Summary
The vicario twins who killed Santiago are no talking to the narrator and telling him, what they did. The twins looked for Santiago at Maria place, they stayed there until it was two o'clock. Since Santiago wasn't there they went to Clothilde Armenta's milk shop to wait until he comes out. They pick out the two best knives they had and had them sharpened at a meat market, they were ready for Nasar. Faustino Santos is a butcher that the twins went to and he wonders why they are coming to him, he thought they were drunk that they didn't know what time it was. They talk about the wedding they say that they are going to kill Santiago Nasar. The twins are telling a lot of people that they are going to kill him. Some people didn't believe them when they said that. A police officer is told of the situation and goes to Clothilde Armenta's shop. He takes the knives away from the twins and tells them to go home. He thought the things were joking around. Then the twins went and got two other knifes and sharpened them. Thew twins stood by the milk shop waiting for Santiago to kill him. The twins stabbed nasar several times and he was taking to a public school where an autopsy was done on him by Father Carmen Amador because the doctor was absent. Santiago died, his wounds was too severe. The smell of Santiago is on the twains and they cant get it off. The twins are caught and place in prison. The whole Vicaro family left town. After Pablo gets out of jail three years later Prudencia Cotes moves to Manaure to marry him. Pablo learns to work with metals and he becomes a goldsmith. Pedro Vicario than goes to the army and know one ever heard of him anymore. When the narrator asks Angela if it was really Santiago Nasar who took her virginity she says it was him even though the narrator says Angela and Santiago were never seen together.
Quote
"The Damage form the knives was only a beginning for the unforgiving autopsy that Father Carmen Amador found himself obliged to perorm in Dr. Dionisio Iguarian's absence" (Marquez 72).
Reaction
This is the first sentence of Chapter 4 and it shows that there is no hope for Santiago. From the start it shows that this is the end of him and know his murder is known. The way it is said and where it was put in the chapter gave it a big importance and that it shows that it is the climax of the story. I seen it coming but I never knew he was going to be killed like that.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Chronicle of a Death Fortold (pg 26 - 47)
Summary
In this section of the book, the narrator is now telling the story of Angela Vicario's husband Bayardo San Roman. The story begins six months after the couple got married and that is in August. He is around the age of 30 but looks younger because he had the waist of a bullfighter which means his waist is small. When he arrived He sees Angela with her mom carrying baskets of flowers. It is not certain how they met. They seen each other for the first time on the national holiday in October during a charity bazaar or event where she was in charge of singing out the raffle numbers. As a gift for Angela's birthday he buys music box with some tickets he won at a raffle. Their engagement didn't really last long. at that time nobody knew she wasn't a virgin. They had their wedding which had a lot of gifts and alot of dancing. In the story the narrator remember the festival and remember that he propose to this women named Mercedes Barcha. Late at night around 11 O'clock Bayardo knock on Pura Victorio door Angela's mother and push Angela into her house. He did that because he found that she wasn't a virgin and then Pura held Angela by the hair and smack her and hit her but not loud enough to wake up her husband and her other daughter. When Angela was ask her took her virginity she said Santiago Nasar.
Quote
"It was Angela who didn't want to marry him. He seemed too much of a man for me, she told me" (Marquez 34).
Reaction
I think that Angela said this because she saw Bayardo, a man of old tradition and high class. He dresses fancy and act fancy. I also think that she thinks she is too young for him. He is around the ages of 30 and Angela is younger. I agree with what she says. I think Bayardo is too much for her.
In this section of the book, the narrator is now telling the story of Angela Vicario's husband Bayardo San Roman. The story begins six months after the couple got married and that is in August. He is around the age of 30 but looks younger because he had the waist of a bullfighter which means his waist is small. When he arrived He sees Angela with her mom carrying baskets of flowers. It is not certain how they met. They seen each other for the first time on the national holiday in October during a charity bazaar or event where she was in charge of singing out the raffle numbers. As a gift for Angela's birthday he buys music box with some tickets he won at a raffle. Their engagement didn't really last long. at that time nobody knew she wasn't a virgin. They had their wedding which had a lot of gifts and alot of dancing. In the story the narrator remember the festival and remember that he propose to this women named Mercedes Barcha. Late at night around 11 O'clock Bayardo knock on Pura Victorio door Angela's mother and push Angela into her house. He did that because he found that she wasn't a virgin and then Pura held Angela by the hair and smack her and hit her but not loud enough to wake up her husband and her other daughter. When Angela was ask her took her virginity she said Santiago Nasar.
Quote
"It was Angela who didn't want to marry him. He seemed too much of a man for me, she told me" (Marquez 34).
Reaction
I think that Angela said this because she saw Bayardo, a man of old tradition and high class. He dresses fancy and act fancy. I also think that she thinks she is too young for him. He is around the ages of 30 and Angela is younger. I agree with what she says. I think Bayardo is too much for her.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Chronicles of a Death Fortold (Pg 3 -25)
Summary
This is a strange reading. In this book it seems like there are run on sentences and the way some of the words are arrange are different. The book starts with the narrator, probably the person who killed Santiago Nasar telling the story of Santiago. Before his death Santiago had dreams in which he was going through timber trees, and dreams that he was flying through the forest in a tin foil plane. From the readings of his mother, she said those are not ominous and no harm can come from it. Santiago was in a good the day was was killed. It was said that the day he died the weather was mostly cloudy skies, and a slight drizzle. He whore what he wore on special occasions which was white linage. When his father died he had to stop his studies so he can keep the farm going. Him and his father spoke Arabic with each other, but not in front of the mother so she wouldn't feel excluded. Victoria Guzman and her daughter Divina Flor, who serve Santiago coffee almost every morning heard Santiago was going to be killed but wasn't sure if this was true or not. Under the front door of house, there was a letter that said someone was waiting to kill him, but that letter wasn't read until his death. Santiago had done things that didn't make him a good man, such as touch a woman unappropriated when she doesn't agree with it or like it. Twins, Pedro and Pablo Vicario, 24 years of age were waiting for Santiago in a shop with knifes rolled up and hidden in a newspaper. Santiago was killed because talk was going around that he was mixed up in the situation of the Angela Santiago and her soon to be husband. Her husband found that she was not a virgin and somehow Santiago was mixed up in that. so that got Santiago to be killed.
