Quiz on Plath

The Bell Jar centers around a young girl recalling her worries and interests.  The story takes place during the Cold War, around the time Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were executed.  Over the course of the story, the reader is brought into the mind of Esther Greenswood.  It is not revealed until the end of the story that Esther Greenswood has been in an insane asylum the whole time.  

Extra Credit

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Week One

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Week Two

http://www.smithmag.net/community/people.php/Cameron_Bradley

I want to travel the world.

Week Three

I read a story on Storycorps about a couple that was been together for 60 years.  The couple surprisingly met on a blind date only 6 months after World War II ended.  The couple remembers going to the movies and being very shy in front of each other.  After two years of dating, they eventually got married and started a family.  The wedding anniversary will be held on December 25th to commemorate 60 years of marriage.  

Week Four

The French President is prone to destroying t

exting in France.  However, there is one problem.  He is an avid texter himself!  French officials have been blaming texting for destroying their language since texting calls for a person to shorten larger words or phrases, such as "lol" in english.  Texting is not destroying english as it is french though.  

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Week Five

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Week Six

A random act of kindness I did helped me gain a new friend. A boy in my dorm was dead set on getting his ears pierced.  He was extremely happy once he got the 

task accomplished.  However, after only a day, his ear became very infected.  He was in bed with a cold with a pounding head.  He went to the medical offices and got a prescription.  Once he returned to the dorm, he did not feel up to the task of goi

ng to get the medicine.  I decided to go around campus and find someone with a car who could drive us there.  I didn't want him to be in so much pain.  After he go the medicine, he said "Cameron, you are a good friend" and he have been friends since.  

Week Seven

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Project Three Reflect/Action

For Project Three, I have already done a number of tasks for my presentation.  I have done the volunteer work for my presentation.  I spent more than three hours of my time with ELS students and having fun with them.  This was the fun part of my project.  I have not been able to find an interview yet but I will probably do so this weekend.  I my start on Friday to ensure someone from the ELS staff will be there to answer my questions.  I am trying to figure out a good way to present the project to the campus.  I think I will use a trifold and have my macbook playing video clips and the interview.  I have collected various pictures from my friends on the different ventures I have undergone with ELS students.  I must still collect the supplies for the final presentation.  I may even bring food to persuade people to stop by my booth.  

The steps I have taken to complete my project are going to help me with the fun part of my project.  The pictures will give people a fun sense when they look at my project.  I must complete the hard part and complete the interview.   

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Annotation 12

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio

City:Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

 

Summary

In the final chapters of the Writer’s Journey, called the Writer’s Journey and Staying Alive, Vogler gives his own work fairy tale sense.  In The Writer’s Journey chapter, he gives the writer a place in a story.  He compares the journey of the fictional characters to the world of a writer.  He believes that the Writer’s Journey and the archetypes journey are one in the same.  Both journeys must confront ordeals to reach a goal an audience.  The character of the shaman is compared directly to the writer of a story in particular.  Just like a writer, a shaman is not connected to the world around his or her and must overcome demons and evil powers to reach their goal. 

            The next chapter is called Staying Alive.  In this chapter, he talks about his past as a film writer and some of the highlighting moments where he learned an important lesson.  A few of these lessons are “a good story has two journeys, an inner and outer” or “ stories are metaphors.”    The most important lesson that is conveyed in this chapter is the idea that stories are made to reach human emotion.  For example, the story of Rumpulstelskin is a story told in many languages but it reaches so many people despite having a different name. 

Questions

1.     What was his final goal in the writer’s journey?

2.     Are timeless stories or classics still being written today?

 

Reaction

            I feel in the remaining pages, Vogler is trying to give words of encouragement for all writers.  Despite any setbacks a person may have, he wants to be a mentor for any writer who struggles.  He sets a goal for all writers to reach an audience through their emotions.  It is almost as if he is giving a speech to a timeless story. 

 

Terms

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Extra Credit

Quiz of Plath

Four Modes- Rhetorical Analysis

Visual Piece-
This piece captures how others are not willing to reach out to others unlike themselves. People usually want to ta with people who they can feel comfortable with. This is called a comfort zone. When people ste out of their comfort zone, they might learn something new about themselves and the world around them. his reason people stay in a comfort zone may be fear of what they do not know.

