Personal HELL

*(1): First hell, Lost souls doomed to roam the earth.  (2): Second hell, Dark, hot pit of death.*

In my personal opinion, I believe the only way to get into hell, is to do something unforgivable. This means killing someone, arson, cannibalization, incest, and a few other things. Killing some one is very unforgivable in every way possible. Committing arson, can be very cruel. Setting fire to a person or place you don't like, can be too destructive. Cannibalization, is just horrifying.Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. Incest, this I believe, is over all the most unforgivable thing to do to someone. Incest is sexual activity between family members and close relatives. This is one of the most horrifying things to hear about in today's life. They're are a few more things that can get you sent to hell, but those are the top three.

 My version of hell, is listed in two ways. I believe that hell can either be lost souls roaming the earth because they were not accepted to some higher place(1). Or, it is what great philosophers say it is, a dark, hot pit of death(2). The punishments for hell (1) would be roaming the earth seeing your life as it could have been if you didn't do the stuff you did to get to hell. (Picture #1) If you died suddenly, wouldn't you like to see your family remembering the good things you did, and not the bad ones? If you were a killer, and your family did not know, and after your death they found out, would you want to see their expressions when they discover this. Its horrifying! Another punishment for hell (2), would be painful. I believe that the first few years you are in hell, you are ripped apart and it is very painful. (Picture #2) In the TV series Supernatural, a example of what hell would looks likes, shows my view. Dean dies and gets sent to hell and when he is there, he is held up by his bones, and he is slowly being ripped apart. I feel like this is sort of what what would happen in the deeps of hell. There isn't any sympathy in this world, you got yourself there, now you have to stay.

I believe there are two ways to escape. One way, seems like what happened to most dark spirits, They become a demon (Picture #3). I think that if you truly like this hell, you would create this evil essence and you would become a demon. A demon, is a soul filled with darkness who only wants to cause evil. I think that they like to play with people. For example, poltergeist. Poltergeist are known as childhood ghosts. They haunted some children up to the mid-twenties. These ghosts, are demon wanting some fun. For all we know, they could be on a vacation from all their demon duties. The other way to escape is by being pulled out. If the gods change their minds, and pull you out from the deeps of hell.

The heart is a mess.  A messy heart is a symbol for hell. When you have been broken so many times, it leads you down a bad path. This can lead you to commit one or more of the seven deadly sins. Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity. Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation. Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body. Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath. Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness. Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work (Picture #4).

The only person in my hell is someone named Waylon. What he did to me is indescribable. What he chose to do, made me lose the ability to trust people. He does not go to Monarch. In fact, he lives 5 hours away from me. My mom saw how I felt after he tore me down and didn't think I would have ever become the girl I am today. My best friend at the time, did everything she could to keep my mind off of him. But its hard to forgive someone for what they did. He hurt me, and it caused me to loose my best friend. Even though I lost her, I think it was for the best, and it made me a better person. Once all this was over with, my mom kind of stopped caring what happened to me, and Dasha didn't talk to me again. I did push people away but they didn't try to push back. I made new friends, who were the best people. Then I moved here, and it has almost been a year. And I couldn't be happier.

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Reflection: Week 2/7/14

      This past week, we have been working on our posters for our tragic hero project. My group, did the movie Into the Wild. The movie is based off the book by Jon Krakauer. This week, when we were putting together the poster, we ran into a few obstacles. The first thing we did was paint the flower. We had an red flower, that we want to use as the poisonous sweet pea flower root. We painted the flower and realized we got some paint on the poster. It was easily fixed by flipping the paper over. The next thing we did was lay down the foot prints. When we put down the footprints, nothing bad happened. They turned out the way we wanted them to. After that, we glued down the tragic hero's name, "ALEX SUPERTRAMP." Around that, we put the flies. We ended up putting flies all over the poster to decrease the amount of empty space. After that, we did not have a boarder. We added to one corner of the paper to add some dimension. The journal on our poster, was incredibly bright. We shaded a pencil on a separate sheet of paper then rubbed our finger on it to get a darker tone to the paper. The ending result for the poster looks awesome!

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles
 Sophocles was born about 496 BC in Colonus Hippius (Athens). He was the son of a wealthy merchant and did not have to want for anything. Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.

 

Oepidus Rex  Man
Oedipus Rex was one of the three Theban plays Sophocles wrote. He was a man who becomes a king the king of Thebes and was destined from birth to kill his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. Oedipud was a mythical or fictional king in Greek Mythology. He, without knowing, married his mother and killed his father. It is also known as the Oedipus complex, after his story.



Greek Tradgedy
Greek Tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. It reached its most significant form in Athens in the 5th century BC. The basics of tragic plots was most often myths from the oral traditions of archaic epics. In tragic theatre, these narratives were presented by actors.


Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony is the dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of thee incongruity. An example of this could be William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar.



