Saturday, May 28, 2011
hw 59 prom
Well on Thursday was the sof prom and I decided not to go to it. I don't like the whole idea of getting dressed up and being uncomfortable for hours. I also thought about my money and how I didn't want to waste all of it because I didn't want my mom or dad to pay for an even where I probably wouldn't have fun. When I spoke to people who went to prom, most of them had lost their voices. They also said that prom was okay but it wasn't magical and they said that the people who didn't go to prom really didn't miss anything important. What I did instead was go to internship then movies and then kareoke. I had a blast and I wasted less that 60 dollars and still got home at the same time as every person who went to the after party except I probably came more sober than the majority of kids who went. I feel that prom is the night to go crazy and not be judged. I don't like that though. I'm the kind of person who likes to have a good time but substances are not needed for me to have a good time or to provide a good time for other people. I feel that they give people excuses to act silly and do things they wouldn't do in their right mind. Teens in this day and age feel that to have fun means to drink and smoke and just lose your mind. Its fun if you can do that but maintain control, otherwise it can get dangerous. I had a great time with my group of friends and I feel that even though most of us have never really hung out before prom night was the night where we all bonded and became friends. We all had fun and we all went home super late but not one minute of that Thursday night was boring for anyone I think. From what I heard, prom was a great night, the afterparty was great too, but there is not one part of me that regrets not going to either even. I am happy for the people who went to both events and I am happy for the people who didn't and still had fun doing their own thing. Me not going to prom doesn't mean I am going to miss every event similar to prom. I just feel like in my four years of school I did not have such good memories that I had to go to prom to celebrate them. All of my good memories happened outside of school in manhattan and that is where I spent my time. I got the chance to go to a kareoke place I never been to before and a neighborhood I've never been to. I got to eat lunch at 5am at a diner with friends. I got to see 2 drunk sailors who just got into a fight with someone and had blood on their uniforms. I thought they never even got drunk, but they do. That night I got to experience so many different things instead of sit in a room celebrating something. I had fun. I saved money as well as have fun. I feel that for other events similar to prom are events I probably won't miss. I mean high school is such a small accomplishment in life that many people will probably forget about the prom soon, unless something unforgettable happened to them, positive or negative. I am glad that everyone enjoyed their nights and according to facebook.com the sof prom got some very good reviews and I'm glad that people had fun. As for me, I don't regret anything I did on prom night.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
hw 58 interviews
For this homework I spoke to my mom and to my older brother who had very different stories. First up I sopke to my mom. Here was the interview
Hi mom, did you ever go to prom?
No. I never did because my parents didn't like the idea. also they didn't want to give me money. Back when I was in school it was so hard to do good. We didn't have computers and when they came out many people couldn't afford them. My father would always give me money and sometimes if he didn't I didn't complain but they never let me do anything. Prom was something I wish I could have experienced for the fact that it your last time having fun with your friends and celebrating 4 years of emotion and good times. Prom is the night where everyone looks back on their high school career and reflect on the way that everyone made it to prom and they are all having a good time.
Why do you force me to go to prom?
I want you and all of your brothers to go because I want you guys to get the experience that I never did. I wish I went to prom and I would always give you as much money necessary for having fun and I want you guys to enjoy yourself and I think you might regret it if you don't go.
Why do you think prom is so important?
It is the day where people can be flashy and act proper. I also feel like you discover a lot about yourself when you go. You see how you can dance or to connect with people on a deeper level. You are spending a few hours with these kids and dancing and getting comfortable with everyone and it is important that you feel that connection.
Do you think that prom is a night to be selfish and it is kind of okay?
Yes. The girls want to dress up and feel pretty while the guys dress up and try to look as sharp as possible. Along with that you have the kids who want the spotlight on themselves the whole night and then the girls who dress up with half of their back showing and they try to get attention. Also I feel that people think that things will happen or they hope things will happen that they look foward to. The things that people think are going to happen usually only happen in movies and sometimes the people at prom don't think realistically.
So you think prom is a time to be selfish. Do you think that prom can be the last time a teen can escape from realitiies and worries?
I think so. Most kids that go are 17 years old and they are trying to have the most fun before they turn 18 and prom is the night to do that. Its like when you live in the amish and then when you turn a certain age and you can leave into a different world where you are unfamiliar to everything. Most kids rarely stay out and part and drink and then eat something while being in a limo. Prom is the time where people can get a break from normal boring life and especially it is the time right before adulthood so I feel it is a wonderful transition.