Quote
"I also knew that he kept the guns in one place and hid the ammunition in another far removed so that nobody, not even casually, would yield to the temptation of loading them inside the house"(Marquez 6).
Reaction
This is a good method in making sure your home is safe when you have kids and a weapon such as a gun in the house. This method requires searching unless the two objects are known where to be found. These two objects of course are the gun and bullets, with one but the not other, the weapon can not be in use in no way. The separation of the two guarantee safety. I say this is a good for a house hold where children are around. In some areas guns maybe be required in every home as a way of safety precaution of keeping the family safe from intruders that have the mentality to harm in any way or to still.
This is a strange reading. In this book it seems like there are run on sentences and the way some of the words are arrange are different. The book starts with the narrator, probably the person who killed Santiago Nasar telling the story of Santiago. Before his death Santiago had dreams in which he was going through timber trees, and dreams that he was flying through the forest in a tin foil plane. From the readings of his mother, she said those are not ominous and no harm can come from it. Santiago was in a good the day was was killed. It was said that the day he died the weather was mostly cloudy skies, and a slight drizzle. He whore what he wore on special occasions which was white linage. When his father died he had to stop his studies so he can keep the farm going. Him and his father spoke Arabic with each other, but not in front of the mother so she wouldn't feel excluded. Victoria Guzman and her daughter Divina Flor, who serve Santiago coffee almost every morning heard Santiago was going to be killed but wasn't sure if this was true or not. Under the front door of house, there was a letter that said someone was waiting to kill him, but that letter wasn't read until his death. Santiago had done things that didn't make him a good man, such as touch a woman unappropriated when she doesn't agree with it or like it. Twins, Pedro and Pablo Vicario, 24 years of age were waiting for Santiago in a shop with knifes rolled up and hidden in a newspaper. Santiago was killed because talk was going around that he was mixed up in the situation of the Angela Santiago and her soon to be husband. Her husband found that she was not a virgin and somehow Santiago was mixed up in that. so that got Santiago to be killed.
Quote
"I also knew that he kept the guns in one place and hid the ammunition in another far removed so that nobody, not even casually, would yield to the temptation of loading them inside the house"(Marquez 6).
Reaction
This is a good method in making sure your home is safe when you have kids and a weapon such as a gun in the house. This method requires searching unless the two objects are known where to be found. These two objects of course are the gun and bullets, with one but the not other, the weapon can not be in use in no way. The separation of the two guarantee safety. I say this is a good for a house hold where children are around. In some areas guns maybe be required in every home as a way of safety precaution of keeping the family safe from intruders that have the mentality to harm in any way or to still.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (pg 182 -219)
Summary
Even though he quit he still keep in touch with old friends who worked in other company's such as the World Bank, USAID, IMF, Bechtel and others. It is now in the late eighties an John is focusing about How Iraq is. Companies like Bechtel and Halliburton were hoping to make deals in Iraq with Saddam Hussein. To economist Iraq was more than a place full of money. He was able to completely quit his consulting Job. Venezuala is a a country whose culture and history is big and its oil production is also big. It has been a prized nation by economists and engineers. Venezuelan oil was being pumped out of the ground for the profit of foreign companies. John visited Ecuador again 35 years after he was in the peace corps. He took in mind how the Amazone Rain forest have went from being full of trees and grass to it now being just weeds. People were asking John about the United States invasion in Iraq. John says that the U.S citizens no little about it and that more people in the Jungles of South America know more about it than them. Reasons behind the difficult situation of the invasion of U.S troops in Iraq is talk about in the last few pages of the book. John says that Saddam Housain would still be in charge if he was able to be bought out by the corporatocracy. John think that one reason for the invasion of the U.S in Iraq is that if the US controlled Iraq and its many oil then the US could have the oil.
Quote
"This time, I had come in order to try to prevent a war for three decades I had helped to provoke" (Perkins 206)
Reaction
He is talking about going back to Ecuador to try and help prevent the war between the U.S and Iraq. It is good that he saw that what he was doing for many years was wrong and that he needs to fix it. I like that he went back and try to help the cause. He felt as if he was a cause of it and i agree with that. Through his experience through life from his young age in the business to old age he learn that there are many things wrong in the world. I can say I am starting to understand more about the problems that are in the world.
Even though he quit he still keep in touch with old friends who worked in other company's such as the World Bank, USAID, IMF, Bechtel and others. It is now in the late eighties an John is focusing about How Iraq is. Companies like Bechtel and Halliburton were hoping to make deals in Iraq with Saddam Hussein. To economist Iraq was more than a place full of money. He was able to completely quit his consulting Job. Venezuala is a a country whose culture and history is big and its oil production is also big. It has been a prized nation by economists and engineers. Venezuelan oil was being pumped out of the ground for the profit of foreign companies. John visited Ecuador again 35 years after he was in the peace corps. He took in mind how the Amazone Rain forest have went from being full of trees and grass to it now being just weeds. People were asking John about the United States invasion in Iraq. John says that the U.S citizens no little about it and that more people in the Jungles of South America know more about it than them. Reasons behind the difficult situation of the invasion of U.S troops in Iraq is talk about in the last few pages of the book. John says that Saddam Housain would still be in charge if he was able to be bought out by the corporatocracy. John think that one reason for the invasion of the U.S in Iraq is that if the US controlled Iraq and its many oil then the US could have the oil.
