Plato vs. Sarte

The thoughts in a mind are trapped by filters of the mouth, they are trapped by how humans react to things. When a tragic event occurs those filters are lost and our true feeling explode out of us and into the world. In “Allegory of a Cave” by Plato the prisoners are mentally and physically trapped. For a trapped slave a reaction to an event would be much different from that of a free person with no physical or mental limitations. Shackled to a wall would limit the physical reaction of fleeing or finding comfort in another person, having a sheltered mind would limit the emotional reaction.

If shots were fired in your direction the first reaction would be to duck and then run, but if you are shackled to a wall you will not be able to go that far. The slaves in “Allegory of the Cave” are characterized as unintelligent humans. They do not have the ability to speak they have never seen the real world. So these shots that are fired in their direction may not even change how they react. The slave would continue to stand shackled to the wall making no attempt to move out of the way of danger. These limitations are comparable to Estelle in “No Exit” by Sarte. Estelle like the slave is physically trapped in her hell. If shots were fired at her while she was stuck in the drawing room with no exit her reaction would be different than the slave. Estelle has lived in the world free from shackles, she would know that you should duck and run but in her situation she would have nowhere to run to she is trapped by the walls. A physical reaction is brought on by what you know.

Mental damage is worse than physical. Cuts, bruises and wounds will heal in time but mental damage can stay with a person for the rest of their life. The slave does not have any idea that a shot from a gun would injure them. Having a sheltered mind is dangerous and that is exactly how the slave lives. When the slaves are set free they don’t know what to do because they have never been exposed to freedom. In “No Exit” the character Estelle would mentally be destroyed from an event like this. Throughout the play we learn that she is mentally unstable and has things in her past that she regrets and dwells on an event such as a shooting would mentally break her into nothing. Plato wrote his characters as slaves with no back story they are just figures that stand shackled to the cave walls, while Sarte wrote each of his characters with pasts that are coming back to haunt them these characters are normal everyday people that now have to face the harsh reality of their sins. With each character comes a different reaction because of the environment that they have been exposed to.

The difference between Plato and Sarte is how they portray their characters. Physical and mental reactions make people who they are. The slave and Estelle have different reactions to the same situation because they have been brought up in different environments allowing them to be different types of people. Both characters represent a part of every person that is real. The Slave represents a part of people that is uneducated and ignorant this is about no know exactly what is happening and not having the culture to respond appropriately. Estelle represents the people that are educated and know how to react in these situations even though she would not be fully able to react physically in the right manor she is able to mental react.

 

Thinking Outside The Box

Plato used the cave and the prisoners to describe our limitations. The cave was a dark place that sheltered the minds of the prisoners. Even though the prisoners were able to see the shadows on the cave walls they were not able to experience the real thing and Plato said that a student must experience something to learn it they cannot just see it or hear about it. Sartre used the drawing box to limit the thoughts of the characters. Sartre physically limited the though process while Plato used metaphors to express the limitation of the prisoners.

No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre

-Sartre was as French literary critique and playwright
-The play is an Existentialist play: stresses the individuals unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices
-"Hell is other people"
-"People are condemned to be free"
-the entire play takes place in a drawing room
-the four characters are Valet, Garcin, Estelle and Inez
-the rules are the cannot sleep, there are no mirrors and no darkness
-Garcin and Valet are in the room together a few minutes later Valet leaves and returns with a woman named Inez
-Inez believes that she should be with Florence and she accuses Garcin of being her torturer
-Valet enters again with Estelle, Estelle is scared because Garcin does not have a face he begs him to not look up at her
-Garcin and Inez take interest in Estelle (Inez is gay)
-Estelle wants to fix her makeup but there is no mirror for her to fix it in, Inez offers to help her but Estelle declines because she is not interested in women
-Estelle is in denial that she is actually dead
-Inez accepts the fact that they are all dead and frequently announces that they are in Hell
-Garcin wants to be left alone as he thinks they will hurt each other so he doesn't think that they should speak
-Garcin was a journalist in Rio that owned a newspaper he was shot for standing up for his opinion
-Estelle was a poor orphan, she married a rich man to take care of her. she died of pneumonia
-Inez was a postal worker
-they are allowed to have glimpses from their lives, Garcin watches old friends talk, Estelle watches an old friend betray her and flirt with a boy she use to love, Inez watches new people move into her apartment
-In real life Garcin was an adulterer, his wife loved and adored him but he treated her poorly and was not faithful. Estelle was not faithful to her husband either and had a child with a younger man, she ran away to Switzerland and drowned the baby while her lover watched. Inez lived with her cousin and his wife, she turned her cousins wife against him and took her for herself.
-the groups hell is: Garcin tortures Estelle because she wants him to love her but he wont, Estelle tortures Inez because Inez is attracted to Estelle, Inez tortures Garcin because he wants to feel like a hero and seeks Inez approval but she wont give it to him.
-the group realizes that hey are never able to separate and they all erupt into laughter and fall onto the hard floor.