BROTHER
so you went to prom how was it for you ?
ohh my gosh it was so much fun I wish I could do it again.
why do you think you enjoyed your prom?
because mostly every senior that I was friends with went so it was more emotional, and see everybody dressed up was very exciting
do you think the prom is sort of like a transition from teenage life into adulthood ?
yes I do I feel like the whole weekend of prom is the week in word you have the most fun in high school and you can do mostly whatever you want and you feel free. you feel like a free spirit and I think that is very important because when you become an adult life becomes more intense and you have limited possibilities and the whole prom ceremony and the after party is just the way to escape from every problem that you have.
do you think the people who don't go to prom are looked down upon and do you think that the reason is because people feel like they haven't transitioned into adulthood properly?
I feel like sometimes kids are looked down upon and sometimes its like when you tell someone you aren't going they yell at you and see you differently. I feel that prom is when everyone becomes fake towards eachother and emotions are put aside so that everyone has fun. I know that people in my school who didn't go to prom where not even paid attention to because prom was the time when everyone got together and bonded and its like if you didn't go then you have no relationship to any of the other kids.
Do you feel that prom is memorable because of the dancing and emotional connection or is there something else that people remember more?
I think prom is remembered because of the after prom. People get dressed up and dance for 3 hours but after that kids want to go get wasted and live life because its fun to drink and smoke and have sex nowadays after prom. I feel prom is more of an excuse rather than an enjoyable occasion. Kids use prom as an excuse to drink and not come home and cause trouble but the parents let them do it because they just want their kids to have fun. I remember when I went to my prom I came home 3 days later. I barely remembered anything from the actual prom but the after party was amazing and the best part was when we all went to the beach and crashed overnight there. Those are the moments you wish to live forever but you can't and I feel that me getting to experience that is a beautiful thing.
So I'm not going to prom. What do you think?
I think that's dumb but you do whatever you want. I think you would have fun but its your choice.
After these interviews I got a clear sense of what each of my responders were basically saying. Prom is a time to live with no regret and to try new things. We all change our state of being for about 6 hours and its okay because we are all just living according to the occassion. People do things at prom that have not importance but kids want that feeling of being free for a night and prom permits that to happen. I'm not going to prom and I feel that I won't regret it because prom is one even out of a series of events in my life. I don't think I will be missing much. Maybe one day I may say that I wish I went but for now I feel that I am making the right choice. Ill make sure that missing prom will be a choice in which I enjoy making and for now it seems that missing prom won't be such a big deal.
Hi mom, did you ever go to prom?
No. I never did because my parents didn't like the idea. also they didn't want to give me money. Back when I was in school it was so hard to do good. We didn't have computers and when they came out many people couldn't afford them. My father would always give me money and sometimes if he didn't I didn't complain but they never let me do anything. Prom was something I wish I could have experienced for the fact that it your last time having fun with your friends and celebrating 4 years of emotion and good times. Prom is the night where everyone looks back on their high school career and reflect on the way that everyone made it to prom and they are all having a good time.
Why do you force me to go to prom?
I want you and all of your brothers to go because I want you guys to get the experience that I never did. I wish I went to prom and I would always give you as much money necessary for having fun and I want you guys to enjoy yourself and I think you might regret it if you don't go.
Why do you think prom is so important?
It is the day where people can be flashy and act proper. I also feel like you discover a lot about yourself when you go. You see how you can dance or to connect with people on a deeper level. You are spending a few hours with these kids and dancing and getting comfortable with everyone and it is important that you feel that connection.
Do you think that prom is a night to be selfish and it is kind of okay?
Yes. The girls want to dress up and feel pretty while the guys dress up and try to look as sharp as possible. Along with that you have the kids who want the spotlight on themselves the whole night and then the girls who dress up with half of their back showing and they try to get attention. Also I feel that people think that things will happen or they hope things will happen that they look foward to. The things that people think are going to happen usually only happen in movies and sometimes the people at prom don't think realistically.
So you think prom is a time to be selfish. Do you think that prom can be the last time a teen can escape from realitiies and worries?
I think so. Most kids that go are 17 years old and they are trying to have the most fun before they turn 18 and prom is the night to do that. Its like when you live in the amish and then when you turn a certain age and you can leave into a different world where you are unfamiliar to everything. Most kids rarely stay out and part and drink and then eat something while being in a limo. Prom is the time where people can get a break from normal boring life and especially it is the time right before adulthood so I feel it is a wonderful transition.
BROTHER
so you went to prom how was it for you ?
ohh my gosh it was so much fun I wish I could do it again.
why do you think you enjoyed your prom?
because mostly every senior that I was friends with went so it was more emotional, and see everybody dressed up was very exciting
do you think the prom is sort of like a transition from teenage life into adulthood ?
yes I do I feel like the whole weekend of prom is the week in word you have the most fun in high school and you can do mostly whatever you want and you feel free. you feel like a free spirit and I think that is very important because when you become an adult life becomes more intense and you have limited possibilities and the whole prom ceremony and the after party is just the way to escape from every problem that you have.
do you think the people who don't go to prom are looked down upon and do you think that the reason is because people feel like they haven't transitioned into adulthood properly?
