Ok I am so sorry but my mom emailed me this link and when I read it I got pretty upset. The story is about killing abortion survivors. That means babies that survive the initial abortion attempt. It has to do with Obama's views on the subject which are in favor of killing babies that survive abortion. It really breaks my heart more than anything. I heard someone talk about abortion in a segment about how Every Living Person Should Be Pro-Life. I have to say I agree with that I mean just think, what if your mom had had an abortion? Anyway here's the link...
http://townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/09/20/if_it_was_up_to_obama,_this_woman_would_be_dead?page=full&comments=true
I'm going to do Calculus...
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Ok. The character of Sir Gawain. He is a knight which means that he follows the code of chivalry. He has a high sense of honor and those kind of qualities. He is part of Arthur's court so that put him at legendary status. He can virtually do no wrong. But by the same token at the end the reason he got touched at all was because he kept the belt and didn't turn it over. He was only human and didn't want to die. The Green Knight was not totally evil or good. He would not have put Gawain in that position if he was totally good but he would have not have shown mercy if he was totally evil. I'm not sure what he symbolizes, I'm not to good at that stuff. I think green usually symbolizes envy or jealousy but I'm not sure how those fit into this piece. The New Year's meeting could be because that's usually a peaceful, celebratory season. Or it may have something to do with it being the start of a new year and starting over. I don't even know.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Beowulf
Beowulf was a lot harder to read but easier to understand (at least the big picture) than I thought. I think to make sure that this does not go to far off track I'm just going to go off the questions.
The first one has to do with the Christianity that was incorporated by the monk who wrote it down. There is a huge emphasis on deeds, the glory received from them, and the immortality that a warrior achieves by their deeds. Those are to a certain extent the pagan end of things. The monsters that Beowulf fights are also a pagan element. Christianity figures heavily in the narration. There is also a lot of Christianity incorporated into the dialogue. These tend to be more dominate just from sheer volume. The pagan elements are more subtle and don't scream that they're there at the top of their lungs. I do think it is interesting that Christianity was incorporated so heavily into the story. From what I've heard it seems like the monks who transcribed these stories did a really good job of leaving them alone. P-dise talked about that whole thing where they copied letter by letter.
I thought that the other part would be longer but I'll talk about something else since I don't know how long this is supposed to be. How about Anglo-Saxon hero traits? I would say that being brave was fairly important. The more brave and courageous deeds, the better off you are. A certain element of conceit also appears necessary from the standpoint that you are more likely to do some things if you have tendencies toward that. It would also seem fairly important to be able to hold your liquor since so much of Anglo-Saxon life centered around celebrations where alcohol was not just present but part of the celebration.
This is what I got out of the story. I'm sure I was wildly off topic but that's ok right? I am going to the boy's soccer game now.
The first one has to do with the Christianity that was incorporated by the monk who wrote it down. There is a huge emphasis on deeds, the glory received from them, and the immortality that a warrior achieves by their deeds. Those are to a certain extent the pagan end of things. The monsters that Beowulf fights are also a pagan element. Christianity figures heavily in the narration. There is also a lot of Christianity incorporated into the dialogue. These tend to be more dominate just from sheer volume. The pagan elements are more subtle and don't scream that they're there at the top of their lungs. I do think it is interesting that Christianity was incorporated so heavily into the story. From what I've heard it seems like the monks who transcribed these stories did a really good job of leaving them alone. P-dise talked about that whole thing where they copied letter by letter.
I thought that the other part would be longer but I'll talk about something else since I don't know how long this is supposed to be. How about Anglo-Saxon hero traits? I would say that being brave was fairly important. The more brave and courageous deeds, the better off you are. A certain element of conceit also appears necessary from the standpoint that you are more likely to do some things if you have tendencies toward that. It would also seem fairly important to be able to hold your liquor since so much of Anglo-Saxon life centered around celebrations where alcohol was not just present but part of the celebration.
This is what I got out of the story. I'm sure I was wildly off topic but that's ok right? I am going to the boy's soccer game now.
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