Sunday, August 31, 2008

Modernism vs Postmodernism

Of all the characters in the works that we have read so far, it has become pretty evident which characters demonstrate either modernist or postmodernist points of view. Based on my reading, I believe that the best example of the modernist point of view is the chancellor from "The obsolete man". This is evident based upon the idea that "humans are material machines" in the modernism/postmodernism handout. He declares Mr. Wordsworth obsolete because he no longer has a function in society. Because libraries no longer exist, librarians such as Wordsworth are unnecessary. Also, he states that "The state has proven that god does not exist." This supports the handout when it says that modernists believe that "nothing exists beyond what our senses percieve."
The character that best supports the middle of the road between modernism and postmodernism is Wordsworth. He demosntrates what we defined in class as the Platonic style. He displays the faith that there is a higher being (god) but at the same time he is not extreme as other modernists. But at the same time heis a librarian and therefore believes that everything deserves to be studied.
None of the characters to me really jump out as being extremely post modern, though this is a good thing. Neither extreme is good, as the chancellor shows about extreme modernism. Most of the characters display characteristics of both.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Biography

Hi, my name is David Romness and I am a sophomore from McLean, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington, DC. I live about 5 minutes or so by car from the city, which is very nice and convenient. I have two sisters and a brother. One of my sisters is 15 years old and will probably end up playing soccer at whatever college she wants, she is regarded as one of the best players in the state of Virginia. My other sister is 6 years old and just got into 1st grade, and my brother is 3 years old and is one of the smartest and most trouble-causing kids I have ever met. I am a mechanical engineering major, but that's pretty boring so i won't write much about that. My favorite things to do are pretty much all sports... I am very competitive so i get really into them. I play for Clemson's club lacrosse team and i also play inter mural basketball and football. I have been playing lacrosse since I was in 5th grade, and I almost ended up playing in college at some small D3 schools. I am thankful everyday that I didn't end up doing that and that i ended up at Clemson. I can't imagine my whole life revolving around lacrosse as much as I love it. Second semester freshman year, I started to pledge Pi Kappa Alpha, but I decided to drop after a week because I knew I couldn't play lacrosse and pledge at the same time. I am still deciding whether or not to pledge again, since some of my good friends are now Pikes. Overall, I am very happy with my life at Clemson and hope the rest of my time here can be as good as my first year was.

lacrosse picture: http://photos-398.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v216/227/48/1350900398/n1350900398_30423848_5724.jpg

picture with girlfriend and my little siblings before prom:
http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/225/117/1567350169/n1567350169_30500492_3201.jpg