The movie that I chose is the movie Twilight that is based on the novel Twilight written by Stephanie Meyer. I really enjoyed this movie, and I know a lot about it so I figured that it would be easy to identify and analyze all of the different parts of post modernism that are in it.
Twilight is a big book in this time, and it is the first out of four books in the Twilight series. The first book is Twilight, second is new moon, third is eclipse, and the last one of the series is Breaking Dawn. I read the whole series, and I loved every book, and new moon is probably my least favorite. I decided to go with the twilight book to analyze it's movie, because it is the main one that everyone knows about and it is also where it all started, so it is the most important in my eyes.
The Twilight series is mainly about love. In the movie Twilight, it is pretty much the book that starts it out and describes the main girls life, Bella, and describes and tells us about how she is moving into a new town with her dad. She meets the guy, Edward, that she falls in love with at this new school in her dad's town. I think that this movie has quite a few examples of post modernism in it. I think it shows me a lot of the American Dream. The movie is all about a couple falling in love, and this is a lot of the American Dream. Everybody just wants to fall in love and start a family with this person. I also think that there is a hero in this book. I think the hero is Edward, because he is always trying to help Bella and save her when she is clumsy. We see a lot of heroic characteristics with Edward. We also see another point that is nature. Bella and Edward spend a lot of time outside together and are always doing crazy things outside because of Edwards skills as a vampire. There are more points, but these are the main things I see that remind me of modernism.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Reflection: Analysis of a Dickinson Poem
I did not mind analyzing any of Emily Dickinson's poems. I like her poems, because they seem to relate to that of all the stories that can go along in a young woman's life, or any age for that matter. I think she reminds me a lot of Taylor Swift, because she writes her poems on things that are going on in her life. She does not try to get around anything, she just says it how it is and lets it all out. I really liked reading her poems. I decided to pick the poem called He Touched Me, So I Live To Know. Honestly, I just picked it because it caught my eye and it seemed interesting to me.
He touched me, so I live to know
That such a day, permitted so,
I groped upon his breast --
It was a boundless place to me
And silenced, as the awful sea
Puts minor streams to rest.
I think the first stanza is the most important one. I think she is talking about a guy here. I think that she was in love with this man, and dreams about him a lot. At this moment she was talking about, he somehow touched her and she can not stop thinking about that moment. She can not wait for the day to come again that he is hers, and she gets to touch him and his breast anytime she wants. I think she is thinking when she gets to be with this man it will be the end of worries, and when she is with him she will not think of anything other than what is going on with him.
And now, I'm different from before is the phrase that starts the second stanza. I think that she thinks that she is a totally different person that what she was before now that she has this dream guy. She thinks that she has changed her. I think she is obsessed with this dream guy in the poem, and wants to be with him all of the time.
I think this poem is a good poem, and one that relates to a lot of women these days. I think that women get a dream guy pictured in their heads and they can not wait for the day that they get to be with him everyday, and they think that life is going to be perfect with this guy. They want to be with him all the time, and when they are with them the rest of their life just stops. I think that some people find this kind of guy, but not all women do. I think it is normal to be like this, and it is nice to see this poem and see that a women struggles with this too. I like when you can read a poem that relates to your life and the things that you go through in it. This poem was a good choice, and I think Dickinson did good with this work.
He touched me, so I live to know
That such a day, permitted so,
I groped upon his breast --
It was a boundless place to me
And silenced, as the awful sea
Puts minor streams to rest.
I think the first stanza is the most important one. I think she is talking about a guy here. I think that she was in love with this man, and dreams about him a lot. At this moment she was talking about, he somehow touched her and she can not stop thinking about that moment. She can not wait for the day to come again that he is hers, and she gets to touch him and his breast anytime she wants. I think she is thinking when she gets to be with this man it will be the end of worries, and when she is with him she will not think of anything other than what is going on with him.
And now, I'm different from before is the phrase that starts the second stanza. I think that she thinks that she is a totally different person that what she was before now that she has this dream guy. She thinks that she has changed her. I think she is obsessed with this dream guy in the poem, and wants to be with him all of the time.
