Blog # 16: Final Reflexion

When I started taking this class I thought that it going to be challenging because the professor has an appearance of being tough. Also, during this semester I had lot of troubles doing my assignments on time because I was going through some personal problems, but my eager to continue with this class help me to finish it with a personal satisfaction. Furthermore, this class helps me to improve my knowledge using many different web pages at the same time, and I learned to use a Blog in the internet. Everything learned in English 102 has been exciting because it has as a main topic " Supernatural " which allowed me to choose my own topic related to it. Moreover, I remember doing my first blog "about me “ it was a kind of easy , but later on the next blogs became a little harder because they needed more time and dedication . I believe that doing the analysis of poems was challenging for me because it was not easy as it sounds. The poems’ stanzas with its lines had a deep meaning on its lecture. There was not easy to find the real meaning of a poem because it could be interpreted in different ways by the reader. Also, analyzing poems help me to understand better its message because nowadays when I read a poem I try to get into the real message of the author. Thus, I enjoy reading poems.
I believe that analyzing a movie was difficult too. A movie can have a deep meaning like poems. For me movies were kind of fun, sad, horrible, and so on. But, the real meaning of those where focus on its contents. For example, the symbols and archetypes used on a movie play an important role on it. Also, places and the environment where the movie was set had an important symbolic significance on it. In fact, nowadays I have fun watching movies because I feel more comfortable understanding its message behind the fiction, adventure, and so on.
Finally, the analysis of books helps me to understand better the message of it. Confucio a great Philosopher said that “reading without meditating is a helpless occupation.” I believe that he is completely right because a reader has to be emerged on a reading, and he/she will be able to critic or to give an opinion of the book’s content. I feel happy to be able to understand more the significance of reading a book because this class helps me to be aware of symbols archetypes, protagonist, antagonist, and plot.
Finally, I would like to say that this class was outstanding because it allowed to use internet resources on its assignments. In fact, I enjoyed this class until the last day. If I have a friend who wants to take this class i will stongly recommended because it is not boring and though.

Blog # 15: The Alchemist, Final Draft

The Alchemist

Paulo Coehlo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 24, 1947. He is a famous Novelist. He wrote many well-known novels such as, The Alchemist which has been one of the best seller novel around the world. It has been translated into sixty seven languages over hundred and fifty countries worldwide. This amazing novel was written in 1986, and it was based on Paulo Coehlo's experience after doing his Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella in North of Spain. This outstanding novel has a touch of magic, fantasy, illusion, and love. Furthemore, Santiago who is the main protagonist of this story has some basic qualities such as, courage, wisdom, and decision to face obstacles. These all attributes help him to achieve his goal to find his Treasure.

Summary:

The Alchemist is a story of a humble shepherd boy named Santiago from Andalusia, Spain. He had a peaceful and happy life with his flock, but one day he had a dream that revealed a hidden treasure buried at the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago willing to turn that dream into true he decided to consult a Gypsy woman because she might can interpret his dream. She told him that his dream is in the language of the world, and if he goes there he will find a great treasure. Santiago after listening her answer related to his dream he thought that her interpretation was a kind of lousy. Consequently, Santiago decided to buy a thick book in order to spend his time doing something productive as learning things from a book. In the same day, Santiago met an old man who told him how he could get his treasure. Of course Santiago was surprised about the words mentioned by the old man when he did not even mentioned about his dream. The old man proposed to help him to find his treasure, but he had to pay him with 1/10 of his flock. This old man was a king of Salem in Tarifa. The king told the boy about his own dream in which he succeded discovering his Personal Legend. And, now is his turn to help him to discover his real obligation in this world, so he gave to the boy two rocks, Urim and Thumin, which help him to make decisions when he got problems on his path. Santiago decided to follow his dream after that, but when he got in Africa he was robbed. Santiago without any penny in his pocket he decided to find a job. He started working at crystal glasses store for almost a year. Those months of hard work he succeded saving lot of money. Enough money to get back home and buy two times the number of sheep that he had before left his town. Santiago after worked at crystal store he had learned new skills on working, dealing with costumers, and speaking a new Arabic Language.
Later, he quietted that job because he decided to continue his journey looking for his treasure. So, he joined to a caravan of two hundred people who were going to cross the Sahara Desert. During his adventure Santiago had the chance to met an English man who had the same dilema as him. They were looking for their own Personal Legend. The English man helped the boy telling him that the alchemist lived at the Oasis. Once Santiago was at the Oasis he met Fatima who was a beautiful girl, and the boy felt in love of her. Santiago almost forgetting his goal decided to follow his adventure, but this time he met the Alchemist who helped him to continue pursuing his dream. The alchemist taught the boy many things such as, to listen his heart, never feel weak for loving someone, and never give up in any hard situation of life. These all things helped Santiago to be more mature and secure of himself.
Santiago was guided by the alchemist during his hard challenges, but now it was time that Santiago keep going by himself.
Three hours before reaching the pyramids was the last time the boy saw the Alchemist. When Santiago got at the place where his treasure was hidden, he started digging into the sand in order to find his treasure. Unfortunately, he was severe beaten by robbers who stold his money. But, before they left, the lead of them revealed his dream of finding a treasure in a ruined church in Spain where sheperds slept under a sycamore tree. And, he conclude saying that he did not pursued his dream because he was not stupid to cross the desert. After that, Santiago started laughing because he realized where his treasure was.

