torsdag 12. november 2009

my thoughts about Slumdog millionare

I think it was a great movie! The subject was very good and it was filled with some humour.
I also liked the setting. I got a new view of how the life can be in India. The actors was also very good.

these are the two main charracters. Jamal and Latika

fredag 6. november 2009

Novelleanalyse

Dagsnytt

”Dagsnytt” er ei novelle skrevet av Anna Gavalda. Anna Gavalda er en fransk forfatter født 9. Desember 1970 like utenfor Paris. Derfor er novellen dagsnytt oversatt fra fransk. Novellen ”dagsnytt” kommer i fra novellesamlingen ”Eg vil at nokon skal vente på meg” som ble gitt ut i 2005.

I novellen dagsnytt, møter vi Jean-Pierre Faret. En Fransk vellykket familiemann med kone og barn. Han har en god jobb som salgsansvarlig hos Paul Pridault som er et fransk kjøttfirma. Novellen begynner med at Jean-Pierre sitter foran sin bærbare pc og vil skrive en slags rapport over hans dag. ”rapporten” starter med at vi får et innblikk i hvordan livet hans er. Et tydelig vellykket liv med familie, kone og en god jobb. Deretter begynner han å reflektere over hvordan hans dag har vært. Det blir en slags oppsummering over hva han har gjort. Her får vi vite at det har skjedd en bilulykke som kona frykter Jean-Pierre har vært utsatt for. Men hun får kontakt med han og hun blir lettet. Da han kommer hjem fra jobb får vi vite konsekvensene ved bilulykken og Jean-Pierre føler seg dårlig. Han sover dårlig den natten og ved midnatt skrur han på dagsnytt og der får han vite at en feilmanøver av en billist var grunnen til ulykken der 9 mennesker omkom. Billisten var Jean-Pierre.

Jean-Pierre blir framstilt i novellen som en vellykket mann. Han har en god jobb og kone og barn. Ekteskapet virker ikke særlig bra, men alt i alt er han en nokså vellykket mann. Når han får vite at han er skyld i at ni mennesker mistet livet blir han straks fylt med enorm skyldfølelse. Han får gjennom media følelsen av at hele verden retter seg i mot han på grunn av det som skrives i media. Han har ingen anelse på hva han skal gjøre. Og han prøver å skrive en slags rapport for å se om det hjelper.

Novellen blir fortalt i 1.person. Fortellerstemmen er Jean-Pierre og det gjør at vi får et sterkt innblikk i hans oppfatninger av det som skjer. Gjennom teksten er det bare Jean-Pierre som har betydning. Kone og barn blir også nevnt, men har ingen betydning for selve utfallet av teksten.

Som sagt er teksten bygd opp om hvordan dagen hans er. Den er skrevet i in medias res. Det vil si at den starter rett inn i en handling. Den handlingen er at Jean Pierre sitter foran dataen sin for å skrive om hvordan hans dag har vært. Deretter, i ”rapporten”, fortelles teksten i kronologisk rekkefølge. Fra start til slutt. Novellen ender med at han igjen er tilbake foran dataen sin og føler at han ikke har kommet noen vei med det han har skrevet. Som en sirkelkomposisjon. ”Eg er fortapt” ender novellen. Vi ser også et frampek. Kona til Jean-Pierre ringer til han og lurer på om han har vært innblandet i ulykken på motorveien. Det har han ikke vært, men senere får vi vite at Jean-Pierre var grunnen til at ni mennesker mistet livet i ulykken.

Novellen oversatt fra fransk så det er vanskelig å si om teksten vi leser er helt lik som forfatteren ville skrevet den. Men min oppfatning er at teksten er lettfattelig. Teksten er skrevet på nynorsk noe som gjør teksten mer dramatisk. Den får en bedre flyt og passer bedre til innholdet i novellen. Det er min mening om nynorske noveller. Språket er som sagt skrevet veldig lettfattelig og det er ikke noen spesielle metaforer eller symbol som har noen påvirkning for skrivemåten generelt.

Temaet er etter min mening skyldfølelse. Jean-Pierre blir framstilt som veldig sørgende og har skyldfølelse over at ni mennesker mistet livet på grunn av han. Temaet skyldfølelse kommer veldig godt fram i siste del av novellen. Den nokså vellykkede mannen Jean-Pierre opplever at livet hans plutselig blir snudd på hodet.

Jeg mener at ”dagsnytt” er en meget bra novelle. Skal sies at jeg måtte lese den flere ganger, men da jeg forsto innholdet og oppbyggingen mener jeg at det er en av de beste jeg har lest. Tema og skrivemåten fenger meg veldig. Forfatteren skriver veldig godt noe som gjør at jeg setter meg veldig lett inn i handlingen.

torsdag 5. november 2009

Travel Blog!

