Ebone...
This was an awesome post even though the topic was hard. I too found it interesting that women have had high positions in the work force, and not only that but a women of african american descent. Also, you made f=good connections between the qoutes and how that relates. overall, nothing really to improve on, just little grammer or spelling mistakes but content wise, spot on.
Devin...
nice job talking about judjing a book by its cover. Also, nice comparison between the two books.
Meriam...
nice showing the strength of women's rights and independence. the only advice i would beside lenthen the post would be to really define the reltaitonship of women;s ndependence and history with women's independence today. i think that where you were trying to go with this.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
1984 and Animal Farm
George Orwell, a renowned writer who writes sci-fi stories relating to governments and how they treat the People. I have read two books by him, Animal Farm, and i am still reading 1984. Both of these books have shocking and VERY disturbing realties. these stories have more in common than they do in differences. Because of this, my post is going to be about the similarities rather than the differences.
There are many similarities that are shown in both books. The first one, Animal Farm,, takes in place on a rebelled farm from the humans. the pigs take over and thus, rule the farm with the saying, "Everyone is created equal, but some are more equal than others." It is very scary to think that some are more equal than others. What does this mean? This is very confusing, but at the same time, makes complete sense.
In the book 1984, the world is overrun by war, where it is run by the Three ministries, The ministry of peace, ministry of truth and the ministry of love which is the worst of the three because it has to deal with the war of the world. These three ministries work and are united in one to create what is called Big Brother, which run EVERYTHING, and when i mean everything, i mean everything. The face of Big Brother is everywhere, in every little spot. There is no way to escape it.
Animal farm resembles the Russian Revolution and the way this revolution shaped the rise of the horrible dictator of communism, Stalin. In 1984, the historical back ground of this symbol is the way the Nazis used propaganda to formulate false ideas about thier enemies. So, to say it simply, Animal represents the Communist Movement while 1984 explores the Fascist movement in the 30's and 40's.
As you can, you cannot read Animal farm without reading 1984 or visa-versa.
Friday, April 1, 2011
VIGNETTE REVEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
While search through vignettes of my fellow peers, I have discovered that fear plays a role in Elizabeth's, Mercedes and Bianca's Blogs. They all show fear, whether they be afraid of it or not.
Elizabeth shows that fear for her can be over powering and sometimes frightening in its self. She explains that the monster in the last story is unknown and barely has any description.
I like this quote because it shows that she can still be fearful of the unknown. This is a totally different Elizabeth i know. The one that i know is hardly afraid of anything, but, she can still admit when she is, which means that she is open with her self and with others.
Mercedes shows in her vignettes that her whole life has been fear, well, at least after she moved from Santa Cruz. Here, she writes that she was afraid to be by herself, but yet happy to be with her family.
Here, she admits that family keeps her safe and makes her feel comfortable. The beds could possibly be a symbol for separation perhaps and she is thus afraid of separation. She describes the feeling of her family well here so as if to picture your self there actually feeling that feeling of security.
Bianca's however, is different compared to theirs above. She admits that she is worried but takes the challenge as if it were to be her last. She writes that she she stares into the paper and just starts writing things that end up being the wrong answer.
This quote embodies what i mean because it shows how she is not afraid of the act of losing, even though she is. Actually this is what i see in all these writers. I see them every day with a strong assertive posture. they take life and really try to make the full of it by showing others that it is possible to be strong and courageous even though it may seem impossible.
Elizabeth shows that fear for her can be over powering and sometimes frightening in its self. She explains that the monster in the last story is unknown and barely has any description.
"I looked nervously back at the house. “You know, we’re kind of almost out of sight from there... we should head ba-” I said nervously, getting cut off, “Wait! What happened to the flag over there...? The monster must of taken it!”"
I like this quote because it shows that she can still be fearful of the unknown. This is a totally different Elizabeth i know. The one that i know is hardly afraid of anything, but, she can still admit when she is, which means that she is open with her self and with others.
Mercedes shows in her vignettes that her whole life has been fear, well, at least after she moved from Santa Cruz. Here, she writes that she was afraid to be by herself, but yet happy to be with her family.
