Dishonesty

   Humor and dishonesty play a major role in this play.  The epigrams are all very insightful into real life and how ridiculous it really is.  It is also funny how these epigrams are said.  They are almost philosophically written. Wilde also seems to enjoy poking fun at marriage, education, and religion. He talks about how marriage is more of a business than a matter of love.  He also tells of how religion is more of a requirement than an act of faith.  Throughout the entire play Wilde talks about the importance of being earnest and how important it is for the characters to be named Earnest.  Throughout the play a common theme is the pursuit of pleasure.  Whether it be bunburying or lying about who you are, all of the characters are trying to make themselves as happy as possible without thought to any of the consequences.
   Oscar Wilde is trying to say that dishonesty is never a good thing.  It will always lead to misfortune, except for in this case where everyone fell in love and ended up being married.

Project Evaluations

Kyra and Amaya:  Movie
   They conveyed the message of the novel effectively.  I found that they used all of the most important scenes and incorperated them into the movie.

Porter:  Comic Strip
   I feel that the strip did not contain enough information, that it left a lot of the story out.  It only showed that they were oppresed by the humans and then the pigs rose to power.

Nick:  Picture
   All that was done was a paragraph about a picture that was obtained from the internet.  This could have been done within minutes.  There was very little work required.

Britta:  Poem
   I thought that the poem was very creative and required a lot of detail and hard work.  A lot of work was put into this project.

Aaron:  Picture
   I thought that this project was good. It could have used a little more work due to the fact that everything was just copied and then pasted.

Kady:  Movie
   I thought that this movie was very good.  A lot of work was put into it and it shows.

Adrienne:  Movie
   I thought that a little more work could have been put into this movie.

Daryl:  Picture
   I thought that this picture was quite interesting.  It shows how the story moves along in a different view.

Emma:  Picture
   I thought that this was a creative project and that it showed all of the literary elements from the novel.


I still stand by my project. I put a good amount of work into it and I think that it shows the elements of the story through the charecters and their actions.

Animal Farm Comic Strip