ALBUM POST :]
I think that the music is pretty good and it has a strong message. It was saying that you should leave the bad stuff in your life and move on so that you make your life better. Also that you can make a bad situation better by changing the way you look and think about things. I actually enjoyed listening to some of the songs, but some, not so much. They all sounded the same too me, like the beat and the voice. I liked the lyrics a lot, while I was listening to the album, I looked up the lyrics for the songs and they were pretty good, a lot were talking about two people sticking together, saying like, I’ll side with you, if you side with me. All of the songs end with talking about sticking together and staying with each other. The sound of the music is like depressed sounds to me. The songs start off where he’s all alone and then by the end he ends up with someone. It’s almost as if he wants\ needs someone to be there and at first he starts off with nobody and in the end finds someone and asks them to care about him and just stay with him. Also, in some of the songs, he runs away from his problems. Like in Hate It Here and Shake it Off he tries running away from his problems, acting like nothing is wrong. He knows that he should try and fix them, but he doesn’t try, he acts like nothing is wrong. His music is very soothing. He also has very short lyrics, but they get right to the point. He sounds like he has lived a very depressed life. Also, he talks about leaving a lot and about the blue sky and the clouds. In almost about every song, he talks about getting out of where he is and leaves and moves on and goes somewhere else, because anything will be better than where he is now. The songs beat that is really different from the rest is part of Shake It Off, It has this up beat sound to it, compared to the rest of the album. I think that he needs to make it so all the songs don’t sound the same because when I first was listening to it, I couldn’t really tell when a new song started because all of the music sounds pretty much the same. Also, I think he shouldn’t write all these songs about the same thing, I think he should combine some of the songs so that there longer, because most of them are sending the same message, so why not put them in the song together and just make the song longer. Then he could write new songs about other problems he is having and have new beats for those songs. There are some good things in the album and there are some bad, but overall I thought it was a pretty good album, and I would listen to it again if I wanted to listen to something good.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
5 QUESTIONS AND STORY RE-WRITE :]
5 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION :]
1./ Why would the people of the city want to watch his human during fasting?
2./. Why would they want to convince him to do this to himself?
3./ Why did the children think this was such a cool thing to watch?
4./ Why would the circus want to let him do this fasting again?
5./ What is the important lesson to learn from this article?
STORY RE-WRITE :]
Back in the day, being a hunger artist was a big thing. It brought in a lot of money to people who had one, but now-a-days, its not a big thing anymore. Those were different times. Back then, hunger artists caught the eye and attention of the entire city who had one, now if you were to see one, it would make no sense, or it would be a disappointment to some people. Back then, children loved watching hunger artists because they would always look and then their mouths would open in amazement because they’ve never seen anything like that before, but then some of there parents would pay no attention to them. There was always a constant observer watching the fasting happening. They would watch to make sure that he didn’t eat anything or sleep, but some of the observers depressed him when they would watch him at night because all they did was sit there and play cards. He liked it when the observers sat right at the bar and who was not satisfied with the dim backlighting of the room, illuminated him with electric flashlights. He liked when he could sit there and just joke and tell stories with them. No one person could stay with him every day and every night to see the true observations of how he was really handling it, so people took it in shifts. The hunger Artist started realizing how easy it was becoming to fast, he felt like he could do it forever. But the people of the city thought he was just a publicity seeker and just wanted attention and this was his way of getting it. The impresano set a limit for how long the hunger artist can fast for, and it was 40 days, and once those 40 days were up he had to get the hunger artist out of the cage. Once that day happened, everyone came to the amphitheatre, where he was for those 40 days, and brought doctors and a military band to celebrate that he survived the forty days of fasting. After they tried to get him out the cage, that he was so accustomed too, he didn’t want to stop. He thought to himself, why stop now, when he was in his best form yet? Then the crowd started getting mad that he was doing this. Next we was supposed to stand up in front of everyone and eat something. He made himself think that the food was going to make him feel sick, so it did. After that he got up and had the impresano talk more about him and then all the sudden he fainted on a poor lady, and she freaked out and started screaming, because he came half unconscious. Then the impresano finally put some food in the