Look beyond the words intro

Every time a person has to read or watch a movie, the inner and deeper meanings are usually over looked. People forget that there is so much more beneath the surface. People like to focus on the story that is right before them.  They don’t even bother to try and look for any deeper meaning the story might betray or a hidden meaning in the storyline. The truth is, there is so many meanings that we over look every day. This blog is to enlighten and show the inner meanings that will pull these stories together. These meaning will show a whole new side of the story. It can make us see them from a different point of view that we have never seen through before. When people begin to see that a witch hunt is really about McCarthyism and how the accused lose everything it makes us realize these stories do relate to us; that these witch hunts can happen to us even in today’s world. These stories aren’t all just fictional pieces that are created to entertain us.  Every story just doesn’t end with happily ever after. This blog will feature a variety of books and movies. This blog is created to make people think about the deeper meaning. Not to help a person to cheat on some essay in school or something similar to that. I will very much encourage people not to only read this but to comment on what they think or if they have something else to add that I over looked. Remember, knowledge is power and you can have all the power in the world as long as you are willing to open your eyes.  So take a chance and open your eyes and you won’t believe how much there was this whole time.

Carrie by Stephen King. Is this revenge or something more?

This is another book I believe that shows how people can change us on the inside. In the book Carrie by Stephen King shows us again how we can change the history in our lives. In this book there are huge conflicts going on. The conflict is between Carrie vs. her mother, Carrie vs. Chris, and Carrie vs. herself. Carrie is girl in high school who is tortured by her mother and by her fellow students. Carrie’s mother is very strict and sometimes beat Carrie when she was young. Her fellow students constantly make fun of her beliefs and what she wears. Carrie soon discovers she has telekinesis and she soon develops it. Carrie is asked out by a boy to the prom. When she goes to the prom she falls victim to a horrible prank by Chris. That is when all hell breaks loose. People believe the main theme is revenge. In my personal opinion I don’t believe that is true. I think this book shows us a different side of human nature. It shows us how we as people create our own monsters in this world.  Carrie was just a girl trying to get through life as best as she could. It is hard enough dealing with an abusive mother but being constantly tortured by girls her own age will slowly make anyone go insane. If these girls didn’t pick on Carrie maybe there would have been a different end to this story. Maybe Carrie could have had nice happy life away from home. Instead the girls decide to punish her for being different. Everyday this happens in our society and people never want to take the blame of being the true reason of why it happens. Carrie never wanted to be a monster that people fear at night but the people around her created her that way.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Demons vs. Angels

Another book that was released in 2011 that is slowly gaining more popular appeal is called Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. The main character Karou is a girl who runs errands for a demon “family”. She has no idea who her real family is and trying to learn more about herself. She ends up getting caught in a war between the demons and angels. This war has been going on for centuries and doesn’t seem like the end is near. The war started when the demons wanted to be freed from the angels’ control. Both groups hate one another for the differences they posses. At first this may sound like a far fetch idea that this could happen, but it has already happened. In our lives we have started wars against others just because they’re different. America considered them as the policing force of the world trying to change others for the “better”. I know in some parts of the world they do need our help. However if everyone in a certain country agrees with their way of life who are we to judge? In the book, the demons rebel against the angels trying to get their freedom to do what they want. The angels thought they were helping the demons by making them more like them. Both sides believe each other is wrong. When the book ends there is no end to the war. It is still going on. (There is a sequel coming out for this book.) People believe the ones who will win will have the best beliefs. In the end isn’t it best to let others live the way they want. Is it worth all those lives that will be lost in the end? Is killing each other the best way to prove your point? I guess that is your own opinion.

In time a movie that gives everyone hope.

This next blog will be on a movie called In Time, directed by Andrew Niccol. This movie takes place in the future where time is the currency. Where the wealthy can live forever and the poor live day to day. The main character of the story named Will meets a wealthy man would doesn’t wish to live any longer; so he gives Will his time. Will during the movie kept making reference back to his father. During the movie Will said his dad gave people hope. Will finds out that the time keepers (Police) got rid of his father for that very reason. That giving people hope lets them know that they have the power to take back what’s theirs. This is true for many places in the world, that when the people live in fear they won’t stand for themselves and let the government control them.  Even the smallest glimmer of hope will be crushed just so the government will remain in power and control.  In Time they show how strong the power of hope really is. Not only did it start a revolution, it started to change people’s lives for the better.  Another point that this movie tries to make is that everyone is equal and no one should get more time to live then another.

Philippe Weis: “For a few to remain immortal, many must die.”

Will Salas: “No one should be immortal, if even one person has to die.”

This reflects back to the importance of human rights and how they shouldn’t be violated for not even one person. Will shows that no one should kill another just so they can live longer then everyone else. That all humans should have equal rights and no one should be violated. This movie reflects the ideas of hope and human rights. Each day a person rights are violated or someone tries to prevent them dreaming of a better future. This movie shows that no one can stop you from getting what you deserve.

The Hunger Games the inside look!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of the many books where we over look some of the smaller not so obvious meanings or elements. One of the big connections so many people over look is how many districts were established.  There were 13 original districts; this relates to our history form when we started out with the 13 colonies. This slowly relates to how back in the 13 colonies we used to be ruled by a king and how Panem is ruled by President Snow. Everyone knows from the main summary of how Katniss takes Prim’s place in the games.  What many people don’t know is that the meaning of Primrose is, “I can’t live without you”. This is strong underlying message the author is trying to send to the audience. It shows how deep the bond between these two sisters really goes.  Another thing we tend to forget is how the government keeps control over these people and that is by power. One way the government flaunts its power is through the avox. They showed how they had the power to strip her away from everything she had, even her power of speech. That is how this government took control by brutal force. The one thing that the government didn’t expect was a girl like Katniss who enters the games. Katniss shows us how even in such a harsh, intense environment she still remains loyal to herself. She didn’t turn into some killing machine bent on winning. She didn’t kill someone and let it go. She keeps going back to them in her mind, wondering if they had girlfriend at home or how upset their family is. This is one of the big themes to this story and that is don’t ever let anyone change who you are on the inside.