Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Hovel

The word hovel doesn't really connect with the moral. I just didn't know what it meant

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Conspicuous

The word conspicuous has to do with the moral because that's how Pascal felt when he was walking with the giant crucifix on his back. The moral that goes with this is people have different judgements because it is sometimes necessary to break from the P.O.V of another person, to have your own voice and to be different (*things that are different from the rest are conspicuous*) from the crowd. Just like when Pascal talked back at his mother, he was conspicuous because he was different from the majority (majority meaning his mother and his sister) so he stood out. 

Boulevard

That was a word that I didn't know and not connected to the moral

Vestry

That was just a word that I didn't know an is not connected to the moral.

iPod

The iPod moral in the story might have been hidden and hard to find but if you look closely, it might start to make sense. In the beginning, Pascal liked to listen to his iPod music. In fact, he liked it so much that he was even thinking about putting them on on the way to the crown. When he was in the village and flooding his ears with Coldplay, he wouldn't even share it with the girl because he thought that there will be germs and diseases on the buds after she wears it. This is telling us that technology can wedge between us. When Pascal decided to give the iPod to the girl, that   is telling us that there is a way to go back and take out that wedge (because we don't really need technology, medieval people were surviving fine *if you don't count the black plague*). This moral is faint but still there.

Brittle

The word "brittle" does not have much connection to the moral but it is what Pascal thought off the physical appearance of the homeless person. He could have been thinking that they love their kids or that they obey their god but he was only thinking about their physical shape. This extends to the moral because Pascal shouldn't have just looked at their physical shape but should have also thought about their actions or movements that differentiates a slob from a mannered citizen. Just like how people shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Charitable

The word "charitable" is very much connected to the moral because it means being nice and being nice is basically the moral (it technically is: Don't judge people by their appearances, start out nice). Pascal was first judgemental an paranoid about the homeless people but that didn't turn out well; all he got was a look of disapproval. Then he went back without caring for his safety just to apologize to the girl and was happy at the end (dumb and reckless behaviour but charitable too).