My cultural
Diary
Start
Summary
01
Documents I liked
01
02
Document I disliked
03
Personal documents
04
Conclusion
In this diary we will talk about the different types of MEETINGS. We will ask ourselves :
Is the meetings a sign of destiny which will unite two characters, two lovers or two friends ?
01
Documents i liked
The new kids in the neigborhood
Norman Rockwell released a painting in Look Magazine on May 16, 1967, entitled New Kids in the Neighborhood. I liked studying this painting because it perfectly represents the importance of confronting each other's differences : two groups of kids of different colors are staring at each other, sizing each other up. Also, I liked the way the painting represents curiosity more than hostility and seems to hint at the idea that there is always some common ground to be found beyond our differences. This makes sense when you look at the date. Norman Rockwell is representing the hope for social change that has been started with the voting of the Civil Rights Act. I liked studying Rockwell's paintings because he both encourages people to confront themselves with difference in order to evolve and represents the positive consequences of having done so.People, even if they are different, can learn to live together. Plus, the fact that the two black kids moved to these suburbs shows that their family is wealthy, which isn't really common. Since the kids have a common interests, like having a baseball glove and the animals, we could imagine them growing up and becoming friends. Making their first meeting the start of a new friendship.
On the road
On the Road was originally a book by Jack Kerouac. He is the creator of the BEAT Generation movement. The book tells the story of a group of friends who toured the United States in the summer of 1949. They participated in the counterculture. In class, we studied the trailer of the adaptation. The fact that it is an adaptation makes the Jack Kerouac book more accessible. I like the way the two protagonists, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, two men on the dole with no place to stay or go, are free-thinking individuals who live by their own very personal and changing standards. I also liked the way they don't care about anything society sets. There is no place for them anywhere, and they keep driving from city to city. Because they don't fit anywhere, they are always on the move. They encounter equally lost outcasts, with whom they form an erratic, small-size community of misfits. I love the fact that they are traveling and having a lot of encounters. They are experiencing many different things, like drugs, alcohol and sex. Sal Paradise first encounters Dean Moriarty through mutual friends in New York City. Dean is married to Camille, but Sal is immediately drawn to Dean's charismatic and free-spirited personality. Their relationship becomes a central focus of the novel, symbolizing the restless spirit of the Beat Generation and the search for meaning and identity in a rapidly changing world. Their meetings were a sign of destiny that united them and created their friendship.
02
Document I disliked
Easy rider
The movie portrays two young bikers, Wyatt and Billy, who decide to leave Los Angeles after selling a large amount of drugs. They plan to participate in the celebration of the carnival of New Orleans with the money earned. During their crossing of the United States on their choppers, they meet a hippie community and discover its way of life. Arrested for joining a parade without permission, they sympathize with George Hanson, a civil rights lawyer who accompanies them on their journey. The three marginals then confront traditional America. I didn't like the trailer of the movie because I thought it was uninteresting. The way the cameraman filmed the bike in the first second was disturbing for me. The trailer seemed to lack the dynamic elements that usually capture my attention and generate excitement. Perhaps it failed to effectively convey the essence of the film, leaving me with an ambiguous feeling and unable to connect with the story. I was craving a more compelling and engaging production that would have done a better job of conveying the unique and iconic nature of "Easy Rider".However, I can see how the producer of the film shows us the way that the bikers embody the American spirit. The producer underlines the biker's love for his country by showing us a subtle hint. We can see that the road shaped the American identity. It symbolizes freedom, adventure, and the pursuit of the unknown. It symbolizes freedom, adventure, and the pursuit of the unknown. The road reflects the diversity of the American experience and fosters exploration and individualism. The characters' search for a deeper connection to the American landscape and its people leads them to encounters that go beyond superficial interactions. The concept of destiny is subtly woven into these encounters, suggesting that the road is not merely a physical pathway but a symbolic journey that leads to unexpected encounters and fateful connections.
03
Personal Documents
Never let me go
In Never Let Me Go, the three protagonists, Kathy the narrator, Ruth and Tommy, are clones who grew up completely isolated from the rest of the world in a boarding-school called Hailsham. They have been created to later serve as organ donors to improve the other people's health and life expectancy. We find out at the end that it is friendship - and love - that humanizes these clones in others' eyes and in their own, through their ability to grow attached to other people. Being best friends helps them put up with their terrible fate. They care for each other in more ways than one, not just as friends but also by nature of their specific function in society. Before becoming donors and dying slowly, they have to work as carers whose job, is to help the donating clones recover after each donation and until they breath their last. As a result, these clones prove to be more generous, selfless and empathetic than any genuine human being will ever be. They form a close-knit community, a small-size society of friends united by love and trust, much deeper bonds than self-interest, hubris or progress, which connect most people in this day and age.