"No beds for us tonight. We all shared. But I didn't mind. I was scared, truly terrified"
Here, she admits that family keeps her safe and makes her feel comfortable. The beds could possibly be a symbol for separation perhaps and she is thus afraid of separation. She describes the feeling of her family well here so as if to picture your self there actually feeling that feeling of security.
Bianca's however, is different compared to theirs above. She admits that she is worried but takes the challenge as if it were to be her last. She writes that she she stares into the paper and just starts writing things that end up being the wrong answer.
"Once he leaves, I stare at the pieces of paper, which stares right back at me. On it were all these weird numbers, blank spaces and a long series of words standing above the numbers. What am I supposed to do with this? Oh well, might as well just put in random numbers. A two here, a twenty-five here, and soon all the blank spaces were filled with my scribbled, messy nonsense. I stroll back outside and hand Mr. Fong the papers."
This quote embodies what i mean because it shows how she is not afraid of the act of losing, even though she is. Actually this is what i see in all these writers. I see them every day with a strong assertive posture. they take life and really try to make the full of it by showing others that it is possible to be strong and courageous even though it may seem impossible.
Friday, March 11, 2011
the house on mango street: pink and red
the colors, pink and red play a significant role in the novella, the house on mango street.pink and red in this book, means that there is hope and carfulness in the air. they use this idea of hop when there are things that need hope, like when she is raped or when she wears these shoes and the bum wants a kiss from her.
In the vignette titled, red clowns, red is used to show hopefulness towards the clown from the rape that she is enduring rite now. :I waited by the red clowns...the red clowns, laughing their thicked tongue laugh."Pages 46-48. She looks up to these clowns for forgiveness and for help. this is hop in a fashion.
Another place where we notice a connection to red is on Page 4. "Its small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you would think they were holding their breath." Page 4. Here we can see that Esparanza uses the color red to represent small, like the way this house appears to be. She feels that red and pink are colors that should be used this way, to describe insignificant things.
My last quote belongs to the time were she was compare her self to Sire's girlfriend. she writes how they were both next to each other and she noticed that sire's girlfriend had pink toe nails. "And once when she was standing next to me in front of Mr Benny's grocery she was barfoot, and i saw he barefoot baby toe nails all painted pale pale pink, like little pink sea shells, and she smells pink like babies do." Page 73. Here, we can see that she likes this color and how she almost wishes that her own toe nails were as "awesome" as Sire's Girlfriend.
Throughout these vinettes, we have seen the importance of red and pink and how they represent the hopefulness of the women in the latin cultue. this is al so true in the asian culture, as we have seen in the book. The way she wants these colors to mean represnt a hopeful and almost meek esperanza.
In the vignette titled, red clowns, red is used to show hopefulness towards the clown from the rape that she is enduring rite now. :I waited by the red clowns...the red clowns, laughing their thicked tongue laugh."Pages 46-48. She looks up to these clowns for forgiveness and for help. this is hop in a fashion.
Another place where we notice a connection to red is on Page 4. "Its small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you would think they were holding their breath." Page 4. Here we can see that Esparanza uses the color red to represent small, like the way this house appears to be. She feels that red and pink are colors that should be used this way, to describe insignificant things.
My last quote belongs to the time were she was compare her self to Sire's girlfriend. she writes how they were both next to each other and she noticed that sire's girlfriend had pink toe nails. "And once when she was standing next to me in front of Mr Benny's grocery she was barfoot, and i saw he barefoot baby toe nails all painted pale pale pink, like little pink sea shells, and she smells pink like babies do." Page 73. Here, we can see that she likes this color and how she almost wishes that her own toe nails were as "awesome" as Sire's Girlfriend.
Throughout these vinettes, we have seen the importance of red and pink and how they represent the hopefulness of the women in the latin cultue. this is al so true in the asian culture, as we have seen in the book. The way she wants these colors to mean represnt a hopeful and almost meek esperanza.
