seydlitz 10th english blog

An idea for a digital story telling project would be having to take place in feudal japan. The main character is a samurai trainee who is being taught by a powerful instructor. This instructor is given a high up bureaucratic position in the japanese government, and then he is given an assignment to go and deliver a message. This assignment results in the instructors death at the hands of some ninjas, these ninjas of the Black Ninjitsu then separate from one another and leave the trainee to put the pieces together. After figuring out that it was the actual employers of the instructor in the government who actually ordered the instructors death, the samurai trainee goes after the dispersed ninjas in pursuit of justice for his instructor. After receiving some teaching s about deceptiveness, he finds the ninjas grouped together and he pretends to be an innocent and offers to cook for them. Covertly he adds in a significant amount of the Deadly Nightshade plant “Belladonna” in order to poison them. After poisoning them they die instantly as he watches from the background. 

I used the quote: All the lessons of history in four sentences Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. I agree with this quote because it has been obvious with say Caesar or Nero that when somebody is going to be destroyed, they are first given an insane amount of power first, then with that power they drive themselves into madness and usually torment those who do not have power. In both cases and with the cases of almost all of these types of people the power mad person(s) will die an early death or will suffer a long and gray life. Also in the case of the Bee fertilizes the flower it robs, a specific example would be the USA who re-ordered and distributed power in Japan after WWII, and then later on they have benefited massively from the japanese economy and technological advancements, we gave them the technology and the Japanese as with everything else improved upon it and reconstructed it five times better than the US. The last part of the quote about seeing the stars once it is night is very true. Other than in a literal sense, it also means that when the power mad person is tormenting the powerless people, it is very obvious that those people are in fact in poor conditions and being tormented, just as at night the stars can be seen clearly. And that is all I have to say about this, the end.

I am going to tell you the story of a man, Jim who would do anything to keep his job at Central Market. One day while bagging groceries for old ladies at the checkout counter, Jim was approached by the work supervisor and was told to get out. “You’re Fired.” Now, Jim didn’t take this very well, he protested and argued and even demonstrated his ability as a bagger, rapidly moving food items not paid for into the wrong bag. Seeing this the supervisor repeated his instructions and yelled at Jim to get out. Jim, with no other recourse decided to humiliate the supervisor. In one swift motion Jim leaped to the baked goods section and snatched a pie, hurling it at the supervisor. Caught totally off guard the supervisor summoned a violent rage and ran after Jim, whip cream still on his face. Jim acting without thinking was just able to dash through the food court and out the door jogging all the way to his house. This story, about an ambitious man, would do anything to keep his job.

Law 9 Win through your actions, never through argument. This law would be effective if used at all times. In order for anyone to accomplish anything, one must act, talking about acting and thinking about acting is totally useless. Plus, as it says in the law, victory through argument is only a momentary victory, because while people may change their opinions for the moment, at a later time they will take out resentment held against you. By demonstrating your abilities with full and total clarity, instead of simply boasting and lying about your abilities, you will be able to cope with any situation and will in-fact be able to develop personal power using this law. In terms of morality I would have to say that, it is very moral to act like this. If one only argued and never acted they would be highly immoral, not to mention they would dissipate their power and waste their time. Hence, the need for acting and not thinking.

To be totally and perfectly honest there has been no time in my life when I have felt guilt, as an intellectual would describe it. To fulfill requirements here I will remember a story about something that never happened. Exactly 2 years ago today I remember taking an entire summer to stare at a white wall. I did not eat or sleep or even drink water, as a result I felt incredibly guilty that I spent an entire summer staring at a wall without food, water, sleep or sanity. I also found myself feeling guilt when I discovered one day that all of the personal questions asked in school about peoples lives, activities, personality ect. was just a cheap plot used to  collect profiling information for intelligence agencies and the conspiratorial governments that exist in America and other fascist countries, I did feel guilt upon discovering that. Most of what was said here was just said for the purpose of humor, just to clarify.