Today we embark on an adventure.

This adventure will lead us to all ends of the earth, this adventure will lead to the fountain of youth. All who are interested are welcome to join because believe it or not I will find the fountain of youth. Folks I extend an invitation to each and everyone of you to join me, because the fountain of youth welcomes all.

Response

After watching Jean Kilbourne’s documentary on Killing Us Softly I was left with some reactions. I think the Jean Kilbourne was very subjective when she assessed the advisements and gave the advertisers a bad rap. Before you leave me comments in uproar know this: I agree with her that women are taken advantage of in advertisements and THAT IS WRONG. Now that we have that out of the way lets look deeper in to my disagreement with Jean. When she was looking at the children advertisements dealing with the children learning at a young age to either be “manly” or “innocent” this muse is wrong. I think that Jean should do a bit of close reading and research before taking a swing at the artists making these ads. At a young age children are subjective influence from many different areas including ads, so the problem starts with the ads dealing portraying women as innocent and portraying men as manly. I think that as a consumer you must have a filter and be able to “filter” the true meaning of the ad and be able to pass the nonsense aside. As consumers we need to be able to form our own opinions and as consumers we need to be able to send the message to the companies that we are sick of the ads they are sending out. As my dear friend Gandhi once said “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Identity

Lately we have been talking a lot about the idea of identity and where we derive our identities from. I think that a person’s identity comes from a plethora of places. The first place is individuality, we all are unique from the rest of the world the part of the identity that is formed from this is the personality. Each person has a personality that is individual to them; their behavior is a reflection of this. We also form an identity from the culture that we live in, the part of the identity that is formed through this is how the person is dressed and what activities they like to do. An example of this is the different “fads” that are predominating in different regions or even cities of the world. When people that are from different regions come together they instantly engage in conversation about the various things they have been doing, in actuality they are sharing the “new” parts of their identities. When this sharing of “identities” takes place each person adds a patch to their quilt work that we call “identity”.

So this new book

Hey folks, so we were handed a copy of Caucasia two days ago we have read 47 pages thus far and so far I am not impressed. I am really having a tough time trying to modivate myself to read the next section we have to read due to slow plot line. The author is doing a great job developing the characters, who are quite interesting. Another aspect of the book I do like is how the mother and father are characters that are round, and they seem to change from page to page. Even though I do like some aspects of the book it is quite slow...but I have new found hope after todays discussion that it will begin to pick up as Mr. Kunkle stated. So before I judge a book by the first 47 pages I will read the next section and see how it goes.

Book Thief

I had read the first 50 pages of the Book Thief over the summer holiday and never got the chance to finish it. So when the opportunity was presented to me during our English course I jumped at the opportunity. The first 50 pages were excellent and the rest of the book was not of distaste. We meet Liesel our main character and follow her through the eyes of Death as you move through the novel, which is based in Nazi Germany during the second great war. Liesel grew from the sad little girl on the train to the strong woman we see at the end of the story. In part the reason for my fondness of the book originates from the way in which the narrator is able to keep a quick pace through the book. This fast pace many people feel as thought it would make a fantastic movie. I disagree, not to take away from the "great" works Hollywood produces, but I think this is better left as a book. The book was powerful and through our discussion we all expressed our growing love for Hans and Liesel each and every lit circle, a movie would kill the whole reason behind the book. So as a final statement I urge you to become emerged in your studies and look further into what you see on the television and in movies because many of them have written stories that are far greater than Hollywood or Chucks film creators could ever produce.

Persepolis

The complete Persepolis sits next to me as I complete this blog post, I feel inspired. This book has been eye opening on many levels. I am familiar with the graphic novels having read Tintin and Fullmetal Alchemist series both of which I relished. Persepolis hasn’t been any different; Marjane Satrapi has done a great job incorporating the pictures along with the text to for a great work of writing as well as art. As we saw in class today protesting can be portrayed in many different ways, Persepolis is an excellent example of this. The author incorporates her distaste for the government and certain aspects of Iranian life, but manages to do it in a dimmed manor. Another aspect that I enjoy about this book deals with the distinct voice of the author which is prevalent at every page. I look forward to finishing the last 50 pages of this novel.

The one that is Holden Caulfield

Today I am going to speak about the scene dealing with the two nuns that Holden meets at the breakfast bar. This is one of our only opportunities to see Holden not running from a conversation or lying to cover his feelings. When he is with the nuns he is a different person, but at the same time we are seeing the same old Holden. The character of Holden seems to have multiple personalities that he changes through as the day goes on much like clothing items, this is a glimpse of an "outfit" we have not yet seen on him. The nuns seem to bring out a side of him that is sincere, a side of him that actually cares. Another significant part of this specific scene is the echo backs the Ernest Morrow's mother on the train. The two scenes are very similar in that Holden is one on one. In the railcar Holden was very "phony" himself by lying to his classmates mother, but in both situations Holden was eating with is an interesting idea. The difference of course was that with the nuns it seemed like Holden had a certain connection with them on a personal level. The one that is Holden Caulfield is every changing did we just catch him "naked" of his "clothes" or is this purposeful "undressing" of Holden?

Lost like a lamp post.

Reading Catcher and the Rye has been an experience thus far and is turning out to be an adventure. We have meet our main character Holden Caufeild, and have gone through days in his life along with him. These days are not in the present infact they take place in the past as he expains at the beginning of the book, many of us have gotten annoyed with his use of the word "I" and his constant changing of moods and of location. What in the world is Holden Caufeild trying to tell us? We all have our theories and projectures about where he is and what he is doing, but are any of us right. The author J.D. Salinger is now dead so the questions fall on to the readers; so I ask YOU "What in the world is Holden Caufeild trying to tell us?"

And to you.

Today we discussed the idea of coming of age in our society today. Many people feel that we need to have a set age where one moves from childhood and teen years to adulthood, meaning that at a certain point everyone would be given the burden of certain responsibilities. This is a fair enough point in its own, except that you can not describe one group of people in one word, we are all different. This difference between people is what makes the world work, some people are more mature than others, and some people are more dependent on others than another "adult" would be. The answer to the question "At what age do you become an adult?" Is one that does not have one clear answer my opinion on the idea of adulthood is a notion that is unnecessary. If one feels that they can handle the responsibilities of the world without help does not mean they must fall into this word "adult". What I am really trying to say is that there is no word that can describe upward of 1 million people as a whole it is impossible; just because you are a certain age does not mean you are the same as the other people your age maturity or responsibility wise.

First an Introduction.

59 Minutes With James Hickey will be an experience for all to enjoy. Currently I am sitting infront of a computer screen in College Lit creating this post for all to enjoy. If left on the earth with one book of my choice I would choose Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is because if left alone to bring the back the earth from nothing but a book this would be my bible of choice to create a new society to replace the other one.

I am satisfied as a person if I have three things. One of which is a Backpack, the other a water bottle and a bicycle. I do enjoy doing many things in life such as but not limited to: Coloring, hiking, biking, playing soccer, skiing, reading, and lighting.

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