After receiving my feedback on Paper 1 done in class, there are certain things to work on.
- have a balance between techniques and explanations
- remember that it is characterisation rather than persona development
- link stronger to conclusion
IfP last days
Although IfP may have ended, here is a brief reflection on what happened in the year.
IfP helped me understand what made the world work. It opened my eyes a bit more clearly into how to approach the structures and systems in which we operate.
There exists only a reachable type of peace which we can see: mutual understanding.
IfP last days
Although IfP may have ended, here is a brief reflection on what happened in the year.
IfP helped me understand what made the world work. It opened my eyes a bit more clearly into how to approach the structures and systems in which we operate.
There exists only a reachable type of peace which we can see: mutual understanding.
Law and Morality and Literature
Literature and Art is a wonderful way of tricking the reader to engage with these personal debates internally. Literature can lead the reader across the fine line of morals in the structure of society and the world.
To what extent does Oscar Wilde portray heterosexuality in “The Importance of Being Earnest”?
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, published in Victorian England, portrays homosexuality through subtle symbols and double entendres. Wilde’s representation of homosexual ideas in a heterosexual play, only accentuates Wilde’s thoughts of high society and Victorian values, mainly its homophobia. While it is a heterosexually centred play, Wilde envelops himself into the novel through the representation of homosexuality. Wilde portrays his heterosexual characters as over sensationalised and vain. With the example of Gwendolyn favouring Jack, only because of the fact that the name of his alias is Ernest. Wilde uses the double entendre of Earnest and Ernest to contrast the character and the trait. However, “by the mid-1890s… there was already a precedent for doubling the terms ‘Earnest’ and ‘Ernest’ into a coded allusion for same-sex passion” (Powell).
CAS so far… Difficulties and Challenges
So far in the first week of activities, there have not been many challenges that have made balance difficult as most of my work I usually do before the due deadline. I have not found any trouble in balancing however I know as the workload increases I need to keep a steady head and a balanced schedule, but so far, no problems. The gradual increase in time is just a gradual increase in complications as years become many and memories become plenty, an organisation is just creating timelines for oneself.
Humour – An journey into Oscar Wilde’s comedy in Act 1 of: “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Here is a link to the mind map I have created on humour in Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest:
https://www.mindmeister.com/1323039620
Graphic novels with Graphic material invoking Graphic ideas in our Graphic world
There has been a rise in feminism in the past decade and rightfully so as women have been purposely disadvantaged by the misogynistic ideals of society. With this rise, women have been finding new ways of communicating this societal flaw to the world via art and literature, notably through graphic novels. Graphic novels are drawn images accompanied with text immersing the reader a deeper into the literary world which the book has created. Female graphic novelists have shown the need for gender equality in the world through their art. However, some are finding the need to exaggerate female bodies in their art to get their point across, which raises the question of why? It seems as though the world needs shocking, sensational, sacrilegious images to get a point across. It shows through the development of news in the past century. News has been reduced to catchy critiques and captions with people only selecting the most scandalous and shortest. People have gotten impatient with the world, resorting to only the briefest sentences to get their information without ever really delving into an issue. This need for sensationalism is what might be making the analysis of modern media harder. Audiences have shown rave reviews to art which catches the eye rather than one that truly implies meaning. It is possible to have both sensationalism and substance in one’s art which is what graphic novelists such as Alison Bechdel try to do, however, people have a tendency to not like being told what to do, a trait hard to shake off. The need for direct honesty in a world where sensational nonsense rules, is the problem which artists nowadays face. It is a debated point which deserves more reflection on, however, it is often overlooked in our daily lives.
The First Week: Grade 10
Things change, some things don’t. When I had my first week of Grade 10, I realized that nothing really was different. Popped into the same cycle of the same things of the same day to day subjects. Nothing changed and I didn’t expect them to anyway. I thought about different things, what to do later in the year and what challenges do I face. I wanted to do something, but I didn’t know what really. I signed up for things and started routines, but just like Heisenberg’s principle of uncertainty, when I gain momentum, I lose position and vice versa. There are so many things to do, yet I don’t know what to. The first week helped me to realize that there is so much in life that is not set and there are so many things left undone.
Workplace Harassment: Where do we draw the line?
Throughout the last two years, we have seen an explosion of sexual harassment cases, and it has slowly shifted the mindsets of people. These cases happen everywhere, not only by celebrities and political figures but by everyday people. There a line that we do not cross. But where do we draw it?