7th Chronicle of Macdude

The final scene of Act IV, is all about everything strange, and I am not joking. On one page, ONE PAGE, there were at least four references to strangeness, if that isn't an indicator that strangeness is going down, then I don't know what is. The references are not hard to find, in fact, they jump out of the page.

6th Chronicle of Macdude

The first two of the three scenes of Act IV are pretty devoid of all imagery, actually, the entire Act is lacking in that territory. I suppose the only themes in the first two scenes are planting and illness. The planting is easy to find, usually has something to do with nature, and the illness is the plague that Macdude is currently making. It was hard to pick the themes out of this because there were SO MANY!

5th Chronicle of Macdude

The rest of Act III is a short scene of the witches, and their supposed leader Hecate. What is revealed is that Macdude is pretty much their play thing, and they intend to have as much fun with him until he dies. The theme in this section is darkness, nature, and sleep. They are scattered throughout Hecate's massive monologue.

4th Chronicle of Macdude

The beginning of act 3 was full of bad intentions, and a death of a dear old friend of Macdude. The main plot of this section is the murder of Banquo, who Macdude fears becuase the witches said that his descendants will be kings, and he can't have that happening. So Macdude eventually gets what he wants, but he is then plagued by a vision of Banquo's ghost at the feast, so everyone thinks he is going insane. The themes in play are darkness and illness, which are obvious. Illness is already explained, but darkness represents itself when the Murderers kill Banquo, and the arrival of Banquo's ghost.

3rd Chronicle of Macdude

The start of Act II was full of dark deeds and an evil plot coming into play by Macdude and Lady Macdude. Well to make things short, we witness the assassination of Duncan by Macdude. Now this is a pretty important part of the act, and one of the most important in the story. Because after he kills Duncan, Macdude starts losing it, mental wise. He starts saying, "I swear I heard someone say Macbeth shall sleep no more!". And along with that he says he can't clean the blood from his hands. The themes that are in play here are darkness, sleep, and illness/disease. The darkness of night and the sleep are obvious in the killing of Duncan. And the Illness is what Macdude has to deal with as a result of his actions.The second part of Act II is dealing with everyone finding out Duncan was murdered, while Malcolm escapes to England and Donalbain to Ireland because they fear that they are next on the list. It was a much more bland part as the majority of the fantasitc themes were used in the first half. But the themes that are in play here are planting and strangeness. The planting is scattered throughout through multiple references but the strangeness is easy to tell, due to everyone being very skeptical on the terms of how Duncan was killed, and who did it. So there is a lot of unknown flying around up in the air.

2nd Chronicle of 'Macdude'

When the second part of this act started, it switched from being mainly about darkness to sleep. The level of increase of sleep references, I swear, I told myself that if I read sleep one more time I would scream, yeah my parents told me to stop because I was scaring them. But there also multiple references to nature, some more darkness, and of course, injury/disease. So at least I stoped screaming.

The First Chronicle of 'Macdude'

Well, I am pretty positive everyone noticed some of the extremely obvious quotes from the beginning that exemplified the seven themes. But the one that really stuck out at the beginning was darkness, with the 'Foul us fair and fair is foul' line. And then again, the line came from witches, you know the thing that created the infamous, and a personal favorite line, 'BURN THE WITCH!!!' and since that line came from it, you can't get any darker.

Top 5 bad ways to break up with Someone

1. Knock her up, then make her have the baby, then tell her you never loved her and drop the baby out the window

2. Fake Death

3. Tell her that you could do better and leave her.

4. Have sex with her sister, then Move to Australia, and then tell her with a letter sent 4 months later after changing your name.

