Chinese Cultural Revolution Photos

My photo I chose that relates to Red Scarf Girl has to do with The Red Guards taking away the fourolds. They are taking down store signs and any names placed up that has nothing to do with Chairman Mao. As in the book many people stand around to watch while one of the red guards stand up on a tall platform with a steardy item taking down the sign to be replaced with a title that has to do with The Cultural Revolution or Chairman Mao's exact words.

The Red Guards want anything and everything to have to do with Chairman Mao's encouraging words and or having to do with The Cultural Revolution. Without any permission they just take down what they want when they want to, not caring how people felt. Just like in The Red Scarf Girl and in the photo people stand around cheering them on.

GPA College Blog 2

When calculating my grade point average for the second semester I was surprised and proud of what I have accomplished. I wasn't pleased with my grade point average the first semester, it was low and I know I could have done better. In order for me to be accepted to UC Davis or Spellman College I must keep my grade point average at a 3.5 or higher. And in order to do that I have to try my hardest to do anything and everything to try to stay focused throughout my years in high school. And study, study, study in order to get A's on my tests and quizzes since those seem to be the two things I struggle in.

Considering that we are only in April and have two months of school left, I am going to try my best to keep my grade point average at a 3.4 or higher if I can. I am going to come into office hours to study for things that will take up a big part in my grade. I want to be successful in life and make my family happy, mostly my mom. I want to be a role model for my younger sister.

Internship Talks

What struck me when listening to the juniors internships was that the majority of the students didn't enjoy what they did or wouldn't count that as something they look forward to doing in the future and even the ones who did still were unsure or changed their minds. Something Im looking forward to do for my internship is something that might help me get an idea and a head start for what I want to do in the future which is be a veterinarian, so maybe I can work at a humaine society since I care a lot for animals and their health. A internship that painted a key picture to me was the one about the bakery. I understood it and the way the vignette was worded I understood the emotions and things that she loved about the internship. I could really imagine it in my head.

Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi on War

Some quotes that stuck out to me were "I will not side with you or dance to bombs because everyone is dancing, everyone can be wrong, life is a right, not collateral, or casual, I will not forget where I come from, I will craft my own drum". I really like this quote and I think I can connect to it. I like how it's talking about ones self and how they aren't going to be like others and do things that others do but at the same time they know where they come from but will still be them at the end of the day. I also think that in Persepolis Marjane was feeling what Suheir was saying in that part of the poem. Another quote that stuck out to me is "One women believes that love will never find her". I personlly feel that many people believe this quote and would agree, but the word that sticks out is believe. They only believe that for that point in time but things eventually change and they believe otherwise. Marjane was at the edge of giving up all hope for someone she would love for the rest of her life and someone that will love her for her. So she began to believe that since the first guy and secong guy didn't love her that she would never be loved again. And I really loved her whole poem all together. The poetry relates to how Marjane is feeling.

PART II

I think that in the poem the feelings and things said can also be coming from how Marjane felt at the time of the revolution and what she was going through, and the revolution that Suheir was going through when 9-11 occuried. They both define revolution as a complete change and even marked as if their lives are never going to be the same again all because of that one incident. There might be an end and there might not be but how they feel in both situations are as if there might not be an end. People still wont get treated the way the should no matter what may have happened that had nothing to do with them. Both of their families in this situation either were apart of some type of goverment and fought for their rights in war, fighting back in the revolution.

Islam:Music In Islam

Music in islam is prohibited but some Musilims believe its sinful if it has to do with drugs, violence, freedom, love, etc. Many music in Islam is either sung or played in public services or private devotions. Nasheeds are religious songs sung by some muslims without instruments. Muslims dont sing while they pray nor play music when doing so. There is among lots of different types of Islamic music that the muslims listen to.

- Muslims at a gathering

Asia Current Events

My country is Lebanon and I will be taking about the caretaker prime minsiter Saad Hariri who has taken protesters to the streets at efforts by Hezbollah party to form the next goverment. Lebanon is located on the east end of the mediterranean Sea. Isreal is to the south of Lebanon while Syria is to the northeast. And its located in the middle-east of Asia. Lebanon is a small country with a population of approximately four million. Lebanon became an independent country in 1943.

Saad Hariri who controlled the goverment no longer is in charge. Hariri's goverment collapsed after Hezbollah withdrew its support for him this month. Many protesters who accuse the Shia Islamist movement of staging a coup, are blocking roads and burning tyres in several towns and cities. Hezbollah and it's allies earlier won the nominations of their candidate Najib Mikati as the next prime minister to lead the country's goverment. It was all becoming a problem to people because Hariri was not doing things right. Mikati wants to cooperate with all Lebanese parties and extend a hand to all groups to end division. And he highly appreciated everyone who voted for him.

