Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Listening Journal: September 26, 2011
The subject of the song "Shame" by the Avett Brothers is shame and the tone is guilt. Three words that push the tone are boatloads, blame, and overwhelming. The word boatloads if for how much shame the writer feels, and it also has a bigger, more powerful connotation than the word a lot does. With the word blame the writer is taking responsibility for his actions and knows he did wrong and feels guilt and shame and knows he is at fault. How much guild is being forced upon him because of all his shame is overwhelming, and it is too much for him to deal with and he is consumed in his shame.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Video Response: September 19, 2011
Voice in literature is a way for the author to express his/her personality or opinion with out bluntly saying what it is. The author expresses his/her voice through the tone and word choice. The way a person decides to talk about a subject and the stance he/she takes on it is the writer's voice. Creating voice can be both intentional and unintentional because people do not change how he/she form his/her sentences and the way in which the paper is written. No on writes the same which makes voice unintentional. Voice is intentional in the aspect of the opinions and word choice of a piece. People from Eastern Kentucky talk around the subject because they want to be nice and not directly ask for something. It is a form of southern hospitality.The reader can learn about the author's background and personality based on his/her voice. The reader can connect more with the writer and understand where he/she is coming from with his/her opinion, and the readers can also trust the author if he/she sounds more academic and grammatically correct.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Listening Journal: September 14, 2011
I liked the Beatles version of "Eleanor Rigby" better than the PAIN version because I am not a fan of heavy metal rock. In the cover, the singer was kinda screaming it at us, which was not what the Beatles were going for, in my opinion. The Beatles version was more pleasing to listen to because it was more calming, The PAIN version was more for an upbeat, ADD person, who is just off the wall.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Art Journal: September 12, 2011
I liked the Kandinsky painting better because it is more colorful. Kandinsky uses all different colors, shapes, and sizes, where Pollack uses browns and blacks in his painting. Pollack's painting is more pleasing to look at because it flows together easier. The colors are all within the same neutral palate. Pollack's splatter paint technique also meshed the colors together nicer than the shapes Kandinsky uses. Pollack's is more organic which makes it easier to look at than the sharp geometric shapes of the Kandinsky painting.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Video Response: September 9, 2011
The single effect I got after watching the video was happiness. Three specific things that led me to happiness were the look on his face after the signs were flipped, when all the other people turned their sign around and wished him goodbye, and when he started walking over to talk to the girl. If I could change anything about the video, I would bring the music back in sooner after his watch went off to end his shift. Bringing the music back in would get rid of the awkwardness of the moment, but the awkwardness fits the moment the director was going for. This wouldn't make the single effect jump out more because it would flow more. We would still be left with a happy feeling, it just wouldn't be as prominent.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
SOAPSTone: September 6, 2011
Subject
The subject of George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is that we shouldn't allow society to influence our actions because we don't want to disappoint them. Giving in to societal pressure is illustrated with Orwell shooting the elephant because the people that had followed him to find the elephant expected him to even though he did not want to. Orwell did not feel the need to shoot the elephant because the elephant was no longer mad, it was keeping to itself, but all the people who had followed Orwell expected him to shoot the elephant. Orwell couldn't have turned around and walked away because of his position in the society.
Occasion
"Shooting an Elephant" was written during the 1930's. The essays' time of creation is conveyed by the fact that people were still having elephants as pets. Now a days people don't have elephants as pets because of laws against it. The probable place of the essay's creation is Lower Burma because that is where the essay takes place. The time and place of the essay's creation influence the essay by the way he described his job and the people around him and their attitudes toward him. When Orwell says "I was hated by large numbers of people," it shows that during that time period in that place, any form of law enforcement was not respected, which influenced the way the essay was written because instead of loving his life and job, Orwell was at a crossroads, just like he was with whether to shoot the elephant or not.
Audience
George Orwell's specific audience for "Shooting an Elephant" is people in a social crossroad. The author's target audience is exhibited by the fact that he doesn't agree with imperialism and is conflicted with his job. People who can identify with the way Orwell feels with benefit more from this piece than people who don't. The author's general audience for the essay is anyone who has been torn on what to do in a situation. The author's general audience is communicated by the society pressure to shoot the elephant. A wider group of people can identify with having the deal with societal pressure to do something we don't necessarily want to do.
Purpose
George Orwell's purpose in "Shooting an Elephant" is to show how societal pressure brings people to make bad choices that they know are bad. People give in to social pressure even when they know they are making the wrong choice is revealed by Orwell shooting the elephant even when he knows it is unnecessary to. Orwell knew the elephant was no longer mad, but he didn't want to face the group of people behind him so he shot the elephant. The purpose is further revealed by Orwell continually shooting the elephant to make it die and not have to die painfully. Orwell did not want the elephant to suffer while the villagers skinned it.
