Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Weekly Reflection #1
So last week we had class twice last week Tue and Thur. Tuesday we talked about the soldiers and watched the movie thin red line. I really liked that movie and the assignment we did commenting and saying what we thought about their experiences, what we would have done differently or done the same. It helped me get a sense of what they went through and maybe why they did what they did. I wasn't there on Thursday and you talked about VJ Day and did some assignment, I'm not really sure. It is hard to miss your class because most of the class is lecturing and yeah Mr. Viles can give us an overview but its not the same. What if you could do a podcast or make it so we can watch it from home if your sick or something. Not that i have an ipod... Well that's what i have to say for this week thanks.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Book Portfolio Qtr 3
The Art of the Lathe by B.H Fairchild is a book of poems talking of the portrayal of Americans. The theme in this book is what does it take for "regular" people to accept who we are in the face of an American Ideal. The theme in history is shown how we've developed a work ethic, family values and freedom. There is a personal role of perspective in this book. Fairchild expresses his feelings about how everyone is wrong in what they see in the ideal American and why they're wrong.
The theme in the book The Art of the Lathe is, how can people accept and live as the "typical" American. Different people have different ways of accepting and feeling like they're apart of something bigger some people sing. When your singing in a choir and all of your voices are blending and your moving to the beat of the music, for those minutes how ever long, its not just you alone in the world your anonymous and you get this rush. For others it may be playing a sport, becoming the best you can be working with your teammates to defeat other at and show what your good at. This theme is important because it shows how people then and now accept who they are and live their lives.
When the British left England to get away from the king and become free this is important because from there we developed as what we know in America as family values, work ethic and education. When the British came to Massachusetts they had to build their colonies from the ground up and this took dedication and work. The only people "living" in America at the time were Native Americans and as a Native American you work as a tribe to survive. The education piece comes from the British and their reasons for teaching was learning to read so you could read the bible and have a strong foundation and faith in Jesus Christ. Later on we see whites not teaching their slaves any education so they could control them, but the slaves wanted that freedom and didn't take no for an answer. All of this is important because America is known for education, freedom, family and their work ethic and with out those people and events we wouldn't have what we have today.
Role of perspective relates to the theme because Fairchild was one of those "regular" peoples. This is shown during the poem Hoppers painting. Hopper painted regular people doing regular things for example a sewing at the sewing machine. The light he adds is warming and makes the job seem delightful, when in actuality Fairchild is saying no that's not not true I was there and that's not how it is. The same kind of thing is shown during the invisible man where as a little boys they're watching a movie and imaging life. As the man grows older he imagines what it would be like to be rich and have all the luxuries. You can associate this when you come out of the theater, your eyes are fuzzy from the change of light and you stretch America is in that movie theater waiting and when the next big thing happens that we're "suppose" to follow we act like we're coming out from the movies. This perspective is important because you only have this perspective if you've been there and Fairchild has.
The theme once again for this book is how do people accept who they are and continue to live life. All of the events that took place in America starting with the British, is important because it gave us a name that we continue to live up to every day. The role of perspective is personal and it's so strong because you can only relate to something if you've gone through it and in this instance Fairchild did and could make a connection. This is important because it can help Americans now shape us into who we are and who we're going to become.
The theme in the book The Art of the Lathe is, how can people accept and live as the "typical" American. Different people have different ways of accepting and feeling like they're apart of something bigger some people sing. When your singing in a choir and all of your voices are blending and your moving to the beat of the music, for those minutes how ever long, its not just you alone in the world your anonymous and you get this rush. For others it may be playing a sport, becoming the best you can be working with your teammates to defeat other at and show what your good at. This theme is important because it shows how people then and now accept who they are and live their lives.
When the British left England to get away from the king and become free this is important because from there we developed as what we know in America as family values, work ethic and education. When the British came to Massachusetts they had to build their colonies from the ground up and this took dedication and work. The only people "living" in America at the time were Native Americans and as a Native American you work as a tribe to survive. The education piece comes from the British and their reasons for teaching was learning to read so you could read the bible and have a strong foundation and faith in Jesus Christ. Later on we see whites not teaching their slaves any education so they could control them, but the slaves wanted that freedom and didn't take no for an answer. All of this is important because America is known for education, freedom, family and their work ethic and with out those people and events we wouldn't have what we have today.
Role of perspective relates to the theme because Fairchild was one of those "regular" peoples. This is shown during the poem Hoppers painting. Hopper painted regular people doing regular things for example a sewing at the sewing machine. The light he adds is warming and makes the job seem delightful, when in actuality Fairchild is saying no that's not not true I was there and that's not how it is. The same kind of thing is shown during the invisible man where as a little boys they're watching a movie and imaging life. As the man grows older he imagines what it would be like to be rich and have all the luxuries. You can associate this when you come out of the theater, your eyes are fuzzy from the change of light and you stretch America is in that movie theater waiting and when the next big thing happens that we're "suppose" to follow we act like we're coming out from the movies. This perspective is important because you only have this perspective if you've been there and Fairchild has.
