On April 1st we talked about acting and some good ways on acting skills. One thing I really learned was acted like it is really happening in that moment and act like no one is watching you. This to me really helped a lot, because I would get shy, start talking in a really low voice and I was like this is really embarrassing and people are watching. Now when I act I will try to act like nobody is there and I know for sure that it will help me, because it will also help me to be louder and it will help me to be less shy.
The things I want to change about my character is they need to be more emotional and express there pain and suffering, because there just saying they’re sad about there mom dyeing and there dad leaving because there mom died at the main characters birth. And if we put more emotion it will make it so it looks more real or sound more real. Those are the things I really want to change in my characters.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Character Bio
Dumaka Zina was born in 1990, on March 18 which makes him a Pisces. He is very sweet, gets mad very rarely. He is the youngest out of his older sister. His mother died giving birth to Dumaka. His father left the kids alone after knowing his wife had passed away. He doesn’t know his family back ground.
Dumaka loves to help people in need he uses is talent of singing to comfort the sick. He doesn’t get paid very much for working in the clinics. His biggest struggle is his education, because he is not smart, but he would like to become doctor some day.
His favorite dish is Geel Rys with a big pineapple smoothie on the side for a drink. His favorite animals are cats and dogs, but he likes all of the animals. He is not really into clothing; he just puts on what ever he wants to wear. His favorite hobbies are helping those that are sick or in need and he also loves to hang-out with his older sister and his friends.
He loves romantic movies, books and most of all music, Dumaka love to listen to romantic music. His favorite possessions are pictures of his friends and of his sister, but most all he treasures the pictures of his mother. His favorite hang out spot are at the hospitals and at the clients. Dumaka love to exercise his favorite is running but the exercises that are very hard for him are sit-ups and push-ups.
The only reason he is really motivated for becoming a doctor is all the sick people that are in the hospital. His worst enemy is Senwe Siko, because ever since they were little kids they always hated each other the all was got into fights and they just don’t get along still today. Senwe always gets him stress so Dumaka starts to stream and states to punch and kick everything in his way.
Dumaka loves to help people in need he uses is talent of singing to comfort the sick. He doesn’t get paid very much for working in the clinics. His biggest struggle is his education, because he is not smart, but he would like to become doctor some day.
His favorite dish is Geel Rys with a big pineapple smoothie on the side for a drink. His favorite animals are cats and dogs, but he likes all of the animals. He is not really into clothing; he just puts on what ever he wants to wear. His favorite hobbies are helping those that are sick or in need and he also loves to hang-out with his older sister and his friends.
He loves romantic movies, books and most of all music, Dumaka love to listen to romantic music. His favorite possessions are pictures of his friends and of his sister, but most all he treasures the pictures of his mother. His favorite hang out spot are at the hospitals and at the clients. Dumaka love to exercise his favorite is running but the exercises that are very hard for him are sit-ups and push-ups.
The only reason he is really motivated for becoming a doctor is all the sick people that are in the hospital. His worst enemy is Senwe Siko, because ever since they were little kids they always hated each other the all was got into fights and they just don’t get along still today. Senwe always gets him stress so Dumaka starts to stream and states to punch and kick everything in his way.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Persepolis
1. What is the historical context for the story Persepolis? Discuss the entire history of Iran as told in Persepolis.
Everything is going really good for Marji. She is spending time with her friends and having fun until the Reza Shah comes to power. He takes away freedom the Iranians. Now, boys and girls are separated at school, and rules became more strict. People begin to protest against the new ruler, and a lot of people get killed. They were protesting for freedom, but the Shah was unhappy with their protests, so he killed many of them. Finally, the Shah got kicked out of power and the people were happy, but then religious people come into power and the new government is a theocracy. They force women to wear a veil. They said women's hair gave them away and causes them to get molested and harassed. Their hair gave away their beauty and if they were to cover up their hair they would cover up their beauty. The religious leaders said women would have less harassment if they wore the veil. The women were unhappy and protested by wearing a rebellious veil that only came to their shoulders and showed some of their hair. Then later on Marji and her family went to Europe because her parents suspected there would be a war. When they returned to Iran a war between Iran and Iraq had begun.
2. What are the experiences Marji endures in the text and how do those experiences shape her perceptions of her family, her country, and herself?
Marji is a person who likes to be free. She likes to explore and be herself, but now she is unable to do that because of the new theocracy. She can't express herself because they say women have to keep to themselves. She is frustrated and stubborn, so she does not give up her expressive side easily. She does not have a great relationship with her family. She keeps a lot to herself and shares her dreams with God about being a prophet. She does not talk to her family because she does not trust them because they are very busy and are protesting against the government. To want to be a prophet is not really allowed when you are a girl, so she think they will make fun of her dreams and get mad at her, so she tells them she wants to be a doctor instead of a prophet. Marji wants to leave Iran and go to the United States because her friend lives there, and she would have more freedom. She can't because the government closed the borders and airports. Marji stays in Iran with her grandma while her parents go to Turkey. When they come back, they decide to take her to Vienna to be with one of her mother's best friends, so she will stay safe and not get hurt during the war.
3. What do you think happens to Marji when she heads to Vienna? Write the remaining story of her life up unto the time she writes this text in 2002.