1) My version of Hell is one in which I watch my family go on in with their lives not even noticing that I am not there with them. My Hell is equipped with literal instruments like Dante's inferno it is more painful for me to watch this then it would be to physically be hurt. The mind can be in a beautiful hell because every person has there own version of hell and something that may be beautiful can really be a hell place for someone to be. I don't think there is ever a way to find peace in a hellish place. Living in Sartre's hell night and day would be hard, knowing that you are stuck there would be hard for me to understand and cope with I do not like being told what to do and I do not like being stuck with something I am unable to change.
2) Hell could be described as anything without a break moderation is good and keeps people sane.
3) Sartre creates a sense of place with the character's speaking to each other the readers are able to really capture their sense of place and frustration. Staying awake all the time would make me go crazy. I need to sleep and be in the dark to let my mind clear itself and start fresh for the next day but if there was not dark how would I know when a new day started and ended. Garcin reacts to his hell by deny that it was happening to him.

Sonnet

Sitting in the dark

Shackled hands, shackled feet, shackled mind

Seeing and hearing the world 

But never able to experience it.

The shadows speak to me

The voices of the free

Echoes bounce off the empty walls

Making my mind curious.

The faint light burns my eyes

The dank cave is my hell

It has consumed my entire being

Without escape my life will be over.

My trapped body and mind

A soul will never find.

Brain with 10 legs

My group which consits of Whintey Houg, Sarah Stevens, Breanna Timmons and Amara Sharp. We are reading Catch 22. Our plan is to discuss the book through group message and in person if we have time in class or just around school. We also have Dr. Preston to ask questions due to the fact that this is one of his favorite books. Our reading schedule is that all group members have to have the books finished on or before December 1st. 

Plato's Allegory of the Cave

1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent?
- The Allegory of the Cave represents what we believe is our reality and when we are taken out of what we know and what is our reality we are confused and lost.




2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
- The darkness is used to represent the reality in which the prisoners live in while the light represents the unknown world they have been deprived of. 




3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?
- I believe the allegory suggests that by stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something different we can learn new things.





 
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners?
- The shackles and the cave represent the walls and restraints that confide people. The shackles are restricting the movement of the prisoners so they can only see what is right in front of them. The cave is like their comfort zone it is all they know and they never leave it.




5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?
- I believe that people are the shackles to your mind. When you have a large amount of people telling you that you can't do something at some point you are going to believe that you can't do it and you are going to give up.



6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
- Unlike the cave prisoners, the freed prisoner is able to see things the cave prisoners can't like the sun. This leads him into the world of imagination as he is able to imagine what other things may be out in the world. Before the freed prisoner escaped, he would never have imagined something so bright like the sun existed. The cave prisoners still believe in only the shadows because it is the only thing they have ever known.  


7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
-Lack of clarity can occur when one simply doesn't know of any other possibilities. If someone is taught one thing all their lives and someone suddenly tells them they are wrong or there are other possibilities, how could they have known that in the first place? Intellectual confusion can occur when you are trying to explain something to someone they didn't even know existed. 




 8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
- The cave prisoners can get free if they simply just try to escape. This tells us that in order to do something new you need to step out of your comfort zone. Though it may be scary at first, that one decision can hold a million different  opportunities. 




9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
- I agree with this statement. In the allegory, the cave prisoners only saw the appearances of the shadows on the walls. In reality, those shadows were different things like animals and people. 




10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
- One assumption could be that everything you see is indeed what it appears be and nothing else. Another assumption could be that all the things you know of are the only things that exist in the world.

We Hang Together

• Many schools believe that collaboration is cheating.
• Communication and trust play an important role in collaboration
• companies that let there employees work together and show the human side of the company will usually have more trust
• medieval guilds are an example of relationships with trust and personal bonds
• Survival of the fittest is about being the most adaptable
• Interdependence requires that one party do for the other and vice versa
• To gain interdependence you must sacrifice a sense of community or teamwork

Sonnet Remix

Sonnet to Death by Heath Bailey

Cold Death, who lays an icy hand on all
The children of the Two who fell from grace,
Boast not — thy victory's scope is sliver-small
And but a moment mars the human race.
Although the grave, in season, houses bones,
And Age, thy minion, plays me like a pawn,
Though for a day thou rulest, 'neath the stones,
Thy grip, though fearful, thee will fail ere dawn.
For in these realms of Love thou canst not reign:
The widow's faith, the kinship in a home,
And lover's vows. Thy frightenings are in vain,
For these thou hast not strength to overcome.
What then if for a moment Death bring grief?
From Death, Love plunders Life, a welcome thief.

