On this poem about mother to son all I can say is WOW. The author Langston Hughes some how compares life to a crystal staircase. The crystal stair (a perfect life) while he puts in many ways where life can be painful and hard but at the same time good.
Well, son, I'll tell you: life for me ain't been no crystal stair. This sentence Langston Hughes hammered in his peice tells how life can never be perfect. Life always cracks, splinters, broken steps but never stairs that are flawless. Life is hard, life is so precious because it is hard. The fight for survival goes on even if you experience pain you must push yourself forward not the other way around.
Spliters, tacks, boards torn up... slowing you perhaps killing you. Pain or no pain life goes on. Difficulties that can tear someones heart apart, sadness that can cause someone to suicide. Life is full of pain.
Pain can stand for the death of someone perceious to you or betrayal from a friend. When a difficulty of death of someone really dear to you your heart breaks apart. It is worse than dieing but instead it is eternal torment. Someone really dear can cause you to lose the passion to live thats what the obstacles mean.
One theory that I thought of was can time and life be related? If you compare them they both cant be rewinded. If you try to rewind time it is impossible. That is like a order how if you try to rewind time you must turn back which is impossible because time cant be rewinded.
This poem has a really deep meaning to it that is why it is so spectacular and why it is so good.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Appretiation final draft
A cover that looks moody and unatural doesn't represent's a books personality. When I first saw the cover of The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis my first impression was a bad book. Not giving it a second chance or perhap too scared to give it a second chance. The cover just gives me this impression that this book is boring, and would waste my time. There was this one day that I was introduced to this book by one of my friends so I got myself to pick this book up. It may seems weird but the power of boredom overcame my fear, and my friends encouragement saying this was a good book gave me passion. I picked this book up as a joke, and an acheivement in life. As of for now my journey to uncover the meaning of this book began was I ready for it or am I still not mature enough?
I first read this book in fourth grade. I didn't really read it the cover just somehow over whelmed me. I basically flipped through the pages stopping among pictures, pretending that I have read and finished the book. Unable to seek the truth but isn't this the reason why I picked this book up, why this one book stood out so much is because its weird, and hard to explain why its bad and how its good. In my memory a good and memorable childhood book are the ones that seems spectacular in the cover. Being spectacular doesn't means bad it means it has a story... a very deep story one that requires unraveling.
This book is about how four childrens goes through a journey, maybe for friendship or maybe going through what destiny has planned. The eldest child was Peter he seems to stick out in this book alot. He first came to this land because of Lucy's will. He went through the meaning as a hero and experiencing the truth of terror. Going through this journey not for his own personal desire but for a more sole purpose / Lucy's.
When peter first came to this land he was scared, he just wanted to go home rather than staying in a place he doesn't know about nor exist in any map nor has anyone been to and has came back from. All Peter wants is to go home not stay in this place called Narnia. Peter's journey has just begun. This is just a minor meaning of terror as he goes along his tough road he will find terror more severe and undecriptable as scary.
I am really not a fan to fantasy including childrens but this one stood out because of its good craft and storyline / conflicts.
The first obstacle that peter faces was Betrayal. Is being betrayed by his own little brother just like getting bit by a fly, is EXTERNAL more painful than INTERNAL pain?
Peter's bravery, and daring traits, can it be related to Aslan? Can Edmund's betarayal, and bad doings be, related to The White Witch? Can thieir conflits be caused from their relating traits. If Peter's conflict started before he even Crossed to Narnia then can this mean that it started before he crossed to Narnia well yes. Peter's conflict started when Edmund started to sneer and jeer at Lucy. Edmund thought he was more supreme than anyone, he hated Peter because he thinks Peter is acting so supreme. This conflict for each other was brought with them to Narnia
Is selling out your brothers and sisters worth the reward of desserts?
I can personally relate to this type of conflict because me and my brother fights a lot, we always resolve and find a solution to the problem. Peter and Edmunds problems gets resolved just like mine.
Peter faces this lost knowing it would happen. Jeering and sneering against Lucy was the first sigh of his bad desire. The second clue was how Edmund tries to cover up his journey to Narnia. Peter faces it biting his teeth and not looking back but forward. Nothing doesn't hurt external pain can heal but internal pain can heal but internal pain may not heal at all. One last injury that may or cannot be healed is pain in the feeling / heart. Pain that can be healed only by desire that is fulfilled.
This journey won't end but it will have a end. 有始有终(When things tend to begin it feels like it will never end but in reality it will always have an end.)
This one book is just about how four kid jouneys through an unbelievable adventure. But it was just about how four kids need to first save Narnia but there is a long way to go. The fight for survival the fight for justice the conflict of characters is what this book is so special about. How C.S Lewis puts a small and simple conflict gets put in such a situation that gives it a twist, so strong that channels this one conflict into a fullydeveloped problem.