Book-The Naked Roommate-
This book explains how to confront problems a college student will face when entering college for the first time. Most students have never left the comfort zone of their homes and may feel pressure when they must share everything. Also, the other students may cause prolems such as, loud music or excessive drinking. All of these factors can affect a students academic performance. If a student is prepped on what to expect. they will learn how to overcome these issues.

Film-The Breakfast Club
This movie focuses on the different groups found in high school. It is a bit dated but the overall message of the variety of groups is still intact. People can be hostile to the different groups in their own school. In this movie, students are thrown together by detention and ultimately learn from one another.

Song-Bee Gees: How Deep is Your

Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?y=AGxr_79392M
A groups of people can affect an individual positively or negatively. This song talks about the group of people whom negatively affect a person by telling that individual to follow the group and not think outside the box. People may miss learning a lifelong lesson if they are always following the group. A lesson about the world may be missed also.

Halloween Costume!

                                                        Ally- Harry Potter Quidditch Player

Vogler annotated Bibliography Eight

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Approach to Inmost Cave and the Ordeal

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio

City:Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

 

Summary

The next two stages of the Writer’s Journey explain the hero as he or she Approaches the Inmost Cave and the Ordeal.  The Inmost Cave deals with the hero coming to the area of the Threshold guardian.  On the way to the hero’s goal, the hero must face a series of obstacles before they can rest.  For example, the book uses the Wizard of Oz and the glittering sight of Emerald City to show that Dorothy is about to reach her goal.  However, obstacles such as the witch casting a sleeping spell and the city guardian stop Dorothy from making her journey complete. 

            Once the hero has reached the area of the Inmost Cave, he or she must face the Ordeal.  The hero must face the main terror of the story in this stage and everything the hero has in at stake.  This is including the hero’s life.  Many times in this stage, the hero is killed off but then brought back to life.  The hero usually dies through an act of selflessness and he is brought back by a moral lesson.  If the hero’s life is not at stake, something else the hero owns is.  Facing phobia, defeating a villain and letting the enemy escape, or tearing down one’s ego are just a few instants that the hero will come across during the Ordeal. 

Reaction

These seem to be the most exciting parts of story.  While they are no the climax, they hold some of the most memorable scenes in a story.  One random emotion seems to be stretched at this point to make the viewer hang onto their seats for more.  Consequently, the hero seems to be doomed to fail in these two parts of the story.  The hero is only given a peak at what his final ordeal will hold and what skills he will need to face it.  

Questions

1.     What is the difference between the Ordeal and the Climax of the story?

2.     Is the hero always sure to fail in these stages?

3.     What factors usually trigger the events of the Approach to the Inmost Cave?

Terms

Quo: verb used with a noun: the state of existing or being

The doctor kept a lose watch on the status quo of the coma victim.

Ganglion: noun: a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the brain

The ganglion of the story is sensitive when the climax is in motion.

 

 

 

Annotated Bibliography-Crossing the first threshold and testing of allies and enemies

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio

City:Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

 

Summary

Stages five and six in the Vogler text now explain the hero crossing his first threshold and determining his allies and enemies.  Whiles at the first threshold, the hero must either fight a threshold guardian or overcome n inner demon that motivates them to keep traveling the road he or she has chosen.  The threshold guardians are sometimes training for the hero for hat he is to face later in the story.  In other words, the crossing of the first threshold is a quiz leading to a test. 

            The next stage covers the hero trying to determine his allies and enemies.  In this stage, a series of trials and tests are put on the hero to determine his state of mind toward the people around him.  After the tests, the characters may be torn into teams, sidekicks, enemies, rivalries and other aliases toward the hero.  At the end of this stage, the hero must prepare for the next stage called approaching to the Inmost Cave. 

 

Reaction

            These two stages just seem to be prep for what is going to happen later.  We get a better understanding of which character is “good” or “bad.” In other word, character development is important here.  Motivation is also tested in these stages.  The motivation can be tested with either a fight for a flashback. 

