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Posted: May 7, 2010 11:11 am  | |||
      IRC Nickname: Dallar Group: Event Leader Posts: 1899 Member No.: 1957 Joined: July 16, 2009 Total Events Attended: 137    | Would really apprieciate if someone would scim through the text below and correct the grammar if anything is wrong. Thank you <3 I’ll start this essay by analyzing and interpret the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. To back up the point of view of the short story I’ll be using the text “Nice work” by David Lodge and the picture relativity” by M.C. Escher. In the end I’ll write a little essay about the description of Coketown in Charles Dickens’ novel “Hard times” This short story is about a person who feels like a machine working at a factory. Throughout the text we’ll hear the narrator complaining about his job and how he feels that he has become one amongst many. Assignment A: “The Sandwich factory” is about a man who takes a low-paid job at a sandwich factory in 1994. Because of the environment at the factory the man is unhappy about being there. He feels pointless to be there. He’s stationed at a assembly-line between a lot of machinery. The factory is fully automated besides the few care-takes who need to stand by the machines and do what they can’t do. The management there is also a part of his negativity because they rate the individual workers from poor to exceptional which also contributes to his miserable point of view. “Someone always has to be rated excellent; he always chooses whoever had the best legs” (P1.L23) which is a sign that not only the excellent employees get picked but only the person who did best at the time being. The employees are also locked in the factory if they are behind schedule or if there is a larger order than normal. This creates an environment where employees feel trapped and unhappy – putting pressure on them and forcing them to work long hours and faster. “There were three ways to respond to being locked in. Firstly no response, keep working at the same rate. Or start working faster so that the work would finish sooner and the doors would reopen. (P2.L71). This gives the reader a negative view at the factory and especially the last quote makes the factory sound like a jail where people are punished for nothing. It’s an entrapment, an abject deprivation of liberty. A sign of this man being totally locked away in his own miserable thoughts is that the reader throughout the short story only get’s his point of view. Therefore we get his opinion about the factory as thoughts charged with negativity. As a reader you’d often sympathize with the narrator because it’s the narrator which is being followed but it can’t necessarily be the sole truth that’s being given. Subjectivity often blocks the whole image and if you look objectively on the short story you’ll actually see that there are many employees and there is a management who is there for them. The rating system could be motivation for competitive individuals but like the narrator it could also be something bad. The narrator also makes the factory sound like a jail which it isn’t seeing that he could resign when he wanted. The text “Nice work” by David Lodge is about Robyn Penrose who visit’s a factory which produces spare parts for automobiles. At her visit she is very surprised to find out that all the workers are doing the same thing day in and day out which makes her question the joy of working there but the manager tells her that the workers aren’t interested in changes. They would rather stick with their profession rather than learning new things. Clearly the narrator of “The sandwich factory” isn’t agreeing with it. It could be a sign that the narrator doesn’t belong there and that he probably only took the job because of financial matters. It’s obvious that he doesn’t like being there which must mean that something is keeping him there and forcing him to stay. There are a lot of signs that the narrator is a weak man. This is seen in the comparison between the stinging acid from the factory tomatoes and the stinging of the narrator’s soul as well as in the descriptions of the other characters. “The acid in the tomatoes would bite into the fingers after a while making them sting, stinging the soul (P2.L53). It’s a lot easier to see problems rather than seeing solutions and the narrator is trapped in his own miserable thoughts which kind of makes him a person who doesn’t want to look at the bright side because it’s easier to be angry with everything. In spite of that he has dreams of becoming factory-owner himself which is one of the only times the reader will get a positive impression of the narrator. There are also a few other characters who play a part in the short story – Dot and the mad man. Dot is an employee at the factory and seems to have been for a long time. The narrator gives a shallow, weird and maybe not so reliable description of her – describing her as slutty and with no respect for herself. The mad man also seems to have been at the factory for some time. He is described as being crazy