Slang

1. Adjectives:

 Fun - kicks
 Really fast - like crazy
 Crazy, insane - nuts
 Drunk - Souse

2.
 Fun- cool
Really fast - fast-track
Crazy- wacked
Drunk - boozed up

3.
Slang are informal or nosnstandard words or phrases. These show attitudes and values of  a group or a culture. They can exist in any culture and give it a special sense in it. They show how a culture is and what their values are and in order to be slang they must be accepted by the whole culture.

The Catcher in the Rye context

1. What music was popular during this period?

Rock and Roll dominated, the musical style originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world.

1940s style  Crooners arrived with a new generation of big voiced singers, many drawing onItalian Canto Bella traditions.

Over all pop music, swing, big band, jazz, latin and country music dominated and defined the decade's music.

2. What types of movies were popular? (include 1 image)

The decade of 1940s is noted as the best decade in film history.
Frank Capra´s masterpiece It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane were released. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 40s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives.

3. What were women wearing during this time? (include 1 image)Women's clothes of the 1940s were  modeled after the utility clothes produced during war rationing. Squared shoulders, narrow hips, and skirts that ended just below the knee were the height of fashion. Tailored suits were also popular.

 

4. Find an image of popular advertisement and include in your post.

 

5. What was life like for a teenager at this time?
It wasn't until the late 1940s that kids were called "teenagers."  It was also the big band era and the likes of Benny Goodman would get the teenagers up and jitter bugging. Teenagers also learned to ballroom dance. Those teenagers that were lucky enough to have a car had a "jalopy" which was a beat-up old car that they learned how to work on and brought back to life. To this day in antique car shows you can still see some of these magnificent jalopies.

Music infuence

How does music influence my culture?
Depending on my culture I will listen to a certain type of music. Sometimes the things musicians  sing about can have an influence on how people who listen to their songs act. This means that when the actions of many people change then the culture will begin to change.An example could be in the 60s when the people started singing about love and peace which stared the hippie culture in America. This kind of event could happen in the present depending on what music do we listen to. 

How does music influence my life?
Since music is a part of my everyday life it has an important effect on it. Depending on what music I listen to, my behavior might change. Music also affects my lifestyle and sometimes even my mood. The music I listen to makes part of a culture and its the same for everyone else. But music can also influence my life in a bad way. One way could be that it consumes a lot of my time when I could be doing homework instead. Music is a very important part of my life but I need to realize that there are more important things. 


  

transcendentalism

Transcendentalism:  A philosophy based on the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, it emphasizes the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

• He was a leader in the Transcendentalism movement in America. He  believed formal organized religion was too conventional and limiting. He asserted that the only way to true spirituality was through communion with nature and contemplation.
•  A prodigy as a child, Emerson began his time at Harvard at the age of 14, making him the youngest boy in his clases.
• Emerson's book on transcendentalism, Nature, was published anonymously. He did not want his name on the book because the topic was so controversial at the time of publication.
• His circle of friends called Emerson "The Sage of Concord," because they considered him wise.
• Emerson was both in favor of women's rights and opposed to slavery.
• Emerson, who was known in his youth for his impressive intellect, lost his memory as he got older.
•  He stopped appearing in public in 1879 and died three years later at his home in , Massachusetts.

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Popular culture of the 1920s: Fashion


Women's fashion in the 1920s was a rejection of  Victorianism instead it was the embracement of  youth, and frivolity. The women no longer desired to dress or act like the older generation. Instead, the embraced their youth, and enjoyed life. They tried to look even younger by choosing clothes that did not emphasize women's curves. To look younger their hair was styled short, with curls. Eyebrows were made thinner to emphasize a young  face. Makeup was added around the eyes to make them look younger and larger. Ankle-strap cuban heeled shoes were the most popular heeled shoe during this time.

 

 F. Scott Fitzegerald´s rise to fame:

F. Scott Fitzgerald defines his time period because in his novels he showed the joys of luxuries, wealth and success.  Fitzgerald actually lived all of it thats why he managed to show it in his novels. When people think of the 1920s they think of The Great Gatsby and how he managed to show that era as it really was because he experienced it himself.  

special talent

A moment when I discovered my hobbie was when I went to my grandmother´s house and she asked me to cook with her. Ive never cooked anything in my life before and didn´t know if I would be able to to it. We started to gather all the ingredients to bake a cake and mixed them together. While we were cooking  I realized how fun it was and how much I liked it. After we finished the cake I wasnt sure what to expect of it because I thought it would taste really bad but it actually tasted good and everything turned out fine. After that day I started going to my grandmother´s house and asked her to teach me new recepies and to cook with me. For a period of time I only cooked with her because I was afraid to do it by myself and I was scared I wouldn´t be able to do it alone. One day she told me to bake a cake by myself and she would only watch me, I was afraid I wouldn´t be able to do it but I did and it turned out just fine. Since that time I cook by myself and always try new recipes and then show them to her. Im glad my grandma taught me how to cook and gave me the courage to do it by myself. I think that if she hadn´t teach me I would have never know how much I really like to do it and how fun it is. Now cooking is my favorite hobbie and I love to learn different recepies every time.

Characterization: Litte Women

A person I know that is like a charcter in Little Women is my cousin and she reminds me of Jo. The are similar because they are both tomboys and always say what they think. They are also alike because they both love to read and wish they could do it more often. The ways in which they differ is that Jo is funny and likes to amuse people which my cousin doesn´t like to do very much. 

From what I have read so far that the two characters that are most like me are Beth and Meg. The character that I think resembles me the most and its also my favorite character is Beth. We are both shy and dreamy and not so outspoken. We are also very quiet and proper at all times. Beth is also like me in the way that we care about other people and try to make them feel comfortable in any situation. I also like the idea that as I keep reading I will learn every time more about Beth and see what other things we have in common.