THE CAT IN THE HAT

This is an other post but this time it's for the book "Cat in the Hat", a children's book by Dr.Suess. You should provably remember this book, everyone should have read this when they were younger. Just so you know it's about two kids who stay home, while their mother is out. They were so bored and had nothing to do. Then out of nowhere a huge cat enters their house and brought games to play. The fish the kids had told the cat to leave, but the cat did not listen one bit. The cat caused a huge mess in the house and did not stop. Until the fish saw that the mom was coming. that's when everything change. The kids did not want to play anymore and told the cat to clean up the mess and to leave. The cat left sad, but then he came back to help out. When the mom step in,  she saw that the house was clean and the kids were sitting looking out the window. And she asked them "so what did you guys do?".  That's my summary of "Cat in the Hat". In this blog post we had 2 options on what to write about. I chose the 2ND option, which was to pick a character from the story and describe if they are id, ego, or super ego and why.

The Character I chose was the fish and I would say he is dominated by the Superego. The superego represents the angle on the shoulder that's telling the ego what is the right thing to do. While the id is telling the ego the wrong thing to do, id is the devil on the shoulder. The fish is the superego in this story because since the beginning of the story his been telling the cat to leave and the kids not to listen to the cat. The fish wanted the kids to follow the rules and this show that he is responsible. That's why say the fish plays the role of the cop and babysitter. All the time he was saying "No, No, No". The more he kept on saying no to the cat, the more he made the cat want to do more things. The cat thought the fish did not like his game, so he tried  other games to satisfy him. But the fish kept with his word and eventually the cat and the kids listen to him and stop. He made them stop by his action of speech,he never was physical with anyone of one.  His voice was angry and so that made the cat the kids notice that he was serious and  was not playing around. Throughout the book the fish was more like the good, responsible person, but at the same time he was the control freak and  the boring one. He was right about the cat making a big mess, but the kids just wanted to have fun. Plus the kids and the cat ended up cleaning the house anyway. His more likely to follow the rules, then break them. The fish was the one who was thinking about the consequences. Maybe the kids too, but they tended to ignore that. But that's nothing new, everyone tends to do that. For Example the kids knew if they made a big mess/did not follow the rules. They would be in trouble, but at that time they did not even want to think about it. All they  wanted was to have fun. At that time they were not thinking straight, just like most of us. When a situation like the cat in the hat is put in front of you, there is 2 voices telling you what to do. One is telling you to do it and the other one is telling you not to do it. The more the other one is telling you not to do it, the more urge u have on committing it. And once you make your decision there is no going back. That's why when your put on a situation that you do not know on what to do. Stop and think about the outcomes that can occur after.

  

2nd Persepolis Blog

This is the 2nd blog post for the book "PERSEPOLIS" and once again we have to answer some questions. In the next paragraphs are my response to the questions that were assigned.
  Persepolis is organized and structured by the events that occurred in her childhood. Satrapi does not tell her story much by date but more from what she remember as she began to grow. By that I mean she does not date every single thing, she does not say when and where all the time. She only states the dates when they are important and people should know about. As she begins to grow a lot of things occur in her life and that's how she tells her story. Satrapi chose to write about the Iranian Revolution that occurred in the 1979. She told her side of the story, told how she felt about the decisions that were made. She wrote about her life as the incidents in Iran occurred, told her personal life experience and what they did during that time. The passage of that time is present now because we also have some problem of our own and we live through it. For example some countries have economy problems, now cause of that there's going to be some changes. While some people might like it, others will not. That incident will be similar to the story of Marji. Satrapi' drawings add to the narrative of the story because it helps us understand better. Helps us get a better understanding of what is happening, how the place looks, and how the characters reaction/feeling look. Face it with pictures we are able to understand a book better. Do not tell me you like books that have no drawings, you for once in your life would prefer books with drawing rather than lot and lot of words. The drawings not only help you understand, but it helps you remember better and more things. For example if you have a quiz and one of the question was who said "blank....blank.." There would be a better chance you'll remember by the drawings. In the book with only words it will complicated to remember because there was so many words. In the other hand the book with drawing, you'll just think of the pictures and might get your answer. Therefore drawings help a lot, especially your eye sight.

