Pacing

Pacing is the rate of movement or tempo.  We know "pacing" as walking back and forth.  Well thats the true meaning. "A step made in walking a stride". Pacing can also mean the even spreading out of  strength or time, for example in a longer-distance track and field race , so that they don't burn themselves out. To keep a steady time

Runners pace so that they don't burn themselves out.

Thinking Outside the Box

When comparing Plato and Satre, they both created a story that shows how us humans think.  Plato uses a cave to represent what we think reality really is, but he says were wrong.  He also uses shackels to represent the thoughts that hold us back from "real" reality. For example in everyday life, people use the internet.  They search for a specific thing. And whatever they read, they believe it is true. In Satre's story, he tells a tory of 3 people in a room that is supposed to be hell.  This makes people think, because everyone thinks hell is a place full of fire and where the devil tortures you.

Folk Tale

A story passed on by word of the mouth.  They usually start with "Once upon a time" or a similar phrase like that. Magic events, characters, and objects are part of the story. Usually the charcters consist of a royalty (king or queen), an antagonist and a protagonist. And it usually ends with "they lived happily ever after".

A folk tale is a story or legend handed down from generation to generation usually by oral retelling. Folk tales often explain something that happens in nature or convey a certain truth about life.

Sleeping Beauty is an example of a falk tale

Search Myself

Singer artist

NFL player

I searched my name on the internet and these two people have the same name as me.  I didnt' find myself just using the name "Patrick Sims". But by typing "Patrick Sims Santa Maria Tennis" I found a picture of me.

Literature Analysis 3

1984 by George Orwell

Thye year is 1984 and the main character, Winston Smith lives in London which is located in the country of Oceania. The world is divided into 3 main countries or parts: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia.  A group called the "party" controls everything in Oceania.  Everywhere Smith goes, the party can see him.  The party even controls the history and language of the country. They try to invent a new language called Newspeak which tries to get rid of every word that has to involve with politcal stuff.  Throughout the stroy Winston Smith tries to get rid of the party once and for all.

One of the themes of the story is similar to what we have been learning in class this whole year. The theme is technology can help but also hurt us. By using technology, the party can see everyone in the city.

The tone of 1984 is both happy and depressing at times.  It seems as if George Orwell tries to have you experience what Winston is experiencing throught the book.  Both the high points and the low points.

George Orwell uses Symbolism, Imagery and Allegorys.  When Winston drinks and smokes cigarettes, it symbolizes his way of excaping the "party".  The red armed prole woman represents freedom.  Everytime she sings Winston can see hope for the future.  "Big Brother" is the face of the party, he acts as reassurance and a trustworthy entity for many of the people. "The place where there is no darkness" is what Winston imagines in his dreams, it symbolizes Winstons fate.

The BIG question

Has the internet changed the way we act and think compared to B.I. (before internet)??

Performative Utterance

Performative utterance, which is Austin’s terminology, is a sentence that does something in the world rather than describing something about it or, in Austin’s own words, “refers to those sentences which conform to the old prejudice in that they are used to describe or state something.”  Although Austin specifically left out drama when he originally formulated his theory, later analysts contended that the performance utterance is a significant component of drama.  There are many examples of performative utterance throughout the play “Hamlet” such as Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy and it is used to show the emotions of characters towards other characters.  His soliloquy basically brings about a state of mind or affair rather than straight up describing one.  Hamlet’s soliloquies involve him talking to himself about his ideas and thoughts of other characters and situations; demanding action from others.  Shakespeare uses performative utterance through Hamlet’s speeches that impact all of the characters and the plot because we get to hear his interpretation and feelings about everybody else.

            Hamlet has many soliloquies that have performative utterance in “Hamlet” the play.  His most famous one is “to be or not to be”.  It brings Hamlet’s state of mind, his thoughts and feelings of the characters and whether he should commit suicide or stay alive and kill Claudius, rather than explaining his thoughts.  According to De Poer “Hamlet is a character of almost unique power… nonetheless proceeds through the majority of the narrative largely impotent to enact his revenge.”  This means that the audience has the opportunity to see what Hamlet’s thoughts are about the other characters and his plot for revenge just through his speech, even without any actual action.  The audience has the opportunity to think through a course of action that may or may not really occur. Shakespeare uses the performative utterance in the form of Hamlet’s soliloquy to portray two separate plans of action.  Hamlet through his soliloquies describes his plot to seek revenge by murdering Claudius.  The actual action of the play differs greatly from that described by Hamlet

            Hamlet’s speeches involve action and the command for action by others.  It shows his sense of action and revenge when he explains he wants to kill Claudius for what he did to his father.  Hamlet’s speeches impact the whole story, because we get to see the characters and the plot according to Hamlet.  When I read Hamlet’s speeches I get to understand the characters in a different way, and I get to view the plot according to one of the characters, Hamlet.

