I thought the forums were interesting, because I got another view of Ceremony. The views I got were more professional, like Suzanne Augsten, or Gloria Bird who is half native american. I think I understand the bigger issue with why Ceremony was written, to institute a changing of attitudes among some of the xenophobic Native Americans.
I did think it was weird people kept on drawing comparisons between Ceremony and Death of a Salesmen, they aren't the same book people. You really need to dig deep to understand these books, not repeat patterns out loud.
Showing posts with label Response to Course Material. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Response to Course Material. Show all posts
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Response to Course Material 4
I was happy with my interpretations of the Barred Owl and The history teacher. For once I understood the poems that were in the prompt. This was a complete 180 from the Eros poem which I still at this point don't really understand.
Also we now have to deal with Prezi, i kinda like it. But I don't think powerpoint is that much different.
Also we now have to deal with Prezi, i kinda like it. But I don't think powerpoint is that much different.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Response to Course Material 3
I actually thought the American Dream was alright. The Theater of Absurd has a purpose, it is to display the message the author wants to convey. I think it is more realistic than any other form.
When people go through their everyday lives, they like to stick a routine. Why not? But with the Theater of Absurd you force them out of their comfort zone. They can show more of their character that way. Nothing better showing a man's character by putting him in a situation he doesn't understand.
I am trying to figure out how long my annotations should be. Right my annotations aren't even full sentence length for the most part. But I have been getting full credit and I understand the play so maybe I shouldn't change it.
When people go through their everyday lives, they like to stick a routine. Why not? But with the Theater of Absurd you force them out of their comfort zone. They can show more of their character that way. Nothing better showing a man's character by putting him in a situation he doesn't understand.
I am trying to figure out how long my annotations should be. Right my annotations aren't even full sentence length for the most part. But I have been getting full credit and I understand the play so maybe I shouldn't change it.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Response to course material 2
Syntax was kind of interesting. I already knew some what about syntax before hand so the topic overall wasn't too complicated. I was a little surprised by the use of colons for syntax because I was already thought people use colons to be confusing and fancy.
I think the Theories of Comedy made something simple way too complicated. There is no formula to make someone laugh, there might be a repeating pattern or two, but this is something completley abstract. I mean people laughing at the Jackass series and I don't remember any of the theories applying to that.
I did think the theatre of absurd is interesting. In a normal day life situation, we don't make complicated enough decisions to show who we are. The hard decisions we make reflect our character. This is shown with The American Dream, where the toilet that was broken for 2 weeks brought out things from mommy and daddy and grandma that we wouldn't see in a normal working day.
I think the Theories of Comedy made something simple way too complicated. There is no formula to make someone laugh, there might be a repeating pattern or two, but this is something completley abstract. I mean people laughing at the Jackass series and I don't remember any of the theories applying to that.
I did think the theatre of absurd is interesting. In a normal day life situation, we don't make complicated enough decisions to show who we are. The hard decisions we make reflect our character. This is shown with The American Dream, where the toilet that was broken for 2 weeks brought out things from mommy and daddy and grandma that we wouldn't see in a normal working day.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Response to course material 1
So far AP literature has been an interesting class, not only the people but the subject is too. I think some important things we have learned so far is DIDLS. DIDLS stands for Diction, Imagery, Details, Language and Syntax. Now I already knew about imagery and details coulee be used to analyze works. I also knew from reading Huckleberry Finn about the importance of language. But the two newest to me were Diction and Syntax.
I never really thought of connotations and their importance in novels, I always thought if you want to tell someone something, be obvious. But diction allows you to add little details to the big picture, giving it glitter and sparkle. Diction reminds me of modern political speech, where words have secondary meaning, so you want to get public approval by being picky with your vocabulary.
The other new one was Syntax. Syntax is about sentence structuring. I have always been familiar with syntax through poetry. Whenever I wrote a poem, I had structure my sentences so they flowed well or followed a specific rhythm. This is similar to how a writer uses syntax. They structure their sentence to further address their issue. It can be repetition of a phrase, or using a rhetorical question to put emphasis.
Another thing we talk about in class is prompts. I think it is interesting because I have taken about 9 AP tests at this point so I have seen my fair share of formulas. But I think the prompt is more fluid than all the other essays. This prompt doesn't ask you to spit out information, it asks you to understand and dissect the topic more; breaking it down into three sentences give or take.
I think it is starting to click in my head, hopefully I'll understand future topics as well as this one.
I never really thought of connotations and their importance in novels, I always thought if you want to tell someone something, be obvious. But diction allows you to add little details to the big picture, giving it glitter and sparkle. Diction reminds me of modern political speech, where words have secondary meaning, so you want to get public approval by being picky with your vocabulary.
The other new one was Syntax. Syntax is about sentence structuring. I have always been familiar with syntax through poetry. Whenever I wrote a poem, I had structure my sentences so they flowed well or followed a specific rhythm. This is similar to how a writer uses syntax. They structure their sentence to further address their issue. It can be repetition of a phrase, or using a rhetorical question to put emphasis.
Another thing we talk about in class is prompts. I think it is interesting because I have taken about 9 AP tests at this point so I have seen my fair share of formulas. But I think the prompt is more fluid than all the other essays. This prompt doesn't ask you to spit out information, it asks you to understand and dissect the topic more; breaking it down into three sentences give or take.
I think it is starting to click in my head, hopefully I'll understand future topics as well as this one.
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