In the book "Persepolis"  there really is not a certain role the women play. The book does not tell what role they play, it does not mention nothing in that area.  But I would say the women's role would have to be listening to the rules they are giving, almost like they are being controlled. In the other hand there is one thing that women's have to do, which is to wear the veil that cover your entire body. It is a law for the women to wear that and if they do not they will receive a punishment. The women start wearing the veil once they are born. The men's clothing is nothing compared to the women clothing. There clothes cover them from head to toe and the men's clothing are pants and shirt. Basically what most people wear now days. The women have to also serve the men, but that's nothing new. There are various of women's in the book and they are similar by the rules, but different from there own lifestyle.  Marji, her mother, and her grandmother are all the same. They are all against that laws of Iran and think that the decisions that are being made are wrong. The teacher are opposite from them.  Even if they are told what to do and what to believe in. They still go with it. For the maids, do not have a choice. They have to follow the orders that are giving, even though they hate it. Every person has to do what they are told, some like it and others do not.

  Persepolis is a book that is telling a story, but at the same time commenting on the importance of stories in our lives. In my opinion it's not just telling a story but also giving out a message about how our life is. She sort of explaining/commenting how our lifestyle is. Maybe she is trying to tell us that we are being controlled by the rules that are giving to us to follow. We ca not be our self because we have to follow orders and obey them. It's like we are robots or puppets. We are string to a fake life and we prefer to live like that. We do not want any problem and so we go through  living the life we are told to live. some people do not obey and so they are to be punish until they are willing to change. We people share the same experience, maybe not everyone, but at least we share it with an other person. For example we all go through family deaths, money, kids, love, work issue, etc... There has to be a least one person that had the same experience as you did. We all are similar in a way but also different from each other in a other way. For example in the book Marji states that her uncle Anoosh is her hero, even though he went to jail. Anoosh had some problems and so had to run away. Just like some of us now days, when we have a problem or we want to hide from something. We tend to run away. Anyways he was in deep problem that he could not stay with his parents and so he headed to the U.S.S.R. Where then he became a Doctorate in Marxism-Leninism and got married and had two children. That's a story that maybe one of you people can relate to. Maybe that's an other thing she was trying to tell us. That our lives are so similar, we just do not know it. Or maybe we do not want to admit it. Tell me you could not relate to Marji/Satrapi when you were reading her story .    

Persepolis

This is our first blog post for the book "Persepolis", written by Marjane Satrafi. This book is about a young girls experience threw out all the chaos that occurred in Iran. The kings, the veil, the wars, etc..In the next paragraphs I answered some questions that were given to us.

The writer's voice is clam, concerned, and appealing. She clam because she's not saying all these crazy things all at once, for example cussing. Also because she is not confusing to understand. She's concerned and appealing because she tells her story in details, order, different expressions, and she uses words that the readers can understand. She has this thing that makes her voice sound so interesting to read, I just can not explain it. She seems to really care about the bad things that happen in Iran. Just by reading this book I felt her emotions, I felt like I was going threw all those bad times. She told her story very well and made me feel like I was Marji. She made me feel happy, sad, angry, etc... but at different times. I just can not explain how and why the writer's voice was so good. I can not find the right words to explain it.

The Iran enjoyed life despite the oppressive regime mostly by making jokes. Some Iran enjoyed life by partying and drinking, which was illegal to do. It was a dangerous thing to do and if you got caught you would be in serious trouble. It was a law not to party or drink alcohol, you were not able to do those things. In the other hand making jokes and playing games were the best and safe way to enjoy life. It was not illegal, so you would not be in trouble for doing it. Joking around is something that everyone does to deal with there problems. We make jokes to relive ourselves and let out our true feelings out that we are holding inside. For example when Marji was making jokes about the torture sessions in school. She was pretending to be tortured and was saying all these things like "can't you see I'm suffering", " kill me" etc... She was making fun of it and at the same time she was trying to show what she really thought about the torture session. The only way she thought she was going to be heard was to make a joke about it. This on of the parts that made me laugh and  also think about how we can express ourselves. Maybe laughing about things was one of the writer's message she was trying to give out. She was trying to tell everyone to laugh once in a while, even through bad times. Maybe in the future you'll look back at all the those good and bad times in your life and laugh.

