Words For This Week (Part 2)

The words for this week include the following:

Pun-

1. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings:

“the pigs were a squeal (if you’ll forgive the pun)”  (“Bing.” Define+pun –. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)

2. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. (Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)

Sarcasm-

1.the use of irony to mock or convey contempt:“his voice, hardened by sarcasm, could not hide his resentment” (“Bing.” Define Sarcasm –. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)

2.A tongue of which the user speaks of something the complete opposite of what the user means. It often has the best comedic value. “”Is your car stuck in the mud?”
“No, no, of course not. I’m only practicing how to spray mud using my tires. (“Sarcasm.” Urban Dictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)

 

Words For This Week

The following words for this week include the following:

Oxymoron-

1. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true)(“Bing.” Define+oxymoron –. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)
2.  a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”. (Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016)

 

Paradox-

1. a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory:
   “a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox” (“Bing.” Define Paradox –. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.)
   2. A paradox is a statement or concept that contains conflicting ideas. In logic, a paradox is a statement that contradicts itself; for example, the statement “I never tell the truth” (“What Is Paradox? – Definition from WhatIs.com.” WhatIs.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016. )

 

Aokigahara Forest

Finally, after sitting in the darkened movie theater for 20 minutes with the low murmur of others seated around me, the movie was beginning on the first scene of The Forest. Although, just to start this off, I would say that the beginning did seem a little jumpy based on the fact that she was heading towards Japan yet also having recollections of her sister before she left the U.S. to teach in Japan. The main character, Sarah Price, had found out that her sister had vanished into this mysterious region of Japan called Aokigahara Forest, or suicide forest. As she ventures off into the woods and makes her way to the trail through the  malevolent and ghostly forest, she endures tough times while trying to survive as the whole reason why people die there is because of the suicidal thoughts and demonic appearances/sounds that drives people to hurting and even killing themselves. This adds on to the death toll that makes this forest so reputable for the loss of people’s lives. Sarah does all this in the notion that she can sense her sister near and alive, and she will not stop until she finds Jess.

Overall, the movie did have a very good plot to it, as we, the audience, felt that we too would do the same if we had lost a relative or loved one in such crucial conditions. Although the graphics were scary as there were parts of pure horror and fear by the portrayal of  scary apparitions and encounters, some of the scenes were already commonly used in most scary movies, for example there was already seen actions of a person’s face popping up in the camera photos, (not too creative), it still was otherwise entertaining. However, make sure to not go at a time that there is a lot of people watching the film as some people (mainly younger individuals) tend to be noisy and at times outrageous with their screams and over exaggerated emotions. Therefore, in full sense of the movie and how it seemed very relatable, yet in a scary sense, to most people and their emotions towards loved ones, I would definitely recommend this movie to all audiences who can take a little bit of a scare and also enjoy a movie that is simply desirable for its plot formation and flow.