My name is Eddie and I am 18 years old. I am a Gamecocks fan and I am going to the [[#|University of]] South Carolina to major in [[#|Computer Science]]. I am heavily involved in [[#|robotics]] and marching band. I play the trumpet and a little bit of piano and guitar. I will end with this poem: Roses are red, violets are blue, some poems rhyme, but this one doesn't.
Reader Response February 25, 2013: Genesis 1-3
I really enjoyed this reading because it has been a while since I have gone back and read the begging of the bible. It is sometimes hard to imagine some of the feats that God can do. I always have enjoyed the part where got creates man in verse 7 of Chapter 2 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." It is just amazing to think of the power God has to just breathe into man and give him a soul. Another thing that I find interesting is how quickly man goes against God. It is only chapter 3 in the bible when [[#|[[#|Adam and Eve]]]] eat from the tree of knowledge. Man is very easily manipulated in my opinion because God made man above all creatures yet man still was manipulated by the serpent to go against God's command not to eat from the tree of knowledge. I think God was testing man with the serpent and I feel God was trying to somewhat protect man from evil when he told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge. If they wouldn't have eaten from the tree of knowledge then they would have had no knowledge of the difference of good and evil. Without knowing evil, then Adam and Eve would be pure and do no wrong. Like when they were naked, they felt no shame because they knew no difference so it wasn't really wrong to be naked until they ate the fruit and thought themselves that is was wrong to be naked.
Partner response: I really like how we both agreed on how God did such a powerful thing, and how unimaginable it is to even comprehend how he did it. It is always so cool to go back and read Genesis to see how everything was created, especially how man was created. With one simple breath, God created man, and that is just so cool! I am glad we saw how easy it was for man to go against the one rule God gave them. Your idea about God testing man with the serpent is interesting. I have never thought about that until now and it does seem possible, but we will never know for sure why all of that happened. I agree that when they were naked that they didn't feel ashamed because they didn't know wrong until they ate from the tree. All in all we share similar ideas and I can't wait to hear your opinions about further readings.
Reader Response March 8, 2013: On the Marionette Theatre
When I think about a marionette I always think of a creepy little doll on strings. In general I think dolls themselves are creepy, but that is probably due to the Child’s Play movies. Anyway, I found this reading to be interesting. Kleist showed a completely different point of view on marionettes and how they are actually very graceful. My first thought of a marionette dancing is something that is very bouncy and lifeless, and is not so graceful. After reading this though I see how Kleist sees a gracefulness to the marionette dancing. The gracefulness that he speaks of is how a marionette has no consciousness. I would agree with that because after thinking about it, when someone tries to dance and they think about it too much, then they look stupid or like a [[#|complete]] idiot. Without that consciousness, the marionette can move freely to the natural movement that forces cause it to take. One thing I liked in this reading was how Kleist talked about the marionette using the ground as a place to “renew the swing of their limbs” while humans use it to “recover from the effort of the dance”. This shows how marionettes can dance without effort and that, to me, just adds to their gracefulness. I also like how Kleist connected the consciousness idea to humans themselves. He said,”Grace appears most purely in that human form which either has no consciousness or an infinite consciousness.” and I agree completely. Without consciousness, humans will just do it and let the things come to them naturally. With that natural movement and way of thinking, people become more graceful. I really like how Kleist used multiple little stories within this because it really helped put is ideas into a perspective. The one story about the boy who did the move that resembled the statue was really good at getting the point across. When the boy just did it without thinking, he was able to do it effortlessly. However, when he tried recreating the move, he thought about it too much and he could not do it again. I actually somewhat enjoyed this reading.
