Jezabell.com article on "The Hunger Games" and the issue of racism

       In this blog I will try to focus on the issue that the article on Jezabell.com raises. The article describes the reaction of "The Hunger Games" fans. Jazabell focuses on the relation ship between main character, Katniss or described as " dark hair, olive skin" Rue and the emotions that it evoked in fans while watching the movie. In the novel Katniss sympathies with Rue, takes care of her and shows strong emotions when Rue dies. " For a moment, I sit there, watching my tears drip down on her face. Rue's cannon fires. I lean forward and press my lips against her temple. Slowly, as if not wake her, I lay her hand back on the ground and release her hand"Collins 236 However, based on the posts that Jazebell.com presented young adults watching the movie  weren't able to get over that fact that Rue and some other characters were "colored". It is sad that people weren't able to sympathize with those characters just based of their skin colored  even though some of them read the book prior to watching the movie. It seems like people while reading chose to ignore the part that didn't suit them or simple saw the trailer of the movie before reading the book and that could of give them a pre-viewed imagination of certain figures.
In conclusion it is sad that even today the issue of racism is till present in our society and that people are unable to feel for one-another based on the features or skin color.

Poem

In this Blog I will present a poem, written in Frank O'Hara's "style". Frank O'Hara was an American writer, poet and  art critics who lived in mid 1900's. His poems contained descriptions, art/cultural references and were based on his observations of New York City.

“Silly Dream”

I  am stuck in the City

Full of Cockroaches

Cockroaches that do not make me think of Cha-Cha or Rumba steps,

But dust and filth

Summer comes with the rush of Tampa zee bridge, 209 and Ellenville full of oaks and deer

Bears and chipmunks, Oh what a dream

But no, I am stuck in the City

Full of odor and influence by Lady Gaga and craziness  

Summer comes, cowboy booth, straw hat on  and Blake Shelton with Luke Bryan in the back

Honky-tonk and old jeans, Oh what a dream

But no, there is no sight of buck chewing corn; with them wishing it was mid November before noon

Summer comes, summer goes, future lies unknown

Soon, Right after college, Oh what a dream,

A dream will come true. 

Vance's analyze of "The Importance of Being Earnest"

In this blog I will be talking about Michael Vance's analyze on The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, posted on May 2000.The play, even though written and preformed in 1896, touches up variety of issues that we face up in today's society such as marriage, power, money and lies (double-life). Vance in his post deiced to focuses on marriage and by using direct quotes shows that Wilde presents us with the view that "As uncertainty is the basis for romance, once marriage is proposed, romance ends." The plot is sculptured by two men who wish to marry the women their love however the true motive in those women is a desire to marry a man named Easter while both man Jack and Algernon life a double life claiming that their name is Earner. The analyze includes an description of how Cecily fantasized of loving an man named Earnest and how Gwendolen  concluded that she would not love Jack if his name was not Earnest. Vance underlines how in The Importance of Being Earnest concept of romantic love is obstructed by marriage.

 In conclusion even thought, Wilde’s play is considered a comedy and even the proposal scenes  are rather funny, somewhat humiliating and not romantic or serious in both acts, contributes to a point that Vance is making. Marriage, especially in Wilde’s times, was associated with power and security rather than love and romance.

Work Cited

Vance, Michael. "Re: Notes on Love and Marriage: Perspectives from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest an Analysis." Web log comment. Notes on Love and Marriage. N.p., May 2000. Web. 1 July 2012.