Kafka on the Shore
Notes Continued:
After life?- Was the forest some sort of symbol of an after life? I felt it was trying to prove some sort of past or purity that some difficulties are behind him now.
"If you remember me, then I don't care if everybody else forgets." This quote is said by Ms Saeki showing her true affection and feelings towards Kafka
The lack of appearance of "crow boy" shows that Kafka is finally growing up. He is starting to leave his struggles behind him and become a normal fifteen year old boy again. He went from being scared and lonely to a change in Kafka. A change that he had overcame his young dillusions and he was almost about to lead normality again.
The spiritual world- Nakata and Kafka both enter this eeire concept of a world and I feel both grew in this part. They grew through out the novel, especially Kafka.
"If you remember me, then I don't care if everybody else forgets." This quote is said by Ms Saeki showing her true affection and feelings towards Kafka
The lack of appearance of "crow boy" shows that Kafka is finally growing up. He is starting to leave his struggles behind him and become a normal fifteen year old boy again. He went from being scared and lonely to a change in Kafka. A change that he had overcame his young dillusions and he was almost about to lead normality again.
The spiritual world- Nakata and Kafka both enter this eeire concept of a world and I feel both grew in this part. They grew through out the novel, especially Kafka.
Socratic Seminar Notes
Notes:
Internet- viral media leads to global sharing of any kinds of ideas with out limitations
- endless possibilities on information
- goes beyond the structure we've known, allows our minds to wonder, if we are allowed to create searches on our own ideas rather than that of which we are structured to think
Discussion- Open discussion allows to continued ideas, leading to new ideas and new thoughts.
- Constant thought, streaming train of thought within multiple minds
- No end to a question only answers, yet no judgement, only learning on a new topic
- The video allowed for constant thought and feed back with out negativity, the idea of "having an open mind" had a whole new meaning in this seminar
Breaking the Mold- Learn in a new way. allow your own thoughts to form on ANY subject.
- Learn what you love and love what you learn because really what else is there?
- Structure in books and deadlines can be a thing of the past if we push our limits
- Stretch minds to strive for new ideas not be forced upon, no matter the subject
- We need self- learning, it has been lost.
- STRUCTURE can either make or break a person, WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
- Break the mold in a way that matters to you. Learn in a new way and take a chance
**Thoughts: The funny thing about "breaking the mold" is that I hold this idea very dear to me. I hate structured school. I love letting my mind run, but then I find myself in the part of the class that can never bring myself to share my thoughts... Why? I dont know. I always have a lot to say, but it never comes out, or I get nervous then it's too late. So how do I break this mold with in myself to start this new line of thinking? As a matter of fact how do we get EVERYONE to go out on a limb and speak their thoughts. I want to step out of the box and voice my ideas. Im going to try my best, and those who are in the same boat as I am should do the same. I want to be apart of this new "class" we have going here because its everything I could hope for in a class. I just need to find the motivation in myself to finish what I started full tilt.
1. When grades no longer matter it is sort of a make or break point. As I stated above I need to find it in myself to embrace this opportunity, I love socratic seminars and how they work, the next step is just getting involved. This idea of going beyond structure makes life and learning a little more personal, an ideal thought that leaves learning with in the student. I love the idea, I want to embrace, but I have to find that spark to break out of the pack and learn how I want to.
2. The concept I want to be able to focus on in class is just open discussion. I love hearing the conversations on any given topic. I want to be able to listen, learn, question, and contribute. If we go on a discussion about Shakespeare for example and talk about key concepts and points, i'm learning. With in discussion I hear new words used in new ways all the time and then I want to hear more, or ask. While yes I know we never do ask these questions if we hear another student say a word in discusison we don't know, but if we did I feel our knowledge would be phenominal! If we were our own teachers, because just by listening to discussions, I find myself intrigued on how many smart people there are in our class. I want to learn from them. The more we push our limits with talking together the more I feel we will all open up to this idea in the end and we will all benefit greatly in my opinion.
3. Like I said in the last paragraph I feel the idea of talking as a whole, as students, with no limits beside one simple topic to start us off, that is how we will learn the best. In this discussion we should be able to do any research on our phones or anything for new ideas on a topic and literally just share everything we think until everyone realizes that there will be no judgement. No matter what there will be at least one topic that intrigues everyone at some point if we make this a habitual thing.
Internet- viral media leads to global sharing of any kinds of ideas with out limitations
- endless possibilities on information
- goes beyond the structure we've known, allows our minds to wonder, if we are allowed to create searches on our own ideas rather than that of which we are structured to think
Discussion- Open discussion allows to continued ideas, leading to new ideas and new thoughts.
- Constant thought, streaming train of thought within multiple minds
- No end to a question only answers, yet no judgement, only learning on a new topic
- The video allowed for constant thought and feed back with out negativity, the idea of "having an open mind" had a whole new meaning in this seminar
Breaking the Mold- Learn in a new way. allow your own thoughts to form on ANY subject.
- Learn what you love and love what you learn because really what else is there?
- Structure in books and deadlines can be a thing of the past if we push our limits
- Stretch minds to strive for new ideas not be forced upon, no matter the subject
- We need self- learning, it has been lost.
