(1) The message that "Soma" by the Strokes is trying to leave us with is that relationships can be very painful and unpredictable. (2) People take soma to relieve themselves from pain, and it is needed in relationships that are painful/ hurtful because they need to try to forget. (3) The song says, "Soma is what they would take when/ Hard times opened their eyes/ Saw pain in a new way". (4) Soma is needed to cure the relatively new and different pain that people experience when they are hurt by others in a relationship. (5) You never know what is coming next when you're interacting with others, especially in a relationship. (6) In the song, the author shows this by saying, "Well I am stop/ And Go/ In your eyes". (7) Since stop and go are opposites, it emphasizes how confusing and unpredictable relationships can be. (8) Due to this unreliability and pain that can be felt, soma can be taken to make it less real and more ideal.
(1) This sentence is the topic sentence, and it introduces the subject of the paragraph: the theme of the song "Soma".
(2) This sentence is support #1 for the claim, and it introduces the first argument: that soma is taken to cure people from hurting relationships.
(3) This sentence is a direct quote from the song used to back up support #1.
(4) This sentence is an explanation of the quote used in sentence (3) to back up support #1.
(5) This sentence is support #2 for the claim, and it introduces the second argument: that relationships are unpredictable and confusing.
(6) This sentence is a direct quote from the song used to back up support #2.
(7) This sentence is an explanation of the quote used in sentence (6) to back up support #2.
(8) This sentence is the conclusion, which wraps up the entire paragraph, and puts everything together in a neat little box.
Friday, November 23, 2012
November 9, 2012 ("2+2=5")
Subject
The subject of this song is conformity.
Tone
The tone of this song (the author's opinion toward conformity) is that it is bad and shouldn't occur.
Theme
The theme (what the author wanted us to think about) is that you shouldn't conform to outside pressure. You should definitely go your own way, even if other people aren't doing it. We are being fed lies (such as that "2+2=5") and we shouldn't accept them as truth.
The subject of this song is conformity.
Tone
The tone of this song (the author's opinion toward conformity) is that it is bad and shouldn't occur.
Theme
The theme (what the author wanted us to think about) is that you shouldn't conform to outside pressure. You should definitely go your own way, even if other people aren't doing it. We are being fed lies (such as that "2+2=5") and we shouldn't accept them as truth.
October 25, 2012 ("Loss of Innocence")
- innocence- not having experienced enough to be well aware of how things work and their consequences
You can lose something that's not tangible because you no longer have that characteristic. If you no longer can be described that way, you lose it. You lose your innocence by gaining knowledge and experience.
1) One thing in Botacelli's "Loss of Innocence" that symbolizes losing innocence is the mother trying to put a blanket over her, because she is no longer innocent and is out in the open, so she needs to be covered up.
2) A second thing in "Loss of Innocence" that symbolizes losing innocence is the clam opening. This is because she is no longer covered by the shell of innocence, and it has opened and she came out.
3) A third thing in "Loss of Innocence" that symbolizes losing innocence is that she is trying to cover herself up. She has lost her innocence and now she is attempting to regain it, to no avail.
October 22, 2012 ("Don't You Want Me")
What's going on in the song?
The man thinks that he helped her and that she wants him, but she thinks that she was already on her way to becoming something and that she didn't need him. The guy and the girl are breaking up.
How is it possible to have such different takes on the same situation?
When we tell our side of the story, we protect ourselves and paint ourselves and those we love in a favorable light. We all have different perspectives and culture, too.
Example from my own life
When we watched the Presidential debates, different people think different candidates did well, won the debate, etc, due to their own personal bias.
The man thinks that he helped her and that she wants him, but she thinks that she was already on her way to becoming something and that she didn't need him. The guy and the girl are breaking up.
How is it possible to have such different takes on the same situation?
When we tell our side of the story, we protect ourselves and paint ourselves and those we love in a favorable light. We all have different perspectives and culture, too.
Example from my own life
When we watched the Presidential debates, different people think different candidates did well, won the debate, etc, due to their own personal bias.
October 2, 2012 ("Young Life")
3 claims about this painting:
1) The artist grew up in a family where he had to be very independent and fend for himself.
FACT: The little boy is off by himself in the painting.
2) The man and woman in the painting are the boy's parents.
FACT: They are the only ones around, they are transporting the child, and they are significantly older than him.
3) The man just killed the deer.
FACT: It is on top of the truck and he has a shotgun in his hand.
1) The artist grew up in a family where he had to be very independent and fend for himself.
FACT: The little boy is off by himself in the painting.
2) The man and woman in the painting are the boy's parents.
FACT: They are the only ones around, they are transporting the child, and they are significantly older than him.
3) The man just killed the deer.
FACT: It is on top of the truck and he has a shotgun in his hand.
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