World Literature Blog 4/5

This blog is for 11th and 12th grade students to blog about topics related to World Literature.

If I could travel anywhere…

May 8th, 2007 by willzw5 in Will Z · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · No Comments

…it would be to the 50th floor of the US Bank building on Wisconsin and Cass St. at 1:00 pm, May 8, 2020. I would do that tomorrow.

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What area of Indian culture do you find most interesting and why?

September 20th, 2006 by jimmycw5 in Uncategorized · No Comments

The facet of current interest culture that most interests me is the phenomenon known as “Baliwood,” the huge film industry centered in Bombay.  The industry spews out more movies than any culture in the world, and its ticket sales are the highest as well.  For some reason, movies have ingrained themselves as a large part of the culture in India, becoming a very important part of their lives, which most people would probably think are traditional and provincial.  Another interesting part of the Indian film industry is their ties with the mob, which are shady to say the least.

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What area of Indian culture do you find most interesting and why?

September 20th, 2006 by jimmycw5 in Jimmy C · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · No Comments

The facet of current interest culture that most interests me is the phenomenon known as “Baliwood,” the huge film industry centered in Bombay.  This industry spews out more movies than any other in the world, and its ticket sales are the highest as well.  For some reason, movies have ingrained themselves as a large part in the culture of India, becoming a very important part of their lives, which most people would probably think are traditional and provincial.  Another interesting part of the Indian film industry is their ties with the mob, which are shady to say the least. 

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If you could meet anyone dead or alive who would it be?

September 17th, 2006 by brendensw5 in Brenden S · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · 1 Comment

I would have to say Achilles from The Illiad. I would want to meet him because he was a great warrior.

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If your house was burning down and you could only grab 2 things, what would you grab?

September 17th, 2006 by brendensw5 in Brenden S · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · 1 Comment

I would grab my Playstation 2 and my cat.

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Why did you choose the group that you did?

September 17th, 2006 by brendensw5 in Brenden S · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · No Comments

I’m very interested in Ancient Rome so I figured why not read some literature from Ancient Rome and Greece.

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If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?

September 17th, 2006 by brendensw5 in Brenden S · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · 1 Comment

Yes it does make a sound.

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What is your favorite story in Roman mythology?

September 17th, 2006 by brendensw5 in Brenden S · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · No Comments

I would have to say that my favorite story would be the Iliad by Homer.

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Have I ever heard of a myth that I actually believed?

September 15th, 2006 by meghanhw5 in Meghan H · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · 1 Comment

I know that myths are all made up I don’t believe that the stories I hear are true but I believe that they are probably based on actual events that have been fluffed up to sound better and make better stories for people to believe.

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Are myths still important to our culture?

September 15th, 2006 by meghanhw5 in Meghan H · world lit 5 · Uncategorized · 1 Comment

I think myths are still important to our culture but in a different way.  I think that we gossip more than share myths but it still serves the same purpose.  Most of the gossip that we hear is of bad things and those can create moral for people to follow by like what not to do or what not to wear.  Back then myths were much more important because they really believed myths explained several phenomena in everyday life, not just about who is wearing what and who did what to who like it is today.

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