Whenever I reread a book, I always a deeper and deeper connection and meaning to certain things. The unpatient and greedy Edmund, Edmund's reason for betrayal why certain things happen, and why certain things don't. Life can never be the same unless something kicks in and give it a nice twist. A perfect life is boring life won't be meaningful unless they have something that can end it or a memorable memory. Everything is in cronological order is everything fate or is life a chess game played by god apon us? No one really knows until the day truth is uncovered.. our own story, our own book our, own mystery and our own plain cover.
You need to be certain of one thing, life is important because of the struggle for survival.
I first read this book in fourth grade. I didn't really read it the cover just somehow over whelmed me. I basically flipped through the pages stopping among pictures, pretending that I have read and finished the book. Unable to seek the truth but isn't this the reason why I picked this book up, why this one book stood out so much is because its weird, and hard to explain why its bad and how its good. In my memory a good and memorable childhood book are the ones that seems spectacular in the cover. Being spectacular doesn't means bad it means it has a story... a very deep story one that requires unraveling.
This book is about how four childrens goes through a journey, maybe for friendship or maybe going through what destiny has planned. The eldest child was Peter he seems to stick out in this book alot. He first came to this land because of Lucy's will. He went through the meaning as a hero and experiencing the truth of terror. Going through this journey not for his own personal desire but for a more sole purpose / Lucy's.
When peter first came to this land he was scared, he just wanted to go home rather than staying in a place he doesn't know about nor exist in any map nor has anyone been to and has came back from. All Peter wants is to go home not stay in this place called Narnia. Peter's journey has just begun. This is just a minor meaning of terror as he goes along his tough road he will find terror more severe and undecriptable as scary.
I am really not a fan to fantasy including childrens but this one stood out because of its good craft and storyline / conflicts.
The first obstacle that peter faces was Betrayal. Is being betrayed by his own little brother just like getting bit by a fly, is EXTERNAL more painful than INTERNAL pain?
Peter's bravery, and daring traits, can it be related to Aslan? Can Edmund's betarayal, and bad doings be, related to The White Witch? Can thieir conflits be caused from their relating traits. If Peter's conflict started before he even Crossed to Narnia then can this mean that it started before he crossed to Narnia well yes. Peter's conflict started when Edmund started to sneer and jeer at Lucy. Edmund thought he was more supreme than anyone, he hated Peter because he thinks Peter is acting so supreme. This conflict for each other was brought with them to Narnia
Is selling out your brothers and sisters worth the reward of desserts?
I can personally relate to this type of conflict because me and my brother fights a lot, we always resolve and find a solution to the problem. Peter and Edmunds problems gets resolved just like mine.
Peter faces this lost knowing it would happen. Jeering and sneering against Lucy was the first sigh of his bad desire. The second clue was how Edmund tries to cover up his journey to Narnia. Peter faces it biting his teeth and not looking back but forward. Nothing doesn't hurt external pain can heal but internal pain can heal but internal pain may not heal at all. One last injury that may or cannot be healed is pain in the feeling / heart. Pain that can be healed only by desire that is fulfilled.
This journey won't end but it will have a end. 有始有终(When things tend to begin it feels like it will never end but in reality it will always have an end.)
This one book is just about how four kid jouneys through an unbelievable adventure. But it was just about how four kids need to first save Narnia but there is a long way to go. The fight for survival the fight for justice the conflict of characters is what this book is so special about. How C.S Lewis puts a small and simple conflict gets put in such a situation that gives it a twist, so strong that channels this one conflict into a fullydeveloped problem.
Whenever I reread a book, I always a deeper and deeper connection and meaning to certain things. The unpatient and greedy Edmund, Edmund's reason for betrayal why certain things happen, and why certain things don't. Life can never be the same unless something kicks in and give it a nice twist. A perfect life is boring life won't be meaningful unless they have something that can end it or a memorable memory. Everything is in cronological order is everything fate or is life a chess game played by god apon us? No one really knows until the day truth is uncovered.. our own story, our own book our, own mystery and our own plain cover.
You need to be certain of one thing, life is important because of the struggle for survival.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Entry 7
The lion and the which and the wardrobe was a book by C.S Lewis or Jack Lewis which his friends call him. This series was said to be his master peice people all around the world loves it.
One thing I know this is just like all fairy tales with a perfect ending. When it says when 2 son of adam and 2 daughter of eve sits on the throne it would bring eternal peace just to say that is impossible. If there is peace then there is darkness if there is life then there is death this is how the world balances itself. If you replace peace with light then eternal light? If there is light then there will be darkness if there is morning then there is night if one thing goes missing the balance of the world would come to an end. Everything has a opposite which balances that one positive side of its out. Everything has its own weakness, nothing is perfect nor is life so if you put that in conclusion that prohecy or fairytale can just be false. But this is fairy tale we talk about a different world a different balance this is not the real world this is a magical world everything can happen.
