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Podcast 3, Giggling and Gabbing: Author's Intent

Posted by Eric Valenti in College English · Pahomov/Rhymer · B Band on
In Giggling and Gabbing's third and final podcast, we discuss chapter seven and eight of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." These are the final two chapters of the book and we just wanted to include a major SPOILER WARNING because we got so invested in this podcast that we spoiled the ending!!! In our final podcast we discussed Junot Diaz's intent when writing the final chapters and the book as a whole. We discussed the strange importance of sex in Oscar's life and the use of sex as way to represent one's content in life.

 We decided Oscar was the loser of this chapter because how  much he believed that sex was the only way his life could be complete. We decided Yunior was the winner of this chapter because of how complete and put together he was in this chapter compared to how broken all other characters were in this chapter. Well, from everyone in the Oscar Wao group, we hope you enjoy the final podcast and giggle as we have our final gab about  "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." Thanks for listening! Link Below!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl8lF8Ygkjc

Mask Off: Episode 3

Posted by Lauryn Lewis in College English · Giknis · C Band on
Podcast Name: Mask Off
Group Members: Zaire, Lauren, Lauryn
Episode Title: Author's Intent

On our final podcast we discussed the author's intent of "The Bluest Eye". We discussed many of the topics that were in the book and what the underlying message was. Because we have reached the end of the book, we can now understand certain things that were hidden messages in the book such as the marigolds. Another topic that we seemed to find interesting was the author's style of writing. Her writing eventually became something that matched well with the story that she was telling.


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Literary Dynamite #3

Posted by Weston Matthews in College English · Giknis · B Band on
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Members: Wes, Tai, Lei, Waverly

Episode Title : Alas!

In this episode of our podcast, we discuss the nuances of the novel with regards to how Yaa Gyasi intended the book to be read/interpreted. We have disagreeing dialogue about the book not having any true good people. We also briefly discuss our impressions of the book as a whole.

Akua and Fire - page 177

Death of Akua’s mother - page 180

“Wicked Man” - page 181

“War may be over” - page 158

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y_7wUK7-sxhSf-iwXkrfpMkJ0Mj8X_Aj/view?usp=sharing

Audio Silence Podcast #3

Posted by Ayala Silverman in College English · Giknis · B Band on
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​Group:
Ayala, James, David, Kwan, Eric 

Description:
In this episode of Audio Silence, we discuss Author's Intent in George Orwell's book, 1984. The book was written during the period after World War II and reflects this by delving into government and government control. Orwell wanted the book to serve as a warning to the power government has over its people. 

Link:

Book References:
- Government surveillance (37)
- Government brainwashing (10-15)
- Ignorance and following the government blindly (56)

Kevin and Dilon’s TextingStory

Posted by Dilon Williams in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on
​So what this is is a Texting Story it follows three scenes of me and kevin's choice with Music over it we chose to do this because we felt like it would be very interesting fun and cool. The Texting Story is Modern day language and there little philly slang in there. the purpose of it is to recap your Macbeth while putting a modern day remix on Macbeth and without further Ado enjoy our texting Story

(Click First Word To get our video!)

This Screenshot is our process and the Script we wrote before our final process

#Dreamteam_Missingscene

Posted by Alondra Fonseca-Avalos in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on
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       This scene takes place in Act 2.2, right after Macbeth had just killed King Duncan. Macbeth came out with 2 bloody daggers and because he refused to go back and return them, Lady Macbeth had to go and return them herself. While inside the room, she experiences some strange and supernatural happenings.  

Scene and descriptive essay written by :
Ella Newburger and Alondra Fonseca-Avalos 

Click here to read the missing scene... 

Zahfir & Dayan Q2- creative project

Posted by Dayan Parker in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on
​Macbeth has traveled to the modern world and due to his craziness has been given therapy. We chose to do this because we wanted to incorporate humor and into a project while having references from the play. To make this video we wrote a script, then recorded the video, after that, we did some editing to the video flow better. In our video, Macbeth has brought his kingly, crazy and medieval mannerism into and modern therapy session eventually attempting to vanquish his enemy (The therapist). Hope you enjoy the video! 


