SUMMARY
Now the six girls are in senior school and aren't "taught" by Miss. Jean Brodie and they are split up among the four schools. They are expected to have school spirit so when Eunice wanted to become a cheerleader Miss. Brodie vetoed the idea and there was nothing any of the girls could do. Mr. Lowther, the music teacher, had lost his housekeeper and needed help taking care of himself and his house so many teachers went to help him out but Miss. Brodie did not like what the where doing to him so she decided to take it upon herself to help him. Now the girls met at Mr. Lowther's house every saturday for tea and to catch up with school but especially on Mr. Lloyd, the art teacher, and Miss. Brodie's lover while in her prime.
The girls would occasionally sit for Mr. Lloyd so he could paint them until when they were twelve and thirteen, he painted Rose the most. Miss. Brodie wanted to take advantage of that and have Rose start an affair with him because she liked the idea of them being together and for Rose to love a man that she loved. However, what Sandy didn't tell her was that she and Mr. Lloyd already shared a kiss. At the time Miss. Brodie was doing this, Miss. Mackay, the head mistress, was still trying to force her into retirement and was trying to get Mr. Lowther to help. He eventually became married to another teacher at school making him no use to Miss. Mackay or Miss. Brodie.
With the girls getting older, they began to develop their own desires. Jenny left to become an actress but Miss. Brodie told her she would never be like Faye Compton or Sybil Thorndike. Monica was caught up in math and anger, Eunice wanted to be a cheerleader, Mary was not around as much, Rose had a reputation for sex and Sandy, by the time she graduated, had been having a year long affair with Mr. Lloyd. Also, by the time Sandy left school she felt no reason to keep protecting Jean Brodie so when Miss. Mackay asked more questions to help force Miss. Brodie into retirement she told her that her personal life won't give any grounds for retirement but her politics would. Miss. Mackay took her advice and she did not return to teaching in 1940.
QUOTE
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due" (Spark, 136).
REACTION
Sandy said this years after Miss. Brodie was forced into retirement and years after she had died as well. It clears up the novella because the quote answered my main question as to why Sandy would tell information about Miss. Brodie that would incriminate her. She had no respect for Miss. Brodie because of the teaching style, if you could call it that, and even at a young age Sandy would always question whatever Miss. Brodie was telling her and that's the reason Miss. Brodie selected her to be a part of her set, because she had intellect. Its ironic that the reason Sandy stood out to Miss. Brodie was the one thing that brought down her prime.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1-78)
SUMMARY
Miss. Brodie was a teacher at an all girls junior school, or an elementary school, where she taught six students how to be the "creme de la creme", as she always said. The six students were Monica Douglas, who was known for her temper and for being able to do math in her head, Rose Stanley, who was known for being promiscuous, Sandy Stranger, who was known for the way she talked, Eunice Gardiner, who was known for her gymnastic and swimming ability, Jenny Gray, who was known for her beauty and grace, and finally Mary Macgregor, who was known as the quiet girl that did nothing but everything was blamed on her. Miss. Brodie believed that she was in her prime and while she was in her prime she was not going to let anybody bring her or her teaching down. Although Miss. Brodie was no longer teaching the girls in school, they still looked up to her as if she did.
Six years early, in 1930, when Miss. Brodie did teach the girld there was not a lot of teaching going on. She would tell her class full of ten year old girls about her travels, lovers and beliefs while the girls held up their history books, or a complex math equation was written on the board just in case somebody, like Miss. Mackay the headmistress, walked in unexpectedly. Miss. Brodie said many times that Miss. Mackay, and other faculty at the Junior school, have been trying for sometime to get her to retire and that as long as she was in her prime she and her Brodie set would not let that happen, but overtime it did and it was one of her one that betrayed her.
QUOTE
"I wonder, was it Rose who betrayed me?"
