TPCASTT Analyses

A Finger, Two Dots, and Me

Before I even begin the analysis, the title itself had me extremely confused. At first thought, I imagined this poem being about exploring and discovering new things. As it turns out, is poem is the explanation of the experience of love and life through the author's point of view. The author uses his own experiences and propels literature into a deep emotional level when he says, "I will love until there is no till." His explanation is very relatable and is very connectable. The attitude in this poem is just the way life is. The poem is easy to connect to because it starts off simple, and the author talks about how much he loves someone, and then moves to an analogy where the viewers learn the theme of life. At this point, the poem makes perfect sense and viewers can see it is an analogy regarding things can be found through faith and hope.

Monsters In My Stomach

This poem is an amazing piece of poetry that got me hooked before I even read it. My mind plundered the possibilities of what the poem could have been about and were a number of things the title could have meant. The poem is an analogy of monsters, otherwise known as imperfections, in parts of peoples' bodies to the parts of people's minds that cause them to to bad things, such as addict themselves to junk food, and retain manipulative personalities. This analogy can clearly be seen when Poetri says,"taste buds manipulate me, like people manipulate each other." This piece is so great in the fact that its lighthearted comedic beginning shifts into a more serious lesson at the end.

Good and Bad Slam Poems

Poem 1) The poem I really liked, What Guys Look For in Girls, by Savannah Brown, was an extremely revealing, yet disappointingly true aspect about the way men see women. This poem talked about how all the flaws men see in women, and how the author herself came to overcome adversity. She preached the ideals of inner beauty and love towards yourself. The poem was very descriptive, and powerful. An example that stood out to me was when she said women didn't need,"Diet pills to slim your kindness down." This poem to me is very important, and almost every guy should watch this and know that what women go brought in our society.

http://youtu.be/YSHnnPunShg

Poem 2) This Second poem titled, The Man, is a perfect example of someone using confusing words to illustrate shallow metaphors that make no sense. There are two poems in this video, but I'm only analyzing the first. This poem is very confusing, and isn't very relevant. The ideas are very poorly connected and confusing, and he uses this technique called bullshitting to make his words seem meaningful. Of course there is a purpose in the poem, but I doubt anyone can find it. He uses man so much you can never tell if he's talking about the oppressive big shot, or the common man. His metaphor at the begining of the poem singlehandedly throws of the poem stating,"I have a problem with the man. Not Thee man, but the man. You know who I'm talking about. But does he know who is talking about him, it's me." Overall, the poem is just not very great, but it's pretty funny the more you watch it.

http://youtu.be/n378KII7nJ4

Poetry Starters 3/10

The one thing I could never figure out was the universe

Or why it existed

Or why things worked the way they did

But I did know we were small

Smaller than anything I could ever comprehend

And evolved from exploding stars in distant galaxies older than our earth 

Our light and mark could not be seen 

By anything but us

But who are we

Another door was shut in my face

Another opportunity crumbled by my hands

The feeling was grainy 

like sand that slipped through your grasp

that sand was gone

Yet the remnants of that grainy sand stood still in my hands

the foundation remained 

The fear sustained 

And loneliness attained 

Abstract---> Concrete

Racism-Django, 12 Years a Slave

Injustice- not satanding up for your friends, beliefs, morals

Ambition- Dreamers, people who have inspiration 

Growing old- Walking across the cross walk and you can't get there before the red hand goes on

Poverty-  using food stamps at the grocery store

Growing up- when you wake up and your face doesn't look like a pizza

Wealth- buying your friends friends friends gifts for abstract holidays

Evil- being selfish 

Love- the notebook, going to Zumba classes with your partner.

Satire in the Simpsons

1. This episode of the Simpsons basically is about how Bart gets upset with his teacher because of how old school she is, and he seeks to get revenge. In doing so, he sees how his father acts drunkenly, and then somehow acquires alcohol and gets her drunk. She's then fired, and Bart feels so bad that he tries to make amends with her and help get her back at the school.

2. The satire being presented in this episode is quite abundent. First of all, this episode is really taking a crack at technology and how it has taken over young peoples lives. Also, it is making fun of how young people have access to practically anything and are subject to the way their parents act.

3. The aspect of our society that is being mocked is not necessarily just the young generation, but PARENTS. It sort of is making fun of how parents are letting their kids grow up to fast and becoming little monsters. Also, it is critiscing how parents parent their kids, and why the kids are the way they are.

4. The targets are also the parents. The kids wouldn't act the way they do without influences from their parents. When Bart saw Homer smashed, he thought of the idea to get his teacher drunk that ultimately led to her being fired.

5. The intended outcome of this episode is really to show people how messed up our kids are and how parents need to do a better job of not letting their kids become little brats. it is trying to tell society how important it is to have good role models and how influencial adults are on their children. Lastly, this episode is trying to tell us that we shouldn't be letting our kids grow up so fast.

6. I totally agree with the message in this show. It's unfortunately pretty accurate of how my generations behaves and conducts themselves. Also, it is sad that we do have a lot of bad influences in our lives and that just adds to how bad we are already. I feel like it starts with the kids though in the end. It's up to someone how they act, no matter the influences in their lives. However, with that being said, it is also important that young people have good role models in their lives that can help them.

Ben Franklin Question

List three positive aspects of Native American culture, mentioned by Franklin, that you would like to see incorporated into our own culture. Explain. They had a positive and peaceful atomosphere, they had humility, and they were very respectful towards the Americans.

According to Franklin, what makes communication with the Native Americans difficult? Explain this in your own words. Our cultures were so different educationally and culturally plus they didn't speak very good English and they were very respectful while we were rude.

Who does this satire target? It targets the racist Americans.

What is ironic about this essay? Ben Franklin is being disrespectful to the natives and he is one of the founding fathers. Also we are calling natives savages, when in reality, we are the real savages.

Why would Franklin use the word “savages” in the title of his essay? That was the term for these people back in these times because we didn't like them, they threatened our way of life and we didn't know much about them.

Franklin uses a common satirical device in this essay when he reverses traditional roles. Such reversals occur when a country bumpkin turns out to be smarter than a city slicker, or when a child turns out to be smarter than a professor. In what ways do the so-called “savages” turn the tables on the “civilized” settlers? It is because we did not expect that from the people that supposedly didn't know anything.

How effective do you think this role reversal is? Explain. It was effective because the natives out smarted the English.

What relevance might this essay have to the world today? It still shows that maybe the higher class people are kind of rude and mean to the lower class people. Also, it shows that people with more "power" feel like they have the right to do whatever they want to people not as advanced or civilized.

Shift poem

I hold the future  in my hands

As well as the remote

And the bright screen

All things that make us feel like were not alone, I hold

My grandfather held the weight 

His hands held responsibility

And hard work

As well as hands that raised my hands

His hands held much more meaning 

Though we don't think so, he did

And our hands of today should get back to holding others and not just ourselves