If I Die Young by The Band Perry

This music video is as you can tell about death coming to young. The sonnet immediately made this song come to mind, when I listen to it I can hear the pain in the words that are being sung. I had the same reaction with the sonnet. The line in the song "the sharp knife of a short life" and the line in the sonnet "Cold Death, who lays an icy hand on all" are both powerful phrases that make me realize how intensely serious death is and how it is inescapable.

 

Picture Collage of meaningful images

 

This song is a about a young couple that is in love and are newly married and right after the wedding the husband goes off to war. (foreshadowing tells us that in most country songs the husband will not be coming back.) The young widow is trying to deal with the death of her new husband and trying to figure out her life without her husband.

 

Sonnet Analysis #1

Sonnets

Sonnetto- little song or sound in Italian

There are two types of sonnets both composed of 14 lines

Petrarch/Italian

• Composed of an octet (8 lines) and a sextet (6 lines)

Shakespearean

• Composed of three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (2 lines)
• the last two words in each line of the couplet rhyme making it easy to identify as Shakespearean

A Poetic Inquiry

Sonnet to Death by Heath Bailey

Cold Death, who lays an icy hand on all
The children of the Two who fell from grace,
Boast not — thy victory's scope is sliver-small
And but a moment mars the human race.
Although the grave, in season, houses bones,
And Age, thy minion, plays me like a pawn,
Though for a day thou rulest, 'neath the stones,
Thy grip, though fearful, thee will fail ere dawn.
For in these realms of Love thou canst not reign:
The widow's faith, the kinship in a home,
And lover's vows. Thy frightenings are in vain,
For these thou hast not strength to overcome.
What then if for a moment Death bring grief?
From Death, Love plunders Life, a welcome thief.

 

The sonnet I chose does not relate to my Big question but I found this one very interesting and it relates to the times our country is facing with death coming to soon in peoples lives.

 

Hamlet Essay Remix

http://youtu.be/W9VZp7IFfXQ
This is the video of the last scene. Where almost every character dies.

This picture represents the weight I believe one would feel on their shoulders after they have murdered someone.

The twists resembles how the characters relationships with each other were insanely crazy and were completely messed up.

Hamlet Essay

Rachel Nolan

Fourth Period  

November 4, 2013

Hamlet and Hamlet

Performative Utterance is something that makes Hamlet the play make sense to me.  Hamlet was a twisted play that particularly made me think of people’s actions and how they stick with you forever. Hamlet’s character spoke in ways that made self-overhearing relevant in the play.

            Through out Hamlet the characters would talk about different plans but did not always carry them out but on the other hand a lot of plans were executed during the play. Performative Utterance is a way of speaking but not always doing. This made it easier for me to understand actions in the play. The way that the characters in Hamlet spoke made me think about how important it is to pre filter your words before you say them. Small conversations and small action ended with people dead. That has to stick with people for a long time, killing a person is not a small act that goes away that is a weight that is almost never lifted off ones shoulders. The way Hamlet speaks constitutes action in the way he goes so deep into explanation and feeling. His emotion breaks through the text and becomes evident and makes the words speak in more ways than one. Hamlet is able to shit the mood of the play, which is exactly who is character is he is able to act on way and then immediately switch back to being sane. In doing this he is able to completely alter the plot, with just words and small actions he drives Claudius mad trying to figure him out.

Self-overhearing is a concept that personally freaks me out but is so true. While Hamlet speaks he can hear is plans out loud and it makes him wonder if they are good or not. This happens to us all the time. Things always sound better in our heads that they do when we say them aloud to other people. It also helps us understands and memorize things better. The more I hear something said the better I understand it, repetition makes me think more and more about it making it easier for me to wrap my head around. When I was trying to memorize “To be, or not to be” hearing myself say it out loud made it stick with me and made the memorization process easier for me.