Psychoanalysis of the book

This story is based on a true experince of Paulo Coehlo in wich reveals his journey looking for his treasure, he had passed lot of obstacles and lessons that life set up to him. Santiago looking for his personal legend learned many things such as, to listen his heart, to be brave and to discover his abilities and intelligence on working. The main thing that Santiago learned was listening his heart because it could guided him to do the right things through actions. As a conclusion, his courage of never giving up helped him to succeded accomplishing his goal. Furthemore, the book of the Secret written by Rhonda Byrne is based on the force of attraction in which it says that things and situations are attracked by thoughs. It means that people create their own situations of life, and the Universe and God are part of that situations. Those situations can be difficult or easy, but they are part of life's test. These all situations help people to understan the really meaning of life and the tasks that people have to accomplish in this world.

Symbols and Archetypes

There are many symbols in this story for example, the king, "The king is a symbolic figure of authority and power" according to the Dictionary of Symbolism. Also, I believe that him represnts to God. The first thief, who I believe was the person who help him to discover his new skills at working and speaking a new language. The crystal merchant was another person who help him to be smart in taking decisions in life, such as continue looking for his treasure. The English man, who help him to be more secure of himself. Fatima is the symbol of love. The last thief was an example of given up. And, the main symbol in this story was The Alchemist which represents a warrior person that do not know about given up, and likes to accomplished succesfully his goals. Furthemore, there are other symbols such as, "the Desert" which represents endless, possibilities, eternity and death. "Wind" represents to Holy spirit, life and messenger. "Air" represents to activity, creativity, liberty,and light. And, "Heart" which represents love emotions.


Works Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel)

http://books.google.com/books

http://bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/thealchemist.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(book)

http://central.wmrhsd.org/FACULTY_FILES/rkipp/LINK_DOCS_1015/Archetypesandsymbols.

http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.

Blog # 14: Stonger Revision on blog 13

I believe that I have to focus more in my symbols elemets because they need a better interpretation. Also, I believe that I need to work a little more with my grammar mistakes. In fact, I will use some web pages in order enhance my essay writting.

Blog # 13: The Alchemist

The Alchemist

Paulo Coehlo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 24, 1947. He is a famous Novelist. He wrote many well-known novels such as, The Alchemist which has been one of the best seller novel around the world. It has been translated into sixty seven languages over hundred and fifty countries worldwide. This amazing novel was written in 1986, and it was based on Paulo Coehlo's experience after doing his Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella in North of Spain. This outstanding novel has a touch of magic, fantasy, illusion, and love. Furthemore, Santiago who is the main protagonist of this story has some basic qualities such as, courage, wisdom, and decision to face obstacles. These all attributes help him to achieve his goal to find his Treasure.

