Another Meme Whee~!
Meme via myalchod:
1. Comment with "SHINY".
2. I will give a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters and your thoughts on each.
Beware...I quoted... This was actually pretty difficult ^^;;; But I think I found some gems. XD
In no particular order:
1. Geoffrey Chaucer A Knight's Tale:
You meet him wandering around naked. Because he's lost his clothes to some rather unscrupulous characters...entirely through all fault of his own. But beyond that, his high-handed words leaves even the high-to-do confused. However, he supports William - not through the forging of nobility docs, but through teaching him to dance. Even after getting hit in the face after an insult. Gotta love him. <3
2. Gail Wynand The Fountainhead:
Gail is a complicated character. He's a man who has given up on the world, bitter and broken. He finds life, however, in Dominique and Roarke, and pulls himself out of the pit he's fallen into. And on the precipice of stepping into his own, he turns around and slides right back down to where he began, betraying his friend, wife, ideals and himself in the process. And he completely understands exactly what he has done, every step of the way. He's not ignorant of himself - he's completely self-aware, which makes his decline even that much more tragic.
--"I'm a miser about two things on earth: you and Dominique. I'm a millionaire who's never owned anything."
--"The Wynand Papers? For thirty-one years they have represented everybody except Gail Wynand. I erased my ego out of existence in a way never achieved by any saint in a cloister. Yet people call me corrupt. Why?"
--His twenty-two papers, his magazines, his newsreels were given the order: Defend Roark. Sell Roark to the public. Stem the lynching.
"Whatever the facts," Wynand explained to his staff, "this is not going to be a trail by facts. It's a trail by public opinion. We've always made public opinion. Let's make it. Sell Roark."
--"You want me to give in?" [Gail]
"I want you to hold out if it takes everything you own." [Roarke]
He saw that Wynand understood, that it was the thing Wynand had tried not to face, and that Wynand wanted his to speak.
"I don't expect you to save me. I think I have a chance to win. [...] And don't give in. If you stick to the end -- you won't need me any longer."
--"Wynand, you know it's that -- or you have to close the Banner. You can't keep this up, even if you bought us all out. Give in or close the Banner. You had better give in."
[...]He thought of the moment in his bedroom when he had almost pulled a trigger, He knew he was pulling it now.
"All right."
--He was in Hell's Kitchen. [...]
I never got out of here.
I never got out. I surrendered...
--The first movement of Roarke's head was not to look at the city in the window, at the judge or at Dominique. He looked at Wynand.
Wynand turned sharply and walked out. He was the first to leave the courtroom.
--The presses stopped.
Toohey jerked back, automatically, before he knew why he had jerked: he was a newspaperman and it was a sound that did not stop like that.
Wynand looked at his watch. He said:
"It's nine o'clock. You're out of a job, My. Toohey. The Banner has ceased to exist."
[...]"This was the end of the Banner....I think it's proper that I should meet it with you."
A lot of quotes, yes ^^;; and I realize I'm supposed to be giving my thoughts but I think that showcases Gail Wynand fairly well and given they're the quotes that I picked out... <3
3. Guy Montag Fahrenheit 451:
Guy loves his job as a fireman -- burning homes and structures where books are hidden. Until his eyes are opened by a girl and a professor. He blunders his way through understanding and rebellion, hoarding his own stash of books, which he later burns by his own hand when his boss takes him to the next job at Guy's house. He plants books in the houses of the other firemen in hopes of destroying the firemen. He kills his boss, loses his wife to suicide and ends up outcasting himself by reciting poetry.
--What did you give to the city, Montag?
Ashes.
4. Gojyo Saiyuki:
*hugs him lots and lots and lots* This poor guy has every right to stay hiding under the bed. But you know what? He doesn't. Yeah, he's got his bad days, and he's kind of a glutton for punishment, but he's probably one of the strongest characters. The thing about Gojyo is he's kind of the heart that keeps the Ikkou together, keeps them going. When Gojyo opts to stay behind for a cause important to him and the others continue on, they fall apart and eventually come back to find him, help him and drag him with them. Gojyo is the reincarnation of Kenren, a lusty solider who takes a heretical kid under his wing, and that pretty much sums up Gojyo as well. Only Gojyo isn't so innocent as Kenren is. As awesome as Kenren is, Gojyo is better. Yeah, he's more wordly, but he's also more real. And really? Goku may not be quite the kid he was 500 yrs ago, but he's still pretty much Gojyo's little brother. (and they fight and squabble like they're brothers, too XD)
5. Guildenstern Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead:
*dies* I can't tell you how much I love this play. It's snarky, irreverant and just plain awesome. And it's because of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Guildenstern is weirded out by the fact that no matter what he does, every coin he flips, tosses or spins, comes up heads. But that's just where the story begins... Would you like a game of questions? :D
