I love this movie!!! I have the trilogy at my house and the movies never fail to make me smile.
I think that they started off the movie with Indy as a teenager in order for the audience to understand how his mindset and beliefs have always been the same. Throughout the whole movie, you hear Indy say "that belongs in a museum," and having a scene of him as a teenager puts into prospective that he has had a passion for history for quite some time now. As a teenager, Indy is very passionate, adventurous, and courageous. I love that his character never really changes in this way and that his relationship with his father is clearly stated in that scene where his father is working on his work and pays no attention to Indy and tells him to count to ten in greek.. or latin? I can't remember... but I just love his is transitioned and proved how Indy's search for something is never ending. He will never give up on his quest and that is what drives him throughout the whole movie. He will never give up on the quest to find the grail. His knowledge about history aids him throughout the whole journey and I absolutely love his character!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Small World Parts 4 and 5
I know that I already blogged for part 4 by accident.. but I guess that I'll do it again!
I love the ending of this book. The first thing that came to my mind when the last sentence said, "and he wondered where in the small, narrow world he should begin to look for her" was the tv/computer game, "Where In the World is Carmen San Diego." Persse had traveled all over the globe to be with Angela and she does not turn out to be the woman that he actually wants in the end. He follows her throughout the whole entire book and basically gets no where. Whenever he came close, there was always something stopping him. I thought that it was ironic that he ends up sleeping with Angela's identical twin, Lily and ends up sleeping with him. I just thought that the whole story was very ironic and that the one love that he was searching for actually came from someone else that now, he cannot find. Too bad for Persse.
I love the ending of this book. The first thing that came to my mind when the last sentence said, "and he wondered where in the small, narrow world he should begin to look for her" was the tv/computer game, "Where In the World is Carmen San Diego." Persse had traveled all over the globe to be with Angela and she does not turn out to be the woman that he actually wants in the end. He follows her throughout the whole entire book and basically gets no where. Whenever he came close, there was always something stopping him. I thought that it was ironic that he ends up sleeping with Angela's identical twin, Lily and ends up sleeping with him. I just thought that the whole story was very ironic and that the one love that he was searching for actually came from someone else that now, he cannot find. Too bad for Persse.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Small World Part 3
What do you think about Persse chasing Angela around to all of the world-wide conventions?
I thought that this part of the story was a lot like a knight chasing a woman that he will never have. Although she has told him this, he still insists that he is good enough for her and that he deserves her. He gets a credit card, which is a form of money, something that she has a plentiful amount of. This credit card, like in the story of Perceval, is like his own title as a "knight." Now that he has gained something that she has and is attracted to, he thinks that she will somehow change her opinion about him. I thought that it was funny that she followed him to places such as Hawaii, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Jerusalem and he still did not get any of her attention. I thought that it was sad to read Cheryl's to Persse following Angela around, but Persse is blindly in love with the thought of Angela. I think that it is getting a little out of hand...
I thought that this part of the story was a lot like a knight chasing a woman that he will never have. Although she has told him this, he still insists that he is good enough for her and that he deserves her. He gets a credit card, which is a form of money, something that she has a plentiful amount of. This credit card, like in the story of Perceval, is like his own title as a "knight." Now that he has gained something that she has and is attracted to, he thinks that she will somehow change her opinion about him. I thought that it was funny that she followed him to places such as Hawaii, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Jerusalem and he still did not get any of her attention. I thought that it was sad to read Cheryl's to Persse following Angela around, but Persse is blindly in love with the thought of Angela. I think that it is getting a little out of hand...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Small World Part 1
First off, I would like to say that the first part of "Small World" reminded me a lot of "Brave New World" and "The Giver." I know that "Brave New World" and "The Giver" all took place in very unique societies, but I felt that they all had a common secret that they were all in on, and that they were all gathered together for. Starting off "Small World," it seemed as though all of these professors and teachers had gathered together for a specific reason beyond their training. They all had very prestigious degrees, and some came back to this "conference" even after they stopped teaching. It just reminded me a lot of these other two books.
4) Angelica is a very centered and interesting character in "Small World." She is the main interest for many of the men at the conference, and seems very out of place. She is younger than a lot of people at the conference and she is very flirtatious. I think that her character is supposed to be more of one for entertainment purposes, the main love interest. She specializes in romantic literature and it seems that if we compared her to a common medieval character, she would be the young maiden that those fawn after. Persse is taken to her because of her looks and supposed popularity at the conference. Originally, he knows nothing about her and only a day or so after meeting and talking to her, he proclaims that he is "in love" which is an overstatement to say the least.
5) I personally loved the characters of Morris Zapp and Philip Swallow. I thought that both characters were very animated and really served as a humerus part in the story. I loved the scene where Persse sees Angelica for the first time and he comments about how Swallow seemed to be looking at her breasts, when really he was looking at her name tag. Both characters seemed to be very engulfed in the image of sex, even as old men. Zapp's lecture, to be precise, was probably my favorite part of the reading. I will speak about that in the next question. But I just thought that Swallow and Zapp were very animated and characters that were meant to be taken seriously, but could be laughed at while reading.
