Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Response to Richard Cory
After reading Richard Cory just the one time it was pretty easy to develop an impression of the poem. There was a rich guy named Richard Cory and everyone in the town wanted to be like him because of his money and success yet nobody knew he'd kill himself that night. The first thing I thought of after reading this was that money can't buy happiness. A question I have would be more directed towards Mr. Cory, why would someone so successful and wealthy want to end his life? I remember a quote and i can't remember where it's from so don't accuse me of plagiarizing please but it said something like "sometimes the saddest people are the ones with the biggest smiles"
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Responses to "The Laughing Heart" and "Right to your Opinion"
"The Laughing Heart" -
The main thing that stuck with me when i read "The Laughing Heart" was the line that said, " The gods will offer you chances. know them. take them." I believe Bukowski was explaining that in life we'll be given opportunities to take a chance of do something we're not used to and we need to recognize those chances. Reading this poem i thought of how a single candle can brighten an entire room that's pitch black no matter how much darkness is in that room. I think he was saying that our life is the light and the more we beat death in life the brighter our life will be.
"The Right to Your Opinion"
The main thing that stuck with me when i read "The Laughing Heart" was the line that said, " The gods will offer you chances. know them. take them." I believe Bukowski was explaining that in life we'll be given opportunities to take a chance of do something we're not used to and we need to recognize those chances. Reading this poem i thought of how a single candle can brighten an entire room that's pitch black no matter how much darkness is in that room. I think he was saying that our life is the light and the more we beat death in life the brighter our life will be.
"The Right to Your Opinion"
Ancient Stories
Similarities/ Differences in the language used in "The Earth on Turtles Back" and the language we use on a daily basis.
Some similarities in the language from the story and from the language we use on a daily basis are
A few differences from the text in the story and today's language is for starters people don't talk like that anymore, these days it feels like everyone is focused on themselves and aren't interested in helping other while in the story the muskrat almost went unconscious just to help the sky women.
It is important for stories to be repeated word for word because some of the original meanings and points in the story might get lost if certain key words are left out or added.
Some similarities in the language from the story and from the language we use on a daily basis are
A few differences from the text in the story and today's language is for starters people don't talk like that anymore, these days it feels like everyone is focused on themselves and aren't interested in helping other while in the story the muskrat almost went unconscious just to help the sky women.
It is important for stories to be repeated word for word because some of the original meanings and points in the story might get lost if certain key words are left out or added.
Notes of the week (Aug 15-Aug 19)
tone- authors attitude towards audience
ethos- credibility
pathos- passion
logos- logic
red herring
ad hominem- takes away from argument becomes less about the topic and starts attacking the person
syllogism- simplest form of arguing
truth-
are my points factually verifiable in the world.
validity-
does my conclusion logically fallow my points
Denotative- literal meaning of the word (objective)
Connotative- the feeling/ tone/ social slang/ cultural significance
willfully ignoring of any new information
SCHADENFREUDE- taking pleasure in/ laughing at the discomfort of others
ethos- credibility
pathos- passion
logos- logic
red herring
ad hominem- takes away from argument becomes less about the topic and starts attacking the person
syllogism- simplest form of arguing
truth-
are my points factually verifiable in the world.
validity-
does my conclusion logically fallow my points
Denotative- literal meaning of the word (objective)
Connotative- the feeling/ tone/ social slang/ cultural significance
willfully ignoring of any new information
SCHADENFREUDE- taking pleasure in/ laughing at the discomfort of others
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
http://www.nbc.com/the-office
"The Office" is a tv series the qualifies as satire because it has humor, irony and makes countless references/jokes about politics and real world issues they address with a humorous approach.
Another example of satire is the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. "He replaces the Russian people with animals on a farm, with the leading figures of communism represented by pigs. At first these pigs are supportive of equal rights for all animals, but gradually they give themselves all the benefits and exclude the other animals from the rewards of the farm. The men who were expelled at the beginning of the story represent the Tsars; by the end of the story, however, men are back on the farm and the animals outside cannot tell the difference between the pigs and the men. Orwell used this satire example to show that the men who came to power after the Russian Revolution were no more “equal” to the common people than the Tsars before them." The entire book has allegory, George Orwell wrote like this because during the time period we was writing the Russian Revolution was occurring and he couldn't just say things so he had to write with hidden meaning while also showing the flaws in Russian politics."
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