Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Runaway painting

Claims: The boy is the runaway.
The boy represents the counterculture emerging in the late 1950s and 60s.
The policeman represents the rest of society and wants to send the boy back home (into the rest of society.
Facts: The man is a policeman.
They are in some sort of shop.
The boy has a bag on a stick.

Culture

Culture is a combination of a persons beliefs and customs.
It is made up of the generals listed above as well as their food clothing and ideology.
It is extrinsic in that a person can change from one culture to another for example moving from Africa's culture to Kentucky and adopting our culture is a change and thus is learned not born into.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Pearl 2

I knew this was coming (partially because I've already read the book) but also because this seemed like it was coming I hate that it had to have the baby die but I thought it would happen this book left me sad but I thought something like this would happen. I liked the book because it was depressing but at least, unlike Pygmalion, came to a completed feeling.

The pearl blog 1

I feel that this book can only end badly. I think there's no way they are going to succeed in passing the mountains. For one it is written by Steinbeck he is never ending with happiness but also the pearl seems like a very bad omen to me.  Also feel that the book is not very good plot wise it seems very flatlining and unexciting.

Pygmalion blog 2

At the end of the book I was angry in fact the first time I saw this show I was so angry I refused to get up until they came back on and finished it. Eventually they asked my friends and into leave because they were cleaning the theatre. I really dislike the end because you don't get the sense of fulfillment you do from most books like Harry Potter and the like because Higgins and Liza don't end up together as you feel they should.

Pygmalion blog one

At the end of act two in Pygmalion Pickering and Higgins I felt excited for the quest to make Liza into a lady. I felt the choice for it to be set in London was interesting because it seems to make more sense for a person with a very poor understanding of grammar to come from the country. However I understand that Shaw was Brittish thus this choice makes more sense. I identified with Higgins because I have younger siblings and can become very agitated with them when they mess things up.