1. Comment with "SHINY".
2. I will give a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters and your thoughts on each.
Beware...I quoted... This was actually pretty difficult ^^;;; But I think I found some gems. XD
In no particular order:
1. Geoffrey Chaucer A Knight's Tale:
You meet him wandering around naked. Because he's lost his clothes to some rather unscrupulous characters...entirely through all fault of his own. But beyond that, his high-handed words leaves even the high-to-do confused. However, he supports William - not through the forging of nobility docs, but through teaching him to dance. Even after getting hit in the face after an insult. Gotta love him. <3
2. Gail Wynand The Fountainhead:
Gail is a complicated character. He's a man who has given up on the world, bitter and broken. He finds life, however, in Dominique and Roarke, and pulls himself out of the pit he's fallen into. And on the precipice of stepping into his own, he turns around and slides right back down to where he began, betraying his friend, wife, ideals and himself in the process. And he completely understands exactly what he has done, every step of the way. He's not ignorant of himself - he's completely self-aware, which makes his decline even that much more tragic.
--"I'm a miser about two things on earth: you and Dominique. I'm a millionaire who's never owned anything."
--"The Wynand Papers? For thirty-one years they have represented everybody except Gail Wynand. I erased my ego out of existence in a way never achieved by any saint in a cloister. Yet people call me corrupt. Why?"
--His twenty-two papers, his magazines, his newsreels were given the order: Defend Roark. Sell Roark to the public. Stem the lynching.
"Whatever the facts," Wynand explained to his staff, "this is not going to be a trail by facts. It's a trail by public opinion. We've always made public opinion. Let's make it. Sell Roark."
--"You want me to give in?" [Gail]
"I want you to hold out if it takes everything you own." [Roarke]
He saw that Wynand understood, that it was the thing Wynand had tried not to face, and that Wynand wanted his to speak.
"I don't expect you to save me. I think I have a chance to win. [...] And don't give in. If you stick to the end -- you won't need me any longer."
--"Wynand, you know it's that -- or you have to close the Banner. You can't keep this up, even if you bought us all out. Give in or close the Banner. You had better give in."
[...]He thought of the moment in his bedroom when he had almost pulled a trigger, He knew he was pulling it now.
"All right."
--He was in Hell's Kitchen. [...]
I never got out of here.
I never got out. I surrendered...
--The first movement of Roarke's head was not to look at the city in the window, at the judge or at Dominique. He looked at Wynand.
Wynand turned sharply and walked out. He was the first to leave the courtroom.
--The presses stopped.
Toohey jerked back, automatically, before he knew why he had jerked: he was a newspaperman and it was a sound that did not stop like that.
Wynand looked at his watch. He said:
"It's nine o'clock. You're out of a job, My. Toohey. The Banner has ceased to exist."
[...]"This was the end of the Banner....I think it's proper that I should meet it with you."
A lot of quotes, yes ^^;; and I realize I'm supposed to be giving my thoughts but I think that showcases Gail Wynand fairly well and given they're the quotes that I picked out... <3
3. Guy Montag Fahrenheit 451:
Guy loves his job as a fireman -- burning homes and structures where books are hidden. Until his eyes are opened by a girl and a professor. He blunders his way through understanding and rebellion, hoarding his own stash of books, which he later burns by his own hand when his boss takes him to the next job at Guy's house. He plants books in the houses of the other firemen in hopes of destroying the firemen. He kills his boss, loses his wife to suicide and ends up outcasting himself by reciting poetry.
--What did you give to the city, Montag?
Ashes.
4. Gojyo Saiyuki:
*hugs him lots and lots and lots* This poor guy has every right to stay hiding under the bed. But you know what? He doesn't. Yeah, he's got his bad days, and he's kind of a glutton for punishment, but he's probably one of the strongest characters. The thing about Gojyo is he's kind of the heart that keeps the Ikkou together, keeps them going. When Gojyo opts to stay behind for a cause important to him and the others continue on, they fall apart and eventually come back to find him, help him and drag him with them. Gojyo is the reincarnation of Kenren, a lusty solider who takes a heretical kid under his wing, and that pretty much sums up Gojyo as well. Only Gojyo isn't so innocent as Kenren is. As awesome as Kenren is, Gojyo is better. Yeah, he's more wordly, but he's also more real. And really? Goku may not be quite the kid he was 500 yrs ago, but he's still pretty much Gojyo's little brother. (and they fight and squabble like they're brothers, too XD)
5. Guildenstern Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead:
*dies* I can't tell you how much I love this play. It's snarky, irreverant and just plain awesome. And it's because of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Guildenstern is weirded out by the fact that no matter what he does, every coin he flips, tosses or spins, comes up heads. But that's just where the story begins... Would you like a game of questions? :D