Jaclyn's HON 255 Blog

 Pinocchio By Carlo Collodi Geppeto carves the magic wood into a puppet Pinnochio is mischievous right off the bat His actions lead to Geppeto getting arrested A Cricket tries to help Pinocchio Pinocchio kills the cricket by throwing a hammer Geppeto returns home He fixes Pinocchio's legs after he burned them by falling asleep next to the fire Pinocchio promises to attend school Pinocchio attends a marionette show  He gets called up on stage and ruins the performance ' The owner of the show was ready to use Pinocchio for firewood, but after telling him about his poor father he gave him 5 gold coins Pinocchio meets the Cat and the Fox Tries to convince him that he can bury his coins to grow more They eat dinner and leave him to pay The Cat and Fox attempt to rob him disguised as bandits  They hang him in an attempt to get him to give up the coins Geppeto is swallowed by the "terrible dogfish" Pinocchio offers to help a lady  She turns out to be the blue-haired fairy Sh

 Red Pill "You stay in Wonderland. And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes." The truth Arguments: Be in control of your REAL life I see on social media and my friends have said to me that "we're living on a floating rock, why does it matter?" My response to her was that even if we are, this is all we got so we might as well take the opportunities we have and live life to the fullest By taking the red pill you have the opportunity to have control over your life, even if it might be hard, I would rather fight for my own life than be blissfully unaware Wouldn't Neo be found eventually anyways? The agents were searching for him, specifically Agent Smith With the red pill, he can be prepared and put an end to the Matrix altogether He would have never found his love If Neo took the blue pill, he would have forgotten about Trinity Trinity confessed her love for Neo and pulled him back into the real world, saving his life Neo would have never known that he is &

  Inspiration When Roy was dying, he said, "all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain." The idea of those lost moments inspired our collage. We decided to a fully black-and-white background of other characters in the film and various beautiful images of the world. Roy's picture is elevated in bright colors. This contrast shows the loss of his memories, as if they are fading away. This is us cutting out all of the photos for our collage! Cutting the cardboard. Taping the cut photos and painting the rest of the open space black.  Creating the stands to elevate the photo of Roy.  Finished product: How did I relate to this quote? Roy's final moments and the loss of his life's memories reminded me of a common phrase seen on social media. I see people excusing wasting time or skipping events by saying, "we're living on a floating rock, it doesn't matter, nothing matters." Although somewhat true, even if we are tiny specs in the mid