- STRUCTURE can either make or break a person, WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
- Break the mold in a way that matters to you. Learn in a new way and take a chance
**Thoughts: The funny thing about "breaking the mold" is that I hold this idea very dear to me. I hate structured school. I love letting my mind run, but then I find myself in the part of the class that can never bring myself to share my thoughts... Why? I dont know. I always have a lot to say, but it never comes out, or I get nervous then it's too late. So how do I break this mold with in myself to start this new line of thinking? As a matter of fact how do we get EVERYONE to go out on a limb and speak their thoughts. I want to step out of the box and voice my ideas. Im going to try my best, and those who are in the same boat as I am should do the same. I want to be apart of this new "class" we have going here because its everything I could hope for in a class. I just need to find the motivation in myself to finish what I started full tilt.
1. When grades no longer matter it is sort of a make or break point. As I stated above I need to find it in myself to embrace this opportunity, I love socratic seminars and how they work, the next step is just getting involved. This idea of going beyond structure makes life and learning a little more personal, an ideal thought that leaves learning with in the student. I love the idea, I want to embrace, but I have to find that spark to break out of the pack and learn how I want to.
2. The concept I want to be able to focus on in class is just open discussion. I love hearing the conversations on any given topic. I want to be able to listen, learn, question, and contribute. If we go on a discussion about Shakespeare for example and talk about key concepts and points, i'm learning. With in discussion I hear new words used in new ways all the time and then I want to hear more, or ask. While yes I know we never do ask these questions if we hear another student say a word in discusison we don't know, but if we did I feel our knowledge would be phenominal! If we were our own teachers, because just by listening to discussions, I find myself intrigued on how many smart people there are in our class. I want to learn from them. The more we push our limits with talking together the more I feel we will all open up to this idea in the end and we will all benefit greatly in my opinion.
3. Like I said in the last paragraph I feel the idea of talking as a whole, as students, with no limits beside one simple topic to start us off, that is how we will learn the best. In this discussion we should be able to do any research on our phones or anything for new ideas on a topic and literally just share everything we think until everyone realizes that there will be no judgement. No matter what there will be at least one topic that intrigues everyone at some point if we make this a habitual thing.
Active Reading Notes: Kafka on the Shore
Kafka: main character
- tough fifteen year old who has run away from home in search of himself.
Symbol: the crow that pops up throughout the book telling kafka he is a "tough fifteen year old"
Satoru Nakata: Nakata lost many of his mental faculties when, as one of sixteen schoolchildren out on a mushroom-gathering field-trip toward the end of World War II, he was rendered unconscious following a mysterious flash of light in the sky.
* Satoru Nakata's experience could be from a UFO. He is able to talk to cats, as far as Kafka knows.
Oshima: kafkas friend
Hoshino: bus driver who befriends Kafka on his journey
Sakura: friend of Kafka. Forms relationship with him. Finds out later possibly his sister.
*cats continuously show up for reasons I don't know yet.
Satura is able to communicate with these cats(Goma,Mimi,Okawa,Toro,Otsuka)
Kafka goes through a journey. The garden. The book store becoming a peaceful place for him. Foreshadowing?
** the kids from the field trip made Kafka sad. We were able to see his compassionate side not only with this but with his interactions with Sakura.
- tough fifteen year old who has run away from home in search of himself.
Symbol: the crow that pops up throughout the book telling kafka he is a "tough fifteen year old"
Satoru Nakata: Nakata lost many of his mental faculties when, as one of sixteen schoolchildren out on a mushroom-gathering field-trip toward the end of World War II, he was rendered unconscious following a mysterious flash of light in the sky.
* Satoru Nakata's experience could be from a UFO. He is able to talk to cats, as far as Kafka knows.
Oshima: kafkas friend
Hoshino: bus driver who befriends Kafka on his journey
Sakura: friend of Kafka. Forms relationship with him. Finds out later possibly his sister.
*cats continuously show up for reasons I don't know yet.
Satura is able to communicate with these cats(Goma,Mimi,Okawa,Toro,Otsuka)
Kafka goes through a journey. The garden. The book store becoming a peaceful place for him. Foreshadowing?
** the kids from the field trip made Kafka sad. We were able to see his compassionate side not only with this but with his interactions with Sakura.
Notes on Hamlet
Hamlet has evolved significantly in my head and I think its partially due in part to the main soliloquy that we had to master, "To be, or not to be...". This really put me through a lot of strenuous time consuming grief! Now that it is mastered I feel that I am more intrigued with actually understanding what Shakespeare is meaning in all of his lines, instead of just simply reading them with no interpretation.
Character's such as Hamlet have truly changed in my mind because he is no longer some weird guy with a lot of issues. I feel for Hamlet as the play goes on because he allows the reading in on more and more insight of his personal thoughts. A character that is complex makes me more willing to try and "crack their code, I get excited when I finally decide on what I think Hamlet means. The ghost has also evolved in my mind. The ghost was confusing in the beginning, but as the acts go on I see that he has a more complex meaning to it. I feel as if the ghost is also an insight into Hamlet's mind in some way because he is no ordinary ghost that just comes and goes as it pleases. Having this said I feel as if Hamlet's struggles have peaked and are going to begin to come together for him. I feel as if Hamlet will finally get it right in the next few scenes and ease his mind in a the best way possible.
Elements of Poetry
When analyzing poetry use these:
Dramatice Situation
Structure
Theme
Grammar and Meaning
Figurative Language
Important words
Tone/ Mood
Literary Techniques
Procedy
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