            Hamlet is a play that will be a classic forever. The use of performative utterance makes it easier for the reader to understand why Hamlet and the other characters do and say the things they do. This play has themes that are meant to teach and to entertain at the same time. Backstabbing, death and love are all parts of Hamlet that make is so unforgettable

The Performative Utterance in Hamlet

-the play is about a man trying to figure out what is real and what isn't

-the central problem of the play is that people's feelings are represented in a non-realistic way

-Polonius has a narrow vision of madness and that hurts him in the play

-Hamlet is a modern man while Polonius is a premodern man 

-Claudius is incapable of controlling his definition of himself 

-Hamlet's evolution is towards faith, closure and acceptance 

Thought on Hamlet (in progress)

My view of Hamlet has changed completely. When the play started I thought he was a young boy that had way to much on his plate. But as we ended Act III I realized that Hamlet has a plan. He is artfully planning revenge on Claudius and has thought about repercussions of his actions and what things he must do before he kills him. From here I see more death and more chaos. Hamlet will rest at nothing to avenge his fathers death and I think that is going to cause a lot of mayhem in the coming acts.

What I Think About When I Think About Act III

When I think of Act III I think about how Polonius thought he was being sneaky by spying on Hamelt while he spoke with his mother but he ended up being killed by Hamlet. I also think of how Hamlet made Claudius feel guilty for murdering his father with the play. The last thing is that Hamlet did not take the chance to kill Claudius while he was praying because if he would have Claudius would go to heaven and not hell. Hamlet is waiting for a time when Claudius is sinning.

Literature Analysis #3

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

1.       The novel is about a father and his son walking across post-apocalyptic North America. It is the middle of winter and it is always cold. The son is about 6 years old but has the maturity level of a thirty year old man. He asks questions that require deep thought to answer and most of the time he never gets his answers. His father only replies with “I don’t know.” They are walking across the land to hopefully get to the coast where they can be “safe.” While they are walking they have to hide from cannibals that roam around in their large diesel trucks. The only form of protection they have is a little pistol and they have very little food. At night, while the boy sleeps, the father reflects on his past. He remembers his wife and how she left them. He thinks back to his childhood when the world wasn’t covered in ash and the sky was blue instead of grey. The story ends with the father’s death and the boy moving on with another family.

 

2.       The theme is responsibility and dependency. The man is 100% responsible for his son. If they had lived a normal life, he would still be responsible for him, but in this new strange world, he has to make sure that he is always warm and healthy (as possible) and fed and safe from strangers. The boy is dependent on his father because he has no clue where they are going. He has to trust that his father will keep him safe and fed. He trusts his father, even though his father is barely able to keep him alive.

 

3.       The author’s tone is removed. It seems as if he is narrating a documentary rather than telling a story.

 

“ He went to see about the boy. He was damp with sweat and the man pulled back one of the blankets and fanned his face and then turned down the heater and went back to bed.”

“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.”
“Houses or barns or under the bank of a road-side ditch with blankets pulled over their heads and the noon sky black as the cellars of hell.”

 

4.       Characterization- the author uses indirect characterization throughout the entire novel. “Just wait here. He said. I’m going with you. I thought you were scared. I am scared. Okay, just stay close behind me.”

 

Conflict- the world is covered in grey ash and there are few signs of life and it’s the middle of winter. “He just say there holding the binoculars and watching the ashen daylight congeal over the land.”

 

Flashback- the father often flashes back to times when his wife was still with them. “I don’t care. It’s meaningless. You can think of me as a faithless slut if you like. I’ve taken a new lover. He can give me what you cannot.” “Death is not a lover.” “Oh yes he is.”

 

Mood- the mood is of darkness and sorrow with not much hope. “We used to talk about death, but not anymore. Why is that?” “I don’t know” “It’s because it’s here. There’s nothing left to talk about.”

 

Motif- the road. “He fashioned sweeps from two old brooms he’d found and wired them to the cart to clear the limbs from the road…”

 

Paradox- the man tells his son of how life used to be. It is hard to imagine for the boy because he never witnessed it. “It’s a dam… It made the lake. Before they built the dam, that was just a river down there. The dam used the water than ran through it to turn big fans called turbines that would generate electricity… To make lights.”

Characterization

1.       The author doesn’t use any direct characterization. Two examples of indirect characterization are “Just wait here. He said. I’m going with you. I thought you were scared. I am scared. Okay, just stay close behind me.” This shows that the boy is scared like he should be, but he is brave. “You wanted to know what he bad guys looked like. Now you know. It may happen again. My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you. Do you understand?” This example shows that the man can be impatient and lose his temper with the boy. But it also shows that he is very protective and religious.

 

2.       The author is very static when he changes from character to character. The way he tells the story is very dry and stoic.

 

3.        The main character, the man, is static and flat. His morals never change and his goal never changes. He always wants to do what’s best for the boy and get him to safety. His main goal in the novel is to get to the coast unharmed. They succeed but they don’t find what they had been looking for. This discourages the man but he keeps on walking to find a place where his boy can finally be safe.

