Sunday, June 7, 2009

CAT iN THE HAT BLOG!

Psychoanalytic Criticism on The cat in The hat.

OPTiON #1:

#1. THE CHARACTER THAT CONTRiBUTES THE MOST TO THE STORY iS DEFiNALLY THAT CAT iN THAT HAT. HE iS THE MAiN CHARACTER YOU KNOW! iF THAT iSNT SELF EXPLANiTORY THEN JUST THiNK OF THE NAME OF THE BOOK " The Cat in the Hat" VERY OBViOUS! IN THE STORY THE CAT iN THE HAT iS TRYiNG TO BE THE " FUN OF THE DAY" BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE INSIDE THE HOUSE BORED AND SAD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PLAY OUTSIDE DUE TO THE RAIN ( WHERE iS THE iMAGiNATiON PEOPLE??!!! ) SO HE THiNKS THAT HE COULD BRiGHTEN UP THiER DAY. HE MOST DEFiNALLY WAS THE ID COMiNG iNTO THE HOUSE ONLY CARiNG ABOUT HiMSELF AND NOT REALLY CARiNG WHAT ANYONE WLSE HAD TO SAY, ESPECiALLY THE FiSH!!

#2. AN EXAMPLE OF iNDiRECT CHARACTERiZATiON iS WHEN COMES TO THE HOUSE JUST iNViTIiNG HiMSELF, THEN CASiNG A HUGE MESS WHiLE TRYiNG TO HAVE FUN WiTH THE KiDS AND HE BROUGHT THiNG 1 AND THiNG 2 TO HELP HiM SPREAD THE "FUN" OR TO CREATE HiS FANTiSY! i PERSONALLY THiNK HE MAY HAVE bEEN BASED ON A PERVERT bECAUSE ONLY SiCK PEOPLE TRY TO PLAY GAMES WiTH LiTTLE KiDS, TRYiNG TO PLEASE hIS PERVERTED MiND KNOWiNG THAT THEY WOULD LET HIM iN THE HOUSE, HE'S A MONSTER! YUCK!:( [ OFF TOPiC bUT i HAD TO LET THAT OUT ]

#3. MY ARGUMENT iS SUPPOSRTEd BECAUSE THAT iS WHAT PiECES THE STORY TOGETHER.


OPTiON # 2:

#1. i CHOOSE THE FiSH TO SUPPORT MY ARGUMENT. MR. FiSHY iS DEFiNALLY A SUPER iD BUT ALSO A SUPEREGO. HE WAS DEMANDiNG SHiT WHiCH MADE HiM SEEM LiKE HE WAS ONLY THiNK ABOUT HiMSELF, HE WAS THE ONE WHO WANTED TO CAT TO LEAVE. ON THE OTHER SiDE HE WAS TRYiNG TO HELP THE KiDS SO THAT THEY WOULDNT GET iN TROUBLE.

#2. TWO EXAMPLES ARE:

*ID: HiM TELLiNG THE CAT TO LEAVE, FOR HiS PERSONALLY PLEASURE.

*SUPEREGO: HiM TELLiNG THE KiDS " HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE, HE SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT, HE SHOULD NOT BE HERE WHILE YOUR MOTHER IS OUT."

#3. i SUPPORT MY ARGUEMENT THAT THE FiSH iS A ID BUT ALSO A SUPEREGO BECAUSE HE WAS TRYiNG TO BE THE ADULT iN THE SiTUATiON BUT THEN THAT ALSO MADE HiM LOOK VERY DEMANDiNG AND LiKE HE DiDNT CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAiD, iT'S EiTHER HiS WAY OR NO WAY. ON THE OTHER SiDE HE WAS BASICALLY BEING THE KIDS CONCIOUS AND TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

PERSEPOLiS BLOG # 2

Q: DESCRIBE THE WRITER'S VOICE. IS IT APPEALING? WHICH ASPECTS OF MARJI'S CHARACTER DO YOU IDENTIFY WITH OR LIKE THE MOST, THE LEAST? DID YOUR REACTION TO THE LITTLE GIRL AFFECT YOUR READING EXPERIENCE?

