30 rock

1. I think you made us watch this episode because it referred a lot to xenophobia. The girl thought that her new neighbor was a terrorist, mainly because he was middle eastern and acted quite weird. It later turned out that she had nothing to be afraid of. We can relate to this story in our society where xenophobia for other people is very usual.

2. I think it depends. For people on my and my classmates' age i think it is a good way. Many people that relates to such matters, maybe they have been bullied, raped or something like that probably don't want people to make jokes about such topics. Therefore i would say that you have to be careful when you make fun of serious matters, but if you do it right it can absolutely be a good thing.

Moneyball

Moneyball was a captivating and exciting film, and I am glad I watched it. What I liked the best with it was the script which was both clever and funny and made the film worth watching. The unbelievable but true story is also one of the biggest pros of the film. The story is about the manager Billy Beane, the baseball team Oakland athletics that need to replace several of their biggest stars, but the team’s economy suffers. Billy meets an analyst played by Jonah Hill, which finds undervalued players. They reshape the team and go through lots of ups and downs (most downs).  

The acting is great and Brad Pitt is great in his role as the ambitious and eccentric manager. Jonah Hill’s character on the other hand is very shy and doesn’t really say that much, but he also delivers a fantastic role. They both have been nominated for several awards. 

I consider myself a movie lover and I watch several movies a week, and I can frankly say that this is one of the best I have seen in the last weeks. There is not much bad to say about it, even though the film is quite long you just want it to keep going on. 

The dialogue and cinematography along with the stunning performances and an incredible sound editing is some of the factors that make this film based on a fantastic story so brilliant. I will recommend it for anyone that wants to watch something different than all the huge blockbuster films out there.

Why i liked The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time

I liked the book a lot because it was cleverly written so that it felt like it was a real kid with Aspergers syndrome that had written it. The fact that it’s not is probably the thing I liked least about the book, because I originally believed that it was. The author have been working with kids that have the diagnose and that’s the reason it feels real. “I said” and “He/ she said” are both very usual ways to start lines in the book because it is a common symptom for people with Aspergers to explain almost everything in detail. In this case this is shown by him telling which person who is talking at all time.

He also writes incredibly long and explaining sentences, which for me makes the book more interesting since it feels like a real person with Aspergers syndrome. Some people would probably say that it makes the book hard to read, but this way of writing is what makes the book special.  The story itself would not be enough to keep some other book interesting, but seen through the eyes of Christopher, the main character, it gets much more exciting. That is because everything feels so strange and different for him and he thinks in a completely different way than “regular” people does.

Many people think of people with the disease of people that act and talk in a different way than others, Christopher does but since it is written in a 1. Person point of view we get to know his thinking patterns and why he acts the way he does.

I would recommend the book for people that wants to read a very original book with a very different twist. 

Looting 'fuelled by social exclusion'

-          The difference between looting and rioting is that rioters causes problems in the society by protesting and causing general problems, usually because they’re angry and feel that something’s wrong with the society.  Looting on the other hand basically means stealing and taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you.

-          Meanings:

social exclusion - not fitting into the society, and that the society makes outsiders.

disregard social norms  - neither caring or obeying the rules in the society.

high-unemployment – many inhabitants without jobs

criminologist - scientist on the theme criminality

opportunism - doing things you usually wouldn’t have done,  just because you get the chance

lack of intervention - lack of action, participation and influence.

consumerism - using more than you need and the need of having lots of things. The material society is one factor causes people to consume more and more.

catalyst of unrest, - The trigging factor for a case or event. (Something that lit fires in peoples mentality).

-          I think this could have happened in Oslo, but not in Trondheim. In Oslo there’s way more people and it would have been much easier to create that kind of mob, but it still . Here in Trondheim it would have been even harder and there’s better living conditions for everybody here than in Oslo and way better than in London. Of course the looting itself could happen anywhere but here in Norway overall people have enough money and don’t need to steal and know that the punishments will cause a lot of problems for them later.

-          The social conditions in England is very variable, the upper class inhabitants lives in luxury while the lower class inhabitants live in ghettoes and getting a good education is hard and therefore it’s hard to get a decent job. This unfair system could have caused a lot of anger in the lower classes which may have caused the riots.

Sceneskrekk

"Sceneskrekk"

- En gutt står på en scene foran en sa, han ser nervøs ut, publikum er ikke til stede.

-Bildet er tatt i fugleperspektiv og totalt utsnitt, dette gjør at objektet virker "svakere".

-Det at bildet er på langs skaper en kontrast med de vertikale linjene i bildet altså mellom motivet og formatet.  Motivets vertikale linjer symnboliserer uroen i personen, mens formatet symboliserer det at folk rundt ikke deler den samme nervøsiteten. Setenes farge er også en kontrast med scenens mørke farger. Dette er også et symbol på at andre folk rundt de nervøse, ikke er nervøse på samme måte.

-Bildet i seg selv symboliserer at folk er redd for å vise seg for andre (et publikum) , fordi de ikke er fornøyde med seg selv.

-Bildet er dystert på grunn av det dempede lyset og scenens mørke farger. Dette symboliserer personens nervøsitet og frykt for omgivelsene.

-Det at salen er tom viser at man kan være nervøs ved seg salv og ikke bare blandt andre folk.

-Salens tomhet er et bilde på at personen også føler en tomhet.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_International_Airport
http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/index.html
http://www.12hk.com/misc/top10_HongKong_Sights_Attractions.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Peak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Tram
http://www.thepeak.com.hk/en/home.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing
http://www.hkatlas.com/hk/sightseeing/new-territories/tian-tan-buddha
http://gohongkong.about.com/od/travelplanner/a/englishinhk.htm
http://www.tv2.no/nyheter/utenriks/iphonehysteri-i-hong-kong-3612210.html

Goodbye Hong Kong

After several great days in Hong Kong theres time to go back to Norway. It was a lot of fun staying here and I will be remembering it for the rest of my life. I have learned a lot about the history and culture, and experienced even more, but there's still very much that i would like to see and do. Right now we're at the huge airport in hong kong waiting for our plane. The airport itself is placed on a pretty big island and is propably the biggest airport i've seen and theres incredibly many people here. The trip back to Norway takes about 12 hours so I' m going to sleep on the plane or else i'm going to get bored.
Bye bye Hong Kong I will come  some day, I promise.
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