The whine in her voice--"...betrayed me, betrayed me"--bored and afflicted Sandy. It is seven years, thought Sandy, since I betrayed this tiresome woman" (Spark, 63).
REACTION
The way this novella is written is confusing and intriguing at the same time. I thought the whole point of this piece of literature was a mystery in finding out who spilled the beans on Miss. Brodie but it's told who betrayed her on page 63, not even half way through the book. Even though its revealed, there are still so many unanswered questions like why she told and how Miss. Brodie gained the complete and absolute trust of these six little girls.
Miss. Brodie was a teacher at an all girls junior school, or an elementary school, where she taught six students how to be the "creme de la creme", as she always said. The six students were Monica Douglas, who was known for her temper and for being able to do math in her head, Rose Stanley, who was known for being promiscuous, Sandy Stranger, who was known for the way she talked, Eunice Gardiner, who was known for her gymnastic and swimming ability, Jenny Gray, who was known for her beauty and grace, and finally Mary Macgregor, who was known as the quiet girl that did nothing but everything was blamed on her. Miss. Brodie believed that she was in her prime and while she was in her prime she was not going to let anybody bring her or her teaching down. Although Miss. Brodie was no longer teaching the girls in school, they still looked up to her as if she did.
Six years early, in 1930, when Miss. Brodie did teach the girld there was not a lot of teaching going on. She would tell her class full of ten year old girls about her travels, lovers and beliefs while the girls held up their history books, or a complex math equation was written on the board just in case somebody, like Miss. Mackay the headmistress, walked in unexpectedly. Miss. Brodie said many times that Miss. Mackay, and other faculty at the Junior school, have been trying for sometime to get her to retire and that as long as she was in her prime she and her Brodie set would not let that happen, but overtime it did and it was one of her one that betrayed her.
QUOTE
"I wonder, was it Rose who betrayed me?"
The whine in her voice--"...betrayed me, betrayed me"--bored and afflicted Sandy. It is seven years, thought Sandy, since I betrayed this tiresome woman" (Spark, 63).
REACTION
The way this novella is written is confusing and intriguing at the same time. I thought the whole point of this piece of literature was a mystery in finding out who spilled the beans on Miss. Brodie but it's told who betrayed her on page 63, not even half way through the book. Even though its revealed, there are still so many unanswered questions like why she told and how Miss. Brodie gained the complete and absolute trust of these six little girls.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Accidental Billionaires (151-196)
SUMMARY
Mark's sophomore year was ending and he and Eduardo needed to figure out what they were going to do for the summer. Eduardo got accepted to an internship in New York and Mark was not only concentrating on thefacebook, but also a new software. Mark brought up him going to Silicon Valley to continue working out there and with that Eduardo did not feel as bad leaving for New York. By May of 2004, Divya, Tyler and Cameron somehow launched ConnectU and they were waiting to see if this social network would take off like thefacebook had. Back in California, coincidentally, Mark and his team of programmers were living on the same street as Sean Parker. He took this as a sign, and wedged his way into becoming apart of thefacebook. He was suppose to be only staying as a house guest but he continued to set Mark up on business meeting without Eduardo, he even began to question Eduardo's dedication to the site. While he was doubting Eduardo's involvement, Eduardo quit his internship on his first day and spent a month in New York trying to get ads and successful got Y2K to be one. After a month apart, Eduardo was headed to California to see Mark and the progress but instead he was sent to a party, the types of parties Mark and his team have been going to all summer. They also went to business meetings and dinners in hopes of getting even more money and they were offering millions to buy thefacebook off of them but they were not willing. Meanwhile, thefacebook has become international, students in England are now on it and Eduardo is beginning to wonder if Mark respect him as the business man of their site. He sends Mark a letter airing his grievances to which Mark responds with stories of going out and partying with Sean. The final straw for Eduardo was when Sean set up a business meeting with VCs and Eduardo was not present. To get his point across, he went to a bank and froze all funds for thefacebook.