5. Break up through a text message

My Top Five Favorite Movies as of 2008

1. Star Wars Episode III

2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

3. Wanted

4. Dark Knight

5. College

Top Five list of Top Five Lists

1. Star Wars Movies

2. Arctic Monkeys songs

3. Guns N' Roses Songs

4. Comedians

5. Final Fantasy games

Journal #4, Popular Mechanics

1. What is his or her name? Spencer
2. What does he or she do for a living? He works as a Chef for a fancy restaurant
3. What is his or her height/weight/hair color and style/body type? 5 foot 7 inches/175 lbs/long and wavy black hair/athletic physique
4. What type of clothes does he or she usually wear?He usually wears band T-shirts and worn jeans
5. Best qualities?He is very good at cooking and can play many instruments
6. Worst qualities?He sometimes get very angry about small matters
7. How does he or she come across? Easygoing? Short-tempered? Etc.At first glance, he comes off as an easy going laid back guy
8. Weaknesses? He can't resist a beer on a Saturday
9. What or who does he or she hate? Spencer absolutely hates ignorant people
10. What or who does he or she love?Spencer loves Rock music so much that he sometimes thinks about quitting his job as a chef and forming a band

Spencer's point of view

This was unbelievable, how could she be so ignorant, telling me that she was glad I am leaving. Now wait a minute what was she doing with my baby's picture? She has no idea what she is about to endure. I started running after her screaming, "Give me that Picture Right Now!!" When I ran out of the bedroom and down stairs there she was, clutching onto that baby like she didn't know why I was leaving. I put the suitcase and said, "You want things to end peacefully right? So hand over my son and maybe I will forgive you." She immediately shouted back," That is exactly why I won't, because I didn't do anything wrong!" I shouted back, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! YOU FIRST TOLD ME THAT I CARED MORE ABOUT ROCK AND COOKING THAN I DID ABOUT THAT KID AND THEN YOU BURNED ALL OF MY VINTAGE RECORDS!" She then started walking away with my son, so I ran after her and grabbed at the baby. She started screaming, "LET GO NOW YOU ARE GOING TO HURT HIM!!" he started crying now, I didn't to hurt him, but I couldn't let her have him, she didn't care about him all, she only wants to prove he point. So we started fighting over him, until, well, we each had him, and neither of us won.

Journal #3 for High Fidelity Ch 10-13

This was definitely a more of a downer than the previous nine chapters, but that’s what happens when you first cheat on your girlfriend, borrow a pretty substantial amount of money with the intent on never giving it back, and you are the reason why she had an abortion. This was all old news but it just makes such an impact on the story that it has to be said more than once. When you look at Rob now, he is just a pathetic person. His true disposition is a 35-year-old man who refuses to let go of the future and solves all his problems by either immersing himself in his music, old music that only helps further the point, or makes a top 5 list about something. To make things even more spectacular is that he goes and sleeps with Marie. Why would he do that? The entire reason why his life is so terrible presently, not that before it was really great to begin with, is because he slept with Marie. So obviously doing the thing that made your life crap would be the right thing to do. Its like a bee trying to escape from a house through a window, only the bee doesn’t understand that no matter how many times he hits the glass, he won’t get out, and that’s what Rob is, a especially stupid bee trying to magically make it through that glass.

Journal #2 For High Fidelity, Ch 1-6

Now this is what it takes to begin a story. Rob really has problems with women, and when I say problems, I mean he can’t seem to find a girl who won’t lead to an eventual break up. Even though this is a constant factor in his life, he still goes out with other women, even though he knows something will go wrong, and it will. One woman that is particularly prominent when it comes to painful memories is Laura. But Laura was always an odd relationship, how it started and how it ended. Then there were the mass influences on music. I myself am a huge fan of all things rock, and the fact that Rob and Barry worked in a record store only made it better because some of the best rock albums were first put on vinyl. This book was keeping me interested and entertaining me at the same time and I loved it.

Journal #1 for High Fidelity, How to Read

Finally, a person who got it right, and Nick Hornby was right on the spot. His message overall was read what you want to read, and if you don’t like it, don’t read it. I have felt like that for my entire life. I am not the kind of person who loves reading, and that is an absolute truth. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read something because you don’t like it, especially if it’s for a class. The difference is between leisure and forced, you can’t get around forced reading it’s inevitable. One thing that I absolutely had to agree with, and it dealt with church. Nick wrote, “When I was nine years old, I spent a few unhappy months in a church choir (my mum's idea, not mine). And two or three times a week, I had to sit through the sermon, delivered by an insufferable old windbag of a vicar.” I have been going to church for 17 years and I understand the boredom that happens when you are there, and sometimes it is intolerable. Even after that I still had to struggle through it and even read some of the bible, but it wasn’t all bad. But I suppose in this day, a person would rather sit down and watch TV instead of reading a chapter in a book, but that’s just what I believe.

