Oral

1. Context:
This excerpt is from "One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest" by Ken Kesey. His book focuses on the oppressive American society in the 60's . In this scene McMurphy learns that most of the patients on the ward are not committed but voluntary. This passage is important because McMurphy realizes that he needs to play by the nurses rules, in order to leave the ward. He also realizes, that he is the only one that she is truly in control of.

2. Themes/ Characters:

Themes:
- Big vs. Small=> X-Ray machine
- Perspective vs. Perspective (friend vs. buddy=> juxtaposition of language)
- Living vs. Apathy=> McMurphy realizes that most of the patients are voluntary and therefore don’t oppose to the way they are being treated (apathy)


Characters:
a. Harding
- Leads the conversation
- Speaks in a condescending way to McMurphy because he knows he has valuable information for McMurphy
- Uses repetition of entire phrases


b. McMurphy
- Unsophisticated diction
- A change happens, he suddenly realizes how the ward works, and that he is one of the few committed patients
- He takes a while to understand what is going on
- Harding is in full control until McMurphy suddenly realizes



a. Characteristics are being:
- Expressed (shown)
- Reinforced
b. A change is happening


Motifs-> Symbols:
- Control panel
- Machinery


Quotes:
1. "Everybody moves down a place. Martini comes away from the X-ray machine, buttoning his shirt and muttering, "I wouldn’t of believed it if I hadn't saw it," and Billy Bibbit goes to the black glass to take Martini's place. (Big vs. Small)
2. "No. You've got ore to lose than I do, my friend." (Perspective vs. Perspective=> Buddy vs. Friend)

My Modest Proposal-Outline

Global Issue: Africa the failed Continent

Africa is a failed continent because Europe messed it up in the past

Since Africa is treated as an effectively failed continent, and one which the West seems to ignore, we should use this useless space for the disposal of our garbage and thus eliminate the problem of waste accumulation in wealthy countries . This solution would solve Europe's garbage (also nuclear waste) problem and the people in Africa would not be worse off than they are today.

Outline
1. Introduction
a) Africa is a failed/ doomed/ useless continent
b) It causes the world many problems and is a burden to the west

2. The Problem
a) The west is facing a global issue of increased waste products
b) The world needs to find a solution to deal with the rising amounts of garbage that are being produced

3. A solution
a) Africa is a useless continent anyways
b) Africa=> the failed continent
c) To make use of it, the west should just turn the continent into a huge garbage dump
d) This way Europe (the west) would get rid of its garbage, and in due time the useless continent of Africa would just sink into the ocean and their problem of poverty and hunger would be solved
e) There seem to be no objections to this idea, because millions of people are dying of starvation and genocide (deliberate extermination of a ethnic group) and corruption in Africa today and no one seems to care anyways
f) This way the world could assign the useless continent and job that in due time will save them from their own misery and will benefit the rest of the world
g) Africa would also stop overpopulating our planet
h) The west could harvest all of the valuable resources prior to turning it into a garbage dump
i) Clearly this would be a win win situation
j) Unlike Iraq there is no oil worth defending (oil is a long term extraction project and would therefore justify international intervention)

4. Conclusion
a) Something needs to be done about the rising issues that Africa is causing
b) Win win situation=> everyone would benefit
c) Create awareness about the inhumane situation that Africa is in

Beyonce

Beyonce Know(les) It Best

Last Saturday, May 16^th, Beyonce Knowles and her entire crew rocked Zurich In-Club st.Germain. After a successful concert in Zurich’s Hallenstadion, Beyonce, hubby Jay-Z, and her sister Solange proceeded to the club on Switzerland’s most famous street: “Bahnhofstrasse”. With lots of soul and talent, Solange Knowles and her band electrified the crowds, so that there was barely any space to move around. Leaving a stunned mass of people and extremely exhausted artists, Beyonce left the party at around 2am, but this meant by no means that the bash was over. The guests continued to party till the early morning hours and everyone went home feeling slightly tired but even more in awe by the incredible performance.