A: TO ME, THE WRITER' S VOICE HAD LIKE SORROW IN IT, MAYBE BECAUSE ALL THAT "HER" COUNTRY WAS GOING THROUGH. IT ALSO HAD LIKE DETERMINAATION IN IT, LIKE MARJI IN THE STORY SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ALERT AND KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHO WAS THAT GOOD AND BAD GUY IN THE SITUATION. I LIKE THAT MARJI IS VERY INTELLIGENT AND OUTSPOKEN, I CAN RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I AM. I LIKE TO KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN MY COMMUNITY AND ALSO MY COUNTRY [ NOSEY HUH? LOL ]. NO THE REACTION DIDNT MAKE ME LOOK AT HER DIFFERENT, IF ANYTHING IT MADE ME RELATE WITH HER ON HER CHARACTER, SO NO, IT MADE ME UNDERSTAND THE BOOK MORE

Q: " IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING, KIDS WERE TRYING TO LOOK HIP, EVEN UNDER RISK OF ARREST." (P. 112) HOW DID THEY DO THIS? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE DONE HAVE YOU BEEN A CHILD IN THIS ENVIORMENT? WHAT ACTS OF REBELLION DO YOU DO AS A TEEN? IN WHAT WAYS IS SATRAPI JUST A NORMAL KID?

A: WELL THEY WORE "AMERICAN" STUFF LIKE MARJI; SHE WORE NIKES, LISTEN TO THE LATEST PUNK MUSIC, HAD JACKETS WITH MICHEAL JACKSON ON IT. I FEEL I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME. A LOT OF COUNTRIES LOOK UP TO THE UNITED STATES AND "COPY" THIER FASHION TRENDS, SO YEAH IF I WAS IN THIS ENVIORMENT GROWNING UP I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I HAVE REBELLED AGAINST A COUPLE OF THINGS, LIKE MY BED TIME [ WHEN I WAS YOUNGER:)...HASN'T EVERYONE?! ] BUT SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT...HMMM I WOULD HAVE TO SAY POLICE BRUTALITY. MY DAD WAS BEAT BY THE POLICE FOR NO REASON AND THAT ISNT FAIR, WE CAN HELP WHAT SKIN COLOR WE ARE AND EVEN IF WE COULD WE SHOULDNT BE JUDGED BY "THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER"- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. YEA; I THINK SHE'S A REGULAR KID WHO IS GROWNING UP IN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR HER COUNTRY.


Q: WHAT KIND OF CAPTIVITY AND FREEDOM DOES THE AUTHOR EXPLORE IN PERSEPOLIS? WHAT STIFLES OR PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM BEING COMPLETELY FREE? HOW DO THEY CIRCUMVENT AND DEFY THE RULES IMPOSED ON THEM AND ATTEMOT TO LIVE ORDINARY LIVES DESPITE REVOLUTION AND WAR? GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THEIR SMALL ACTS OF REBELLION?

A: THE KIND OF CAPTIVITY THAT THE IRANIANS HAVE ARE THAT THE WOMEN CANT WALK AROUND IN PUBLIC WITHOUT WEARING THIER VEIL. THEY CANT DRINK ALCOHOL EITHER. ONE EXAMPLE OF REBELLON WAS WHEN MARJI WENT TO GET THT PUNK CD AND SHE WAS NOT WARING HER VEIL. SHE WAS WEARING HER NIKE SHOES. A JACKET WITH MICHEAL JACKSON ON IT!



PERSEPOLiS BLOG # 1

Q: iS PERSEPOLiS MORE POWERFUL THAN iF SATRAPi HAD FiCTiONALiZED THE STORY? WHY OR WHY NOT? COMPARE THiS TO OTHER MEMOiRS YOU HAVE READ.

A: i PERSONALLY THiNK THAT PERSEPOLiS WAS EVER SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE iT WAS A TRUE STORY ABOUT SOMETHiNG THAT iS STiLL EFFECTiNG THEM OVER THERE AS WE SPEAK. i DONT THiNK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT WAS IF IT WHERE FICTION. I LIKE TO READ FICTION, BUT TEND TO READ MEMOIRS MORE. THE BENIFITS OF MEMOIRS ARE THAT YOU GET A LOT OF TRUE FACTS AND STUFF BUT THROWBACKS ARE THAT A LOT MAY NOT BE TRUE, JUST GIVES THE BOOK MORE "JUICE" TO MAKE IT SEEM MORE INTERSTING!

