VOCAB*
paradox- 1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
symbiosis-lationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other.
Yeah-
"Rather than looking at eating disorders as infantile desire to return to an ex utero symbiosis with the mother its important to note [...]" (p.135) This is important because it shows the aspect of looking back on that all memoirs include. She is reflecting on what she has learned in the future and is noting (pointing out to the reader) something new)
"I did not intend to stopI was not testing the limits[...]" I chose this as an appeal because it shows the denial that one with an addiction may go through . She has been so addictedto her bulimia nad anorexia that she doesnt see it as a problme. The disorder to her is a safety blanket.
[...]There was a desire to throw in the towel at an early age." This shows the harsh realities of an addiction she has been in it so long shes ready to give up and die to b e thing. thats a huge thing to say and very powerful.
quote
"Right down the hall from me lies certainty, comfort but its a comfort that i cannot have anymore." (talking about the bathroom) This is a reflection from her now. She easliy could go to the bathroom every day and vomit but she miuststop herself and be like rewind this is not good. She has to tell herself that the bathroom will lead to death.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
post B
This book is absolutely fantastic. I love it so much. The author is so down to earth and relateable you feel like your just chilling with her talking at caribou. Its a delightful book to read and i would sugest all people read it.
i hope this counts as a post because i have about 15 minutes before i need to leave and go to cheer
i hope this counts as a post because i have about 15 minutes before i need to leave and go to cheer
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
post a
VOCAB!:
Appendage(108)-n. an adjunct to something larger or more important
Entity(109)-n. something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
APPEALS:
“Of course I didn’t know then that I had all the obvious signs of having an eating disorder: strange combinations of food, eating other people’s leftovers, skipping meals.”(107) This quose signifaicant because the girl is eating other peoples dang leftovers thats so gross and she is in such despareate time. ~~
“Later in the year, there will be a few girls who defect: We’re all just getting way too obsessed, she’ll, nibbling her apple,”(106) I'm feeling her in this quote bcause havent we all been there! comone i have been for sure, sometimes it seems that all hope is gone but you can have faith that everythings a mess.
~~“Up to that point, the bulimia had had a life of its own. It was purely an emotional response to the world –under pressere, binge and purge; sad and lonely, binge and purge; feeling hungry, binge and purge- and actually had little to do, believe it or not, with a desire to lose weight.”(108) Marya had no control over her bulimia or eating disorder at all before this point in the novel where she started to take a terrible turn to anorexia. This is an emotional appeal because it shows how Marya was feeling and how she started to lose totally control of her addiction.
Quote:
“When a study was done on a group of young, healthy men whose caloric intake was cut to just under a thousand calories, they began … to purge, and –interestingly enough-they became incredibly worried about their weight, the shape of their bodies, and began to diet.”(122) This is anmportant quote because it shows the fact that an eating disorder can happen to anyone! For real!!!!!It is not something that can be just thrown on some mokey for real you gotta now your tuff.
Appendage(108)-n. an adjunct to something larger or more important
Entity(109)-n. something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
APPEALS:
“Of course I didn’t know then that I had all the obvious signs of having an eating disorder: strange combinations of food, eating other people’s leftovers, skipping meals.”(107) This quose signifaicant because the girl is eating other peoples dang leftovers thats so gross and she is in such despareate time. ~~
“Later in the year, there will be a few girls who defect: We’re all just getting way too obsessed, she’ll, nibbling her apple,”(106) I'm feeling her in this quote bcause havent we all been there! comone i have been for sure, sometimes it seems that all hope is gone but you can have faith that everythings a mess.
~~“Up to that point, the bulimia had had a life of its own. It was purely an emotional response to the world –under pressere, binge and purge; sad and lonely, binge and purge; feeling hungry, binge and purge- and actually had little to do, believe it or not, with a desire to lose weight.”(108) Marya had no control over her bulimia or eating disorder at all before this point in the novel where she started to take a terrible turn to anorexia. This is an emotional appeal because it shows how Marya was feeling and how she started to lose totally control of her addiction.
Quote:
“When a study was done on a group of young, healthy men whose caloric intake was cut to just under a thousand calories, they began … to purge, and –interestingly enough-they became incredibly worried about their weight, the shape of their bodies, and began to diet.”(122) This is anmportant quote because it shows the fact that an eating disorder can happen to anyone! For real!!!!!It is not something that can be just thrown on some mokey for real you gotta now your tuff.
