Eng114B
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Hello everone,
This is my blog for class English 114B.
This blog include my project and reflection.
This is my blog for class English 114B.
This blog include my project and reflection.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
The difference between Water for Elephant's novel and film
Although the book tell the same story with its movie, but they have different emphases. Sara Gruen describe lots of performers in the circus which seemed like luxuriant from outside but the true things are ridiculous. In my opinion, the novel describe social condition at that period, but the movie focus on a relationship between Mariena and Jacob.
In the book,Readers are presented with the day of circus disaster, and Jacob Jankousky admitted he kept the secret of a number for 70 years. Alternating between the nursing home and his memories from 1931, the old Jankowski reveals how he became involved with the menagerie of the Benzini Brothers most spectacular show on earth. In contrast,the first minute of the movie is slow, as an elderly man stares at a circus ticket pooth in the rain. Going inside the manager's office, he begins reminiscing about his experiences at an infamous circus during the time when this was the preferred type of entertainment. Maybe in order to young viewers, The voice change to the younger Jacob. And many of the supporting character present in the book might blend into one in the film version. Jacob retains his standing as a just and compassionate companion.
When I read the novel, I feel Jacob and Mariena Have a romantic love. But when I saw the movie, maybe because the age difference between two author's I feel their voice and their face are the same as I imagined. The second is in the novel Sara Gruen did not write many violence on animals. In the other hand, the movie shows a lot of animal violence and it fails to evoke the audience's sympathy for Jacob.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Water for Elephant
The novel is about a guy named Jacob Jankowski. He is 19 years old and lived in a nursing home. He is told what to do all the time. When he was studying in Cornell University, he received a news that his parents got killed in a car accident. He left school.
One night he jumped on a train which belonged to Benzini Brothers Most Speetacular Show on Earth. Jacob got adopted and shared quarters with a dawrf named Walter. The boss-August wasa brutal man who treat animals badly. Jacob fell in love with his wife Marlena.
Jacob tried to kill August.In the end, several circus workers released the animals and caused a stampede at the performance. August Got killed by an elephant. Jacob and August's wife marlena could finally be together. They opened circus together and lived a good life.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Forever 21 and White House Black Market
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Space
When I think about space. The three dimensional map comes to my mind.
This is what I picked up from my math class. In the beginning, we just learned the x and y axis, and that is flat. We later studied the x and y axis with z axis. I came to understand the basic principle of the universe. After, I got the idea of x, y and z axis. I will map out my room with them. I will put objects in my room like bed, table lambs and chairs. Of course, everything can be moved in the space. I can design my room the way I like. I will put my bed in the bottom right corner; I will put my table by my closet which is on the left. The closet is separated with my room by a door. Inside the closet, there are my clothes which are way more than I need. My computer is on my table, and I am charging my cellphone. I can imagine the signal travels and penetrate through every corner of my room even though I cannot see it. Later, I became an art student.
The idea of space helped me to do the sketches. When we draw two squares, we would put they paralleled to our horizontal eye level. However, things are not always put that way. Sometimes, we have two square with the same size. The one appears closer to us will be bigger than the way which is further away. That is way when we look at paintings, some people in the background is roughly the size of the front person's finger.
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