I feel like sometimes kids are looked down upon and sometimes its like when you tell someone you aren't going they yell at you and see you differently. I feel that prom is when everyone becomes fake towards eachother and emotions are put aside so that everyone has fun. I know that people in my school who didn't go to prom where not even paid attention to because prom was the time when everyone got together and bonded and its like if you didn't go then you have no relationship to any of the other kids.
Do you feel that prom is memorable because of the dancing and emotional connection or is there something else that people remember more?
I think prom is remembered because of the after prom. People get dressed up and dance for 3 hours but after that kids want to go get wasted and live life because its fun to drink and smoke and have sex nowadays after prom. I feel prom is more of an excuse rather than an enjoyable occasion. Kids use prom as an excuse to drink and not come home and cause trouble but the parents let them do it because they just want their kids to have fun. I remember when I went to my prom I came home 3 days later. I barely remembered anything from the actual prom but the after party was amazing and the best part was when we all went to the beach and crashed overnight there. Those are the moments you wish to live forever but you can't and I feel that me getting to experience that is a beautiful thing.
So I'm not going to prom. What do you think?
I think that's dumb but you do whatever you want. I think you would have fun but its your choice.
After these interviews I got a clear sense of what each of my responders were basically saying. Prom is a time to live with no regret and to try new things. We all change our state of being for about 6 hours and its okay because we are all just living according to the occassion. People do things at prom that have not importance but kids want that feeling of being free for a night and prom permits that to happen. I'm not going to prom and I feel that I won't regret it because prom is one even out of a series of events in my life. I don't think I will be missing much. Maybe one day I may say that I wish I went but for now I feel that I am making the right choice. Ill make sure that missing prom will be a choice in which I enjoy making and for now it seems that missing prom won't be such a big deal.
Monday, May 23, 2011
hw 57 prom initial thoughts
Well for this unit I have actually been pretty excited. I thought about this unit for a while and I really was interested in how we can possibly discuss prom and the social practices behind proms. To me prom always seemed dumb but as it approaches I feel like I will regret not going. To me prom is the time where we can all be selfish and say the things that we want or that we want to do but when we think about it prom cannot be a selfish thing because majority of people have dates so to be selfish would mean that both people would probably have no fun. Someone on class said that prom is the time where we emulate celebrities and I feel that is very true. We dress up and feel important, we act like we are important as well and we splurge our parents money on one night and we retunr home and hope we have some awesome stories to tell. Prom is a business and it doesn't care whether you have fun or not. . I thought about the steps to prom and how it was planned like a mission. How we all plan it out perfectly but in between every step there are many substeps that can lead to a bad prom or a better one. As for me I am not going to prom and I hope that doesn't upset my mom. She always wanted me to go and she sort of forced it on my older brother which enjoyed his prom a lot. She knows that I am different and I don't like to surround myself with people who party. I'm the person to stay home rather than go out and party because that's just how I am. Since my mom didn't go to her prom she wants me and my little bro to go and enjoy the night but I rather not because I hate making plans and then they get ruined so to save myself I rather not go. I feel that the way to enjoy prom is if you actually have a strong bond with the people at your school. It makes prom more emotional seeing all of your friends dressed up and looking fresh. There's more of a brotherhood bond with the guys and a sisterhood bond with the girls but I feel that in this school the brother and sister bond isn't too strong. Maybe with some people but since most of the kids in this school have known eachother for seven years it is hard for someone who came 4 years ago to all of a sudden be brotherly or sisterly with someone who's been here longer. There is social outcasting in this school in which it can make prom bad for anyone and I am willing to bet that at this upcoming prom there will be groups that separate themselves from the rest. It will be like a lunchroom setting in which there's the cool crowd and then the uncool crowd. There will be many akward moments and maybe some fun ones but overall I feel that prom is not for everyone and its not for me. Plus I don't think its the end of the world if I don't go. I rather go to internship. 3 questions I would like to explore is if there is any emotional connection between dates or is it just strictly business? What is the importance of prom for a college transition? Since when did prom become a celebration of getting intoxicated and not remembering half of the night. Is it just a new york city thing?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
extra credit six feet under
Six feet under season 4 ep. 8
The show personifies death as a business. Also they make it seem as if it strikes at any time. The show cpatures death as unknown and harsh.