Friday, March 4, 2011
these specific vignettes all have to do with windows. this may be a bit silly, but the importance of these holes-in-the-wall are are not taken with such little notice. In fact, the window is actually a door or an entrance into something else. Windows are so undertaken in our daily life. However, the basic importance of a window is to let us see the outside world, to protected by knowledge, and to be a vision of sorts of a possible reality. this reality is the way we as people dream and wonder, the window is just the tool we sometimes use to do this.
in the book The House on Mango Street, the way windows are shown is eaxctly this. in this passage, Esparanza explains how her great grandmother was forced to marry her husband. "she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their saddness on thier elbow." pg 11. She explains that most woman have bad things that happen to them. therefore, the window helps them feel a better sense of self by letting them see the world that they live in.
in another qoute, Sandra Cisneros says this, "she sits all day by the radio, listening to the spanish radio and sings all the homesick songs about her country in a voice that sounds like a seagull." pg 77. Again we can see that she has a need, a dream, to accomplish, just like the great grandmother. they both feel that they are here, on this planet, for a sense of purpose. she writes that she can only be happy in her own dreams. Both of these woman dream like this, how they need to serve and live for a greater purpose.
this last qoute on pages 82 and 83 basically summarize what i have been trying to say. "and if you opened the little window latch and gave it a shove, the windows swing open, all the sky would come in." i like this quote alot because it is the whole meaning of dreaming. to let something, and awesome idea or image of something that could be, which is mysterious, just like the sky.
in the book The House on Mango Street, the way windows are shown is eaxctly this. in this passage, Esparanza explains how her great grandmother was forced to marry her husband. "she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their saddness on thier elbow." pg 11. She explains that most woman have bad things that happen to them. therefore, the window helps them feel a better sense of self by letting them see the world that they live in.
in another qoute, Sandra Cisneros says this, "she sits all day by the radio, listening to the spanish radio and sings all the homesick songs about her country in a voice that sounds like a seagull." pg 77. Again we can see that she has a need, a dream, to accomplish, just like the great grandmother. they both feel that they are here, on this planet, for a sense of purpose. she writes that she can only be happy in her own dreams. Both of these woman dream like this, how they need to serve and live for a greater purpose.
this last qoute on pages 82 and 83 basically summarize what i have been trying to say. "and if you opened the little window latch and gave it a shove, the windows swing open, all the sky would come in." i like this quote alot because it is the whole meaning of dreaming. to let something, and awesome idea or image of something that could be, which is mysterious, just like the sky.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Color Purple
The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an epistolary novel that depicts a life of a girl/woman named Celie. Celie takes us through her the many hardships of her life in a series of letters to God and to her sister Nettie. It is through these letters that the many hardships of her life that have left her silent, unaware of herself and in a submissive and abusive relationship with her husband come to life. While Celie was uneducated and unaware, Nettie was educated and had a great sense of herself. Yet, their experiences and observations of sexism were similar.
In this epistolary novel, the gender dynamics show and favor those views of the men. Men are constantly abusing their female counter parts for power, control and raw meanness. Even fathers abuse daughters as we see here were Celie gets raped by her father; “He (father) never had a kine word to say to me. Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn’t…When then hurt, I cry. He start to choke me saying You better shut up and git used to it.” Pg. 1. This culture of the men being overpowering to their female counter parts is still dominant in our society. Women are always being treated unfairly, all the time; sexually, mentally and even through the income they are given. Many women are not equals in man’s mind; instead, they are slaves or maids that are used to let go all of the “power” men think they have over women. In this quote above, the father abuses Celie, making her feel less and less like daughter, but instead as a slave to power abuse.
Because of this abuse of all the men in her life, Celie has become less and less confident in her self. Because of this way, she feels that men are scary creatures. Because of this feeling towards men, Celie grows to develop feelings toward women. Here, we see how her father tries to break Celie by saying that she winked at a boy in church. “He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church…I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause im not scared of them.” Pg. 5. Women offer Celie a real chance for validation and security that men can not offer.* Validation is the key to having a good relationship. Validation is when someone is truly with you at that moment, validating you as they talk. This is how Celie wants to live. However, because of her place in society, being black and a women, she is stuck in hole that she can not get out of.
