1. What is the crowd/group?
The group is a bunch of tall. very skinny, up themselfe models who think they are the cnter of the universe.
2. What does the group value?
The group values designer clothes, not eating, people loving them and money.
3. How does the hero challenge the values?
The hero challenges those values as she is a normal size 8 girl who her whole life has wanted to be a model. She has a nautraly beautiful face but does not have the body. She wants to change the modeling industry to what it should be like and not what it has become.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Home Work
'What does it mean to go against the crowd?'
- To go against the crowd is to stand up for yourself and to do what you believe in and not what the normal is. its to be an individual and not to follow the crowd.
- To go against the crowd is to stand up for yourself and to do what you believe in and not what the normal is. its to be an individual and not to follow the crowd.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Week 1 Book Review
This term I have continued to read 'LA Candy' written by Lauren Conrad. I didn't read any over the holidays but now I have got back into it I can't put it down. Jane and Scarlett have just been offered a TV job in a new reality TV series which is similar to a reality version of sex and the city. Jane has found interest in a guy which she is not sure if he has a girlfriend or not and she has just started her internship at her event planning job. She is finding it hell as her boss hates her and she can't seem to do anything right. Scarlett on the other hand has just stared at U.S.C which is the University of Southern California.
Much Ado About Nothing
1. Find out when the play, “Much Ado About Nothing”, was written and describe the storyline.
The play was written in 1598-1599. Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince's illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro's power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
2. Identify some of the main characters, dividing them into two groups: ‘good’ and ‘evil’.
Good:
3. What seem to be the play’s messages? List below. Do you think the play is relevant today?
In Much Ado About Nothing, there are many examples of deliberate deception and self-deception. The word "ado" also means busy activity, fuss or trouble. So the play is about a lot of fuss over nothing. I do believe this play is still relevant because listening to what people say to you and accusing people without any evidence still occurs alot in todays society.
4. What is the difference between classical tragedy and comedy? Into which category (if either)does this play seem to fit?
Comedy: a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
Classical Tragedy: The tragic hero who, though not perfect, is certainly in some way morally superior to most of the audience (and who is nearly always upper class), but also exhibits
“Hamartia,” the tragic flaw (literally, it translates as “error of judgement”) which is often
hubris, loosely translated as arrogance, that causes the hero to believe he can outwit fate or violate a moral law, which leads in turn to some kind of catastrophe, which results in peripeteia or a complete reversal of fortune from happiness to disaster.
This play 'Much Ado About Nothing' I believe fits into the comedy category more than the classical tragedy.
The play was written in 1598-1599. Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince's illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro's power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
2. Identify some of the main characters, dividing them into two groups: ‘good’ and ‘evil’.
Good:
- Don Pedro
- Benedick
- Claudio
- Leonato
- Hero
- Beatrice
- Don John
3. What seem to be the play’s messages? List below. Do you think the play is relevant today?
In Much Ado About Nothing, there are many examples of deliberate deception and self-deception. The word "ado" also means busy activity, fuss or trouble. So the play is about a lot of fuss over nothing. I do believe this play is still relevant because listening to what people say to you and accusing people without any evidence still occurs alot in todays society.
4. What is the difference between classical tragedy and comedy? Into which category (if either)does this play seem to fit?
Comedy: a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.
Classical Tragedy: The tragic hero who, though not perfect, is certainly in some way morally superior to most of the audience (and who is nearly always upper class), but also exhibits
“Hamartia,” the tragic flaw (literally, it translates as “error of judgement”) which is often
hubris, loosely translated as arrogance, that causes the hero to believe he can outwit fate or violate a moral law, which leads in turn to some kind of catastrophe, which results in peripeteia or a complete reversal of fortune from happiness to disaster.
This play 'Much Ado About Nothing' I believe fits into the comedy category more than the classical tragedy.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Week 1 Spelling Definitions and Sentences
1.abandon:
To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:
To Abandon a child is very naughty.
2.absorb:
To suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
To absorb water.
3.abuse:
To use wrongly or improperly; misuse:
To abuse the privillage of having an ipod
4.accent:
Prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
Maisie has an accent
5.accident:
An undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss
It was an accident that the tv fell over.
6.accompanied:
To go along or in company with; join in action
I accompanied my mum to the doctor.
7.accomplishment:
An act or instance of carrying into effect
It felt so good and i felt accomplished when i finished my homework.
8.accurate:
Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact
The speeling list had to be accurate.
9.acquaint:
To make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant
To acquaint the teacher with our plan
10.acquire:
To come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own
I acquire a phone case.
11.acres:
A common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile
The farm was on so many acres.
12.activities:
The state or quality of being active
We can do so many activties now we have made bunk beds.
13.acute:
Sharp or severe in effect; intense
The pain was very acute.
14.adapt:
To make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly
To adapt to the new changes will be hard.
15.adaptation:
The act of adapting
The adaptation wasnt acctually that hard.
16.adequate:
As much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit
The dress was adequate for the party.
17.adjustment:
The act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose
The adjustments on the dress made it so much better.
18.administer:
To manage (affairs, a government, etc.)
The administer was very friendly.
19.admiration:
A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval
The feeling of admiration by my friends was great.
20.admit:
To allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to
To be admited you had to be 16.
To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert:
To Abandon a child is very naughty.
2.absorb:
To suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
To absorb water.
3.abuse:
To use wrongly or improperly; misuse:
To abuse the privillage of having an ipod
4.accent:
Prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
Maisie has an accent
5.accident:
An undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss
It was an accident that the tv fell over.
6.accompanied:
To go along or in company with; join in action
I accompanied my mum to the doctor.
7.accomplishment:
An act or instance of carrying into effect
It felt so good and i felt accomplished when i finished my homework.
8.accurate:
Free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact
The speeling list had to be accurate.
9.acquaint:
To make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant
To acquaint the teacher with our plan
10.acquire:
To come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own
I acquire a phone case.
11.acres:
A common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile
The farm was on so many acres.
12.activities:
The state or quality of being active
We can do so many activties now we have made bunk beds.
13.acute:
Sharp or severe in effect; intense
The pain was very acute.
14.adapt:
To make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly
To adapt to the new changes will be hard.
15.adaptation:
The act of adapting
The adaptation wasnt acctually that hard.
16.adequate:
As much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit
The dress was adequate for the party.
17.adjustment:
The act of adjusting; adaptation to a particular condition, position, or purpose
The adjustments on the dress made it so much better.
18.administer:
To manage (affairs, a government, etc.)
The administer was very friendly.
19.admiration:
A feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval
The feeling of admiration by my friends was great.
20.admit:
To allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to
To be admited you had to be 16.