Following Blogs

Here are a few blogs that I would like to follow for the next few weeks:
http://www.economist.com/blogs
A blog site created by the popular magazine The Economist that helps people stay informed

 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Another news blog to help people stay informed, but what I like about this one is that it includes a lot of pictures that help readers familiarize themselves with stories or at least help develop sympathy or understanding in the case of tragedies or human interest stories

http://amillionsight.blogspot.com/
This blog focuses more on pictures and their contents. Whether the background or one object, these pictures can trance.

Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"

Reflecting on the somber atmosphere surrounding the world over WWI, Wilfred Owen's poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth" highlights the disastrous slaughter of millions of young men, far removed from their homes and families and left in barren lands. Emphasizing the killings of these young men as the slaughter of cattle, the narrator illustrates how inhumane the tremendous number of deaths that occurred were in the Great War. He emphasizes the youth of these men, who he sees as being only boys, to describe how further inhumane and horrendous their deaths were. For their tragic deaths, the lack of proper burial is much more devastating in a religious aspect, especially for the soldiers' families. Without proper burial, only the roars of the rifle serve as the passing bells for the young soldiers, as many of them collapse and simply remain forgotten by the world, losing their futures and recognition in the world. By including caucaphonous words along with others that connote melancholic calmness and rest, the narrator juxtaposes the horrendous circumstances under which the young soldiers leave the world to the peaceful burials of young men near home, where their families feel much more closer to their youth.

Camus's The Stranger

In Camus's short story The Stranger,the narrator speaks in simplicity and informs the reader mostly about his actions rather than his emotions. Simply labeling his ideas and opinions on serious and light subjects as "good" and "bad", Meursalt reveals himself to being very detached from others. The fact that he narrates on mundane topics in a very mundane manners encourages the reader to question the simplicity of Meursalt's life; regarding the recent death of his mother, Meursalt's passive behavior makes the reader question whether the character is keeping his emotions inside. Throughout each day after his mother's passing, he frequently comments on "how nice" the weather is, whether warm or cool or pleasing. His comment may be simple in that he is discussing only how pleasing the day is. On the other hand, he may have another reason for mentioning this to the reader, including hidden emotions regarding the recent death of his mother and possible renewal of his view on life.

Genesis

In the King James Version of the Bible, the Genesis presents the beginning of existence as a creed. Unlike Darwin's Recapitulation and Conclusion, Genesis presents the beginning without an attempt to persuade and instead as the truth. With its repetition of the passing of days, Genesis offers a more ritualistic tone than that of Darwin's Conclusion. Another contradiction between Genesis and Darwin's thesis is that Genesis claims that the creation of animals was immediate and focused on each individual creation whereas Darwin's thesis claims that the creation of creatures resulted from years' of passing traits through evolution. Based on the repetitive, ritualistic tone and religious aspect of the Genesis, more people have been inclined to believe the Book of Genesis in its interpretation of creation since they hold religion as the most important of their fundamental beliefs than Darwin's Conclusion, despite the fact that Darwin also offers a scientific argument based on evidence and scientific analysis, especially during the publication of Darwin's thesis. Today, more people recognize Darwin's thesis as a credible alternative for their understanding of the beginning of creation.

Darwin-Conclusion

In his conclusion, Darwin structures his final statements as a large summary of his thesis and a response to possible critics of his beliefs. After every few sentences, Darwin recognizes the opposing argument and gathers evidence or offers analysis that answer to the criticism. His intentions in the conclusion is to persuade his readers to agree with his argument on evolution.
Contradicting religious beliefs, Darwin does not view the creation of each creature noble. In his thesis, he states that the creation of each creature resulted from years of the successful procreation of dominant creatures in a species, which, for him, is what ennobles these creatures. In the passing of dominant traits within a species, each line of descendants approaches a higher sense of nobility, or perhaps perfection.