Glogster Explanation

The main theme that I chose for my glogster was darkness. All the quotes, pictures and the video are connected to the main theme. First off I thought the design of the wall paper was a great representation of the darkness throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies. The picture of the pig basically sums up the darkness of the hunter kids. They disrespect the corps of the pig by putting it's head on the tip of the stick, not only is this act a dark one but it's borderline evil. The other picture that I got was of the boys dancing around the fire after catching and killing the pig witch shows the dark personalities within the children when they celebrate after killing something. The quote above that just gives you a dark feeling when you read it knowing thats exactly how they feel about the pig. Also, I thought the video clip that is there has an amazing sense of darkness. The kids chanting and making fun of Piggy like that is horrible and rolling a rock off the cliff and killing him is absolutely astonishing. I would of never thought that just because there was no adult supervision that kids could get that out of hand and become such dark, evil children.

Articles on the Genocide

BBC/Children of the Genocide


The EQ I chose is How can a reader/viewer infer the author's intentions based on the text? It was quite easy for me to infer the author's intentions in the article 'Taken over by Satan'. It was written by Gitera Rwamuhuzi, a Hutu and a participant in the genocide. He wanted to inform us of the tragedies that happened during the genocide and how one could get so easily corrupted by evil. "We were taken over by Satan" was a way that the author put it.

Throughout both articles I had a sense of what was going on in my head. The authors had a lot of details of where it was taking place. In the article 'Taken over by Satan' the author was giving the readers pictures of what they were doing. He said "On the morning of 15 April 1994, each one of us woke up knowing what to do and where to go". The thought of that is mind blowing. Waking up and thinking about committing murder and being a part of a mass murder is disgusting............

Dark Knight - Movie Project

The Dark Knight is based on evil against good. The Joker, who in my opinion is one of the darkest characters in all movies, is tearing Gotham city down to pieces. His enemy, Batman, is the good guy who does all he can to save his city. Throughout the whole movie Batman has to stop the Joker's evil mischief and at the same time hide his identity. There is some actual logic behind the Joker's evil deeds. He is trying to get back at the city for rounding up all the criminals in Gotham and stopping everyone else's dark, evil doings.

The first layer is fairly obvious in one of the main characters, the Joker. He is the definition of evil. His face  covered in evil looking makeup and the crimes he commits shows that he is a true dark character. Also the setting for where most of the action takes place is at night. The plot is probably the most evil thing about the first layer. The idea of the Joker's evil, dark deeds is an awful thing to think about. Killing innocent people and blowing up a hospital is just pure evil.

Unlike the first layer the second layer is quite hard to describe. The voices of Batman is deep and raspy which shows him to be kind of mean and dark, but in a good way. The Joker on the other hand has a calm, whiney voice. You can never tell if he is serious or not because he is always laughing with an evil tone. Also the nick-name "Dark Knight" is given to him because he's only seen when it's dark, during the night. He is "dark" because he hides his identity from society because he doesn't want his personal life to interfere with his heroic life.
What motivates the Joker to commit the crimes he commits is sick. He is motivated to make Gotham city a real life hell because he wants to get back at the city for stopping all the other criminals. To me this doesn't make sense but to a sick, evil minded Joker it does.
The filmmaker conveys evil and darkness mostly through the Joker. His actions and his appearance is the ultimate darkness in the movie. The action scenes are mostly explosions and fires which also shows evil. The expressions of evil that had the most impact on me was the Joker's face and hair. He had evil makeup and greasy dark green hair. Every time I saw him in the movie it made me cringe.

(T-T) A connection that I made with the Dark Knight was with Spiderman 2. Both movies had good guys with hidden identities trying to defeat their enemies to protect the city they live in.

EQ: What does power have to do with fairness and justice?
An example that I found of how power has to do with fairness and justice in the Dark Knight was how Batman had just enough power to enforce fairness and justice againts the Joker. He did everything in his power to set things straight and make sure the Gotham city was safe.

The Dark Knight connects really well with Jordan's movie the Gladiator. Two of the main characters in each movie are almost identical in their actions. In the Gradiator, Maximus takes down people that the emperor, Commodus, is close to and thrives off it. In the Dark Knight, after Batman decided to save Harvey Dent instead of his girlfriend, Harvey took this the wrong way and things got out of control. He kidnapped people that were close to Batman as well and makes him suffer as he claims he does.

response

How true that we do need a balance. Unfortunatley that is what are society since the beginning of time has created the need for. That is all we know. We have never known a society that is all pure. It is something sometimes that one would like as an ideal do you not think.
You have raised many good points in your reflection. Can you think of any specific examples to further develop your writing next time?