Quote
"This time, I had come in order to try to prevent a war for three decades I had helped to provoke" (Perkins 206)
Reaction
He is talking about going back to Ecuador to try and help prevent the war between the U.S and Iraq. It is good that he saw that what he was doing for many years was wrong and that he needs to fix it. I like that he went back and try to help the cause. He felt as if he was a cause of it and i agree with that. Through his experience through life from his young age in the business to old age he learn that there are many things wrong in the world. I can say I am starting to understand more about the problems that are in the world.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hitman (pg 143 - 181)
Summary
To John, Ecuador is like second home, home away from home. He visited Ecuador. In Ecuador Johnmet Jaime Roldos a university professor and attorney in his late thirties. He wanted to redistribute wealth and land to the poor people of his country and he wanted to do that with oil. He had to fight multi-national oil corporations in his bid to control Ecuador's vast oil reserves. The Summer Institute of linguistics (SIL), a missionary group from the U.S did not support Roldos. The SIL main purpose or goal was teaching English to native tribes people throughout the Central American region. By doing that they were now able to teach them Christianity and urge them to set up and attend church services. John admires Roldos and other leaders like him for having the courage to stand up to powerful organizations for the good of people who could never pay him back. Bruno, on of Main employes got fired and it shock the people at Main. The Chairman of the company had fired Bruno because he was threatened by his powerful nature and incredible profit earnings the company had produced under his command. They wanted people that were not a big threat for them. After that John became angry and h e hated the life he had created for himself. He quit when he returned to Boston on April 1, 1980. The President of Ecuador died and John express his sadness over the death of Roldos even though he expected it. Just a couple months after the strange death of Roldos, Torrijos died in plane crash. John struggled with being an expert witness because he was testifying under oath that he believed in the is economic predictions even though he knew they were leis. In early 1980's John remarried a woman name Winifred and had a daughter they name Jessica. He than made a company name Independent Power Systems (IPS). The company developed power plants that benefited the environment. After that he sold IPS and became a very well paid adviser on the board of a growing energy company, Stone and Webster Engineering and Construction.
Quote
" He also confessed to having nightmares about his own assassination;he saw himself dropping from the sky in a gigantic fireball"( Perkins 157).
Reaction
This is ironic because he foreshadows his own death. I found it weird and funny how he can have a dream of how he was going to die and and he eventually died that way. He did not know if he was going to die in a plan crash but he knew it would involve falling from the sky and fire. Like him I had dream where i say myself falling from a high play and it is not a pleasant thing to dream. For him it was probably devastating.
Quote
" He also confessed to having nightmares about his own assassination;he saw himself dropping from the sky in a gigantic fireball"( Perkins 157).
Reaction
This is ironic because he foreshadows his own death. I found it weird and funny how he can have a dream of how he was going to die and and he eventually died that way. He did not know if he was going to die in a plan crash but he knew it would involve falling from the sky and fire. Like him I had dream where i say myself falling from a high play and it is not a pleasant thing to dream. For him it was probably devastating.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hit man (pg 92 - 142)
Summary
John had the job/mission of persuading Prince W. of Saudi Arabia that the Saudi Arabia Money-laundering Affair would benefit his country as well as him personally. On Prince w. stay in Boston he asked for entertainment from a blond female which became sally. This mission gave John difficulties. He had to figure out how to pay for her services. The Prince agreed to pay for the services and he ask john if sally or a female similar to sally can be found to go back to Saudi Arabia with him, and that is what John did. John Knew if he failed with the prince MAIN will blame him and the cost failing is high. In the end it all worked out. Saudi Arabia's kingdom went from being a desert to a modern city. The U.S and Saudi Arabia alliance was there and the countries help protect each other. As time went on it seems as if the alliance was weakening which cause terrorist groups and attacks. Because of John's Success with Prince W. which help with the contract between the two countries, John career advanced. he was able to hire people to work for him. Torrijos relationship with John grew closer. John Published an article in the Boston Globe which was about three specific reasons for transferring the canal to Panama.Tarrijos was happy and MAIN was getting Huge contract deals. John met Yamin a tall man with long hair who gad an accent that made it easy to figure out he was Iranian. The two talked and John found that Yamin knew a lot about him. Yamin told John his appreciation for there time spent talking and he mention his young age and how open minded he was. John toured all over Iran in his visits and met new people. Yamin took John to see an old man in a wheel chair in a hut who told John he was like him and he told him That Main will lose millions because the new ruling party would simply refuse to pay and that the U.S will be hated. With each new project he have completed would update it on his resume. Even though his resume shows him as an intelligent man sometimes he had to down help self so he can do dirty work.
Quote
" Yet. it took the experience of working in countries like Indonesia, Panama, Iran, and Colombia in order for me to understand the deeper implications" (Pg 128).
Reaction
John Perkins was told about his Job once he got into MAIN but he did not see how big his job is until he actually done them. He thought the Job at MAIN would be that hard and that there would not be much problems but he found that was not necessarily true once he actually start going to places such as those ones .
John had the job/mission of persuading Prince W. of Saudi Arabia that the Saudi Arabia Money-laundering Affair would benefit his country as well as him personally. On Prince w. stay in Boston he asked for entertainment from a blond female which became sally. This mission gave John difficulties. He had to figure out how to pay for her services. The Prince agreed to pay for the services and he ask john if sally or a female similar to sally can be found to go back to Saudi Arabia with him, and that is what John did. John Knew if he failed with the prince MAIN will blame him and the cost failing is high. In the end it all worked out. Saudi Arabia's kingdom went from being a desert to a modern city. The U.S and Saudi Arabia alliance was there and the countries help protect each other. As time went on it seems as if the alliance was weakening which cause terrorist groups and attacks. Because of John's Success with Prince W. which help with the contract between the two countries, John career advanced. he was able to hire people to work for him. Torrijos relationship with John grew closer. John Published an article in the Boston Globe which was about three specific reasons for transferring the canal to Panama.Tarrijos was happy and MAIN was getting Huge contract deals. John met Yamin a tall man with long hair who gad an accent that made it easy to figure out he was Iranian. The two talked and John found that Yamin knew a lot about him. Yamin told John his appreciation for there time spent talking and he mention his young age and how open minded he was. John toured all over Iran in his visits and met new people. Yamin took John to see an old man in a wheel chair in a hut who told John he was like him and he told him That Main will lose millions because the new ruling party would simply refuse to pay and that the U.S will be hated. With each new project he have completed would update it on his resume. Even though his resume shows him as an intelligent man sometimes he had to down help self so he can do dirty work.
Quote
" Yet. it took the experience of working in countries like Indonesia, Panama, Iran, and Colombia in order for me to understand the deeper implications" (Pg 128).
Reaction
John Perkins was told about his Job once he got into MAIN but he did not see how big his job is until he actually done them. He thought the Job at MAIN would be that hard and that there would not be much problems but he found that was not necessarily true once he actually start going to places such as those ones .
