• Pathos:
The treatment of the blacks by the British they are used for slave labor and are fed little and when they cant work, they crawl off and die.
• People like Marlow because he is honest, tough, intelligent and relatable
• The Belgian king Leopold treated the Congo as his private treasury and the Belgians had the reputation of being far and away the most cruel and rapacious of the colonial powers
• On Marlow's journey into the Congo he meets men from a variety of European nations, all of whom are violent and willing to do anything to make their fortunes
• Ethos:
This untried dogmatism is at the root of the NDA rout; for it shows a cavalier irreverence to the ethos of India, which not only adopts but also adapts.
• Logos:
Went to the Congo to make the Europeans more civilized.
• They are going to Congo for Belgian company so that they can get more money.
• Marlow expresses horror when he witnesses the mal treatment of the natives and he argues that a kingship exists between black Africans and Europeans. He states that this kingship is ugly, horrifying and distant.
• Marlow's aunt as he is leaving expresses her hope that he will aid in this civilization of savages daring his service to the company, "she's wearing those ignorant millions from their horrid ways."
• There company operates for profit and not for the good of humanity.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Thesis statement
Although we will never have a clear-cut line between what is crazy and what is not, we believe fear and emotion of being lonely or isolated turns people crazy. Paranoia kicks in, and we become torn from reality into a world of despair and the panic starts to build, because war is an unforgivable and forgettable past.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Chapter: Style Page: 135
Chapter: Style Page: 135
There were no basketballs. Most of the court had burned down, including some of the people inside, which was now smoke, and the referee ran around with her eyes half closed, with no trainers on. He was maybe fourteen. He had no hair and brown skin. "Why's he running?" Azar said. We looked through what was left of the basketball court, but all that was there was ash and the smell of burnt plastic and skin. James shot a crow for our feast. Stuart shouted at the rabbits and told them to go away. The boy was still running in his trainers. He ran slow and fast, sometimes sobbing to him self. "Why's he running?" James said and Adam said it doesn’t matter why, she just was. After we found all the players in the court. They were burnt. It was all the players except for him, whose age was hard to tell. When we went in to the court to pull all of the players out, the boy kept running. He tried to lick is elbow, which must of meant something, and she ran around in a circle for a short while and then in a square. He did a heavy jump every second step. "well that is strange" James said. The basketball court smelled like burning skin. It moved up and down across the city very thick like a heavy smog. There were dead goats, too. The boy took his shoes and socks off and then ran to the middle of the smoke and sat down. His face was pale with fear and shock. Later on we moved out of the basketball court, he was still sat there. "Probably a very confused little boy" James said. But David looked back and said yes, the boy I mad.
That day, after we'd driven away from the smoking court, David imitated the little boys confused running around. He licked his elbow just the way the little boy had. James said yes. "All right, then," James said, "lets all do it."
There were no basketballs. Most of the court had burned down, including some of the people inside, which was now smoke, and the referee ran around with her eyes half closed, with no trainers on. He was maybe fourteen. He had no hair and brown skin. "Why's he running?" Azar said. We looked through what was left of the basketball court, but all that was there was ash and the smell of burnt plastic and skin. James shot a crow for our feast. Stuart shouted at the rabbits and told them to go away. The boy was still running in his trainers. He ran slow and fast, sometimes sobbing to him self. "Why's he running?" James said and Adam said it doesn’t matter why, she just was. After we found all the players in the court. They were burnt. It was all the players except for him, whose age was hard to tell. When we went in to the court to pull all of the players out, the boy kept running. He tried to lick is elbow, which must of meant something, and she ran around in a circle for a short while and then in a square. He did a heavy jump every second step. "well that is strange" James said. The basketball court smelled like burning skin. It moved up and down across the city very thick like a heavy smog. There were dead goats, too. The boy took his shoes and socks off and then ran to the middle of the smoke and sat down. His face was pale with fear and shock. Later on we moved out of the basketball court, he was still sat there. "Probably a very confused little boy" James said. But David looked back and said yes, the boy I mad.
That day, after we'd driven away from the smoking court, David imitated the little boys confused running around. He licked his elbow just the way the little boy had. James said yes. "All right, then," James said, "lets all do it."
Monday, August 24, 2009
Unreliable Narrators
Unreliable Narrators
Imogen Roscoe
Mr. Doubt
Block: B
Unreliable narrators are characters that are dotted around in the book to create a personality whose validity is compromised. Authors form this idea to produce, usually a deliberate effort to mislead the reader or to mask what will later be revealed. In this particular story Mr. Stevens seems to be too self involved, after being told that Miss. Kenton’s’ aunt had just recently passed away as he offered no sympathy. By the time he had finished being self indulgent he thought he should offer his condolences but his time was wasted on thinking about himself and he was too late. At the end of the passage Mr. Stevens goes onto talk about being on the lookout for when he will next see her that he should offer his sympathy. But was that really his intention for trying to find her again? No, as the story goes on we then disclose Miss. Kenton wanted more from her master and showed him more than just friendship which Mr. Steven’s turned a blind eye to. His goal for finding her was to try and cover up the patches that were left between them after Mr. Steven’s rejected her. At the beginning Steven’s is portrayed as a kind hearted man but later when he next runs into her, his choice about offering his condolences to her go straight out the window and passes his judgment on her supervision over the two new maidservants. Steven’s then realized that he had mixed these two stories up and was in fact when he embarrassed her by rejecting her love for him and that was the reason he thought for her crying behind the closed door.