Nettie is very strong and sturdy when it comes to the gender inequality in her life. She acts as a protector of Celie from Mr.______ and their father in many of the letter entries of this book. She also has a better understanding of how and where her place is in this world, other than Celie who can not seem to bring herself up to finding self identity. Nettie realizes that women aren’t treated with the same respect men are given in the Village of Olinka
Unlike Celie, Nettie has a lesser fear of men. (the fear is still there, do not get me wrong, but it is lesser than Celie’s.) Nettie actually ends marry this fellow missionary from Africa named Samuel. "We love each other dearly, Samuel told them, with his arm around me. We intend to marry."Pg. 238. Nettie is not afraid of men, as we can see here. She even ends up marrying one. Nettie and Celie may the same experiences regarding gender inequality, but they sure do not have the same effect of these experiences. It all boils down to the fact that Nettie is educated and Celie is not.
We can see in this book, The Color Purple, that the main theme is inequality of genders. Celie and Nettie both have the same experiences that effected their lives, but Celie was more effected because it happened to her for a longer time period. Celie is given no chance to rebel against the system because oh her status in life. Nettie is a stronger figure that fights the oppression by becoming educated. They both see the importance of education, but Celie can not act upon it, even though Nettie can. They can both see the inequalities of the gender system, but they both can not act upon it because of their gender. Even though they have major differences, they are still sisters that love each other for they are. They love each and will support each other through anything.
*this whole paragraph seems like I am saying that being gay is unnatural. That’s not what I mean, I mean that Celie is affected by this and she can have that as a contributing factor as to why she like women better than males. However, she could just be lesbian just because; the same reason someone is “straight.”
The Color Purple
The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an epistolary novel that depicts a life of a girl/woman named Celie. Celie takes us through her the many hardships of her life in a series of letters to God and to her sister Nettie. It is through these letters that the many hardships of her life that have left her silent, unaware of herself and in a submissive and abusive relationship with her husband come to life. While Celie was uneducated and unaware, Nettie was educated and had a great sense of herself. Yet, their experiences and observations of sexism were similar.
In this epistolary novel, the gender dynamics show and favor those views of the men. Men are constantly abusing their female counter parts for power, control and raw meanness. Even fathers abuse daughters as we see here were Celie gets raped by her father; “He (father) never had a kine word to say to me. Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn’t…When then hurt, I cry. He start to choke me saying You better shut up and git used to it.” Pg. 1. This culture of the men being overpowering to their female counter parts is still dominant in our society. Women are always being treated unfairly, all the time; sexually, mentally and even through the income they are given. Many women are not equals in man’s mind; instead, they are slaves or maids that are used to let go all of the “power” men think they have over women. In this quote above, the father abuses Celie, making her feel less and less like daughter, but instead as a slave to power abuse.
Because of this abuse of all the men in her life, Celie has become less and less confident in her self. Because of this way, she feels that men are scary creatures. Because of this feeling towards men, Celie grows to develop feelings toward women. Here, we see how her father tries to break Celie by saying that she winked at a boy in church. “He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church…I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause im not scared of them.” Pg. 5. Women offer Celie a real chance for validation and security that men can not offer.* Validation is the key to having a good relationship. Validation is when someone is truly with you at that moment, validating you as they talk. This is how Celie wants to live. However, because of her place in society, being black and a women, she is stuck in hole that she can not get out of.
Nettie is very strong and sturdy when it comes to the gender inequality in her life. She acts as a protector of Celie from Mr.______ and their father in many of the letter entries of this book. She also has a better understanding of how and where her place is in this world, other than Celie who can not seem to bring herself up to finding self identity. Nettie realizes that women aren’t treated with the same respect men are given in the Village of Olinka
Unlike Celie, Nettie has a lesser fear of men. (the fear is still there, do not get me wrong, but it is lesser than Celie’s.) Nettie actually ends marry this fellow missionary from Africa named Samuel. "We love each other dearly, Samuel told them, with his arm around me. We intend to marry."Pg. 238. Nettie is not afraid of men, as we can see here. She even ends up marrying one. Nettie and Celie may the same experiences regarding gender inequality, but they sure do not have the same effect of these experiences. It all boils down to the fact that Nettie is educated and Celie is not.