QUOTE
"--as cliche as it sounded, it was simply a matter of who had wanted it more" (Mezrich 187).
REACTION
This quote was taken after the twins had lost to a Dutch crew team in England. They lost the race by two seconds and then found out that thefacebook was in schools outside of the United States and used this saying again. It did come down to whoever had the ability of creating a social site faster than the other so I thought this quote was very fitting. What I don't understand is why is Mark letting Sean become a part of thefacebook because he's not really contributing to it any way, except for the publicity, but if Mark were on his own, he would have probably reached the same status he's at with Sean. Eduardo has a right to be concerned with Mark and Sean's relationship because Sean seems like he's trying to take Eduardo's place in the website and the twins seem like they're just bitter about the whole thing.
Mark's sophomore year was ending and he and Eduardo needed to figure out what they were going to do for the summer. Eduardo got accepted to an internship in New York and Mark was not only concentrating on thefacebook, but also a new software. Mark brought up him going to Silicon Valley to continue working out there and with that Eduardo did not feel as bad leaving for New York. By May of 2004, Divya, Tyler and Cameron somehow launched ConnectU and they were waiting to see if this social network would take off like thefacebook had. Back in California, coincidentally, Mark and his team of programmers were living on the same street as Sean Parker. He took this as a sign, and wedged his way into becoming apart of thefacebook. He was suppose to be only staying as a house guest but he continued to set Mark up on business meeting without Eduardo, he even began to question Eduardo's dedication to the site. While he was doubting Eduardo's involvement, Eduardo quit his internship on his first day and spent a month in New York trying to get ads and successful got Y2K to be one. After a month apart, Eduardo was headed to California to see Mark and the progress but instead he was sent to a party, the types of parties Mark and his team have been going to all summer. They also went to business meetings and dinners in hopes of getting even more money and they were offering millions to buy thefacebook off of them but they were not willing. Meanwhile, thefacebook has become international, students in England are now on it and Eduardo is beginning to wonder if Mark respect him as the business man of their site. He sends Mark a letter airing his grievances to which Mark responds with stories of going out and partying with Sean. The final straw for Eduardo was when Sean set up a business meeting with VCs and Eduardo was not present. To get his point across, he went to a bank and froze all funds for thefacebook.
QUOTE
"--as cliche as it sounded, it was simply a matter of who had wanted it more" (Mezrich 187).
REACTION
This quote was taken after the twins had lost to a Dutch crew team in England. They lost the race by two seconds and then found out that thefacebook was in schools outside of the United States and used this saying again. It did come down to whoever had the ability of creating a social site faster than the other so I thought this quote was very fitting. What I don't understand is why is Mark letting Sean become a part of thefacebook because he's not really contributing to it any way, except for the publicity, but if Mark were on his own, he would have probably reached the same status he's at with Sean. Eduardo has a right to be concerned with Mark and Sean's relationship because Sean seems like he's trying to take Eduardo's place in the website and the twins seem like they're just bitter about the whole thing.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Accidental Billionaires (100-150)
SUMMARY
Divya, Tyler and Cameron had just found out Mark created thefacebook febraury 9, 2004 and they were not happy about it. They felt like he was leading them on and then slapped them in the face especially after they found out Eduardo had been funding the website. They felt the only reason Mark asked Eduardo was because he knew he had stolen their idea and didn't want to face it. The three seniors sent Mark a cease and desist letter which Mark countered with a letter of his own by the advice of a pre-law friend. The twins were very upset by this and sought advise from many people until they got to talk to the President of Harvard. He basically told them there is nothing he will do because its not his concern. In California, Sean Parker, the co-creator of Napster was looking for the next big thing to attach his name to and that's when he found thefacebook and had to have a meeting with Mark.
QUOTE
"To Tyler Winklevoss --whether wrong or right--that damn kid had stolen his idea and made it his own. And if Harvard had its way, Mark Zuckerberg was going to get away with it" (Mezrich 131).
