Cool Hand Luke

The movie wasn't anything I expected it to be. Not that I really know what it was that I was expecting. It seemed to talk a lot about never giving up no matter what. While this seems like a good idea, it also got him into a lot more trouble than he probably would have been in and made his stay there much longer than necessary. Over all it was a pretty good movie, you weren't sure what would happen next.

1. What does the deliberation in 12 Angry Men show us?

It shows that there is more than one way to look at a problem and sometimes things aren't cut and dry, you shouldn't just make an automatic decision without considering everything very carefully

2. How does juror #8, Mr. Davis, use logic and reasoning to argue?

He doesn't just jump to an answer and he doesn't argue based on whether or not he feels the boy needs to be punished. All of his arguments are based completely on the facts and evidence. He presents solid arguments against everything that was said in court, almost proving that nothing that was said was concrete. His logic and reasoning punches holes in every argument thrown at him because he looked at it from a different perspective.

3. How is his argument effective?

It is very effective because it makes you think. It makes you realize that what you've heard may have seemed 100% correct on the surface and that it was easy to believe but after being given alternative situations it doesn't seem positive anymore. He was also very calm and collected the whole time he argued his point, no matter who was yelling at him or calling him names. When you do stuff like that and get really defensive it kills your argument and makes it seem like you are just arguing your side because you have a bias about it or something of that sort.

60's and the Music

I went to the 60's music speech the other day. Before I went, I didn't think it was going to be very good. In fact I thought it would be extremely boring. But when I got there I realized that it was actually a lot better than I thought it was going to be. The guy talked about the different music periods that went on during the 60's, what it meant, and how it changed and developed. I had to leave early though because it lasted a lot longer than I thought it was going to, but I was there for most of it and it was really interesting.

Paper

I am going to do my paper on either the point of view from a band member or from the point of view of a rioter. It just depends really on which one ends up being more interesting.

Technology Will Be Our Savior

By saying, "I believe in technology, for all its weaknesses, will be our savior," I believe he is saying the we really need technology to survive. Technology is a daily use in our society now, and without it the world would collapse. We use technology for everything from entertainment to keeping people alive in the hospital. Without technology, we would be bored and possibly dead.

Experience-->Good Writing

An experience that taught me about good writing...let's see. Well, how about a paper or two that showed me what bad writing was? There were a couple of papers that I had to read and edit in the four years of English I had to go through in high school that were far from adequate. They had bad grammar, bad punctuation, and really bad spelling. Not to mention some of them made no sense and weren't entertaining at all. There were also a couple of papers that I read that were very descriptive and well written. I try and base my writing off of the good papers that I read than off the bad ones. I guess you could say I'm trying to learn from other peoples mistakes.