Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Mythical Dragons


I learned from what Ive read on mythical dragons that there are many differences between classical dragons and the Chinese dragons. Flying without wings, having shape shifting abilities, and their well known benevolent behavior. Ive also learned that the Chinese dragon is made up of nine entities, a camels head, demon eyes, ears of a cow, horns of a stag, a snake neck, the belly of a clam, eagle claws, feet of a tiger, and 117 scales of a carp. I thought this was a very interesting subject that kept me entertained for the whole time i did this activity. I read lots of stuff on dragons to write this and I guess dragons aren't as stupid as i thought they were after all. This reading has told me that dragons are a big part of Chinese civilization and culture.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

What it means to be civilized

I think being civilized is based on different peoples opinion. Because we all dont live in the same place at the same time people are bound to think some things are civilized while others might think differently. I believe where you live might have an effect on what other people think. To me being civilized is when you act normal and you are obedient and you dont eat certain foods with your hands. Of course other people probably have other opinions so dont criticize my thinking other people.