Monday, April 22, 2013
Reading Times
4/15-Sword Art Online: Book 1-1 hour-63 pages
4/16-Epigenetics-1 hour-59 pages
4/17-Epigenetics-1 hour-61 pages
4/18-Epigenetics-1 hour-65 pages
4/19-The Mark of Athena- 1 hour-60 pages
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Poem
The man sits and weeps,
On steps, hallowed streets,
The people walk faceless,
Like flocks of simple sheep,
Dancing to the tune and beat,
What brilliant overture!
What lilting crescendo!
Who wouldn't follow its direction,
The women wear their stockings
The men their bland, crisp suits,
And dance in that single waltz,
No joy
No change,
No shift,But none is necessary
Ignore the mistake
Hideaway from the death,
Its part of the plan.
The world doesn't need to be pretty,
Its cyclical,
Unlearning,
A nice little loop,
Ignore the hunger
Look over growing debts
The free laugh and laugh,'The pointless waltz'
they exalt,
'So dark and grim'
But they are blind.
For do the free not see?
They are as trapped as the rest.
I used rhyme in the first stanza with weep,street, and sheep. I had multiple examples of line break in the poem as well. I also used anaphora, if I am using the definition correctly, in the "no joy,no change,no shift.
On steps, hallowed streets,
The people walk faceless,
Like flocks of simple sheep,
Dancing to the tune and beat,
What brilliant overture!
What lilting crescendo!
Who wouldn't follow its direction,
The women wear their stockings
The men their bland, crisp suits,
And dance in that single waltz,
No joy
No change,
No shift,But none is necessary
Ignore the mistake
Hideaway from the death,
Its part of the plan.
The world doesn't need to be pretty,
Its cyclical,
Unlearning,
A nice little loop,
Ignore the hunger
Look over growing debts
The free laugh and laugh,'The pointless waltz'
they exalt,
'So dark and grim'
But they are blind.
For do the free not see?
They are as trapped as the rest.
I used rhyme in the first stanza with weep,street, and sheep. I had multiple examples of line break in the poem as well. I also used anaphora, if I am using the definition correctly, in the "no joy,no change,no shift.
What I Want
4/8/13-Beyond the Fall of Night-1 hour,60 pages
4/9/13-Beyond the Fall of Night-1 hour,61 pages
4/10/13-The Whisper-1 hour,63 pages
4/11/13-The New Time Travelers:A Journey to the Frontiers of Physics-1 hour,59 pages
4/12/13-Epigenetics-1 hour,60 pages
I thought about this for quit a while. I went down the list to all possible things I could want. No close loved ones have died, so no. I'm not really interested in wealth currently, so no. I eventually settled on the classic, immortality. Every single creature on this planet wants it in some shape or form. With most its more of a unconscious will to survive than a full thought. As humans are one of the few species that are aware of their own mortality, we can fear, and then in calmer moments contemplate death. Some believe this very contemplation, along with a need for answers, has created religion, and the afterlife is our answer to our own fear.
But besides that we have created our own special ways to live forever. Through our children, which when looked at scientifically is perfectly valid (your genetic material lives on so you complete a basic need of life), and when considered emotionally (their memories of you good and bad) is good too. Their also been a few that on purpose or as a byproduct have been immortalized through their actions/discoveries/unusual body deformities, etc. I'm talking about the genuine article, with some differences. I'm saying I want have the ability to decide when I die, when I am entirely tired of everything life and the universe can offer. This would not benefit humanity, but would would allow me to possibly gain a full comprehension of myself, whatever that looks like.
I suppose two examples of people we discussed who did anything they had to for what they wanted were Jack, and if things we are going to discuss count, Macbeth. Jack was at first simply the leader of the hunters, but grew to control what was left of the group and transformed it into a tribe, with him as the chief, of course. I would prefer not to go into detail on what I know about Macbeth, as it would be a spoiler, but it is quite bloody.
I suppose two examples of people we discussed who did anything they had to for what they wanted were Jack, and if things we are going to discuss count, Macbeth. Jack was at first simply the leader of the hunters, but grew to control what was left of the group and transformed it into a tribe, with him as the chief, of course. I would prefer not to go into detail on what I know about Macbeth, as it would be a spoiler, but it is quite bloody.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Reading Response-Fools' Experiments
Fools' Experiments, a book I currently halfway through is a science-fiction novel focusing on the several artificial intelligence experiments the characters participate, in with deadly results (at least in the first one). The book logically is set in the 21st century, and its spatial setting is a college in the midwest United States. I choose to read this book because I have strong interest in science and specifically the brain, and it caught my eye. The funny part is while some points raised in the book are well traveled others were novel experience for me to read.