In the first few minutes of the show there was a lot of sexual activity. Other than that there was this man james who died in his car. He was about 80 years old and he just died in his car. There was no explanation behind his death. The scary part was when the guy jogging dound the man dead inside of his car. The guy seemed as if he were embalmed in that slouched position
Later on in the episode we find that the man who passed away was a civil engineer who his family said drove himself to his funeral. He drove into the funeral home and died and he seemed wealthy. He has a nice suit, pristine vintage car and he had a pretty good job. What his family said was that he didn't want to burden them with work when he died so he basically predetermiend his destiny and saved his family from deciding what to do so that now his family only has to greive and keep his car witbh them. It reminds me of the way that funeral directors operate. The way that the man planned things out was as if he knew exaclty when he was going to die and he didn't fight it. He accepted death and unlike many people in our society he wasn't afraid of it. His funeral was more of a joyous occasion rather than a funeral. When we have funerals they are quiet and full of tears. His funeral was full of clapping and singing. The two different cultures have very different views. This episode was more about relationships between couples rather than death. I guess you can say that everyone has a death of a relationship. The lesbian relationship crumbled. The 2 guys realtionship was dying and the man who cheated on his wife is having a bad time to. I feel like it is trying to convey the meaning that death is where we finally can be free and not stressed. Reltionships are what we get into and sacrifice a piece of ourself to make things work.
Six feet under season 4 ep 9
This episode starts with a comic book collector getting crushed by a large shelve. he was 35 years old. The show demonstrates death as being unexpected and untimely.
This episode is about mending the relationships from the last episode. Everyone is moving on and people are still dying. This shows that we all go through our problems but the world doesn't stop moving because of someone and their problems.
This episode shows that respecting the wishes of those who are deceased are very important. The collector wanted to die with his rarest comic book buried with him and even though the man he was talking to wanted the comic so bad and could have taken it, he gave it to the funeral directors so that they can bury him with the comic. This means that they believe that bhe wants this comic with him and if he didn't he wouldn't rest in peace.
Six feet under season 4 ep 10
This episode was about how they all move on from their hurt relationships and the confessions are released. The mamy girls father moves in with a woman who he had a relationship with before her current boyfriend had been with her. After their relationship ended she started over. The funeral director is finally going to see his children again and is trying to do better in his life.
This episode is mainly about how we all mess up things in our life but we try to fix them. I feel like the characters being surrounded by death makes them realize how precious family and love is. To live unhappily with regret isn't worth it. They don't want to die unexpectedly and have things that should have been done in life. The people want to all have healthy relationships and they try to make it work but its tough when the past comes up. I can realte very well to this episode. Especially the scene where ruth goes back to her husband and they discuss love and making eachother feel special again. It was very similar to something I experienced a lot of. The feeling of being unwanted and taken for granted will make anyone want to leave their life. After all we mostly don't know what we have until its gone.
The show personifies death as a business. Also they make it seem as if it strikes at any time. The show cpatures death as unknown and harsh.
In the first few minutes of the show there was a lot of sexual activity. Other than that there was this man james who died in his car. He was about 80 years old and he just died in his car. There was no explanation behind his death. The scary part was when the guy jogging dound the man dead inside of his car. The guy seemed as if he were embalmed in that slouched position
Later on in the episode we find that the man who passed away was a civil engineer who his family said drove himself to his funeral. He drove into the funeral home and died and he seemed wealthy. He has a nice suit, pristine vintage car and he had a pretty good job. What his family said was that he didn't want to burden them with work when he died so he basically predetermiend his destiny and saved his family from deciding what to do so that now his family only has to greive and keep his car witbh them. It reminds me of the way that funeral directors operate. The way that the man planned things out was as if he knew exaclty when he was going to die and he didn't fight it. He accepted death and unlike many people in our society he wasn't afraid of it. His funeral was more of a joyous occasion rather than a funeral. When we have funerals they are quiet and full of tears. His funeral was full of clapping and singing. The two different cultures have very different views. This episode was more about relationships between couples rather than death. I guess you can say that everyone has a death of a relationship. The lesbian relationship crumbled. The 2 guys realtionship was dying and the man who cheated on his wife is having a bad time to. I feel like it is trying to convey the meaning that death is where we finally can be free and not stressed. Reltionships are what we get into and sacrifice a piece of ourself to make things work.
Six feet under season 4 ep 9
This episode starts with a comic book collector getting crushed by a large shelve. he was 35 years old. The show demonstrates death as being unexpected and untimely.
This episode is about mending the relationships from the last episode. Everyone is moving on and people are still dying. This shows that we all go through our problems but the world doesn't stop moving because of someone and their problems.
