Monday
Review Essay Prospectus
For my review essay I will be reviewing Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. I have yet to see this sequel to the original Boondock Saints, and will be reviewing it to see if it lives up to my standards that the first movie so highly set. I will research about what else the director has done, and about the actors and other films that came out around the same time. I will be looking at whether there is a substantial plot, the quality of acting, the story line in relation to the first movie, and the quality of the action in the movie.
Quote Reaction - On Morality
On Morality from Sloaching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
"Whether of not a corpse is torn apart by coyotes may seem only a sentimental consideration, but of course it is more: one of the promises we make to one another is that we will try to retrieve our casualties, try not to abandon our dead to the coyotes. If we have been taught to keep our promise-if, in the simplest terms, our upbringing is good enough-we stay with the body, of have bad dreams" (Didion 158)
I really enjoyed the way that the author wrote, it inspires me to want to write a definition essay of similar caliber. The stories/examples that were used in the essay to reinforce the authors definition of morality were surprising, the kind of examples that come to mind are the engrained rules about not murdering people, being nice, not stealing candy from children and those sort of things. I really liked this little example about not leaving a corpse and the way the morality about it was approached. When it first talked about how the man stayed with the body all night I assumed it would go on talking like 'it's a human life blah blah' and describe it in superfluous way. But I was shown wrong, the author instead used the argument of not wanting to leave our casualties to be a feast for the coyotes, which essentially has the same message of the importance of human life and our duty to other humans, but this uses a much more real approach. I think that is what I liked about this essay, the whole thing feels really real.
"Whether of not a corpse is torn apart by coyotes may seem only a sentimental consideration, but of course it is more: one of the promises we make to one another is that we will try to retrieve our casualties, try not to abandon our dead to the coyotes. If we have been taught to keep our promise-if, in the simplest terms, our upbringing is good enough-we stay with the body, of have bad dreams" (Didion 158)
I really enjoyed the way that the author wrote, it inspires me to want to write a definition essay of similar caliber. The stories/examples that were used in the essay to reinforce the authors definition of morality were surprising, the kind of examples that come to mind are the engrained rules about not murdering people, being nice, not stealing candy from children and those sort of things. I really liked this little example about not leaving a corpse and the way the morality about it was approached. When it first talked about how the man stayed with the body all night I assumed it would go on talking like 'it's a human life blah blah' and describe it in superfluous way. But I was shown wrong, the author instead used the argument of not wanting to leave our casualties to be a feast for the coyotes, which essentially has the same message of the importance of human life and our duty to other humans, but this uses a much more real approach. I think that is what I liked about this essay, the whole thing feels really real.
Wednesday
Definition Essay: What is silence?
Silence stretches across a wide a spectrum of concepts. Two people who are yet to be at ease with one another fill the silence with words, fearful of an awkward moment. But on the other hand it can be the most intimate moment between two people in a relationship. Silence can also be a mood. In the middle of the night it can fuel fear, silence creating the feeling of being alone and vulnerable. On a sunny day it can create peace, sunbathing with nothing but a slight breeze blowing across your face can be relaxing. Silence has many different functions and possibilities, creating different situations and feelings.
Definition Essay
A definition essay is meant to define something in a way that it has a life implication. Rather than being the dictionary definition, the term/idea is defined by how we interpret it and what it means to us.
ten ideas:
ten ideas:
what is education?
what is a hero/villain?
what is silence?
what is a disaster?
what is modesty?
what is trust?
what is respect?
what is integrity?
what is optimism?
what is nature?
Monday
Reading Quote
I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. (Paul Farmer, 24).
This quote shows how strongly Paul Farmer is passionate about helping people in need. Although the rest of us fail to even think about these people most of the time, he is constantly fighting the help them. This relates back to the last quote I posted, about how people just ignore what is happening in other parts of the world. Our way of dealing with the issues is to send some money to help, and then continue on with out normal lives without trying to actively help. Paul Farmer knew the truth of the situation, and he decided to make things happen to fix it. He is the kind of person that keeps the world going, these kind of leaders take initiative to make the world a better place when everyone else ignores it.
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