Fahrenheit 451. A story of the future. A story with no past and a story ended with only the people who new the past. Ironic. Thats is was I see in this book. There is so much irony. In the way Beatty dies, in the way Montag lives, in the way the technology kills the people so attached to it. I really enjoyed this book. I liked the author, and his sense of being, I liked the story line and I liked the characters. People like Faber and Classise really stuck out. They were different and that is what made them interesting. Faber was shy, and a bit of a coward. He found protection in his inventions and his home, but when faced with a real problem, he was excited and "living." Clarisse lived her life. I see her as the "angle." She was neither good (following the status quo), nor bad (breaking the law). She was the middle or the center point. These characters where ones who helped shape the book, its conflicts and resolutions. Along with other characters, these two were easliy understood.
One thing I did not like in the book was the ending. I feel I was unable to comprehend what is was saying and then all of a sudden BOOM!! The city is bombed? I am not sure if it was really important and I don't get some things or if i didn't really miss much. I know that the city is blown-up and they are going back but I got really confused when, well I don't know what he was saying but when the world started to jumble together and it was about some stuff. Wow. I feel kinda stupid. Oh well. ok. alright. I don't have anything else to say so good night? Ya k.
-Cool Beans:) Ya
Monday, November 1, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Bradbury: A World He Created
Through literature, illustrations, and movies, Ray Bradbury has brought his books to life. I wouldn't say that they have become a reality, but more a massage or a glance into the future if certain decisions are made. In class Anthony talked about the subconscious and wanting to rebel. Also that Fahrenheit 451 was a massage to recognize the subconscious rebel and make it conscious. These are not realities today, but more a road towards the future in which we hope to not take. (I don't know how that sounds exactly, or if it makes sense.)
Bradbury would be an interesting character himself. He has many stories and adventures, and is entertaining. Bradbury, as a writer had motives for writing. He didn't want to make people proud or he didn't want to be famous, he wanted to write. Bradbury loved, and still loves writing. His stories are lifelike because of the life and love he put into them. In an interview he says "my books are my children, I love them equally and as much as I love my grandchildren." Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 18 days. His want and his love for writing came and he was able to complete a fabulous book.
This blog has confused me so I am not sure if I wrote about everything I needed to but I can't seen to write more. Ya ok.
-Cool Beans?:)
Bradbury would be an interesting character himself. He has many stories and adventures, and is entertaining. Bradbury, as a writer had motives for writing. He didn't want to make people proud or he didn't want to be famous, he wanted to write. Bradbury loved, and still loves writing. His stories are lifelike because of the life and love he put into them. In an interview he says "my books are my children, I love them equally and as much as I love my grandchildren." Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 18 days. His want and his love for writing came and he was able to complete a fabulous book.
This blog has confused me so I am not sure if I wrote about everything I needed to but I can't seen to write more. Ya ok.
-Cool Beans?:)
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Star Trek Then and Now
Space. The final fronteir. These are the jorneys of the star ship Enterprise.
In 1966 Star Trek was just beginning. Being seen on t.v.(which was recently new), was a story of men in space. 45 years ago space was just being explored. It was not until 1969 that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. Star Trek was actual life in space. That doen't even happen now. Space travel is possible, but living, actual living is not seen. Gene Rodenberry imagination expored the future and life beyonf Earth. Today, watching shows like this we can see modern day technology. The flip phone. Enterprise Captin James Kirk uses a device similar to a cell phone when wanting to contact his ship from the planet. Also, the bluetooth. Lutenit Ahora is seen wearing an ear peice to listen to radio signals and contact others. Bluetooth was introduced not long ago, and yet it has been around scince the 1960s. What about Skype. Not long ago, Skype was avaliable to contact with video live in different parts of the world. Skype was used in the episode of Star trek to comunicate between Kirk and the stastusdwells. They were far away aand yet communicating with site and sound.
