Dishonesty with Ernest

Jack and Algernon abuses the character, Ernest, to have a double life where they can "bunbury" or be different than they really are. The play is often humorous because the characters are always thinking something extreme, then when finding out the truth, the say that is was their idea the whole time. Like when Gwendolen knew Cecily and her would be great friends, then two minutes later she says that she knew that Cecily was distrustful from the start. Some characters go back and forth with their opinions which makes it easy to fool people with the truth. it is very satirical when the play talks about marriage. Algernon explains to Jack that marriage is business not pleasure. This makes me think that marriage can just raise or lower your image in society. Spouses that did get married during this time period could have liked each other, but from this play it seems that it is based on society. In Act II Algernon and Jack are not being earnest even though the character they play is the earnest guy Gwendolen and Cecily ever knew about. when Jack learns that his real name is actually Ernest he becomes then acts like he is very sincere, like he inherited his own character. Algernon admits to being a bunburyist, that is how he has fun when he wants to be secretive. Even Jack is a bunburyist, but doesn't realize it. The name changes fulfills the characters' wishes they wouldn't be seen or heard of doing.

Oscar Wilde has the word earnest literal meaning of serious but sincere. in this book it is used as the notion of false truth and notion of right and wrong ideas. i think the Victorian Era had high expectations for what wealthy could and could not do. Algernon and Jack to invent made up characters with alter egos so they are can be able to escape all the high society expectations and live a different life, a perspective that is different than there regular life.

Animal Farm Project Evaluation

Angela: Pyramid Poster.           

I thought Angela had a creative way to represent the class system on animal farm. She also compared animals in a class with a known person in reality. Her intention was the class system would always be someone at the top, and I think it was appealing that she showed the president on the same class level with Napoleon.

Connor:  Slide show.

There were many representations of symbolism in this project. Equality with the animals really stood out by the dialogue of the animals and pictures of the animal farm commandments. The chart near the end shows exact relation with all the other characters in the book. Connor showed relations especially with charts and pictures that indicated the irony of equality.

Daniel M: Comic Strip

This shows what makes Animal Farm, the four statements about Animal Farm all represent foreshadowing, symbolism, and plot. The pictures state these four points, I thought the project was simple, but affected the important literary elements with just a look.

Thomessa: Artwork.

            Thomessa’s project showed how the commandments change over the ruling of Animal Farm.

The commandments are important that creates the plot and understanding the theme. By adding the pictures you can see how those characters foreshadow something in the plot.

Ragan: Artwork.

I really enjoyed looking at Ragan’s project. There is a parallel to the Russian revolution and Napoleon.  The picture was very well done and the windmill adds the included importance with the pigs.

Kayla/Kelsey: Comic

I like how the windmill was included as the main element of inequality. This shows foreshadowing and great symbolism of the windmill.

Adora: Poem

The poem is in a unique perspective that other people could see different meanings. I understand the parallel to old leaders and power. This poem was well written, it has many key points that make the story.

Kylie: Poster

This project feels like a flyer you hand out to invite someone to Animal Farm. I think it’s pretty ironic that it is set up that way, because it is not a place you would not want to go. Kylie has the seven commandments that are changed, and a picture of the king pig napoleon.

Emily: Pyramid Poster

I liked how she did two pyramids that really pictures the parallel the animal farm characters to the Russian Revolution. It’s really simple but informative.

Emma/Catherine: Movie Trailer

The movie trailer included the seven commandments, which is the key to the story. The burning windmill was a smart idea representing all destruction. I liked the trailer very much, it kept me interested and wanted to watch the movie.

ME

I could see much effort in a handful of classmates, but some didn’t do something extraordinary creative project. My project showed what necessary elements to build off the story were. I put a good amount of effort in my project, but not compared to some. I think I did pretty well, considering it’s just a slide show of pictures.