We can see in this book, The Color Purple, that the main theme is inequality of genders. Celie and Nettie both have the same experiences that effected their lives, but Celie was more effected because it happened to her for a longer time period. Celie is given no chance to rebel against the system because oh her status in life. Nettie is a stronger figure that fights the oppression by becoming educated. They both see the importance of education, but Celie can not act upon it, even though Nettie can. They can both see the inequalities of the gender system, but they both can not act upon it because of their gender. Even though they have major differences, they are still sisters that love each other for they are. They love each and will support each other through anything.
*this whole paragraph seems like I am saying that being gay is unnatural. That’s not what I mean, I mean that Celie is affected by this and she can have that as a contributing factor as to why she like women better than males. However, she could just be lesbian just because; the same reason someone is “straight.”
Friday, January 28, 2011
Rebutted to Alex
So, before I rebut against Alex's blog post, i first have to say that i agree with what he says. However, for sake of getting a good grade in this class, i will pretend to be against this. Even so, a great debater should be able to think about both sides of an argument.
First off, my open begins his statement with that he would not want his DNA to manipulated. However, what if it is a matter of life or death? What if the DNA manipulation can help the baby but have negative effects as well like a problem with sight or hearing or skin problems etc. The life of a child is more important than any negative mutation of minor consequences.
another thing is what does it matter that a parent changes the DNA to meet their standards? So what? Nothing is wrong with that. It just seems to raise moral and ethical questions. But, what would the effect be if the baby comes out blonde even though they were support to come out a brown haired one? So, the question i guess remains with the parents and weather or not they want to change the DNA or not.
so, the last point i want to make is this ethics problem i mentioned earlier. Is it really un-ethical to change the DNA of a baby? Well, yes it can be if it were harmful. However, the manipulation of DNA to change something as silly as hair or eye color is not harmful. Also, my opponent says that the parents will need to tell there children what they did, but i think that they do not. It dose not seem that important to tell them what happened.
so, to conclude, I believe that it is ultimately up to the parents whether or not hey want to change the DNA sequience so that they could get the ultimate baby they want.
Again, just want to say that i do agree with what Alex says, this is just for sake of the class.
First off, my open begins his statement with that he would not want his DNA to manipulated. However, what if it is a matter of life or death? What if the DNA manipulation can help the baby but have negative effects as well like a problem with sight or hearing or skin problems etc. The life of a child is more important than any negative mutation of minor consequences.
another thing is what does it matter that a parent changes the DNA to meet their standards? So what? Nothing is wrong with that. It just seems to raise moral and ethical questions. But, what would the effect be if the baby comes out blonde even though they were support to come out a brown haired one? So, the question i guess remains with the parents and weather or not they want to change the DNA or not.
so, the last point i want to make is this ethics problem i mentioned earlier. Is it really un-ethical to change the DNA of a baby? Well, yes it can be if it were harmful. However, the manipulation of DNA to change something as silly as hair or eye color is not harmful. Also, my opponent says that the parents will need to tell there children what they did, but i think that they do not. It dose not seem that important to tell them what happened.
so, to conclude, I believe that it is ultimately up to the parents whether or not hey want to change the DNA sequience so that they could get the ultimate baby they want.
Again, just want to say that i do agree with what Alex says, this is just for sake of the class.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Here is a qoute from Bianca's blog:
The rite thing to do would to help them with trying to get to know the school. like would could show them good ol' ASTI hospitality by telling them the little things they should like no college students in the bathroom. We should also try to help them with names, instead of just letting it go. Like if a name is uncommon, then we should correct so the don't make an as* out of them selves. I think thats the one thing i can't stand most; when we laugh at the things they say or the way they pronuce words or names.
You know, that also goes for other things in life like the social background info we as teens spend so much of our time in. Like we make fun when people say things that either sounds weird or is weird.
