Propaganda

Source: http://po-ru.com/images/ruby-propaganda-small.png

This poster was created to compare two different computer programming languages, Python and Ruby. Python is better-known in the West, whereas Ruby is best known in its native Japan, although Ruby is becoming more popular. This particular poster is targeting anyone who does computer programming and it sends the message that Ruby is the best language to use by how the snake/python is being crushed by the hands. It does not necessarily work at gaining maximum acceptance in that it does not have a lot of evidence as to why Ruby is the better language. It just depicts Ruby as being the stronger and more superior one. Although I do believe that it still appeals to people in a certain way, because most people do not like snakes and so they might be turned off to the Python language becuase they don't like snakes. So, even though, there is not a whole lot of evidence as to why Ruby is the better of the two, most people are going to experience a feeling of disgust towards the Python language because of the way snakes are seen in our society; as slithering, evil creatures.

Dystopian Journal #2

Topic B:
Character= Offred

Offred is the main character as well as the narrator in The Handmaid's Tale. Offred is different from the other characters in that she tends to slightly rebel against the controlling government with little things such as her feelings, her actions, etc. She can see the beauty as well as the turmoil and destruction around her of how the system of government dehumanizes its people in Gilead. She recognizes the many differences in this world she lives in compared to her old life where she was married to a man named Luke and she had a daughter as well as a fairly normal life. But times change. The government creates this very tight and secretive society where people are conditioned into their different social classes/"jobs", but Offred is one who sometimes questions her conditioned responses and actions. She dreams of having her old life back; "Luke and I used to walk together, sometimes, along these streets.[...] Such freedom now seems almost weightless" (Atwood 32). She can remember little things like taking walks with her husband that used to seem so normal for her life and now she can barely imagine such a small freedom as simply being able to go on a walk with her husband. This saddens her, not only because she realizes she can no longer do this anymore, but also because she feels as though this will never be possible again. Even though she can remember the freedom she so badly craves now, she does not necessarily feel she can ever attain that freedom again. The fact that she is a Handmaid, a woman who is forced to bare children for upper class couples, also creates conflict in that she feels as though she has no control over her life. "[...] my own money, money I had earned myself. I think about having such control" (Atwood 33). In her old life, Offred was able to have complete control over her life, even over something as little as money, but as a Handmaid she does not even have a say in what she wears. She is part of a social class and is required to wear red signifying her rank in society, which she has no control over. Ultimately, all of Offred's rights, along with just about everyone else's, are taken away from her, dehumanizing her and them and causing them to rebel in their own way. Offred rebels in little ways such as with how she is not supposed to show people her eyes or stare at people and yet she still does because she is a very curious woman, waiting to see how other people behave and whether they are like her and reject some of the government's very precise and strict rules.

Word count: 457

Images-Handmaid's Tale

Images:

Serena's garden-
Quote "I go out by the back door, into the garden, which is large and tidy: a lawn in the middle, a willow, weeping catkins; around the edges, the flower borders, in which the daffodils are now fading and the tulips are opening their cups, spilling out color" (Atwood 16).

-I really love how descriptive this quote is.
-This quote appeals to the sense of sight.
-It sets a mood of serenity and beauty, making the reader feel calm and at peace like Offred feels.
-This ultimately creates a better understanding of Offred and how she feels about the life she is living.
-She can see peace in other things around her, such as this garden, while she also longs for it.

"is" sentence

This signifies that their relationship is based on something deeper than simply physical attraction.

Dystopian Journal #1-The Handmaid's Tale

Topic A
Quote: "It isn't running they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge" (Atwood 10).

This passage conveys exactly what the government in this society is afraid of, showing its weakness and how they make sure their fear does not come true. The society in The Handmaid's Tale the group of women slept in one big, old gymnasium where they each had their own bed. But they were split far enough apart so that they could not talk to one another; this being one of the small ways those in control exhibited their power over even the smallest thing such as talking. In this gymnasium, where the women slept, there are two women patrolling; Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth. Then there are also guards with guns who were known as Angels. These guards are not allowed to come inside the gymnasium except when called for and the women are not allowed to leave. One exception to this law is when the women go on their walks twice each day, "around the football field, which was enclosed now by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire" (Atwood 4). This very strict and secluded way of living made the women disconnected from the rest of the society. This is what the people in control ultimately wanted, to make the women feel detached from the rest of the society, by oppressing them.

Word Count: 214

Thesis for IOP

Throughout Huxley’s life, it seems as though he is striving to find the ultimate happiness that lasts forever, which cannot be found on this earth. This goal as well as many of his other characteristics comes out in his book, Brave New World through the scientific based society, the character Bernard Marx, and the seemingly peaceful world the characters live in.

revised thesis for LA

Through the motifs of Meursault's body temperature, his observation of people, and his memory Maman, Camus illustrates that although Meursault seems detached from everything, certain things still have meaning for him, thus revealing Meursault's true character.

End of The Stranger

Journal 8:
Meursualt comes to the conclusion that he will either live or die and that ultimately it doesn't matter either way. He realizes that he will eventually die any way so why not now. Camus wants the reader to come to the same conclusion that either way, we are all going to die and why wait for the inevitable. I believe that Meursault is definitely happier at the end of the book, but that while he has this sense of comfort in understanding his fate, he also has this underlying feeling of sadness because he loves the life he has lived and doesn't want to leave it.

Thesis Statement for The Stranger

Thesis for Literary Analysis paper:

Throught the motifs of heat, the consistent observation of people, and the memory of Maman, Camus illustrates how recognizing a person's emotions can help create a better understanding of that person's actions as well as their character.

Part 1 and Part 2

Journal 7:
Camus creates a part 1 and part 2 of The Stranger to magnify the change in Meursault's character. One such example of that change is in how he refuses a cigarette when one of the police officers offers one to him as they waited for the judges; "[...] one of them offered me a cigarette, which I turned down" (Camus 82). However, the biggest change in Meursault is how he starts to feel emotions in part 2 whereas in part 1, he was almost completely emotionless. He begins to realize the significance of life as he sits in his jail cell. "[...] all of a sudden I would feel just how closed in I was by the walls of my cell" (Camus 76). He begins to realize how much his life meant to him after being locked up for a while. By comparing ideas between the two parts, Camus illustrates the specific ways Meursault has changed.