Monday, October 15, 2007
essay
400 BLOWS REVIEW
The movie 400 Blows, written, directed and produced by Francois Truffaut in 1959 is about a rebellious teen Antoine. The film is effective because it tells a true story of the director’s life as a young teen filled to the brim with angst and rebellion. I really enjoyed this movie. Maybe because I felt that I could relate to the main character. I have certainly felt the need to rebel against my parents, but I haven’t gone as far as young Antoine did. I also know that my parents sometimes struggle with what to do with me but they have not gone as far as threatening to disown me! That’s nutty! I think it was a good film because it was just real and down to earth with the viewer. I felt like I was there in Renee’s room being bad along side Antoine, or that I was running for freedom from that terrible center. This movie was oh so effective.
The point of view of this movie is that of young teen and the rebellious antics that he goes through. It’s a lot more relatable when the story is coming from a teen rather than from the parents. Plus it is so much more fun to see him run around and get into trouble. The main theme of this film is rebellion. They use symbolism through out this classic film. I found that the biggest symbol was at the end, that famous running scene. He runs slowly and for a very long time. I think that this is symbolic because with every step he is getting rid of all the bad in his life. He runs for such a long duration because he has so much to get away from and so much that’s coming,
The actors were cast perfectly. The woman who plays the mom does a great job of being cold hearted and distant. She knows how to give the good facials and just look so angry like an angry mom. The dad reminds me of a pretty typical father. He acts a great goofy dad but he also shows his anger and disapproval it makes it feel so real. They also have an actual young rebellious kid play Antoine. The costumes were fantastic. The mom is dressed nicely with good makeup whereas the boys in the family are dressed in utter shambles. Maybe she’s a little self-centered? Hmm. The lighting also plays a huge role in the way we feel during a movie. In the home where he is most unhappy it is an unsettling darkness. But outside where he is free its bright and sunny,
In the movie there are a lot of wide angles and the camera does a lot of panning and following the actors around. Using these techniques helps us the viewer’s feel as if we are actually there and participating. The sound is the same throughout the movie. It is a light tune played with nice instruments probably violins, flutes and maybe a clarinet thrown in the mix. It makes the viewer feel excited/anxious/ happy all at once.
Both ‘Black Boy” and ‘400 blows’ deal with rebellion cause by a poor situation. In Black Boy Richard Is in a more oppressive situation plus it is cultural. Antoine is rebelling because he doesn’t like his parents or their rules. They both run off for completely different reasons. Richard has a plan and ambitions while Antoine’s goal is to make it to water. Way to strive for the best Antoine.
Yes Yes! I would definitely recommend seeing this film. I had never watched a movie in French and this was a great first choice. Its funny and light but at the same time dark and upsetting. The literary aspects that Trtuffaut uses bring the film together as one incredible masterpiece.
The movie 400 Blows, written, directed and produced by Francois Truffaut in 1959 is about a rebellious teen Antoine. The film is effective because it tells a true story of the director’s life as a young teen filled to the brim with angst and rebellion. I really enjoyed this movie. Maybe because I felt that I could relate to the main character. I have certainly felt the need to rebel against my parents, but I haven’t gone as far as young Antoine did. I also know that my parents sometimes struggle with what to do with me but they have not gone as far as threatening to disown me! That’s nutty! I think it was a good film because it was just real and down to earth with the viewer. I felt like I was there in Renee’s room being bad along side Antoine, or that I was running for freedom from that terrible center. This movie was oh so effective.
The point of view of this movie is that of young teen and the rebellious antics that he goes through. It’s a lot more relatable when the story is coming from a teen rather than from the parents. Plus it is so much more fun to see him run around and get into trouble. The main theme of this film is rebellion. They use symbolism through out this classic film. I found that the biggest symbol was at the end, that famous running scene. He runs slowly and for a very long time. I think that this is symbolic because with every step he is getting rid of all the bad in his life. He runs for such a long duration because he has so much to get away from and so much that’s coming,
The actors were cast perfectly. The woman who plays the mom does a great job of being cold hearted and distant. She knows how to give the good facials and just look so angry like an angry mom. The dad reminds me of a pretty typical father. He acts a great goofy dad but he also shows his anger and disapproval it makes it feel so real. They also have an actual young rebellious kid play Antoine. The costumes were fantastic. The mom is dressed nicely with good makeup whereas the boys in the family are dressed in utter shambles. Maybe she’s a little self-centered? Hmm. The lighting also plays a huge role in the way we feel during a movie. In the home where he is most unhappy it is an unsettling darkness. But outside where he is free its bright and sunny,
In the movie there are a lot of wide angles and the camera does a lot of panning and following the actors around. Using these techniques helps us the viewer’s feel as if we are actually there and participating. The sound is the same throughout the movie. It is a light tune played with nice instruments probably violins, flutes and maybe a clarinet thrown in the mix. It makes the viewer feel excited/anxious/ happy all at once.