As you can see C.S Lewis has a long story the connection with love from C.S Lewis is unexplainable it is very complex. Things alway has a balance just as in the book if there is good then there is bad in this case the good is Aslan and the bad is the Witch. Things always have a balance if it is ruined a story won't be a story living won't be living balance can be said as a theme but this isn't about it this is about the life of C.S Lewis and the start of NARNIA.
When I flipped the cover page of this clollector edition(That I bought with 10 dollars (TT^TT) ) I noticed that this book was dedicated to Lucy Barfeild the God Daughter Of C.S Lewis. The moment I saw it I looked it up this is where it got me to Lucy Barfeild. She was the daughter of Owen Barfeild. I mean Lewis really cared and loved this god daughter of his. She was mentioned in his book as Lucy Pevensie. Lucy had a multiple sclerosis and wasn't able to feed herself. Lewis actually made her as a character and people sent hello mails or mails asking if she was Lucy Pevensie from the book. This act saved lucy from her misery she was shocked when she first saw things that was happening Lewis in my opinon did this because he wanted to cheer Lucy up.
Lewis said , "(Thanks to my book I got this peice of info) I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again". This showed how much Lewis actually cares about lucy a book dedicated to her and encouraging her that age doesn't matter for books if you want to read a book go ahead take it from the shelf dust it and read it again. There is a time you will be too old to be reading fairytales but you would be older to read fairy tale again says even if you are old you can always grow old enough and start reading again.
This gives me a slight thought can everything the personality of Lucy from the real life be the same in the book. If the character Lucy was inspired by Lucy then can this mean that every aspect of Lucy is like her? The curiosity and adventurous behavior like the real Lucy or can it just be how Lucy wants to be? One thing I know this tale can be just encouraging lucy.One thing I know this is just like all fairy tales with a perfect ending. When it says when 2 son of adam and 2 daughter of eve sits on the throne it would bring eternal peace just to say that is impossible. If there is peace then there is darkness if there is life then there is death this is how the world balances itself. If you replace peace with light then eternal light? If there is light then there will be darkness if there is morning then there is night if one thing goes missing the balance of the world would come to an end. Everything has a opposite which balances that one positive side of its out. Everything has its own weakness, nothing is perfect nor is life so if you put that in conclusion that prohecy or fairytale can just be false. But this is fairy tale we talk about a different world a different balance this is not the real world this is a magical world everything can happen.
As you can see C.S Lewis has a long story the connection with love from C.S Lewis is unexplainable it is very complex. Things alway has a balance just as in the book if there is good then there is bad in this case the good is Aslan and the bad is the Witch. Things always have a balance if it is ruined a story won't be a story living won't be living balance can be said as a theme but this isn't about it this is about the life of C.S Lewis and the start of NARNIA.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Blog post 2 childhood book
One painful, and dissapointing thing in the book ,"The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe" was betrayal. It came up alot through out the book. How Edmund betrays his brother and sister for his own desire. I always wonder if such desire worth 4 lives or does four lives worth the name as king or the desire of food? Well Edmund was that person that thought desire worth more than his family including his brother and sisters. He lost his heart to deserts "Turkish Delights"!
Edmunds betrayal happened the first time he came to Narnia. The white whitch fooled Edmund on bringing his sisters and brothers to her. Just for those good tasting sweets he thought it was worth it just for those sweets is it worth it. Well no betrayal can be said the one thing that caused the most pain. Edmund doesn't know the rule of Narnia that if you betray someone or anyone that single person that caused the betrayal belogs to the witch. Edmund doesn't know it and caused pain not just normal pain to his brother and sisters but wider. He caused alot of pain to the narnians that believe in Aslan. They didn't know but if they did their last hope would be ruined.
Edmund's great betrayal just to be more extraneous made Aslan sacrifice his life just to save Edmund. This brought so much pain to lucy she was really alike to Aslan that happening stunned her.
After just right there i noticed that betrayal can bring pain. Betrayal can cause death betrayal is something very destructive it has such force to destroy someones heart and forever change how someone looks at you.
Edmunds betrayal happened the first time he came to Narnia. The white whitch fooled Edmund on bringing his sisters and brothers to her. Just for those good tasting sweets he thought it was worth it just for those sweets is it worth it. Well no betrayal can be said the one thing that caused the most pain. Edmund doesn't know the rule of Narnia that if you betray someone or anyone that single person that caused the betrayal belogs to the witch. Edmund doesn't know it and caused pain not just normal pain to his brother and sisters but wider. He caused alot of pain to the narnians that believe in Aslan. They didn't know but if they did their last hope would be ruined.
Edmund's great betrayal just to be more extraneous made Aslan sacrifice his life just to save Edmund. This brought so much pain to lucy she was really alike to Aslan that happening stunned her.
After just right there i noticed that betrayal can bring pain. Betrayal can cause death betrayal is something very destructive it has such force to destroy someones heart and forever change how someone looks at you.
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