemently anti-gun position, which surprised me. Michael Moore correctly points out that these are merely a means of violent people's terrible behavior. What also shocked me, given his driven search to discover why America has so many more gun deaths than say, Canada or the United Kingdom, is that he fails to consider that we have 304 million people to their 33 and 60 million, respectively, according to such sites as nationmaster.com and nationsonline.org. If our population is 9 times higher than Canada's, it stands to reason our gun deaths would be many times higher as well. Moore seems merely to be laying the way to suggest that poverty and welfare to work programs are a huge factor in gun violence, which they probably are. However, the surest remedy to poverty is education and good jobs. Endless handouts and forced dependence on the government won’t work any better for our people than they did the USSR's. I agree with the film's sentiments that no one is well served by mothers spending long hours away from home on a welfare to work program, but they most definitely should be receiving valuable job training and actively seeking employment. The purpose of social welfare should be to elevate people above their present circumstances, not to keep them in low level jobs and dependent on taxpayers so that men like Michael Moore can feel they're being compassionate because they want to give them other people's money. Unfortunately, he seems horrified at the idea anybody be forced to work, again failing to consider that if the many Americans struggling to make ends meet, often without assistance, decide to claim their "human right" of public support, our economy would grind to a halt and there would be little means for any programs. Perhaps more consideration should be paid towards them than people only interested in what they can get out of the system. Instead of attacking companies for senseless tragedies, Michael Moore should have appealed to them to open more operations in the United States, and offering employees better education and training, so that not just more, but better jobs would open, and truly break the cycle of poverty for many Americans.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Bowling for Columbine
Hi class,
We're writing about Bowling for Columbine, the film by Michael Moore. Add a new post, about a page long (250-300 words), and then read everyone else's posts. Comment on at least two of them. You may post comments on all of them, or post a number of comments on any of them. Enjoy yourselves.
We're writing about Bowling for Columbine, the film by Michael Moore. Add a new post, about a page long (250-300 words), and then read everyone else's posts. Comment on at least two of them. You may post comments on all of them, or post a number of comments on any of them. Enjoy yourselves.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Some help with Poetry Essay
Poetry Essay: Final Draft due Tuesday, May 11, at 2:15pm.
As we discussed in class, this is a three page (800 word) essay. It should be typed, double-spaced, pages numbered, with a title, and you NEED to use quotes from your source texts (the poems you're writing about).
You may compare or contrast two poets' works, or focus on one poet, and do an in-depth analysis of themes, form, imagery, and other poetic elements used in these poems. Open your mind to the poems, write about possibilities, because there really isn't a fixed and "right" way to read them. You have a part in the dialogue that creates meaning.
Here are some excellent resources to help give you some ideas (if you need them!) for writing about poetry.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01/
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/poetry.html
As we discussed in class, this is a three page (800 word) essay. It should be typed, double-spaced, pages numbered, with a title, and you NEED to use quotes from your source texts (the poems you're writing about).
You may compare or contrast two poets' works, or focus on one poet, and do an in-depth analysis of themes, form, imagery, and other poetic elements used in these poems. Open your mind to the poems, write about possibilities, because there really isn't a fixed and "right" way to read them. You have a part in the dialogue that creates meaning.
Here are some excellent resources to help give you some ideas (if you need them!) for writing about poetry.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01/
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/poetry.html
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
102 Essay Question: The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon.
Write a three-page (800-word) essay that develops an idea with references throughout the novel. Find people, places or things in the novel where the words in the text add to your reading of a particular key phrase or idea of the book. In other words, there are hints or clues that give a sense of meaning, even confused or confusing meaning. Here are some key pieces of the puzzle.
NOTE: The suggestions I make in these questions are possibilities, a few out of MANY. The main thing with this essay is to find something to write about, and then write three pages. Develop your idea from a starting point, and then follow that logic to wherever it leads.
1. Sensitive. A person is "too sensitive," or tuned into a way of seeing that brings previously unimagined visions into reality. Drugs can play a part—LSD, pot, alcohol, cigarettes. Is there some symbolism that Beaconsfields have filters made of the charred bones of dead American WWII soldiers? Unpack that concept in its symbolic entirety! Emotional reality (Remedios Varo, the green bubble shades, etc.).
2. Technology. The Scope & electronic music. The circuit board. Television. Computers. Oedipa, "stared at by the greenish dead eye of the TV tube." What does it mean that the TV does the staring, is the actor in the scene? She is the passive recipient of its gaze. Do humans use technology, or does technology use humans? Is the metaphor of the demon somehow something akin to the ghost in the machine? What is a ghost? What about the notion of the "couch potato"? Are humans like vegetables to the predator or cultivator that is the machine? What about Stanley Koteks' beef with Yoyodyne about their patents policy? If "it's all teamwork now," then who is responsible? Who creates? Does some amorphous "it" claim rights to any attributable creativity or invention? Is a corporation a person?
3. Trace a Clue. Many smaller parts of the novel function like puzzle pieces. Looking at an image, metaphor, or simile can open up possibilities in interpreting the story. Find a way into the book through one of these individual parts, follow the connections, and try to come up with a unique interpretation.
NOTE: The suggestions I make in these questions are possibilities, a few out of MANY. The main thing with this essay is to find something to write about, and then write three pages. Develop your idea from a starting point, and then follow that logic to wherever it leads.
1. Sensitive. A person is "too sensitive," or tuned into a way of seeing that brings previously unimagined visions into reality. Drugs can play a part—LSD, pot, alcohol, cigarettes. Is there some symbolism that Beaconsfields have filters made of the charred bones of dead American WWII soldiers? Unpack that concept in its symbolic entirety! Emotional reality (Remedios Varo, the green bubble shades, etc.).
2. Technology. The Scope & electronic music. The circuit board. Television. Computers. Oedipa, "stared at by the greenish dead eye of the TV tube." What does it mean that the TV does the staring, is the actor in the scene? She is the passive recipient of its gaze. Do humans use technology, or does technology use humans? Is the metaphor of the demon somehow something akin to the ghost in the machine? What is a ghost? What about the notion of the "couch potato"? Are humans like vegetables to the predator or cultivator that is the machine? What about Stanley Koteks' beef with Yoyodyne about their patents policy? If "it's all teamwork now," then who is responsible? Who creates? Does some amorphous "it" claim rights to any attributable creativity or invention? Is a corporation a person?
3. Trace a Clue. Many smaller parts of the novel function like puzzle pieces. Looking at an image, metaphor, or simile can open up possibilities in interpreting the story. Find a way into the book through one of these individual parts, follow the connections, and try to come up with a unique interpretation.
101-Research Paper Materials
ENGL101—Spring, 2009 Research Assignment Glenn Marsala, Instructor
Topic: Humans and the Natural Environment
The Environment combines aspects of every conceivable employment, activity, interest, future, including every branch of science, medicine, business, agriculture; and because this issue ought to concern everyone, and each of us must make choices about how to approach these issues; and because the information that comes to us every day is hard to understand, is controversial, involves global politics, local decisions (from the most mundane habits to strenuous landscaping, from choosing what car to drive to having the right to know the pollutants in our drinking water).
The implications of various actions, choices, and the lessons learned from the past. What are the side effects of certain industrial or technological activities in: health (of humans and other animals), water, air.
