Dishonesty is all over life; mainly because of others feelings. In the Importance of Being Ernest you see dishonesty in many different ways; people lie about their names, their family, they tell white lies and generally just lie. Dishonesty is often found in humor as it is fun to watch others lies coming undone and even more fun to watch them try to cover up their lies, In the Importance of Being Ernest you find humorous lies when Jack says that Ernest is dead and then a few minutes later realizes that Ernest is actually in his house. Also the thought of bunburying which is itself very humorous is dishonest. The fact that Cecily and Gwendolen like the Ernests' because of their name is humorous because those are not actually their names; an epigram: karma. Dishonesty is related to satire because the name of the main character is Ernest. Ernest is not earnest -which refers to honesty, sincerity, and seriousness - when he is Ernest and is in fact that opposite: dishonest, unserious. Also there is satire on the fact that the bachelors, who do no work in London, are well-dressed while the ones who work are under dressed. Dishonesty is also found in the pursuit of pleasure. To get out of their boring, and rather dull lives Jack and Algernon make up aliases so that they can go somewhere else and be a partier. White lies also go into the category of dishonesty for pleasure because telling a white lie can make friends: for instance "I would hang on Miss Prisms every word." (chasuble), when really he would probably be just as bored as Cecily.
I think that using dishonesty and traits of Earnestness, Wilde, is trying to portray that lies and dishonesty can be good and bad. Theirs the bad in that you're obviously lying, that you're distancing yourself from your family and friends (keeping secrets), and that you might get a bad reputation. The good is that you save peoples feelings, for example instead of Algernon telling Lady Bracknell that he didn't want eat dinner at her house he said that he was going to visit his sick cousin Bunbury; you also can keep situations under controls using lies or manipulate others. In society lying and dishonesty has a very negative connotation but as Wilde shows dishonesty is very needed. If anyone has seen the movie, The Invention of Lying, I think that they should further grasp why we need the ability to lie and why lying can be a good thing as well as a bad thing.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Animal Farm Review
1. I chose to review Angela's project on her blog: AngelaMak. First of all I thought her project was very creative. It had a lot of great colors, details, and indepth symbolism. The first thing I noticed when looking at her project was all the men in the background! I was thinking, "What are all these men doing here?" As she explained below her project, the men were, "...surrounding this pyramid because they more commonly succumb to greed and corruption and are generally the leaders and the people in power." I thought that was interesting because not a lot of other people included men in their project. I also thought it was interesting how she put our President in there, to me that is a way of paralleling not only Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution but also paralleling the Past to the Present; and showing how, even in todays culture, we still have leaders and people above others. The theme she really brought out in her project was that communism will never happen and she illustrated this be showing the unequality of the animals who were supposedly "equal." Some indepth symbolism I noticed was that all the animals are blending into the background but then there is a pig above all the rest; to me this depicts how all the animals were working together behind the scenes while the pig not only got all the credit but was also on the top of the pyramid.
Check AngelaMak Out: http://angelamak3.blogspot.com/
2. Kelsey: Kelseys project was in the form of Comic Strip. She many colorful pictures to illustrate the story of Animal Farm. I think her project was very effective (2.7) and I particularly enjoyed how she used the windmills to represent the mood of animal farm: when things are going good the sky is a nice baby blue and when things are going bad their is lightning and clouds!
3. Emily Wakefield: Emily made her project in Photoshop and it is very interesting and effective (2.8). I really liked how she not only made the animal pyramid but also did a pyramid that paralleled to the Russian Revolution.
4. Levi: Levi's project is absolutely amazing! He made a video that thoroughly describes Animal Farm and it's theme, he also added the Cuban Revolution in there which is very original and unique because I don't know anyone else who did that (3)!
5. Sidney: Sidney did a poem (2.9) and it was very effictive. It clearly outlined the whole story and was moderately lengthy.
6. Hailey: Hailey did a poem that was very effective (2.6). I liked how it was from the animals point of view and I also like the rhyming style ( aab).
7. Adorka Nwanky: Adorka did a poem (3). As I was reading this I felt as though Adora was reading it to me, she clearly has a very distinctive style and uses it well! Great idea to do the poem from the donkeys point of view :)
8. Raegan: Raegan did photoshop (2.5) and it was absolutely incredible. I love all the different aspects pulled in together. I also love how it looks right together but also wrong, it would make for a great artwork peice/conversation peice!
9. Kylie: Kylie did photoshop (2.6) and it was very insightful. She had interesting little extras that you only caught if you were paying attention, for example: one pig (napoleon) was wearing a crown, and also how the commandments had the rewritten commandments.
10. Leanna: Leanna Did Photoshop (2.8) and it was very creative. I like how she showed the controllers and showed how unequal all the animals were! I also liked how she showed one leader and then a group of others and just clumped them all together.
