The book teaches the reader how to describe and explain things in an abstract and memorable style.
The book could be used in a psych or sociology class because of it being about crazy people in the asylum. It wouldn't teach much other than insight on the life and thoughts of people in an asylum.
It teaches how to write a creative and unique story.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Annotated Biblio 127-141
Summary- This section reviewed the crossing over of the first threshold and the first stage of the heroes journey of meeting tests, allies and enemies in the special world. Crossing over the threshold is the point in the story where the hero commits to the task at hand. He's met his mentors and gotten influenced either by himself or others and now takes on the role of the hero. Now in the special world he meets obstacles, or events, in the form of allies, enemies or some test of faith and will.
Reflection- I related to the crossing over section a lot because in my story of my life experience the crossing over is really clear and was a defining point in my life. This section reviews the first steps of entering this new world just as I had to do years ago. I encountered all new people some ending up as friends and some as enemies, while enduring the tests of school and sports as well. The connections with the Vogler reading and everyday experiences and even movies are unlimited. The most recent one could just be the crossing over into the world of the cockroach in the metamorphosis reading.
Questions
What was your crossing over moment in your story?
Should the hero encounter all of the tests, allies, and enemies, or just a couple, or even one of them?
Whats a movie you've seen recently with a clear crossing over and meeting of allies and enemies?
Reflection- I related to the crossing over section a lot because in my story of my life experience the crossing over is really clear and was a defining point in my life. This section reviews the first steps of entering this new world just as I had to do years ago. I encountered all new people some ending up as friends and some as enemies, while enduring the tests of school and sports as well. The connections with the Vogler reading and everyday experiences and even movies are unlimited. The most recent one could just be the crossing over into the world of the cockroach in the metamorphosis reading.
Questions
What was your crossing over moment in your story?
Should the hero encounter all of the tests, allies, and enemies, or just a couple, or even one of them?
Whats a movie you've seen recently with a clear crossing over and meeting of allies and enemies?
Monday, February 23, 2009
Annotated biblio 4
Summary
This selection reviewed a couple of the twelve stages we learned about earlier in the book. The first part of the book explains the archtypes in greater detail and the second part which we just started explains the twelve stages better. The heros journey starts in the ordinary world where you get a feel for his life before all the adventure. The next stage is the call to adventure where the hero receives a challenge or task to accomplish. The book explains many ways for an author to portray these ideas and gives examples of all the various ways its already been used.
Reaction
I like how there are always texts or movies as examples that almost everyone can relate to. They chose the wizard of oz as an example in each one of these stages and pretty much everyone has seen that and can relate to it. The way the author simplifies everything for the reader makes this type of writing fairly easy to identify and use ourself.
Reflection
I don't really know what to put for this section. The way it relates to our text is that its just further explaining the steps we learned about earlier in the book. I had a few connections to the texts described in this section but nothing too important.
Why is the title so important for capturing the audience?
Why is the Wizard of Oz often referred to in this section?
Do you think the author did a good job explaining these stages?
This selection reviewed a couple of the twelve stages we learned about earlier in the book. The first part of the book explains the archtypes in greater detail and the second part which we just started explains the twelve stages better. The heros journey starts in the ordinary world where you get a feel for his life before all the adventure. The next stage is the call to adventure where the hero receives a challenge or task to accomplish. The book explains many ways for an author to portray these ideas and gives examples of all the various ways its already been used.
Reaction
I like how there are always texts or movies as examples that almost everyone can relate to. They chose the wizard of oz as an example in each one of these stages and pretty much everyone has seen that and can relate to it. The way the author simplifies everything for the reader makes this type of writing fairly easy to identify and use ourself.
Reflection
I don't really know what to put for this section. The way it relates to our text is that its just further explaining the steps we learned about earlier in the book. I had a few connections to the texts described in this section but nothing too important.
Why is the title so important for capturing the audience?
Why is the Wizard of Oz often referred to in this section?