6) This scene was my favorite part of the story. Zapp compared language and reading to strip teasing. While reading it, I actually understood and agreed with what he had to say. It says, "the attempt to peer into the very core of a text, to possess once and for all its meaning, is vain- it is only ourselves that we find there, not the work itself" (27). It talked about how the text tells us what we need to know, but will never say it blatantly and cannot be possessed. It is all like a strip tease. I thought that it really blatantly said what language and reading was like, and I think that a lot of people overreacted when hearing it.
4) Angelica is a very centered and interesting character in "Small World." She is the main interest for many of the men at the conference, and seems very out of place. She is younger than a lot of people at the conference and she is very flirtatious. I think that her character is supposed to be more of one for entertainment purposes, the main love interest. She specializes in romantic literature and it seems that if we compared her to a common medieval character, she would be the young maiden that those fawn after. Persse is taken to her because of her looks and supposed popularity at the conference. Originally, he knows nothing about her and only a day or so after meeting and talking to her, he proclaims that he is "in love" which is an overstatement to say the least.
5) I personally loved the characters of Morris Zapp and Philip Swallow. I thought that both characters were very animated and really served as a humerus part in the story. I loved the scene where Persse sees Angelica for the first time and he comments about how Swallow seemed to be looking at her breasts, when really he was looking at her name tag. Both characters seemed to be very engulfed in the image of sex, even as old men. Zapp's lecture, to be precise, was probably my favorite part of the reading. I will speak about that in the next question. But I just thought that Swallow and Zapp were very animated and characters that were meant to be taken seriously, but could be laughed at while reading.
6) This scene was my favorite part of the story. Zapp compared language and reading to strip teasing. While reading it, I actually understood and agreed with what he had to say. It says, "the attempt to peer into the very core of a text, to possess once and for all its meaning, is vain- it is only ourselves that we find there, not the work itself" (27). It talked about how the text tells us what we need to know, but will never say it blatantly and cannot be possessed. It is all like a strip tease. I thought that it really blatantly said what language and reading was like, and I think that a lot of people overreacted when hearing it.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Story of the Grail (Perceval) pgs 460-499
1) When Perceval is on a journey in the deserted area, he encounters three knights and ten maidens. This group reminded me a lot of the beginning of the story when the knight approaches Perceval and asks if he had seen five knights and three maidens. I think that this part in the story represents knighthood and how he is no longer in love with the thought of it. He is criticized for wearing armor on Good Friday. The group represents an image that he once respected, to one that has become a joke to him.
2) We see Perceval beginning to weep as he goes to repent to the Hermit because he is told about his mother's slow and painful death and how the only way that he could be forgiven for leaving her there is repentance. To this, Perceval agrees to take communion every day. He really looks at himself as guilty for his mother's death and takes full responsibility. He does not know how to fix what he did, and really, the whole search for the grail has been more of a self- exploration. It took him a story to realize how he took his mother and her words for granted.
2) We see Perceval beginning to weep as he goes to repent to the Hermit because he is told about his mother's slow and painful death and how the only way that he could be forgiven for leaving her there is repentance. To this, Perceval agrees to take communion every day. He really looks at himself as guilty for his mother's death and takes full responsibility. He does not know how to fix what he did, and really, the whole search for the grail has been more of a self- exploration. It took him a story to realize how he took his mother and her words for granted.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Story of the Grail (Perceval) pgs 419-460
1. I think the meaning of Blancheflor's name is actually quite interesting. The meaning, "White Flower" gives off vibes that she is very pure and innocent. The flower that comes to mind when I like of a "white flower," is the lily. Typically, in literature, the lily represents chastity, virtue, the Holy Trinity, faith, and beauty, to make a few. I thought that this description was very interesting and also very contradictory to the episode with Blancheflor. Blancheflor goes into Perceval's bedroom, while he is sleeping, and get into bed with him. She then stays the night with him, which is not innocent at all. Also, her weeping in the story portray her in a dainty way, weeping over a knight. She is what her name describes her as, a dainty flower.
3. In the episode where Perceval sees blood in the snow and it reminds him of Blancheflor, I thought that it related back to him taking her virginity. Having blood remind him of Blancheflor is a little creepy to begin with, and I am pretty sure that if he thought of her when he say it, he is thinking about the taking of her virginity, or her virginity.
