Post 5: The Wife of Bath's Sexuality.

In "The Wife of Bath" the way the woman thinks of sexuality and romantic love is very modern to today's thinking. This woman is like a what we would think of as a tough biker chick who wont be messed with by anyone. The woman from this story wants to feel pleasure whether there is love or not. If we compare that to our media it's pretty similar. The media tells that one night stands are fun and exciting. The media says who needs love when sex works perfectly fine!

She does care about the old fashion ways. She believes, if it feels good then don't worry about it. If this was told to an old fashioned woman now like my grandmother, I'd probably give her a heart attack. To be considered old fashion first she wouldn't publicly let people know that she enjoys sex. Second she wouldn't have many a men. Which she does both. So it's as if she is supposed to be one of the first sexually liberating revolutionaries of the 14th century.

Post 4: How Metamorphoses relates to us.

Though It may seem that Ovid's writings seem far-fetched and unnatural there is some truth behind what he writes. In the story of Jupiter his anger is fueled by the people around him which invokes him to cause a flood. We also do this as humans, although not to this magnitude. Going through high school i knew a bunch of kids who enjoyed talking up situations to enrage a kid to the point where it would start a fight. This was Ovid's way of saying if we let others control us while we are angry we will give in.

The story of Apollo and Daphne can also be related to modern day. Apollo wanted to be with Daphne so bad that even when she became a tree he still wanted to be with her. That represents how we teach people that looks don't matter, and its what's on the inside that counts. Since Apollo could feel Daphne's heart beat, he could tell that she was still the same girl just in a different body.

So as we can see Ovid's writings aren't that strange after all. He just said things that we believe, in a different way. It seem to me that this was kind of a social experiment where Ovid want to see if we believe the things we preach.

Post 3: Archetypes in my Life

In my community it can be seen the archetype of the cross. The cross plays a big part in my family's life because of our religion. They can also be found all over our house. The cross to my family resembles the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It can also resemble thinks such as Christianity or salvation.

In my opinion my father resembles the rags to riches archetype. He was born in New York and raised in Haiti with his 7 brothers and sisters. He was the baby of eight in a low income house where his father didn't play a great role model. But once he was out of high school he went off to the military, and now he has a great job on the base working with computers. 

I believe I resemble the archetype of comedy/tragedy mask. This is because on my best days I am super happy and can conquer anything. On the other hand when I hit a low point it hits me pretty hard, but I don't necessarily show that mask. I can either keep that happy mask on and many would never know, but only those who truly know me can see that is just a mask. So its more like its the comedy mask sitting on top of a tragedy.

Post 2: How Creation Shapes Us.

Creation stories are very important to our up bringing. They stay with us for our entire life, whether it's about how the world was created, how our family were created, or even how we where created. The knowledge of what happened in the past help us plan for what is to come later on. It also teaches us life lessons. Many examples can be seen in Genesis. We see what happens to a family when a son is murdered, or how a man puts in years of work to build an ark and how his hard work pays off.

Also creation stories can change how we view others. In the 1800's the Europeans believed that the blacks in Africa bared the mark of Cain so they were created to serve them. Creation for a long time created a social hierarchy in our country. Creation stories can and have caused a lot of racism and sexism. This is because certain views of creation said that there is a superior race, and sex. Now the only things we must do is really do is realize that we are all equal and let the past be the past and learn from it.

Post 1: Creation

How  did we get here? It has been a question passed down from generation to generation. Some say it has always been. Others believe in different scientific theories. But i believe that there is a higher power that created it.

Many think that the idea of a higher power is absurd, but I believe its the only possible way. Growing up I was raised in the church, and taught that our creater, God, was the one to make the entire universe. Now many might think as they read this that I just believe it because I have been conditioned to, but these are the thoughts of my own and not the ones I relay from a cult leader. I believe that in six days God created everything that is on earth, and on the seventh he rested.

Now there are people who will argue with me, and state that we had to evolve due to natural selection. And I believe in natural selection to a certain extent. Though I don't believe we started as bacteria or fish, I do believe that God gave us the ability to adapt to our environments, and over time there were slight changes. I can't argue that over generations a bird can change it's beak, but I don't agree that the bird will change into a different species.

Now feel free to disagree with me because that's the beauty of this world. Not one person truly knows why we are on this earth. Therefore not one person can be completely correct when they say how the earth and humanity came to be. For all we know we are in the Matrix! Thanks for reading!