Monday, March 28, 2011
An Apology to Aboriginal Australia
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Rabbit Proof Fence- Protagonist Molly
Today during humanities class, we watched a movie on “The Rabbit-Proof Fence” about a true story that happened to Molly and her two sisters. Reflecting on the movie, I thought through about Molly’s characterization and whether she is a hero or not. A hero is someone who takes action for something that is necessary and someone who thinks and takes care of others first. In the film, Molly proves as being a hero when she decides to escape from Moore River. On the last night before she leaves, she thinks about everything that had happened so far in the Moore River. Once she has her thoughts together, she decides that the place is bad and that these people have bad influences. Therefore, she makes up her mind to escape and leave the place with her sisters to go back home to her mother. This is heroic because Molly had escaped the place in order to keep her sisters and herself from danger and all the unpleasant things that might happen. Throughout this film, Molly is characterized as a brave girl who likes to take risks and explore. She is also shown as a good tracker as her grandmother tells her so in the beginning of the story. This helps her later on to escape the Moore River trying not to be caught. In his film, Molly takes on a huge responsibility in replacement of her mother to take care of her sisters and make sure they survive to meet their family again.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Colonization- Ethnocentricity
The ethnocentricity of the British and the First Australians caused conflict between the two groups. Once Pemulwuy killed McIntyre, this was when the strong friendship of Governor Phillip and Bennelong changed. Governor Phillip was in rage and under a lot of stress. He seeks for revenge and to kill every aboriginal. However, Bennelong does not understand why Phillip is mad and McIntyre was the one going around their land and shooting the aboriginals. This conflict created war against Governor Phillip and Bennelong. Further throughout their lifetime, when the settlers move to new land, the British thinks it is fine to take over the land of the natives and make it suitable for their own life. On the other hand, the natives were upset and unhappy with what the British were doing because they were taking over the natives' land without asking for permission or discussing with them. This, again, created a war between the British and the natives. Throughout the lives of the British and the First Australians, there were varieties of conflicts they had to face from ethnocentricity.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Julius Caesar Duet Acting
What mean you, Caesar? think you to walk forth?CAESAR
You shall not stir out of your house to-day.
Caesar shall forth: the things that threaten'd meCALPURNIA
Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,CAESAR
Yet now they fright me. There is one within,
Besides the things that we have heard and seen,
Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch.
A lioness hath whelped in the streets;
And graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead;
Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,
In ranks and squadrons and right form of war,
Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol;
The noise of battle hurtled in the air,
Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan,
And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets.
O Caesar! these things are beyond all use,
And I do fear them.
What can be avoidedCALPURNIA
Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?
Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions
Are to the world in general as to Caesar.
When beggars die, there are no comets seen;CAESAR
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;Servant
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.Re-enter Servant
What say the augurers?
They would not have you to stir forth to-day.CAESAR
Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,
They could not find a heart within the beast.
The gods do this in shame of cowardice:
Caesar should be a beast without a heart,
If he should stay at home to-day for fear.
No, Caesar shall not: danger knows full well
That Caesar is more dangerous than he:
We are two lions litter'd in one day,
And I the elder and more terrible:
And Caesar shall go forth.Context:
Calpurnia is begging Caesar to not go to the Capitol. They are at their house and this occurs on the morning of the Ides of March, which is the day the soothsayer had warned Caesar. The night before, there had been strange omens in a terrible storm and Calpurnia is also concerned and frightened by her dream of Ceasar's death (fountain of blood).
Significance:
The significance of this passage is that through Calpurnia's begging, we can see another characterization of women. In the earlier scenes, Portia had kneeled down to Brutus to get what she wants. This portrays women as kneeling down to men easily to get their way and what they need. Also, through Calpurnia's dreams, there is foreshaowing of Caesar's death. The things that she describes happened in her dream happens in Caesar's murder. This passage of Calpurnia's speech increases the audience's tension and creates mood for suspense before Caesar's great death scene (the climax).
Monday, January 24, 2011
My Learning Profile
I need to challenge myself to see the bigger pictures of things and to connect to information emotionally or kinesthetically. I always think before acting and am able to move forward and pick-up details even when under stress. Adding on, I need to see the orderly sequencing of information of what we’re going to do in class, so that I can prepare beforehand. Challenging myself to see bigger pictures and interpret things in different ways will allow me to enter part of my gestalt hemisphere and learn in different ways.
The strategies that would help me in my learning are to understand I formation from a whole perspective, emotions and movement. This process will help me see different a lot of possibilities and ways to figure things out in different situations. Positive and enjoyable movement exercises/experiences will help me to develop the necessary skills in order to interact emotionally and use my imagination and creativity fully. This will help me to develop my learning skills.
I would like the teachers to know that I learn best by focusing on the details, instructions and prefers the orderly sequence of what we are going to do in class given beforehand. Therefore, it would be appreciated if they handed out assignments with detailed instructions so that it will help me to know exactly what to do and also to have a list of the things we will do in class on the board so that I could prepare all my things.
Learning about my learning profile was very helpful and important because it informed me about the different strategies I can use to benefit my learning progress.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Daughter of Venice Annotations
Monday, November 1, 2010
How can Da Vinci be characterized as a true Renaissance Man?
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