Even in the risk of getting arrested kids were still trying to look hip and change the dress code of Iran. They were still doing bad things that would of got them in trouble. For example some kids still skip school knowing the risks they are taking. They know if they get caught they will be in HUGE trouble, but they still did it any way. An other example is when Marji wore jacket and shoes her parents gave her. She put it on top of her veil and went outdoors, and once again she knew what risks she was getting herself into. She learned her lesson after the bad experience she went through that day. For trying to look hip she was almost sent to the committee. A place where they can detain you for hour or even days. So basically if you tried to look hip, you would be getting yourself into problems. I think if I was a child in that environment, I would of followed every rule. I would not want to put myself in dangerous risks.   In the environment I lived in my teenage year was way different from Marji's. We would have not got in huge problems for how we dressed, talked, and believed in. When I was a teen I would not say I was really rebellious. I admit I did some bad things, but never to a point where I end up somewhere bad. I had bad grades, was loud, did not listen to my parents, did not like cleaning up, I gossip and talked bad about others, and I did not care about anyone else but me. Also I was a huge liar and I did skip school one time. Which I will never possibly do again. Those are the things I did as a teen and possibly a few other things, but now I change into a mature and better person.  Now I'm the opposite of what I was before. Everyone goes through a time where they are rebellious, so I would say that is just a normal thing that can occurs in your life.   

    

Reflection Essay

Reflection Essay

This is a reflection essay based on our final feed project. I have to answer some question that were assigned, but first I start of by telling you that..... I did not know(forgot) we were suppose to write a reflection essay about our project, so I'm doing it right now before it's late. For our final project we either had to do a voice thread, video, imovie, posters/collages, or a 500 word essay. At first I was going to do a totally different thing from our choices. I was going to buy a mannequin head and cut out a hole in top of the head and put pictures of things that were going to be in my feed, but there was a problem. This week I was so busy, very busy.  Yeah I know it was a 3 day weekend, but time went fast and had no time to do it. Also I did not have the money, location, and time to buy a mannequin head. Lucky this was the only homework assigned, or else I would of been stressed out. So to same me some time and my grade I decided to to a poster/collage. Okay enough of this, before I run out of words to type, here are my responses to the questions.

In my feed it contains all sorts of things and from all around the world. From music to movies and books. To sport, fashion, help(dictionary, calculator), food, cars, advice, etc.... My feed has everything, if you need something from a different country you are able to find it in this feed and order it from there. If you trouble with something, you just click on the help button that's posted for you, and your problem will be solved. This feed contains all this things because I want to provided your needs and wants. Don't you get annoyed when you can not find or get something you really need or want. Well if you ever have that problem of needing or wanting anything just get the MG FEED and you'll be satisfied. This feed will do all the BEST to provide you things.

  In my opinion this says that the American culture relies on technology to much. When were not able to find or do something, our first choice is technology. We do not want to do things the hard and long way and so that's why we use technology. It makes it easier for us and faster. But maybe one day all of this technology will get taking away and how are we going to be able to survive. If we keep on relaying on technology we will forget how to use our brain and will be worthless. Same goes for consuming, if we keep on buying and buying we will get really greedy and end up killing the earth and ourselves. One they we might run out of things to buy and might even fight with others to get it. Some people already have the things that they are about to buy, but they still want it. They can not help themselves, it's like an addiction. They think material and money is all they need to make them happy, but here's the truth, it's not. You might think your not able to live out with material things, money, and technology. But that's not true, there are some people who have and are living without none of those things. Image if you came from a family that had no money to get any of those things. This people are real survivors of  earth, they are well trained on how it feels to have nothing. They know how not to waste things. Even though they have the urge to get it, they control themselves and save money to buy things when they really need it. They should teaches us everything they know about not consuming and relaying on material and technology. We will learn from the best, specially the people who are rich and of full of this things. Unlike the poor people they tend to buy anything at any time even if they do not need it. Since they have the money and all, they are able to do so. For example in FEED Titus buys all this pants but does not have a reason for buying them. They are the real people who should be reading this and learning that they should probably change and not just for themselves or others, but also for EARTH. The reason why we are still alive today.

