Man, when faced with time, tends to mock the clock
They lie there, void, while the hands pass them by
Stone, blank stares; the clock continues to talk;
Unaware of the monologue, still lie.
Time is the true destroyer of all things
The master of life; the envoy of death,
He will deceive you with old feelings
You were always his pawn, since your first breath.
Time, ever cloak and dagger in his ways,
Has one weakness, few men dare to exploit.
Man’s immortality comes from peer praise,
To be Poncian takes one most adroit.
You, who are currently unknown, must make
Your mark, immortality is at stake.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
1) The allegory of the cave according to Socrates represents a person/prisoner's journey to discovery. Discovery beyond the little that he knows, the shadows, to something greater.
2) The key elements in the imagery are the shadows, the cave itself, the prisoners, and the world that waits outside of this cave. The shadows represents the little bit that the prisoners know about reality and the prisoners represent anyone in this situation of naivety. The cave represents the prison they are withheld in and the outside world of sunlight is reality that they have yet to be enlightened with.
3) The allegory suggests that in order to be enlightened, there might be some pain involved. Realizing that your previous reality was only a small fragment of what's out there can hurt, but through this pain you gain knowledge and understanding, furthering your education and leading you to teach others.
4) The imagery of shackles suggest that the cave dwellers/prisoners are being chained down, or in other words, are not free to their own will. The cave suggests that the prisoners are somewhat ignorant of the outside world and very naive about what lies further out.
5) I feel that some figures that have much power (depending on how they use it) shackle today's society. Social media for example commonly exaggerate things or flat out lie to the public and I suppose those lies could be seen as shadow restraining us from the truth.
6) Whereas the cave prisoners are still in the cave, the freed prisoner gets to go out into the sun. Sure it's blinding at first and somewhat painful, but ultimately in the end he gets to see the beauty in it all. The freed prisoner gets the gamut of reality whereas the cave prisoners get the small fragments.
7) Lack of clarity of intellectual confusion can occur in two ways; too little information, or too much information. When constrained to such little knowledge of reality you can gain a small and confusing perception of the world, you're little world. When suddenly exposed to so much information it can be "blinding" and the abruptness of it all can be confusing.
8) The cave prisoners must be forced out of the cave to gain intellectual freedom. This suggests that "seeing the light" isn't necessarily sought after. People tend to want to live in the comfort of the reality they have grown to know, rather than learn an entire new reality that they would then have to painfully grow accustomed to.
9) I believe there's a strong distinction between appearances and reality. An appearance can be false and it can be small. It's an appearance. It can be made out to be anything, false or true. Reality, however, well reality is reality whether we like it or not. It can not be changed or altered. It can be held back, but it's existence is still there.
10) This would mean that appearances are always true, and thus everyone should accept the reality they are given.
2) The key elements in the imagery are the shadows, the cave itself, the prisoners, and the world that waits outside of this cave. The shadows represents the little bit that the prisoners know about reality and the prisoners represent anyone in this situation of naivety. The cave represents the prison they are withheld in and the outside world of sunlight is reality that they have yet to be enlightened with.
3) The allegory suggests that in order to be enlightened, there might be some pain involved. Realizing that your previous reality was only a small fragment of what's out there can hurt, but through this pain you gain knowledge and understanding, furthering your education and leading you to teach others.
4) The imagery of shackles suggest that the cave dwellers/prisoners are being chained down, or in other words, are not free to their own will. The cave suggests that the prisoners are somewhat ignorant of the outside world and very naive about what lies further out.
5) I feel that some figures that have much power (depending on how they use it) shackle today's society. Social media for example commonly exaggerate things or flat out lie to the public and I suppose those lies could be seen as shadow restraining us from the truth.
6) Whereas the cave prisoners are still in the cave, the freed prisoner gets to go out into the sun. Sure it's blinding at first and somewhat painful, but ultimately in the end he gets to see the beauty in it all. The freed prisoner gets the gamut of reality whereas the cave prisoners get the small fragments.
7) Lack of clarity of intellectual confusion can occur in two ways; too little information, or too much information. When constrained to such little knowledge of reality you can gain a small and confusing perception of the world, you're little world. When suddenly exposed to so much information it can be "blinding" and the abruptness of it all can be confusing.
8) The cave prisoners must be forced out of the cave to gain intellectual freedom. This suggests that "seeing the light" isn't necessarily sought after. People tend to want to live in the comfort of the reality they have grown to know, rather than learn an entire new reality that they would then have to painfully grow accustomed to.
9) I believe there's a strong distinction between appearances and reality. An appearance can be false and it can be small. It's an appearance. It can be made out to be anything, false or true. Reality, however, well reality is reality whether we like it or not. It can not be changed or altered. It can be held back, but it's existence is still there.
