Quotes

So... Im bored. Time to blog I guess.
I already shared one quote today but I did have another. The one that I said earlier was on page 153. "The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, just to keep people frightened." The idea of government setting of bombs and killing people just to keep control of everyone is crazy to even think about. Having to scare someone to keeps them following and obeying is just showing that you are afraid to be over taken.

The other quote I had was on page 131. "People who had grown up in the work of the Revolution, knowing nothing else, accepting the Party as something unalterable, like the sky, not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog." So how I look at this one is like everyone being rabbits and the party being the dog. A dog has its territory and the rabbit knows its pretty much impossible to change that but it doesn't mean that the rabbit isn't going to travel into the dogs territory. The rabbit cant take down the dog, but it can run from it.

I got a lot out of our quote circle today, it just finally brought together some of the ideas for me. Anyways my quote that I didnt get to share is from pg. 200 in my book and its when Winston pauses while he is reading Goldberg's book, "Solitude and safetly were physical sensations, mixed up somehow with the tiredness of his body, the softness of the chair, the touch of the faint breeze from the window that played upon his cheek." I noticed this quote because it reminded me of when we talked about Maslow's hierarchy of needs; just by realizing that in his secret appartment Winston can read his forbiden book he feels temporarily safe and is getting a taste of prole freedom.

South America 1984

After reading through the portions of Goldstien's book it makes me wonder what the other parts of the world are like in 1984. Can all of the Americas be as bad as London? I mean, the population would be spread out much, much more. We won't ever find out, but it's cool to think about these things!

Rebels and What Not

I liked our discussion on rebels today. I think it's very interesting how there are different kind of rebels. When I look back at society it seems like rebels are often shown in a positive light. I think this is the reason everyone tries to rebel is because rebels are posed as heroes in most of our history. I'm torn though. I'd like to think that this rebel instinct is just natural.

Thinking

Well today was certainly an interesting day...

Especially since I got called out on trying to warm my hands on Sarah's neck. =P haha

Anyways...

I thought that the conversations and Free Writes were very interesting...but deeper than that I was thinking about this whole class and what I'm learning from it. I think that this class is helping me to try and think 'out of the box' or to not believe everything you see and what the government or anyone tells you. I think that in some ways when we were children we kind of taught that if an Adult tells us something...we do it, or believe what they say. Instead of questioning if those ideas could be right or wrong, we just assumed they were right. So when I read something or hear something on the News, my mind is starting to stop and think of what is being said is all truth, or if it has been changed in some way or another. For Example...Hand sanitizer that I totally spelled wrong. Anyways...it says that it fights 99.9% of bacteria, but it is also tested in a Laboratory where the bacteria is nothing like it would in a school. What they say on the bottle is true...but just not in the settings that we use it. Anyways...Now it's becoming our time to be the Adults and what are we going to do? Will we let our children believe everything an Adult tells them, or will we teach them at a young age to think for themselves? I wish that I had been introduced to ideas like these a long time ago because I think it would be a lot easier for me to analyze and look deeper into things I see and read. It's a new concept to me and I will continue trying to find new meanings in old texts and such...but yeah, I guess I just thought I'd share that. =)

Oh! And I am eating banana bread. =)

Just so you know...chewing with your front teeth is a lot of work and it doesn't work nearly as well as the ones in back. hahahhaa.... just saying.

hmmmm...

well i'm bored. so i'm blogging?

..i REALLY enjoyed class today. i mean i love ms. stariha..but sometimes a little break is nice! but that lady was CRAZY so i would def. rather have ms. s.

well, i'm gonna go work on my portfolio!

Nursery Rhyme

So I did some extensive research on the nursery rhyme thingy...

Did you know that the nursery rhyme about three blind mice

"three blind mice, three blind mice

see how they run, see how they run,

they all ran after the farmers wife

who chopped off their tails with a carving knife,

have you ever seen such a sight in your life

as three blind mice"

Actually has to do with Bloody Mary (Queen Mary 1) who had three of her political leaders conspire against her in which she promptly had them exacuted. As I read on about different nursery rhymes it said in the reading that Nursery Rhymes were the way that people 'jousted' at the government, a way of truly explaining political feelings. As I thought about this more, I thought that the current version of Nursery Rhymes are Politcal Cartoons. Children like cartoons even though they don't always truly understand the weight of what they hold, and they clearly state an opinion on something.