What kind of action can be taken now? Is it all up to us? Do we decide? Is it too late? Can something still be done? You may choose a particular animal, either extinct or endangered; you may choose to focus on a specific introduced species that has a deep effect on local flora and fauna. You could research the effects of the by-products of production and extraction (mining). You may think about the many effects of human conflict on the environment in a specific historical instance--nuclear power plant accidents, oil spills, depleted uranium in Iraq or Bosnia, the effects of a war on wildlife.
Whatever you choose, be sure to be extremely specific. Speak in great depth about a tiny aspect of this huge issue. Some of your interests may come into play: you may have a relative with cancer, you may be interested in sustainable agriculture and controversial strategies for addressing a hungry worldwide human population.
As you can see, there are innumerable issues proliferating in our local, national, and global environments. You may take any side you can support; just be sure to find enough sources to cover various sides of any argument. The answers may not be easy or obvious—after all, if it were as simple as listening to science and then implementing solutions to every danger; if the world were neat and orderly and every action were predictable; if we had no special interests, political expedience, contentious elections, conflicting governments and finite resources, then we would live in a very different world.
In 5-7 pages Address a particular situation on the planet. Research should include print sources, internet, interviews, radio, television, film, government documents.
1. Research Question.
A. Brainstorming session.
B. Ask questions.
C. Write question—what issue will your research address, seek to answer? How did you come up with question? Describe the problem and its importance. Your question should focus on something specific and complex enough to enable you to take a strong stand on a contentious issue. See A Pocket Style Manual, pages 101-2. One page—due Tuesday, April 14.
2. Sources—library session.
A. Find at least 10 sources, at least three or four of which should be print media (or print sources available on the Morrisville College database (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 103-8).
B. Do tests to determine how suitable the sources are to the topic (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 108-11).
C. Quote, paraphrase, take notes, write thoughts that occur as you read.
D. Research Journal—One page—describe what steps you've taken so far. Use it to explain some of the interesting things your reading has shown you so far. This should be a more detailed account of your research process. Due Thursday, April 16.
E. Assemble bibliography—Using MLA style, write a working bibliography (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 135-48). Find at least ten sources! Due Tuesday, April 21.
3. Thesis & Outline.
A. Should come from what you learned when pursuing answer to question (See A Pocket Style Manual, pages 113-14).
B. Organize sources, ideas, points, proof into outline.
Due Thursday, April 23.
4. First Draft.
A. At least 5 pages (not 4.5, but 5 or more—in the neighborhood of 1250 words), with MLA style parenthetical documentation (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 115-27).
B. In-class peer review/feedback—Due Tuesday, April 28.
5. Presentations—In class, 5 minutes with topic, Q&A—Beginning Thursday, April 30.
6. Final Draft due—Tuesday, May 11 (Final Exam Week).
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*You must quote several texts in your essay! A rule of thumb is to use two quotes per page. DO NOT assemble your paper completely out of other writers' words! Use quotes and ideas as support for your own thoughts and conclusions about an issue.
**You must include a Works Cited list, arranged in alphabetical order, with your final draft. List only sources you've used in your paper (not necessarily everything you read). Do not number your entries.
Some Suggestions:
1. A local issue: Invasive Species, Development & Habitat Loss, Agriculture & Industry, Recycling, Landfills, Wind Turbines, River and Aquifer Pollution, or even the proposed Power Lines (NYRI). Interview people locally or research an organization.
2. National: Drilling in the Arctic. Mining. Toxic Waste (Chemical, Nuclear, Industrial, Medical). Can also involve interviews. Dams, Fish, Wildlife, Wolves, Bears.
3. Global: Global Warming. Petroleum. Energy Issues. Water Use. Development & Habitat Loss. Preservation/Extinction/Conservation.
Research a particular organization, a piece of legislation (Endangered Species Act, anti-pollution laws, chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers).
Look into the various environmental movements. Think about the history of human mores regarding Nature, philosophies of the human role on the planet.
The implications of various actions, choices, and the lessons learned from the past. What are the side effects of certain industrial or technological activities in: health (of humans and other animals), water, air.
What kind of action can be taken now? Is it all up to us? Do we decide? Is it too late? Can something still be done?
Here are some websites:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=can_government_go_green
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
http://www.motherjones.com/science/index.html
http://www.nature.org/
http://www.sierraclub.org/
You may find a background overview on a site like wikipedia.org, but this should be used with skepticism, since it is a user edited site—anyone can add or delete information. While this site can give you some good leads in finding information elsewhere, you should not use this as one of your sources.
INTERNET SOURCES:
Must be handled with care. Be sure the website you use as a “reliable” source actually comes from a reputable organization. Many special interest groups, businesses, and other BIASED organizations produce many, many websites shading the arguments in their favor. For this reason, at least half of your sources must come from published books or journals (easily located through the Morrisville College Library site).
When using a search engine (like Google) to find information, much of what you find will not be useful. Try changing your search terms, or do an “Advanced Search,” where you look only for .gov, .edu, or .org sites, for example. The “com” in “.com” stands for company. In other words, they generally have something to sell. Sometimes it’s merchandise, sometimes it’s biased or bogus information.
You may not be aware of some of the best key words to use in your search when you first begin looking. Try other words. Ask your teacher or a librarian for suggestions. Write an email to the Morrisville library—they are there to help you! That is literally their job! When you give them a bit of information, they can help you find lots more, and point you in directions you may not have thought of at all.
Perhaps most importantly, keep track of the websites you want to use in your paper. You must keep track of the following information:
–URL (http://www.nature.org/, for example)
–Date you visited the site, such as: 13 November, 2008.
–Title of the article and site (even if this is only a general title).
Those are necessary for any website you use. If the article has author, publisher, copyright, or other information, be sure to keep track of that. Many websites have a “last updated” date. All of this information can easily be copied and pasted into a document. I recommend doing this as soon as you see that you are finding good information. That way, you will not forget it! Then, when you look back at your notes, right at the top is the source. This is true of other sources, as well. Keep track of your bibliographic information!
——————————————————————————————————————
Following is an overview of some information services here at MSC-Norwich (most available online, via the library’s website: http://library.morrisville.edu/). If you have further questions, problems, or any other concerns, please email or pick up a phone and call your instructor or a librarian. The Morrisville librarian can be reached at: John Schuster. E-mail: schustjh@morrisville.edu or phone: 315-684-6055
The librarian can help you with, among other things—
* Library resources – Overview of our collections and electronic resources.
* Basic research and searching skills – From basic to advanced searching skills, MLA and APA citation guides and assistance, overview of reference resources.
* Internet resources – Using varied search engines, evaluating information sources, tips and tricks in using the internet to support research.
* Overview of specialty search engines. For example, a premier search engine for scientific information: SCIRUS http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly: Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
Databases.
Library Books.
Internet.
Opposing Viewpoints.
Science Databases.
* Library resources – Overview of our collections and electronic resources.
* Basic research and searching skills – From basic to advanced searching skills, MLA and APA citation guides and assistance, overview of reference resources.
* Internet resources – Using varied search engines, evaluating information sources, tips and tricks in using the internet to support research.
* A sampling of some of our library subscribed databases:
Science Direct - ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Apart from online reference works, handbooks and book series ScienceDirect offers a rich journals collection of over 2,000 titles. In addition, the program offers the ability to search a historical archive of over 6.75 million articles directly from your desktop, back to Volume 1, Issue 1. The collections contain 4 million articles prior to 1995, and 2.75 million articles from after 1994.
