Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Green eggs and Hamlet.
All I know about Hamlet is he has some serious sadness issues as well as being prone to suicidal thoughts or tendencies and something something ghost... Shakespeare was a sarcastic dirty little man who had a very funny view about life as well as as a depressing side seen in many parts of his works. He was the go to play man and literary man of the renaissance era due to his amazing skills as a writer. He gave himself authority to create words as well. Shakespeare has an automatically negative stigma attached to his name for his tenancy to make complicated works, but if you were to make it an enjoyable experience by overacting and making a sarcastic dripping play out of complex situations it would be very fun.
what i ment to say was....
Chaucer had a writing style that extrapolated the idea of a boundless society in a time period where your title and upbringing decided your life. Chaucer was writing to the people for the people, He added both comedy and attrition to the bindings of a harsh caste based society inescapable by the people he wrote for.
Vocabulary #7
On arrival in the port of New York, Bianca immediately created a schism. She announced, "Hey look guys! I have the keys to a yacht!". Most of us eschewed from asking where she got the keys to a yacht, so we boarded the boat on our way to Lithuania. Lisa was being garrulous because of her nervousness on being on the high seas, and was quickly sent to the brig for her blabbering. We could hear her harangue through the night and realized it would be no good to keep her locked away, so we let her out for the remainder of our voyage. On the trip, we noticed Daniel had a heavy
interdependence on each part of his classy wardrobe, and in exchange we decided to lock a suit away to get on his nerves. I wouldn't say his foul mood was capricious and we soon relinquished his prized outfit so he would stop complaining. Land was in sight sooner than we expected. the journey through Lithuania was surprisingly quiet. It lacked loquaciousness I would have expected from our group. oddly though, one night we found Daniel had wandered off due to cabin fever and was neigh to be found. After a while we found Daniel around a campfire with many strange figures. Daniel's interest in Germanic paganism was ephemeral to say the least. Their chants ricocheted off the surrounding trees as there was a plethora of pagans. "Daniel, stop your pagan shenanigans." Said Ashley as she approached the fire. Everyone thought this situation was wonky and decided promptly to leave. However we haven't decided where. "Egypt has a nice ring to it." stated Daniel as He used his observations of paganism and his own religious beliefs and juxtaposed them
interdependence on each part of his classy wardrobe, and in exchange we decided to lock a suit away to get on his nerves. I wouldn't say his foul mood was capricious and we soon relinquished his prized outfit so he would stop complaining. Land was in sight sooner than we expected. the journey through Lithuania was surprisingly quiet. It lacked loquaciousness I would have expected from our group. oddly though, one night we found Daniel had wandered off due to cabin fever and was neigh to be found. After a while we found Daniel around a campfire with many strange figures. Daniel's interest in Germanic paganism was ephemeral to say the least. Their chants ricocheted off the surrounding trees as there was a plethora of pagans. "Daniel, stop your pagan shenanigans." Said Ashley as she approached the fire. Everyone thought this situation was wonky and decided promptly to leave. However we haven't decided where. "Egypt has a nice ring to it." stated Daniel as He used his observations of paganism and his own religious beliefs and juxtaposed them
together in a long, sesquipedelian talk on the way to his car. Our experience with Egypt was inchoate, but we headed off ebulliently none the less.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
IF I JUST HAD MORE TIME...
To be honest I don't think more time would have helped in that format of a test. It would have taken at least two weeks of strait memorization of words to be able to mechanically write them all and define them. I understood most words and definitions, the trouble came from remembering what words there were to write. On the day of the mid term I could have concomitantly defined most of the words if I knew what they were. (gripe gripe gripe)
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Lit Analysis #2 Catcher in the Rye
1. The basic plot of the story is a young boy named Holden finding his purpose, or at least his moral compass, while wandering through some metropolitan area in the winter (presumably New York). The action starts after he gets ejected from his school for terrible grades and was forced to face his family back at his home with the disappointing news. He wanders the city near Christmas time looking for things to do. He finds he is not a hard resilient person, but rather mortal like any average Joe. He begins to crave a purpose, and through multiple visits with his sister he decides that above all he would like to be the metaphorical, and literal, catcher in the rye. A sort of savior or protector who in Holden's words would, "do nothing all day but catch the people falling from the cliff".