Both ‘Black Boy” and ‘400 blows’ deal with rebellion cause by a poor situation. In Black Boy Richard Is in a more oppressive situation plus it is cultural. Antoine is rebelling because he doesn’t like his parents or their rules. They both run off for completely different reasons. Richard has a plan and ambitions while Antoine’s goal is to make it to water. Way to strive for the best Antoine.
Yes Yes! I would definitely recommend seeing this film. I had never watched a movie in French and this was a great first choice. Its funny and light but at the same time dark and upsetting. The literary aspects that Trtuffaut uses bring the film together as one incredible masterpiece.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
post b
Theme
1)REbellion-Throughout this section of the book Marya begans to rebel alot. She gets involved in drugs and drinking nad being skethcy. The people that she surrounds herself with during middle school are nice kids but she choses to hang out with random guys from differnet cities. During this part of the book Marya's friend notices the changes and the changes in her apperance. She is not shcked or scared she is happy. happy that all of her 'hard work' was paying off. She said that maybe she could hang on the edge of death but not go in.
2)Addiction-In this section of the book Marya has many addictions. Marya is addicted to her eating discorder and she is also addicteed to drugs and sexual attention. Marya does these things just as you or i would have our daily routine of showering and eating breakfast
3} the last theme that we see in this section is again back to the theme of control. Mayas addictions to bulimia and drugs along with her need for attetion show how she needs control. When marya binges and the throws up she feels that shes in control. Everything around her is in 'shambles' but she has this secret that can make her feel better and keep her in control of the situation.
vocabs
Main Entry: ascetism
Part of Speech: n
Definition: asceticism; the condition or practice of self-denial "The sainted anoretics who in their holy acetism , insisted that god was telling them to starve." ( p. 86)
noun
1. Psychiatry. sexual gratification gained through causing pain or degradation to others. Compare masochism.
"The isnomnia gives rise to mania, a racing of thoughts and sadiscially vivid images [...]"(p 87)
ber·serk [ber-surk, -zurk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged: He suddenly went berserk.
"[...] power over a world gone bersrk." (85)
QUOTE
" I wanted to cut my ties to where id been and who i was and make up someone new" (p 85)
i like this quote because before she talks about edina and she was talking about getting out and leaving and people thinking shes skinny and pretty. I understand where shes coming from. I know that where we live there is a lot of preassure to look great and that means being thin.
Summary-
So in this section of the book Maryas diseases worsen as she sucked into the bad side and has to go to the hospital and is on drugs.
1)REbellion-Throughout this section of the book Marya begans to rebel alot. She gets involved in drugs and drinking nad being skethcy. The people that she surrounds herself with during middle school are nice kids but she choses to hang out with random guys from differnet cities. During this part of the book Marya's friend notices the changes and the changes in her apperance. She is not shcked or scared she is happy. happy that all of her 'hard work' was paying off. She said that maybe she could hang on the edge of death but not go in.
2)Addiction-In this section of the book Marya has many addictions. Marya is addicted to her eating discorder and she is also addicteed to drugs and sexual attention. Marya does these things just as you or i would have our daily routine of showering and eating breakfast
3} the last theme that we see in this section is again back to the theme of control. Mayas addictions to bulimia and drugs along with her need for attetion show how she needs control. When marya binges and the throws up she feels that shes in control. Everything around her is in 'shambles' but she has this secret that can make her feel better and keep her in control of the situation.
vocabs
Main Entry: ascetism
Part of Speech: n
Definition: asceticism; the condition or practice of self-denial "The sainted anoretics who in their holy acetism , insisted that god was telling them to starve." ( p. 86)
noun
1. Psychiatry. sexual gratification gained through causing pain or degradation to others. Compare masochism.
"The isnomnia gives rise to mania, a racing of thoughts and sadiscially vivid images [...]"(p 87)
ber·serk [ber-surk, -zurk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged: He suddenly went berserk.
"[...] power over a world gone bersrk." (85)
QUOTE
" I wanted to cut my ties to where id been and who i was and make up someone new" (p 85)
i like this quote because before she talks about edina and she was talking about getting out and leaving and people thinking shes skinny and pretty. I understand where shes coming from. I know that where we live there is a lot of preassure to look great and that means being thin.