Script
Script
Macbeth:(Kicks door open)
Macbeth: I am Macbeth, King of scotland. (Poses) (Cape in the air)
Therapists: Well Ok, why don’t you just take a seat over here. (macbeth lays down on thing)
Tharapits: Well Macbeth, on your form it said you have a slight problem with compulsive murder & random Hallucination . Well You’ve came to the right place MmmmmmmKay.. 
Macbeth: I have no problem, you uncultured swine. 
Therapist:(Looks down and writes) alright . I am hear to help 
Therapist:Why don't you have some water. (Macbeth sips water)
Macbeth: This water is tainted by the blood upon my hands (Macbeth spits out water)
Therapist:(Writes in book)
Therapist: can you please you tell me what you mean by “blood on your hands”?
Macbeth:  (Hands begin to shake) (looks down at hands slowly)
(Zooms into Macbeth’s head)(flash back) Scene after Macbeth kills king Duncan and is washing the blood off of his hands.
---stop---

Therapist: Hello, Macbeth, Macbeth. 
Macbeth: (Pulls out sword)step away from me fowl mortal I shall cleave you from nav to chop.
Macbeth:(slowly moves forward) (with sword facing the therapist)
Therapist:(steps back slowly) (turns and runs)
Macbeth:(Chases therapist in circles)
Camera Closes out (THE END)


Little Sister Podcast Episode 3: Author's Intent (William, James, Kamil)

Posted by William Huang in College English · Giknis · C Band on
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​Abstract:

In this episode, we cover the content of the final chapters of 1984 by George Orwell. Winston gets tortured and confesses his crimes to O’Brien. He is able to make Winston believe 2 + 2 = 5. Not say, BELIEVE. Winston talks about his hatred for Big Brother, and he gets taken into Room 101, where O’Brien brings out rats, Winston’s biggest fear, to make him betray Julia. We discuss what may have motivated Orwell to write the book and what messages he was trying to convey to his readers. We also address the ethics of communist and socialist ideas and why they don't work in real life.


Evidence Used: 

  • “We, the Party, control all records, and we control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?” (256)

  • “To cure you! To make you sane! Will you understand, Winston, that no one whom we bring to this place ever leaves our hands uncured?” (261)

  • “The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about.” (261)

  • “We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them” (261)

  • “It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, hower secret and powerless it may be” (263)

  • “They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just round the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal” (272)

  • “One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution to safeguard the dictatorship” (272)

  • “It is not enough to obey him; you must love him” (292)

  • “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!” (297)

  • “Sometimes they threaten you with something—something you can’t stand up to, can’t even think about. And then you say, ‘Don’t do it to me, do it to somebody else, do it to so-and-so.’ And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there’s no other way of saving yourself, and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way.” (302)

  • “Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me” (304)

Link: https://www.soundtrap.com/play/18k9MnALQcOF1Sx0kIs45A/podcast-3/

Benzini Bros 3

Posted by Antonio DeRock in College English · Giknis · B Band on
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Benzini Bros' Author Intent & Circus Action
Book: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Group Members: Antonio, Emily, Meeghan, Raymond, & Sashoya
Our Podcast: https://youtu.be/j0jr-Lii7bA

Brief Blurb:
Today's podcast, Benzini Bros' Author Intent & Circus Action is focused around the story Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. We discussed what happens in our latest reading, which concluded the book. As the ending of the book was full of action and drama, we share our reactions. The podcast is split in different ways. There are moments when we focus on the Author's intent with the heavy focus on animals and her intent with how masculinity is perceived. As this was the ending of the book, there were a lot things to talk about so we try to cover many different topics to cover a large portion of discussion topics. As this is our final podcast covering the ending of the book, there will be SPOILERS, and this is our warning!

Moments that we referred to:
  • Pete killing the horse for feeding other animals (pg. 139)
  • Animal cruelty (pg. 140)
  • Rosie using a stake on August (pg. 309)
  • Death of Uncle Al (pg. 320)
  • Jacob and Charlie's conversation (pg. 328)

The JShow Episode 3: At Last

Posted by Harlem Satterfield in College English · Giknis · C Band on
The JSHow
Jacobo, Shana, and Harlem

Episode 3: At Last

And now, we have reached our final episode. In this final podcast, we discuss the happy ending of Treasure Island, the author's intent for writing the book and how the book speaks to Stevenson's legacy.

Evidence Used:
Chapter XXXIV: At Last (pgs. 186-190)

Listen to the podcast here:​
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Macbeth K-I-N-G

Posted by Ella Travis in English 1 · Giknis · D Band on
​I worked with Sean and Kaya to make three songs.  Each song will be based off of the story Macbeth. 


At first we did not know what songs we wanted to do, I wanted to do an end story and Kaya wanted to do a fashion show, in the end we wrote 3 songs relating to Macbeth. 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o9OtRH-6I56P1vCrHO5wbcJTttZoEh20seyavTJyS4U/edit?usp=sharing 

We decided to do songs because it was sean's idea and it seemed like the project with the least amount of arguing in it.  The 4 songs relate to a different character and what their emotions are, including a bit of modern language and sounds.  The songs are for lady Macbeth, Banquo, Macbeth, and the witches, each has hints to what they are, and things that happened in the play. 

