Favorite Poem

While searching through the Word of Mouth poetry book I came across a very interesting poem titled “These Images”, by Wang Ping. In the beginning of the poem Wang Ping describes everyday nature such as birds, forests, and sand. Wang Ping later uses these images he described earlier in the last stanza when he says, “So simple, these images, their recognition is in out nature, yet too often neglected, our eyes already elsewhere. Wang Ping in that last stanza is basically saying that we take the little things in life for granted and usually never remember them, because we are just too stubborn.

My favorite line of the poem was when he says, “Where words are at stake and thoughts immobilized, where life shouts with joy and being is beauty and love no longer clings”(Line 24-28). The reason why I like this part is because he shows a lot of emotional feelings in those lines. In these lines I believe he is trying to show how the perfect world would be and how everybody should be living their lives.

Fight of the Decade

It has been a wild start to the month of December in the world of sports and its just getting started. Thus far you have the greatest golfer in the planet getting into a car accident, two undefeated teams in the NFL (Colts, Saints), but most importantly the announcement of what could be the biggest fight in boxing history. The two fighters that will take part in this bout are undefeated Floyd “money” Mayweather and pound for pound champ Manny “pac-man” Pacquiao. The two are set to face off against each other on March 13th in what should easily break the previous record for pay-per view buys which was set back in 2007.

Personally, I can’t wait for the fight to happen and getting a chance to see the top two boxers in the world go at it and finally prove who the best boxer is. Many people give the advantage to Mayweather due to his bigger size and power, nevertheless Pacquiao does make up for size with his quick hands and speed. However, I myself will be rooting for the “pac-man”, because he has proven that he could hang with the bigger fighters and overcome adversity. One thing for sure is this anticipated battle will be packed with fireworks.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Act 1 Scenes 5-7

Scene five opens up with Cyrano and Le Bret having a conversation. The topic of discussion is Cyrano’s high numbered list of enemies some of which include Montfleury, De Guiche, Valvert, and Baro. Cyrano later discuses why he truly despises Montfleury and shares his true feelings about Roxanne. As scene five comes to a closing Le Bret is trying to convince Cyrano to go and talk to Roxanne, but Cyrano refuses fearing the chance of rejection. As the play progresses Cyrano finds out that Roxanne needs to talk to him in private at the Ragueneau’s Shop. Act one closes with Ligniere asking for Cyrano’s help after he finds out that one hundred men are after him.

Scenes 5-7 suggest that Cyrano is a brave and cocky guy. Cyrano shows signs of cockiness in the beginning of scene five when Le Bret is telling Cyrano all the enemies he has made thus far. Cyrano’s response to Le Bret was, “Stop! That’s already enough to delight me!” (pg 48). Cyrano’s response suggest that he gets a kick out of angering people. However, Cyrano shows a courageous side of him at the end of scene 7 when he decides to help Ligniere from getting attacked. The brave Cyrano goes on to say, “Lets go!” Gentlemen, when you see me charge, don’t come to my assistance, no matter how great the danger!” (pg 56). Thus far Cyrano should be labeled as courageous and a bit brash.

One new word I found in the text was divinity. (pg 50) Divinity is defined as of superhuman or surpassing excellence. (Dictionary.com) She creates grace without movement, and makes all divinity fit into her slightest gesture.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Act 1, Scenes 1-4

Act one begins with a group of men playing cards and dice as they are eagerly anticipating the star of the play called, La Clorise by Monsieur Balthazar Baro. The audience and actors finally start to enter, but everybody is still awaiting the arrival of Monsieur de Cyrano. Everybody now suspects the reason of Cyrano absence is due to the problem he had with Montfleury who “took a dislike to Montfleury and ordered him not to appear on stage for a month”. Scene III ends as Cyrano finally arrives and says, “I’m about to lose my temper!”, which gets the crowd going.

The opening Scene in Cyrano de Bergerac is vital to the play because it introduces the characters in the play. The scene adds suspense with Cyrano not yet at the theater, but you also get a sense of detestation between Cyrano and Montfleury.
Without the opening scene right now there would be no drama or excitement going on the play. Lastly, it would also take away the great entrance made by Cyrano at the end of the scene which created a buzz in the crowd.

As I was reading through the play the word coquettish caught my attention. Coquettish is defined as a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection. The word was first used by Christian when he says, “ I’m afraid she may be coquettish and refined” (pg 15).