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hitman (PG 44-92)
Summary
There is many background information not only about the author's life in this book but also some past historical events of the United states. The Nixon- world puppeteer show where an Indonesian was stab by the Bucket mans flag and died a dramatic death. The Indonesian woman believe that the American government see Indonesia and other countries as "grapes" to them or inferior countries to them. Indonesians are very conscious of politics. Arnold Toynbee was a historian and in the fifties he predicted that the war in the next century would not be between communist and capitalist, but between Christians and Muslims, and he was right. I agree with what the English major said when she said the U.S Nation are more concern with big houses, fancy stores and oil for there cars instead of concerning about dieing babies, poverty and cries of help in other countries. After the Major have said that, John thought about it for a while and then went on the streets and handed money to beggars, attempted to engaged lepers, prostitutes, and street urchins in conversation. John consider himself as a person who wasn't innocent anymore, he has seen the big picture. He thought about what could of been if the U.S and its allies were to do the common good. Later on in the book, when he tried to get back in contact with Claudine the MAIN offices said they have no record of that person. He starts to wonder about many different things such as benefits from war and he starts to look at people differently. Panama was ruled by an oligarchy of wealthy families with strong connections to Washington. Torrijos, the head of states was committed to turning his nation into a haven for fugitives from persecution a place that could offer asylum to refugees.
Quote
"Our own statistic about violence, depression, drug abuse, and crime indicated that although ours was one of the wealthiest societies in history, it may also be one of the least happy societies" ( pg 57)
Reaction
I agree with this quotation 100%. I think that our societies has a lot of problems and it is covered up by the money. In most places in our society some can say that people keep quit about certain things and do not interact with each other that very well. There is hatred among ourselves, even though its not noticeable. Our statistics on those matters and high.
There is many background information not only about the author's life in this book but also some past historical events of the United states. The Nixon- world puppeteer show where an Indonesian was stab by the Bucket mans flag and died a dramatic death. The Indonesian woman believe that the American government see Indonesia and other countries as "grapes" to them or inferior countries to them. Indonesians are very conscious of politics. Arnold Toynbee was a historian and in the fifties he predicted that the war in the next century would not be between communist and capitalist, but between Christians and Muslims, and he was right. I agree with what the English major said when she said the U.S Nation are more concern with big houses, fancy stores and oil for there cars instead of concerning about dieing babies, poverty and cries of help in other countries. After the Major have said that, John thought about it for a while and then went on the streets and handed money to beggars, attempted to engaged lepers, prostitutes, and street urchins in conversation. John consider himself as a person who wasn't innocent anymore, he has seen the big picture. He thought about what could of been if the U.S and its allies were to do the common good. Later on in the book, when he tried to get back in contact with Claudine the MAIN offices said they have no record of that person. He starts to wonder about many different things such as benefits from war and he starts to look at people differently. Panama was ruled by an oligarchy of wealthy families with strong connections to Washington. Torrijos, the head of states was committed to turning his nation into a haven for fugitives from persecution a place that could offer asylum to refugees.
Quote
"Our own statistic about violence, depression, drug abuse, and crime indicated that although ours was one of the wealthiest societies in history, it may also be one of the least happy societies" ( pg 57)
Reaction
I agree with this quotation 100%. I think that our societies has a lot of problems and it is covered up by the money. In most places in our society some can say that people keep quit about certain things and do not interact with each other that very well. There is hatred among ourselves, even though its not noticeable. Our statistics on those matters and high.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Confessions of an Economic Hit man (pg 3 - 43)
Summary
This book starts with the author giving a background on his years as a child and he talks about his parents and who they were. He is in good family, but not a wealthy one. He said his family was cash starved. His father is a soccer coach. His parents did not want them to play with the poor children in his elementary and middle school. The way the author uses quotes of his parents make this book more interesting and enjoyable. He had the ideal parents who wants him to marry upper-classes like them. The author is telling his life story at a fast pace. He went to Middlebury college and from there the college life took over him and made his grades "plummeted". He moved to Boston after he drop out of college and got in trouble. He than entered Boston University's college of Business. He got married to Ann a girl he met while he was in Middlebury college. He than wanted to joined the military to fight in the Vietnam war. He is a puritan. After completing a peace corps training with Ann in southern California they went to Latin America and interacted with the indigenous people there. He was than accepted into a private corporation known as MAIN. He said his job is in fact close to James Bond's job.MAIN was a macho corporation that had a league of its own. For his new job he would have to learn many new things so he spent many hours in BPL. He met Claudine Martin a woman in his field of work informing him about Main and what they do is confidential. He job was to make him into an economic hit man.
Quote
"I'll be frank with you, teach you all I can during the next weeks. then you'll have to choose. your decision is final. Once you're in, you're in for life" (Perkins 14).
Reaction
I really like this quote, once i finished readying it i laughed. I laughed because that is not the first time i have heard or read that saying before "Once you're in, you're in for life". When this is said you automatically know this is serious business. The thing he involve himself in is a big deal. Also when that saying is usually said, there are circumstances that goes wit it. Those circumstances will be hard. I have heard that saying in movies before and i always enjoyed it.
This book starts with the author giving a background on his years as a child and he talks about his parents and who they were. He is in good family, but not a wealthy one. He said his family was cash starved. His father is a soccer coach. His parents did not want them to play with the poor children in his elementary and middle school. The way the author uses quotes of his parents make this book more interesting and enjoyable. He had the ideal parents who wants him to marry upper-classes like them. The author is telling his life story at a fast pace. He went to Middlebury college and from there the college life took over him and made his grades "plummeted". He moved to Boston after he drop out of college and got in trouble. He than entered Boston University's college of Business. He got married to Ann a girl he met while he was in Middlebury college. He than wanted to joined the military to fight in the Vietnam war. He is a puritan. After completing a peace corps training with Ann in southern California they went to Latin America and interacted with the indigenous people there. He was than accepted into a private corporation known as MAIN. He said his job is in fact close to James Bond's job.MAIN was a macho corporation that had a league of its own. For his new job he would have to learn many new things so he spent many hours in BPL. He met Claudine Martin a woman in his field of work informing him about Main and what they do is confidential. He job was to make him into an economic hit man.
