Collective: Loyalty, dedication, and selflessness.
Individual: Competitiveness, originality, achievement.
I think that it tends to be more towards the collective side of the spectrum because an idividualistic society will in the end do what betters themselves the most.
If a student is assigned to write a paper by himself, he might find this difficult because he has always had a group in which to rely on.
I believe the word has a neutral connotation because it basically means someone you know but aren't close personal friends with.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Islam conflict
The conflict is that people wearing the headscarf are wrongfully judged. This is an external conflict because the conflict derives from a certain Islamic custom.
People see other views/customs than their own and they don't like it, so they create stereotypes within societies relating to those views they don't agree with.
It gives people role models that they normally wouldn't have; her example is Oprah to people from her culture.
The Qu'ran and the Constitution
People see other views/customs than their own and they don't like it, so they create stereotypes within societies relating to those views they don't agree with.
It gives people role models that they normally wouldn't have; her example is Oprah to people from her culture.
The Qu'ran and the Constitution
This Land is Your Land
Gutheries message is individualistic because although he is saying that the land is made for all of us, he is talking about it in an opportunistic manner. Stressing the beauty and possibilities for the individual citizen.
The song is anti government because of the line that details how no one will stop him on that road to freedom. Also when he ignores the sign that says no trespassing.
The song is anti government because of the line that details how no one will stop him on that road to freedom. Also when he ignores the sign that says no trespassing.
American Friendships
Americans view asking others for help as a sign of weakness since we live in one of the most individualistic countries on earth. Thus we do not reach out to many people beyond our close family members.
We don't go deep into relationships because our hectic schedules often don't allow us to take the time to enjoy life or establish meaningful relationships with acquaintances.
We don't go deep into relationships because our hectic schedules often don't allow us to take the time to enjoy life or establish meaningful relationships with acquaintances.
The Egg
1) The father was content where he was in life being a farmhand, but when he marries his wife pushes him to do more with his life.
2) The egg symbolizes how he is tired of his life and hates eggs and doesn't like what he does.
3) They are used in order to entertain the man who comes to the cafe. The father thinks if he treats the man well then he might spread the word and more people will come as a result.
4) It displays that that period of his life is going to end soon.
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2) The egg symbolizes how he is tired of his life and hates eggs and doesn't like what he does.
3) They are used in order to entertain the man who comes to the cafe. The father thinks if he treats the man well then he might spread the word and more people will come as a result.
4) It displays that that period of his life is going to end soon.
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Aristotle Quote
I agree with this idea because there are normally two sides to an idea or conflict and if one can learn to think about both ideas equally, it offers more of an opportunity to learn.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
1984 Reading Journal #2
Winston is having a difficult time believning in Big Brother because he is curious of other ways in which life could operate. All of his life that he can remember, Winston has had to obey whatever rules Big Brother imposes and there has simply been no other way of life. Unlike today where we have democracies, republics, communisms, monarchies, oligarchies and more all of which are varieties of rule and operations for a country. In his world there is just one and he understandably questions whether this way is the right way to run Ocenia. His small protests such as keeping a diary or having an affair are indeed acts of protest. With so much monitoring conducted by the thought police in Winston's life, almost everything he does is normal and not unique in any way. So in an effort to break away from the pack, Winston purchases and writes a diary. This was a way for him to voice his complaints with the party for the first time with no scruitiny. Next he has an affair which is a way to share his hatred of the party with another human. Although mainly for his benefit, both acts are forms of protest. His actions are similar to the Occupy Wall Street movement in the sense that they are both purely demonstrations of discontent rather than actually inconviencing anyone in either scenario. They are dissimilar because Winston's protest is more secretive and doesn't directly confront the government, while OWS is a clear demonstration against corporate greed.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
2+2=5
The song is talking about being trapped in a world where everything is wrong, but no one stands up for what is right, or a dystopia.
Some lines are repetitive symbolizing how he feels trapped by a dystopia.
It is a reference to 1984 because in the first few lines, the speaker describes how he would stay at home where two and two makes five as in the book.
Some lines are repetitive symbolizing how he feels trapped by a dystopia.
It is a reference to 1984 because in the first few lines, the speaker describes how he would stay at home where two and two makes five as in the book.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
1984 Reading Journal
The utopia has created conformity by forcing all members of the party to wear blue overalls, regulating the diet, education, exercise, and most other aspects of daily life. They have resolved conflict by rewriting the past, putting themselves in the right light while placing the blame on an unvanquishable enemy in Eurasia and Goldstein. They also have ended religion, put away love in relationships, and limited individual rights. THey have forced conformity because the people feel nothing which stems from the fact that they have nothing to compare their lives to. This is due to the fact that the party rewrites history to show false improvement over time. The society is a dystopia because success and growth ins't promoted: it is discouraged. Newspeak is an example where the people will gradually speak less and less, eventually becoming non-human in nature.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Utopia
A utopia is an idealistic world where everyone is content and there is no conflict.
