http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org Just another Learnerblogs.org weblog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:47:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. Hamlet waits to kill Claudius because at the time that he sees Claudius, he is praying, and if he is confessing his sins, they will be forgiven and he will instantly gain entry into heaven. But that would be much better than living on Earth with the guilt anyway, ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/06/01/hamlet/ In A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift laments the ill-treatment of impoverished children. He reasons that children should be treated better than the common beggar because early neglect is what causes them to grow up undisciplined and unruly. He slowly convinces his audience of this purpose by starting out with a ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/05/05/modest-proposal/ Chesterton, in "Lying in Bed" discusses the upsurge of creative ability when one is lying in bed. He sees the white ceiling and fancies t to be like a canvas, waiting to be drawn on with whatever creative surge one gets when there is nothing else to distract but stark ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/05/01/lying-in-bed/ In the first half of the essay Downe wastes no time to sing the praises of America. He writes, "they had on the table...everything that a person could wish." If the later quip about crossing the Atlantic over starving his children is any example of their indigence, then pudding, fruits, ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/28/428/ At first glance, these two masterpieces of art are truly juxtaposed: one is abstract, one is realist; one is dark, and one seems to be a little more cheerful. Putting aside the obvious, however, there is a set of similarities that reveal the mindset and society of the respective eras ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/27/juxtaposition-american-gothic-by-wood-1930-and-the-scream-by-munch-1893/ TV is bad for you. It is how media conglomerates leech into your brain, and seep their falsified and skewed view of the world into your own. It is where they lure you to buy things you don't need. I mean, who needs two Magic Bullets? and the 4 mugs ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/24/arguing/ Thesis: While the idea that power is diffused in the US is somewhat untrue due to the reaction to power, the idea that conformity is growing is somewhat true due to the reaction to society. Paragraph 1: "Democracy" -We say that we are a democracy, but make it paradoxically unrepresentative by making ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/18/training-for-statesmanship/ Anderson, in this review of "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read", pulls a smarmy move by spending most of the essay to talk about this book, which he hasn't read. Through it, he makes a lot of inferences about what the author has written, and even about the ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/17/books-you-havent-read/ Jonathan Rosenbaum and Carrie Rickey had differing opinions about "The Fog of War". I disagree with Rosenbaum's claim that the story that Errol Morris was trying to tell cannot be picked out from an initial viewing of the film. I thought the message that he was trying to feel was ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/17/fog-of-war/ I've always been a fan of anything visual, whether it be pictures, video, or any physical entity. This is not to say that I prefer looking over reading as a preschooler does, but more that for me, information gets lost in words. With subject matter such as this piece was ... http://shorewoodliu.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/16/410/