I think she is going to get lost in the airport, and when she finds Zozo (her mother's friend), she will go with her and try to call her mom to tell her she made it safely. I also think that when she gets there a lot of people are going to make fun of her because she would talk in an accent, and also because of her veil and the war. She will fight back when people make fun of her and it will get her into a lot of trouble. I also think that she is going to go though a lot of problems while her parents stay in Iran for the next few months. Marji will go to school in Vienna, but she will be made fun of because she wears a veil over her hair. She is going to start to get very worried about her parents especially since they do not come back to Vienna for a few years. They are hurt when they finally return, but she will help take care of them. The war would be over, and Marji will be very happy again. Then, they will move to the United States, and she will find her friend and experience the freedom she had always wanted.
Everything is going really good for Marji. She is spending time with her friends and having fun until the Reza Shah comes to power. He takes away freedom the Iranians. Now, boys and girls are separated at school, and rules became more strict. People begin to protest against the new ruler, and a lot of people get killed. They were protesting for freedom, but the Shah was unhappy with their protests, so he killed many of them. Finally, the Shah got kicked out of power and the people were happy, but then religious people come into power and the new government is a theocracy. They force women to wear a veil. They said women's hair gave them away and causes them to get molested and harassed. Their hair gave away their beauty and if they were to cover up their hair they would cover up their beauty. The religious leaders said women would have less harassment if they wore the veil. The women were unhappy and protested by wearing a rebellious veil that only came to their shoulders and showed some of their hair. Then later on Marji and her family went to Europe because her parents suspected there would be a war. When they returned to Iran a war between Iran and Iraq had begun.
2. What are the experiences Marji endures in the text and how do those experiences shape her perceptions of her family, her country, and herself?
Marji is a person who likes to be free. She likes to explore and be herself, but now she is unable to do that because of the new theocracy. She can't express herself because they say women have to keep to themselves. She is frustrated and stubborn, so she does not give up her expressive side easily. She does not have a great relationship with her family. She keeps a lot to herself and shares her dreams with God about being a prophet. She does not talk to her family because she does not trust them because they are very busy and are protesting against the government. To want to be a prophet is not really allowed when you are a girl, so she think they will make fun of her dreams and get mad at her, so she tells them she wants to be a doctor instead of a prophet. Marji wants to leave Iran and go to the United States because her friend lives there, and she would have more freedom. She can't because the government closed the borders and airports. Marji stays in Iran with her grandma while her parents go to Turkey. When they come back, they decide to take her to Vienna to be with one of her mother's best friends, so she will stay safe and not get hurt during the war.
3. What do you think happens to Marji when she heads to Vienna? Write the remaining story of her life up unto the time she writes this text in 2002.
I think she is going to get lost in the airport, and when she finds Zozo (her mother's friend), she will go with her and try to call her mom to tell her she made it safely. I also think that when she gets there a lot of people are going to make fun of her because she would talk in an accent, and also because of her veil and the war. She will fight back when people make fun of her and it will get her into a lot of trouble. I also think that she is going to go though a lot of problems while her parents stay in Iran for the next few months. Marji will go to school in Vienna, but she will be made fun of because she wears a veil over her hair. She is going to start to get very worried about her parents especially since they do not come back to Vienna for a few years. They are hurt when they finally return, but she will help take care of them. The war would be over, and Marji will be very happy again. Then, they will move to the United States, and she will find her friend and experience the freedom she had always wanted.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Reflection on Socratic Seminar
In this debate we talked about should drinking, driving and voting age should be lowered? I didn’t agree with this, because we already have an enough driving divers. So if we had more to that then it would just get worst. And sixteen year olds don’t really think about voting yet. Ok, Obama really talked about the youth, but that does not really mean the next president won’t do that. So we shouldn’t lower the voting, drinking and driving age.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
President Election
This assignment was about the election. I was on the republican side and the person I had to pretend to be was John McCain. My topic was to cover health care. What we had to do in this project was acted like we were give are speech to every republican. Was really spooky because acting like then and give out a speech is very nervousing and when you have to answer the questions is like um, um. Then after we gave our speeches they had to vote for us. Most of the people voted for Mitt Romney and we came in second place and of course Huckabee come in last. But overall it was really interesting.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Is Beauty In the Eye of the Beholder?
This article is about what do poeple do when they want to be beautyful. This article is mostly talking about women, because they we are the ones who get surtery on our bodies to make it look like we have a bigger behind and bigger breast. Girls also put on a lot of make-up and change thier hair color and ect.... The reason why we girls do this, is because we want to be achaive to MEN. But we know that the stuff we do is really bad for our skin, but we do it anyways. so my question is, if we know it is bad then why do we do it? In our seminar we talked about how imporanted it is to change our world and how we want to change it.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Malian Women
The girls in Mali PALLID there body with bleach to make themselfs look prettier. The reason they do that, is so that they can DOWRY. The men think it is EMBELLISH for women to be bleached. Other reason is beacuse they can be EBULLIENT about themselfs. When men see the girls bleach they are MESMERIC that girls put on bleach. Even thouth they know it can cause skin cancer, the girls don't really care they just want to be liked.
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