Fear thou, what is not known...Aliens, are they monsters; posing a threat to civilization? What ever the reason may be, humanity has always taken an intrest in the unknown. We tend to envision "ALIENS" as gross creatures, a threatened or feared species. Unlike humans. They are seen as almost indestructable, huge beastly, dinosauras like species. The movie aliens allows us, as humans to kinda step back or forward for that matter into the future. A scary dark future in which humans encounter the unkown beasterious monsters' the ALIENS. These creatures are attacking the humans who are envading upon their territory. Although it is not meant to be a war against aliens it certainly does turn into that. As humans do we tend to think we are the supreme being over all other existance? Some would strongly argue that, that is not the case. I disagree as well; but throughout history it has become apparent, especially through movies... we place a value on human life. This value can be through money: (example) Burke, is conserned with self indulgence that is elevated through non other than "DOLLAR, DOLLAR BILLS, YA'LL"... making conscious efforts to sacrafice human life to preserve little baby aliens, who will then yield billions of dollars for him upon his return home. Needless to say you reep what you sew, thus Buke dies, while the stalled space ship is attacked by the alliens. Where as in other scenes, some make a conscious decision to sacrafice their life for the preservence of the other humans, showing that humanity comes in many different ways.
Ripley's character in many scenes challenged the normal way of doing things. She is a woman who is submissive at first to her superiors who are men, but at the same time she is compassionate, strong- willed, brave and fearless. when Gore is under pressure to do something to help the others, upon the crews' first innitail attack with the alliens, he becomes stalled. Ripley has no choice but to take controll, thus leading the crew members out of an immediate danger zone.I would say her womanly instincts kicked in. As a mother I feel as though it is up to me to keep things together, especially when they start to fall apart. She is even more corageous when she returns after making it safely into the called upon working space ship to save NEWT. Her bravery saves the captureD child, and a sense of humanity is also depicted through this scene.
The movie Aliens is very unique, it basically challenges the normal view of the world, while still staying true to normal human desires, fears, streaths, sacrafices, bravery and humanity. Fear thou, what is not known? These Alien creatures did not necesarily have a voice in this movie, but the message came across very load and clear. In almost every scene they out- smart the human race, and it was very shocking even when they capture victims. They dont kill those who dont seem to pose a threat right away or at all for that matter.Could there have been some miscommunication between us and them. the answer is yes! ALIENS...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Today in class we talked about the essence of character building. A person's character creates the soul, beauty and even ugliness of that person. Does not, a person's character determine how their life will be lived and or quality of? Wolf is very strict when it comes to establishing novalist from other writers. She insists that in order to be a novalist you must deeply develope your character and not so much the plot. Chacter building is very important to me as well. As a young child I grew up the youngest in a family of 11. Six brothers, two sisters and both my parents. I can remember going in the bathroom as a young child and creating different characters to re-enact for my mother. Writing became an out let for me, and my characters became of essence. I was in controll. Meaning, I could create new worlds and I could constantly re-create myself. From the boldest to the timidest of characters. I would became of importance. Soemtimes my characters gender hadnt even been established, it wasnt even important to me as a young writer. I now know I am a novalist in progress. I say this because, before I began to tell a storey, I always have to introduce a strong character who will in a sense nevegate my audience through the journey I wish to bring them into. Writing has the ability to touch lives. In ways that you and I have yet come to appreciate. For every character creates a storey. The right character can help a writer create the perfect storey. Imagine a very OLD, SMALL, NEAT, HARDWORKING person sitting on the edge of the bed talking to their grandchild. This scene allows you to take the storey anywhere. Meaning is added by the character. The fact that the character is older symbolises wisdom, while the fact that this person is small adds to what one may have already imagined, but the words neat and hardworking contradicts what one may persume if not known. The plot or as I like to call it JOURNEY is developing through my character. As writers of literature we should begin our focus on character building, by doing so will allow us invade the most private of spaces. When you first create a character there is alot that has to be added in order for you to capture the truth of this person. Is the person outgoing, quiet, load, an over achiever, lazy or just plane unlucky. For every character has a soul. the soul shines through more the deeper this character is developed. We read a short play in class today taken from the last two pages of Mrs. Bown. I found it very interesting how the writer got her point across through the characters she used. I played Mrs Brown who was an older, poorer, british, women. As the play enhances, Mrs. Brown stumbles upon a space ship. in the process everyone around her told her that she had no business messing with this so called manly space ship, Mrs Brown goes on peacefully and fools around and actuallu travels to a different panet, where she stays calm and interacts and even becomes some what a piece with the common "folks". Had Mrs. Brown been anyone, but herself the true beuty of this storey could not been understood. I asked myself, if some one wrote what to do when others dought you or tell you that, what you are doing isnt for you, would I appreciate it as much. NO... It is the job of the novalist to enhance our understanding and help us to take a closer look at our own reality through the eyes of a very special character, that may even be the exact opposite of our selves. i ask again... Does not a person's characterdetermine how their life will be, and or quality of?