My idea of a utopia would be Greek island where everyone would have some sort of job that they loved, and it would be a small community surrounded by other small communities.
Michael Buble/ Jack Johnson/ Phoenix/ Hip-Hop
My idea of a utopia would be Greek island where everyone would have some sort of job that they loved, and it would be a small community surrounded by other small communities.
Michael Buble/ Jack Johnson/ Phoenix/ Hip-Hop
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Reading critically response
I thought that this reading process made many valid points of how people don’t always read critically when they need to, and the author gave many viable options to become a better critical reader.
Summarize: After reading a piece, the author recommends righting a summary of the paragraphs in the piece, and then writing a summary of the essay itself, in order to obtain a better understanding of the author’s message.
Think Critically: The author of almost every essay written has had a clear message that they wished to express. The process then calls for one to think why the author wrote what he did; what did certain happenings in the piece mean, or what was the author trying to demonstrate.
Analysis: Here is where one looks for ways in which the author expressed his ideas through the essay. Whether by tone, plot, etc. there are always different ways in which one expresses his ideas.
Inference: Now, one makes an assumption of what the author’s message was. This can be accomplished through looking at their background, lifetime, beliefs, or anything about the author’s situation that caused him to express the ideas he has.
Synthesis: Then one must think about how the elements of the essay fit together to represent the author’s message. How did the relationships between the characters
Evaluation: Finally one must evaluate how the author presented his message by contemplating the tactics he used, and determining whether or not it was truly effective.
Summarize: After reading a piece, the author recommends righting a summary of the paragraphs in the piece, and then writing a summary of the essay itself, in order to obtain a better understanding of the author’s message.
Think Critically: The author of almost every essay written has had a clear message that they wished to express. The process then calls for one to think why the author wrote what he did; what did certain happenings in the piece mean, or what was the author trying to demonstrate.
Analysis: Here is where one looks for ways in which the author expressed his ideas through the essay. Whether by tone, plot, etc. there are always different ways in which one expresses his ideas.
Inference: Now, one makes an assumption of what the author’s message was. This can be accomplished through looking at their background, lifetime, beliefs, or anything about the author’s situation that caused him to express the ideas he has.
Synthesis: Then one must think about how the elements of the essay fit together to represent the author’s message. How did the relationships between the characters
Evaluation: Finally one must evaluate how the author presented his message by contemplating the tactics he used, and determining whether or not it was truly effective.
You Were Right
The speaker got out of a hard relationship and is venting to his former girlfriend. The repetition of the phrase "you were right" represents frustation of the speaker.
The repetition and depressing tone of the song symbolizes the author's blatant frustration.
THe combination of loud guitars and the use of other song lyrics.
The repetition and depressing tone of the song symbolizes the author's blatant frustration.
THe combination of loud guitars and the use of other song lyrics.
Young Life
Claims:
The child isn't loved enough.
The man and woman are either married or in a relationship.
The boy wants to be like the man in the picture.
Paragrah:
The painting "Young Life" depicts a scene in which a young couple, passionate though they are for each other, neglect their young child. Through the position of the two adults in the portrait, it can be inferred that they are in love. However, the boy is seperated from the lovers by an enormous gap of space, suggesting a distance in the boy's relationship with those people. Whether or not the two adults are the boy's actual parents, it doesn't particularly matter because the boy is mirroring the man's gun with his stick. Proving that although the boy aspires to be like his father, there is a significant detatchment from him and the adults in this scenario.
The child isn't loved enough.
The man and woman are either married or in a relationship.
The boy wants to be like the man in the picture.
Paragrah:
The painting "Young Life" depicts a scene in which a young couple, passionate though they are for each other, neglect their young child. Through the position of the two adults in the portrait, it can be inferred that they are in love. However, the boy is seperated from the lovers by an enormous gap of space, suggesting a distance in the boy's relationship with those people. Whether or not the two adults are the boy's actual parents, it doesn't particularly matter because the boy is mirroring the man's gun with his stick. Proving that although the boy aspires to be like his father, there is a significant detatchment from him and the adults in this scenario.
Shame
Subject: a man who only cared about himself hurt a woman, and he feels horrible shame for it.
Tone: sorrowful.
Untender: demonstrates how little he cared about the girl's true feelings.
Boatloads: describes how guilty he feels through a figure of speech, and also has a sort of southern feel to it.
Overwhelming: expresses how he feels so guilty he cannot live with it; it consumes him.
Tone: sorrowful.
Untender: demonstrates how little he cared about the girl's true feelings.
Boatloads: describes how guilty he feels through a figure of speech, and also has a sort of southern feel to it.
Overwhelming: expresses how he feels so guilty he cannot live with it; it consumes him.