I know the story has a continuous character progression(that may be inaccurate, basically the same characters mess up in the stories). I also understand that the main focus of the author in on the dangers of not taking proper precautions in an experiment. Nothing really made this book "stand out", and I actually simply picked this book randomly, just hoping it would be worth reading. The language, character development and the overall story arch all suggest this is going to be a good book.
I currently think that while their creations may almost destroy them, in the end, the world will come out better overall.
I know the story has a continuous character progression(that may be inaccurate, basically the same characters mess up in the stories). I also understand that the main focus of the author in on the dangers of not taking proper precautions in an experiment. Nothing really made this book "stand out", and I actually simply picked this book randomly, just hoping it would be worth reading. The language, character development and the overall story arch all suggest this is going to be a good book.
I currently think that while their creations may almost destroy them, in the end, the world will come out better overall.
Reading Details and Song Analysis-I Must Belong Somewhere
Link for song[]http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Everything-Must-Belong-Somewhere-lyrics-Bright-Eyes/E31E0631960282B548256F98000E8F23
3/25-Scavenger-1 hour-69 pgs
3/26-Scavenger-1 hour-70 pgs
3/27-Scavenger-1 hour-60 pgs
3/28-Scavenger-1 hour- 61 pgs
3/29-Fool's Experiments-1 hour-62 pgs
4/1-Under the Dome-1 hour-60 pgs
3/28-Scavenger-1 hour- 61 pgs
3/29-Fool's Experiments-1 hour-62 pgs
4/1-Under the Dome-1 hour-60 pgs
4/2-Under the Dome-1 hour-62 pgs
4/3-Under the Dome-1 hour-63 pgs
4/4-Under the Dome-1 hour-60 pgs
4/5-Under the Dome-30 minutes-28 pgs
The first thing I notice is the title. "I Must Belong Somewhere", while implying the theme of the entire song, is never directly mentioned in the song itself, which I suppose suggests it is unnecessary for his main point for the song. His main point however, centers around man's place in the universe is not to stand apart, as we are already apart of it and require no change.
There are many different poetic techniques he uses to reinforce this message one being the rhyme scheme throughout the poem. One specifically is repetition of "leave at the beginning of a good portion of the poem(yes I am aware of it being a song, but its incomprehensibility suggests it leans more towards the the poetic stage). This repetition is more properly known as "anaphora" which is used in various poems and songs that may as well be poems to stress the importance of a word to the main idea of the entire work. "Leave" taken purely denotative would fit the main idea suggested in the fact that he would be telling the reader or possibly a specific person to simply live and let live, or that they are find where they are. The connotative meaning however, adds a further dimension of possibility for the reason of the stress on "leave".
Another poetic device used in this song is the repetition of the word "somewhere" on three lines in the same stanza, three times in the entire text. This is know as "epistrophe" and like anaphora, is used to emphasize a particular phrase because of its importance to the overall story. In this case I suppose he is trying to say whether or not you can see it, their is a place for these people where they'll be happy. This may also be used to strengthen the song's overall connection to the title.
In review, the poem has several poetic devices, all used towards the goal of getting a point to the audience, whether that audience is the reader or a person in the writer's life
The first thing I notice is the title. "I Must Belong Somewhere", while implying the theme of the entire song, is never directly mentioned in the song itself, which I suppose suggests it is unnecessary for his main point for the song. His main point however, centers around man's place in the universe is not to stand apart, as we are already apart of it and require no change.
There are many different poetic techniques he uses to reinforce this message one being the rhyme scheme throughout the poem. One specifically is repetition of "leave at the beginning of a good portion of the poem(yes I am aware of it being a song, but its incomprehensibility suggests it leans more towards the the poetic stage). This repetition is more properly known as "anaphora" which is used in various poems and songs that may as well be poems to stress the importance of a word to the main idea of the entire work. "Leave" taken purely denotative would fit the main idea suggested in the fact that he would be telling the reader or possibly a specific person to simply live and let live, or that they are find where they are. The connotative meaning however, adds a further dimension of possibility for the reason of the stress on "leave".
Another poetic device used in this song is the repetition of the word "somewhere" on three lines in the same stanza, three times in the entire text. This is know as "epistrophe" and like anaphora, is used to emphasize a particular phrase because of its importance to the overall story. In this case I suppose he is trying to say whether or not you can see it, their is a place for these people where they'll be happy. This may also be used to strengthen the song's overall connection to the title.
In review, the poem has several poetic devices, all used towards the goal of getting a point to the audience, whether that audience is the reader or a person in the writer's life
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