Partner Response: I really like how you thought that Kleist showed a different side of the marionettes. That is the same thing I thought! Whenever I think of marionettes, I think of clumsy dolls too, but he found a way to point out that they can be graceful. You brought up a good point about how normally dancers think about their dance and how it can really mess them up if they think about it too much. Marionettes are lifeless therefore they have no conscious and don't have that problem of overthinking things. I like how you pointed out that without consciousness, humans will just do whatever and those things will just become natural. I really liked how took into mind every detail Kleist gave about gracefulness. I didn't think about some of these things in the way that you did, but now that you mentioned it, I can totally see where you're coming from. Reader Response March 14, 2013: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Since I can't even begin to comprehend what Book 1 of Paradise lost is saying, I am going to talk about Plato's Allegory of the Cave. I like this reading because it takes a look at how people think if they are raised a certain way. Like in this story they are born and raised to where they can only see their shadows on the wall of the cave. Once they are released to the outside world with the sun, the world they knew is just completely shattered. All they knew while they were in the cave was that the shadows were real because that is what they perceived. Once they were outside the cave, they no longer had just shadows to look at. They also had their reflections and also the other people around them to perceive. Basically once they went outside, everything they knew as real became an illusion and everything they knew as an illusion became real. This can somewhat relate to things in the real world. For example, Amish people are raised to not use most technology while everyone else uses technology all the time. Then sometimes Amish people leave their group and start using technology and stop following Amish ways because they realize everyone else's reality is much more easy and fun. When growing up, Amish kids only know to work farms and live their lives to praise God. Once those kids grow up and are allowed to go into the real world, they realize that there is so much more that they can do.
Partner Response: I feel the same exact way about Book 1! I can't even wrap my mind around a general concept from that thing, and it is so far over my head! I couldn't imagine growing up in a cave my whole life and then one day everything that I knew was just completely wrong. They realized that there was so much more out there than what was just inside the cave. I'm glad you threw in an example of how the cave people would feel. I didn't even think of relating this to any real type thing in today's time, but yours was good. The Amish are very secluded from the outside world and I can't imagine how they would feel once they actually discovered easier things. I'm sure people back home would think that they betrayed them, but that's life sometimes.
Reader Response March 21, 2013: Book Two Paradise Lost
I like book two more than book one. It seems to be a lot easier to understand and is a little more straight forward. One thing I like about book two is that it is basically a conversation between the fallen angels. I like how Milton has multiple inputs from the fallen angels on how they should go about overthrowing God and getting back into heaven. I find it to be very ironic that they are stupid enough to try and continue to fight against God. They saw how powerful he could be when they were banished from heaven and they should know that they can’t beat him. I feel that they should have just cut their losses and stuck it out in Hell. I like how there are different proposals on how to get back into heaven. Some want to go to war like Moloch and some want to try and be peaceful about it like Belial. I feel that Satan doesn't truly want to return to heaven at all. He was one of the main contributors to the rebellion and I think he just wants to be the one in power. Like throughout book two, Satan is slowly weaseling his way to power. Satan is just power hungry and when he tried to take that power from God, he had no chance and that is why he failed. Let’s be honest Satan is an idiot. He is an idiot because he tried to go against God and no matter what he never would have won that war and he never will. Partner Response: I think it's cool how the fallen angels which are now demons sit around having a conversation, but it's also weird to me. It seems really eerie and evil that they would do that and to them i know it's normal but it just seems so much worse with demons. They do seem very ignorant when they do try to fight back against God. Like really they should know that nobody can win against God, that's why they are where they are now. In book 2, Satan is very clever and manipulative. He twists the conversation for his behalf, and I agree with you that Satan is an idiot. He knows that he will NEVER be able to win against God, so why bother trying?
Reader Response March 28, 2013: Paradise Book 9-12 Paradise Lost
What I interpreted form book nine was that Eve wanted Adam to just kind of leave her be because she felt that she could handle the work and other things on her own. Eve then ends up eating from the tree and Adam finds out. When he realizes what she has done he becomes upset and feels that what she has done cannot be reversed. So then Adam submits to the same level of Eve and eats from the tree as well. Book eleven is just basically when God is casting Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden or Paradise back to “The Ground whence he was taken, fitter soil”. I also think that God was saying that Adam and Eve knew deep down that what they did was wrong, but their “bolder hand” is what ended up being their downfall. Book twelve seems to be talking about the angel escorting Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. They also were promised by God that their “seed” would help mankind live on. I think that means that although they did wrong, God will continue to let man live by letting Adam and Eve have children. Adam and Eve also mention how all that they have is lost. As Adam and Eve are leaving the Garden, they looked back and it says they wept or cried. If I was Adam and Eve I would have cried for the rest of my life knowing that I was in paradise and I lost it all because I disobeyed God by eating one little piece of fruit from a tree.
