Rules for Tools: How to become the master debater.
1- Bonus points will be awarded to debaters for wearing costumes. These costumes must reflect your respective side, ie: affirmative side should wear something that embodies good, such as a superhero and the negative side should wear the opposite.
2- Debaters should be very stern, clear and concise about their arguments, they should stand while presenting arguments or rebuttals.
3- Points will be deducted from your group if you do not have a successful rebuttal.
4- Offensive language is not permitted at any extent towards the judges but is encouraged to a certain degree towards the opposing side.
5- Points will be awarded for using and identifying the other teams logical fallacies and rhetorical devices, but points will also be deducted if the accusation is false. If assonance or alliteration is present in your argument and it is three or more words, bonus marks will be awarded.
6- Bonus points will be awarded for rhyming in your argument.
7- You can only speak if you are holding a cup of water. You must pass it to other group members if they wish to talk (this will be exempt in the free for all).
8- Instead of referring to Hamlet as Hamlet, you must call him Paul. Points will be lost if the name Hamlet is mentioned.
9- Groups should end their arguments with Onomatopoeia.
10- “That’s what she said” jokes in rebuttals will end up in additional bonus points where appropriate.
11- Insults from Shakespearian times will result in additional bonus points.
Each group will start with 25 points, which will be added or subtracted upon through the debate.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
ISU Essay: The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Nick LeBlond
ENG 4UE
Rockland District Highschool
December 10, 08
There is one word used by everybody today that had a different meaning to everybody who used it in the past. It meant something different to Martin Luther King Jr. than it did to Adolph Hitler, it had the ability to inspire people, but when negated or neglected it could take individuals down. The word ‘equality’ used to be a dream for some, or it meant something different to everyone but it never was universally accepted for a long period of time. Even in today’s times not everyone shares the same definition of equality, but the majority of civilizations all over the world for the most part teach equality under an acceptable definition. Equality is achieved when everybody is treated the same no matter what color their skin is or no matter what differences someone may appear to have. From the Bible and our parents we have learned through many life lessons that everyone is born equally, this is why people today have a good definition of equality. In Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple, the main problem and conflict in the novel is the unjust inequality that Celie has to face and how she is treated so poorly even though she is the same as anyone else. Equality is non dependant on neither race nor sex, it is not based on the fact that everyone is different. The main idea of equality is that since no two people grow up truly and completely alike, then no two people should be treated differently from one another. Everyone is born equal from the first breath they take and should be treated with the same respect as anybody else. Celie was born just like her sister Nettie and Shug Avery, an African American woman but throughout the novel The color Purple she is treated completely differently in a very negative and demoralizing way compared to Nettie and Shug Avery. Since they were all born the same (just like everybody else) they should all be treated fairly, with respect and with as much rights as anyone else has no matter what they look like. No matter what pigment your skin color is when a person is first born their pigment color at first will always be the same. It is a fact that no matter if you are white or black, when you are first born your skin pigment is a purple color. This fact shows that everybody is born equal in terms of his or her skin color. The title “The Color Purple” can symbolize the fact that every single person starts life looking the same (exempting the difference in sexes) and since every single person starts life the same it shows that everybody should starts life equal. Celie was born exactly equal to both her sister Nettie and Shug Avery, African American and a female. Even though they were all born the same Celie was still treated in a very harsh negative matter throughout the whole book when both Shug Avery and her sister Nettie for the most part were treated with a positive manor. Sofia in the novel is a very strong believer in equality and she knows she deserves no different treatment from anyone. After Harpo married to Sofia, Celie tells the reader that “Harpo wants to know what to do to make Sofia mind.” (Walker, 36). This can be understood as Harpo wanting to know what he can do to make Sofia obedient. After Harpos’s father asks him if he hit her he then replies no. Harpo’s father is surprised by this response and then replies “Wives is like children. You have to let ‘em know who got the upper hand. Nothing can do better than a good sound beating.” (Walker, 36). This is when Harpo decides to take his fathers advice and strike Sofia to make her listen. Women have as much rights and equality as men do and Sofia knows that so after getting struck by her husband she retaliates leaving Harpo a mark on his eye. This action of retaliation when Sofia’s rights have been threatened shows that she knows that she deserves to be respected as much as any man and that she has the same amount of equality as any other person. Sofia even goes to jail because of her actions towards white people. After being insulted by a white women she talks back and gets all the white towns folk in such a uproar she ends up hitting the spouse of the women resulting in her getting hit and thrown into jail. Sofia has so much pride and belief in equality that she literally paid the sacrifice from being taken away from her family for eight years for her just trying to be treated like everybody else. Throughout her life Celie and Nettie are treated very differently from one another. From the eyes of her stepfather from the eyes of her husband, Celie is always looked at very differently. The equality difference between the two sisters; Celie and Nettie is what makes both of their lives very different. The way Nettie ends up getting treated (equal) allows her to be very happy and pleased with her overall life in Africa. This is different from Celie’s life where she is treated unequally and ends up resenting her life until she demands equality. With one of Nettie’s letters from Africa Celie reads “The boys now accept Olivia and Tashi in class and more mothers are sending their daughters to school.” (Walker, 157). By writing this in a letter she is showing her sister Celie that she and other women and girls have much more rights and equality just like then men do. This also shows that Celie is treated much different because she does not get the same amount of respect as the women down in Africa with Nettie do and that her well-deserved respect is still stripped from her. Even when they were young Nettie and Celie were both treated differently. Her stepfather at the beginning of the novel repeatedly raped Celie when Nettie had not been touched in that manner and remained fresh (never been pregnant). This shows how unequal the two sisters are while the smarter, prettier of the two does not get penetrated by her stepfather when the one with a less of a future (in his eyes) gets raped and impregnated on more than one occasion. Celie’s stepfather even robs Celie of both of her children when they are born, he steals Adam when she is sleeping at night and he rips Olivia right out of her arms after she just has given birth to her. When noticing Celie crying while rapping her all her stepfather has to say is “You better shut up and git used to it.” (Walker, 1). By saying this the stepfather realizes and doesn’t care about what he is doing to his eldest daughter and does not care at all because in his eyes he does not believe she has a promising future when Nettie does. By doing this and treating both of his daughters differently he then starts of both of their young lives with inequality and disrespect for Celie and her body. Throughout the majority of Celie’s life (up till the point where she takes a stand) she experiences first hand inequality, racism and sexism. Experiencing this makes her life basically a living hell; from all the hard work like housework she has to do and the beatings Celie resents her life. While Celie is experiencing inequality, Nettie experiences what it is like to be treated equally and with respect with the revrend, his wife, and their adopted kids (Celie’s children which were taken away from her). In a letter to Celie, Nettie talks about how people are different down in Africa and she even says; “They are not all mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like ma was.” (Walker, 124). This shows both extremes of the case of equality and inequality, from Celie where she her life is miserable because of how badly she is treated every second of her life oppose to Nettie which is quite satisfied with her life because she is treated so much better than when she was young. Celie experienced being treated differently from not only Nettie but also many others. Her own husband when in comparison with Shug Avery treated Celie extremely different in a negative manner. While Celie`s husband basically worshiped the ground Shug Avery walked on he never let up on treating Celie like garbage. The only times Celie`s husband does not beat or strike her is when Shug Avery around, this is because he knows if he beat her she would be furious. Even though both Celie and Shug Avery were both born an African American female the are both treated completely different by Celie`s husband. By not treating Celie with the respect and kindness she deserves in comparison with Shug Avery, her husband is intend doing the same her stepfather did when she was young which is being cruel and not treating her at all like an equal individual. Celie`s husband wanted very much to marry Shug Avery and still loves her throughout the novel, but he treats her nothing like he treats his actual wife. He treats Celie with a great deal of disrespect and even beats her when she acts up or when she does not do as she is told. Celie’s husband never does