Post 26 - Comparing and Contrasting from Post 25

                 I chose to compare and contrast posts by Michael and Demarshun.

Comparatively, both writers believe that the role and rights of women have changed in the last century. Michael stated, "women in today's society are more capable of bringing home the bacon now than they were over a century ago", and Demarshun saying, "the roles between the modern day woman and man are a complete reversal from the time of a "doll's house". Overall, both posts agree, but where they contrast is the mention of single-parent homes. Where Demarshun believes that women can lead as the head of the household and make lives for themselves, Michael says they have the potential to do it on their own as well. I'm not saying both don't agree on this matter, just that one made an effort of stating it. Either way, I think people see the roles of women and how they may have changed differently. In some places, the role that Nora experienced is the norm or even worse. In many other places, the role of women has changed drastically, causing like these posts said, women, to lead the household and bring home the bacon.

Post 25 - Modern Women vs Nora

              I believe things have changed a lot since the late 1800's, shockingly. The role of a woman is not that of a housekeeper or just the maid in her own home. She is not the only one there to take care of the children. In Nora's case, she gave up many of her own ideas and motives to live the married life. Nowadays we see women not having to give up what they want to do. In some cases, it's the responsibility of the man care for the kids and even someone other than the parents. I personally know someone where both parents work and it's up to the grandparents and great-grandparents to watch the kids (whether that's good or bad, you can decide.) In all, there are still people like Nora that give up themselves for the ones they love, even if that love is not reciprocated in the same way.

Post 24 - Movie Plot

                It's not necessarily my favorite movie, but I still like the plot of Forrest Gump. We watch Forrest Gump just sit on a bench waiting for the bus to arrive. In the meantime, he recounts moments from his life and tells them to the random people that sit next to him. From him playing running back for the University of Alabama to him fighting in Vietnam, he reveals the Watergate scandal, joins an anti-war protest, and becomes rich and famous. I think it's an important plot because we get to see moments in history through the eyes of someone childlike. We get an innocent and raw perspective of war and loss, but we also get shown how choices in your life can send you to so many new environments. He was bullied as a kid for his disabilities and when running away, he gets noticed by coaches and gets convinced to play football. From him getting bullied to eventually winning in football and meeting the President.

             I'm always a sucker for any historical movie and this one is just good. I love how you get new perspectives on historical events and see it from someone that lived it, albeit fictional. We normally read it in history books, but these people on the bench with Forrest get first-hand accounts of everything he tells them.

Post 23 - TV Show Setting

               Shockingly, one of my favorite shows is Game of Thrones. It is based in the fictional country of Westeros and about 1/5 of the time is in Essos. Westeros is interesting because it's not entirely fictional. It's really just Great Britain turned upside down Ireland placed on top of it. Plot-wise it also makes sense because the story is based on the real-life War of Rose in the mid 15th century, which saw battles for the throne of England between House of Lancaster and House of York (Lannister and Stark)

If you want to see more this is where I found some extra info.
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/television/game-of-thrones-real-british-history/

Post 22 - Irony in Song and Poem

                 "What could be more beaut-iful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter". This is ironic because we don't think of dead being happy, we don't normally think of death as beautiful, and most that die in battles don't die heroically. The next line furthers this by comparing these soldiers to lions. Lions are courageous and calculating, in this case, the soldiers are just rushing into a slaughter.

I hate that I keep using the song from Game of Thrones for these posts, but it's fresh in my mind. In Rains of Castamere, "In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws. And mine a long and sharp my lord, as long and sharp as yours". Here we have to Lords, both have sigils as lions and the lesser one thinks he is equal to the other. Ironically, we know that the Lion he thinks is weak, is actually extremely powerful. The lesser lord rushes to his death, believing he is equal but actually gets completely obliterated.

Post 21 - Symbol in Poem and Song

               The symbol I chose from a poem we read are the lions in "next to of course america god i". "Who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter/they did not stop to think they died instead" when we think of lions we get images of strength and courage, but I also think of calculating. They rarely lose a fight and only take them when necessary. They only hunt because they need food for energy. In this case, the lions are soldiers, fighting for their country, but they are not calculated nor are they courageous. Most likely set in World War 1, these soldiers would be charging out of trenches into a slaughter.

Similarly, the symbol I chose from a song is the lions from the song "Rains of Castamere" from Game of Thrones. "In a coat of gold or a coat of red a lion still has claws...and now the rains weep o're his halls". Here we do get the image of a courageous and strong lion, representing House Lannister and House Reyne. A smaller lord Reyne standing up to the more powerful lord Tywin Lannister. Where they are similar though is the smaller lions lack of calculating. He doesn't really know Tywin Lannister, just his father Tytos. Believing Tywin to be weak like his father, Lord Reyne rebels. Not knowing Tywin is one of the most ruthless Lords, House Reyne gets slaughtered by the Lannisters, a Lion running into a slaughter.

Post 20 - Metaphor for Poetry

                   I tried to think of a metaphor for poetry, that captures it somewhat well. What I came up with was "Poetry is a bottle of root beer", some people love it and can't get enough of it, they'll ix it with other things they like and just make it better. Other people think it tastes like toothpaste or medicine and have no clue why others enjoy it.