REACTION
This quote was taken after the twins had their very unsuccessful meeting with the president of Harvard. For me, if I was in this situation as the twins I would be upset to because the trusted Mark to help with the coding of their website but instead he did his own thing. I'm not saying that Mark stole their idea because I don't think he did, but what he should have done is finish the programming for them, then started thefacebook. Also, it seems like Sean Parker just wants to be part of the next big thing and if I was Mark again, I would have steered clear. Eduardo was right to have his doubts, both times Sean tried to make the next best site something happened were he was kicked out of the production. Sound suspicious to me.
Divya, Tyler and Cameron had just found out Mark created thefacebook febraury 9, 2004 and they were not happy about it. They felt like he was leading them on and then slapped them in the face especially after they found out Eduardo had been funding the website. They felt the only reason Mark asked Eduardo was because he knew he had stolen their idea and didn't want to face it. The three seniors sent Mark a cease and desist letter which Mark countered with a letter of his own by the advice of a pre-law friend. The twins were very upset by this and sought advise from many people until they got to talk to the President of Harvard. He basically told them there is nothing he will do because its not his concern. In California, Sean Parker, the co-creator of Napster was looking for the next big thing to attach his name to and that's when he found thefacebook and had to have a meeting with Mark.
QUOTE
"To Tyler Winklevoss --whether wrong or right--that damn kid had stolen his idea and made it his own. And if Harvard had its way, Mark Zuckerberg was going to get away with it" (Mezrich 131).
REACTION
This quote was taken after the twins had their very unsuccessful meeting with the president of Harvard. For me, if I was in this situation as the twins I would be upset to because the trusted Mark to help with the coding of their website but instead he did his own thing. I'm not saying that Mark stole their idea because I don't think he did, but what he should have done is finish the programming for them, then started thefacebook. Also, it seems like Sean Parker just wants to be part of the next big thing and if I was Mark again, I would have steered clear. Eduardo was right to have his doubts, both times Sean tried to make the next best site something happened were he was kicked out of the production. Sound suspicious to me.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Accidental Billionaires (50-99)
SUMMARY
Mark is continuing to work on his website but the houses that had a more elaborate security system he has to break into the house and download the pictures while in the room. He almost gets caught because while he was in one of the rooms a couple comes in and they seem like they would stay awhile but they eventually leave. Within 72 hours after he completed everything the site was viral and every group on campus was using it. He felt he was in huge trouble so he shut down the whole thing. The Crimson did a story on Mark and his website and when Divya, Tyler and Cameron seen the article, they wanted Mark to be the programmer for their website. They emailed him and Mark shows the email to Eduardo, he told Mark that he should maybe steer clear of them but he decides it might be interesting. He met with the twins and this meeting only heightened his interest. In December after Eduardo is an official member of the Phoenix and has just gotten back from visiting his family in Miami, Mark tells him about the Facebook. He described it as a final club but online, exclusive, sexy and fun. The only thing was he needed money, a thousand dollars, and that's why he went to Eduardo and they decided to split the website 30 70. By January of 2004 Tyler, Cameron and Divya have had 2 months of emails between Mark saying that he was doing schoolwork and towards the last emails was the only time he brought up an issue with the site. The twins thought that maybe it was just Mark losing interest and that it was time to find an even newer programmer because he was all burned up. By the beginning of Ferbruary, the Facebook had been live. Eduardo sent it to all his Phoenix buddies and they hoped by sending it to them, the Facebook would go viral.
QUOTE
"Autistic wasn't the right word; socially awkward probably covered it. There were dozens of kids like that all over Harvard," (Mezrich 62).
REACTION
This quote was taken after Divya called Mark socially autistic and it made me really think about the facts that a lot of geniuses had a form of high functioning autism like Einstein and Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg is just another super genius that falls into this category. Also, the whole claiming of the idea of Facebook is so confusing. The idea was thrown around so many times, altered a little, then had a new name to it. Even the social networks there are today like myspace is almost identical.