Summary:

The Alchemist is a story of a humble shepherd boy named Santiago from Andalusia, Spain. He had a peaceful and happy life with his flock, but one day he had a dream that reveals a hidden trasure buried at the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago willing to turn that dream into true he dicided to visited a Gypsy woman who can help to interpret his dream. She told him that his dream is in the language of the world, and if he goes over there he will find a great treasure. After Santiago listening her answers he thought that her interpretation was a kind of lousy and waste of time. Later, Santiago decided to buy a thick book in order to spend his time doing something productive. In the same day, Santiago met an old man who told him how he could get his treasure. Of course Santiago was surprised about the words mentioned by the old man when he did not even mentioned about his dream. The old man proposed to help him to find his treasure, but he had to pay him with 1/10 of his flock. This old man was a king of Salem in Tarifa, and he told the boy about his own dream in which he succeded in discovering his Personal Legend. Now the king helped him to discover his real obligation in this world, so he gave to the boy two rocks, Urim and Thumin, which help him to make decisions when he got problems on his path. Santiago decided to follow his dream after that, but when he got in Africa he was robbed. Santiago without any penny in his pocket he decided to find a job. He started working at a crystal glasses store for almost a year. All those months of hard work he succeded saving lot of money. Enough money to get back home and buy two times the number of sheep that he had before left his town. After, Santiago worked at crystal store he learned new skills of working in something else, and speaking a new Arabic Language.
Later, he quietted that job because he decided to continue his journey looking for his treasure. So, he jointed to a caravan of two hundred people who were going to cross the desert. During his adventure Santiago had the chance to met an English man who had the same dilema as him. They were looking for their own Personal Legend. The English man help the boy telling him that the alchemist lived at the Oasis. Once Santiago was at the Oasis he met Fatima who was a beatiful girl, and the boy felt in love of that girl. Almost forgetting his goal, Santiago decided to follow his adventure, but this time he met the Alchemist who helped him to continue pursuing his dream. The alchemist taught to the boy many things such as, to listen his heart, never feel week for loving someone, and never give up in any situation of life. These things help Santiago to be more mature and secure of himself.
Santiago was guided by the alchemist during his hard challenges, but now it was time that he nedded continuing by himself.
Three hours before reaching the pyramids was the last time the boy saw the Alchemist. When Santiago got at the place where his treasure was hidden, he started digging into the sand in order to find his treasure. Unfortunately, he was severe beaten by robbers who stold his money. But, before the they left, the lead of them reveled his dream of finding a treasure in a ruined church in Spain where sherperds slept under a sycamore tree. And he conclude saying that he did not do it because he is not to stupid to cross the desert in order to follow a dream.
After that, Santiago started laughing because he knew where his treasure was.

Psychoanalysis of the book

This story is based on true experinces of Paulo Coehlo in wich reveals his journey looking for his treasure, he had passed lot of obstacles and lessons that life set him up. Santiago looking for his personal legend learned to listened his heart. It told him that he need to do the right things through actions. As a conclusion, his courage of never giving up helped him to succeded accomplishing his goal. Furthemore, the book of the Secret written by Rhonda Byrne is based on the force of attraction in which it says that things and situations are attracked by thoughs. It means that people create their own situations of life, and the Universe and God are part of that situations. Those situations can be difficult or easy, but they are part of life's test. These all situations help people to understan the really meaning of life and the tasks that people have to accomplish in this world.

Symbols and Archetypes

There are many symbols in this story for example, the king, who I believe could be a God. The first thief, who I believe was the person who help him to discover his new skills at working and speaking a new language. The crystal merchant was another person who help him to be smart in taking decisions in life, such as continue looking for his treasure. The English man, who help him to be more secure of himself. Fatima is the symbol of love. The last thief was an example of given up. And the main symbol is The Alchemist which represents a warrior person that do not know about given up, and likes to accomplish his goals.


Works Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel)

http://books.google.com/books

http://bookreviews.nabou.com/reviews/thealchemist.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_(book)

Blog # 12: Prewritten: The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a story of shepherd boy named Santiago. He had a peaceful and happy life with his flock, but one day sleeping at an old ruined church in Spain where sherperds used to sleep, under a sycamore tree, he had a dream that reveals a hidden trasure buried at the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago wanted to turn that dream into true, so he decided to consult a Gypsy woman who can help to interpret his dream. She told him that his dream is in the language of the world, and if he goes over there he will find a great treasure. Her answer related to the treasure was not clear to Santiago. In fact, he thought that her interpretation was helpless and waste of time, though. Later, Santiago decided to buy a thick book in order to spend his time doing something productive. In the same day, Santiago met an old man who told him how he could get his treasure. Of course Santiago was surprised about the words mentioned by the old man when he did not even mentioned about his dream. The old told him that he knew how he could find his treasure, as a result, he had to pay him with 1/10 of his flock. This old man was a king of Salem in Tarifa, and he told the boy about his own dream in which he succeded in discovering his Personal Legend. Now the king helped him to discover his real obligation in this world, so he gave to the boy two rocks, Urim and Thumin, which help him to make decisions when he got problems on his path. Santiago decided to follow his dream after that, but when he got in Africa he was robbed. Santiago without any penny in his pocket he decided to look for a job. And, he worked at a crystal glasses store for many months.

