Blog # 9

                                              #2. Red Pill or Blue Pill ?

I don't want to have a choice to pick a pill that will decide the  outcome of my life, however if I had to pick I would pick both because sometime the truth can help me in life and sometimes it can hurt really bad.If you look at the cultures around the world, many people kept the  life styles because it would be easier for society to accept us. Some people are not ready to a change their 9am to 5pm job for an adventure to go and explore the world because they are satisfied and happy the way they live. We are also afraid to know the truth or take risks thinking that it would have a negative impact in our lives and the people around us.
In the Matrix , Neo was not aware that one day his entire life would change by choosing a pill. He was told by Morphues that he was in a world where computers controlled the humans and in order to see the real world he would have to choose the "Red Pill" to know the truth about the Matrix. Neo wanted to know the truth even though he knew it could be a life and dead situation for him. Morphues stated to Neo that it would be a difficult tasks to try and convince other people living in the "Matrix" that they are being controlled by a computer because they are so use to living a certain way and follow the system, therefore they would do anything to save the "Matrix".
However, in life we have a choice to either know the truth and accept or not to know and think about it for the rest of our lives what would happen if we only knew what the truth was.
            



                                    #4 Fate or Free Will?

"Fate" a believe which a lot of people believe in and "Free Will" is a choice that we make in life to go against what we believe in my opinion. I believe that "Fate" brought my husband and I together , because we met each other in the hall way of Laguardia Community College 12 years ago and now we have a beautiful family. We both came from different parts of South America and ended up in New York in the same college.
 It was difficult for my family to accept him in the beginning because we came from two different culture and backgrounds and they were afraid that we would not understand each other. I made my choice and did not care about what anyone thought concerning my decision I made.
In the movie "Matrix" Neo had  his  "Free Will " and choose to save Morphues from the agent Smith, it was his own  decision  even though Trinity his girlfriend in the movie told him not to because he (Neo) was the One to save everyone from the "Matrix.However Neo went against her will and saved Morpheus and later became the One to save everyone from the Matrix.

Blog 8

Most People Do not want Freedom




In my opinion most people do not want freedom because it would change their everyday life styles which they are accustomed too. Some people are afraid taking risks , thinking that it would harm them or make their lifes more difficult than it is. For example in the "Allegory of the Cave" a few prisoner were kept in a cave since childhood , not having any knowlegde of the real world they thought the cave was their world. All they saw were shadows and  heard noices. One of the prisoner was released from the cave to go and explore what is outside of the cave, he took a risk to change his life not knowing if that would harm in anyway or if he would come back alive or not . He learned that there is a real world out there other than the cave then came back and tried to convince the other prisoners that there is more out there than the cave which  is  "Freedom". The prisoners did not believe him and stated that was insane. In my opinion everyone  is making their own "Freedom" in their everyday lives. Some people like to work 9am to 5pm , go home have dinner, watch t.v. and go to sleep. Others don't like working 9am to 5pm , instead they work either from home or from the park. You have a choice in life either take a risk and change your life or stick to the routine that makes you happy and call that your "Freedom".

blog # 11

           Blog # 7 , 'Why People Think They 're Living In A Reality Show " is the one I am going to discuss about in this paragraph. I am not going to say I am proud of this essay but this is the only one which was O.K. in my point of view. In the passage I gave details about myself linked to the article  and some examples. It was also written in an essay format which had a introduction, examples, and conclusion. However, after looking at my CATW practice essay today I know that there is much work to  be done in order for me to pass this class  and go to English 101.

Having the capabilities to practice and review my own essay helps me a lot by identifying where I need major help in, which is everything . The blog entries are also very helpful to me, because I can go back and proof read my own essays. Annotating long essay and pin pointing the claim,  reason and evidence gave  me a structure on how write an essay. The main problem I have to work on is to trying to grab the main points and write the first paragraph ( main idea). It's difficult but I know if I can practice writing more I can do it.

The tutorials and free rice grammar  practices  helped me a lot in my grammar and vocabulary sections, my only problem is to understand the main idea and focus on writing more with good examples . I am going  to practice more and  rewrite all my blogs , since I have an idea where I'm having trouble with. Reading an passage and respond to it, is my one of my major problem, so I tend to work on that first. The second problem is getting my ideas and essay structure in order. One way I know I can do this is by reading and practicing  more on the tutorials which help me a lot.