anything wrong to Shug Avery like beating her or yelling at her even though she both her and Celie deserve the same amount of kindness and respect. When Shug Avery asks why Celie`s husband beats her she answers; “For being me and not you.” (Walker, 76). This explains that Celie does realize that her and Shug Avery are unequal in her husband’s eyes and she pays the price for this. She does know that the reason why she gets beat is because she is less attractive looking and she isn’t anywhere near a good singer like Shug Avery, so her husband hates that. Therefore by being less attractive and not as good as a singer or talented in general, Celie is treated with extreme disrespect and even gets beaten on a regular basis from her husband where Shug Avery is a talented singer and very attractive and she is treated like royalty in comparison with Celie. Throughout the novel there are instances where Celie is given a certain degree of respect and compation from Shug Avery. Shug Avery is quite fond and really likes Celie so she helps bring her spirit up to give her a glimpse of what equality is and what it feels like to be treated kindly and with respect. By doing this Shug Avery putts the idea of being able to be treated equally in Celie`s head, which after a longer period of time is enough to allow Celie to stand up for herself to her abusive husband. Shug Avery acts as the one who inspires the thought of change in Celie’s mind and could be the person who allows the turning point of Celie standing up to her husband`s abusive ways to take place in good time. This shows that Celie begins to become inspired by certain gestures that are presented by Shug Avery towards Celie allowing her to try to overcome the conflict of all the inequality that she has experienced throughout her entire life and be able to live a happy equal life. When singing at the juke joint, Shug Avery dedicates a song entirely to Celie. This song lifts Celieès spirits and gives her the first ever glimpse of equality she has ever experienced from outside her family (Nettie). When Shug Avery sings the song for Celie, Celie says; “First time somebody made something and name it after me.” (Walker, 74). This shows that this is the first time anyone other than Nettie has shown Celie any ounce of equality, respect or even just kindness. By flattering Celie with a song in her name, Shug Avery is inspiring the thought of being treated equally in her Celie`s head. This acts as the initial point where the turning point may become apparent because with Celie`s immensely positive reaction it is fairly easy she can tell that it is very pleasant to be treated equally and that she wants to overcome the conflict of inequality so she can be treated like everybody else. When Shug Avery and Celie have intimacy towards each other towards the middle of the novel, it acts like another positive action towards Celie. Since Celie never had anyone ever kind towards her in a loving or sexual matter (her step father and husband were very rude to her in a sexual matter) it was the first time she felt something pleasant with somebody when Shug Avery and her go intimate together. Shug Avery is the first person to actually say I love you to Celie and mean it outside of her family, Celie writes about what she said and then did because it is the first time anyone has ever said or did things to her with respect. Celie says; “She say, I love you, Miss Celie. And then she haul off and kiss me on the mouth.” (Walker, 114)This action of Shug Avery’s aloud Celie to then feel just a little bit more equal and just a little bit more like everybody else. By letting Celie feel that way it gave her another insight of what equality felt like and it further more put the image in Celie’s head about how she can feel so much more pleased and happy when being treated kindly and respectfully just like everybody else. This is another instance where Shug Avery inspired Celie about the chance to actually being treated equally and having equality within her own life instead of always being abused, unloved and treated with such disrespect where she has grown to hate her life. Throughout the novel Shug Avery gives Celie the pride and respet she deserves in many different times and ways. She helps Celie to overcome the conflect of the inequality by getting her to believ that she is as everyone else is and that she derves the same treatment just like everybody else. Shug avery allows the turning point of the novel and in Celie’s life to take place because she shows Celie love and friendship. By showin her wwhat it feels like to be appreciated it allows the conflict of inequality to be noticed by Celie which then she can strive to change that in her life and be treated like she deserves. The color purple in the novel is supposed to represent the theme of equality. It is the color that everyone first is when born before being black or white or any other color. Shug Avery says arguably the best thing to Celie to symbolize the fact of equality when she tells Celie “I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.” (Walker, 184). Since the color purple represent equability in the novel, Shug Avery is saying upfront with Celie that God hates it when equality is ignored. This is very significant because of her faith to God and the fact that it supposedly to aggravate God when equality goes ignored or unnoticed. Celie can understand what Shug Avery is trying to say because of the fact that in her whole life her equality was ignored until she was able to make a stand for herself and all the rights that were stripped away from her she deserved. This shows the reader that Celie understands that the conflict of the lack of equality within her whole life is a conflict that God hates to see. The whole notion of God getting upset when the color purple (or equality) is unnoticed reinforces the fact that equality is the biggest theme of the book and the major conflict in the book is the lack of equality within Celie’s life up until she takes a stand for her rights and respect as a human just like everybody else.
(Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Austin: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1982.)
Nick LeBlond
ENG 4UE
Rockland District Highschool
December 10, 08
There is one word used by everybody today that had a different meaning to everybody who used it in the past. It meant something different to Martin Luther King Jr. than it did to Adolph Hitler, it had the ability to inspire people, but when negated or neglected it could take individuals down. The word ‘equality’ used to be a dream for some, or it meant something different to everyone but it never was universally accepted for a long period of time. Even in today’s times not everyone shares the same definition of equality, but the majority of civilizations all over the world for the most part teach equality under an acceptable definition. Equality is achieved when everybody is treated the same no matter what color their skin is or no matter what differences someone may appear to have. From the Bible and our parents we have learned through many life lessons that everyone is born equally, this is why people today have a good definition of equality. In Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple, the main problem and conflict in the novel is the unjust inequality that Celie has to face and how she is treated so poorly even though she is the same as anyone else. Equality is non dependant on neither race nor sex, it is not based on the fact that everyone is different. The main idea of equality is that since no two people grow up truly and completely alike, then no two people should be treated differently from one another. Everyone is born equal from the first breath they take and should be treated with the same respect as anybody else. Celie was born just like her sister Nettie and Shug Avery, an African American woman but throughout the novel The color Purple she is treated completely differently in a very negative and demoralizing way compared to Nettie and Shug Avery. Since they were all born the same (just like everybody else) they should all be treated fairly, with respect and with as much rights as anyone else has no matter what they look like. No matter what pigment your skin color is when a person is first born their pigment color at first will always be the same. It is a fact that no matter if you are white or black, when you are first born your skin pigment is a purple color. This fact shows that everybody is born equal in terms of his or her skin color. The title “The Color Purple” can symbolize the fact that every single person starts life looking the same (exempting the difference in sexes) and since every single person starts life the same it shows that everybody should starts life equal. Celie was born exactly equal to both her sister Nettie and Shug Avery, African American and a female. Even though they were all born the same Celie was still treated in a very harsh negative matter throughout the whole book when both Shug Avery and her sister Nettie for the most part were treated with a positive manor. Sofia in the novel is a very strong believer in equality and she knows she deserves no different treatment from anyone. After Harpo married to Sofia, Celie tells the reader that “Harpo wants to know what to do to make Sofia mind.” (Walker, 36). This can be understood as Harpo wanting to know what he can do to make Sofia obedient. After Harpos’s father asks him if he hit her he then replies no. Harpo’s father is surprised by this response and then replies “Wives is like children. You have to let ‘em know who got the upper hand. Nothing can do better than a good sound beating.” (Walker, 36). This is when Harpo decides to take his fathers advice and strike Sofia to make her listen. Women have as much rights and equality as men do and Sofia knows that so after getting struck by her husband she retaliates leaving Harpo a mark on his eye. This action of retaliation when Sofia’s rights have been threatened shows that she knows that she deserves to be respected as much as any man and that she has the same amount of equality as any other person. Sofia even goes to jail because of her actions towards white people. After being insulted by a white women she talks back and gets all the white towns folk in such a uproar she ends up hitting the spouse of the women resulting in her getting hit and thrown into jail. Sofia has so much pride and belief in equality that she literally paid the sacrifice from being taken away from