10) This would mean that appearances are always true, and thus everyone should accept the reality they are given.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Sonnet 77 Analysis
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,
Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;
The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear,
And of this book this learning mayst thou taste.
The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show
Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;
Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know
Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Look, what thy memory can not contain
Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find
Those children nursed, deliver'd from thy brain,
To take a new acquaintance of thy mind.
These offices, so oft as thou wilt look,
Shall profit thee and much enrich thy book
Time thievishly progresses and as it does exterior aging in evident. Aside from the exterior, your mind throughout life aggregates more and more information. Your progression in life will allow you to look back to your memories. Look elsewhere from your emotions that your memories bring. Look at the empty, waste blanks and there you shall discover something different. Allow your mind to imprint these vacant areas and you shall learn something new beyond yourself that will profit and enrich your mind.
Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;
The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear,
And of this book this learning mayst thou taste.
The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show
Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;
Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know
Time's thievish progress to eternity.
Look, what thy memory can not contain
Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find
Those children nursed, deliver'd from thy brain,
To take a new acquaintance of thy mind.
These offices, so oft as thou wilt look,
Shall profit thee and much enrich thy book
Time thievishly progresses and as it does exterior aging in evident. Aside from the exterior, your mind throughout life aggregates more and more information. Your progression in life will allow you to look back to your memories. Look elsewhere from your emotions that your memories bring. Look at the empty, waste blanks and there you shall discover something different. Allow your mind to imprint these vacant areas and you shall learn something new beyond yourself that will profit and enrich your mind.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Act III Remix
This is my Act III remix (I drew it meee self too!) On the left is Claudius, panicking at the scene before him. The scene being acted out is of a man being poisoned and killed by another man, the other man symbolizing him. He gets paranoid and it shows on his face. In the back is Horatio. I'm aware that Horatio was not actually in the back (I'm also aware flat-screens didn't exist back then, but hey it's a remix) but the reason I put him back there is because Claudius is unaware that he's being watched. The spot light is not only on the actors but on him for his play is being shown as well. Horatio watches Claudius and decides he is guilty.
How I did on the Midterm is the same as I expected
Double meaning up there.
1) I thought I did well and I did.
2) What I expected is what I knew (refer to blog post where we reflect on how we think we did)
I attribute my incredible memorizing skills to the wonderful A I received.
How can I improve? Ummmm...... not sure. Think I'm pretty good. I'm sure Preston would love for me to do more than just memorize then throw away the definitions. I'll try that I guess. I'll try to keep the info in my head rather than dispose of it post test taking.
1) I thought I did well and I did.
2) What I expected is what I knew (refer to blog post where we reflect on how we think we did)
I attribute my incredible memorizing skills to the wonderful A I received.
How can I improve? Ummmm...... not sure. Think I'm pretty good. I'm sure Preston would love for me to do more than just memorize then throw away the definitions. I'll try that I guess. I'll try to keep the info in my head rather than dispose of it post test taking.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Dear O
Dear O,
You seem like you're dealing with multiple factors. You're fighting against what your father wants and what you want. Not entirely an aberration, but you're getting there. Don't truckle under your father's wishes quite yet. Consider that you may be running into this a little too fast and rethink your motives. You may be in love with Hamlet, but will you be in love with all his baggage as well? Consider what you're getting yourself into and analyze if it's worth it. Don't let anyone inveigle your feelings, although your emotions are only imperceptible at the moment. Don't propitiate your feelings either. Look deep into your heart and give it more time. It appears as though you're pulling a Sibyl Vane and falling in love with a "prince charming" that you know nothing of. Give it time.
You seem like you're dealing with multiple factors. You're fighting against what your father wants and what you want. Not entirely an aberration, but you're getting there. Don't truckle under your father's wishes quite yet. Consider that you may be running into this a little too fast and rethink your motives. You may be in love with Hamlet, but will you be in love with all his baggage as well? Consider what you're getting yourself into and analyze if it's worth it. Don't let anyone inveigle your feelings, although your emotions are only imperceptible at the moment. Don't propitiate your feelings either. Look deep into your heart and give it more time. It appears as though you're pulling a Sibyl Vane and falling in love with a "prince charming" that you know nothing of. Give it time.
DID IT WORK?!