Back to subs. Another thing subs are subjected to are the disrespectful comments behind their backs. I hate talking about people behind their backs because what ever you have to say, u should just say to them face on. I hate this. Every sub has to go through eventually, but some are good evaluations. Like the sub that Bianca was talking about. I was in her school so i had her too. She was awesome! she taught us real Spanish and taught us how to take notes. She is awesome. Also, she had something no other teacher had, and that was like this element around them wanted you to study. It was so awesome to finally learn Spanish from my sub. I mean this in no disregard to my real spanish teacher; she was a good teacher.
Every time we have a substitute at ASTI, it seems that my class almost always takes advantage of them, and I personally get annoyed every time it happens. In fact, no offense to anybody, but it is rude.I agree with this. I think its very wrong to take advantage of subs, especially when they are having trouble getting use to the school.
The rite thing to do would to help them with trying to get to know the school. like would could show them good ol' ASTI hospitality by telling them the little things they should like no college students in the bathroom. We should also try to help them with names, instead of just letting it go. Like if a name is uncommon, then we should correct so the don't make an as* out of them selves. I think thats the one thing i can't stand most; when we laugh at the things they say or the way they pronuce words or names.
You know, that also goes for other things in life like the social background info we as teens spend so much of our time in. Like we make fun when people say things that either sounds weird or is weird.
Back to subs. Another thing subs are subjected to are the disrespectful comments behind their backs. I hate talking about people behind their backs because what ever you have to say, u should just say to them face on. I hate this. Every sub has to go through eventually, but some are good evaluations. Like the sub that Bianca was talking about. I was in her school so i had her too. She was awesome! she taught us real Spanish and taught us how to take notes. She is awesome. Also, she had something no other teacher had, and that was like this element around them wanted you to study. It was so awesome to finally learn Spanish from my sub. I mean this in no disregard to my real spanish teacher; she was a good teacher.
Elite colleges VS non-elite colleges
I believe that, out of the seven debaters on this website, "Skip the admissions game" is the most persuasive one. I chose this one because they said examples of what they meant and had both sides of the argument, if i recall. Also, he defined what an elite college is; not many of the debaters did that. All of these things help me determine whether or not i should believe this article. Between all these things above, I think that the most persuasive one was the definition of an elite college. This really made believe what he was saying because he actually had the thought process. In anthropology, antroplogists should always site where they come from that can some how have a negative effect on the outcome of what ever they are doing. Like lets say if a white male was looking at the communication between black females. He would have to put that he is a white male and that he mite bring that to his studies with out knowing it.
Out of the seven again, the least persuasive was the "merit and race". I think the major down fall is the major vocabulary of this article. Now, going from what i sid above, I am a freshman that hasn't really expanded my diction to a level of a collegiate standard (however, thats why we have 3 higher grades above freshman). However, once i decipher the complex language, i still have some trouble with what he is saying about minorities. Is he saying that minorities should go to prestiugues school to raise their life's quality? Or is he saying, as a minority, we should be liable to programs that help us. if he is saying the second, then he is racist. There are to many factors to look at to determine whether or not he is being racist, so i wont mention them. Anyways, with all this trouble we had with this article, i have determined that this is the least persuasive.
Out of the seven again, the least persuasive was the "merit and race". I think the major down fall is the major vocabulary of this article. Now, going from what i sid above, I am a freshman that hasn't really expanded my diction to a level of a collegiate standard (however, thats why we have 3 higher grades above freshman). However, once i decipher the complex language, i still have some trouble with what he is saying about minorities. Is he saying that minorities should go to prestiugues school to raise their life's quality? Or is he saying, as a minority, we should be liable to programs that help us. if he is saying the second, then he is racist. There are to many factors to look at to determine whether or not he is being racist, so i wont mention them. Anyways, with all this trouble we had with this article, i have determined that this is the least persuasive.