Australia

June 13th 2009.

Finally me and my sister arrived Canberra. Canberra is the capital in Australia and my first look on the town is very good. The clock is about ten now, and me and my sister is relaxing on the hotel room. We’re going to stay in here in Australia for two days and tomorrow we’re going to visit some museums and have sightseeing in Canberra. At the bus from the airport I read some facts about Canberra. The city is the seventh largest city, and it lives about 330 000 habitants here. I think it’s nice that the town isn’t so big. It’s easier for me to get a view of how the city is. But it’s late now, so good night!

June 14th 2009

Today has been very exciting. I woke up at eight o clock and ate breakfast. Then we took the bus into the centre of the town. We got on a sightseeing bus, and it gave us a nice view of the town. The town wasn’t so big. Canberra was nice to travel in and it was very lucid. After the bus trip we ate some lunch at a very expensive restaurant. I think I paid 30 dollars for some hot dog and chips! Then we went and visited some museums. The first one was a war memorial museum. I learn so much about the history of Australia and the people at the museum was very friendly to us. Our plan was to visit a national gallery of Australia, but we were so tired so we sat down in a park just outside our hotel. Canberra is actually well known because of their “green environment”. There are green spaces everywhere! Now I’m at the hotel room and I will soon go out to eat. See you later!

June 15th 2009

When I woke up this morning I was very tired in my legs of all the sightseeing yesterday. Therefore me and my sister decided to take an easy day out on the beach. We took a bus out to a big beach. It was very hot today, I think it was about 30 degrees so I enjoyed spending the day on the beach. We also tried surfing, but we found out that we are too Norwegian because surfing was very difficult! I think we stick to something we know. Skiing for example! Around 16.00 we had to leave because tomorrow we suppose to travel to Canada! Now I’m at the hotel room and I have to pack my things and get a good night sleep. So hopefully I see you tomorrow in Canada!

Canada

June 17th 2009

I forgot to write something yesterday, I was too busy with the journey from Canberra to Canada. But now we have arrived Canada which are the second biggest country in the world. We are staying in Calgary and we are living to our ant. Calgary is known for its high mountains and beautiful nature. They are also known for their winter sports and in 1988 they arranged the Olympic Games. Today we have done very much. In the morning we ate a delicious breakfast that my aunt made. Then we went on a road trip with our uncle to see some places that they used during the Olympic Games in 1988. Then we packed some things and went to a small lake up in the mountain. Me and my uncle sat fishing all day and we just got home. But no I’m very tired so I go to sleep now, see you tomorrow!

June 18th 2009

As usual I woke up very early and ate some of aunt’s delicious breakfast. Then me and my sister decided to go to a festival in town tonight. The weather is nice at the moment so a festival would be great! We decided to visit the “sled island” festival. That’s a music and art festival and we saw the band “Liars” which is an American punk band. They were pretty good I think. We spent all the evening at the festival. We came home around 24.00 so now it’s time to find bed. Good night!

June 19th 2009

Now it’s time for us to leave Calgary. Our days here have been wonderful. The weather, the nature, the town, the festival. Everything has been great! Our taxi arrives soon and we are going to the airport. Our next travel will go to Africa and Nigeria. I’m looking forward to that! So see you then.

Nigeria

June 20th 2009

We have just arrived our hotel in Lagos. And we have use 30 hours travelling because the plain was in Paris before it could go to Lagos. I’ve read some facts about Nigeria and I found at that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 141 million habitants! I also read that their language is English and it has once been a British colony. Now I’m going to bed and I look forward to look around in Lagos tomorrow J

June 21 2009

When I woke up I heard the sound of rain dripping out on the road. That’s because it’s rain season in Nigeria now. The temperatures are fine, but I don’t like the rain. Our plans for today were just to go around in Lagos. The first thing that hit us was all the people. It was people everywhere! They sang, danced and were happy. It was very interesting for us Norwegians because we don’t see this kind of culture in Norway. After we had eaten lunch at a small cafe we took the boat out to the central mosque at the Lagos Islands. That was a nice mosque and the rain had stopped so it was nice out at the island. Now I’m soon going to bed, we just got home so it has been a long day. Tomorrow we travel to the capital, Abuja, to meet our parents. Good night!

June 22 2009

We arrived Abuja around 3 o’clock. We met our parents at a hotel down in the centre of the town. They have been there for a week so they would show us some of the town. My dad and I are football enthusiasts so we went to Abuja stadium. That’s a very big stadium where it can be played football and there’s also a field for athletics. Then out on the evening we went to see the Nigerian Presidential Complex. It’s the state house where the president in Nigeria lives. Tomorrow we are leaving and we travel back to Norway and Trondheim. It has been exiting travel like this. I’ve been around the world at only nine days! See you later.