Business and Company Resource Center - Fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide - Provides thorough coverage of thousands of journal articles, books, monographs, pamphlets, conference proceedings, symposia, government reports, theses, dissertations, and scientific periodicals, as well as other sources often missed by other commercial databases.
Literature and Resource Center - Access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literacy discipline.
CQ Researcher - The choice of researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Published in print and online 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 13,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist.
ALLDATA Online - The world's most comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
CINHAL - Authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 880,000 records.
The library has added a new database to our electronic database suite of products. Lexis/Nexis is considered a premier database for academic settings. LexisNexis Academic provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options.
Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. The news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Database products can be found by clicking the menu item "Find Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers" Lexis/Nexis is listed under topics of Business, Law, and Liberal Arts; Lexis/Nexis can also be found under the alphabetical listing of databases.
1. To access Lexis/Nexis you will need to go through the library web site
http://library.morrisville.edu/
2. Database products can be found by clicking the menu item "Find Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers" Lexis/Nexis is listed under topics of Business, Law, and Liberal Arts; Lexis/Nexis can also be found under the alphabetical listing of databases.
3. When you locate Lexis/Nexis or any database product from home you will need to enter in your username and password. The user name is your email address and your password is the same as your email password.
LexisNexis Academic contains information from a wide variety of sources:
* News
* Business
* Legal Research
* Other Sources
* Company Dossier
Off Campus access to electronic databases includes: Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Select, ERIC, Business Source Premier, etc.
Topic: Humans and the Natural Environment
The Environment combines aspects of every conceivable employment, activity, interest, future, including every branch of science, medicine, business, agriculture; and because this issue ought to concern everyone, and each of us must make choices about how to approach these issues; and because the information that comes to us every day is hard to understand, is controversial, involves global politics, local decisions (from the most mundane habits to strenuous landscaping, from choosing what car to drive to having the right to know the pollutants in our drinking water).
The implications of various actions, choices, and the lessons learned from the past. What are the side effects of certain industrial or technological activities in: health (of humans and other animals), water, air.
What kind of action can be taken now? Is it all up to us? Do we decide? Is it too late? Can something still be done? You may choose a particular animal, either extinct or endangered; you may choose to focus on a specific introduced species that has a deep effect on local flora and fauna. You could research the effects of the by-products of production and extraction (mining). You may think about the many effects of human conflict on the environment in a specific historical instance--nuclear power plant accidents, oil spills, depleted uranium in Iraq or Bosnia, the effects of a war on wildlife.
Whatever you choose, be sure to be extremely specific. Speak in great depth about a tiny aspect of this huge issue. Some of your interests may come into play: you may have a relative with cancer, you may be interested in sustainable agriculture and controversial strategies for addressing a hungry worldwide human population.
As you can see, there are innumerable issues proliferating in our local, national, and global environments. You may take any side you can support; just be sure to find enough sources to cover various sides of any argument. The answers may not be easy or obvious—after all, if it were as simple as listening to science and then implementing solutions to every danger; if the world were neat and orderly and every action were predictable; if we had no special interests, political expedience, contentious elections, conflicting governments and finite resources, then we would live in a very different world.
In 5-7 pages Address a particular situation on the planet. Research should include print sources, internet, interviews, radio, television, film, government documents.
1. Research Question.
A. Brainstorming session.
B. Ask questions.
C. Write question—what issue will your research address, seek to answer? How did you come up with question? Describe the problem and its importance. Your question should focus on something specific and complex enough to enable you to take a strong stand on a contentious issue. See A Pocket Style Manual, pages 101-2. One page—due Tuesday, April 14.
2. Sources—library session.
A. Find at least 10 sources, at least three or four of which should be print media (or print sources available on the Morrisville College database (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 103-8).
B. Do tests to determine how suitable the sources are to the topic (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 108-11).
C. Quote, paraphrase, take notes, write thoughts that occur as you read.
D. Research Journal—One page—describe what steps you've taken so far. Use it to explain some of the interesting things your reading has shown you so far. This should be a more detailed account of your research process. Due Thursday, April 16.
E. Assemble bibliography—Using MLA style, write a working bibliography (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 135-48). Find at least ten sources! Due Tuesday, April 21.
3. Thesis & Outline.
A. Should come from what you learned when pursuing answer to question (See A Pocket Style Manual, pages 113-14).
B. Organize sources, ideas, points, proof into outline.
Due Thursday, April 23.
4. First Draft.
A. At least 5 pages (not 4.5, but 5 or more—in the neighborhood of 1250 words), with MLA style parenthetical documentation (see A Pocket Style Manual, pages 115-27).
B. In-class peer review/feedback—Due Tuesday, April 28.
5. Presentations—In class, 5 minutes with topic, Q&A—Beginning Thursday, April 30.
6. Final Draft due—Tuesday, May 11 (Final Exam Week).
——————————————————————————————————————
*You must quote several texts in your essay! A rule of thumb is to use two quotes per page. DO NOT assemble your paper completely out of other writers' words! Use quotes and ideas as support for your own thoughts and conclusions about an issue.
**You must include a Works Cited list, arranged in alphabetical order, with your final draft. List only sources you've used in your paper (not necessarily everything you read). Do not number your entries.
Some Suggestions:
1. A local issue: Invasive Species, Development & Habitat Loss, Agriculture & Industry, Recycling, Landfills, Wind Turbines, River and Aquifer Pollution, or even the proposed Power Lines (NYRI). Interview people locally or research an organization.
2. National: Drilling in the Arctic. Mining. Toxic Waste (Chemical, Nuclear, Industrial, Medical). Can also involve interviews. Dams, Fish, Wildlife, Wolves, Bears.
3. Global: Global Warming. Petroleum. Energy Issues. Water Use. Development & Habitat Loss. Preservation/Extinction/Conservation.
Research a particular organization, a piece of legislation (Endangered Species Act, anti-pollution laws, chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers).
Look into the various environmental movements. Think about the history of human mores regarding Nature, philosophies of the human role on the planet.
The implications of various actions, choices, and the lessons learned from the past. What are the side effects of certain industrial or technological activities in: health (of humans and other animals), water, air.
What kind of action can be taken now? Is it all up to us? Do we decide? Is it too late? Can something still be done?
Here are some websites:
http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=can_government_go_green
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
http://www.motherjones.com/science/index.html
http://www.nature.org/
http://www.sierraclub.org/
You may find a background overview on a site like wikipedia.org, but this should be used with skepticism, since it is a user edited site—anyone can add or delete information. While this site can give you some good leads in finding information elsewhere, you should not use this as one of your sources.
INTERNET SOURCES:
Must be handled with care. Be sure the website you use as a “reliable” source actually comes from a reputable organization. Many special interest groups, businesses, and other BIASED organizations produce many, many websites shading the arguments in their favor. For this reason, at least half of your sources must come from published books or journals (easily located through the Morrisville College Library site).
When using a search engine (like Google) to find information, much of what you find will not be useful. Try changing your search terms, or do an “Advanced Search,” where you look only for .gov, .edu, or .org sites, for example. The “com” in “.com” stands for company. In other words, they generally have something to sell. Sometimes it’s merchandise, sometimes it’s biased or bogus information.
