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Wuthering Delights // Nuala and Julia

Posted by Julia Dunn in College English · Giknis · C Band on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:45 pm

In the last episode of our podcast, we discuss Bronte’s hidden themes in “Wuthering Heights”, along with her personal intent and influence on the story. Is there such a thing as too close in the affairs of love? The characters’ relationships are incredibly claustrophobic, and obsession turns to cruel acts of revenge and insatiable attempts to revive the past (to literally digging up graves!). Thanks for listening!

References:

Linton’s death: Ch. 30

Quote #1: page 121

Quote #2: page 363

Heathcliff’s death: Ch. 34

Claustrophobia/Obsession: Ch. 15, 19, 34

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Wuthering Delights Episode 1

Posted by Julia Dunn in College English · Giknis · C Band on Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:29 am

Nuala Cowen and Julia Dunn

Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

In this episode, we examine the complex relationships of Wuthering Heights’ many characters and how their personalities are depicted through surroundings and weather. In other pieces of literature, there is a clear divide between humans and nature; this is not the case for Bronte’s novel, and we attempt to analyze her figurative language through the podcast. We hope you enjoy!

Sections we mentioned:

Lockwood’s visit to Wuthering Heights/Thrushcross Grange- Chapters 1-3

Hate for Heathcliff- Chapters 4-5

Cathy + Linton’s Dog (character split) - Chapters 6-7

Cathy + Nelly Discussing Proposal- Pages 76-82

Storm After Heathcliff Leaves - Pages 84-85

Catherine’s Love for Heathcliff vs. Edgar- Page 82

Death Bed Insanity - Chapter 14-15

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Youth Leadership in Gun Control

Posted by Julia Dunn on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7:22 pm

In my last post, I addressed the topic of gun violence and school shootings. Within the last month, there have been many developments, in state laws, but also with student activism in response to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and others.

States are beginning to act on gun laws and gun reform. For example, in Oregon, the state senate passed a law that made it illegal for any people convicted of domestic abuse and violence to own a gun. In Washington, a bill was filed to raise the age to own a semiautomatic weapon with “tactical features” to 21 instead of 18. In Texas, a governor is working with the Texas Education Agency to make sure all schools have safety procedures and fully working security systems.

On Wednesday, March 14th, many students chose to walk out of school, some for 17 minutes to honor those who died in the Parkland shooting, or for much longer to evoke change with gun laws. While some schools allowed their students to walk out, other administrators threatened detentions and punishments. However, no matter the repercussions, thousands of students around the country walked out of their schools.

My school, SLA, participated in the walkout as well. Organized completely by students, the walkout included speakers such as Pennsylvania State Senator Vince Hughes, activist Sheila Simmonds, BSU President Zoey Twey, and SLA Student Government members Tamir Harper and Ella Burrows. Students gathered in the alleyway outside of school with signs and posters to protest.

SLA student walkout.

After the walkout officially ended, some SLA students went back into school, but hundreds marched to City Hall to join with students from Central, Masterman, Palumbo, CAPA, Freire, and other schools around the city.

Gathering at City Hall before marching to School District Headquarters.


With signs, megaphones, chants like “Books not Bullets!”, “The NRA is not okay!”, “Hold hands not guns!”, students protested outside of the Philadelphia School District building, and then at City Hall once again. We blocked off entire sections of Market and Broad Street as we marched to honor victims of gun violence and to provoke change in laws. The fact that this effort was entirely orchestrated by students shows how strong youth leadership really is.


Going back to City Hall from School District headquarters at 440 N. Broad Street.


On March 24th, the Philadelphia March for Our Lives was a part of more than 800 national and international protests for gun control. From 5th and Market to Lombard Circle, thousands of people gathered together in solidarity to keep the pressure up for political change and stricter gun laws.

For part of my original research, I went to this march and interviewed different people. Here is the transcript of the 6 interviews I conducted. Most of the questions asked were things like, “What do you think of the march today?” or “Why is this issue important to you?”.

One woman, holding a March for Our Lives sign, talked about how she is excited about young people leading, but wished there was more representation of people of color and gun violence outside of mass shootings. “I’m really excited to be in a march and be following the leadership of young people. I had hoped to see more young people of color being represented, in terms of speakers, and some of the issues that have been going on in Philadelphia outside of certain mass shooting kinda things...I think that there is a really important area for collaboration here, and using the leverage from this broader nation discussion to address both sets of issues, the mass shooting, and also the daily drip of police violence of gun violence that is not done by AK-47s that is happening in our neighborhoods and schools here in Philadelphia.”