            Though not a term used in his day, Shakespeare’s  use of performative utterance has a big impact in “Hamlet”.  Through Hamlet’s soliloquies we are exposed to his inner thoughts and feelings.  His soliloquies are examples of perfromative utterance because it shows his state of mind instead of actually straight up describing one.

I changed the thesis and addressed the promt.  I wasn't sure what else to do.

Hamlet vs Beowulf

Since the start of our civilization we have recognized language as a important tool to control people.  In the plays of Hamlet by Shakespeare and Beowulf, the authors use different languages to describe the characters thoughts and feelings.  In Hamlet, the language is used to control other characters and to achieve their own goals.  In Beowulf the author uses different literary techniques like metaphors and aliterations to show the characters point of views.

In Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet is trying to decide whether to kill himself or to not and kill Claudius.  Shakespeare uses these soliloquies to show Hamlet's thoughts and feelings towards other characters and the plot itself.  Hamlet is a weak minded person who doesn't make up his mind very well.  Beowulf is different in that he is very strong minded and will not change his mind no matter what the curcumstances are.

“Beowulf got ready, donned his war-gear, indifferent to death; his mighty, hand-forged, fine-webbed mail, would soon meet with the menace underwater.”  This quote towards  the end of Beowulf shows that Beowulf is a fearless man who will not change his decisions.  Hamlet is different.  He is known to change his mind, as we can see in his soliloquies.

In both plays, language influenced the characters and plot.  Shakespeare showed Hamlet's feelings through soliloquies.  Hamlet was affected by his own self doings.  Beowulf was affected by the other characters actions and would not stop until he accomplished his goal.

The Major Concept

The major concept that I have learned this year is how to use technology to benefit my life.  By using social media website, I can meet and reunite with people from all over the world.  I also learned about filter bubbles and how they are bad and good.  And also memes and how they connect people with the same interests.

Video conference with Roy christopher

In the video conference with Roy Christopher, I learned many new ways to think about technology and the Internet. I wrote down notes on the most interesting Facts about our conference. Roy was very interesting to listen to and I would like to thank him for taking his time to teach us and tell us about the weird world of technology and the internet

Roy started to be interested with the Internet in the 90's
Technology is now part of everyday life. It can help us but it can also destroy us
He was first interested in BMx but changed to technology and the internet. He wrote a book about his new love
Roy loves the mixture of cultures within the Internet
Roy does not have a smart phone. He enjoys going home to find new emails and messages

Lit analysis 2

The road

The road by cormac McCarthy is about a man and his son surviving after a post ApoColyptic world. Their main goal is to walk across a bare landscape trying to survive the long winter. The story does not say why the world ended. The father knows that they can't survive another winter so he takes his and him south to find the sea and "good guys" like them

The main theme of this story is never give up. Throughout the story the father and his son are trying their hardest to stay alive and find People like themselves. They encountered many bad people that were trying to kill them.

The tone of the story is enlightening sad and confusing at the same time. It's enlightening when the father and son survive each and every obstacle. It's sad to see them struggle. It's confusing in that we don't know how everything started

Many lit elements were used like flashbacks and symbolism. Throughout the story the author used flashbacks so we could understand the story a little better. The flashbacks helped me understand the story better. He also used to symbolism to represent real life events, for example the boy represents the "good" in society.  McCarthy also uses "carrying the fire" throughout he book which represents to carry on the human race.  He also uses many imagery to describe how everything is so bleak and grey.

In search of..

When I first watched the TED video, my reaction was that the internet has a mind to its own.  The computer can actually tell what you like and it will match you up with other search engines that are similar.  Every time you search, it puts it into algorithm and uses it against you.  2 different people with the same search for example, Egypt, can get totally different possibilities for websites.