Quote
"I'll be frank with you, teach you all I can during the next weeks. then you'll have to choose. your decision is final. Once you're in, you're in for life" (Perkins 14).
Reaction
I really like this quote, once i finished readying it i laughed. I laughed because that is not the first time i have heard or read that saying before "Once you're in, you're in for life". When this is said you automatically know this is serious business. The thing he involve himself in is a big deal. Also when that saying is usually said, there are circumstances that goes wit it. Those circumstances will be hard. I have heard that saying in movies before and i always enjoyed it.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Secret window - The Movie staring Johny Depp
Sections/characters minimized in the film
First of all the movie starts with Mort Rainey in a car, and we can here the characters thoughts or "the voice inside his head" is talking to him telling him to go back. Wen he go back into the motel room, his wife is in bed with another man. Whereas in the Book, the story begins with a guy Standing on Mort Rainey's doorstep saying "You stole my story," (King 253). In the book we learn about Raineys wife in bed wife another guy a couple of pages after into the book, while in the movie that is the first thing were introduce to. So far, the couple of few minutes after the first scene in the movie has been very accurate to the book. A part that was taken out and not shown in the movie was the part in the book where Mort had a dream he was in a classroom and shooter was seating behind him. At the end of the Movie, it end is a little different from how the book ended. In the ending of the Book, Mort/Shooter was shot in the chest and die and Amy his wife survived, but in the film Mort/shooter was not shot and did not die but killed his wife and Ted. In the film he was able to get away with murder.
Sections/characters emphasized in the film
A section in the film that is emphasized is a small window in the attic of the house and outside the window below is a garden. The Window is shown 4-5 times in the movie. The character that is emphasize frequently in the film is Mort Rainey dog. Rainey is always looking at the dog and talking to him. where as in the book there isn't a dog but a cat. In the book the cat gets killed by "Shooter" with a screw driver while in the movie the dog gets killed by a screw driver, by "Shooter." The animal is change in the movie and so is the name of the animal. Another section that is emphasized in the movie is when Rainey Inner voice is talking to him about the hat, and how Shooter might of want him to wear the hat. That section is emphasize by there being two Rainey's in the film. It is as if Rainey is in the Room with his himself, another him physically. It shows two people in the same room having a discussion. They both have there own movements, and own words. At the end of the movie the garden was emphasized once more demonstrating that Mort/Shooter kill his wife and the other people than buried them in the garden.
Narration
There wasn't any Narration in the film, as there was in the book.
Reoccurring images
The Reoccurring image in the film is the image of Mort's wife in bed with Ted. It reoccurs at times when Mort Rainey see his wife or Ted, or when he thinks about the two. This tells us that Rainey is still mad about seeing them two in bed together and it is causing him problems.
Use of music/sound effects
The use of music and sound effects in this film is very strong and important. The movie use slow, mysterious sounds to demonstrate that this movie is going to be a thriller, and a bunch of mysteries. At times wen there are fighting scenes the music will come on, and play.
One shot using strong film terms
One shot in the film I found very interesting was a straight cut into another scene. After the straight cut, where the screen was dark, the upcoming scene slowly came in view by a light or sunshine passing through the window into the attic of the house. The camera was moving slowly towards the window where the light was coming from. Almost as a point of view shot. where the main character was slowly opening his eyes and seeing the sunlight come through the window.
First of all the movie starts with Mort Rainey in a car, and we can here the characters thoughts or "the voice inside his head" is talking to him telling him to go back. Wen he go back into the motel room, his wife is in bed with another man. Whereas in the Book, the story begins with a guy Standing on Mort Rainey's doorstep saying "You stole my story," (King 253). In the book we learn about Raineys wife in bed wife another guy a couple of pages after into the book, while in the movie that is the first thing were introduce to. So far, the couple of few minutes after the first scene in the movie has been very accurate to the book. A part that was taken out and not shown in the movie was the part in the book where Mort had a dream he was in a classroom and shooter was seating behind him. At the end of the Movie, it end is a little different from how the book ended. In the ending of the Book, Mort/Shooter was shot in the chest and die and Amy his wife survived, but in the film Mort/shooter was not shot and did not die but killed his wife and Ted. In the film he was able to get away with murder.
Sections/characters emphasized in the film
A section in the film that is emphasized is a small window in the attic of the house and outside the window below is a garden. The Window is shown 4-5 times in the movie. The character that is emphasize frequently in the film is Mort Rainey dog. Rainey is always looking at the dog and talking to him. where as in the book there isn't a dog but a cat. In the book the cat gets killed by "Shooter" with a screw driver while in the movie the dog gets killed by a screw driver, by "Shooter." The animal is change in the movie and so is the name of the animal. Another section that is emphasized in the movie is when Rainey Inner voice is talking to him about the hat, and how Shooter might of want him to wear the hat. That section is emphasize by there being two Rainey's in the film. It is as if Rainey is in the Room with his himself, another him physically. It shows two people in the same room having a discussion. They both have there own movements, and own words. At the end of the movie the garden was emphasized once more demonstrating that Mort/Shooter kill his wife and the other people than buried them in the garden.
Narration
There wasn't any Narration in the film, as there was in the book.
Reoccurring images
The Reoccurring image in the film is the image of Mort's wife in bed with Ted. It reoccurs at times when Mort Rainey see his wife or Ted, or when he thinks about the two. This tells us that Rainey is still mad about seeing them two in bed together and it is causing him problems.
Use of music/sound effects
The use of music and sound effects in this film is very strong and important. The movie use slow, mysterious sounds to demonstrate that this movie is going to be a thriller, and a bunch of mysteries. At times wen there are fighting scenes the music will come on, and play.