"The ignorance of people can sometimes be overwhelming. Sometimes it just hits me that we, humans, the animals that have an open consouis and can feel love are the same animals that can a drop a nuke and comit genocide on a people because religious sterotypes. We are the animals that can make industries like Pixar and the Red Cross, but yet, we can also judge someone based on thier skin color or have rich and poor. Well, I think we messed up, big time. I think it stared to go bad when we first elected the first tribal leader. Some say that we need a leader but i think that was our major and ultimate defeat. Egalitarian. That basically means in a crude and understated way equal. Thats how we all should of acted at the beginning. This would mean that we would hold each member in the tribe EQUALLY responsible for the saftey of the tribe and themselves, the maintanice of the tribe and self and the progression of the tribe and self.
What would that look like today? well sort of like this: When we see a pot hole in the street, we fill it.When we see a root damaging the ashalut, we chop it. When we mistakingly given someone a penny for change, even though it should have been a dime, we switch it. It may not seem like it, but this is revolutinary. It's silly to thinink that a change mis calculation can lead to genocide, but it can. Thats when we, as humans start to get lazy."....
so this is sort of what i was thinking writing for my peace essay. After i talk about laziness, i'll go a start to talk about obtaining peace today and then ill re-state my maintance thing, add a couple of quotes here and there, and yeah.
so please, comment and comment all u want. I think thats a wonderful way of learning, through constructive criticism.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Some things really important to stay out of: a)drugs b)materalism (or for some who are, to keep as low as possible) and c) drama. And, as far as darma at ASTI goes, Mercedes sums it up pretty good:
So, I guess my "studies" show that drama is bad. You were right, Mercedes, like always. Happy holidays to you and to every one. I say holidays because not every one is catholic. Yeah, I dont think ill be blogging for a while, or maybe i will.... we'll see. good night sleepy world. Happy Holidays.
This is some pretty decent advice. Ok, I lied, this is damn good advice. Seriously fellow ASTIans, we need to cut ourselves off the drug that is drama. All it does is screw us all up mentally. I know how tempting it is to say horrible things about someone because they were cruel to you (as I always say, your peers are more cruel to you than anyone else), but it would be advisable to not take the bait. What is that thing they always said to us when we were little? It was something like... don’t react?I think that drama is something that comes naturally to teenagers....or does it? Maybe it something embedied in our society that drives teens. Whatever it may be, it should be something we both embrace and shun. I agree with Mercedes and how she says that is side tracks us A LOT. In fact, sometimes whole entire days are cast into a bloom when some one disses others hair style. So when that happens, I must admit, it gets a little out of hand. However, it is important to see the positive side of drama (if there is any). So.......ah, it helps us defuse our ticking emotional bomb inside us all. Well....I guess thats why we have blogs. Well......how bout..... with out drama our lives would be boring? But, I fail to see the postiveness in that.
So, I guess my "studies" show that drama is bad. You were right, Mercedes, like always. Happy holidays to you and to every one. I say holidays because not every one is catholic. Yeah, I dont think ill be blogging for a while, or maybe i will.... we'll see. good night sleepy world. Happy Holidays.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The curious incident of the dog in the night time response post 2!!!!!
In our class discussion on the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, some major, key points were brought up about the way Christopher reacts to certain colors, emotions, and to physical contact.
One of the points brought up was how Chris reacts towards the two colors, yellow and brown. One of his reasons for disliking these colors was because bananas turn from yellow to brown. Everyone in the discussion agreed that there must be a connection there, but it was hard to tell. I believe that this banana thing has to do with the fact that it turns different colors, something that seems illogical. And especially from yellow, a bright color, to brown, a darker color. It seems that he also has problems with these colors because maybe his mom was wearing these colors the day she left him and the father.However, he recognizes how it is silly that he hates these colors. So that brought up the question of whether or not kids who have autism know that they do?
Another point that we brought up was how he reacts to emotion. The dad becomes very cross with Christopher because he continues to investigate and study the case of Wellington's murder. Soon after, Chris's dad reviles that he is the killer. We talked about how the dad feels guilty about bring Christopher into the world autistic, and how he wants to repair the damage between him and his wife and between him and Christopher.
The last point we brought up was how Christopher dislikes physical contact between himself and others and between food items. Chris hits the dad on accident when the dad touches his shoulder. We said that he felt scared and worried about what his father might do to him.The other thing he hates is when food touches each other. Again, we are not sure why he is like this.
