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Agghh I cant believe i forgot about this blog...Where to start, when I first printed out the huge sylibus for the class I was wondering what I got myself in too. I figured I would read a few book take the exams and just try to escape with a good grade. Ive never view reading as enjoyable to wanted to read but this seemed to change with this class...I didn't really get into the class until Feed that was the first book i found interested and could see the overall view of the class. The Thoreau Challenge was something that challenged my daily life. I would have never guess before this class I could go 7 days without anything. I am proud of myself and see myself tending not to use them as much.  The second skins movie was an eye opener in a creepier way. I love video games but these people were nuts!Hunger games and 1984 were okay books that had a cool theme to them. In some ways these books that were written in the 50 and so are coming somewhat true today. Hunger Games was my favorite book in this class and might be tied with Catcher in the Rye for my all time favorite. The concept of the book was intriguing and one that I would have never thought about if I didn't take this class.  This class allowed me to see if I expand what I like in books I might find something I love. After this class I see how these books relate with my world. the want to buy more than  I need, how Big Brother could be watching me, how censorship is all around us and how we are burning books today with our remakes or movies.  I am glad I took this class. This was my favorite gen ed class and probably one of my favorite class in all my years of school. I was glad we were allowed to express ourself and share how we see the world around us. I really feel that what we say in class is not only listen too by the students but by Dr Mortimore too. After this class I have a whole new respect for literature after this class.

Bye Bye Books!

Sad but true. For some reason people do not want to buy real books. We would rather buy something off line and stare at a computer screen. A kindle or Ipad will never be able to replace a book 100% percent. Reading books is different...each book has a different smell, some have large print while others cram on the words...the feeling of accomplishment when you flip to your last page....all of that will be lost. We would rather have a lighter less dense file on our computers to read. Kindles and Ipads make every book look and feel the same. I world without books would be weird to me. However I feel probably in my life time no one will own "real" books. Newspapers and magazines are now being sent to your ipads daily, so its only a matter of time until the population catches on. I feel that there will always be some sort of books, some sort of religious text. I picture a time where kids dont even know what a bible looks like or why important documents like the Declaration of Independence is written on paper.  I feel books are very important.I know sometimes I complain about having to read them but i feel once I do I look at it differently than a movie, I question things more. I feel that reading books allows you to escape into a different place and use your imagination.  I feel that with our way of life now kids are loosing that ability because they are not challenged.





Today we burn books, not just with a match but when we turn them into movies. When Hollywood gets a hold of a movie they change it all around. We lose the personalty of the story and it seems like the overall goal is to make money and not do the book justice. There are so many examples where the movies are different than the books...Remember the Titans, Holes, Harry Potters, and I am Legend were all different than the book...I have only seen two movies that went right along with the book the first being The Blindside and the other was Miracle. I feel that we do these books an injustice when we make them into movies. I am eager to see what Jim Carey does to this up coming movie Mr Popper's Penguins because that was one of my favorite books growing up

Hunger Games

This was by far my favorite book of this class. At first I didn't really want to start but once I picked up the book I couldn't put it down.  It was a book that moved at a pace that I liked. I ended up reading the entire book in the same day and I don't think I have ever done that. It also had a way to draw in the readers and keep them there. I am looking forward to reading the next two books whenever school work slows down. I saw they were on sale at borders and picked them up. The book goes well with the class in the aspect of how consumers can dictate how the system is set up and  run. I feel that  this book and 1984 and Feed go together very well in that aspect. Hunger games and 84 both had that extreme ruler that struck fear in the people. How you must obey the rules and if you don't the higher power will make sure you understand how the system works. Hunger games and Feed go  together in that the  people are directly involved with everything. People gave money to the Hunger Game people witch was of most appealing to them and the feed would show items of value to the people to purchased.
Hunger games reminded me a lot of the Stone Cold Steve Austin movie the Condemned. This movie had very dangerous people from all over the world fight to the death for freedom. People could log on and watch these event from where ever. Rather than medicine dropping from the sky weapons would fall down to make killing easier.


And March 2012 The Hunger Games Movie will be released! So I will be interested to see how Hollywood changes the book.Hunger Games Movie 2012