My name is Eddie and I am 18 years old. I am a Gamecocks fan and I am going to the [[#|University of]] South Carolina to major in [[#|Computer Science]]. I am heavily involved in [[#|robotics]] and marching band. I play the trumpet and a little bit of piano and guitar. I will end with this poem: Roses are red, violets are blue, some poems rhyme, but this one doesn't.
Reader Response February 25, 2013: Genesis 1-3
I really enjoyed this reading because it has been a while since I have gone back and read the begging of the bible. It is sometimes hard to imagine some of the feats that God can do. I always have enjoyed the part where got creates man in verse 7 of Chapter 2 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." It is just amazing to think of the power God has to just breathe into man and give him a soul. Another thing that I find interesting is how quickly man goes against God. It is only chapter 3 in the bible when [[#|[[#|Adam and Eve]]]] eat from the tree of knowledge. Man is very easily manipulated in my opinion because God made man above all creatures yet man still was manipulated by the serpent to go against God's command not to eat from the tree of knowledge. I think God was testing man with the serpent and I feel God was trying to somewhat protect man from evil when he told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge. If they wouldn't have eaten from the tree of knowledge then they would have had no knowledge of the difference of good and evil. Without knowing evil, then Adam and Eve would be pure and do no wrong. Like when they were naked, they felt no shame because they knew no difference so it wasn't really wrong to be naked until they ate the fruit and thought themselves that is was wrong to be naked.
Partner response:
I really like how we both agreed on how God did such a powerful thing, and how unimaginable it is to even comprehend how he did it. It is always so cool to go back and read Genesis to see how everything was created, especially how man was created. With one simple breath, God created man, and that is just so cool! I am glad we saw how easy it was for man to go against the one rule God gave them. Your idea about God testing man with the serpent is interesting. I have never thought about that until now and it does seem possible, but we will never know for sure why all of that happened. I agree that when they were naked that they didn't feel ashamed because they didn't know wrong until they ate from the tree. All in all we share similar ideas and I can't wait to hear your opinions about further readings.
Reader Response March 8, 2013: On the Marionette Theatre
When I think about a marionette I always think of a creepy little doll on strings. In general I think dolls themselves are creepy, but that is probably due to the Child’s Play movies. Anyway, I found this reading to be interesting. Kleist showed a completely different point of view on marionettes and how they are actually very graceful. My first thought of a marionette dancing is something that is very bouncy and lifeless, and is not so graceful. After reading this though I see how Kleist sees a gracefulness to the marionette dancing. The gracefulness that he speaks of is how a marionette has no consciousness. I would agree with that because after thinking about it, when someone tries to dance and they think about it too much, then they look stupid or like a [[#|complete]] idiot. Without that consciousness, the marionette can move freely to the natural movement that forces cause it to take. One thing I liked in this reading was how Kleist talked about the marionette using the ground as a place to “renew the swing of their limbs” while humans use it to “recover from the effort of the dance”. This shows how marionettes can dance without effort and that, to me, just adds to their gracefulness. I also like how Kleist connected the consciousness idea to humans themselves. He said,”Grace appears most purely in that human form which either has no consciousness or an infinite consciousness.” and I agree completely. Without consciousness, humans will just do it and let the things come to them naturally. With that natural movement and way of thinking, people become more graceful. I really like how Kleist used multiple little stories within this because it really helped put is ideas into a perspective. The one story about the boy who did the move that resembled the statue was really good at getting the point across. When the boy just did it without thinking, he was able to do it effortlessly. However, when he tried recreating the move, he thought about it too much and he could not do it again. I actually somewhat enjoyed this reading.
Partner Response:
I really like how you thought that Kleist showed a different side of the marionettes. That is the same thing I thought! Whenever I think of marionettes, I think of clumsy dolls too, but he found a way to point out that they can be graceful. You brought up a good point about how normally dancers think about their dance and how it can really mess them up if they think about it too much. Marionettes are lifeless therefore they have no conscious and don't have that problem of overthinking things. I like how you pointed out that without consciousness, humans will just do whatever and those things will just become natural. I really liked how took into mind every detail Kleist gave about gracefulness. I didn't think about some of these things in the way that you did, but now that you mentioned it, I can totally see where you're coming from.
