Friday, May 15, 2009

Prompt (30 thing I will never do)

30 things I will never want to do..
1. Run a marathon
2. Bungee jump
3.Scuba diving
4. Climb mount everest
5. Go to the Artic
6.Save my money
7. Write a book
8. Join Twitter *
9. Join the Army
10. Play Rugby
11. Ride a Bull
12. White water rafting
13. Street luge
14. Eat a rat
15. Do Drugs
16. Go on a TV show
17. Make a youtube blog
18. Sky diving
19. Math after high school
20. Travel to South Africa
21. Mountain hiking
22. Watch "Star Trek" series
23. Ride a Harley
24. Become a Pilot
25. Say hello to Chuck Norris
26. Go Blonde
27. Listen to emo music
28. Go on Fear Factor
29. Become a man
30. Cheer for the Calgary Flames

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Novel Synthesis ( Angels and Demons + Dover Beach)

The main theme that connects both Angels & Demons and Dover Beach is the loss of faith. In Angels & Demons the loss of faith is shown tremendously through out this novel. It shows how that science has somewhat taken over and less faith in god and religion are shown. In the novel when Vittoria and Kohler are arguing about the antimatter and how genesis is possible it kind of destroys the perception of how the world was actually formed from a religious point of view. In Dover Beach when Matthew Arnold speak of the Sea of Faith and how it used to be broad and now while seeing the sea retreat to the shore its not so much. " The Sea of Faith Was once , too at the full , and round earth's shore", " But now I only hear Its melancholy, long , withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath". The diffrence between the two pieces of literature is the Angels & Demons are more literal when discussing the loss of faith and Dover Beach is more on the metaphorical side. However they both dispute the loss of faith in the modern age.