Thoughts on Writing

I have never really been that big of a reader. Even though I may not like them, I have read my fair share of books. When I look at the books that were able to get my attention and keep me interested, it really wasn’t a single genre in particular. The books I read were more of what I truly found to be interesting. I am a person who truly loves the thrill of medieval times, knights in armor going to find the mystic artifact or fight the dragon, the good old times in feudal era Japan where Samurai roamed the land, and even the thrill of a look into the future where we command space ships that wage war on the galaxy. These are what truly get me interested in a book, but those are just some things that can get me reading a book. If a book has an amazing and interesting fictional plotline full of sci-fi gadgets or a world where anything is possible, well I would be hooked instantly. But then there are the books that I can, and refuse to read, these “trash” books have never been my cup of tea, and everyone has those books that they can’t stand. For me, and this may sound strange, but I can’t stand books that bore me. Now that’s a pretty vague answer, I mean boring books; there are thousands of them. But that is exactly the point! Why make a book that is boring? I understand if the book is used to further gain knowledge of history, but then why would anyone write a 354-page book about the average day of an American citizen when you can just find one, and ask them. But that’s how I have always felt, I love a book that really kicks my imagination into overdrive and that’s how I will probably always be, but that still means I will have to read an immense amount of “trash” but that’s life.

Johnny Got his Gun end

The thing that was against regulations to do, was to be released from his prison of sorts. The military knew that if he were to tell anyone of what occurred to him, then they couldn't get any possible way of furthering their agenda. And also he wouldn't be able to die either.

Johnny Got his Gun xvi-xvii

Joe's dream with Christ, was an interesting moment. He dreams that he meets up with Christ, and plays poker with him and a bunch of other people who are going to die, and that was quite interesting in sorts. He then gets on the train,but chooses against accepting his fate and jumps out the window, and goes through the desert until he lies at the feet of Christ. Definitly a wierd dream.

Johnny Got his Gun xiii-xv

Joe starts tapping as a means of communication. Joe's taps were actually a form of morse code in which he was trying to get his message out. Joe had mastered time, but that wasn't enough for him to tell if he was living or not. If he could communicate and someone communicate back by some means, then he would indefinitely know if he was alive or not.

Johnny Got his Gun xi-xii

Joe decides to master time because if he can master time then he can find out if he truly is alive or dead. His theory that if he can tell time then he can understand what he is in store for. He does this by first feeling for the sun rise. After that, every time a nurse checks on him he can figure how much time in between they check on him so he can formulate a 24 hour clock

The Bell Jar, Ch. 15-16

The asylum that Esther is at is insane, and I mean that in the good meaning of the word. This place is like a country club for crazy people. It is so luxurious, and expensive, that it only makes Esther feel, a little worse. I feel like her life would have ended by her hands if she would of stayed where she was. Her life was going in a bad direction and only if she moved would of things gotten better, and they are starting to.

The Bell Jar, Ch. 13-14

To start it all off, there are multiple things, and I mean a whole bunch of things, that are wrong with Esther now, and to list them all would take a considerable amount of time and I wouldn't end up fully answering this question. Her main problem is that she can't take everyone looking at her as some crazy person, and trying to fix her through various, usually harmful, methods. So she tries to kill herself so she wouldn't be such a burden on the rest of her family, and also she could end her torture of living this way.

The Bell Jar, Ch. 11-12

The reason why Esther does not like Dr. Gordon is that he truly isn't making Esther any better, hes only shocking the crazy out of her. And even still, Dr. Gordon isn't even shocking the crazy out of her, he just shocking her. That isn't in any way a reason to like a person who believes that they can cure a traumatic event that trigged a mental psychosis problem by shocking them until they aren't crazy anymore.

The Bell Jar, Ch. 9-10

It has been quite a harsh time recently for Esther, and when she returns to Boston, she acts quite peculiar. By peculiar I mean she has begun to go crazy, like when trying to read a book, but the letters start sliding off the page, you know, crazy person mannerisms. This is most likely influenced by her night with Marco, the man who definitely views women as 'lesser beings'. And his beating, and intended rape of Esther would screw up any person, so its no wonder she is going crazy.

