Pulling a Heinrich

Well, for me it was interesting because my sister and I love to annoy each other by doing what Heinrich does with his father. So, for me doing this was really quite easy because I had an hour on Friday with just Hannah in the car. We started to talk about random sort of things but what really worked was when she found out that this was a project for school and she really wanted to know about it. So, I would go around that subject and try to get her on different subjects or even try to confuse her in the project itself. Though most of the time I would get upset rather than the other way around because Hannah knows how to do this really well. She is actually, as I would call her, an expert. But hopefully this is what you wanted us to do for this assignment.

Story

For me, I am very iffy on this but I will try to answer your question about where the line ends with a person and starts with a character. I think the in movies the character has an effect on sociaty but that will not reflect the beliefs of the actor. Though if the actor knows that this movie goes against what he or she believes than why do they do it? Maybe I dont understand but to make this clear, I am glad that there are christian actors that are not just in christian films. This shows that maybe we can make progress in the world especially in hollywood. I think that if we can effect the writers, who think that way and are effected by the world, to promote something better than maybe we can change a little. So, I would say that the writers are the major ones to blame because if they did not write that stuff than there would not be "those" kind of movies.( I did not know what to call "those" movies) Also, though the actors are partially to blame because if they did not take the roles than there would not be a confusion on their stance. But you cannot take out of the equation me/us/ the people that will go and see these movies and support it all.

Darkness

As I see it, the darkness effects her even though she does not say a word. Form the slices of moon light which creates darkness to just the night at the end, darkness could be some thing she is going through. I feel that these seal men know something about her that even she might not know which could represent the darkness in her life. They also are compared to glittering pools of ink that might be the smudge in her life that she wants to cover up. The darkness might not be something bad, it could represent a new chapter in her life that she is afraid of stepping into. By the sweat behind her knees she is scared but she still clutches at the holes that are left behind by the men. It is like she wants to move on but its a big jump from where she is now.

Adolescence

In the short story, Asolescence, hyper reality is the major form of postmodernism. As it begins, she sees " three seal men with eyes as round as dinner plates and eyelachese like sharpened tines." For her, reality and fanticy have mixed to create what she is seeing in her mind. It also shows that she might feel as if adulthood is looking at her even though she still feels like a kid. Also, as she continues her reality, they vanish and she " clutch(es) at the ragged holes they leave behind." She is surprised at the new wonders that could await as she steps forward into a new area of her life. She is eager to start in but scared of what might come of it.

TOAST

As people, communication is the key to how we live our lives but when words are broken down the language becomes limited.Our fight to understand becomes confused when we try to get down to what something really is, like toast as a "pointless invention from the Dark Ages". Our language becomes pointless if someone does not understand the object being discribed. Every word could mean something else but once it is given a definition it points to what we really mean. As language deteriorates, any word could mean anything and that words" cannot be explained by rational means". By breaking down the words, we break down communication as a whole. Through this it is shown that word are nothing in the end but the meanings behind them that count.

Influences of Hyperreality

From movies to books, the live of today have been changed by hyper reality. For me, the biggest one would be "Disney as a'hyperreality" because of its "happily ever after" endings. Though many of their movies are fun to watch, it also give a wrong impression of life and love. I have been lead to believe at a young age that once my prince charming shows up everything will be alright but now I understand that it is going to be a struggle. ( Shouldn't we know by now that most of these hyperrealities are not what life is really like?)Even in books, we see the picture perfect places like in Anne of Avonlea when she first sees that house and says "that it was a real pretty place, with a lovely garden and roses climbing all over it" or in other words picturesque. I have found that not everything should be like that because it might be perfect in some other way. I can see though how this house would be my ideal house but it would probably not be right for me.

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=3957
http://www.litquotes.com/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Anne%20Of%20Avonlea

Hyperreality

In the American culture today, love and relationships have been effected by hyper reality. For many hyper reality "characterizes the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures." This shows that love in our culture has been morphed and transformed to what we want it to be. It also brings a symbol ,which for example relationships or marriage of the same gender, to mean something different in the publics eye. Hyper reality can also create "reality by proxy, in which a person takes someone else's version of reality on board as his or her own." As we watch TV, the types of relationships that are portrayed give an idea of what we might expect though in reality it is different. Even as a kid, watching Disney movies showed me that love was supposed to be "happily ever after" but now that I have grown up the fantasy is different than reality. As hyper reality grows its effect ripples through love and relationships in reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreality
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-hyperreality.htm