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Contextual research for Chronicle of a Death Foretold

From the last literature class, we’ve started to learn about the book “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” for a deeper understanding of the author’s intention. Accordingly, it was told in the class that by researching one of the following lists: Catholic church influence in Colombia Gabriel Garcia Marquez's life Gabo’s puzzling friendship with Fidel Castro Colombian culture and superstition – Oligarchy (Government in Colombia in the 20th century) We’ll be able to make a better understanding of the book itself. Therefore, I’ve decided to research about Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s life, who is the author of this novella: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Was born on March, 6th 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Colombia. Oddly enough, some of his works include the fictional village called Macondo, which seems to be highly similar and maybe even inspired by Aracatacahis. He stayed behind and was raised by maternal grandparents at the age of nine. After several years, his grandfat...
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Blog post: English - Kafka Blog post

A) Consider what his relationships with the following women may reflect on kafka as a feminist voice : Felice Bauer ( 18 November 1887 – 15 October 1960): Kafka met this lady when he visited his friend house, which he felt some kind of ambiguous attraction when he saw her. Kafka dated with Felice for 5 years (Kafka met this woman 1912~1917, and there were total 2 engagements by Kafka with the use of letters). Their relationship ended because Kafka started to suffer from tuberculosis. Her family was poor, which made Felice to be the main source of income. Milena Jesenka (10 August 1896 – 17 May 1944): Milena, is a Czech writer, editor, journalist and takes a role as translator in the main context. Her family was very poor that she had to make additional income by becoming translator. In 1919 she discovered Kafka's short story (The Stoker), which she was attracted to translate it. This allowed their intense relationship to be started with the passionate letter responses, how...
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TOK: Political Art

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In TOK class, the students were asked to upload a blog post about one of the following questions: "Do artists have a moral responsibility to act as a voice for individuals/communities to communicate with the wider world, or for groups/campaigns/ideologies to spread a message?" Or Alternatively, "Do artists actually have a moral responsibility to be objective and stay out of politics, religion and dogma in order that their art is accessible to everyone?" And one of the question needs to be answered along one of the Banksy's work (minimum 300)  Art, is often referred as 'diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory and the others for expressing the author's imaginative, technical skills,,,' According to the fact that the art has adversely many different forms, not all of the arts have specific messages since there are artworks that are created within no purpose, occasionally making people to assume the intention that the author di...
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Blog post: Maslow's hierarchy of needs in Frankenstein

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Hello! In this week's literature class, I and my group were necessary to discuss how Victor Frankenstein and his creation are satisfied/unsatisfied in the novel for your assigned hierarchical need. We were assigned to do Love and Belonging. Let's begin! Victor Frankenstein Quote: “Her countenance expressed affection even in death. I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil, the void that presents itself to the soul and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance (Chapter 3, pg. 40) Paragraph: When Victor’s mother passed away, Victor feels a sense of loss of belonging and like a piece of him has been destroyed, as someone he loved passed away. Through this situation the love Victor has for his mother is expressed and his capabilities of feeling emotion is highlighter. “Her countenance expressed affection even in death. I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irrepa...
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Literature HL: Frankenstein Film Adaptation [Frankenweenie]

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Hello guys! I'm here to share my ideas about "Frankenweenie" by analyzing the movie's portrayal of both Victor Frankenstein and his creation! Keep in mind: As you're looking at the poster above, it can be inferred that the 'victim' in the movie will probably the "Sparky" the companion animal of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein (the boy that is next to left side of the dog). Summary : The tragedy starts as the Victor's pet Sparky dies by a car accident, which made the protagonist fell into high degree of depression. This results the protagonist to think about bringing Sparky back into the world from death. After few days, the protagonist dig up a grave that the sparky was buried in and somehow brings Sparky back to life, however, aftermath entails the appearance of sparky that the people be frightened of... The key plot moments reveal the monstrous side of his creation : I think there are two scenes where Victor's creation ar...
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TOK: Eyewitness Testimony

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Hey guys! This is Ire. It's been quite a long time that I did not post a single post :) Guess what! I'm back to post a interesting article that might allows the readers to create a Knowledge claim + question! (depends on first/second orders). I'll be giving you guys my individual knowledge works! Feel free to think about this article by yourselves! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/20/why-do-people-believe-the-moon-landing-hoax-or-other-conspiracy-theories/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e25b3f2eecad KC: How can researchers prove that Moon-landing wasn't fake to ones who believe the conspiracy theory? - The article provides the expert's solid and explicit strategies in order to substantiate that Moon-landing was true. KQ: To what extent does the rejection and hardship can intensify the individual's reliance on the intuition within conspiracy theory?
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An image from the past that tells the story.

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Source: https://allthatsinteresting.com/world-war-2-photos Description: American soldiers, injured while storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, recover just after the landings in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Linking in WOK: Emotion and Imagination.
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