Movie (Lab)

I really enjoyed watching this movie in class for the past two weeks. It was interesting to see how they related music to relationships. I wasn't familiar with all of the "records" they were talking about but but could see how they meant something different to the individual characters. Popular music is often about realtionships, and it was neat to see that played out in a film.

Discussion Ch. 11 #8

Both the soulmate casebook done by Rutger and the casebook what women want by Buss deal with defining romantic relationships. The Rutger study focuses on statistics primarily dealing with feelings of individuals. While the Buss study looks at love from a scientific point of view.
Statistics given by Rutger like 82% of young adults agree that it is unwise for a woman to rely on a man for financial security directly contrast theories given by Buss. Buss agrues that marriage occurs because two individuals posess 'resources' that are valuable to each other. Therefore marriage is simply a common agreement used to further oneself.
One thing that I thought was a similarity in the two casebooks was the idea of a soul mate. Now these may seem to contrast at first glance, but in actuality the ideas displayed by Buss can be interpreted as characteristics of a "soul mate". I think that both studies have a lot to offer on the subject of relationships and together give a more complete view on the topic in general.

All American Girl- Kerry Underwood (Lab)

Kerry Underwood's new song "All American Girl" is probably my favorite song on the radio right now. I think it is a sweet picture of a father's love for his daughter. This song relates to me because I am the first child in my family and my Dad did want someone to "hold that trophy, and lead his team to state". After that line, the song continues to say," when the nurse walked in with a little pink blanket all those big dreams changed". Well for my dad those "big dreams" did not change. I did lead my volleyball team to 2 State championships as varsity captain and my father and I do "go fishin', and thrown the football". It was just kind of ironic for me to think about how my life was affected because I was born first.

6 Words Describing My Life (lab)

Apart From Christ I Am Nothing.

Strapi's Book

I think that the author did achieve her goal through this graphic novel. She used pictures to show us how she experienced the war and changes it brought. I liked how she backed up her story with the political history but still gave us her opinion.
I really like the fact that she used black and white only in the illustrations. She associated black with negative images like the veil and the war leaders. While white was used to express positive images like God. Also i think the fact that she used no shades of gray let the readers know that her opinions were very definite.
The picture that really stood out to me was the one of the little girl trying to be like a profit of God. Several emotions are conveyed through this picture, the text supports this by stating, " I wanted to be justice, love, and the wrath of God all in one." I think the tone of this image is more serious and sincere than anything. Each picture of the girl implies a different action, all of which are in rebellion against the government. I think the purpose of this picture is very clear, and shows how even small children formed negative opinions about what was happening and were willing to stand up against it. The black background makes her emotion stand out as good and "righteous" (because it is white). Also she makes her peoples features dark, including her own, symbolizing that this darkness was where she came from but her actions are going against this. Overall this was an effective way to tell her story and the pictures were very helpful in sharing her opinions and views about her childhood.