Do you think the author did a good job explaining these stages?
Monday, February 16, 2009
Annotated biblio 3
Summary
This reading just described the last archetypes in greater detail. The threshold guardian, herald, shapeshifter, shadow, ally and trickster are each broken down into their psychological and dramatic function of the story. Also, the various forms that these archetypes take in stories were discussed so we would have an example of each.
Reaction
I thought the reading was very interesting along with the others we've had similar to it. I keep being astounded by the simplicity of these archetypes provided by the author and the complexity of their use by just about every writer out there. I mean, almost every character from every story can be summed up by one of these categories in this book and to me that is pretty impressive.
Reflection
Well, just like all the other vogler readings so far it was just an extension of the hero's journey. This last group of archetypes was discussed for further evaluation of this idea of a overcoming an obstacle in a "hero's journey". I don't know what else to say, I dont have just one connection to this material I think we all have a lot of them because pretty much every story we have heard we can somehow relate some of those characters and plots to that of this book.
Which archetype of all we've discussed do you see yourself relating closest to?
What's a story you know which seems to have all of these characters portrayed in it?
What connection do you have with this reading?
This reading just described the last archetypes in greater detail. The threshold guardian, herald, shapeshifter, shadow, ally and trickster are each broken down into their psychological and dramatic function of the story. Also, the various forms that these archetypes take in stories were discussed so we would have an example of each.
Reaction
I thought the reading was very interesting along with the others we've had similar to it. I keep being astounded by the simplicity of these archetypes provided by the author and the complexity of their use by just about every writer out there. I mean, almost every character from every story can be summed up by one of these categories in this book and to me that is pretty impressive.
Reflection
Well, just like all the other vogler readings so far it was just an extension of the hero's journey. This last group of archetypes was discussed for further evaluation of this idea of a overcoming an obstacle in a "hero's journey". I don't know what else to say, I dont have just one connection to this material I think we all have a lot of them because pretty much every story we have heard we can somehow relate some of those characters and plots to that of this book.
Which archetype of all we've discussed do you see yourself relating closest to?
What's a story you know which seems to have all of these characters portrayed in it?
What connection do you have with this reading?
Monday, February 9, 2009
Annotated Biblio 2- Vogler
Summary-This reading was about the recurring use of these "archetypes" throughout fairy tales and myths. They're a set of character types which are common to all societies so the reader can relate to them. The main archetypes of the book are the Herald, Ally, Mentor, Higher self, Shapeshifter, Threshold Guardian, Trickster and Shadow. The selected reading had a more detailed breakdown of the Hero and the Mentor. They describe the psychological connections we have and the variety of the hero's and mentor's. I keep finding it interesting that they can sum up the themes of thousands of years of literature in a few pages.
Reaction-I thought the author was very clever to figure this all out. I guess it's not just him who figured it out but he definitely does a good job at explaining it in his own words for even someone with no literary background could understand. It's pretty neat to think of all the different characters of all the stories and movies I've seen over the years that fit into these archetypes. This type of books makes writing good literature seem kind of easy to do with the provided tools and instructions.
Reflection-I kept thinking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their mentor Master Splinter. They are young "teenagers" training with a Ninja Mentor to use their skills above ground to fight crime and whatnot. They are the heroes which little kids relate to and splinter is who they idolize and follow, their mentor if you will. Also when I read the part about a Mentor being an inventor I immediately thought of Dr. Frankenstein and his invention. It wasn't so much of a clear cut hero mentor connection but in a sense he's a mentor and a hero to the monster and even the monster could be seen as a hero by learning what he does throughout the text.
Questions-1)Which archetype do you like the best for a character? 2)What's a book or a movie you've seen with examples of these archetypes? 3) What are some other examples of Archetypes in literature.