Speaker
George Orwell, born on June 25, 1903, believes imperialism is evil. This value is illustrated by Orwell talking about how he is against imperialism and how he agrees with everything imperialism is against. Orwell ultimately is in agreement with everything imperialism goes against. Orwell used imperialism in his purpose because he is in an imperialistic society and he doesn't agree with their views but he gets out numbered and gives in to them. George Orwell's use of imagery is evident in his description of him shooting the elephant. he describes how he felt when he was shooting the elephant which shows us how much he didn't want to shoot the elephant but did because he felt pressured into it. This enhanced the effectiveness of the purpose by further proving the pressure Orwell felt to shoot the elephant.
Tone
George Orwell shows a defeated and unwilling attitude about giving in to societal pressure in "Shooting an Elephant."These attitudes are expressed by the "devilish roar" when he shot the elephant. He was against the roar because he felt defeated because he had done something he didn't want to do. People are unwilling to give in to society pressure and generally feel defeated when they do give in to them.
The subject of George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is that we shouldn't allow society to influence our actions because we don't want to disappoint them. Giving in to societal pressure is illustrated with Orwell shooting the elephant because the people that had followed him to find the elephant expected him to even though he did not want to. Orwell did not feel the need to shoot the elephant because the elephant was no longer mad, it was keeping to itself, but all the people who had followed Orwell expected him to shoot the elephant. Orwell couldn't have turned around and walked away because of his position in the society.
Occasion
"Shooting an Elephant" was written during the 1930's. The essays' time of creation is conveyed by the fact that people were still having elephants as pets. Now a days people don't have elephants as pets because of laws against it. The probable place of the essay's creation is Lower Burma because that is where the essay takes place. The time and place of the essay's creation influence the essay by the way he described his job and the people around him and their attitudes toward him. When Orwell says "I was hated by large numbers of people," it shows that during that time period in that place, any form of law enforcement was not respected, which influenced the way the essay was written because instead of loving his life and job, Orwell was at a crossroads, just like he was with whether to shoot the elephant or not.
Audience
George Orwell's specific audience for "Shooting an Elephant" is people in a social crossroad. The author's target audience is exhibited by the fact that he doesn't agree with imperialism and is conflicted with his job. People who can identify with the way Orwell feels with benefit more from this piece than people who don't. The author's general audience for the essay is anyone who has been torn on what to do in a situation. The author's general audience is communicated by the society pressure to shoot the elephant. A wider group of people can identify with having the deal with societal pressure to do something we don't necessarily want to do.
Purpose
George Orwell's purpose in "Shooting an Elephant" is to show how societal pressure brings people to make bad choices that they know are bad. People give in to social pressure even when they know they are making the wrong choice is revealed by Orwell shooting the elephant even when he knows it is unnecessary to. Orwell knew the elephant was no longer mad, but he didn't want to face the group of people behind him so he shot the elephant. The purpose is further revealed by Orwell continually shooting the elephant to make it die and not have to die painfully. Orwell did not want the elephant to suffer while the villagers skinned it.
Speaker
George Orwell, born on June 25, 1903, believes imperialism is evil. This value is illustrated by Orwell talking about how he is against imperialism and how he agrees with everything imperialism is against. Orwell ultimately is in agreement with everything imperialism goes against. Orwell used imperialism in his purpose because he is in an imperialistic society and he doesn't agree with their views but he gets out numbered and gives in to them. George Orwell's use of imagery is evident in his description of him shooting the elephant. he describes how he felt when he was shooting the elephant which shows us how much he didn't want to shoot the elephant but did because he felt pressured into it. This enhanced the effectiveness of the purpose by further proving the pressure Orwell felt to shoot the elephant.
Tone
George Orwell shows a defeated and unwilling attitude about giving in to societal pressure in "Shooting an Elephant."These attitudes are expressed by the "devilish roar" when he shot the elephant. He was against the roar because he felt defeated because he had done something he didn't want to do. People are unwilling to give in to society pressure and generally feel defeated when they do give in to them.
Listening Journal: September 6, 2011
My original SOAPSTone for the song "Good Old Desk" by Harry Nilsson was his desk was the subject with an occasion of the 1970s and his audience was his listener base. The purpose was to show his love for his desk with a cheerful and happy tone. The speaker was an average worker. When I learned the subject was actually God, the occasion stayed the same along with the tone and audience, but I said the speaker was a guy who respects his God and has a purpose of showing his love for his God. I thought Nilsson was saying that the desk was a constant in his life. Things in the world are always changing, but his desk is always there. The desk represents God. He is always there for Nilsson. God doesn't talk back to us or leave us, we control our relationship with God. Three lines that made the point that Nilsson was talking about God was "its always there", "its the friend I've got", and "its the one thing I've got".
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