themes:freewill,knowledge,belief,
the themes that was prominent through out the entire movies that i have seen and texts that i have read is freewill. the first text i read was allegory of the cave. this text is about people that were chained,thus preventing them from freely moving as they want. This shows that they did not have freewill.Socrates told Glaucon that if we allow one of them out in the open.This shows that there actions was controlled by a master so they did not have free will.The fact that they lacked knoweledge displays that they did not have free will because without knoledge you cannot choice what you dont know,you will be ignorant to facts.This scene taught me that without knowledge of something you dont have freewill.
In the matrix there was freewill.Neo had to a choice between the red pill and the blue pill.The fact that he was knoledgable about what the matrixs was he could now choose freely.Reiterating my first point without knowledge about something there is no freewill. You will be a dark world onto yourself.In gatteca freewill was not evident because the individual who were to become genitically engineered become so by the choice of their parents.So they did not have freewill.This taught me that when you parents make certain choices for you in life you dont have freewill because it was not a spontaneous decision on your behalf.An examle is when you parents sends you to school that is not you choice its your parents choice and at at tender age you cannot comprehend the importance of school you just have to follow their instructions.In odipus the king odipus did not have free will because the Gods already decided his future. This caused me to reflect on the political leads that we chose to rule us dominates the choices of our live. They rule us on how they see it is fit,regargless of our opinions.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
blog 7
Personally blogging allowed me to evaluate my weakness and capitalized on it.It gave me the oppurtunity to view other individuals blogs and compare my blog to theirs. This was applicable to me because i have a personal motto which says:"the greatest teacher is yourself".So instead of me going to the teacher every minute to figure out what was wrong with my essay i could go on other peoples blog,compare their essay with my essay and asses my mistakes on my own.
Blogging was very convenient to me because it allowed me to manage my time.I had the oppurtunity to type on my blogger whenever I wanted to. Sometimes when i was unable to finish my assignments on time I had the oppurtunity to go home and finish it. This gave me more time to brain storm on the subject and produce my best work.
Blogging created and easy way for the teacher and I to communicate.If I presented an unsatisfactory work my teacher will comment on it. He would tell me my where I went wrong.
Blogging gave me the oppurtunity to comment on other peoples blogger. In a sense I was a teacher pointing out other students, not only in my class but other class,mistakes. I was able to give them advice on how to improve their work.
I am the individual that makes allot of careless mistakes in my writing. On paper my work would look untidy.blogging enable me to correct any minor mistakes without my work looking unpresentable.
My hand writing is not one hundred percent legible. When I am writing an essay and I am short on time I tend to scribble. My scribbling makes it difficult for my lecturer to comprehend the point I am trying to bring accross in my writing so he will give me a bad grade. Blogging eliminates this problem by allowing me to present legible work regardless of if I am short on time.
I am a slow typer.My typing speed is fifteen words per minute.Blogger enables me to practice my typing skills. Improvement in my typing speed will enable to be more effecient when i have to do other assignment.
Blogging was very convenient to me because it allowed me to manage my time.I had the oppurtunity to type on my blogger whenever I wanted to. Sometimes when i was unable to finish my assignments on time I had the oppurtunity to go home and finish it. This gave me more time to brain storm on the subject and produce my best work.
Blogging created and easy way for the teacher and I to communicate.If I presented an unsatisfactory work my teacher will comment on it. He would tell me my where I went wrong.
Blogging gave me the oppurtunity to comment on other peoples blogger. In a sense I was a teacher pointing out other students, not only in my class but other class,mistakes. I was able to give them advice on how to improve their work.
I am the individual that makes allot of careless mistakes in my writing. On paper my work would look untidy.blogging enable me to correct any minor mistakes without my work looking unpresentable.
My hand writing is not one hundred percent legible. When I am writing an essay and I am short on time I tend to scribble. My scribbling makes it difficult for my lecturer to comprehend the point I am trying to bring accross in my writing so he will give me a bad grade. Blogging eliminates this problem by allowing me to present legible work regardless of if I am short on time.
I am a slow typer.My typing speed is fifteen words per minute.Blogger enables me to practice my typing skills. Improvement in my typing speed will enable to be more effecient when i have to do other assignment.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
blog 6
When there are options in a person’s life, where he or she has the ability to choose he or she has free will. Similarly the article mention that free will requires two things: alternate possibilities and self-control. On the other hand when someone only has one course of action this is known as determinism. According to the article determinism is when one future is possible.
In Oedipus the king free will manifested itself when he killed his father. At the scene of the murder where the three roads meet Oedipus said he met a herald and a horse-drawn carriage. The old man in the carriage lashed out at him and he (Oedipus) retaliated, thus killing the old man and the others in the carriage. According to the article free will is having alternate possibilities and self-control. Even thou the old man in the carriage lashed out at him, Oedipus could have walked away. He was not force by any internal or external impulse which was not able to be controlled. He had a choice. Oedipus appears initially to be very belligerent and aggressive as thou he could not control his anger. But later in the play this attitude changed when he was convinced that he was his father’s killer. The way in which he spoke to Creon demonstrated this. This shows that Oedipus has self-control. He could control his temper, which is what the article mentioned about free will: alternate possibilities and self-control.