and constantly trying to scare or even stab people with a knife. Again the narrator gives a less reliable description - making him out to be a mental patient who has lost it and who only is out to get him. The theme of the short story is defined by the narrator’s pessimism. It’s the search for a life with meaning and the ability to decide one’s own destiny. The picture “relativity” by M.C. Escher clears up what is meant with the narrator’s life. One can follow the endless path where nothing is achieved and nothing is satisfying. It’s just one monotone journey which will have no end. The persons on the picture shows no identity or sign of being different which is like the narrators point of view and seeing that the picture is black and white also describes his life as black, empty, dull etc. Assignment B: The Novel “Hard times” written by Charles Dickens describes an industrial city in Britain using figures of speech. He describes the city as filthy seeing that the red brick walls has turned black from all the smoke coming from the industry. He describes the chimneys as serpents which give an idea of a city which is filled with negativity, blackness and filthiness. “It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves (..)” The water in the town is also described as being filthy and colored black and purple. Dickens describes the factories in the town which are noisy all day long. Dickens underlines the noise by comparing it to a mad elephant “Where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness.” It’s obvious that Dickens intentions were to describe the industry as something bad and that it doesn’t belong in the town. An industry makes people grey – without colors, personality or spirit which is reflected when he mentions the monotonous state that the town is in. According to Dickens factories makes people go insularly – the town is as good as dead and the people who lives there has turned grey. --------------------  Click me if you need cheering up - I guarantee happiness will blossom | ||
Posted: May 7, 2010 11:13 am | |||
| IRC Nickname: Stokenut Group: Guest Posts: 2062 Member No.: 805 Joined: June 10, 2008 Total Events Attended: 112 | tl;dr -------------------- Over 6 years of history and friendship, deleted over a difference in an opinion. --- Challenge any creationist to a debate. They'll run away and aggressively accuse you of "attacking" them and their "beliefs". I'm sorry, please, keep teaching our kids that they'll burn in hell if they don't believe. Mutilate their genitals against their will while you're at it. Keep influencing politics and holding back vital scientific research. I'll just keep my mouth shut to "respect" your "beliefs". | ||
Posted: May 7, 2010 01:41 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 | Did the grammar and made a few small modifications. I’ll start this essay by analyzing and interpreting the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. To support my point of view, I’ll be using the text “Nice work” by David Lodge and the picture "relativity” by M.C. Escher. To conclude, I’ll write a short essay about the description of Coketown in Charles Dickens’ novel “Hard times”. This short story is about a person who feels like a machine working at a factory. Throughout the text we hear the narrator complaining about his job, and how he feels that he has become one amongst many. Assignment A: “The Sandwich factory” is about a man who takes a low-paid job at a sandwich factory in 1994. Because of the environment at the factory, the man is unhappy and feels that it is pointless being there. He is stationed at an assembly-line between a lot of machinery. The factory is fully automated, besides the few care-takers who need to stand by the machines and do what these machines cannot. The management there is also a contribution to his negativity and depression, because they rate the individual workers from poor to exceptional. “Someone always has to be rated excellent; he always chooses whoever had the best legs” (P1.L23) This shows that the excellent employees do not get picked, only the person who did best at the time. The employees are also locked in the factory if they are behind schedule or if there is a larger order than normal. This creates an environment where employees feel trapped and unhappy – putting pressure on them and forcing them to work longer hours and faster. “There were three ways to respond to being locked in. Firstly no response, keep working at the same rate. Or start working faster so that the work would finish sooner and the doors would reopen." (P2.L71). This gives the reader a negative perspective of the factory and the last sentence makes the factory sound like a jail where people are punished for nothing. It’s an entrapment, an abject deprivation of liberty. A sign of this man being entirely locked away in his own miserable thoughts is that the reader, throughout the short story, only gets his point of view. Therefore, we see the factory as thoughts charged with negativity. As a reader, you’d often sympathize with the narrator because it’s the