Monday, February 25, 2008

Break habits

I was somewhat successful in getting work done. I finished my book and wrote a response, but I feel the response is not as good as I want it to be. Therefore I will hold off on it for another day or two, polishing it up.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Revelation Paper for history - first draft

Revelations – these played such an important role. They’ve served as recurring external and internal factors in shaping the world around us, manifesting within the trends of history, literature, and art. It is because of this why coming to a vivid understanding of their existence wields a clearer more lucid view of how things around us work.
The dictionary meaning of a revelation is two fold, one of religious connotation that most have associated with the word and the other is less divine. The two are as followed: “the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world”; “a surprising and previously unknown fact, esp. one that is made known in a dramatic way”.
As stated before, the realm of literature is fulled with revelations and its tropes. Tropes are critital parts of stories that continue to reappear throughout the plot. Thus they are what express the revelation for the audience. Example of such tropes are the activist/prophet that goes around spreading their message (the revelation), the dumb masses that the prophet is attempting to wake up, and the opposition that stands in the way of the message striving to stop the prophet’s words before they reach the masses. Most stories have all of these tropes and more. It allows for the most basic of connects to be made between the piece of work and audience.

New beginnings

Its the start of a new semester and therefore new papers as well. This time, the class and papers pertain to revelations and their relation to the world around us. So please enjoy these next rounds of posting, hopefully we can all have some more fun with ideas.