 

Terms

1.     Can the test of allies and enemies be false when a character is lying?

2.     What is an example of a mental test in the crossing of the first threshold?

3.     Can the crossing of the threshold r testing of allies and enemies be taken out of a story?

Annotated Bibliography- Refusal to Call and Meeting Mentor

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio

City:Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

Summary

The next selection of reading for Vogler covers the refusal of the call and a meeting with the mentor.  These two sections of the story involve how the hero reacts to the new situation he is facing and the beginning obstacles he must face.  The refusal of call explains reasons and excuses why the hero does not want the new world facing him or her.  The fears of the hero are brought to the surface, as he must fight his own conscious to start a journey.  The hero can underestimate his or her own strength in this stage but will have the nagging feeling of not finishing a job.  Some heroes will automatically accept the call as a way to find something he has lost. 

            Meeting with the mentor explains where the hero receives his wisdom for a journey.  Strength can be drawn from the words of the mentor to push the hero into the journey.  Whenever the hero is stuck in a tight spot, the words of the mentor may linger to propel the hero out of danger.  The words of the mentor can last for the entirety of the story in the heroes’ head. 

 

Reaction

            These new events in the story can only last for a few minutes or a few words in a story.  For example, in the Wizard of Oz, the refusal of call was only a few words and the first meeting with the mentor was around 10 minutes.  These are both very brief periods that can have a major effect on the attitude of a hero toward his or her journey. 

 

Questions

1.     When a physical mentor is not present, what are some examples of forces that can act as a mentor to the hero in the meeting with the mentor?

2.     When a hero accepts a call head on, does this make the hero seem more selfish when the refusal of call is minimal?

3.     Can the mentor also be a guide for the author of the story?

4.     Can a mentor say negative words to hero to propel him or her?

 

Terms

-Delve- o carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like

 

The detective had to delve in the evidence before he could find a new lead to the mystery. 

            -Lyre- a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used esp. to accompany singing and recitation.

 

            The lyre gave a sweet sound even in modern times.

 

            -Illicit-not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful

 

            The policeman did not have an illicit reason to arrest the accused man. 

            

Edit and Revision- For Draft

Revision-1. All of the sentences of the paragraph should relate to the first sentence.  

2. The first sentence must give a brief overview of what the paragraph is about. 

3. I should add more dialogue. 

Edit-1. I should use more semicolons to add more ideas and details.

2. I  should change my vocabulary is some of the sentences to keep the words clear. 

3 I should write between 6-8 sentences for each paragraph

Kafka Quiz

1. Connect the Ordinary World and the Call to Adventure to your reading of Book 1 of _The Metamorphosis_ Explain the connection.
2. Are there any social issues being critiqued in the story? How does "The Red Scare" relate to Kafka's work?
3. What does Gregor turn into in the story?

1. The ordinary world is an average life with a job that travels.  He would wake up every morning and get ready for work.  If he did not feel good, he would goto sleep again by turning on his right side. 

2. There is a social issue of what a family thinks is right for their kids.  Th parents believed the son was to work at the firm for the rest of his life. There was much hysteria over a situation that the parents did not understand and this related to the red scare.  

3. He  turned into an insect. 

Ethos, Pathos, Logos-Squirrels

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Annotated Bibliography-Book Two- Ordinary World and Call to Adventure

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

 

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio City:

Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

 

Summary

Book two of the Writer’s journey describes the stages of a story called the ordinary world and the call the adventure.  These two stages deal with setting the foundation of the book from the title to the characters in the story.  Both of these stages also help the story move forward before a drastic change sparks the met of the story.  The ideas expressed in these stages must be in contrast to the rest of the story. 

            The ordinary world and call to adventure create a view of what the world is the book is supposed to be.  The ordinary world can deal with showing the audience the hero from the story.  Ideas of a prologue can also be expressed.  Anything that sets a clear view of an average day can be considered the ordinary world.  The call to adventure deals with a problem that contrasts the ordinary world.  This problem must be acted upon or the ordinary world will face a terrible ordeal.  The hero must decide in this stage whether he or she should act upon the action or deny they problem. 

 

Reaction

            This part of the book seems to be the most boring when telling a story.  Ironically, the most important ideas must be expressed in this stage.  Without this stage; the foundations of the story will fall apart and there will be not story.  Of course this part of the story may parallel with the real world.  That may e the element that bores the reader at first.  Once the problem arises, the audience starts to get excited. 