You may not be aware of some of the best key words to use in your search when you first begin looking. Try other words. Ask your teacher or a librarian for suggestions. Write an email to the Morrisville library—they are there to help you! That is literally their job! When you give them a bit of information, they can help you find lots more, and point you in directions you may not have thought of at all.
Perhaps most importantly, keep track of the websites you want to use in your paper. You must keep track of the following information:
–URL (http://www.nature.org/, for example)
–Date you visited the site, such as: 13 November, 2008.
–Title of the article and site (even if this is only a general title).
Those are necessary for any website you use. If the article has author, publisher, copyright, or other information, be sure to keep track of that. Many websites have a “last updated” date. All of this information can easily be copied and pasted into a document. I recommend doing this as soon as you see that you are finding good information. That way, you will not forget it! Then, when you look back at your notes, right at the top is the source. This is true of other sources, as well. Keep track of your bibliographic information!
——————————————————————————————————————
Following is an overview of some information services here at MSC-Norwich (most available online, via the library’s website: http://library.morrisville.edu/). If you have further questions, problems, or any other concerns, please email or pick up a phone and call your instructor or a librarian. The Morrisville librarian can be reached at: John Schuster. E-mail: schustjh@morrisville.edu or phone: 315-684-6055
The librarian can help you with, among other things—
* Library resources – Overview of our collections and electronic resources.
* Basic research and searching skills – From basic to advanced searching skills, MLA and APA citation guides and assistance, overview of reference resources.
* Internet resources – Using varied search engines, evaluating information sources, tips and tricks in using the internet to support research.
* Overview of specialty search engines. For example, a premier search engine for scientific information: SCIRUS http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly: Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web.
Databases.
Library Books.
Internet.
Opposing Viewpoints.
Science Databases.
* Library resources – Overview of our collections and electronic resources.
* Basic research and searching skills – From basic to advanced searching skills, MLA and APA citation guides and assistance, overview of reference resources.
* Internet resources – Using varied search engines, evaluating information sources, tips and tricks in using the internet to support research.
* A sampling of some of our library subscribed databases:
Science Direct - ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Apart from online reference works, handbooks and book series ScienceDirect offers a rich journals collection of over 2,000 titles. In addition, the program offers the ability to search a historical archive of over 6.75 million articles directly from your desktop, back to Volume 1, Issue 1. The collections contain 4 million articles prior to 1995, and 2.75 million articles from after 1994.
Business and Company Resource Center - Fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide - Provides thorough coverage of thousands of journal articles, books, monographs, pamphlets, conference proceedings, symposia, government reports, theses, dissertations, and scientific periodicals, as well as other sources often missed by other commercial databases.
Literature and Resource Center - Access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literacy discipline.
CQ Researcher - The choice of researchers seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Published in print and online 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each 13,000-word CQ Researcher report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist.
ALLDATA Online - The world's most comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information.
CINHAL - Authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database provides indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982, totaling over 880,000 records.
The library has added a new database to our electronic database suite of products. Lexis/Nexis is considered a premier database for academic settings. LexisNexis Academic provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options.
Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources. The news coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Database products can be found by clicking the menu item "Find Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers" Lexis/Nexis is listed under topics of Business, Law, and Liberal Arts; Lexis/Nexis can also be found under the alphabetical listing of databases.
1. To access Lexis/Nexis you will need to go through the library web site
http://library.morrisville.edu/
2. Database products can be found by clicking the menu item "Find Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers" Lexis/Nexis is listed under topics of Business, Law, and Liberal Arts; Lexis/Nexis can also be found under the alphabetical listing of databases.
3. When you locate Lexis/Nexis or any database product from home you will need to enter in your username and password. The user name is your email address and your password is the same as your email password.
LexisNexis Academic contains information from a wide variety of sources:
* News
* Business
* Legal Research
* Other Sources
* Company Dossier
Off Campus access to electronic databases includes: Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Select, ERIC, Business Source Premier, etc.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
How Boys Become Men
I totally agree with this idea of the story. When you are little there is kind of a code you believe in and live by, well at least in my life. Don't be a goody-goody is a huge issue for some reason i never understand it was never cool to be a good kid. Never rat was probably the hugest thing no one wants to be friends with a narc when your younger you do a lot of things your not suppose to. Never admit fear well in the eyes of young boys, if you admit your fear that's weakness no one wants to be associated with. Never discuss anything of substance with anybody. You always do what all the other boys are doing or your not cool enough to hang. Like you tease the other little boys and give your teachers a hard time.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Gender in Classrooms
Well as i was reading this short story It mostly was talking about what different genders do. Such as men bond by exchanging playful insults and put downs which is true in my experiences. For women he says they talk about troubles I mean so far my knowledge of women they are always talking about how the boyfriend did this to them or how they got in trouble for doing something or other. In the reading when the boy does a presentation in front of his class and no one contradicts him he gets upset. I think he got upset because he wanted someone to realize him. When no one said anything about his presentation he thought it was not good enough for them, but which in all reality it probably was perfect so no one had anything to say.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
How Boys Become Men
In my aspect I think the way we raise are sons have been passed down from generation, to generation. Think about it years ago men had to be tough to survive. You could not be sissy at all you were the worker, the protector, and the provider of everything for his family. And how do you make a man a man back in those days you raise them that way and they start at an earlly age. They started at very young ages working in the feilds standing up for what they thought was right learning to fight and provide. But atleast they were taught this from a young age. How times have changed is now parents raise their sons be proud be strong and dont ever let anyone see you cry or being a sissy. And then they let them out into the world knowing only this. Times have changed and parents dont teach kids like kids used to be taught. And the reason I think our culture is still this way is because it has always been passed down like this but now its in a different way. Boys used to have to be raised tough becuase of the way they lived back then. But today we have modernized we dont have to be so tough, we just havent found the time to take that out of our existence, and to tell you the truth I dont think it ever will. But dont get me wrong sometimes parents get the right idea and let kids be kids and be who ever they are going to be. Thats how my parents raised me and thats how i raise my son. When he falls I let him cry and comfort him, hell he likes dolls better than my daughter but he is still a boy at a babys mindset, its just fun to them. Ive never heard a case study that showed that little boys who play with dolls and cry grow up to be gay or sissy's, Have you? Most of the emotional, caring, sissy type of guys are the ones to grow up and be very successful at least from what ive seen but who am I to say!
Gender in the classroom
As a women I think gender issues in the classroom are an issue. Men are generally louder and more vocal, and women tend to stay quiet and to themselves. I do not think that is because they are being oppressed by their male counterparts in the classroom. I think for the most part women generally think more before they speak. This maybe as Tannen says because we are more afraid of being challenged, and essentially proven wrong. I think that women in general will not say what is on their mind unless they are sure they are right and it won't be argued out throughout the classroom. For the most part I find this is because they see an arguement as themselves being wrong, instead of just a difference in opinion. I think it is developed early for women to sit back listen and take it all in and then draw your own conclusions. It may stem from being unknown, or not knowing the people you are having a "discussion" with. I know that I myself have no problem debating and arguing topics with smaller groups as opposed to large classrooms. I think that with me it is because you have a better chance of being heard and not interrupted. Maybe thats why women tend to be less likely to speak up, because in my experience when you express a thought a someone is always thinking of what they are goin to respond to you before you have even finished your idea or thought. Maybe people just need to learn to listen. =)
"How Boys Become Men"
I think that a lot of what is said in this essay is unfourtunately true. Boys are expected to act differently than girls suppress emotions and overall not look like "sissys." I would like to think that times are changing slighty and that boys aren't really considered weird for befriending girls or taking interest in things that are "girly," However I'm probably wrong. Even though I agree that these things are happening I don't think that its right. I think that young boys learn very early in life, what is expected of them and how not to be a wuss. Those things aren't going to change. I do think that it is almost an important part of growing up for them though, almost like a coming of age to a certain extent. I think that young boys need to have a certain amount of being "tough" in there life, because as a man they are going to have to learn to adjust that. But also I think that young boys need to have a softer more emotional side, without being considered a wussy. I do think that most of the time things are taken to exterme and young boys should not have to be so concerned with all of this stuff, but more concerned about being young, having fun and enjoying friends. However it will probably never change.