In the movie minority report before John Anderson killed Leo crow he had a choice. In the movie it was learnt that once you have fore knowledge of an event you could avert what was predicted. John Anderson knew that he was supposed to kill Leo crow according to the precog’s vision. She even told john that he had a choice. John was outrage with his son’s death and made up his mind to kill Leo crow. Leo Crow began talking and from his words John realized he was set up. His initially anger was pacified and at that moment john did not want to kill Leo crow. The fact that Leo Crow held on to Johns hand and by trying to resist the grip John killed Leo crow which I will consider accidental. The two elements that determines free will was revealed which was alternate possibilities and self-control. So in the movie minority report and in the play Oedipus the king free will manifest itself.
In the play Oedipus the king and the movie minority report there was determinism. According to the prophecy Oedipus was to kill his father and marry and conceived children with his mother .Although he tried to run away from his fate he still killed his father and marry his mother. In line 951- 954 Oedipus said “it was my fate to defile my mother‘s bed, to bring forth to men a human family that people could not bear to look upon, to murder my father who engendered me”. In the movie minority report John Anderson was supposed to kill Leo crow and he killed Leo crow. Both individuals were faced with a determined future which came to pass.
In the play Oedipus was skeptical of his destiny so to validate the story of his fate he commanded his wife to send for the servant who witnessed the murder. Lines 916-917 “I’d like him to return back here to us”. When the servant recited what happened Oedipus was convinced and in shame he gorged out his eyes because he could not face the truth. In the movie John was determined to find the truths so in order to evade detection from the pre-crime officers who will prevent him from finding the truth he replaced his eyes with new ones. Both men destiny lead them to remove their eyes.
Both john and Oedipus played a leadership role. Oedipus was a king and John was a chief detective. Oedipus was a hasty where as john was a drug addict . In the end of the movie John did not accept his fate. Before he was arrested john wanted to run from the pre-crime officers but realized he did not had any way to go. In the play Oedipus accepted his fate and was ready to face the consequences of his actions.
In Oedipus the king free will manifested itself when he killed his father. At the scene of the murder where the three roads meet Oedipus said he met a herald and a horse-drawn carriage. The old man in the carriage lashed out at him and he (Oedipus) retaliated, thus killing the old man and the others in the carriage. According to the article free will is having alternate possibilities and self-control. Even thou the old man in the carriage lashed out at him, Oedipus could have walked away. He was not force by any internal or external impulse which was not able to be controlled. He had a choice. Oedipus appears initially to be very belligerent and aggressive as thou he could not control his anger. But later in the play this attitude changed when he was convinced that he was his father’s killer. The way in which he spoke to Creon demonstrated this. This shows that Oedipus has self-control. He could control his temper, which is what the article mentioned about free will: alternate possibilities and self-control.
In the movie minority report before John Anderson killed Leo crow he had a choice. In the movie it was learnt that once you have fore knowledge of an event you could avert what was predicted. John Anderson knew that he was supposed to kill Leo crow according to the precog’s vision. She even told john that he had a choice. John was outrage with his son’s death and made up his mind to kill Leo crow. Leo Crow began talking and from his words John realized he was set up. His initially anger was pacified and at that moment john did not want to kill Leo crow. The fact that Leo Crow held on to Johns hand and by trying to resist the grip John killed Leo crow which I will consider accidental. The two elements that determines free will was revealed which was alternate possibilities and self-control. So in the movie minority report and in the play Oedipus the king free will manifest itself.
In the play Oedipus the king and the movie minority report there was determinism. According to the prophecy Oedipus was to kill his father and marry and conceived children with his mother .Although he tried to run away from his fate he still killed his father and marry his mother. In line 951- 954 Oedipus said “it was my fate to defile my mother‘s bed, to bring forth to men a human family that people could not bear to look upon, to murder my father who engendered me”. In the movie minority report John Anderson was supposed to kill Leo crow and he killed Leo crow. Both individuals were faced with a determined future which came to pass.
In the play Oedipus was skeptical of his destiny so to validate the story of his fate he commanded his wife to send for the servant who witnessed the murder. Lines 916-917 “I’d like him to return back here to us”. When the servant recited what happened Oedipus was convinced and in shame he gorged out his eyes because he could not face the truth. In the movie John was determined to find the truths so in order to evade detection from the pre-crime officers who will prevent him from finding the truth he replaced his eyes with new ones. Both men destiny lead them to remove their eyes.
Both john and Oedipus played a leadership role. Oedipus was a king and John was a chief detective. Oedipus was a hasty where as john was a drug addict . In the end of the movie John did not accept his fate. Before he was arrested john wanted to run from the pre-crime officers but realized he did not had any way to go. In the play Oedipus accepted his fate and was ready to face the consequences of his actions.
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