A Little Taste Of Music
The video above is one of my favorite songs "Tears Don't Fall", by one of my favorite artists Bullet For My Valentine. I like several different types of genres of music from punk, screamo, to rap. I have my exceptions but I like to mix up my styles of music so it always gives me somehting new to listen to. Considering this is my blog, I figured I'd give people a taste of what kind of music I like to listen to.
Pro or Anti-War?
"You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs" (Slaughter-House-Five, p. 14).The quote above is from the novel Slaughter House Five, and is questionable whether or not people should agree or disagree with it. I do not agree that movies promote war. Most war movies now show the action and thrills to war. But along with action and thrills comes death and heartbreak. Considering the fact that people do not want to die and do not want heartbreak, I feel movies now are more towards anti-war aspects. The movies of the past however may be different.Throughout the course of history, central themes of movies have changed drastically. With increasing change science and electronics, movies must change to suit these new changes. I feel people now adays are more anti-war. However before, people were a little more pro-war than they are now. This is why i feel that movies from before probably promoted war more than that of those now. They made war to be more of a heroic thing to do then they do now. I feel movies should be more neutral and show pro and anti-war efforts so they don't sway people's thoughts about war.War movies have become more and more popular throughtout history. One very known movie of this time is "Saving Private Ryan." This movie is more anti-war than it is pro-war. It takes place during World War 2. A group of four brothers are staioned behind enemy lines when 3 of them were killed. At first they thought there was only 3 brothers, untill they found out there was really 4. A huge search party is set out to recover this lost soldier behind enemy lines. This war story really shows the hell of war and thats why I feel it is a anti-war story. ONe of my favorite war movies is "Full Metal Jacket." This movie first takes place in a Marine training camp. The brutalness of training and effects it causes the troops is explored greatly throughout the begging of the movie. Later the troops are sent out to Vietnam were the horrors of war begin. During the war, many die and the survivors are scared with memories that will forever haunt them. The horrors that are shown makes me believe that this movie is anti-war. The bombing of Pearl Harbor is one of the most remembered things in history. The movie Pearl Harbor is anti-war in my eyes. The deaths of all those people and the domination of that entire military base at Pearl Harbor is something not to be admired. It displays the impact of war, and proves that anything can happen. The bombing at Pearl Harbor will forever be remembered and that means that the anti-war aspect of is never to be forgotten either. All these movies are recent, proving that war movies of our time are more anti-war than movies of the past.
Labels
Everyone knows about labels and what they are. Labels can be put on by ones image, vocabulary, and the people they associate with. But do people who label others really know who they are? Or is it just because they think they know who they are?I feel that labels aren't real cool and shouldn't be use to judge an individual or group of people. Some people label themselves and are cool with that, but is labeling ok if your doing so about yourself? I don't think people should label themself one certain thing because, whats wrong with being more then one "label?" For instance, if someone can wear hollister clothes and still listen to punk rock then thats pretty cool in my eyes. Some people would view this person as a "poser" or "wannabe," but I would just view them as someone who knows what they like. I myself have been labeled before because I skate. Skateboarders are often affiliated with drugs, smoking, drinking, and self involved acts of vandalism. This right heere shows that this whole labeling business is totally wrong. For some it may be right, but I myself am involved in none of these things. For many others, it is probably the same case. This is why i feel labeling isn't something good and i'm not one to do so. Many labels exist, but do you feel this is right? Only you can decide..Technorati Profile
A Letter to Home
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1543658-1,00.htmlI recently read "The Secret Letter." I feel the story wasn't really pro or anti-war. The author was simply writing to let people really know what goes on in Iraq. Some don't exactly know the truth to what goes on in any war, so the author felt it was his duty to share his info. with the world.In my english class at school, we are currently reading the novel Slaughter House Five. This novel has much similarity to the story "The Secret Letter." Both the novel and the story are about war. Billy Pilgrim, a character in the novel, has many difficult expireneces in the war. The author or the story and Billy Pilgrim, both expirence death, hear noises that one wouldn't wanna hear, and expirence sights and smells that one shouldn't have to endure. The authors both had hard times writing about the war because they couldn't think of what to write about. How can you sum up the worst expirence of someone's life into something peopl would want to read? After awhile or thinking, they found out how, and put forth these excellent stories that I find to be very interesting.The story "The Secret Letter," is very factual and precise. The story is so good because it tells what the war is like on a daily basis. The author stats the pros and cons to the war. Because the story is broken up into sections, it gives the reader more or a sense of direction and lets the reader knwo exactly what he is trying to explain. The novel Slaughter House Five is like the story in a sense that they both show the good and bad of war. They both give the reader the inside to what war is really like and what expirences people in war have to deal with daily. Both characters expirence Deja Vu. But the story doesn't have expirences of space creatures and flash backs like the novel does. And also, the author of the story explains how he can't wait to get home, and ejoys it when he does get home, but the character in the novel Billy Pilgrim, has a hard time dealing with the war when he gets home. Al-in-all, the story and the novel are more similar than not, and give insite to war and it tragic events.