 

4.       I feel like I have read a character. There is no way for my mind to grasp the situation that the boy and his father are in. I can’t even picture the world that McCarthy describes

Dear Ophelia

The situation you are in sounds like a very sticky one. If I was in your situation I would listen to what my inner conscious is saying. If you have a bad feeling about the prince then listen to your brother and father, but if you feel like it is love and you don't want to miss an opportunity then go for it and forget about what other people say. It is your life not anyone else's. 

Literary Fiction and Empathy

The connections that are made in this article linked fictional characters to improved social skills. This was very interesting to me because the more people I read about in fictional books the more insight I have into how other people think about things. This article put the quote "Walk a mile in my shoes" into perspective because it makes you think about how other people are feeling and how everything that happens effects people in a different way. Hamlet's emotions in his first soliloquy made sense to me and I would have felt the same sadness, depression and anger if I was in his situation. 

Green Eggs and Hamlet

A) I don't know much of anything. I cannot wait to be enlightened.
B) I know that he wrote Romeo and Juliet which had a terrible ending where they both died yet people still say they want a love like them.
C) I think they involuntarily frown because they have heard how hard it is to understand and they are afriad to try and take it on.
D) We can go to Broadway in New York and watch the real play.

Vocab #7

We were all traveling through Candyland on our way to defeat the dragon very ebullient. Our moods were ephemeral as we neared the castle. Ice Queen Sarah who was usually loquacious was quiet. Professor A started to think that our plan was inchoate and we would fail at our mission. This capricious behavior started to make Princess Rachel feel unsure of if they should follow through with this whole plan. Connor while he was driving was still up to no good shenanigans trying to stop us from killing his dragon. Whitney was garrulous speaking in complete codswallop. Breanna on the other hand was attemting to give us a harangue that ended up coming out a little wonky. As we drove through the castle gates we all got ready to go to battle with this hellish dragon. We had a plethora of weapons. Connor was the sehsim of the group he planned to eschew the weapons. His plan completely ricocheted when we came to find that the dragon was already dead. The dragon was covered in mungo laying in the moat of the castle. Connor announced that his plant his whole time was to save the dragon and dispose of the rest of the group. Breanna laughed at him because his whole plan was juxtapose. Sarah was perspicacious to Connor because Connor really loved the dragon. Because we were all interdependent on each other for a ride out of Candyland we decided to make our trip in to a vacation and drive to Egypt to do some sightseeing.

*I could not find the meaning of dipthong or sesquipedalian.

Posting this for my group.

If I had more time

On the test if I had more time I would have done a pre write to get all my ideas for the essay out on scrap paper before I put them into the essay and I would have tried to remember more vocabulary words. 

What I Meant to Say

Chaucer's stories were meant to take readers by surprise, each story had elements that made it unique and unlike another type of poem during Chaucer's time. Chaucer focused a lot on sex a topic not usually brought up by writers of his time and he made a lot of biblical references to tie meaning together with every story. 

The Comparison's Tale

I read the Baths wife tale and in class we learned about The Millers tale. Both of Chaucer's tales were filled with adultery. It showed that he wanted people to know that all types of people indulge in adultery and it's not all bad people it average people as well. He also made biblical references in a both tales not likely because in Chaucer's time the bible was a large part of people's life.

Literature Analysis #2

L.A. Candy

Lauren Conrad

 

1.    Jane Roberts is a young girl that moved to LA with her friend Scarlett. Madison worked for a magazine and Scarlett goes to USC. While the two girls are out at a club the producer of a new TV show called LA Candy spots the two girls and tells them they are perfect for the show, which follows young girls around LA and shoes their exciting lives. After going to the interview the girls get the job and get to meet the two other girls on the show. One is a young rich girl that is nasty to everyone she meets. The other girl pretends to be dumb so boys and other people will like her. The show starts off by portraying the girls as nice and innocent but as time goes on and Madison because an instant favorite of all the viewers Madison gets jealous of Jane's amount of air time. She came up with a plan to show people the "real Jane." The plan that she comes up with includes setting Jane up with a boy she likes that tries to take advantage of her and Madison had a photographer hiding in a tree taking pictures if the two. When a trashy magazine gets a hold of the pictures and writes a fake article about Jane her image is ruined. Her boyfriend breaks up with her and the producers if the show is upset with her because she is not keeping her image up for the show. Jane soon realizes that the show is creating more drama in her life and these girls that she thought were her friends are not anything close to a friend. She leaves LA to go to her hometown and spend time with her family that she has been neglecting since the show started. In the end she proves to everyone that she is not the person the magazine said she is and she quits the show to do other things with her career.