STREET ART

1.) Well some qualities I noticed in the documentary that I could use for my art peice would be the idea of a plain symbol that has a meaning behind it. It doesn't have to be colorful. Also some another quality would be using items and crafts and things in your home to come up with one main peice of art that has to do with my consumption project junk mail. And try and make a symbol out of the variety of junk mail scraps.

2.) What amazed me about the artists work was that each andeveryone of them either came up with a picture, symbol, or design that meant something to them or they though was a smart idea. The work the artists did was something they were confident in and knew would amaze people who spotted their works.

3.) They used their work to convey a message just by symbols and words and things like that. And sometimes their work was so good that people knew the message right away without much thought about it. Like for example if they comment on an aspect of society, or when they convey a specific emotion or mood then people get the point that their trying to get across to them.

Harrison Bergeron Political Cartoon

My political cartoon is showing the musical band playing after Harrison Bergeron escaped from prison to go against the goverment. In this cartoon Harrison is giving the musical band permission to remove their handicaps as for himself. He wants to celebrate his freedom by having a dance with an empress while the band play a nice song. There is now no more equality and everyone has freedom and big smiles on their faces for the time being. It was all Harrison Bergeron's idea for freedom and more equality.

Research

1.) What is a political cartoon?

A political cartoon is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message, that usually relates to current events or personalities.

2.) What is its purpose?

The purpose of a political cartoon is to take the place of words to get across a particular point about an issue or event.

This cartoon was used again as the colonists started thinking about revolution.

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 3

I personally think Kafka was trying to prove a point. That some insects if not all get treated just like most human beings if not worst. And I think he's also trying to say that you could really find out the true colors of who your family is by the way they treat you if you are something besides a human being. By Gregor being an insect it really shows you how great life would be if all your real life troubles and problems happened to disappear but also how it happens to get boring and you began to die slowly.

I think that Kafka chose the beetle because again I think he was trying to make a point. I believe that he was trying to tell a story to his readers that beetles are weak and very picky when it comes to their life. And also because the insect can relate to in a way how he was feeling about his life as a human being. He was an emotional wreck and so was the beetle in way that he was dying inside due to the emotional part of his life and his family not being appreciative.

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 2

In the Metamorphosis the Samsa family both benefit and harm eachother. As things become clear to the Samsa's that Gregor is actually an insect they become more understanding but in a different type of way. Gregor's sister was sensitive in a way that she would do anythin for her brother and she understood most of what her brother Gregor was going through. She knew not to bother looking at him so it wouldn't disturb her in anyway or give her second thoughts about coming into his room. In this way Gregor got his food every day, once in the morning, when his parents and the servant girl were still asleep, and a second time after the common noon meal, for his parents were, as before, asleep then for a little while. She always cattered to his needs. She later had grown somewhat accustomed to everything.

Things suddenly began to change when Gregor was actually moving around and getting used to his new self and his room. His sister noticed immediately the new amusement which Gregor had found for himself--for as he crept around he left behind here and there traces of his sticky stuff and so she got the idea of making Gregor's creeping around as easy as possible and thus of removing the furniture which got in the way, especially the chest of drawers and the writing desk. She eventually knew his walkways in his room and what he had been doing and she thought by taking furniture out that it would help him get around easier but he liked his things the way they were. And by involving Gregor's mother made it even worst because by her trying to help move things cause a big scene because Gregor liked evreything about his room and the furniture meant a lot to him being that it's been there since he was a child.

In the Novella the exception of one event, the plot is almost humdrum in its realistic description of family tensions and economic worries. The neutral tone of the story also reinforces the feeling that the Samsas are a normal family. Theres too much to say about my family life....

RULES:
1.) To always have trust between one another
2.) To always be open to giving your thoughts and opinions
3.) Have open lines of communication where family members feel comfortable disscussing problems among each other
4.) Have dinner as a family; scheduled time - aslo spiritual foundation
5.) Love, Respect, and makes your family your top priority

Grade: D

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 1

What circumstances in Gregor's life might have caused him to feel dehumanized even before the metamorphosis took place?

Before the metamorphosis took place Gregor's life was tiring. He didn't like his job and he was always traveling being that he was a salesman. Gregor always has to cope with the problems of traveling, the worries about train connections, irregular bad food, and the issues with human relationships. This in a way can relate to the metamorphosis because being that he is an insect, insects are always traveling non stop and they come across bad food and different relationships with those of heir own species. Things were stressful for Gregor as a salesmen and people weren't always the nicest to him when he was trying to sell a certain product and its that way with insects, people dont like them or cant stand them.


Gregor has personal issues with him and his family. Gregor's father was not always the most loving person and at times seemed very strict. When he was yelling at Gregor to open the door that then showed how he was so different from the sister and the mother. Being that he was an insect, human beings dont always treat insects fairly or with the respect that they diserve. And Gregor is helping his father pay off the dept they owe so he should be getting some kindness in return from his family. And now that he is going through metamoposis things might get even worst.