The theme once again for this book is how do people accept who they are and continue to live life. All of the events that took place in America starting with the British, is important because it gave us a name that we continue to live up to every day. The role of perspective is personal and it's so strong because you can only relate to something if you've gone through it and in this instance Fairchild did and could make a connection. This is important because it can help Americans now shape us into who we are and who we're going to become.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Jen's Solidier Story
It seemed like it was raining all the time. We also had to cross many rivers. I would hate crossing rivers I hate crawfish, they just freak me out -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:02 AM... I agree but if i did cross i would probably run. -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:28 PMWe had to climb a steep ridgeline dividing the Lunga and Tenaru valleys using ropes that we each carried and then linked together. We found an artillery piece that had been shelling Henderson Field. It was nicknamed "Pistol Pete." Several men took it apart and threw it over a cliff.
We came upon a Japanese field hospital and bivouac area. We killed a lot of Japs. I finally understand what a jap is now. In my story thats what they were called and it didn't click. -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:29 PMWe bayoneted and shot anything that was still moving.
This reminds me of a packet we had to read for homework in Military history. It was about the Philipeans and the U.S. soldiers said that they killed anything that was moving. -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:06 AM It was a series of grass huts. They were on the ground wounded. Several had broken legs. It didn't look like they had proper medical attention, because some were bent on a 45-degree angle. They weren't sticking straight out. We were back in Japanese territory and didn't want to make noise, so we used bayonets. I was pretty angry. We had a patrol, and they captured one of our men and tied him over a log and used him as a woman. They rammed a bayonet up his butt and he bled to death. I think thats just a little too far, thats sooo nasty! -jennifer
Aww thats awful! -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:30 PMparker 3/31/09 11:10 AM
That made me angry! So whenever I'd get into action, I'd get angry. I wasn't afraid when I was angry. We all felt that way after what we had seen.
After we left the area, we went up around Mount Austen. They ambushed us on the top. We had one man wounded. We carried him out; it was a long way down the mountain. We had jungle rot on our crotch and down our legs so bad that we had to stop every once in a while to empty the blood out of our shoes. Nasty. I really dont want to go into the miitary from rading this about jungle rot -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:12 AM It was painful. When you're in the field like that, you go, and you can't worry about pain.
The Raiders were a very special group. They're all volunteers. They were very select. We were interviewed by Evans Carlson or Jimmy Roosevelt. Roosevelt interviewed me and asked me if I was afraid to die. I said, "Anybody not afraid to die is a fool. But I would if it came to that. I wouldn't hesitate." He passed me.
We came upon a Japanese field hospital and bivouac area. We killed a lot of Japs. I finally understand what a jap is now. In my story thats what they were called and it didn't click. -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:29 PMWe bayoneted and shot anything that was still moving.
This reminds me of a packet we had to read for homework in Military history. It was about the Philipeans and the U.S. soldiers said that they killed anything that was moving. -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:06 AM It was a series of grass huts. They were on the ground wounded. Several had broken legs. It didn't look like they had proper medical attention, because some were bent on a 45-degree angle. They weren't sticking straight out. We were back in Japanese territory and didn't want to make noise, so we used bayonets. I was pretty angry. We had a patrol, and they captured one of our men and tied him over a log and used him as a woman. They rammed a bayonet up his butt and he bled to death. I think thats just a little too far, thats sooo nasty! -jennifer
Aww thats awful! -Julianna DeNicola 4/1/09 2:30 PMparker 3/31/09 11:10 AM
That made me angry! So whenever I'd get into action, I'd get angry. I wasn't afraid when I was angry. We all felt that way after what we had seen.
After we left the area, we went up around Mount Austen. They ambushed us on the top. We had one man wounded. We carried him out; it was a long way down the mountain. We had jungle rot on our crotch and down our legs so bad that we had to stop every once in a while to empty the blood out of our shoes. Nasty. I really dont want to go into the miitary from rading this about jungle rot -jennifer parker 3/31/09 11:12 AM It was painful. When you're in the field like that, you go, and you can't worry about pain.
The Raiders were a very special group. They're all volunteers. They were very select. We were interviewed by Evans Carlson or Jimmy Roosevelt. Roosevelt interviewed me and asked me if I was afraid to die. I said, "Anybody not afraid to die is a fool. But I would if it came to that. I wouldn't hesitate." He passed me.
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