Blog 7

           Why People Think They 're Living In A Reality Show by Colin Lecher, describes humans living in a world  filled delusion and paranoia. Delusion as stated in an article by Andrew Marantz are imagination of a world that does not exist or is not real. Similar to the "Truman Show" played by Jim Carrey, his life was based on a lie of a perfect world that revolves around him. In this present time most people are paranoid by the Government  watching over us with satellites and advanced cameras.

As Marantz said "People have always imagined things that aren't real".   I can relate to his statement because I  always imagined  that aliens are real and they do exist. One day  hopefully we discover a planet that has life other than earth, as we discovered the other planets in space.  Like the "Truman Show " one day we will discover a whole entire world with life's other than the one we live in.
The same way we discovered Mars and  other planets in space, we will see aliens or perhaps we will be the aliens  to the other planets.

As mentioned by Andrew Marantz, "Shifts in technology have caused the content of delusions to change over the years". In the past religion and culture played a huge part in everyone 's life, however as time past and technology advanced people started to detach themselves away from their culture to connect more towards technology. Now that technology is advancing every year we are getting more afraid regarding our privacy with the government and other internet websites. A few years back when I went on the  internet and just type in my name or even my nick name I receives a list of information with where I lived, who my relatives are  and even a picture of my house. Now at that time it scared m and  blew my mind thinking with just a click your entire life is presented to the world. I also work for a security company and I get paranoid sometimes because I think I am being watched in my office by a secret camera. Even though there aren't any camera there , I still look around my office sometimes . I do believe that the government does have an eye on our every move.

In conclusion we have to keep an open mind regarding the universe and know that we could not be the only one living in this world. Some people will still think that aliens are just an imagination in their minds or maybe the government just planned another hoax. Hopefully one day we can just take a break for a day to enjoy our life's without worrying who is watching over you.

The Ghastly Resort Hotel

                        
  
 Welcome to the island of The Ghastly Resort Hotel where you can connected with  nature. This hotel offers great  affordable packages for couples celebrating their honeymoon , wedding anniversary  and any family events . The interior decoration of the hotel features wallpapers imported by from Italy and France. To accommodate all tourist  with this beautiful and exotic island, The Ghastly Resort rooms are designed with specific dimension .
Since the climate is tropical the resort does not provide hot water.
We provide an extensive  highly flavored gastronomy  based on the island local herbs that makes our recipes unique.
As an amenity the hotel provides  a diving experience with live trained barracudas by professionals.
The hotels also provides a once in a life time tour of a historical local village with battered shacks and bars at the beach where you can enjoy the sunset.



You and your family will feel secure at this island because it is protected by a dictator and military regimen for safety.



By : Jacob, Rukmini, Tsering, Julio

blog 6 Allegory OF The Cave/ The Truman Show

The Truman Show describes a premeditated, controlled dishonesty of reality. Similarity can be described between Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Truman, who at first accepts, then questions the reality with which he is presented.
Truman Burbank lives in a regular Town which is actually the set of a television show and he is the main character. The people he thinks are his parents, friends, neighbors and wife are all just actors on the show. Truman’s life is controlled by the show’s director Christof and his team who conduct their work out of the set’s artificial moon. Truman was adopted by the television network since birth, this reality was the only reality he has ever known.
Christof states that “We only accept the reality with which we are presented. It is as simple as that”. This idea is also presented in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in which he describes prisoners living in a cave all their lives. These prisoners are tied up with chains around their necks and feet in a way which allows them to only see shadows on the wall in front of them. Due to the lack of knowledge the prisoners are not aware that those shadows are just puppets behind them and there is a real world out there. Like Truman he did not know anything beside the reality which was presented to him since birth and accepted that his whole life.
In Plato’s story he releases a prisoner from the cave to explore the world outside. At first it was difficult for him to accept the actual reality because he was used to the cave. The prisoner had many questions about his surroundings and wanted to educate himself with the surrounding he was looking at. Similar to Truman who had several experiences which could lead him to believe that there is something strange occurring when he got older, such as his conversations with Sylvia. However he didn’t understand what was going on and he did not ignore either. Truman like the prisoners makes a courageous decision to get answers and finds out that his life was just an entertainment on television. Truman like the prisoner was able to escape and face the real world.
Both stories presents prisoners and Truman being controlled by a world which was created for them. They were thought to believe what was around them was the truth and reality, until they discovered the true world which was hidden from them.