Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Jem's Journal Entry
Maycomb County sure is a small place to live, so small you should be careful with what you do because soon every one will know. Down here in the South, most of Maycomb's citizens are just some unhappy racist folks. But no one really sees the life from a black man's shoe.
Now all this drama started to heat up when Mr. Ewell said that his daughter, Mayella Ewell, got raped by a black man named Tom Robinson. Another guy usually gets appointed to try these cases, but somehow the jury chose Atticus Finch, my father, to back him up. I think they saw this coming and probably knew he was fighting a losing battle. Anyways, my father is an excellent lawyer, he taught me every thing I should know, though up to my mind's capacity.
The two witnesses' stories were pretty convincing, 'cuz it was from Mayella and Mr. Bob Ewell of course. They both said Mayella was sitting on her porch not doing anything, Mayella asks Tom if he can do some chores for her (he always does favors for her), so Tom goes in and they say he just raped her right there and she started screamin'.
Funny how every one got so convinced, but when my father hit em' back with that cross-examination, it became clear that they just hiding their discrimination towards Tom but still the jury had to go with what the crowd wants to hear. I say the verdict ain't fair to ya'll black men. It's like if every day they lose more and more respect.
Naw I really don't see why they have to be treated so inhumane. So, Tom ended up going to jail. I remember Atticus taught me that all the jury men are suposed to look at the guilty person but no one seemed to look at Tom. Even so, he ended up going to jail.
I don't understand why people don't see it my way, the way Atticus taught us, what have black people ever done to us? I say this is another mockingbird dead coming from us white folks, another sin committed.
Now all this drama started to heat up when Mr. Ewell said that his daughter, Mayella Ewell, got raped by a black man named Tom Robinson. Another guy usually gets appointed to try these cases, but somehow the jury chose Atticus Finch, my father, to back him up. I think they saw this coming and probably knew he was fighting a losing battle. Anyways, my father is an excellent lawyer, he taught me every thing I should know, though up to my mind's capacity.
The two witnesses' stories were pretty convincing, 'cuz it was from Mayella and Mr. Bob Ewell of course. They both said Mayella was sitting on her porch not doing anything, Mayella asks Tom if he can do some chores for her (he always does favors for her), so Tom goes in and they say he just raped her right there and she started screamin'.
Funny how every one got so convinced, but when my father hit em' back with that cross-examination, it became clear that they just hiding their discrimination towards Tom but still the jury had to go with what the crowd wants to hear. I say the verdict ain't fair to ya'll black men. It's like if every day they lose more and more respect.
Naw I really don't see why they have to be treated so inhumane. So, Tom ended up going to jail. I remember Atticus taught me that all the jury men are suposed to look at the guilty person but no one seemed to look at Tom. Even so, he ended up going to jail.
I don't understand why people don't see it my way, the way Atticus taught us, what have black people ever done to us? I say this is another mockingbird dead coming from us white folks, another sin committed.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Movie isn't Always Better than the Book
There are important differences in Harry Hooke's 1990 film of the Lord of the Flies and William Golding's Lord of the Flies novel that changed the entire outcome of the story. Three differences are: The kids were all from military school, they already knew each other, and the Lord of the Flies didn't really have anything symbolic in the film.
To start off, all these kids were all from military school in the film, which means that they're all well trained and know how to use their surroundings as an advantage. This makes you think, a bunch of 12 year old school kids would react different to being stuck on an island with no adults, as portrayed in the book. This makes the military training a higher chance of survival in the island.
Furthermore, this leads to the fact that they all knew each other when they landed in the sea. This factor is really important because since they know each other, they aren't afraid to speak freely, it doesn't show how the kids got to know each other and that Ralph became immediate tribe leader because everyone knew him. The film doesn't capture the essence of the coming-of-age theme because it doesn't show how the kids interact with each other or some intimite feelings.
Another reason why the film is so different from the book is that the lord of the flies didn't really have a significance. It doesn't even show why it's called the "Lord of the Flies". In the book, the lord of the flies is described as a satanic figure that Simon would talk to, but the closest thing to satanic in the film was the sow head they cut off. It didn't show how such evil can influence a good person to make harmful actions like William Golding's novel did.
All these factors, the fact that they're all from military school, they all knew each other, and the Lord of the Flies doesn'y symbolize anything. Though, they both have the same idea, but if u start to look in depth, you'll notice a huge difference in Harry Hooke's 1990 film to William Golding's novel.
To start off, all these kids were all from military school in the film, which means that they're all well trained and know how to use their surroundings as an advantage. This makes you think, a bunch of 12 year old school kids would react different to being stuck on an island with no adults, as portrayed in the book. This makes the military training a higher chance of survival in the island.
Furthermore, this leads to the fact that they all knew each other when they landed in the sea. This factor is really important because since they know each other, they aren't afraid to speak freely, it doesn't show how the kids got to know each other and that Ralph became immediate tribe leader because everyone knew him. The film doesn't capture the essence of the coming-of-age theme because it doesn't show how the kids interact with each other or some intimite feelings.
Another reason why the film is so different from the book is that the lord of the flies didn't really have a significance. It doesn't even show why it's called the "Lord of the Flies". In the book, the lord of the flies is described as a satanic figure that Simon would talk to, but the closest thing to satanic in the film was the sow head they cut off. It didn't show how such evil can influence a good person to make harmful actions like William Golding's novel did.
All these factors, the fact that they're all from military school, they all knew each other, and the Lord of the Flies doesn'y symbolize anything. Though, they both have the same idea, but if u start to look in depth, you'll notice a huge difference in Harry Hooke's 1990 film to William Golding's novel.
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