her family for eight years for her just trying to be treated like everybody else. Throughout her life Celie and Nettie are treated very differently from one another. From the eyes of her stepfather from the eyes of her husband, Celie is always looked at very differently. The equality difference between the two sisters; Celie and Nettie is what makes both of their lives very different. The way Nettie ends up getting treated (equal) allows her to be very happy and pleased with her overall life in Africa. This is different from Celie’s life where she is treated unequally and ends up resenting her life until she demands equality. With one of Nettie’s letters from Africa Celie reads “The boys now accept Olivia and Tashi in class and more mothers are sending their daughters to school.” (Walker, 157). By writing this in a letter she is showing her sister Celie that she and other women and girls have much more rights and equality just like then men do. This also shows that Celie is treated much different because she does not get the same amount of respect as the women down in Africa with Nettie do and that her well-deserved respect is still stripped from her. Even when they were young Nettie and Celie were both treated differently. Her stepfather at the beginning of the novel repeatedly raped Celie when Nettie had not been touched in that manner and remained fresh (never been pregnant). This shows how unequal the two sisters are while the smarter, prettier of the two does not get penetrated by her stepfather when the one with a less of a future (in his eyes) gets raped and impregnated on more than one occasion. Celie’s stepfather even robs Celie of both of her children when they are born, he steals Adam when she is sleeping at night and he rips Olivia right out of her arms after she just has given birth to her. When noticing Celie crying while rapping her all her stepfather has to say is “You better shut up and git used to it.” (Walker, 1). By saying this the stepfather realizes and doesn’t care about what he is doing to his eldest daughter and does not care at all because in his eyes he does not believe she has a promising future when Nettie does. By doing this and treating both of his daughters differently he then starts of both of their young lives with inequality and disrespect for Celie and her body. Throughout the majority of Celie’s life (up till the point where she takes a stand) she experiences first hand inequality, racism and sexism. Experiencing this makes her life basically a living hell; from all the hard work like housework she has to do and the beatings Celie resents her life. While Celie is experiencing inequality, Nettie experiences what it is like to be treated equally and with respect with the revrend, his wife, and their adopted kids (Celie’s children which were taken away from her). In a letter to Celie, Nettie talks about how people are different down in Africa and she even says; “They are not all mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like ma was.” (Walker, 124). This shows both extremes of the case of equality and inequality, from Celie where she her life is miserable because of how badly she is treated every second of her life oppose to Nettie which is quite satisfied with her life because she is treated so much better than when she was young. Celie experienced being treated differently from not only Nettie but also many others. Her own husband when in comparison with Shug Avery treated Celie extremely different in a negative manner. While Celie`s husband basically worshiped the ground Shug Avery walked on he never let up on treating Celie like garbage. The only times Celie`s husband does not beat or strike her is when Shug Avery around, this is because he knows if he beat her she would be furious. Even though both Celie and Shug Avery were both born an African American female the are both treated completely different by Celie`s husband. By not treating Celie with the respect and kindness she deserves in comparison with Shug Avery, her husband is intend doing the same her stepfather did when she was young which is being cruel and not treating her at all like an equal individual. Celie`s husband wanted very much to marry Shug Avery and still loves her throughout the novel, but he treats her nothing like he treats his actual wife. He treats Celie with a great deal of disrespect and even beats her when she acts up or when she does not do as she is told. Celie’s husband never does anything wrong to Shug Avery like beating her or yelling at her even though she both her and Celie deserve the same amount of kindness and respect. When Shug Avery asks why Celie`s husband beats her she answers; “For being me and not you.” (Walker, 76). This explains that Celie does realize that her and Shug Avery are unequal in her husband’s eyes and she pays the price for this. She does know that the reason why she gets beat is because she is less attractive looking and she isn’t anywhere near a good singer like Shug Avery, so her husband hates that. Therefore by being less attractive and not as good as a singer or talented in general, Celie is treated with extreme disrespect and even gets beaten on a regular basis from her husband where Shug Avery is a talented singer and very attractive and she is treated like royalty in comparison with Celie. Throughout the novel there are instances where Celie is given a certain degree of respect and compation from Shug Avery. Shug Avery is quite fond and really likes Celie so she helps bring her spirit up to give her a glimpse of what equality is and what it feels like to be treated kindly and with respect. By doing this Shug Avery putts the idea of being able to be treated equally in Celie`s head, which after a longer period of time is enough to allow Celie to stand up for herself to her abusive husband. Shug Avery acts as the one who inspires the thought of change in Celie’s mind and could be the person who allows the turning point of Celie standing up to her husband`s abusive ways to take place in good time. This shows that Celie begins to become inspired by certain gestures that are presented by Shug Avery towards Celie allowing her to try to overcome the conflict of all the inequality that she has experienced throughout her entire life and be able to live a happy equal life. When singing at the juke joint, Shug Avery dedicates a song entirely to Celie. This song lifts Celieès spirits and gives her the first ever glimpse of equality she has ever experienced from outside her family (Nettie). When Shug Avery sings the song for Celie, Celie says; “First time somebody made something and name it after me.” (Walker, 74). This shows that this is the first time anyone other than Nettie has shown Celie any ounce of equality, respect or even just kindness. By flattering Celie with a song in her name, Shug Avery is inspiring the thought of being treated equally in her Celie`s head. This acts as the initial point where the turning point may become apparent because with Celie`s immensely positive reaction it is fairly easy she can tell that it is very pleasant to be treated equally and that she wants to overcome the conflict of inequality so she can be treated like everybody else. When Shug Avery and Celie have intimacy towards each other towards the middle of the novel, it acts like another positive action towards Celie. Since Celie never had anyone ever kind towards her in a loving or sexual matter (her step father and husband were very rude to her in a sexual matter) it was the first time she felt something pleasant with somebody when Shug Avery and her go intimate together. Shug Avery is the first person to actually say I love you to Celie and mean it outside of her family, Celie writes about what she said and then did because it is the first time anyone has ever said or did things to her with respect. Celie says; “She say, I love you, Miss Celie. And then she haul off and kiss me on the mouth.” (Walker, 114)This action of Shug Avery’s aloud Celie to then feel just a little bit more equal and just a little bit more like everybody else. By letting Celie feel that way it gave her another insight of what equality felt like and it further more put the image in Celie’s head about how she can feel so much more pleased and happy when being treated kindly and respectfully just like everybody else. This is another instance where Shug Avery inspired Celie about the chance to actually being treated equally and having equality within her own life instead of always being abused, unloved and treated with such disrespect where she has grown to hate her life. Throughout the novel Shug Avery gives Celie the pride and respet she deserves in many different times and ways. She helps Celie to overcome the conflect of the inequality by getting her to believ that she is as everyone else is and that she derves the same treatment just like everybody else. Shug avery allows the turning point of the novel and in Celie’s life to take place because she shows Celie love and friendship. By showin her wwhat it feels like to be appreciated it allows the conflict of inequality to be noticed by Celie which then she can strive to change that in her life and be treated like she deserves. The color purple in the novel is supposed to represent the theme of equality. It is the color that everyone first is when born before being black or white or any other color. Shug Avery says arguably the best thing to Celie to symbolize the fact of equality when she tells Celie “I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.” (Walker, 184). Since the color purple represent equability in the novel, Shug Avery is saying upfront with Celie that God hates it when equality is ignored. This is very significant because of her faith to God and the fact that it supposedly to aggravate God when equality goes ignored or unnoticed. Celie can understand what Shug Avery is trying to say because of the fact that in her whole life her equality was ignored until she was able to make a stand for herself and all the rights that were stripped away from her she deserved. This shows the reader that Celie understands that the conflict of the lack of equality within her whole life is a conflict that God hates to see. The whole notion of God getting upset when the color purple (or equality) is unnoticed reinforces the fact that equality is the biggest theme of the book and the major conflict in the book is the lack of equality within Celie’s life up until she takes a stand for her rights and respect as a human just like everybody else.
(Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Austin: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1982.)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Standardization Final
Get the lead out of toys
1-Canada's children are safer today after a federal recall of toys and costume jewellery
2-The federal government shouldn't stop there.
3-Many of these items were found by the Star to contain dangerous levels of lead.
4-More effort is needed to further protect this country's most vulnerable residents.
5-About one in every four of the items that were examined and tested contained the toxic metal lead.
6-Lead poisoning can occur if a child swallows or sucks on a lead-laced object
7-Lead poisoning can sometimes resulting in a falling IQ and poor school performance. Heavy dosages can cause vomiting and even death.
Therefore,
8-The federal government should test a significant more amount of child products to ensure that no harmful products are endangering children of young ages.
http://www.thestar.com/article/524401
1-Canada's children are safer today after a federal recall of toys and costume jewellery
2-The federal government shouldn't stop there.
3-Many of these items were found by the Star to contain dangerous levels of lead.
4-More effort is needed to further protect this country's most vulnerable residents.
5-About one in every four of the items that were examined and tested contained the toxic metal lead.
6-Lead poisoning can occur if a child swallows or sucks on a lead-laced object
7-Lead poisoning can sometimes resulting in a falling IQ and poor school performance. Heavy dosages can cause vomiting and even death.
Therefore,
8-The federal government should test a significant more amount of child products to ensure that no harmful products are endangering children of young ages.
http://www.thestar.com/article/524401
i hope im doing this right... please comment & help :) (except for justin sweeney)
Get the lead out of toys
1-Canada's children are safer today after a federal recall of toys and costume jewellery
2-The federal government shouldn't stop there.
3-Many of these items were found by the Star to contain dangerous levels of lead.
4-More effort is needed to further protect this country's most vulnerable residents.
5-About one in every four of the items that were examined and tested contained the toxic metal lead.
6-Lead poisoning can occur if a child swallows or sucks on a lead-laced object
7-Lead poisoning can sometimes resulting in a falling IQ and poor school performance. Heavy dosages can cause vomiting and even death.
Therefore,
8-The federal government should test a significant more amount of child products to ensure that no harmful products are endangering children of young ages.
http://www.thestar.com/article/524401
Echoes from a shooting.
1-Once again there was a shooting death of an innocent bystander on a Toronto street.
2-23-year-old Bailey Zaveda was shot and killed while smoking a cigarette outside a Queen St. E. bar.
3-This also resonates with the ongoing trial in the 2005 shooting of 15-year-old Jane Creba on Yonge St.
4-There have been other such incidents in recent years.
5-Criminologists say that, statistically speaking, Toronto is still a very safe place, compared not only to comparable American cities but also to smaller Canadian municipalities.
6-Many people walking along Yonge or Queen or any other busy Toronto street because they not believe it is safe.
Therefore,
7-To help prevent the reoccurrence of these shootings handguns, the weapon of choice in these shootings should be banned. A stepped—up police presence on our streets would also be helpful, as would a continued determination to catch the culprits and prosecute them. As well, witnesses should not hesitate to come forward with descriptions of the shooters.
http://www.thestar.com/article/525487
1-Canada's children are safer today after a federal recall of toys and costume jewellery
2-The federal government shouldn't stop there.
3-Many of these items were found by the Star to contain dangerous levels of lead.
4-More effort is needed to further protect this country's most vulnerable residents.
5-About one in every four of the items that were examined and tested contained the toxic metal lead.
6-Lead poisoning can occur if a child swallows or sucks on a lead-laced object
7-Lead poisoning can sometimes resulting in a falling IQ and poor school performance. Heavy dosages can cause vomiting and even death.
Therefore,
8-The federal government should test a significant more amount of child products to ensure that no harmful products are endangering children of young ages.
http://www.thestar.com/article/524401
Echoes from a shooting.
1-Once again there was a shooting death of an innocent bystander on a Toronto street.
2-23-year-old Bailey Zaveda was shot and killed while smoking a cigarette outside a Queen St. E. bar.
3-This also resonates with the ongoing trial in the 2005 shooting of 15-year-old Jane Creba on Yonge St.
4-There have been other such incidents in recent years.
5-Criminologists say that, statistically speaking, Toronto is still a very safe place, compared not only to comparable American cities but also to smaller Canadian municipalities.
6-Many people walking along Yonge or Queen or any other busy Toronto street because they not believe it is safe.
Therefore,
7-To help prevent the reoccurrence of these shootings handguns, the weapon of choice in these shootings should be banned. A stepped—up police presence on our streets would also be helpful, as would a continued determination to catch the culprits and prosecute them. As well, witnesses should not hesitate to come forward with descriptions of the shooters.
http://www.thestar.com/article/525487
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Paradox
Paradox: A statement that contradicts it’s self.
The paradox rhetoric device is a statement that contradicts itself, an example of this
would be someone saying, “I always lie” this statement is a paradox because it cannot be
true because if it were it would have to be false.
Examples created by your truly:
1- Rupert says to Bill “I only do well on tests when I don’t study”.
This is a paradox because when you study you tend to do better on tests.
2- Bill says to Rupert “My mother is a virgin”.
This is a paradox because in order to have a son the mother would have had to take part
in intercourse making her not a virgin.
3- What happens when an unstopable force (Tyler Keith) meets an imovable force (cassy osins)?... ok maybe i didn't make this one up but i bet you still cant answer it!
Example from the public:
You always see the paradox “you can’t have peace without war” in the campaigns for the
army and military. This is a paradox because you cannot have peace if you have war.
The author George Orwell (1984) also came up with the paradoxes
"War is peace.""Freedom is slavery.""Ignorance is strength."
Famous paradoxes:
What happens when an unstoppable force meets and immoveable force?
“If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."(Alexander Smith)
"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot."(Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
"A dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tale when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased and wag my tale when I'm angry."(The Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
The paradox rhetoric device is a statement that contradicts itself, an example of this
would be someone saying, “I always lie” this statement is a paradox because it cannot be
true because if it were it would have to be false.
Examples created by your truly:
1- Rupert says to Bill “I only do well on tests when I don’t study”.
This is a paradox because when you study you tend to do better on tests.
2- Bill says to Rupert “My mother is a virgin”.
This is a paradox because in order to have a son the mother would have had to take part
in intercourse making her not a virgin.
3- What happens when an unstopable force (Tyler Keith) meets an imovable force (cassy osins)?... ok maybe i didn't make this one up but i bet you still cant answer it!
Example from the public:
You always see the paradox “you can’t have peace without war” in the campaigns for the
army and military. This is a paradox because you cannot have peace if you have war.
The author George Orwell (1984) also came up with the paradoxes
"War is peace.""Freedom is slavery.""Ignorance is strength."
Famous paradoxes:
What happens when an unstoppable force meets and immoveable force?
