I am Stephanie J. Findley
My Grampa is Billie E Phillips
His mother is Jessie Phillips
Her sister is Opal Petersen
Her daughter and son-in-law are Judine and Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is an author, and on the back of my copy of The Golden Compass is says
"The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy/adventure stories that I have read in years. This is a book no one should miss. Long after I was finished reading it, I was still thinking about Lyra and her friends. I forsee much success for the series and its talented author"
-- Terry Brooks, author of The Sword of Shannara
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Exam Questons
Who was the "original" illustrator for Alice in Wonderland?
Tenniel
What is the last word in Beauty and the Beast?
virtue
Who wins after death?
worms/art
Oscar Wilde said "life imitates _____"
art
5 themes of class:
myth, history, dreams, coincidence, art
Who does the white knight represent?
Lewis Carroll
How doth the little busy bee?
How doth the crocodile
What beautiful food does the Mock Turtle sing about?
soup
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I haven't the slightest idea
According to Talbot, after Shakespeare ________ is the most quoted writer.
Carrol
__________________ is a personalized _______________ and ________________ is a depersonalized ___________________.
dream, myth, myth, dream.
Humpty Dumpty Portmanteau
Who is the rudest flower?
The violet
ANIMA - in-souled - animal
Who is the volcano in Through the Looking-glass?
Alice
Where does Alice live?
The collective unconscious
the first time Alice drinks, how tall is she?
10"
What is the deleted chapter from Alice?
Wasp and the Wig
How does Alice offend the mouse?
CATS
During the protestant reformation, what was the purpose of children's lit?
instill moral values
What language was the first American Bible in?
Algonquin
What pre-Darwin animal sparked curiosity in child lit?
Mammoth and Moneys
What invention helped with the Protestant Reformation?
Printing-Press
Mercury makes the Mad-Hatter mad is what?
misplaced concreteness
Make an anagram
What does the white rabbit drop?
white gloves and a fan
Beauty's tears turn into _________ in Jean Cocteau's B&b
diamonds
When reading the story trust the _____________ and not eht ___________
tale , teller
Lewis Carrol's nickname inspired what character?
Dodo
What rhetorical device is "I'm interested because I'm interesting"
tautology
In film, Goody two shoes is emblem of _________________ which adult lack
perfection
What part of the dream are tewwdle-dee and dum?
ditto, ditto, ditto
why do the walrus and carpenter weep?
sand
Who was the most prolific serial killer in 19th cent. Britain?
Mary Anne Cotton
What ghosts help narrate Sunderland?
The White Lady and Cyd James
Jabberwocky based on what folklore?
Lampton Worm
Last line of Alice
Life, what is it but a dream?
acrostic
Alice Pleasance Liddel
All art aspires to music
The text informs reality
Tweedledee/dum says "contrariwise"
Tenniel
What is the last word in Beauty and the Beast?
virtue
Who wins after death?
worms/art
Oscar Wilde said "life imitates _____"
art
5 themes of class:
myth, history, dreams, coincidence, art
Who does the white knight represent?
Lewis Carroll
How doth the little busy bee?
How doth the crocodile
What beautiful food does the Mock Turtle sing about?
soup
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I haven't the slightest idea
According to Talbot, after Shakespeare ________ is the most quoted writer.
Carrol
__________________ is a personalized _______________ and ________________ is a depersonalized ___________________.
dream, myth, myth, dream.
Humpty Dumpty Portmanteau
Who is the rudest flower?
The violet
ANIMA - in-souled - animal
Who is the volcano in Through the Looking-glass?
Alice
Where does Alice live?
The collective unconscious
the first time Alice drinks, how tall is she?
10"
What is the deleted chapter from Alice?
Wasp and the Wig
How does Alice offend the mouse?
CATS
During the protestant reformation, what was the purpose of children's lit?
instill moral values
What language was the first American Bible in?
Algonquin
What pre-Darwin animal sparked curiosity in child lit?
Mammoth and Moneys
What invention helped with the Protestant Reformation?
Printing-Press
Mercury makes the Mad-Hatter mad is what?
misplaced concreteness
Make an anagram
What does the white rabbit drop?
white gloves and a fan
Beauty's tears turn into _________ in Jean Cocteau's B&b
diamonds
When reading the story trust the _____________ and not eht ___________
tale , teller
Lewis Carrol's nickname inspired what character?
Dodo
What rhetorical device is "I'm interested because I'm interesting"
tautology
In film, Goody two shoes is emblem of _________________ which adult lack
perfection
What part of the dream are tewwdle-dee and dum?
ditto, ditto, ditto
why do the walrus and carpenter weep?
sand
Who was the most prolific serial killer in 19th cent. Britain?