half unconscious hunger artist, it was supposed to take attention away from the position he was in right now. He lived this way for a long time. Every now and then though he would take little breaks of being a hunger artist. He loved being in the spotlight and being honored for his way of living like this. Later in the years, people who looked back on the hunger artist in disgust. They couldn’t believe how big of a hit that was and they thought it was so wrong, but the hunger artist didn’t care. The impresano was also mad, because he wanted people to still like it as well. Sooner or later, the hunger artist found a circus that would let him sit in a cage next to the animals and become the hunger artist again and let people come and see him. The hunger artist started turning into an animal almost. He would climb around his cage and try to scare the people thinking he was an animal because that’s how he was treated when he was in this cage. But this enthusiasm only brought smiles to the faces of the supervisors, not the families and people who went and saw this. Most people would either stare at him in disbelief or he couldn’t tell if they were staring at him or the animals next to him. A child went and looked the hunger artist and didn’t understand why he was like that, or why he was in a cage like all the rest of the animals, the child’s parents didn’t even know what to say about it. Then the hunger artist thought it would be better if he wasn’t near the animals, so maybe people would actually come and see him and not the animals, but he was wrong. People started not paying attention to the hunger artist at all, like he wasn’t even there. Then one day the supervisor went to the hunger artist cage to find him hiding behind Straw. They pushed the straw away and said “Are you still fasting? When are you going to stop fasting?” Then the hunger artist whispered, “ Forgive me everything.” “We forgive you” said the supervisor. “ I always wanted you to admire my fasting.” said the hunger artist. “We do.” said the supervisor. “But you shouldn’t admire it.” said the hunger artist. “ but why shouldn’t we.” the supervisor said. “ Because I couldn’t find food which I enjoyed. If I had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart’s content, like you and everyone else.” Those were his last words. After that the supervisor told everyone to tidy up the cage and the hunger artist. They ended up putting a young panther in his cage. In the end , the hunger artist realized that he had made a fool of himself in that cage all of his life when he could have been living a regular life, like everyone else. The panther represents what the hunger artist could have done if he didn’t make himself a hunger artist. The panther lacked nothing, it had a good home, freedom, and food, which the hunger artist could have had if he didn’t demand for all the attention.
1./ Why would the people of the city want to watch his human during fasting?
2./. Why would they want to convince him to do this to himself?
3./ Why did the children think this was such a cool thing to watch?
4./ Why would the circus want to let him do this fasting again?
5./ What is the important lesson to learn from this article?
STORY RE-WRITE :]
Back in the day, being a hunger artist was a big thing. It brought in a lot of money to people who had one, but now-a-days, its not a big thing anymore. Those were different times. Back then, hunger artists caught the eye and attention of the entire city who had one, now if you were to see one, it would make no sense, or it would be a disappointment to some people. Back then, children loved watching hunger artists because they would always look and then their mouths would open in amazement because they’ve never seen anything like that before, but then some of there parents would pay no attention to them. There was always a constant observer watching the fasting happening. They would watch to make sure that he didn’t eat anything or sleep, but some of the observers depressed him when they would watch him at night because all they did was sit there and play cards. He liked it when the observers sat right at the bar and who was not satisfied with the dim backlighting of the room, illuminated him with electric flashlights. He liked when he could sit there and just joke and tell stories with them. No one person could stay with him every day and every night to see the true observations of how he was really handling it, so people took it in shifts. The hunger Artist started realizing how easy it was becoming to fast, he felt like he could do it forever. But the people of the city thought he was just a publicity seeker and just wanted attention and this was his way of getting it. The impresano set a limit for how long the hunger artist can fast for, and it was 40 days, and once those 40 days were up he had to get the hunger artist out of the cage. Once that day happened, everyone came to the amphitheatre, where he was for those 40 days, and brought doctors and a military band to celebrate that he survived the forty days of fasting. After they tried to get him out the cage, that he was so accustomed too, he didn’t want to stop. He thought to himself, why stop now, when he was in his best form yet? Then the crowd started getting mad that he was doing this. Next we was supposed to stand up in front of everyone and eat something. He made himself think that the food was going to make him feel sick, so it did. After that he got up and had the impresano talk more about him and then all the sudden he fainted on a poor lady, and