I tired different key words and phrases to search for William Shakespeare.  I used more specific phrases like "William Shakespeare's life" and "who was Shakespeare and what is he famous for." I used Google first to see what would come up. It was what I had expected.  Many different websites about Shakespeare.  I did the same searches but into Bing.  They were different websites and different pictures.  Lastly I used the same searches into Yahoo.  It was similar to Google, but had more advertisments.  Eventhough I used the same seache words, each search engine had different outcomes.

"Notes on Hamlet"

When I first started to read Hamlet I wasn't sure of how I was going to like it.  I just wanted to get it over with.  But after reading Act III, I started to understand and enjoy the stroy.  Shakespeare started to develop and talk about Hamlet as a character.  Throughout Act III, Hamlet is trying to kill himself, because he is in great pain from his father's death.  He decided not to and instead to go after the the cause of the real pain, Claudius.  Hamlet said that he would find out the true background of his father's death.

"Who Was Shakespeare?"

As I read many articles I learned that Shakespeare was an English poet and playwriter, he was widely regarded as the greatest writer in English language history.  He was often called Englands national poet.  Over his life he wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets. (wikipedia).  His most famous plays consist of "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", and "Romeo and Juliet".  When students hear the name of William Shakepeare they think of old English style writing and old English style plays and dramas.  I still struggle with the old English style of writing and still don't understand some of the meanings of words and some of the messages of the plays.

"To Facebook or Not to Facebook?"

My first impressions on Facebook are that it is a scial network that allows people to talk with their friends and family over the computer.  Also, that it is a great way to reconnect with old friends.  The benefits of Facebook are that what I have already said, it''s a great way to connect with friends and family.  The risks of using Facebook is that once you start using it and start "liking" pages, your information is set throughtout the internet.  Also, your personal life, like photos, statuses, and friends are shown on your page.  By the reading the article, "Why Facebook Is After Your Kids", by Emily Bazelon, it showed me that Facebook has many tricks to it.  Once you have liked a page, they can tell what else you would like.  Also I learned that Facebook makes their money from ads on your own page.

(Don't) Be Hamlet

          Hamlet's soliloquy is full with imagery and allusions.  The soliloquy is Hamlet's outburst of extreme anguish and bitter revulsion. It also shows the start of his fall.  I believe that Hamlet should overcome all of the people that doubt and don't believe in him.
          Hamlet's real question is "To be or not to be" which basically means, should he kill himself or stay alive and forget the people who don;t believe in him. "or to take arms against a sea of troubles." Meaning should he face his troubles. And should when he faces them he should end them. "And, by opposing end them." Hamlet says in his soliloquy that when we die, what do we dream.  That is an arquement of to why he wants to die.  He also says that everbody puts up with superiors and from arrogant men, love and people in office.
          Hamlet's soliloquy has been depicted in many different ways.  Each person can have their own twist to it.  One person can say that he should dtay alive and face the troubles, or that he should die and hide from all the bad people and ideas.  I believe that Hamlet should stay alive and face the troubles ahead.

Literature Analysis

The Kite Runner

1. Amir, the main character, has to overcome obstacles in Afganistan and Pakistan.  Amir is the narrator who is looking into his past.  His past was full of tragedies but also success.  Amir loses some of his closest friends and family, but later becomes an author.  Amir also has to save a young boy in order to atone his sins against Hassan.
2. The theme of this novel is redemption.  Amir through out the story was trying to redeem himself through Baba's eyes.  For example Amir thought if he could win the kite-flying tournament, he could redeem himself.
3. The tone of The kite Runner is tragic.  One example is when Amir's friend Hassan was raped. Their friendship fell apart after this tragic incident.  Another example was when Amir and his father had to leave Afganistan, they left all their friends and family back home.  The last example was when his father's friend Rahim Khan died.  Rahim was the one who encouraged Amir to become a writer.
4. Flashbacks were used many times in the novel.  They were used to understand his past.  The author also used imagery to describe certain events to make as if it was real.  The book was written in 1st person which helped me understand the narrators point of view of the story.  The setting also helped me understand the story better.  The setting was in the Middle East.  After researching the events that happend in the 80's in the Middle East.  I understood the book better.