Although I believe Roddenberry was influenced by the technology during the 1960s, there was not much but television and cameras to be influence by. Therefore, I believe that Roddenberry and other sci-fi writters influence the scientists and inventors of technology. 45 years is a long time, and yet some things in Star Trek don't exsist today. The most interesting would be the teleporter. 1895, H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine. The thought of traveling through space or ending up min a different place without moving was introduced by sci-fi writters. People like Roddenberyy and Wells used their imagination to create the future we live in today and the future we will never live in.
-Cool Beans:)
In 1966 Star Trek was just beginning. Being seen on t.v.(which was recently new), was a story of men in space. 45 years ago space was just being explored. It was not until 1969 that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. Star Trek was actual life in space. That doen't even happen now. Space travel is possible, but living, actual living is not seen. Gene Rodenberry imagination expored the future and life beyonf Earth. Today, watching shows like this we can see modern day technology. The flip phone. Enterprise Captin James Kirk uses a device similar to a cell phone when wanting to contact his ship from the planet. Also, the bluetooth. Lutenit Ahora is seen wearing an ear peice to listen to radio signals and contact others. Bluetooth was introduced not long ago, and yet it has been around scince the 1960s. What about Skype. Not long ago, Skype was avaliable to contact with video live in different parts of the world. Skype was used in the episode of Star trek to comunicate between Kirk and the stastusdwells. They were far away aand yet communicating with site and sound.
Although I believe Roddenberry was influenced by the technology during the 1960s, there was not much but television and cameras to be influence by. Therefore, I believe that Roddenberry and other sci-fi writters influence the scientists and inventors of technology. 45 years is a long time, and yet some things in Star Trek don't exsist today. The most interesting would be the teleporter. 1895, H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine. The thought of traveling through space or ending up min a different place without moving was introduced by sci-fi writters. People like Roddenberyy and Wells used their imagination to create the future we live in today and the future we will never live in.
-Cool Beans:)
Sunday, September 19, 2010
To Kill A Mocking Bird Part 1
Part one was exciting and interesting and entertaining. It was an easy read, the language was not very hard to understand and the characters were quite round. The main characters are the base of the real story, but they are so dynamic that their characters are easily described from the readers point of view. I am really confused with this character chart and am not sure how to fill it out. But I do know what i think of the characters.
Lets begin with Scout. Also known as Jean-Louise, Scout is very tomboyish, wears overalls, plays games with her older brother and his friend, reads with her father and is way to smart for her 2nd grade class. What a girl. The way I see it, she is a perfect role model. She goes about her business and can care less about the way she looks, or what others say about her, yet cares for the ones she loves.
Jem on the other hand is quite the "man" he defends his family when he should be a "gentleman" and respect his fathers wants. Jem is rebellious, protective, and irresponsible. He does a lot of things he should not and say a lot of things he should have thought out first. Dill is unspoken, and mysterious. When Scout hears that Dill is actually very poor, has no father, and his handed from relative to relative all the time, she just can't believe it. Should we? What is his true story, why does he hide it, who is that little person with such a big name.
Atticus is one of those adults you want to hug and say, "you are such a great person." Atticus is more caring and like Scout, ignores everything that is said behind his back, yet takes it as a complete gentleman and respects others for their own opinion. What a guy. You see where Atticus rubbed off on Scout. Atticus is very appreciated by his children, a wonderful parent, a wonderful person, and a role model especially for Scout.
This character chart is confusing me lots, but i know what the characters are from my view, and don't really know where certain things go but I hope this is what we were supposed to do. Somewhat. OK. Good night and see ya in class.
Cool Beans:)
Lets begin with Scout. Also known as Jean-Louise, Scout is very tomboyish, wears overalls, plays games with her older brother and his friend, reads with her father and is way to smart for her 2nd grade class. What a girl. The way I see it, she is a perfect role model. She goes about her business and can care less about the way she looks, or what others say about her, yet cares for the ones she loves.
