10/24/17
Today in class Mr.Rivers greeted us with his usual good afternoon. Then we dove right into our lesson. We first defined the word "function" which means the way something is supposed to work. We continued our conversation about allusions and how they have a specific function in developing the narrative further. We discussed how specifying characterization helps to promote a good healthy publication. We used examples from 2001, Wall-E, and Hello, Dolly! By using these three examples we were able to cross examine each film and pick out certain elements and relate them to each other and use them to reward/define audience and specify characterization. Certain quotes that we used from the song "Sunday Clothes" from Hello, Dolly! were, "Out there, there is a world beyond Yonkers," (Hello, Dolly!) which could be similar to the plot of Wall-E because on board of the Axiom the humans barely knew that there was an Earth until they finally went back to it. Another line that we examined was, "Full of shine and full of sparkle, close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby," (Hello, Dolly!) this quote is full of irony because Earth is a garbage dump and this quote is talking about shining and sparkle. We also connected specific phrases from the song to things in Wall-E, such as "Girls in white," (Hello, Dolly!) this we all agreed would be Eve and the next phrase that we analyzed was, "...this hick town," (Hello, Dolly!) we figured that this would be Earth because in Wall-E Earth is covered in garbage and extremely filthy. Also if you remember the opening scene in Wall-E the song from Hello, Dolly! was the first thing that we heard.
To connect the lesson to another subject I could us Pixar movies. I know that we did this example in class but I personally thought that this was an excellent example because in many Disney movies you see little hints as to what is going to come next such as in Monsters Inc. you see a little Nemo stuffed fish and Toy Story dolls.
Lots of great details in terms of our class today. You include specific quotes and other great examples that seem to emphasize the quality of our discussion. Make sure your citations are tied to end punctuation instead of just attaching them to the end of the quote! The extension is a start, but it should be a more prominent part of this post! Think about how your extension validates all the learning that we do in class. Yes, Pixar is amazing, but how can you EXTEND what we’ve already discussed? Even a brief Googling will yield plenty of other examples in which Pixar uses allusions.
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