I feel that it is true that people guys are meant to act one way or another, or they would get picked on. I dont think it makes them less emotional. I feel it makes alot of people ball things up inside which is not good thats how you get all the different crazy people in the world. I feel that im emotional at the right times. There is no reason for me to cry through a movie. A lot of females are over emotional. Im not saying that all females are but, females are brought up to be emotional it helps them get there way. Males are brought up to stand there ground. So males and females together are messed up in the way they act.
The Crying of lot 49
There were lots of references of how technology advanced today. For example, the T.V. It started out as a small way to relax, then it became a way of life. Being able to get news, sports staticsts and other forms of information from a device to me, is very nice. But it is a prime example of how techology is starting to take control of us. In my eyes, newspaper companies are loosing money because today you can find the same information on a news station that you would find by reading the paper. Watching a news station is easier for me.
Joshua Savianeso AKA Dr.Stewart
Joshua Savianeso AKA Dr.Stewart
Men Verses Women
After reading the two essays, " How Boys Become Men" and "Gender in the classroom," I can say that from my opinion, I think that alot is true. I think men do learn at a young age to not have any sort of emotional side to themselves or they are considered "whimps". Men are not allowed to have any sort of "feminine" qwualities. I strongly disagree with this. As a women, and having realtionships with men, I personally feel that society totally is at fault for these stereotypes. Men are just as emotional as women and can't show this side of themselves. Men have to constantly boost their own and other's "machoism" to gain self assurance. But, to tell the truth, I feel that this world would be a better place if more men would get in touch with a more emtional side of their personalities. Crimes, outside of drugs, are commited most oftenly by men, how seem to be trying to show how powerful, strong, and "manly" they really are. Men wouldn't have as many problems if their mothers at home wouldn't have such a stereotypical aspect on raising them. As for me, with my son, I allow him to be himself. If he falls down, I don't say "Get up. Don't cry. Don't be a whimp." I allow him to cry and I will love on him as much as I can until he feels comfortable. I don't want him to grow up and not understand women and understand how to be undisprutive, boost his personal accomplishments, and not feel like he can't be himself and show his emotional size.
Damn Dirty Apes
I felt the first essay, How Boys Become Men by Jon Katz made alot of generalizations about "Men." How you were considered "weird" if you had a female friend. How your not a "man" unless you beat the crap out of someone to show your dominance. What are we Apes? If this type of broad generalization is true, it's just a matter of time until we're chased down in a field by our ape overlords.
Lot 49
They say "communication is key," well maybe if anyone in this book had ever heard of this we, the readers, might have figured something out by the end of the story. It seemed like once Oedipa found what she was looking for, she would get some bonus info that would contradict what she already knew and confuse all of us in the process. To me, as Oedipa went about solving this mystery, it seemed as if she was walking around foggy football field trying to gather info from people that could be standing anywhere not making a sound, and that she never met the same person twice or that anyone's story was more convincing than another. Not only was it a little hard to follow along, I felt like I was also lost in this fog.
If the characters had simply spoke directly about what they knew and worked together to figure out the mystery, then we would know what went on. But, I suppose, the reason they didn't is because of the drugs they were on and the secrets certain characters were trying to keep.
The book was confusing in the first chapter, but I enjoyed the rest of it except the end. Books that do not have endings are not clever or make you think, its just annoying! I don't care why the author did it, but it seems to me that when an author can't complete his story, he clearly hasn't put in enough thought into the plot or how to wrap things up. I understand that the ending of this book leaves us just as clueless and confused as when we opened it and that is how the author probalby wants us to feel, just like Oedipa has felt throughout the whole story. I still would have liked to learn something by the end of the book.
If the characters had simply spoke directly about what they knew and worked together to figure out the mystery, then we would know what went on. But, I suppose, the reason they didn't is because of the drugs they were on and the secrets certain characters were trying to keep.
The book was confusing in the first chapter, but I enjoyed the rest of it except the end. Books that do not have endings are not clever or make you think, its just annoying! I don't care why the author did it, but it seems to me that when an author can't complete his story, he clearly hasn't put in enough thought into the plot or how to wrap things up. I understand that the ending of this book leaves us just as clueless and confused as when we opened it and that is how the author probalby wants us to feel, just like Oedipa has felt throughout the whole story. I still would have liked to learn something by the end of the book.
Monday, March 23, 2009
"Code of Conduct" story
I strongly agree with John Katz’s essay “How Boys Become Men.” An example from my childhood of the “Code of Conduct” that Katz writes about, happened during the summer when I was nine years old. A group of guys and myself were all fooling around in the creek at the end of my street. We were doing normal boy stuff; smoking rolled up notebook paper, starting little fires, and looking at nudie magazines borrowed from my buddy’s Dad’s collection. After getting tired of all these activities, we decided to wrestle with each other. During one of these matches a competitor of mine bit me in the back, causing me to yell out in pain. Getting all of the other guy’s attention, they started laughing at and picking on my desperate opponent, who then ran away in embarrassment. Later that night my mom inquired of the circle on my back. Since I had to follow the “Code of Conduct,” I denied any knowledge of it. She concluded that it was a bad case of ring worm from playing in the creek and I forced to apply ointment to my bite for a couple weeks.
Drugs as a Theme
All throughout the book, there was a big theme of drugs. Although the book takes place in the 1960's, drugs majorily contributed to every characters actions. Almost everyone around Oedipa seems to be on drugs, further contrubuting to the main "conspiracy" of the novel. The Drugs seem to be the main cause for Oedipa's downward struggle to keep her sanity. The drugs are the number one reason for the breaking down of Oedipa's marriage. First of all, all of the alcohol led to Oedipa's affair with the lawer. Mucho Maas was taking LSD to help fill the gap that the loss of his car lot left in his heart. This LSD usage led to Mucho not noticing his faining marriage. Oedipa's desire to fix herself and see a shrink put herself in an odd situation. The Shrink was also "tripping" on LSD and this ultimatly led to Oedipa not recieveing help for her internal struggle. I believe that drugs caused all of this chaos to begin. I believe that when Oedipa and Pierce broke up, Pierce began using drugs to cope with the break up. This could of led to him "tripping" severly and making this plan of tricking Oedipa into this whole "fake society." Drugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the crying of lot 49 was a pretty interesting but kinda of confusing at the same time. especially the whole drug and alcohol thing in the book. it just seems like everyone in this story was either drinking or on LSD the whole time. was it legal at that time for a Dr. to experiment LSD on people in his class. wouldnt you think the government would be doing all the drug testing at that time. also all the drinking going on at that time. once again it seemed everyone was drunk in the story. i dont know thats how i viewed this story
drinking
"I wish drinking wasnt such a big deal now like it was back then. And i think its different how the talk of LSD wasnt a big deal. If life was relaxed now like it was back then things would be alot better"
The Crying of Lot 49
The drug and alcohal usage in this book seems to be a very natural thing. Everyone seems to be okay with the idea of just drinking and being drunk a lot of the time. It should be that way today but no. We drink and get drunk more than once a week and we are considered alcohalics. Even if we are only looking for a good time. It really gives a new perspective to the whole idea of drug usage as well. They are using the LSD for medicinal purposes. It seems to actually wack out Oedipa's husband though. But the idea of using the drug for a sleeping aid and nightmare remedy I guess is not really a bad thing.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Crying of Lot 49
For 102!
