The Importance of Being Earnest sets out to address dishonesty while poking fun at the higher social classes during the Victorian age. When Lady Bracknell states, "It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he had been speaking nothing but the truth."The irony found in this is that we are told to speak the truth for most of our lives, but then it could be seen as a terrible thing. Dishonesty was largely involved with marriage; "A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it." This statement is saying that a man who marries and has not partied as well as lie and cheat, will not have a happy successful marriage. The word earnest plays a huge role throughout the book. In the beginning you are introduced to Jack's "brother" Ernest; but just as things began to fall out of place towards the end, Jack then realizes his name has been Ernest from the beginning. The irony in all of this was that something that was once a lie had held the truth all along. This relates back to the title of the play because it truly shows the "importance" of being Ernest/ Earnest. Being in the upper class largely related to pursuing pleasure, for instance once Bunbury dies Algernon no longer has the amount of freedom as he did with having Bunbury. This just comes to show that in order to find pleasure you must start with a few lies.
Through escalating lies and far too many fibs, the characters all show a side of dishonesty. Jack and Algernon create an alter ego in which they can go and party under one identity while keeping their clean image under the other. The rest of the characters seem to find a way to constantly manipulate and twist words in order to keep their image. The message in which Oscar Wilde is trying to convey is how a simple lie can arise to completely new problem.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
New Year's Resolution
For the New Year I plan to be active and get a workout everyday. Since I am currently playing tennis only twice a week; my goal is to work out the other days of the week to improve my strength and endurance. Thankfully, I am not going into this alone. One of my close friends has also planned to do the same. Having a friend with me will help me a lot on improving; not only will she motivate me, but she will bring out my competitive side forcing me to work harder.
Working out everyday will improve my lifestyle by keeping my body healthy and strong. It will also keep me away from the computer and the distractions of technology. I also hope that changing my schedule of working out, I will also be able to change some of my eating habits and not each as much junk food regularly. I hope with the help of my friend, I can keep to this challenge during the new year.
Working out everyday will improve my lifestyle by keeping my body healthy and strong. It will also keep me away from the computer and the distractions of technology. I also hope that changing my schedule of working out, I will also be able to change some of my eating habits and not each as much junk food regularly. I hope with the help of my friend, I can keep to this challenge during the new year.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Animal Farm Project Evaluation
Amaya and Kyra made a movie. The movie was defiantly creative with the use of the cut out animals. While it was humorous, they did manage to make the movie very clean cut and easy to follow. They clearly showed how the animals had to adjust to the new commandments of the farm by having a different scene depict every commandment. As the movie continued, they were able to foreshadow the manipulation of power with the pigs and how it began to affect the animals.
Jake made picture the demonstrated the struggles of the Animal Farm with a picture of a collapsed windmill . He showed the irony that was within in the book with portraying a picture of a innocent and sweet looking pig towards the bottom, and compared it to the cartoon pig placed at the top page with clothes and money. The overall picture showed the struggle and manipulation the farm when through.
Adrienne created a movie where the music and captions really captured the theme of the book. The music at first was always a rebellious rock music showing the animals taking control of the farm; then the movie would go on and they would show how the commandments were manipulated and the music would fade to a depressing tone. The movie was very well made, but I think they could've fit more important facts of the book into the movie with a adjusted version of the Beast of England song.
Galen's comic strip was one of my favorite projects for Animal Farm. The pictures and captions of the strip very well portrayed the theme of the book. He was able to put most of the main ideas into one; either explaining it through the captions or the pictures. The last picture with a half pig half man face was what really caught my eye; it was a great way to depict the ending of the book through just a simple picture.
Joel's picture was very humorous and creative in the way of making it into a math equation. He showed the struggle of the farm by showing that man was greater then pig, and then by the second picture he proved how the pigs became equal to man.
Oliva's picture was very simple but had some depth to it, if you really thought about it. She showed a farmer and pig standing equally tall next to each other while drinking beer. You could easily understand the manipulation of power that the pigs committed, though it lacked the struggles the animals of Animal Farm went through.
