Journey

2/1/11 The storm
 * //1. What are the "handsome treasures taken from the plunder of Troy"?//**

//**2.Who are the Laistrygonians?**// A giant cannibal people encountered by Odysseus and his men.

It made them forget their own country.
 * //3.What effect do the drugs that Circe gives have on the men?//**

//**4.What is the next stop on Odysseus's journey?**// The next stop will be the house of Hades of revered persephone.

1/19/11

1. What is the importance of speaking and story-telling? speaking to express someone's thought by speaking to each other. Story-telling is to tell other people a story or a myth. One of the biggest importance of speaking and story-telling is to convey the religions or the cultures. Without story-teller or the speak, we probably will lose a period of myths or the cultures. For example, in the book" The odyssey of homer" if it's not Athene came to Telemachos and told him about his father did not die. He would always believe the death of his father.

2. Where is there "a story inside a story"? To the " death" of Odyssey, people thought was he got the punishment from the god. But when Athene tole his son Telemachos was another story,his father was caught a nymph. which according to my understanding, it's actually a story inside a story.

3. For what reasons do people speak or tell stories? To Athene, her duty is to tell the truth about the death of Odyssey, so she spoke up. She just didn't want the truth was covered by dust. To some people, like parents to children. They tell stories to their own kids because they want their children to learn lessons from the story. Such as respecting the old people, be a hardworking people, etc.

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1/13/11
 * 1. How was the Greeks' interaction with nature reflected in art?**
 * 2. What seems to be of particular value in Ancient Greek life?**

1. Basic what I found was a painting. In this painting, there is a creature with a lion's body and an eagle's wings and head. It's called Griffin. Not only on that, the background include water and palm trees. Others I found randomly were some vases. Sometimes are the horses, sometimes are the liquids and fishes (this is a fragment). So according to the vases and the painting, we could say the Greeks interacted (interactions) with nature is reflected in art.

2.In my opinion, I think (what) is the things made of gold. For example, the coins which have Alexander's head on it. And I found some pictures not only (of) the coins, but also (of) some jewelries. such as earrings, necklaces, and armband, etc.Gold also represent s wreath, power, and strength. So I think that's (be more specific) the particular value in a ncient Greek life.

12/14/11 (1）Poetry gets to the unseen reality.That which is beyond even the concept of reality,that which transcends all thought. That the burial and the resurrection of Jesus prefigures our own. That would be a mistake in the reading of the symbol. THat is reading the words in terms of prose instead of in terms of poetry, reading the metaphor in terms of the denotation instead of the connotation. (2) Burials always involve the idea of the continued life beyond the visible one. It is the basic theme of all mythology- that there is an invisible plane supporting the visible one.In Antigone, Antigone wanted to bury his brother. (3) When we were young, we all once thought we could be a hero one day, so we could drive the dragon. It also can related to a monster--- Half man half bull--- Minotaur.
 * //What is the difference between poetry and prose and how does the story of Jesus (or other parts of the Bible) fit into this duality?//**
 * //What is the importance of burial – and where have you seen this in previous stories?//**
 * //How is the dragon related to the behemoth in the story of Job? Do you see it related to any other creatures in what we have read?//**

12/12/11 Campbell and Moyers were talked about different creation. From the beginning there was only darkness everywhere- darkness and water. And then God or a creator gave the lives and created the world. Then they mentioned about the Adam and Eve. And also the serpent coaxed to eat the fruit of knowledge. Campbell said that the snake is the symbol of life throwing off the past and continuing to live. So also the serpent carries in itself the sense of both the fascination and the terror of life. That's mean the serpent represent the evil and symbol of lives.

12/7/11 //**Why is the apocalypse such a popular subject/motif/theme**//? Most everyone in the world worried about whether the end of the world would happen or not. Because of that, people made lots of movies to show the audiences what they think about the apocalypse. Such as the giant monster, zombies, and natural disasters. There are many reasons about why is the apocalypse so popular. One of them which also is the most important is people curious about it, they want to know if the apocalypse will true coming. So there is a imagination inside their mind. Those creatures that appeared in the films are all the symbol about apocalypse that people think it will be.

