Archive for December, 2006

Tricksters

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Sadie and Victor putting dazed and drunken Dirty Joe on the fair’s roller coaster is a wonderful display of tricksters at work. To only seek personal amusement and not consider, or forget to observe, the well being of others is where these types of characters usually tend to falter. There is no justified reason for […]

Perception

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

Within my psychology class this semester, a discussion was held about an experiment in which several individuals had submitted themselves into a mental hospital after displaying and describing fake symptoms that included hearing voices communicating dark and demonic things. Each patient was diagnosed with schizophrenia and they were all committed to different hospitals. As soon […]

“[family] Blood, [oppressive] Wedding”

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

The characters in this tale represent pre-existing cultural norms. The most outstanding element being the role that love plays in marriage. Today that is generally unquestioned, because under most circumstances two individuals marry because they are in love and wish to keep caring for one another. In Blood Wedding, family financial and social status […]