Write about one of the following themes:
Technology (do we control it, or does it control us?)
Communication (miscommunication)--person to person, telephone, telepathy (empath, sensitive), post office
Entropy
Drugs/Alcohol (remember, this is 1965)
Popular Culture (tv, cartoons, music, etc.)
Write about one of the following themes:
Technology (do we control it, or does it control us?)
Communication (miscommunication)--person to person, telephone, telepathy (empath, sensitive), post office
Entropy
Drugs/Alcohol (remember, this is 1965)
Popular Culture (tv, cartoons, music, etc.)
Monday, March 16, 2009
What is Glenn up to?
While reading the essay "Gender in the Classroom" by Deborah Tannen, I noticed our English class perfectly displays all the different gender behaviors discussed in the essay. The males being more disruptive and willing to argue their opinions, while the females resist class discussion, talk amongst themselves, and stay together in groups. After seeing all these similarities it made me wonder, what is Glenn up to? Is he trying to explain our classes problem with disruptions or is this a mere coincidence and a normal assignment he gives. Whatever the case maybe, if this is his way of explaining our class's disruptions, sorry Glenn, it is not going to fly. Most of our class's disruptions are caused by attention seeking students and not by students trying to argue their opinions or are from students that are confused and are trying to figure out what they are supposed to be doing. But in all fairness, if this is a mere coincidence, what are the chances of this happening?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Gender & Education:
Jon Katz, "How Boys become Men," p. 174.
Deborah Tannen, "Gender in the Classroom," p. 224.
Do you have a story about the "Code of Conduct, a set of ruthless, unspoken, and unyielding rules" (175)?
Do you strongly agree or disagree with anything these authors write about?
Deborah Tannen, "Gender in the Classroom," p. 224.
Do you have a story about the "Code of Conduct, a set of ruthless, unspoken, and unyielding rules" (175)?
Do you strongly agree or disagree with anything these authors write about?
Music & Culture:
Nat Hentoff, "Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations," p. 116.
Langston Hughes, "Bop," p. 265.
Can you relate to this:
"I was eleven when I first heard jazz.... I was so exhilarated that I yelled in delight" (117)?
Have you ever had an experience with music, or art, or film, where you felt like this?
What about Hentoff's quote from John Coltrane (which you all should give a listen to):
"'The music is the whole question of life itself'" (120).
Langston Hughes, "Bop," p. 265.
Can you relate to this:
"I was eleven when I first heard jazz.... I was so exhilarated that I yelled in delight" (117)?
Have you ever had an experience with music, or art, or film, where you felt like this?
What about Hentoff's quote from John Coltrane (which you all should give a listen to):
"'The music is the whole question of life itself'" (120).
101 Essays for Spring Break
Assignment: Read the essays in ONE of the following groups:
Music & Culture:
Nat Hentoff, "Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations," p. 116.
Langston Hughes, "Bop," p. 265.
Gender & Education:
Jon Katz, "How Boys become Men," p. 174.
Deborah Tannen, "Gender in the Classroom," p. 224.
Then, write at least two comments (at different times, not one right after another). I will write one post for each topic, and then I will also add comments as we proceed through the assignment.
Note: If you took your spring break early, and didn't come to class on Thursday, you still need to complete this assignment!
Music & Culture:
Nat Hentoff, "Jazz: Music Beyond Time and Nations," p. 116.
Langston Hughes, "Bop," p. 265.
Gender & Education:
Jon Katz, "How Boys become Men," p. 174.
Deborah Tannen, "Gender in the Classroom," p. 224.
Then, write at least two comments (at different times, not one right after another). I will write one post for each topic, and then I will also add comments as we proceed through the assignment.
Note: If you took your spring break early, and didn't come to class on Thursday, you still need to complete this assignment!
Chocolate
I thought the movie was pretty good personally. One thing i deffenatly didint like was how the voices were way of from the lip movements, and the girls sounded like guys. Other than that it was a pretty interesting movie. I say this because i have met three peole who are autistic, and each one is very different. This elderly lady i met about six years ago who is autisic can remember your name and you eaxact birthday if you tell her it just once. You can see her six years later and she will still know who you are and your birthday. She can also tell you what day your birthday will fall on weather its next years or twenty years. From what i understand she is very good with numbers and studys the calendar. Which is what the autistic girl from the movie does, except in her case she studys martial arts moves. All in all i think autistic people are very good at remembering things visually. I belive they have a a photographic memory and once they see something they remember it forever.
Chocolate - stunts
I quite admired that the actors of the movie were willing to take the risk of getting badly hurt to do their own stunts. It must have taken the actors a lot of practice in order to get prepared for the damage their body would inevitably receive.
chocolate
yeah i thought the movie was very stupid. I did not like the inconsitancies, she kicks the bad guys in the face and theyre done while her family is getting shot, stabbed and beaten to a pulp but yet they still manage to keep fighting. Personally i feel that there is no point to this movie. I think that in trying to find a meaning you may be looking to far into it. cant the purpose just be entertainment? Not everything has some huge symbolic meaning to it. Bad acting, bad script, bad movie. She must have a new form of autism like selective autism she seems to be able to use her autism whenever she wants which makes the movie even more stupid.
Movie review
I thought that the movie was pretty good. The action was intense and the drama came from the little girl being autistic. The girl was amazing. She was autistic but she was able to really kick ass. I mean it was so much of an accomplishment for her to be able to fight as well as she did and have that disability. Life is a struggle for the girl but she is able to practice the arts of the ninja. Ninja fighting is hard enough without having a disability. Fighting as it turns out was the best of her abilities. She is an amazing main character and she has to deal with a lot of challenges from day to day. Being autistic and being able to fight as well as she did made for an awesome action packed film.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Chocolate
Overall I think that the movie was alright. It was not my favorite movie, but it wasn't the worst movie. This movie shows how people with disabilities can overcome the disability and be great at something else. It is said that if your blind, your other senses are stronger. This is kind of what is showed in the movie. The flies are a big obstacle for Zen, but she overcomes them in order to get money to save her mom. Anyone who watches the movie can see that Zen is close to her mom and that she is devastated when her mom looses her hair. This causes Zen to cut her own hair. Hair in the movie is a symbol of the strong relationship between the mother and daugther. Also by Zen not wanting to accept her mom with her shows how people's looks do matter to some people for one reason or another. I think that overall the movie could have cut out over half of the fighting and it woudl have made for a better movie. How many times can this girl kick all these guys butt's before we get the point? I also do not believe that it is relastic that she kicks all these guys butts because she is so small and she would be come exhausted, even though she had been practicing her whole life. Zen overcame her fear of the flies and just becasue she had a disability she did not let that stop her.