To kill a mckingbird
The novel focuses primarily on issues of racial injustice and moral growth in the 1930s American South. The story describes the experiences of Scout Finch, her brother Jem, and their father, Atticus Finch. He is a lawyer defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. The story unfolds through Scout's point of view, and much of the novel explores themes of empathy, morality, and the consequences of racism. The novel depicts the interactions and relationships among the various characters, but it does not operate on a traditional love or friendship plot. Instead, it uses these relationships to explore deeper social and moral issues. The novel's characters, including Scout and Jem, encounter prejudice, injustice, and moral dilemmas that shape their understanding of the world.
When I'm Sixty four
The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a whimsical and nostalgic song about enduring love and companionship over the years. While the song does not directly address the notion of meeting as a sign of destiny, it does touch on the idea of growing old together and the comfort that a long-lasting relationship can bring.
In the song, the narrator envisions a future in which she is 64 years old and wonders if her partner will still be with her, expressing her desire to continue the relationship into old age. The lyrics describe a simple, homey life filled with everyday activities such as knitting, Sunday drives, and communal living in a cozy cottage. The repeated refrain "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'sixty-four?" reflects the longing for lasting companionship and the hope that love will stand the test of time.
The song does celebrate the idea of the constancy of connection and love that endures even as people age. The song captures a sense of commitment and caring for one another that transcends fleeting encounters and emphasizes the value of relationships that last through the years.
04
Conclusion
In summary meetings is a big part of human lifes. Encounters can be pivotal moments in a narrative, shaping the course of characters' lives and the overall trajectory of the story. The theme of meetings often explores the idea of fate or serendipity, suggesting that certain relationships are preordained and that the characters involved are meant to cross paths. The emotions, tensions, and revelations that unfold during these meetings contribute to the development of characters and the progression of the plot, creating a sense of inevitability and significance in the connections formed.
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My cultural
Diary
Start
Summary
01
Documents I liked
01
02
Document I disliked
03
Personal documents
04
Conclusion
In this diary we will talk about the different types of MEETINGS. We will ask ourselves :
Is the meetings a sign of destiny which will unite two characters, two lovers or two friends ?
01
Documents i liked
The new kids in the neigborhood
Norman Rockwell released a painting in Look Magazine on May 16, 1967, entitled New Kids in the Neighborhood. I liked studying this painting because it perfectly represents the importance of confronting each other's differences : two groups of kids of different colors are staring at each other, sizing each other up. Also, I liked the way the painting represents curiosity more than hostility and seems to hint at the idea that there is always some common ground to be found beyond our differences. This makes sense when you look at the date. Norman Rockwell is representing the hope for social change that has been started with the voting of the Civil Rights Act. I liked studying Rockwell's paintings because he both encourages people to confront themselves with difference in order to evolve and represents the positive consequences of having done so.People, even if they are different, can learn to live together. Plus, the fact that the two black kids moved to these suburbs shows that their family is wealthy, which isn't really common. Since the kids have a common interests, like having a baseball glove and the animals, we could imagine them growing up and becoming friends. Making their first meeting the start of a new friendship.
On the road
On the Road was originally a book by Jack Kerouac. He is the creator of the BEAT Generation movement. The book tells the story of a group of friends who toured the United States in the summer of 1949. They participated in the counterculture. In class, we studied the trailer of the adaptation. The fact that it is an adaptation makes the Jack Kerouac book more accessible. I like the way the two protagonists, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, two men on the dole with no place to stay or go, are free-thinking individuals who live by their own very personal and changing standards. I also liked the way they don't care about anything society sets. There is no place for them anywhere, and they keep driving from city to city. Because they don't fit anywhere, they are always on the move. They encounter equally lost outcasts, with whom they form an erratic, small-size community of misfits. I love the fact that they are traveling and having a lot of encounters. They are experiencing many different things, like drugs, alcohol and sex. Sal Paradise first encounters Dean Moriarty through mutual friends in New York City. Dean is married to Camille, but Sal is immediately drawn to Dean's charismatic and free-spirited personality. Their relationship becomes a central focus of the novel, symbolizing the restless spirit of the Beat Generation and the search for meaning and identity in a rapidly changing world. Their meetings were a sign of destiny that united them and created their friendship.
