As we come to a close and Intro to Lit is ending, I look back on the class and realize, wow the books we read and the discussions we've had, I have learned much more than I was anticipating. I some of these books have opened my eyes to how our generation is evolving and how we really look today without realizing it from "Feed", "Culture Jam" and even from "Hunger Games", I see now that our generation is all about tecnology and watching reality television because we are entertained. Throughout this class, ideas have come easier to me and opened my eyes to different themes in the book that we even face today in our culture.
Our class and group discussions made me open my eyes to the reality of today. We had a few great discussions on our dumbest generation that motivated me to really experience what life has to offer instead of watching tv all the time, sufing the internet constantly and most of all typing on my phone all the time. After that article of the dumbest generation, "Culture Jam" and "Feed", I was motivated to go out and enjoy life, not focus on technology. Then after reading "1984", well I was just like wow, ok I hope that doesn't become our future. Like the theme of privacy, I need my privacy I could not dea with the government or "Big Brother" watching our every moves and being in control, not letting us think for ourselves. That discussion kind of angered me a little, not letting us be ourselves and having no privacy. Privacy and our thoughts are what makes us who we are.
I feel like in a way, I find myself responding to literature in that I read the book then think about what I read. I never really used to respond to literature, I just would read books and finish them. I feel that after reading all the requried reading, which in most cases some of the books were very good, I am realizing that I have more opinions that what I say out loud. The class discussions have really got me participating and speaking my own thoughts. The discussions we talked about, privacy, our culture today, our dumbest generation and many others, I have spoke my mind and opened up to my group about my beliefs and opinions. Overall, I fully enjoyed this class and had fun reading and discussing the themes of the books. It really has opened my eyes to the world.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Blog #9 Censorship
I we lived in a world without books, well then there goes our education. We would be bored out of our mind, books are there to keep us entertained, give us an imagination and educate us. Our world today is evolving with new technology, the Kindle and all that other electronics used for books now, is what people are using instead of actually going out borrowing or buying the books. If we didn't have any of that, the world would be a boring, uneducated and unimaginative world. We use books on a daily basis. If there were no books for us to read, we would be dumb in a way. Honestly, I would say I would definitely miss books. I love to read, I love to read about adventure about action. I read all the time in my spare time. I wouldn't be able to get lost in my own little world if I wasn't able to pick up a book. If we were no longer allowed to read books, I don't know what I would do in my spare time.
All the time at the beach I would go through like three books in a week because I love to sit in the sun and get lost for a few hours in a really good book. I would be dumb if we didn't have book in school and keeping up with my verbal skills. Reading is a great way to keep up with grammar and verbal skills. I would definitely miss books, after all I love to read good action adventure books.
I guess in a way we "burn books" by reusing them in a different way via movies or tv shows. Or I guess also authors or publishers rewrite books that are exactly the same way as others. Theres almost always that same plot or theme to certain books. I don't know, I guess that is how we can kinda burn books, in a way. I don't think books are that dangerous. I mean, if a little kid read a gory violent sword fighting book, they might act in that same manner but books aren't really that dangerous. I guess one more way is that they run out of their popularity and won't even be picked up to be read. I feel books aren't that dangerous.
All the time at the beach I would go through like three books in a week because I love to sit in the sun and get lost for a few hours in a really good book. I would be dumb if we didn't have book in school and keeping up with my verbal skills. Reading is a great way to keep up with grammar and verbal skills. I would definitely miss books, after all I love to read good action adventure books.
I guess in a way we "burn books" by reusing them in a different way via movies or tv shows. Or I guess also authors or publishers rewrite books that are exactly the same way as others. Theres almost always that same plot or theme to certain books. I don't know, I guess that is how we can kinda burn books, in a way. I don't think books are that dangerous. I mean, if a little kid read a gory violent sword fighting book, they might act in that same manner but books aren't really that dangerous. I guess one more way is that they run out of their popularity and won't even be picked up to be read. I feel books aren't that dangerous.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Blog 8: Hunger Games
In addition to your "reaction," include a clip or link to a song, music video, movie clip, television segment, work of art, poem, blog entry, (etc, just one link), that you feel in some way "connects" to or further "illustrates" the events in this novel.
