1)This teaches the need for descriptive writing within a paper to give a sense of reality.
The book, The way of the Peaceful Warrior is a book in which i read a year ago which looks at how a person can overcome their mental problems within which stop them from for filling their potential. The story is about a gymnast who needs to overcome his own mental strains, which are his own mind.
2)The book teaches the reader that their is not always a fairytale ending to a dream.
The movie, Coach Carter showed that their is not always a fairytale ending to a story, in the movie they lose in a game and therefore they do not win the state championship, even after all the things they had been through with there Coach. It was the lessons they learned along the journey which was the most important aspect. Not the final ending.
3)This book also shows how graphical reality can affect the way the reader feels about a situation.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18187/how_the_movie_crash_illustrates_race.html
Above is a website which looks at how the movie, Crash shows the viewer a graphical image of reality, the issue of Race and Ethnicity.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Annotated Bibliography 143-173
Summary;
Due to the extent of my engagement in the book I was unaware that I included the first section; The Approach to the Inmost Cave, of this weeks reading in my Bibliography last week. Therefore I am going to focus this week’s bibliography on the second section of the assigned reading. This section looks at The Ordeal. Although this section is not the climax to the story it is often the heart of one and is the first time we see our hero face their biggest test yet. This is usually around two thirds of the way through the story and is best described as the crisis not the climax.
Reaction;
In reaction to this section I was extremely intrigued by the death and rebirth section. The secret of the section is that the hero must die so that they can be reborn. This creates a dramatic movement that draws the viewer to both the suspense of the situation and the phenomena of the rebirth. The thing that interested me the most about this section was that it was compared to how we as humans feel our greatest understanding of life when performing near death experiences and we often pay for these. Some of these experiences would include sky diving or bungee jumping, during a story the death and rebirth provides a similar response of emotions and gives the viewer a similar thrill. Further more this experience of death helps the viewer identify with the hero.
Another section that I also found interesting was that villains are heroes of there own stories and the fact that they don’t perceive themselves as what they are doing is wrong means that they are seen by people with the same view point as heroes. This is well defined in the book by the heroes darkness is brightness for the shadow, the arcs of their stories are mirror images.
Overall, this chapter has provided me with some interesting concepts to think about within my own writing and clearly explains one if the most important points of a story.
Questions;
1. Do you agree with increased understanding of life associated with extreme sports, and actions?
2. Can you think of any villains that you have viewed as heroes?
3. Are we as humans draw closer to a character by a near death experience?
Due to the extent of my engagement in the book I was unaware that I included the first section; The Approach to the Inmost Cave, of this weeks reading in my Bibliography last week. Therefore I am going to focus this week’s bibliography on the second section of the assigned reading. This section looks at The Ordeal. Although this section is not the climax to the story it is often the heart of one and is the first time we see our hero face their biggest test yet. This is usually around two thirds of the way through the story and is best described as the crisis not the climax.
Reaction;
In reaction to this section I was extremely intrigued by the death and rebirth section. The secret of the section is that the hero must die so that they can be reborn. This creates a dramatic movement that draws the viewer to both the suspense of the situation and the phenomena of the rebirth. The thing that interested me the most about this section was that it was compared to how we as humans feel our greatest understanding of life when performing near death experiences and we often pay for these. Some of these experiences would include sky diving or bungee jumping, during a story the death and rebirth provides a similar response of emotions and gives the viewer a similar thrill. Further more this experience of death helps the viewer identify with the hero.
Another section that I also found interesting was that villains are heroes of there own stories and the fact that they don’t perceive themselves as what they are doing is wrong means that they are seen by people with the same view point as heroes. This is well defined in the book by the heroes darkness is brightness for the shadow, the arcs of their stories are mirror images.
Overall, this chapter has provided me with some interesting concepts to think about within my own writing and clearly explains one if the most important points of a story.
Questions;
1. Do you agree with increased understanding of life associated with extreme sports, and actions?
2. Can you think of any villains that you have viewed as heroes?
3. Are we as humans draw closer to a character by a near death experience?
Second Sex
The second sex is a book which primarily looks at gender and racial equality. The author takes a very strong stance for the feminine side, she believes that women have been known as the “other” and been unfairly treated by society.
As the book is written with a very feminist stance by the author, it may have come across harsh to the male race but in my opinion if males had been treated as unequal for as long as women had then there would be a sour sense to the book also if a male had wrote it. I believe that men and women should be equal due to the fact that its scientifically proven that both men and women have strengths and weaknesses which are great foils for each of the race.
I did agree with what the author and book were saying, but it is still plain to see that women are unfairly treated in many ways in western culture. Men still tend to have higher paid jobs, etc which could cause concern to the female population who stand up to this problem. It will be interesting to see in 10 years whether men still on average have the higher paid jobs in the USA.
1. What is everyone stories of dying in dreams?
2. How many times have people felt as though they have come back from brink regarding school work?
3. What was everyone's ordeal during the I-search?
As the book is written with a very feminist stance by the author, it may have come across harsh to the male race but in my opinion if males had been treated as unequal for as long as women had then there would be a sour sense to the book also if a male had wrote it. I believe that men and women should be equal due to the fact that its scientifically proven that both men and women have strengths and weaknesses which are great foils for each of the race.
I did agree with what the author and book were saying, but it is still plain to see that women are unfairly treated in many ways in western culture. Men still tend to have higher paid jobs, etc which could cause concern to the female population who stand up to this problem. It will be interesting to see in 10 years whether men still on average have the higher paid jobs in the USA.
1. What is everyone stories of dying in dreams?
2. How many times have people felt as though they have come back from brink regarding school work?
3. What was everyone's ordeal during the I-search?
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