Watch the video below the image 

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https://www.wevideo.com/view/1287801144

Macbeth Trading cards

Posted by Lilla Stall in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on
For this project Kobe and I chose to make trading cards. We chose to do most characters but removed or combined some if they were not essential to meet the time requirements. We chose to do trading cards so that we could show the significance and our knowledge of the characters and plot but have the work easily split up. We also wanted something we could work on separately due to the fact that Kobe had cheer competition.

Click here to view the trading cards.
Layout planning
Layout planning
Calendar
Calendar
Card list
Card list
Card layout
Card layout
Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth card
Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth card
Macbeth card
Macbeth card
Lady Macbeth card
Lady Macbeth card
Macbeth head card
Macbeth head card
​​These trading cards were created to analyze each character and their actions. The cards include basic facts, analysis, and a rating. Each card goes into detail about how the character and their actions add to the play and impact the outcome of the play. These cards can be traded based on the raiting. Five stars is very rare witch means the character is important and greatly impacts the play. One star is common this means it is a minor character and their actions don't impact the play greatly.

Macbeth Act 5 Scene 4.5

Posted by Lorna Elliott in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on
This is the original copy of our script
This is the original copy of our script
the script after we edited and put a quill-pen font on it
the script after we edited and put a quill-pen font on it
Final product of our media. We destroyed the paper and stained it to look ancient. The goal was to make the paper look as if it was torn from the original copy of Macbeth.
Final product of our media. We destroyed the paper and stained it to look ancient. The goal was to make the paper look as if it was torn from the original copy of Macbeth.
We reenacted the scene to help visualize the entire script.
We reenacted the scene to help visualize the entire script.
Melanie and I wrote a missing scene for the play Macbeth. We know about Lady Macbeth's death was a suicide, we decided to add more to it. This scene is centered around this specific event. To understand the scene you have to look beyond Lady Macbeth's personality and look at her relationships and hot they affected her mental health. In the scene, Lady Macbeth sees an apparition of Lady Macduff. after they talk, lady macduff is able to convince Lady Macbeth to jump out of a window to end her suffering. 

The Color Purple Podcast #2 // Lenses

Posted by Lily Rivera in College English · Giknis · C Band on
​Hi all!

     In this episode of The Hydrangea Effect, we continue to talk about the progression of Celie's character as well as her relationship with her sister Nettie and other people in her life. We discuss Nettie's experience in Africa and how that relates to her and her sister's past and self-love. We even talk about the difference in community between the U.S. and tribes in Africa and what that means.

Evidence Used:
“I felt like I was seeing black for the first time.”(141)
“Us each other’s peoples now” (183)
and more!

Thanks for Listening~!

The color Purple- Episode 2- Mindy, Aysha, Alan, Autumn, and Sharron

Posted by Aysha Siddiquee in College English · Giknis · B Band on

The Purple Table Talk The names of the group members Aysha Siddiquee, Mindy Saw, Autumn, Sharron Norton, and Alan Chen

Episode 2- Purple Table Talk 2

In this episode of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple we were focused on shedding light on Nettie’s journey and the way that comes about and the changes that were made throughout the beginning and how it comes about especially the way that through her journey the different lenses especially the feminist lens. We dived into the Marxist and Historical to discuss the impact of setting on Nettie especially.

A list of the evidence used (with page numbers) for listeners to locate as desired ( Pg. 121, 170, 179 ) - the letters from Nettie to Celie.

179- Shug’s encounters with Albert explained

https://youtu.be/qfc2GOmPbiI

Water For Elephants Podcast #2

Posted by Lauren Matthews in College English · Giknis · C Band on

Uptop Books - Naima DeBrest, Kyianna Thomas, Lauren Matthews

Episode 2: Literary Lenses

The book that we are reading is Water for Elephant by Sara Gruen. During this episode, we will be discussing the relationships and correlations between the characters looking through the literary lenses. Each lens talks about things reflecting on the time period of the book in the 1930s and as well as the social classes between characters. For this podcast, we will be talking about pages 81-275.

“August, wait! Where are you going? I’m going to teach her a lesson,” he says without stopping. But August!” I shout after him. Wait! She was good! She came back of her own accord. Besides, you can’t do anything now. The show is still going! He stops so abruptly a cloud of dust temporarily obscures his feet. He stands absolutely still, staring at the ground. After a long while, he speaks. Good. The band will drown out the noise.” I stare after him, my mouth open in horror. -Page 170, Chapter 12