“If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."(Alexander Smith)
"The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot."(Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
"A dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tale when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased and wag my tale when I'm angry."(The Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Monday, November 3, 2008
False Dilemma
Or as it is known in latin; reproba dilemma
Syllogism:
Either claim X is true or claim Y is true (when X and Y could both be false).
Claim Y is false.
Therefore claim X is true.
This fallacy is fallacious because it allows a person to be able to make it seem like a point is correct when it’s not. This is done by giving two options which both can be false, but it allows you to believe if one turns out to be false the other must be true.
Examples of false dilemma created by yours truly:
1- Bill tells Rupert that he has to be good at either Basketball or Badminton. Since Rupert sucks at badminton he must be good at basketball.
2- Bill tells Rupert that his mom is either ugly or hot. Since everyone knows Rupert’s mom is not ugly this means Ruperts mom must be hot.
Examples of false dilemma found in the media:
You see it in the media all the time where the little kid goes “mom I got have this shirt because all the other kids have it or I wont be cool” this is saying since he does not have the shirt he is not cool, therefore the mom should by the shirt to make him cool.
This is shown in the zellers commercial with all the kids having hoodies and backpacks except the little girl.
Or as it is known in latin; reproba dilemma
Syllogism:
Either claim X is true or claim Y is true (when X and Y could both be false).
Claim Y is false.
Therefore claim X is true.
This fallacy is fallacious because it allows a person to be able to make it seem like a point is correct when it’s not. This is done by giving two options which both can be false, but it allows you to believe if one turns out to be false the other must be true.
Examples of false dilemma created by yours truly:
1- Bill tells Rupert that he has to be good at either Basketball or Badminton. Since Rupert sucks at badminton he must be good at basketball.
2- Bill tells Rupert that his mom is either ugly or hot. Since everyone knows Rupert’s mom is not ugly this means Ruperts mom must be hot.
Examples of false dilemma found in the media:
You see it in the media all the time where the little kid goes “mom I got have this shirt because all the other kids have it or I wont be cool” this is saying since he does not have the shirt he is not cool, therefore the mom should by the shirt to make him cool.
This is shown in the zellers commercial with all the kids having hoodies and backpacks except the little girl.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Wizard of Oz under mythopoiec eyes...
A journey does not consist of a straight path; it contains many obstacles and challenges. It is never straightforward and easy to overcome; it must have certain obstacles, challenges or tasks for a hero to complete or it was not be a journey at all. In all journeys there is many figures or archetypes you will see like the classic hero, the devil figure, the temptress and many more. In the movie “The Wizard of Oz” you can see a major example of a journey and it extends father than any yellow brick road could. The challenge of getting or “finding” home is a difficult and complex road. The movie shows many different archetypes and proves that the quest to find where your real home is the journey of all journeys. Through mythopoeic eyes Dorothy’s journey in “The Wizard of Oz” to find where her real home is and where she belongs too can be looked as a hero’s journey in a mythological times.
In every great story there is a hero, although each may very if you look at each journey hard enough there will always be the hero figure being challenged by complex tasks and challenges. By concurring these tasks, challenges and difficulties it shows many of the different characteristics and attributes of the classic archetype “the hero”. Dorothy is looked as the hero in the “Wizard of Oz” because she carries so very many of the characteristics and traits a true hero has even though you may not notice at first. Although some of the other characters in the movie do show certain given attributes of a hero it does not mean they take Dorothy’s place, she shows the most signs of being a hero and has the most promise making her the true hero of the film.
Dorothy first proves that she is a hero when she lends a hand to those in need. She agrees to team up with not only one but also three other strangers (soon to become friends) so that they can all help each other. This act of kindness shows that she is willing to help others even if she might have to go out of her way. She didn’t have to take the time to oil the tin man, or she could of left the scardy cat behind but no, Dorothy decided to put their differences aside and make it through the journey as friends. By putting her and her other new found friends differences aside and deciding to help one another this act of kindness shows that she was not only a hero but also a leader.
Although Dorothy has a very gentle and calm charm in the film she still always pulled through tough and strong when she needed to. She had the courage and will power to stand up to the wicked witch of the west when she knew her friend was in danger. When the witch with her broom torched Scarecrow, Dorothy did not only save Scarecrow but she also had slayed the evil witch of the west. By realizing what she must do, Dorothy made the ultimate act of a hero and she saved him, this was the most unselfish, reckless act she could of done and she did it for the right reasons. She made the attempt to help her friend rather than just watch it happen showing that she did keep a level head in the situation and that she would do all in her power to protect or even in this case save her friends. This proves that Dorothy is the true representation of the archetype “the hero”.
Within every long tale, story or even journey there is always some sort of evil in one form or another. In “The Wizard of Oz” the evil witch of the west shows the archetype of the “devil figure” through many different ways. By showing absolutely no signs of good or light in her self it is easy to know that the evil witch of the west is the devil figure because of her evil nature. Within the film she tries with man attempts to retrieve the valuable ruby red slippers from Dorothy through any means necessary. The witch never cares about anything or even anyone else, she just concentrates on her self which shows she is the exact opposite of Dorothy the hero of “The Wizard of Oz”. By being the true opposite of the hero, the wicked witch of the west proves that she is the devil figure.
The wicked witch of the west shows the lack of the good inside of her by showing many different evil attributes. She tries to challenge the hero Dorothy in her journey to find go back home by attempting to steal the ruby red slippers. She threatens Dorothy in many different ways such as saying she would kill Todo her dog if she didn’t give up the precious slippers. This shows her lack or the absence of kindness, good will and prosperity in the wicked witch of the west. Without having just a little bit of any of those attributes means you have been subdued by evil, and that you are the devil figure. By threatening to kill Dorothy’s pet (something very close to her) the witch shows her true self and the true evil inside of her and shows the world that she is the devil figure attempting to block Dorothy’s journey home.
The witch or “devil figure” in the “Wizard of Oz” shows the complete lack of caring about others wellness that Dorothy does. She shows this by not caring about others like Dorothy and her friends, in actual fact she does the opposite she tries to torture Dorothy. The witch tells Dorothy that she will make her watch all her friends deaths before hers will come in order to hurt her emotionally. This is an extreme act of evil, not only does she says she will kill Dorothy but she wants her to suffer immensely before she is subdued by death. Then she tries to fallow through with this plan-igniting Scarecrow on fire knowing that since he is composed of straw with him being set on fire will be a fatal. These actions will lead anyone to believe that the wicked witch of the west is a sinner and that she truly must be the devil figure in Dorothy’s long and difficult journey to find home.
The journey is a huge archetype in “The Wizard of Oz”. The journey represents the hero’s path through different tasks, challenges and trails throughout their adventure. The journey down the yellow brick road and even the journey outside of it shows everyone that it is a true archetype “journey”. With it’s many challenges and even its devil figure the wicked witch of the west, Dorothy’s adventure down the yellow brick road to Emerald City is quite the journey. This shows all of Dorothy’s hero like attributes and shows those who watch the movie that the young Kansas is able to overcome the journey’s many difficult tasks, and challenges enable to find her home and where she is happy and where she belongs.
Every journey has a difficult task that the hero needs to overcome, if it didn’t have a difficult task or challenge it would not be a journey, it would be a walk in the park. In the “Wizard of Oz” the difficult challenge was overcoming each of everyone’s personal flaws. The lion had to be brave (to a certain extent), the tin man had to have a heart and the Scarecrow had to have knowledge. Dorothy had to find out where she is truly happy and where she belonged to and she could not do it alone so not only did she help her friends, but her friends helped her also. This allows the viewers to see that they all overcame their own personal challenges in their journeys not by them selves but with the help of each other.
