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The Way He Looks

In Town High, students are rushing to the class, embracing the joy of the first day in school, Bill is one of them. People are all sharing their excitement from last vacation with friends except for Bill in the corner as if nobody can see him ever existed. People’s conversations filled the entire classroom, the roof is nearly lifted up by the joys and cheers among them, they have too much to talk and share except for the invisible Bill silently in the corner of the room, staring at people and didn’t know what to do, waiting for the teacher to come to the class and lecture and yet, the teacher has not came. Bill looked out side of the window, his eyes were getting blurred somehow, then he turned his head back and closed his eyes. The bell rang, the teacher Ms. Z came in and started taking attendance, Bill’s name was somewhere in the middle of the list, about 30 second after, the teacher finished taking attendance, she missed one, Bill who sat at the end of the class, Ms. Z hasn’t realized that . Bill raised his hands “ You didn’t say my name”, Ms. Z finally noticed that there’s a boy in the back row “ Oops sorry, what’s your name?” “Bill” everybody looked at Bill the same moment then turned their heads back the front. The class has ended, Bill was wandering in the hallway, he heard people talking about him right in front of him as if he weren’t there and didn’t exist in their eyes. Bill heard them all, he got pissed, upset , frustrated and all that kind of complex of feeling, emotions. At lunch time, he met his friend Robin who is his only friend in school that he knew for a long time. Robin encouraged him to be himself and helped him to get rid of the negative thoughts and feelings and eased his mind. Days after, Bill gathered his courage to engage in many events and all sort of presentations in front of class and school. He proved him self and changed the incorrect critical perspective that people have toward him .He was no longer invisible, people started talking and hanging out with him.

English11– “Death of a salesman” Act one review exercise

  1. What are Willy’s criticisms of Biff? What are his expectations for him? Why might these be important to Willy? (pp. 5-6)
  • Willy criticizes biff for not having a job and not bringing in money. “How can he find himself on a farm? Is that a life?” He criticizes the fact that Biff goes from job to job and is still finding himself at age 34. “finding yourself at age 34 is a disgrace!” Willy expects him to settle down at one job and make at least $35 per week. Willy wants his son to carry on the legacy of salesman in the family so that their name is respected. He doesn’t like the implication of his son’s failure being his own so until biff takes the path Willy wants him too, he is unhappy with biff’s current state.
    1. Based on Miller’s description of the two brothers in his stage directions, which son do you anticipate might better resemble his father? What quality do they share? How have you already seen that quality in Willy? (p. 8)

    Happy better resemble his father,  from the quote “Biff is two years older than his brother Happy, well built, but in these days bears a worn air and seems less self-assured. He has succeeded less, and his dreams are stronger and less acceptable than Happy’s. Happy is tall powerfully made. Sexuality is like a visible color on him, or a scent that many women have discovered . He, like his brother, is lost, but in a different way, for he has never allowed himself to turn his face toward defeat and is thus more confused and hard-skinned, although seemingly more content” Happy is self-centered, over-confident, illusional , it turns out Happy is just like a young version of his dad Willy , they are both disillusioned and strongly believed in American dream.

    1. How does Happy measure success? How does this differ from his brother’s idea of success?
    • Biff is happy when he’s on the farm where he can work hard, however when spring comes along he becomes discontent and moves on; continuing his cycle of self-discovery. Happy on the other hand measures happiness as to how many women he sleeps with and he confesses that “that girl charlotte is engaged to be married in 5 weeks!” He getting in between couples and induces the idea that these women need him. It makes him happy knowing he can get between people but he most all of all likes that he has the power to do so.

Scenario problem situation Q&A

Scenario: John and Emily are high school students who want to get good grades, maintain active social lives, and participate in sports. John is a linebacker on the football team, and Emily is a defender on the soccer team. Their busy lives prevent them from spending much time on their homework, and they both have been averaging Cs with an occasional D on their work in English class. The end of the semester is drawing near, and a major final project and test are looming. They both think they will pull off at least a B in the course by doing well on these final activities. However, both the football and soccer teams have qualified for post-season games, and both John and Emily are on the decorating committee for a major end-of-year dance which they will attend. Secretly they both want to be selected as King and Queen for the dance, so they have been spending extra time socializing with other students after practice in the evenings.