 

Questions

1.     What are some good ways to establish what is at stake in the story?

2.     Does the dramatic questions really have to be introduced here? Can it be at the end?

3.     What are some warnings that the all of adventure is about to occur? How can I predict a foreshadowing event?

 

Terms

1.     Noir-adj-of or relating to crime in literature

The Dark Knight painted a great picture for the noir genre by telling a dark police story. 

2.     Gauntlet-idiom- accepting to act upon a challenge

Spiderman decided to accept the gauntlet to save the city. 

3.     Synchronicity-noun- the sequence of events that are set to have meaning

The synchronicity of the events made the story easy to understand.  

Vogler annotated Bibliography

Cameron Bradley

Annotated Bibliography

 

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. Studio City:

Michael Wiese Productions, 2007.

 

 

Summary

 

            The second half of the first stage chapter focuses more on other types of archetypes in literature.  These are the threshold guardian, herald, shape shifter, shadow, ally, and trickster.  Each of these archetypes can either work alongside the hero or become an obstacle for the hero.  There are also different personality types that represent each of these archetypes.  Adding these archetypes to a story can add dramatic effect to the tale. 

 

            Personalities differ from each archetype.  The threshold guardian usually works alongside the antagonist or anti-hero of a story.  There can be multiple guardians to become obstacles for the hero on his path to the villain.  The herald is a character that announces change in the story.  Heralds give motivation to the hero to show a change of heart or objective.  Anyone who affects the hero, positively or negatively, can be a herald. 

 

            The next two types archetypes are shape shifter and shadow.  The shape shifter brings drama into the story.  The heroes’ feelings are relayed onto the shape shifter.  Love is one of the main emotions portrayed by the shape shifter.  The shadow creates negative feelings for the hero.  Shadows can put a hero through many tests that bring out the best in him or her. 

 

            The final two types are the ally and the trickster.  Allies can accompany the hero by giving the hero a helping hand.  An ally can takes many forms such as a human, animal, or force from nature.  Allies can have one or many skills that assist the hero in an obstacle.  The tricksters are mostly in a story for comical relief.  The tension created is numbed down to a slower pace. 

 

Reaction

 

Threshold guardians seem to be characters put in a story not of their own free will.  Heralds help move the story along by forcing the hero to make a personality change.  Shape shifters just bring more drama in the story to test where the heroes’ true feelings are.  Shadows show the darkest part of a heroes’ heart.  Allies re the most help to the hero because they have skills that can help the hero both psychologically and physically.  Tricksters seem to be tension reducers that keep the hero, and a bored audience, from going insane. 

 

Questions

 

1.     What are some of the many forms a ally can take besides an animal or human?

2.     Can a villain perform without a threshold guardian?

3.     At what stages do these archetypes usually show up in a story?

 

Terms

1. Strife- noun- vigorous or bitter conflicts, discord, or antagonism

The husband finally obtained a divorce from the strife of his evil wife. 

 

2. Catalyst- noun- something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected

The little boy did not want to become a catalyst in the argument between his friends. 

 

3. Subtleties-noun- delicacies or nicety of character or meaning

The patient was overwhelmed from the subtleties of the blood donors.  

Intro-which cartoon character am i?

My name is Cameron Bradley.  I have never asked myself the question, which cartoon character relates to me the most.  Some of my acquaintances have told me I remind them of Shrek.  Another person told me Homer Simpson.  I had to slowdown today and see what hobbies I have in relate to a cartoons character.  I finally decided that I remind myself of Popeye the Sailor. 

A few of the attributes I share with Popeye are my desire for a healthy lifestyle, shyness around people, and grumpiness to many situations.  For the past few years, I have been training myself body to become for physically fit.  I want to wake up each morning and feel good and refreshed.  That means eating lots of spinach.  I can be shy around people I do not know and people I do know.  I am really introverted and that makes it hard for me to find somebody like Olive Oyl.  Finally, I really like trying to take things easy.  I don’t like drama and I get grumpy when a messy situation comes up.  That can even mean handling Sweetpea.  My only difference with Popeye is that I am still learning how to swim with Ec-Sar.