Sunday, January 20, 2008
Candide
From our reading my understanding is that Voltaire was heavely influenced by Pope. He had a respect for Englad but also poked fun at France and the mess they were in. Although this book is suppost to be somewhat commical I found myself feeling sorry for Candide and the different people he meet throughout his journey to happiness. Voltaire clearly states that the only thing that will help this world is hard work. He uses Satire to judge religion, morals, and the church!Voltaire clearly exspresses his opinion of Pope's claim that "Everything that is, is right" through Candide. He makes it known that this statement is not correct and he does not agree!!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Gulliver's Travel and Modest Proposal
We were recently assigned to read Gulliver's Travel for an online english class.When reading about the land of the Houyhnhnms the first thought that entered my mind
was, wow, what a great place to live! No lying, cheating,or war. A land of respect and
admirable living, but then I thought how boring! Often, we as humans, strive for that
picture perfect society. What we don't realize is that sometimes the hardships that we go
through makes us stronger individuals. We grow in character due to harsh situations like
war, lying, cheating,etc..However, the yahoos are certainly not a society that I would
want to be involved in. I saw the yahoo's much like our society that we live in today. I
really enjoyed the way swift makes you think about the different diversities. He makes
you understand that everyone lives in there own world, whether or not you choose to
participate in different society's is your choice! Then we were assigned to read "A Modest Proposal", and again Swift's quick use of satire threw me for a loop and was really disturbing. From the very beginning he catches your attention by letting you visualize starving women and children. He quickly points out the problem of poverty in Ireland! Then he drastically makes his proposal and suggest that the solution would be to buy and sell children's bodies. Swift constantly points out the advantages to his proposal and calls out to the members of authority to do something about this problem. He also challenges them to come up with their own solution to the problem, admitting that he has no children that he can get a single penny out of and his
wife is past her days of childbearing. If I were the British I would have got mad and
upset by the way he was suggesting the British treated the Irish. Swift certainly makes a
point, but at the same time I believe you must be careful when using satire. There is a
fine line you must walk and if you cross that line the problem could blow up even worse
than it already was!!
was, wow, what a great place to live! No lying, cheating,or war. A land of respect and
admirable living, but then I thought how boring! Often, we as humans, strive for that
picture perfect society. What we don't realize is that sometimes the hardships that we go
through makes us stronger individuals. We grow in character due to harsh situations like
war, lying, cheating,etc..However, the yahoos are certainly not a society that I would
want to be involved in. I saw the yahoo's much like our society that we live in today. I
really enjoyed the way swift makes you think about the different diversities. He makes
you understand that everyone lives in there own world, whether or not you choose to
participate in different society's is your choice! Then we were assigned to read "A Modest Proposal", and again Swift's quick use of satire threw me for a loop and was really disturbing. From the very beginning he catches your attention by letting you visualize starving women and children. He quickly points out the problem of poverty in Ireland! Then he drastically makes his proposal and suggest that the solution would be to buy and sell children's bodies. Swift constantly points out the advantages to his proposal and calls out to the members of authority to do something about this problem. He also challenges them to come up with their own solution to the problem, admitting that he has no children that he can get a single penny out of and his
wife is past her days of childbearing. If I were the British I would have got mad and
upset by the way he was suggesting the British treated the Irish. Swift certainly makes a
point, but at the same time I believe you must be careful when using satire. There is a
fine line you must walk and if you cross that line the problem could blow up even worse
than it already was!!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Who I am
My name is Janice Berry, I am from Luttrell, TN. and a sophomore at Carson Newman. I am a church music major, and I am involved in A Cappella choir and a music fraternity called Delta Omicron. I love spending time with the people who are closest to me! I feel that everyone enters your life for a reason, and most of the time they help you grow as a person. I enjoy talking to people and getting to know them on a more personal level, which is why I became an RA. I absolutely love my job, it has helped me grow as a person and develop a well balanced personality. It has also taught me necessary time management skills, which helps me a lot since I am a music major. I am looking forward to taking this class because I believe it will free up some of my busy schedule.
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