11/17/11 //**"How does Genesis relate to the Greek myths that we have read so far? Pick one story from the Greek myths to compare to Genesis. Why did you pick the Greek myth?"**// In Genesis, the earth was barren, darkness covered the surface of the earth. God then made light, day and let the darkness be night. After that, god gave the earth lives. So In the Genesis, All talking about the god who brought earth's creatures. The Greek myths also has god, but there are 12 main gods and they all in the pantheon. They didn't make humans. But In Genesis, The god made humans--- Adam and Eva, and let them live in the Eden. They lived happily and didn't need to worry about their lives, because the god also took care of them. The same thing is both the god in Genesis and the gods in the Greek myths gave punishment when the human broke the rule they made. For example, in the Greek myths, because Prometheus gave the fire to humans and that's defied the Zeus' rule--- He would not give fire to humans. So Zeus sent Pandora and let her bring the all the evil things to humans. In Genesis, when Adam and Eva ate the fruits from the tree that god told them not to eat it. The God punished them--- let them be mortal. Man should work all day and Woman give birth with pain.


 * //14.5/15 - good beginnings to unpacking text - looking at subsequent lines, and looking up definitions. Check spelling errors.//**

11/4/11 //**As the Choragos say, "Consider his last day" (Fitts 81) - what happens to Oedipus at the end? Do you think his life is "a memory without pain"? And where does the pain come from?**// He made himself blind and He left Thebes, the place which that contains so many sadness. In my opinion, I highly considered his life is a memory without pain, because all those things happened on him was just his fate, he could not escaped from them. Whenever he did, he would still killing his father and marring his mother. So at this point, those suffering just like a long memory in his life. The biggest pain for Oedipus is not finally leave the country, it's his children. If he leave, who will take care of them? I know he asked someone to look after, but he could not confront them because when they know their mother is their father's mother, what will they think? That's will become a heavy blow to him, a pain forever.

11/2/11 On page 81, the last part--- let none presume on his good fortune until he find life, at his death, a memory without pain.
 * //Find a quote from the Charogo and explain the meaning of the quote//**

Presume menas to suppose that something is true, although you do not have actual proof. it means he hope the life of Oedipus will not have any thing to guess. He will have a good fortune without presuming. When he find his life, he will be released. That's means death. Death is actually is a desirable thing to Oedipus. His soul will be pardon. Those things happened in his life will become a memory and he will not feel pain. Because it's just his fate.

10/26/11 //**Understand the quote form Jocasta**// " Why should anyone in this world be afraid?" This quote that Iocaste said it's stand for a man should not afraid to do something they want. Because the next line is "Since Fate rules us and nothing can be foreseen" Do it the thing you want and no one will no what will happen next day. The quote that Iocaste said is just dispel hies misgivings and let him realize that he could do the thing that he think actually can not do it.

10/22/11 //**The setting and the mood of the Oedipus Rex**// The setting of the Oedipus Rex becomes the king of the Thebes, the city is full of disease,children unborn, and the plague burns on. Oedipus wanted to pray to Athena, and Artemis. He also asked the priest how could get rid of those evil things happened in this country. Then they talked about the ex- king and wondered who murdered him. Unfortunately, they began suspected their king---Oedipus. And oedipus felt really furious. But this section Oedipus didn't know he killed the man is his father, so his mood was angry and couldn't understand.

Journey1 10/18/11

This is my second year in The Winchendon School. Last year I was in Grade 10 and was ESL 1. But because I studied really hard and got best grades, so this year I jumped into English 2. I played basketball and lacrosse and put my effort *on* it and enjoyed playing it. This year, I learned the Greek mythology last week and now the class is moving to *The oedipus cycle*. I love learning those two books and the English 2 class.I hope it can improve my English and myself as well. *Even the Mid term is coming*, I will study much harder and prepare for it. I believe I will be able to have a better high school year in the Winchendon School.


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