The movie

I think that the movie begins with young Indy searching for the cross because it shows us that even early on in his life he had this urge for a quest, and what exacrly he'll do in his quest for something. He was so seriuos about that cross belonging in a museum that he was willing to risk his life in truck with a huge lion to get it. Once Indiana starts something he will keep going to until he attains it, whather it costs him his life or not. Young Indy is a born leader, and very resourceful. He also shows his courageousness going up against thosethugs to get the cross. He's also very stubborn. As he says later on, he had been searching for that cross "all his life." he doesn't seem capable of letting things go.

Day 3 Part 3 Small World

One of the craziest turns that the book took- Joy is alive. Not only that , but she has a little baby by Swallow. What should Swallow do? As in the romances, I'm not entirely sure that Swallow actually loves Joy, but loves the idea of her. His life revolves around these horrible conferences filled with people he doesn't actually like. Joy is like a breath of fresh air. With her, he can escape the montony of that life, and his marriage. He has sex with Hilary just to (excuse my language) get off. He doesn't actually enjoy it, there's no intimacy there. With Joy there is. She is the forbidden, and as in every story we have read the forbidden is near irrestible. That is most likely the reason for all infidelities that happen. But like most unfaithful people, Philip won't leave his wife. Not only did Hilary greet him as if she was truly happy to see him, he just completely loses his nerve. There is a part of him that realizes that Hilary doesn't deserve something like this. Who knows what will become of Joy now?

Day 1 Perceval

Perceval seems really slow. He doesn't pay much attention and doesn't even care about is being said. He doesn't grasp the importance of what his mother is telling him. She is telling him her history and therefore his too, but he dismisses her as if she was telling what was for dinner. He doesn't have any empathy and that can get him into trouble later on. He doesn't listen unless its what her wants to hear. As with the episode with the knights, he completely ignores what they have to say so that he can learn what he wants to know. He is a bad example of what a knight can be. He's too interested in having his needs be met and not seeing the consequences of his actions. His mother is the only person he has. She sheltered and protected from the life that she did not want for him ( maybe a little too much), but she meant well. She is weeping and begging him not to go and finally falls over, but he still continues on his way as if she had been waving at him happily and commending him to God. H should not have left the way he did; he is selfish.

The Film

This movie is from Matthieu's POV because this is his interpretation of events. He is the protagonist, the hero of the story. Your really start to feel for him. I don't think that he loved Conchita, he's more obsessed with her, the way Calisto is obsessed with Melibea. But Conchita is playing with him, and that's what's unacceptable. The story makes the most sense from Mattieu's POV. I'm convinced that Conchita is insane (though I enjoy her greatly). But because one the people he was telling the story to was a psychologist, maybe Mattieu is too. He does go off with her in the end, which doesn't say much about the state of his mental faculties or Conchita's. They both need a good long sit down with a psychologist.

I think that terrorism is always there in the film because it foreshadows the destruction of Mattieu and Conchita. Terrorists are fanatical, and prone to terrorize. This movie is about a man who is obsessed with this woman. She does great taking a page out of the Anne Boleyn handbook to keep him with her for so long. The obsession and fanaticism that terrorists have destroy everything in their paths. Mattieu and Conchita are, in a sense, terrorists. They destroy each other. First off, they become entirely different people. Mattieu doesn't seem like that kind of guy who would be involved in a domestic violence dispute. And although I'm not sure how nice of girl Conchita actually is, she feels that he is trying to own her so she does something dramatic. She tries to prove to him that he doesn't own her. Mattieu is doing everything he can to please her. This is isn't working; they're never going to work out the way they are. It seems like death is the only way out for both of them. For a terrorist, sometimes death is the only way out. I think that it is safe to say that they are the most dysfunctional couple ever.

Day 4 Celestina

"Alas, it is. I feel the wound now that it is cold, now that my blood has cooled which was warm yesterday, now that I see the gap in my household, the loss of my servants, the wastage of my patrimony, the disrepute into which I have fallen." -Calisto

I think that this quote pretty much sums up desire in general. Like a romance novel that will wait to the end for the lovers to consummate their passion, the anticipation provoked more fire than the act itself. He seems almost disappointed. In the beginning all Calisto could think about was Melibea. He lived for her, breathed for her, Sempronio and Parmeno often commented on how foolish he was to allow himself to be taken by one woman. Now that he got what he wanted and he asks himself: was it worth it? Was being with Melibea (which didn't last that long in the first place) really worth the loss of his honor and hers? He can clearly see now everything that this love affair has cost him. He expected to be over the moon. A part of him is satisfied and liked it so much that he intends to go back to have her again, but now he seems more patient about it. He has a very Juliet line about Phobeus coming on a steed so that night will come again, but he also follows that by saying he can't go against nature, and he has to wait until nature says that night should come so he can be with Melibea again. This is different from the beginning when he was talking about the fire in his veins and praying to God that Melibea would give him what he wanted. Even when he first went to Melibea and was almost begging her to give it up because he wanted it so badly, it seems like now that he has what he wanted and knows what its like, he can wait until the time when he can be with her again.

Day 2 Celestina

When Celestina is making her thread for Melibea, a different side of her shows. She seems so nervous and anxious. Celestina did not initially strike me as someone who second guesses herself. She was always so confident in herself, positive that she's right and even mocking those who doubt her word. (In the case of Parmeno). But her lack of confidence says that she is lacking her own abilities. She says later on to Melibea that being old isn't that great. Perhaps she lacks her abilities because of her old age. She also sees the danger in messing with the lives of noblemen. She's also blinded by her own greed. She feels that she can't back out of the situation that she's in because of the economic loss that would result.

Day 6 Decameron

9.2- I think that the nun's actions reflect not upon the religion that they represent, but the church. The practive of having nuns and priests are very unrealistic. They put people on pedestals that they don't deserve and can't possibly live up to. These nuns are wrong because they have a vow to God that they will be chaste, and instead living up to those vows to the best of their ability they make a mockery of it. The least they can do is try to find a way out of their vows (I'm not sure if that was possible during this time period). But the abbess was who disappointed me the most. They say that if you point a finger at someone else, you have four others pointing back at you and the abbess proved that saying. She was trying so hard to live up to the view that the other nuns have of her that she forgot her own faults. Sin did became relative in this story, which is not the way it is supposed to be in real life. It reminded of a line from a previous story that a sin kept to yourself is a sin that half forgiven. So long as they don't get caught, they're no doing anything wrong. Is it? Is it right that you would chastise others for having the courage to say out loud something that you won't even admit to yourself? Are you truly forgiven in the eyes of God for getting away with your sin?

10.10- I found this story positively repulsive; I hated all the characters. they have a very twisted point of view of what love is and what it means to be loved. "The one makes you cry is not worth your tears, and the one who is worth your tears will never make you cry." It seems to me that Griselda has never heard this saying. It may be my modern point of view coming into view here, but if you love someone, and give them children, and do everything in your power to make them happy and meet their needs, there is no need for a test. It is insulting to think that anyine would tolerate someone murdering their children to test your obediance. That would equal my loss of love. When you love someone you don't trea them badly, no matter what the reason is. Gualtieri is cruel, end of story. Love is not abusive, it isn't selfish, and most of all its unconditional. It cannot be measured and does not need to be tested. Griselda is a fool for tolerating all of that. But again, I think this way because I am modern woman.