Love Letter

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Dear Trillian,

I very distinctly remember the first time that I met you. I will never forget your vibrant personality and your beautiful smile. Right then and there I knew that you were special. We had a long talk and I feel like we really connected. That was the most fun that I had had in weeks, if not months. But then you left me for this other guy, Zaphod. I was heartbroken because I thought that it could have worked out between us. I hope that my feeling for you do not come as a shock or that they will change the way you feel about me. I just decided that it was time to tell you how I felt, because I could keep my feelings for you bottled up inside anymore. You should know that you are the most amazing woman that I have ever met. You have the most interesting personality and your unusual ideas fascinate me. You are so creative, beautiful, mysterious, independent, there are so many things that I want to say to you that they could fill up the whole universe. You are the most special person that I have ever met, and I want you to know that you are the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with. I am sending you this letter because I want you to know that Zaphod is not the right man for you. Come with me and we will live a long and happy life. I am sending you this letter because I plan on leaving this ship to go back to the newly built earth. I could not bear the thought of leaving without you knowing how I really felt about you. I hope to see you again one day.

You know where to find me.

With Love,

Arthur Dent.

Chapter 7 Summary

After a huge explosion, everyone one thinks that Zaphod has died. He reappears on Arc one and hears a radio report about his death. At the same time Arthur and Ford are stranded on prehistoric earth with a bunch of cavemen. In their misery they get drunk instead of finding a way of hitchhiking their way, away from earth. Sometimes they see a space ship that appears out of no where. But as soon as they pick up the bottle again to take a drink, the ship disappears again. They figure out that this is a sign of two possible futures. Every time they see the ship, they could get rescued but by picking up the bottle they change their future.

At the same time Zaphod finds himself on Ursa Minor to find the fat cat Zarniwoop, who is in charge of the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". Trillian and Marvin were also able to escape. Marvin was also brought to Ursa Minor where he meets Zaphod. This is where they meet Roosta an old friend of Ford. Suddenly a afight breaks out because Zaphod's government does not want him around anymore.

Motifs in the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Blog 500 words about the use of motifs in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Think about how the motifs are connected to the creation of humor in the radio play.

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams, tells the story of Arthur Dent who is saved from the earth right before its destruction. He hitchhikes through the Galaxy with his friend Ford and makes many new friends along the way. The radio play is filled with humor, which is supported by the many motifs that reoccur in the story.

One of the motifs that come up over and over again is the idea of alcoholism. In almost every situation in the radio play the characters have a drink to calm their nerves. This makes the situation that they are in more humorous, because alcoholism is not something that should be supported and promoted. This could be classified as dark comedy because it humors something that is not in fact something to be laughed about.

A further motif in the radio play that creates humor is the idea of humans. In every possible situation, humans are made fun of and looked upon as insignificant creatures. This is funny because humans see themselves as the centre of the universe and they are still unaware whether there is any other form of life besides them in the universe. The irony in that situation is what makes this motif so entertaining.

A third motif that marks the book over and over again is “time travel”. In the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, time travel seems to be a very natural and normal way of traveling, when in fact, in reality, it is impossible or at least it has not yet been discovered. This makes the whole idea of time travel seem even more unrealistic which is quite funny and humorous.

The book seems to concentrate on dark humor and it plays a lot on unrealistic scenarios that humans, people on earth, have been dreaming of for a very long time. It glorifies characteristics that are not always socially acceptable and it makes fun of human’s obsession with themselves. The ironic and different humor in this radio play is what makes it so interesting and popular.

Act 4 Summary

Arthur follows Slartbarfast to a place on the planet that has tape recordings of an almighty computer that is supposed to answer the question about life and the universe. The tape recordings reveal that the computer created an ever more powerful computer, earth, who was supposed to find the answer to life. Arthur also finds out that the mice were the ones that created the earth. The group (Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, and Trillian) meets up in front of the mice who tell them that they do not want to recreate the earth but that they just want the answers to the questions of the universe. Arthur and Trillian being the last to people from earth are asked to find the answers to all of the questions. Shortly after the encounter with the mice the group has to run because the police starts attacking them and they are trapped in a corner with no escape.