The answer is yes! I got myself a lovely A on the midterm and I know this because I helped the Doctor grade some of them right after, mine being the first. Only missed three and it was mainly because of ONE. Domino effect. I remembered Preston making a big deal that cowardly had to be in the definition of truckle, and it wasn't, so I figured that was the one that needed a written definition. That caused me to get obsequious wrong which caused me to get sycophant wrong. Either way I'm happy with my minus three.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Study Method for Midterm
The Doctor is going to be upset but my method is studying the night before for a little while. It's what I always do. I read over the words and definitions until I have them perfectly memorized. Then I take the quiz, or in this case the midterm, and Ace it. Simple as that. Whether or not the words will stick, I don't know.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Tiddy Bit I know about Hamlet
I know the opening of Hamlet's soliloquy. Almost everything I know about Hamlet comes from these resources.
-Bo Burnham
-The Lion King
-Being a T.A. for Dr. Preston
Bo Burnham what a help he was! That sounds sarcastic, but it's not. One of his albums is called "words words words", a direct allusion towards Hamlet. A lot of his stand up and songs also revolve around the play.
Examples(WARNING, LANGUAGE)
-"Like Hamlet, all about words, words, words. Dividing wholes into thirds, thirds, thirds."
-"You hold nature as 'twere a mirror of yourself. Just because you're messed up doesn't mean we are too. Just because you want to bang your mom doesn't mean Danish princes do, what Who? Yeah, Hamlet, Shakespeare, that's right, the young prince whose father died at the hands of his uncle with whom his mother lied, sound familiar? It's the fucking Lion King. You stole from a Disney movie, you androgynous douche, what's next The story of a French king on a quest to find his lost son... Nemo? Oh, and by the way, poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no fucking sense make"
- At one point Bo even recites To be or Not to be up to "must give us pause" following up with "pffft, like what?"
The Lion King. That's pretty self explanatory, and if you're confused go to example number two of Bo Burnham.
Being Preston's T.A. I had to hear to be or not to be over and over and over again. I also had to hear all of them discuss the entire play in detail.
-Bo Burnham
-The Lion King
-Being a T.A. for Dr. Preston
Bo Burnham what a help he was! That sounds sarcastic, but it's not. One of his albums is called "words words words", a direct allusion towards Hamlet. A lot of his stand up and songs also revolve around the play.
Examples(WARNING, LANGUAGE)
-"Like Hamlet, all about words, words, words. Dividing wholes into thirds, thirds, thirds."
-"You hold nature as 'twere a mirror of yourself. Just because you're messed up doesn't mean we are too. Just because you want to bang your mom doesn't mean Danish princes do, what Who? Yeah, Hamlet, Shakespeare, that's right, the young prince whose father died at the hands of his uncle with whom his mother lied, sound familiar? It's the fucking Lion King. You stole from a Disney movie, you androgynous douche, what's next The story of a French king on a quest to find his lost son... Nemo? Oh, and by the way, poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no fucking sense make"
- At one point Bo even recites To be or Not to be up to "must give us pause" following up with "pffft, like what?"
The Lion King. That's pretty self explanatory, and if you're confused go to example number two of Bo Burnham.
Being Preston's T.A. I had to hear to be or not to be over and over and over again. I also had to hear all of them discuss the entire play in detail.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Literature Analysis: The Picture of Dorian Gray
First of all, let me say, OH MY GOD WHAT AN AMAZING BOOK. People reading this, shift your eyes elsewhere, more specifically shift them towards this book. Go get it. Don't allow me to spoil anything. Actually my analysis probably won't do the book justice so I guess you can read this.
Theme theme theme. Multiple themes stuck out to me. There's the large theme revolving around art and its relation toward the youth. How the youth somewhat is art. Poor little Dorian is young, naive, and so easily influenced. The easily influenced part is where I find the relation of art. I see primarily Lord Henry Wotton (everyone else that influences Dorian, such as Basil Hallward, are also important though) as the artist. He corrupted, manipulated, and of course influenced Dorian Gray in a negative light. What used to be an innocent man became a man that question everything and became overtly consumed with his youth. This big theme got me to the little one that I prefer, the theme of influence. How influence is an artform.
Characters, characters, characters. Well of course there's mister Dorian Gray. Along with him are Lord Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward, Sibyl Vane, and James Vane. (There's also Victoria Wotton, Mrs. Vane, Lady Agatha, and others but they're not as important.)
Dorian is directly characterized as beautiful, handsome, young, and indirectly characterized as naive and easily influenced. He is the subject of Basil's best portrait, and through that portrait (and Henry's words) he becomes concerned with becoming ugly and horrid so he seeks all the pleasure of youth, no matter if they be morally right or not. As he indulges in these pleasure he finds the portrait of him turning ever so slightly crude, taking all the moral flaws that he has committed. Don't want to spoil to much so I'll stop there.
Lord Henry Wotton. Best character out of the whole thing. He's witty, sarcastic, and to be honest confusing(in a delightful way though). Throughout the whole story he has these long epigrams that just get you thinking and kind of erk you. It's great though..... I can't explain it. He influences Dorian with his philosophy of new hedonism which is basically indulging in pleasure for the sensory feeling without any moral concerns for others, only yourself.
