Three Stupid Kids That Ruined the Fun for the Rest of Us

     There are many instances where a toy has seemed to be dangerous for children, or may promote a risk to those involved in using it, however, this was not eh case for the Aqua Assault RoboFighter, which was a very fun toy for 99% of users. It shot plastic missles as well as squirted out water, making it a super exciting toy for chilren. However, three children managed to kill themselves because of this toy, and as a result, the toy is now discontinued. The article named "Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids" was published by Theonion.com and it very harshly reprimanded these three children for engaging in dumb acts that led to their deaths, but more importantly, the discontinuation of the toy. Obviously, this article is full of sarcasm adn satire. One can notice merely by reading the title that there is no way that anyone thinks the death of three children can be less important than a toy.
     The first little boy died by shooting teh plastic missle launcher up his nose, ausing a severe brain hemerage. The purpose behind his actions was that so teh plastic missle can launch through his body and shoot out of his belly button. The second little girl died by breaking the toy into pieces, adn then consuming the pieces, assuming they then became edible. The third boy died by jumping off of the roof with the toy above his head, hoping to fly. All  of these stoies seem very sad, but teh author of the article, being very humorous as well as bluntly honest, deliberately mentioned how stupid these childre were, adn how they deserved to die because they are so stupid. Though the article may seem brutal for some, I had complete sympathy for the author, because it seemed as though he really liked that toy.

Coyote v. ACME SOAPST

     This week in class, we began the satire/parody section of the cirriculum. Fortunately, this theme came about the same time we were learning about satire in our Armenian class. Though it is much more difficult to understand 1930 Armenian humor, both are a refreshing relief from the same old, boring narration.  In "Coyote v. ACME", a satirical piece is written in relation to the old cartoon that we all know and love, "Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner". In this story, Wile E. Coyote is sewing the ACME dynamite company for selling him faulty equipment that caused much more harm to him than it did benefit him. The story is set up as a court ruling, where Wile E. Coyote is the plantiff, and ACME is the defendant.
     The speaker of this story is the lawyer of the plaintiff, Wile E. Coyote, who is presenting the case to the court, jury, judge, and the reader. All these people would be the audience of the story. The purpose of the story is to persuade the judge and jury that ACME is at fault for all injuries that it has "caused" to the coyote. However, from teh reader's point of view, the purpose can be for Ian Frazier to display the actual corruption of the court system at the time, mocking the type of cases that were presented at the time. The subject is the court case, adn the tone is an overall sarcastic, satirical, adn falsely serious tone, which the author uses to emphasize the sarcasm.

Kony Creator Running Naked on the Streets

     In this week's Los Angeles Times , an article named "'Kony' Creator Jason Russell Exhausted, Dehydrated Wife Says" is attracting much attention. "Kony" was a movie created by Russell that depicted the massacres going on in Uganda. During the first week that the video was posted through the social media sites, over a million views were seen. In this way, the video has been very viral and has been spread even through a lot of Europe. Now that there are critisisms surrounding the video doubting its legitimacy, some people like Russell are taking it to heart.
     Since Russell spent most of his adult life concerned with such human rights issues and working with "Invisible Children" which he created, he takes the video quite personally. Therefore, when he heard these critisisms, he must have become unstable mentally and physically, because it caused him to take off his underwear and run around his neighborhood naked. Witnesses say that he was pumping his fists in the air, screaming. He was later hospitalised, and his wife told reporters that he was.dehydrated, exhausted, and malnutrished. All these factors with the main vause, the cririsms on the video, caused a man to go running naked on the street. Surprising how aomeone can spend most of their life working on a serious project, finally get everyone's attention and respect, then blow off their entire reputation by not being able to handle a few critisisms.

