Meet Macbeth

Macbeth is refered by indirect characterization in the first act. He is mentioned to have killed someone by chopping them in half and decapitating them with a sword. It's supposed to give readers (or I suppose watchers/viewers of the play) a feeling of how fearless Macbeth is supposed to be. A bit of foreshadowing that the witches to are when they mention "chesnuts in her lap", which is supposed to reference Lady Macbeth, who will have a larger role later in the story.

Lit Analysis #3 (The Very Last One! Oh My Goodness!)

1.The story Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is about a man named Billy Pilgrim. He he shipped off to Belgium in WWII and is taken prisoner by Germany. Around the time he's captured, he experiences his first time shift, where we suddenly sees different periods of his life, which also become reacurring. Once his time with the war has ended, he travels back home to New York and starts to have a regular, American dream life. He marries and has two children. Later in 1967, he experiences an alien abduction where he is forced to mate with a female actress. After he returns to earth, he doesn't mention any of his experiences until he appears on a radio program. After the radio program, Billy records a preiction of his death, which will occur in 1976 after Chicago is bombed by the Chinese.

2. A theme that can be viewed from the novel is destructiveness of war. Since the story shows various outbreaks and flashbacks that Billy has from the war, and how it affects him

3. The author's tone is in a serious manner since some of the story is written from Billy's perspective, so it has a better perspective on what occured in his life

"Then we were sent home, and I married a pretty girl who was coverned in baby fat too.
And we had babies"

"She always has to know the time. Sometimes I don't know, and I say, 'Search me.'"

"I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in
massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction
or glee."

4. Motif- A reacurring statement throughout the whole novel is the phrase "so it goes". It is often said after a casualty occurs, and is said throughout the whole book.

"His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes."

Point Of View/Narrator- The story is written in two different points of view. The first chapter is first person and is completely narrated by Billy, then chapter 2, to the end of the book is omnicent point of view and is said by a narrator

1. The story doesn't focus on characterization much on Billy, and mainly focuses more on his actions rather than the traits of the character himself

2. The only change in syntax/diction is the change from chapter 1, the beginning of the novel, narrated by Billy, to chapter 2 and the rest of the story, which is narrated by author

3. Billy would probably be dynamic. Since he is first shipped off to war as a normal person, and as his experience in war continues, he becomes more crazier, which then continues when he travels home

4. I didn't feel like I knew the character personally, but I feel like I know the character in the story more because of the use of first-person in the first chapter

Seeking Mentor

In the process of selecting a mentor, I would begin by sharing the idea that Ricky and I have. If it gets a good reaction, if they like it, I would ask some, if not, all of the 10 Questions that I posted a while back, and proceed to seek advise from our mentor

Macbeth Resources

After doing a bit of searching, these are some resources that I think might be helpful for our study of Macbeth

http://www.shmoop.com/macbeth/

http://video.pbs.org/video/1604122998/

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-PKotyoxys  Not saying you have to take this one seriously...

http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=macbeth

Is There An Expert In The House?

Thanks to Ricky and his JP visit last year, Ricky has still been able to keep contact with JP Bouvet. For our project, he is going to be our expert. We will seek his advice and feedback, and if we're lucky enough, we might try and convince him to be in our video as well.

This Is Only A Test

Upon doing my senior project, I already have my test in mind. It's not a written test, and Ricky and I will be the only ones taking it. That test will be the reception we get on the video we make.

The only way Ricky and I will be able to know that what we make is a success is if we get good reception from our peers who we will show it to. If they watch it and like it, Ricky and I will know that we were successful with what we created. If that's not the case, then it will be an oppotunity for Ricky and I to reflect on what we can improve on if we ever choose to produce something like our project again, or on our personal skills.

Huxley's Brave New World

It was interesting hearing Huxley sharring his opinions and thoughts of the upcoming "Brave New World" because it was easier to start linking one thing to another of what he said in the interview to what he wrote in the book. When reading, it was assumed that Huxley had those certain opinions, but actually hearing his opinions made it more understandable of what he had to make of the upcoming future in his eyes

1979 Essay Prompt

  Many novels aren't even a story without an antagonist. But even non-antagonist characters do rebel against other people and their beliefs. One example from the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the character, John. In the story, John typically goes against the lifestyle of others because of his different noncomformist views, which are very frowned upon by others, including his father, the dictator. Here are some examples of his behaviors that potentially make him immoral.

  One example of John's different behavior and belief is his thoughts on sex. In Brave New World, sex and orgies are something that people have often, including different sex games. Along with that, people would also go off and have sex with different people. John had a different opinion on sex, and was very against their partaking in orgies and even refused sex with character, Linda, and believed in traditional relationship, and only having sex with one partner, which none of the other human created believes, with the exception of Bernard.

  Another example of John's different views is his more human and optimistic outlooks on life. In the story, humans are practically trained to fear including objects such as flowers, while John has optimistic views of the world and just wants to see beauty in the world. He also has other human-like views, like fearing death as a bad thing. John's thoughs, views and opinions are greatly inspired and influenced by Shakespeare, and frequently makes allusions to Shakespeare, including quoting various plays that Shakespeare has written including The Tempest and Hamlet.

  And this wraps up why John from Brave New World  could be considered "immoral". While some people might agree with the ideas of John, to other characters in the story, his opinions to them are immoral since it rebels against their ideas and actions, which could interestingly also be taken into consideration into our own lives as well.

10 Questions

10 questions that I would like to ask experts and peers for our masterpiece

1. Where are some locations that we should film at?

2. Say you didn't know us, without our promotion or anything and you somehow randomly found this video, would you watch it?

3. If you were us, how would you go about sharing this video or getting the word out about it?

4. Is there anything else we should add to the video to make it more appealing?

5. What are some other good ways to promote locations we're going to film at?

6. Do you perhaps know anyone else that would like to be a part of the video in some way?

7. Say that this video actually becomes somewhat popular, should we do another? If another one was made, what could we do differently?

8. Do you think this video would be fun for anyone to watch? Or just drummers and musicians?

9. Should we try other websites than just YouTube to share this video on?

10. Most importantly, does this seem like a fun, unique concept for a video? Does the idea stand out over other drum videos?

Benchmark

Where are Ricky and I now on this great project of ours? So far, we've recruited our small group of drummers that will be in our video and we have already began filming. So far, we have filmed at one location, that location being Waller Park. And we had a great time doing it too.

So what's next?

We're only at the beginning. Next up, Ricky and I are going to accomplish the following things to get further ahead on our video.

1. Plan and prepare more filming days, plus select more locations to film at

Some locations we have planned so far include the school's quad, outside a shopping center (to be determined) and in the parking structure of or inside the mall

(By the way, if you're reading this, we'd love to hear some suggestions of what you think would be a fun location to film in)

2. I plan to start up a new blog all about the video. We will post updates, picture, and where our next locations will be


That's what we have in store now, we can't wait to get more work accomplished on this. We're quite enthusiastic

Learning (in a) Brave New World

Today, the entire class discussed how far everyone had read. Then we asked each other questions on events or certains things in the story we didn't quite understand, which we were able to help each other out, with the help of our good friend, technology