Basil Hallward. This man is the painter. He is madly in love with Dorian and feels that the portrait of Dorian he created exposes too much of himself. He grows obsessed with young Dorian and incredibly protective of him when his friend Henry begins to corrupt the poor lad.
Sibyl Vane. Sibyl Vane is a young and incredibly beautiful actress. She works as a theatre and often plays many of Shakespeare's wonderful leading ladies. Dorian quickly falls in love with her incredible acting and her ability to influence the audience with certain emotions by engulfing herself into characters. She shares the aspect of naivety with Dorian and quickly falls in love with him, not even knowing him and instead calling him "prince charming". She tells her mother and brother of him and while her mother is approving, her brother is a little skeptical of the young fellow. One night she decides that the true love she shares for Dorian outweighs the fake love she portrays onstage and thus makes that onstage love not real. She begins to act horribly from them on on purpose and I won't reveal what happens after that.... read it...
James Vane. I don't want to give up too much about this fellow either seeing as how most of characterization comes about after what happens to Sibyl. Let's just say he's very very very protective of his sister and deeply cares for her.
I'm just going to list off some literary elements I noticed in the book rather than indulge in the plot so I don't give anything away.
Epigram: This book is full of them, all of them mainly from Lord Henry Wotton. They're clever remarks that get you thinking.
Colloquialism: The book is written with a Victorian era language.
Imagery!: Best example of this is in the first few pages where Basil and Henry are outside in the garden talking about Dorian. Go forth and conquer.
Symbolism: It's pretty obvious how the portrait of Dorian turning crude is symbolic of his true self and how he's developing.
Last words. Sorry for being so vague. Take it as me having read an amazing book that is too complex and beautiful for me to explain through words and also take it as me not spoiling anything incredibly cool(which I did, thank me later). It's a must read.
Theme theme theme. Multiple themes stuck out to me. There's the large theme revolving around art and its relation toward the youth. How the youth somewhat is art. Poor little Dorian is young, naive, and so easily influenced. The easily influenced part is where I find the relation of art. I see primarily Lord Henry Wotton (everyone else that influences Dorian, such as Basil Hallward, are also important though) as the artist. He corrupted, manipulated, and of course influenced Dorian Gray in a negative light. What used to be an innocent man became a man that question everything and became overtly consumed with his youth. This big theme got me to the little one that I prefer, the theme of influence. How influence is an artform.
Characters, characters, characters. Well of course there's mister Dorian Gray. Along with him are Lord Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward, Sibyl Vane, and James Vane. (There's also Victoria Wotton, Mrs. Vane, Lady Agatha, and others but they're not as important.)
Dorian is directly characterized as beautiful, handsome, young, and indirectly characterized as naive and easily influenced. He is the subject of Basil's best portrait, and through that portrait (and Henry's words) he becomes concerned with becoming ugly and horrid so he seeks all the pleasure of youth, no matter if they be morally right or not. As he indulges in these pleasure he finds the portrait of him turning ever so slightly crude, taking all the moral flaws that he has committed. Don't want to spoil to much so I'll stop there.
Lord Henry Wotton. Best character out of the whole thing. He's witty, sarcastic, and to be honest confusing(in a delightful way though). Throughout the whole story he has these long epigrams that just get you thinking and kind of erk you. It's great though..... I can't explain it. He influences Dorian with his philosophy of new hedonism which is basically indulging in pleasure for the sensory feeling without any moral concerns for others, only yourself.
Basil Hallward. This man is the painter. He is madly in love with Dorian and feels that the portrait of Dorian he created exposes too much of himself. He grows obsessed with young Dorian and incredibly protective of him when his friend Henry begins to corrupt the poor lad.
Sibyl Vane. Sibyl Vane is a young and incredibly beautiful actress. She works as a theatre and often plays many of Shakespeare's wonderful leading ladies. Dorian quickly falls in love with her incredible acting and her ability to influence the audience with certain emotions by engulfing herself into characters. She shares the aspect of naivety with Dorian and quickly falls in love with him, not even knowing him and instead calling him "prince charming". She tells her mother and brother of him and while her mother is approving, her brother is a little skeptical of the young fellow. One night she decides that the true love she shares for Dorian outweighs the fake love she portrays onstage and thus makes that onstage love not real. She begins to act horribly from them on on purpose and I won't reveal what happens after that.... read it...
James Vane. I don't want to give up too much about this fellow either seeing as how most of characterization comes about after what happens to Sibyl. Let's just say he's very very very protective of his sister and deeply cares for her.