This episode shows that respecting the wishes of those who are deceased are very important. The collector wanted to die with his rarest comic book buried with him and even though the man he was talking to wanted the comic so bad and could have taken it, he gave it to the funeral directors so that they can bury him with the comic. This means that they believe that bhe wants this comic with him and if he didn't he wouldn't rest in peace.
Six feet under season 4 ep 10
This episode was about how they all move on from their hurt relationships and the confessions are released. The mamy girls father moves in with a woman who he had a relationship with before her current boyfriend had been with her. After their relationship ended she started over. The funeral director is finally going to see his children again and is trying to do better in his life.
This episode is mainly about how we all mess up things in our life but we try to fix them. I feel like the characters being surrounded by death makes them realize how precious family and love is. To live unhappily with regret isn't worth it. They don't want to die unexpectedly and have things that should have been done in life. The people want to all have healthy relationships and they try to make it work but its tough when the past comes up. I can realte very well to this episode. Especially the scene where ruth goes back to her husband and they discuss love and making eachother feel special again. It was very similar to something I experienced a lot of. The feeling of being unwanted and taken for granted will make anyone want to leave their life. After all we mostly don't know what we have until its gone.
hw 56 project comments
Hey ariel, I really liked your post. It was full of color and it was fun to read. I liked that it was organized neatly into sections and the pictures made me want to continue reading. I think that if you put pictures of the cemeteries that would have been cool so people know what they are looking at and reading about. Other than that you did a great job.
http://ariib17.blogspot.com/2011/05/hw-culminating-project-care-of-dead.html?showComment=1305759842533#c160176592776487853
Your post was packed with info that made it seem like the childbirth book we read but instead it was about death. I felt like I was reading a guide and it was so informative. I feel that you put tons of effort into this and your sources were very well put. This blog post included many aspects of death and how we should handle it and you did a great job covering the multiple routes one can take
http://stephengxyz.blogspot.com/2011/05/hw-55.html?showComment=1305760170072#c3388734788066116539
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These are the comments from my mentor and protege.
Mentor
Hi matt, afte reading you homework I realized something out you that I never knew. You like to write. You also love to express your ideas. I really liked how you brought together most ideals from our family. Such ideas like what your grandma said and how we believe in spirits. I loved how you recited the stories about me and my sister experiencing ghosts and spirits of relatives. You made me read the death book and I felt so sad, and then you show me the stuff you got from the death experts and you looked so shocked. I was amazed that you would learn about this in school. It is so interesting and I wish I could have learned what you and your classmates do
Protege
Hey matt. I read your blog post and it is so cool how you write about things like death. I kno me and you talk about it a lot on the phone and we discuss weird things about the world and stuff but you really like doing things like blogs. I can tell you have so much to say and sometimes you don't get to say it. I'm so glad to have read your blog because it gives me tips and I feel so smart when I read your blogs because I know what you are talking about because me and you have spoken about it before. One tip of advice for next time I think you should definitely look at more religions. I would love to read that. Bye!
This was the type of blog i was hoping i was going to get to read tonight. I was looking for someone who was brave enough to put their own personal opinions on death and dying up on their blog. I actually really like your take on death and what happens too. I think that you make a good point with the physics plug in, and you were even able to use websites to further your opinion. This didn't seem like mindless rambling, it was planned and researched out of things that you have been taught. I think that is what andy is going for with his class, is to have us be able to take opinions from other sources, and then use those ideas to mold and shape our own so we can have a more complete set of views that don't seem close minded and ignorant. Although your grandma may haunt your dreams from the afterlife like she plans on, i think it is interesting that it is something that she knows she will do. I think you really had some great insights here and i enjoyed reading your blog.
Sam
http://ariib17.blogspot.com/2011/05/hw-culminating-project-care-of-dead.html?showComment=1305759842533#c160176592776487853
Your post was packed with info that made it seem like the childbirth book we read but instead it was about death. I felt like I was reading a guide and it was so informative. I feel that you put tons of effort into this and your sources were very well put. This blog post included many aspects of death and how we should handle it and you did a great job covering the multiple routes one can take
http://stephengxyz.blogspot.com/2011/05/hw-55.html?showComment=1305760170072#c3388734788066116539
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These are the comments from my mentor and protege.