narrator which is being followed, but it is not necessarily be the sole truth being given. Subjectivity often blocks the whole image, and if you look objectively on the short story you’ll actually see that there are many employees and there is a management who is there for them. The rating system could be motivation for competitive individuals, but for others like the narrator, it could also be something bad. The narrator makes the factory sound like a jail, which avoids the fact that he could resign at any time. The text “Nice work” by David Lodge is about Robyn Penrose who visit’s a factory which produces spare parts for automobiles. At her visit she is very surprised to find out that all the workers are doing the same thing day in and day out which makes her question the joy of working there but the manager tells her that the workers aren’t interested in changes. They would rather stick with their profession rather than learning new things. Clearly the narrator of “The sandwich factory” isn’t agreeing with it. It could be a sign that the narrator doesn’t belong there and that he probably only took the job because of financial matters. It’s obvious that he doesn’t like being there which must mean that something is keeping him there and forcing him to stay. There are a lot of signs that the narrator is a weak man. This is shown in the comparison between the stinging acid from the factory tomatoes and the stinging of the narrator’s soul, as well as in the descriptions of the other characters. “The acid in the tomatoes would bite into the fingers after a while making them sting, stinging the soul" (P2.L53). It’s a lot easier to see problems rather than seeing solutions. The narrator is trapped in his own miserable thoughts, which makes him a person who doesn’t want to look at the bright side because it’s easier to be angry with everything. In spite of that, he has dreams of becoming the factory owner himself, which is one of the only times the reader will get a positive impression of the narrator. There are also a few other characters who play a part in the short story – Dot and the mad man. Dot is an employee at the factory and seems to have been for a long time. The narrator gives a shallow, weird and possibly unreliable description of her – describing her as slutty and with no respect for herself. The mad man also seems to have been at the factory for some time. He is described as being crazy and constantly trying to scare, or even stab people with a knife. Again the narrator gives a less reliable description - portraying him as insane and out to murder him. The theme of the short story is defined by the narrator’s pessimism. It is the search for a life with meaning and the ability to decide one’s own destiny. The picture “relativity” by M.C. Escher clears up what is meant with the narrator’s life. One can follow the endless path where nothing is achieved and nothing is satisfying. It’s just one monotone journey which will have no end. The people on the picture shows no identity or sign of being different, similar to the narrator's point of view. Seeing that the picture is black and white portrays his life as black, empty and dull. Assignment B: The Novel “Hard times”, written by Charles Dickens, describes an industrial city in Britain using figures of speech. He describes the city as filthy; that the red brick walls have turned black from the smoke coming from the industry. He describes the chimneys as serpents which give an idea of a city filled with negativity, blackness and filthiness. “It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves (..)”. The water in the town is also described as being filthy and colored black and purple. Dickens describes the factories in the town as constantly noisy. He underlines the noise by comparing it to a mad elephant: “Where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness.” It is obvious that Dickens' intentions were to describe the industry as something bad, and that it doesn’t belong in the town. An industry makes people grey – without colors, personality or spirit, which is reflected when he mentions the monotonous state that the town is in. According to Dickens, factories makes people go insularly – the town is as good as dead, and the people who live there have turned grey. --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||
Posted: May 7, 2010 02:23 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 | Looks like Keanu found all the mistakes except I would capitalize "Relativity" -------------------- July 5, 2007 - June 27, 2011 | ||
Posted: May 7, 2010 07:13 pm | |||
 IRC Nickname: Zlat Group: Clan Friend Posts: 2781 Member No.: 9 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 60 | the fuck? do your own homework --------------------   | ||
Posted: May 8, 2010 02:38 pm | |||
| IRC Nickname: Dallar Group: Event Leader Posts: 1899 Member No.: 1957 Joined: July 16, 2009 Total Events Attended: 137 |
Cba... It was my last. -------------------- Click me if you need cheering up - I guarantee happiness will blossom | ||
Correct grammar?, Last english essay evar!