I'm just going to list off some literary elements I noticed in the book rather than indulge in the plot so I don't give anything away.
Epigram: This book is full of them, all of them mainly from Lord Henry Wotton. They're clever remarks that get you thinking.
Colloquialism: The book is written with a Victorian era language.
Imagery!: Best example of this is in the first few pages where Basil and Henry are outside in the garden talking about Dorian. Go forth and conquer.
Symbolism: It's pretty obvious how the portrait of Dorian turning crude is symbolic of his true self and how he's developing.
Last words. Sorry for being so vague. Take it as me having read an amazing book that is too complex and beautiful for me to explain through words and also take it as me not spoiling anything incredibly cool(which I did, thank me later). It's a must read.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
A Pop of Beowulf via Quiz
The quiz wasn't terribly tough. I had taken some pretty good notes so I only missed a few. I guess if I had to pick something to improve on it would be...... maybe being more nit-picky. I need to write down exact names and write them correctly I suppose. Tis all!
Tinkering with old English
Let's look at some cute words and see how ugly they turn when they're old english.
A plump knight found a bear, horse and dragon north of Germany and killed them with a sword.
Bear=Bera
Plump=Full
North of=benorþan
Knight= Ridend
Horse=hors
sword=beaduléoma
Dragon=draca
A=sum
Found=ceala
And=ond
Germany=carendre
Killed=slieht
them=hie
with=eac
Now let's put em together!
Sum full ridend ceala sum bera, hors, ond draca benorþan carendre ond slieht hie eac sum beaduléoma.
A plump knight found a bear, horse and dragon north of Germany and killed them with a sword.
Bear=Bera
Plump=Full
North of=benorþan
Knight= Ridend
Horse=hors
sword=beaduléoma
Dragon=draca
A=sum
Found=ceala
And=ond
Germany=carendre
Killed=slieht
them=hie
with=eac
Now let's put em together!
Sum full ridend ceala sum bera, hors, ond draca benorþan carendre ond slieht hie eac sum beaduléoma.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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You can either look at that title as an allusion towards Paul McCartney or Batman. If I were to say it relates to a hero though..... nope, Paul McCartney could still be up there.
A man with a cape! The connotation is batman right? Now, I don't know much about this fella, but he's the super hero I know most about out of all of them.
I'm also not sure what we're supposed to do with this superhero... a sort of dissection I suppose?
SO. There's this kid Bruce Wayne. His father, a very well respected man, is very wealthy and known for his contributions to the city of Gotham since they better the city as a whole. Back to lil Bruce. He has a fear of bats (I do too, but I fear just about everything). One day, lil Bruce falls down a well and gets "attacked"(it wasn't full out attack) by bats and he gets very afraid. His father comes to get him and says one of the most important lines in the movie. Something along... ",why do we fall? so we can pick ourselves back up,". Later at some sort of extravagant event, lil Bruce witnesses his father and mother's deaths by a Gotham city hobo trying to score himself some nice pearls and a wallet full of cash.
To be honest, I don't know what happens after this (and to think I went to see The Dark Knight Rises movie marathon featuring all the Batman movies). Point is, he becomes a hero for the people Gotham and a nemesis for all authorities in Gotham.
Transitioning into how and why he's a superhero looked up to. How? He's somewhat able to be related to. Not in the essence of being afraid of bats and becoming this sort of vigilante of a city in trouble, but in that he has a fear like all of us. We all have fears that we either submit to, or more often try to overcome. Not only that but his situation is sort of possible. Let me expand on that, because as I re-read I see it makes no sense. It's not like he has "spidey-senses" or can fly or has super strength. He's just kind of a normal guy. A normal, rich guy with lots of connection, but hey, that's a lot more possible than miraculously being able to lift cars and fly away with them. There's a feeling of possibility there. That maybe we could make a difference like he did and overcome our very own fears while helping others at the same time.
A man with a cape! The connotation is batman right? Now, I don't know much about this fella, but he's the super hero I know most about out of all of them.
I'm also not sure what we're supposed to do with this superhero... a sort of dissection I suppose?
SO. There's this kid Bruce Wayne. His father, a very well respected man, is very wealthy and known for his contributions to the city of Gotham since they better the city as a whole. Back to lil Bruce. He has a fear of bats (I do too, but I fear just about everything). One day, lil Bruce falls down a well and gets "attacked"(it wasn't full out attack) by bats and he gets very afraid. His father comes to get him and says one of the most important lines in the movie. Something along... ",why do we fall? so we can pick ourselves back up,". Later at some sort of extravagant event, lil Bruce witnesses his father and mother's deaths by a Gotham city hobo trying to score himself some nice pearls and a wallet full of cash.