Reader Response March 14, 2013: Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Since I can't even begin to comprehend what Book 1 of Paradise lost is saying, I am going to talk about Plato's Allegory of the Cave. I like this reading because it takes a look at how people think if they are raised a certain way. Like in this story they are born and raised to where they can only see their shadows on the wall of the cave. Once they are released to the outside world with the sun, the world they knew is just completely shattered. All they knew while they were in the cave was that the shadows were real because that is what they perceived. Once they were outside the cave, they no longer had just shadows to look at. They also had their reflections and also the other people around them to perceive. Basically once they went outside, everything they knew as real became an illusion and everything they knew as an illusion became real. This can somewhat relate to things in the real world. For example, Amish people are raised to not use most technology while everyone else uses technology all the time. Then sometimes Amish people leave their group and start using technology and stop following Amish ways because they realize everyone else's reality is much more easy and fun. When growing up, Amish kids only know to work farms and live their lives to praise God. Once those kids grow up and are allowed to go into the real world, they realize that there is so much more that they can do.
Partner Response:
I feel the same exact way about Book 1! I can't even wrap my mind around a general concept from that thing, and it is so far over my head! I couldn't imagine growing up in a cave my whole life and then one day everything that I knew was just completely wrong. They realized that there was so much more out there than what was just inside the cave. I'm glad you threw in an example of how the cave people would feel. I didn't even think of relating this to any real type thing in today's time, but yours was good. The Amish are very secluded from the outside world and I can't imagine how they would feel once they actually discovered easier things. I'm sure people back home would think that they betrayed them, but that's life sometimes.
Reader Response March 21, 2013: Book Two Paradise Lost
I like book two more than book one. It seems to be a lot easier to understand and is a little more straight forward. One thing I like about book two is that it is basically a conversation between the fallen angels. I like how Milton has multiple inputs from the fallen angels on how they should go about overthrowing God and getting back into heaven. I find it to be very ironic that they are stupid enough to try and continue to fight against God. They saw how powerful he could be when they were banished from heaven and they should know that they can’t beat him. I feel that they should have just cut their losses and stuck it out in Hell. I like how there are different proposals on how to get back into heaven. Some want to go to war like Moloch and some want to try and be peaceful about it like Belial. I feel that Satan doesn't truly want to return to heaven at all. He was one of the main contributors to the rebellion and I think he just wants to be the one in power. Like throughout book two, Satan is slowly weaseling his way to power. Satan is just power hungry and when he tried to take that power from God, he had no chance and that is why he failed. Let’s be honest Satan is an idiot. He is an idiot because he tried to go against God and no matter what he never would have won that war and he never will.
Partner Response:
I think it's cool how the fallen angels which are now demons sit around having a conversation, but it's also weird to me. It seems really eerie and evil that they would do that and to them i know it's normal but it just seems so much worse with demons. They do seem very ignorant when they do try to fight back against God. Like really they should know that nobody can win against God, that's why they are where they are now. In book 2, Satan is very clever and manipulative. He twists the conversation for his behalf, and I agree with you that Satan is an idiot. He knows that he will NEVER be able to win against God, so why bother trying?
Reader Response March 28, 2013: Paradise Book 9-12 Paradise Lost
What I interpreted form book nine was that Eve wanted Adam to just kind of leave her be because she felt that she could handle the work and other things on her own. Eve then ends up eating from the tree and Adam finds out. When he realizes what she has done he becomes upset and feels that what she has done cannot be reversed. So then Adam submits to the same level of Eve and eats from the tree as well. Book eleven is just basically when God is casting Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden or Paradise back to “The Ground whence he was taken, fitter soil”. I also think that God was saying that Adam and Eve knew deep down that what they did was wrong, but their “bolder hand” is what ended up being their downfall. Book twelve seems to be talking about the angel escorting Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. They also were promised by God that their “seed” would help mankind live on. I think that means that although they did wrong, God will continue to let man live by letting Adam and Eve have children. Adam and Eve also mention how all that they have is lost. As Adam and Eve are leaving the Garden, they looked back and it says they wept or cried. If I was Adam and Eve I would have cried for the rest of my life knowing that I was in paradise and I lost it all because I disobeyed God by eating one little piece of fruit from a tree.