Hubris
Hubris means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris also indicates a loss of contact with reality and an over estimated of one's own competence. Arrogance is also associated with lack of humility and love towards oneself. Arrogance is usually detrimental and foster a negative-minded culture.



Oedipus Rex Play and myth
The play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a story based on mythological background. The myth tells the story of a royal family who have a baby boy. They go to the oracle to find out his fate and discover that the baby is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. After they discover this, they send the baby to be killed. The servant sent to kill the baby, has pity upon the child and gives them to a family a few kingdoms over. The parents are grateful and raise him right until a drunkard tells Oedipus that he was adopted, and he asks his parents and they say that he wasn't. Then, he discovers his fate from another oracle and he runs away. On his run, he bumps heads with a man at a fork in the road, and kills the man. He then retreats to the near by city and defeats the man eating sphinx. By this defeat he is now aloud to wed the widowed queen. He later find out how his fate turned out and his wife/mother hangs herself and he sticks pins in his eyes.



Aristotle Man
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was one of the most important philosophers in the history of the Western civilization. It is said that Aristotle wrote many books, but few survive to this day. Arostotle was the boyhood tutor of Alexander the Great, who later sent him plants and animals from parts of his new empire.



Aristotle His meaning of Tragedy
Aristotle thought the meaning means something different then other what the other Greek philosophers did at the time. Aristotle indicates that the medium of tragedy is drama, not narrative; tragedy “shows” rather than “tells.” According to Aristotle, tragedy is higher and more philosophical than history because history simply relates what has happened while tragedy dramatizes what may happen, “what is possible according to the law of probability or necessity."




Greek Theater

The Greek theatre history began with festivals honoring their gods. A god, Dionysus, was honored with a festival called by "City Dionysia". In Athens, during this festival, men used to perform songs to welcome Dionysus. Plays were only presented at City Dionysia festival. Athens was the main center for these theatrical traditions. Athenians spread these festivals to its numerous allies in order to promote a common identity. At the early Greek festivals, the actors, directors, and dramatists were all the same person. After some time, only three actors were allowed to perform in each play. Later few non-speaking roles were allowed to perform on-stage. Due to limited number of actors allowed on-stage, the chorus evolved into a very active part of Greek theatre. Music was often played during the chorus' delivery of its lines.

Greek Theater Structure 
Ancient Greek theaters were very large, open-air structures that took advantage of sloping hillsides for their terraced seating. Because of drama's close connection with religion, theaters were often located in or near sanctuaries. The core of any Greek theater is the orchestra, the “dancing place” of the chorus and the chief performance space. Almost nothing remains from the fifth-century structure of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, but later theaters suggest that the original orchestras were full circles.




Tiresias
In Greek Mythology, Tiresias was a blind poet famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo. Tiresias was a prophet of Apollo.




Fate
The Fates have the subtle but awesome power of deciding a man's destiny. They assign a man to good or evil. Their most obvious choice is choosing how long a man lives. There are three Fates. Clotho, the spinner, who spins the thread of life. Lachesis, the measurer, who chooses the lot in life one will have and measures off how long it is to be. Atropos, she who cannot be turned, who at death with her shears cuts the thread of life.The Fates are old and predate the gods. It is not entirely clear how far their power extends. It is possible that they determine the fate of the gods as well. In any case, not even the most powerful is willing to trifle with them.

Baraka Blog Essay

       The film Baraka, is a good example of how everything connect in the world. The title means blessing or essence of life. The whole movie shows the healing effects that planet and how everything is linked together. In the busy life of New York, the film producers show a time lapse of a subway station. The subway was crowded and it constantly stayed that way as people tried to get to work, to shops, to places around New York. This scene is also shown in Tokyo. The subway station there is just as busy as the one in New York, in just an ordinary day, so many people go through this ciaos each day. Later on, there is a short filming of a monkey in the Himalayas relaxing or meditating in a hot springs. In all this ciaos, there comes this beauty. Through all the hectic things things in this world, there is always some place calm to relax and be all. When your in the ciaos, your mind is everywhere. But when you find that one quiet place, you can come together.



The music throughout the film is very intense, yet calming. It brings a special feel to each of the scenes. During one of the scenes (the one shown below), a sacred ritual is taking place. The leader (shown in the picture) is leading the other men in a chant. They are sitting a semi circle around a stone statue on an old temple ground. All of the men are constantly moving to the right or left chanting what the leader tells them to. At one point, they split in two and face each other and they look as they are blessing the other side with their chants. As the switch off back and forth, the ones being blessed lay down as to welcome the power of the blessing. Each other rituals shown, have a calming glow to them. Frequently, there is a time lapse of the clouds as they movie through out the day. This also, brings everything together was a way to show that the world itself can be very calm.