2. I view the theme of the story as being that What you do in life should be what you want to do above all. It doesn't matter what people think of you as, but if you are productive and succeeding at being happy and making the world a better place, do it. You will be rewarded for your efforts.
3. The author seemed blunt. When describing things from Holden's point of view he seemed sort of wormed arrogance into the dialogue, but when describing scenery and other poetic styled views, he made his language very florid and wordy, when he was describing the bright lights of the city lit up at night during Christmas was when this caught my attention. But for the most part, he was describing as if through a frosted lens, What stuck with me the most was the way Holden described how everyone wants to help them self and how they're faces were as cold as the snow yaddah yaddah. Everything was cold until you got the impression Holden was content, (most apparent at the end pertaining to the love for his sister at the end of the story.)
4. 1). General synesthesia while describing settings. 2).Ethos to give you feelings for Holden's predicament at the end, Puts you in Holdens shoes . 3). The entire story was an allegory of Holden finding his way in the world, and the emotional struggle tacked on to each of us. 4). Early on it alludes to Holden's weakness, or his general inability for true deep conflict. 5). Irony is in play as Holden makes himself to be a hardcore urbanite, but is actually quite inexperienced. 6). Holden set himself as the archetype of the male gender, he knew his faults, but he exploited his positives. 7). Euphemisms were hurled left and right to make the reader involved in the demography of the story. 8). Holden's sister seemed to be Holden's foil as she moderated his negative behavior that Holden thought so much of. 9). The point of view was very creative, it seemed to be Holden reciting events that he knew of, but also didn't know the chronology of. Sort of a laxed omnipotence. 10). The entire story seemed to be a stream of consciousness. I said Holden seemed like he was recalling points of his life, so he also created tangents to follow until intersected by another tangent.
Characterization:
1. It is implied Holden is intelligent due to his cynical view of life, and it also he is referred to by his sister as an irresponsible child, so we can gather he is, or at least was, hypocritical. What is directly stated is that Holden is a junior in high school making him either 16 or 17. We can also see he is not the strongest child physically, but is often mentally superior to his peers, despite his expulsion.
2. When Mr. Salinger described his characters, he softened, or hardened his tone depending on what role they played. The angry pimp was a allusion to the negative aspects of Holden's life and was therefore described with brutal resolve. Further, The sister, a beacon of hope, was shown as an angel practically.
3. The protagonist is highly dynamic. Holden changes as the story changes almost directly in relationship to the plot. He is so deep that you only see what he is truly like near the end of the story after the crusty exterior has been peeled away. He only really is fully understood when you tie in all elements of the story to the resolution, if you could call it that. (which is admittedly very nice)
4.It feels like I took a swan dive into Holden's life. I was living with him and sharing his struggles. This shone most when at the end (yes I love that ending) Holden was describing his mutual content.. Not really a mutual content, more of a content bliss.
2. I view the theme of the story as being that What you do in life should be what you want to do above all. It doesn't matter what people think of you as, but if you are productive and succeeding at being happy and making the world a better place, do it. You will be rewarded for your efforts.
3. The author seemed blunt. When describing things from Holden's point of view he seemed sort of wormed arrogance into the dialogue, but when describing scenery and other poetic styled views, he made his language very florid and wordy, when he was describing the bright lights of the city lit up at night during Christmas was when this caught my attention. But for the most part, he was describing as if through a frosted lens, What stuck with me the most was the way Holden described how everyone wants to help them self and how they're faces were as cold as the snow yaddah yaddah. Everything was cold until you got the impression Holden was content, (most apparent at the end pertaining to the love for his sister at the end of the story.)