The Bell Jar, Ch. 7-8

Esther, in a really unique and childish way, eventually decides that she wants Constantine to seduce her, and even weirder, then have sex, in order to get back at Buddy. Constantine does in fact invite Esther to come back to his place to listen to music, which Esther took as, "Come back to my place and we can have sex." or so she hoped. Instead, when they were at Constantine's, he fell asleep from all the wine he had that night and they both just went to his bed and slept, no sex at all. I suppose Constantine just didn't realize the hints that Esther was dropping, or maybe he just didn't want to have sex, either way Esther was not happy with the way things turned out

The Bell Jar, Ch. 5-6

Buddy, is Esther's old boyfriend and a doctor. What Esther thinks of Buddy, at the current point in the book, she really dislikes him and his attitude. But back in college, Esther liked him, but that definitely changed. Esther wants Buddy to really just realize that what they had is over. Esther wants Buddy to think of her as a completely different person, someone who won't be able to get close to him, like the Nun and the Jewish Man.

The Bell Jar, Ch. 1-4

Esther's feelings about New York are, well, mixed. I feel that she likes living in New York, but at the same time I feel like she hates it. She loves New York because of all she is able to do while living there, like the nightlife she loves so much. But at the same time her reasons for living there are based on her internship as an editor for a fashion magazine, so she dreads it because she has o be there. These are conflicting ideas, but Esther does like it in New York, overall.

Pleasentville

One way the movie tries to make Pleasentville appealing is that it trys to make a statement that the representation of the changing colors which is not only visually appealing, but also is a nice way to simulate change in the plot. One way it is unappealing is that they try to make the statement that everything in life is simpler and more 'pleasant' if everyone does everything the same way every single day, no matter what.

A show from 1950

I love Lucy was on of the first shows to appear in 1950, and its values would soon not be forgotten. I love Lucy brought many values like a 9 to 5 working man, a stay at home wife, and what she does with her time while the man is gone, and the American Dream. These values were all very popularized in 1950, and most shows had similar values like Leave it to Beaver.

Internment Camps

Looking back at the internment camps in California, I don't believe anything along the lines of forcing a person into any sort of camp without consulting, or even caring about what that person felt about it is completely unethical. So they only moved the Asians and Asian-Americans to the camps, and didn't hurt or kill any of them, they were still in a prison of sorts. Then there were the actions taken towards the Muslim-Americans after 9-11. They were just as bad as what happened in the internment camps. Who ever thought it was a good idea to haze every person of a certain nationality/race/religion based on the acts of a small group of said group is moronic, and immoral. Then the worst of all were the Death camps that the Nazi's created in WWII because not only were they moving the Jews and other groups to these camps by force, at the camps they killed, and did unethical and cruel tests on some of them. That is what I believe about those three acts of hate.

Black Boy 13th Response

I agree with Richard's theory about artists and politicians standing on opposite poles. The artists are doing their work based on the fact that they are individuals, they try to make sure that they are never lumped up together with anyone else. While the politicians focus on groups coming together to accomplish goals. Each have their own opinions, but also have similar agendas. The artists and politicians are trying to make themselves more influential. Artists trying to make individuals more unique, and politicians trying to get as many people under their belief as possible.

Black Boy 12th Response

I believe that in some circumstances, that a single voice can move a crowd to action. Richard, even though he couldn't believe it, became the president of the John Reed Club. He really didn't even think that he would make any difference, but after seeing what happened during the election, he started to notice that sometimes, even if the leader is wrong for the way he is leading, it can be done.

Black Boy 11th Response

During the election, I believe that Richard went an extremely juvenile route. He wrote on the vote, "I protest this Fraud!" It startled me because I didn't think he would believe that would make any impact at all. But when you look at it from another point of view, I completely agree with his actions. He showed that there was one person who wasn't going to fall for your scheme.

Black Boy Tenth Response

(The fact of the separation of white and black was clear to me; it was its effect upon the personalities of people that stumped and dismayed me. I did not feel I was a threat to anybody; yet, as soon as I had grown old enough to think I had learned that my entire personality, my aspirations had long ago been discounted; that, in a measure, the very meaning of the words I spoke could not be fully understood.)

