Diane

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Lessons from Night Vale

After everything that has happened in Night Vale, Dana won the election for mayor. The entire podcast was very interesting, but for me it was mostly confusing. i was confused most of the time, but it was very interesting at the same time. The storyline was very existential, and I was to put my own meaning to it. I would always create my own meaning for confusing situations. Overall, i felt like the podcast was very interesting and it was really useful in connecting with the novel we read in class because of all the little connections they had.

Personal Reflection

I really enjoyed taking this course. The topic for this course was very interesting, I really enjoyed learning about existentialism. The workload for this course was very manageable and it made me appreciate this class a lot. I really liked how all our questions were always answered and they were always discussed in class. I am very happy that we are all done with all our papers. I always felt like if i needed help on an assignment I would have all the help i need. I also really enjoyed the fact that we would use social media in this class to lead discussion. Overall, i really liked this class.

Sartre Reading

Sartre’s reading was really difficult for me to follow. I often felt lost at what the narrator was trying to say. From what I understood was that the narrator questioned why everything existed and at one point stated, “No necessary being can explain existence”.

I agree, the reading was very difficult to follow. Why do you think the author would question everything he observed?

Sartre Response

The reading was a bit hard to understand. Sartre makes observations of the world that are existential because he put his own meaning to things that happen or objects. The part that caught my attention was the dying part. Sartre had a very gloomy idea of dying because he said that even when we die we are in the way. I don't think existentialism should be this depressing, but the reading did make a lot of existential connections.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-RcX5DS5A)

This song is very relaxing and i feel like I often study with this song in the background and it causes no distraction. I feel like it would be a good song to peer edit the papers with.

HHG Ending

i was not fully satisfied with the ending because the book ended in a cliffhanger. I was confused on whether there were more books to be added because it ended so suddenly. I highly enjoyed reading this book because unlike the other books i have read in other classes, this one was very interesting to read. It included humor and real world knowledge that allowed me to really engage in the story line. Overall, it was a very good book to read for me.

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WTNV ep 30

I felt so scared for Dana in this episode. It sounds terrifying to be alone in the Dog Park. I thought the phone calls between her and Cecil were interesting because of her responses to Cecil. Every time Cecil responded to her words, she would ignore him and say odd things. She would not really listen and just hear what she wanted him to say. Cecil did tell her to walk through the door. Why did Dana respond in a way that made it seem like Cecil advised her not to?

I was very confused with their conversation as well, it seemed kind of like Dana could not properly hear him.

WTNV Response

The interaction between Cecil and Dana was very intense and a bit comical. The fact that Dana would not properly respond to Cecil in a way that seemed to make sense made the whole situation of her being in an unknown house a bit more calming. It is still not clear what happened to Dana and I do believe she is no longer alive because she can go through things like wind. I really hope what happened to her becomes more clear in the future. However, my question is what is the situation with Cecil’s phone and why does it bleed, grow spines, etc.?

Compare/Contrast

I would like to compare and contrast the relationship between Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the relationship between Cecil and Carlos from Welcome to Night Vale. Cecil and Carlos’s relationship is romantic and Arthur and Ford’s relationship is not, they are simply just friends. However, both the relationships are very intimate. Arthur and Ford are very close friends, and Cecil and Carlos are lovers.

Summer Reading Program

My favorite book of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I was told to read it twice in high school, but i really enjoyed it so i have read it over six times. The book is meaningful to me because there is a lot of meaning in it. But my favorite theme in the book is the loss of innocence. When i first read the book i was a freshman in high school and i was really able to connect that to my life because i felt like i was getting older and i was no longer a naïve, innocent child. To this day, i still highly enjoy reading this book and i will most likely read it again in the near future.

HHG Ch. 26-30

I found it funny when Deep Thought came up with the answer to life and everything was 42. It took Deep Thought seven and a half million years to come up with the answer. Loonquawl and Phouchg were disappointed with the answer.

What do you think 42 stands for, if anything? Or is it just a random answer that Deep Thought had to give since maybe there is no real answer to life?

When I first read it, I just thought it was random. But now I also wonder if there is a deeper meaning behind it.

I am also left wondering what the number 42 means. Could it have a deeper meaning or is it just a random number?

I am also wondering if 42 has any significance to the question of life. I do think it might just be a random number.

HHG ch. 26-30

These chapters were very exciting to me because Deep Thought claimed to have the answer to life’s Great Question. Deep Thought told loonquawl and Phouchg that the answer was 42. Deep thought took 7.5 million years to generate that answer. Loonquawl and Phouchg were both upset and so was I because I thought Deep Thought was going to give a reasonable answer to life’s ultimate question.Deep Thought later explains that the way to find the answer for the ultimate question is through Earth. My question is what is the importance of the number 42, and why is that considered the answer to life’s biggest question?

Big Question

My biggest question in life is, why do we do what we do? Why do things happen to us? I believe that everything happens for a reason and for the most part i don't really think about this question, but when i have nothing else to do i start to question these things. I have never really understood why we have to work so hard to be happy. It has never been clear to me why we have to go though suffering in hopes of reaching our goals. Ultimately i do believe that everything happens for a reason.

HHG Discussion

In chapters 22-25, we learn that Magrathea is not a dead planet. Everyone is sleeping because they are waiting for the recession to be over. We meet Slartibartfast who seems to be some sort of leader of Magrathea. Chapter 25 confused me.

Who do you think Dentarthurdent is? Why is Slartibartfast hiding him from Arthur?

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As I read your question, I suddenly thought that the weird way Slartibartfast says Arthur’s name may really be a clone of Arthur on New Earth! o_o

I agree, I think Dentarthurdent is most likely the new Arthur on the new Earth.

HHG Response

While everyone was in search for Magrathea, its citizens were sleeping, trying to avoid the economic recession. Throughout the reading we discover that Earth was run by mice, something that was extremely shocking to Arthur. We meet Deep Thought the computer that was about to give the meaning of life when it was interrupted. She was interrupted by two philosophers that were demanding to be admitted. Why did they demand admission so viciously?

Explaining a Concept

Essay #1 Question #7

To support her claim about Henry Dobbin’s attachment to his girlfriend Patricia Lyu wrote, “ He sometimes slept with the stocking up against his face, the way an infant sleeps with a flannel blanket, secure and peaceful...” (Lyu 127). The quotation was very effective in explaining how the stockings helped Dobbin feel secure because it made the reference of the child. It compared the way Dobbin feels with the way a child feels. The connection made it easy for me to understand the security the stocking gave Dobbin because as a child i had a security blanket that i slept with and took everywhere. The blanket made me feel secure and safe much like the stockings made Dobbin feel secure and safe.

Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you’re being right now.

Neale Donald Walsch (via mysimplereminders)

I think understanding who you are is a big part of existentialism because understanding who you are allows you to create a meaning for your life.

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