Bog 11: My chosen Story

The Achemist by Paulo Coelho is going to be my story because it has an important message to people of pursuing a dream. Also, I would like to talk about it because this story has many elements of the Hero Quest. The plot of this amazing story is based on Paulo Coehlo experiences during his learning of lessons of life. His example of a young shepherd who has to accomplish a journey to fulfill his personal legend and find his treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt is the process that he had to going trough to become mature, smart, and hard worker. Moreover, there is an entry of this novel in wikipedia.org.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_(novel)

Blog 10: Reflexion

Nowadays, It is more interesting to watch a movie because I've learned how to analyzed it. On a movie, its elemets, symbols and archetypes are the main points to get a full understanding of it. The Hero's Quest has been a guide for me because it helps me to indentified the small details that are present on a movie. Furthermore, Joseph Campbell with his teaching of Monomyth contributed me to understand better a hero's journey in which shows hero's challenges to acomplish his/her goal.

Blog 9: Hero's Quest

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure and science fiction produced by Walt Disney.This amazing movie has action, adventure, and fantasy. Its environment has magic, curse, and supernatural events. These all complements help to the audience to believe in creatures and fantasy worlds.
This movie follows the steps of the Hero's Quest described by Joseph Campell because it contains a popular hero as the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). Jack has a challenging mission to accoplish through his journey because he has to face many obstacles and personal problems that he has for being a pirate.
This amazing movie begings when the Commodor James Norrington (Jack Davenport) of the British Royal Navy proposes to Elizabeth (Keira Knigtley), but before she can answer, she faint and fall off the rampart into the bay. The medallion she wears emits a pulse. That medallion belongged to Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) was a pirate, but thanks to Elizabeth no body knew about it. Later at the same time, the pirate Jack Sparrow arrived in Port Royal to commander a ship, but he rescues Elizabeth from the bay water. Jack was unluckly that he was recognized as a pirate and was arrested. Jack with his ingenious and abilities tried to escaped from them by threatening Elizabeth. He doesnot escaped for long time because he was captured in the workplace of Willian Turner with who had a fight of swords. Jack was unfotunately knocked unconcious by Mr Brown with a bottle. Later, he was jailed and judged to be hanged the next day. Moreover, that night Port Royal was attacked by the Black Pearl ship in response to the medallion pulse. The Black Pearl was commanded by the Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and its crew. This ship was known as a ghost ship that causes destruction and dead. However, that night during the invation Elizabeth was kidnapped by the Black Pearl's pirats because she had something that belongged to them. It was a medallion that was stolen, and it cursed over the Black Pearl pirates.
After, the attack of the Black Pearl Will and Jack had a conversation in which Jack reveals his true allegiance and battles Barbossa. As a result, Will heps Jack to escaped from jail because Jack was the only person who can help Will to rescue Elizabeth. Jack , Will and a group of crazy pirates went to rescue Elizabeth. During their adventure Jack got a lot of information about Will Turner whose father was a pirate and his father stole a gold medallion from a box full of them. Once the medallion was stolen it cursed over the Black Pearl creating immortality on its crew. The curse over the pirates was notorious when the night time or obscurity showed up the pirates turned into immortal skeletons. Jack also told Will that his father was a pirate and he has pirat blood running into his veins, but Will did not accept to be a pirate. The Captain Jack and his crew was closed to the place where the Captain Barbossa was hidden and where he kept captured Elizabeth. Jack and his knowledge about the place make a plan to save Elizabeth from it. This place was glommy, scary and hell untill certain point.
Jack and his crew entered to the caves where the Pearl's pirates where hiddden with their gold fortune. One more time, he arrived at the same time that the Captain Barbossa was almost trying to kill Elizabeth because Barbossa thought that sacrificing her together with the medallion the curse will be gone. Jack was trying to negotiate with Barbossa about the freedom of Elizabeth while Barbossa was surprised to see Jack after long time. Will was alert about the situation that was happening. But, for certain reasons a battle took place inside the cave because Jack's crew and Will were trying to get Elizabeth Freedom and Jack was looking for revenge to Barbossa. Furthermore, Norrington also joinned to the battle against to the cursed pirates. When the pirates look like they are going to win the ambush Norrington and his crew were saved at the time that Jack tosses the bloodied coin to Will who returns it mixed with his blood to the chest. Will add his own blood to the medallion because only like this the curse will be break it. Moreover, during that battle Barbossa attempted to kill Elizabeth, Jack shoots Barbossa first, in the heart with the shot ha had saved for the past ten years. No longer cursed , the pirates surrender to Norrington letting the Navy take back the Dauntless. Later, Jack became dissapointed to see the Black Pearl gone but he says he is proud of his crew for keeping to the code (" Anyman who falls behind is left behind")
At the Port Royal, Jack is to be executed while Will attempted to rescue him. But, both of them were capture. Elizabeth confesed to her father and friend her love to Will, so Will was pardoned and allowed to married Elizabeth. During this conversation Jack scapes by faling from the fort into the bay. His crew , who escaped with the Black Pearl , arrives on time to rescue him. Norrington allows him to escaped with one day ahead before to be persuit.
In the last part of the movie's scene the monkey goes into the cave where Barbossa's body is, and steals a piece of the curse Aztec gold from the chest, thebery becoming curse again.
Analyzing this movie, it is found many symbols and some archetypes such as pirates, curse, skeletons which refer to the fantastic science fiction adventure. These all elements help the audience to understand better the story. also, this movie teach us that people can get anything they want with courage, braveness and never to give up. This lesson is for all of us because we can reach our goals with love and courage.