Emma's picture had a very different layout from the others, making it harder to understand. I could tell there was a lot of meaning behind the picture, but in the fact that it was so unique made it hard for me to find that meaning. I did really like how she made the word truth look smeared and ruined.
For Aaron's picture, it was easy to understand the meaning the picture though it lacked truth. The picture showed that it was a continuing cyle, which in the book is not true. He did have a very clever idea though and defiantly transferred the message from the book into his picture. Overall, it was very well done.
Hannah and Nicoles trailer was very well made, but I wouldn't have been able to understand it if I hadn't have read the book. I liked it a lot, I just wished to see more of the theme and meaning weaved into it.
Maddie's picture a lot different from the others because she incorporated the other animals from the book into it, rather than just the pigs. I like how she showed the feelings of the animals throughout the book and in the end only the pigs where equal (to only each other and man!).
After looking at most of my classmates project, I am still very proud of ours! Our goal was not only capture the meaning behind the book but to make if unique from other projects, and I believe we pulled that off. We put all our effort into editing and filming the movie and the overall product clearly showed it. I think it can defiantly measure up.
Jake made picture the demonstrated the struggles of the Animal Farm with a picture of a collapsed windmill . He showed the irony that was within in the book with portraying a picture of a innocent and sweet looking pig towards the bottom, and compared it to the cartoon pig placed at the top page with clothes and money. The overall picture showed the struggle and manipulation the farm when through.
Adrienne created a movie where the music and captions really captured the theme of the book. The music at first was always a rebellious rock music showing the animals taking control of the farm; then the movie would go on and they would show how the commandments were manipulated and the music would fade to a depressing tone. The movie was very well made, but I think they could've fit more important facts of the book into the movie with a adjusted version of the Beast of England song.
Galen's comic strip was one of my favorite projects for Animal Farm. The pictures and captions of the strip very well portrayed the theme of the book. He was able to put most of the main ideas into one; either explaining it through the captions or the pictures. The last picture with a half pig half man face was what really caught my eye; it was a great way to depict the ending of the book through just a simple picture.
Joel's picture was very humorous and creative in the way of making it into a math equation. He showed the struggle of the farm by showing that man was greater then pig, and then by the second picture he proved how the pigs became equal to man.
Oliva's picture was very simple but had some depth to it, if you really thought about it. She showed a farmer and pig standing equally tall next to each other while drinking beer. You could easily understand the manipulation of power that the pigs committed, though it lacked the struggles the animals of Animal Farm went through.
Emma's picture had a very different layout from the others, making it harder to understand. I could tell there was a lot of meaning behind the picture, but in the fact that it was so unique made it hard for me to find that meaning. I did really like how she made the word truth look smeared and ruined.
For Aaron's picture, it was easy to understand the meaning the picture though it lacked truth. The picture showed that it was a continuing cyle, which in the book is not true. He did have a very clever idea though and defiantly transferred the message from the book into his picture. Overall, it was very well done.
Hannah and Nicoles trailer was very well made, but I wouldn't have been able to understand it if I hadn't have read the book. I liked it a lot, I just wished to see more of the theme and meaning weaved into it.
Maddie's picture a lot different from the others because she incorporated the other animals from the book into it, rather than just the pigs. I like how she showed the feelings of the animals throughout the book and in the end only the pigs where equal (to only each other and man!).
After looking at most of my classmates project, I am still very proud of ours! Our goal was not only capture the meaning behind the book but to make if unique from other projects, and I believe we pulled that off. We put all our effort into editing and filming the movie and the overall product clearly showed it. I think it can defiantly measure up.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Animal Farm Project
For our artistic response to animal farm, we made a trailer and mini movie. The video shows foreshadowing and themes through the background music. One song is about power and control, which foreshadows corruption. Irony is present when Napolean accepts an invitation to drink with the farmer breaking not just one, but two of his own laws. We also added in the windmill as a symbol of success in a unique way. We hope this video enhances your perception and knowledge of Animal Farm and that you enjoy the movie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-ZM9Rkm78
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt-ZM9Rkm78
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