This passage that I chose speaks to me in a way that truly expresses the way many people felt at the time. Richard speaks that because of his color, no one even cares about his opinion. Richard is an extremely intelligent person and because he was black, none of that mattered. He could not even convey the thoughts he had in his mind because none cared to just look beyond his outward appearance. That is what I believe this passage means.

Black Boy Ninth Response

The last paragraph of chapter 14 ended on a very different tone. It ended with Richard realizing the terrible things that he was about to get away from, the sheer terror that Richard felt was completely understandable, when someone tells you,
"I'll never leave this goddamn south, I'm always saying I am, but I won't... I'm lazy. I like to sleep too goddamn much. I'll die here. Or maybe they'll kill me."
what else would you think but, "Kill you!?!" But the terror is something that Richard has lived with his whole life, and now he is finally about to escape it. Before he goes, he takes a look at what would of happened if he stayed, and that terror he felt at that moment was more horrifying then anything he had ever experienced.

Black Boy Eighth Response

Subservience, the literal meaning is complete obedience to someone else. I believe that subservience is necessary in life, but not all the time. Being obedient is not something to be ashamed of, but sometimes when you just can't agree with something, you fight for your beliefs. The same goes for Richard. Richard needs to be subservient to gain money to get to the north, but he also is a pretty independent person who holds his beliefs over everything else. With his attitude he has what you could call the perfect balance of one's beliefs and subservience.

Black Boy Seventh Response

The meaning behind, "Learn to live in the south", Is Richard is having a hard time adapting to his new way of life. Richard has always had it tough, but now in the south, he has to learn everything all over again. that is what the quote means.

Black Boy Sixth response

When Richard was about to graduate, he found out he was the Valedictorian of his class, and that he was told to give a speech. But the principle tells him to read the speech he made for Richard because white people will be attending the ceremony, and if Richard says his speech that he will bee held back. So Richard, ever plagued by people telling him what not to do, says his own speech. Richard had all the justification to his own speech because he worked so hard and had been through so much that he had to say his own speech.

Black Boy Fifth Response

Richard and Uncle Tom have never really got along since the day they met each other, and finally Tom goes off the edge. When Tom asked Richard what time it was, and Richard gave him the time. But Tom thought Richard was lying, so he told Richard to tell him the real time, so Richard checked again and said, "The time was close enough." And Tim gets extremely belligerent telling Richard that he would give him the , "Whipping of his life!" That is why Richard is so angry at Uncle Tom.

Black Boy Fourth Response

The reason why Richard feels gratified after sharing his writing, is all because he has never felt someone acknowledging him before. Richard has always loved knowledge, but has never been praised for his intelligence, so when his writing is exclaimed by his neighbor, he feels so happy that he can't hold it all in. With the gratification of his life actually meaning something, Richard knows that there is something more that he can do with his life.

Black Boy Third Response

Wright's response to his mother's paralysis is actually quite startling. First when neighbors start giving food to him, he refuses to take charity until his Grandma gets there. This response shows that he completely understands what the future holds, him on his own. The only way he is going to get used to that is if he starts refusing charity, because if he doesn't learn to live with the pain and accepts the charity, he will end up begging for the rest of his life.

Black Boy Second Response

Richard says that it is his cultural heritage to dislike jews, but while looking at his past experiences, it is almost like it was inevitable. I mean he has been hated for being a black, and he doesn't understand why because no one will tell him why. He has been beaten because his Grandma believes that fiction is the devil, yet Richard wants to read as much as possible. He just sometimes has to go with the flow to avoid getting in to more misfortunes. As well as being socially accepted goes, it goes hand in hand with why he would dislike jews.

Black Boy First Response

I think that the reason why Wright is so angry is actually a conglomerate of things piled on top of one and another. First off is when he was ordered to be quite by his mother, and end up burning the house down which results in a severe beating. Next is when he was playing with a kitten, and his father Nathan tells him to, “Kill that damn thing!” which Richard does promptly by hanging it, only to be punished again which makes Richard even angrier because he was only doing what he was told. And finally is when his father leaves him, and Richard finds any white family enjoying a meal as disgusting. All these events made Richard angry, but angry enough to do something about it, where 25 years later he is a successful man.

