Chinese Cultural Revolution

I picked the picture of Mao and all the kids. I picked this picture because it has a real strong connection to The Red Scarf Girl in many ways, like the picture shows Mao the person in the book leading the revolution. It connects to the book because through out the whole book all the children love Mao. They always take about how great he is and how he is changing China for the better. I would disagree with this but that isn't the assignment. It also connects because all the kids wanted to follow Mao and the picture shows Mao as almost like a role model figure to the children.

I'm College Bound pt 2

      I was disappointed to find out my GPA because i saw that it had dropped. My current GPA is 3.15 and my last one was 3.44. This really unsettled me because i really want to go to SDSU. I learned that I am not going to get into my college of my liking because my GPA is worse then before.
      I am going to try harder to bring up my GPA so i can get into SDSU. Hopefully I will be able to get into my top three schools by bringing up my GPA. I am going to go to office hours if they are available to me. If they are not then I am going to go to tutoring.                      

Internship Talk

           Most of the internships had to do with someone sitting down behind a computer. I am looking for an internship that is fun and not boring. Something that interests me like interning at a record label or something under the Music Producing/Recording field. I thing none of them painted a picture for me about the internship because to me they didn't have any relationship to the internship in my opinion.

Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi on War pt 2

           The book defines revolution because Marjane is always standing up for her race. Shes saying just because some muslums did terroist acts doesn't mean all muslums are like that. She is trying to justify her race just like the poet. The poet is trying to get respect for the muslums all over. She just like Marjane is trying to show everyone that just cause some muslums attacked the USA doesnt mean that all of them are terriost. The poet is saying that people hope for the destruction of the muslum people when they didn't even do anything.

Suheir Hammad & Marjane Satrapi on War

          "I will not hate for you or even hate you." these quotes from the poems struck me because she is saying she wont stoop down to there level. She wont even give them the time of day. "I will not kill for you or die for you." This struck me because she is saying she wont fight there battles. She will not give her life for them. "I will not forget where i come from." This struck me because not very many people remember where they come from and don't even know their families history.

          A similarity that really stood out was that at the end when the poet referred everything to smoke that reminded me of Marjane and how she always smoked. Rarely she wouldn't smoke. What struck me about the book and the poet is that they both talk about destruction. They talk about war and violence. They talk about bombs and smoking. They talk about a life of struggle.

Islamic Dress Code

Men and women have very strict dress code in the islamic culture.

The women have to wear the following

• A veil to cover their whole face and hid their hair. The only thing exposed is their hands feet and face. Nothing must show exept thoughs three things. the veil must be blank.
• Women can't wear what men wear.

The men have to wear the following

• Clothes may not be see through ether.
• Can't wear what women wear.
• Men can not wear garments below their ankles
• It shows good respect when you wear white clothing.

Street Art

1. Things I noticed were that not all artists had the ability to draw but that didn't stop them.They all had a passion for the art they were doing. All the art they were doing was "wrong" and illegally done. They all conveyed some sort of message in a creative way.
2. Things that amazed me about the artist's work was that no matter how big it was they got it up fast and neatly. Another thing that amazed me was how smart they are because they can find their way up a building that seems impossible to climb. I was amazed by how creative the artist's got. They though of the most creative and unthinkable ways to portray a message.
3. I honestly am not sure what the message they are trying to convey is. For the artists in the documentary I think it was more like it was just their passion and what they liked to do. Like they said in the documentary street art wasn't and never was about the money. It's just something the enjoyed doing and still enjoy doing today.

Political Cartoon

This  picture the government pointing a weapon at the people. The people are locked by a device on their head. Showing that they are under the control of the government. This picture means that the  government is really the ones who are above everyone no matter how equal people are. This relates to Harrison Bergeron because the handicaper general aka the government was in charge and above everyone in the equal world.

The Metamorphosis chapter 3

             He terned the main character into a bug to show how some people live life for a purpose and they are just ignored and taken for grantit. For example Gregor was working to pay off his fathers debt. When his father had enough money to pay of his own debt he didn't tell Gregor. I think this is because Gregor's father wanted lots of money. When he was turned into a bug he was mostly ignored by his father.
             I think he used a roch instead of a frog because he wanted to show how people were ignored. Just as roches are ignored in real life. Also because a roach is repulsive. He wanted to show how just because someone changes that they are atomaticlly judged. He wasn't tying to make the animal a frog so that it would be something people think is cute.         

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 2

            The Samsa family harms their family by mis-understanding eachother. Like the father neglectes Gregor because he believes that the bug simply isn't Gregor. By neglecting Gregor his dad is harming him mentally. Another way they harmed eachother was the mother was trying to accept Gregor but she just couldn't show it like when she fainted. I think Gregor took that to the heart.             The Samsa family benefited from each other because they were understanding at one point or another. For example thoughs times they showed an undersanding for Gregor was when the sister tried to help him by feeding him. Even though at the begininng she slamed the door on him. Another example is when the mother didn't think it was the right thing to do when they were moving his furniture out of his room. Even though they didn't leave the funiture.

Five Rules
1. Comunication
2. Love
3. Stick Together
4. Trust
5. Faith in eachother

F, because they broke every rule. They broke the first on because they lacked communication with Gregor simply cause they asumed that he didn't understand him. They broke the second one because they lost all love for Gregor. They broke the third on because once they found out Gregor was a bug the sticking together bond was broken. They broke the forth one beause the mom didn't trust the sister when she told her not to turn around. The whole family didn't have faith in Gregor ever changing back.

"The Metamorphosis" Chapter 1

            I think some positive things about being an insect is that I don't have to care for anything in this world. All I have to care about is staying alive and enjoying my self. I could just worry about my self and won't have to deal with anything. I wouldn't have to deal with work. I won't have to deal with school. 

            I won't have to put up with annoying people. I wouldn't have to follow the rules or law. I would roam free without any boundaries. I could sleep for as long as I want. I would be so happy.