02
Document I disliked
Easy rider
The movie portrays two young bikers, Wyatt and Billy, who decide to leave Los Angeles after selling a large amount of drugs. They plan to participate in the celebration of the carnival of New Orleans with the money earned. During their crossing of the United States on their choppers, they meet a hippie community and discover its way of life. Arrested for joining a parade without permission, they sympathize with George Hanson, a civil rights lawyer who accompanies them on their journey. The three marginals then confront traditional America. I didn't like the trailer of the movie because I thought it was uninteresting. The way the cameraman filmed the bike in the first second was disturbing for me. The trailer seemed to lack the dynamic elements that usually capture my attention and generate excitement. Perhaps it failed to effectively convey the essence of the film, leaving me with an ambiguous feeling and unable to connect with the story. I was craving a more compelling and engaging production that would have done a better job of conveying the unique and iconic nature of "Easy Rider".However, I can see how the producer of the film shows us the way that the bikers embody the American spirit. The producer underlines the biker's love for his country by showing us a subtle hint. We can see that the road shaped the American identity. It symbolizes freedom, adventure, and the pursuit of the unknown. It symbolizes freedom, adventure, and the pursuit of the unknown. The road reflects the diversity of the American experience and fosters exploration and individualism. The characters' search for a deeper connection to the American landscape and its people leads them to encounters that go beyond superficial interactions. The concept of destiny is subtly woven into these encounters, suggesting that the road is not merely a physical pathway but a symbolic journey that leads to unexpected encounters and fateful connections.
03
Personal Documents
Never let me go
In Never Let Me Go, the three protagonists, Kathy the narrator, Ruth and Tommy, are clones who grew up completely isolated from the rest of the world in a boarding-school called Hailsham. They have been created to later serve as organ donors to improve the other people's health and life expectancy. We find out at the end that it is friendship - and love - that humanizes these clones in others' eyes and in their own, through their ability to grow attached to other people. Being best friends helps them put up with their terrible fate. They care for each other in more ways than one, not just as friends but also by nature of their specific function in society. Before becoming donors and dying slowly, they have to work as carers whose job, is to help the donating clones recover after each donation and until they breath their last. As a result, these clones prove to be more generous, selfless and empathetic than any genuine human being will ever be. They form a close-knit community, a small-size society of friends united by love and trust, much deeper bonds than self-interest, hubris or progress, which connect most people in this day and age.
To kill a mckingbird
The novel focuses primarily on issues of racial injustice and moral growth in the 1930s American South. The story describes the experiences of Scout Finch, her brother Jem, and their father, Atticus Finch. He is a lawyer defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. The story unfolds through Scout's point of view, and much of the novel explores themes of empathy, morality, and the consequences of racism. The novel depicts the interactions and relationships among the various characters, but it does not operate on a traditional love or friendship plot. Instead, it uses these relationships to explore deeper social and moral issues. The novel's characters, including Scout and Jem, encounter prejudice, injustice, and moral dilemmas that shape their understanding of the world.
When I'm Sixty four
The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" is a whimsical and nostalgic song about enduring love and companionship over the years. While the song does not directly address the notion of meeting as a sign of destiny, it does touch on the idea of growing old together and the comfort that a long-lasting relationship can bring. In the song, the narrator envisions a future in which she is 64 years old and wonders if her partner will still be with her, expressing her desire to continue the relationship into old age. The lyrics describe a simple, homey life filled with everyday activities such as knitting, Sunday drives, and communal living in a cozy cottage. The repeated refrain "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'sixty-four?" reflects the longing for lasting companionship and the hope that love will stand the test of time. The song does celebrate the idea of the constancy of connection and love that endures even as people age. The song captures a sense of commitment and caring for one another that transcends fleeting encounters and emphasizes the value of relationships that last through the years.
04
Conclusion
In summary meetings is a big part of human lifes. Encounters can be pivotal moments in a narrative, shaping the course of characters' lives and the overall trajectory of the story. The theme of meetings often explores the idea of fate or serendipity, suggesting that certain relationships are preordained and that the characters involved are meant to cross paths. The emotions, tensions, and revelations that unfold during these meetings contribute to the development of characters and the progression of the plot, creating a sense of inevitability and significance in the connections formed.