Woman with “March for Our Lives” Sign.


People of all ages were at the march as well. I interviewed a young girl holding a sign that said “Going to school shouldn’t be scary.” When asked about what the march means to hershe said, “Well, my friend Matthew just did a project on the shooting at Columbine, and it made me really sad”.

Young girl with pink “going to school shouldn’t be scary” sign.


Another person I was very lucky to interview was Mayor Jim Kenney. He was walking through the crowds of people, and my friend Noor pointed him out. We walked over and asked if we could interview him. “How do you feel about the amount of people that die on our streets due to gun violence?”  “Obviously one death is one death too many...we’re here because there are too many guns on our streets and in our society, but the thing I feel good about is that I have less time ahead of me than I have behind me, and you guys are stepping up to lead...I feel very comfortable that when I am retired, you guys will be in charge because what’s in charge now is a disgrace. You’re empathetic, you care about each other, you treat each other with respect and kindness.”


A sign on a dog reads, “Adopting me took: A background check, 4 references, A home visit by the agency, $400 fee, and a month’s wait. The opposite side of the sign says, “Why is it harder to get a dog than obtain a gun?”


Different signs and posters at the March for Our Lives.

A repeated theme that people were talking about was youth power and leadership. People of my generation will make changes for the future of our world, and I've learned that it's super important for us to step up and participate in things like the March for Our Lives and school walkouts, or lead something ourselves.


Thank you for reading!

Link to Annotated Bibliography!




Tags: English 9, You & the World
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Choose Your Own Bloody Adventure

Posted by Julia Dunn in English 1 · Giknis · Y Band on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 8:38 pm
In our Macbeth unit in English class, one assignment we had was to make a creative project connecting to the Shakespearian play, Macbeth. Margie (a talented artist :) ) and I decided to make a Macbeth themed board game, called Choose Your Own Bloody Adventure. 

In our game, you go around the board and pick up cards, and collect “sanity points”. To move around the board, you roll a dice. On certain spaces, you get to pick up a card. The cards have different choices that you can make that connect to the play. Once you read the card and make a decision, the player flips it over and receives/ gets sanity points taken away based on their answer. When the cards run out, the game ends. Whoever has the most sanity points wins the game.

In Macbeth, Macbeth, King of Scotland, turns from mostly normal to totally insane. He loses his sanity based on choices he makes in the play. For example, when he decides to murder the original King to appease his hunger for power, he set himself up for insanity. As he continues being greedy and committing murders, he goes further and further into losing his mind. In our game, this is represented by gathering and losing sanity points. If the player loses sanity points, they are making the decisions Macbeth would make, causing him to lose his sanity.

All of our cards connect to some part of the play. For example, this card, “Would you kill someone to rise to power, or would you let fate take its turn?” connects to when Macbeth and his wife were planning to murder the King. Throughout the play, Macbeth questions whether to let his fate play out, or meddle in it (by killing Duncan, in this instance). Another card, “Would you kill your enemy's family to advance in power, or would you find another way?” goes back to the near end of the play, when Macbeth killed his adversary’s family to gain power. At this point, whatever Macbeth thought, was acted upon without him thinking. He did not have enough patience or sanity to find another way to advance. One more card, “Would you let your partner push you into doing something crazy, or would you have your own ideas?” refers to the relationship between Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the beginning of the play, Macbeth let Lady Macbeth push him into doing deranged acts, like murdering. This was another first step of him losing his sanity.


We hope you enjoy our board game! Scroll down for pictures/ a video of our game! :)


By Julia and Margie


The board!
The board!
Outside of the instructions
Outside of the instructions
Inside of the instructions
Inside of the instructions
Our game pieces, credit to Margie for making them!! (from left to right: Banquo, King Duncan, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth)
Our game pieces, credit to Margie for making them!! (from left to right: Banquo, King Duncan, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth)
HERE IS A VIDEO OF OUR GAME CARDS
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Home Network- Julia Dunn

Posted by Julia Dunn in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e1 Band on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 1:49 pm
My family has two iPhones, one blackberry, and one laptop, which are all connected to our WiFi router. I learned that our TV is not connected directly to WiFi, but connected to the cable box. If I talked to another person about ISP (Internet Service Provider) or a home network, I would tell them that it is important to get a good price on their internet package, and be educated on reasonable prices. 
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