Summary-
So in this section of the book Maryas diseases worsen as she sucked into the bad side and has to go to the hospital and is on drugs.
post a
A poem about the book by kara marell
Addiction
The heorine running through her veins
Adreniline in her blood
Fill the body up
NOw let it go
Your in control
Mirrors dont lie but they all do
Control
Addiction
The heorine running through her veins
Adreniline in her blood
Fill the body up
NOw let it go
Your in control
Mirrors dont lie but they all do
Control
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
post b my bad
Purging: (v) to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify (p 42).
Tandem: (adverb) one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem (p 51).
Appeals-
1) One of the appeals in this section of the book is the puberty. Marya begins to got through it and it really triggers the eating disorder. As she compares herself to the smaller girls she feels more and more less like everyone else, and she feels that in her community this is un exceptable. "Becoming a woman means becoming someone dissociated from, and spitefultoward her body. Someone who finds herself always wanting." (p 52).
2) Another appeal is the idea of control and how the disorder did this. The bulimia goes in tandem with the develpoment and by the time the author is 11 she fit the criteria for a bulimic. In previous sections she talks about control but in this section we see by how much it is in control. "My bulimia developed in tandem with my body [...] By the time i was eleven , I met th full diagnostic for bulimia nervosa." (p 51).
3) Again we see the appeal of hunger. Now that the author is getting older, she has differnet hungers. Apparently physical hunger directly relates to appetite hunger. Now that she looks differnent then everyone she feels it too. It makes the author very uncomfortable. "I shrank back from my body as if it were going to devour me." (p 53).
quotes-
1) " [...] Begin to emulate older women in their lives. [...] keeping their weight down." (p 52). I like this quote because i think it is so true. As a little girl the thing you want most is to be just like your mom or any older women that you look up to. When the author talks about puberty its easier to see how a eating disorder could develop with a mom like she has.
2) "All my life my parents had acted as if childhood should be a state of constantly getting older, When i finaly and irrevorcably began to in fact be older theirs was on that i read as disgust." (p 58). I like this quote because Its also true about life. When your little all your parents can talk about is you gettin older, then once you get there they want you to go back or are dissapointed at how it all turned out.
3) "I would go through the perfunctory motions: washing dishes, going into the bathroom, puking. In the bedroom id stare at the mirror." (p 59). I like this quote alot because she talks about it as if its just something to accomplish like doing chores or washing the dishes.
THEME
the theme of this section of the book is again hunger. Marya is hungry for attention, food and to look like everyone else. She is hungry for a sense of normality.
Tandem: (adverb) one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem (p 51).
Appeals-
1) One of the appeals in this section of the book is the puberty. Marya begins to got through it and it really triggers the eating disorder. As she compares herself to the smaller girls she feels more and more less like everyone else, and she feels that in her community this is un exceptable. "Becoming a woman means becoming someone dissociated from, and spitefultoward her body. Someone who finds herself always wanting." (p 52).
2) Another appeal is the idea of control and how the disorder did this. The bulimia goes in tandem with the develpoment and by the time the author is 11 she fit the criteria for a bulimic. In previous sections she talks about control but in this section we see by how much it is in control. "My bulimia developed in tandem with my body [...] By the time i was eleven , I met th full diagnostic for bulimia nervosa." (p 51).
3) Again we see the appeal of hunger. Now that the author is getting older, she has differnet hungers. Apparently physical hunger directly relates to appetite hunger. Now that she looks differnent then everyone she feels it too. It makes the author very uncomfortable. "I shrank back from my body as if it were going to devour me." (p 53).
quotes-
1) " [...] Begin to emulate older women in their lives. [...] keeping their weight down." (p 52). I like this quote because i think it is so true. As a little girl the thing you want most is to be just like your mom or any older women that you look up to. When the author talks about puberty its easier to see how a eating disorder could develop with a mom like she has.
2) "All my life my parents had acted as if childhood should be a state of constantly getting older, When i finaly and irrevorcably began to in fact be older theirs was on that i read as disgust." (p 58). I like this quote because Its also true about life. When your little all your parents can talk about is you gettin older, then once you get there they want you to go back or are dissapointed at how it all turned out.
3) "I would go through the perfunctory motions: washing dishes, going into the bathroom, puking. In the bedroom id stare at the mirror." (p 59). I like this quote alot because she talks about it as if its just something to accomplish like doing chores or washing the dishes.
THEME
the theme of this section of the book is again hunger. Marya is hungry for attention, food and to look like everyone else. She is hungry for a sense of normality.