Basketball and autisim
I enjoyed this movie and the heart felt story that is portrays. it reminds me of a basketball team in rochester ny where a kid who was a team manager was also autstic and was allowed to play in a game during his senior year. he came into the game and was told to shoot shoot shoot. he went into the game ans scored 15 points i believe hitting 4 or 5 three point shots. i think that the sports stories actualy affect me more than anything else but i still enjoyed Chocolate.
I felt this movie was pretty cool. This movie would have been about 10 times better if people didnt keep saying shit. Everytime i got into the movie the kid would keep talking. The story line itself was very good the poor autistic girl had to fend for her mother. The matial arts was very well, especially without stunt doubles.
Chocolate
Well, overall, the movie was good, but I think it was a very low budget. With more money and making it in the US I think that it would be a huge hit. The story was very good and I apreciated the martial arts scenes. If not in class, I probably would have cryed over the dramtics of the overall story because it was very emotional and had such a good story behind it.
I was upset with the atmosphere of the class because of certain individuals that thought they needed to talk and make sound effects and ruin the experience of the movie for everyone.
I was upset with the atmosphere of the class because of certain individuals that thought they needed to talk and make sound effects and ruin the experience of the movie for everyone.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Zen vs Flies
I see the flies in this movie as how things we don't even think about (like the flies) can be a huge challenge for someone with a disability to overcome. The things that we don't even think about during a normal day could be the same things that might stop a disabled person in their tracks. It all has to do with how ours brains are different and how they work. Zen was good at fighting but could not do some of the things that we see as being easy to do. Even though we can all tie our shoes, we propably would not last 30 seconds fighting anyone who knows kung fu. So, the count here is: Flies-no problem for us-big problem for Zen, Kung Fu: no problem for Zen- big problem for us. Think about it.
I thought that the movie Chocolate was pretty good and had a good message. My favorite part about the movie was that there were no stunt doubles so the action seemed very real. The thought of an autistic girl who can kick the shit out of everybody is pretty badass. I didnt like the english dub over though, i would have rather watched the movie in the same language with subtitles because some of the voices dubbed over are just so bad that it makes the movie seem kind of silly.
Chocolate
I didnt particularly like the movie Chocolate. I thought it was pretty dumb, a young autistic girl kicking everyones butt was not very realistic. I feel that there wasnt much point to this movie. Some movies dont have much meaning or any plot what so ever. The voice over (where they talk Japenese, filling with english) was pretty bad too. A lot of movies do that, but this was bad. I just didnt really understand the point of watching this film. I do enjoy watching movies in class, but I wish there was just more substance to the next one.
chocolate hmmm
I'm not really sure about this movie. A movie about an autistic girl using old movies to learn kungfu, and then essentially to get money for her mother. I really don't think that they focused a lot on her disability. I only saw half the movie so maybe they focused on her in the other half more but it didn't seem it. I'm not really sure that I understood what was going on with the crystals that she was collecting. But I did get that the title "chocolate" was used because she basically used the chocolate as a calming agent. Anyway from what I saw of the movie, for me it was hard to follow.
Chocolate
The movie was pretty cool, I liked the mix of living with a handicap and the amazing talent that Zen possessed for being able to learn things just by watching them in a slowed down sense. I'd say the plot about the movie is that even people who have a disadvantage in life such as handicaps can pull off amazing feets like everyone else.
Autastic! *Thumbs up*
I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. I've always enjoyed movies with an odd plot. I don't think you could get much more odder than an autistic girl using martial arts she learned from old action movies to collect money for her mothers chemotherapy. I do feel though that the movie replaced plot for action. I'm not complaining though, the action sequences were incredible. Someone in class complained that they should have put more money into the movie. The way I see it, all those moves were choreographed, practiced over and over. This all takes time and money. Even when practiced dozens of times someone will inevitably get hurt. Most of the time the person who got hurt was the woman who played Yen, as seen in the bloopers at the end of the film.
Chocolate
I never thought i would like a kung-fu kind of movie, but I really did like this one. At the end, where you got to see the crew in the process of making the movie, I was very impressed by how they did the stunts themselves. It looked very painful. Zen was so awesome in the movie, I wish I could fight like that lol. I thought the fight between Zen and the guy that twitches was pretty cool. I also think this movie was great because even if you have a disability, you can still overcome it. I would definitely recommend this movie to my friends.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Chocolate: in the movie
All through out the movie, there was a reoccurring symbol of chocolate. The chocolate started out as just food for the body and mind. The autistic girl would play with the chocolate as if there was no consequences. She would bounce them off objects, and later eat them. Little did she know, but she was similar to the chocolate. The outside of the chocolate is hard, tough, and can take a beating just like the autistic girl. Her outside is probably one of the toughest in her society, as autistic people do not have a correct sence of pain, so the girl could push her limits to the max. Her insides, just like the chocolate, is warm and tender, as demonstrated by her mothers hair falling out. After she started to collect for her mother, the chocolate disappeared and it was as if she became the chocolate. When the people she collected from saw her exterior, they started to play with her. They soon realized that when they broke the outside, they saw the dark inside of the autistic child, and failed as if they were allergic to the dark chocolate. The final appearance of chocolate in the movie was when a human toe was found in the chocolate. The death, dead toe, mixed with the chocolate, the autistic child, was a huge foreshadowing that the current lifestyle would soon come to an end.
Chocolate
Everyone loves a kung-fu fight. Zen, the mentally challenged girl showed that even her limitations had advantages. When she found a situation that truly held a genuine amount of fear and insecurities, instead of shrinking back, she exploded into a kung-fu nastiness rampage that i ansolutely loved. The relation to the movie Ong-Bak is uncanny. Zen even uses the protagonist in that movie as a role model and kind of "mimics" his moves. After seeing what gifts came with her limitations, it kind of makes you wonder whos really disabled, Zen or us......
Chocolate
This movie was about a mentally ill ass kicking girl. I liked it a lot. The movie proved to me that you can do anything you set your mind on regardless if you are ill or not. The girl's determination to get the money that her mother needs for medical treatment was always on cue. she never once strayed from her mission of getting the money.
Chocolate : p
First of all, I am not sure why it was named chocolate, maybe because i missed the first half of the movie. Second of all the movie was OK i guess, but its hard to pay attention when you have grown adults in class acting like their five years old. Anyway i liked how at the end they said the little girl realized that love was the most important thing in the world, i thought that was very sweet and touching. Honestly, i liked the end the most where they showed all the stunt bloopers and what not, and that's about all i have to say.
Chocolate Movie
I thought the movie was alright. I did not particularly like how sometimes there were subtitles and then there weren't. Also I did not like how the words being spoken did not match the words that were actually said. I already know a lot about people with disabilities but it was interesting to see how others think that people with disabilities can be portrayed. In everyday life, anybody can do what they set their minds too, even if they have a disability. People do not realize that anyone with a disability can do the same things as a someone without a disability. In this instance, the girl with autism was definitely kicking some ass.