2.    The theme of the novel was friendship and loyalty. Jane thought she knew who her real friends were but she quickly learned that when everyone is trying to make it in Hollywood people will do anything they can to make their 15 minutes last as long as they can.

3.    The authors tone is serious but not too serious she is showing everyone how horrible life can be in the limelight but at the same time she is trying to make a point to all the “famous” people that all this fame does lead to bad things and she knows how they all tell lies and fake who they are just to make it on TV. “Ohmigod that’s Anna Payne, Jane whispered. She is so gorgeous!  Anna stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and posed for the cameras.” “She saw two paparazzi staked out near the elevators.” “She collapsed onto the bed, slid under the covers, and began sobbing quietly into her pillows.”

4.    Back story “Mom was a shrink gag and Dad was a cosmetic surgeon double gag.” Page 8

Cliff hanger- “In Mexico for a few days…see you when I get back XOXO Jane” page 324

Stream of Conciseness- “The clothes here look almost as cheap as the help” page 20

Alliteration- “PMS-plauged, psycho bitches from hell.” Page 8

Allegory- “You’re not a total bitch.” Page 7

Pathos- “Jane clamped a hand over her mouth and shook her head. She felt numb.” Page 316

Exaggeration- “I feel like jumping off a bridge!” page 315

Word Play- “Ohmigod.” Page 98

Satire- “Yay boys with snake tattoos and excessive amounts of old spice.” Page 156

Imagery- “Scarlett caught a glimpse of her reflection in the garage-sale mirror Jane had propped next to the fridge to “make the room look bigger” althoughwho wanted to make a urine-colored room look bigger?” Page 8

Hyperbole- “Jane Hollywood’s newest IT girl.” Page 287

 

Characterization

 

1.    Direct characterization

Since Jane is part narrator of the story she is described by an ominous voice, this is used to describe not only Jane but Scarlett as well. Both girls are introduced to the story before we begin meeting the less important characters.

Indirect characterization

Jane is introduced to Madison and Gaby by Trevor Lord the producer of LA Candy. Once she begins talking to them she finds out who they are. She also is introduced to Jesse her boyfriend through conversation with Madison.

2.    The author’s syntax and diction change when she is focusing on a character she goes from conversation to talking directly to the reader. She also uses higher level vocabulary words because it is not the girls talking.

3.    The protagonist is dynamic she has changing feelings throughout the story and the reader can tell who she cares about and how much she cares about them in the way she protects people and talks to people.

4.    I felt that I met a real person. Jane was introduced as a girl that reminds me of me. We are both sweet innocent girls that think the best in people and always try to please people. I got the feeling that I had met Jane by the way she was described to the reader and because we got to know her true feelings and thoughts on everything that happened to her.

Tale of Canterbury Tale

My group choose the story of The Wife of Bath's. I took part six.

Summary: My section is about a knight and his wife who is ugly. They are talking about staying faithful to eachother and about there marriage. They both bring in evidence form other authors about being faithful and lying. The wife asks her knight if he would rather her be ugly and faithful or pretty and risk her not being faithful. After a long decision he chooses ugly adn faithful and they are both happy and they pray.
1) The Knight seemed to be the central character of the story. The begging of my part is him talking and not his wife.
2) Chaucer's purpose for writing this story was to humanize royal people. It showed that even royal people fight with thier sposes sometimes. He was satirizing society by saying that the Knight and his wife had marriage trouble over stupid things. He wrote this to make regular people feel like they are equal to royal people.

Character Study (III)

The beginig of our jorney was smooth. We were all getting along and everyone loved my puppy. As we were rolling on out of Ice Land we were abruptly stopped when we hit a mutnat type thing. It had one central body with three heads on its shoulders. Even though we were traveling fast the hit that the mutant human took did not seem to fase it. We all got out of the motor home to talk to the mutant human. As we  approached it the mutant started talking, all three heads at once. Ice Queen Sarah asked the Peasant of her land what its name was, it replied with Dan Smith, Tyroil Smoochie-Wallace and EEE EEEEEE. Once we finally got the mutant to stop talking all at once we cmae to find out that it was infact a Dragonbuster. This meant that they three headed mutant was exactly what we needed to slay the Dragon. After a brief discussion amoungst ourselves we decided the the mutant could travel in the trailer we were pulling that housed Ninja Whitney's house Thunder. Once we crossed into Candy Land we were all hungry so we stopped to make food. 