Mentor
Hi matt, afte reading you homework I realized something out you that I never knew. You like to write. You also love to express your ideas. I really liked how you brought together most ideals from our family. Such ideas like what your grandma said and how we believe in spirits. I loved how you recited the stories about me and my sister experiencing ghosts and spirits of relatives. You made me read the death book and I felt so sad, and then you show me the stuff you got from the death experts and you looked so shocked. I was amazed that you would learn about this in school. It is so interesting and I wish I could have learned what you and your classmates do
Protege
Hey matt. I read your blog post and it is so cool how you write about things like death. I kno me and you talk about it a lot on the phone and we discuss weird things about the world and stuff but you really like doing things like blogs. I can tell you have so much to say and sometimes you don't get to say it. I'm so glad to have read your blog because it gives me tips and I feel so smart when I read your blogs because I know what you are talking about because me and you have spoken about it before. One tip of advice for next time I think you should definitely look at more religions. I would love to read that. Bye!
This was the type of blog i was hoping i was going to get to read tonight. I was looking for someone who was brave enough to put their own personal opinions on death and dying up on their blog. I actually really like your take on death and what happens too. I think that you make a good point with the physics plug in, and you were even able to use websites to further your opinion. This didn't seem like mindless rambling, it was planned and researched out of things that you have been taught. I think that is what andy is going for with his class, is to have us be able to take opinions from other sources, and then use those ideas to mold and shape our own so we can have a more complete set of views that don't seem close minded and ignorant. Although your grandma may haunt your dreams from the afterlife like she plans on, i think it is interesting that it is something that she knows she will do. I think you really had some great insights here and i enjoyed reading your blog.
Sam
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
extra credit harold and maude
After watching the film I felt very diifferent. I kind of saw death as never being peaceful There were sometimes during this unit when I thought that the way people die and how they celebrate deaty can be something sad but people embrace it as a part of life and they thought that it should be something we celebrate and try to enjoy. Even though its sad. In the movie, it seemed that maude, harold, and the mother were all different. Harold was obsessed and facinated by death. Maude didn't care when people died but she would always care for other thing dying such as plants. She also was very close to living very naturally meaning she didn't waste things, she cared for animals and her body. She lived eating organic things. She hated when other things died but when people died she didn't seem to comment. They can both relate because harold and maude both have this obsession with death
Harolds mother was the one who didn't care about her son doing these things. Its like she didn't even consider death ever happening which was why she was never scared and she didn't mind that her son acted like killing himself. She only showed emotion when he messed up her bathroom. Harold's mom seemed to be naiive about death and she didn't realize it even when her son tried to make her realize it. It was as if she didn't want to accept death as a real thing which is why she ignored it.
The significance of death in the three characters is that harold and maude are surrounded by death and they understand it. Harold concentrated more on illness and dying while maude focused more on care of the dead. She cared for flowers and plants like the one in the back of the stolen truck she got. Harold focused more on ways to hurt himself and it consumed his life and his relationships with other people. The mom seemed to try and break harols vicious ways but he didn't listen which made me think that harold is trying to symbolize death as inevitable in many forms while his mom symbolized us as society trying to avoid even though it is a part of us.
The theme of the funerals in the play seemed to be very sad and depressing. It rained and was very dark out. I felt that harold and maude were the alternative to emotions. They didn't seem to be affected by death because even thoguh they were physically close to it, they weren't actually close to the people dying. They made it seem like funerals shouldn't be sad times but the people there make it sad. Maude seemed to appreciate life and the beauty while harold appreciated death. As he said, "I enjoyed being dead." Maude tries to convice harold to love life and I feel that since she is older, she has lived better and experienced more than harold. I feel that he is so obsessed with death because nobody helps him to experience life and that's where maude comes in.
This movie was more interesting than I originally thought. When harold was facing death with someone who was important to him, he feared it because he didn't want her to die. He was obsessed with death but once it came to him he automatically cried. This makes me feel like no matter how much we prepare for it we will still be unprepared for it. Its not everyday where we love someone such as harold loved maude. Once we lose that person we lose who we were. We feel that we exist onlyy lif they do. Harold felt like the only way he existed is if maude. He loved her and she died making harold all alone again as if nobody cared for him. This makes me feel like we can all talk about it but once it happens to someone close to us it changes who we are. Harold not being with maude I think made him appreciate life a bit more than in the beginning of the movie.
Harolds mother was the one who didn't care about her son doing these things. Its like she didn't even consider death ever happening which was why she was never scared and she didn't mind that her son acted like killing himself. She only showed emotion when he messed up her bathroom. Harold's mom seemed to be naiive about death and she didn't realize it even when her son tried to make her realize it. It was as if she didn't want to accept death as a real thing which is why she ignored it.
The significance of death in the three characters is that harold and maude are surrounded by death and they understand it. Harold concentrated more on illness and dying while maude focused more on care of the dead. She cared for flowers and plants like the one in the back of the stolen truck she got. Harold focused more on ways to hurt himself and it consumed his life and his relationships with other people. The mom seemed to try and break harols vicious ways but he didn't listen which made me think that harold is trying to symbolize death as inevitable in many forms while his mom symbolized us as society trying to avoid even though it is a part of us.