One shot using strong film terms
One shot in the film I found very interesting was a straight cut into another scene. After the straight cut, where the screen was dark, the upcoming scene slowly came in view by a light or sunshine passing through the window into the attic of the house. The camera was moving slowly towards the window where the light was coming from. Almost as a point of view shot. where the main character was slowly opening his eyes and seeing the sunlight come through the window.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Secret Garden, secret window (pg 337- 400)
Summary
Tom Greenleaf is a seventy-five year old man of who also live in Tashmore and he has a good eye for strangers. Tom is a caretaker and he has been remembering strangers all his life and Rainey is living with him. A suggestion came to Greg mind one of Rainey's friends that, Shooter is trying to make people think Rainey is crazy. This may actually all be in his head, he might of made up the character John Shooter after he had seen his wife in bed with Ted. Greg Carstairs is telling Rainey that there wasn't a old station wagon on lake drive, only him standing up by the end on the path by the lake. Mort is not sleeping well after he came back from Tom's House. He tossed and turned in the bedroom, fighting with the sheets, than he went to sleep on the living room couch. He now believe the idea might not be foolish enough to be true, that shooter was trying to make people think he is crazy. Rainey Now thinks Shooter is going after his wife and he must stop him before he does. Rainey believe Shooter was in his car and left cigarette butts in his and also his hat. He knows it is Shooter because those were from Shooter's brand of cigarettes. He than met Gerda Bowie another writer and commented on his looks and how she was sorry for what happened with his ex-wife. What is Parochial school? When Rainey put the hat on, it was a good fit. The voice in Rainey's head ask him why did he put on the hat, did he think he would look like shooter, and dis Shooter want him to put on the hat. Even though this is going on Rainey is still writing new stories. It seems like everything thing that goes wrong the person that is blame is Shooter. Rainey is starting to hit himself, and the voice inside his head is trying to calm him down and telling him to stop hitting himself. He thinks now john shooter has given him a present, a tar baby. Rainey is waiting on John shooter's telephone call,in doing so he is hitting himself and pulling his hair. When the phone ringed it was Amy, wanting to talk about the fire. Shooter finally call Mort Rainey and Rainey ask what does he want. There was time of silence on the phone while the two was talking. They were still arguing about the story being stolen. Shooter came and stand in Rainey driveway so he can see him. The question Mort Rainey has for Shooter is, did he burn down his house and his answer was no. Mort is now going to trust Shooter. Than Amy called Rainey and started talking, and at one point Rainey felt like crying. When Amy walk into the house, the house walls, windows, and kitchen counter the word Shooter was written everywhere and there was no one in the house. When Amy saw Mort, she never seen him this way, he had the hat on, his eyes where different, it was as if it wasn't Mort Rainey at all but a stranger. The hat does belong to Rainey he got it a long time ago and had found it in the attic. When Amy ask Wat is wrong with you Mort Rainey, he responded by saying there is no Mort here. Mort Rainey was not Mort anymore. He had the personalities and characteristics of a person from Mississippi. When Amy ask where is Mort Again, he responded, "he killed himself" (king 386). He ran after her, chasing her with a scissor, and a screw driver to kill her. He stab her with the screw driver in her calf. Blood was every where, Amy's blood along with Rainey/Shooter's blood. Mort is shooter. A gun shot went off and shooter stopped, someone had shot him in the chest. The man who shot Mort/Shooter came up behind Amy and place a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Quotation
"He had read someplace that people can accomplish almost supernatural acts of strength while in the grip of picnic; that they feel nothing while lifting cars off trapped infants of strangling killer dobermans with their bare hands, only realizing how badly they have strained their bodies after the tide emotion has receded" (King 341).
Reaction
I have heard this before and i wanted to bring it up. I also believe this is true. when in time of danger a person will have the strength to do anything. Something that i found Interesting after i had finished reading this book is that there have been other stories where a person has two personalities or have voices in there head or even imagining a person who they believe s real. In the book and Movie fight club the main character imagined a person who he believed was real, and he imagined him to help him with his problem.
Answer to comment: Fred Evan's pull the trigger and killed Mort/Shooter. He is not spoken of in the Story. Amy met him three months after the incident but she did not want to speak to him personally.
Tom Greenleaf is a seventy-five year old man of who also live in Tashmore and he has a good eye for strangers. Tom is a caretaker and he has been remembering strangers all his life and Rainey is living with him. A suggestion came to Greg mind one of Rainey's friends that, Shooter is trying to make people think Rainey is crazy. This may actually all be in his head, he might of made up the character John Shooter after he had seen his wife in bed with Ted. Greg Carstairs is telling Rainey that there wasn't a old station wagon on lake drive, only him standing up by the end on the path by the lake. Mort is not sleeping well after he came back from Tom's House. He tossed and turned in the bedroom, fighting with the sheets, than he went to sleep on the living room couch. He now believe the idea might not be foolish enough to be true, that shooter was trying to make people think he is crazy. Rainey Now thinks Shooter is going after his wife and he must stop him before he does. Rainey believe Shooter was in his car and left cigarette butts in his and also his hat. He knows it is Shooter because those were from Shooter's brand of cigarettes. He than met Gerda Bowie another writer and commented on his looks and how she was sorry for what happened with his ex-wife. What is Parochial school? When Rainey put the hat on, it was a good fit. The voice in Rainey's head ask him why did he put on the hat, did he think he would look like shooter, and dis Shooter want him to put on the hat. Even though this is going on Rainey is still writing new stories. It seems like everything thing that goes wrong the person that is blame is Shooter. Rainey is starting to hit himself, and the voice inside his head is trying to calm him down and telling him to stop hitting himself. He thinks now john shooter has given him a present, a tar baby. Rainey is waiting on John shooter's telephone call,in doing so he is hitting himself and pulling his hair. When the phone ringed it was Amy, wanting to talk about the fire. Shooter finally call Mort Rainey and Rainey ask what does he want. There was time of silence on the phone while the two was talking. They were still arguing about the story being stolen. Shooter came and stand in Rainey driveway so he can see him. The question Mort Rainey has for Shooter is, did he burn down his house and his answer was no. Mort is now going to trust Shooter. Than Amy called Rainey and started talking, and at one point Rainey felt like crying. When Amy walk into the house, the house walls, windows, and kitchen counter the word Shooter was written everywhere and there was no one in the house. When Amy saw Mort, she never seen him this way, he had the hat on, his eyes where different, it was as if it wasn't Mort Rainey at all but a stranger. The hat does belong to Rainey he got it a long time ago and had found it in the attic. When Amy ask Wat is wrong with you Mort Rainey, he responded by saying there is no Mort here. Mort Rainey was not Mort anymore. He had the personalities and characteristics of a person from Mississippi. When Amy ask where is Mort Again, he responded, "he killed himself" (king 386). He ran after her, chasing her with a scissor, and a screw driver to kill her. He stab her with the screw driver in her calf. Blood was every where, Amy's blood along with Rainey/Shooter's blood. Mort is shooter. A gun shot went off and shooter stopped, someone had shot him in the chest. The man who shot Mort/Shooter came up behind Amy and place a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Quotation
"He had read someplace that people can accomplish almost supernatural acts of strength while in the grip of picnic; that they feel nothing while lifting cars off trapped infants of strangling killer dobermans with their bare hands, only realizing how badly they have strained their bodies after the tide emotion has receded" (King 341).
