Sunday, January 30, 2011
Freedom..or Lack Of
In WE I found that freedom is a pretty serious topic there and different from what we have today. They have nothing like what we consider freedom today. We aren't confined into a space with a wall all around our whole state. We aren't running a "table of hours" and we definitely don't need a pink slip to have sex. They're controlled by the benefactor where as we can do anything under certain circumstances. Also we actually have names, where they have a letter and numbers because thats how they're defined. We have laws but nothing as strict as some of their rules/laws that they have. They're all controlled and told what to do in a small space so there is no freedom for them, or their freedom is a lot less free than what we have today.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
WE
I thought WE was a very different book then what I am used to reading. It probably isn't something I would pick out to read. But I thought the writing of the book was different..something unique..something different then what we're normal too. It almost makes you read "between the lines" sort of speak because you have to infer so much information from what is being said. I did enjoy it for it even thoughit was out of my comfort zone. If I sat here and thought about it for awhile and tried to connect the dots it made more and more sense to me each time I thought about it. BUT it was still confusing and don't think it is something I would read unless I was feeling like I wanted to be out of my "bubble."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Worst Possible Thing
I think the worst thing about living in "The Unit" would have to be how everyone is the same. I strongly feel that everyone on this earth was created for a different reason. Everyone is unique in their own ways, and for everyone to be the same just doesn't seem right to me. I would hate going outside and seeing myself, in a sense, everywhere. We weren't created to be the same; the world wouldn't go round if we were the same. I wrote my whole graduation speech on being unique in this world because there is a spot for everyone in this world for whatever depicts them from everyone else. In WE they all seem like robots and it reminds me of iRobot and I would not like that.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Strategies of Text
Biographical Strategies-Use of using the biographical information to determine what the reader is like. To know the "knowledge" of the author's life. In WE the author gives his background information as to why he wrote this story. Even though it was written in the 1920's he wanted to write something to "heroize." He wanted to see what the future was like and see he could interpret within in his own thoughts.
Historical Strategies-Relationship between literature and history. It is using history as a meaning of understanding. There are four sub-topics that go under this topic which are, Literary History Criticism, Marxist Criticism, New Historicist Criticism, and Cultural Criticism. WE is written in the 1920's but is interpreted to be used in the much later years such as now in 2011. Marxist Criticism shows that power and class are all parts of their world today. They are almost all equal and do everything the same. They also have the same culture which is very futuristic. It's easier for us to read WE because we know how things have changed and how the author's thoughts are different, but may even be more futuristc, from what actually happened to this day. Thats all part of the New historicist criticism. Cultural Crticism has two parts, the cultural critics and postcolonial criticism. This is sort of like the historical background but focuses on social, political, and economic contexts instead. So...WE is criticized by what they are like, such as, being numbered or all the same. They are all considered equal in their unit.
Reader-Response Strategies-focuses its attention on the reader rather than the work itself. In the book the focus is on D-503 rather than what the author did. We read about what he did in early on in the book but now it is set on D-503. We have to interpret what D-503 is doing in the book and respond to it with the knowledge we have to comprehend, and then think ahead as to what could happen.
Historical Strategies-Relationship between literature and history. It is using history as a meaning of understanding. There are four sub-topics that go under this topic which are, Literary History Criticism, Marxist Criticism, New Historicist Criticism, and Cultural Criticism. WE is written in the 1920's but is interpreted to be used in the much later years such as now in 2011. Marxist Criticism shows that power and class are all parts of their world today. They are almost all equal and do everything the same. They also have the same culture which is very futuristic. It's easier for us to read WE because we know how things have changed and how the author's thoughts are different, but may even be more futuristc, from what actually happened to this day. Thats all part of the New historicist criticism. Cultural Crticism has two parts, the cultural critics and postcolonial criticism. This is sort of like the historical background but focuses on social, political, and economic contexts instead. So...WE is criticized by what they are like, such as, being numbered or all the same. They are all considered equal in their unit.
Reader-Response Strategies-focuses its attention on the reader rather than the work itself. In the book the focus is on D-503 rather than what the author did. We read about what he did in early on in the book but now it is set on D-503. We have to interpret what D-503 is doing in the book and respond to it with the knowledge we have to comprehend, and then think ahead as to what could happen.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Style-He uses words that are mathematical and futurstic to show they're his (D-503) style.
Tone-The state has a tone in the story that is meant to always be on schedule and to always be happy. They move and function like robots because that's how they were meant to be.
Irony-D-503 appears to have a girlfriend named O-90 but is way more attracted to a woman who is more of a tease called I-330.
Plot-Story starts with who D-503 is. Goes to what the world is like there and who we are to them.Then it goes to what he wants to do with his spaceship. Shows what time management is to them all and how they are all like robots. It continues on with his girlfriend and then the girl that is really catching is eye.
Characterization-In the story they don't really "characterize the characters." Men are given constanents with even numbers and women are vowels with odd numbers. It is said they are all the same, moving and being like robots, in this state.
Setting-Story takes place in the future, because they mention that we humans are ancestors to the population there. It's full of glass buildings and walls so that the "officials" can watch everything that is happening.
Point of View-D-503 is the narrator in this story.
Symbol-A symbol in the story is the Intergral. It is being built to conquer other planets and the solar system, which shows that the book is very futuristic bc today there isn't anybody that is really thinking about that and 80 years ago it was like a dream to humans.
Theme-Theme for this story would have to be how futuristic the whole the book is. It was wrote 80 years ago and thats how they thought everything was going to be to this day and in some aspects it is, but it also isn't. We still have a ways to go for this stuff to be true.
Tone-The state has a tone in the story that is meant to always be on schedule and to always be happy. They move and function like robots because that's how they were meant to be.
Irony-D-503 appears to have a girlfriend named O-90 but is way more attracted to a woman who is more of a tease called I-330.
Plot-Story starts with who D-503 is. Goes to what the world is like there and who we are to them.Then it goes to what he wants to do with his spaceship. Shows what time management is to them all and how they are all like robots. It continues on with his girlfriend and then the girl that is really catching is eye.
Characterization-In the story they don't really "characterize the characters." Men are given constanents with even numbers and women are vowels with odd numbers. It is said they are all the same, moving and being like robots, in this state.
Setting-Story takes place in the future, because they mention that we humans are ancestors to the population there. It's full of glass buildings and walls so that the "officials" can watch everything that is happening.
Point of View-D-503 is the narrator in this story.
Symbol-A symbol in the story is the Intergral. It is being built to conquer other planets and the solar system, which shows that the book is very futuristic bc today there isn't anybody that is really thinking about that and 80 years ago it was like a dream to humans.
Theme-Theme for this story would have to be how futuristic the whole the book is. It was wrote 80 years ago and thats how they thought everything was going to be to this day and in some aspects it is, but it also isn't. We still have a ways to go for this stuff to be true.
Monday, January 17, 2011
My Blog
Hello, my name is Matt McDaniel and I'm 19 years old. My home town is Sioux Center, Iowa but I was born in Henderson, North Carolina. I work for the City of Sioux Center during the summer and during any breaks I get from school. I'm a freshmen at USD and attempting to be a criminal justice major. I love watching and playing sports, especially basketball and baseball. Favorite teams are the Packers and Twins, and the packers are looking at a super bowl victory this year! Twins are still struggling but they're a good average team. I also love to play COD just like any other guy in this world.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)