Ass Burger
“ My next emotion is one of protection. I will now beat the shit out of anybody who is mean to my big, lumbering brother with his unusual, one-in-a-trillion brain.”
I think this excerpt is especially emotional to me because it shows how people are affected by things done to others. When someone is in danger or is feeble, or vulnerable people want to make sure they are treated equally, and not taken advantage of.
“ A lack of interest in other people. Avoiding eye-to-eye contact. A lack of social skills. Check, Check, Check.”
This excerpt made me feel emotional to the big brother John, who has problems with social skills and face to face contact. And I thought how wonderful it is that someone can work so diligently on things, and at the same time create a life for himself that he is more than happy with.
After the Falls
“ Fran and I couldn’t look at each other. I silently daubed more Mercurochrome on my scrapes. We never spoke about what had happened”
I think this excerpt was especially touching to my emotional side because it dealt with sexual assault, and the perspectives of the victims, and their vulnerability.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Writers Craft Blog - Topic of Cancer
Topic of Cancer Article
Hitchens’ attitude about his diagnosis shows that he has a very open mind to things that are deadly and are effecting him.
“ To the dumb question why me? the cosmos barely-bothers to return the reply: why not?”
Hitchens’ connects with the audience when he explains his showings on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & appears at the sold-out event at the 92nd Street Y, on the Upper East Side, in conversation with Salman Rushdie.
The emotional appeal of both pieces seem to show independence, honor, and self pride, to shove aside everything and seem to make fun of, and not worry about. It also shows how to give other strength and help them to overcome fears that disease cause.
“ I have been taunting the Reaper into taking a free scythe in my direction and have now succumbed to something so predictable and banal that it bores even me.”
I find that excerpt from the article is a very bold, and abrupt way to look at death, with no regrets. The usage of word like succumbed, scythe, and banal, show how he has thought into what he says. This isn’t a man struggling with cancer, he’s a man conquering cancer, and giving a reality check to death.
Hitchens’ attitude about his diagnosis shows that he has a very open mind to things that are deadly and are effecting him.
“ To the dumb question why me? the cosmos barely-bothers to return the reply: why not?”
Hitchens’ connects with the audience when he explains his showings on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & appears at the sold-out event at the 92nd Street Y, on the Upper East Side, in conversation with Salman Rushdie.
The emotional appeal of both pieces seem to show independence, honor, and self pride, to shove aside everything and seem to make fun of, and not worry about. It also shows how to give other strength and help them to overcome fears that disease cause.
“ I have been taunting the Reaper into taking a free scythe in my direction and have now succumbed to something so predictable and banal that it bores even me.”
I find that excerpt from the article is a very bold, and abrupt way to look at death, with no regrets. The usage of word like succumbed, scythe, and banal, show how he has thought into what he says. This isn’t a man struggling with cancer, he’s a man conquering cancer, and giving a reality check to death.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Summer Reading Blog -On the Road Jack Kerouac
Writers Craft Summer Reading Blog
This novel is a reckless and endearing story about Dean Moriarty who is a bad boy fresh out of jail in Colorado and , who happens to run into Sal Paradise, the narrator of this and a young writer. He is a very intellectual man who runs with a bright crowd, and a poet named Carlo. The three of them travel across the country, and along the way they had many stories of hitchhiking, drinking, sex, poems, and music. Its all on a path that leads straight to the Big Apple where no one knows what can happen.
Dean shows that he is a womanizer and a type of lone wolf until he runs into Sal. The fact that they show aspects of mutual respect and regard for each other proves to be a great start point. Dean is a man that loves to continue on the road and never stay too long in one place.
“ Staying too long in one place gives me the creeps, theres something uneasy about being so obvious to your surroundings, it isn’t practical.” pg. 116
The fact of being on the road at all times is a interesting field in life, and definitely has its perks. On one hand you could have someone who travels all the time and is friendly and familiar with social scenes. One the other hand what do you do if you never repeat places and things, life could feel empty and non-void. No matter what everyone needs some kind of fulfilment to have some kind of peace within themselves. This life is for only some people who have different standards and different ideals.
The continuous moving from city to city gives Dean a side of life he's always wanted, and with people that will change him into a entirely new person.
Sal Paradise is a young writer who joins Dean on his journeys across the states to the eastern coast. While he’s in New York he finds something he can really do, and that people really appreciate up in New York: Write! Even though things seem to be able to go the right ways for him in the big city, he’s depressed, lonely, and sad, that he can’t seem to have what Dean has.
“ I could tell that there was something he had, that I certainly couldn’t produce, in my body or brain.” pg. 93
They adventure from Denver all the way up through the central United States that included Pittsburgh and Chicago.
The entire view of the novel comes from the narrator who is Sal. On the basing of the novel it shows how they were able to over come all problems despite anything, and work past everything. In the end it showed that it would work out, and that there shouldn’t be any doubts as to whether who ended up being or acting or even sounding like the better character. Because throughout the whole novel you find out that both of these characters vibe of each other, and that creates a friendship that lasts them a lifetime.
This novel shows how what people call the American Dream can actually indeed happen to some people. The powerful visualization through the word on the paper shows how these characters really show how they come to life and portray a time and generation, that needed to fend for themselves just after the Second World War. The jealousy and depression, are all gone at the end of the novel with Sal being able to find someone he truly loves. It also completes the story that sometimes the American Dream is really possible !