To be honest, I don't know what happens after this (and to think I went to see The Dark Knight Rises movie marathon featuring all the Batman movies). Point is, he becomes a hero for the people Gotham and a nemesis for all authorities in Gotham.
Transitioning into how and why he's a superhero looked up to. How? He's somewhat able to be related to. Not in the essence of being afraid of bats and becoming this sort of vigilante of a city in trouble, but in that he has a fear like all of us. We all have fears that we either submit to, or more often try to overcome. Not only that but his situation is sort of possible. Let me expand on that, because as I re-read I see it makes no sense. It's not like he has "spidey-senses" or can fly or has super strength. He's just kind of a normal guy. A normal, rich guy with lots of connection, but hey, that's a lot more possible than miraculously being able to lift cars and fly away with them. There's a feeling of possibility there. That maybe we could make a difference like he did and overcome our very own fears while helping others at the same time.
Monday, September 3, 2012
The Picture of Dorian Gray
I will be reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Very excited. I read about thirty pages of it last year and that tiddy bit that I read was amazing. I got caught up with schoolwork and couldn't finish it so I am very excited to finally get to read it all.
Mormon Vocabulary Sentences
I was listening to the Book of Mormon Soundtrack whilst I wrote these, so it kind of stuck.
To any mormons reading these, please take no offense! I'm sure most aren't accurate seeing as how I know very little about the religion.
1) Accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice.
The Broadway Musical The Book of Mormon receives accolades nation wide.
2) Acerbity: harshness or severity, as of temper or expression
The mormon commented with acerbity about the Broadway musical.
3) Attrition: A reduction in numbers; a wearing down or weakening of resistance.
The Book of Mormon has high attrition regarding the attendance of mormons.
4) Bromide: a platitude or trite saying.
This book will change your life is a bromide mormon saying.
5) Chauvinist: aggresively patriotic or sexist.
6) Chronic: constant, habitual
Mormons are chronic doorbell ringers.
7) Expound: to set forth or state in detail
Mormons are capable of expounding their religious missions.
8) Factionalism: the splitting of groups into factions
I don't know if factionalism is involved the in the Mormon religion....
9) Immaculate: free from moral blemish or impurity
The mormons polygamist past is less than immaculate.
10) Imprecation: a curse, malediction
Mormons would never imprecate another person for fear of losing their planet.
11) Ineluctable: incapable of being evaded
Mormons are ineluctable when they come to your door.
12) Mercurial: Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes
Mormons must keep calm and are not normally mercurial.
13) Palliate: to relieve or lessen without curing
14) Protocol: official procedure or system; an original draft
Joseph Smith claims the golden plates to be his protocol when regarding the book of Mormon.
15) Resplendent: shining brilliantly
Maroni is looked at as resplendent by the Mormons.
16) Stigmatize: to set some remark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Mormons stigmatize other religions.
17) Sub Rosa: confidentially; secretly
Joseph Smith kept the golden plates sub rosa.
18) Vainglory: excessive pride over ones achievements.
Kevin Price was full of vainglory before he went to Africa.
19) Vestige: a trace that something is no longer present
20) Volition: The act of willing
The entire mormon religion requires volition.
Again, no offense to any of ye mormons out there.
To any mormons reading these, please take no offense! I'm sure most aren't accurate seeing as how I know very little about the religion.
1) Accolade: any award, honor, or laudatory notice.
The Broadway Musical The Book of Mormon receives accolades nation wide.
2) Acerbity: harshness or severity, as of temper or expression
The mormon commented with acerbity about the Broadway musical.
3) Attrition: A reduction in numbers; a wearing down or weakening of resistance.
The Book of Mormon has high attrition regarding the attendance of mormons.
4) Bromide: a platitude or trite saying.
This book will change your life is a bromide mormon saying.
5) Chauvinist: aggresively patriotic or sexist.
6) Chronic: constant, habitual
Mormons are chronic doorbell ringers.
7) Expound: to set forth or state in detail
Mormons are capable of expounding their religious missions.
8) Factionalism: the splitting of groups into factions
I don't know if factionalism is involved the in the Mormon religion....
9) Immaculate: free from moral blemish or impurity
The mormons polygamist past is less than immaculate.
10) Imprecation: a curse, malediction
Mormons would never imprecate another person for fear of losing their planet.
11) Ineluctable: incapable of being evaded
Mormons are ineluctable when they come to your door.
12) Mercurial: Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes
Mormons must keep calm and are not normally mercurial.
13) Palliate: to relieve or lessen without curing
14) Protocol: official procedure or system; an original draft
Joseph Smith claims the golden plates to be his protocol when regarding the book of Mormon.
