society reflection

In a society, there are certain roles to be played. I was to come with a society consisting of only fine people, which is very limited, to I had to be very careful in who I chose. For my five people I chose Tommy Pickles, James Bond, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hermione Granger, and Gary Thorpe.
At the head of my society is Tommy Pickles. Tommy Pickles is a great leader. He is a confident and brave person. He is also a very encouraging person and always instills hope in his people. Not only does he encourage is people by words, but by actually working with them and helping them along the way. Working beside them to keep the society growing, he gives them hope, courage, and wisdom.

To keep my society in line I have James Bond. James bond is a strong, hard working, and intimidation man. If anything were to go out of line, he would have no problem dealing with it and setting it straight. Also with his intimidation, the people do not want to break the law, but his hard work and dedication gives him respect and the people see him as a guardian.

Everyone needs to feel loved and to do that I have Mrs. Doubtfire. Mrs. Doubtfire is the nurturer of my society. She is very motherly and caring. She wants to best for the people of the society and makes sure everyone feels comfortable and is happy where there. With Mrs. Doubtfire really being a father, Daniel Hillard ,she serves as the father-figure too. Daniel Hillard is hardworking and a guardian. He watches over and encourages the people like a father would do.

Hermione Granger is a very well round person. She is the educator, role model, procreator, and healer of my society. She is a very smart woman and studies hard to know and learn all she can and happily teaches everything she can. She is also a very pretty women and fits well into being the procreator and the princess. Hermione is also a witch of Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry and, therefore, knows the spells for healing a person with little to no pain and in record time. With all of these great qualities, she is highly looked upon in my society.

Finally, every society needs entertainment and Gary Thorpe is the best fit. Gary is extremely funny and entertaining. He keeps the society happy. Not only is he the comedian, he also the friend. Gary is a very sensitive and caring person. Whenever someone needs a friend, he is right there. He keeps the society comforted.

These five people all have one more quality, there are all workers of the society. They al have their part to keep the society growing and strong. Although they are all good candidates for their role, I do have some essential roles missing. I do not have a male procreator, so that makes Hermione’s role as a procreator irrelevant. I also do not have any sort of clergy, so there is no religious guidelines to my society, so no one really knows what is right or wrong. The people that I do have, though, I believe to be good candidates, but not the best. If I were to have a society consisting of only 5 people, I would have reevaluate to make sure I have all the important roles taken care of.

Essential Question 4

Where do we see seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain, our young hero? What is the author trying to tell us?

Seduction and lust start to destroy Gawain when he goes into the castle and meets the rulers wife. He sees that the lady is absolutely beautiful and wants more than just an acquaintance with her, "our knight and the noble lady were accorded so closely in company there, with the seemly solace of their secret words" (lines 1010-1012). And indeed, Gawain's wants became realities and he and the lady had an affair, "sweet pipes beguile their cares and the trumpet of marital tones; each tends his affairs and those two tend their own" (1016-1019). This affair will not only be a burden of wrong-doing in the back of his mind for the rest of his life, but it will also be a huge problem to try and offer all he has gotten from the castle back to his host, considering he cannot give back what he has given the noble lady. Not being able to stick to his word and stick to the five knightly virtues could be the downfall of Gawain. Just by doing this one act he is disobeying every single knightly virtue. The author is trying to tell us that unless Gawain realizes what he has done and gets his act together, this story will not have a happy ending.

Rules for relationships

1. Never talk about past relationships or the opposite sex, especially on the first date.

2. Don't be too serious, but don't be too goofy. Allow yourself to have a good time, but don't make the other think that you're not serious about the relationship.

3. Always be honest, even little while lies can hurt deeply (unless they are being used to keep a surprise from them)

4. Always remember birthdays and anniversaries, even the smallest gift, card, or words can make that day one to remember.

5. Show your love and care as much as can, make them feel like important.

6. Respect each other's opinions; you're not going to agree on everything.

7. Make sure you see reality, at first it may feel like a fairy tale love, but some problems, disagreements, etc. with occur, but if you realize that, you will be able to work them out and keep each other happy.

8. Encourage each other, when they are feeling down, remind them that you are there to help them with anything.

9. Give each other space; too much time can lead to too many fights.

10. Respect each other's friends and family, before you make any judgments get to know them.

Essential 2

Discuss biblical allusions and religious symbolism in Beowulf.

The religious symbolism in Beowolf seem to be that God is the reason for everything good happening. All the good things happening in their lives, they give credit to God, but once something bad happens in their lives they leave it to fate's doing. It seems that all the good things in their lives are because of God, their strength, power, etc. God has granted on them, but anything bad in their lives is their own doing. Any downfalls, deaths, etc. is because of their own choices and decisions.

9/28/09

What are the social obligations of a hero?

The social obligations of a hero would be bravery, lots of strength, great leadership, and known around the world.

Is Beowolf aware of his deification process?

Beowolf is not aware of his deification process. Beowolf does know that he is a great warrior and that he is a hero to people everywhere. He knows that he will help people because he likes to do it, but he doesn't exactly know that he will become a god. Beowolf is doing what he thinks is right for the people because they want to live in peace, as does Beowolf, but he is unaware that his actions will lead him to becoming a god.

P&P 15: 16-19

"The Bennets were speedily pronounced to be the luckiest family in the world; though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune" (339)

When Lydia had run off with Wickham unmarried, the Bennets thought their reputation was doomed forever. Eventhough Mrs. Bennet was estatic to have one of her daughters married, she still thought Lydia's reputation would be ruined and the whole family, leading to musfortune and no more marriages, but miracles can happen. Bingly still loves Jane and proposed to her, Dary still loves Lizzy and Lizzy actually does love him too, and so Darcy also proposes to Lizzy. Even after such a horrible thing happened, love prevailed and overcame bad reputations and levels in society and a not so great family because the luckiest family.

Lady Catherine does not accept Darcy and Lizzy's marriage at first because:

I) She thinks the Bennets are not a suitable family for Darcy.
II) She doesn't like Darcy.
III) She thinks Darcy should be marrying her daughter.
IV) She never didn't accept it.

a) Just IV
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) Just I

P&P 13: 10-12

"The contents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share" (315).

Here we find out that Darcy had paid Wickhan to marry Lydia and Mrs. Gardiner hints that it was for Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know whether to be happy or upset about this because either, Darcy is doing thing completely romantic thing all for Elizabeth, just so Elizabeth and him can be together, or he made the biggest mistake ever by ruining not only Lydia's reputation, but the whole family's reputation. Elizabeth is torn between these two, but will soon come to a final resolution.

Why do you think Mrs. Bennet hates Mr. Darcy?

a) Because he paid Wickham to marry Lydia.
b) He is too nice.
c) He thinks he is better than the Bennet family.
d) He likes the Bennet family too much.