This novel is a reckless and endearing story about Dean Moriarty who is a bad boy fresh out of jail in Colorado and , who happens to run into Sal Paradise, the narrator of this and a young writer. He is a very intellectual man who runs with a bright crowd, and a poet named Carlo. The three of them travel across the country, and along the way they had many stories of hitchhiking, drinking, sex, poems, and music. Its all on a path that leads straight to the Big Apple where no one knows what can happen.
Dean shows that he is a womanizer and a type of lone wolf until he runs into Sal. The fact that they show aspects of mutual respect and regard for each other proves to be a great start point. Dean is a man that loves to continue on the road and never stay too long in one place.
“ Staying too long in one place gives me the creeps, theres something uneasy about being so obvious to your surroundings, it isn’t practical.” pg. 116
The fact of being on the road at all times is a interesting field in life, and definitely has its perks. On one hand you could have someone who travels all the time and is friendly and familiar with social scenes. One the other hand what do you do if you never repeat places and things, life could feel empty and non-void. No matter what everyone needs some kind of fulfilment to have some kind of peace within themselves. This life is for only some people who have different standards and different ideals.
The continuous moving from city to city gives Dean a side of life he's always wanted, and with people that will change him into a entirely new person.
Sal Paradise is a young writer who joins Dean on his journeys across the states to the eastern coast. While he’s in New York he finds something he can really do, and that people really appreciate up in New York: Write! Even though things seem to be able to go the right ways for him in the big city, he’s depressed, lonely, and sad, that he can’t seem to have what Dean has.
“ I could tell that there was something he had, that I certainly couldn’t produce, in my body or brain.” pg. 93
They adventure from Denver all the way up through the central United States that included Pittsburgh and Chicago.
The entire view of the novel comes from the narrator who is Sal. On the basing of the novel it shows how they were able to over come all problems despite anything, and work past everything. In the end it showed that it would work out, and that there shouldn’t be any doubts as to whether who ended up being or acting or even sounding like the better character. Because throughout the whole novel you find out that both of these characters vibe of each other, and that creates a friendship that lasts them a lifetime.
This novel shows how what people call the American Dream can actually indeed happen to some people. The powerful visualization through the word on the paper shows how these characters really show how they come to life and portray a time and generation, that needed to fend for themselves just after the Second World War. The jealousy and depression, are all gone at the end of the novel with Sal being able to find someone he truly loves. It also completes the story that sometimes the American Dream is really possible !
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Summer School reading on President Obama
Barack Obama Eulogy
1) Describe how multi-media enhances the eulogy. (Consider still and moving images as well as text)
2) Comment on Ted Kennedy's attitude to service. Provide examples.
3) Comment on the effective use of rhetoric (e.g. contrasting public and private; serious and humorous; triumph and failure) and diction (adjectives of praise, verbs, etc.) in Obama's speech. There is a link to an online dictionary of rhetorical terms posted above.
This Eulogy that the President of the United States gave upon the death of a great senator, and Patriotic American. Multi - media enhances the eulogy because the President is such a International figure. He describes Ted Kennedy as the nicest Senator ever,s well he showed that he was one of the hardest working Senators ever.
The President depicts Ted Kennedy's service to America, and to his fellow man. An example of him being as nice as he was, when he would finish a debate or election, he would always make sure his fellow colleges where happy. That meant anything from calling them and asking if they were alright, to getting them where they wanted to be in the senate. It didn't stop there, he also made it a obligation to reach out and call every family and people who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks. Once he started he never stopped. He would make sure that all the distraught families and relationships, he made sure they were reimbursed and able to make a living still.
The usage of rhetoric terms from the President in his eulogy was very well stated and communicative. He jokes about Ted Kennedy bribing a Texan Senator with his favorite type of Cigars, when everyone knows that can be something borderline illegal. When Ted Kennedy lost so many loved ones before he was even 30, it took a lot out of him, and it was very hard. But instead of feeling sorry for himself and sulking, he kept on trucking, and doing what his brothers would have wanted him to.
1) Describe how multi-media enhances the eulogy. (Consider still and moving images as well as text)
2) Comment on Ted Kennedy's attitude to service. Provide examples.
3) Comment on the effective use of rhetoric (e.g. contrasting public and private; serious and humorous; triumph and failure) and diction (adjectives of praise, verbs, etc.) in Obama's speech. There is a link to an online dictionary of rhetorical terms posted above.
This Eulogy that the President of the United States gave upon the death of a great senator, and Patriotic American. Multi - media enhances the eulogy because the President is such a International figure. He describes Ted Kennedy as the nicest Senator ever,s well he showed that he was one of the hardest working Senators ever.
The President depicts Ted Kennedy's service to America, and to his fellow man. An example of him being as nice as he was, when he would finish a debate or election, he would always make sure his fellow colleges where happy. That meant anything from calling them and asking if they were alright, to getting them where they wanted to be in the senate. It didn't stop there, he also made it a obligation to reach out and call every family and people who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks. Once he started he never stopped. He would make sure that all the distraught families and relationships, he made sure they were reimbursed and able to make a living still.
The usage of rhetoric terms from the President in his eulogy was very well stated and communicative. He jokes about Ted Kennedy bribing a Texan Senator with his favorite type of Cigars, when everyone knows that can be something borderline illegal. When Ted Kennedy lost so many loved ones before he was even 30, it took a lot out of him, and it was very hard. But instead of feeling sorry for himself and sulking, he kept on trucking, and doing what his brothers would have wanted him to.
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