The theme of the funerals in the play seemed to be very sad and depressing. It rained and was very dark out. I felt that harold and maude were the alternative to emotions. They didn't seem to be affected by death because even thoguh they were physically close to it, they weren't actually close to the people dying. They made it seem like funerals shouldn't be sad times but the people there make it sad. Maude seemed to appreciate life and the beauty while harold appreciated death. As he said, "I enjoyed being dead." Maude tries to convice harold to love life and I feel that since she is older, she has lived better and experienced more than harold. I feel that he is so obsessed with death because nobody helps him to experience life and that's where maude comes in.
This movie was more interesting than I originally thought. When harold was facing death with someone who was important to him, he feared it because he didn't want her to die. He was obsessed with death but once it came to him he automatically cried. This makes me feel like no matter how much we prepare for it we will still be unprepared for it. Its not everyday where we love someone such as harold loved maude. Once we lose that person we lose who we were. We feel that we exist onlyy lif they do. Harold felt like the only way he existed is if maude. He loved her and she died making harold all alone again as if nobody cared for him. This makes me feel like we can all talk about it but once it happens to someone close to us it changes who we are. Harold not being with maude I think made him appreciate life a bit more than in the beginning of the movie.
Monday, May 16, 2011
hw 55 culminating project.
theological perspectives vs spirits in the sky
My family believes in god. We all believe that there are spirits of dead which surround us all in every way. My grandma always says that she's gonna be watching us after she dies. She believes that our bodies will go away but who we are is embodied in our spirit. She thinks that our spirits will live on forever we just won't be visible to the living. My mother always told me stories about how she felt her dead uncle pull her leg while her and her sister slept. My aunt also told me stories about how she woke up in my old apartment to the sight of a woman in a white gown standing right above her. She told me how she didn't want to move and that the woman looked just like my dads mother. She always tells me that it was my dad's mom visiting him. All these stories freak me out but I feel that it is possible that the dead are still amongst the living. I feel that we are all a form of energy. In physics they say energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Only transferred or transformed. I feel that energy is with us when we are born. The moment we breathe. When we die that energy just comes out of us as a spirit. I really believe that after we die we go through another phase in life. Sort of like being ressurected. We may come bak as another person or another creature. I feel that it is not crazy to think this. Being ressurected is a way for us to live again without realizing that we even died. Roman catholic belief says, "The "souls of those who have died in the state of grace suffer for a time a purging that prepares them to enter heaven." Souls spend time in Purgatory until fully cleansed of
the temporal consequences of sin that were accumulated during life. (Religioustolerance.org). This is exaclty what I think. I feel like once we die we float up into the sky and we face a panel of judges who discuss where you shall spend the rest of eternity. The highest authorities in the sky will cleanse your soul and rid you of every wrong thing and then we will either be clean enough for heaven or we will be spending time in hell for terrible sins. It is scary to think this way but I feel comfortable thinking this way because it gives me a sense of security. I think religion in general gives people a sense of security in that they know that their souls will be saved and they will spend eternity in paradise. I researched catholic christians and it said that they believe in some sort of heaven and hell and they also believe in purgatory which is like a place where people spend some time if they have unconfessed sins. It is like even when we die we aren't free. There are people judging us and sending us to places. I feel that we have all lived before just as different a different energy. For example my physical being has existed before maybe millions of years ago but it was a different spirit in my body. I feel that when I die I will come back as something else. Depending on what I have done in life I may come back as a very honorable thing or not. My mother believes that snakes are the devils pet and she thinks that if we were to be ressurected and come back as a snake, it is the worst thing because snakes are slimy and they represent evil.
In my family we all feel that the dead have powers that we can only dream of. The dead have the power to insert themsleves into our dreams or into our reality. This is how we come up with the idea of ghosts and spirits. catholics believe that they are 2 different things. To be a ghost means that we are evil and ghosts are considered to be sinners and people who work with the devil. To be a spirit means to be at peace and to be a guardian to those you love the most. Spirits are gods angels while ghosts are the devils demons. Putting beliefs into the death inustry makes for people to become scared into doing good. We get scared into not sinning and living well lives because we don't want to be ghosts. My grandma thinks she will come back as a spirit to watch after us. After the death of someone in my family we always feel like to forget about them is the best thing but they have not forgotten about us. Nobody really knows the answer to what happens after death. Religion freaks may believe that we all come back as a certain thing or that we will live in paradise and have many virgins by our side. All of these stories cannot be validated but we accept them because we are afraid. We don't want to think that after we die all we see is darkness for eternity. There has to be something else in store for us. Some religions think that we will come back as something more magical and honorable. Other religions such as catholiscism believe that we will live on as spirits and and entities which cannot communicate with the living but can manipulate the living. The biggest mystery in life is what happens when we die. We hear stories of people having outer body experiences and seeing white lights. Is this true or is this something said to keep us feeling happy that life goes on. Whatever happens when we die is a big secret which cannot ever be validated because evidence is very slim and very forgeable. What we need to understand is that we all live the ways we want to and that we all have a death that awaits us but it shouldn't stop us from living, it should enoccourage us to do greater and whether we are ressurected or transformed into energy, we should appreciate what we have and death will surprise us all as we may all experience it differently depending on the individual.
