Plot of Plots- A Game of Thrones

30 mins-Monday
30 mins- Wednesday
1.5 hrs- Today (Saturday)

Total pages read- 76



The plot of A Game of Thrones, possibly the most complicated and interesting book series I have ever read, is more knotted than my headphones after putting them in my pocket for ten minutes. The exposition is never boring, which is a pretty big achievement, a far cry from anything I've ever written. Usually it opens with a death or some new information, and from there the action builds. The rising action is really created when there is a very important piece of information only a few characters know, and then all the others make decisions while misinformed, and they learn said information later. The viewpoints also tie in nicely with each other, even though the viewpoint is switched constantly every chapter.

At the climax of the story is usually a shocking death or massive battle, though mini-climaxes occur frequently and their falling action falls quickly. If you were to draw the plot, it'd look something like a mountain range, though it does tend to pick up speed mid-book. From there, it rises up and down and up and down, though there are sometimes flat zones in which a character does little or is depressed or both. Thanks for reading, see ya on the other side.

I Am A Writer Who......Uhhhhhhh

I am a writer who is perhaps a little on the forgetful and abstract side of things, my papers tend  to drift away from  the topic at hand, but I at least am keepin' it fresh and new, eh? I also am a writer that is heavily impacted by the music I listen to at the time of writing. For instance, a happy-go-lucky song just came on my shuffle of Naruto music, so this blog is aught to be friendly and warm. Writing non-fiction papers is just agonizing to me, as my inner self longs to break free from the oppressive topic and move onto more amusing and interesting things. I can sometimes really enjoy creative writing, and am quite disappointed at the lack of it in this year's English. I also tend to use quote "flowery" language in my stories/papers, and to me if it doesn't have long-winded descriptions and a touch of charm then it isn't worth putting in. Things like waterfalls and scrapyards can be totally transformed by the way that you describe them, and writing from a boring, totally neutral point of view, just giving information, is once again a serious threat to the approval of said story. Well, that went pretty randomly, thanks for reading and try to focus, even though often focus leads only to boredom.

Pain vs Tobi- A Battle of Gods

The Sage of Six Paths had the Rinnegan, the most powerful of the visual jutsus, as does Pain. Pain, (Spoiler Alert) is six corpses with black chakra receivers planted in their bodies. Pain is controlled by Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan, as does all the corpses he controls. Tendo Pain, the most powerful of the Six Paths of Pain, (the six bodies controlled by Nagato) is able to use "Shinra Tensei" or "Almighty Push" in which he makes himself the epicenter for a wall of energy that pushes anything away. He uses this technique to destroy the entire Leaf Village in one shot. The other five of the Six include; one girl who specializes in Summonings, a robotic guy who can fire rockets and missiles from his head and arms, a medical guy who can repair any of the other Pains, a guy who can suck souls right out of people, and finally a guy who is able to absorb any ninjutsu, as well as chakra straight from his opponents body. He is able to push or pull, manipulating gravity to his advantage. He was able to stand against Naruto in Six Tails form, and seemed to be actually enjoying it. The only reason he was beaten, I think, is because he wanted to take Naruto alive and as such did not kill him when he was pinned to the ground, totally at his mercy. Tobi, on the other hand, is able to use Space-Time ninjutsu and can sort of teleport around and make parts of his body disappear as well. He can control the 1-7 Tailed Beasts as well, since they were captured by the Akatsuki beforehand. Now, we have 7 Tailed Beasts and one guy who can teleport around versus the legendary Rinnegan and a team that can be healed at any time by the medical Pain. Also, it is still unclear whether the Rinnegan can control Tailed Beasts, but I mean, why not? It's pretty much an upgraded version of it anyway. If Pain were to control the Tailed Beasts, then Nagato probably wouldn't even need to be there to win. Even if he couldn't control the Bijuu, I'm pretty certain that a Planetary Destruction coupled with the other five Pains attacking at once would be pretty much the end of Tobi. Pain is unstoppable, and I find it impossible to believe he would be beaten by Tobi.
 Another note- the way Hidan was beaten was clever up to the bombs, I really doubt Hidan would be caught in this kind of trap. Besides, there's no way Shikamaru could hold the Shadow Possession Jutsu all the way into the forest exactly where he planted those bombs.



-Charles

Terrel's Swell Paper (Didja catch that rhyme? No? I thought not.)

This week I spent around 30 mins. outside of class working on my Literacy Narrative (Thurs.) and I read 2 hours of "The Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" today, which was approximately 57 pages. My Writing Group was a big help to me, it really added to what I thought of my writing. I was very pleased with the positive feedback I wrangled out of my group, and was particularly impressed by Terrel's (Am I spelling that right? God I hope so) paper. His was on a book, 1984, I think it was, that held some deep meanings to life. Of course, now I can barely remember some of it, but it was very well written, precise and clear as crystal. Now, my style of writing is a little....well, convoluted, perhaps, and my thoughts and words tend to splatter everywhere, so I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed his paper. He gave me a couple pointers on mine, the biggest being to perhaps tone down the pessimism (which I appreciate, but realism is just a little too real for me to just leave it all out). My other group member, who I won't name, wasn't very enthusiastic or focused on the masterpieces presented to her. Shockingly, it seemed almost a bore to said teammate. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyway, I enjoyed the writing groups because it gave me some good ideas for my paper, though I wish we had actually been allowed to work on it that day. I'm looking forward greatly to the day when the classes papers are presented, because as you all know, I looooove presenting. Thanks for readin'

