blog # 7

Shaniel Done

10/24/12

English 101

           “Situations in life where people live in an illusion or refuse to accept the truth”

           

            Many years ago people believe in magic or black magic, they believe that witches were real and many people still believing that they do.  If a man or woman were doing things that were not considered as normal, then she or he will be considered a witch. Many years ago theses person under that accusation of being a witch will have a penalty of death, they will be burned a life in from of all the people, but maybe that woman or man were just preparing medicine using organic ingredients like plants as many cultures does now, but back them they were kill for these reason. Now many people work as magicians or wizards but they don’t get kill for it because the world realize that such thing doesn’t exist that many people use what they call magic to impress people or get some money.                           

blog # 6

Shaniel Done

English 101

10/17/12

                                                           Destiny decide for you

             In the play Oedipus the king, Oedipus actions always attract him to his destiny, he is aware of his curse, he know that he is suppose to kill his father and marry his mother and doesn’t matter how he try to abort it, he end up following what is suppose to be his destiny.  Oedipus has no power to control his future or his own actions, for example in the moment that Oedipus and Teiresias are arguing Teiresias mention something “nothing I do will harm you. You, you and your fate belong to Apollo. Apollo will see to you” Apollo is the god created of Oedipus, who curses him, who own Oedipus life and will according to Teiresias. 

Teiresias is the prophet, the one who speck with Apollo, who know the true behind Oedipus shadows, Teiresias even know what will happen to Oedipus before it happen for example in one part of the play Oedippus joke about Teireisas blindness, there is when Teoresias tell Oedipus something about his own future “and I pity you for mooching my blindness. Soon everyone in thebes will mock you, Oedipus. They’ll mock you as you have mocked me” as we know when Oedipus find up that he play his part in the curse and his mother tock her life, Oedipus tock his eyes out and he was just as Teiresias both blind.  This demonstrated how every action of Oedipus has been calculated by Apollo and how Oedipus has no power in his actions.

            Oedipus was push to fulfill his destiny; every step, action, thought, make by him took him closer and closer to his destiny.  One example is when Teiresias says “you have eyes to see with, but you do not see yourself, you do not see the horror shadowing every step of your life, the blind shame in which you live”, something us that make me think that Oedipus has not control over his life is something also mention by Teiresias “that gift is your destiny. It made you everything you are, and it has ruined you” this support my idea that Oedipus doesn’t control his life, his life was given to him without his approval and no one has the power to change it no even himself.              

blog # 5

Shaniel Done

ENGL 101 – 0768

Dr. Vasileiou

Essay # 1

10/01/12

                                                           What is a real Utopia?

            Every improvement made in the history of the human race take us one step closer to what we call a Utopia, a place where everything is perfect, I mean nothing and again nothing goes wrong, where diseases are a myth and everyone is equal, we are moving away from a dystopia, a place with many mistakes and imperfections, but this does not mean we are there yet.  In this essay I will demonstrate how the world presented in the movie Gattaca is not a Utopia but a Dystopia by providing evidence and details of skill discrimination and others that support my point of view from the movie Gattaca, the views Annas offers in his essay, and examples from human history as well as the present.

            In the movie Gattaca from the beginning to the end of the movie one topic is always present and that topic is skills discrimination, is more than clear that the new ideal human, the genetically engineered human are in the top of the pyramid and the “normal” human are beneath. When a society or community separate two groups and call them different, that’s when one of the groups will feel discriminated by the other and the time will lead to confrontations, fights, and unhappiness, finally both groups will see the other as the enemy.  In this movie being normal is not a fortune, being normal means that you are not going to be eligible for many type of work, you will be limited.  Now is this a Utopia? –no—this is not something that I will call perfect, African American versus the white man, Dominican versus Haitian, poor people versus the rich… this fights goes on and on it doesn’t stop, this is something that is keeping us away from a Utopia dream.

            George j. Annas mention the novella “Animal farm” by George Orwell where “all animal are equal, but some are more equal than others” George j. Annas is trying to demonstrate how the perfect human will see themselves as more equal than the other and how better does not mean perfect.  George j. annas essay shows all the negative sides of the movie Gattaca it explain that such future is not a utopia and that to become one it most have several changes.  For example is all humans were able to live more than nineties years or so than wont we have problem with overpopulation or will all the natural reassures be enough for such amount of people?  Of course the eradication of terminal illnesses, the environmentally safe means of transportation the advances in technology etc… are really good thing for the word and we want to get there, but all of that does not mean we are in utopia yet, no into all problems are solved.

            In Gattaca Vincent face many struggles and he find himself skill discriminated because he is normal, his goal is to travel to space, but for been normal the closer to a spaceship he gets is to clean the office of the company.  In his world you have a job according to your genes, skill and if you are a genetically engineered human, the better you are the better your job.  This clearly demonstrates the discrimination over normal humans and how their skills are what represent each one.

