Metaphor and Saying it Right. I thought the chapter on meaning a metaphor was really quite helpful one of my favorite lines from it is on page 132 at the top in the paragraph, which is talking about purple finches. The line a sparrow dipped in raspberry juice is such a great metaphor. Not only does the reader get this crystal clear image of what the writer is talking about but its funny as heck too.

I really felt Chapter 8 was a bit confusing. My understanding of metaphors was pretty solid but some of these examples on page 126 were just hard to grasp. I could see how an activity like this could really help get this connection across.

What was once for theory is now used for postmodernism. Where does it hurt? November 20, 2007. The second defeat comes when upon returning to the hotel after the embarrassment, the narrator finds that the cleaning woman finally forced her way into his room and organized it. The privacy the narrator has sought to keep since his injury is now gone.

Fitting together the pieces of this jigsaw. Then by the end of the movie the zombies have been assimilated and commodified to accept their roles with in the capitalist structure as laborers, that will not try to usurp the social hegemony. The social order of the male and the female power structure is now also put in place, and Shaun and Liz become zombies once again to their gender roles.

22 Shaun of the Dead. I fully intended on hating. I was working myself up to being so pissed off at Kim M. for making us watch some idiotic movie. Give me a second to take my foot out of my mouth. Did I think it was brilliant? Will it lead to a revolution of the world? Hardly. Maybe I just like British humor. But I had such little expectations, maybe it had only one way to go but up.

Me- modern or postmodern? September 2, 2007.

Into the fantastic mind of Zena and english class.

All things postmodern from ENG 377. Baudrillard would be so proud. Look upon their works, ye mighty! The final expertise project.

Spiderman and His Inner Woman. According to Judith Butler, we are instilled with our specific genders through the process of time. Men are expected to act a certain way, as are women. If we act differently than our allotted gender allocates, then we are looked down upon, and shunned from society. In essence, we are acting out our genders. However, he performs two different roles.

Our presentation addresses this clip from The Real World. In which Davis, a man who has hidden his homosexuality, faces hostility from the other members of the house when he reveals his sexual orientation.