15) Resplendent: shining brilliantly
Maroni is looked at as resplendent by the Mormons.
16) Stigmatize: to set some remark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Mormons stigmatize other religions.
17) Sub Rosa: confidentially; secretly
Joseph Smith kept the golden plates sub rosa.
18) Vainglory: excessive pride over ones achievements.
Kevin Price was full of vainglory before he went to Africa.
19) Vestige: a trace that something is no longer present
20) Volition: The act of willing
The entire mormon religion requires volition.
Again, no offense to any of ye mormons out there.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Beowulf Questions
I teamed up with Matthew Patel, Owen Iness, Samantha Garrison, and Chanel Yamaguchi to finish off these questions. Hoorah for collaboration!
(Lines 2510-2820)\
3) The second time Beowulf fights the dragon he finds himself much weaker from age and receives a venomous bite from the creature. Before the venom fully spreads he manages one fatal blow and defeats the dragon.
4) Beowulf (whilst dying) asks Wiglaf to retrieve the dragon's treasure in an effort to make his death easier. When Wiglaf returns with the treasure Beowulf is very grateful and informs Wiglaf that he must now rule the people. He then asks to be buried in a barrow.
(Lines 2821-3182)
1) Beowulf's companions are filled with shame when they return among Wiglaf and Beowulf's dead body. In response Wiglaf gets angry with the men and tells them it's their fault and that Beowulf's generosity was wasted on them. He expects there will be more costs than just Beowulf's death in the future.
2) The messenger tells the city of Beowulf's death and to expect the Franks Frisians to attack them soon.
3) Wiglaf asks the Geats to take part in the building of Beowulf's pyre and praise the leader they once had.
4) The dragon's body is thrown off a cliff and into the water.
5) During the funeral there is much mourning by the Geats, especially by one woman in particular who takes fear in the inevitable future. Afterwards, Beowulf's body is positioned on a cliff where all passing ships can see him.
6) Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland,
(Lines 2510-2820)\
3) The second time Beowulf fights the dragon he finds himself much weaker from age and receives a venomous bite from the creature. Before the venom fully spreads he manages one fatal blow and defeats the dragon.
4) Beowulf (whilst dying) asks Wiglaf to retrieve the dragon's treasure in an effort to make his death easier. When Wiglaf returns with the treasure Beowulf is very grateful and informs Wiglaf that he must now rule the people. He then asks to be buried in a barrow.
(Lines 2821-3182)
1) Beowulf's companions are filled with shame when they return among Wiglaf and Beowulf's dead body. In response Wiglaf gets angry with the men and tells them it's their fault and that Beowulf's generosity was wasted on them. He expects there will be more costs than just Beowulf's death in the future.
2) The messenger tells the city of Beowulf's death and to expect the Franks Frisians to attack them soon.
3) Wiglaf asks the Geats to take part in the building of Beowulf's pyre and praise the leader they once had.
4) The dragon's body is thrown off a cliff and into the water.
5) During the funeral there is much mourning by the Geats, especially by one woman in particular who takes fear in the inevitable future. Afterwards, Beowulf's body is positioned on a cliff where all passing ships can see him.
6) Thus made their mourning the men of Geatland,
for their hero’s passing his hearth-companions:
quoth that of all the kings of earth,
of men he was mildest and most beloved,
to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.
Normally a military hero is praised for his battle skills and being a savior to the people, but instead Beowulf is praised for his generosity toward his people and ambition towards being a hero for them.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thoughts on Todays Socratic Seminar
WELL first of all I didn't speak at all :P It's not that I didn't have thoughts, I just felt as if they weren't in the same direction as the ones being spoken about and the opportunity for mine to dive in never appeared. I wrote down only one thing that I found very important.
"Right v.s. Wrong"
That's all I wrote. It's the one thought that struck me. That someone could very well feel entitled to their own wrong opinion, and if they do, do we interject this opinion with our own? Are we "allowed" to do so? If they are entitled, as they believe they are, we technically can't. They have THE RIGHT. Right? I don't know, still contemplating this one.
That's all that really stood out to me in the seminar to be quite honest.
"Right v.s. Wrong"
That's all I wrote. It's the one thought that struck me. That someone could very well feel entitled to their own wrong opinion, and if they do, do we interject this opinion with our own? Are we "allowed" to do so? If they are entitled, as they believe they are, we technically can't. They have THE RIGHT. Right? I don't know, still contemplating this one.
That's all that really stood out to me in the seminar to be quite honest.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Reflections on Week One
1. I think the whole collaboration aspect of this class is going to weigh me down. I know I'm capable of collaborating with others and speaking with them, it's my matter of effectiveness involving this that worries me. I'm a tiddy bit socially awkward and consider myself an introvert. However, I realize how important collaboration is in this class so I shall persevere like none other!
