• Thesis: Ivan Petrovitch connects Vodka and his servant job to produce the theme of a wasted life.
• Topic Sentence: Ivan doesn’t like his job
Evidence/Quotation: “Twenty five years I have live like a mouse in the wall.” “The Professor goes on … I’m here among you…”
Explanation: He feels like he’s not very appreciated because Serebryakov doesn’t accomplish anything. He also feels like his life has been wasted
• Topic Sentence: Ivan doesn’t like Serebryakov
Evidence/Quotation: You’re going to sell the estate”
Explanation: He is furious at the professor for talking about selling the estate. He end up trying to kill the professor with a gun, but misses.
• Topic Sentence: Sofya shows a lot of care for her Uncle Vanya
Evidence/Quotation: ”But I beg you, please, do not let my uncle drink. It’s so bad for him.” “You’ve got drunk with the doctor again…Why do you do this? At your age…?”
Explanation: Sofya really cares about Ivan. But it makes here unhappy to see her uncle get drunk.
• Topic Sentence: Vanya has a very obscure point of view when ut comes to relationships.
Evidence/Quotation: “A fidelity like this is false”, “I’d make my peace with you”, “I could have proposed to her and now she’d be my wife”
Explanation: Ivan does not believe in fidelity, for he thinks that the professor doesn’t deserve Yelena. Hence, he tries to make a move on her, but it fails. After he goes on about how he could have had her before she married Serebryakov.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Character Page
Ivan Petrovich is the protagonist in the play Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov. He is middle Aged. His relationship with his niece, Sonya, He has been living in the manor for most of his life. He does not enjoy his life. He work for the professor Serebryakov, who also resides in the manor. He blames The professor for how his life turned out. He complains about inactivity, that all he does is serve the professor, and because of that is life has no purpose, because the professor does nothing of value. He says that all he does is eat, sleep and drink.
He is secretly jealous of the professor, especially of Serebryakov’s way with women. The professor’s wife was actually Ivan’s sister. He claims that she was so beautiful that she captured the eyes of all the men around her. She could have gotten any husband she wished, and she ended up with Serebryakov, who was much older than her. Ivan accuses the professor for stealing his sister’s youth away.
Regarding Serebryakov’s current wife, Yelena, Ivan also believes that Serebryakov is not good enough for Yelena. Like with his sister, the professor married her when she was still young. He blames Serebryakov for taking the life out of her. Ivan does not understand why Yelena remains faithful to the professor. He thinks she should not keep her fidelity. He secretly fancies Yelena, and finally confesses it to her during the play. But to his dismayal, she is disgusted by his acts and asks him to stop.
All of Ivan’s hate and anger towards the professor is let out near the end of the play, when he he loses his temper and takes fires a revolver twice at law Serebryakov. To his disappointment, he missed. During the period after his attempted murder, he speaks of madly and sees no sort of brightness in the future.
Ivan’s relationship with his niece, Sofya, is what gives the play it’s title. Sofya hears a lot of Vanya’s complaining. Also when he gets drunk near the end of the play, she tells him how pathetic he is acting and how drinking with do him not good at all. She really cares about him and wants him to get out of his misery and become the best man he can be.
He is secretly jealous of the professor, especially of Serebryakov’s way with women. The professor’s wife was actually Ivan’s sister. He claims that she was so beautiful that she captured the eyes of all the men around her. She could have gotten any husband she wished, and she ended up with Serebryakov, who was much older than her. Ivan accuses the professor for stealing his sister’s youth away.
Regarding Serebryakov’s current wife, Yelena, Ivan also believes that Serebryakov is not good enough for Yelena. Like with his sister, the professor married her when she was still young. He blames Serebryakov for taking the life out of her. Ivan does not understand why Yelena remains faithful to the professor. He thinks she should not keep her fidelity. He secretly fancies Yelena, and finally confesses it to her during the play. But to his dismayal, she is disgusted by his acts and asks him to stop.
All of Ivan’s hate and anger towards the professor is let out near the end of the play, when he he loses his temper and takes fires a revolver twice at law Serebryakov. To his disappointment, he missed. During the period after his attempted murder, he speaks of madly and sees no sort of brightness in the future.
Ivan’s relationship with his niece, Sofya, is what gives the play it’s title. Sofya hears a lot of Vanya’s complaining. Also when he gets drunk near the end of the play, she tells him how pathetic he is acting and how drinking with do him not good at all. She really cares about him and wants him to get out of his misery and become the best man he can be.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Apple’s Purchase of Lala Could Signal Cheaper, Streaming iTunes
Recently, Apple has sealed the deal to purchase the streaming website Lala. This new addition is very significant towards the development of iTunes.
What Apple particularly is interested in is Lala’s “payment and fulfillment system”, with which Lala sells their customers pre-paid music credits, with which they can purchase their songs. This could help Apple cut down on its credit card transaction costs.
With this new addition, Apple could also perhaps increase its revenue. In 2007, the average iTunes account only purchased an average of 22 songs. However an average Lala customer will pay an average of $67.
Overall Lala will be a beneficial acquisition to iTunes. It will be able to not only sell songs as downloads, but also as streams. In addition, it will reduce Apple’s its credit card transaction costs, and will increase its revenue per user.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/apples-reported-lala-talks-could-lead-to-cheaper-cloud-based-itunes/
What Apple particularly is interested in is Lala’s “payment and fulfillment system”, with which Lala sells their customers pre-paid music credits, with which they can purchase their songs. This could help Apple cut down on its credit card transaction costs.
With this new addition, Apple could also perhaps increase its revenue. In 2007, the average iTunes account only purchased an average of 22 songs. However an average Lala customer will pay an average of $67.
Overall Lala will be a beneficial acquisition to iTunes. It will be able to not only sell songs as downloads, but also as streams. In addition, it will reduce Apple’s its credit card transaction costs, and will increase its revenue per user.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/apples-reported-lala-talks-could-lead-to-cheaper-cloud-based-itunes/
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