-Charles

Literary N-N-Narrative

Me oh my, the time has finally arrived for me to figure out what the heck I'm gonna write my literary narrative on. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......perhaps learning some Japanese through the watching of Naruto and Soul Eater? Through many dozens hours of these shows, I can now fairly easily distinguish between Japanese and Chinese, (yes, there is a difference, its not all the same, I promise) and know a couple of phrases and the like. Some are easy, like "Konoha Hinge" or (Hidden Lotus), a really nifty jutsu (technique) that Rock Lee pulls off on Gaara. Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push), "Arigato", (Thank you), and, here's a weird one,"Ohayou Gozaimasu"
  ( Good morning), etc. Knowing these kinds of phrases prrrrrobably wont help me if I'm stuck in Japan too much, but at the very least it'll help to have at least a rudimentary understanding of Japanese before I take official classes on it. Latin, my foreign language, might also be another possibility. I started Latin in 6th grade, and to this day, am amazed that I can read any of that gibberish. It was a journey, coming form 2 declensions to 5, passive periphrastic, the ablative and genitive and dative and vocative cases.......Man, I could probably go pretty far on that idea. Whatever my choice, thanks for stumbling through this veritable quagmire of Japanese and technical terms.

-Charles

Reading Response (my, how original)

This week I continued to read A Feast for Crows, 30 mins on Monday and the last two hours today. I read around 68 pages, and I must say, things definitely are taking an interesting turn. What with Cersei and Jaime growing ever further apart, I predict that Jaime will end up killing her in the line of duty. I'm also wondering whats going to happen when one of the Kettleblacks attempts to take Margary's maidenhood, though my prediction is there will be some bizarre twist and it won't happen.

Anyway, I really am disliking Asha, a girl who wants to sit the Seastone Throne. Had I been there, I'd probably end up supporting Euron, what with his superior claim, cool eye patch, and magical Valyrian horn to tame dragons. I'm also anticipating the attempt on Lord Commander Snow's life, as I'm sure Stannis will have some part in saving it. Thanks for struggling through this droll.

-Charles

Bronies and Ponies- A Fairytale?

Well well well, Mr. Miller, it seems we begin again. For those of you that don't know, Aaron rejects ponies and those who delight in them, and recently made a comment on my blog, which detailed the Brony lifestyle and culture. I shall be addressing some of Aaron's key points in this blog, and shall thoroughly finish off and remaining dregs of resistance. Forget all you thought you knew about ponies and Bronies-this will be a journey.

First off, Aaron-chan, the "typical" Bronies are in the age group of 13-30, do you really think they would be quote "immature and obnoxious". Granted, there are and always will be immature and obnoxious people in the world, but it seems to me that anyone who feels a fierce hatred for anyone liking a television program seems the much more immature and obnoxious person, wouldn't you say? Secondly, much as I'm interested in dictatorship and ruling with an "iron fist", we do happen to live in the US of A, and "freedom of speech", as it were, is the "norm" in these parts, so we can't force you to watch the show, we're merely trying to introduce you to a great thing that you've never tried before, it's all for your benefit. On the subject of inexperience, I'd love to know how you seem to know the plot of every episode you've never seen in you're life, and challenge you to structure your arguments on more solid footing. The plots happen to be well-structured, including but not limited to- a massive bear that was about to utterly destroy Ponyville, a goddess returns from the moon to plan to take over the world, numerous instances of dragons, hydra's, even a griffin at one point, etc. If the show comes off as happy, well, it was designed that way. I for one enjoy the happiness of this show, life isn't always documentaries on the Holocaust. In conclusion, Aaron of the Miller Clan, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic isn't just some "happy-go-lucky" cartoon "like Spongebob". It deals with the hidden intricacies of relationships, the mysteries of love, and the power of friendship.

Grease and Philosophy

Hello, all, it's your pal Charles with another thrilling installment of  what I'm sure will be a very long series, Reading Responses. Well, on at least 2 days this week in class I read for ten whole minutes each class. Today I read 2 hours and ten minutes, all of the philosophical tale The Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which my aunt decided to bequeath to me one "frosty" Christmas morn. Anyway, the book centers on, spoiler, motorcycle maintenance, and the intricacies of philosophy that somehow connect to that.

To be honest, the book really didn't look all that interesting. After reading about 65 pages of it, it still isn't all that interesting, though the appearance of mental illness certainly caught my attention. The motorcycle trip in the book seems to have taken a turn for the worst, and I'm expecting more grief will follow.  The boy character I really don't care for all that much, ungrateful little brat. I'm predicting he dies somewhere near the end, or maybe he becomes a ghost. There's been a lot of ghost-talk of late, and I can't imagine that's in there for no reason. Whatever the case, I'm sort-of enjoying the book, but not so much that I really feel for the characters.