Tuesday, October 27, 2009
not a happy camper
ok so really!! this weekend was ok for me because i got to hang with my friends and even play come beer pong(i am sooo horrible at that game but i will get better i promise that) and we had an amazing turnout for the haunted house but idk for some reason my crazy butt boyfriend didnt hardly talk to me at all...his phone was dead most of the time or he was with his friends or family...he called only a couple of times and yeah even came down for a few and had lunch with me(only cause he had to come down for the regents test but he didnt have to see me i get that) but monday night i didnt hardly talk to him and today he had to study instead of walk me to my class so right now i am not too happy at my boyfriend...hopefully he will do something sweet to make up for it...he normally does but idk...and it is funny how once a boy i use to like finds out i have a boyfriend..he starts texting me nonstop and what not!!!!! im not happy!!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Compare/Contrast paper
Whoever would have thought that a children’s movie that brightens the lives of many and causes people to smile would be a spinoff of a sixth century dramatic, tragedy play? Both are one in the same in many aspects; however, many never make the connection of the two because the two are written for different purposes. Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, is a play that starts with a horrible event and continues to have terrible events all throughout the play until the very end. It is a tragedy play that is not suppose to make people laugh; however, there is a movie that is written off the play that is suppose to make people laugh, and that children enjoy to watch. It is a famous Disney movie that most people have not seen or have not heard of. Walt Disney’s movie, The Lion King, has a different idea from Hamlet, yet The Lion King and Hamlet both share many character traits, themes, and plots.
At the beginning of Hamlet, in the very first screen, Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father. Hamlet was informed by the ghost about his father’s death and how his uncle killed his father for the kingdom and the queen. The ghost told Hamlet to get revenge on his uncle for the murder and Hamlet agrees to do so. In the Lion King, Simba is also visited by his father’s ghost; however, the ghost does not appear at the beginning of the play and his father’s ghost does not tell Simba who really killed his father. Simba is left alone still thinking that he killed his father, not anyone else. That is one thing that is different from the movie and the book, in the book, the character knows who killed his father and knows it is not him; on the other hand, in the movie, the character blames himself for the murder because he was tricked into thinking he did it by the uncle. Since the ghost of Hamlet’s father visits Hamlet in the beginning of the play and tells Hamlet to get revenge against his father’s murder, the uncle, so Hamlet thinks about revenge throughout the whole play. Simba does not find out who actually murdered his father until the very end of the movie so revenge is not thought about throughout the movie. Simba actually thinks that he is the one that killed his father so he runs away but returns at the end. In both the play and the movie, the uncle ends up killing the king, the brother, for the kingdom. In Hamlet though, Claudius kills the brother for both the kingdom and for the queen. Scar never marries the queen, or wants to marry the queen in The Lion King.
In both the movie and the book, both main characters have two best friends. Hamlet has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Simba has Timon and Pumbaa; however, the best friends in each the movie and the book are totally different. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ended up turning on their best friend Hamlet and actually turned out just being spies for the uncle, the new king, and the queen, Hamlet’s mother. They watched over Hamlet and reported everything back and sometimes they even tricked Hamlet just as the uncle and Hamlet’s mother had asked them to do. Timon and Pumbaa are true friends to Simba because they supported him and helped him become happy again. When Simba first met Timon and Pumbaa, Simba was very depressed but after hanging with Timon and Pumbaa, Simba was brought back to life. When the battle happened in Pride Rock, Simba’s kingdom, Timon and Pumbaa was right there beside Simba fighting with him even though that was not the kingdom where they lived; they just wanted to help a friend. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern never helped Hamlet at the end when the uncle is murdered. They were never true friends like Timon and Pumbaa were.
Both Hamlet and The Lion King illustrates the timeless theme that avarice is the root of all evil. In the movie as well as the book, the uncles lust for what they cannot have which is the kingdom and as well as the power. However, the uncles’ greed costs them not only the kingdom and power, but their lives as well. The murder of the uncles happens differently in the movie than the book. In the movie, Simba never actually kills his uncle. Simba finds out that it was his uncle that killed his father not him and now Simba is angered with revenge against his uncle. Simba fights with Scar for a while but ends up flipping him off of a cliff where the Hyenas kill Scar, not Simba. In the book, Hamlet kills Claudius himself without any help. Even though the murder happened differently, both uncles still die because they first murdered, and the reason why they first murdered was because of greed and desire of what they could not have. The theme between Hamlet and The Lion King is the main thing these two have in common. That is how the movie was formed. Walt Disney created The Lion King from the theme of Hamlet. Many people will never know that because the two are in two different categories; one is a tragedy play and one is a children’s movie. The two different categories is the main difference between the two.
