so who believes this?

“Does the story always reflect the beliefs of the storyteller?”

So in written works who decides what to write? Well obviously the writer does. Are these writings from their opinions? I would say yes these are their opinions, but aren’t necessarily their beliefs. For example when characters are racists, atheistic, or have eating problems, that doesn’t mean the writer himself has all those lifestyles and beliefs. He could be writing about them because of his experience with people who have those beliefs or making fun of them. He could also be persuading you into thinking that these believe are good or bad. Therefore, the beliefs portrayed through the story don’t always reflect the actual beliefs of the storyteller.

art?

I think that deciding what art is comes down to individual preference. I personally think that everything is created with a meaning. And whatever it is, even just babble or a random sketch it is art. Just like this, God created everything with a meaning. From human beings to the simplest organisms, he gave them all a life and a meaning. I feel the same way about the art that people create. Whether it is a famous masterpiece, or notebook doodle it is art in your own shape or form. It is all about the artist and the meaning they find it for themelves. If other individuals don’t find the same value in it as the creator then that is fine; the creator made what they liked and what was meaningful to them, so who cares if other people don’t like it. If other people like their art, then it must mean something special to them as well, even if they don’t find the same meaning or satisfaction out of it as the creator.

adolescence2

The celebration of disorder is quite evident in the poem Adolescence 2. For example, “although it is night, I sit in the bathroom, waiting” is very disorderly. First of all, why are you sitting in the bathroom in the middle of the night, and what are you waiting for? Normally people aren’t in the bathroom in the middle of the night unless they are sick or need to use the restroom. But that isn’t the case, because this person is waiting for something. In an orderly world, why would you need to wait for something in the middle of the night? Another evidence of disorder is, “night rests like a ball of fur on my tongue”. In an orderly setting, there would not be a ‘ball of fur’ on your tongue. In my mind this is a drug reference, and in an orderly world, drugs are disorder. With these examples of disorder, the poem adolescence 2 portrays celebration of disorder.





Source:
Rita dove -- Adolescence II (page 3061)

TOAST!

first of all im just gonna say i <3 toast....but not as much as i <3 cereal.

Where does the breakdown of words and meaning lie? i would say that the meaning of life is inadequate in the system of language. There is no possible way that the meaning of life could accurately be described through a series of simple words. This is because words were created by humans. Sure God created everything, including words, however us humans were bestowed the gift of putting meaning to the words; this is the beauty of language, but then again that is a whole other story. “toast cannot be explained by any rational means”. Even something as simple as toast can’t be explained by the words we assigned to it. Toast just ends up to be a thing in life, just as all the other…. things. “i am toast”. Yes i am a piece of toast. Why? Because that is my name, that is the word assigned to me; its how i am identified what people call me. What is me -- well I am just another thing here on earth. The inadequate system of language is the cause for all things essentially being, things.



works cited:

"toast"
- oryx and crake by Margaret Atwood