"We have the power to bore people long after we are dead." - Sinclair Lewis
Friday, February 18, 2011
Hafiz and his Poem Structure
I didn't pick a poem in particular to comment on because I liked all of Hafiz's poems. The reason why I liked them was their uniqueness in structure and wording. Poems such as Hafiz's are very good attention grabbers. Besides that, his short poems are also very powerful. Saying so much with ten to twenty organized words is really hard, but nonetheless Hafiz did it and he did it in a very good way.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Love Story - Movie
During the last class we have watched the movie which was (somewhat) made based on the story of Erich Segal - Love story. Personally, I think that my imagination was much better than the movie itself. Maybe back then when the movie was made it was high quality, but for today's eyes it looked like a low-budget movie. The main that i did not like about the movie was that in some scenes (especially the last one) it completely changed from the book and by this it also changed some of the concept that the author was trying to transmit to the readers. Nonetheless, it also had its positive aspects as well. I liked the main actors (Oliver and Jennifer), i liked the music effects, and the places where the movie was made. Lastly, I think that (like many other movies) this movie needs to be remade into a modern Hollywood movie, so that the current generations can really enjoy it and compare it with the book.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Love Story 2
The second and the last part of the Love Story gets more interesting. Jenny decides not to go to Paris, they get married but Oliver doesn't get the approval from his parents. He sacrifices his relationship with his parents in order to get married to Jenny. At first they struggle (financially) because they were both still in school. Jenny found a temporary part-time job so that they could live off something. Soon they both graduate, Oliver being the 3rd in his class and of course All-Ivy in the hockey league.
As the story goes on, they started trying to have a baby. After some time they see that it is not happening and as a result of that they go and visit the doctor. The doctor determines that Jennifer is very ill (Leukemia). He doesn't tell Jennifer but instead invites Oliver to his office the next day. Oliver is so impatient that he actually calls the doctor and re-schedules the meeting for earlier during that day. The doctor tells him and of course Oliver gets sad but he tries to remain calm and hide the truth from Jenny.
After a while Jenny finds out about her disease and Oliver goes to his dad (after 3 years) to ask him for some money which he needed to cover Jenny's medical expenses. His dad approves, Oliver gets the check and goes back to Jenny. Soon Jennifer's dad also finds about about her disease and joins them in their apartment.
One night, they had to take Jenny to the hospital because she wasn't feeling well and that is also the time when she dies. Oliver runs away from the hospital, meets his dad, tells him about Jenny's death and runs to his arms while crying like a boy.
I think that no matter how sad Jenny's death was, it also had a good side to it. It re-joined Oliver and his dad. So basically Jenny had to be sacrificed so that they could start talking again.
As the story goes on, they started trying to have a baby. After some time they see that it is not happening and as a result of that they go and visit the doctor. The doctor determines that Jennifer is very ill (Leukemia). He doesn't tell Jennifer but instead invites Oliver to his office the next day. Oliver is so impatient that he actually calls the doctor and re-schedules the meeting for earlier during that day. The doctor tells him and of course Oliver gets sad but he tries to remain calm and hide the truth from Jenny.
After a while Jenny finds out about her disease and Oliver goes to his dad (after 3 years) to ask him for some money which he needed to cover Jenny's medical expenses. His dad approves, Oliver gets the check and goes back to Jenny. Soon Jennifer's dad also finds about about her disease and joins them in their apartment.
One night, they had to take Jenny to the hospital because she wasn't feeling well and that is also the time when she dies. Oliver runs away from the hospital, meets his dad, tells him about Jenny's death and runs to his arms while crying like a boy.
I think that no matter how sad Jenny's death was, it also had a good side to it. It re-joined Oliver and his dad. So basically Jenny had to be sacrificed so that they could start talking again.
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