One of the big symbols in the movie “The Wizard of Oz”” gives a great visual on a journey, this is the yellow brick road. This symbol allows you to see the set out “path” for the hero and her friends. Although the Dorothy’s journey along with Scarecrow, the tin man, and the lion stray from the yellow brick road time to time the symbol of the road still gives the picture of the path for the journey. This gives the viewers of the movie a slight visual idea of the journey that has to be taken by the young Kansa hero, Dorothy.
Oz may be a very strange land filled with tiny people, yellow bricked roads, and even a horse that changes color but the thing it is most filled up with is archetypes. Although the archetypes appear different in this movie one should not judge the majority of the characters at first glance. This is because many of the characters represent classic mythological characters from another time. These many archetypes like the hero, devil figure and journey show that “The Wizard of Oz” can be compared to old mythological tales and stories. The characters in the film (even though some are midgets) are still a representation of the actual characters in the mythological times (which are not midgets). By seeing many of these classic characters and archetypes being resurrected it proves to all the viewers that in fact it “The Wizard of Oz” can be compared to the old mythological tales and stories. Therefore by Dorothy’s journey along the yellow brick road and beyond on her quest to find where home is and where she belongs is a re-incarnation of the hero’s journey in mythological times.
In every great story there is a hero, although each may very if you look at each journey hard enough there will always be the hero figure being challenged by complex tasks and challenges. By concurring these tasks, challenges and difficulties it shows many of the different characteristics and attributes of the classic archetype “the hero”. Dorothy is looked as the hero in the “Wizard of Oz” because she carries so very many of the characteristics and traits a true hero has even though you may not notice at first. Although some of the other characters in the movie do show certain given attributes of a hero it does not mean they take Dorothy’s place, she shows the most signs of being a hero and has the most promise making her the true hero of the film.
Dorothy first proves that she is a hero when she lends a hand to those in need. She agrees to team up with not only one but also three other strangers (soon to become friends) so that they can all help each other. This act of kindness shows that she is willing to help others even if she might have to go out of her way. She didn’t have to take the time to oil the tin man, or she could of left the scardy cat behind but no, Dorothy decided to put their differences aside and make it through the journey as friends. By putting her and her other new found friends differences aside and deciding to help one another this act of kindness shows that she was not only a hero but also a leader.
Although Dorothy has a very gentle and calm charm in the film she still always pulled through tough and strong when she needed to. She had the courage and will power to stand up to the wicked witch of the west when she knew her friend was in danger. When the witch with her broom torched Scarecrow, Dorothy did not only save Scarecrow but she also had slayed the evil witch of the west. By realizing what she must do, Dorothy made the ultimate act of a hero and she saved him, this was the most unselfish, reckless act she could of done and she did it for the right reasons. She made the attempt to help her friend rather than just watch it happen showing that she did keep a level head in the situation and that she would do all in her power to protect or even in this case save her friends. This proves that Dorothy is the true representation of the archetype “the hero”.
Within every long tale, story or even journey there is always some sort of evil in one form or another. In “The Wizard of Oz” the evil witch of the west shows the archetype of the “devil figure” through many different ways. By showing absolutely no signs of good or light in her self it is easy to know that the evil witch of the west is the devil figure because of her evil nature. Within the film she tries with man attempts to retrieve the valuable ruby red slippers from Dorothy through any means necessary. The witch never cares about anything or even anyone else, she just concentrates on her self which shows she is the exact opposite of Dorothy the hero of “The Wizard of Oz”. By being the true opposite of the hero, the wicked witch of the west proves that she is the devil figure.
The wicked witch of the west shows the lack of the good inside of her by showing many different evil attributes. She tries to challenge the hero Dorothy in her journey to find go back home by attempting to steal the ruby red slippers. She threatens Dorothy in many different ways such as saying she would kill Todo her dog if she didn’t give up the precious slippers. This shows her lack or the absence of kindness, good will and prosperity in the wicked witch of the west. Without having just a little bit of any of those attributes means you have been subdued by evil, and that you are the devil figure. By threatening to kill Dorothy’s pet (something very close to her) the witch shows her true self and the true evil inside of her and shows the world that she is the devil figure attempting to block Dorothy’s journey home.
The witch or “devil figure” in the “Wizard of Oz” shows the complete lack of caring about others wellness that Dorothy does. She shows this by not caring about others like Dorothy and her friends, in actual fact she does the opposite she tries to torture Dorothy. The witch tells Dorothy that she will make her watch all her friends deaths before hers will come in order to hurt her emotionally. This is an extreme act of evil, not only does she says she will kill Dorothy but she wants her to suffer immensely before she is subdued by death. Then she tries to fallow through with this plan-igniting Scarecrow on fire knowing that since he is composed of straw with him being set on fire will be a fatal. These actions will lead anyone to believe that the wicked witch of the west is a sinner and that she truly must be the devil figure in Dorothy’s long and difficult journey to find home.
The journey is a huge archetype in “The Wizard of Oz”. The journey represents the hero’s path through different tasks, challenges and trails throughout their adventure. The journey down the yellow brick road and even the journey outside of it shows everyone that it is a true archetype “journey”. With it’s many challenges and even its devil figure the wicked witch of the west, Dorothy’s adventure down the yellow brick road to Emerald City is quite the journey. This shows all of Dorothy’s hero like attributes and shows those who watch the movie that the young Kansas is able to overcome the journey’s many difficult tasks, and challenges enable to find her home and where she is happy and where she belongs.
Every journey has a difficult task that the hero needs to overcome, if it didn’t have a difficult task or challenge it would not be a journey, it would be a walk in the park. In the “Wizard of Oz” the difficult challenge was overcoming each of everyone’s personal flaws. The lion had to be brave (to a certain extent), the tin man had to have a heart and the Scarecrow had to have knowledge. Dorothy had to find out where she is truly happy and where she belonged to and she could not do it alone so not only did she help her friends, but her friends helped her also. This allows the viewers to see that they all overcame their own personal challenges in their journeys not by them selves but with the help of each other.
One of the big symbols in the movie “The Wizard of Oz”” gives a great visual on a journey, this is the yellow brick road. This symbol allows you to see the set out “path” for the hero and her friends. Although the Dorothy’s journey along with Scarecrow, the tin man, and the lion stray from the yellow brick road time to time the symbol of the road still gives the picture of the path for the journey. This gives the viewers of the movie a slight visual idea of the journey that has to be taken by the young Kansa hero, Dorothy.
Oz may be a very strange land filled with tiny people, yellow bricked roads, and even a horse that changes color but the thing it is most filled up with is archetypes. Although the archetypes appear different in this movie one should not judge the majority of the characters at first glance. This is because many of the characters represent classic mythological characters from another time. These many archetypes like the hero, devil figure and journey show that “The Wizard of Oz” can be compared to old mythological tales and stories. The characters in the film (even though some are midgets) are still a representation of the actual characters in the mythological times (which are not midgets). By seeing many of these classic characters and archetypes being resurrected it proves to all the viewers that in fact it “The Wizard of Oz” can be compared to the old mythological tales and stories. Therefore by Dorothy’s journey along the yellow brick road and beyond on her quest to find where home is and where she belongs is a re-incarnation of the hero’s journey in mythological times.
Friday, October 17, 2008
If there were no darkness would it be possible to still have light? If there were no light
would it be possible to have darkness? How can you have something that exists if you have
nothing to compare it to or have an opposite to contradict it? In order to have an essence you
must have something co-existing with it to not only contradict it at times but for something to
compare it to. When darkness represents depression, despair, sadness and other negative
emotions and feelings while the counter parts of those feelings are represented by light, one cannot feel only one or the other without being subjected to both. An example of this is looking the well-known “Hero”. Every hero known to man has never just become a hero, there was always some problem, difficulty or “darkness” that they would have to overcome first. A hero is never born a hero, he first has to be subdued by both the good and evil, light and dark before they can show whether the good inside them is strong enough to be able to spread and used to help.
