A/N: Alright, here's a redo of my point of view piece. This time I'm explaining how the story from John Watson's view in the Sherlock Holmes books changes how the reader views the story.
In detective stories the point of view is very important. At a crime each person sees a different thing. In the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the readers see everything from Dr.Watson's point of view. This is very important in how the each case is presented to the reader. If it were from, say, Holmes point of view the books would be much longer and we would be informed of nearly everything going on in the famous detectives head. If it were written from one of the victims point of view we wouldn't be informed of some very important details, or even the other way around! Even the view of a random passerby would drastically change the books and the stories.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Speak: Scene Analysis
A/N: I'm doing a scene analysis of the little scene happening on page seven when Melinda "talks" about bringing a bagged lunch or buying it.
"I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. There is no way of telling what the acceptable fashion will be. Brown bags-humble testament to suburbia, or terminal geek gear? Insulated lunch bags-hip way to save the planet, or sign of an overinvolved mother? Buying is the only solution."
This short stream of thought Melinda has is important to developing her personality and character. It is shown that Melinda is obviously worried about what others think of her, and how they will label her. This is strange, however, as Melinda has made decisions, such as not speaking, which have made others judge her greatly; And she knows it. This shows that Melinda, all though trying to not seem like she cares, truly does.
"I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. There is no way of telling what the acceptable fashion will be. Brown bags-humble testament to suburbia, or terminal geek gear? Insulated lunch bags-hip way to save the planet, or sign of an overinvolved mother? Buying is the only solution."
This short stream of thought Melinda has is important to developing her personality and character. It is shown that Melinda is obviously worried about what others think of her, and how they will label her. This is strange, however, as Melinda has made decisions, such as not speaking, which have made others judge her greatly; And she knows it. This shows that Melinda, all though trying to not seem like she cares, truly does.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Goverment Brainwashing
A/N: Hmmm...I was kind of iffy about writing another thing about the MOTHER series, seeing as I've already written an essay for the second game of the series, Earthbound, or MOTHER 2. I went ahead and did it anyways, though. The similarities were just too much for me not to write about.
In Fahrenheit 451 the government is very prominent.The government essentially controls the actions of the citizens and brainwashes them into thinking things that are not true. The citizens in MOTHER 3 are in a very similar situation. Their once peaceful world is corrupted by the government, and many don't even seem to notice.
MOTHER 3 starts on a much happier note than Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 starts with the world already corrupted and the public already brainwashed. In MOTHER 3, the citizens of the Nowhere Islands are truly happy. There is no money, no rules, and no fighting. A small village within the islands, Tazmilly, is known for being the most peaceful until the Pig Mask Army, the government, comes along.
The people of Tazmilly and the Nowhere Islands are brainwashed with items named Happy Boxes. These Happy Boxes represent TV's, showing propaganda and other things of that nature, much similar to Fahrenheit 451 where the public is given television screens feeding their brains with lies, making them believe what isn't true.
Tazmilly and the Nowhere Islands soon turn into what we would consider the modern world. The once peaceful village now filled with large buildings, cars, money, and crime. All because the civilians were fed lies about what was truly going on in their world. Nothing was physically taken away from them, like the book burnings in Fahrenheit 451, but their calm and quiet village is now a city filled with things they had not even known existed, thanks to the government.
Like Fahrenheit 451, there is a small percentage of people realizing what is going on. In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag, Professor Faber, and a few others realise what the government is doing. The realise that books aren't all bad, if anything, are much better than the television and other forms of media they are being provided. In MOTHER 3, Lucas, the main protagonist, his friends and his family are the ones who refuse the Happy Boxes provided. They know the boxes wont provide the "true happiness" advertised with them and know that they will just fill their heads with lies.
Both Guy Montag and Lucas try to stop everything going on. Lucas, unlike Montag, is successful in this mission. Montag is able to run away from the center of it all, escaping the corrupted society, but never actually stops it. Lucas is able to get to the leader of the Pigmask Army, completely dis-unifying the entire organization, putting a stop to the madness.
All in all, MOTHER 3 and Fahrenheit 451 are similar in the theme of government corruption/control. Both of the societies are brainwashed and told lies, they both use the media and propaganda to brainwash the citizens, and many of the citizens of the societies don't even realise what is going on, either. In Fahrenheit 451, unfortunately, Montag is only able to run away from the corruption while Lucas is able to stop it completely. Two different stories in two different medias are made very similar by one simple theme. Government corruption.
In Fahrenheit 451 the government is very prominent.The government essentially controls the actions of the citizens and brainwashes them into thinking things that are not true. The citizens in MOTHER 3 are in a very similar situation. Their once peaceful world is corrupted by the government, and many don't even seem to notice.
MOTHER 3 starts on a much happier note than Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 starts with the world already corrupted and the public already brainwashed. In MOTHER 3, the citizens of the Nowhere Islands are truly happy. There is no money, no rules, and no fighting. A small village within the islands, Tazmilly, is known for being the most peaceful until the Pig Mask Army, the government, comes along.
The people of Tazmilly and the Nowhere Islands are brainwashed with items named Happy Boxes. These Happy Boxes represent TV's, showing propaganda and other things of that nature, much similar to Fahrenheit 451 where the public is given television screens feeding their brains with lies, making them believe what isn't true.
Tazmilly and the Nowhere Islands soon turn into what we would consider the modern world. The once peaceful village now filled with large buildings, cars, money, and crime. All because the civilians were fed lies about what was truly going on in their world. Nothing was physically taken away from them, like the book burnings in Fahrenheit 451, but their calm and quiet village is now a city filled with things they had not even known existed, thanks to the government.
Like Fahrenheit 451, there is a small percentage of people realizing what is going on. In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag, Professor Faber, and a few others realise what the government is doing. The realise that books aren't all bad, if anything, are much better than the television and other forms of media they are being provided. In MOTHER 3, Lucas, the main protagonist, his friends and his family are the ones who refuse the Happy Boxes provided. They know the boxes wont provide the "true happiness" advertised with them and know that they will just fill their heads with lies.
Both Guy Montag and Lucas try to stop everything going on. Lucas, unlike Montag, is successful in this mission. Montag is able to run away from the center of it all, escaping the corrupted society, but never actually stops it. Lucas is able to get to the leader of the Pigmask Army, completely dis-unifying the entire organization, putting a stop to the madness.
All in all, MOTHER 3 and Fahrenheit 451 are similar in the theme of government corruption/control. Both of the societies are brainwashed and told lies, they both use the media and propaganda to brainwash the citizens, and many of the citizens of the societies don't even realise what is going on, either. In Fahrenheit 451, unfortunately, Montag is only able to run away from the corruption while Lucas is able to stop it completely. Two different stories in two different medias are made very similar by one simple theme. Government corruption.
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