Monday, 30 April 2012

Wordle Explained

The purpose of my poem was to explain the emotional state in which "Steve Harmon" from the book "monster" is in. He has been konvicted for robbery in which he did not do and is now facing the judge and trying to prove himself guilty so he wont have to spend time in jail. The message in what I am trying to send is that I believe Steve is innocent and there is alot of judgement and racism in this court case. I also use words like scared, worried, and hopeless because I am describing the mood and feelings he has, Steve is scared because he doesnt want to go to jail and hopeless because he is certain he is going to. To create this purpose I used words to describe how i think he is feeling throughout the story, I also use words like monster to describe how he feels others think of him. I enjoyed using Wordle because I like how it was a different poetic method to describe a person place or thing. One way you could use Wordle is when describing a setting or a place, I also believe this could be used as a form of art to describe something.

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

"If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others". –Ayn Rand


   Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, play-write, and screenwriter. She was born and educated in Russia, but moved to America in 1926. Ayn Rand  moved to Hollywood and had a play produced on Broadway, she died march 6 1982 (aged 77). This quotation is significant because it is describing the importance of self respect and it is something one must have before they can respect another individual. This quote connects to my concept because it explains the other side of respect, that side being self respect. There are many incidents where you find someone or something lacking self respect...