Blog Catch Up
So…I think I was extremely overdue on the blog questions so here they are…
What do you like least about your hometown?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/01/danville.html
How might Frankenstein relate to Rousseau’s State of Nature/Hobbes State of War?
Hobbes would call the monster a savage; the monster lived outside, wore almost nothing, and only had enough to survive. Frankenstein would confirm Rousseau’s state of nature, the monster does not want to be a part of society, and he isolates himself and wants a mate to be content.
What is the monster in Things Fall Apart?
The monster in Things Fall Apart is ignorance. Christians were ignorant of the Ibo culture and the Ibo were ignorant of what the Christians were after.
What is the worst job you’ve ever had/What are you being educated for?
I am being educated so that I can be a productive member of society. I think…I want to be educated so I can earn money, be able to understand things out of my reach now, and be able to do things a high school graduate could not (i.e. Doing complex calculations, inventing electrical devices). I also want to be able to talk about certain things and have interesting and relevant anecdotes and facts to bring up.
What exemplifies strength in your culture?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-our-culture-examples-of-strength-are.html
Is violence ever a good idea?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/is-violence-ever-good-idea.html
Marx agree/disagree quotes:
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/agree-disagree-quotes-danny-trevor-matt.html
List the privileges you share with McIntosh? What disadvantages do you experience?
I am extremely privileged; I come from a good home, with enough money, and loving parents who stayed together. I would consider myself blessed. Patrick said that being an upper/middle-class white male has downsides too. Ya, I would agree that there is an extreme amount of expectation put on this demographic to be extremely successful but I would so much rather have expectations of greatness than everyone telling you its not going to happen. If I grew up in a ghetto at a poorly funded school with poor marks on standardized testing, I would not have gotten into UCSC. The fact that my school pushed me and my parents expected me to do well was what kept me from becoming a fuckup.
Evaluate how Satrapi’s use of the form of the graphic novel effects how you receive her narrative point of view?
The graphic novel was able to take a lot of the painful things she talked about seem less harsh. It also gave the effect of being able to pull you back and see the narrative through a window rather than being entirely immersed in it.
Compare Satrapi’s relationship to her family and nation to Moraga’s
Moraga’s relationship with her family is extremely different than Satrapi’s. Moraga’s family traditions forced her to wait on her father and her brother as well as her brother’s friends. She loves and respects her mother, but dislikes and does not respect her father. Satrapi is stubborn and disobeys her family at some points but they are all she has and she loves them. Moraga dislikes the racial prejudices in the United States and hates how homosexuals are treated but would never do anything to hurt this country unless it furthered her cause. Satrapi dislikes Iran because of the rules and laws that govern her. She owns contraband as a way to rebel against the government.
If I need to change anything or add more, I’m fully willing to do that before the quarter is out. Peace!
-Trevor Wood
What do you like least about your hometown?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/01/danville.html
How might Frankenstein relate to Rousseau’s State of Nature/Hobbes State of War?
Hobbes would call the monster a savage; the monster lived outside, wore almost nothing, and only had enough to survive. Frankenstein would confirm Rousseau’s state of nature, the monster does not want to be a part of society, and he isolates himself and wants a mate to be content.
What is the monster in Things Fall Apart?
The monster in Things Fall Apart is ignorance. Christians were ignorant of the Ibo culture and the Ibo were ignorant of what the Christians were after.
What is the worst job you’ve ever had/What are you being educated for?
I am being educated so that I can be a productive member of society. I think…I want to be educated so I can earn money, be able to understand things out of my reach now, and be able to do things a high school graduate could not (i.e. Doing complex calculations, inventing electrical devices). I also want to be able to talk about certain things and have interesting and relevant anecdotes and facts to bring up.
What exemplifies strength in your culture?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-our-culture-examples-of-strength-are.html
Is violence ever a good idea?
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/is-violence-ever-good-idea.html
Marx agree/disagree quotes:
http://stevenson80.blogspot.com/2007/02/agree-disagree-quotes-danny-trevor-matt.html
List the privileges you share with McIntosh? What disadvantages do you experience?
I am extremely privileged; I come from a good home, with enough money, and loving parents who stayed together. I would consider myself blessed. Patrick said that being an upper/middle-class white male has downsides too. Ya, I would agree that there is an extreme amount of expectation put on this demographic to be extremely successful but I would so much rather have expectations of greatness than everyone telling you its not going to happen. If I grew up in a ghetto at a poorly funded school with poor marks on standardized testing, I would not have gotten into UCSC. The fact that my school pushed me and my parents expected me to do well was what kept me from becoming a fuckup.
Evaluate how Satrapi’s use of the form of the graphic novel effects how you receive her narrative point of view?
The graphic novel was able to take a lot of the painful things she talked about seem less harsh. It also gave the effect of being able to pull you back and see the narrative through a window rather than being entirely immersed in it.
Compare Satrapi’s relationship to her family and nation to Moraga’s
Moraga’s relationship with her family is extremely different than Satrapi’s. Moraga’s family traditions forced her to wait on her father and her brother as well as her brother’s friends. She loves and respects her mother, but dislikes and does not respect her father. Satrapi is stubborn and disobeys her family at some points but they are all she has and she loves them. Moraga dislikes the racial prejudices in the United States and hates how homosexuals are treated but would never do anything to hurt this country unless it furthered her cause. Satrapi dislikes Iran because of the rules and laws that govern her. She owns contraband as a way to rebel against the government.
If I need to change anything or add more, I’m fully willing to do that before the quarter is out. Peace!
-Trevor Wood
posted by Alan at 9:32 PM
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what do you think everybody- does Trevor need to add more (maybe we should ask the spam robot who haunts this blog what his opinion is)?
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