Shakespeare

In my English 210 class we had to read "Much Ado About Nothing" written by William Shakespeare. When I read the play, I had a hard time visualizing what exactly was happening and for parts of the play I had problems understanding what they were talking about. Last class period, we watched the film by Kenneth Branagh and just by watching the blocking I could better comprehend what was going on. The characters non-verbal communication helped me to understand the play and the comedy Shakespeare put in it. I now fully understand that NVC contributes a lot to communication.

Communication In "Indignation"

The book that I am reading for my English class is called "Indignation" by Philip Roth. The book takes place in the 1950s. The main character, Marcus, goes on his first date at his new college. . The girls name is Olivia and Marcus takes her out to dinner. After dinner Marcus drives to the local make out spot. The two participate in some sexual activity and Marcus is left speechless. For the next two weeks Marcus and Olivia ignored each other in class and outside of class until one day when they run into each other at the school book store. Marcus couldn't figure out why Olivia had interacted with him in that way and was scared to talk to her. In the book store Olivia explains to Marcus that she did that because she liked him. This is an example of mis-communication because Marcus knew this just didn't happen between two conventionally brought up young adults but Olivia did it to show her affection.

Sicko

The other day I watched the documentary "Sicko" by Michael Moore. The documentary was about health care in the United States. One part I thought was interesting was when the health care companies and the government would talk about a new bill, etc passed that would help people afford health care and improve health care. After they said how great it was, they gave a list of restrictions which would probably limit about 85% of Americans, so it wasn't very "good" after all.