Jem on the other hand is quite the "man" he defends his family when he should be a "gentleman" and respect his fathers wants. Jem is rebellious, protective, and irresponsible. He does a lot of things he should not and say a lot of things he should have thought out first. Dill is unspoken, and mysterious. When Scout hears that Dill is actually very poor, has no father, and his handed from relative to relative all the time, she just can't believe it. Should we? What is his true story, why does he hide it, who is that little person with such a big name.
Atticus is one of those adults you want to hug and say, "you are such a great person." Atticus is more caring and like Scout, ignores everything that is said behind his back, yet takes it as a complete gentleman and respects others for their own opinion. What a guy. You see where Atticus rubbed off on Scout. Atticus is very appreciated by his children, a wonderful parent, a wonderful person, and a role model especially for Scout.
This character chart is confusing me lots, but i know what the characters are from my view, and don't really know where certain things go but I hope this is what we were supposed to do. Somewhat. OK. Good night and see ya in class.
Cool Beans:)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
"...my Devon life..."
John Knowles does an excellent job in portraying a coming of age story with two boys in a secluded high school. What crazy things can boys do during the summer? This book takes you trough an adventurous summer and senior year of two high school boys preparing to go to war. The connection that Finny and Gene have is...complicated. The silent competition between them takes Gene over which makes him become suspicious and turns him against his best friend. Until he and Finny are arguing in their dorm, Gene works as hard as he can to beat Finny. " 'I didn't know you needed to study... I thought it just came to you.' " I think Gene realizes here that there was no competition. Finny had thought that academics was like athletics, that people were just talented and that was what made them good. When in the tree, I think, Gene subconsciously jounced the branch. I think that part of Gene still wanted to "beat" Finny, and so part of Gene wanted Finny to fall.
After completing all six of these classics, you wonder why you read each. I think this was one of those books everyone can relate to. We are all in high school, not going to war of course, but metaphorically we are. We are going to war in the way of experiencing something new, something scary, risky, and dangerous. The world after high school when we go off to college, or maybe not, and start living on our own. High school prepares you for that. Devon prepared these boys for war and death, and life. Gene and Finny and all the other boys wanted to serve there country to be remembered, and to have old war stories. Finny lost that want when he would no longer be able to participate in the war. He denied that there ever was a war! Like a child who got in trouble, they don't want to take to blame so they say it never happened. Finny does something similar to this showing a maturity level. I see Finny as always getting what he wants. This one time he can not get what he wants, he becomes a different person, a child.
So is this a theme of the story? As The Rolling Stones say, "you can't always get what you want." Finny was so upset when he realized that Gene was the one who stopped him from going to war, he stormed out, fell and that was what killed him. humm. This book jumbled my thoughts and tore me between two character. It was a good book, but I hate to love it. Somethings are better left unsaid so I am finished. Thanks again Ms Jesik! See you in school.
-Cool Beans:)
After completing all six of these classics, you wonder why you read each. I think this was one of those books everyone can relate to. We are all in high school, not going to war of course, but metaphorically we are. We are going to war in the way of experiencing something new, something scary, risky, and dangerous. The world after high school when we go off to college, or maybe not, and start living on our own. High school prepares you for that. Devon prepared these boys for war and death, and life. Gene and Finny and all the other boys wanted to serve there country to be remembered, and to have old war stories. Finny lost that want when he would no longer be able to participate in the war. He denied that there ever was a war! Like a child who got in trouble, they don't want to take to blame so they say it never happened. Finny does something similar to this showing a maturity level. I see Finny as always getting what he wants. This one time he can not get what he wants, he becomes a different person, a child.
So is this a theme of the story? As The Rolling Stones say, "you can't always get what you want." Finny was so upset when he realized that Gene was the one who stopped him from going to war, he stormed out, fell and that was what killed him. humm. This book jumbled my thoughts and tore me between two character. It was a good book, but I hate to love it. Somethings are better left unsaid so I am finished. Thanks again Ms Jesik! See you in school.