Imogen Roscoe
Mr. Doubt
Block: B
Unreliable narrators are characters that are dotted around in the book to create a personality whose validity is compromised. Authors form this idea to produce, usually a deliberate effort to mislead the reader or to mask what will later be revealed. In this particular story Mr. Stevens seems to be too self involved, after being told that Miss. Kenton’s’ aunt had just recently passed away as he offered no sympathy. By the time he had finished being self indulgent he thought he should offer his condolences but his time was wasted on thinking about himself and he was too late. At the end of the passage Mr. Stevens goes onto talk about being on the lookout for when he will next see her that he should offer his sympathy. But was that really his intention for trying to find her again? No, as the story goes on we then disclose Miss. Kenton wanted more from her master and showed him more than just friendship which Mr. Steven’s turned a blind eye to. His goal for finding her was to try and cover up the patches that were left between them after Mr. Steven’s rejected her. At the beginning Steven’s is portrayed as a kind hearted man but later when he next runs into her, his choice about offering his condolences to her go straight out the window and passes his judgment on her supervision over the two new maidservants. Steven’s then realized that he had mixed these two stories up and was in fact when he embarrassed her by rejecting her love for him and that was the reason he thought for her crying behind the closed door.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Letter to Grandparents
Dear Grandmother and Grandfather
I carry this bracelet with me that is braided brown leather with a silver bar holding them together, that you gave me for my 18th Birthday because when I wear it I feel like I am closer to you and whenever I see I am wearing it I know that I have you close to me. I know that I don’t get to see you both very often, but the bracelet will always remind me of all the times we have shared together and for all the time we can have together in the future. The fact that I don’t get to see you both as much as I should also makes me feel guilty, but when I wear it, it makes me feel like there should be no guilt because you have bought me something special, it makes me feel like you care about me. Although the bracelet you bought me reminds me of you, and how much I miss you, without the bracelet I would still be in the same place, because no present could change how much I miss you and how much I want to spend time with you. It’s not about how expensive, or how big the present is, its about the thought and that is what is most important to me.
From Imogen
I carry this bracelet with me that is braided brown leather with a silver bar holding them together, that you gave me for my 18th Birthday because when I wear it I feel like I am closer to you and whenever I see I am wearing it I know that I have you close to me. I know that I don’t get to see you both very often, but the bracelet will always remind me of all the times we have shared together and for all the time we can have together in the future. The fact that I don’t get to see you both as much as I should also makes me feel guilty, but when I wear it, it makes me feel like there should be no guilt because you have bought me something special, it makes me feel like you care about me. Although the bracelet you bought me reminds me of you, and how much I miss you, without the bracelet I would still be in the same place, because no present could change how much I miss you and how much I want to spend time with you. It’s not about how expensive, or how big the present is, its about the thought and that is what is most important to me.
From Imogen
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The Things They Carried
Jimmy Cross(platoon leader)
· Photographs of Martha
· Compass
· Maps
· Code books
· Binoculars
· 45 caliber
· Maps
· Code books
· Strobe lights
· Steel helmets
· Liner
· Camouflage cover
· Standard figure jackets
· Trousers
· Jungle boots
· Large compressed bandage
· Poncho
· M-16
· 20-round magazine
· M-16 maintenance gear -rods, steel brushes , swabs and tubes,
· M-79 grenade launcher
Norman Bower
· Diary
· Steel helmets
· Liner
· Camouflage cover
· Standard figure jackets
· Trousers
· Jungle boots
· Large compressed bandage
· Poncho
· M-16
· 20-round magazine
· M-16 maintenance gear -rods, steel brushes , swabs and tubes,
· M-79 grenade launcher
· Photographs of Martha
· Compass
· Maps
· Code books
· Binoculars
· 45 caliber
· Maps
· Code books
· Strobe lights
· Steel helmets
· Liner
· Camouflage cover
· Standard figure jackets
· Trousers
· Jungle boots
· Large compressed bandage
· Poncho
· M-16
· 20-round magazine
· M-16 maintenance gear -rods, steel brushes , swabs and tubes,
· M-79 grenade launcher
Norman Bower
· Diary
· Steel helmets
· Liner
· Camouflage cover
· Standard figure jackets
· Trousers
· Jungle boots
· Large compressed bandage
· Poncho
· M-16
· 20-round magazine
· M-16 maintenance gear -rods, steel brushes , swabs and tubes,
· M-79 grenade launcher
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