Two different things, yet one in the same, that is how The Lion King and Hamlet are. Once someone reads the play Hamlet, the comparison is not hard to recognize. Of course with everything in the world, not everything is the exactly the same. There will always be something different between two objects, or subjects. It is pretty easy to see the differences between The Lion King and Hamlet because one is about people and the other is about lions. These two shows everyone that even though they can be totally different, they can be the same at the same time.
At the beginning of Hamlet, in the very first screen, Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father. Hamlet was informed by the ghost about his father’s death and how his uncle killed his father for the kingdom and the queen. The ghost told Hamlet to get revenge on his uncle for the murder and Hamlet agrees to do so. In the Lion King, Simba is also visited by his father’s ghost; however, the ghost does not appear at the beginning of the play and his father’s ghost does not tell Simba who really killed his father. Simba is left alone still thinking that he killed his father, not anyone else. That is one thing that is different from the movie and the book, in the book, the character knows who killed his father and knows it is not him; on the other hand, in the movie, the character blames himself for the murder because he was tricked into thinking he did it by the uncle. Since the ghost of Hamlet’s father visits Hamlet in the beginning of the play and tells Hamlet to get revenge against his father’s murder, the uncle, so Hamlet thinks about revenge throughout the whole play. Simba does not find out who actually murdered his father until the very end of the movie so revenge is not thought about throughout the movie. Simba actually thinks that he is the one that killed his father so he runs away but returns at the end. In both the play and the movie, the uncle ends up killing the king, the brother, for the kingdom. In Hamlet though, Claudius kills the brother for both the kingdom and for the queen. Scar never marries the queen, or wants to marry the queen in The Lion King.
In both the movie and the book, both main characters have two best friends. Hamlet has Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Simba has Timon and Pumbaa; however, the best friends in each the movie and the book are totally different. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ended up turning on their best friend Hamlet and actually turned out just being spies for the uncle, the new king, and the queen, Hamlet’s mother. They watched over Hamlet and reported everything back and sometimes they even tricked Hamlet just as the uncle and Hamlet’s mother had asked them to do. Timon and Pumbaa are true friends to Simba because they supported him and helped him become happy again. When Simba first met Timon and Pumbaa, Simba was very depressed but after hanging with Timon and Pumbaa, Simba was brought back to life. When the battle happened in Pride Rock, Simba’s kingdom, Timon and Pumbaa was right there beside Simba fighting with him even though that was not the kingdom where they lived; they just wanted to help a friend. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern never helped Hamlet at the end when the uncle is murdered. They were never true friends like Timon and Pumbaa were.
Both Hamlet and The Lion King illustrates the timeless theme that avarice is the root of all evil. In the movie as well as the book, the uncles lust for what they cannot have which is the kingdom and as well as the power. However, the uncles’ greed costs them not only the kingdom and power, but their lives as well. The murder of the uncles happens differently in the movie than the book. In the movie, Simba never actually kills his uncle. Simba finds out that it was his uncle that killed his father not him and now Simba is angered with revenge against his uncle. Simba fights with Scar for a while but ends up flipping him off of a cliff where the Hyenas kill Scar, not Simba. In the book, Hamlet kills Claudius himself without any help. Even though the murder happened differently, both uncles still die because they first murdered, and the reason why they first murdered was because of greed and desire of what they could not have. The theme between Hamlet and The Lion King is the main thing these two have in common. That is how the movie was formed. Walt Disney created The Lion King from the theme of Hamlet. Many people will never know that because the two are in two different categories; one is a tragedy play and one is a children’s movie. The two different categories is the main difference between the two.
