Monday, March 24, 2014
MODERN BARBIE
It's always been obvious that the popular Barbie doll does not look like a real woman, but things are finally changing. This man created a new kind of doll that matches the proportions of the average woman, not some unrealistic ideal. Read more here.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
HUXLEY'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
Watching Mike Wallace interview Aldous Huxley did not drastically change my perspective on the novel. Many of the things that Huxley said are things I would expect him to say. I feel like reading the novel gave me a really good idea of Huxley's beliefs about the world. Though I can understand now how the novel was more of a warning to the world. The problems that Huxley stated in his interview are all played out in "Brave New World" and warn people against them.
Monday, March 10, 2014
10 QUESTIONS
1. Why are you personally interested in this topic?
2. Are there any specific events that triggered this interest? Personal struggles?
3. Do you think the media accurately portrays real people?
4. If not, what things should the media change?
5. How can we make a difference?
6. What successes have you had thus far?
7. What are your insecurities?
8. What advice do you have for young people?
9. How do you think media's portrayal of people will change in the coming years?
10. Any words of wisdom?
2. Are there any specific events that triggered this interest? Personal struggles?
3. Do you think the media accurately portrays real people?
4. If not, what things should the media change?
5. How can we make a difference?
6. What successes have you had thus far?
7. What are your insecurities?
8. What advice do you have for young people?
9. How do you think media's portrayal of people will change in the coming years?
10. Any words of wisdom?
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
MY TEAM
Today in class we all talked mostly about our projects. At our table, we all bounced around ideas and explained our different projects to each other. Rachel and I are still on course with our project and we are excited to start using our classmates as resources as we move forward. Other resources we will use are social media sites and sites like Upworthy.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
LAUNCH
Well since I have always had a knack for bringing up subjects that no one else likes to talk about, I am doing my project on body image. More than body image though, I also want to focus on positivity and the role that media plays in our definition of beauty and perfection. Rachel Shedd did a project with similar topics last semester so I will be working with her to expand on the ideas she came up with last semester and Kendall Villa will be working with us as well.
Walking around Righetti can be a fairly negative experience sometimes so the positivity aspect of our project will hopefully make the hallways suck less. A few parts of our project are secret for now so I won't say much about certain parts.
We definitely plan on using people as our main resource. We want to talk to as many people from as many walks of life as possible to make our class presentation complete. I think this is an important issue to address because it is something that an overwhelming number of people struggle with but don't always talk about. It is something is personally connected to my life so I think I will learn a lot getting input from other people.
I am really excited about this project. I am happy with the somewhat secretive work that we have done thus far and I am anxious to continue working on it and taking steps to move the project forward. I think it will be a unique and enlightening project.
Walking around Righetti can be a fairly negative experience sometimes so the positivity aspect of our project will hopefully make the hallways suck less. A few parts of our project are secret for now so I won't say much about certain parts.
We definitely plan on using people as our main resource. We want to talk to as many people from as many walks of life as possible to make our class presentation complete. I think this is an important issue to address because it is something that an overwhelming number of people struggle with but don't always talk about. It is something is personally connected to my life so I think I will learn a lot getting input from other people.
I am really excited about this project. I am happy with the somewhat secretive work that we have done thus far and I am anxious to continue working on it and taking steps to move the project forward. I think it will be a unique and enlightening project.
Monday, February 24, 2014
I, JURY
I tried to comment on essays that used different prompts so I could read a variety of opinions on different topics about Brave New World. I was overall very impressed with the essays. I found that people's essays were rather well developed considering many people haven't read the entire book. Everyone seemed to have a strong understanding of the themes and importance of Brave New World. Reading other essays showed me that I need to be using stronger textual references. I mention parts of the novel but I am not using them as well as I could be.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
BRAVE NEW ESSAY
I will be writing on the wonderful prompt that Allyson found.
It isn't a new concept that where we lives affects how we live but the extent of that effect isn't as clear. A person's surroundings can have either a positive or negative effect on that character's traits and this is definitely illustrated in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". In this novel, Lenina is a character whose entire personality is sculpted by a futuristic society. In Brave New World the surroundings create the characters and show the dangers of an all-powerful state. Huxley is able to create a setting that in itself, creates characterization.
Lenina is a product of this new society that Huxley produced in Brave New World. She is pretty much just like everyone else in the novel. She does her job that she was assigned and she is happy in her social class. She responds well to the social customs of her society and lives the life that she is expected to. Lenina did not gather these characteristics on her own volition. She was programmed to have them due to her environment. She grew up in this strange society being programmed to do her job and live within her caste and be content with that, wanting nothing more or less. Lenina would not feel the way that she feels without her upbringing. Huxley was showing how manipulative an all-powerful government could be. The environment of the novel creates an atmosphere in which characters cannot think for themselves. They rely on the government to tell them when they are happy and what makes them content. There are of course some exceptions to this programmed society, but most of the characters are completely trapped out of individual thinking. Huxley created characters like Lenina this way to show how malleable people can be. How in a few years, a government completely rewire a population to think and act differently.
The cultural surroundings of the characters in Brave New World determine their mental status's and moral traits. That's because the society's entire purpose is to mold and oppress the citizens. Huxley was precisely trying to show how environment effects human nature. Lenina was just one example of how people are receptive to their environment.
It isn't a new concept that where we lives affects how we live but the extent of that effect isn't as clear. A person's surroundings can have either a positive or negative effect on that character's traits and this is definitely illustrated in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". In this novel, Lenina is a character whose entire personality is sculpted by a futuristic society. In Brave New World the surroundings create the characters and show the dangers of an all-powerful state. Huxley is able to create a setting that in itself, creates characterization.
Lenina is a product of this new society that Huxley produced in Brave New World. She is pretty much just like everyone else in the novel. She does her job that she was assigned and she is happy in her social class. She responds well to the social customs of her society and lives the life that she is expected to. Lenina did not gather these characteristics on her own volition. She was programmed to have them due to her environment. She grew up in this strange society being programmed to do her job and live within her caste and be content with that, wanting nothing more or less. Lenina would not feel the way that she feels without her upbringing. Huxley was showing how manipulative an all-powerful government could be. The environment of the novel creates an atmosphere in which characters cannot think for themselves. They rely on the government to tell them when they are happy and what makes them content. There are of course some exceptions to this programmed society, but most of the characters are completely trapped out of individual thinking. Huxley created characters like Lenina this way to show how malleable people can be. How in a few years, a government completely rewire a population to think and act differently.
The cultural surroundings of the characters in Brave New World determine their mental status's and moral traits. That's because the society's entire purpose is to mold and oppress the citizens. Huxley was precisely trying to show how environment effects human nature. Lenina was just one example of how people are receptive to their environment.
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