Connor went to check on the mutant, or so we thought. In reality he was on the evil side. His plan was to stop us from slaying the dragon. One way he knew he could slow us down was of he got rid of the DragonBuster. While the rest of us ate happily Connor brutely murdered the Mutant. 

When he returned to the motor home he stated that the mutant fell out of the trailer. When he told us I honestly believed him. The only sceptic in the crowd was Professor A, she sensed he was lying and she was correct. But we did not find this out until it was too late. 

Character Study (II)

The adventure all began when my supposedly tamed pet dragon went on a rampage. He ate my castle guards and destroyed my candy mall. In terror that he may attack me next I fled Candyland in my motor home with the help of my body guard and driver Connor. We were headed to Iceland where my sister Ice Queen Sarah lived. I knew that with her help and the help of the noble Revengers I would be able to take the dragon out and regain control of Candyland. 

After a long drive we finally reached Iceland. Ice Queen Sarah was eagar to help me. She immediately called the Revengers, Breanna, Whitney and Professor A. With there help I knew that this evil dragon stood no chance. Whitney not only wanted to help me but she wanted to avenge her fathers death. For a short while my pet dragon escaped to Iceland where if terrorized Ice Queen Sarah's people. One unlucky hero was killed by the dragon while trying to protect helpless people. 

We all pilled into the Motor home and headed towards Candyland. As we drove we came up with a genius, well mainly Professor A. Our plan was one that would ensure we would have pure victory over the menacing dragon.

Canterbury (I)

In class the question was asked if Chauncer took the pilgrimage himself and the answer is yes he did. I did not think that he had but after re-reading the prologue I realized that it said he did take the pilgrimage. 

The characters story that I would like to read the most is the Nun's story I think it will be interesting. 

Character Study (I)

I am Princess Rachel, my packing list for my trip is long so here we go. First I will need cute luggage. I will definitely need clothes and lots of them. Jeans, shirts, yoga pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, tops, shorts, socks and all of the good stuff. Then I need personal care items like make-up, shampoo, body wash and perfume. Next I like to travel in style so I have to take my motor home with me. Since I can't take my motor home everywhere I will tow my jeep behind it. I also need to be entertained while we travel so I need my phone, laptop, direct tv and a puppy. The fridge in my motor home will be stocked with food and drinks that I can sell to the other travelers so I can make a little money while we travel. All of these things are important for me to travel with.

Netvibes

I started my Netvibes dashboard and I am not sure how to add new things to it right now but for now I am using it to follow news articles. I really like that all the news sources I like are in one place so I do not have to have a bunch of different pages open on my computer or phone. 

Vocabulary #6

Vocabulary #6

1) Obsequious: (adj) obedient; dutiful; fawning
- The obsequious maid always did what she was told.

2) Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness
- His beatitude was shown when he started crying tears of joy.

3) Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
- The quiz was the bete noire of the class as nobody wanted to take it.

4) Bode: (v) to be an omen of
-The news bodes evil days for Robert.

5) Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly
- The dank cellar was very unpopular due to its humidity.

6) Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unity throughout the world
- The ecumenical organization preached about Christianity.

7) Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning
- The cheerleaders' fervid attitude really got the crowd cheering.

8) Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking
- The fetid cat was in desperate need of a bath.

9) Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous
- The gargantuan statue was as tall as the building.

10) Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime
- The team reached their heyday when they won the championships. 

11) Incubus: (n) a nightmare
- The little girls each had an incubus after they watched the scary movie.

12) Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation
- After they created the infrastructure, they were able to start building the newly designed system.

13) Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods
- He inveigled the girl into doing his homework. 

14) Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim
- He received kudos the judges after winning the spelling bee. 

15) Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity 
- The waitress received a lagniappe from her table for her cheerful attitude.

16) Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy
- Her prolix speech took the entire period!

17) Protege: (n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
-He was a protege as he was under the care of his son who was interested in his welfare.

18) Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something 

- She is the prototype of a perfect student as she always does her homework and gets A's on tests.

19) Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

- He was a sycophant as he praised everybody for attention.

20) Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea

- It's a tautology when the teacher says to stop talking over and over again. 

21) Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

- Don't truckle to unreasonable demands. 

22) Accolade- (n) any award, honor, or laudatory notice

- She received an accolade when she won the spelling bee.

23) Acerbity- (n) sourness; harshness or severity as of temper or expression

- He was full of acerbity when we harshly corrected his friend.

24) Attrition- (n) a reduction or decrease in number, size, it strength 

- Unfortunately, many jobs were lost through attrition.

25) Bromide- (n) a person who is platitudinous and boring; a trite saying

- Robert was a bromide as he never did anything exciting.

