Climax

I felt that the climax of the novel was pretty wild.  It was like an old western movie through certain sections of chapter 19.  I thought that Rick would, eventually, end up killing Pris Stratton and Roy Baty.  However, the way in which it all went down was crazy.  I can't wait to see the movie with scenes like this.  In addition, I was surprised to find out Rick's take on Mercer.  The whole concept is still up in the air to me, as the author I would have made it more clear earlier on.  In the end, Rick comes to terms with Mercer as a god and not a real individual, which is reassuring.  Overall, I liked the novel.  I liked how it began and ended with Rick and Iran in the apartment, opening with conflict and ending with resolution between the two.

Interesting Scene from Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

I found the scene in which Rick is speaking with his neighbor about animals to be quite interesting.  It seems as if the scarce amount of people living in Rick and Iran's area are not too friendly, so for Rick and his neighbor, , to have a lengthy discussion about a personal matter is very intriguing.  I am also still enthralled with the fact that animals are such a status symbol with the characters in the novel.  They are comparable to cars in today's society.


Question: Why do you think we, as the readers, are introduced to Buster Friendly?  Do you feel that he is an android and will later be killed by either Phil or Rick?

Chapter 11 of Allyn & Bacon

After reading chapter 11 of Allyn & Bacon, there were a few things that I found quite interesting.  I found out the pertinance of writing multiple drafts.  I have always written multiple drafts to my papers, however, I was not aware of the numerous benefits, such as helping writers break the limits of short-term memory, helping to clarify the writers audience and purpose, and allowing the writer to revise more often, saving the perfection for later on in the writing process.  In addition, I like the idea of revising a paper in double or triple-spaced print.  This allows for quite a bit of space to make corrections or notes to yourself.  Furthermore, it is much easier to read the paper if the lines are double or triple-spaced, making it ideal for an in-class peer review or any other type of revision.

Something Strange and Interesting in Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Blade Runner is a very strange, yet interesting, novel.  It is set in the future, for starters, and after I finished the first couple chapters, I had many questions regarding some of the content.  Although I was "up in the air" on many things in the novel, what stood out to me most was how they value their animals.  The main character, Rick Deckard, and his wife own an electric sheep that they tend to and value more than anything they own.  Rick, while arguing with his wife, says that he is saving up to get a real sheep, as opposed to an electric one.  Later on in the chapter, he is discussing the possibility of buying his horse or another one from a magazine.  I find it strange that in the particular time and setting of the story, animals are akin to material objects in today's day and age.  Rick, his wife, and his neighbor all value their animals, just as I value my iPod or may laptop computer.  The animals, to them, are almost status symbols.  If you have a good animal, then you are of higher standing than those who have a lesser animal or no animal at all.

Allyn & Bacon: Chapter's 1,2,3

In the first three chapters of the Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing I learned quite a bit I did not already know, as well as refreshed my memory on a couple topics that I had forgotten about.  Most notably, something new that I learned was the difference between closed-form prose and open-form prose.  Closed-form prose is a more professional style of writing.  It features an exact, identifiable thesis statement, topic sentences, and an overall organizational structure for the piece.  Differently, open-form prose is a more unconventional style that features story telling and other methods.  Open-form prose is not as keen on the rules of grammar, as is closed-form prose style.

The first three chapters also helped to reiterate things that I have previously learned, such as the fact that the writer's job is to pose questions about their subject matter that will make the audience thing and evoke a good response.  A good writer needs to keep the reader wondering why you wrote what you wrote?  For what reason did the author include that detail in the story or piece.  This is a very important skill that I like to remind myself of frequently.

Frist Blog!

My name is Tyler Schindewolf.  I am currently a student at Ohio University and I created this blog for my English 151 course.  I will be bloggging throughout the duration of the course in order to fine-tune my writing skills and stimulate thought, as well.  The course is centered around an apocalyptic theme, so many of my posts will be related to the idea of the end of the world.  I really enjoy reading and writing.  I plan to leave Ohio University with a Journalism degree from the prestigious Scripps College of Comunication.  I really enjoy reading about anything informational.  If the material can teach me something that I did not already know, I am interested. regardless.  As much as I love reading, I love writing that much more.  Writing is my way to spread my ideas to the masses (especially through this blog!).  Reading, however, is the one of the best ways to better your writing ability because you are constantly exposed to new words and different ways to organize them, grammatically, on a page. The most common things I read on a daily basis are newspapers, magazines, or online magazine articles.  Sadly, most of my writing takes place on a computer keyboard, usually on Facebook. In correlation with my last sentence, the technology I am most exposed to would have to be computers.  It is outrageous how much time the average college student needs to spend on a computer each day for schoolwork, social networking, etc (cell phones are a close second to computers in my eyes).