Q: " EVERY SITUATiON HAS AN OPPORTUNiTY FOR LAUGHS" (P. 97)

A: EVEN THOUGH THE CITIZENS OF IRAN ARE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH WITH THE WAR AND ALL, THEY FIND TIME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. THEY HAVE GET TOGETHERS/ PARTIES [ SECRETLY ] TO RELIEVE THEM FROM ALL THE BULL CRAP GOING ON AROUND THEM. ONE SCENE IN THE STORY THAT MADE ME LAUGH WAS WHEN MARJI WAS TRYING TO BUY THAT ROCK CD AND WHEN I THINK HER TEACHERS CAUGHT HER AND CALLED A WHORE AND WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE WAS DRESSED LIKE A AMERICAN WHEN SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WEARING HER VEIL. I THINK HER COMIC ADDS RELIEF BECAUSE NOTHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS TO HER FAMILY, ITS VERY INTENSE! I THINK THEY ARE RELEVANT TO THE STORY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THE STORY ITSELF IS ABOUT HOW THE IRANIAN WAR HAVE AN EFFECT ON IT'S COUNTRY AND THROUGHT THE WAR, IT WAS VERY INTENSE, YOU COULD BE KILLED FOR THE LITTLEST THING!!

Q: AT THE CORE OF THE BOOK iS MARji'S FAMiLY. WHAT iS THiS FAMiLY LiKE? WHAT iS iMPORTANT TO MARji'S PARENTS?WHAT ENViORMENT DO THEY CRATE FOR THIER DAUGHTER DESPITE LIVING UNDER AN OPPRESSIVE REGIME AND THROUGH A BRUTAL, PROLONGED WAR? FROM WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR STRENGTH?

A: MARji'S FAMiLY iS, TO ME, LiKE ANY AMERiCAN FAMiLY. i SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME MiNd FAME AS US, THEY BUY AMERiCAN STUFF FOR THiER DAUGHTER ANd PARTY LiKE UP:). THEY CREATE A VERY "REGULAR"' ENViORMENT FOR MARji, ONCE AGAiN A "AMERiCAN" ENViORMENT! i THiNK THEY GET THiER STRENGTH FROM THEMSELVES/ EACH OTHER. LiKE FOR MY FAMiLY MY FAMiLY STRENGTH MAiNLY COMES FROM MY GRANNY AND PAPA G [GRANDAD] THEY GiVE US STRENGTH AND HOPE. THE GRANDMA iN THE BOOK SEEMS TO dO THE SAME FOR HER DAUGHTER AND HER FAMiLY!

BLOG #2

THE FEED iS DESCRiBED AS KNOWiNG WHAT YOU NEEd BEFORE YOU DO- iS THiS REALLY WHAT THE FEEd dOiNG?


i THiNK THAT iS TRUE TO A CERTAiN POiNT. i SAY THAT BECAUSE THE FEEd iS BASiCALLY THiER BRAiN RiGHT?! BUT iT iSNT THiER BRAiN iTS JUST A CHiP THAT iS PLANNEd iNTO THE BRAiN TO HELP THE BRAiN WORK; iF THAT MAKES ANY SENCE?!!
BUT BACK TO THE QUESTiON, NO i dONT THiNK THAT iT KNOWS WHAT YOUR THiNKiNG BEFORE "YOU" dO, iT JUST "HELPS" YOU WHEN YOU ARE A LOST AT WORdS AND NEEd TO FiNd ONE! 

RESPONd TO TiTUS' REACTiON TO HiS PARENTS BUYiNG HiM AN UPCAR?!

TiTUS' REACTION TO  HIS PARENTS  BUYING HIM AN UPCAR WAS SHOCK AND SPEECHLESS. I DONT THINK HIS MOTHER AND FATHER KNOWS HOW TO "CHEER UP" OR HELP HIM WITH HIS PROBLEMS, THEY JUST BUY HIS STUFF SO THAT HE CAN FORGET ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE BOTHERING HIM."Oh, god!" "Oh, god! Oh, Mom- Dad-this is-oh, shit! Holy shit! Are you kidding! Your the best mom and dad ever!" (p.118) WAS HIS REACTION. I WOULD LIKE IT TOO IF MY MOM AND DAD BOUGHT ME STUFF TO CHEER ME UP, BUT THEN AGAIN MY PROBLEMS WOULDN'T GET SOLVED AND THEY WOULDN'T GO AWAY! PLUS I ALREADY HAVE A CAR AND A LICENSE! LUCKY ME HUH? IKNOW, I KNOW!! LOL

-In a consumeristic society, once things have outlived their usefulness, they tend to be discarded. How might this attitude affect the way people interact with one another? How might it affect the way they think of the past?