26) Chauvinist- (n) a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic; a person who believe one gender is superior to another

- She was a female chauvinist as she believed the female team would beat the male team.

27) Chronic- (adj) constant; habitual; inveterate; having long had a disease 

- He suffers from a chronic disease that he has had all his life.

28) Expound- (v) to explain; to interpret

- The coach expounded the team strategy to the confused players.

29) Factionalism- (adj) of a faction or factions; self-interested

- There has been great factionalism between the two people as they weren't interested in what the other had to say since it had nothing to do with themselves. 

30) Immaculate- (adj) free from spot or stain; free from moral blemish; pure; free from fault

- Marissa's immaculate poem was hung up on the wall.

31) Imprecation- (n) the act of imprecations; cursing

- He started an unending imprecation when he ran into the door.

32) Ineluctable- (adj) incapable of being evaded; inescapable 

- The prison was so well guarded that it made the prisoners ineluctable. 

33) Mercurial- (adj) changeable; animated; lively

- The teacher came into class with a mercurial attitude, ready to start the day. 

34) Palliate- (v) to relieve or lessen without curing; alleviate; to try and conceal the gravity if excuses, apologies 

- The physical therapist tried to palliate the athletes sprained ankle.

35) Protocol- (n) a supplementary international agreement; the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality 

- The two states successfully came up with a protocol that wouldn't cause any violence.

36) Resplendent- (adj) shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid

- The poster was resplendent and everyone in the school could see it.

37) Stigmatize- (v) to set some mark of disgrace; to mark with a stigma or brand.

- The crime of the husabnd stigmatized the whole family. 

38) Sub Rosa- (n) confidentially; secretly; privately

- The government meeting was held sub rosa due to the fact that nobody could know what they were talking about.

39) Vainglory- (n) excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities; boastful vanity

- Bob showed a lot of vainglory after he won the tournament.

40) Vestige- (n) a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that us no longer present or in existence

- The fossils are the only vestige we have of dinosaurs. 

41) Volition- (n) the act of willing, or choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing; a choice of decision made by the will

- Everyone who wants to participate in the competition should do so by their own volition.

What a Character

A character that made an impression on me was Scout from to Kill a Mockingbird. She was independent and she did not believe everything people told her to believe like little girls from her time should have. Scout was memorable because she reminded me of myself. It has been so long since I read To Kill a Mockingbird I can't remember literary techniques. 

Vocabulary #5

1) Obsequious: (adj) obedient; dutiful; fawning
- The servant was obsequious because she did everything she was asked.

2) Beatitude: (n) exalted happiness
- Her beatitude was shown when she started laughing and jumping up and down.

3) Bete Noire: (n) a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads
- The test was the bete noire of the day as nobody wanted to take it.

4) Bode: (v) to be an omen of
-The news bodes evil days for him.

5) Dank: (adj) unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly
- Nobody ever went into the dank cellar as it was cold and damp.

6) Ecumenical: (adj) general; universal: promoting Christian unity throughout the world
- The ecumenical organization preached about Christianity.

7) Fervid: (adj) heated in spirit, enthusiasm; intensely hot, burning
- Her fervid attitude really got the crowd cheering.

8) Fetid: (adj) having an offensive odor; stinking
- The fetid dog was in great need of a bath. 

9) Gargantuan: (adj) gigantic, enormous
- The gargantuan crowd filled up the whole entire street. 

10) Heyday: (n) the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime
- My dad's team reached their heyday when they won the championships. 

11) Incubus: (n) a nightmare
- She had an incubus after she watched that scary movie.

12) Infrastructure: (n) the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organisation
- After they created the infrastructure, they were able to start building the system.

13) Inveigle:(v) to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk; to acquire by beguiling talk or methods
- He inveigled the girl into doing his homework. 

14) Kudos: (n) honor, glory, acclaim
- He received kudos after winning the spelling bee. 

15) Lagniappe: (n) tip, bonus, gratuity 
- The waitress received a lagniappe from her table as she was a fantastic waitress. 

16) Prolix: (adj) extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy
- Her prolix essay was almost six pages long!

17) Protege: (n) a person under the care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
-He was a protege as he was under the care of his career.

18) Prototype: (n) the original or model on which something is based on for formed; someone who serves to illustrate the typical qualities of something 

- She is the prototype of a perfect student as she always does her homework and gets A's on tests.

19) Sycophant: (n) a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

- He was a sycophant as he praised everybody.

20) Tautology: (n) needless repetition of an idea

- It's a tautology when the teacher says to stop talking. 

21) Truckle: (v) to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely

- Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.