Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke is on of my favorite movies. It was created by a Japanese man named Hayao Miyazaki. Princess Mononoke is a story of courage. It is the story of a young prince named Ashitaka. He is given a deadly curse by a demon bore; which in the end will tear his sole apart and then kill him. The only one who could possibly save him is the Great Forest Spirit. So he travels to the forest of the Great Forest Spirit. There he meets all kinds of new people and he experiences things he has never ever experience before his curse. He falls in love with the princess of the wolf gods. Who just so happens to be human; left at the feet of Moro the great wolf god by her parents, she is raised as if she were one of Moro's two cubs. With people trying to get the Great Forest Spirit's head for it's magical properties Ashitaka must convince the wolf gods to help him save the Great Forest Spirit.

With blood, loss of body parts, near death experiences, and wars I think guys would enjoy this show. For others though there is romance, trust, loyalty, friendship, the changing of lives and life styles, and all kinds of stuff that follows those lines.

There are other movies some what similar to this one which I might blog about some other time in the future.

Pandora

My English teacher made me do my mythology project on Pandora so here's most of what I wrote.

Shrill screams fill the air! Evil is unleashed! Pandora’s Box has been opened and we owe it all to mythology’s Pandora. Pandora, the first woman, was created by the Gods in order to get back at Prometheus. She was given many gifts both physical and mental among them was a beautiful box that she was told to never open. Then Pandora was sent to earth, but her curiosity got the better of her and she opened the box unleashing evil into the world. According to the Christian religion Eve would be mythology’s Pandora since both were created by the same thing. Men will normally blame the woman for the bad things that happen, so why not the first woman hence poor Pandora. Pandora’s world and Eve’s world, though the same planet, were interlay different. Pandora is both similar and different to Eve.

Pandora and Eve were both created by a god, but for two different reasons. The God Hephaestus was ordered by Zeus to make Pandora because Zeus was angry at Prometheus, while Eve was made by the Christian God. Both were created to be wives of men, Pandora for Epimetheus and Eve for Adam. Epimetheus or “after thought” was the brother of Prometheus and wouldn’t see the trouble Pandora would cause. Pandora was given to Epimetheus because Prometheus means “before thought” and he would have see the trouble she would cause. Also he was chained to a rock getting his liver eaten, but that’s another story. Eve was given to Adam because he needed a partner. Seeing that Pandora is female and she unleashes evil, the common blame the female is very noticeable.

Men have almost always blamed the woman for misfortune. In the Garden of Eden all was well there was peace between all living things. Then Eve is tempted by the devil to take part in a supposable very delicious fruit that will allow her to know the difference between good and evil. She later partakes of the fruit, which causes her to be cast out of the Garden along with Adam who partook of the fruit also. Pandora was given the gift of curiosity and then she was given a beautiful box which she was told to never ever open. She managed to not open the box for a time, but then the poor girl’s curiosity got the best of her and she opened the box unleashing evil for all time and eternity. After realizing what she had done she quickly closed the box, but she trapped Hope inside when she shut it. Obviously both Pandora and Eve had similar and different worlds all together.

Both of their worlds were so similar, but ever so different. In Pandora’s world Gods were constantly involved in people’s lives. With Zeus and his thunder bolts, Hera and her jealousy, and Poseidon had his vanity the world peoples fates were made for them. In Eve’s world God came down to teach her and Adam and then left. He also communicated with them personally. In reality Eve and Pandora aren’t really that different.

Pandora is similar to the Christian’s Eve. Both were created by a god. Both Pandora and Eve are blamed, to an extent, for the evils of the world. Both of the worlds the lived were similar to an extent. Pandora is the Christian’s Eve.

Online Classes

The disadvantages of any online class is that you don't have a teacher right there telling you to get the work done. Also, sometimes the work they have you do is tricky and since there really no due date to have it done by you can just tell yourself that you will do some other time when you can figure it out better. I guess another way to put it would be that it's very easy to blow off.

There advantages of having an online class. Those can be that you get more credit and you end up learning a lot more than you would if you just go to school and do nothing else. Also, depending on the class you can do it all over the computer. Though sometime they do make you do this one thing and in order to do that you have to get out of your chair.

In order to succeed in such a class, you have to tell yourself you're going to do it and make a game plan. (Something I need to still figure out). Like say I spend eight hours at school so as soon as I get home I'll do my homework. When my homework is done I can then come and work on this one online class for today and then tomorrow I'll do a different class. So basically you need to schedule your self so that you can do all of these classes and hang out with your friends some time.