Why is there darkness in humanity?

For there to be a good there has to be a bad. Darkness is a type of bad that supports it in different ways. There will always be people or things that contradict one another. All day everyday can't be light outside and there not everyone is a happy person. There are people that are always going to be against what other people think. It's just the way life is. If everybody agreed on the same things life wouldn't be exciting. The world would be too plain. Some people believe that darkness is a bad thing but there are others that live in darkness and fear light. Darkness is what makes some people the way they are. In some cases people can't help staying in darkness, they think the sun/light is evil. Darkness is in humanity because it's a way of life. Things wouldn't work out the way they do if there was no such thing as darkness.

You have written a summary of what has happened in the story. Now how would you connect that to an Eq.How can you look beyond the obvious. Why do you think he stood up to the mangager? What was he doing? How is he similar to Greg in Brother Dear? Think about these ideas as you write. You need to look beyond. Also bring in actual text support to help back up what you are saying. I am glad that you targeted and discovered the key issue in the story.

Lyrics for my Essay

[Chorus]
The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

[Verse 1]
If Proof could see me now, I know he'd be proud
Somewhere in me deep down, there's something in me he found
That made him believe in me, now no one can beat me now
You try, it'll be them doors, on Dre's phantom believe me clowns
That means suicide homie, you'll never throw me
Off of this course, blow me
B**** I do this all for the sport only
But I want it all, I'm not just talking awards homie
And the balls in my court and it's lonely
On top of the world when you're the only
One with the balls in your shorts
To leave their jaws on the floor with no re-
Morse, remember that when they get to doggin' your boy homie
So y'all can just get to bloggin' about bologna
I'm not gonna stop, the saga
Continues, no stoppin' the force Obi, I'm moppin the floors
With them, I keep tryna pass it, but they keep on droppin' the torch
And it won't be, long til this sport is O-V-
E-R, Just Blaze and me we are knockin' them doors and no we
Ain't pumpkins on Halloween but we'll show up on your porch, so be
Careful what you say, there ain't no punks over here so follow me
Through the fog like I'm S-N-double-O-P
Let me guide you through the smoke G
If only I wasn't travellin' down this road by my lonely
No one who knew me like you will ever know me
I don't think you understand how much you meant to me

[Chorus]
The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

And it don't stop (oh)
And it don't quit (oh)
And it don't stop (oh)
And it don't quit (oh)
And I miss you (oh)
I just miss you (oh)
I just miss you (oh)
Homie I'll never forget you (no)

[Verse 2]
For you, I wanna write the sickest rhyme of my life
So sick it'll blow up the mic, it'll put the dyna in mite
Yeah, it'll make the dopest MC wanna jump off a bridge and shit himself
Tap dancin' all over the beat, it'll jump off the page and spit itself
Yes, it's the best thing I could do right now Doodi for you is to rap
S0 Imma f*** til I die, yeah Imma do it to death
And instead of mourning your death, I'd rather celebrate your life
Elevate to new height, step on the gas and accelerate, Imma need two mics
Cuz the way that I'm feelin' tonight, everything I can just do right
There's nothing that I can do wrong, I'm too strong and I'm just too hyped
Just finished the rhyming bust it, excuse the corny metaphor
But they'll never catch up to all this energy that I've mustered
So God just help me out while I fight through this grievin' process
Tryna process this loss is makin' me nauseous
But this depression ain't takin me hostage
I've been patiently watchin' this game, pacin' these hallways
You had faith in me always
Proof you knew I'd come out of this slump, rise from these ashes
Come right back on they asses, and go Mike Tyson on these bastards
And Imma show 'em, blow 'em out the water slaughter 'em homes
Imma own so many belts, only place they can hit me is below em
Homie I know I'm, never gonna be the same without you
I never woulda came in this game, I'm going insane without you
Matter of fact it was just the other night, had another dream about you
You told me to get up, I got up I spread my wings and I flew
You gave me a reason to fight, I was on my way to see you
You told me nah Doodi you're not layin' on that table I knew
I was gonna make it, soon as you said think of Hailie, I knew
There wasn't no way that I was gonna ever leave them babies, and Proof
Not many are lucky enough to have a guardian angel like you
Lord I'm so thankful, please don't think that I don't feel grateful, I do
Just grant me the strength that I need, for one more day to get through
So homie this is your song, I dedicate this to you
I love you Doodi

[Chorus]
The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

And it don't stop (oh)
And it don't quit (oh)
And it don't stop (oh)
And it don't quit (oh)
And I miss you (oh)
I just miss you (oh)
I just miss you (oh)
Homie I'll never forget you (no)