Work Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_The_Curse_of_the_Black_Pearl.

Web 26 of 2010.

Blog 8: Essay # 3

Cat's Dream

How neatly a cat sleeps,
Sleeps with its paws and its posture,
Sleeps with its wicked claws,
And with its unfeeling blood,
Sleeps with all the rings a series
Of burnt circles which have formed
The odd geology of its sand-colored tail.

I should like to sleep like a cat,
With all the fur of time,
With a tongue rough as flint,
With the dry sex of fire and
After speaking to no one,
Stretch myself over the world,
Over roofs and landscapes,
With a passionate desire
To hunt the rats in my dreams.

I have seen how the cat asleep
Would undulate, how the night flowed
Through it like dark water and at times,
It was going to fall or possibly
Plunge into the bare deserted snowdrifts.

Sometimes it grew so much in sleep
Like a tiger's great-grandfather,
And would leap in the darkness over
Rooftops, clouds and volcanoes.

Sleep, sleep cat of the night with
Episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache.
Take care of all our dreams
Control the obscurity
Of our slumbering prowess
With your relentless heart
And the great ruff of your tail.

Pablo Neruda was born on July 12, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. His father was a railway employee and, his mother died shortly after his birth. His father moved to a different town called Temuco where his father remarried Dona Trinidad Valverde. Also, the poet spent his childhood and youth life in Temuco. Pablo Neruda at the early age of thirteen contributed some articles and poems to the daily “La Mañana” ,and later he contributed to the journal “Selva Austral.” Some of the first Pablo Neruda’s poems were published in the book named “Crepusculo” in 1923. He studied French and Pedagogy at the University of Chile in Santiago. Futhermore, he was the Chilean consul in Rangoon, in Java, and then in Barcelona. He joined the Communist Party after the Second World War. Between 1970 and 1973 he served in Allende’s Chilean Government as ambassador to Paris. He married Matilde Urrutia. This well known poet had lot publications of his books.For example, Cien Sonetos de Amor ( 1959), Arte de Pajaros ( 1966), La Barcola ( 19670), Fin del Mundo ( 1969), Las Piedras del Cielo ( 1970). He died of cancer in 1973.

The poem is composed of five stanzas with irregular number of lines each. The poem is centered on the page. The rhyme scheme is unknown because it does not follow any rythm.