she freaked out and started screaming, because he came half unconscious. Then the impresano finally put some food in the half unconscious hunger artist, it was supposed to take attention away from the position he was in right now. He lived this way for a long time. Every now and then though he would take little breaks of being a hunger artist. He loved being in the spotlight and being honored for his way of living like this. Later in the years, people who looked back on the hunger artist in disgust. They couldn’t believe how big of a hit that was and they thought it was so wrong, but the hunger artist didn’t care. The impresano was also mad, because he wanted people to still like it as well. Sooner or later, the hunger artist found a circus that would let him sit in a cage next to the animals and become the hunger artist again and let people come and see him. The hunger artist started turning into an animal almost. He would climb around his cage and try to scare the people thinking he was an animal because that’s how he was treated when he was in this cage. But this enthusiasm only brought smiles to the faces of the supervisors, not the families and people who went and saw this. Most people would either stare at him in disbelief or he couldn’t tell if they were staring at him or the animals next to him. A child went and looked the hunger artist and didn’t understand why he was like that, or why he was in a cage like all the rest of the animals, the child’s parents didn’t even know what to say about it. Then the hunger artist thought it would be better if he wasn’t near the animals, so maybe people would actually come and see him and not the animals, but he was wrong. People started not paying attention to the hunger artist at all, like he wasn’t even there. Then one day the supervisor went to the hunger artist cage to find him hiding behind Straw. They pushed the straw away and said “Are you still fasting? When are you going to stop fasting?” Then the hunger artist whispered, “ Forgive me everything.” “We forgive you” said the supervisor. “ I always wanted you to admire my fasting.” said the hunger artist. “We do.” said the supervisor. “But you shouldn’t admire it.” said the hunger artist. “ but why shouldn’t we.” the supervisor said. “ Because I couldn’t find food which I enjoyed. If I had found that, believe me, I would not have made a spectacle of myself and would have eaten to my heart’s content, like you and everyone else.” Those were his last words. After that the supervisor told everyone to tidy up the cage and the hunger artist. They ended up putting a young panther in his cage. In the end , the hunger artist realized that he had made a fool of himself in that cage all of his life when he could have been living a regular life, like everyone else. The panther represents what the hunger artist could have done if he didn’t make himself a hunger artist. The panther lacked nothing, it had a good home, freedom, and food, which the hunger artist could have had if he didn’t demand for all the attention.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
After watching Kafka, my perspective on metamorphosis really didn't change. Something that was similar was that before Gregor was turned into a bug he had communications with the outside world just like Kafka, but once he turned into a bug he had lost all communication with everyone, and once all of Kafka's friends died and he found out about how everyone was getting killed, he pretty much lost all contact with the outside world.
I think the moral of the story of Kafka is sometimes when you look farther than you should in things, and find out more than you should really know. Like Kafka, he looked so far into his friends death, that he found out how everyone else was all the sudden dieing, and then he put himself into danger from looking so hard. For metamorphosis, i think the moral of the story is to not judge people on what they look like. Also, don't judge people before you meet / get to know them
I think what he is saying about humanity is that if you look different than everyone else, then you get treated differently, like before he was turned into a bug everyone loved him, and once he changed and looked different, his parents didn't want anything to do with him. Which he is trying to say that in society we judge people way to much, and we need to stop. We shouldn't judge people what they look like. Even our families, our families shouldn't judge us because we can't do things we could do before. Also saying tha institutions are very juedgemental as well, and that needs to change in society.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
why the future doesnt need us
Joy's thesis is saying that we are making ourselves too advanced by making things easier with technology that we are putting ourselves into a hole that we will soon fall into. Inventing new things but not making it too easy that we arent needed anymore to do anything. People are having robots doing everything for us so that we can just sit around and do nothing and cause more problems with our society. Huxley would like this article because he wanted things bettter and more advanced , he wanted things done faster and more efficient. No i dont think that he is a fear monger. I liked the way he used his literary devices. The article connects by both saying that humans want a better/ faster/ stronger way of life with doing less work.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
"Harrison Bergeron"
-What tendencies in present-day American Society is Vonnegut satirizing?