I think this poem is a good poem, and one that relates to a lot of women these days. I think that women get a dream guy pictured in their heads and they can not wait for the day that they get to be with him everyday, and they think that life is going to be perfect with this guy. They want to be with him all the time, and when they are with them the rest of their life just stops. I think that some people find this kind of guy, but not all women do. I think it is normal to be like this, and it is nice to see this poem and see that a women struggles with this too. I like when you can read a poem that relates to your life and the things that you go through in it. This poem was a good choice, and I think Dickinson did good with this work.
Reflection: Modernism vs. Realism
"Realism is the attempt to depict life as it actually exists, not as the author wants it to be in the present or the future, or imagines it was in the past" (Werlock). Modernism has the determination to dispense the past, and was a response to the change in thoughts and beliefs that were precipitated by intellectual developments and discoveries (Quinn). I started this reflection off by defining these two, because I think these definitions separate them from the very beginning.
In the realism time period, they talked about how life really was because a lot was going on during this time. We were getting more states, gaining more lands around Pacific, more businesses and industries, and our economy was just growing, so we had a lot going on around us. Realism writers did not want to just ignore what was going on around us, and encouraged people to open their eyes and see the real world. They wanted people to be honest and just share what was really going on. Even though there was a lot going on during this time, you really could not do anything about it. I think realism writers realized this, and instead of trying to change what the world was, they just accept how things are and know that they can not change it. They are real and just happy with what is going on.
Modernism, in my opinion, is way different than that of the realism writings. I know that there were only about 10-15 years in between the two, but they were in totally different times in the world and were not similar at all to me. In the modernism time, things such as women rights and African American views were starting to change. I think that the things going on in each time were a lot different. I think in the modernism period views were changing the most. The "American Dream" was changing and that was what the modernism writers did not like. I would consider the modernism writers to almost be rebels. I think they are rebels, because they were trying to change everything so that the dream got back to normal. They changed things like writing style but even went as far as to changing their clothes style. That is the biggest difference between modernism and realism, because realist writers just accepted how things were and wrote about it, instead of changing it like the modernism writers.
I think that modernism writings and realism writings are a lot different. I like realism writings better, and if I had to pick a certain one to read I would chose realism. I like people to be honest with me and tell me what is really going on, instead of trying to change everything and make it be something that it is not. Realism writers knew they could not change what was happening because it was out of their control, so they wrote about it and tried to go along with it.
Quinn, Edward. "modernism." A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= Gfflithem0508&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 15, 2011).
Werlock, Abby H. P. "realism." The Facts On File Companion to the American Short Story, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= Gamshrtsty0575&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 15, 2011).
In the realism time period, they talked about how life really was because a lot was going on during this time. We were getting more states, gaining more lands around Pacific, more businesses and industries, and our economy was just growing, so we had a lot going on around us. Realism writers did not want to just ignore what was going on around us, and encouraged people to open their eyes and see the real world. They wanted people to be honest and just share what was really going on. Even though there was a lot going on during this time, you really could not do anything about it. I think realism writers realized this, and instead of trying to change what the world was, they just accept how things are and know that they can not change it. They are real and just happy with what is going on.
Modernism, in my opinion, is way different than that of the realism writings. I know that there were only about 10-15 years in between the two, but they were in totally different times in the world and were not similar at all to me. In the modernism time, things such as women rights and African American views were starting to change. I think that the things going on in each time were a lot different. I think in the modernism period views were changing the most. The "American Dream" was changing and that was what the modernism writers did not like. I would consider the modernism writers to almost be rebels. I think they are rebels, because they were trying to change everything so that the dream got back to normal. They changed things like writing style but even went as far as to changing their clothes style. That is the biggest difference between modernism and realism, because realist writers just accepted how things were and wrote about it, instead of changing it like the modernism writers.
I think that modernism writings and realism writings are a lot different. I like realism writings better, and if I had to pick a certain one to read I would chose realism. I like people to be honest with me and tell me what is really going on, instead of trying to change everything and make it be something that it is not. Realism writers knew they could not change what was happening because it was out of their control, so they wrote about it and tried to go along with it.
Quinn, Edward. "modernism." A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= Gfflithem0508&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 15, 2011).
Werlock, Abby H. P. "realism." The Facts On File Companion to the American Short Story, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2009. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= Gamshrtsty0575&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 15, 2011).
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