Me: I feel like I compare relatively well. I think everyone stands out in a different aspect; Adorka is deep, and Angela is artistic, and I am informative. So I think it all evens out for the most part! I really enjoyed looking through all the projects! I think that I put in a lot of effort probably a little more than most of my classmates. I conveyed the literary concepts well, I showed how communism doesn't work well (today, in the russian revolution, and in Animal farm) and also who rises up and takes control.
Check AngelaMak Out: http://angelamak3.blogspot.com/
2. Kelsey: Kelseys project was in the form of Comic Strip. She many colorful pictures to illustrate the story of Animal Farm. I think her project was very effective (2.7) and I particularly enjoyed how she used the windmills to represent the mood of animal farm: when things are going good the sky is a nice baby blue and when things are going bad their is lightning and clouds!
3. Emily Wakefield: Emily made her project in Photoshop and it is very interesting and effective (2.8). I really liked how she not only made the animal pyramid but also did a pyramid that paralleled to the Russian Revolution.
4. Levi: Levi's project is absolutely amazing! He made a video that thoroughly describes Animal Farm and it's theme, he also added the Cuban Revolution in there which is very original and unique because I don't know anyone else who did that (3)!
5. Sidney: Sidney did a poem (2.9) and it was very effictive. It clearly outlined the whole story and was moderately lengthy.
6. Hailey: Hailey did a poem that was very effective (2.6). I liked how it was from the animals point of view and I also like the rhyming style ( aab).
7. Adorka Nwanky: Adorka did a poem (3). As I was reading this I felt as though Adora was reading it to me, she clearly has a very distinctive style and uses it well! Great idea to do the poem from the donkeys point of view :)
8. Raegan: Raegan did photoshop (2.5) and it was absolutely incredible. I love all the different aspects pulled in together. I also love how it looks right together but also wrong, it would make for a great artwork peice/conversation peice!
9. Kylie: Kylie did photoshop (2.6) and it was very insightful. She had interesting little extras that you only caught if you were paying attention, for example: one pig (napoleon) was wearing a crown, and also how the commandments had the rewritten commandments.
10. Leanna: Leanna Did Photoshop (2.8) and it was very creative. I like how she showed the controllers and showed how unequal all the animals were! I also liked how she showed one leader and then a group of others and just clumped them all together.
Me: I feel like I compare relatively well. I think everyone stands out in a different aspect; Adorka is deep, and Angela is artistic, and I am informative. So I think it all evens out for the most part! I really enjoyed looking through all the projects! I think that I put in a lot of effort probably a little more than most of my classmates. I conveyed the literary concepts well, I showed how communism doesn't work well (today, in the russian revolution, and in Animal farm) and also who rises up and takes control.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Follow My PAssion
As a New Years resolution I would like to really focus in and follow my passions which are: tennis, psychology, writing, and modeling.
1) Tennis: As tennis is one of my passions my New Years resolution is to play at least twice a week! Every week I will go to one tennis lesson and then I will play with friends or acquaintances for further practice! My resolution of playing more tennis will help me meet my goal of being on JV or Varsity for Girls Tennis 2011.
2) Pyschology: Psychology is a bit harder to follow since there aren't any specific classes I can take or things that I can do to learn about it. Instead I will design psychology experiments, test them out and write a paper on the results! I will shoot for 1 paper every 6 months!
3) Writing: I love to write so my New Years resolution will be to write something everyday. I am also a part of LISTMYFIVE a writing community where you write and get paid for people looking at your work. My goal is to have 500 lists so by writing everyday I can possibly achieve that goal by the end of the year.
ListMyFive link: http://www.listmyfive.com/chilipepper
Check Me Out!
4) Modeling: Modeling is fun and exciting and something I would like to pursue. For my New Years resolution my goal will be to Find at least 3 paying modeling jobs this year and to continue to practice with photographers!
1) Tennis: As tennis is one of my passions my New Years resolution is to play at least twice a week! Every week I will go to one tennis lesson and then I will play with friends or acquaintances for further practice! My resolution of playing more tennis will help me meet my goal of being on JV or Varsity for Girls Tennis 2011.
2) Pyschology: Psychology is a bit harder to follow since there aren't any specific classes I can take or things that I can do to learn about it. Instead I will design psychology experiments, test them out and write a paper on the results! I will shoot for 1 paper every 6 months!
3) Writing: I love to write so my New Years resolution will be to write something everyday. I am also a part of LISTMYFIVE a writing community where you write and get paid for people looking at your work. My goal is to have 500 lists so by writing everyday I can possibly achieve that goal by the end of the year.
ListMyFive link: http://www.listmyfive.com/chilipepper
Check Me Out!
4) Modeling: Modeling is fun and exciting and something I would like to pursue. For my New Years resolution my goal will be to Find at least 3 paying modeling jobs this year and to continue to practice with photographers!
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