-Cool Beans:)
Sunday, August 8, 2010
"I'll not have it!"
This book was truly "a classic of the American theater." The intrigue, the suspense, and even the hidden romance was of great interest to me. One of the reasons I think I enjoyed the book so much was because even though the book was placed in the 16th century, the author could related to our time period. The language was nothing compared to "The Scarlet Letter". Reading this book in one day, it seemed more like a play than a book. I think I liked that too. Millers use of description and feeling made this book that much better. Commenting on the text style, it was interesting seeing the words and the actions of the characters. You don't get that in books, so it was very helpful and entertaining. It was like I was watching a play. This book was one of the best, and I really liked the story.
I really didn't favor any of the characters. All were deceiving and quite rude. But if I had to chose one, I would say Elizabeth. Goody Proctor stood up for herself and hoped her husband would too. She was saved because people realized that the court was wrong. Elizabeth could not lie for her life. She lied to protect her husband but could not lie to protect her own life. I felt this showed character and strength. Miller did a great job of describing character, their lives, and their body language. In Act Three page 112 to 113, Elizabeth's body language was well described when she was wanting to protect Proctor. She wanted to help yet couldn't bear to lie. Mrs. Proctor symbolizes those good people in today's society. She hoped for a better life and was rewarded because of her sacrifices. Hester was the women hero of "The Scarlet Letter," and Elizabeth I consider the heroine of "The Crucible."
This book was the most relatable to this time period because the author lived in the time period. The Oil spill was probably the most ironic thing. The people of Salem were looking for someone to blame for the sicknesses, the strange deaths, and the crazy children. The people of American were looking for someone to blame a malfunction, and it happened to be the BP president. The women of Salem were punished because they were not liked, or they were just a name. The president at BP was not liked by many, and he was a name that could be blamed. Many things have not changed since that time, only their appearance. They are no longer witch hunts or hangings, but politics and media.
-Cool Beans:)
I really didn't favor any of the characters. All were deceiving and quite rude. But if I had to chose one, I would say Elizabeth. Goody Proctor stood up for herself and hoped her husband would too. She was saved because people realized that the court was wrong. Elizabeth could not lie for her life. She lied to protect her husband but could not lie to protect her own life. I felt this showed character and strength. Miller did a great job of describing character, their lives, and their body language. In Act Three page 112 to 113, Elizabeth's body language was well described when she was wanting to protect Proctor. She wanted to help yet couldn't bear to lie. Mrs. Proctor symbolizes those good people in today's society. She hoped for a better life and was rewarded because of her sacrifices. Hester was the women hero of "The Scarlet Letter," and Elizabeth I consider the heroine of "The Crucible."
This book was the most relatable to this time period because the author lived in the time period. The Oil spill was probably the most ironic thing. The people of Salem were looking for someone to blame for the sicknesses, the strange deaths, and the crazy children. The people of American were looking for someone to blame a malfunction, and it happened to be the BP president. The women of Salem were punished because they were not liked, or they were just a name. The president at BP was not liked by many, and he was a name that could be blamed. Many things have not changed since that time, only their appearance. They are no longer witch hunts or hangings, but politics and media.
-Cool Beans:)
Thursday, August 5, 2010
"It had the effect of a spell..."
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne was truly, spellbinding. The intensity and passion that came through the text was extraordinary and believable. My first comment would be on Hawthorne's cleverness. The way he began the story was interesting and smart. Starting a novel is confusing most of the time, and the way he presented it was easy...ish. This book is far from an easy read though. At times I felt like I had no idea what I was reading. Many times I had to look up definitions or ask my family what was happening. Don't get me wrong, this was a fabulous book filled with romance and suspense and excitement, but it was far from a walk in the park.