The Great Gatsby: SOAPST Ch. 1-4

     The Great Gatsby is a book written in the modernism period where meanings were implied and readers had to read between the lines a lot. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the book, but unlike many stores that we have read this year, the speaker of the story is not the author, rather it is a character speaking from first-person point of view. This character is Nick Carraway, who is the next door neighbor of Jay Gatsby, a significant character in the book. The story takes place is 1922, during the time of the Prohibition and jazz music's emergenc. The main location the story is in New York, specifically Manhattan and Long Island in teh West and East Eggs where the rich people lived.
     The audience is not anyone in particular, so it is for the reader. The overall tone of the story is informative, descriptive, and calm. Throught the first chapter of the book, the reader is introduced to the narrator. This may build the basis for the relationship between the reader and the narrator, creating the trust that is needed for the reader to believe all that is said in the book. However, in the beginning of the story, the reader can sense some irony and contradictions in what the narrator says about himself and his actual actions. Therefore, what is said for the rest of the story can be percieved as from the view of a person who is biasing according to their opinions. Apparently though, all first-person narratives seem to be this way due to the opinions that the narrator puts into the story.

Words are for WIMPS!

     I am an Armenian. When I was younger I used to go to a lot of day camps during the summer because my parents had work and would not trust me at home alone. I was very shy, especially among those that I was not familiar with, so I did not talk much. However, when I did talk, they all looked at me and said, "Wow, you have an accent," I believe everyone has an accent but they, as well as the people around them have become so accustomed to it that they stop noticing it. This also applies to the way people talk. I usually do not realize, but I say the word, "bro" a lot. I also may cuss a lot without realizing, and say "yallah" or "haydeh" a lot, too. The people around me and in my environment may be very used to it, but I know that if I were to talk the way I do to my friends with a random stranger they would think I'm crazy.
     We are all the same when it comes to judging others based on the way they speak, unfortuantely. By hearing someone talk, we can assume that they are a "redneck", or a "rabiz armenian", or a "stupid valley girl". What we really need to focus on is the content of what people are saying, not the way in which they say it. Sometimes, I may have a lot to say, but I cannot gather all my thoughts in complete sentences to express what I feel, and what comes out is a bunch of words that don't match or are three different languages plus sound affects ombined. My point is that people have different ways of communicating with one another. We should not be so quick to judge, and try to better understand the person before making any assumptions about who they are, and not base it on how they speak. The language of communication does not necesarily entail the words we speak with, rather, it focuses more on the ideas we tranfer.

Students Shot at an Ohio School

     Early Monday morning, gunshots were heard at a school in Chardon, not far from Cleveland. Two people were said to have shot at the victims. Three boys and one girl were injured by the gunfire. Many parents were very conscerned and one mother told reporters that she was texting her daughter in the morning and her daughter told her that she heard gunfire. This was very shocking news for the parents because no history of such incidents had ever occured in this school.
     The article was found in the Los Angeles Times app on cell phones early in teh morning at 7:35 AM. The article was called "Shooting Reported at Ohio High School." It was very interesting to read about this in the morning because it was as if it were breaking news. Though it would have been better to recieve better information in the morning, considering I heard it on teh radio and on my phone meant it should have been signifcant. Further information will be given throughout the day.

The Party of the Century!

     If I was able to have 100,000 dollars, I would probably do a lot more than throw a party with all of it. However, if I were to spend it all on one party, I would go crazy! I would rent a beach house and throw the party there. I would make an invite on Facebook and invite only the people I would like to party with. I would go buy drinks (or make someone over 21 go buy them) and the best food ever, and we would all eat like crazy animals. For the dj, I would have to rent Tiesto or David Guetta so that the music will be really good throughoutthe night.
     We would all dance and party all night. When we would get tired we will sit on giant comfortable couches that I will buy because I know we will all be in food comas. While we are in the food comas, we would also be drunk so we would be laughing and sitting like lazy potato sacks and having the time of our lives. Afterwards we would all go to Disneyland, because everyone knows a party isn't a party without Disneyland! As the party is ending, we would all go swimming and burn off all we gained and then go to sleep on the waterbeds that I will buy.