Richard Wright's review of Their Eyes were watching God

The Review that he made was extremely critical, but for a critic what can you expect. He stated that the only real thing going for the book was, and I quote, "Her dialogue manages to catch the psychological movements of the Negro folk-mind in their pure simplicity, but that's as far as it goes." And to go on further through the review, I continue to agree with him. Their Eyes Were Watching God is really a trivial book that could stand to be severely revamped. As a final thought he is a question I must ask, "But when will the Negro novelist of maturity, who knows how to tell a story convincingly -- which is Miss Hurston's cradle gift, come to grips with motive fiction and social document fiction?" That really makes me ask the smae questions, She knows how to tell the story, but the story itself must be more, robust.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Last Response

Throughout the entire book Janie has always been quick to talk, but during the trial, she almost refuses to talk. The Reason why I believe that is because she killed Tea Cake, and that is eating her up inside. She just can't believe that there was almost nothing that she could do about saving him, and it was her fault that Tea Cake got rabies at all. So her atonement, if you will, is her lack of speaking.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Seventh Response

"The wind came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time. They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against crude walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God."

When the hurricane is approaching, Janie, Tea Cake, and Motor boat are hiding in their house, waiting for the impending doom to hit them. What I believe the quote means is that they were putting their entire will into hoping that God would do something to spare them. So they waited and watched for God to do something, but the hurricane got closer and a massive flood headed there way, so the only option was to take their salvation into their own hands and take their eyes away from God.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Sixth Response

When they arrive in the Everglades, Janie is so quick to work beside Tea Cake because he was cutting work in the fields to be with Janie, and to avoid Tea Cake from doing that, she decides to work in the fields so that Tea Cake will not want to cut work, because she will be there. This is very different then the way she works with Logan and Jody, because they both force Janie to work, while Tea Cake does it in a way that Janie feels comfortable and accepting of wanting to work.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Third Response

Why does Janie care about the mule so much? I believe the reason why Janie cares about the mule so much is all about about similar experiences. Janie looks at this old mule and can't stand the fact that anyone would treat it so badly. Janie also has been through a lot in her life, on the terms of understanding how it feels to be prodded and teased so it is only natural that Janie would want to do something for the mule.
"They oughta be shamed uh theyselves! Teasin' dat poor brute beast lak they is! Done been worked tuh death; done had his disposition ruint wid mistreatment, and noe they got tuh finish devilin' 'im tuh death. Wisht Ah had mah way wid 'em all." pg 67.

Superbowl Ads

During the Super bowl are always the long awaited kings of commercials. Here the commercials are most anticipated because they are well known to be funny. Out of the commercials I watched last night, the two that stood out were from UPS and Bud Light. Both were funny in their own respective areas, but while looking at the three appeals, logic, emotion, and credibility, each had their own appeal that they were going for. The UPS commercial used logic to prove their point as against using giant pigeons to deliver packages that cause a massive disaster and attack the city, that you should use UPS, the better and safer service. Then The Bud Light commercial used emotion and logic by saying if you drink Bud Light, you can breathe fire, and since that would be something that anyone would love to have, but unfortunately that effect was too destructive so Bud Light no longer does that, but it is still obviously the best choice of beer to drink.

Their Eyes Were watching God Second Blog

The Last Paragraph of Chapter 4 was really moving to me, as early on in the book, the detail on the terms of nature was fantastic, and I expected it to be more in the book, and I was right. The Imagery sort of made me stop and think, it was a lot to take in, and I could almost feel as if I was right there, experiencing it all.

Their Eyes Were watching God First Blog

In the first chapter we see Janie coming back home after a long time, but when she finally gets there, she is surprised by what she finds waiting there for her. The townspeople are all silently judging everything about her, and in the most rude and vulgar ways. Janie expected to come back to a pleasant and happy environment, to be sadly mistaken.

W.E.B. DuBois

W.E.B. Was the most prominent intellectual leader and political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. But He was also extremely well known for helping to found the Niagara Movement, which was a call for opposition to racial segregation as well as policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington. He was also a successful Author who published over 22 books.