Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Brain With [12] Legs
The plan to complete A Tale of Two Cities is like this. We will each read individually and discuss what we read with each other in class.If anyone has any questions he/she can ask and we will talk about it and then move onto the next one.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Plato's Allegory of the Cave
1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent?
The Allegory of the cave represents a prison. It also represents torture. This is because the three prisoners are being chained there like animals and just watching there own shadows.
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The key elements in the imagery used in the allegory are the fire in the back as well as the shadows and chains.
3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education? Some things about education is that it won't work. For example it says that Professors of education are wrong about putting knowledge into a soul that's not their. It's like trying to give sight into a blind eye.
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners? The imagery of shackles is that shackles are used in prisons and they are used to keep the men looking forward. The cave is also like a prison because it is were the men stayed shackled to.
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind? Not having a job or not having enough money shackles all of us I would believe because those two things are a huge deal and can cause a lot of stress on most of us.
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
The cave prisoners and the freed prisoners have both similarities and differences. They are similar because they were both prisoners at one time or another and they are different because one has seen the light and the outside world while the cave prisoners have only known shadows and sounds.
7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
One way confusion can be scene is that when one of the prisoners sees the sun for the first time he goes back to tell his friends and they do not understand what is going on. They just see what they have always seen and leave their friend confused as to why they don't understand him. Another is that you will not be able to accept the truth for what it really is.
8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
The Cave Prisoners become free by wanting to know what is going on in the outside world.
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with this because in the cave they were chained and could only imagine about the new world and when they finally got to reality it was like something they have never seen before and were in aw.
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
I do not think that Socrates is wrong because there is a distinction between reality ad appearances.
The Allegory of the cave represents a prison. It also represents torture. This is because the three prisoners are being chained there like animals and just watching there own shadows.
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The key elements in the imagery used in the allegory are the fire in the back as well as the shadows and chains.
3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education? Some things about education is that it won't work. For example it says that Professors of education are wrong about putting knowledge into a soul that's not their. It's like trying to give sight into a blind eye.
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners? The imagery of shackles is that shackles are used in prisons and they are used to keep the men looking forward. The cave is also like a prison because it is were the men stayed shackled to.
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind? Not having a job or not having enough money shackles all of us I would believe because those two things are a huge deal and can cause a lot of stress on most of us.
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
The cave prisoners and the freed prisoners have both similarities and differences. They are similar because they were both prisoners at one time or another and they are different because one has seen the light and the outside world while the cave prisoners have only known shadows and sounds.
7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
One way confusion can be scene is that when one of the prisoners sees the sun for the first time he goes back to tell his friends and they do not understand what is going on. They just see what they have always seen and leave their friend confused as to why they don't understand him. Another is that you will not be able to accept the truth for what it really is.
8. According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
The Cave Prisoners become free by wanting to know what is going on in the outside world.
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with this because in the cave they were chained and could only imagine about the new world and when they finally got to reality it was like something they have never seen before and were in aw.
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
I do not think that Socrates is wrong because there is a distinction between reality ad appearances.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
We Hang Together
Interdependence/Competitive
Coke/Pepsi keep each other in business
Strategic Alliance
Must make jointly decisions
Survival of interdependence
Trust is important
Charles Darwin said "Survival of the Fittest"
Interdependence
Can't do things to the best of your ability alone. You do best when working together
Strategic Alliance
Trust is key
We come together when we need to
An example is after 9.11
The market place wear everything comes together
Coke/Pepsi keep each other in business
Strategic Alliance
Must make jointly decisions
Survival of interdependence
Trust is important
Charles Darwin said "Survival of the Fittest"
Interdependence
Can't do things to the best of your ability alone. You do best when working together
Strategic Alliance
Trust is key
We come together when we need to
An example is after 9.11
The market place wear everything comes together
Sunday, November 10, 2013
A Poetic Inquiry
I have changed my Big Question a little bit. It is now why do people change or why do they want to change. While searching for a Sonnet to relate to this I found Sonnet 29 from Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Sonnet 29
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
| When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, | When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men, |
| I all alone beweep my outcast state | All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast, |
| And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries | And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard, |
| And look upon myself and curse my fate, | And I look at myself, cursing my fate, |
| Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, | Wishing I were like one who had more hope, |
| Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd, | Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends, |
| Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, | Wishing I had this man's skill and that man's freedom. |
| With what I most enjoy contented least; | I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most. |
| Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, | But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself, |
| Haply I think on thee, and then my state, | I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholy |
| Like to the lark at break of day arising | Like the lark at the break of day, rises |
| From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; | From the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven; |
| For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings | For thinking of your love brings such happiness |
| That then I scorn to change my state with kings. | That then I would not change my position in life with kings. |
Sonnet Analysis #1
Hycoo is 5 lines followed by 7 lines then 5 lines again.