3. In the episode where Perceval sees blood in the snow and it reminds him of Blancheflor, I thought that it related back to him taking her virginity. Having blood remind him of Blancheflor is a little creepy to begin with, and I am pretty sure that if he thought of her when he say it, he is thinking about the taking of her virginity, or her virginity.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Story of the Grail (Perceval) pgs 381-419
1) "He who sows sparingly, reaps sparingly, but he who wishes to reap plentifully casts his seed on ground that will bear him fruit a hundredfold, for good seed withers and dies in worthless soil" (381). The opening prologue to "The Story of the Grail (Perceval)" is much like "Erec and Enide" in its foreshadowing. This prologue teaches many lessons, but the first one that they teach is that the effort that you put in is the outcome that you will receive. Like the first line, if you plant a seed in good soil, it will grow plentifully. But if you throw a seed on the ground in hopes that it will grow, it won't. The prologue then states about the Count Philip of Flanders and how he believes in true justice, loyalty, and the Holy Church. It also quotes the Gospel, "let not your left hand know the good your right hand is doing." Chretien is bringing up a lot of these themes about possibly a higher love where love conquers all, no matter what your brain tells you to do. The prologue states that God knows what our desire is in our hearts and what we really want and that even though the left hand might not approve of it, the right hand has to do what its heart desires. The prologue also speaks about charity and how "he consults no one except his noble honest heart, which urges him to do good" (381). I believe that the prologue wants us to believe the get from the story the belief that love conquers all.
2) I absolutely loved the first scene where Perceval encounters the knights in the Waste Forest. In the text, Chretien portrays Perceval as a very naive child who seems to me to be very ADHD. He is incapable of staying on one topic because he is so starstruck by the knights. The knights are portrayed as very standoffish people who only care about one thing; where the 5 knights and 3 maidens ran off to. Perceval looks at the knights as a being larger than God itself. When he is asked questions about where the knights and maidens ran off to, he focuses more on materialistic things and does not answer their questions. When Perceval finds out their title as knights, he says, "would that I were like you, so shining and so well formed" (383) and asks about the things that he is carrying like swords and shields. Perceval is enthralled and is very materialistic, only caring about the look of the knights. It is very interesting how quickly his perception of the knights changes from when he firsts sees them. At first he is terrified and frightened by them, but then becomes amazed by their shields and swords, making him blinded by the whole thing. Chretien does this to emphasize the naivete of Perceval and how something to eye catching and wonderful, like a sword, or the vision of a knight, can make him so easily persuaded.
3) I thought that it was very interesting that at first when Perceval confronts his mother about meeting the knights and wanting to join, she practically passes out. I wasn't sure if she was upset or happy about his choice. Later on, she was telling Perceval about her lineage of knighthood and how his father was a knight, but he died. I think that Perceval's mother didn't want Perceval to find out about their background in knighthood because she didn't want to loose another one of her loves. She has lost her other sons and husband to knighthood and she didn't want to loose Perceval. To this, Perceval, like another teenage boy, asks for food and dismisses her worries and tells her that he is going anyway. He is very naive and does not understand the consequences in his actions and leaves his mother. His mother also gives him one last advice, and says that if a maiden is in need of help, then he must help her, but if she gives him her ring, he must leave her. to this, Perceval is very confused and asks things such as "what is a chapel," and "what is a church." Perceval is not very knowledgeable and I think that before he left, he should have paid more attention to his mother and found out the different things that could go wrong with leaving and becoming a knight.
2) I absolutely loved the first scene where Perceval encounters the knights in the Waste Forest. In the text, Chretien portrays Perceval as a very naive child who seems to me to be very ADHD. He is incapable of staying on one topic because he is so starstruck by the knights. The knights are portrayed as very standoffish people who only care about one thing; where the 5 knights and 3 maidens ran off to. Perceval looks at the knights as a being larger than God itself. When he is asked questions about where the knights and maidens ran off to, he focuses more on materialistic things and does not answer their questions. When Perceval finds out their title as knights, he says, "would that I were like you, so shining and so well formed" (383) and asks about the things that he is carrying like swords and shields. Perceval is enthralled and is very materialistic, only caring about the look of the knights. It is very interesting how quickly his perception of the knights changes from when he firsts sees them. At first he is terrified and frightened by them, but then becomes amazed by their shields and swords, making him blinded by the whole thing. Chretien does this to emphasize the naivete of Perceval and how something to eye catching and wonderful, like a sword, or the vision of a knight, can make him so easily persuaded.
3) I thought that it was very interesting that at first when Perceval confronts his mother about meeting the knights and wanting to join, she practically passes out. I wasn't sure if she was upset or happy about his choice. Later on, she was telling Perceval about her lineage of knighthood and how his father was a knight, but he died. I think that Perceval's mother didn't want Perceval to find out about their background in knighthood because she didn't want to loose another one of her loves. She has lost her other sons and husband to knighthood and she didn't want to loose Perceval. To this, Perceval, like another teenage boy, asks for food and dismisses her worries and tells her that he is going anyway. He is very naive and does not understand the consequences in his actions and leaves his mother. His mother also gives him one last advice, and says that if a maiden is in need of help, then he must help her, but if she gives him her ring, he must leave her. to this, Perceval is very confused and asks things such as "what is a chapel," and "what is a church." Perceval is not very knowledgeable and I think that before he left, he should have paid more attention to his mother and found out the different things that could go wrong with leaving and becoming a knight.
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