Leilani Narcisse

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side note: when Carlos told Cecil he loved him I wanted to cry! haha

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Lesson from NV

These last two podcast were most definitely my favorites. They were humorous, interesting, and truly thought provoking. The quote that stood out to me the most was said by Tamika, “Do not be defined by how you can die, but how you can live!” I took this lesson as live your life to the fullest and not worry about whats at the end. Tomorrow isn’t promised, so live for today.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

I honestly found this excerpt a little hard to follow. I didn't really understand the point he was trying to make, other than does anything really exist. But maybe that was the whole point, that in order to "exist" you have to know what "existing" is.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsPq9mzFNGY)

I chose this song because I love the message that it presents. Letting go of all the things that you cant control and just living your life.

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

“The Diary of Anne Frank” by Anne Frank

“1984” by George Orwell

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" by J.K. Rowling

“The Lord of the Rings” (1-3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White

“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell

“Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell

“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

“The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wadrobe” by C.S. Lewis

“The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck

“The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

“Night” by Elie Wiesel

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare

“A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L'Engle

“Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare

“The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams

“The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens

“The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry

“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood

“Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein

“Wuthering Heights” Emily Bronte

“The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green

“Anne of Green Gables” by L.M. Montgomery

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain

“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

“The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larrson  

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

“The Holy Bible: King James Version”

“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker

“The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas

“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith

“East of Eden” by John Steinbeck

“Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

“In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote

“Catch-22” by Joseph Heller

“The Stand” by Stephen King

“Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling

“Enders Game” by Orson Scott Card

“Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy

“Watership Down” by Richard Adams

“Memoirs of a Geisha” by Arthur Golden

“Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier

“A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

“The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway

“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (#3) by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling

“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

“The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge” by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis

“The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett

“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl

“Dracula” by Bram Stoker

“The Princess Bride” by William Goldman

“Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

“The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel” by Barbara Kingsolver

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

“The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger

“The Odyssey” by Homer

“The Good Earth (House of Earth #1)” by Pearl S. Buck

“Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3)” by Suzanne Collins

“And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie

“The Thorn Birds” by Colleen McCullough

“A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving

“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot

“Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien

“Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse

“Beloved” by Toni Morrison

“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut

“Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese

“The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster

“The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller

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Guess whose class book makes this list? and in the top 30 no less! In fact, it’s #30 exactly. Guess that’s the improbability drive working.

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The END.

Overall, I believe that this is one of my favorite books of all time. I am not a huge fan of reading in general, but this book has truly encouraged me to find more books that grab my attention. The ending of this book was a little off to me, because I thought it would’ve ended with something more mysterious or left the reader with a question to think about. However, now that I am aware that there are more books to the series, I might consider reading them all. 

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HHG Response

I really enjoyed reading this book, because it always made me laugh. My favorite part about these last few chapters, was the mice trying to cut out Arthur's brain. I didn't fully understand why they wanted to do that though. After all those years spent on Earth looking for an answer to their question, what did they believe they would find by searching through his brain now?

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Compare/Contrast

I want to do my paper based off of the locations of both HHG (Galaxy) & WTNV (Desert). I liked the idea of this because its symbolizes the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want (to me at least). It makes me think of the freedom to be yourself in a place where anyone can be themselves and not be judged. In both stories, we never knew what was going to happen next because the story line was so large that anything could occur. There are so many un discovered things in a galaxy/desert, so who’s to say none of it was real?

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WTNV Response

In this episode, Cecil explained how "murder is now illegal" and that sometimes the police catch the wrong person. I thought that was very interesting because this is a problem that actually occurs in reality. When someone is killed or harmed, it isn't always certain that the police will catch the right criminal. Sometimes, the guilty person is never actually caught. Why is it that in Night Vale it was okay to kill someone, until now?

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WTNV Week 6

I felt that Cecil is like an adopted puppy. Once the puppy is adopted (or accepted with love by Carlos), the puppy is over flowing with love and excitement for his/her owner (or lover). Cecil quickly goes over the news and fails at certain part to keep a straight forwardness during the podcast. Cecil is infatuated with Carlos. Calling what Cecil feels about Carlos love would be a MAJOR UNDERSTATEMENT. Cecil is obsessed with Carlos. 

In the class we have established that only ourselves exist. Can love be a tool to see that the significant other exists as well?

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I think the comparison to the adopted puppy is perfect to describe Cecil because he acts just like that. I think love can be a tool to know that your significant other exists too. If you’re in love with them, they might seem like the only person that does exist (to you).

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I agree. I feel that when you have love for someone, and they share that same affection, they obviously exist in a main part of your life and may not necessarily have the same effect on everyone else.

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WTNV Response

I found this weeks podcast very interesting and humorous. I love how excited Cecil was about going on his date with Carlos. Cecil's description of their date, portrayed the type of "love" everyone imagines having. I dont have a question, but I cant help but wonder if the date he described was literal or figuratively. If it was figuratively, I wonder what really happened on their date.

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Explain a Concept

How does Lyu use Ainsworth’s categories to organize this section of her paper?

In this section of the paper Lyu begins talking about Ainsworth’s series of experiments. She organizes this section by explaining how the experiments were designed and its results. I believe that this was organized this way so that Lyu would be able to later on talk about the results of the experiments, while also being able to compare the theories of other psychologists to Ainsworth. 

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If I let myself really understand another person, I might be changed by that understanding. And we all fear change. So as I say, it is not an easy thing to permit oneself to understand an individual.

Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person (via themindmovement)

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HHG Ch. 17-21

My favorite chapter so far is Chapter 17, because it was so funny that Zaphod didn't care if they died on Magrathea or not. I also thought that it was very interesting that there was a “recorded message” from the Magrathea people. I don’t think it was a recording at all, since it kept updating the closer the ship got to the planet. 

My question is: why was Zaphod so interested in finding something on Magrathea? What was he looking for or was he looking for something at all? 

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Five Weeks Later

Its week five, yet it feels like we just started. At first, I wasn't too excited to be reading a book and listening to podcasts, but I actually enjoy the assignments. I still struggle listening to WTNV because my attention span when listening is very short. However, I love reading HHG. Sometimes I even want to read further than assigned. Overall, I enjoy the class and the discussions we have because they help me understand the material better and allow me to see everyone else's perspective.

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Interview

Me: What event in your life caused you to be so open-minded and kind hearted?

Lori: When I was a little girl, I was very quite. I never spoke up for myself or anyone else, and one day a teacher of mine took me under her wing and told me that I was an amazing person, building my confidence. From that point on I continued to want to pass on the blessing and good dead to help others just like she helped me.

Me: Why did you have so much faith in me throughout high school?

Lori: You're a bright girl. You walked into my office many of times smiling and telling your funny stories. You always talked about your dreams and the things you wanted to do when you graduated. The times that you came in my office quite, I knew that something was wrong and I was your shoulder to lean on. So, I wanted to be there for you because there was something about you that made me believe that you would do great things. Look at you now!

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HHG Ch.13-16

I actually enjoyed reading these chapters. Like everyone else, I thought it was strange that Arthur Dent met Zaphod and Trillian back on Earth. However, I have this strange idea that maybe there is a hidden secret to why the author of HHG, made the connection of Arthur and Zaphod knowing one another. Maybe Arthur has a higher purpose in the book that we dont know about and he is the one that ties everything together. 

What do you guys think?