Reaction
I have heard this before and i wanted to bring it up. I also believe this is true. when in time of danger a person will have the strength to do anything. Something that i found Interesting after i had finished reading this book is that there have been other stories where a person has two personalities or have voices in there head or even imagining a person who they believe s real. In the book and Movie fight club the main character imagined a person who he believed was real, and he imagined him to help him with his problem.
Answer to comment: Fred Evan's pull the trigger and killed Mort/Shooter. He is not spoken of in the Story. Amy met him three months after the incident but she did not want to speak to him personally.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Secret Garden, Secret Window (pg 287 - 336)
Summary
Rainey hear his house phone ringing from outside and ran inside his house to pick it up before it stop ringing. When he entered the house he look at the phone and imagine it looking back at him. He does not like telephones. John Shooter the man who claim Rainey stole his story left him feeling lonely, unhappy and affected by shooter's craziness a bit. Rainey is having conflicts with himself, he is arguing with his thoughts. He tried calling his ex-wife but it sounds as if Amy was on the phone with someone else and rainey said she is a talker on the phone and its going to be a while before she can answer his call. In a dream Rainey had he dreamed he was in a classroom with John Shooter and john shooter was throwing oranges at him. The dreamed left him scared and surprised. Rainey found a later the next day possible written by Shooter that said "You have three days to go, I am not Joking." Shooter killed Rainey cat. He called his ex-wife again and it seems she has disconnected it. Amy than called him back and is angry with Rainey for calling her. Someone burned down Rainey's house, Rainey is assuming it was Shooter. Mort has many problems on his hands. Mort is thinking and feeling like taking the matters into his own hands, even if shooter was dangerous. He couldn't find any evidence about Shooter being the one who burned his house down. Rainey is hearing many different voices in his head telling him things about shooter =, about him being dangerous. Rainey is planing to ran shooter down, and when he does he has a question to ask him about the titles of the two stories. Rainey went to Insurance agency about his house being burned down. It seem that Amy's new lover Ted has similarities with Shooter. They both seem to have the same accent and come from the same place. Rainey is now thinking is all of this just a coincidence. That the man came to him and all of his troubles occurred after he had separated from his wife.
Quotation
"Mort Rainey stood there urinating and thought about secret windows and secret gardens; he thought about those who might own the latter and those who might look through the former" (324).
Reactionary
In this Quote there is the title of the Story. I find it interesting that in some books the Author enters the title of the book into the story. It maybe said said mostly be a character in the book. When the title is used in the story, it signifise the importance of the title and what it means. In the quote above I think the definition of secret window is told, and explained.
Rainey hear his house phone ringing from outside and ran inside his house to pick it up before it stop ringing. When he entered the house he look at the phone and imagine it looking back at him. He does not like telephones. John Shooter the man who claim Rainey stole his story left him feeling lonely, unhappy and affected by shooter's craziness a bit. Rainey is having conflicts with himself, he is arguing with his thoughts. He tried calling his ex-wife but it sounds as if Amy was on the phone with someone else and rainey said she is a talker on the phone and its going to be a while before she can answer his call. In a dream Rainey had he dreamed he was in a classroom with John Shooter and john shooter was throwing oranges at him. The dreamed left him scared and surprised. Rainey found a later the next day possible written by Shooter that said "You have three days to go, I am not Joking." Shooter killed Rainey cat. He called his ex-wife again and it seems she has disconnected it. Amy than called him back and is angry with Rainey for calling her. Someone burned down Rainey's house, Rainey is assuming it was Shooter. Mort has many problems on his hands. Mort is thinking and feeling like taking the matters into his own hands, even if shooter was dangerous. He couldn't find any evidence about Shooter being the one who burned his house down. Rainey is hearing many different voices in his head telling him things about shooter =, about him being dangerous. Rainey is planing to ran shooter down, and when he does he has a question to ask him about the titles of the two stories. Rainey went to Insurance agency about his house being burned down. It seem that Amy's new lover Ted has similarities with Shooter. They both seem to have the same accent and come from the same place. Rainey is now thinking is all of this just a coincidence. That the man came to him and all of his troubles occurred after he had separated from his wife.
Quotation
"Mort Rainey stood there urinating and thought about secret windows and secret gardens; he thought about those who might own the latter and those who might look through the former" (324).
Reactionary
In this Quote there is the title of the Story. I find it interesting that in some books the Author enters the title of the book into the story. It maybe said said mostly be a character in the book. When the title is used in the story, it signifise the importance of the title and what it means. In the quote above I think the definition of secret window is told, and explained.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Secret Garden, Secret Window pg 266- 286
Summary
It has been four years since Rainey given up smoking, but if he found a cigarette he would smoke it now because he is crazy for one right now. Rainey is feeling Guilty of wanting a smoke and he feels silly. He found some old cigarettes under this manuscript and set the tip on fire to smoke it. It is October and now he could sit at his desk and think of John Shooter story much better. When people ask where Rainey get his Ideas to write his stories he gets ashamed. Ideas just comes to him. He says that Stories are just ink on paper. He does not think much about what he is about to write he just does.
Quotation
"He felt guilty Because writing stories had always felt a little like stealing, and probably always would.
Reaction
After he had read John Shooter story he is now feeling bad and thinking that what about his other stories that he wrote. I'm thinking maybe it is easy for him to write his stories because the stories were always there in his head but didn't realize it was someone Else's
It has been four years since Rainey given up smoking, but if he found a cigarette he would smoke it now because he is crazy for one right now. Rainey is feeling Guilty of wanting a smoke and he feels silly. He found some old cigarettes under this manuscript and set the tip on fire to smoke it. It is October and now he could sit at his desk and think of John Shooter story much better. When people ask where Rainey get his Ideas to write his stories he gets ashamed. Ideas just comes to him. He says that Stories are just ink on paper. He does not think much about what he is about to write he just does.