"Cat's Dream" describes how a human being would like to have a cat's life without dilemas. This person wishes to have its style, confort and power. For example, Sleeps with its paws and its posture (line 2)sleeps with all the rings and series (line 5)with the dry sex of fire and after speaking to no one (lines 11,12)sleep, sleep cat of the night with episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache (lines 26,27)like a tiger's great grandfather, and would leap in the darkness over rooftops, clouds and volcanoes(lines 23,24,25)control of obscurity (line 29.)

The relevant symbols in this poem seems to be (1)dream, sleep, night, darkness, and obscurity (2) cat, tiger, and rat (3)pawns and claws, blood and heart, sex.

First of all, the poem is related to a "Cat's Dream," implying that some people would like to have a cat's life because it has not to deal with problems. As a result, cat's style of life is a way of escaping from dilemas. "Dream" is a common word that is associated to sleep at night. This word refers to succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep according to the Dictionary of Symbolism . "Sleep" represents a time of resting in which there is not physical activity. It is a state of reduced conciousness during the time when human being or an animal rests in a daily rhytm according to (Wikitionary.org) Furthermore, the Dictionary of Symbolism associated this word with night which represents the period spent sleeping. "Night" is a symbol of darkness and obscurity. " Darkness and Obscurity" are related to death and destruction. it also can symbolyze depresion. These all words have a connection with "Cat's Dream" because they show the feeling of a human being trying to flee from life's problems.

"Cat" is an important character in this poem because it has a closer relationship to human beings. Its life is easier than people, so people envy to have its style of life without stress that exist on the human world. A cat may actually represents a person or an aspect of this individual according to (bellaonline.com) "Tiger" is considred a striped great cat (Panthera tigris.)Tigers are solitary, nocturnal hunters. This amazing feline is well known for its power and abilities of surviving in a danger world of animals. "Rats" have an unpleasant history and association with disease, death, and life's less than pleasant elements according to (bellaonline.com)These words also have a connection with the poem because it make us think about how to deal with problems that are stressing out us.

"Claws and Pawn" are part of the foot, and these symbolize the power that certain part of body have it. These two physical parts help to walk, climb, dig, and catch a prey according to (my dictionary.com) "Blood and Heart" represents the the central wisdom of feeling according to ( wikipedia.org) Also, these words symbolize sacrifice and love. "Sex" represents the instinct or attraction drawing one sex toward another, or its manifestation in life and conduct. These words are connected with the Physical part that represents our felings according to the situations of life.

The tone of this poem is relating a human being wishing to have a cat's life because its life looks easier than any human being upon the planet Earth. Furthermore, this poem makes the audience use their imagination, fantasies about living for a moment an irreal life. Thus, its tone has aconnection with dreaming life.

In conclusion, this poem has a message to the audience that is to keep dreaming all the time because it does not exist age for it. Moreover, I believe that this poem imply to people to not worried too much about the outside world problems at least for a moment.

Works Cited:

http://www.umich.edu

http://en.wiktionary.org

http://dictionary.reference.com

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu

http://www.bellaonline.com

http://my dictionary.com

blog 7: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure film, based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. The story follows blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as they rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) from the cursed crew of the Black Pearl, captained by Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). The film was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
This fantastic adventure story starts when Elizabeth is proposed by Norrington who is the Commodore of the British Royal Navy. This suprising announcement makes her fainted and fell off the rampart into the bay. At that time she was wearing a medallion that doesnot belongged to her and which It was looked for bad, ambitious pirates.
Afortunately, that day the pirate Jack Sparrow arrived in Port Royal and rescued Elizabeth from the water. But, Jack was unluckly that he was recognized as a pirate and was arrested. Jack with his ingenious and abilities tried to escaped from them by threatening Elizabeth. He doesnot escaped for long time because he was captured in the workplace of Willian Turner with who had a fight of swords. Jack unfotunately was knocked unconcious by Mr Brown. And later he was jailed.
Moreover, that night Port Royal was attacked by the Black Pearl ship which it was commanded by the Captain Barbossa and its crew. It was known as a ghost ship that causes destruction and dead.
Elizabeth was kidnapped by the bad pirats because she had something that belongged to them. It was a medallion that was stolen, and it had a curse over the Black Pearl pirates.
After, Elizabeth was kidnapped from the Port Royal the Captain Sparrow, Willian turner and a group of crazy and brave pirates went to rescued her from the evil pirates.