It is not possible for a hero to help or even attempt to help individuals going through uncertainties and troublesome times if the hero himself has not undergone these times. It is unquestionable that someone being “saved” or helped out by someone who does not know what the problem is or feels like could never actually happen in society. Therefore proving that you there are no hero’s that is born a hero, they must first experience both negatives and positives, both dark and light to be able to emerge from the situations willing and capable to actually prevail in the rescue of the individuals in their time of need. A hero cannot exist if they do not know what there purpose is, they cannot exist if they don’t know what they want to do, they cannot exist if they have not experienced “the darkness”.
At the begging of the novel, Marlow shows signs of disbelief and doubt. It is noticeable when Marlow is about to set sail on the French steamer which is going to take him to Africa. Instead of being excited or ambitious Marlow experiences something different. He has a strange feeling about the trip where he feels that he is setting sail of the center of the Earth. This feeling can be looked at as doubt in Marlow’s case. Marlow is doubting himself in this case and his ability to succeed, which gives him the feeling that he is going towards the “center” of all these problems. This shows the reader with Marlow’s strange feelings that he is ambitious yet or hasn’t “grown” as a hero. Although Marlow is not a hero yet or subdued by good or the light the reader is able to see that Marlow can tell good from bad at the beginning from his reaction to certain people like in the quote "I couldn't help asking him once what he meant by coming here at all. 'To make money, of course. What do you think?' he said scornfully." (Conrad, 23).
Towards the begging of the novel the author chooses to portrait Marlow in a certain way. He does not choose to make himself this lovable, unstoppable hero that is the kind of character that everyone just loves to read about, but the author makes the reader see that Marlow is more then that. Marlow shows by the end of the novel with sayings like; "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much." (Conrad, 52) that he finally knows light from dark distinctly which shows the reader his true transformation as a hero. What the author does in this case is give Marlow a layer of complexity with different attributes and features. He carries the true characteristics of a hero by being honest, tough and capable but also he gives the reader the image that there is more to him and that he’s “damaged”. The features of a hero like his natural toughness gives the aspects of light in this case and the images of him being broken tells the reader that he also has aspects of darkness. In this case this allows the reader to have a little insight or allow them to foreshadow to a certain extent in the case of Marlow being taken over or subdued by either light darkness. Meaning that Marlow would not be in the middle after experiencing both light and dark and that he would be drawn to one side or another.
One cannot be a hero without experiencing both good and bad for the same reason one cannot become a villain without experiencing both good and bad. You cannot be one without experiencing the other because of the fact there is no one that is just evil, and there is no one that is just good. "They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares." (Conrad, 67) this quote shows that Marlow is both surprised and appalled about at the conversation showing that he does not believe in the evilness being spoken about. Everyone has some good in them and some evil which is enviable because everyone from the moment they were born has the potential to do good with there life as equally as they have the potential to do bad with there life. This ensures that no one can be good without being evil, or be evil without being good. Which refers back to the first point, there cannot be darkness without light and there cannot be light without darkness. Therefore that shows that you cannot just experience one end or another because from the instant you’re born you have the both sides in you. "When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to the death." (Conrad, 78) when Marlow states this it allows the reader to observe that he has experienced the darkness and he knows when people (the savages) have been overcome by the evil inside of them. This leaves the experiences in your life to determine which side will subdue you and which side you will lean towards.
There is a point in everyone’s life time where after being subdued to both good and bad that you have to overcome a “test” which the outcome determines where you lye on the border of good and evil. The outcome of this event is dependant on how much the light or darkness influenced the individual. By the time Marlow experienced this test he knew enough of both sides of good and evil that he did much more then just pass the test, he learned from it too. By keeping his darkness within and allowing the light to shine out Marlow succeeded in many ways where the natives did not. Unlike Marlow the natives did not learn nor pass the test, which you can see from their savagery behaviours. This acts as a great example showing two different sides, both experience light and darkness or good and evil but on one side a hero arises and on the complete opposite side savages arise. "And this also... has been one of the dark places of the earth." (Conrad, 64) when Marlow states this it shows the reader that he has been to certain dark places and he is now able to recognize it and be able to realize when there is evil or darkness around. This further more proves that Marlow has known evil and has not let it take over him, allowing the light to take over appose to the darkness.
Everyone has both good and evil in them and no one will ever be able to fight or change that, it’s the instances in your life where you are introduced to the good and evil that is inside of you is what makes you who you are. This is what gives people chances to become who they are; this allows you to have an influence on who you want to be and who you can be. No one is born purely good or evil, you have to experience both in your life to become either or. This is what guaranties that no hero is ever born a hero, they must first be challenged by the darkness within their heart to be able to overcome it and show light and spread the light. This case is proven from Marlow in the Heart Of Darkness. Marlow shows from experiencing both good and bad that it’s the occurrences that influence you throughout your life which make up where you stand in life. Without having being influenced by both sides of good and evil you cannot reach full potential, this is what keeps people from being true heroes and this allows people to look on there life and see what has influenced them more, good or evil.
References:(Conrad, Joseph. Heat Of Darkness. Norton Critical Edition. London: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 1899.)
would it be possible to have darkness? How can you have something that exists if you have
nothing to compare it to or have an opposite to contradict it? In order to have an essence you
must have something co-existing with it to not only contradict it at times but for something to
compare it to. When darkness represents depression, despair, sadness and other negative
emotions and feelings while the counter parts of those feelings are represented by light, one cannot feel only one or the other without being subjected to both. An example of this is looking the well-known “Hero”. Every hero known to man has never just become a hero, there was always some problem, difficulty or “darkness” that they would have to overcome first. A hero is never born a hero, he first has to be subdued by both the good and evil, light and dark before they can show whether the good inside them is strong enough to be able to spread and used to help.
It is not possible for a hero to help or even attempt to help individuals going through uncertainties and troublesome times if the hero himself has not undergone these times. It is unquestionable that someone being “saved” or helped out by someone who does not know what the problem is or feels like could never actually happen in society. Therefore proving that you there are no hero’s that is born a hero, they must first experience both negatives and positives, both dark and light to be able to emerge from the situations willing and capable to actually prevail in the rescue of the individuals in their time of need. A hero cannot exist if they do not know what there purpose is, they cannot exist if they don’t know what they want to do, they cannot exist if they have not experienced “the darkness”.
At the begging of the novel, Marlow shows signs of disbelief and doubt. It is noticeable when Marlow is about to set sail on the French steamer which is going to take him to Africa. Instead of being excited or ambitious Marlow experiences something different. He has a strange feeling about the trip where he feels that he is setting sail of the center of the Earth. This feeling can be looked at as doubt in Marlow’s case. Marlow is doubting himself in this case and his ability to succeed, which gives him the feeling that he is going towards the “center” of all these problems. This shows the reader with Marlow’s strange feelings that he is ambitious yet or hasn’t “grown” as a hero. Although Marlow is not a hero yet or subdued by good or the light the reader is able to see that Marlow can tell good from bad at the beginning from his reaction to certain people like in the quote "I couldn't help asking him once what he meant by coming here at all. 'To make money, of course. What do you think?' he said scornfully." (Conrad, 23).