Finally, the picture below shows a blind man opening his yes for the first time. This is not the first time I have seen this video clip. He starts with his hands in front of his face, as like to hide something. He slowly moves his hands away and his eyes are shown. Again, the beauty comes back to play. For people who are blind, they never have to care what people think of them. They cannot see them selves so they do not have to worry about their appearance. They also, don't judge people for their looks. They have a gift. Even though it is traded with their sights, they get to see this beauty that most people look away from. They get to see a person's true potential by their personality. The whole world is blinded and does not wish to see someone's true potential. The film Baraka, shows how people throughout the world can see another person's potential without judgement.

Final First Semester Reflection

Throughout this semester, we have learned a lot. From the hero's cycle, to satire, to William Golding's Lord of the Flies. We first went over Cambell's Hero Cycle, we did the hero's journey movie posters. That was a very fun project, working in groups with that was a lot of fun. Next, we went over Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. That was a very interesting article. Very informational though. After that, we read William Golding's Lord of the Flies. There are no words to describe how much I loved that book. It diffidently made me look at the world in a different perspective. This whole semester has been a very good one for Adv. World Lit and Comp. I cant wait for what is to come for second semester.

  

Lord of the Flies Reflection- Blog Post #13

        Throughout the book Lord of the Flies, the boys are constantly afraid of a imaginary being that they call the beast. A "littlun" was the first to talk about it, to which Ralph brushed off as a nightmare. But when Sam n' Eric said they saw the beast on top of the mountain, all hell broke loose. The boys went and hunted it. Ralph, Roger, and Jack were the ones to see the broken body laying on top of that mountain. They ran down the mountain in terror. Once they reach the beach, the tribe splits, and most go to join the savage Jack. Since Jack was a hunter before hand, he still wishes to be now. He is a physical leader now, one of blood thirsty little boys. For their first kill, they leave an offering to the beast, the pig's head on a stick. Simon, in his hidden fort within the woods, sees the whole kill in front of him. Simon ends up back in his fort, talking to the Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies is in the appearance of the Pig's head. Simon faints and his face when he interacts with the ground leaving him with a bloody nose. He stampers up the mountain, forgetting about the so called beast. When he sees it, he gets sick to his stomach and lets the sickness out. The beast is only a dead broken man. He runs down the mountain to tell the other boys who attack and kill him for thinking hes the beast. Only Ralph, Piggy, and Sam n'Eric realize what they have done. When Simon's body was sent off to sea, the "beast" was lifted up by his parachute and was also sent off to sea. Now, in Ralph's tribe, there are only a few littluns and Ralph, Piggy, and Sam n'Eric. Ralph, Piggy, and Sam n' Eric were ambushed by Jack and his tribe for Piggy's glasses so they have a way to cook their raw pig. Piggy decides that he wishes to go confront Jack about his glasses, he would have let Jack use them if he asked. When they boys get to Castle Rock, Jack's tribe is ready to attack. Roger tries to hit Piggy with rocks while he talks to the tribe, eventually, Roger hits Piggy. Piggy is sent over a cliff and left dead with his brains spilling out. Jack takes this moment as a time to attack. Ralph gets away but Sam n'Eric are left with a choice, Join the tribe, or die. Ralph gets away with some injuries, but nothing fatal. He return to Castle Rock and tries to convince Sam n'Eric to join him again. Sam n'Eric inform that Jack wants to him him down. The next morning, The hunt begin and Ralph finds himself running for his life. Jack figures that the only way to get Ralph, is the set fire to the island and see him on the other side of the island. "they had smoked him out and set the island on fire." (Golding, 202). Ralph on the other hand, gets close enough and turn and runs into the fire. He reaches the beach and find a Naval officer and him and the rest of the boys go home.

Lord of the Flies: Journal #12

Ignorance is a trait a lot of boy poses in Lord of the Flies. Jack, on the other hand is the leader of the ignorant boys, even. The chief of the whole group, Ralph, is not ignorant nor wishes to be so. Jack symbolized man, how we are so ignorant. We wish not to listen to the most reasonable or just things. Its either our way or no way. Even though we may cave in due to pier pressure, it only makes the ignorance burn brighter and hotter inside. Jack finally makes peace with his ignorance and it turns into want. Again, this is a trait man posses. On the island, Jack is ignorant and once he gets his way with not helping and only hunting, his ignorant turns to want. Want that wishes to be fulfilled. Jack wants to catch a pig. He wants to kill one. Slit the throat of one and watch the blood seep out of the neck. Jack becomes blood thirsty for these animals. When Jack finally kills a pig, the meat is meant to feed everyone. Even though he refuses to feed Piggy After Simon gets Piggy his, Jack’s ignorance is starting to burn again so there is equality between ignorance and want. Piggy is eating pig. Pigs are very intelligent creatures. And via Piggy’s name, William Golding may have purposely written it in this manner to show that Piggy is also very intelligent. Even though pigs are very intelligent, they are not always taken as so. Ralph sees this, and always looks for his help in the coward of boys. This also turns towards Piggy, he isn’t looked at for his intelligence. No one notices it. Eventually, Jack strays the sheep away from the sheppard and go look for meat. Leaving Ralph searching for Piggy’s assistance.