4. 1). General synesthesia while describing settings. 2).Ethos to give you feelings for Holden's predicament at the end, Puts you in Holdens shoes . 3). The entire story was an allegory of Holden finding his way in the world, and the emotional struggle tacked on to each of us. 4). Early on it alludes to Holden's weakness, or his general inability for true deep conflict. 5). Irony is in play as Holden makes himself to be a hardcore urbanite, but is actually quite inexperienced. 6). Holden set himself as the archetype of the male gender, he knew his faults, but he exploited his positives. 7). Euphemisms were hurled left and right to make the reader involved in the demography of the story. 8). Holden's sister seemed to be Holden's foil as she moderated his negative behavior that Holden thought so much of. 9). The point of view was very creative, it seemed to be Holden reciting events that he knew of, but also didn't know the chronology of. Sort of a laxed omnipotence. 10). The entire story seemed to be a stream of consciousness. I said Holden seemed like he was recalling points of his life, so he also created tangents to follow until intersected by another tangent.
Characterization:
1. It is implied Holden is intelligent due to his cynical view of life, and it also he is referred to by his sister as an irresponsible child, so we can gather he is, or at least was, hypocritical. What is directly stated is that Holden is a junior in high school making him either 16 or 17. We can also see he is not the strongest child physically, but is often mentally superior to his peers, despite his expulsion.
2. When Mr. Salinger described his characters, he softened, or hardened his tone depending on what role they played. The angry pimp was a allusion to the negative aspects of Holden's life and was therefore described with brutal resolve. Further, The sister, a beacon of hope, was shown as an angel practically.
3. The protagonist is highly dynamic. Holden changes as the story changes almost directly in relationship to the plot. He is so deep that you only see what he is truly like near the end of the story after the crusty exterior has been peeled away. He only really is fully understood when you tie in all elements of the story to the resolution, if you could call it that. (which is admittedly very nice)
4.It feels like I took a swan dive into Holden's life. I was living with him and sharing his struggles. This shone most when at the end (yes I love that ending) Holden was describing his mutual content.. Not really a mutual content, more of a content bliss.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The comparison tale
A common theme among the tales is a certain form of bluntness. Chaucer seemed to be nonplussed, or at least acted, nonplussed when he put his characters in the face of adversity. Also they all seem to be incredibly experienced. In the case of the cook, he seemed to be really comfortable in divulging in his less than savory lifestyles. This is also common when the monk tells his story about sin and frankly ignoring his own faults.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Tale of a Canterbury Tale Tale
The cooks story: The cook was a party animal. He had a dark complexion with dark hair and was known for his great dancing as well as his overall gluttony. He worked for a wealthy man but took from him what was not rightfully his, so after a while he was kicked out by his host and found a friend who enjoyed sinful pleasures like the cook, and had a wife simply for respectable appearances.
1. The cook was probably very limber due to his skills of the dance. He may have long fingers as well due to his skill with the guitar. We can also infer the cook may have a portly stomach from the liquor he consumes at his favorite tavern. Chaucer also implies he isn't the most morally clean of characters, he may have unsavory habits due to his lifestyle.
2. The cook's story is an enigma, it ends on such a random note you can either figure Chaucer got bored with the idea of a dancing king and made him into a drunk, OR you can figure he set up his persona to show the slip of the human condition after one looses a central point where one can attach their morals. (like an anchor) Further, he introduces the cook into another story as a drunk who fell of his horse, this could be why he decided to discontinue the cooks tale.
1. The cook was probably very limber due to his skills of the dance. He may have long fingers as well due to his skill with the guitar. We can also infer the cook may have a portly stomach from the liquor he consumes at his favorite tavern. Chaucer also implies he isn't the most morally clean of characters, he may have unsavory habits due to his lifestyle.
2. The cook's story is an enigma, it ends on such a random note you can either figure Chaucer got bored with the idea of a dancing king and made him into a drunk, OR you can figure he set up his persona to show the slip of the human condition after one looses a central point where one can attach their morals. (like an anchor) Further, he introduces the cook into another story as a drunk who fell of his horse, this could be why he decided to discontinue the cooks tale.
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