Mark is continuing to work on his website but the houses that had a more elaborate security system he has to break into the house and download the pictures while in the room. He almost gets caught because while he was in one of the rooms a couple comes in and they seem like they would stay awhile but they eventually leave. Within 72 hours after he completed everything the site was viral and every group on campus was using it. He felt he was in huge trouble so he shut down the whole thing. The Crimson did a story on Mark and his website and when Divya, Tyler and Cameron seen the article, they wanted Mark to be the programmer for their website. They emailed him and Mark shows the email to Eduardo, he told Mark that he should maybe steer clear of them but he decides it might be interesting. He met with the twins and this meeting only heightened his interest. In December after Eduardo is an official member of the Phoenix and has just gotten back from visiting his family in Miami, Mark tells him about the Facebook. He described it as a final club but online, exclusive, sexy and fun. The only thing was he needed money, a thousand dollars, and that's why he went to Eduardo and they decided to split the website 30 70. By January of 2004 Tyler, Cameron and Divya have had 2 months of emails between Mark saying that he was doing schoolwork and towards the last emails was the only time he brought up an issue with the site. The twins thought that maybe it was just Mark losing interest and that it was time to find an even newer programmer because he was all burned up. By the beginning of Ferbruary, the Facebook had been live. Eduardo sent it to all his Phoenix buddies and they hoped by sending it to them, the Facebook would go viral.
QUOTE
"Autistic wasn't the right word; socially awkward probably covered it. There were dozens of kids like that all over Harvard," (Mezrich 62).
REACTION
This quote was taken after Divya called Mark socially autistic and it made me really think about the facts that a lot of geniuses had a form of high functioning autism like Einstein and Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg is just another super genius that falls into this category. Also, the whole claiming of the idea of Facebook is so confusing. The idea was thrown around so many times, altered a little, then had a new name to it. Even the social networks there are today like myspace is almost identical.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The Accidental Billlionaiers The Founding of Facebook (1-49)
SUMMARY
Eduardo Saverin is a sophomore at Harvard University in the beginning of October 2003 and also during this time he is doing his "punching" into one of the most exclusive final clubs for Harvard faculty, alumni and students alike. The club interested in him is called the Phoenix and they are intrigued by Eduardo's potential to be a future businessman. Mark Zuckerberg is also a sophomore at this time. However nobody is interested in him and the only thing he is concentrated on is computers. The Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, are seniors and are part of a different final club were the members come from old money and have a certain status about them. Tyler and Cameron were not punched into this club until their senior year because their father made his own money on his own, making it "new money", but since the twins were on their way to being on the Olympic team for crew, the rules were bended for them. Divya Narendra, who was also a senior, and the twins had the idea of creating a website for the percentage of the student body that was too busy to find their own partners. The site would show who was checking you out and from there the two would hook up. It was like a dating service for Harvard students. The only problem is that their computer programing guy dropped from the plan last minute and they needed to find somebody that would be able to create the correct algorithms to get the site running. By the end of October, Eduardo was entering his final days of initiation and with this new found social status a lot more girls were more receptive towards him. He used this to help his new best friend Mark out too. But after a bad date, Mark came home and created a website that compared the female students to each other and to farm animals. He called it Facemash.
QUOTE
"A website geared toward socializing could fix that problem, could create a fluid environment where girls and guys could meet. The Harvard Connection would fulfill a need in what was mostly a stagnant social scene," (Mezrich 30).
REACTION
When I was reading the book and I came to this part it made me think about something I seen on the news the other day where students at the University of Chicago created his own social network where students go looking for hook ups. I wonder if those students were inspired by the ideas Tyler, Cameron and Divya had or if their social network was being worked on while Mark Zuckerberg worked on his. I watched the movie "The Social Network" so I thought I knew what I was getting into reading the book but the book is boring. The idea that the book is always better than the movie is not the case in this situation.