How should I begin. With the main characters? The small but significant "crowd"? The upperclassmen or the villainous evils? What about Pearl. Such and interesting character with such relatable characteristics. In many books there is the innocent. Most of the time it is a child. In this case, there is a child but is she far from innocent. In this there are two views. She is a demon child according the the crowd and the upperclassmen. But to her mother, she is an angel an elf, not a child, but a wild animal that is the body of her daughter. Pearls complex life and misunderstood treatment, causes this character to have its flaws, its strength and in her future, the perseverance of anything in life. In chapter nineteen, Pearl hesitates when her mother calls her back from across the brook. Pearl recognizes a difference in her mother and the minister. Pearls past experiences have taught her to stay away from people and their ridicule, and she fears when her mother is so comfortable and without the scarlet letter on her chest. Pearl was one of my favorite characters, with her animal like movements and her childish play in serious times. She was enlightening and fun and an important part of this maze of a novel.
What of the crowd? This including the upperclassmen, and people and the villains. In every story there is a crowd, they are the people who make the story realistic and filled. These people are as flat as can be, but they are there with their one opinion and their judgment and their one goal. This goal is to fill the story. Where there is a gap the crowd fills it in. These character are usually overlooked, but their role is very important. The crowd represents a huge part of how the main characters feel. What would Hester have to fear in the market place if there was no crowd? Why would the minister cover his heart, or the physician his identity. These minor characters like the blacksmith and the jailer are there to predictable and against the main character in this case. Although skimmed through and passed by, the crowd, adds so much to the story.
This book was an intriguing tragedy with an underlying romance, suppressed by public views and judgment on crime and punishment in the 17th and 18th century. Glad it is over, but it was an experience that made this book great.
Through this journey of classic novels and analyzing them, this book has been the center. The first three novels were the beginning, this book the middle (and I mean the whole thing) and the last books the ending. This summer has been full of exciting ending and mind blowing middles, and don't forget those difficult but surprising starts. I am excited to finish the summer with these final books:)!!
How should I begin. With the main characters? The small but significant "crowd"? The upperclassmen or the villainous evils? What about Pearl. Such and interesting character with such relatable characteristics. In many books there is the innocent. Most of the time it is a child. In this case, there is a child but is she far from innocent. In this there are two views. She is a demon child according the the crowd and the upperclassmen. But to her mother, she is an angel an elf, not a child, but a wild animal that is the body of her daughter. Pearls complex life and misunderstood treatment, causes this character to have its flaws, its strength and in her future, the perseverance of anything in life. In chapter nineteen, Pearl hesitates when her mother calls her back from across the brook. Pearl recognizes a difference in her mother and the minister. Pearls past experiences have taught her to stay away from people and their ridicule, and she fears when her mother is so comfortable and without the scarlet letter on her chest. Pearl was one of my favorite characters, with her animal like movements and her childish play in serious times. She was enlightening and fun and an important part of this maze of a novel.
What of the crowd? This including the upperclassmen, and people and the villains. In every story there is a crowd, they are the people who make the story realistic and filled. These people are as flat as can be, but they are there with their one opinion and their judgment and their one goal. This goal is to fill the story. Where there is a gap the crowd fills it in. These character are usually overlooked, but their role is very important. The crowd represents a huge part of how the main characters feel. What would Hester have to fear in the market place if there was no crowd? Why would the minister cover his heart, or the physician his identity. These minor characters like the blacksmith and the jailer are there to predictable and against the main character in this case. Although skimmed through and passed by, the crowd, adds so much to the story.
This book was an intriguing tragedy with an underlying romance, suppressed by public views and judgment on crime and punishment in the 17th and 18th century. Glad it is over, but it was an experience that made this book great.
Through this journey of classic novels and analyzing them, this book has been the center. The first three novels were the beginning, this book the middle (and I mean the whole thing) and the last books the ending. This summer has been full of exciting ending and mind blowing middles, and don't forget those difficult but surprising starts. I am excited to finish the summer with these final books:)!!
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