2. This isn't the coolest or most awesome thing I've learned, but it's up there. In seventh grade I took industrial technology and one of the mini courses in there was bridge building. I learned all the different ways bridges are built and what makes the strongest bridge. I then had to use what I learned to make a teeny bridge that had to hold at least ten pounds. Mine ended up holding double that weight and the blisters on my fingers ended up being well worth the pride I obtained from it.
3. I'm excited about being allowed to venture into what interests me (assuming that's still happening this year). Aside from that I really want to read some Dickens.... tis all. I can gain an advanced understanding of what I one day hope to pursue and read some good literature.
2. This isn't the coolest or most awesome thing I've learned, but it's up there. In seventh grade I took industrial technology and one of the mini courses in there was bridge building. I learned all the different ways bridges are built and what makes the strongest bridge. I then had to use what I learned to make a teeny bridge that had to hold at least ten pounds. Mine ended up holding double that weight and the blisters on my fingers ended up being well worth the pride I obtained from it.
3. I'm excited about being allowed to venture into what interests me (assuming that's still happening this year). Aside from that I really want to read some Dickens.... tis all. I can gain an advanced understanding of what I one day hope to pursue and read some good literature.
Friday, June 15, 2012
I Propose a Rant!
Seeing as how I've spent 3+ hours on the computer already, I might as well write the explanation regarding the reasons I'm taking this AP class. I call it "Ze Rant!". Here goes.
It's no surprise that seeing that bumped up GPA in the corner of your progress report is a plus, but aside from that there are other much larger factors involved. To be honest the GPA boost is quite nominal. The real reason is the class alone.
I got my first taste of the class junior year through being a T.A. and it was great! The books are fantastic (especially Great Expectations *cough*cough*) the relationships made look priceless, and the freedom of thought is quite liberating in a school like Righetti. It's quite demeaning to be told that your thoughts aren't really worth anything unless they relate to the periodic table or the Open Door Policy which is what a lot of my time in other classes felt like. That's not to say those things are unimportant, but rather that they were enforced in such a way that I began to look at my other thoughts as lacking value.
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to analytically studying Beowulf and critically thinking about Hamlet's soliloquy, but along with that venturing into other sectors of my mind. Not only venturing, but being encouraged to do so! Rather than being dumped with quadratic equations and being told that's what you need to get out of here I'll instead be able to balance school studies with my own studies and instead be told here's what you should know, what else are you interested in? How empowering to know that my own thoughts and interests are worth just as much merit as the ideas and dogmas implanted from the school.
This next part isn't to suck up, I swear. Dr. Preston really is my favorite teacher. His lectures are very interesting and get my mind to look at things differently. He stays in touch with his students even off campus via email which I find great and I wish more teachers would do this. He treats you like a friend if you reciprocate which I find very respectable seeing as how it's not required and he does so anyways.
The technology aspect of the class doesn't really worry me. I consider myself pretty tech savvy and typing is much less tedious than writing.
I think that does it for my rant.
Arrivederci!
It's no surprise that seeing that bumped up GPA in the corner of your progress report is a plus, but aside from that there are other much larger factors involved. To be honest the GPA boost is quite nominal. The real reason is the class alone.
I got my first taste of the class junior year through being a T.A. and it was great! The books are fantastic (especially Great Expectations *cough*cough*) the relationships made look priceless, and the freedom of thought is quite liberating in a school like Righetti. It's quite demeaning to be told that your thoughts aren't really worth anything unless they relate to the periodic table or the Open Door Policy which is what a lot of my time in other classes felt like. That's not to say those things are unimportant, but rather that they were enforced in such a way that I began to look at my other thoughts as lacking value.
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to analytically studying Beowulf and critically thinking about Hamlet's soliloquy, but along with that venturing into other sectors of my mind. Not only venturing, but being encouraged to do so! Rather than being dumped with quadratic equations and being told that's what you need to get out of here I'll instead be able to balance school studies with my own studies and instead be told here's what you should know, what else are you interested in? How empowering to know that my own thoughts and interests are worth just as much merit as the ideas and dogmas implanted from the school.
This next part isn't to suck up, I swear. Dr. Preston really is my favorite teacher. His lectures are very interesting and get my mind to look at things differently. He stays in touch with his students even off campus via email which I find great and I wish more teachers would do this. He treats you like a friend if you reciprocate which I find very respectable seeing as how it's not required and he does so anyways.
The technology aspect of the class doesn't really worry me. I consider myself pretty tech savvy and typing is much less tedious than writing.
I think that does it for my rant.
Arrivederci!
Monday, June 4, 2012
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