Eduardo Saverin is a sophomore at Harvard University in the beginning of October 2003 and also during this time he is doing his "punching" into one of the most exclusive final clubs for Harvard faculty, alumni and students alike. The club interested in him is called the Phoenix and they are intrigued by Eduardo's potential to be a future businessman. Mark Zuckerberg is also a sophomore at this time. However nobody is interested in him and the only thing he is concentrated on is computers. The Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron, are seniors and are part of a different final club were the members come from old money and have a certain status about them. Tyler and Cameron were not punched into this club until their senior year because their father made his own money on his own, making it "new money", but since the twins were on their way to being on the Olympic team for crew, the rules were bended for them. Divya Narendra, who was also a senior, and the twins had the idea of creating a website for the percentage of the student body that was too busy to find their own partners. The site would show who was checking you out and from there the two would hook up. It was like a dating service for Harvard students. The only problem is that their computer programing guy dropped from the plan last minute and they needed to find somebody that would be able to create the correct algorithms to get the site running. By the end of October, Eduardo was entering his final days of initiation and with this new found social status a lot more girls were more receptive towards him. He used this to help his new best friend Mark out too. But after a bad date, Mark came home and created a website that compared the female students to each other and to farm animals. He called it Facemash.
QUOTE
"A website geared toward socializing could fix that problem, could create a fluid environment where girls and guys could meet. The Harvard Connection would fulfill a need in what was mostly a stagnant social scene," (Mezrich 30).
REACTION
When I was reading the book and I came to this part it made me think about something I seen on the news the other day where students at the University of Chicago created his own social network where students go looking for hook ups. I wonder if those students were inspired by the ideas Tyler, Cameron and Divya had or if their social network was being worked on while Mark Zuckerberg worked on his. I watched the movie "The Social Network" so I thought I knew what I was getting into reading the book but the book is boring. The idea that the book is always better than the movie is not the case in this situation.
Friday, February 25, 2011
It's Kind of A Funny Story, a review
It's Kind of a Funny Story can seem abit mis leading because of the title and the actors in this movie but a person would not be disappointed when they leave the threater. Mr. LaSalle said "The presence of Zach Galifianakis in the cast might lead people to assume that the movie is funnier than it is. But "It's Kind of a Funny Story" is more of a drama with some laughs than a comedy with funny parts, and Galifianakis' role, as a husband and father who has fought suicidal depression his whole life, is a sober one. Bobby (Galifianakis) takes the newbie under his wing and, in a droll but straight-faced way, shows him around." (LaSalle, M). I agree. When I was looking for a book into film movie and found out the Zach Galifianakis was in thos movie, I was sold. I loved the movies I had alreay seen him in, The Hsngover and Due Date, so I thought to myself this has to be hilarious. It wasn't what I was expecting when I picked up the novel and began reading, but I wasn't disappointed by it either. "And then gradually, what seems awful becomes human, what seems foreign becomes familiar, and about halfway into this sincere and surprisingly lovable movie, a vacation feeling sets in. He doesn't want to leave, and neither do we." (LaSalle, M). The movie has a kind of quality that people can relate to without the person relating to it ending up feeling like they need to check themselves into the hospital too. Mr. LaSalle said they movie "has a feeling of randomness about it" but the shows how well the directors, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, did on making a movie that mimicks the brain of a 15 year-old. The train of thought is going to be all over the place and I agree with Mr. LaSalle when he says they were able to capture that without taking my mind a million different directions.
LaSalle, Mick. "Review: 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' Has Charm." San Francisco Bay Area — News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate. 07 Jan. 2011. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/08/MVTI1FOJSG.DTL>.
LaSalle, Mick. "Review: 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' Has Charm." San Francisco Bay Area — News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate. 07 Jan. 2011. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/08/MVTI1FOJSG.DTL>.
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