Monday, October 1, 2007
outside reading blog a
In this section of the book Marya moves to Edina and begins puberty. This is a really critical time for her because her body starts to change and fill out before all of her other friends, therefore she seems 'fat' compared to them. At 8 Marya begins to expirement sexually. This counteracts what doctors say about people with an eating disorder that they are afraid of it. Arounf this time in the book is when Marya first throws up leading to her bulimia. She describes it as a secret a secret that will keep her feeling in control. "I had a secret. It was a guilty secret, certainly. But it was my secret. Ihad something to hold on to. It was company. It kept me calm. It filled me up and empited me out." (p 43). She goes through more of the mirror phase and is sucked into teen magazines whihc make her feel even worse.
oops my post from last week
Vocab-
Prepubescent(9)-adjective of or pertaining to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
Anorectic(20)- noun a person who has Anorexia Nervosa.
Appeals
1) “Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others get eating disorders” (p.13) I like how Marya talks about her eating disorder as an obsession and not just a disease. She also talks very bluntly and I like the comparison in this quote.
2) “ ‘Mirror phases’ essential describes my life.” (p.15) Before this quote she was talking about children development and how must young kids go through a stage of being obsessed with looking at them in the mirror. That is Marya’s entire life.
3) “Hungry was the same as lonely and not hungry was the same as scared.” (p.27) I can tie this quote into the book black boy. Themes in both of the books are hunger. While both are different forms of hunger they share that. Marya’s hunger for food and to feel better, while Richard hungers from knowledge.
Quotes
1) “Food was a problem in my family…my mother was a former-or was it closet?-bulimic with strange eating habits.” A problem that she faces through and up to the point that I have reached are her families contributions to her disease. With a dad who shovels his face and a bulimic mother its easy to see where her tendencies came from. Also her parents used food as love and as war against each other.
2) “ And then pinched myself hard, telling myself to quite being a baby. Crybaby. I thought. Fat little pig” Another reason for the disorder is Marya’s constant critics of herself. This quote is from when she was just 5 year-old. During this scene in the book, Marya is again in that terrible mirror stage, She’s looking at herself and is disgusted by what she sees.
3) Emotionally the disease takes control of you and you begin to associate food with emotions. In this quote we see that theme. “No answer. Run to the kitchen, open the fridge, look for something to eat. Fast. Before you have time to get sad.”
Theme
Right now in the book I would have to say that the themes are hunger, loss and family. She is hungry for her family and hungry for food. The loss of her family life is traumatic even though they have supposedly gotten back together ( I think that will be short) .Her family is not entirely to blame for the disorder but I would say they are a large factor.
Prepubescent(9)-adjective of or pertaining to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
Anorectic(20)- noun a person who has Anorexia Nervosa.
Appeals
1) “Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others get eating disorders” (p.13) I like how Marya talks about her eating disorder as an obsession and not just a disease. She also talks very bluntly and I like the comparison in this quote.
2) “ ‘Mirror phases’ essential describes my life.” (p.15) Before this quote she was talking about children development and how must young kids go through a stage of being obsessed with looking at them in the mirror. That is Marya’s entire life.
3) “Hungry was the same as lonely and not hungry was the same as scared.” (p.27) I can tie this quote into the book black boy. Themes in both of the books are hunger. While both are different forms of hunger they share that. Marya’s hunger for food and to feel better, while Richard hungers from knowledge.
Quotes
1) “Food was a problem in my family…my mother was a former-or was it closet?-bulimic with strange eating habits.” A problem that she faces through and up to the point that I have reached are her families contributions to her disease. With a dad who shovels his face and a bulimic mother its easy to see where her tendencies came from. Also her parents used food as love and as war against each other.
2) “ And then pinched myself hard, telling myself to quite being a baby. Crybaby. I thought. Fat little pig” Another reason for the disorder is Marya’s constant critics of herself. This quote is from when she was just 5 year-old. During this scene in the book, Marya is again in that terrible mirror stage, She’s looking at herself and is disgusted by what she sees.
3) Emotionally the disease takes control of you and you begin to associate food with emotions. In this quote we see that theme. “No answer. Run to the kitchen, open the fridge, look for something to eat. Fast. Before you have time to get sad.”
Theme
Right now in the book I would have to say that the themes are hunger, loss and family. She is hungry for her family and hungry for food. The loss of her family life is traumatic even though they have supposedly gotten back together ( I think that will be short) .Her family is not entirely to blame for the disorder but I would say they are a large factor.
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