 

Questions for response:

 

  1. Do you think that John and Emily are deceiving themselves about being able to do well in their English class?

Yes, I think so because it’s nearly the end of the semester, no matter how much effort they make, the grade in the end should be the average they got in between the semester which is Cs and occasional D, they should be clear that at this point, their grades won’t shift up drastically to B.

 

  1. What do you think might be the result of the schedule they are following?

They can’t focus on doing one single event, they would probably ended up rushing roughly for each one of them. None of the events are done perfectly.

 

  1. If they don’t do well on their English work, will they blame others or themselves?

It depends on what type of people they are, if they are arrogant, they’d blame others. If they have self- abasement, they’d blame themselves.

  1. What, if anything, might you do differently if you were in their place?

If it was me, I would focus on doing on event first instead of doing multitasking.

“Death of salesman” Play intro questions

  1. How is the American Dream characteristic of American ideals and philosophy? What are the differences between the materialistic and the idealistic values associated with the American Dream?

People generally are chasing the American dream, wishing to get promote at work so that they can move the whole family to a bigger American city, big cities like New York. It is obviously a way that motives people to make more money, chasing human rights, on the way to success and so on. The different is that owning huge amount of money can solve every problem but can’t buy happiness forever, however, idealistic values is something that will always be there.

  1. What was happening economically and socially in the United States in 1949? Was it fairly easy or difficult to get a job? What was America’s standing in the world?

All the soldiers were coming back, they were competing for jobs, it was hard to get one, America was somewhere at the mid- top and it was having a recession.

  1. What is your definition of salesman? How is a salesman different from someone in another occupation? What attitudes do you think a salesman should have to be successful? What attitudes would hinder him?

Salesman is who sell or promote products to the customers. Salesman require more communication skills than other jobs. Salesman should be positive and motivated. Negative ones would take them down.

  1. What effect do the expectations of parents have on the behavior of their children? In what ways might parental expectations be beneficial? In what ways might they be detrimental?

They will probably give their children more of pressure. If they can somehow guide the children that would be helpful. Some times if they are too hard for children to achieve it could be harmful mentally to kids.

The American dream

What is the American dream? A topic about the American dream has provoked the heated debate among the public. Views vary from person to person. As for me, all I know is the dream to go study in America, in its famous universities like Stanford, Harvard… it’s a long story to tell. Speaking of the American dream, I remember before high school and before I came to Canada, when I being raised in China, everybody adore American education, so for kids and students, everyone is looking forward to study in the US, for parents, they suggest that it is a great thing for their children to study in university there. I have a “ real life” example is that my cousin has been there for graduate degree for several years , in between, he met any sort of problems, he struggled a lot when he first got there, then I realized not everybody can get to study there, people have varied issue and difficulties, for instance, financial problem, academic problem, visa , living and adaptation problem. It isn’t easy to study abroad because I have my personal experience for every international students. What’s more, I have so many feelings to this so-called “ American dream” to Chinese people, for those who had wanted to study in America, they pay so much to get to it not only money, there are so many documentary, movies, TV shows and so on about studying in America or on the way to achieve “American dream”. “ American dream”? Is it worthy?

LOTF character instagram

My ( Piggy) instagram is linked and has strong connections to the story Lord of the flies in that the main point of my posts and the stories that I highlighted is about survival. I posted the determinative factors to our survival like first of all piggy’s optics to make fire, second I posted the shelter to illulstrate the importance of shelters, I also talked about the effect that shelters can bring in the description of the post. In addition, under the comment, as Piggy I had interections with two other main characters : Jack and Ralph, I showed a strong hope of cooperation and resistence  to Jack, a will that hoping to be treated respectfully to Ralph. Through the IG account, I show multiple perspectives of the character Piggy and especially his characteristics and personalities that are accord with the stroy LOTF.