Like I said in the previous paragraph consuming and relaying on technology does not only have a impact on ourselves, but also towards other. I'm not saying that I do not consume or relay on technology, I do. All I'm saying is we need to change or else we will end up somewhere bad, somewhere where we will not like to be. We have to do things carefully. If we do not stop now, our future might turn out bad, we will be like everyone else consuming and using technology all the time. We will be killing ourselves and without knowing it. We have to be different from one an other but in a good way. Helping the earth and ourselves staying safe, out of danger, and alive. Little by little we will be able to change. I'm like the rest of you and if I'm willing to change and help out, so can you. We all are unique in our way. If you want life to be better then what it is now, just help out, and stop consuming to much.

 In feed towards the end of the book when Violet was dying it said "everything must go...." Even in bad situations people still want you to consume. This means that every thing that they are selling needs to go, everything is on sale just for you to buy. This is also an other problem we have. The more and more we consume the more and more people create more things for us to consume and the more we will run out of things. We will be wasting things and probably will need those things later on. If we keep on buying and buying, that means that people have to keep on creating things for us. The more they create the more we are wasting.  For example some things do not sell so how do people resolve that. Like in the quote it says EVERYTHING must go, that includes things that do not sell. They either throw it away, sell it cheap, or give it free. They try to find some way to make a person buy/get this. They want to get reed of it, before it is too late. They want you to consume. This quote can also be saying that everything, including us must go away someday. All of this that I just wrote about could be the moral of the story "feed". Anderson is trying to tell us how the future might turn out if continue life like this. He is trying to send us a message by writing about the how the future is going to be like. He is trying to give us an idea of it and wants us to stop and change.     

  For my play list the two songs that are their have the same message/meaning. Just that they are in different languages. On is in spanish and the other one is in english. So if you don't understand what the spanish song is about, just hear the english version & you'll understand better. Plus these songs go good with our topic in english (sort of). Hope you like my songs!!!!

Play List

This is a visual essay blog post. My visual essay is about "consumerism"

We consume these things and a lot more. We are CONSUMERS!

  We learn how to consume at a very young age & keep it up until we run out of money, things to buy, or we are just to old

When we consume a lot, there will be huge problems.

 We are eating all we got left in this world.

We do not know when it's enough unless we see it for ourselves. If we keep on buying more & more , storing a lot of things in our life. But one day when it's really full, we will explode.

Some of us ignore the signs that are given to us

While others want to stop, but it's to late for them

Our lives is like a cycle which is- work, buy, consume, and die. It keeps going & going and never stops.

 

My Brief Reflection About My Visual Essay:

My visual essay is about consumerism and how it can not stop doing it. It's like we are addicted to consuming. We learn how to consume when we are babies, our parents are the first to show us how to consume. They buy things for themselves, us, friends, and family members. They might not mean to teach it to us, but they do. From that day on we keep on consuming until we die.  We buy clothes, shoes, electrons, cars, food, supplies, etc... I'm not say we should not buy these things, I'm saying buy the exact amount you need. Some people buy to much, pretty soon they will notice that they own a lot more than they need. And so what they do is throw it away, while other people are in need of those things. If we keep on consuming to much, we will end up with a bad, useless life. Everything will be gone, a lot of things will go to waste, and the economy will suffer. And if we keep on consuming like we do now, especially technology. We will turn into worthless, lazy people, who can not live with out technology or any thing else that does work for us. Some of us do not see the sign that god  or others are giving us. We tend to ignore it b/c we know that they are right. We know that we are consuming way to much, but we just can not stop it. While others ignore the signs, others want to have a end to it, but they are a little to late. Once we start to consume, we have this urge to keep on buying things. Their lives are all about consuming. They will be to weak to stop. Consuming is like a cycle that occurs in our lives. We work to but, which is consuming, and pretty soon we die. The cycle goes on & on, keeps on turning and never stops. If we want to stop it will take a lot of hard work. Everyone should be willing to sacrifice consuming. With a little help of every single person there could be change in the future. It might even turn out better than these days we live in. In the book feed Violet is the smart and normal one out of Titus and them. She knows that the feed is making them consume a lot of things, and so she starts to mess with it. She begins ordering these weird things, but does not buy it. The feed gets messed up and so does she. She was the only person who seemed to care about consumerism and how bad it was. So when her feed was messed up nobody wanted to fix it. Either b/c what she had done or b/c they knew she was a threat to them.