Iliad vs. Troy

The movie Troy did a good job at potraying the epic, however some differences were present. For example, the Iliad defines the outcome as fait astablished by the gods. In the movie it is because on the Greeks strong fighting and quick thinking. The movie removes the influence of the gods to make the movie more underatandable to todays audience and to make it easier to follow. Another example is how the Iliad concludes with Achilles resolving his anger and Troy goes on to the Trojan horse and the distruction of Troy. The film makers probubly did this to fill in the gaps and make it have more of and epic ending.

Strategy and Success Blog

1)I really like how relaxed the class is I'm not falling asleep and I'm not to terrified to say a thing.
2)Well, I'm really visual so I like to see the notes.
3)Ok, I like to make study sheets that out line the notes. I also do my studying on my bed while listening to my ipod. As far as time goes that depends on what we're talking about a vocab one maybe 45 min. Book Quiz, then I just look over my notes for about 25-30 minuets.
4)Yes, I like to look at things when I'm studying and enjoy movement as well. It helps me to better recall the information.

Native American Folktale

The tale of the animals saving the village is one of my favorite s and is not very common. In short, its a long cold winter and he people of the village have no fire the animals of the forest know of the fire witches in the mountains that have control over all the fire. the animals, lead by the rabbit, decide to steal fire from the witches to save the people.In the end,the animals succeeded but only after being forever cured by the witches for what they had done, but fire is brought to the people of the village.

The universal archetypes from this tale could be, the cold and darkness of the forest at winter time. Another example could be the witches of the mountain; the mountain shows that the journey will be dangerous. Also, the dark and stillness of the night the animals execute their plan. Or, the fact that the animals are on a quest for fire, fire represents warmth and safety from the cold winter.

The tale is Indian in that the animals play a symbolic role. WE all know that chip monks, frogs,foxes,and rabbits working together sounds far fetched but to the people they were special. The colors and surroundings around them were defined by these such stories. Mysteries explained in this tale include why these animals look the way they do, how some bark is different then others, and many more. Making this my favorite folktale passed down through tribal oral tradition.

Hero Blog

Mermaid man is probubly the greatest super hero ever beacuse of how commical he is. hes so cute and old and its great. he can barly remember andthing but he does have some pretty cool gadgets.As far and super heros go hes not the brightest or best looking but i love how he always wins even if all he has to do is pop a giant bubble.