Lest think about phones, almost every year about five to six new phones are made and each more and more expensive, people buy them because “they are better than the old ones”, but is this really truth.  Well many people prefer the old because the battery holds more, are more indestructible for the material is made, are less expensive and does its job.  Now the new phone does not look so better, this is a example from today and also a metaphor to compare a genetically engineered human and the normal human in terms of skills for example in Gattaca Anton the younger brother the perfect one “the new” surpasses his older brother in many aspects including in the game call “chicken” where they swing as far as they can and the first to give up and swing back to the shore is the loser, Anton used to win, hi was good at that game but Vincent the normal brother he finally prove that he is not imperfect by defeating his younger brother twice.

            Is more than clear that the word presented in Gattaca is not a utopia because still have negatives sides and a utopia for all we know shouldn’t have such problems or mistakes it should be perfect in every sense of the word, Gattaca is a better dystopia than today for all the advances in the fields of technology, medicine et.. but upon anything the human survival.       

Blog #4: essay #1 complete draft

blog # 3

Shaniel Done

ENGL 101 – 0768

Dr. Vasileiou

Essay # 1

10/01/12

                                                          What is a real Utopia?

            Every improvement made in the history of the human race take us one step closer to what we call a Utopia, a place where everything is perfect, I mean nothing and again nothing goes wrong, where diseases are a myth and everyone is equal. In this essay I will demonstrate how the world presented in the movie Gattaca is not a Utopia but a Dystopia by providing evidence and details that support my point of view from the movie Gattaca, the views Annas offers in his essay, and examples from human history as well as the present.

            In the movie Gattaca from the beginning to the end of the movie one topic is always present and that topic is discrimination, is more than clear that the new ideal human, the genetically engineered human are in the top of the pyramid and the “normal” human are beneath. When a society or community separate two groups and call them different, that’s when one of the groups will feel discriminated by the other and the time will lead to confrontations, fights, and unhappiness, finally both groups will see the other as the enemy.  In this movie being normal is not a fortune, being normal means that you are not going to be eligible for many type of work, you will be limited.  Now is this a Utopia? –no—this is not something that I will call perfect, African American versus the white man, Dominican versus Haitian, poor people versus the rich… this fights goes on and on it doesn’t stop, this is something that is keeping us away from a Utopia dream.

            George j. Annas mention the novella “Animal farm” by George Orwell where “all animal are equal, but some are more equal than others” George j. Annas is trying to demonstrate how the perfect human will see themselves as more equal than the other and how better does not mean perfect.  George j. annas essay shows all the negative sides of the movie Gattaca it explain that such future is not a utopia and that to become one it most have several changes.  For example is all humans were able to live more than nineties years or so than wont we have problem with overpopulation or will all the natural reassures be enough for such amount of people?; Of course the eradication of terminal illnesses, the environmentally safe means of transportation the advances in technology etc… are really good thing for the word and we want to get there, but all of that does not mean we are in utopia yet, no into all problems are solved.

            Lest think about phones, almost every year about five to six new phones are made and each more and more expensive, people buy them because “they are better than the old ones”, but is this really truth.  Well people prefer the old because the battery holds more, are more indestructible for the material is made, are less expensive and does its job.  Now the new phone does not seen so better, this is a example from today and also a metaphor to compare a genetically engineered human and the normal human.

            Is more than clear that the word presented in Gattaca is not a utopia because still have negatives sides and a utopia for all we know shouldn’t have such problems or mistakes it should be perfect in every sense of the word, Gattaca is a better dystopia than today for all the advances in the fields of technology, medicine et.. but upon anything the human survival.      

blog # 3

Shaniel Done

ENGL 101 – 0768

Dr. Vasileiou

Essay # 1

10/01/12

                                                          What is a real Utopia?

            Every improvement made in the history of the human race take us one step closer to what we call a Utopia, a place where everything is perfect, I mean nothing and again nothing goes wrong, where diseases are a myth and everyone is equal. In this essay I will demonstrate how the world presented in the movie Gattaca is not a Utopia but a Dystopia by providing evidence and details that support my point of view from the movie Gattaca, the views Annas offers in his essay, and examples from human history as well as the present.

            In the movie Gattaca from the beginning to the end of the movie one topic is always present and that topic is discrimination, is more than clear that the new ideal human, the genetically engineered human are in the top of the pyramid and the “normal” human are beneath. When a society or community separate two groups and call them different, that’s when one of the groups will feel discriminated by the other and the time will lead to confrontations, fights, and unhappiness, finally both groups will see the other as the enemy.  In this movie being normal is not a fortune, being normal means that you are not going to be eligible for many type of work, you will be limited.  Now is this a Utopia? –no—this is not something that I will call perfect, African American versus the white man, Dominican versus Haitian, poor people versus the rich… this fights goes on and on it doesn’t stop, this is something that is keeping us away from a Utopia dream.

          

          Is my position clear and how can I make it better so anyone can understand my point of view?