Reaction-I thought the author was very clever to figure this all out. I guess it's not just him who figured it out but he definitely does a good job at explaining it in his own words for even someone with no literary background could understand. It's pretty neat to think of all the different characters of all the stories and movies I've seen over the years that fit into these archetypes. This type of books makes writing good literature seem kind of easy to do with the provided tools and instructions.
Reflection-I kept thinking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and their mentor Master Splinter. They are young "teenagers" training with a Ninja Mentor to use their skills above ground to fight crime and whatnot. They are the heroes which little kids relate to and splinter is who they idolize and follow, their mentor if you will. Also when I read the part about a Mentor being an inventor I immediately thought of Dr. Frankenstein and his invention. It wasn't so much of a clear cut hero mentor connection but in a sense he's a mentor and a hero to the monster and even the monster could be seen as a hero by learning what he does throughout the text.
Questions-1)Which archetype do you like the best for a character? 2)What's a book or a movie you've seen with examples of these archetypes? 3) What are some other examples of Archetypes in literature.
Extra Credit Rice Donation
Freerice.org is a game set up of one word and 4 definitions, if you guess the correct answer they donate 10 grains of rice to children in need. At first it was pretty easy but then when I started guessing it got messy because it got harder. So I just went to dictionary.com and started looking up every word so I could get those kids their rice as fast as possible. That's about it, I liked that we did this as a class activity.
Childhood Hero
I think Robin Hood is a pretty good hero. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor is a very noble deed and he always made it fun to watch him do it. He was flashy and creative with his bow and arrow and costumes. I try to give back to the poor as much as possible but I don't go as far as risking my life or stealing. I also used to like magic a lot and I viewed Robin Hood as sort of a magician because of his cool arrow tricks and whatnot so I guess he's a hero I relate to.
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Annotated Biblio 1- Vogler
Summary-This reading reviewed the use of a group of literary constants in stories about the journey of a hero. It describes methods used to personally connect to the readers emotions which help them to relate to the story and enjoy it. The Authors break a good "journey" down into a list of 12 essential stages which help to create the crisis and climax of the story. The essentials of the perfect journey of a hero are that he is introduced in the ordinary world where the hero receives his call to arms. They are reluctant to accept their duty but receive encouragement from a mentor who helps them cross over into the "special world" of a hero. They encounter their tests and reach the inmost cave where they endure the ordeal. Then a triumph is usually made and the hero is pursued on his trip back to the the ordinary world. The hero is transformed by the experience and he returns with his reward for his world.
Reaction-I think they've done a good job at capturing the most important parts of a good story. With a guide like this I think it would be hard to write a bad story about a Hero's journey. They talk about the stages repeating themselves throughout history and in different cultures. It still seems to be true even today because many movies or even tv shows follow this guide or at least resemble it. I also agree with what the breakdown of how each stage works best.
Reflection-I don't really have any connections to this specific type of literature. I guess some of the books and stories we read in Western Heritage would fall under the idea of the Hero's journey. I'm a physics major and don't read too much so I could only relate this idea to a few texta like Gilgamesh and Odysseus, I'm pretty sure they were heroic figures.
Questions-1) Are there any other types of literature broken down into stages like this? 2)What stages do you think are most important for connecting to the reader? 3) What's another good literary work which follows this method.
Reaction-I think they've done a good job at capturing the most important parts of a good story. With a guide like this I think it would be hard to write a bad story about a Hero's journey. They talk about the stages repeating themselves throughout history and in different cultures. It still seems to be true even today because many movies or even tv shows follow this guide or at least resemble it. I also agree with what the breakdown of how each stage works best.
Reflection-I don't really have any connections to this specific type of literature. I guess some of the books and stories we read in Western Heritage would fall under the idea of the Hero's journey. I'm a physics major and don't read too much so I could only relate this idea to a few texta like Gilgamesh and Odysseus, I'm pretty sure they were heroic figures.
Questions-1) Are there any other types of literature broken down into stages like this? 2)What stages do you think are most important for connecting to the reader? 3) What's another good literary work which follows this method.
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