bonus 12 Repsonse Willy Wonka and Murder castle Montaya

Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory was a very confusing movie, it was hard to understand the true meaning of everything that happened to the children. I loved this post I Never Really thought of the Willy Wonka Factor in this sense. The post made me think in depth of the producer creating the movie.  As a young girl I was scared of the Willy Wonka Factor, until I got older and realize what the scenes in the movie were not that scary. Fear does have a big influence on how every person understands movies or enjoys them. This film is supposed to be a great children’s movie but unlike most it is not about a fairytale or a comedy in which Jacob brings light to that the several points is his argument. After reading this post I realize that the movie is really set in its own category and is really influenced by the events of its time.  The music within the film was very contradictory to the bright colors as was discussed. The music was like horror music and made the tension very thick while watching the show. I like how Jacob used a very famous image of the boat ride in which very loud crazy music played.  I instantly saw the scene replay in my head as soon as I saw the image. The scene made you think that the contestants had made a very bad decision to go to the chocolate factory and was the first image in my mind while reading the post. As a young girl I thought that after this scene something really bad was going to happen. In most scenes when a kid was going to do something bad, or after they did something bad crazy music came on, which kid of started a classical conditioning theory for viewers. The Scene where the girl turned blue after chewing the gum scared me every time. Jacob did a great job with his argument comparing the murder castle to the Willy Wonka factory. The point about Willy Wonka being the opposite of H.H. Holmes murder of people during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and encouraging children with Sarcasm really made me think about the true meaning of the movie. In the movie several times Willy Wonka used reverse psychology on the children which set them up for failure to do things and made the other children feel like he was a good guy still by sending ompaloopas to help them.  The point of how the camera turns is affecting how the story is portrayed is a great detail of how the small things really make a big impact. The post explains a lot of psychological mind blown events an Jacob does a great job of breaking them down for readers of his blog to understand them.  Also, Jacob did a great job in the argument using the stranger Danger movement as proof of why, and the way the movie was produced.  I agree with Jacob that in the end willy Wonka is a horrifying Stanger danger film.  This post was great and I agree with all the points explained within this post.

bonus 14 Montaya Mccloud Free Write: Friday and the influence of Life Lesson as a young Adult in the urban community

There are a lot of movies in which are created to show a outline of How los angeles was in the 90's. Back in the 90's California was big on bloods,crips,peer pressure, and gang violence. This proves to be true for Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) who are best friends growing up in Los Angeles, California. In the film “Friday” released in 1995, the viewers get to experience a day in their life. Though considered a comedy/drama, this urban classic has many hidden life lessons throughout the script. Detailing the effects of drugs on a friendship, violence in the community and accepting guidance in life-threatening situations.
The effects of peer pressure exoculate when Craig gets fired on his day off, for stealing boxes from his job. Consoled by his best friend Smokey convincing Craig that since it was Friday and he was no longer employed, he might as well indulge in a substance that would ease his mind “marijuana”. Not knowing the effects of the drug Craig accepts the offer. After only a few puffs he realized that the marijuana belonged to the drug dealer Big Worm (Faizon Love). Smokey officially forced his friend into a convoluted predicament. Causing war between them and the drug dealer. Which consequently led to a drive-by later that evening where luckily Craig and Smokey survived. This proves that peer pressure can have life-threatening consequences.
Surviving the drive-by was only one accomplishment. The duo also faced a forced robbery when the neighborhood bully Deebo (Tommy Lister, Jr) choose Smokey to be his sidekick and had Craig be the lookout for the home invasion of Craig’s neighbor. The invasion was successful but Deebo was the only one that made a profit. Deebo was known for getting his way all the time. if anyone had merchandise he wanted he got it. Rather it is a bike, a forced won dice game or your grandmother's gifted chain. The neighborhood knew not to confront Deebo if they knew what was best for them. When confronted by Craig’s crush Debbie (Nia Long) for beating her sister Felica (Angela Means), Deebo smacked her. Causing Craig to come to her
rescue. Craig pulls his gun out to shoot Deebo but his father Willie (John Witherspoon) tells him to put his gun down and fight like a man. Willie has always preached that “you win some, you lose some. but you live, you live to fight another day.”. Craig accepted the guidance from his father and put the gun down, leading to victory over Deebo and winning the heart of Debbie.
In life, many young adults do not receive the guidance that Craig’s father provided him. Lack of guidance can cause people to make traumatic life decisions. Drugs, violence and peer pressure will always be around, but it will be up to each individual to know how to handle each situation. Making these concepts into a comedy allows young adults to be exposed to multiple issues they may encounter in their lives. Even though this movie was released over two decades ago it still has importance in modern society. This urban classic along with many others continue to teach life lessons to young adults no matter what generation.

Bonus 13 Montaya Mccloud

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go (E. L. Doctorow). 
Discourse 300 Was very different and difficult for me but it was a course I believe I very well needed. I am not used to having a hard time in an English class. I learned about what I lacked in and what I was good at. In the past I was very much used to research paper based English classes, which are way different than this blogging class style. This class made me really use my brain to think and come up with arguments when writing an essay. I had to take some time and actually think how to even write for this class and overcome a little personal inside discouragement that I implemented within my own head. What I loved about this class is the discussion leader. I liked how you made sure every had to voice their point of view on the stories. I am a very introverted person, so this made me have to become a little extroverted for a few days. I really didn’t care for the online assignment posting as we went throughout the class. I do better when I have a schedule of every assignment the class will have at the beginning because it takes me longer to write what the average person would write so I usually start earlier on assignments. Also, I believe it is king of hard for people who are not as advanced with using blogger, or doing work electronically and turning it in. I would have liked turning in actual papers and assignments in better than posting them. The weekly quizzes did a great job making sure us readers stayed on “our toes”. The weekly print out points helped as a reminder to read for the actual quiz in the begging of the class.  Something that I really liked about the class was how Ms.Casady let the class flow in whatever direction we would end up in, an you let people have their own perspective on things. I believe Ms. Casady was a very good teacher and wanted everyone to become a better writer. As a teacher there was never a day that she was rude or didn’t seem like she wanted to be there. I also liked that she could tell apart the different personalities in the class and understood that some students were not as open as all students. I believe Ms. Casady did a great job learning every actual student over the semester. Also, another great thing was about her sharing her actual life and background in the begging and throughout the year and bringing us honey to taste. As Stated by Gustave Flaubert, the art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. This class definitely Tested writers to figure out what points and arguments did they really believe in or to present good essays and speeches. I like everything about this class, with a exemption of the Online portion.