Quotation
"He felt guilty Because writing stories had always felt a little like stealing, and probably always would.
Reaction
After he had read John Shooter story he is now feeling bad and thinking that what about his other stories that he wrote. I'm thinking maybe it is easy for him to write his stories because the stories were always there in his head but didn't realize it was someone Else's
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Secret window, secret Garden (Four Past Midnight) pages 247 - 265
Summary
The way King begins the story captures the reader quickly. His first four words are "you stole my story". The name of the man who is claimed of stilling this guys story is Morton Rainey. He is a writer and it seems like he always have a snappy comeback but this time when he was accused of stilling the guys story he couldn't say anything. the author, King is able to go into the character's head and no what he is thinking. The guy who claim Rainey of stilling his story look around the age of 45, skinny, with blue bright eyes.King describe the guy in very specific details. Rainey does not know the guy but the guy know Rainey. the guy pulled out a paper in front of Rainey doorstep and he thought its good that it wasn't a gun or he would have been in hell before he even knew he was dead. Rainey wanted to get rid of the guy fast. Rainey is a lonely man living in a house in Tashmore Glen in new york and been living there for two weeks since his divorce had become final. I understand that the story takes place not too long ago in history. I know that because the guy came to him in a old station wagon car. Rainey seems like a guy who is lazy because he cant remember the last time he change his under wear and do other handle appointments. The guy said its only between him and Rainey and seem as if he does not want know one else to get involved. Rainey is bigger than the guy and maybe more older than him about six or five years. The man seems to be very calm and patient about the matter, not all mad and crazy like. Rainey compares him to a therapist and how they talk, especially one who teaches mentally ill children. When the man left and closed the door on him the fear came back to him, thinking the guy may still be out there. He went into the master bedroom and looked at the window. Its surprising to find out that the paper the guy gave to Rainey, on the top the title read Secret Window, Secret Garden by John Shooter. But Rainey was relief because he never herd of John Shooter and he never wrote a short story called "Secret window, Secret Garden" in his life. Who is Amy? I think that's his wife because he was dreaming of Amy. He does not say who Amy is. Rainey seems like he want to have fun, but is not. Rainey caught "Amy" with another man in bed at a motel. Rainey forgot about the manuscript the Guy gave him and his house take Mrs. Gavin took it out the trash and put it on his counter thinking it was one of his stories. Rainey started to read the first couple of sentence and got surprise and place it back down. He yelled "Oh Shit." He realized the stories where exactly the same.
Quotation
"When someone held something out to you, your first instinct was to take it. No matter if it was a check for a thousand dollars or a stick of dynamite with a lit and fizzing fuse, your first instinct was to take it"(King 256).
Reaction
I believe in what Rainey the main character said above in the quote is 100% true. When something is handed to me the first thing i do is go for it. An example is a handshake. If a someone put there hands in front of me me first instinct is to give them a handshake. That happened to me with stranger about the age of 17-20 just fooling around at Madison Park once I guess. I had no idea why i did it. It was like a reflex or something.That was exactly what i was thinking after i done it. So this quote caught my attention because it reminds me of that time and other times. I thought it was only me, but now i know about everyone does it.
The way King begins the story captures the reader quickly. His first four words are "you stole my story". The name of the man who is claimed of stilling this guys story is Morton Rainey. He is a writer and it seems like he always have a snappy comeback but this time when he was accused of stilling the guys story he couldn't say anything. the author, King is able to go into the character's head and no what he is thinking. The guy who claim Rainey of stilling his story look around the age of 45, skinny, with blue bright eyes.King describe the guy in very specific details. Rainey does not know the guy but the guy know Rainey. the guy pulled out a paper in front of Rainey doorstep and he thought its good that it wasn't a gun or he would have been in hell before he even knew he was dead. Rainey wanted to get rid of the guy fast. Rainey is a lonely man living in a house in Tashmore Glen in new york and been living there for two weeks since his divorce had become final. I understand that the story takes place not too long ago in history. I know that because the guy came to him in a old station wagon car. Rainey seems like a guy who is lazy because he cant remember the last time he change his under wear and do other handle appointments. The guy said its only between him and Rainey and seem as if he does not want know one else to get involved. Rainey is bigger than the guy and maybe more older than him about six or five years. The man seems to be very calm and patient about the matter, not all mad and crazy like. Rainey compares him to a therapist and how they talk, especially one who teaches mentally ill children. When the man left and closed the door on him the fear came back to him, thinking the guy may still be out there. He went into the master bedroom and looked at the window. Its surprising to find out that the paper the guy gave to Rainey, on the top the title read Secret Window, Secret Garden by John Shooter. But Rainey was relief because he never herd of John Shooter and he never wrote a short story called "Secret window, Secret Garden" in his life. Who is Amy? I think that's his wife because he was dreaming of Amy. He does not say who Amy is. Rainey seems like he want to have fun, but is not. Rainey caught "Amy" with another man in bed at a motel. Rainey forgot about the manuscript the Guy gave him and his house take Mrs. Gavin took it out the trash and put it on his counter thinking it was one of his stories. Rainey started to read the first couple of sentence and got surprise and place it back down. He yelled "Oh Shit." He realized the stories where exactly the same.
Quotation
"When someone held something out to you, your first instinct was to take it. No matter if it was a check for a thousand dollars or a stick of dynamite with a lit and fizzing fuse, your first instinct was to take it"(King 256).
Reaction
I believe in what Rainey the main character said above in the quote is 100% true. When something is handed to me the first thing i do is go for it. An example is a handshake. If a someone put there hands in front of me me first instinct is to give them a handshake. That happened to me with stranger about the age of 17-20 just fooling around at Madison Park once I guess. I had no idea why i did it. It was like a reflex or something.That was exactly what i was thinking after i done it. So this quote caught my attention because it reminds me of that time and other times. I thought it was only me, but now i know about everyone does it.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)