Mary Anne Cotton
What ghosts help narrate Sunderland?
The White Lady and Cyd James
Jabberwocky based on what folklore?
Lampton Worm
Last line of Alice
Life, what is it but a dream?
acrostic
Alice Pleasance Liddel
All art aspires to music
The text informs reality
Tweedledee/dum says "contrariwise"
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Marylin Manson's Alice in Wonderland
I am not a fan at all of Marylin Manson's music, but if you have ever watched an interview with Manson it is obvious that he is EXTREMELY intelligent and really his image is just part of his marketing genius. It's all an act. I did some research about this Phantasmagoria movie he is making that is based on Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. I also found that his most recent album was called "Eat me/Drink me" which most Manson fans would probably think was just more sexually masochistic heavy metal, but we English majors know it's a reference to Wonderland.
A Manson quote about Phantasmagoria:
"It's about Lewis Carroll and how he became a persona much more bizarre and elaborate than Marilyn Manson. Charles Dodgson was his real name, and he was a person who had a tortured inability to find love and to find happiness in his life, and his story is one of great depression. It's one of a split personality - a person who was deaf in his right ear and left-handed. He was a mathematician and an artist, a deacon in a church who believed in evolution."
I think this is a film we should keep our eyes open for in 2009/2010
I have also attached a picture from the film.
A Manson quote about Phantasmagoria:
"It's about Lewis Carroll and how he became a persona much more bizarre and elaborate than Marilyn Manson. Charles Dodgson was his real name, and he was a person who had a tortured inability to find love and to find happiness in his life, and his story is one of great depression. It's one of a split personality - a person who was deaf in his right ear and left-handed. He was a mathematician and an artist, a deacon in a church who believed in evolution."
I think this is a film we should keep our eyes open for in 2009/2010
I have also attached a picture from the film.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Connections from Another Class
For my 20th Cent. British Lit class we are reading Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. Here is an excerpt from the novel that applies to our class:
You may have heard of Rapunzel.
Against the wishes of her family, who can best be described by their passion for collecting miniature dolls, she went to live in a tower with an older woman.
Her family were so incensed by her refusal to marry the prince next door that they vilified the couple, calling one a watch and the other a little girl. Not content with names, they ceaselessly tried to break into the tower, so much so that the happy pair had to steal up any entrance that was not on a level with the sky. The lover got in by climbing up Rapunzel's hair, and Rapunzel got in by nailing a wig to the floor and shinning up the tresses flung out of the window. Both of them could have used a ladder, but they were in love.
One day the prince, who had always liked to borrow his mother's frocks, dressed up as Rapunzel's lover and dragged himself into the tower. Once inside he tied her up and waited for the wicked witch to arrive. The moment she leaped through the window, bringing their dinner for the evening, the prince hit her over the head and threw her out again. Then he carried Rapunzel down the rope he had brought with him and forced her to watch while he blinded her poor broken lover in a field of thorns.
After that they lived happily ever after, of course
You may have heard of Rapunzel.
Against the wishes of her family, who can best be described by their passion for collecting miniature dolls, she went to live in a tower with an older woman.
Her family were so incensed by her refusal to marry the prince next door that they vilified the couple, calling one a watch and the other a little girl. Not content with names, they ceaselessly tried to break into the tower, so much so that the happy pair had to steal up any entrance that was not on a level with the sky. The lover got in by climbing up Rapunzel's hair, and Rapunzel got in by nailing a wig to the floor and shinning up the tresses flung out of the window. Both of them could have used a ladder, but they were in love.
One day the prince, who had always liked to borrow his mother's frocks, dressed up as Rapunzel's lover and dragged himself into the tower. Once inside he tied her up and waited for the wicked witch to arrive. The moment she leaped through the window, bringing their dinner for the evening, the prince hit her over the head and threw her out again. Then he carried Rapunzel down the rope he had brought with him and forced her to watch while he blinded her poor broken lover in a field of thorns.
After that they lived happily ever after, of course
The best dream I ever had
November 28, 2006
(I keep a dream diary)
I walked outside at night time through a heavy forested area and there were rays of light coming from the sky perpendicular to the earth. They covered the entire skyline. I looked down at the ground and realized that the light was coming from the stars and they were actually shining so bright and concentrated (like a laser) there were constalations and nebulas all over the ground...like the ground was a mirror...and the ground was warm
(I keep a dream diary)
I walked outside at night time through a heavy forested area and there were rays of light coming from the sky perpendicular to the earth. They covered the entire skyline. I looked down at the ground and realized that the light was coming from the stars and they were actually shining so bright and concentrated (like a laser) there were constalations and nebulas all over the ground...like the ground was a mirror...and the ground was warm
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