Japan
Octet is one set of 8 lines followed by 6 lines.
Sonnet
Composed of 14 lines.
Three sections of 4 lines followed by a couplet of 2 lines.
Japan
Octet is one set of 8 lines followed by 6 lines.
Sonnet
Composed of 14 lines.
Three sections of 4 lines followed by a couplet of 2 lines.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Hamlet Essay
Hamlet is a unique character and knows how to control himself in different situations. However, Hamlet's way of speaking constitutes actions in itself. Hamlet's use of words impacts the story and himself tremendously because his words mean so much and we are only seeing what he wants us to know.
Hamlet's speaking encounters the characters in the play the same. For example, when Hamlet is speaking with his uncle and mother in the First Act his use of words make everything seem well and the characters know that it is because of his recent loss. As the play progresses Hamlet's use of words change and it causes the characters to believe he has gone insane and they do not know the cause of it. Hamlet has used his speaking to the best of his ability and has gotten inside everyone's head.
The plot in the play is the same throughout the play. Once Hamlet discovers his Uncle has killed his Father his goal is to kill his Uncle and avenge his fathers death. The use of words in Hamlet's soliloquies help the reader understand Hamlet's goal and plot more. Hamlet's encounters with Horatio also show how the plot is the same because Hamlet trust Horatio and asks him to do small tasks for him like watching his Uncle's reactions during the play.
Self Overhearing is used a lot by Hamlet and I do this as well. The difference between the way I use it and Hamlet uses it is huge. This is because Hamlet talks about a lot of negative things such as killing his Uncle. Hamlet does nothing about this and just continues to go on and on about his plan. When I am self overhearing I am not negative I am positive. An example is when I tell myself I am going to go and help out with my friends baseball team but don't go because I have school work or something else to do.
Hamlet is a complex character and the use of his speaking change the play constantly. He can be calm on minute and then be like a completely different person the next minute. This is all part of his plan to destroy his Uncle for his crime.
Hamlet's speaking encounters the characters in the play the same. For example, when Hamlet is speaking with his uncle and mother in the First Act his use of words make everything seem well and the characters know that it is because of his recent loss. As the play progresses Hamlet's use of words change and it causes the characters to believe he has gone insane and they do not know the cause of it. Hamlet has used his speaking to the best of his ability and has gotten inside everyone's head.
The plot in the play is the same throughout the play. Once Hamlet discovers his Uncle has killed his Father his goal is to kill his Uncle and avenge his fathers death. The use of words in Hamlet's soliloquies help the reader understand Hamlet's goal and plot more. Hamlet's encounters with Horatio also show how the plot is the same because Hamlet trust Horatio and asks him to do small tasks for him like watching his Uncle's reactions during the play.
Self Overhearing is used a lot by Hamlet and I do this as well. The difference between the way I use it and Hamlet uses it is huge. This is because Hamlet talks about a lot of negative things such as killing his Uncle. Hamlet does nothing about this and just continues to go on and on about his plan. When I am self overhearing I am not negative I am positive. An example is when I tell myself I am going to go and help out with my friends baseball team but don't go because I have school work or something else to do.
Hamlet is a complex character and the use of his speaking change the play constantly. He can be calm on minute and then be like a completely different person the next minute. This is all part of his plan to destroy his Uncle for his crime.
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