Work Cited:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_The_Curse_of_the_Black_Pearl. Web 26 of 2010.

Blog 6: Essay # 3

Cat's Dream

How neatly a cat sleeps,
Sleeps with its paws and its posture,
Sleeps with its wicked claws,
And with its unfeeling blood,
Sleeps with all the rings a series
Of burnt circles which have formed
The odd geology of its sand-colored tail.

I should like to sleep like a cat,
With all the fur of time,
With a tongue rough as flint,
With the dry sex of fire and
After speaking to no one,
Stretch myself over the world,
Over roofs and landscapes,
With a passionate desire
To hunt the rats in my dreams.

I have seen how the cat asleep
Would undulate, how the night flowed
Through it like dark water and at times,
It was going to fall or possibly
Plunge into the bare deserted snowdrifts.

Sometimes it grew so much in sleep
Like a tiger's great-grandfather,
And would leap in the darkness over
Rooftops, clouds and volcanoes.

Sleep, sleep cat of the night with
Episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache.
Take care of all our dreams
Control the obscurity
Of our slumbering prowess
With your relentless heart
And the great ruff of your tail.

Pablo Neruda was born on July 12, 1904, in the town of Parral in Chile. His father was a railway employee and, his mother died shortly after his birth. His father moved to a different town called Temuco where his father remarried Dona Trinidad Valverde. Also, the poet spent his childhood and youth life in Temuco. Pablo Neruda at the early age of thirteen contributed some articles and poems to the daily “La Mañana” ,and later he contributed to the journal “Selva Austral.” Some of the first Pablo Neruda’s poems were published in the book named “Crepusculo” in 1923. He studied French and Pedagogy at the University of Chile in Santiago.Futhermore,he was the Chilean consul in Rangoon, in Java, and then in Barcelona. He joined the Communist Party after the Second World War. Between 1970 and 1973 he served in Allende’s Chilean Government as ambassador to Paris. He married Matilde Urrutia. This well known poet had lot publications of his books.For example, Cien Sonetos de Amor ( 1959), Arte de Pajaros ( 1966), La Barcola ( 19670), Fin del Mundo ( 1969), Las Piedras del Cielo ( 1970). He died of cancer in 1973.

The poem is composed of five stanzas with irregular number of lines each. The poem is centered on the page. The rhyme scheme is unknown because it does not follow any rythm.

"Cat's Dream" describes how a human being would like to have a cat's life without dilemas. This person wishes to have its style, confort and power. For example, Sleeps with its paws and its posture (line 2)sleeps with all the rings and series (line 5)with the dry sex of fire and after speaking to no one (lines 11,12)sleep, sleep cat of the night with episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache (lines 26,27)like a tiger's great grandfather, and would leap in the darkness over rooftops, clouds and volcanoes(lines 23,24,25)control of obscurity (line 29.)

The relevant symbols in this poem seems to be (1) sleep,dream,night,obscurity,sex, (2) control, tiger.

First of all, the poem is involved in a "Cat's Dream," implying the manner of sleeping of a cat. It is possible to see that "Sleep is a state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm" (wiktionary.org). Also, the Diccionary of Symbolism this word represents the night which is typically associated with the obscurity and mystery of darkness. Moreover, this word has a relationship with dreams, sexual pleasure, and death. "Dream" is another symbol that is part of sleep because it has succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. "Night" represents the period spent sleeping. "Obscutity" is represented by darkness which it is characterized for the absence of light. "Sex" represents the instinct or attraction drawing one sex toward another, or its manifestation in life and conduct. And, other symbols that have special meaning in this poem are "Control" which means the activity of managing or exerting control over something, in this case over the obscutity (line 29). "Tiger" is considred a striped great cat (Panthera tigris.)Tigers are solitary, nocturnal hunters. All these symbols have something in common that connects the Cat's Dream poem.

The tone of this poem is relating a human being wishing to have a cat's life because its life looks easier than any human being upon the planet Earth. Furthermore, this poem makes the audience use their imagination, fantasies about living for a moment an irreal life. Thus, its tone has aconnection with dreaming life.

In conclusion, this poem has a message to the audience that is to keep dreaming all the time because it does not exist age for it. Moreover, I believe that this poem imply to people to not worried too much about the outside world problems at least for a moment.

