Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Extra credit Nelson Mandela

The Healing Light Institute of Spirituality
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."




"This is for all South Africans an unforgettable occasion. It is the realisation of their hopes and dreams that we have cherished for decades. We are starting a new era of hope, of reconciliation, of nation-building,"



He wants to move forward and forgive those who wronged him. I admire him for this , not many people can move on after being imprisioned.

Extra Credit class evaluation

I enjoyed the first semester of British Literature. I really liked our inclass descussions, it allowed me to see peoples point of views and provieded me with the chance to see things from a new perspective. I also liked how we would watch a movie after reading shakespears acts, it helped me better comprehend the literature and cleared up any misunderstandings. our projects were also fun and allowed us to use our creativity.

Monday, January 12, 2009

oedipus Rex

Is the story of oedipus and how his mother and father who are the kind and queen. Are told that their son one will one day kill his father and marry his mother. As a way to keep that from happening they bind him up and peirce his feet with a stake, they give him to herdsman who is ordered to kill him . The heardsman how ever does not , instead gives him to another herdsman gave him to the king . The king than raised him as his son. But when oedipus finds out he is adopted he goes searching for his real parents. On his way to finding his parents he comes across a man in a carrage and gets into a desput and kills him . Little did he know that that was his father. He continues on his journey and is asked to answer a riddle . If he is wrong he will get eaten if he is right he will continue on his journey. He answered correctly and went on his way but than marries the widow queen which is his mother.