"Potatools"

 In biology, We have been learning about Human Evolution. And the thing we focused on today was their weapons. instead of making the tools out of rocks, We used potatoes instead so it is easier to shape the potato into the shape that we need.  

Homo Naledi Summary

 In Level 3 Biology, we have been studying hominin evolution and there is an interesting discovery named Homo Naledi that scientists are still unsure about. 

“What does it mean to be human” 

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-naledi

This article discusses the discovery of Homo Naledi, a new species belonging to the Homo Genus. According to them, Homo Naledi existed between 335,000 and 236,000 years ago. Because they were able to determine the age of the bones, they were able to place them in the timeline of hominin evolution in this article. Homo Naledi has a mix of Australopithecus-like characteristics ( particularly the pelvis and the shoulders). As well as homo-like traits such as their hands, feet, and brain. Scientists are likewise baffled as to what kind of diet they were on. This is because Homo Naledi had human-like molars at the back of its teeth but the front are unsophisticated like an apes. Furthermore, no tools have been discovered in the two caves, hence why we have no idea how they hunted for food or what kind of diet they ate. There are still unanswered questions about this new species. Questions such as how they hunted their food and what type of diet they had, How it traveled, whether they were swinging on trees or were walking upright, and many more.

The Theory of The "Self"

 When I think of the "self", I think of myself as a person and my identity. I also think about how I act and how I think when it comes to talking about the "self". 

I looked into a Philosopher about their theory of the "Self" and the one that interested me the most is Plato's theory about the "self". According to Plato, The soul is immortal and when we die, Our soul leaves our body to leave our body decompose. According to Plato's theory, The soul is cut down into three pieces. The rational soul, Spiritual soul, Appetitive Soul. 

In Plato's Theory, The main soul is the rational soul. The rational Soul is what we use to think, reflect and analyze things, and to do other cognitive functions. The second soul, The spiritual soul, Is where we experience Happiness, Sadness, Anger, and other emotions. And for the third soul, The Appetitive soul, is the soul where we experience Physical pain, Hungerness, and other physical wants. 

To understand it easier, It is explained as a chariot that is driven by two horses with a human controlling it. One mortal and one immortal. The first horse is described as a Deformed, Shag-eared, deaf and with blood-red complexion.  While the Immortal horse is known as the noble, game, Upright, and cleanly made. These two horses are what keeps us going forward but to balance it out, The person that is controlling the horses, which is you, You have to make the horses work in harmony to balance out yourself.

Eating Poetry

• What do these poems suggest about the way we should approach poetry? What is one specific example (evidence from the text)? The author portraits this poem as eating fruit. The poem says " It is ready and ripe now whenever you are". This could mean that the fruit is ripe or that the poem is now ready and filled with knowledge and it is up to you whether if you want to learn it or not.

• For example, they write: " You do not need a knife or spoon or plate or napkin or table cloth".

• This tells us: To read the poem even though it's messy and hard to understand and that all you need is your brain.

Introduction to Connections - The diary of Anne Frank

 How does viewing this text through a child’s perspective change the way we experience it? They have not properly seen the world properly yet and they are still making their opinions and that they haven't seen how the world works and that they shouldn't be exposed to it yet.

How would this text be different if it were told from the perspective of an adult? How would the audience’s experience be different? Anne had a childlike perspective. Adults' perspective would have been more stressed. Seeing from an adult's perspective means we see more awareness, more need for survival.

Why did the filmmaker or author decide to tell this story from a child’s perspective? How are children represented in the text? It was written in a child's perspective to make it more innocent and friendly-like. However, If this was written from an adult's point of view, It would be darker and less friendly.

How are adults represented in the text? It shows how Anne felt and how they reacted. It is important to see things from a different perspective. Adults were represented in the text as selfish, ignorance, hard-headed, and matured.

Does imagination help the young hero to cope? How so? Provide an example

When she felt lonely, She would always think of being with her friend and riding a bike peacefully. This is to give her a peaceful mind.

Introduction to Connections

Introduction to Connections

1. How does viewing this text through a child’s perspective change the way we experience it? Explain using an example from the text. Looking through a child's eyes are pure and innocent. This is because they have not experienced anything major and seen things as much as adults.

2. How would this text be different if it were told from the perspective of an adult? How would the audience’s experience be different? If Jojo Rabbit was filmed from the perspective of an adult, it would be darker. This is because adults have to go through more things than kids and have a lot of responsibilities.

3. Why did the filmmaker or author decide to tell this story from a child’s perspective? How are children represented in the text? This is to make the film more child friendly. This was done so that the audience can see the opposite

4. How are adults represented in the text? Adults were represented as a soldier for Hitler and believers as well.

5. Does imagination help the young hero to cope? How so? Provide an example. Jojo's version of Hitler in his head messes him up. This is because Adolf suggests bad ideas towards Jojo. We can see this when Jojo found about the jew living inside his walls.

Jojo Rabbit Scenes

In this blog, I am gonna be explaining 3 different important scenes in Jojo rabbit.

There was a scene in Jojo rabbit that broke my heart. Jojo was wandering around town and when he came across to the place where people get hanged for trying to help the jews. He found his mum hanged with the other people that tried to make a petition to stop killing the jews. Jojo then ran to his mum crying. He then hugged his mum with pure sadness. The author of this text wanted us to know that family is always important and you have to love them until it is too late to do so. 

The second scene was when Jojo tried to be a nazi. In the whole movie, Jojo wanted to be in the Nazi army and he does get in. He did a lot of things that aren't ordinary for a young kid. He learned about knives, guns, and explosives. The author did this to show us what it was like back then for the people who got drafted for the army Hitler army was still a thing.  

The biggest scene with the most impact was when Jojo found a Jewish girl living in their basement. The Jewish girl has been adopted by Jojo's parents. For the rest of the movie, Jojo has been fighting with this girl and trying to get some information about her. But when Jojo found out about her and her mom helping her, Jojo decided that he was gonna help her escape and get her to freedom. The characters are structured this way to create tension and mystery to the movie. This will then give the viewers curiosity leading them to watch the whole film. 

What does the author of this text want us to know? The author of this film wanted us to know how life was back then especially in the eyes of a german and a jew.

What genre does this text belong to? This movie has a lot of funny scenes and jokes. So I reckon this genre belongs to the Comedy/ War genre.

Why has the author constructed the characters this way? The author of the film did this to create tension and mystery to the movie. Which leads to people wanting to watch the whole film.

What kind of language is used in the text? This text was written in English.

In whose interest is this text? The people that love comedy will be interested in this because the Jojo rabbit has a lot of funny scenes.

What kinds of social realities does the text portray? This text portraits how life was back then when world war existed.

How would the text be different if it were told in another time, place, or culture? If this text was written in a different timeline, there would be more ideas and facts about the war. For example, If this was written in the year 2020, The author would explain more about different guns and things such as gadgets. Which didn't exist until the late 2000's.

How does the text construct a version of reality? This text was written to show life back then when a lot of wars would occur. It shows people dying and people injured as the result of war and land getting blown to pieces by heavy machinery.