Works Cited:

http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

http://en.wiktionary.org

http://dictionary.reference.com

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu

Blog # 5: Essay # 3 Preview

I understand that essay #3 , poem or song, have to be analized deeply. It includes the biography of the author as an introduction. later, i have to use a poetic form using a proper MLA style. Also, i have to analyze the poem based on its subject matter, symbolism, tone and mood, motif(s) and theme(s) that have a relationship with its meaning. Finally, I have to mention the research sources, works cited.

Blog # 4: Reflection

When I started taking 102ENG class i thought it gonna be tough, but i was worried about spending a lot of time writting essays. Nowadays i'm enjoying my 102 english class because this didatic course help me to understand better literature; for example, poems , songs and so on. Also the combination of this new method of using blog accounts, which i have never use it before, help me to be more updated to new ways of learning. Also, i believe that researching my own literature material make this class more intersting because i feel free to do any poem or song that i like it. the advantage of working with this method is genial because it allows me to be connected with my proffesor and classmates all the time. Thus, i hope this class keep like this because i like in the way that it goes without rushing me on time.

Blog 3: Tones and Symbolism

I have chosen this outstanding poem "Death Alone" by Pablo Neruda because its saddly content of death makes me think about the other side of the coin.. This writter was born Parral, Chile. He studied in Santiago in the twenties. From 1927 to 1945 he was the Chilean consul in Rangoon, in Java, and then in Barcelona. He joined the Communist Party after the Second World War. Also, I chose this poem because it connects me with supernatural things which is the main topic of 102 ENG class.
Tone is a method of expression of felings and emotions that a writer use it in order to convey through its writting to readers.
Moreover, the tone in this poem applied by Pablo Neruda reflects his sadness and lonelyness related to death. In fact, his pain is to meet the other side of the coin when somebody is alive.
Symbolism is a way of appling symbols to describe things according to writer's topic. The symbolism in this poem have many signals that have relationship with feelings, places and things. All these signals of death are very impotant in the written description of the poem because it help readers to have a wide inmagination of things.
In conclusion, this poem tell readers about how much valious is life because when somebody is alive everything is fantastic, but when a human being died everything turns glommy. Thus, I believe that human beings have enjoy life to the maximun. It means having a great respect to life because there is only one.

Blog 2: Death Alone by Pablo Neruda

I have chosen this poem "Death Alone" by Pablo Neruda because this poem makes me think about how human beings' life is so valious. As a result, It makes me apreciate my life day by day.



Death Alone

There are lone cemeteries,
tombs full of soundless bones,
the heart threading a tunnel,
a dark, dark tunnel :
like a wreck we die to the very core,
as if drowning at the heart
or collapsing inwards from skin to soul.

There are corpses,
clammy slabs for feet,
there is death in the bones,
like a pure sound,
a bark without its dog,
out of certain bells, certain tombs
swelling in this humidity like lament or rain.

I see, when alone at times,
coffins under sail
setting out with the pale dead, women in their dead braids,
bakers as white as angels,
thoughtful girls married to notaries,
coffins ascending the vertical river of the dead,
the wine-dark river to its source,
with their sails swollen with the sound of death,
filled with the silent noise of death.

Death is drawn to sound
like a slipper without a foot, a suit without its wearer,
comes to knock with a ring, stoneless and fingerless,
comes to shout without a mouth, a tongue, without a throat.
Nevertheless its footsteps sound
and its clothes echo, hushed like a tree.

I do not know, I am ignorant, I hardly see
but it seems to me that its song has the colour of wet violets,
violets well used to the earth,
since the face of death is green,
and the gaze of death green
with the etched moisture of a violet's leaf
and its grave colour of exasperated winter.

But death goes about the earth also, riding a broom
lapping the ground in search of the dead -
death is in the broom,
it is the tongue of death looking for the dead,
the needle of death looking for the thread.

Death lies in our beds :
in the lazy mattresses, the black blankets,
lives a full stretch and then suddenly blows,
blows sound unknown filling out the sheets
and there are beds sailing into a harbour
where death is waiting, dressed as an admiral.

Pablo Neruda


http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-alone/

BLOG 1: About Me

My name is Esteban Tapia and I live in Corona NY. I want to get my AAS degree in Liberal Arts in Math and Science because I want to get into the medicine school.