Mr. Scribe
Paper #2 Gift to the World (not Davin)
Write a Top Paper for your Partner's to read and be inspired by your intelligence and your ability to figure out the greatness of their culture. Be thoughtful.
Write a Top Paper for your Partner's to read and be inspired by your intelligence and your ability to figure out the greatness of their culture. Be thoughtful.
Mahabharata
ReplyDelete•Arjuna and Krishnawent to the banks of the river Yamuna and met Agni, a Brahmin
•Agni needed to eat, but ordinary food wasn't enough
oHe asked Arjuna and Krishna to help him eat the entire Khandava forest, so they started to burn the forest
•Indra (from heaven) heard about this and sent clouds to stop the fire, but Arjuna stopped the water with a blanket of a thousand arrows
•Link for full story:
•http://iws.punahou.edu/user/cshigemitsu/worldlit/countries/india/mahabharata-episodes/episode11.htm
Elbow Papers
•We partnered up with people who have the same or similar countries and helped work on our papers
o Discussed our symbols and compared/contrasted them
o Gave some tips to each other on what we should and shouldn't do
Also talked about Dante's Inferno. After turning in the paper online, you have to email Mrs. Shigemitsu and ask to sign up for a section of hell from Dante's Inferno.
Dante's Inferno
•Comedy, used to be very poetic (now easier to read)
•Dante- middle aged
oA little sleepy, lost his way
•Sees a leopard in front of her
oLeopard represents cunningness, slyness, etc
•Then a hungry lion came by
oLion represents pride
•Then a she-wolf appears
oRepresents hunger, greed, etc.
•Dante then meets a Greek Poet (Virgil)
oThis poet represents truth and virtue
•Dante wants Virgil to guide him into hell
•(Dante frequently faints, which is used to transition between scenes)
•He is in front of the gate now, reads a sign, and enters
Lesson notes by Davin