9-8-09 hw q's beowulf part 1 notes

Well, my only question from the text is if Beowulf isn't a God, then is he immortal still?

Film Noir Slang

Dingbat: Dammit Farve, I hate having to ankle it everyplace you want to go just because your too lazy to walk!

Farve: It ain't my fault that I'm always on the nut, I ain't gonna come and pick you up everytime.

Dingbat: Just 'cuz your boiler is a piece of...

Farve: What's that, Cat?

Dingbat: ...

Farve: Don't you clam up now, I'm talking to you

Dingbat: Close your head, Farve, I ain't gonna be listening to you for much longer...

Farve: What you gonna do, you gonna croak me?

Dingbat: ...

Farve: That'll get you in the hoosegow

Dingbat: I'm just messing wit ya you jingle-brained jobbie

Farve: Kick off

Dingbat: You're lit, go home

Mr smith goes to washington

I would have to say that the politicians of today are much more corrupt than they have been in the past. And the rights that we have been given since this country's birth have been stripped by the hands of such a corrupt government and because of such I say that the country is in dire need of another revolution.

man or woman writer

When it comes to writers, it is most often obvious from what point of view the sexes are portrayed. In The Bean Trees for example, the author portrayed the women to be superior to men and not requiring their aid much at all, and was written by a female author, who portrayed men as evil, whereas in The Crucible, written by a male writer, the women were portrayed evilly and inferior to the male characters in the story, surpassing them only in corruptness. 

Hey, Teacher leave them kids alone

knowledge-wise, i would have to say that public school is behind in teaching in compared to public school, but when it comes to life, neither of them teach the valuable life lessons that we must learn as we grow over time

Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is any act going against society's rules and the rules of social government. It is both good and bad, good for it may bring about change, bad due to the violence and the grief it causes. I have been disobedient civily (lol) but it only has helped me once, with the fact that it got me out of my dad's abusive household and into a safer one

Prep for Thoreau/Emerson Project

Thoreau:

1. Real name is David Henry Thoreau, not Henry David Thoreau

2. Born July 12, 1817

3. Died May 6, 1862

4. Transcendentalist

5. Author of Civil Disobedience 

6. Philosopher

7. Author of Walden 

8. Naturalist

9. American Writer

10. Individualist anarchist

Emerson

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Born May 25, 1803

3. Died April 27, 1882

4. Transcendentalist 

5. Influenced New Thought Movement of 1800s

6. Wrote the essay Nature

7. Made a speech called The American Scholar

8. Born in Boston, Massachusetts 

9. Formal schooling started at Boston Latin School

10. Later went to Harvard

sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

Fahrenheit 451 Podcast

I learned how to stretch and edit the sounds and pitch of all the music, sound effects, and vocal recordings, as well as to create a podcast.

With 451, I learned how serious the advancements in technology can alter and shift a society's thinking and function

Well, when it comes to working with others, one must be sure that they choose the right people to work with, or else all will turn out to be messed up and disfunctional.

Class Reflection

I like the semi-laid back attitude of the class, and I have learned a lot about the different views and perspectives on society. I would like to learn more about the different genres in literature. I think we use plenty of technology in the class with the blogs and such, and I think I'm doing great in the class.

Interview with Ray Bradbury

I would have to say that I would consider Ray Bradbury as a really laid back person, yet serious when it comes to his writing, yet he is behind the times in the sense that he uses older means of typing

Science Fiction Movie (dun dun dun...)

Well due to the fact I am posting so late after I had actually listened to the podcasts, I will readily admit I am not 100% sure who did the podcast, but i seem to remember how there was a podcast telling about an armagedon story full of the typical zombies and aliens and such, used music in the beginning and ending of the podcasts, and I would have to say the actual sound effects must have been what the podcast used to make its self unique

movies better than their book counterparts? i think not...

As far as I can tell, there has never been a movie adaptation of a book that was better than reading the actual book itself. This may be due to the fact that the books typically allow for a broader scope of imagination and allows for our own visualization, whereas in the case of their movie counterparts, all is fed to the mind and nothing is left to the imagination alone...