Two different things, yet one in the same, that is how The Lion King and Hamlet are. Once someone reads the play Hamlet, the comparison is not hard to recognize. Of course with everything in the world, not everything is the exactly the same. There will always be something different between two objects, or subjects. It is pretty easy to see the differences between The Lion King and Hamlet because one is about people and the other is about lions. These two shows everyone that even though they can be totally different, they can be the same at the same time.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ummm....yeah
so basically this week has not gone the way i have hoped it will go....basically all i need is prayer right now and God by my side to help me get through it!! gosh my life is like a roller coaster, one week it is up and the next it is down!! why am i so confusing, well actually, why is my life so confusing!!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
my weekend
pretty much i had a busy yet fun weekend!! friday and saturday night was filled with screaming and scary people. On the weekends i work at the Underworld Haunted House and it was so fun!! I did end up losing my voice, something i havent been able to do in a while so of course i miss my voice!! but on sunday i got to go to americus and meet my boyfriends parents, and might i add im the first girlfriend he has ever taken home to meet his parents!!) and we went to his church and it was amazing to be with him at his church!! of course next sunday he is with me at my church!! over all i did miss some sleep but it was all worth it to be with friends and my boyfriend!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
2nd essay in review
Honesty, i struggled a little at this essay. it was hard but not the hardest thing i have ever had to do. I think i am better at like telling stories or something kinda like that like we did in the first essay. It just comes easier to me i guess because i have a creative mind when it comes to things like that. With this essay, even though it is based off my life, i dont feel as connected to it has i did my first. i was nervous on my first essay but on this one i am going to dread getting it back. The advice i would give to a next 1101 student is think really hard about the topic and write about something that you know you can connect to. With all your essays, you need to feel a connection to it and feel proud about it, not worried.
With blogging, i totally forgot to blog on the readers essays that i was assigned to this time. I guess that is why i did not get any comments on mine so i guess i deserve not getting a respond. i do enjoy reading other people blogs and giving adivse because it helps me learn how to improve my writing by reading essays that i enjoy and see how they make their essay enjoyable for the reader. it is also nice to see how people react to my essay before i turn it in. to see if they relate or if they connect to the paper and see how i can improve so they can connect to the paper.
With blogging, i totally forgot to blog on the readers essays that i was assigned to this time. I guess that is why i did not get any comments on mine so i guess i deserve not getting a respond. i do enjoy reading other people blogs and giving adivse because it helps me learn how to improve my writing by reading essays that i enjoy and see how they make their essay enjoyable for the reader. it is also nice to see how people react to my essay before i turn it in. to see if they relate or if they connect to the paper and see how i can improve so they can connect to the paper.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Readers
i changed my paper completely so those who are trying to read my essay it is a new subject, and everything!! it is not finish but i put a rough draft on so i can get comments on it!!
example essay
Everyone has heard the statement, “no one is perfect” and that statement is totally true. Just because people have a label, like Christianity, does not mean right when they become one they become perfect and never do anything wrong ever again. When you are reborn into a Christian, your goal is to follow the example of the perfect one, Jesus, but we will always fail to do so. Even though Christians strive hard to be like Him, we are still sinners which cause us not to be perfect.
My life is a perfect example of how Christians are not perfect. One thing is I am horrible sometimes at telling the truth. Perfect people, like Jesus, never lie. Lying is a sin. When I get put into a problem, like with my parents, I lie to get out of trouble. One time my friend and I got caught sneaking out of her house. Her parents ended up telling my parents of course and I got into a lot of trouble. When confronted about the situation, I did not want to get ground so I made up a total different reason why we did it. The real reason why we snuck out was because we really wanted to go to a party that we were told not to go to; I told my parents it was because we went to the party but just to get a friend who was drunk and we did not want her to drink and drive. I knew my parents would be proud that I did something bad for something good so that is why I lied. I did not get into as much of trouble as I should have been. As a Christian, we are taught that in order to more like Jesus, we should always be honest but in reality it is hard to do so because lying comes so easily. Why tell the truth and get into a lot more trouble when you can tell a little white lie and get off easy? That thought keeps Christians, like me, from striving to be perfect.
Another reason that stops me from being perfect, as well as other Christians, is always doing the right thing. Take the saying, “take the high road, not the low road,” that saying is so much easier said than done for everyone. Christians are told to forgive everyone who has done wrong to us and continue loving then. When someone hurts you in a way that words cannot describe, it is very hard to forgive that person. When I was in high school, I had a boyfriend for two and a half years on and off and he broke me down. He talked bad about me to my face, he called me names, and just made me feel lower than low. Trying to forgive him is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my entire life. I am still really hurt and mad at him for everything he did to me but I am trying real hard to forgive him, even though he does not deserve it. It is a challenge but being perfect in the eyes of God is always going to be a challenge and you are going to have to face the hardest challenges without your spiritual life, liking forgiving the wrong.