A: WELL A EXAMPLE IS LIKE FRIENDSHIPS, THE ATTITUDE MIGHT CHANGE BECAUSE LIKE THER FRIENDSHIP WOULD EVEN MATTER ANYMORE, BECAUSE ITS JUST WOULD HAVE TO COME AND GO. PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT IT TO KEEP A LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT IS JUST GOING TO COME AND GO SO THIER WOULDN'T BE A PURPOSE. 

Monday, May 18, 2009

FiNAL FEEd PROjECT;

Q: WHAT dOES OUR FEEd CONTAiN ANd WHY?!

A: MY FEEd CONTAiNS A PERSONAl COMPUTER; CELL PHONE && iPOD [ BUiLT iN ], DiCTiONARY. THE REASON WHY iT CONTAiNS THOSE THiNGS ARE BECAUSE i CAN LiVE WiTHOUT THEM [ LiTERALLY ] i DONT THiNK i COULD MANAGE/MAiNTAiN WiTHOUT THEM. THAT'S CONSUMERiSM FOR YOU!!

Q: WHAT DOES THiS SAY ABOUT AND HOW DOES THiS DEFINE AMERiCAN CULTURE?

A: WELL, i THiNK iT SAYS A LOT ABOUT US AS A SOCiETY bECAUSE AMERiCA iS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHO HAS TO bE THE bEST. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BiGGEST, BADDEST STUFF AND HAVE TO BE THE STRONGEST AND iTS bEEN LiKE THAT FOR CENTURiES NOW. iT JUST SAYS THAT AMERiCA iS A CONSUMERiSM COUNTRY AND WE HAVE TO BE THE BEST.

Q: WHAT ARE THE SOCAiL iMPLiCATiONS OF TECHNOLOGY USE, CONSUMERiSM OR ANTi- CONSUMERiSM? ARE THESE GOOD OR BAD?

A:

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

BlOG # 3




MY TOPiC THAT i HAVE CHOOSEN TO WRiTE AbOUT, iS CONSUMERiSM. THE REASON WHY i dECiDEd TO WRiTE AbOUT THiS iS BECAUSE EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU HAVE MONEY OR NOT FALLS UNdER THiS CATEGORY. TAKE ME FOR AN EXAMPlE; i dONT HAVE A jOB [ WELL NOW i dO ] ANd ALL THE SidE MONEY THAT i dO GET, i SPENd iT ON THE LATEST TRENd LiKE HOlliSTER OR THE LATEST SHOES. WHY?! bECAUSE THE SOCiETY THAT WE liVE iN TOdAY ONlY EXCEPTS THE "NEW" STUFF. WHAT WE FAiL TO REALiZE THOUGH, iS THAT THE LATEST iPOd OR PHONE OR SHOES; THAT WE THiNK ARE COOl; ARE ONlY COOL UNTiL SOMETHiNG BETTER COMES OUT, THEN iTS OLd, EVEN iT WE JUST BROUGHT iT!!! LiKE PEOPLE FELL iNCOMPLETE iF THEY dONT HAVE THE " HOTTEST THiNGS." ALL THAT THiS iS dOiNG TO US iS BASiCALLY WASTiNG OUR MONEY FOR THiNGS WE CAN LiVE WiTHOUT. COMPANiES KNOW HOW TO GET OUR ATTENdTiON, THAT'S WHY THEY COME UP WiTH THERE CATCHY lOGOS...LiKE " 5 dOllAR FOOTlONG [SUbWAY], ANd iM LOViNG iT [MCdONALdS] && A LOT MORE. i MEAN iT dOESNT TAKE A ROCKET SCiENTiST TO uNdERSTANd THESE KiND OF THiNGS ANd YET ALTHOUGHT WE kNOW THESE THiNGS, WE STiLL GO AHEAd ANd SPEND A HUNdREd dOLLARS ANd NOTHiNG TO SHOW FOR. iN MY OPiNiON, iTHiNK iF A PERSON iS THAT dESPERATE TO GET THE LATEST GAdGET THEN THEY SHOULd WAiT UNTiL iT GOES ON SALE TO GET iT FOR A CHEAP ANd MORE REASONAbLE PRiCE.





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