World War I

World War one seems to me to be the maximum amount of hell a person could go through at that time. When the presentation was talking about how teenagers in high school would be excited to leave home and go join, then die in the army, I was speechless. The scariest part of the war for a person to be in would be when the enemy is hitting you with mustard gas. It is terrible some of the gruesome images shown with people that have been touched by that foul gas. But the thing that really made me sick was when i saw the death toll of the entire war... 9,000,000 soldiers died, thats not even counting civilian deaths or the injuries to both sides. Something else i thought was pretty cool was how the wrist watch started being used because of a war and the age of the pocket watch came to an end. It is a very interesting topic to learn about and i learned a lot through this experience.

Keeping Things Whole

Keeping Things WholeBy Mark Strand

In a field

I am the absence

of field.

This is

always the case.

Wherever I am

I am what is missing.

When I walk

I part the air

and always

the air moves in   

to fill the spaces

where my body’s been.

We all have reasons

for moving.

I move

to keep things whole.

In "Keeping Things Whole" by Mark Strand the poem speaks to me. he is basically saying in the beginning   that he is there physically but not mentally. He says when he walks he parts the air, and i think this is him saying he is just living, not living happily but just going with the flow unhappily. At the end he states the only reason he is moving is to keep things whole. I think he says that because he believes he matters and without him someone will mourn him missing. My favorite line in this poem is "Wherever i am, i am what is missing". The line makes you think on what he means by this. i already said a small explanation on what i thought this meant but i will go into more detail. He is saying is is their physically but not mentally, as in maybe he has been hurt before and he doesn't value life anymore. Or he is thinking about killing himself to end the pain it seams like he is in.

The legacy of the Blue Cape

When we were making the story about the Blue Cape we tried a few different ways of presentation. at first we tried a video that really did come out splendid but for some odd reason we didn't end up using the video. we later then had to make it into a comic. i was against writing the comic but one of my group members just had to draw it. the drawing it self was very impressive but because we had to put it in the power point, the pictures didn't look their best and it was a complete and utter failure. if we had put it into something like pixton i believe we could have gotten a better grade like all of the other groups that did theres with animations. from my stand point it was the people who used animated comics got the best ratings and grades. i think the grading was a little harsh in our direction but we diffidently could had did in on an animation website.

Relations between humans and Gods

In the epic of Gilgamesh the relationship between the gods and the humans is ruff. One second the gods will be helping the humans, and the nest they are trying to destroy them. For example the gods show a form of friendship with the humans you can say when they create one that is an extraordinary human. But then just a little bit later on they are showing hate in their creations by casting a bull of heaven upon them to destroy, to sending enormous flood to wipe out all living things. I guess you can say that the gods and human beings relation ship is like an old married couple. One second you love each other and the next you are trying to kill each other.

A red, red rose

This poem is about love of course and a man making it about his love. i think they are separated or far apart and this man is writing a poem about what he feels when he is not with is girlfriend or wife. when you read this it makes you feel happy and hopeful and know that love is out there for everyone and that relationships can last from anywhere.

The change in Gilgamesh

To be human you have emotion, you feel pain, you have an opinion, and you are not perfect. If you are human you can not usually do anything that is past what your body can withstand. an example of when a character shows humanity is when Enkidu dies of sickness from the gods. When Enkidu is laying sick next to Gilgamesh he is telling him that the gods are taking him, and Gilgamesh and Enkidu begin to cry. In that scene, the god men, Enkidu and Gilgamesh show humanity. By losing a loved one.

 But to be an exceptional human being is you must be able to do things that other humans cannot do. In the story when Gilgamesh kills Humbaba, a beast sent by the gods, which is an example of exceptional humanity, another example of exceptional humanity is when the goddess Ishatar is enraged at Gilgamesh and wants him to be punished so she sends the bull of heaven down to destroy his kingdom, but him and Enkidu show god like power and defeat the bull of heaven which then enraged the Gods.

Fire and ice points

The poem fire and ice speaks to me. i think it is interesting how the world will end someday. Maybe in 2012, but no one knows for sure. but i know that when it does end, i would prefer it end in ice, because i hate hot weather.