My family believes in god. We all believe that there are spirits of dead which surround us all in every way. My grandma always says that she's gonna be watching us after she dies. She believes that our bodies will go away but who we are is embodied in our spirit. She thinks that our spirits will live on forever we just won't be visible to the living. My mother always told me stories about how she felt her dead uncle pull her leg while her and her sister slept. My aunt also told me stories about how she woke up in my old apartment to the sight of a woman in a white gown standing right above her. She told me how she didn't want to move and that the woman looked just like my dads mother. She always tells me that it was my dad's mom visiting him. All these stories freak me out but I feel that it is possible that the dead are still amongst the living. I feel that we are all a form of energy. In physics they say energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Only transferred or transformed. I feel that energy is with us when we are born. The moment we breathe. When we die that energy just comes out of us as a spirit. I really believe that after we die we go through another phase in life. Sort of like being ressurected. We may come bak as another person or another creature. I feel that it is not crazy to think this. Being ressurected is a way for us to live again without realizing that we even died. Roman catholic belief says, "The "souls of those who have died in the state of grace suffer for a time a purging that prepares them to enter heaven." Souls spend time in Purgatory until fully cleansed of
the temporal consequences of sin that were accumulated during life. (Religioustolerance.org). This is exaclty what I think. I feel like once we die we float up into the sky and we face a panel of judges who discuss where you shall spend the rest of eternity. The highest authorities in the sky will cleanse your soul and rid you of every wrong thing and then we will either be clean enough for heaven or we will be spending time in hell for terrible sins. It is scary to think this way but I feel comfortable thinking this way because it gives me a sense of security. I think religion in general gives people a sense of security in that they know that their souls will be saved and they will spend eternity in paradise. I researched catholic christians and it said that they believe in some sort of heaven and hell and they also believe in purgatory which is like a place where people spend some time if they have unconfessed sins. It is like even when we die we aren't free. There are people judging us and sending us to places. I feel that we have all lived before just as different a different energy. For example my physical being has existed before maybe millions of years ago but it was a different spirit in my body. I feel that when I die I will come back as something else. Depending on what I have done in life I may come back as a very honorable thing or not. My mother believes that snakes are the devils pet and she thinks that if we were to be ressurected and come back as a snake, it is the worst thing because snakes are slimy and they represent evil.
In my family we all feel that the dead have powers that we can only dream of. The dead have the power to insert themsleves into our dreams or into our reality. This is how we come up with the idea of ghosts and spirits. catholics believe that they are 2 different things. To be a ghost means that we are evil and ghosts are considered to be sinners and people who work with the devil. To be a spirit means to be at peace and to be a guardian to those you love the most. Spirits are gods angels while ghosts are the devils demons. Putting beliefs into the death inustry makes for people to become scared into doing good. We get scared into not sinning and living well lives because we don't want to be ghosts. My grandma thinks she will come back as a spirit to watch after us. After the death of someone in my family we always feel like to forget about them is the best thing but they have not forgotten about us. Nobody really knows the answer to what happens after death. Religion freaks may believe that we all come back as a certain thing or that we will live in paradise and have many virgins by our side. All of these stories cannot be validated but we accept them because we are afraid. We don't want to think that after we die all we see is darkness for eternity. There has to be something else in store for us. Some religions think that we will come back as something more magical and honorable. Other religions such as catholiscism believe that we will live on as spirits and and entities which cannot communicate with the living but can manipulate the living. The biggest mystery in life is what happens when we die. We hear stories of people having outer body experiences and seeing white lights. Is this true or is this something said to keep us feeling happy that life goes on. Whatever happens when we die is a big secret which cannot ever be validated because evidence is very slim and very forgeable. What we need to understand is that we all live the ways we want to and that we all have a death that awaits us but it shouldn't stop us from living, it should enoccourage us to do greater and whether we are ressurected or transformed into energy, we should appreciate what we have and death will surprise us all as we may all experience it differently depending on the individual.
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