Not Your Average Blog

More King Arthur

King Arthur is finally done.  I enjoyed the book even though I did not like how the stories were organized.  Some of the stories were too long.  Of all the stories, I liked the Tale of the Green Knights best.  I dislike the parts of the tales where it would say,”they jousted” and then this proves this is your destiny.  I enjoyed the aspect of immortality told in these stories.  I find it interesting that the book leaves the reader with the idea that Merlin could still be alive in some cave in Britain.  I like the immortality that these stories have lived on and and on and even make good movies today.

Sam S

Now, I finished King's Shadow. It was a good book and I enjoyed reading it. I think using ...

25 January 11 at 00:38

King Arthur

I recently discovered the glory of MONTY PYTHON.They are hilariously funny, incredibly original. I like the holy grail and Spanish Inquistion. I could not stop laughing. The thing is though I got the idea of Monty Python from my mom. I love the line, “Wait no not the comfy chair!”  It was fun to watch how they made fun of the how insincere King Arthur’s chivalry could be.  I could not stop watching the clips on youtube.

Beowulf Journal #3

After Beowulf defeats Grendel, a poet sings of another more famous hero named Sigemund.  The poet seems to be comparing the young Beowulf to the hero of legends.  One reason for this could be to perceive coming fame and glory of a truly great degree for Beowulf.  Or, the poet could have been comparing the two heroes to praise Beowulf at that moment whether or not he received future honors. And, of course, there is always the possibility that it was both reasons.

Beowulf itself is a poem and it includes at least two other poems in it (one of which could really be broken up into two poems which would then create four poems in all).  All of these are stories.  Beowulf, obviously, tells the story of a warrior named Beowulf.  The second poem tells the stories of Sigemund and a betrayed king.  And the last one tells the story of a battle.  Based on this information, poetry seems to have been a major form of storytelling in the Anglo-Saxon world.

Hinds Feet In High Places #3 Week6

Are you a rock or jewel? Why do you hide your precious jewel to reveal the worldly rock?

I think that we are all rocks being carved into the precious jewels for heaven. While we are on this earth we do not get to see your jewel. All we can see is the forming of it in everyone of us. We sadly do tend to hide your rock from the world. It is a little like that song “Shine Your Light” we don’t shine your light. Or show your forming jewel to the world we try and hide it from people. We tend to keep your Christianity from other because of the weird social place, it will put us in. In the book, ” Do the Hard Thing” the two writer talk a lot about this generation shying away from spreading the good new. We hide because we are ashamed. We hide because we have small faith. That is why Hinds Feet In High Places is such a good book, because Much-Afraid is told many time that she will not make it to the top or that the Shepherd is only tricking her. And she doesn’t turn back he stands up to the people telling her that and chooses to believe.

Week 5 “Mystery of the Roman Ransom” Study Guide Reading. (Finally finished)

1. IF Mucius had not heard the people on the ship. IF Xantippus had not had a brain. IF Xantippus had not had ears.

2. It would be Herculean (I am using a descriptive adjective)

3. Yes I would. He could have gotten the police, or something like that.

Week 4 “Mystery of the Roman Ransom” Study Guide Journal

Q1. Yes I would hide in a cemetery to help someone.

Q2. One time around thanksgiving we were taking a trip to Frontsight in NV, and on the way back we stopped to visit Mount Rushmore in SD.

The first day at keystone it was to foggy to see the monument, and when we were leaving our car broke down and we had to get a ride with the rangers to a hotel.(It was about 5 rides with all of us)

We were hoping we would get back home in time for Thanksgiving but we were stuck there for about a week waiting for our car to get fixed.

Because it was really cold and almost no one was there visiting, we were able to use the street as a sidewalk.  (Some of my brothers were dancing in the street)

The closest thing they had to a Wal-Mart was a little store on the side of the road. (My mom was really happy about that )

There was only one restaurant open and that was a small little pizza place with only 2 people working there, we were the only guests.

Then we finally got home to NH, we moved down here to TX a few months later, then we joined paces, and now I’m writing this.

Q3. A gladiator was sometimes just a person that someone kidnapped and forced to fight in the ampitheaters for the crowds amusement.

A gladiator would wait underground in an ampitheater, then they would be forced to fight other people or wild animals.

If they were lucky enough to win they would have to keep fighting until the audience really liked him.

If the audience liked him the editor could decide to give him freedom or not.

If he got freedom he was given a wooden sword.

I am about 80-90%  sure about every thing in Q3. If you see something wrong, please tell me so I can fix it.

Metamorphoses Week5 Journal #3

Ovid is a very light hearted writer, but his topics are very dark. How can we as Christians be light-Hearted in a world of darkness? What do we have that Ovid lacks.

Ovid is a good comedy writer, however he does have a lot of under lying themes that are symbolic of a unchristian nature.  I his books he talks a lot about per-martial relations. Something that most Christians look down on. But in the culture that he lived in, it was not a unforgivable sin. While that culature we live in is very different we have the Christian conscience to guide your actions. However, the Christian culture and the culture of the world are very different. Most unchristian would agree with Ovid’s ideas. With that Christian force in your life we should have the ability to look down on the less vitreous things, like some of Ovid’s darker ideas. To be light today we as Christians have to stand up and fight the darkness of this world. With Christ as your front, we can fight the sin of this world.  ”If God is with us who can be against us.” Martian Luther.

Week 3 Ovid #1

Pygmalion blurs imagination and reality. Ponder about what is real and what is imaginary. Is art real, or is it fantasy? How does art help orient us to the divine? Can art bring life?

First of all, I would like to say that what Pygmalion does is quite disturbing and not to mention idolatrous. He is not satisfied with what God has provided, and therefore out of selfishness and pride, he decides to create his own ‘goddess image’ with which he falls in love.

Is art real or is it fantasy? Well, if we’re talking about Ovid’s account, it is a fantasy which can become very real. However, we live in real life not mythology. The task is to define ‘real’. If ‘real’ means that whatever is portrayed in art can come true, then art is not real. If I draw a unicorn, there is not the sudden possibility for unicorns to exist.

How does art help orient us to the divine? Well, sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn’t. There could be artwork of some sort that portrays Godly characteristics. We walk up to it, see God represented in it, and our thoughts turn to God, even if only temporarily. Or, one could create artwork which is the exact opposite of God; we walk up to the piece, and our thoughts immediately are directed down a path far from God.

Can art bring life? No, art in itself can not bring life. However, God can use a particular work of art to inspire a person or to help bring the person back to Him.

Ovid Journals #3

Orpheus and Eurydice are able to see each other again in the Elysian Fields in Hades. In you opinion is this a happy or a sad ending? Why?

Happy ending, for sure.  In the real world lovers can be torn apart by friends, jealousy even work; but most of all death. While they are in the underworld, death and jealousy, can not touch them. Dead they don’t have to worry about anything getting in their way they can just been with each other. Not having to bother with the responsibility of this world. In their world before,  they had to deal with judgemental families, responsibility, and the down falls of this world, all of that is something that these two lovers dont have to worry about anymore. In the underworld they get to live with each other forever with no one and no thing to get in the way of their love.

Jacob B

I disagree. Even spent together, an eternity for those two would eventually become unbearable. Though they have their love for ...

5 October 10 at 14:50

Hind’s Feet on High Places Study Guide Journal #1 for Week Two

     The weed of impatience can cause us to act rashly, and without thinking. If we are impatient, we will not think before acting, and this can harm ourselves and others. In contrast, if we act as the flower of acceptance with joy, we will accept our circumstances with a joyful heart, and be patient. To become like the flower of acceptance with joy, we should ask God to help us control our feelings, and be patient.