Shakespeares Rose Quote

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;	48
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. (II.ii.47-51)

I disagree to this quote from Shakespeare. I think what Shakespeare is saying that a name is just a title. The title of an object does not change what the object is. However, in today's time period, the name is a huge factor to what people think of the product. For example, if you look at the quality of Bose and Beats headphones, the quality is similar. Bose can even be better in some models, but since Beats has a more popular name, it is more prominently known than Bose headphones. People look at the name, rather than the quality.

The name of an object has been made so important in our society. We label everything, and classify it by the name. We even classify kids. In high school, people get organized into categories. The popular kids, gamers, nerds, goths, etc. The popular kids may be horrible people, but they can still be higher in the social status. The title of an object is everything. The title of an object can determine the quality and price of the object. Brand have become very big, and whatever brand society accepts as "cool" becomes huge. For example, Apple. Apple has become one of the biggest, if not the biggest technology  company in the world. Everyone is crazy about the new iPhone 5 that was just released. The quality of the product may not be the best, but its appearance and name gives it an advantage over other companies.

Our era focuses on physical conformation, so when a brand becomes popular amongst a group of people, it explodes into popularity. If a brand is not popular amongst people, it is prevented from expanding, no matter how good the quality of the product is.

Shakespeare's quote may have been applicable back in his time period, but it is certainly not applicable now.

IRB Exposition

Brian Oh
Language and Literature 10 ACE5
Mrs. Lee
9/6/12

In the beginning of the memoir, it starts off with a foreword from a reporter that talks about his encounter with the Elie Wiesel, the author of this memoir. He talks about how, like the diary of Anne Frank, Night shows the dramatic horrors of World War II in a Jew's point of view. He also adds that this memoir has a very big spiritual aspect, focusing on faith and other religious aspects during certain sections of the book. He concludes by saying that he was inspired by the book and it brought tears to his eyes.

The book is written in the perspective of a twelve year old Jewish boy named Eliezer. He is the only son of a orthodox jewish family that lives in the Transylvanian town of Sighet. His family conforms very highly to Jewish rules and traditions. A man named Moshe who was captured by anti-semetists tells stories about how they made people dig their own graves, but the people dismiss him as a lunatic. The Hungarian government falls and, it leads to the time when the Nazis take over and begin to take away Jews.

This memoir seems really interesting to me because I thought that The Diary of a Young Girl was the biggest memoir on Jewish Holocaust experiences but, After starting this book i realized that this book will probably be even better. It is in the point of view of a boy so i feel like i will be able to empathize better than i did with Anne Frank.

Since it is only the beginning of the book i think that a lot of the dramatic and horrific events are yet to begin. I just read the exposition, and I am yet to get to the rising action. I hope that this book really turns out to be as interesting as it seems at this point.

Bobby Saget

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