Towards the begging of the novel the author chooses to portrait Marlow in a certain way. He does not choose to make himself this lovable, unstoppable hero that is the kind of character that everyone just loves to read about, but the author makes the reader see that Marlow is more then that. Marlow shows by the end of the novel with sayings like; "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much." (Conrad, 52) that he finally knows light from dark distinctly which shows the reader his true transformation as a hero. What the author does in this case is give Marlow a layer of complexity with different attributes and features. He carries the true characteristics of a hero by being honest, tough and capable but also he gives the reader the image that there is more to him and that he’s “damaged”. The features of a hero like his natural toughness gives the aspects of light in this case and the images of him being broken tells the reader that he also has aspects of darkness. In this case this allows the reader to have a little insight or allow them to foreshadow to a certain extent in the case of Marlow being taken over or subdued by either light darkness. Meaning that Marlow would not be in the middle after experiencing both light and dark and that he would be drawn to one side or another.
One cannot be a hero without experiencing both good and bad for the same reason one cannot become a villain without experiencing both good and bad. You cannot be one without experiencing the other because of the fact there is no one that is just evil, and there is no one that is just good. "They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares." (Conrad, 67) this quote shows that Marlow is both surprised and appalled about at the conversation showing that he does not believe in the evilness being spoken about. Everyone has some good in them and some evil which is enviable because everyone from the moment they were born has the potential to do good with there life as equally as they have the potential to do bad with there life. This ensures that no one can be good without being evil, or be evil without being good. Which refers back to the first point, there cannot be darkness without light and there cannot be light without darkness. Therefore that shows that you cannot just experience one end or another because from the instant you’re born you have the both sides in you. "When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages--hate them to the death." (Conrad, 78) when Marlow states this it allows the reader to observe that he has experienced the darkness and he knows when people (the savages) have been overcome by the evil inside of them. This leaves the experiences in your life to determine which side will subdue you and which side you will lean towards.
There is a point in everyone’s life time where after being subdued to both good and bad that you have to overcome a “test” which the outcome determines where you lye on the border of good and evil. The outcome of this event is dependant on how much the light or darkness influenced the individual. By the time Marlow experienced this test he knew enough of both sides of good and evil that he did much more then just pass the test, he learned from it too. By keeping his darkness within and allowing the light to shine out Marlow succeeded in many ways where the natives did not. Unlike Marlow the natives did not learn nor pass the test, which you can see from their savagery behaviours. This acts as a great example showing two different sides, both experience light and darkness or good and evil but on one side a hero arises and on the complete opposite side savages arise. "And this also... has been one of the dark places of the earth." (Conrad, 64) when Marlow states this it shows the reader that he has been to certain dark places and he is now able to recognize it and be able to realize when there is evil or darkness around. This further more proves that Marlow has known evil and has not let it take over him, allowing the light to take over appose to the darkness.
Everyone has both good and evil in them and no one will ever be able to fight or change that, it’s the instances in your life where you are introduced to the good and evil that is inside of you is what makes you who you are. This is what gives people chances to become who they are; this allows you to have an influence on who you want to be and who you can be. No one is born purely good or evil, you have to experience both in your life to become either or. This is what guaranties that no hero is ever born a hero, they must first be challenged by the darkness within their heart to be able to overcome it and show light and spread the light. This case is proven from Marlow in the Heart Of Darkness. Marlow shows from experiencing both good and bad that it’s the occurrences that influence you throughout your life which make up where you stand in life. Without having being influenced by both sides of good and evil you cannot reach full potential, this is what keeps people from being true heroes and this allows people to look on there life and see what has influenced them more, good or evil.
References:(Conrad, Joseph. Heat Of Darkness. Norton Critical Edition. London: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 1899.)
Thursday, October 9, 2008
the heart of darkness: essay outline
Thesis: The meaning behind darkness is taken from everything that brings saddness and despair to individuals and it is because of the conflicts it brings allows hero's to arise from it.
Reason: There is no hero that had not been through times of uncertanty or displeasure.
Example: Marlow seeming to be damaged.
Example: Marlow overcoming the sadness to attempt to see through society and always trying to see the real picture.
Reason: Without ever being through times of need you cant be able to help people who are in those times.
Example: Marlow could not help if he didn't have any understanding of what people were going through
Example: All hero's that overcame racism had to undergo racism first.
Conclusion: Before things get better things must be subdewed to a certain "darkness" before they can realize what the true solution for happiness is.
Reason: There is no hero that had not been through times of uncertanty or displeasure.
Example: Marlow seeming to be damaged.
Example: Marlow overcoming the sadness to attempt to see through society and always trying to see the real picture.
Reason: Without ever being through times of need you cant be able to help people who are in those times.
Example: Marlow could not help if he didn't have any understanding of what people were going through
Example: All hero's that overcame racism had to undergo racism first.
Conclusion: Before things get better things must be subdewed to a certain "darkness" before they can realize what the true solution for happiness is.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Focus: What do you want to accomplish in this class or during this year?
1. By midterm I want to achieve at least a 75 in this class
2. On my ISU I would like at least 80% on it
3. By the end of the term I would like a 78% or higher
Contributions: What contributions will you make to this class or to the school this year?
1. I will read books outside of my ISU book and the 3 other books required
2. I will take an active port of this class (asking good questions)
3. I will do all required homework
Accountabilities: For what will you be held responsible?
1. I am accounted on being in class prepared
2. I am accounted on being active in all classes (even travel and tourism)
3. I am accounted to do homework before work or other distractions
4. I am accounted to participate in class discussion
Supports: What help, and from whom, will you need in order to achieve your accountabilities?
1. I need Mr. P. Murray’s support in the class and outside of class work
2. I need the support of Alex Van dermout to fill me in on classes I missed3. I need the support of Mat Brown to help me remember due dates
4. I need the support of Jon Khatib to fill me in on homework I missed
Measurements: How will you know what success looks like?
1. When my average is better than Justin’s in this class.
2. When my parents are finally happy with my English marks
3. When I am happy with my marks
4. When I improve my over all reading habits
Consequences: How should you be rewarded if you succeed? How should you be punished?
1. I should be awarded with a possible chance of a field trip (for the class) if I reach my midterm mark
2. I should be awarded with an honourable recognition on my report card if I meet my goal.
3.I will not use my ipod until I understand the material I needed if I fail a test
4.i will stop working on weekdays if I do not have my 75% on my mid terms
1. By midterm I want to achieve at least a 75 in this class
2. On my ISU I would like at least 80% on it
3. By the end of the term I would like a 78% or higher
Contributions: What contributions will you make to this class or to the school this year?
1. I will read books outside of my ISU book and the 3 other books required
2. I will take an active port of this class (asking good questions)
3. I will do all required homework
Accountabilities: For what will you be held responsible?
1. I am accounted on being in class prepared
2. I am accounted on being active in all classes (even travel and tourism)
3. I am accounted to do homework before work or other distractions
4. I am accounted to participate in class discussion
Supports: What help, and from whom, will you need in order to achieve your accountabilities?
1. I need Mr. P. Murray’s support in the class and outside of class work
2. I need the support of Alex Van dermout to fill me in on classes I missed3. I need the support of Mat Brown to help me remember due dates
4. I need the support of Jon Khatib to fill me in on homework I missed
Measurements: How will you know what success looks like?
1. When my average is better than Justin’s in this class.
2. When my parents are finally happy with my English marks
3. When I am happy with my marks
4. When I improve my over all reading habits
Consequences: How should you be rewarded if you succeed? How should you be punished?
1. I should be awarded with a possible chance of a field trip (for the class) if I reach my midterm mark
2. I should be awarded with an honourable recognition on my report card if I meet my goal.
3.I will not use my ipod until I understand the material I needed if I fail a test
4.i will stop working on weekdays if I do not have my 75% on my mid terms
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