Plays

1, Captured by feministas: Comedy because it has funny parts in it that makes people laugh.
You know how to whistle, don't you? : Melodrama because it has serious moments in the story.

2. I think his choice of words affect me positively because then the story and play feels real. If he would have chosen old fashioned words I would have been less interested. Instead I feel like I can relate and completely understand the play, like it would be happening in front of me.

3. The theme of "captured by feministas" is to understand that men and women are always going to be different. They operate differently, and even though how hard someone tries to operate equally in the end they will always be different to one and another.

4. The protagonist of the feministas story is clearly the man sitting blindfolded, because he is not doing anything bad in this play he is the nice guy.The antagonist is the women/woman interrogating him and threatening to shoot him because they are the bad guys of this play.

5. I liked the first play ( feministas) better than the second one ( whistle one) because I like comedy better than dramatic stories. I like to laugh and the feministas play really got my attention because It felt new and up to date, as well as it was really funny.

Andre's Mother:

1. The spectacle that is used in this play is the white balloons that they are all letting go and watching them fly up in the sky. It is symbolic of letting the spirit of the Andre go.

2. I feel like the protagonist in this play is Cal and the antagonist is Andre's mother. Cal is trying his best to talk to her and explain, bond and just communicate with the love of his life's mother. Instead Andre's mother just stands there quiet without anything to say. We also find out that she hasn't really been that supportive of her son being homosexual so that is another feeling I get why she is the antagonist.

3. I feel like the story turned when Andre's mother used a physical motion, the kiss on the balloon. When she decided to pull the balloon down and kiss it before letting it go, that really showed the reader that she cared about her son and she isn't really mean.

4. I think the theme of this story is to accept people like they are, even if you do not like what they do or think or feel. Everyone should accept and respect everybody.

Rap/Hip hop peotry

Part 1,

1.Poetry is a text that tells a story which makes people reflect on different subjects.
2. I think a poem should contain some kind of a story and meaning. There should be a main point that wants to come through. It does not nessesary have to rhime or have a special set up. The main important thing with a poem is that a story is told.

Part 2, 

Together with: Aaron Licardo

A song we believe is a poem: Bob Marley , Redemption Song.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fullfil the book.
Won't you have to sing
This songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs "

We decided that we could not choose a song that we did not consider a poem because we think all songs/texts are poems, all in their different way. All songs and text give out some kind of story and since we think the definition of a poem is to tell a story, all songs and texts are poems.

Part 3,

1. Yes I do believe rap /hip hop is poetic expressions. It's not the matter of words or style of language a poet decides to use, but what is said and what the meaning behind the text is. A lot of rap songs have great meaning behind it and often it is taken out of context of their own lives.

2. I think all of the characteristics that are listed on the handout is part of rap/hip hop. All songs are different and all songs seem to contain most of these poetic terms, all in their individual way. Though I can find all of these terms in rap/hip hop songs I think the main three characteristics are:

-Tone/Voice
-Imagery/Metaphores/Similes
-Rythm/Rhyme

These three terms is what all songs seem to contain, and especially rap/hip hop. Tone/Voice is what makes us hear the song and the tone of the voice is of great importance so that the words of the artist has the right meaning behing it. Imagery/Metaphores/Similes is a keystone in rap/hip hop lyrics. Almost all songs contain metaphores and similes, artists are always trying to find resemblance and different kinds of interpretations in their lyrics. Rythm/Rhyme is what makes a song and rap/hip hop songs usually have a good rythm to it and the artist very often decides to use rhyme in the lyrics.

3. Im a thematic critic. I always try to understand what the artist is trying to say or express. I try to figure out the meaning behind the words and find the underlying theme.

Hemingway

Part one

1.       The setting seems to be a very pleasant café. It is well described that the café is nothing like a bar or club, but a nice calming café. It seems like the point of having a well lighted setting is to bring out the positive in life. 

2.       The characters names are nameless because I think the author wanted to make this story relevant to everybody reading it. There are no names so that no one can be identified or and that more people might find similarities in the characters and themselves.

3.       The plot is about an old man sitting in a café drinking alcoholic beverages. The two waiters of the café are keeping an eye on the old man while discussing about his life. The younger waiter of the two wants to close up the café and go home and rushes the old man out of the café. The older waiter feels bad and tries to get the younger waiter to realize the importance of having a nice café open for everybody to visit. The story ends with that the younger man closes the store up and rushes home to relax. The older man talks about the importance of having sunlight.

4.       The story’s theme is that more people need to think about the positive in life.

5.       The younger waiter seems to be more immature and egoistic than the older waiter. The older waiter seems to have more compassion for people and he seems to want to help other people around him. When comparing the waiters to the old man sitting in the café I found the old man very oblivious to what is going on around him. He seems carefree of what is happening, while the waiters seem to worry about everything surrounding them. For example to get home within a decent time versus to making customers and people happy.

Part two

1.       Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21^st, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was the second child and lived together with his parents.  He was an American author and produced most of his work between the 1920’s and the mid 1950’s. He won the Nobel prize in Literature in 1954. When only 18 he left America for the Italian front and became an ambulance driver during World War one. He returned home within the year due to a serious injury of an act that had given him the Italian silver medal of Bravery.  During his life he had four marriages. Hemingway took his life in 1961, July 2^nd by shooting himself in the head.  The first similarity I found in the story and Hemingway is the suicide discussion. In the story they are talking about that the man tried to kill himself and so did Hemingway in real life. The second thing I found as a similarity is that the old man in the story is very lonely and I think Hemingway seemed to be very lonely too. Even though he had four wives it seems like he was very lonely. The third and final thing I found as a similarity is that the story seems kind of dark in some parts and so does Hemingway’s life.