9/15/14 the alchemist

The sheep in these quotes represent the people of a nation. If a nation takes care of its people the people forget how to survive without it. There are also many stories that compare people to sheep and their leader to a shepherd. He keeps the sheep for his traveling knowing they need him for survival and that he needs them to keep himself mentally stable. He also personifies the sheep more than once saying that one of his sheep that is lame is the smartest and produces the most wool. His behavior is not strange or out of the ordinary in any way; people fine animals or inanimate objects and gives them personality when they’re alone or away from society.

test blog 9/4/14

I want to become a better writer this year and I hope to gather the skills required to become said writer. I also want to better my reading and journaling skills. all in all I want to work harder this year and, so to say, redeem myself.

Journal Entry: Week of 5/12

The primary conflict of The City of Ember is the decay of a life supporting city surrounded by nothing but darkness; the type of conflict is man vs. environment .The city of ember was built to last 200 years (give or take a few years) after those 200 years the city would begin to collapse on itself until the city was dark and dead. The people of ember are faced with a clock that is counting down and when it hits zero their world ends. There are many conflicts in many books but the end of a civilization has to be one of the most tense situations to have to deal with.

Journal 2/24

In the time where this play takes place it was an acceptable and common thing to be anti-semitic. Most of the audience and actors and probably even William Shakespeare himself were all anti-semitic or non pro-judaism. Shakespeare had one pro-judaism speech in his entire play "the merchant of venice" and the rest made the main jewish character look like a selfish, harsh, and an all around horrid person to be acquainted with. Today we would see this as a not ok thing to do but then it was generous of him to give him that one speech of pity. Today we are expected to be "acceptant" towards all other religions and races while they were expected to be holy and to punish those who weren't. The persecution of the jewish community in Europe went on all the way to the 1940's while in america most people were acceptant. All in all we just have to take into consideration the conditions of the time and location where the literature was written before judging it based on our current beliefs.

journal 2/17

Shylock is both a comedic villain and a tragic character. In the first part of the play he was mainly a comedic villain while near the end of the play he is truly reviled as a tragic character when you see him reacting to his daughter running away with a christian boy, his money being taken with her, and all of the christians hate him. He is a very sad character who wants wants respect and revenge from and against those who wronged him. He is simply a sad character, not a villain.

journal 2/10

I do not believe that this Shakespearian play is either a pure tragedy or a pure comedy. I find that this play is simply a serious tale containing mixed amounts of comedy and tragedy. It does not contain true sadness and pity or pure laughter and enjoyment. It is a tragicomedy because it has dark overtones, laughable dialogue, and a happy ending can be seen over the horizon. even though it has its comedic aspects we can not simply forget that each character has their own tragedies.

journal 2/3

Venice and Belmont are very different from each other. in Venice there are strict laws and regulations of social hierarchy and religious barriers while in Belmont it is more diverse and acceptant of all classes, religions, and gender. Also in Venice the men are introduced as power holders while in Belmont the female characters are the power holders. I believe that the Green world theory holds.