The movie Chocolate
I really enjoyed the movie. I did not like the fact that the words did not go with their mouths but what can you expect. So I really learned alot about people with disabilities. It really helped me understand the residents that I work with. I think that sometimes people take advantaged of the mentally disabled. I also think that some people do not realize a mentally disabled persons strength. I understand that the movie was a little dramatic on this part but once you work with them you tend to see their abilities and its unbelievable. People take for granted their abilities that they have while others with disabilities have to work for many years to overcome or even be able to attempt some of the daily things that people do. In the movie it really demonstrated this. They showed how she would watch and learn that way but she didnt only watch once she had to watch the same thing many of times to understand what was really going on. She may not have even understood what was going on but she was able to repeat their actions and this is a big achievement to some with a disability.
Chocolate
I thoguht Chocolate was a good movie. I'm a big fan of kung-fu movies, and this was the first one ive seen that the person kicking ass was a girl with a disability. you dont see a lot of movies where a girl/boy with a disability is kicking someone in the face. It seemed that the girl had more than a disability though. it seemed she had some kind of powers or something. no offense but most people with a disability cant even get kick that high, and if anyone noticed the way she looked through her eyes, it seemed has if she could she everything in like slow motion, so it was easy to read what moves she was seeing. also during combat she saw things like that, so she could block things easier. like the part with the boy with the disability, he was rocking her world, until she just stared at him for like 10 secs and BAM, she knows how to block his moves, and she ends up beating him. its seems to me that she has an advantaged over the people she's fighting.
Overcoming Disabilites
I am at a disadvantage to blog about the movie "Chocolate" because I missed the first half of the movie. I really did not understand the movie nor do I care for martial art films. The only thing I got out of the movie was that a person can over come any disability. In fact I have a friend who's daughter was diagnosed with Autism when she was little. She is now 16 yrs old and you would never know she was Autistic unless you were told.
"Chocolate"
"Chocolate" was certainly an interesting movie. I really didn't care for it. It was poorly put together and I'm not one for action and what not. "Hair" seemed to be a common theme throughout the movie. When the mother lost her hair, her daughter became frightened and cut her hair. I think that both her hair and her mothers hair symbolized a security blanket. Like I said before I didn't really like the movie and it didn't make much sense to me.
The movie Chocolate was a very enlightening movie. It taught the audience about autism to a point, which is unfortunetly on an epidemic rise. The film proved to it's viewers that even a person with disabilities can conquer whatever they put their mind to. Some parts of the movie were a little weird, but I think the director made it that way in order to get the audiences attention and to keep them focused on the movie. Chocolate is a different type of twist on autism and it is also a great movie that depicts the character's lives and how they live day to day.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
The leaders heart and his big toe
The movie Chocolate was pretty good, I know it would have been better to read subtitle and listen in Thai, but thats me. About the mob leader shooting off his toe. I think he did it not because he felt like it, but because when he saw Zin which might be his wife or partner, he loved her in some way. and when she stopped him from shooting the leader of Japan because he found out about her being with him. He was in pain and the truce that they had made at the begining of the movie between the Japanese was already broken from him shooting the other men. So he shot himself in the foot probably to take away the pain, or make it like the guy from Japan shot him, something. So Zen's father would have to leave by order of his elders(or leaders). He did not want to go but to keep him safe Zin asked him to leave. Now later on Zin has Zen and when the leaders new partner, wife, or girlfreind, found out about Zen and told the leader(I forget his name) he pays Zin a visit. Zin is pinned down and the leader talks about his missing toe, how it always reminds him that its gone when he walk, runs, or anything of the sort, and that pain from that missing toe most likely reminds him of Zin which kept him balanced, happy and pain free. and without her its like hes missing his big toe to balance and keep going. So to show her what he feels he cuts her toe off. Now Zin also is reminded of it being gone whenever she walks, stands or anything. Instead of an eye for and eye, or hand for a hand, in this case it would be heart for a heart, but its a toe for a toe. This is what I think the toe sybolized and I hope its understandable. This was a good movie and I love how the dissability that Zen had in others eyes, she turned it into a strength over time.
Chocolate movie
Hey writing about chocolate the movie anyway. The movie to me was ok, but im not the type to get into kung fu stuff. I like action but definetely not ones put together the way this movie was. the dubbed in voices didnt match at all some of the guys sounded like chicks and most of the " bad girls" sounded and some even looked like men. I dont understand what the deal was with hair in the movie because ive never seen a japanese or chinese based on hair very much in there culture so dont understand the meaning. I thought it was crazy that it was kind of poorly put together i understood the basis about it but it was sort of confusing to me anyway. I would not recomend watching this movie unless you were really bored.
i think we have to blog about the movie chocolate? so i guess im going to do that... but anyway it was a pretty good movie all and all.. it reminded me of the movie rain man or something.. it had a kid that was mentally challenged that could do math puzzles really good.. maybe this is like an asian rip off of it.. the best part of the movie by far to me was when that girl had a mans voice.. idk if it was supposed to be a transexual or a manly girl or a girly man but it made me laugh every time i herd her speak..
Saturday, March 7, 2009
movie
that movie was not bad it had a lot of ACTION but the words where a littal funny most kids that have that disability are not that good with ther moter skills. the movie did not realy have much of a plot but it was still a good movie
Well what i got from the movie there was a lot of symbolize with her mothers hair. When her mothers wig fell off she totally lost it. All the memories of her playing with her mother hairs as she was growing up. Also the flies she was so scared of them when she got older, but when she was like in her training mode for kickboxing she ate a fly. Also the movie jumped out to me like a life of a gangster, and when she was going around collecting the money that people owed her mother. It's like those people were paying for protection or something like that from her mother and her husband.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Like mom
I did not totally get the movie. I did see the symbolism but only after the teacher pointed it out to me. I felt the hair was a big symbol. This was something that comforted the little girl as a child. When her moms hair fell out she did not understand and freaked out. The other symbol I saw was when she cut all her hair off, it was as if she wanted to be like her mom.
Zen's diagnosis
The Autism Society of America states, "Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Autism is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a ""spectrum disorder"" that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. There is no known single cause for autism." this definition fits Zen almost perfectly. her ability to communicate with others was extremely limited through out the movie. Usually using only single words like mommy and money, when she spoke. on the other hand, the part of the diagnosis that does not fit is her ability to interact with others. I think she interacted very nicely with others. In the movie she interacted by beating the shit out of anyone who stood in her way of helping her mother. I believe her amazing fighting ability makes her some sort of savant. Knowing whatever Zen has or is, is unimportant. What is important is that she is special, not because of her disability, but because of her ability.
Money
A symbol in the movie was money. Money symbolized her mothers survival and well being. It was important for the young girl to fight for what she thought was her mothers. The young girls fight became stronger when she realized how sick her mother really was becoming and how desperate her mothers situation was becoming.
Hair.
In the movie the mothers hair seemed to be a big role in the young girls life. She would play with it when she was younger and when the mother was sick and her wig was knocked off the young girl freaked out because of what she seen. She has flash backs of when she would play with her hair. I think because of her being autistic most childeren like that have something that is a safty zone. i think her mothers hair was that for her.
Whats with the fly's?
I dont understand. In the beginning she sucked up the fly like a lizard, but later she gets all bugged out at the meat market scene. Did i miss something in the movie? Did she have some sort a traumatic incident with flies? I think maybe her autism only allows her to focus on one thing at a time and when there is more than one, she freezes up and panics. I'm just wondering what everyone elses opinion about this is?
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