The most important reason why Christians are not perfect is because we have a selfish mind. Everyone thinks about him or herself before others. As a Christian, you are supposed to put others before yourself without any questions. I try to do that every day but I will always, at the end of the day, think about myself. Throughout the bible, it is quoted that people on earth think only about themselves and that keeps them from becoming closer to God. Insert bible verse. In God’s eyes, we are put here to serve one another on this earth. How can someone serve another if he or she is always thinking about him or herself? It just does not work out like that. My church is involved with a lot of service projects which start early in the morning, and I enjoy my sleep so instead of thinking about the people that my church is helping out, I think about myself and how much I need my sleep and I do not attend. I do not get to do my job that God has sent me here to do. We are servants. Servants think about the masters before anything else. Christians need to do the same so we can become more perfect in the eyes of Jesus.
Christians have a long way to go before they can be even close to perfect. The honest fact is that no one will ever become perfect. There has only been one perfect person who has ever walked this earth and that is Jesus, and no one can ever be like Him, no matter how hard we strive and work. Sin is in us and there is nothing we can do but realize that and ask for forgiveness and learn from our mistakes. That is what separates Christians from everyone else. We have forgiveness for our sinners. We learn from our sinners. We may not be perfect, we may sin a lot but we will always have the love and blood of Christ to renew us and a reason to strive to be perfect.
My life is a perfect example of how Christians are not perfect. One thing is I am horrible sometimes at telling the truth. Perfect people, like Jesus, never lie. Lying is a sin. When I get put into a problem, like with my parents, I lie to get out of trouble. One time my friend and I got caught sneaking out of her house. Her parents ended up telling my parents of course and I got into a lot of trouble. When confronted about the situation, I did not want to get ground so I made up a total different reason why we did it. The real reason why we snuck out was because we really wanted to go to a party that we were told not to go to; I told my parents it was because we went to the party but just to get a friend who was drunk and we did not want her to drink and drive. I knew my parents would be proud that I did something bad for something good so that is why I lied. I did not get into as much of trouble as I should have been. As a Christian, we are taught that in order to more like Jesus, we should always be honest but in reality it is hard to do so because lying comes so easily. Why tell the truth and get into a lot more trouble when you can tell a little white lie and get off easy? That thought keeps Christians, like me, from striving to be perfect.
Another reason that stops me from being perfect, as well as other Christians, is always doing the right thing. Take the saying, “take the high road, not the low road,” that saying is so much easier said than done for everyone. Christians are told to forgive everyone who has done wrong to us and continue loving then. When someone hurts you in a way that words cannot describe, it is very hard to forgive that person. When I was in high school, I had a boyfriend for two and a half years on and off and he broke me down. He talked bad about me to my face, he called me names, and just made me feel lower than low. Trying to forgive him is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my entire life. I am still really hurt and mad at him for everything he did to me but I am trying real hard to forgive him, even though he does not deserve it. It is a challenge but being perfect in the eyes of God is always going to be a challenge and you are going to have to face the hardest challenges without your spiritual life, liking forgiving the wrong.
The most important reason why Christians are not perfect is because we have a selfish mind. Everyone thinks about him or herself before others. As a Christian, you are supposed to put others before yourself without any questions. I try to do that every day but I will always, at the end of the day, think about myself. Throughout the bible, it is quoted that people on earth think only about themselves and that keeps them from becoming closer to God. Insert bible verse. In God’s eyes, we are put here to serve one another on this earth. How can someone serve another if he or she is always thinking about him or herself? It just does not work out like that. My church is involved with a lot of service projects which start early in the morning, and I enjoy my sleep so instead of thinking about the people that my church is helping out, I think about myself and how much I need my sleep and I do not attend. I do not get to do my job that God has sent me here to do. We are servants. Servants think about the masters before anything else. Christians need to do the same so we can become more perfect in the eyes of Jesus.
Christians have a long way to go before they can be even close to perfect. The honest fact is that no one will ever become perfect. There has only been one perfect person who has ever walked this earth and that is Jesus, and no one can ever be like Him, no matter how hard we strive and work. Sin is in us and there is nothing we can do but realize that and ask for forgiveness and learn from our mistakes. That is what separates Christians from everyone else. We have forgiveness for our sinners. We learn from our sinners. We may not be perfect, we may sin a lot but we will always have the love and blood of Christ to renew us and a reason to strive to be perfect.
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