Life Of Pi Comic

A Comic I made based on the novel "Life of Pi". This is the scene where the main character discovers the strange island he is on is carnivorous

The Medthods Of Development Ideas

with a focus on popular acts of this time

This ISU assignement is about comparing the different methods of development (Mods) to things such as food, or fruit to make them easier to understand, so this blog will compare the the different Methods of developments to famous people, mainly teenage hearthrobs (male, and female).

1. Comparision: The "band" One Direction is essentially a group of five Justin Biebers. They are both targeting the same age group, and incorporate the same messages into their songs (eg. wanting to be loved by a girl, telling girls they are beautiful etc.). One Direction's vocals are also similar to that of Justin Bieber they emlpoy the same use of high voices and a repitive chorus to create a radio friendly song. Their stlye is also like that of Justin Bieber, with skinny jeans, and comb over hair being common.

2.Allusion: In the case of most of these acts most critics when refering to these acts might say that they only have two years or so in the music industry. This is a statment is an indirect refernce to prevvious boybands, and acts who have faded with time and had very short careers (eg. Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter etc.).

3.Classification: Classifying teenage music acts is exactly like clssiglyin anything else there are categories. For Example Bands, and Solo Acts

Solo Acts: (Cody Simpson, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift)

Boy Bands: (One Direction, Big Time Rush, The Wanted)

4.Cultural Reference: When talking about these acts, many of them are compared to previous acts who have had an effect on pop culture. For example: the hysteria caused by The Beatles being used to refernce the hysteria caused by One Direction hence One Direction Mania from Beatle Mania.

5. Anecdote: There are numerous humorous short stories that could be attributed to any of these acts but a funny one is the following:

While waiting in the car in a hot summer two brothers were waiting for their parents. One of them turned on the radio and a song came up with the chorus repeating the word "Baby". One of the brother's commented on how the song was bad but the girl that sung the song was a good singer. The second brother then replied "Thats, Justin Bieber, he is a boy...."

6. Process Analysis: The most essential aspect of understanding how today's manufactured acts became so popular, is to understand how they got there, or in other words their process analysis. Step one would be to first find an individual, or group of individuals that is marketable to the public. Then the next step would be to build up a reputation and fan base. Then they must become known, and finally they will become the next big thing for a limited number of years or so.

Hopefully this post did it's job effectively and explaned the methods of developments using analogies properly.

Arrows and Bullets, the Story of the Future and Past: a Thematic Comparison between The Hunger Games, and The Sniper 

For this blog entry I have chosen to do a thematic comparison between the short story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Though at first the title or even the subject of this blog might seem strange, both stories are more relatable to one another than one might think. Both books while vastly different are also very similar due to a theme that can be attributed to both of them. A theme that relates to the violent content of each piece of literature, a theme that relates to growing up through difficult and traumatizing events, a theme that has been the subject of many stories, the loss of innocence, and growing up too fast.

The Loss of Innocence in both pieces of literature is apparent, with both characters having to carry out murders and assassinations for the sake of survival, and how the remorse and regret for those killings haunts both characters. Both texts deal with a very human character that is not simply a killing machine, but does so for their own self-preservation. In the sniper the nameless main character is tensed and ready to kill at the start and does not feel regret at assassinating, an enemy solider, or an informant disguised as old woman. In the Hunger games Katniss starts of as a girl concerned with providing for her family, but with the events that soon transpire, she is eventually placed in a tournament where she realizes that is kill or be killed, and kills many other contestants in order to save herself.

Even the settings of both narratives relate to the theme, in the hunger games Katniss lives in a hostile and post-apocalyptic future, where unless one is fortunate enough to live in the capitol, they are tasked with feeding their hungry, and impoverished families with the risk of being chosen to participate in a tournament that will pit contestants against each other in a fight to the death. In the sniper the nameless sniper lives during the era of civil war in Ireland were the terrorist organization the IRA, the Irish Republican Army (which I believe that the sniper is a part of) , which is fighting for the separation of Ireland form the United Kingdom and Britain. During the time period in which the sniper was set the war was at its peak the whole of Ireland was in chaos. Rebels and supports of the UK alike were killing each other in broad daylight. It’s their worlds that make a teenage girl from a poor community, and college student, grow up in order to deal with the hardships of their world.

As a whole both stories might seem different but they share a common theme, the loss of innocence. These narratives give us an insight into what violence experienced at a young age might feel like and the regret that comes from it. Because unlike many other stories about killings and murder both these characters are human and do feel regret, though the nameless sniper learns this at a high cost. The themes both these stories contain can still be felt around the world, many children are forced to grow up too fast as a result of the conditions they live in, whether it be war, or poverty. Both these stories are a look at the thing that we are all face with when coming of age, the loss of innocence.

Welcome to the Aynul Factor

Greetings, welcome to the Aynul Factor a blog by Aynul  that was created for my grade 10 English class. Over the course of a few months i will update this blog relating to the material that we cover in our class. This blog will mostly focus on stories and how they relate to other forms of media (such as movies, other books, songs, video games).