Friday, August 30, 2019
Reading Response: Chinua Achebe's The Sacrificial Egg
In Chinua Achebe's "The Sacrificial Egg," the language lends an air of uncertainty and provides cultural depth. The description of smallpox as an evil goddess lent intensity to the seriousness of the threat, without any doubt about its veracity. However, I had a hard time determining what else was real or not. Did Julius cause his finance's death by stepping on the egg? Julius is obviously terrified of the the spirits, and he says they are real. Yet he acknowledges near the end that the spirits are teenagers dressed up in costumes.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Animation response
Diagram of a room with open door.
Triangle moves in & door closes.
Smaller triangle and circle approach from outside.
Big triangle leaves and interacts with the other two shapes.
Circle goes into room & closes door. Triangles interact.
Big triangle comes in. They interact.
Small triangle opens the door. Circle goes out & interacts with small triangle.
Big triangle leaves room and chases smaller shapes around the outside of the room.
Smaller shapes leave.
The big triangle hits the room and starts taking the room apart.
Triangle moves in & door closes.
Smaller triangle and circle approach from outside.
Big triangle leaves and interacts with the other two shapes.
Circle goes into room & closes door. Triangles interact.
Big triangle comes in. They interact.
Small triangle opens the door. Circle goes out & interacts with small triangle.
Big triangle leaves room and chases smaller shapes around the outside of the room.
Smaller shapes leave.
The big triangle hits the room and starts taking the room apart.
I am alive!
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