* The tendencies in presen-day american society that vonnegut is satirizing that the people who are stronger, they make them have handicaps so that everyone is equal and that society is equal as well.
-Does the story argue for anything?
* The story argues for equality. He wants everything and everyone equal so that one person is not better than another person.
-How would you sum up the theme?
* The theme is everyone being equal. Also that people can be different and be individuals but still having the same amount of power as everyone else.
-Is Vonnegut Characterization of Diana Moon Glampers realistic? If not, why doesn't it need to be?
* No this character is not realistic but it is a symbol for "dumbing down" society as a whole.
-From what point of view is the story told?
*The story is told in 3rd person.
* The tendencies in presen-day american society that vonnegut is satirizing that the people who are stronger, they make them have handicaps so that everyone is equal and that society is equal as well.
-Does the story argue for anything?
* The story argues for equality. He wants everything and everyone equal so that one person is not better than another person.
-How would you sum up the theme?
* The theme is everyone being equal. Also that people can be different and be individuals but still having the same amount of power as everyone else.
-Is Vonnegut Characterization of Diana Moon Glampers realistic? If not, why doesn't it need to be?
* No this character is not realistic but it is a symbol for "dumbing down" society as a whole.
-From what point of view is the story told?
*The story is told in 3rd person.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
1./How i reacted to this piece was i thought it was more describing the town than anything. It talked about the kids, the smell of cooking throughout the tents, about its technology and much more. Also how the people couldn't help that child in the room. It almost made it seemed like they didn't care about the poor child.
2./ How this connected to 1984 was that people were suffering in both of these pieces. People were suffering in 1984 because they had to believe everything that big brother said even if it was wrong. And in this story, the child was suffering down in the cellar.
3./ The main imagery that is for the story " The ones who walk away from omelas" is imagery. It is used because it shows how everything looks and is without using pictures. It tell how the city looks and acts.
4:
1. what do you think would happen if that child did become happy?
2. What are some similarities with brave new world?
3. How would the omelas feel after reading about the child.
4. Where do you think the omelas go when they left?
5.What do you think is the message LeGuin is trying to give?
2./ How this connected to 1984 was that people were suffering in both of these pieces. People were suffering in 1984 because they had to believe everything that big brother said even if it was wrong. And in this story, the child was suffering down in the cellar.
3./ The main imagery that is for the story " The ones who walk away from omelas" is imagery. It is used because it shows how everything looks and is without using pictures. It tell how the city looks and acts.
4:
1. what do you think would happen if that child did become happy?
2. What are some similarities with brave new world?
3. How would the omelas feel after reading about the child.
4. Where do you think the omelas go when they left?
5.What do you think is the message LeGuin is trying to give?
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Why the future doesn't need us.questions.
QUESTIONS :
1. What would George Orwell say about this author? Would he agree with him? Disagree?
2. Do you think there are any similarities to this, 1984, and brave new world? If so, explain.
3.How is a machine decision better or make it better than a man-made decision?
4. What kind of dangers does technology have on us?
5. What are the Luddites?
6. Do you think that in the future, the people will be taken over by robots?
7. What are similiarities and differences between robot dreams and why the future doesnt need us?
5. What are the Luddites?
6. Do you think that in the future, the people will be taken over by robots?
7. What are similiarities and differences between robot dreams and why the future doesnt need us?
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