Once I started reading Hunger Games, I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but after finishing it, I really enjoyed the book. I couldn't put it down half the time because I wanted to know what would happen and if Katniss survived. I was on the edge of my seat half the time reading and reading to know how the ending played out. After finishing Hunger Games, it makes me want to get the second book and read that just to know what happens with Katniss after winning the games. Then there is also the fact of what will happen to her now between Peeta and Gale. So in all, I found the book entertaining and very interesting. It made me think about us as viewers now and why we like to watch tv and certain reality shows. As I was reading, I found myself responding to Katniss and Peeta. I just kept asking myself why would Peeta join forces with the other tributes, did he really just go against Katniss or did he really fall in love with Katniss. I kept reading to also know if they ended up together and if they had to kill one another.
In a way, I think Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in a way relates to the Hunger Games beacuse in the movie, Harry and a bunch of chosen students play in these games against each other to win. They have to win against each other, out play eachother to win the a cup. In a way the movie is similar in that they are just teenagers playing for their lives and need to outplay to win. They get interviewed and everything, become stars and the entire student body watches to see what happens. They cheer them on and influence them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtMj2wgN5UY ..... here's one video about the first task, they have to battle dragons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIQPoRc5Pd0&feature=related .......... heres the third task, they have to save friends of theirs and out swim, outsmart their opponents to win. They create alliances and help each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0DOZentoM&feature=related .... and here was the last task they had to do, a life or death situation they had to beat their opponents. So in a way it is similar to to The Hunger Games being chosen to play games against each other and be put in life or death situations. And the entire school watching and wizard world knowing who is winning and who died.
I think that other novels we've read so far, Feed, Culture Jam and 1984, I guess in a way they are working "in conversation" with each other in that this is what our culture has come down too. In Culture Jam is all about our culture aspects on life and the reality aspects of how our cutlure reacts in certain situations. In Hunger Games, it's just a story about how people react towards television and how much satisfaction and joy we get from watching tv, especially reality shows. We find it entertaining to watch people in real life on tv doing stupid stuff or participating in games for money. In a way, these books relate in that it is about how our culture is acting and how we are losing our "nature of the world". Some people sit at home night after night, week after week, watching reality television just for enjoyment and entertainment.
Which just a little comment, I don't know if you know but in 2012, there will be a movie based on the book releasing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2szX6ClpNrA the trailer......
Once I started reading Hunger Games, I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but after finishing it, I really enjoyed the book. I couldn't put it down half the time because I wanted to know what would happen and if Katniss survived. I was on the edge of my seat half the time reading and reading to know how the ending played out. After finishing Hunger Games, it makes me want to get the second book and read that just to know what happens with Katniss after winning the games. Then there is also the fact of what will happen to her now between Peeta and Gale. So in all, I found the book entertaining and very interesting. It made me think about us as viewers now and why we like to watch tv and certain reality shows. As I was reading, I found myself responding to Katniss and Peeta. I just kept asking myself why would Peeta join forces with the other tributes, did he really just go against Katniss or did he really fall in love with Katniss. I kept reading to also know if they ended up together and if they had to kill one another.
In a way, I think Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in a way relates to the Hunger Games beacuse in the movie, Harry and a bunch of chosen students play in these games against each other to win. They have to win against each other, out play eachother to win the a cup. In a way the movie is similar in that they are just teenagers playing for their lives and need to outplay to win. They get interviewed and everything, become stars and the entire student body watches to see what happens. They cheer them on and influence them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtMj2wgN5UY ..... here's one video about the first task, they have to battle dragons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIQPoRc5Pd0&feature=related .......... heres the third task, they have to save friends of theirs and out swim, outsmart their opponents to win. They create alliances and help each other. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK0DOZentoM&feature=related .... and here was the last task they had to do, a life or death situation they had to beat their opponents. So in a way it is similar to to The Hunger Games being chosen to play games against each other and be put in life or death situations. And the entire school watching and wizard world knowing who is winning and who died.
I think that other novels we've read so far, Feed, Culture Jam and 1984, I guess in a way they are working "in conversation" with each other in that this is what our culture has come down too. In Culture Jam is all about our culture aspects on life and the reality aspects of how our cutlure reacts in certain situations. In Hunger Games, it's just a story about how people react towards television and how much satisfaction and joy we get from watching tv, especially reality shows. We find it entertaining to watch people in real life on tv doing stupid stuff or participating in games for money. In a way, these books relate in that it is about how our culture is acting and how we are losing our "nature of the world". Some people sit at home night after night, week after week, watching reality television just for enjoyment and entertainment.
Which just a little comment, I don't know if you know but in 2012, there will be a movie based on the book releasing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2szX6ClpNrA the trailer......
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