Welcome to the Spring 2008 Quotes Blog~

Instructions for Quotes Blog

Choose a quote with a KNOWN author.
*Compose a short essay on why this quote has meaning in your life. Include an intresting fact about the quote author.
*Complete draft, and in class revising, and editing sessions.
Your quote should be set up in the following manner:
*Create a title for your post.
*"Put your chosen quote in quotation marks."
*List the author of your quote underneath.
*Leave a space.
*Somewhere in the body of your quote include a picture that enhances your quote post.
*Key in your short quote essay AFTER it has been through the draft, revision, editing procss.
*Please have all quotes posted by the end of week 5.

When all quotes have been posted, I will instruct you to make comments (minimum of two).
*Please do not post comments until all quotes have been posted!
*Pick two or more quotes by fellow classmates and add a comment to their post. You may comment on their quote or on their author or on the information they shared.
*Comments should be posted by the end of week 8.
*Inappropriate quote posts or comments will not be tolerated and will result in a failing IRP grade. Build each other up, not tear each other down.

World of Darkness

"Maybe this world is another planet's Hell."
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)





In my opinion, I feel that Aldous Huxley’s words represent what our degrading and corrupted world has slowly become. At age 16, Huxley suffered an attack known as keratitis punctata which caused him to become blind for 18 months. He used special glasses, along with an adequately recovered eye, to read and learn Braille. Due to his vision difficulties, he was unable to pursue his long dreamed career as a scientist. Consequently he turned to writing and became a novelist and critic.
In my opinion, Huxley realized that in today’s world you can be shot for walking into the wrong neighborhood or simply saying the wrong words. For instance, when I was in Cleveland Ohio, I wore a red bandana in my hair and was stopped by my friend before I walked out the door. He told me I would be jumped for wearing the wrong colors in the wrong neighborhood. Huxley’s quote really makes you think, are we already living in hell?


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Christal Bandy said...

Alot of people say that is true. but look at it like this, one mans junk is another mans gold, so on one hand maybe we should be thankful for what we have because maybe it is worse somewhere else. good quote.

June 21, 2008 at 12:46 AM

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