One of the points brought up was how Chris reacts towards the two colors, yellow and brown. One of his reasons for disliking these colors was because bananas turn from yellow to brown. Everyone in the discussion agreed that there must be a connection there, but it was hard to tell. I believe that this banana thing has to do with the fact that it turns different colors, something that seems illogical. And especially from yellow, a bright color, to brown, a darker color. It seems that he also has problems with these colors because maybe his mom was wearing these colors the day she left him and the father.However, he recognizes how it is silly that he hates these colors. So that brought up the question of whether or not kids who have autism know that they do?
Another point that we brought up was how he reacts to emotion. The dad becomes very cross with Christopher because he continues to investigate and study the case of Wellington's murder. Soon after, Chris's dad reviles that he is the killer. We talked about how the dad feels guilty about bring Christopher into the world autistic, and how he wants to repair the damage between him and his wife and between him and Christopher.
The last point we brought up was how Christopher dislikes physical contact between himself and others and between food items. Chris hits the dad on accident when the dad touches his shoulder. We said that he felt scared and worried about what his father might do to him.The other thing he hates is when food touches each other. Again, we are not sure why he is like this.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Here is a qoute from Sam's Blog:
Christopher uses the ideas of car color to judge a day because he struggles to find a pattern in his confusing world. He also counts and squares numbers to help him become calm and relaxed. He needs these patterns in order for him to stay comfortable on his life. As we can see in Mrak Haddon's book, Christopher has problems with being comfortable. He is constantly stressing about people touching him, or how many people are in one area or things that involve people in general.
One thing that I still don’t under stand in the story is why he uses colors to determine if a day will god or not. I believe if he wants to be more successful in life he should treat every day the same, making a day that might not have been great if he determined it by looking at cars, into a great day that he determins is a great day by giving it a chance.I believe that Christopher uses colors to decide wether or not it is a good has to do with how color is connected to emotion. Like in restaurants, when they have bright colors like red or yellow, this means that want costumers in and out. Color, for Christopher, triggers emotion that he can not understand. I all so think that when his mom went away, she was wearing something that was yellow, thats why he has problems with that color. He must have some bad memory or bad experience that made him resent the colors yellow and brown. He states some reasons in the book, but they do not really go in depth into why he hates these colors.
Christopher uses the ideas of car color to judge a day because he struggles to find a pattern in his confusing world. He also counts and squares numbers to help him become calm and relaxed. He needs these patterns in order for him to stay comfortable on his life. As we can see in Mrak Haddon's book, Christopher has problems with being comfortable. He is constantly stressing about people touching him, or how many people are in one area or things that involve people in general.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Kite runner; the second look
wow. All i can say is wow. There is a lot of crazy things that happen to Amir, and his wife, and Hassan. I truly believe that the main theme of this book has something to deal within the realm of love. There are so much things that represent love. Validation and love have a border that is either very blurry or very defined. In this book The Kite Runner, Amir tells a story of his life and the encounters of love he has.
the first in the second part was Baba's love for America. this exemplified throughout chapter 11. (<it starts on page 125>). Baba shows that the idea of America was a strong one filled with optimism and dreams.
I also noticed that this 2nd section of the book deals with new beginnings. This is a new begging, moving to a new country. There is a new beginning with Amir's graduation of high school and when he moves to college. There is one when they begin to go to yard sales and to flea markets. They experience a new one when Amir and Soraya get married and when their culture puts a veil of shame on them when they cant have kids. its a new beginning when Amir finds out about Hassan. Loneliness is also another new beginning. For the first time Amir was not in the shadow of Baba, other Afghans, and even Hassan. Now he was by himself, naked to the world. This is love. letting someone find self discovery, whether it be from passing away or deliberately knowing, will always be a moment of love. All of these incidents listed above are all examples of a new beginnings and new found love. Love in these examples are either superficial or deep love.
throughout the book, Amir feels supported, validated and loved at different moments in his life. He experiences loss of these things and has been shaped by them. All of these events lead to define Amir's character. all of these events somehow have an impact on his future, whether it be a positive or negative effect.
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