Famous Last Words

In the last paragraph of "Amusing Ourselves To Death" Neil Postman refers to Aldous Huxley. Huxley was trying to talk about the same references as Postman. In Huxley’s book “Brave New World” he says that the public is stuck in between “education and disaster”. When Huxley says “they were laughing instead of thinking, but that they did not know what they were laughing about” was to show that society will laugh at anything even if it is not funny just for entertainment. Postman is showing in his last paragraph that he cannot stop our society from becoming like this. Huxley tried and so did Postman, he can only hope for the best.

No Talk Day

-_- Being able not to talk at all and the only comunication was pictures on a white board and actions was one of the most hardest tasks I ever had to do. In classes I would raise my hand then think of how I was going to answer and sometimes I had to skip on trying to answer. A person would ask me a question and I would open up my mouth then stop myself and think oh yeah I can not talk at all. I felt like a robot and once I got out of the school I was yelling and screaming trying to catch up on all the number words I usually say in a school day.

Talking To Machines

The speech that Dr. Postman gave at Calvin College relates to chapter one in the book "Amusing Ourselves To Death" by talking about metaphors by the past people. He says this because people are worrying about the 21st century and gives good advice from some quotes of metaphors from people. In "Amusing Ourselves To Death" the Neil Postman says "our media is in our metaphors and our metaphors create the content of our culture".

In Dr. Postman's speech he also talks about how we a merly talking to machines more than human beings these days. This relates to what is said in the book "Amusing Ourselves To Death" about how humans are busy with social networks as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc...He says according to another mans book "Being Digital" that we will soon be talking to a toaster or a doorknob and it will be just as comfortable as talking to an answering machine. This helps Postmans theory as that humans use the technolgy to much or used over an extent.

...Civility...

1.) Linda Chavez's intent with the first six words in her coloum is to show that civility is important when it comes to debates or arguments. Also that you should assert your voice, so people can listen to your opinion.

2.) Bellicose means warlike or hostile in manner or temperament. When Chavez uses this word in her coloum she is talking about the war and uses words that relate with war and politics. The term "campaign" comes from the French word for open land and was used in English to refer to the time spent on the battlefield or military maneuvers. Also she uses "rounds" for political debate and ammo in a gun. Another time she uses "firing a shot across the bow" which means issuing a strong warning.

3.) a)Chavez is trying to persuade the reading into beliveing that civility is extreamly important for debates and/or proving your point, yet sometimes going away from civility can make your point have more meaning and more powerful. Athough not to make the words you choose barbaric and/or clash together.

b)The best example for this in my opinion is "A well-meaning but foolish effort to replace the disgusting term "nigger" with "slave" in order to get the book past school censors deprives students from learning important lessons about both racism and the social mores of earlier eras. Diction in great literature tells us something about character, in both senses of the word, and tampering with it distorts the author's intent and interferes with the reader's understanding."

4.) I agree with Chavez's point that civility is important, yet going away from civility can give your point to prove more meaning. This go's for Mark Twain's book "Huckleberry Fin" and the word "nigger" to "slave" in his book just so it could be passed to the school so the students can read it. The students need to read the original version so the students can learn lessons on racism and social mores. This go's back to going away from civility can put deeper meaning into a work of liturature or speech.90 Even though going away from civility can help in strength it does not mean you should go out and use hateful words. This should be used when there is an arguement that a person and/or persons disagree with you then will be appropriate for the use.

GOING GOING GREEN!

1. "Have you figured out yet that I'm going as a cadaver, an anatomical gift?"

2. The way Semrau keeps information away from you helps because it makes the reader read with more depth and to reread some of his sentences to make you think what he is talking about. He uses words in sentences that everybody who has had to strive for a job has gone or is going through.

I believe the intent of the essay was that it is never to late to choose one of the three; conserve, reuse, or recycle. Although he talks about these three words as in yourself instead of nature. Waldemar "reuses" an old calling of his and that was to be surgeon. This is because he does not want to end his carrer and retire, so he goes back to his old childhood calling. He wants to go to Harvard Medical School to complete his task.

His writing strategy was a great one because he puts his own story to what he is trying to tell us, so people could relate maybe and keep reading. People also like reading storys instead of boring lectures tell someone to do a certain task they do not want to do.

RECYCLE!

Baby Jesus

The Lutheran Service book hymn 332 talks about Jesus's birth and how it all came to be in deep dramatic detail. It talks about how Jesus came from the VIRGIN Mary and because he did he is pure and fresh. We should all marvel about what had happened. The Kingdom had victory after Jesus had been born. Jesus shines with the Kingdom now that he is with his Father and he will be there eternally. Then we will be with him eventually when the time comes.

There is a great amount of emotion in this hymn also. What completes the sense of emotion is the great wide span on vocabulary that is used in this hymn. The words make the hymn come to life. One of my favorite parts of this hymn is "Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child! Of the Virgin undefiled!". This part of the hymn shows how such a success of Jesus's birth was and how it was such a great time in history. The whole hymn is an amazing one and really shows the wonderous birth of Jesus.

ISSUES!

1a. 20

1b. Makes holy, slain, is, died, lives again, slain, took sin, set apart, died, raises, slain, makes us alive, come, makes blessings, smiles, reins on the throne, died, lives, reins.

2. Rev. Borghardt is saying in this sermon that one day we will be with God and everone else who belives in Jesus who died on the cross for us. God see's his saints which is us because Jesus died on the cross. He wants us to see him one day. Edwards' sermon is more about preishing and what will happen if we dont belive in God and worship him for what he has done for us. Edward makes the reader feel bad about themselves. His sermon talks about Christ barely when Borghardt's talks about Christ many times through out.
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